February 28, 2014
I’mPOSSIBLE founder Simone Bresi-Ando is taking her successful event series, The I’mPOSSIBLE conversation, to New York for its first international event. Dubbed a mix between ‘Oprah’s Legends Luncheon’ and ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’, the panel event features women of colour from all walks of life who share their pearls of wisdom with the audience to help inspire on the theme of ‘How I Became POSSIBLE‘. Congratulations Simone 😀
February 27, 2014
Pop singer Lily Allen announced she was “retiring” from the music industry three years ago but decided to return to the scene late last year with the single Hard Out Here, along with a controversial video featuring those misguided former Britain’s Got Talent contestants the CEO Dancers. Hard  Out Here failed to set the chart alight and Lily has not released her new album titled Sheezus (*rolls eyes*) yet. So imagine my surprise when I spotted her smug mug on the front cover […]
February 26, 2014
Comedian Kevin Hart visited the set of ITV 1 soap Coronation Street today in Manchester. The star is in the country promoting the US box office hit Ride Along which also stars Ice Cube. Click here to view more photographs. How random. Do the cast and crew even know who Kevin is?
February 26, 2014
Hit Jamaican comedy drama Me and Mi Kru will premier on British television on Saturday March 1 on ABN TV (Sky Channel 290) at 7.30pm. ‘Me and Mi Kru’ tells the tale of a single parent family, mother and son who live in the ghetto of Sea view Gardens, Kingston. The son a wannabe dancehall artist has a group called ‘Innocent Kru’, they are struggling and juggling to get on shows, promote themselves and move ahead in the Jamaican music industry against […]
February 26, 2014
[Thanks Lorraine] Is what I just watched supposed to represent the Hip Hop scene here in the UK? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I don’t believe that this is supposed to be a serious look at the Hip Hop scene in this country and suspect that the host’s tongue is firmly placed in his cheek. Your thoughts please….
February 24, 2014
In a recent interview with The Voice Loose Women star Jameila talks about the problems she has faced in the world of UK entertainment. I’ve come against that [prejudice] on so many occasions. When I first signed my record deal, people said, ‘she’s never gonna sell because she’s dark-skinned. Only light-skinned women are gonna sell’. People said that no-one would ever see me as sexy and I’d never be on the front of any magazine – but I’ve been on the cover of […]
February 23, 2014
I posted the news in November 2012 that ITV 1 soap Emmerdale had cast its first black family. Waking The Dead star Wil Johnson was cast to play mechanic Dominic Andrews a single parent and 14-year-old Tendai Rinomhota signed on to play his wayward teenage daughter Gemma. Now it has been announced that Wil is leaving the soap. His on screen daughter Gemma will be killed off in the coming weeks and his character will leave the Dales not long after her death. […]
February 20, 2014
*rubs temples* There is no point in featuring young black British folk in debates of this nature when they clearly don’t know their history or much else when it comes to the subject matter of race/heritage.  The black man who speaks at the start and says the word ‘nigger’ “doesn’t mean what it used to mean and doesn’t have the same impact”  needs a damn wake up call.  The type of wake up call that will make it CRYSTAL CLEAR to him […]
February 19, 2014
The Voice reports that actor Idris Elba will appear as a judge on a new Sky 1 talent show titled Launching People. The purpose of the show is to ‘turn people’s dreams of making films, music, food and other passions into reality’. When asked about the project Idris said: I want to find a person to tell a story and inspire others. They might have an idea that they’re not quite sure how to take to the next level. If I represent anything, […]
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