News

GIRL BURIED ALIVE BECAUSE SHE HAD MALE FRIENDS

February 5, 2010

Via Sky News A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in a gruesome Turkish honour killing – because she befriended boys. Acting on a tip-off, police discovered Medine Memi’s body in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a two-metre-deep hole in a chicken pen outside her house. A post mortem revealed that she had a significant amount of soil in her lungs and stomach, meaning that she was buried alive, foresic experts told the Anatolia agency. Continue Reading… Sick […]

2010 OSCARS NOMINEES LIST / PRECIOUS STARS AND DIRECTOR RECEIVE NOMINATIONS

February 2, 2010

  The 2010 Oscar nominees list has just been released. Check out the list of nominees below.  Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up In The Air  Director James Cameron (Avatar) Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) Lee Daniels (Precious) Jason Reitman (Up In The Air)  Best Actor Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) George Clooney (Up In The Air) Colin Firth (A Single Man) Morgan Freeman (Invictus) […]

UK FILM: SHANK

February 1, 2010

New British film Shank will open in cinemas on March 26th and stars UK rapper Bashy. Plot: According to the imdb website  ‘Shank is an action film for the youth generation. Set in a decaying future Londonm, a gang set out on a chase to avenge the murder of one of their own’. This sounds like it’s going to be one innovative movie! Click HERE to visit the Shank official website. I was initially confused (I wasn’t the only one) because there is another film out there that has the […]

FASHIONING FEBRUARY

January 31, 2010

Fellow blogger Ronke Adeyemi from The Musings of Ondo Lady is launching Fashioning February which is an editorial celebration of fashion focusing on New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week. The month will be packed of features, interviews and profiles on the fashion scene and its fashionsistas. It all kicks off tomorrow with a profile on mega Blogger Susie Bubble who is February’s Blogger of the Month, then there is an interview with the lovely, Gisele Scanlon, author of the iconic […]

TEN AMERICAN CHRISTIANS ARRESTED TRYING TO TAKE 33 CHILDREN OUT OF HAITI

January 31, 2010

Via The Mail Online A group of 10 American Baptists were being held in the Haitian capital today after trying take 33 children out of the country. The church group, most of them from Idaho, allegedly lacked the proper documents when they were arrested on Friday night in a bus along with children from 2 months to 12 years old who had survived the catastrophic earthquake. The group say they were setting up an orphanage across the border in the Dominican Republic. […]

ACTOR JOHN TRAVOLTA FLIES SUPPLIES IN TO HAITI

January 26, 2010

  Via BBC News  Hollywood actor John Travolta has flown his own jet to Haiti to deliver relief supplies to those affected by the recent earthquake.  Travolta, 55, flew the Boeing 707 from Florida on Monday carrying four tonnes of ready-to-eat military rations and medical supplies.  He also flew in a team of doctors with him and his wife Kelly Preston.  “We have the ability to actually make a difference in the situation in Haiti,” said Travolta.  “I just can’t see not using […]

MTV TO SHOW HAITI BENEFIT CONCERT IN THE UK

January 19, 2010

Via BBC News George Clooney’s star-studded benefit show for the victims of the Haiti earthquake will be shown on MTV in the UK, the network has announced. Featuring performances from Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys, the two-hour telethon will be screened live from 0100 GMT on Saturday, 23 January. It will then be repeated at 0900 GMT on Saturday morning. Funds raised will go to Oxfam America, Red Cross, Unicef, Partners in Health and the Yele Haiti Foundation. Performances are also due from Bono, […]

JAMAICA JOINS HAITI RELIEF EFFORTS

January 18, 2010

Via The Jamaica Gleaner The Jamaican Government is helping it’s Caribbean neighbour, by freeing up its ports and shores to humanitarian assistance heading to Haiti and fleeing Haitians. Daryl Vaz, minister with responsibility for information, said on Saturday that Prime Minister Bruce Golding had made it clear that no Haitians found in Jamaican waters should be turned away. The Government, on Friday, announced that Jamaica would waive all landing fees and invite aircraft parked in Haiti to come to Jamaica in a bid to free […]