UK NEWS: DJ TIM WESTWOOD RECEIVED DEATH THREAT TEXTS FROM A MALE “FAN”

A man has appeared in court accused of sending death threat texts to BBC Radio Hip Hop DJ Tim “Big Dawg” Westwood. Via The Daily Mail Hip-hop DJ Tim Westwood was bombarded with  text messages from a man calling himself a ‘fan’. The Radio 1 presenter, 53, was blitzed with messages from listener Mark Bulcock, 43. More than 100 texts that were sent by Bulcock – who has a conviction for theft – and police were called in to trace him after []

TWEET OF THE DAY: KANYA KING (MOBO AWARDS FOUNDER)

Our MOBO Panel have already met to discuss award noms. 2 b announced end of August. Shhhhhh…… — Kanya King MBE (@KanyaKing) July 27, 2011 I cannot wait to see the nominations list. I look forward to having a good laugh. Also it has been announced that Jessie J, Katy B and US songstress Alexis Jordan will be performing at this years MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) Awards. Jessie J – A predictable choice who will probably take home the most awards []

UK NEWS: ‘SWAGGER JAGGER’ SONG WRITER BLASTS CHER LLOYD ONLINE ABUSE

The songwriter responsible for Cher Lloyd’s dreadful debut single Swagger Jagger has hit back at those who continue to criticize the singer online. Autumn Rowe told Digital Spy “Cher Lloyd is not who people think she is. I was her first session after the show – after will.i.am – but I was the first writer she worked with. We wrote ‘Swagger Jagger’ that same day. I sat her down and said, ‘I don’t know if you’ve done this before, but I want []

UK NEWS: CELEBRITY STYLIST MASON SMILLIE TEAMS UP WITH OXFAM TO RAISE AWARENESS OF FAMINE CRISIS IN EAST AFRICA

Celebrity stylist Mason Smillie has announced that he will be travelling to Somalia to help raise awareness about the devastating famine and drought crisis that’s currently ravaging the East African country. Mason told Mad News, I have been meaning to help raise awareness about the crisis in Somalia for a while now and I’ve teamed up with the amazing charity Oxfam, who I believe shares my vision and whom I can honestly say trust one hundred percent. He went on to add, []

UK NEWS: BBC SET TO MEET WITH PRODUCERS OF BRITISH-NIGERIAN ONLINE SITCOM MEET THE ADEBANJO’S

Just a month after launching their new sitcom independently online and receiving widespread media attention, the BBC has quickly arranged to meet the producers of Meet the Adebanjo’s to discuss picking it up for season 2. Only this week the Metro newspaper featured Meet the Adebanjo’s as what’s good to watch online and the producers believe it’s the result of the widespread interest in the sitcom which has made the BBC arrange a meeting for the 1st August. Executive producer Andrew Osayemi []