Broadway.com added this little video that shows the first rehearsal with the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of "The Wiz." The musical will star Ashanti as Dorothy. Looks like it's going to be a really fun show. I might have to head up to NYC to check it out.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
BLACK IN THE DAYZ...
Okay am I the only one who misses movies like this? "Black Belt Jones" has to be one of my favorite blaxploitation films. Jim Kelly was just too cool and though the movie was cheesy at some parts, it worked. It was entertaining and funny and just a lot of fun to watch. These are truly the films that motivate me to keep on doing what I'm doing in the business.
Okay now I really must find this on DVD. Interesting tidbit on Jim Kelly...I hear he's now a tennis instructor in Orange County, CA.
THE NEELYS LAUNCH COOKBOOK
My favorite food network couple, from the highest rated show on the network, continues their rise to fame with a new cookbook that is now in stores. "Down Home With The Neelys" features over 120 southern recipes -plenty of which have been featured on their uberly popular show of the same name.
Click the photo above for more info on the book. Looks like they have some really good recipes to put together.
SMITH AND JACKSON ARE FEATURED ON "UNBROKE"
Will Smith and Samuel L. Jackson will be appearing in a new ABC money special called "Unbroke." "Unbroke" is everything you need to know about money, credit cards, mortgages, the stock market and investing.
The special airs May 29th on ABC.
RIHANNA TO MAKE ACTING DEBUT
It looks like pop star Rihanna will be adding acting to her resume as she is rumored to have signed on to make her debut in the new movie "Personal Protection"...No really that's the name of the movie.
Supposedly Rihanna is so serious about her role that she's enrolled in acting classes in New York.
Filming for "Personal Protection" is said to start later on this year.
Supposedly Rihanna is so serious about her role that she's enrolled in acting classes in New York.
Filming for "Personal Protection" is said to start later on this year.
This isn't the only movie that Rihanna is rumored to be signed up for. She's also rumored to star in the remake of the cult classic film that I'm about to put in my DVD player right now, "The Last Dragon." Oh please movie God's don't let them remake that movie.
"ORAL SEX IS THE NEW GOODNIGHT KISS"
I tell you things have really changed since I was in school. The documentary clip above was featured on "Good Morning America" yesterday and shows teenaged girls talking about having oral sex like it's nothing. These kids are being faced with growing up a lot faster than we had to back in the day. Whew!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
IN LIVING COLOR: RANDOM CELEB PICS
Click below to check out more pics of celebs out and about this week.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
"LIFE IS HOT IN CRACKTOWN" TRAILER
SYNOPSIS
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
THE OBAMA'S ON MEMORIAL DAY
Our favorite FLOTUS and POTUS spent this past Memorial Day at Camp David. Check out a few flicks of them on their way to Marine One. 
"PRESSURE COOKER" TRAILER
SYNOPSIS
Pressure Cooker highlights two semesters in the culinary arts class of Wilma Stephenson, an irreverent high school teacher in Northeast Philadelphia whose no-holds-barred teaching style helps her students earn scholarships to college. Mrs. Stephenson spells it out on the first day of school by telling the newcomers that 11 members of last year’s class earned over three quarters of a million dollars in scholarships, a staggering amount. She offers her students her version of the American Dream: You choose a realistic goal. You work hard. You work the system. You get out of Northeast Philly.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
THIS WEEKEND AT THE BOX OFFICE...
As expected, in at number one this weekend was "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" which brought in $53.5 Million.
Coming in second, which has to be a disappointment to the franchise was "Terminator Salvation" which brought in $43 Million to bring it's total to $56.4 Million.
Rolling into third place this week is Star Trek which brought in 22 Million making it's total $184 Million.
In fourth place was the film that nearly put me to sleep, Angels and Demons, which brought in $21.4 Million bringin it's total to $81.5 Million.
In fifth place which has to be disappointing for the Wayans Clan is "Dance Flick" which brought in $11.1 Million despite being shown on over 2 thousand screens. PRESIDENT OBAMA SELECTS JUDGE SOTOMAYOR
Following a thorough vetting process that drew down the number of potential Supreme Court nominees to four, President Barack Obama ultimately settled on his decision to nominate Sonia Sotomayor at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, senior administration officials said.
In the most detailed briefing to date about the process of filling the forthcoming Court vacancy, two high-ranking White House aides said on Tuesday that the president's decision on who should replace Justice David Souter came down to Solicitor General Elana Kagan, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit judge Diane Wood, and Sotomayor.
The president personally knew the first three, having appointed two to their current posts and worked with Wood in Chicago. He had never met Sotomayor before.
But after the two spent an hour together discussing judicial philosophy in the Oval Office last Thursday, he ultimately settled on the judge from the second district court of appeals. That meeting was part of a seven-hour visit Sotomayor made to the White House -- without, remarkably, being caught by any members of the press corps. The president had expressed an inclination as to his choice on Friday but took the weekend to think about it.
"The President went through a very rigorous process, considered a large number of candidates," said a senior White House aide. "Volumes of material were produced about each of the candidate and ultimately the president met with four of them and met with Judge Sotomayor.... who certainly brought to this a strong orientation of what he was looking for."
In the roughly half-hour briefing describing the nomination process, two administration officials laid out three distinct characteristics that the president had looked for in a judge: "deep experience in the law," someone who "shared his view of the appropriate role of the court and of judging," and "someone who would bring some real life experience to the court."
"When he applied all those three standards," the official concluded, "it was very, very clear to him who that nominee should be."
Sounds like the President made the right decision and they did check her taxes so that gives the Rethugs less ammunition to hold up her appointment...although we know that they will anyways. Congrats to Judge Sotomayor. Girl Power!!
In the most detailed briefing to date about the process of filling the forthcoming Court vacancy, two high-ranking White House aides said on Tuesday that the president's decision on who should replace Justice David Souter came down to Solicitor General Elana Kagan, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit judge Diane Wood, and Sotomayor.
The president personally knew the first three, having appointed two to their current posts and worked with Wood in Chicago. He had never met Sotomayor before.
But after the two spent an hour together discussing judicial philosophy in the Oval Office last Thursday, he ultimately settled on the judge from the second district court of appeals. That meeting was part of a seven-hour visit Sotomayor made to the White House -- without, remarkably, being caught by any members of the press corps. The president had expressed an inclination as to his choice on Friday but took the weekend to think about it.
"The President went through a very rigorous process, considered a large number of candidates," said a senior White House aide. "Volumes of material were produced about each of the candidate and ultimately the president met with four of them and met with Judge Sotomayor.... who certainly brought to this a strong orientation of what he was looking for."
In the roughly half-hour briefing describing the nomination process, two administration officials laid out three distinct characteristics that the president had looked for in a judge: "deep experience in the law," someone who "shared his view of the appropriate role of the court and of judging," and "someone who would bring some real life experience to the court."
"When he applied all those three standards," the official concluded, "it was very, very clear to him who that nominee should be."
Sounds like the President made the right decision and they did check her taxes so that gives the Rethugs less ammunition to hold up her appointment...although we know that they will anyways. Congrats to Judge Sotomayor. Girl Power!!
MIKE TYSON'S DAUGHTER ON LIFE SUPPORT
Mike Tyson's daughter, Exodus, is on life support in "extremely critical condition" after an accident in her Phoenix home, the Associated Press reports. The boxer's four-year-old reportedly was playing on a treadmill and became entangled in a cord located under the machine's console. Her seven-year-old brother found the girl and alerted their mother, who called for emergency response.
“Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there’s a cord that hangs under the console — it’s kind of a loop,” Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill said. “Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it.” Tyson flew back to Phoenix from Las Vegas immediately upon hearing the news. At this time authorities are ruling the child's injury as accidental.
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