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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Love & Basketball
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What's up with all of our entertainers finding love with athletes? I am not saying that it is 'im'possible, I'm just saying - What's going on?
What do yall think?
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| Gabrielle Union and Dewayne Wade |
They are having ex-wife, baby mama, drama.
Cute together.
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| Monica and Shannon Brown |
Didn't I just see her on her T.V. show with the kids father, Rocko?
But hey, if Rocko wasn't being good to her - cut!
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| Keyshia Cole and Daniel Gibson |
Keyshia and her baby's daddy.
Cute!
I only bring this up because watching the Fantasia Show, it seemed like to get her mind off of that dude, (that didn't explain to her 'exactly' what was going on with is wife) they immediately tried to hook her up with an athelete.
What happen to all this talk about gold diggers? That's not gold digging? What do you think?
But let me say this - if these folks have found the person that brings forth within them, love, joy, peace, and all of those other loving sensations,
I pray that no-one can separate them.
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The Arts - Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly, an opera set in Nagasaki, Japan, in the 1890s, by Giacomo Puccini, now at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, through November 27, 2010.
Madama Butterfly, a young Geisha, took her wedding vow more seriously than Lt. B.F. Pinkerton. She thought it would last forever. He never thought it was real. She deceived herself despite warnings of Pinkerton’s motives. “’I must pursue her even though I damage her wings," Pinkerton had said.” But Butterfly wasn’t that innocent. She was a Geisha, after all. And she waited for Pinkerton to return. She hoped, prayed, and devoted to her son, Trouble. She refused to accept the grim reality that the philandering Lieutenant had abandoned her. Finally, the USS Lincoln was sighted. Butterfly was ecstatic and scattered blossoms all over the house to welcome Lt. Pinkerton. But he returned with a wife. Butterfly was heartbroken, and she committed suicide.
This most tragic love story of all time had all the elements for an enjoyable night at the opera. The artfully tasteful setting was perfect: the house was adorned with climbing wisteria; stage crews clad in black, rotated the house from season to season; and the night scenes awash with sparkling stars . . . except a lackluster soprano Svetla Vasseliva as Madama Butterfly, in Act I. What a bummer!
My take during opening night: the tension was rather slow in the making, and the passion was strained, even with Stefano Secco’s lusty and passionate voice as Lt. B.F. Pinkerton. I had misgivings in Act I. But in Act II, Ms Vasseliva successfully redeemed herself. And the cast, as if suddenly awakened from a drunken stupor, came to life, and carried on through the end of the performance. So BRAVO!
I love great operas, especially when in the end, the characters redeem themselves.
Noble Hughes,
Contributor of Sophisticated Ladies, Arts and Culture.
Beauty - Black Girls who Rock!!!
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| Nia Long Host of BET's Black Girls Rock! |
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SUNDAY, November 7th
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Since 2006, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has been dedicated to the healthy development of young women and girls. BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc. seeks to build the self-esteem and self-worth of young women of color by changing their outlook on life, broadening their horizons, and helping them to empower themselves.
BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc. is an organization that takes an active role in being a part of the solution to the crisis facing young women of color. For the past four years, we have enjoyed the opportunity to enrich the lives of girls from 12 to 17 years old through mentorship, arts education, cultural exploration and public service. At BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc., young women are offered access to enrichment programs and opportunities that place special emphasis on personal development through the arts and cooperative learning.
BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc. is now joining forces with BET Networks for an unprecedented worldwide broadcast of BLACK GIRLS ROCK! The event will be a historic and monumental show highlighting the accomplishments of exceptional women of color who have made outstanding contributions in their careers, and who stand as inspirational and positive role models in their communities.
Don’t miss the televised worldwide debut of BLACK GIRLS ROCK! on Sunday, November 7, 2010. For more information about Black Girls Rock, Inc., check out their website.
Tell me about how 'YOU' rock!
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Education - Waiting for Superman
WAITING for SUPERMAN
Please join me to review this new movie about the current state of our education system. Supposedly, America's education system is designed to leave no child behind.
Is the system working?
Critics give this movie an A-
Yahoo gives this movie a B+
What will we give it?
Join me as I plan on catching the movie on Saturday, November 6, 2010, Piedmont Theater, Oakland, CA at 1:15 pm.
If you are currently in school, or have a child in school, have a sister, brother, niece, or nephew, you should check this film out.
Meet you back here next week to discuss...
Respect Yourself
By the Staple Singers
If you disrespect anybody
That you run in to
How in the world do you think
Anybody's s'posed to respect you
If you don't give a heck 'bout the man
With the Bible in his hand
Just get out the way
And let the gentleman do his thing
You the kind of gentleman
That want everything your way
Take the sheet off your face, boy
It's a brand new day
Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you're walking 'round
Think'n that the world
Owes you something
'Cause you're here
You goin' out
The world backwards
Like you did
When you first come here
Keep talkin' 'bout the president
Won't stop evolution
Put your hand on your mouth
When you cough, that'll help the solution
Oh, you cuss around women
And you don't even know their names
And you dumb enough to think
That'll make you a big ol man
Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself
That you run in to
How in the world do you think
Anybody's s'posed to respect you
If you don't give a heck 'bout the man
With the Bible in his hand
Just get out the way
And let the gentleman do his thing
You the kind of gentleman
That want everything your way
Take the sheet off your face, boy
It's a brand new day
Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you're walking 'round
Think'n that the world
Owes you something
'Cause you're here
You goin' out
The world backwards
Like you did
When you first come here
Keep talkin' 'bout the president
Won't stop evolution
Put your hand on your mouth
When you cough, that'll help the solution
Oh, you cuss around women
And you don't even know their names
And you dumb enough to think
That'll make you a big ol man
Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself
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