VIDEO: CHAKA KHAN TALKS TO PIERS MORGAN ABOUT WHITNEY HOUSTON’S DEATH AND CLIVE DAVIS’ DECISION TO STILL HOST PARTY

February 15, 2012

… I am with Chaka Khan on this one. It was “insanity”. Clive Davis should have cancelled the party. His decision to still go ahead with the party was disappointing not to mention inappropriate and morbid. Kelly Osbourne was invited to the party but when it was announced that Whitney had died she said she was staying home, as it would be inappropriate to attend. When I saw photographs of Kim Kardashian posing on the red carpet, skinnin teeth and showing off her new breasts I just shook my […]

SONY MUSIC APOLOGISE FOR HIKING UP WHITNEY HOUSTON’S ALBUM PRICES JUST HOURS AFTER HER DEATH

February 15, 2012

Whatever Sony! Via BBC News Record label Sony has apologised for increasing the price of two Whitney Houston albums hours after her death on Saturday. The wholesale cost of the two LPs – Houston’s Ultimate Collection and Greatest Hits – went up by around £3 each, causing an automatic price increase on iTunes. In a statement, Sony said the albums had been “mistakenly mispriced”. It added the error was “immediately corrected” once it had been discovered. Houston fans had taken to Twitter […]

UK EVENT: STEPHEN LAWRENCE – A TIME FOR JUSTICE SCREENING

February 14, 2012

In aid of The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. Bafta and non-Bafta members are invited to a special screening on Saturday 10th March 2012 at 18:30 of the recent Panorama special, Stephen Lawrence: A Time For Justice. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Doreen Lawrence, Stuart Lawrence (brother). Imran Khan (family solicitor) and BBC reporter Mark Daly. The discussion following the screening will cover the struggle of the Lawrence family, institutionalised racism and the power of investigative broadcast journalism to […]

THE GRAMMY AWARDS 2012 – NICKI MINAJ PERFORMANCE (AWFUL)

February 13, 2012

You know when an artists goes out of his/her way to do something unique and different but just ends up looking and sounding bloody stupid…. yeah…… … Why didn’t members from her team sit her down and tell her the truth about this performance during rehearsals? Why didn’t anyone say ‘look you’re going to make a complete fool of yourself if you go ahead with this performance’? Nicki is a woman who clearly surrounds herself with sycophants and “yes” people.

THE ImPOSSIBLE CONVERSATION EVENT (LONDON)

February 12, 2012

On February 8 I attended the second annual ImPossible conversation event which took place at Pearson’s head offices in London showcasing an array of uber talented and accomplished professional black British women sharing their life stories. A lively, life-affirming, knowledgeable panel comprising of company secretary and chief legal head of Waitrose and John Lewis; Margaret Caseley-Hayford, actress, singer and now author; Michelle Gayle, Hackney Vicar and chaplain to the speaker of the House of Commons; Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, official dentist on Channel 4’s ’10 […]

WHITNEY HOUSTON DIES

February 12, 2012

Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48. The singer died in the Beverly Hills Hotel on the eve of the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. She had been due to attend a pre-awards party in the hotel organised by her long-time mentor and record industry executive Clive Davis on Saturday evening. A police spokesman told the BBC, “police were despatched, but paramedics, already at the hotel because of the party, attempted to resuscitate her, without success. She was pronounced dead […]