They make a lovely couple.
Via Bossip
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How times have changed!
Congratulations to the happy couple.
Yes folks it’s finally here!!!!
Coverage of tonights MOBO Awards ceremony will air live on BBC 3 at 9pm and you can catch it again on Friday 2nd October, on BBC 1 at 10.40pm
Artists performing live at the SECC in Glasgow (Scotland) tonight will include Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz, Chipmunk, Ironik, Jermaine Jackson and Keri Hilson, as well as JLS, Diversity, Flawless and Shaheen (the young Britain’s Got Talent contestent who sang at Michael Jackson’s memorial)
I’ve also heard that the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt will be there to present an award.
I will be watching and Twittering from the comfort of my leather sofa.
New Trident advertising campaign
Via BBC News
Young women are being warned not to hide guns for their boyfriends, brothers or male friends in a new campaign by the Metropolitan police.
It is aimed at the growing number of teenage girls in London who, the Met says, are being persuaded to store weapons for male gang members.
Police are primarily targeting black girls aged between 15 and 19.
People caught hiding a gun for someone else can expect to receive a five-year prison sentence.
The series of radio, cinema and billboard adverts with the message: “Hide his gun and you help commit the crime” is being launched by Trident, the Metropolitan Police’s anti-shooting unit. Continue Reading…
Its about time the police started focusing their attention on these dumb teenage girls who are quick to hide weapons/vital information, in a bid to protect scum after a crime has been committed.
But will Trident’s latest hard hitting advertising campaign make a difference?
The names of the UK’s 100 most powerful people of African and Caribbean heritage are unveiled today in the second annual edition of The Powerlist: Britain’s 100 Most Influential Black People.
The list – compiled by a high-powered panel chaired by the British High Commissioner to Australia, Baroness Amos – smashes stereotypes by featuring business leaders, entrepreneurs and people from the arts, media, science and engineering, most of whom the average person in Britain will probably never have heard of, yet all of whom are leaders in their field.
Only one footballer appears on the list: Chris Powell: Chair of the Professional Footballers’ Association, and no-one from the world of entertainment gets a look-in.
Instead, engineers, investment bankers, lawyers, entrepreneurs and even a space scientist feature in the high-class, glossy publication.
Baroness Scotland
Baroness Scotland, the UK’s first female Attorney General, tops the list; in second place is Tidjane Thiam, who earlier this year was named the first black CEO of a FTSE 100 company, when he was appointed boss of Prudential.
Tidjane Thiam
Self-made billionaire Dr Mo Ibrahim, founder of Celtel International and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, is in third place, while Damon Buffini, the multimillionaire chairman of one of Europe’s biggest private equity firms, Permira, is at number four.
Dr Mo Ibrahim
Baroness Scotland is joined by three other women in the top 10: Claire Ighodaro, an independent director and trustee who chairs the audit committees of some of the UK’s most prestigious organisations, including Lloyd’s of London and the Banking Code Standards Board (No7); Vivian Hunt, a director with leading management consulting firm McKinsey & Co (No8); and Tsega Gebreyes, CEO of investment firm Satya Capital Ltd, which specialises in sub-Saharan Africa (No10).
CEO of Restoration Partners and non-executive director of Thomson Reuters Ken Olisa, one of the world’s leading corporate lawyers, Trevor Faure, and the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, rounds up the top 10 at numbers 5, 6 and 10 respectively.
The Powerlist is published by Powerful Media in partnership with, for the second year, investment bank JP Morgan; joining them this year is media sponsor Thomson Reuters. Playwright/actor/broadcaster Kwame Kwei-Armah, physical oil trader Michael Prest, JPMorgan managing director Carol Lake and executive headhunter Annmarie Dixon-Barrow make up the rest of the selection panel.
The CEO of Powerful Media Ltd, Michael Eboda, said: ‘The Powerlist offers a view of black British society that few are aware exists. People often ask whether we could have a Barack Obama, the answer is, if we did, that person would probably come from the Powerlist.
‘It is often said that there is a lack of black role models, the Powerlist shows this to be patently untrue. It’s a publication that should be made available to as many young people as possible because it is really important for them to see people like them, from backgrounds similar to theirs who have achieved at the highest level.’
This year the Powerlist is accompanied by a brand new supplement titled Future Leaders, which celebrates 30 of the UK’s most outstanding black students, listing both their academic and personal achievements. A select panel of judges, which included minister for higher education David Lammy, voted for the 30.
The Powerlist is available in high quality glossy magazine format (priced at £6.95) and as a downloadable ezine (£3.99) only from www.powerful-media.com or by ringing the sales hotline on 0207 868 1470.
The Top 10
1 Baroness Scotland, Attorney General
2. Tidjane Thiam, CEO Prudential
3. Dr Mo Ibrahim, Founder Mo Ibrahim Foundation
4. Damon Buffini, Chairman, Permira
5. Ken Olisa, Chair, Restoration Partners, Non-exec director, Thomson Reuters and ENRC
6. Trevor Faure, Global Head of Legal, Ernst&Young
7. Claire Ighodaro, Independent director
8. Vivian Hunt, Director McKinsey and Co
9. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
10. Tsega Gebreyes, Chair, Satya Capital
Mad News congratulates all those who made the list.
This should hopefully send out a message that to become successful we as a people can do more than just run, kick a ball, sing, rap and dance.
Production team Perempay & Dee have teamed up with songstress Shola Ama and produced the uptempo track ‘DJ Play’.
I quite like the track. It’s catchy and I’ve always liked Shola’s voice. I’m glad she’s back.
But I’m not that keen on the new blond look.
As for the video..well after watching it I just have one question… who the hell thought it would be a good idea to feature JACK TWEED (Jade Goody’s waste man widower) in the video??? (from mark 0.35).
Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?
I watched the X-Factor last night and when this happened I laughed for a good 20 minutes.
Via Welcome To 21
HAHAHAHAHA!
Oh dear…..
2009 MOBO (Music of Black Origin) nominee Lady GaGa
Well at least the UK’s finest will be there – Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz and JLS. And on the US front…Jermaine Jackson….
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I was left shocked and confused last week when I discovered that two of the most influential individuals from within the ‘rich’, ‘glamorous’ and ‘progressive’ world of UK “Urban” entertainment blocked me from seeing their Twitter updates.
When it finally sunk in that Britain’s self proclaimed no.1 comedian and the Head of a popular music channel had blocked me I was left shaken to the core. So shaken, that I still haven’t recovered.
What did I say/do to deserve such harsh treatment??? I am always very respectful. Respectful is my middle name!
Somebody please hold me.
I am now worried about my future within the affluent world of UK “Urban” entertainment.
Have I now been black listed by the entertainment ‘elite’ here?
The invitations to swanky launch parties held in the deepest darkest depths of East London and invitations to power lunches at Nandos were all within my reach!
Oh how I long to be able to sit across from the power movers and shakers, chomping down on seasoned chicken, chips and coleslaw, while we discuss Tinchy Stryder’s next move.
But sadly it doesn’t look as if this will happen now.
Somebody please hold me…..
UPDATE: Last week I posted the photographs below that were taken at the 10th Annual New Yorkers For Children Fall Gala.
I then asked out loud if the youth workers, foster children, their carers etc had been invited a long to this event, because all I could see were photographs of grinning celebrities.
Anyway a visitor kindly informed me that they did attend and I now have photographs.
[Thanks New York Social Diary]
Amy McFarland, Susan Burden, Nicholas Scoppetta, Susan Magazine, and NYFC Youth Leaders at NEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN’S 10th Annual Fall Gala.
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The 10th Annual New Yorkers For Children Fall Gala was held last night (Sept 22nd) at Cipriani’s in New York City.
This charity event is thrown every year to help benefit the youth who are in foster care in New York City.
I wonder if the organisers thought to invite some of the children who are in foster care (along with their carers) to this extravagant gala………………
Hmmmm… probably not!
Mary J Blige
Warner Music Executive Kevin Liles and fiance Erica Jones. What the hell is Kevin wearing?????
Mogul Steve Stout, Mary and Kevin
Photographs: WireImage/J McCarthy
Save the Children and AKQA have unveiled a new film featuring Nicos mesmerising and beautiful These Days track from her album Chelsea Girl.
Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive of Save the Children said: Nine million children’s lives are lost each year before the age of five – but we refuse to believe that nothing can be done. This film captures perfectly our optimism that change is possible. We hope that anyone seeing this film will want to get behind Save the Children with their time, money and passion.
The film called Born to Run has been funded, produced, directed and distributed by a creative collaboration which includes AKQA, director Ben Quinn, creative director Walter Campbell, Universal Music, Mindshare, Serious Pictures and The Mill. All provided their time and services pro-bono.
The piece was filmed in deprived areas of Durban and Capetown where the production team met with parents, community leaders, headmasters and teachers who were happy to help in any way they could. Even in the most poverty-stricken areas, peoples generosity to participate was extraordinary. For their participation in the film, each community received a fee which was distributed amongst the families.
Ben Quinn kept the crew and equipment to a minimum, choosing to use a single lens on a 16mm camera. The 16mm lens provided consistency throughout each shot with the same camera position, a steadicam on the back of a tracking vehicle.
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