BEYONCE’S PUBLICIST CONTACTS WEBSITE OVER “UNFLATTERING” SUPER BOWL PICTURES

February 6, 2013

This story cracked me up this morning.  When will these publicists learn??? Surely they should know by now that if you send an email of complaint to a independently run blog/website then chances are this will happen…. Website Buzzfeed received an email from Beyonce’s seething publicist Yvette Noel-Schure kindly asking them to remove “unflattering” photographs taken of the star during her Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday. Yvette wrote: As discussed, there are some unflattering photos on your current feed that we are respectfully asking you to change. […]

MINISTERS BACK BILL ALLOWING GAY MARRIAGE IN ENGLAND AND WALES

February 5, 2013

Via BBC News MPs have approved legislation for same-sex marriage in England and Wales, despite the opposition of dozens of Conservative MPs. The Commons voted in favour of the The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, by 400 to 175, a majority of 225, at the end of a full day’s debate on the bill. Prime Minister David Cameron has described the move as “an important step forward” that strengthens society. About 140 Conservative MPs are thought to have voted against the plans. Continue […]

MAN CAUGHT HAVING SEX WITH HORSE WAS ‘TRYING TO GET HORSE PREGNANT’

February 5, 2013

Andrew Mendoza (29) admitted to having sex with his neighbours horse and later went on to claim he was trying to impregnate the horse. The Texan told police: “I was at my house waiting for my girlfriend  to call. I told myself that if she didn’t call me I was going to to next  door and mess with the neighbour’s  horse. “I was trying to make the horse have a baby. I was thinking it  would have a  horse-man baby.” Mendoza was later sentenced […]

BLACK BRITISH CREATIVES – THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT

February 4, 2013

Several years ago I remember hearing through the grapevine that the BBC were claiming to have lost recordings of the hit 1990s BBC 2 comedy sketch show The Real McCoy, after there were calls from the black community to make the series (which ran from 1991-1996) available on DVD. Well imagine my surprise when I visited The Voice website last week and read that after a lengthy ‘Bring Back The Real McCoy’ campaign the BBC has now issued the following statement: A BBC Worldwide spokesperson told The Voice: “There are no […]

UK NEWS: CHOICE FM GIVES LISTENERS THE CHANCE TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH HIP HOP STAR NAS

February 4, 2013

Choice FM, London’s number one urban station, today launches a search for the UK’s next big thing with Choice BreakthrU, for a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform at The O2 Arena to support international rapper Nas as a part of his UK tour in March. Budding music artists from across the country have until the 14th of February to submit their audition videos to choicefm.com before the entries are whittled down to a shortlist of five by a Choice judging panel […]

VIDEO: BEYONCE PERFORMS AT THE 2013 SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW

February 4, 2013

I tell you anyone would think that this was the second coming the way people were losing their minds on the run up to this performance and the way heads exploded when Beyonce appeared on stage and strutted her stuff, dressed in tight black leather . Jesus Christ would not have got a look in had he returned last night. Even the First Lady Michelle Obama jumped on twitter to tweet about her good friend’s performance. ‘Watching the Super Bowl with family and  friends. ‘Beyonce was […]