January 12, 2014
A misleading article published on The Guardian website has angered actor Noel Clarke. According to blogger and film critic Ben Child, Clarke’s horror flick Storage 24 was America’s lowest grossing film of 2013. Child wrote: A British horror set in a self-storage facility from actor and film-maker Noel Clarke was the poorest performing movie at the US box office last year with a paltry £44 ($72) haul. Storage 24 was shot on a reportedly tiny budget of around £1.6m and was Clarke’s first film to appear in American […]
December 31, 2013
Thank you for all your continued support throughout 2013. New year, new beginnings. Cheers!
December 30, 2013
Former Choice FM presenter Daddy Ernie will join Internet radio station Vibes FM in the new year. Ernie will present his Superjam show on Mondays and Tuesdays, 8pm to 11pm. The first show will air on Monday 6 January. Visit: www.vibesfm.net In October Global Radio who owned Choice FM (now Capital Xtra) axed the DJ after 20 years of service. Congratulations Daddy Ernie.
December 24, 2013
I love the The Breakfast Club team especially when they interview veteran artists, who give the best interviews. See you on the other side DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne tha God. Roll on 2014.
December 19, 2013
This documentary is inspired by the book I’m A Gun. It addresses street violence and the psychological and physiological hold the nature of the gun has over our youths. Listen to some of our inspirational and out spoken members of our community share their views. Judging from the trailer nothing new is being said that I haven’t heard before or discussed with others on numerous occasions. But I guess the documentary’s target audience is today’s male black youth. However it is always good […]
December 11, 2013
After reading this story I just laid my head down on my desk, sighed and then laughed. MADNESS! Via The Independent The sign language interpreter used by the African National Congress during Nelson Mandela’s memorial service at Johannesburg FNB football stadium yesterday was a fake, it has been claimed today. Bruno Druchen, the national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa said the unnamed man seen on television next to leaders such as US President Barack Obama “was moving his hands […]
December 4, 2013
Shawn Carter aka Jay Z has announced via his website that both he and his wife (superstar Beyonce) will embark on a 22 days challenge to go completely vegan. On December 3rd, one day before my 44th birthday I will embark on a 22 Days challenge to go completely vegan, or as I prefer to call it, plant-based!! This all began a few months back when a good friend and vegan challenged me to embrace a “plant-based breakfast” everyday. It was surprisingly easier […]
November 25, 2013
Last month it was reported that there were plans to protest and march against the controversial Choice FM (now Capital Xtra) “rebrand” and the decision to rid the station of its Reggae, Soca and Gospel programming. Well it has been announced via the No Choice FM Facebook page that this protest/rally will take place on Saturday 30th November, outside Global Radio (owners of Capital Xtra) headquarters in Leicester Square (London) from 2-3pm. Since the Choice FM “rebrand” broadcast regulator OFCOM has received a sea […]
November 8, 2013
Daily Show host Jon Stewart discussed the Barneys department store racial profiling controversy on Wednesday night, and along with senior black correspondent Larry Wilmore, tore into Sean Carter aka Jay-Z for refusing to address the situation head-on and his refusal to cut ties with the company.
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