OSCAR PISTORIUS PLEADS FOR BAIL, SAYS HE THOUGHT GIRLFRIEND WAS AN “INTRUDER”, POLICE CLAIM TO HAVE FOUND BOXES OF STEROIDS

February 20, 2013

Yesterday Oscar Pistorius who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend model Reeva Steenkamp stood in a packed court room and we finally got to hear his side of the story….. Pistorius said in his sworn affidavit: During the early morning hours of 14 February 2013, I woke up, went onto the balcony to bring the fan in and closed the sliding doors, the blinds and the curtains. I heard a noise in the bathroom and realised that someone was in the bathroom. I felt a sense of terror […]

VIDEO: TRICIA ROSE ON ‘HIP HOP, MASS MEDIA AND RACIAL STORYTELLING IN THE AGE OF OBAMA’

February 19, 2013

Tricia Rose, http://www.triciarose.com professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, discusses hip hop’s retreat from politics and the potential for that music to help tell the stories of the dispossessed today. Rose is author of the ground-breaking 1994 book Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America, Longing To Tell: Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy, and The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop–and Why It Matters. [Thanks Simone] Tricia Rose speaks […]

RIHANNA UNVEILS RIVER ISLAND COLLECTION AT LONDON FASHION WEEK

February 18, 2013

Over the weekend singer Rihanna unveiled her clothing collection for high street chain River Island at London Fashion Week. CLICK HERE to view more photographs. The last time I ventured in to River Island (by accident) was back in the early noughties. Anyway I like Rihanna but there is nothing original or innovative about this collection. I remember women rocking some of these styles back in the 90s.  The designers behind this collection are lazy. But the collection will sell simply because Rihanna’s name is attached to it.

VIDEO: THE NEXT CHAPTER – OPRAH INTERVIEWS BEYONCE (FULL INTERVIEW)

February 17, 2013

… So this was Oprah’s “no holds barred” interview with Beyonce. I admire and respest Oprah but as expected this was just a 40 minute lickfest. When Oprah switches in to licky licky mode it is always uncomfortable to watch. And as for Beyonce… well…same old same old. For some strange reason the woman always fails to convince in her interviews. Your thoughts please…..

UK SHORT FILM: FILL ME IN (WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A SECOND CHANCE?)

February 16, 2013

Sebastian Thiel presents ‘Fill Me In’ a short film written by Gus Miller that explores how a young man’s venturesome day gets turned on its head through the perspectives of the people around him. Would you give him a second chance? … Would I give HIM a second chance? I sure would.. and a third and a fourth and a fifth and a sixth…. Hahahaha. Fill Me In has also entered in the Sundance London 2013 Short Film Festival. Your thoughts please….

IDIOT OF THE DAY: FOOTBALLER’S FATHER FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULTING SON’S EX-GIRLFRIEND

February 16, 2013

Via The Daily Mail The father of footballer Danny Simpson has  been found guilty of assault after a bust-up with his son’s former  girlfriend. Bodybuilder Peter Samms confronted Stephanie  Ward, 25, after she revealed how the Newcastle United star had ‘cheated’ on her  with X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos in a national newspaper. Samms, 46, barged into Miss Ward’s home in  Worsley, Greater Manchester, just hours after she had aborted the child she was  carrying with the footballer. During the confrontation, last November,  Samms acted in […]