Archive for the 'Arts' Category
• January 18, 2014 •
Comments Off on LIVE STREAMING: Homegoing of Poet Amiri Baraka at the Newark Symphony Hall, New Jersey
Posted in African American History, African History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Drama, Love, Music, Public Access, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: African Americans, Amina Baraka, Amiri Baraka, Blacks, Cultural Nationalism, Drama, Essays, LeRoi Jones, Marxism, New Jersey, Newark, Newark New Jersey, Playwright, Poetry, Politics, Racism, United States
• November 16, 2013 •
Comments Off on That “Scandal Cartoon”: Episode 7, ‘Everything’s Coming Up Mellie’
Posted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Fashion, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Rape, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Everything's Coming Up Mellie", "The Wendy Williams Show", Acting, Bellamy Young, Big Jerry Grant, Christmas, Drama, First Lady Mellie Grant, Fitzgerald Grant II, Forced Impregnation, Gladiators, Haters, Hating, Kerry Washington, KevOnStage, Marriage, Pope, Quinn, Rape, Republicans, Scandal, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shonda Rhimes, Tony Goldwyn, Twitter, United States
• July 8, 2013 •
Comments Off on Mr. Darcy (Er…Colin Firth Really) Rises From The Waters of The Serpentine
Posted in Acting, Arts, Books, Cable, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Drama, European History, Film, Gossip, History, Love, Public Television, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Pride and Prejudice", BBC, Cheshire, Colin Firth, Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Great Britain, Hyde Park, Hyde Park London, Jane Austen, London, London UK, Love, Lyme Park, Mr. Darcy, Regency Era, Serpentine, The Nineties, The Serpentine
• June 16, 2013 •
Comments Off on Sidney Poitier as Seen by His Two Youngest Daughters on Father’s Day
Posted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Black Actors and Actresses, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Education, Film, Holidays, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Japan, Love, People of Color, Television, Television Series, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: Bill Cosby, Diahann Carroll, Joanna Shimkus, KBE, New York, Poitier, Sidney Poitier, Sir Sidney Poitier, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, The Bahamas, Tisch School of the Arts, UNESCO
• June 16, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Health, Holidays, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism
Tags: Children, Common Sense, Daddy, Daughters, Divorced Father, Family, Father, Fatherhood, Fathers, Holidays, Louis, Louis C.K., Relationships, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Single Fatherhood, United States
• June 10, 2013 •
Comments Off on Cicely is Queen: Four African American Actors Get Top Honors at The Tonys…as Neil Patrick Harris Drops the N Word
Posted in African American History, Arts, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Cicely Tyson, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Love, Patina Miller, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Lucky Guy", "Pippin", "The Trip to Bountiful", African American, African Americans, Billy Porter, Black Women, Blacks, Cicely, Cicely Tyson, Courtney B. Vance, Cyndi Lauper, Dramas, Game of Thrones, Kinky Boots, Love, Mike Tyson, Musicals, Neil Patrick Harris, Nora Ephron, Patina Miller, Tony, Tony Award, Tonys, Trip to Bountiful
• February 16, 2013 •
Comments Off on Daddy Hugh Grant Makes Another Baby–A Boy–With Tinglan Hong
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, China, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, European History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Love Actually", Andy Coulson, Baby, Baby Daddy, Cellphones, Electronic Snooping, Elizabeth Hurley, Felix, Grant, He Is The Father, Hugh Grant, Leveson Inquiry, London, Maury Povich, Notting Hill, Paddington, Personal Life, Private Life, Rupert Murdoch, Son, Tabitha, Tinglan Hong, Twitter
• February 2, 2013 •
Comments Off on The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2012
Posted in Africans, Arabs, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Drama, European History, Fashion, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Love, Nigeria, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Gone Too Far", "Off the Endz", Albany Theatre, Berbers, Blacks, Bola Agbaje, Britain, Christian Louis de Massy, Death of Stephen Lawrence, Doreen Lawrence, Drama, Eurovision Song Contest, Guadeloupe, Immigrants, Laurence Olivier Award, London, Loreen, Lorine Zeinab Nora Talhaoui, Metropolitan Police, Monaco, Morrocco, Murder, Nigeria, Order of the British Empire, Playwright, Racism, Royal Court Theatre, Sweden
• January 21, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in American History, American Politics, Arts, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Immigration, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Barack Obama, Blanco, Child Abuse, Colorado, Cuba, Cuban, Cubana, Florida International University, Gay, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Growing Up, Inaugural Poem, Inauguration of Barack Obama, Latina, Latino, Latinos, LGBT, Love, Poet, Poetry, President Obama, Racism, Richard Blanco, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, United States
• November 24, 2012 •
Comments Off on Kevin Clash: Making Sense of a Tragedy
Posted in African American History, American Politics, Arts, Black Nerds, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Film, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Being Elmo", "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey", "My Life as a Furry Red Monster", "Sesame Street", African Americans, Andrew Vachss, Big Bird, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Cecil Singleton, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Elmo, Facebook, Grooming, Growing Up, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, Jerry Sandusky, Jim Henson, Katherine Franke, Kevin, Kevin Clash, LGBT, Love, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Marriage, Michael Jackson, Mitt Romney, PBS, Puppetry, Rape, Sesame Workshop, Sex, Shannon Clash, Sheldon Stephens, The Closet, The Muppets, The New York Times, TMZ.com, United States
• September 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Summon Academy Award Nominee Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, Star of “The Green Mile”
Posted in Acting, African American History, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Health, Love, Race, Reality Shows, Television, The Heart, The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "The Finder", "The Green Mile", Academy Award, Academy Award Nominee, Acting, Actor, African Americans, Blacks, Bruce Willis, California, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Craig Ferguson, Duncan, Golden Globe Nominee, Green Mile, Love, Michael Clarke Duncan, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, PETA, The Nineties, United States
• April 29, 2012 •
Comments Off on The President and The First Lady at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Saturday, April 28, 2012
Posted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Fashion, Food, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Republicans in Name Only, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Billy Crystal, Black Women, Dinner, First Lady Michelle Obama, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Republican, Seth Meyers, United States, Washington DC, White House Correspondents Association
• April 15, 2012 •
Comments Off on Some Sunday Night Love: Harry Nilsson, “(Put The Lime in The) Coconut,” 1971
Posted in Class, Comedy, Film, Harry Nilsson, Music
Tags: "Midnight Cowboy", "Nilsson Schmilsson", Calypso, Coconut, Cooking, Harry Nilsson, Home, Nilsson, Nonsense, Oscar, Singer Songwriter, Tablespoon, The Seventies, Whipped cream
• March 12, 2012 •
Comments Off on Audra McDonald and Stephen Colbert Duet The Gershwins’ “Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess”
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Love, Music, Race, Republicans in Name Only, Sexuality, Stephen Colbert, Women
Tags: African Americans, Audra McDonald, Bess, Black Women, Blacks, Broadway, Drama, George and Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Love, McDonald, Musicals, Porgy, Porgy and Bess, Racism, Stephen Colbert, Theatre, Truthiness, United States
• March 9, 2012 •
Comments Off on Chris Rock at L.A.’s Comedy Store Riffs About Being Invited to the President’s 50th Birthday Party
Posted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Big Pimpin, Birthday, Birthday Party, Black Women, Blacks, Camcorder, Chris Rock, Comedy Routine, Comedy Store, Free Republic, Houston, Inside Edition, Jam Master Jay, Jay Z, Material, Obama, Politico, President, Republican, Rock, Stars, Television, United States, White House
• February 22, 2012 •
3 Comments
Posted in African American History, American History, Arts, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Buddy Guy, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Music, Public Television, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "I'm Still in Love With You", "In Performance at The White House", "Sweet Home Chicago", African Americans, Al Green, Barack Obama, Blues, Buddy Guy, East Room, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Music, New Orleans, Obama, PBS, President Obama, Reverend Al Green, Rolling Stones, Shemekia Copeland, Trombone Shorty, White House, WPT.org
• January 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on That Cartoon From Facebook: “Hershey Bar”
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, People of Color, Women
Tags: "Hershey Bar", Asian American, Asian Americans, Facebook, Gay, George Takei, GLBT, Hikaru Sulu, Japanese American, Japanese Americans, Lesson, Sansei, Sexism, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series, Takei
• December 8, 2011 •
Comments Off on That GEICO “Rowing Guinea Pigs” Commercial
Posted in Animals, Black People, CGI Cartoons, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Television
Tags: "Ad-Week", "Advertising Age", "Easier Way to Save", Advertising, Advertising Campaign, AdWeek, African Americans, Black People, Blacks, CGI, Charlton Heston, Critters, Gecko, GEICO, Guinea, Guinea Pigs, iPhone, Richmond VA, Row, Television Commercials, The GEICO Gecko, The Martin Agency, United States, YouTube
• November 26, 2011 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, November 26, 2011: Experience Unlimited (EU), “Da Butt,” from Spike Lee’s “School Daze,” 1988
Posted in Acting, African American History, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "School Daze", Arts, Bill Nunn, Chuck Brown, D.C. Metro, Dance Party, EU, Experience Unlimited, Frat Party, Funk, Go-Go, Grady, Jane Toussaint, Jungle Boogie, Maryland, Rumpshaking, Spike Lee, The Roots, Washington, Washington D.C.
• November 23, 2011 •
Comments Off on The Roots Snark Michele Bachmann on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” with Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”
Posted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Late Night TV, Music, Public Intellectualism, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Roots, Women
Tags: "Lyin Ass Bitch", African Americans, Apologies, Ashlee Simpson, Bachmann, Bad Taste, Blacks, California, Cheek, Cheekiness, Comcast, Common Sense, Demeaning to Women?, Double Standard, Fallon, Fishbone, General Electric, Jimmy Fallon, Kathie Lee Gifford, Lady Gaga, Lampoon, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Lorne Michaels, Meme, Michele Bachmann, NBC, Presidiential Candidate, Punked, Republicans, Right Wing Loon, Roots, Self-Preservation, Ska, Slut-Shaming, The Roots, Tweet, Twitter, United States
• November 21, 2011 •
Comments Off on How Buddhism Changed This Young Black Brother’s Life
Posted in Arts, Black People, Books, Class, Comedy, Consumerism, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Gang Violence, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Economy, Women
Tags: African Americans, AR, Blacks, Buddhism, California, Chino XL, Common Sense, Daimoku, Donnie Darko, Gohonzon, Immortal Technique, Inner Development, iTunes, Killah Priest, Lord Brilliant, Peace, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, SGI Buddhism, SGI-USA, The Lower Four Worlds, United States, Young Men's Division, Youth Division
• November 10, 2011 •
Comments Off on Eddie Murphy Giving Up The Oscar Gig? That Was A Stupid Career Move
Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Billy Crystal, Blacks, Brett Ratner, Brian Grazer, Bromance, Bubble Hill, California, Common Sense, Eddie, Eddie Murphy, Gay Jokes, Gays, Hooker, Host, Hypermasculinity, Jews, Los Angeles, Master of Ceremonies, MOR, Olivia Munn, Oscar, Ratner, Stand-Up, Stand-Up Comedian, Straights, The Down Low, The Eighties, Tower Heist, Transvestite, United States
• October 21, 2011 •
Comments Off on Those Packer Aaron Rodgers Associated Bank Commercials
Posted in Aaron Rodgers, Acting, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Film, Health, Love, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Green Bay Packers, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Aaron, Aaron Rodgers, Acting, Actress, Admiration, Associated Banc-Corp, Associated Bank, Chicago, Commercials, Edith, Elderly Women, Football, Go Pack!, Green Bay, Green Bay Packers, Green Bay WI, Laughlin Constable, Marjorie Main, Milwaukee, Minnesota Vikings, Quarterback, Reta Shaw, Rodgers, Super Bowl, Television Commercials, The Chicago Bears, United States, Wisconsin
• October 14, 2011 •
Comments Off on More Fantasia Drama: When a Producer is Not a Producer and a Spokesman is Not a Spokesman
Posted in Acting, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drama, Fantasia Barrino, Film, Gossip, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Page Six", Adrian Taylor, African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Barrino, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Double Dutch Productions, Drama, Euzhan Palcy, Fantasia, Fantasia Barrino, Film Director, Film Producer, Mahalia Jackson, Maternity, New York Post, Pregnancy, Sex, Spokesman, Spokesperson, Taylor, Trial Balloon, Wendy Williams Show, Your Black Gossip
• July 29, 2011 •
Comments Off on Jason Alexander Says Netflix Price Increase Was The Worst Thing to Happen to White People in “Funny or Die” Video
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Consumerism, Cultural History, Film, Mental Health/Psychology
Tags: Bitching, California, Comedy, Complaining, DVD, Facebook, Faux Charities, Funny or Die, Gone Viral, Jason Alexander, Jerry Lewis, Netflix, Pilates, Price Increase, Price Increases, Raising Rates, The Netflix Relief Fund, Videos, Viral Video, White People, White People's Complaints, White Whine
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