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Steve Harvey's new book will be out later this year, and BlackVoices.com is the place where the celebrated King of Comedy came to dish about it. Arriving on Dec. 7 via Harper Collins, 'Straight Talk, No Chaser' is the follow-up to the media superstar's debut relationship book, 'Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man,' which skyrocketed to the top of the New York Times Bestseller's List and remained a top seller for more than a year.
Publisher's Weekly is already proclaiming the book to be "a thorough, witty guide to the modern man."
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, heralded Harvey, who she said "dispenses a lot of fabulous information about men. It's more than the average man will usually tell you. Steve Harvey will give it up."
"I go so deep into the mindset of men and how we operate and function, and I give women real things that they can do to help in their relationship," Harvey told BlackVoices.com. "You know, look man, men are not bad people. But women think we're bad because they don't get us at all. We're very, very simple. We all think alike. We all basically think alike when it comes down to commitment, love, relationships, money, sex, whatever it is. We all about basically think the same."
"Women have this odd notion that we should think like them," the new 'Family Feud' host continued.
"I help them get beyond that. I've got a chapter in a book, I've got chapters in this book, that deal with this subject matter, whether you're independent and strong, but lonely. I don't care if you've been cheated on. I don't care if you have a relationship with a guy who won't commit to you. I don't care if your guy labels you as a nagger. Why are you always nagging? Why you all always seem to argue and fight about money? I cover everything in this book, much deeper than I did in the first book."
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Chris Rock
Started Out: Doing stand-up comedy in 1985 in New York City's Catch a Rising Star Comedy Club. Big Break: Was a cast member of the popular sketch comedy series 'Saturday Night Live.' Hometown: New York City Also Was Seen: In the movie 'New Jack City,' where he played a crackhead informant. Factoid: Born in 1965, Rock won a Grammy for best spoken comedy album in 1999 for the project 'Bigger & Blacker.'
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Eddie Griffith
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By: Greg on 9/18/2010 4:54AM
Black women will buy just about any book that continues to "lie" to them, or paints them in a favorable light and doesn't show how negative they really are! Just, more black foolishbness!
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By: jackfreeman0018 on 9/18/2010 11:21AM
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By: David1 on 9/18/2010 8:13AM
This will be another best seller for Steve "The Hypocrite" Harvey. Sadly there are a lot of gullible black women out there with money to throw away on people who tell them what they want to hear even when it's coming from a no nothing hypocrite like Harvey. Just ask Tyler Perry. Tyler Perry success is based on that same formula. His fortune was build on the backs of the same type of black women who will buy this book.
IMO the same way a lot of young black males bought into black rappers putting down the black woman, black women buy into books (movies and plays) telling them negative things about black men. We have to stop looking at each other as the enemy. Unfortunately there is a lucrative industry making money off of black people being told we are each others enemy.
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By: Mrs. DMS on 9/18/2010 9:47AM
Got to agree with you David1 on this one. Far too many of us ALL, don't consult God, at all. We are perfectly content to read all kinds of self-help books, and the like, but we fail to consult God on these very matters. Of course, I am speaking to the TRUE Christians, who are living the life, and not on paper Christians. We will just about listen to any and every medium, but when someone comes and says, listen, did you consult God on this portion of your life, that person is shunned and maybe even mocked. God is not some hocus pocus Diety just hanging around and non-existent because he's not seen in the tangible. Read the Word of God, study the principles THERE, of how to have a good life. PRAY. I didn't say a perfect, without any shred of troubles, but when trouble comes, it is my experience, that with God, truly, all things are possible. Get in a good Bible believing church, please no references to the pulpit pimps, etc. We all know they exist, but I am not speaking of them apparently. Form a singles club to get all those feelings out or someone you can confide in, who may be experiencing the same thing as you.
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By: Sherry on 3/02/2011 8:45PM
Good grief! Did you even read the book before criticizing it? This book is not about the blame game. He simply breaks down our differences and helps educate women on how to better communicate with the men in their lives. How is that hypocritical? I applaud Steve Harvey! I love his style and the fact that he values marriage and family.
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By: Truethat on 9/18/2010 1:45PM
Oh Lord here we go again.....
I am a Black Woman who have an intimate and powerful relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. HE is first in my life and the only one I serve. Whenever I have an issue in life, I get on my knees and go to the throne in prayer and get direct access to heaven for direction and guidance of my situation. I am HIS sheep and I hear and know HIS voice. On that note, I don't listen to Steve Harvey nor do I read his books.
As long as there are silly women in this world...... Wow, Apostle Paul talked about it in
2 Timothy 3:6-9; (CEV)
Some men fool whole families, just to get power over those women who are slaves of sin and are controlled by all sorts of desires. These women always want to learn something new, but they never can discover the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these people are enemies of the truth. Their minds are sick, and their faith isn't real. But they won't get very far with their foolishness. Soon everyone will know the truth about them, just as Jannes and Jambres were found out.
God Bless everyone
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By: mckenz707 on 9/19/2010 12:57AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwhKuunp8D8&feature=p
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By: Oyayo on 9/19/2010 8:22PM
why do black people have to inject god in everything? I've never read steve harvey's book, nor do i plan 2,but i saw him on oprah waxing about how black women has to have 2 accepted jesus as her lord and savior in order 2 get a good man, and if she's not doing that she might as well forget it! What a load of crap!!!!
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By: gichaya on 9/21/2010 9:33PM
To answer your question Oya...God is the only thing that the white man could not take from the slaves. And, he's forever present.
I guess if I had to explain that to you it means that he's not in your life. Hmmm, I feel sorry for ya
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By: Renae on 9/20/2010 10:25AM
I didn't think the 1st book was great. I mean I bought it because it was hyped up but I found that most of the information was nonsense.
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