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May 15, 2008
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JOSEPH C. PHILLIPS: This Crazy Mixed Up World
*I never imagined a time when directors of campus diversity would suggest that Blacks not be hired or when Black students would work to censure a speaker for suggesting that they are capable of competing with their White and Asian classmates in the academic arena.
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MARIANN’S MIDLIFE MAYHEM & MISCELLANY: 40 Tips for Better Life in 2008
*A friend of mine who’s been dealing with a serious debilitating illness for more than 20 years sent me this in an e-mail on Mother’s Day. While his disease is life-threatening and he’s had a number of “close-calls” during this time, he doesn’t dwell on his disease and is one of the most joyful people I know. If he’s a follower of these 40 tips, maybe this is why!
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THE PULSE OF ENTERTAINMENT: 'Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Cuurtis Mayfield and The Impressions' now on DVD
*“Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions, they are one in the same,” producer David Peck said about the subject of his latest documentary film, “Moving On Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield.” “Curtis was writing (songs) about equality and injustice.”
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THE FILM STRIP: Black narnian Cornell R. John aids prince Caspian and the Pevensie Crew in wiping out ethnic cleansing: 'The Chronicles of Narnia:’ Ben Barnes, Anna Popplewell and William Moseley talk about messages.
*Call me weird but I have always liked centaurs. My favorite segments of the TV series “Xena: Warrior Princes” were the ones that included the centaurs. In “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” British stage and screen actor Cornell S. John is the centaur Glenstorm.
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KEV'S VIEW (cartoon commentary): Hillary vows to keep going...
*Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton lent her presidential campaign $6.4 million over the past month, her campaign said Wednesday, underscoring the financial advantage held by her rival, Barack Obama.
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May 13, 2008
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STEVEN IVORY: The Sacredness of Summer
*On a recent network evening news broadcast, I watched a segment about summer school. The benefit of summer classes, said the report, is that kids learn more in a shorter amount of time, and thus leave the school system earlier. And, summer school keeps them out of trouble.
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THE MO'KELLY REPORT: Foxy Brown Cover? Shame on Johnson Publishing
*In 1955, Jet magazine sent a team of reporters to rural Mississippi to cover the events and evolving story surrounding the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Till allegedly made the “mistake” of whistling at a White woman and was abducted, beaten, his eye gouged out, shot in the head and thrown into the Tallahatchie River with a 75-pound cotton gin fan tied to his neck with barbed wire.
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THE BRIDGE: Who Stole The Soul? (Part 1)
*James Brown was affectionately referred to as “Soul Brother Number One,” not just because he was one of the leaders of Soul Music, but because he was the physical embodiment of all things representative of the Soul of Black folks.
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THE JOURNAL OF STEFFANIE RIVERS: Running Scared Part 2 of 2
*There’s a theory called Six Degrees of Separation. It says you are no more than six people away from anybody you ever would want to meet; you just have to connect the right six people.
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TURNER’S TWO CENTS: Manning Up: Will R. Kelly follow T.I.'s example?
*Taking responsibility for your mistakes is a sign of maturity and integrity. Rap superstar T.I. demonstrated those qualities last week in an exclusive interview with BET News. Referring to his conviction on federal weapons charges (he was busted trying to buy machine guns and silencers), Tip said, “I must be a man and stand up and accept responsibility.
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BETWEEN THE LINES: Obama And Superdelegate Accountability: What Are Reps. Maxine Waters and Diane Watson Waiting On?
*After the last "firewall" states fell last week in North Carolina and Indiana, many Democratic Party "Superdelegates" have now seen the writing on the wall.
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May 8, 2008
THE MO'KELLY REPORT: Mo'Kelly's Not Buying the Mr. & Mrs. Nick Cannon Sham
*Somebody please explain the whole “Nick Cannon” phenomenon to Mo’Kelly. Please… Not that there’s anything “wrong” with him per se, it’s just not exactly clear why he’s famous. He’s not really a “movie star”…Drumline + Love Don’t Cost a Thing + The Underclassman do not a “movie star” equate.
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JOSEPH C. PHILLIPS: Bad Penny
*A brief recap of some of the highpoints from the Jeremiah Wright resurrection tour: The former pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago reiterated his belief that America has been a terrorist nation from its inception, defended his damning of America, stood by his belief that the American government created the HIV virus and placed drugs in the Black community in order to exterminate Black people, further derided the country as a place where "I can worship God on Sunday morning wearing a black clergy robe and kill others on Sunday evening wearing a white Klan robe."
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REGGAE UPDATES FROM JAMAICA: Elephant Man's 'Physical' tops chart; R City's caribbean flavor; Wayne Marshall mix CD
*Elephant Man’s Let’s Get Physical (VP/Bad Boy) album which was released commercially on April 8, has debuted at number one on Billboard’s Reggae Album chart. The album experienced first week sales of 2,764 units. By comparison, Elephant Man’s previous set, Good 2 Go for VP/Atlantic sold more than 31,000 units in its first week of release in 2004.
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MARIANN’S MIDLIFE MAYHEM & MISCELLANY: This Just In...
*In television journalism, this has been what would be called “a slow news week” for me. Usually something happens during the week that triggers a desire to write about it, but this week, I just didn’t feel “the fire,” so I’ve been sitting in front of my computer and staring at a blank screen for a while now trying to figure out what to write about, and I keep coming up, well...blank.
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VERONICA'S VIEW: Pride Doesn’t Have to Come Before A Fall
*Making ends meet in this economy is more than challenging these days. It’s a real magic trick from month to month for many families.
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KEV'S VIEW (cartoon commentary): Education vs. Prison Funding
*Though the current fiscal health of the state may be characterized as desperate, and in desperate times you counter with desperate measures, in the case of this budget those desperate measures have yielded a casualty that we certainly can not afford: education.
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AUDREY’S SOCIETY WHIRL: ASCAP honors Quincy Jones at all-star celebration.
*On Tuesday, April 22, Quincy Jones celebrated the big 7-5 at an all-star celebration at Nokia Theatre in Times Square, New York that was attended by distinguished members of the entertainment community and hosted by ASCAP president & Chairman Marilyn Bergman.
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THE PULSE OF ENTERTAINMENT: A record deal and $100,000 to the winner of MTV's Rock the Cradle
*A major record deal and $100,000 is the prize on MTV’s Rock the Cradle. The reality show has brought together the children of music industry’s legendary acts to see, and prove, that “music superstardom really is in the DNA.”
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THE FILM STRIP: Jennifer Hudson in "Sex in the City;' 'Chronicles of Narnia' sequel.
*The hit TV show “Sex in the City” is now a movie. The big difference this time, however, is Jennifer Hudson. She plays star Sarah Jessica Parker’s (Carrie Bradshaw) personal assistant Louise.
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May 6, 2008
STEVEN IVORY: A Loving Toast to the Mighty Fraternity
*Not a day goes by that we don't consider our circumstance. However, it is during this time every year that we are truly reminded of our distinction.
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