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UK ANTICS / VIDEO: TIM WESTWOOD BRINGS HIS DAGGERFEST TOUR TO BIRMINGHAM

Tim “Big Dawg” Westwood hosted another ridiculous “party” in Birmingham last week and interviewed some of his fans. During  these interviews 54-year-old Westwood touches on the following important subject matters -‘daggering’ and hair weaves. Check out the footage below. [Thanks Lorraine] I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Your thoughts please….

UK NEWS: FOOTBALLER JERMAINE PENNANT ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY PUNCHING WOMAN IN THE FACE

Via The Telegraph Jermaine Pennant, the Premier League footballer, has been arrested after   allegedly punching a woman in the face in a nighclub. The 29-year-old Stoke City player is accused of assaulting Jenna Timmis, who   claimed to be a friend of his partner. He is alleged to have clashed with the 31-year-old after she confronted him,   claiming he was flirting with other women at exclusive Circle Club in   Manchester in the early hours on Sunday. A witness told The Sun: “This girl started []

BLACK LONDONERS: HISTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE IN LONDON BEFORE 1948 (NEW COURSE)

Black Londoners: History of Black People in London before 1948 is a fascinating new four week short course starting Wednesday 9th May 2012 to Wednesday 30th May 2012 The course focuses on the contributions made by people of African and Caribbean descent to London in the areas of Literature, Politics, Music and Health & Welfare before 1948. This course is important as this area of study has been seriously neglected and will provide the students with the knowledge of the invaluable input []

UK NEWS: SCREEN LEGEND ROBERT REDFORD BACKS BLACK ACTOR’S SKINHEAD SCRIPT

British actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has won backing from screen legend and Sundance Film Festival founder Robert Redford for his script ‘Farming’, which is based on his experiences as a black child who became a skinhead during the heyday of the racist National Front in the 1970s. This madness happened after his Nigerian parents fostered him out to a white working-class parents in Tilbury, Essex from the age of six weeks. Adelwale said,  “They assumed anybody white was right. We became the first []

UK FILM TRAILER: THE MAN INSIDE ( STARRING ASHLEY ‘BASHY’ THOMAS)

Clayton Murdoch carries a terrible darkness inside him. As a boy he was exposed by his father, to murder and gang culture. With his father now in prison, Clayton struggles to overcome what he was groomed to become, in a city where every day there is a constant threat of violence and death. Clayton channels his aggression into boxing: controlled, powerful, contained. However, when the violence starts to destroy his own family, Clayton loses control, and the darkness within him is unleashed. []

UK PR ANTICS: JERMAIN DEFOE ALLEGEDLY “CHEATS” ON ALEXANDRA BURKE

More PR antics live from camp Burke/Defoe. Tabloid rag The Sun reports that footballer Jermain Defoe has cheated on his “Pop star girlfriend Alexandra Burke” with nursing assistant and “part-time model” Laura Brown (LOL). The Spurs and England striker, 29, romped with Geordie Laura Brown, 23, in  Newcastle after two previous meetings. Laura said: “I never planned on  sleeping with him, it just happened.” The model who got friendly on Facebook with Defoe said last night: “I’m not  going to lie — we did have sex.” []

JUMP OFF TV (UK DEBATE) – HAS THE TUPAC HOLOGRAM CHANGED THE FUTURE OF LIVE SHOWS?

Following the recent performance by Tupac at the Coachella Music Festival, the debaters got together for an exclusive sneak peek to see how the technology that brought the rapper ‘back to life’ works.  Sanj Surati from Musion Systems explains the process. They then share some of their thoughts regarding the issue, share a stage with Will.i.am and discuss what effects all of this has on the future of live shows. The following are a few of the issues and questions raised during the debate: – How might performances by artists []