Questions for the Zeitgeist- "Hot Chicks: Where are they NOW?" Edition, Part 1....

1- Where is hip hop's first supermodel, Charli Baltimore? Rumor has it that she's signed with The Game and his Black Wall Street label. Will she be doing a 2PAC-like "I-was-from-the-east-coast-but-fuck-them-now" move?

2- And Lisa Stansfield is WHERE?


3- Rocker/soulsista Res has dropped off the face of the earth. Shouldn't she and former Brownstone powerhouse and fellow black-girl rocker Kina get together and do something HOT?

  




4- Why have we seen almost every "America's Next Top Model" finalist in one way or another except Nik (from cycle 5)?

  



5- What is pioneering BET host and all-around cool-girl Ananda Lewis up to since her talk show got cancelled?

6- What happpened to the VH-1 "Divas Live" franchise. Are there any divas left after Diana Ross? Who's gonna "Save The Music" now?



7-Candi Staton (who will be at the Bowery Ballroom on August 9th) is back with a new CD, His Hands, after a million years off the radar. Could this be the comeback of all comebacks? Will we be able to put this in the "Comeback Hall Of Fame"? Can Freda "Band of Gold" Payne be far behind? What about Bunny Debarge?


FLASHBACK!!! For you FOOLS who don't know who Candi Staton was/IS...:-)

Questions for the Zeitgeist- July 27, 2006

1- DJ/Rapper/"Grill-doctor" Paul Wall- owner of that infamous endodontic emporium in Houston where he outfits all of hip-hop's mouths with platinum/diamond teeth- is taking part in a VH-1 documentary on conflict diamonds in Sierra Leone and how hip-hop's obsession with "bling" has contributed to the ongoing war. Given the large amounts of income he gets from literally putting diamonds in people's mouths, is this a conflict of interest for Mr. Wall? Exactly how does one "bling responsibly"?




2- Yall know that The Real Re-Edit LOOOVES Nicole Richie, right? So...are her recent comments that she's "too thin right now" a cause for concern?

3- Why is Lil Kim, who was released from prison earlier this month, keeping such an uncharacteristically LOW profile?



4- Lance Bass admits he's a "friend of Dorothy". Who's shocked?

5- Speaking of "the love that dare not speak its name", why did Oprah feel like she even HAD to address those lesbian rumors?


6- Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt went on public display this week- at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Times Square!!!!! Is all of this obsession with this little girl getting a bit...WEIRD??!!??? Weirder STILL, why wasn't the WHOLE family (you know, Maddox and Zahara!) included in the exhibit?

7- Ken Jennings wins $2.5 million dollars on Jeopardy in a record 74-game winning streak. Are his recent somewhat derogatory remarks about Alex Trebek a shining example of 'biting the hand that feeds you'?

8- If Eric Benet can cheat on Halle Berry (who is rumored to be knocked up), why is everyone so shocked that Peter Cooke could possibly have been stupid enough to cheat on Christie Brinkley?

9- Will the rumored upcoming nuptials between Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri be a "shotgun wedding?





10- Don't we wish that her PR machine would stop trying to cram Corinne Bailey Rae down our throats?


11- Lindsay Lohan rushed to the hospital for dehydration and overheating. Given her current beau's occupation (Harry Morton owns the Pink Taco restaurant chain), could she possibly have been hospitalized for overEATING?

12- Beyonce fans start a petition for her to reshoot her "Deja Vu" video, saying she comes off too slutty, that the dancing is horrible, and the video overall is an underrepresentation of her talent. Since when do FANS tell an ARTIST how to create?

The Real Re-edit will be on vacation...

For the first 3 weeks in July. Guess you'll just have to watch the news and catch up on that NEW MidEast Crisis until I get back :-)

Questions for the Zeitgeist- June 25, 2006

  1- David Edmonson, former CEO of Radio Shack, resigned in February after being caught lying on his resume! I mean, sometimes people take "liberties" with their employment records, but DAMN! First H&R Block, then Enron, now Radio Shack. With so many corporate officers fudging the numbers, who do we trust?

2- With James Gandolfini mediating talks between HBO and his co-stars Steve Van Zandt and Tony Sirico (who are asking for DOUBLE what they were paid per episode for last season's lackluster year)...Isn't it time for "The Sopranos" to 'sleep with the fishes'?

3- Pete Townsend- guitarist for The Who- named on a sex offender's list following a child porn offense in 2003, publishes an erotic short story on his website depicting graphic sex between a 16- year old boy and girl. If these allegations and those against MIJAC are true, are ANY kids safe anymore?

  


4- According to a Reader's Digest survey, New York City is the most polite city in the world. Where, exactly, is this city that they're speaking of, and why haven't they informed Trayshawna at the McDonald's on 42nd Street of that survey? (yeah, I put her ass on BLAST, but given the funky attitude I got from her the other day simply for requesting some extra pepper packets, its called for!!!)


  5- Knicks head coach Larry Brown is ousted after a 23-59 season (the second worst in the NBA) after one year and with 40 millions dollars left on his 5-year contract. President/General Manager Isiah Thomas will take the reigns as head coach. Shouldn't "Zeke" also take some of the blame for the Knicks' worst season in history and a bloated payroll of $125 million ($110 million of which is STILL owed to Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis)?

6- One of Andy Warhol's wigs fetches $10,800 at a recent auction at Christie's. Who is going to wear it?

7-Two locations for the 'Hip-Hop Soda Shop' are scheduled to open this summer- one in Harlem and the other in Union Square- with "Diplomat" extraordinaire Julez Santana and NBA Beast Ben Gordon lined up as future investors. How long will it be before the novelty of menu items like "Snoop's Drop it like its Hot Dogg" wears off?

8- Nothing against Cheri Dennis or the Making The Band (3!) chicks, but...shouldn't Diddy leave the "pop tarts" alone and just do a TOTAL reunion? Where ARE Kima, Keisha, and Pam?

  


9- And while we're on Bad Boy, what happened to that Elliot Ness and Babs Bunny "Bonnie and Clyde" CD that was supposed to be released?

10- Bad Boy, part three...Mezco Toys will be releasing a nine-inch Notorious B.I.G. action figure.

  
What the F$*&@)(%$&*KKK?

11- Isn't Jody Watley's video for "Still a Thrill" STILL one of the funkiest songs (and videos) to come out of the late 80's? Shouldn't T-Boz remake this song and put some stank on it?

Questions for the Zeitgeist- June 18, 2006

1- Are we ready for Ms. Jackson's new single with Nelly, "Call On Me"? Does is sound "laid-back" or "BORING?
1a-Is Beyonce's single with Jay-Z, "Deja Vu", what we really wanted from Janet?









2- Will Frederic Rouzand (managing director of Louis Roderer Cristal champagne), by characterizing hip-hop's consumption of its most popular spirit as "unwanted attention", be solely responsible for its stock price plummeting- now that Jay-Z is leading a boycott? Who will be "poppin Cris" now?


3- Why would ANYBODY want to deal with THIS all day long from their baby's momma?




4- Not taking anything away from Al Gore's current theatrical release, but...Given the affirmative action-killing laws recently passed in California preventing universities from considering race in their admissions process, isn't the fact that ONLY 98 black applicants will be incoming freshman at diversity-challenged UCLA REALLY "An Inconvenient Truth"?

5- Where in the HELL is Toni Braxton?

6- He burst on the scene in the 90's by becoming the youngest tailor- black or otherwise- to open up shop on London's Savile Row. He has outfitted everyone from Will Smith to Mick Jagger to Seal to David Bowie to Jamie Foxx. He has taken the reigns as creative director at the legendary French Emporium Givenchy. Now he is poised to be THE British invasion of 2006 with his new show on the Sundance channel "House of Boateng". Are people FINALLY going to stop sleeping on bespoke menswear designer Ozwald Boateng?

  


7- What's the FIRST thing Lil' Kim will do once she's released from "the Fed"?

8- Whatever happened to 80's UK supergroup (and Jackson 5 knock-off) Five Star?

Questions for the Zeitgeist- June 10, 2006

1- Now that Kelis brought all the boys to the yard 2 years ago, is she poised to attain GODDESS status with her ghetto-fab summer anthem "BOSSY"?






2- Didn't we know this was coming?


3- Will Mariah Carey ever look as HOT as she looked in the Busta Rhymes video "I Know What You Want"?

4- MTV's Making the Band 3 is debuting this week. Damn, Diddy, by season 3, shouldn't the band have been MADE already?


5- LOOVE Rosie Perez. LOVE her. Can't wait to see her documentary "Yo Soy Boricua, Pa'Que Tu Lo Sepas" (Monday, June 12th, 9pmEST on the Independent Film Channel). But...come on- after being in numerous movies and a couple of stage productions---doesn't her "accent" sound a little too, shall we say, PUT ON? Doesn't she sound just a little TOO stereotypically Puerto Rican? Are chicas in East Harlem saying, "damn, do we REALLY sound like THAT" ?

6- Who the F*#(K thought up SUDOKU?

7- OK, OK, I know we go back and forth over who might be in contention for "The Ultimate Hustler". But, Dame Dash, it just MIGHT be your former business partner- the incomparable Shawn Carter. Jay-Z does a commercial for computer giant Hewlett Packard!! (catch it here). Is this really Jay-Z's world, and we're just living in it?


8- ATL "Dungeon Family" uncle and "Goodie Mob" member Cee-LO (in current reincarnation as lead singer for the futuristic-soul group 'Gnarls Barkley') has allegedly not only cheated on his wife, but allowed the British cluck he creeped with to TAKE PICTURES of his infidelity!! With his newfound income from his smash hit and the probability that Christina would be entitled to at least HALF of it in the event of a divorce, is Cee-Lo really the one that's "CRAZY"?

Questions for the Zeitgeist- June 1, 2006

1- Were Karl Lagerfeld and Stella McCartney onto something? In another stunning fashion turn for H&M, Dutch couture superduo Viktor and Rolf to have agreed to produce a line as well. Will it look anything like their high-concept whatchamacallits they produce every season? Again, could that Diane Von Furstenberg line for WalMart be far behind?




2- In August it will be 5 years since Aaliyah's death. How is her brother, Rashad Haughton, doing?

3- Eric McCormack has been real busy these days. He's running back and forth to his mailbox to collect the residual checks from those COUNTLESS Will and Grace reruns. He is the executive producer on "Lovespring International", the new comedy series on Lifetime, and he's currently appearing in the stage play "Some Girls" at the Lucille Lortell theatre in the village. Is he trying to be a contender for "The Ultimate Hustler"?


4- Sylvester Stallone has officially turned 60. Can he squeeze ONE MORE "Rocky" movie out before he becomes a senior citizen?

5- I'm happy for Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt and all. BUT...with all of this attention on how "lovely" their offspring is destined to be, has anyone paid attention to the STUNNINGLY EXOTIC Zahara, their adopted daughter?