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VIDEO: MCDONALD’S FEATURES SOUTH AFRICAN ORPHANS IN NEW COMMERCIAL, FAST FOOD GIANT ACCUSED OF EXPLOITATION

March 22, 2013

In a new South African McDonald’s commercial children from the Sakhumzi orphanage in Cape Town can be seen paying a visit to a McDonald’s restaurant. But the fast food chain has been accused of exploiting a concerning issue.  (Click here to read) I would like to know if the children and the nurse (seen at the start of the commercial) received payment from McDonald’s for appearing in this commercial. Everyone knows that if you appear in a commercial promoting a brand (especially if it’s a billion dollar brand like McDonald’s) you receive payment. So were they paid? […]

UK NEWS: ALEXANDRA BURKE ‘PUT UNDER POLICE PROTECTION’

April 12, 2012

More nonsense straight out of the Alexandra Burke camp! The Metro reports that singer Alexandra Burke needed police protection after she was allegedly sent death threats at her lipstick launch last night. The ‘freaked out’ singer told fans how she was nervous about her appearance  after a Twitter user allegedly threatened to ‘murder’ her. The 23-year-old was bombarded with a string of vile tweets, such as: ‘I’m  going to kill you tonight.’ The web menace continued the abuse, threatening to stab the star and […]

TYLER PERRY SET TO MARRY MODEL “GIRLFRIEND”?

December 18, 2011

This rumour made me laugh for a number reasons. It has been reported by ‘trustworthy’ website Media Takeout that entertainment mogul Tyler Perry is set to marry model girlfriend Gelila Bekele. A “source” claims the couple have already looked at rings, and are scouting locations for the nuptials.” [Thanks Bim] Err….. I’m not going to say anything apart from if this is true then congratulations to them both. I hope it all works out.

UK MUSIC NEWS: RAPPER SPEECH DEBELLE RETURNS TO FORMER LABEL BIG DADA

November 10, 2011

In 2009 Mercury Award winner Speech Debelle left her record label Big Dada under a cloud and blamed them for her disappointing debut album sales. At the time she told 6 Music that sales of Speech Therapy suffered because of poor distribution by Big Dada records. Prior to her win, the album had sold around 3,000 copies with sales increasing to just below 10,000.”The Mercury Prize was on Tuesday, and on Friday there were no more physical albums in the shops. I wasn’t disappointed […]

AMY WINEHOUSE ‘WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING 10 YEAR OLD ST LUCIAN GIRL’

July 31, 2011

According to The Sunday Mirror  singer Amy Winehouse was in the process of  ‘adopting’ a 10-year-old St Lucian girl before she died suddenly last Saturday. The troubled singer had started the process of becoming a mum to 10-year-old Dannika Augustine, who she met on the idyllic Caribbean island. Amy had booked her ticket to visit the schoolgirl next week. The child’s grandmother revealed the singer had already hired lawyers for the adoption, but her plans were cut short by her sudden death […]

UK HIP HOP VETERAN RODNEY P EXPRESSES OUTRAGE OVER PROFESSOR GREEN’S ‘JUNGLE’ VIDEO

July 15, 2011

UK Hip Hop veteran Rodney P reminded me of a music video I watched late last year that just left me shaking my head and thinking that young black British males are truly lost. They are seen running around committing violent acts and behaving like savage beasts in this video and none of them actually questioned what they were doing during filming.  Nobody actually said ‘hold up  a minute! What the hell am I doing here??? This is some off-key stereotypical BULLS**T! But […]

WYCLEF JEAN ANNOUNCES HE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF HAITI

August 6, 2010

Actor Sean Penn questions Wyclef’s motives and accused the star of being a “non-presence” during relief efforts, adding “I want to see someone who is really, really willing to sacrifice for their country and not just someone who I personally saw with a vulgar entourage of vehicles that demonstrated a wealth in Haiti that – in context, I felt a very obscene demonstration,” In response Wyclef said,  “I just want Sean Penn to fully understand I am a Haitian, born in Haiti […]

UK NEWS: DOES RICHARD BLACKWOOD STILL WORK FOR CHOICE FM???

May 12, 2010

It has been brought to my attention that Choice FM host Richard Blackwood has been M.I.A (Missing In Action) for weeks now, and there has been no explanation for his absence. *Note I last tuned in to Choice back in 2006. This is just what I’ve been told. * Fellow blogger and radio host Miss Lala  posted recent video footage of Richard when he appeared on Tim Westwood’s BBC Radio show, and then went on to ask, “do Choice FM allow their […]

UK MUSIC NEWS: TINCHY STRYDER AND TINIE TEMPAH TO FEATURE ON P.DIDDY REMIX ‘HELLO GOOD MORNING’

April 23, 2010

This week Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs expressed a sudden love and adoration for the UK music scene (Grime music) and let the entire world know via Twitter.  As well as announcing that he will be working with UK rapper Skepta on the remix to Hello Good Morning, he has now also invited on board Tinchy Stryder and Tinie Tempa. Diddy sat down with journalist Hattie Collins and discussed the up and coming collaborations. Via Hattie Collins Blog “I think Tinie is doing something for us but not on the grime mix. He’s on one of […]