VIDEO: BBC LONDON NEWS – FORMER GANG MEMBER’S BAFTA HONOUR
Former gang member turned actor and film director Fredi Nwaka showcased his short film on gang life (If Only) in London at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) earlier this month. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuTQHMto1eE [Thanks Russ] In December of last year I posted a piece about the film and Fredi’s new organisation C.R.I.M.E (Creating Role Models In Media Enterprise), which works with ex offenders, gang members and troubled teens, and turns their stories into short films. CLICK HERE to read if you missed it.
UK NEWS: VIDEO – GANGS GIVEN FIRST AID TIPS TO KEEP STAB VICTIMS ALIVE
Via The Metro Teen gang members are being given medical training so they can step in to save the victims of street stabbings. They will learn first aid from volunteer doctors and medical students who say teaching them to stem blood loss could save lives. Gang members who witness violence are often prepared to help casualties but end up panicking and running off as they don’t know what to do, the StreetDoctors group claims. As they are ‘all too often’ present during […]
UK WEB COMEDY SERIES: THE RYAN SISTERS (EPISODE 4 -MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS)
Click below to watch previous episodes. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3
UK EVENT: ‘IT’S COMPLICATED LIVE’ – HOSTED BY RELATIONSHIPS EXPERT PAUL CARRICK BRUNSON
PIC OF THE DAY: LIL KIM SHOWS OFF HER NEW LOOK
Rapper Lil Kim stepping out in Hollywood several nights ago. Yes… this is Lil Kim. CLICK HERE to view more photographs.
UK WEB SERIES: BROTHERS WITH NO GAME – THE DAY AFTER (EPISODE 8 SEASON FINALE)
… Well done to The Brothers With No Game team. I cannot wait to watch season 2. Please back The Brother With No Game Season 2 Campaign. CLICK HERE for more details. … Check out the rest of season 1 below. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 6.5 (Minisode) Episode 7
BEYONCE’S PUBLICIST CONTACTS WEBSITE OVER “UNFLATTERING” SUPER BOWL PICTURES
This story cracked me up this morning. When will these publicists learn??? Surely they should know by now that if you send an email of complaint to a independently run blog/website then chances are this will happen…. Website Buzzfeed received an email from Beyonce’s seething publicist Yvette Noel-Schure kindly asking them to remove “unflattering” photographs taken of the star during her Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday. Yvette wrote: As discussed, there are some unflattering photos on your current feed that we are respectfully asking you to change. […]
VIDEO: LIL WAYNE LOOKS A STATE AND ARGUES WITH CAMERA MAN AT THE SUPER BOWL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xQQq2TMGH1Y Did E! actually air this embarrassing footage? Okay so if the camera man knowingly pushed him and failed to apologise then Wayne had every right to be upset…. But let’s for a second just look at the STATE of the man. Leave the drugs alone Wayne and book yourself in to rehab.
MINISTERS BACK BILL ALLOWING GAY MARRIAGE IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Via BBC News MPs have approved legislation for same-sex marriage in England and Wales, despite the opposition of dozens of Conservative MPs. The Commons voted in favour of the The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, by 400 to 175, a majority of 225, at the end of a full day’s debate on the bill. Prime Minister David Cameron has described the move as “an important step forward” that strengthens society. About 140 Conservative MPs are thought to have voted against the plans. Continue […]
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