UPDATE: PARALYMPIC STAR OSCAR PISTORIUS FORMALLY CHARGED WITH MURDER

Via The Daily Mail South African paralympic star Oscar Pistorius  has been charged with murder and is in custody after reportedly shooting his  girlfriend dead in the middle of the night after mistaking her for a  burglar. Gunfire was heard inside his  Pretoria mansion at  4am this morning and it is believed his  partner may have been killed after a Valentine’s Day surprise went tragically  wrong. The dead woman is  Reeva Steenkamp, 30, a former FHM model who had been dating the 26-year-old []

UK WEB SERIES: SPIN (EPISODE 4)

“SPIN” is a UK based web series that shows the lives of several young individuals and how they ‘spin’ into each other’s lives unknowingly, due to one thing or another. Missed previous episodes? CLICK HERE to watch episode 1, episode 2 and episode 3.

UK COMEDY EVENT: THE LOL SHOW – ABOUT 2 BLOW

LOL Show presents UK Tour ”About 2 Blow”. A live stand up and improv show featuring 7 of the Britain’s most talked about young urban comics such as Babatunde, Axel, Mikey Carpenter, Dane Baptiste, Aurie Styla, Mo The Comedian and Travis Jay. “URBAN” comics? is this now the acceptable term used when describing black comics? When I hear black British comics referring to themselves as being “URBAN comedians” I just shake my head. Pure foolishness. But anyway I digress… The line up is being touted []

UK PR ANTICS: SOUL SINGER MICA PARIS SHOWS OFF BOYFRIEND/MANAGER IN HELLO MAGAZINE

British Soul singer Mica Paris (43) appears in this week’s Hello Magazine with her new beau Prince Frederick Alexander Von Preussen (28) who according to the Daily Mail  is 346th in line to the British throne. Prince Frederick is also Mica’s manager and the couple have apparently been together for four years. In the interview with Hello Mica gushed: ‘there’s no one else I’d rather marry than Alex because he’s flipping amazing.’ When asked about the difference in their “backgrounds” Prince Frederick replied: []

VIDEO: BRYAN RUCKER FT STACK$ – WHITE WASHED

[Thanks Lorraine] I LOVE this. All those young ladies who post profile pictures of themselves on Twitter with Kardashian hairstyles and shine a flood light in their faces to appear lighter skinned (yeah you know who you are) should listen to every word of this song. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

WEB DOCUMENTARY SERIES: NOISEY JAMAICA (EPISODE 2 – POPCAAN)

I don’t know how I feel about this web documentary series that is supposed to be about Dancehall culture and is co-executive produced by Snoop Dogg aka ‘Snoop Lion’ 😦 In episode 1 the narrator reveals that she was born and raised in Jamaica but you don’t sense any real connection there. She sounds like a stranger who is just discovering Jamaica and it’s music scene for the first time. Episode 2 just makes me cringe for a number of reasons. The world does not need to see ridiculous groupies hanging around rehearsal studios and a young []