Eartha Kitt News

A lot of sun and a little sass can do wonders to redeem what has been a decidedly soggy 2013 New Orleans Jazz Fest.

A strategic partnership brings the Eartha Kitt prepaid debit card to the U.S. market, and in tribute to the singer's battle with colon cancer, adds a donation to the Colon Cancer Alliance with every new card.

Eartha Kitt was an entertainer who fit the by now familiar pattern of other African-American entertainers who born here.. She was an African-American celebrity who was born in South Carolina but made her fame and career elsewhere.

We'd previously reported that Matt Binns of Giant Globes Inc. is the go-to guy if you need a big-ass scale model of Earth, but as it turns out, Binns isn't alone.

As we continue our observance of Black History Month , here's a profile of entertainer Eartha Kitt which originally ran on February 6, 2011.