“Surprising as it may be, the answer lies in the fact that the film has an all-black cast. French cinema is often pointed at for not fairly displaying all components of the country’s multiethnic population. Although the recent success of the movie Les Intouchables, which earned French African actor Omar Sy the Cesar award for Best Actor in 2012, caused great pride and hope among French nationals from Africa and the Caribbean, it was not to be the turning point for a deep and lasting change.”

Much like the argument that the Miss Black France pageant was exclusionary in its celebration of black beauty, a note from the Facebook page of “Negro News” reposted on Martinican blog People Bo Kay, suggests that same thinking is at play with the ban on Harvey’s film.

“The French state has had a sociopolitical strategy which favors interracial relationships rather than valuing communities,” the post reads. “In the comedy ‘Think like a Man’, the focus is on black couples.”

Interesting that Gabrielle Union’s on-screen romance with Jerry Ferrara didn’t meet the country’s unspoken interracial quota. It seems the goal is to flip the script on the black community’s cries of disenfranchisement by arguing that all-black efforts do the same thing, without any regard for why such all-black projects exist. Steve Harvey isn’t the only black contemporary film that’s been banned either. The note also adds:

“Black actor and producer Tyler Perry’s movies are never scheduled in any French movie theaters or are only released in DVDs, even though he has been used to leading the US box-office, as with ‘Why did I get Married’ and ‘For Colored Girls’. The French society acts hypocritically, when it refuses to show movies from black producers who earn millions from conveying a positive message to the African diaspora through their films.”

Other bloggers suggest that beyond the racist undertone of the ban, the French people don’t believe that a movie with an all-black cast could actually lead the box office. That sounds awfully similar to expectations here in the U.S. before the film knocked The Hunger Games out of its four-week run at the #1 spot and brought in double the revenue that was expected. If the success of Tyler Perry’s movies hasn’t sparked a change in France’s thinking, it’s not likely “Think Like a Man” will either. Unfortunately, it seems films like Les Intouchables will continue to be outliers as long as the country keeps pushing for a more nationalist approach to country unity without acknowledging that all French people aren’t allotted the same freedom of expression.

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This week we braced our hearts after news hit that Tia Mowry and Pooch Hall would not be returning to BET’s The Game and now it looks as though two of their most popular hosts are on their way out the door as well. According to reports, 106 and Park hosts Rocsi and Terrence will be leaving the show after 7 years. Both joined the show in 2005 after being discovered by BET during a National ‘New Faces’ Talent Search to find new talent. Although Terrence did not make the cut in the city he auditioned in, he drove to the next city’s audition, auditoned for a second time and won the gig as a host alongside Rocsi, who auditioned in Chicago. [Rocsi was working as a radio DJ at Chicago's Power 92 at the time of her audition].

It’s the beginning of another chapter for both hosts. Terrence will continue his career as a movie and television actor, already snagging roles in ‘Burlesque’, ‘Think Like A Man’, BET’s ‘The Game and Stomp The Yard 2. Rocsi is the host of a national syndicated radio show, ‘Rocsi On The Radio’ and will be moving to California to pursue a career in acting with a project starring Lynn Whitfield already in the works.

Good luck to the both of them!

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It seems Rihanna has finally had enough of Chris Brown … the singer has “unfollowed” her ex-boyfriend on Twitter after he released a new diss track that appears to be aimed at her.
The song in question is a remix of Kanye’s TheraFlu — in which Brown freestyles the verse, “Don’t f*ck with my old bitches … like a bad fur … every industry n*gga done had her.”

He continues, “Trick or treat like a pumpkin … just to smash her.”

Hours after Brown released the track last night, Rihanna stopped following Brown on Twitter — a HUGE move — and one that’s leading many to assume Rihanna believes the verse is about her.

A short time later, Brown unfollowed Rihanna.

We reached out to Rihanna’s rep — so far, no comment.

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Go to the 18 secs part – the goon destroyed the poor girl… He didn’t even care that she was a woman with no pads.