November 1, 2012
Via BBC News Drug companies are facing mounting pressure to investigate reports that new medicines are being tested on some of the poorest people in India without their knowledge. “We were surprised,” Nitu Sodey recalls about taking her mother-in-law Chandrakala Bai to Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore in May 2009. “We are low-caste people and normally when we go to the hospital we are given a five-rupee voucher, but the doctor said he would give us a foreign drug costing 125,000 rupees (£1,400).” The pair […]
October 28, 2012
Several days ago I posted news about the up and coming Nina Simone biopic starring Zoe Saldana (a controversial choice), and photographs of Zoe on set. Click HERE if you missed it. The unauthorised biopic is directed by Cynthia Mort and executive produced by Interscope Records founder Jimmy ‘cretin’ Iovine. Check out more photographs below of Zoe on the set. View more photographs here…. NO COMMENT! Rest In Peace Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone)
October 24, 2012
For those of you who don’t know Hollywood is in the process of bringing the life of the legendary singer and activist Nina Simone to the silver screen, and some bright spark has cast Zoe Saldana (Miss I am black when it is convenient) in the leading role. This has caused outrage for obvious reasons and an online petition was set up in protest of the decision to cast Saldana in the role. Not even Nina’s own daughter Simone Kelly is happy with the actress chosen to play her mother. […]
October 12, 2012
I remember when independent label Koch Records was the place where fading rappers went to die. Now “reality” TV has become their new resting place. Earlier this year rapper The Game dramatically revealed that his fiancé Tiffney Cambridge had called off their wedding. At the time I wondered why the fading rapper would make this announcement. Did anyone even know he was engaged to be married? Did anyone care? I don’t remember any media outlets or bloggers racing to post news and gossip about his personal life so why the announcement? […]
October 4, 2012
Via The Metro A sculpture from the ‘Fix’ series by Chinese artists Mou Baiyan stands on a ladder next to the ‘Neue Galerie’ in Kassel, Germany. 19 Chinese artists present their works in Kassel under the motto ‘Everything under the sky belongs to everybody’. Interesting….
September 25, 2012
A 20-year-old man from Guinea has been caught by Spanish authorities attempting to enter the country illegally from Morocco disguised as a car seat. Yes that’s right a car seat. The man was hidden inside a Renault 7’s passenger seat, with the co-driver sat on top of him. Click HERE to read more. NO COMMENT….
September 24, 2012
Last week it was reported that a sex tape featuring rapper Kanye West and a “Kim Kardashian lookalike” was doing the rounds and today it’s now been reported that there is a second sex tape out there. West’s Mickey Mouse lawyer Lisa M Buckley who insists that images from the tape were “stolen” from her client’s computer issued the following warning letter: “Be advised that the Screen Shot, as well as the Tape from which the Screen Shot was taken, were illegally obtained and believed to have […]
September 15, 2012
Sista’s Keeper is a new magazine for African-American teenage girls age 12-19. The primary message is to promote sisterhood and fellowship between young black women through the concept “I AM my sista’s keeper”. Also, Sista’s Keeper strives to encourage self-esteem & inspire them to follow their dreams! The September 2012 Premiere Issue has been published and is now available online. Click HERE to read.
September 13, 2012
Last night Kanye West and his woman Kim Kardashian attended the Marchesa show at New York Fashion Week. Kim sat front and centre wearing a creation from Kanye’s questionable clothing line and Kanye sat next to her with a blank expression on his face. Within the world of fashion people look down on Kim and just laugh at Kanye’s desperate attempts to be taken seriously as a fashion designer. Click HERE to view more photographs.
September 12, 2012
A man has confessed to murdering his girlfriend after she revealed that she was HIV positive. Larry Dunn (36) allegedly confessed to stabbing Cicely Lee Bolden (28) to death after the mother of two revealed to him that she was HIV positive after they had sexual intercourse. He then told police “she killed me so I killed her”. Bolden’s body was discovered by her 7-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter Watch the news report below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke_TvbMmgD4 … Those poor children. Rest In Peace Cicely Lee Bolden.
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