ABC's ROBIN ROBERTS: 'I Have Breast Cancer'

After having dealt with personal cancer battles, Girlfriends Get-Together URGES YOU to please check your breasts and encourage your girlfriends, mothers, sisters and everyone else to do the same. Our prayers go out to Ms. Roberts and anyone else who is battling cancer.
~Bettina
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The 'Good Morning America' Anchor Will Seek Treatment in the Coming Months
By ROBIN ROBERTS

July 31, 2007 —

I never thought I'd be writing this. & I have breast cancer.

It all started a few weeks ago. We had gotten the news that our dear colleague and friend Joel Siegel had passed away and we began preparing for our special tribute show for him. I did a piece about Joel's courageous battle with cancer, reporting on the way my friend had lived his life and been such a successful advocate for the importance of early cancer screenings.
That very night when I went to bed, I did a self breast exam and found something that women everywhere fear: I found a lump.

At first I thought, "This can't be. I am a young, healthy woman." Nevertheless, I faced my fear head on and made an appointment to see the doctor. Much as I was hoping the doctor would say it was nothing, she did a biopsy and confirmed that the lump I'd found was indeed an early form of breast cancer.

Hearing the doctor say those words out loud was surreal.

I will be having surgery shortly and follow-up treatment in the months to come. So in the coming months, you will probably notice that I will have my good days and my bad days, but I know I will get through it with the love and support of my family and friends. Diane, Sam, Chris and all of the folks behind the scenes who make this program come to life each and every morning have been so supportive and loving at this challenging time.

To you, our viewers, please know that your thoughts and prayers very much sustain me as they always have each and every morning when I sit in the chair next to Diane and say "Good Morning America." You have always been there for me & and I love you back.
And like my good friend Joel, I can't stress enough how important it is to get screened and checked for all cancers and to do self breast exams. I am so blessed that I found this in the early stages and the prognosis is so promising that my doctor expects me to be flying planes and hanging on to submarines in the middle of the Atlantic and scaling the Mayan Pyramids in no time in the mornings to come.

Now I join the ranks of millions of Americans who are fighting this same battle each and every day. I appreciate YOUR courage and YOUR example. Thank you for showing me the way.

You can send Robin Roberts a personal message by clicking here.

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CHAKA KHAN & MJB'S NEW SONG

Thanks to our friends at Hustlemode, we present Disrespectful for your listening pleasure. It's a new collabo between the Queen Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige. Haven't heard it on the radio as of yet, so enjoy!

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JUSTONEE

Greetings Fashionistas! Allow me to introduce myself:

It’s Toni Drumwright here or as some refer to me as Justonee. How did I come up with Justonee? Well, basically, it’s Just Toni...

So let me give you a visual... Dirty old man, gold teeth, jheri curl, unbuttoned shirt, looking at me like he wants to eat me up... You get the point right?

He asks: What's your name?

I say: Toni...

He says: “Like Tony, Tone, Toni??" Or "Like Toni Braxton??" (Remember the visual now)

I say: (sarcastically) NO!! Just Toni!!

Now, give it a little French accent, and voila!! Justonee!!

I started in the fashion industry in the 6th grade.. That's right! Smuggling my parents' denim jeans into my bedroom was very profitable for me because I used to make denim drawstring purses. The price was $2, but for an extra $.50 you could get your name on the pocket.. What?! I was a hustler for fashion even back then! Aaahhhh, memories.. Let's fast forward umpteen years... I went to FIT and studied in the fashion styling program where I met many slaves to fashion like myself. I've worked on shoots for New Jersey Monthly magazine, freelance photographers, and also as a dresser for various fashion shows including New York’s fashion week and charity fashion events.

I’ll be sharing fashion chronicles, advice, 411, cheer, jeers, and tips...

Next up: Style on a budget

Until next time…

One should never enter a room and expect ambiance; One should enter a room and become it.

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DEELISHIS' NEW VIDEO - RUMPSHAKER

Who knew Deelishis could sing?! Doesn't she have a daughter? Positive role model. Well, she was slobbing it up with Flava Flav. And didn't Beyonce do this already? This was sent to us yesterday, but I had to post. Enjoy... kinda...

Deelishis - Rumpshaker
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FOR THE GLAM TOMBOY

A friend recently gifted our prez, Bettina, with a cute sweashirt (actually the one in the photo, but in white) from Scarlett Johansson's new Hearts RBK line with Reebok. She is a sporty glam gal, running track in college, prancing to and fro' in her ballet flats and then jouzing it up for an event (or really just to go to Costco) and she really liked the heart cutouts on the back. I'm glad to see that Reebok are trying to stay in the game with Nike (even though Nike blows everyone out of the water.)

Must say that when we first heard about the launch of this line a few months back, we weren't very interested. Every celeb comes out with a line nowadays. But now, after a test run and closer investigation into the line, it is a decent alternative to the posh Juicy Couture (do you really want to get sweaty or play with your dog in Juicy) and a step up from Victoria Secret's Pink line.

On another Reebok note, most people had a pair of $54.11's back in the day and in every color I might add, but those just aren't so cute anymore. With the impact 80's culture (leggings should have stayed back then b/c not everyone can or should wear them) we think some chica will make a stand, relive her youth and bring try to bring them back. If you visit the Reebok site, go to the 'Freestyle Forever' tab to see the hot mess designs they have. If you feel differently about the designs, then by all means, let us know.

~Raquel

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