Recent writer's strike costly

Reuters - The recent Hollywood writers'
strike tipped California into a recession, resulting in a loss
of $2.1 billion to the state economy and costing 37,700 jobs,
the Milken Institute said in a research report.

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What did Eddie Winslow do to Superhead?!

In June of 2008, Karrine Steffans reportedly sent a text message to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton that stated she had been choked and threatened by her reputed lover Darius McCrary, according to Wikipedia.com.

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Sen. Obama won the Democratic nomination!

Sen. Clinton will conceed the race tonight.

National Treasure III: Go Nic, go!

There is no escape. It's Hollywood. There will be a National Treasure 3 sequel, according to producer- director Jon Turteltaub.
"We're trying," Turteltaub says in an on-line interview set up to promote the current DVD release of National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets.

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Tatum O'Neal arrested for buying crack, police report

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal was arrested Sunday for buying crack cocaine in New York, police said.
Tatum O'Neal was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance Sunday.
The 44-year-old actress, who penned a 2004 memoir about her long road to sobriety, was arrested around 7:30 p.m. on the Lower East Side of Manhattan after she was seen making a purchase from a drug dealer, police said.

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Fashion is Dead

PARIS - Yves Saint Laurent, one of the most influential and enduring designers of the 20th century, will be remembered for empowering women through his fashion, a longtime friend and associate said.
Saint Laurent died Sunday at his Paris home after a yearlong battle with brain cancer, said Pierre Berge, Saint Laurent's business partner for four decades. He was 71.

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Huffington Post

Sex in the City (lives on in all of us women)

A comment made on the NPR site got me to thinking about my life. I said I had failed while reaching for the Sex in the City lifestyle. Actually, I met the same fate as the show and the women in Sex in the City: My activities were halted. Our society doesn't want women purposely behaving like Carrie, Sam, Charlotte and Miranda

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Fire suspicious but Rapper 50 Cent doesn't live there

DIX HILLS (WABC) -- Six people are hospitalized after a fire, described as "suspicious," burned down a multimillion-dollar Long Island home owned by Grammy-nominated rapper 50 Cent.
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Harvey Korman, a Carol Burnett Show mainstay, dies at 81

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday. He was 81.

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Nic & Weston's "Voodoo Child"

Weston & Nicolas Cage's Voodoo Child: Limited Edition Hardcover
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Big, bold new series! In 1860, the plantation of Mason Moore -- a known
Unionist sympathizer -- is burned to the ground by secessionists. In
the battle, Moore's illegitimate son is killed, but as he gasps his
last breaths, a voodoo bokor places a spell upon the dying boy. Flash
forward to 2005: four months after the worst natural disaster in its
history, New Orleans is gripped by fear as young girls start to
disappear from its streets while a brutal gang war rages. When
Detective Robert Julien starts to investigate, he finds that there's
something else out in the shadows: something that's neither dead nor
alive. The Enigma. But is it a possible ally or the darkest nightmare
of all?
--courtesy of a nicster@ www.cagefactor.com

No Blacks Allowed?

Has Black Become Unfashionable?: BET News Explores the Decline of African American Models in the Fashion Industry in 'FASHION BLACKOUT' Premiering Thursday May 29 at 8:30 PM
Has Black Become Unfashionable?: BET News Explores the Decline of African American Models in the Fashion Industry in 'FASHION BLACKOUT' Premiering Thursday May 29 at 8:30 PM
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Top Black Industry Insiders, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Naomi Campbell, Bethann Hardison, Tyson Beckford, Tracy Reese, Andre Leon Talley And Many Others Sound Off About The Sharp Decline In African American Images In The Fashion Industry

NEW YORK, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- According to targetmarketnews.com, Black women in the United States spend more than $20 billion on apparel each year. Unfortunately the runways, magazine spreads and the image/beauty industry at large are increasingly ignoring their buying power and their existence by choosing instead to market an Eastern-European form of beauty as the standard. This global decrease in the use of African Americans models in top campaigns and in major fashion shows has sparked the question: has Black become unfashionable? On Thursday May 29 at 8:30 PM, BET News goes behind the scenes of New York's Fashion Week to find the answer in a half hour special, FASHION BLACKOUT. Top Black industry insiders, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Naomi Campbell, Bethann Hardison, Tyson Beckford, Tracy Reese, Andre Leon Talley and many others sound off about the sharp decline in African American images in the fashion industry, the blatant racism and their plans on how to keep the Black model from becoming extinct.

At New York's September 2007 Fashion Week the runways were dominated by white faces. In fact, Black faces were more absent from the runways than some fashion insiders have seen since the '60s. Of the 101 runway shows, more than 1/3 employed no Black models; most of the others used just one or two. Blacks fared no better overseas: When the fashion caravan moved to London, Paris and Milan, the most influential shows -- from Prada to Jil Sander to Balenciaga to Chloe and Chanel -- made it appear as if someone had hung a sign reading: No Blacks Need Apply. So is the fashion industry racist or are Blacks simply not in season? FASHION BLACKOUT will explore the issues and how the exclusion of an entire race has a negative effect on Black women and their sense of self-worth.

For more on FASHION BLACKOUT viewers can go online to http://www.bet.com/OnTV/BETShows/fnbo.htm

About BET Networks

BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of businesses extensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks -- BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, which offers ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET network programming for global distribution.

Sydney Pollock Dead at age 73

Director and actor Sydney Pollack has died. He was 73. Pollack's agent, Leslee Dart, said Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at his home while surrounded by family.

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The Big Win!

The sunset is beautiful wherever you are...

Beauty is where you find it or Beauty is everywhere or the sunset is beautiful wherever you watch it.
Now try to guess where I shot these photos! (place your guess in comments)

Obama '08: Sen. Barack Obama comes to Gary--the series

Those who chose to, wore or bought Obama shirts of all styles--from the official blue or white ones sold at campaign headquarters to those airbrushed in an array of colors with Obama's face and signature look emblazoned upon them.

Joy and confidence shined on the faces of each ticket holder who emerged from campaign headquarters victoriously. Take a peek.




Find out why the people love and support Barack Obama. More of these videos may be found on my You Tube page. Click on the My Videos link to the right in the links column.



Watch entire speech of Dem. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama at Roosevelt H.S. in Gary, Thursday.

Listen to "Reclaiming the American Dream" on my blogtalkradio show:


I promised a series and here it is:

Yeah and--So What Goes to Sen. Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign Office

Nicholas Cage in Bangkok Dangerous

Bangkok Dangerous opens to theaters on August 22nd.
Go see it!

Go See ADTV

These guys are adorable. I look forward to each episode. Please increase the frequency, Adam and Derrick!

OutKast

André Lauren Benjamin (byname André 3000; b. May 27, 1975Atlanta, Ga., U.S.) and Antwan André Patton (byname Big Boi; b. Feb. 1, 1975Savannah, Ga.,...
BRITANNICA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2005
Andre Benjamin (b. May 27, 1975, Atlanta) and Antwan Patton (b. Feb. 1, 1975, Savannah, Ga.) joined forces at a performing arts high school in Atlanta. Discovering their mutual admiration for hip-hop and the funk musicians that became their stylistic touchstones (Parliament-Funkadelic, Sly and the Family Stone, and Prince), they formed a rap group,