Age Ain't Nothing But a Number as Tina Turner Lands the Cover of Vogue at 73

Tina Turner may have renounced her U.S. citizenship, but she is looking fabulous at 73 on the cover of the April issue of German Vogue. She is indeed the oldest person to grace the cover of the fashion magazine.

It would be remiss to ignore that many of Tina's biggest musical successes came as she battled physical abuse with former husband and partner Ike Turner; however, she certainly stood on her own two feet with her Grammy-award winning song "What's Love Got to Do with It."

We salute Tina for kicking that abusive Ike to the curb. It is hard to think of her life and not see the parallel with the younger and not nearly as talented Rihanna and Chris Brown. Hopefully, Rihanna will see the error of her ways and become her own "Proud Mary."

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High School Students Wear Blackface, Imitate Chris Brown Beating Rihanna

 

Having attended many a pep rally during high school, we remember what took place: the marching band got students excited. There was a ton of clapping and stomping. Student leaders gave speeches. Cheerleaders waved pom poms. Football players ran around. And then came the blackface.

Yep, that's how it happened at our high school. Chanting, clapping, blackface. In that order. Every year. Without fail.  

Well, not exactly.  

But last Friday at Waverly High School in New York, students performed a skit while wearing blackface. They trotted out and beat each other, seeking to recreate a version of Chris Brown's highly-publicized 2009 beating of Rihanna.   

School superintendent Joseph Yelich has received many complaints. "Ultimately, our administrators are going to need to meet with the whole student body to set clear expectations for our behavior and the impact it has on all people," he said.

Still, some note that students performed in blackface at last year's pep rally. And both times, students, parents, media, and administrators sat idly by during the festivities. No one stopped the skit. They merely cheered it on, took pictures, and posted them on Facebook.

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