Make Sure You Are "Keeping Up With the Joneses"

As a Houston chick, I must admit that I "jones" for all great and positive things that come out of my hometown. One of those things is Jones Magazine.

Jones Magazine, founded by the FABULOUS Tracy Ferguson, is headquartered in Houston, Texas and is the first of its kind to be the "IT" guide of the biggest city in the state.

Jones Magazine is a lifestyle magazine and brand that focuses on upscale African Americans detailing the very best fashion, hair, makeup, and parties Houston has to offer.

Keeping Up with the Joneses will focus on Tracy being a single mother of two comical teenagers all while launching her other "baby" Jones Magazine.

The show premieres tonight, April 8th on Centric at 8 pm EST, which is under the BET umbrella.

Fabulous Brown Girls, we know you will be watching with us, so let us know what you think!

And special shoutout to our friend and FAB BROWN GIRL Ashley Minor, who will be featured in the show working for Tracy Ferguson and doing big things!

Make sure you follow @jonesmag and @ashley_minor to "keep up with the joneses" in every way possible!

Fabulous Brown Girl Going Strong 2010!

My apologies for my recent lack of postings, but I am taking time out for the holidays to catch up on some rest and spend with my family and friends! With less than a week away from not only a new year, but a new decade let's wrap it up with much thanks and evaluation. Also, be excited because there will be major changes coming to Fabulous Brown Girl in 2010! So keep checking us out!!

2010 WILL and MUST BE GREAT! There will be tons of new features, tips, self development, encouragement and empowerment , and most of all PROGRESS! So please, please stay TUNED in to the FAB!



Oh! and sidenote: Go see AVATAR in 3D if you haven't already done so, it has been one of the highlights of my holiday so far! James Cameron is a bona fide GENIUS

FBG Spotlight: Anika Noni Rose: From Dreamgirl to Princess

Even though Anika Noni Rose has been in the business for over 10 years now, we were first introduced to this Fabulous Brown Girl when she played Lavelle Robinson on the the movies Dreamgirls, starring Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce' Knowles, Eddie Murphy, and Jamie Foxx.

Even though she was the least known of the cast, she has now formed her own path to greatness by making history by providing the voice and giving life to the first black Disney Princess.

Rose, born in1972 in Bloomfield, CT, has captured the hearts of so many people, young and old who treasure Disney and the magic the films bring us. She is a Broadway superstar with an amazing voice.


Many of us FBGs never really thought or expected to see ourselves as a Disney Princess. But now that it is here we now wonder what took them so long? I understand it be better late than never, but still almost every other ethnicity from Middle Eastern to Native American had a princess... why just now for us...? Did it take us having a Black President to have a Black Disney Princess.. Even though I know that is not the case because it takes years to development Disney movies, it still can not help to leave one unsettled about it all.


Nevertheless, Rose was honored and is on the cover of this month's Essence magazine and talked with them about her history making role and what she is doing now.

Here is a snippet of the interview:

ESSENCE.com: How did you feel when you saw Tiana on the big screen for the first time?
ROSE: When I saw Tiana, with my expression on her face, in color, standing in the moonlight, surrounded by sparkles--I was truly undone! I've been crying for a year-- seriously.

ESSENCE.com: What does it mean to you to be making history?
ROSE: The largesse of it all didn't hit me [in the beginning], but when they unveiled the doll to me, I remember thinking, "There's a doll, based on me and the work I've done, that's going to be here for these little girls--and she's glamorous." This movie is showing the world a different picture of Black America, which is phenomenal. It's just phenomenal.

Read more: http://www.essence.com/entertainment/film/the_princess_diary.php#ixzz0aXjf9pFn

Here is the some footage of her behind the scenes

Congrats to the First Black Princess!!

Fabulous Brown Girl congratulates the first black Disney Princess, Tiana on being number one!

That's right! The new movie "The Princess and the Frog" is the number one movie in the US with with a box office opening weekend of $25 million.

Even though I have yet to had a chance to see it, I will embrace my inner younger FBG and definitely check it out! I am very happy to see that Disney has finally recognized how lucrative the Black audience is and that a princess should come in every color!

Even though it seemed Disney was moving away from full length 2-D animation musical films, most of us 80s babies grew up on these and we are so thrilled to see its return! Thankfully, Disney returned to its roots with a black princess from New Orleans. The movie is ranked up their with Disney 2-D animation greats like Little Mermaid (my personal fav), Alladin, and of course The Lion King and is already receiving great Oscar buzz!

So if you haven't gone to see it yet, take a young FBG and go check out the movie with its all star cast Anika Noni Rose, Oprah, Terrence Howard, and Jenifer Lewis

Here is the movie trailer!

"Things that Make You Go ....Hmmm??" : Sammy Sosa's New Skin Color

I don't know how many people are familiar with the baseball player, Sammy Sosa, from the Dominican Republic, but he has apparently made changes to his skin color to appear more lighter.

It is not clear if he has the skin disease known as vitilago or if he consciously manipulated his skin color with bleach to appear "white". I hope it is the former and not the latter because self hate Sammy Sosa is just not cool!

It was clear that Sammy had darker complexion skin and has an Afro Latino heritage. However, when asked about his new complexion Sammy does not see what the big deal is. He told the media that he is going through a skin rejuvenation process from all the years he spent out in the sun and that he is surprised his skin reacted this way...

REALLY SAMMY? "SKIN REJUVENATION" ??? That's what we calling it now?

Sammy, I am sorry but you need more people sir... Skin may change complexion when you are a newborn or due to a change in climate from a short range of lighter to darker, but never to this degree. Seeing him as a white man screams to us that he has been battling with his identity and love for himself and who he was.

Here at FABULOUS BROWN GIRL, we know how hard it is to really accept our deep, rich, beautiful skin color when the media is doing all it can to tell us the exact opposite. We pride ourselves on being fervent and passionate about loving oursleves and supporting one another in the process, because if we don't do it.. who will?

PRECIOUS Movie Premiere

Along with other must see movies this fall, PRECIOUS is one of the most highly anticipated films of the year. Based on the novel PUSH by Sapphire, the movie stars Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, and the breakout star, Gabourey Sidibe, who plays Claireece"Precious" Jones.

Fabulous Brown Girl will definitely be going to see PRECIOUS when it hits theatres this weekend!!

Here are pictures of the premiere that took place in Hollywood a couple of days ago! Everyone looked really good and FABULOUS might I add!

Mo'Nique and Gabby S., both looking exquisite

Paula Patton and Gabby S.


Tyler Perry and Oprah!

Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon

Paula Patton

Check out the official movie trailer to see more of PRECIOUS

FBG Turns One Month Today!!

Today marks the one month anniversary of FABULOUS BROWN GIRL (my baby is growing up yall!! lol) I started this blog just as an outlet on what I feel young women like me want to talk about. It does not always focus on superficial or materials things. Fabulous Brown Girls are Stylish, Sophisticated, and Savvy! We are the total package: we look fly, demand respect, and can hold our own in any circumstance!!

So FBG wants to give a BIG Thank You to those of you who keep checking us out and showing us love!! I really do appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. Please continue to look out for hot topics and different features that will make u smile, think, and laugh. Tell your friends to check FBG out too!! Leave comments and start discussions because its all for you FAB BROWN GIRLS.. Smooches

FBG Loves Ya!!

Welcome to Fabulous Brown Girl

What is a FABULOUS BROWN GIRL?

She is a woman of color who knows that being fabulous means so much more than shopping, clubbing, and being stalked by every man (single or taken) in the street. She knows that truly being fabulous means doing more than the average women. She is confident, sassy, socially aware, opinionated, and philanthropic. She wants to be financially literate and eco-friendly all while stopping traffic and hitting up upscale social and networking events. This blog will cover a lot of different issues that I feel are important for a young, urban, professional woman like myself.

• Career Development


• Social Awareness


• Women Empowerment/Motivational Affirmations


• Urban Celebrities


• Financial Literacy


• Eco-Friendliness/ Going "GREEN"


• Philanthropy/ NON Profit/ Charities


• Beauty/ Hair Tips and Tricks


• Being FAB on an entry-level budget


• ... and much more
  

I will post to this blog as often as I can to share interesting links and videos to keep everyone up to date with current events as well as offer encouraging words to make sure we are striving to be as "fabulous" as we can.

The FABULOUS BROWN GIRL revolution will not be televised so stay locked in to get it all!!