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Teenage Fashionista Turning Heads!

Zeydana (Instagram) I was perusing the Internet recently when I stumbled across a young J-lo look-a-like  rocking an uber-chic men's inspired suit and killer fedora. The headline read , "Are You Feeling Zendaya’s Menswear-Inspired Suit?"   My answer was a resounding, 'YES!! But, who's Zendaya ??"  Well, I quickly found out!   Actress/singer Zendaya Coleman (HelloBeautiful.com) Several Google searches later, I discovered the the pretty multi-racial, teen-aged actress-singer-dancer Zendaya Coleman-- simply known as Zeydana --first hit the scene at age 13 in the Disney comedy 'Shake It Up'.    Well, whoo knew?   I no longer have 'Disney TV-aged chil'ren at home, but if I did, surely I'd have been in the known about ... Zeydana!   SURELY! " It seems, over the past year or so she has been turning heads in a big way with  her impeccable style sense.  Now, at age the 17-year old 'triple threat' has fas

Pharrell said he's the 'New Black' ... and then ...

Pharrell Williams (Twitter) It seems super producer-writer-singer and ' Happy ' man Pharrell Williams has angered some folks ( again ).  This time controversy centers around comments about race during a recent interview with Oprah on OWN. While ( again ) addressing the criticism from those who say he did not include an African American on his GIRL album cover ( he did by the way ), Pharrell defined himself as The New Black; quoting here, the portion of his statement that went viral:     "The New Black doesn't blame other races for our issues. The New Black dreams and realizes that it's not pigmentation: it's a mentality and it's either going to work for you or it's going to work against you.    And you've got to pick the side you'r e going to be on." And for those interested in the complete comment:   "The new black doesn’t blame other races for our issues. The new black dreams and realizes that it’s not a p