Archive | June, 2008

BET Awards Best Performances

25 Jun

Last night, the 8th annual BET Awards came on, and to my surprise, it was an excellent show. I’ve been watching the BET awards since its premiere in 2001, and the performances have always been good, but this year was the best.  From Alicia Keys bringing out SWV, En Vogue and TLC to Al Green’s performance of “Let’s Stay Together” & “Love & Happiness” to Ne-Yo’s performance featuring the Jabawockeez!!!!!, it was a really good night.

Alicia Keys Featuring SWV, En Vogue & TLC

Maxwell, singing “Simply Beautiful” In Tribute to Rev. Al Green

Al Green singing “Love & Happiness”

HBO Documentary Films Presents:

24 Jun

HBO, one of the best cable networks in the world, has yet made another reason why HBO receives critical acclaim for its films and shows. A couple weeks ago, the network debuted its new series of documentaries, “HBO Films Presents….”, which premieres a new documentary every monday during the summer, that showcases varies from eduaction, to coming out to autism. One docuemtary that is mandatory to watch is “Resolved”. It  featured two high school debate teams: one predominately white and the other black. It focused on the art of high school debating and the process that students go through during their debate matches. “Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card”,a film focusing on how students at Frederick Douglass High school in Baltimore City are affected by the No Child Left Behind Act. If you’re a fan of the fourth season of The Wire, then this documentary is a must see. Its ironic how a high school whose most famous alumni is Thurgood Marshall turned out to be a school where most students are likely to join a gang than graduate. Hopefully this documentary will be a wake-up call for everyone: students, teachers, parents, to stop blaming each other and start working together to stop this cycle of drop-outs, low self-esteem, joining gangs, teen pregnancy, etc., and change it into a positive.

A Preview of Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card

Amanda Diva Mixtape “Foreplay”

24 Jun

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Today, Amanda Diva’snew mixtape, “Foreplay” is available on her Myspace page, Amanda Diva. For a preview of “Foreplay”, log on to her youtube page, DivaSpeakTV, and check out her most recent episode of Diva Speak TV. Amanda highlights three songs to check out, 1) “Heart Of The City (Windows Over Harlem Remix), 2) “Famous Face, and 3) “Crazy World”. If you’re looking for good music, Amanda Diva is the artist to listen to.

People Magazine’s Hottest Bachelors

19 Jun

The new issue of People Magazine’s Hottest Bachelors hits newstands tomorow. America’s Best Dance Crew host Mario Lopez,  tennis star James Blake made the list along with two brothers of famous female celebs (Bryan Spears, Britney Spears brother and Hunter Johansson, Scarlett Johanson’s brother). Check out the photos here.

Mario Lopez

James Blake

Bryan Spears

Hunter Johansson

I Demand A Revote

18 Jun

If you haven’t seen the numerous commercials on MTV, Randy Jackson Present’s America’s Best Dance Crew (ABDC)  is premireing its second season this Thursday. I watched most of the first season and was very happy with the Jabawockeez  becoming the show’s first winner (They were my favorite). A couple weeks ago, ABDC premiered a special two and a half hour show of the live auditions for the second season. The show was divided into four groups: East Coast, Mid-West, South and West Coast. Since I’m a jersey girl, I was excited to see who would be representing the East Coast, and was more excited to find that two all girl teams were from New Jersey. However, I have a problem with the judges decision to cut one of the Jersey Groups.

The two groups were: Shhh! is an all Latina girl group from North Bergen and Sass x 7 an all girl group (and Rutgers students) from Piscataway, and the judges decided to cut Shhh!. Now, I’ved watched the show before, and I know the style that the groups from last season had, and Sass x 7 didn’t show it. Although they did say they’re always confused with being a cheer leading team (because of their style of dance) and claimed that they dance hip hop, their routine was similar to a dance team’s. Shhh! style, in my opinion, suited better with the other dance crews, but I guess the judges wanted something different. Hopefully Shhh! will come back next  season, make it to Hollywood and prove the judges wrong.

Michelle Obama Guest Host on The View

18 Jun

Michelle Obama was on The View today as a guest host along with Whoppi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepperd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Barbara Walters. She was a natural, hopefully her appearance will make that quote she made about “finally being proud to be an American” be put to rest. I watched Barack Obama’s appearance on The View a month ago, and he was a natural as well. They just seem cool, calm and collected . Barack The Vote!!!!

Calling All BAPS and EBWS

15 Jun

Author Ananda Leeke has created BAP Living, a social networking site for BAPs and EBW and BAP Living Radio. BAP Living Radio is a monthly podcast that features interviews with fellow BAPs ( Black American Princess) or EBW (Educated Black Women) about issues that affect Black women, whether it be finance, fashion or food. The first episode premiered on June 1, 2008. It featured Ananda as the host as well as: Judith T. Weathers, financial advisor, Karla Borders Pope: fashion,beauty and lifestyle blogger of Brown Girl Gumbo, Erin Jahi: chef, founder and owner of Trinity’s Green Plate in Chicago and Dr. Yakini: clinical psychologist and founder of Girly Home Webzine. This is mandatory for every BAP and EBW to listen, it covers issues such as black women & finance, how to eat/make raw foods, what’s the hottest summer trends and black women & depression. Definetly check it out!!!!

When I Grow Up by The Pussycat Dolls

15 Jun

P.S.-There’s no Britney Spears Cameo ;(

I know this maybe a couple weeks late, but this is a great performance. The Pussycat Dolls performed their new single, “When I Grow Up” at the MTV Movie Awards earlier this month, one of their first performances without fellow Pussycat Doll Carmit Bachar. Bachar left the group earlier this year to pursue her solo career. From the look of Nicole’s attempt of a solo career, it seems that her chances are slim to none. I prefer for the Dolls to be together, atleast for now. They’re like the new Spice Girls, and even they produced a couple  of great albums before Geri “Ginger Spice” Halliwell left to pursue a solo career. Maybe in a couple of years they should start breaking away to do their own thing, but for now, they’re all better as a group.

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