November 13, 2009
[Thanks Nessa] Via The Guardian The advertising regulator has cleared Cadbury of racism and perpetuating colonial stereotypes of African people in its latest TV advertising campaign. Cadbury’s campaign featured Ghanaian musician Tinny and aimed to promote the chocolate brand’s tie-up with the Fairtrade organisation for cocoa from the African nation for its Dairy Milk range. Continue Reading…. I didn’t know they received complaints with regards to this commercial. Admittedly parts of it still makes me cringe a little, but I do like the song […]
November 13, 2009
I received a huge amount of replies minutes after posting news of this competition. I had no idea Rih Rih aka the dark priestess was so popular! Anyway today I picked 2 winners using the old skool childrens TV style/method of picking competition winners (put entrants info in a bag, shuffled and then pulled out winners names). The two lucky individuals (plus one) that will be going to see Rihanna perform tracks from her forthcoming album Rated R (invite only/secret location) on Monday November 16th in London are: *drum roll* Bizu Yaregal […]
November 13, 2009
Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?
November 12, 2009
No words……. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?
November 12, 2009
Click here to preview tracks from Rihanna’s forthcoming album Rated R. Two words – very dark….
November 12, 2009
Via The London Evening Standard A stalker who once threatened to kill Billie Piper has been spared jail for the third time despite harassing a family. Juliette Peters, 41, said she wanted to decapitate the Dr Who actress, burn her body and shoot her parents in a barrage of hate-filled telephone calls. She avoided jail eight years ago and has since admitted launching two terrifying hate campaigns against neighbours. But a judge decided against enforcing a suspended prison sentence, imposed after she […]
November 12, 2009
Former Mis-Teeq lead singer Sabrina Washington will be a contestant in this years I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. I hope appearing in the show helps to raise her profile like Strictly Come Dancing did for her former band mate Alesha Dixon. I’m A “Celebrity” Get Me Out Of Here kicks off on Sunday (November 15th) on ITV 1, 9pm. Click here for more information. It doesn’t come more Z-list then this! But hey it’s a cheque!
November 11, 2009
Singer Rihanna will be performing a one-off show (INVITE ONLY) in London at an undisclosed venue on November 16th. She will be exclusively previewing tracks from her forthcoming album Rated R and the show will be streamed live. To be part of the making of music history with Rihanna and Nokia on November 16th, register at http://www.nokia.com/rihanna to view live stream. Mad News is also giving away 4 tickets to this event. To win just answer this simple question: What is the name of […]
November 11, 2009
For those of you living outside of the US, who know nothing about baseball (like myself) and therefore not so familiar with Sammy Sosa he is a former major league baseball star. Click here for more information about Sammy. I decided to post this story because it’s hilarious, sad and pathetic. Sammy who hails from the Dominican Republic recently turned up to the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony with lighter skin, straight hair and wore coloured contact lenses. He was obviously keen to remove the Afro-Latin from out of his system…. When accused […]
November 11, 2009
Singer Jamelia shamed her former boyfriend Pay As You Go group member Maxwell D, during a taping of music quiz Never Mind The Buzz Cocks, which aired last week. The singer shouted “I recognise him. He screwed me over.” when the rapper came on stage among a group of men in the identity parade round. Jamelia and Maxwell dated back in 2004. He later went on to sell stories about their relationship to the newspapers. Footage spotted @ The Punch Bowl Blog Lawd….Oh the […]
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