The legendary musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron has died at the age of 62. The cause of death is not yet known. Scott-Heron started his career in 1970 which spanned soul, jazz, blues and the spoken word. He was also the first artist to speak out against apartheid in South Africa, and went on to influence a generations of artists, particularly within the Hip Hop genre. …………………………… Rest In Peace Gil Scott-Heron.
Some of you will recognise actor Richard T. Jones from hit TV sitcom Girlfriends and the Tyler Perry movie Why Did I get Married? Anyway Richard was invited to give a graduation commencement speech at Maryland University College and clearly forgot or just couldn’t be bothered to prepare his speech beforehand. Website Rhymes With Snitch has labeled this the WORST commencement speech ever and Snitch is probably right. Check out below some quotes from his “speech”. “MARTHA Luther King” “One thought, “I […]
Via The Voice Online A RACIALLY offensive comedy character is to return to TV screens despite protests. After a brief suspension, popular Peruvian television station, Frecuencia Latina, has brought back controversial comedy character ‘El Negro Mama’ despite being attacked for being a racist caricature of a black man. The channel was pressured to take the character off the airwaves after legal threats from African-Peruvian civil rights campaigning group, Lundu, who rallied to get the character, played by Peruvian comedian, Jorge Benavides, taken […]
“She may be doing fine at the moment, but I’m worried about her future. She’s very young, and she’s very talented, but she doesn’t seem to have any female friends. Or any straight guy friends for that matter. “Instead, she surrounds herself with this coterie of gay stylists and advisers who’ve turned her into this weird, sexless Barbie doll. “I was raised by gay guys myself, and I turned out all right in the end. But you know, you can only pull […]
Hit 90s R&B group TLC performed a medley of their hits on American Idol last night. Rest In Peace Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes.
The girl can't cut it. Simple, and luckily for her she's been sacked b4 she embarrassed herself on US tv. Poor sod! Xxxx — Beverley Knight (@Beverleyknight) May 26, 2011 [UK songstress Beverley Knight’s response to the news that the nations biggest fraud Cheryl Cole has been axed from the US version of X-Factor]. ……………………………………………….. Hahahahahaha! This is what happens when you believe your own hype! And as for Simon Cowell, I used rate him but now no longer have any respect for him. Simon fixed last years X-Factor results […]
TMZ reports that Britain’s biggest fraud abroad Cheryl Cole is no longer an X-Factor USA judge and has been replaced by former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger. She will sit alongside Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and LA Reid on the judging panel. The website says the decision to replace Cheryl happened very recently. …………………………. If this is true then I am glad that US TV executives have finally seen sense! The decision to sign Cheryl on as a judge and to have Nicole […]
Via The Guardian Twitter will notify its users before handing their personal information to UK authorities seeking to prosecute them over alleged breaches of privacy injunctions, a senior executive at the company said on Thursday. Asked about the escalating dispute over gagging orders in Britain, Twitter’s general manager of European operations, Tony Wang, said: “Platforms should have responsibility not to defend the user, but to protect that user’s right to defend him or herself.” Twitter was thrown into the centre of the […]
UK blogger Michelle Owusu at SceneTV recently caught up with Brown Paper Dolls, an LA-based production company made up of three ambitious and talented ladies, who aim to show and tell more diverse stories and perspectives through TV and film. The ladies from Brown Paper Dolls have also released a trailer for their production Milk + Honey, which is executive produced by British actor Idris Elba. Check out Michelle’s interview below. Who are ‘Brown Paper Dolls’? Who is involved and how and why was […]
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