Posts

Showing posts with the label Current Affairs

News Roll Call 12/13/07

Model Claims Tony Parker Cheated on Eva Longoria With FOX News - 14 hours agoAP A fashion model told a celebrity gossip Web site that basketball star Tony Parker cheated on his wife Eva Longoria with her in September. Queen Latifah produced, narrates "The Perfect Holiday" CNN International - Dec 12, 2007By A. Pawlowski ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Christmas songs call this the most wonderful time of the year. That may be especially true for Queen Latifah this season -- in many ways. QUEEN LATIFAH SAYS WHAT WEDDING?: Entertainer laughs at rumors suggesting she will wed longtime girlfriend. *Chicago radio personality Kendra G. of Power 92 says she got a direct answer from Queen Latifah regarding rumors that she planned to announce an engagement to her personal trainer/girlfriend. IOC strips Marion Jones' Sydney Olympics medals Reuters - Dec 12, 2007LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday stripped American sprinter Marion Jones of her ...

News Roll Call 12-11-07

Ohio atty. found in Ga. tells police she made up kidnapping Akron Beacon Journal - 56 minutes agoBy JOHN SEEWER AP Writer A pregnant Ohio attorney who admitted that she fabricated her kidnapping left her family behind because she "experienced a meltdown," her husband said Tuesday. Gunman Planned to Kill More, Officials Say Washington Post - 11 hours agoBy Karl Vick and William Branigin COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 10 -- A heavily armed man who killed four young people at a missionary training center and a church Sunday apparently intended to gun down many more victims before he was shot by a church ... Michael Vick gets 23 months in prison Los Angeles Times, CA - 9 hours agoSuspended Falcons quarterback will miss a minimum of two seasons after sentencing in federal dogfighting case. Agent says time is on his side for a second ... ‘Compass’ Can’t Cure What Ails Box Office New York Times, United States - Dec 9, 2007By BROOKS BARNES LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 — Hollywood is counting on the i...

News Roll Call: Akon, Sean Taylor, Pimp C & Don Imus

Akon Pleads Not Guilty in Fan-Tossing The Associated Press - A town justice told Akon that his lawyer can stand in for him at future court appearances and he does not have to appear. Akon did not comment as he left ... Three suspects in Taylor shooting denied bail AFP - MIAMI (AFP) — Three men charged in the shooting death of Sean Taylor were denied bail on Tuesday, a day after thousands paid their respects at the funeral ... Rapper Pimp C Found Dead in LA Hotel The Associated Press - LOS ANGELES Pimp C, who spun searing tales of Texas street life into a key role in the rise of Southern hip-hop, was found dead in an upscale hotel ... At this time, it appears to be natural causes but they are planning an autopsy. Can Black Cast Members Help Imus' Image? The Associated Press - Don Imus is an aging white man whose critics have assailed him for a racially charged on-air remark that got him fired. ... Uhhh, no. I do not want to say that people cannot learn from their mistakes. He just m...

News Roll Call

November 26, 2007 Supreme Court and guns Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Latest from AP, A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. The last time I checked this was one of the key points in our constitution. Maybe I am nuts but I never thought they were going to change that. Crews gain upper hand on Malibu fire Reuters - By Dana Ford MALIBU, California (Reuters) - Firefighters gained the upper hand on Sunday against a fierce wildfire that destroyed 49 homes in the exclusive beachside community of Malibu, where residents were allowed to return and assess the damage. All those million dollar homes just going up in flames! I hope they had million dollar policies. It sucks to find out at the 12th hour that your insurance only covers a fraction of what you loss. Study: NY immigrants "central component" in economic growth New York Daily News - BY JOE MAHONEY Immigrants in New York - ...

News Roll Call

Yahoo, Sony BMG Team Up For User-Generated Content InformationWeek - The deal allows Yahoo to distribute Sony BMG content through applications and widgets that the portal's users can embed in their own Web sites. As a web publisher this would be fantastic. On Youtube Sony has disabled the ability to embed any of its videos. I guess its are working out a deal that would allow it to make more money, the greedy bastards. The last time I checked the whole point of videos was to promote the artist. Does a price tag have to be attached to everything (completely rhetorical considering we are steeped in the heart of capitalism)? Wouldn’t my embedded the video on my site just help in spreading the artist popularity? Dirty greedy dogs. Still, like a crack fiend, I am anxiously waiting until I can embed their videos to my site. It is always better from the source or else I have to keep checking back to ensure the “illegal” video has not been removed. Now that is a pain in the rear. Firefox 3...

Amazon Competes with iTunes, Selling mp3s

Oh, you heard right. Amazon sells everything from books to your mama's bra; it was just a matter of time before they started selling music downloads. I have not tried it myself as of yet and probably won't any time soon since I am not that savvy just yet. I don't even have an iPod, just a regular mp3 player. The revamped Zune is looking good to me though. It is a shame that it is just about sold out. Since its revamp, Zune has become the top player selling on Amazon.com. No surprise that on the down loads, Jay-Z's new album, inspired by the film American Gangster, is the number one album down load. Available for down load

News Roll Call

Keys Well Ahead Of Dion In Race For No. 1 Billboard, NY - Alicia Keys is poised to earn her fourth consecutive No. 1 on The Billboard 200 as her new J album, "As I Am," is tops on Nielsen soundscan's Building Chart ... I brought the album and love it. A full review is on its way. stds On the Rise in the US After Years of Decline MedPage Today - Reported chlamydia cases in the US topped one million in 2006, and diagnoses of gonorrhea and syphilis rose as well, CDC surveillance experts reported. Simpson will stand trial again Los Angeles Times - JUDGE'S RULING: After four days of testimony at a preliminary hearing, Justice Bonaventure determines that prosecutors had enough evidence to try Simpson, 60, and two other men on multiple counts, including kidnapping, in connection with the Sept. This fool is going to jail. He got away once, he will not get away again. Listen to the radio and television personalities. It is like they are polishing their guns for a big hunt. If ...

News Roll Call

West's Doc Has Malpractice, DUI History : Report ABC News -Kanye West's mom, Donda West, was by his side for much of his career, including the 2006 Grammys where he won awards for best rap song, best rap solo performance and best rap album. All of these things are coming out a little late. People never think of doing background checks on their doctors but this is a prime example that it should happen with regularity. I am so sorry for Kanye and his family. I cannot imagine losing a family member so unexpectedly. OJ Simpson wanted guns in Vegas incident: witness Reuters - A man who was with OJ Simpson during an armed confrontation over sports memorabilia in a Las Vegas hotel room told a court on Tuesday the former star athlete told him to bring a gun. Have I said that this man is the king of all fools. There are no other words. Seinfeld's Animated 'Bee Movie' Tops US Weekend Box Office Voice of America - Bee Movie stung the competition, topping the US box office in i...

Stan O'Neal, CEO of Merrill No Longer

Image
For those who do not know who this is- Stan O'Neal was the CEO of one of the biggest finance companies in the US, Merrill Lynch, for the last 4 years. I know he just basically got fired but the dude is bad ass. For all that he has accomplished. I am not sure where one goes after publicly getting fired, but there is always a book deal in his future. Anyway, Merrill reported billion dollar losses for the first time in 93 years. Hey, he is not the first executive to get canned in this hellish time for finance companies. I speculate he won't be the last. With lending companies loosing and the market looking pretty weak, there will be more hard times to come. Brain check! Seriously, I published this because he is a Black dude who was the head of a major (one of the big 5) finance company. He worked his way up to the top by being on top of his game. No doubt he made some poor choices that eventually ended with his getting fired; however, dude is not hurting. Even without a severance ...

News Roll Call

'Nip/Tuck' - surgical strike scores big in LA New York Daily News - From the start, "Nip/Tuck" has been all about the lure, and the dangers, of reinvention. How fitting, then, that the plastic-surgery drama returns Tuesday for its fifth season by dangerously reinventing itself. I used to watch this show when it first came out, but it fell out of my radar. My cousin loves it and I know it is pretty good. Oprah Sorry for Abuse Scandal E! Online - The daytime queen profusely apologized to the parents of students at her all-girls school in South Africa for a sex-abuse scandal that resulted in the dismissal of one of its dormitory matrons. Oh this is just wrong and embarrassing. Mediator to the rescue of writers talks, maybe Reuters - With a federal mediator joining the Writers Guild of America's film and TV contract negotiations for the first time in 19 years Tuesday, Hollywood is holding its collective breath that the move will ... Hollywood? Shoot, I am holding my b...

The AIDS/HIV Pandemic

Image
Not to be Debbie Downer but every now and then I will get serious for about two seconds. There are somethings that cannot and should not be ignored. This is one of them. So take some time to read through this post. ----------------------------------------------- The AIDS/HIV Pandemic We are in a pandemic situation with HIV/AIDS! Does that seem scary? It should. A pandemic is a global, destructive disease outbreak that kills millions and millions of people. I am sure you are thinking that this is nothing new but it is because HIV/AIDS started out as a condition affecting only several sectors of our population. Then the disease spread to regions which bumped it up to an epidemic. Now it is global affecting anyone and everyone. Please believe that the HIV/AIDS does not care where you come from, who you are, what color you are, or what your social status is. The numbers are astounding especially when you do not think of them as statistics but representing real live human beings. In 2005 57...

Nobel Winner Said Blacks Are Less Intelligent

Nobel Winner Issues Apology for Comments About Blacks New York Times - James D. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel prize for deciphering the double-helix of DNA, apologized “unreservedly” yesterday for comments reported this week suggesting that black people, over all, are not as intelligent as whites. In an interview published Sunday in The Times of London, Dr. Watson is quoted as saying that while “there are many people of color who are very talented,” he is “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa.” “All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours — whereas all the testing says not really,” the newspaper quoted him as saying. In a statement given to The Associated Press yesterday, Dr. Watson said, “I cannot understand how I could have said what I am quoted as having said. There is no scientific basis for such a belief.” I can tell you why you said it ya bastard! That was no slip of the toung. It was said because that is what he believ...

News Roll Call

Rapper takes center stage in gun sting Boston Herald - Rapper TI. was arrested by federal agents in an undercover illegal weapons sting Saturday in Atlanta just hours before he was supposed to perform at the second annual BET Hip-Hop Awards, airing Wednesday.. TI received nine nominations - more than ... He is a felon already right? This really should go under the heading of stupid people. Seriously, why risk it all. RME. Moviegoers rush to "Get Married" Reuters - The latest movie from writer/director/actor Tyler Perry crushed some high-powered competition at the weekend box office in North America, earning more than the combined total of films starring Oscar winners ... I can't stress enough how good this movie was. Go TP. That's what I'm calling him now. We cool like that LOL. Why Did I Get Married? Review 'The Price Is Right' for Drew Carey New York Daily News - Oct 14, 2007By CRISTINA KINON As comedian Drew Carey takes the reins at CBS' "The P...

News Roll Call

Teenage Gunman Dead after Shooting Rampage inside Cleveland School WSFA, AL - 58 minutes agoBREAKING NEWS: Cleveland, OH - A 14-year-old student reportedly went on a shooting rampage this afternoon inside of SuccessTech Academy and shot at least ... I am not a fan of the depressing stuff but the kid was 14. It is just a darn shame. Auto Union Workers Walk Out at Chrysler New York Times - 1 hour agoBy MICHELINE MAYNARD and NICK BUNKLEY DETROIT, Oct. 10 - The United Automobile Workers union walked off the job at Chrysler LLC plants nationwide this morning after the two sides failed to reach agreement on a new four-year contract by a union-set ... It was only for about 6 hours. They wound up working something out but would not release the details. Now that's just no fun for us nosy people. Let's hope hollywood does not come to a walk-off situation, but if they do, six hours would be great. MGM Mirage Plans $5 Billion Atlantic City Resort New York Times - 1 hour agoBy GARY RIVLIN A...

P. Diddy is Unforgivable

Image
P. Diddy is unforgivable and so is everyone else that buys into the "wider audience" or "mainstream" hype. So, I noticed that in Diddy's ad campaign for his new fragrance that he is surrounded by beautiful models and not one sister girl of significant hue (that I would notice is a sister girlf) is anywhere is the ad. Then I got an e-mail that highlighted the same thing. E-mail: -------------------------------------------- Subject: FW: P Diddy's Unforgivable DON'T BUY P DIDDY' S UNFORGIVABLE COLOGNE, SEE BELOW AS TO WHY: PASS ITALONG! BLACK MODELS NEED NOT APPLY FOR UNFORGIVABLE AD CAMPAIGN" P. Diddy's "Unforgivable," male cologne campaign only featured non-black women. Mainly White women, European women and Latino women were featured in these ads. I've seen the ads for his new campaign"Unforgivable Woman," and guess what? The same marketing strategy is at play. Not one Black model is in any of the print ads or commerc...

News Roll Call

UN condemns deadly Darfur attack CNN - Oct. 1, 2007-- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed outrage after Darfuri rebels killed at least 10 African Union soldiers in an unprecented attack on a peacekeeping base in the troubled Sudanese region. Action-heavy 'Kingdom' emotionally deep Daily Cardinal - Oct. 1, 2007 Writer Matthew Michael Carnahan’s and director Peter Berg’s “The Kingdom” overcomes underwhelming performances by big name actors (left to right) Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper with impressive, explosive action sequences ... PHARRELL TO CONSULT ON NEW TV SERIES: Pr... Eurweb.com, CA - 3 hours agoPHARRELL TO CONSULT ON NEW TV SERIES: Program to focus on students at a performing arts school. *Producer/rapper Pharrell Williams has signed as a ... Rock-solid 'Game Plan' muscles its way to top of box office New York Daily News - 2 hours agoThe new Disney comedy "The Game Plan," starring Johnson as a football...

News Roll Call

Faster, New Orleans Cops, Your Dreams Want You Back New York Times - Sep 16, 2007By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN The art of casting comedians in dramatic parts has been refined at Fox in recent years. The other networks should take notice. See previous K-Ville entry. Why Fox censored Sally Chicago Tribune - "Some language during the live broadcast may have been considered inappropriate by some viewers. As a result, FOX's broadcast standards executives determined it appropriate to drop sound and picture during those portions of the show. Now, you know I was thinking that she said something the administration would not like. It was probably an antiwar sentiment. Freedom of speech, huh? 'Jena 6' teen seeks bail as race roils rural Louisiana case New York Daily News - BY BILL HUTCHINSON All eyes in a feud that has split blacks and whites in a rural Louisiana town will be on a courtroom today where one of the black youths dubbed "The Jena Six" will ask for freedom. Amid ...

News Roll Call

An assassination that blows apart Bush's hopes of pacifying Iraq Belfast Telegraph - 1 hour agoLast week George Bush flew into Iraq to meet Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, leader of Anbar province. This week General David Petraeus told the US Congress how Anbar was a model for Iraq. So, I was wondering what had Mr. Stay The Course start to waver on pulling troops back. This assassination is like an in-you-face jab to the President. Maybe, just maybe, that plan is not working. Will 50 Cent retire after loss? News24 - 11 hours agoLos Angeles - 50 Cent is facing retirement after being beaten by rival Kanye West in the pair's chart battle. The hip-hop stars both released their third studio albums on Tuesday, and Kanye's Graduation is currently outselling 50's Curtis by over 200 ... I just want to tell Curtis to shut up. Sometimes that mouth just keeps on going and it seems like the brain is sitting back laughing. Of course he is not going to retire. It was all about trash talk. The...

Woman Calls Police About 'Fake' Cocaine

Image
I am not trying to call out people from Georgia but this is unreal! A 53 year-old crack head Georgia resident actually called the cops when her $20 fix turned out to be fake crack. She even went so far as to show them the 'fake' merchandise. Was that in Whitney's home town? LOL You can go to ABCNews.com for the Crack Head story.

Entertainment Podcast Update

Topics of discussion for the latest show include: Record Breaking Box Office this weekend and J. Lo's flop of a movie El Cantante There are a lot of recalls going on that may affect you. Take some time to visit Recalls.gov for more information Usher Secretly Weds Couple gives birth to 17th Kid Nicole Richie to change her ways ... for a couple of days maybbe. McDonald's can make veggies taste better according to a Stanford University Study Bridge Collapse Pics from ABCnews.com OJ's book, If I Did It , is being shopped around again and this time it's the Goldman's that trying to cash in. Forbes Celebrity 100 with Oprah on top So, I talk about Kobe Bryant getting a divorce but they pulled that news report. Apparently, his marriage is on the rocks. Hmmmm, let's see how long they will play this game. Barry Bonds is the New Home Run King! Listen Now!