On February 1, 2012, as Black America began celebrating the first day of Black History month, the community lost one of its most familiar icons. Don Cornelius, host and creator of Soul Train, presumedly committed suicide, dying from a gunshot wound.

Raised in Colombia and the Netherlands, Ingrid's fascination with food, cooking and style began as a little girl. She started cooking with her mother, a Cordon Bleu chef, at such a young age that she needed a stool to reach the stove.

With Gina Carano, a virtual unknown butt kicking some of our favorite leading men like Ewan McGregor, Micheal Fassbender and more in the movie Haywire, everyone want to know who is this chick?  Moreover, with a last name such as Carano plus those smoldering dark good looks help people to assume she is Italian.  The Haywire/Mixed Martial Arts star's view on her ethnicity/ background keeps coming up in internet searches as "I am a small percentage Italian." Leave it to the Martial Arts Community to go directly to the source for an answer. 

In 2012 Idris Elba won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made For Televison for his Portrayal Luther, a BBC production.

He has starred in both British and American productions. He grew up in Canning Town, East London. One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera Family Affairs.  He has worked in a variety of TV roles including Ultraviolet and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.He is known for playing Russell "Stringer" Bell, a Baltimore drug lord and aspiring businessman, in HBO's critically acclaimed show The Wire. Elba is a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis/Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist.

Tim Tebow is forever linked to Makati City in the Philippines, one of 17 cities that make up Metro Manila. How is he linked? That's where the former Florida Gator turned Denver Bronco quarterback was born. Tebow's parents, Robert Tebow, a pastor; and Pamela Tebow, who was featured in a Pro-Life commercial with her famous son, were both Baptist's missionaries at the time and the superstar NFL player has never taken up stakes from the area.