UK News

UK NEWS: AML AMEEN TO STAR IN CSI MIAMI EPISODE / RETURNS TO HARRY’S LAW

March 17, 2012

British actor Aml Ameen will star in an episode of the hit US show CSI Miami this Sunday (March 18th 10pm on CBS). UK viewers can watch the episode online. In the episode titled ‘At Risk’ he plays world-class tennis player Jack Brody, who returns to his old neighbourhood to give back to the boy’s club he grew up going to. But he later finds himself suspect to murder and attempted murder and is investigated by the CSI Miami team. Ameen will […]

UK FILM: THE NAKED POET REVIEW

March 16, 2012

The screening of the independent full-length feature The Naked Poet took place in London at BAFTA headquarters last night and is written and directed by actor Jason Barrett. Barrett also stars in the film alongside Aml Ameen, Michelle Gayle, Mohammed George, Michael Harvey, Kelle Bryan, Petra Letang, Kyla Frye and Fabrisio Santino. The film centres on the naked poet Lazarus (Jason Barrett) and explores the relationships between his friends, family, lovers, dubious acquaintances and his fight to overcome past demons. It also poses the following questions, -Can […]

SHOCK UK NEWS: JLS STAR ASTON MERRYGOLD HOSPITALISED AFTER BACK FLIP GOES WRONG

March 16, 2012

It has been reported that JLS star Aston Merrygold was hospitalised after back flipping and landing on his head during the group’s 4th Dimension tour. Bandmate Marvin Humes revealed that Merrygold suffered a concussion and told the Daily Mirror, “This show really has been blood, sweat and tears… and scratches. We’re all injured. One of our dancers slipped a disc, one had a really bad neck injury and one a knee injury. Then Aston fell on his head which was pretty nasty.” Merrygold later said, ”It’s been […]

SAD NEWS OF THE DAY: KATIE PRICE CROWNED ‘CELEBRITY MUM OF THE YEAR’

March 15, 2012

Last year’s winner Stacey Solomon was out of the running this year for the POINTLESS ‘Celebrity Mum Of The Year’ title after she was caught smoking while heavily pregnant, so in the end who do they choose? The always publicity seeking Katie Price. Via The Sun Newspaper GLAMOUR girl and Sun columnist Katie Price has been named Celebrity Mum of the  Year for the second time. The doting mother of Harvey, nine, Junior, six and five-year-old Princess beat  off stiff competition from celebrity matriarchs Holly Willoughby, Victoria  […]

UK EVENT: THE SUNDAY SHOW AWARDS 2012

March 14, 2012

Organisers of the popular weekly event The Sunday Show will host the first annual Sunday Show Award ceremony at Proud2, 02 Arena, Millenium Way, London, SE10 0DX on Sunday 29th April 2012 at 6pm. The Sunday Show Awards are aimed at supporting the homegrown entertainment industry and in particular acknowledging and supporting the development of new talent. Tickets £12.50 from Ticketweb: http://bit.ly/SundayShowAwards Check out the nominations list below. Best Comedian Kojo Slim Comedian Richard Blackwood Funmbi Will E Robo Eddie Kadi Kat Boyce Best Young […]

UK NEWS: CHERYL COLE TO SUE NOW MAGAZINE OVER MC HARVEY STORY

March 14, 2012

It has been reported that Cheryl Cole has set the wheels in motion to sue Now Magazine over a story that claimed she was having a secret love affair with So Solid rapper MC Harvey. The former “nations sweetheart” filed papers at the High Court seeking aggravated damages for libel. For those of you who missed this mess of a story click HERE to read all about it. Also check out MC Harvey’s hilarious interview with Choice FM breakfast show host Max. I still don’t know […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: UK RAPPER SPEECH DEBELLE AIRS HER VIEWS ON THE KONY 2012 CAMPAIGN

March 13, 2012

For those of you who still don’t know what the now controversial Kony 2012 campaign is all about click HERE. “I was quite quiet at the beginning. I’ve seen it going on for about a week. It didn’t ring true to me. I was on the Al Jazeera website today when I saw one of the news reports they’d been doing on oil found in Uganda and it began to seem a bit suspicious. A bit too much of a coincidence. Again. I’m not backing […]

VIDEO: WHAT HAPPENED TO UK R&B SINGERS (JUMP OFF UK DEBATE)

March 13, 2012

As the UK black music scene develops and begins to find its feet, the debaters attempt to answer the question of R&B singers in the UK or the lack of them. Jade challenges the debaters to name 10 UK R&B singers from the last 15 years. The debaters were faced with a few of the following questions: – Can you name 10 credible UK R&B singers from the last 15 years? – What has happened to R&B in the UK? – Which […]

UK NEWS: TIGER TIGER CONSIDERS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST DJ AFTER RACISM CLAIMS / DJ RESPONDS

March 12, 2012

Oh dear.. oh dear… well it sounds like the management over at Tiger Tiger headquarters in Croydon are in a state of panic!Last week DJ RSI (real name Ricky Simmonds) tweeted that he had been fired from popular club/restaurant Tiger Tiger. He claimed that the general manager told him that “there’s too many black people in your room” and he was later fired. (click here to read).  However Tiger Tiger management deny these allegations (click here to read). Croydon Today reports that the club is now considering legal action […]

UK TV / VIDEO: FORMER GIRL GANG MEMBER JENNIFER BLAKE WARNS STUDENTS ABOUT JOINING GANGS

March 12, 2012

Jennifer Blake is a former girl gang member who now works with youngsters warning them about the dangers of joining gangs. I respect what Jennifer is doing. Keep up the good work. I however see that the DREADFUL, stereotypical bordering on offensive film SKET features heavily in this news piece (the DVD was released last week *promotion* ) and the film’s director Nirpal Bhogal was also sitting on the panel. I don’t quite understand why a certain actor has to be up in everything. He wasn’t in the film SKET and the last time I checked was never in […]