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Janice aka Miss Mad News

EVENT: SPIRIT OF LONDON AWARDS 2012

Spirit of London Awards is in its 4th Year and as a fitting send off to a momentous Year for London 2012 the support line up for the “Community Youth Oscars” is the strongest yet. The show is set for the O2 Arena on Monday December 10th 7.30pm We are hoping that Londoners will join us this Year at the wonderful O2 Arena for the show so that we can raise some money to continue our outreach programme development.   CLICK HERE []

UK NEWS: SELFRIDGES TO STOCK LETHAL B ‘STAY DENCH’ CLOTHING LINE

Rapper Lethal B ( real name Maxwell Ansah) has announced that Selfridges department store will stock his ‘STAY DENCH’ clothing line next month. I feel real honored that Selfridges is gonna be stocking #STAYDENCH clothing next month. I'm just a kid from the block. #Grateful — Lethal Bizzle (@LethalBizzle) November 13, 2012 This news stunned me in to silence. It will always annoy me that he opts to dumb down his intellect in a bid to appeal to a younger audience because the man is NO FOOL. Congratulations Lethal B.

GQ MAGAZINE FRONT COVER – RIHANNA (WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING HERE???)

Singer Rihanna (24) features on the front cover of December’s GQ Magazine and I am left wondering what the hell is going on??? When Rihanna first appeared on the music scene the only part of her body that was on show was her midriff and her image was relatively clean and safe. Then things began to change after the still talked about altercation in 2009 with former boyfriend Chris Brown which left her battered and bruised. After the drama died down she resurfaced with a darker sound and an edgier look, []

UK MUSIC: SKEPTA – CASTLES

I remember when they were looking for models to appear in this video via Twitter. Anyway check out Skepta dressed like Hugh Hefner in the music promo for his latest single Castle. … The Track: Not bad. The Video: Seeing all that smoke coming out of their mouths made me feel nauseous and now my chest hurts. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK SCREENING: HIDDEN COLORS 2: THE TRIUMPH OF MELANIN

… ‘Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph Of Melanin’ is the follow up to the critically acclaimed 2011 documentary about the untold history of people of African and aboriginal descent. This installment of Hidden Colors goes into topics such as: The Global African presence The Science of Melanin The truth about the Prison Industrial Complex How thriving Black economic communities were undermined in America The hidden truth about Native Americans And much more Featuring Booker T. Coleman, James Small, KRS-One, Michelle Alexander, Phil []

FRIDAY UK – OFFICIAL TRAILER (SPOOF)

Sebastian Thiel Presents an Upshot TV Production ‘Friday UK’ – A UK spinoff of the classic ‘Friday’. This video has been made as a UK Tribute to the American cult classic ‘Friday’. There will be no full feature film of Friday UK, but we do hope you enjoy this spinoff trailer and future clips released. Major respect to all the original creators of Friday, for creating such a classic.

UK TV: TOP BOY OPEN CASTING AUDITIONS CANCELLED / MET POLICE CONFIRM “NO REPORTS OF VIOLENCE”

Several days ago I posted news about the questionable up and coming Top Boy open casting call. UPDATE: Open casting auditions for the second series of the Channel 4 drama Top Boy have been cancelled. From what I hear via the Twitter streets hundreds of young people turned up to the open casting call today at Hoxton Hall in North London. The police then arrived to help disperse the crowd and now the auditions have been shut down. Those tweeting false information about #topboy auditions are doing a disservice []