VIDEO: VIVICA FOX APPEARS ON THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW

Actress Vivica Fox appeared on the ridiculous Wendy Williams Show recently and in the middle of answering questions about her personal life (does she plan on having kids with her 20-something boyfriend who is sitting in audience etc) Wendy chips in and asks Vivica who is in her early forties, if she is “still having full periods”. Oh Wendy…..

UK MUSIC: FORMER X-FACTOR CONTESTANT RACHEL ADEDEJI – FOLLOW THE DJ

2009 X-Factor contestant Rachel Adedeji is back with a new look and a sound that most of us are now familiar with. Her debut single Follow The DJ will be released in March 2011. This is a typical dance track that will probably go down well in the clubs, especially in other parts of Europe. Spotted @ Social Writers Blog Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

BLACK LONDON’S FILM HERITAGE – CURATORIAL AND EXHIBITION PROJECT CALLING FOR MATERIALS!

Black London’s Film Heritage has embarked on a search for material about Black London life from pre/post war years to the mid-1990’s for a programme that will be launched in March 2011. The project is inviting submissions from any London Borough archive, film and community organisations or individuals holding film material which depicts an African-Caribbean presence in London. To be considered for inclusion in this project, submissions for previewing will be accepted on all formats, but preferably digital or VHS tape. Films []

UK MUSIC: SIM SIMMA – ‘HOWEVER’

Check out Sim Simma’s single However. As usual yet another bizarre UK act spotted over at Brown Eyez Lyrical content – designer clothes, money, and being sexy. Yawn. But However isn’t terrible. The video – What is going on at [mark 1.31]? Why is she sitting like that? Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK NEWS: JERMAIN DEFOE’S MOTHER ‘PLANS TO BUILD NIGHTCLUB IN MANSION BASEMENT’

The Metro reports that Jermain Defoe’s mother plans to build a nightclub in the basement of a plush Essex mansion. According to the newspaper the millionaire footballer’s mother Sandra St Helen also plans on including a cards room, an underground swimming pool and giant hot tub. There is even a proposal for a hair salon. Click HERE to read more…. I hope Mama St Helen realises that Jermain won’t be a footballer forever. By the time he reaches 35/36 it’s more or less a wrap and []

WHITE SUPREMACISTS URGE THOR BOYCOTT OVER CASTING OF BLACK ACTOR (IDRIS ELBA) AS NORSE GOD

 Source Via The Guardian A US white supremacist group has called for a boycott of the Kenneth Branagh-directed superhero movie Thor on the grounds that a black actor has been cast in the role of a Norse god. The Council of Conservative Citizens is upset that London-born Idris Elba, star of The Wire and BBC detective series Luther as well as a number of Hollywood films, is to play deity Heimdall in the Marvel Studios feature. The group, which opposes inter-racial marriage []

UK EVENT / UK TV: AYO FROM THE FAMILY AND BLACKSTREET SET TO PERFORM AT THE SUNDAY SHOW

Self employed web designer, star of the hit Channel 4 documentary The Family and part-time rapper Ayo Adesina aka Mc Darke, will be performing at The Sunday Show on the 26 December (Boxing Day). Ayo also shares the bill with 90s R&B group Blackstreet. If you tune in to watch The Family on Tuesday nights, you will know that Ayo has a long way to go before he can proclaim to be the new “King of Hip Hop”.  Spitting lines like “I’m []

UK NEWS: NOEL CLARKE LAUNCHES T-SHIRT COLLECTION

Actor, writer and director Noel Clarke has launched his very own T-shirt. Check out the merchandise below… Click HERE to view more….  The T-shirt’s are expensive. I was looking for Primark prices. But I can guarantee that they will go down a storm with the guys and gals who spend  their days and nights inside and outside Tennessee Chicken. Your thoughts please….

UK NEWS: TOP MODEL OF COLOUR 2010 WINNERS

Apologies for posting this news WEEKS after the event has taken place. I heard about the Top Model Of Colour competition but completely forgot to follow-up on it, until I came across an article about it on the Flavour Magazine website this morning. Anyway better late than never! According to Flavour Magazine ‘Top Model Of Colour has been going strong for 5 years ( Up until this year I had never heard of it before) and takes competitors from black, hispanic and other ethnic minorities who are under represented []