Oscar Noms: Nothing to see here folks. Move along
Yeah, Julianne Moore, one of our consummate American actress (& I love me a redhead), got snubbed. So did the writers of 500 Days of Summer: boohoo. Are we really crying about Star Trek? I mean we "got" Avatar... and District 9! AMPAS could only have so many blockbusters in the reinstated 10-slots. But truly the only surprise, for me, from this year nominations was this: I still haven't seen a nominated foreign film entry? WTH?! And British films don't count right? Geez, and the Academy got this category right this year. Wait... I'm in NYC, where is The Prophet playing?
THEATRE – David Mament’s RACE on Broadway
Click Link Above For Official Site ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE 243 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036DATES: Opens: 6th December 2009 Closes: Open-Ended Audience: Race may be inappropriate for 12 and under. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Run Time: TBA
Health Care: Don’t Let Loud-Mouth Ignorance Screw Us!
I mean, WHAT is the issue people? This is WIN-WIN. Ok. Well, I guess it's not a win for the thieving sons of bitches insurance companies, hell bent on milking this cash cow, who've made a lucrative practice out of thriving off of hundreds of our (well, not mine because I can't afford insurance) hard-earned dollars every month in HUGE premiums, for years on end, towards a product that "one day" you "may" need, then turn right around and find some reason to deny you, the day you actually need it. Listen, if you have no problem with THAT, can you please ...
I’m Skip Gates, Bitch!
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a professor at Harvard University, which was recently voted by US News and World Report as one of the best universities in the country, and lives in the surrounding Cambridge, MA-area. When I was composing a look at living African-Americans for Black Heritage month I thought about including Mr. Gates for his popular and influential PBS series African-American Lives which traced the ancestry of famous African-Americans as far back as there is written record for, usually starting when their ancestors first arrived in America most commonly as slaves. Gates has traced his own heritage to ...
Gone Baby Gone?
Is this it for Sarah Palin? One can only hope but given Palin is an intellectual nightmare and foe to complete sentences everywhere, she may not be smart enough to realize it. Is Palin so jad (Hindi slang for dense/stupid) that she cannot grasp the inevitable: SHE WILL NEVER WIN. Sarah, unscramble your brain long enough to see the two looming obstacles you can never hurdle. 1.) People don't like it when someone burst on to the scene, swinging and talking mad shit, and then turn out to be stupid and 2.) The first woman president will be Hillary Clinton, Hillary supporters will ...
Charting The Pirahna-Infested Waters of Dating
It is perilous out here on the dating scene. Gone are the days when you could assume that if a person is hard-core pursuing you, he is single. What's up with all the attached men jumping in the pool. Hello, haven't you heard, YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE, can you please back up off my terrain? I'm going to preface by saying, I am not nor have I ever been the type to mess around with men who with married, have girlfriends, significant others, live-ins, whatever. I don't have the inclination, I don't have the time, and I don't need the drama. Having said ...
What’s ROVE Got To Do With It?
Yesterday and the day before and the day before and the day before Karl Rove has come out (big surprise) against Obama/Democrats/Stimulus Package/etc... He doesn't (another surprise) "approve". Who gives a shit? I mean, who is still listening to this buffoon? Why would anyone give a fuck what the man, who was a huge part of a gang of greedy bastards politicians who ran this country into the ground, has to say? This, among a multitude of other reasons, is why this whole group of cronies should be charged for TREASON & MURDER. Its not enough that they fucked this country up ...
Do White Folks Read Black?
Today, I was riding the #4 Train uptown when I noticed a White Woman reading a thick book with a chess piece on the cover, I suddenly became curious, is she reading what I think she's reading? I found myself craning my neck, in a very casual manner, I might add, so as to not seem like a nut but the curiosity was killing me and I had to get a look at this title! I thought back on the book fondly, that was a good read. I looked at the woman, blonde & blue, and I began to wonder, as ...
Politics
Health Care: Don’t Let Loud-Mouth Ignorance Screw Us!
I mean, WHAT is the issue people? This is WIN-WIN. Ok. Well, I guess it’s not...
I’m Skip Gates, Bitch!
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a professor at Harvard University, which was recently voted...
Gone Baby Gone?
Is this it for Sarah Palin? One can only hope but given Palin is an intellectual...
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Reflections
Charting The Pirahna-Infested Waters of Dating
It is perilous out here on the dating scene. Gone are the days when you could assume...
Do White Folks Read Black?
Today, I was riding the #4 Train uptown when I noticed a White Woman reading a thick...
Blog Musings
I have realized lately, that I’m, well, pissed off! I’m fucking...
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Art & Culture
THEATRE – David Mament’s RACE on Broadway
Click Link Above For Official Site ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE 243 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036 DATES: Opens: 6th December 2009 Closes: Open-Ended Audience: Race may be inappropriate for 12 and under. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Run Time: TBA Read More →
MUSICAL – Fela!
FELA! tickets are now on sale thru June 20, 2010! To order by phone call: 212-239-6200 | Outside New York: (800) 432-7250 EUGENE O’NEILL THEATRE 230 W. 49th St. NY, NY 10019 Read More →
ART – The NO Place Exhibit
January 21 – March 6, 2010 the no place – Curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, Director, BRIC Contemporary Art. Admission: FREE BRIC Rotunda Gallery Location: 33 Clinton Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-875-4047 Read More →
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