August 6, 2009
Via BBC News A musical about pop star Madonna’s attempts to adopt a young African girl is being performed at the Edinburgh Fringe by a Malawian cast. The 50-year-old star is portrayed in the play Mercy Madonna of Malawi by a black male actor in a blonde wig One of the performers, Shombi Banda, 29, claims he was heckled by the star when he performed for her in Malawi. He said she responded to a play about the African cultural identity by […]
August 5, 2009
I loved Bo Selecta and Leigh Francis’ surreal send up of Michael Jackson and singer Craig David (who has no sense of humour and still to this day blames Leigh for the dip in his career) were both hilarious! Via BBC News Comedian Leigh Francis is to bring back Bo Selecta for a one-off Michael Jackson special, Channel 4 has said. Bo Selecta Presents Cha’Mone: A Tribute to Michael Jackson will be a spoof “chronological look at Michael Jackson’s life”. Continue Reading….. I hope it won’t […]
August 5, 2009
Via NY Daily News Naomi Sims, the first black supermodel, died of cancer Saturday in Newark at age 61, the New York Times reports. Sims broke barriers when she made the cover of Ladies Home Journal in 1968 — becoming the first black model to do so on a mainstream women’s magazine. It was a defining achievement for the “Black is Beautiful” movement at the time – and Sims went on to appear on the covers of Life, Cosmopolitan and Essence. Continue […]
August 4, 2009
This looks like it’s going to be a good one! hahahaha! I wonder if UK singer / part-time TV personality / mother of two / third division WAG Jamelia, managed to bag a feature in this film? Does anyone remember the documentary she fronted, which explored the world of weave?
August 4, 2009
Daniel Lynch Via Daily Mail A steroid addict who was jailed for life after brutally raping a TV presenter and getting a friend to throw acid in her face has complained that his human rights have been breached – after being banned from a prison gym. Daniel Lynch, who was jailed in May after being found guilty of raping the 25-year-old model and TV star, has written to the Ministry of Justice complaining that his gym privileges have been ‘illegally’ withdrawn. He […]
August 3, 2009
Photograph: WireImage I love this track! LISTEN Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?
August 3, 2009
Check rapper Jay-Z’s ‘ground breaking’ album cover for his highly anticipated fourthcoming album ‘Blueprint 3’. Source
August 3, 2009
Jack with the late Jade Goody Another classic news item involving the late Jade Goody, her mother Jackiey Budden and widower Jack Tweed… Via The Daily Mail He claimed to be racked by guilt following that one-night-stand just weeks after Jade’s funeral – but Jack Tweed is still partying hard. And, according to one psychic, Jade is disgusted with the behaviour of the very merry widower. During a seance held by medium Jayne Wallace and Jade’s mother Jackiey Budden, Jayne claimed the […]
August 3, 2009
Via Black Voices A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday’s edition of the journal Nature Medicine. The finding “highlights the continuing need to watch closely for the emergence for new HIV variants, particularly in western central […]
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