It’s been reported that actor Idris Elba is filming a second series of the hit dark psychological crime drama Luther. Luther is brilliant! I am glad the BBC recommissioned it. This also gives Idris the time to focus on what he is good at, ACTING not rapping. Click HERE to read more about Luther. [Thanks Harlem Loves]
Choice FM will welcome Destiny Child’s star and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Michelle Williams as the new co-host of its Breakfast Show throughout December. The singer will join Choice Breakfast’s Martin Jay from Wednesday 1st December. Every weekday morning the duo will wake-up London with the biggest and best urban music and celebrity news and interviews. From Monday 6th December, Choice will be bringing the Stars of Christmas to London where Martin and Michelle will announce a different star everyday at Breakfast. […]
Today Hollywood “died digitally” for World AIDS Day, as part of Alicia Keys’ Keep a Child Alive AIDS Awareness Campaign. Celebrities who have Twitter accounts have ”sacrificed yes that’s right “SACRIFICED” tweeting until $1 million is raised to buy their digital lives back (they believe their fans will miss their presence on Twitter that much), and millionairess Alicia Keys believes that spending thousands of dollars on this campaign will help HIV/AIDS sufferers living in Africa and India. Anyway before they abandoned their Twitter accounts […]
It’s been reported that the “nations sweetheart” Cheryl Cole has landed a place on the judging panel of the up and coming U.S version of The X-Factor. But sadly Cheryl’s dream of conquering America may never happen because of her conviction for battering Nigerian night club toilet attendant Sophie Amogbokpa back in 2003 (who she also “allegedly” racially abused). The assault conviction may prevent her from being granted a green card. Click HERE to read more…. I bet Simon Cowell steps in and pulls a few […]
Pure Film productions will release two “Urban” feature length films in 2011. First up is the film VICTIM. VICTIM tells the story of a young man’s attempt to break out of a cycle of violence Backed by the film production arm of Pure Music, VICTIM is a vibrant and authentic picture of the consequences of crime, and how one young person will finally escape from this dangerous trap. Inspired by true events, the script was written by actors Ashley Chin (‘Cherry Tree Lane’) […]
Several days ago I posted news on the dubious campaign set up by singer Alicia Keys to help raise awareness for World AIDS Day. Click HERE to read if you missed it. Punchbowl Blog reports that tomorrow (1 December) Hollywood will die digitally to raise awareness for World AIDS Day. A-list celebrities who have Twitter accounts will “sacrifice” yes that’s right “SACRIFICE” tweeting until $1 million is raised to buy their digital lives back. I bet they spent thousands of dollars on this off-key campaign. They should have donated the money to an AIDS charity […]
Via Social Writers Blog 2010’s Biggest Moments in Hip Hop? All I remember is two old idiots going to prison (Lil Wayne and T.I), Eminem releasing a single that samples the annoying 1993 Euro pop hit single by Haddaway, Jay-Z releasing his “highly anticipated” autobiography that details his waste man years “WOWING” the mainstream, and the joke that is Nicki Minaj.
Rapper Nelly has blamed his label Motown Records for the poor sales of his latest album 5.0. The album has so far only sold 63,000 copies stateside. Nelly jumped on Twitter over the weekend and tweeted, A record deal is a 50/50 partnership! As an artist its your job to provide the record company with music that they can sell! Thing about the partnership is that in the public eye the responsibility is not 50/50! The artist is always the one who […]
Source “Reality” TV star Kim Kardashian has agreed to pose as a corpse for a promotional campaign called The Digital Life Sacrifice. Punchbowl Blog reports, the image is part of an internet campaign in which stars including Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Usher will quit social networking sites to raise money for charity. They have filmed ‘last tweet and testament’ videos which will appear in ads showing them in coffins to represent what the campaign calls their digital deaths. They will log off […]
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