The great Debaters

Get ready for the great debaters. A highly charged look into the past. From the trailer you will see that this was a full fledge effort from Denzel Washington.

AMA 2007

Daughtry...Who? Daughtry who?
Show that you can do it if you believe in your own style. He has it, and his band has it.


And now for our host:



Jimmy Kimmel has style!The host of the show, shows that he has a great sense of humor and impeccable timing and a willingness to go with the show, with out writers.


I would say that this show was one to not miss, if you have make sure that you catch its highlights when you can. There were some great performances that, will stick with you for some time. Alecia Keys bring back old school Jamaican songs, and the artist of credit. From Shocka Demus and plyers, Benieman, and Junior Reed. Her performance was a montage of her musical influences.

As you can see in the captured photo, Beyonce was not short of being apart of the show, and one of its top honorees, taking home the international award, coveted by many. Seen here with Jeniffer Nettles who covered the singers song this year and grabbed a CMA for.



Fergie my lady, grabs Pop/Rock favorite female artist award at the end of the show, she can be seen jamming the show earlier on tonight.
With Will I am and Nicole Sherzinger taking the stage and performing:



Avril Lavigne perform, wearing who knows what, and why?!?!?!?, But I must say that she has style, her own and lets get down and boogie. She must be hoping, that those who were let out of rehab for the night, are still under the influence. Maybe they will not notice, she forgot that pushing the envelope in this manner is only good for George Clinton and Bootsie Collins.


Adam Levine does not disappoint the fans and he keeps is so simple that it is complicated.


Akon Favorite R&B/Soul artist of the year winner, who is following suit with Kanye West and handing over the trophy to who he thinks is the hardest working person in show biz, T-Pain. Who relunctly reached out for it.


Rascal Flatts take it home for best country band, duo or group.



Rhianna and Ne'yo perform tonight. Keeping up the the old gangster swing swagger. Now if Rhianna will exercis her vocals as much as she has with her body. She is looking great and Ne'yo tops it off as always.


Carrie Underwood take them home, with two nominations and a text vote. And let me add she looks as good as 4 scoops vanilla, toped with hot fudge and multiple cherries.



Chris Brown Tears apart the stage with a performance that can satisfy any and every visual pallet. Can you see a pattern here, I give it about 1 more year, and he will be walking away with a mantel burden, with someone to polish them for him.


In full retrospect the show was great and I am sure that there is more to the story stay posted and let me know what you think about the clothes, the style and the people wearing them.

We miss you Kanye West, and stay strong for your Family and may your mother rest well in peace. Thank you Usher for reminding us that someone in the industry is hurting right now.

Until them good night and good day.


Ramain the catalyst and you will make your mark!

MLS-Houston Dynamo take home the hardware

Dwayne De Rosario With an unflinching attack of the net, with a great snap header, to bring the lead to the Houston Dynamo. I was not a fan of soccer, with this much excitement within me, until I saw Dwayne De Rosario make that goal. It was pure athleticism.

The commentators were taken in by his abilities, the crowd went wild, you could turn off your TV and you could hear the roar of the stadium across the country. One Commentator, stated this is something you will come to expect from Dwayne, he is always surprising his opponents. I am ecstatic to see this, and I am now an official fan of Soccer.


Also he has a MVP hardware, Congratulate the man. Now the Big hardware goes too, drum roll please...The Houston Dynamo!

Get the whole story here:

MLS

Writer Strike-Back in talks?

It seems that the negotiating table has attendees. What will bedetermined from the negotiations will either be a settlement or an out right steam role of power.

I have read in the LA Times that the renewal of contracts will be apart of the deal:

"The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said late Friday that they would resume talks Nov. 26 on a new contract for 10,500 writers to replace the one that expired Oct. 31. The two sides announced the plan in identical statements, a rare show of unity. "


A rare show of Unity or is "this Article", contain droplets of facts and hopeful fiction?

I need to understand, what happens to the writers who do not get their contracts renewed? What are the terms of these contracts? When the Chiefs at the Major Studios and up in corporate make the call, what will be affected, who will gain, and who will lose? If these negotiations contrinue on, I am afraid, my girlfriend is going to ask me another questions that I have to answer. No honey that is an old episode of Jay Leno, take some time off from work and you will see that britany spears has all her hair, and Christina Aguilera is not popuar as B-spears.

However take a look at this article, I pulled this off of the united Hollywood Blog this may bring you more Insight as to how things are being handled:


(Breaking news from the WGA - the AMPTP has agreed to come back to the table on November 26th. Now, let's hope they are prepared to make a fair deal. This is progress. Everyone wants to go back to work. Everyone wants fair compensation for their work.)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 16, 2007

CONTRACT 2007 NEGOTIATIONS STATEMENT

LOS ANGELES – The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have issued the following statement today:

Leaders from the WGA and the AMPTP have mutually agreed to resume formal negotiations on November 26. No other details or press statements will be issued.

For more information about the Writers Guild of America, West, please visit www.wga.org. For more information about the Writers Guild of America, East, please visit: www.wgaeast.org.

Barack Obama-Iowa Rally

Barack has made his mark.

Dafur Now- What Don Cheadle has to say...

Don Cheadle is becoming more active globally as of late. Browsing my favorite entertainment magazine site I came across a current posting on Dafur and the state of Genocide.

Here is the article Originaly on Paste Magazine.com



Darfur Now: Responding to Genocide
Writer: Josh Jackson, photo by Samantha Casolan
Features, Issue 37, Published online on 08 Nov 2007

When the U.S. House passed a resolution to call the atrocities in Darfur by their “rightful name: ‘genocide,’” it marked the first time in history that the United States had officially recognized the extermination of a people while the killing was still happening. Unlike the Nazi concentration camps—the scope of their horrors only made clear after Allied troops moved into Germany—the world knows the immensity of evil that has continued to occur in Sudan’s western province. But what can one individual do in the face of such knowledge?

That question is at the center of Ted Braun’s new documentary, Darfur Now, which follows six individuals responding to the crisis in very different ways, from young-mother-turned-rebel-fighter Hejewa Adam (whose three-month-old son Nasaraldeen was beaten to death by Janjaweed militias) and Ahmed Mohammed Abakar (head sheikh in one of the refugee camps) to Ecuadorean aid worker Pablo Recalde. “[When I looked at what was happening in Darfur],” says Braun, "what I found shocked me—both the nature and magnitude of the crimes and the world’s indifference. I wanted to make a film that would reach a wide audience, and I thought the best way to look at the conflict from many points of view, and give people hope, [was to] put them in the shoes of people who could make a difference.”

One of these people is Don Cheadle, who had to look at the reality of genocide head-on while filming 2004’s Hotel Rwanda. When the film was screened for a group of government officials, he was asked to join a congressional mission to The Sudan and Chad. “Once I’d seen it with my own eyes,” he says, “it was impossible to come back and do nothing. I came back, took stock, and thought, ‘Where do I have influence?’ And then I realized, ‘Oh, I’m an actor.’ I go on red carpets and people ask me questions like what does Brad [Pitt] eat. And I say, ‘anything,’ and then I get to go into my thing.”

Cheadle has used his celebrity to line up meetings with presidential candidates like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. The film also follows his travels with George Clooney to China and Turkey to bring up the issue with foreign leaders and open the doors for other advocates for peace. “We can get people in a room,” he says. “Will it make a difference? We don’t have the perspective to measure. But Brad said it best: ‘We can’t get out of the light, and they can’t get in the light. We have to help with that shift.’”

The film also follows Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, as his office digs through piles of evidence before indicting Ahmad Harun, Sudan’s former interior minister (accused of organizing a massacre of civilians and using the Janjaweed militias to displace more than 2 million people from their villages and into refugee camps). When Moreno-Ocampo watched the film and saw refugees referring to him by name in speeches, to inspire hope, he was taken aback. “This is why we do what we do,” he says. “I was a little surprised, but very happy.”

While not everyone has the platform of a movie star or the role of an international prosecutor, Adam Sterling proves that anyone can make a difference. The 24-year-old UCLA grad founded a grassroots organization to pressure international businesses to divest in The Sudan through legislation. Braun shows Sterling beating the bushes in California until his bill is signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s now working on duplicating the efforts in other states. “It’s tough to gauge our success when the goal is not disengagement. The goal is to bring peace to Darfur."

And for the Sudanese men and women who criticize the government in the film, Braun says, “There are plans in place to protect them. That said, Harun is now Minister of Humanitarian Affairs [in charge of the refugee camps he filled up]. Both Hejewa and Sheik Ahmed … said to me that they were willing to die to have their stories told. That’s something I wasn’t really prepared for when I went there. I’ve dealt with stories all my life, but I’ve never had a story that was truly life and death."

Race

Race...racisms! For as long as I can remember in my decades years of life on this planet thus far. I have seen too many events that depict the African American as an outcast or any one with a darker tan.