Former MTV HC(Chic)IC to Lead OWN Network
January 30, 2009
It has been announced that Christina Norman, former MTV President will lead Oprah’s OWN Network as Chief Executive. Christina was rumored to have been in the running for the position earlier last year. It has been reported that it took nearly a year to finalize the Chief Executive post.
Prior to OWN, Christina spent 17 years at Viacom before resigning last year. Now if you’re wondering when you’re going to get to check out some content on this new channel, remember that patience is a virtue… A launch date has not been set just yet.
Lil’ Alis Special Super Bowl Edition!
January 30, 2009
So maybe you’re all Tampa Bay tailgating ‘rah-rah shish boom bah’ when it comes to big event sport season, or maybe you just indulge for the hot wings and camaraderie, or perhaps you’re like Cardinals who? Either way, our resident lifestyle expert Lil Alis has got you covered for this year’s Super Bowl Sunday starring St. Louis and Pittsburgh! Check out her advice for this weekend.
Hey Lil Alis, my girls love sports! We’re all about the Super Bowl. This year I’m hosting the party at my house. What can I do to give the mainly male gathering a feminine touch?
Looking for a feminine touch, are we? I have to say, why make a Super Bowl party feminine? Keep it rugged and manly - isn’t that why you and your girls like sports? For the manliness of it all? Get down and dirty just like the fellas. Drink your brews and eat your wings and cheer right along with them. Wear your jerseys or cheerleader outfits - whatever floats your (and your man’s boat) and have a blast. Save the regular girly goods and feminine fun for next weekend at the spa or something. Peace out.
Hi Lil Alis, we have this wonderful theater we put in the basement of our new home and of course my husband has offered up our home for the Super Bowl viewing. What can I prepare? Should I get some help? There will be five men, their wives and their children all running around my house. I look forward to this but with frustration. Please help!
Dear Looking for Solace -Birthday Spotlight: Oprah Winfrey
January 28, 2009
What do you possibly say here? I mean, until the unabridged encyclopedia style tome is written on this media maven, the story of this TV pioneer, magazine founder, producer, actress, radio host and philanthropist continues. January 29th Oprah Winfrey celebrates her 55th birthday. Below is a very modest excerpt of her bio from her official website.
Through the power of media, Oprah Winfrey has created an unparalleled connection with people around the world. As supervising producer and host of the top-rated, award-winning The Oprah Winfrey Show, she has entertained, enlightened and uplifted millions of viewers for the past two decades. Her accomplishments as a global media leader and philanthropist have established her as one of the most respected and admired public figures today.
From Rumor to Real! Kimora is Expecting!
January 28, 2009
Congratulations is in fact due to Kimora Lee Simmons and her beau, the fit Benin bred actor, Djimon Hounsou! We reported last week that there was word of her actually, really, honestly, definitely being pregnant. Well pictures of a very visible baby belly budge on Kimora arrived on the internet within the last 24 hours as the fashion designer and Fabulosity mogul made her way to work meetings reportedly in Mexico City.
Kimora is looking fit and for lack of a better word - fabulous through her pregnancy which judging from the pictures must be some months in. This will be the third child for Kimora. She has two daughters, Ming and Aoki Lee by her ex-husband and music mogul Russell Simmons. Congratulations again!
Charli B-More Speaks on Notorious! “Ugly Betty” in Trouble?
January 28, 2009
Lots of gossip swirling about for the top of the year…Could Kelly Rowland have really fired Mathew Knowles as her manager?..Hard times call for tough choices: Japan will not see Janet on the “Rocwitchu” Tour…And SMH if it’s true- the parents of Slumdog Millionaire child actors claim children were exploited…And what’s going on America? Is “Ugly Betty” in trouble?…Charli Baltimore speaks on Notorious, here is a juicy snippet:
AllHipHop.com: They showed some violent scenes between Lil’ Kim and Big. Did you witness any of that?
Charli Baltimore: The only violence I ever saw was a situation where Big and I were together on the bus and my clothes were strewn all over the bus and I couldn’t figure out why…I didn’t know what was going on at the time. I said, “Why are my clothes all over the bus like this? They were folded up nice and neat.” We were in the back of the bus and I walked off the bus and when I was coming back on…Kim was getting kicked off the bus…foot to her butt, onto the ground. She had rummaged through my clothing, Big was upset about it and he kicked her on the butt off the bus. That was the only violence I’ve ever seen between them.
A Night at The Opera…in Harlem.
January 26, 2009
In honor of Black History Month, New York City Opera will co-presents a three-part series with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, celebrating the important African-American works and artists who have graced City Opera’s stage. Each event costs $10.00.
WED, JAN 28 AT 7PM
I’M ON MY WAY: BLACK HISTORY AT CITY OPERA
The evening includes selections from X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Margaret Garner, Lily, The Mother of Three sons and other works of special relevance performed by members of Harlem’s Opera Noire of New York.
WED, FEB 11, AT 7PM
ONE FINE DAY: A TRIBUTE TO CAMILLA WILLIAMS
A conversation with the living legend Camilla Willaims, City Opera’s original Madama Butterfly and a favorite of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who chose her to sing at both his March on Washington and his Nobel Prize ceremony. Includes historical clips and film.
TUE, MAR 31 AT 7PM
TROUBLED ISLAND: 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Singers from Harlem’s Opera Noire of New York will offer an abridged concert performance of Troubled Island by William Grant Still and Langston Hughes, based on the fascinating history of the Haitian slave rebellion of 1791. Its 1949 world premiere at City Opera was the first for an African-American composer at a major American opera company.
Dereon Does Behind the Scenes in Bermuda
January 26, 2009
Mrs. Carter and her mother Tina Knowles took things to the lovely island of Bermuda for their campaign photo shoot for the latest to come from their Dereon and House of Dereon fashion line. Integrating more glamor, House of Dereon and its economical sidekick Dereon seemingly look to put the “f” in feminity this season. The commercialized You Tube video with Beyonce’s voice over and “Sasha Fierce” tunes is below. Check it out and see some samples from the new line.
The 81st Annual Academy Award Nominations
January 23, 2009
81st Academy Awards main nominations:
Best Picture:
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
‘Frost/Nixon’
‘Milk’
‘The Reader’
‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Best Actor:
Richard Jenkins ‘The Visitor’
Brad Pitt ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
Frank Langella ‘Frost/Nixon’
Sean Penn ‘Milk’
Mickey Rourke ‘The Wrestler’
Best Actress:
Anne Hathaway ‘Rachel Getting Married’
Melissa Leo ‘Frozen River’
Meryl Street ‘Doubt’
Angelina Jolie ‘Changeling’
Kate Winslet ‘The Reader’
Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin ‘Milk’
Robert Downey Jr. ‘Tropic Thunder’
Philip Seymour Hoffman ‘Doubt’
Heath Ledger ‘The Dark Knight’
Michael Shannon ‘Revolutionary Road’
Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams ‘Doubt’
Penelope Cruz ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’
Viola Davis ‘Doubt’
Taraji P. Henson ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
Best Director:
David Fincher ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
Ron Howard ‘Frost/Nixon’
Gus Van Sant ‘Milk’
Stephen Daldry ‘The Reader’
Danny Boyle ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Best Animated Feature Film:
‘Bolt’
‘Kung Fu Panda’
‘Wall-E’
Best Adapted Screenplay:
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
‘Doubt’
‘Frost/Nixon’
‘The Reader’
‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Best Original Screenplay:
‘Frozen River’
‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
‘In Bruges’
‘Milk’
‘Wall-E’
The 81st Academy Awards take place on February 22 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
Cuba Comes to Harlem
January 23, 2009
From January 23 - 31st, The Maysles Cinema, a new movie house in Harlem dedicated to the exhibition of documentary film and video, presents “Cuba in Harlem: A Documentary Retrospective,” co-sponsored with the Center for Cuban Studies.
Opening and closing receptions include complimentary Cuban drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
The Maysles Cinema is located at 343 Lenox Avenue/Malcolm X Boulevard at 127th Street.
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The Maysles Cinema and the Center for Cuban Studies Present
Cuba In Harlem: A Documentary Retrospective
January 23-31
Friday, January 23rd (7-10pm)
With Opening Reception
7pm
Cuba: Caminos de la Revolucion
5 min. Excerpt of Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra before taking power.
7:10pm
Cuban Story
Dir. Victor Pahlen (1959) 20 min. segment
Pahlen, a Hollywood producer ends up in the middle of the revolution with Errol Flynn.
7:35pm
Yanki No!
Dir. Robert Drew (1960) 20 min.
This 20-minute segment documents the early relationship between the Cuban Revolution and the U.S.
8:00pm
The War on Illiteracy
(2008) 33 min.
On arguably the greatest single achievement of the Cuban Revolution
8:35pm
Crisis de Octubre
52 min.
This Cuban documentary covers the scariest moment in U.S.-Cuba relations - The Missile Crisis of October 1962.
Saturday, January 24th (1-6 pm)
1 pm
Fidel
Dir. Saul Landau. (1969) 95 min.
More than a portrait of Fidel, a portrait of the revolution at year 10, narrated by Fidel.
2:40pm
Cuba and Fidel
Dir. Saul Landau (1974) 24 min.
Fidel Castro’s Relationship to Cuba
3:05pm
The Uncompromising Revolution
Dir. Saul Landau (1988) 54 min.
Nearly 20 years later, Landau and Castro take up where they left off, discussing the many problems encountered in the course of the nearly 30 years of revolution.
4:05 pm
Quietos Ya, (Hold It Now!)
Dir. Guillermo Torres (1988) 10 min.
This short is about the street photographers in Havana’s Parque Central.
4:15pm
Revolucion: Five Visions
Dir. Nicole Catell. (2006) 57 min.
Portraits of five Cuban photographers and their very different takes on the Cuban Revolution.
Dir. available for Q&A
5:20pm
Mama se va a la guerra (Mama Goes to War)
Dir. Guillermo Centeno (1984) 16 min. (Spanish)
Ordinary Cuban women being trained for the “people’s militia.”
5:40pm
Estetica (Esthetics)
Dir. Enrique Colina. (1985) 11 min. (Spanish)
Beautiful Day!
January 20, 2009
In the immortal words of quintessential rock band U2, “It’s a beautiful day/don’t let it get away…”
Today was, for lack of an unused word, historic. A groundbreaking day in so many ways. As the whole world knows, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America. He is the first African-American (in the true sense of the term), and the first cool as ice (save Clinton, perhaps) individual to run the country in my lifetime.
While millions descended upon Washington D.C. simply to witness this monumental event and also to have a most intriguing story to add to their personal catalogues, the entire world was celebrating and rejoicing in the progress we have made as human beings.
To be very honest, I’m emotionally overwhelmed which means I am at a lost for words of impact.
While some of the Martini Pink ladies posted up in the 
nation’s capital, a few others of us, who graduated from Columbia University (as did President Obama - doesn’t that sound fantabulous??) headed uptown for a very special event. We were joined by students, alumni, faculty, friends, and fans of the Lions on “The Steps” next to Alma Mater, where we watched the proceedings. Smiling brightly, we ingested a moment that will forever change our lives. We stood, in the cold, with our hot chocolates in tow, ecstatic and proud to be Americans.
God Bless the Obama’s. God Bless America.
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