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Janice aka Miss Mad News

JAMAICAN COMEDY DRAMA ‘ME & MI KRU’ COMING TO UK TV

February 26, 2014

Hit Jamaican comedy drama Me and Mi Kru will premier on British television on Saturday March 1 on ABN TV (Sky Channel 290) at 7.30pm. ‘Me and Mi Kru’ tells the tale of a single parent family, mother and son who live in the ghetto of Sea view Gardens, Kingston. The son a wannabe dancehall artist has a group called ‘Innocent Kru’, they are struggling and juggling to get on shows, promote themselves and move ahead in the Jamaican music industry against […]

FOOLISHNESS OF THE DAY: DO THE BRITISH GET HIP HOP?

February 26, 2014

[Thanks Lorraine] Is what I just watched supposed to represent the Hip Hop scene here in the UK? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I don’t believe that this is supposed to be a serious look at the Hip Hop scene in this country and suspect that the host’s tongue is firmly placed in his cheek. Your thoughts please….

FORMER CORONATION STREET STAR ZARAAH ABRAHAMS STARS IN SHORT FILM ‘BLACK GIRL IN PARIS’

February 24, 2014

Former Coronation Street star Zaraah Abrahams has come a long way since leaving the cobbles. The black British actress stars in the short film ‘Black Girl In Paris’ which will air on HBO in March. Based on the novel by Shay Youngblood, the film stars Tracey Heggins (Medicine for Melancholy) as a down-on-her-luck writer who experiences personal and sexual awakening thanks to a savvy prostitute, played by Zaraah Abrahams (Spike Lee’s upcoming Da Sweet Blood of Jesus). … Zaarah is also set to star in an up […]

UK THEATRE: PRODUCER GOLDIE AND FORMER EASTENDERS STAR CHARLES VENN TO STAR IN ‘KINGSTON 14’

February 24, 2014

Hit producer Goldie and former Eastenders star Charles Venn will star in the new theatre production KINGSTON 14, written by BAFTA award-winning and Olivier-nominated playwright Roy Williams (Offside – BBC, Suckerpunch) and directed by Clint Dyer (Olivier-nominated The Big Life, The Westbridge). The play also stars Brian Bovell, Ashley Chin, Gamba Cole, Derek Elroy, Trevor Laird and Tyson Oba. Story: Set in modern day Jamaica, KINGSTON 14 follows the story of James, a British police officer, who is sent to Kingston to investigate the murder of a UK tourist. James struggles to lead a proper investigation when […]

‘LOOSE WOMEN’ STAR JAMELIA TALKS RACISM IN ENTERTAINMENT AND SAYS ‘I LOVE REPRESENTING DARK-SKINNED WOMEN’

February 24, 2014

In a recent interview with The Voice Loose Women star Jameila talks about the problems she has faced in the world of UK entertainment. I’ve come against that [prejudice] on so many occasions. When I first signed my record deal, people said, ‘she’s never gonna sell because she’s dark-skinned. Only light-skinned women are gonna sell’. People said that no-one would ever see me as sexy and I’d never be on the front of any magazine – but I’ve been on the cover of […]

UK TV: WIL JOHNSON TO LEAVE SOAP EMMERDALE

February 23, 2014

I posted the news in November 2012 that ITV 1 soap Emmerdale had cast its first black family. Waking The Dead star Wil Johnson was cast to play mechanic Dominic Andrews a single parent and 14-year-old Tendai Rinomhota signed on to play his wayward teenage daughter Gemma. Now it has been announced that Wil is leaving the soap. His on screen daughter Gemma will be killed off in the coming weeks and his character will leave the Dales not long after her death. […]

TWEET OF THE DAY: ANITA BAKER

February 23, 2014

R&B has been replaced by Ego, Narcissism, the Cult of Personality… all of which has very little to do with actually "Creating Music" — Anita Baker (@IAMANITABAKER) February 22, 2014 Well said Anita!

WIG DESIGNER SUING NICKI MINAJ FOR $30 MILLION

February 21, 2014

Via Access Atlanta An Atlanta wig designer is suing hip hop superstar Nicki Minaj for $30 million, claiming intellectual property infringement. In the civil complaint filed Friday morning in federal court, Terrence Davidson claims he and Minaj, his former client, struck a deal to form a wig-making business. But Davidson claims Minaj, whose real name is Onika Maraj, started the business without his consent or knowledge, turning it into a multi-million dollar business selling his designs. “I actually hand-made these wigs,” Davidson […]