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UK TV: ONE TO WATCH – BRITAIN’S FIRST BLACK STAR
If you happen to be UK based and at home tonight then watch the documentary ’High Society’s Favourite Gigolo’, which will take an in depth look at the meteoric rise and fall of Britain’s first black superstar, Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson.
Up until this point I’d never heard of Leslie Hutchinson.
Hmmmmmmm I wonder why????
He was our highest-paid performer, a singer, pianist and actor whose suave good looks guaranteed invites to the top parties – not to mention the fact he was a wartime entertainer as beloved as Vera Lynn. A friend to royalty, he crossed the racial divide at a time when the N-word was still openly used.
His decline had as much to do with his colourful sex life as the colour of his skin. You see, bisexual Hutch was a premier-league shagger. This chap bedded, and occasionally knocked up, Hollywood stars, princesses, debutantes and duchesses who coveted his “exoticism”. Cole Porter, Ivor Novello and, allegedly, a young Princess Margaret were among his countless lovers.
But sleeping with Edwina, wife of the Queen’s cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten, proved a liaison too far. The couple’s shenanigans were humiliatingly exposed when they had to be physically separated in hospital in a rare case of the medical phenomenon vaginismus.
Nevertheless, their affair continued for 30 years, with Edwina lavishing costly gifts on her lover, including a Cartier-designed diamond-encrusted
With dramatisations and archive footage, this tells the tale of an artist whose achievements have been scandalously erased from the annals. His children speak sadly about a father who coveted fame more than family, while old friends toast a performer who never got the respect he deserved for busting through Britain’s bigoted inter-war class system – while having as much fun as possible.
Tonight (November 25th) - ‘High Society’s Favourite Gigolo’ Channel 4, 9pm
PICS OF THE DAY!!!! THE DIRTY AWARDS 2008
The Dirty Awards took place last night (November 24th) and as you can all see… a good time was had by all!
Rapper Alfamega
and before the foolishness…….
Singers Trey Songz and Lloyd
Rapper Bone Crusher and Keri Hilson
“Rapper” Trina
Singer Monica
Photographs: Wireimage/Ben Rose
FIGHT BREAKS OUT AT THE DIRTY AWARDS
Last night (November 24th) the sophisticated Dirty Awards took place in Atlanta, Georgia and ended in violence and mayhem….
Radio One’s fourth annual Dirty Awards ended abruptly this evening when two separate altercations erupted reportedly between rapper Shawty Lo and members of the Grand Hustle camp tonight (November 24).
An eye witness told AllHipHop.com that the tension between the two crews mounted during Shawty Lo’s performance, which included a diss version of Grand Hustle artist Yung LA’s song “Ain’t I.”
As Lo performed his version with a chorus “Don’t I,” an audience member identified by an eyewitness as Capitol recording artist Alfamega, allegedly threw a chair onto the stage.
At that point, witnesses say another artist signed to the T.I.-helmed label stormed the stage, at which point authorities proceeded to break a fight.
T.I. himself took the stage shortly after the fight to accept an award following, a reported private conversation with Shawty-Lo, in which the Grammy Award-winning rapper/actor allegedly insisted once again, that the two end their long-running beef.
He proceeded to denounce the violence and negativity and assured the Dirty Awards audience that he did not condone the fighting.
Shortly thereafter, however, a second fight broke out as T.I. performed his verse from “Ain’t I,” allegedly substituting some lyrics with verbal jabs at Shawty Lo, with whom he has had an unpleasant relationship throughout the year. Continue Reading….
My people make me feel soooooooooo proud at times!
Oh well!
