UK EVENT: RAISING FUNDS FOR LOCAL TOTTENHAM CHARITIES
LifeBar 2-4 Old Street London EC1V From 7pm
UK NEWS: RIOT ERUPTS IN TOTTENHAM AFTER MAN’S FATAL SHOOTING
It started with a peaceful protest yesterday afternoon after local man Mark Duggan (29) was shot and killed by police on Thursday night. People were demonstrating peacefully outside Tottenham police station because up until this point the police had refused to communicate with the man’s family and answer their questions. However it then descended in to violence when mindless goons decided to hijack the peaceful protest, took advantage of the situation and proceeded to destroy businesses, people’s homes, set fire to vehicles […]
PRIDE MAGAZINE FRONT COVER (AUGUST ISSUE 2011) – JILL SCOTT
UK FILM: LOVERS ROCK (TRAILER)
…………………….. The STORY OF LOVERS ROCK is a feature length documentary tells the story of an era and a music that defined a generation in the late 70s and 80s. Lovers Rock is romantic reggae that was uniquely British. It developed from a small UK scene to become a global brand through the likes of UB40 and Maxi Priest Lovers Rock was particularly influential to a new generation of black British young women and men who identified with this music that reflected […]
THE BRITISH URBAN FILM FESTIVAL 2011 COMING THIS SEPTEMBER (LONDON)
The British Urban Film Festival will take place on the 16th, 17th and 18th of September 2011. Check out the festival’s opening feature David Is Dying below. ……………………. For more information about the festival click HERE [Thanks Charlene] So I am guessing (but I could be wrong) that The British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) replaces the BFM International Film Festival (Black Filmmaker) which ran for 10 years here, but unfortunately not enough people seemed to know about this annual event, partly due to a distinct lack of promotion on the […]
UK EVENT: ROCK THE BELLES WEST FEMALE ICONS PART 1 – BLONDIE VERSES BEYONCE
To kick off the 1st of the West London ‘female icons’ sessions at Notting Hill Arts Club, Rock The Belles are celebrating two of the finest female musical legends of our time, Blondie and Beyonce!
UK FILM: EXTRAS NEEDED FOR CLUB SCENE (PAYBACK SEASON)
The producers of up and coming film UK thriller Payback Season are currently looking for extras. Read below. EXTRAS needed for big club scene on 7th August! Take part & email your full name, age, number, recent picture to : paybackseason@gmail.com — PAYBACK SEASON (@PAYBACKSEASON) July 26, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/IceKayas/status/98495159020425216 And according to the man above “big stars” will be on the set too. I wonder who will be there. De Niro? Actually I’m guessing the “big stars” that will be there on the day will be the stars from Kidulthood […]
UK TV: SINGER JAMELIA TALKS ABOUT NEW DOCUMENTARY
Singer Jamelia recently appeared on ITV 1 talk show Loose Women to promote her new documentary Shame About Single Mothers, which will air on BBC 3, August 29th at 9pm. Spotted @ Brown Eyez
PIC OF THE DAY: VANESSA FELTZ AND FIANCE BEN OFOEDU
TV and radio personality Vanessa Feltz attended a film premiere last night in London’s Leicester Square with her fiancé Ben Ofoedu (they have been engaged since Moses walked the earth) and according to the Daily Mail Vanessa has slimmed down from a size 24 to a 14 after having a gastric band fitted’. Has Vanessa really had a gastric band fitted Daily Mail??? I don’t see any difference. Also doesn’t her fiancé Ben have pretty toes? Click HERE to view more photos.
UK NEWS: DEPUTY MAYOR OF LAMBETH ARRESTED ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Oh dear…. Via The Evening Standard The deputy mayor of Lambeth has been arrested after an attack that left a man with a broken jaw and ribs and requiring 27 stitches. Liberal Democrat Judith Best, 51, attended a police station on Saturday and was arrested accused of actual bodily harm with conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. She was bailed. Her son, Scott Richards, 31, was held on Sunday following a police chase. Police are looking for others in connection with the […]
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