UK SHORT FILM: ‘BLUD’ REVIEW

On Thursday 8th March I attended the premier of the short film BLUD written by rapper, actor and director Fredi ‘Kruga’ Nwaka. The film is described as an Urban thriller, BLUD combines the gritty unpredictable under world with that of the real world and brings you a breath-taking journey into the supernatural. Every UK urban project that is released these days features a run down council estate, feral youth,  drug dealing and violence. BLUD goes down this same tried and tested road []

UK ANTICS: TV SHOW SOCCER AM BLASTS ADAM DEACON FOR NO-SHOW / ACTOR BLAMES REVOLVER ENT’S PR DEPARTMENT

Oh dear… more drama in the heady/exciting world of UK entertainment this morning. Actor Adam Deacon was supposed to appear as a guest on the popular Sky 1 morning show Soccer Am today to promote his new film Payback Season, but was a no-show. So throughout the morning hosts Max and Helen were firing sly shots at Adam. Max called Adam “lazy” and viewers were told that he “couldn’t be bothered to get out of bed”. As you can imagine this didn’t []

UK NEWS: CLUB/RESTAURANT TIGER TIGER RESPONDS TO RACISM ALLEGATIONS

Earlier today I posted the news that popular club/restaurant Tiger Tiger in Croydon had been accused of racism after a DJ claimed he was told his set was attracting too many black people to the establishment and he was then fired. Click HERE to read. Now Tiger Tiger has responded via Twitter. Tiger Croydon refutes @djrsi allegations. He is unwilling to follow our commercial R&B music policy which is why he no longer plays here. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. So basically he wasn’t playing enough Jessie J.

TWEET OF THE DAY: MC HARVEY

So Solid Crew star MC Harvey who was recently in the tabloids for this MESS which then later turned in to an embarrassing farce wants us all to know that…. People like me don't write books. We're written about. — Harvey (@Harveyofficial) March 8, 2012 *BLANK STARE*

UK NEWS: JAY-Z TO HEADLINE HACKNEY WEEKEND

The Jay-Z lovefest continues… It has been announced that the rapper will headline BBC Radio 1’s “highly anticipated” Olympic Celebration, the Hackney Weekend 2012 on June 23rd. Tinie Tempah, Jessie J, Plan B, Ed Sheeran and Will.iam are also on the bill. It’s like all my Christmases have come at once. YIPPEE!!! Also there will apparently be a second headliner announced soon. I am betting it is either going to be Kanye or Beyonce will cut her “maternity leave” short. The BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend []

UK NEWS: TIGER TIGER FIRES DJ FOR ‘ATTRACTING TOO MANY BLACK PEOPLE’

A DJ has claimed on Twitter that the general manager at popular establishment Tiger Tiger (Croydon) fired him because he attracted too many black people in to his room. DJ RSI tweeted. Just been sacked from #TigerCroydon after General Manager said "there's too many black people in your room" — Ricky Simmonds (@RickySimmondsDJ) March 8, 2012 Oh dear… Oh dear….. All I can do is laugh and shake my head.  Another wake up call folks and we are still only in the []