Click below for pics from the 25th Annual United Negro College Fund Mayor's Ball that took place in Atlanta last week. Looks like a fun time with lots of good lookin folks there for a good cause. Click below for more pics.
To all of you Timewarner subscribers out there, you may be losing a few channels due to an ongoing dispute between Time Warner and Viacom. According to Viacom Inc., Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and 16 other channels will go dark on Time Warner Cable Inc. at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if a new carriage fee deal is not agreed upon by then.
Viacom has asked for fee increases of between 22 percent and 36 percent per channel, an amount that could increase customers' cable bills, spokesman Alex Dudley said. Viacom spokeswoman Kelly McAndrew said the requested increase was in the very low double-digit percentage range.
Time Warner claims that they're standing up for their customers by not increasing their bills. However Viacom on the other hand says that Time Warner Cable has so greatly undervalued our channels for so long and that's why they're making said demands...Drama!
So, folks who might be bringing in the New Year watching any of the following channel's, you may want to have a back up channel to watch at 12:01 a.m...
The channels that would be affected are: Comedy Central, CMT: Pure Country, Logo, Palladia, MTV, MTV 2, MTV Hits, MTV Jams, MTV Tr3s, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Nick 2, Nicktoons, Spike, The N, TV Land, VH1, VH1 Classic, and VH1 Soul.
Coming in at #1 this weekend was the puppy love flick "Marley and Me" with $37 Million, bringing it's total to 51.7 Million.
In Second place is the new Adam Sandler Disney flick "Bedtime Stories" which pulled in $28.1 Million to bring it's total to $38.6 Million.
Trickling in at third place this weekend is the Brad Pitt, Golden Globe nominated film,"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" which brought in $27.2 Million to bring it's total to $39 Million.
In fourth place, which has to be a downer for Sir Tom Cruise, is "Valkyrie" which brought in $21.5 Million to bring it's total to $30 Million.
In last place this weekend was the Jim Carrey film "Yes Man" which brought in $16.4 Million to bring it's total to $49.6 Million.
Hi folks,Here's the trailer for Tyler Perry's latest film, "Madea Goes to Jail" that stars: Derek Luke and Keisha Knight Pulliam. The film is scheduled to come out on February 20 of next year.
SYNOPSIS
Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.
This week's Black in the Days movie was a classic based upon the cast alone. Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Della Reese - you just couldn't have dreamed of a better cast to bring this funny throwback gangsta flick to life. "Harlem Nights" was funny, serious, and even dramatic.
This movie was one of the final films that Pryor would act in before his Multiple Sclerosis would debilitate him to the point where he was confined to a wheelchair. It was also Foxx's final film before he died in '91. And it was one of Eddie's last films where he had a cast that didn't consist of him playing every character in drag.
The SAG Awards Nominees were announced this week and there was a handfull (literally) of our folks in the mix. Below are the noms:
Taraji P. Henson got 3 noms. One for Best Supporting Actress in "Benjamin Button," a Cast nomination for "Button." She also received a nomination for her work on "Boston Legal."
Phylicia Rashad received a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Movie or mini series for "A Raisin in the Sun"
And this year's Lifetime Achievement award will go to James Earl Jones for his outstanding and lengthy acting career.
Check out more pics below from the "Seven Pounds" Premiere. This will be my only post today due to the fact that I'm traveling. I shall return on Friday. 
Harpo, who this woman??
Laurence Fishburne is back on television in a big way these days. Not only is he starring on "CSI," he's just inked a first look deal with CBS to develop projects for television. As part of the deal, Fishburne's Cinema Gypsy Prods. will be located on the Eye's CBS Radford lot in Studio City.
According to Variety, Fishburne has tapped former TV One and Paramount TV exec Rose Catherine Pinkney to oversee his television arm. Pinkney most recently served for two years as exec VP of programming and production at TV One. Before that, she spent nearly a decade at Paramount.
This news comes on the heels of Fishburne's Thursday debut on "CSI" which garnered the network 20.9 Million viewers, it's best ratings since it's season premiere.
Wow, check out the trailer for the upcoming "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" movie. Why oh why can't this come out next month. It's out May 1st and looks like a lot of fun. Can't wait to see it. Interesting tidbit...the black guy in the trailer is...Will i am.
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