January 27, 2012
BBC America has announced that they will co-produce the third series of the hit BBC Drama Luther starring Golden Globe winner Idris Elba. The new series will air later on in the year. BBC Worldwide America’s general manager Perry Simon said, Luther has been integral in establishing our new Dramaville franchise, the home for groundbreaking British drama. We’re excited to work once again with the incredibly talented writer Neil Cross and executive producer Phillippa Giles on this new ambitious four-part mini-series.” I look forward to […]
January 26, 2012
Elle Magazine (France) is in trouble after one of their fashion bloggers posted an article on the magazine’s website implying that President Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are the first fashionable African-Americans. Blogger Nathalie Dolivo who can only be described as an ignorant little idiot believes that the Obamas have been influential in helping to improve the black race’s sense of style. She wrote, “For the first time, the chic has become a plausible option for a community so far pegged [only] […]
January 26, 2012
Singer Rihanna is out to make as much money as she possibly can and while she still can. I admire the girl’s hustle. Rihanna is set to join the Sky Living family. In her first ever television project, she’ll be executive-producing and appearing in an original and hugely ambitious new fashion series exclusively for Sky Living HD. Synonymous with cutting-edge style, Rihanna is searching Britain for the next generation of raw, undiscovered designer talent and has hand-picked Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts to head […]
January 26, 2012
Via The Guardian A Church of England vicar has been jailed for two and a half years after carrying out dozens of sham marriages allowing illegal immigrants to live in the UK. The Rev Canon Dr John Magumba was presiding over so many weddings involving foreign nationals his diocese put him in charge of a working party on how to handle marriages for foreigners – and how to spot sham weddings. Magumba, a father of six originally from Uganda, “asked no questions” […]
January 25, 2012
Actor Adam Deacon (28) announced on Twitter today that he has become an official ambassador for the youth charity The Prince’s Trust. I am now an official ambassador for the @PrincesTrust n just been given the red royal badge to prove it!! haha..… http://t.co/wNlMqX2r — adamdeacon (@realadamdeacon) January 25, 2012 trust me the young persons voice has just got a lot louder!!!..let's do this! lol #RoyalBacking — adamdeacon (@realadamdeacon) January 25, 2012 Wow, I had no idea that Prince Charles was such a big Anuvahood fan. […]
January 25, 2012
Comedian and talk show host Chelsea Handler recently appeared on the Howard Stern radio show and dished the dirt on her short-lived ‘love affair’ with rapper 50 Cent. The two dated each other last year after meeting on her late night talk show Chelsea Lately. Interview excerpt via Necole Bitchie. On if 50 Cent was the First Black Guy She’s Dated No, I dated black guys in high school and stuff. I’ve always had a little thing for black guys. I really […]
January 24, 2012
Dr. Gus Casely-Hayford returns to host the second series of a four-part factual series on Africa and is cultural legacy. When the first aired on BBC Four in January 2010 it would go on to become the channels highest rated factual programme to date as well as being aired later on BBC2. This new four-part series takes him across the continent from Morocco in the north to South Africa as well as Ghana and Uganda. The series starts with an exploration of the Asante […]
January 24, 2012
28-year-old mother of four Lisa Woodman has been banned from various nightclubs because according to the doormen, she is far to old to be wearing such revealing outfits. Woodman has been barred from Mode, Tramps and Velvet because of her low-cut tops, short skirts and knee-length boots and claims some of the doormen have humiliated her when turning her away. She said: ‘One doorman even made me walk up and down and turn around in front of people laughing at what I was wearing. Click HERE to continue […]
January 24, 2012
Grace Jones, Sister Sledge, Chaka Khan and Gloria Gaynor performed together last night during Etam’s Spring/Summer 2012 show at Paris Fashion Week. Awww I wish I had been there. I hope they post video footage of the performance soon. Click HERE to view more photographs.
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