'Notorious' star catches a case...
1-Ray J's new reality show "For the Love of Ray J" is set to have its Vh-1 premiere shortly,on the heels of "Real Chance at Love', 'I Love New York', and (the one that started it all!) 'Flavor of Love'...When will black folks stop allowing themselves to be "clowned" by the Vh-1/MTV/Viacom juggernaut???
2- Not many women can look like she does after dropping twins, but...was Jennifer Lopez' dress at this year's Golden Globes a desperate attempt to recapture the attention she garnered at the 2000 Grammys for "the dress"??
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"There is something immoral and sick about using all of that power to not end
brutality and poverty, but to break into people's bedrooms and claim that God
sent you."
"It amazes me when I looked at California and saw churches that
had nothing to say about police brutality, nothing to say when a young black boy
was shot while he was wearing police handcuffs, nothing to say when they
overturned affirmative action, nothing to say when people were being [relega
ted] into poverty, yet they were organizing and mobilizing to stop consenting
adults from choosing their life partners."
"I am tired of seeing ministers who will preach homophobia by day, and then after they're preaching, when the lights are off they go cruising for trade...We know you're not preaching the Bible, because if you were preaching the Bible we would have heard from you. We would have heard from you when people were starving in California--when they deregulated the economy and crashed Wall Street you had nothing to say. When Bush took us to war chasing weapons of mass destruction that weren't there you had nothing to say. But all of a sudden, when Proposition 8 came out, you had so much to say, but since you stepped in the rain, we're going to step in the rain with you."
Did the Reverend Al Sharpton get THIS one off, or WHAT??!!??
4- We are ALL waiting for her return...Will Whitney Houston (who looked STUNNING at the BET Honors last week!!!) 'bring it' at her performance at this year's Grammy Pre-Show? (No pressure, Whitney!)
5- Bow Wow to team up with Stephon Marbury to introduce a low-cost clothing line . Will it work better than Marbury's low-priced merchandise at the now-defunct Steve and Barry's? Besides, in this economy, who the F*CK has $190 to buy their little kid some new "Jordans"?5a-Given all the money Michael Jordan has made off of the "hood", shouldn't HE get on the "high-low" bandwagon himself and pressure Nike to make some athletic wear that lower-income people can AFFORD?
6- What did YOU think of the "Notorious" movie? With the film's star, Jamal Woodard (who plays Biggie Smalls), named in a domestic dispute incident (where he was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault, menacing, and harassment of his spouse), is it a case of life imitating...art?
7- We mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, but...Is Taraji P. Henson (fresh off of her THREE Screen Actor's Guild nominations and, this past week, an Oscar nomination!) now REALLY poised to be the next Halle Berry?
8- Who would win in a schoolyard scrap- Sasha and Malia Obama or Ming and Aoki Lee?
9- Since they're pregnant at the same time...who's progeny will be more fashion-forward, Kimora and DJimon's offspring, or Nas and Kelis'?
10- Is Eddie Curry having the WORST two years EVER?In 2007, Curry and his wife were bound and robbed at gunpoint in the family's suburban Chicago mansion by three gun-wielding thugs. He was recently set back further by a bacterial infection that forced him to miss the first six days of training camp. He played in just one game this season, curtailed for 35 games with a knee injury.
Two weeks ago, with his career slipping, he found himself being sued by his former driver, David Kuchinsky, who accused Curry of making sexual advances toward him, forcing him to perform demeaning tasks, twice pointing a gun at him, and hurling racial and religious epithets at him. This weekend Nova Henry, the woman with whom Curry fathered a 3-year-old son (while presumably still married to his wife- with whom he has four children) was murdered in Chicago in front of the three year old, along with a nine-month-old daughter that she claimed Curry sired (Curry has denied paternity). The killer is suspected to have been a "known acquaintance," Chicago Police say, and Henry had a boyfriend that she recently filed a restraining order against...
10a-First former Knicks head coach Isaiah Thomas is let go amid a sex abuse scandal, then Stephon Marbury finds himself in a very contentious standoff with Knicks management over contract negotiations, and now tragedy has found Curry once again. Is someone "working a root" on the New York Knicks? Shouldn't Knicks Center Jerome James at LEAST wear a luckier jersey number?
11- Chris Rock's new documentary, "Good Hair", about the billion-dollar black haircare business, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this week... Did Chris let the cameras roll while he got his texturizer?
12- With President Obama's image burnished on everything from watches to hot sauce to toilet paper to dildos (yes, dildos! check it out here!), has he done more for the economy before his stimulus plan gets approval than we even realize?12a- Was there really any doubt that President Obama would find a way to keep his Blackberry?
13-A couple of weeks ago, we hipped you to Stephon Marbury's workout DVD. Are we ready for Toccara's "Fabulous" workout DVD (Check it out here)???THE FASHIONISTA FILES
Cover Wars
14- Check out the cover of this month's V Magazine. Isn't Grace Jones STILL killing it?
15- Lebron James on the cover of GQ this month? Is this cover better than his "King Kong" 'Vogue' Cover with Giselle Bundchen?
16-Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista bringing it in the Spring/Summer '09 Dsquared campaign....Will these chicks EVER age? At this point, isn't the LAST thing we wanna see is Naomi being violent?
17- GQ Magazine has named (former?) Outkast member Andre 3000 one of the Best New Designers in America for his prep-inspired men’s line, Benjamin Bixby. However, with the merchandise not exactly flying off the shelves (and with most of the remaining merchandise at Barney's reduced to over 50% of its retail price), will he have to go back to his day job and put out another CD?
The REAL FLASHBACK...
THE REAL RE-Edit knew that (for better of worse) Rihanna would evolve into the fashion doyenne she's become soon after she burst on the scene. However, what solidified it was her video for "S.O.S". While it was definitely a good look for her to sample Soft Cell's "Tainted Love", the REAL good look was Rihanna herself- who ditched the "Bajan Girl Next Door" look she rocked in 'Pon De Replay' for a more slick, stylized effect...
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