The highly controversial 696 form is a form issued by the Metropolitan Police force that assess the risk of events taking place in the capital. London360 reporter Rosa Doherty explores the impact that this form has had on the black music scene in the UK and how it has affected many artists careers and livelihoods. … Your thoughts please….
Illegal Activity, an original short film directed by Sebastian Thiel of Its Upshot and produced by Kingdom Entertainment, is a timely piece of work demonstrative of the culture we live in today. Illegal Activity creatively posing the age old phrase “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone,” using drug culture as a foil, he explores the risks people would take in order to nurture their brain. The streets of London are under heavy surveillance; its occupants are like zombies and […]
Via The Guardian It may be as stereotypically British as fish and chips or warm beer but Team GB‘s athletes are being advised not to shake hands with rivals or dignitaries at the London Games for fear of wrecking their medal chances. Dr Ian McCurdie, the British Olympic Association chief medical officer, said that illness was one of the major threats to performance in the “pretty hostile environment” of the Olympic Village. Asked whether that meant athletes should avoid shaking hands, Dr […]
Venus vs Mars is a new online series from Talented and Young. We follow Venus on her quest on finding true love, this is not as easy as it seems. In each episode we will see Venus meet some interesting characters…. [Via The Lala Report] I really enjoyed watching the pilot. I hope they continue to make/post more episodes. Your thoughts please….
Tabloid rag The Sun reports that singer Alexandra Burke and footballer Jermain Defoe are now a couple. Last night staff spotted the couple at the Landmark Hotel in North London, stepping out hand-in-hand as they went on one of their first public dates. Jermain, 29, had tweeted earlier: “On route to @ozboateng to collect my suit for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Gala Dinner this eve.” A Spurs source said the star was “buzzing” about his new relationship with Alexandra. The source […]
Tim “Big Dawg” Westwood conducted this interview with actor Adam Deacon before he went on to win the BAFTA Rising Star award voted by the public several weeks ago. I knew Adam would take home this award because he campaigned like an US politician on speed and encouraged his thousands of Twitter followers to vote and his famous friends. He even turned up to The Woman In Black film premiere and posed for the cameras with ‘Vote For Me’ flyers and apparently […]
UK artist Jammer recently went out ‘raving’ in London with one of my favourite Hip Hop acts from back in the day Bones Thugs-In-Harmony. How random… [Thanks Lorraine] *cringing* Is this what it’s come to Bones Thugs? Hanging out in London with UK artists and some over-excited hanger ons? You know times must be hard for most of these American personalities when they start visiting London on a regular basis, hanging out with UK artists and their mates, and appearing at any event […]
Estelle performed her new single Thank You on the Letterman Show the other night. Even though her vocals seem to have improved somewhat I still say that Estelle is no singer. She is a rapper. But it’s good to see that she is still doing well in America. The song sounds like something Mary J Blige would have sung back in the day and it sounds/looks like Estelle is attempting to channel her during this performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c00n-9uXWYU&feature=player_embedded#! Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?
Desperate to prove to the world that he is not racist Chelsea skipper and England’s former captain John Terry apparently bid and paid £16,000 for a dinner with boy band JLS at a charity bash last night. The event was held to raise money for the Help For Heroes and Cancer Research charities at The Brewery in London. A grateful JLS later tweeted, “Cancer research went in tonight!! thanks for John terry for helping to raise over 30k on a JLS lot!excellent […]
Inside Men and Top Boy star Ashley Walters guest edits the March/April edition of popular youth culture publication Flavour Magazine. In his role as Guest Editor, Ashley reveals his Top 10 music artists that act and interviews Flavour’s cover star Alexandra Burke. When asked about his role as Guest Editor Walters said, It’s been hard work juggling everything as guest editor and it was more work than I thought! But it’s been good fun getting to know what it takes to put together […]
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