Alretha ThomasMay 25WE HAVE TO PUT A STOP TO THIS!!!I heard a notification on my phone. I glanced down and the headlines sent chills down my spine. “GUNMAN KILLS 19 CHILDREN IN TEXAS SCHOOL...
Alretha ThomasApr 2The Slap Heard Around the WorldOn Sunday, March 27, 2022, no one could have imagined that two of the biggest stars in Hollywood would be on a collision course that...
Alretha ThomasDec 17, 2021Girl, Keep DreamingIn 2016, if you had told me that in 2021 I would be on national television (BET) singing with superstar singer and actress, Tamala Mann...
Alretha ThomasJul 11, 2021Remembering my Uncle Albert "Man" BakerI remember the first time meeting him. I had to have been around six or seven years old. That was a long time ago, but I remember it as...
Alretha ThomasJun 20, 2021Disappearing Dad What do "Father Knows Best," "The Brady Bunch," "The Waltons," and "The Cosby Show" have in common, besides being some of the most...
Alretha ThomasJun 20, 2021The Age of AnastasiaIn 2015 I saw The Age of Adaline, starring Blake Lively. In the movie, she miraculously remains a youthful 29 years of age for nearly...
Alretha ThomasJun 2, 2021The Dream that Keeps on Giving“They’ve made an offer.” Those were the last four words I’d expected to hear when I answered my phone on October 27, 2020. An offer? Who...
Alretha ThomasAug 28, 2020It’s Darkest Before Dawn: RIP Chadwick Boseman - 1,703 ViewsI was scrolling through my phone and decided to go to Facebook. Someone had posted that Chadwick Boseman had died. My heart sank. Then I...
Alretha ThomasMar 12, 2020The New Big C - 1,277 ViewsThe first time I heard the word Coronavirus was in early January when WHO announced that there was a new virus that had originated in...
Alretha ThomasOct 8, 2019Burnett hits it out of the Sapien Solar System!!! - 1,737 ViewsIf George Lucas and Ava DuVernay had a baby, T.O. Burnett would be their child. Like Lucas, Burnett creates entirely new worlds that...
Alretha ThomasOct 1, 2019Not Just Another Love Story - 1,492 ViewsB.L. McGrew has created a love story unlike any I’ve ever read or seen on the silver screen. Move over Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman...
Alretha ThomasSep 30, 2019FREEDOM PARK SOARS - 1,562 ViewsB.W. McKay’s second novel’s opening had me riveted to the page. Darnell Scott, the protagonist, is running for Congress. If elected, he...
Alretha ThomasMay 3, 2019This psychic mystery is a keeper! - 1,840 ViewsThis psychic mystery is a keeper! Reba Rose Parker, the protagonist in Jenna B. Neece’s debut novel, is an irascible but loveable and...
Alretha ThomasApr 29, 2019John Singleton: A Boy From the Hood That Did So Much Good - 5,970 ViewsI just read that it’s been confirmed by John Singleton’s agents at ICM Partners that he has passed away. The news has shaken me, and I...
Alretha ThomasApr 23, 2019Digging Deep Within: A Story of Courage and Liberation - 1,733 ViewsCorey Brookshire is the protagonist in B.W. McKay’s engaging and well-written novel, Digging Deep Within: A Story of Courage and...
Alretha ThomasMar 10, 2019Sapien: Dawn of Oblivion, not just for sci-fi fantasy lovers - 1,960 ViewsEleven days ago, I had no idea what a twice emitter, JEDDO, VC, EPIC, and DAN were. But now that I’ve read Sapien: Dawn of Oblivion by...
Alretha ThomasFeb 9, 2019An American Marriage is An American Masterpiece - 1,915 ViewsI discovered an “American Marriage” while I was updating my currently reading books on Goodreads. There was an ad for the novel at the...
Alretha ThomasDec 20, 2018This is Me, Too - 2,164 ViewsIt may not appear so, but Chrissy Metz, who play’s Kate Pearson on the hit show This is Us, and I have a lot in common: we’re our...
Alretha ThomasDec 9, 2018The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir - 2,129 ViewsIn Jenifer Lewis’s memoir, The Mother of Black Hollywood, she says that Black-ish has made her a household name. But for me, the name...
Alretha ThomasNov 21, 2018MICHELLE OBAMA'S BECOMING - 2,529 ViewsI remember the first time I even remotely let myself believe that Barack and Michelle Obama could take residence in the White House. It...