Media coverage of D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown’s recent committee shake-up focused on his removal of Councilman Tommy Wells, D-Ward 6, as chairman of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, describing the unusual midyear reshuffling as a vengeful payback for Wells’ investigation of the chairman’s order of not one, but two “fully loaded” Lincoln Navigators on the city’s dime. But Brown’s revenge doesn’t explain why 11 members of the 13-member council meekly agreed to exile Wells to the Committee on Libraries, Parks, Recreation and Planning.

Don’t let Nick Cannon’s baby face fool you. He’s a grown-behind-man with grown-behind-responsibilities as the chairman of TeenNick (formerly known as Nickelodeon). But he’s not your average fuddy-duddy-white-collar dude, Cannon, who jump-started his career as a comedian, actor, producer and writer, will manage to do close-ups on camera, get busy behind the lens, and do a little Web work. ESSENCE.com caught up with Cannon, who turns 30 next month, to talk prophecy, how he’s preparing for fatherhoood, and why discovering the fountain of youth works for him.

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