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JAMIE FOXX MAKING SIRIUS POWER MOVES: Actor forms new company; launches show on Sirius satellite.
*Jamie Foxx is stepping up his business hustle with the launch of two new ventures, a company designed to develop and nurture songwriters, and an urban lifestyle channel for Sirius satellite radio.
The entertainer has teamed with music publisher Bug Music in a symbiotic relationship that will benefit the actor’s Foxx King Entertainment endeavors in film, TV, music and new media, while leveraging Bug's global music services infrastructure, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
"Music has always been a key part of my life and my work," Foxx said.
"But first, it is a true love of mine. I have always admired the songwriters and the musicians and now have the opportunity to collaborate as a publisher with songwriters, established and new, who share this love with me."
Bug also will administer the music publishing catalog of Foxx's publishing company, Sly as a Foxx Music, registered with BMI.
In the spring, Sirius Satellite Radio will launch The Foxxhole, an exclusive urban comedy, entertainment and lifestyle channel that will feature the Academy Award winner as executive producer, on-air host and contributor.
For the 24/7 outlet on channel 106, Foxx will draw from his wide array of artistic experience and success from music, comedy, film and television.
He will be heard on the channel daily with a segment featuring dispatches from Jamie no matter where he is in the world. Additionally, Foxx and his team of contributors will host a weekly show on the channel to feature original comedy bits and a new approach to radio theater.
"The Foxxhole will break new ground in comedy, blurring the lines between stand-up, sketch, and music," said Foxx. "Sirius Satellite Radio gives me the opportunity to create urban entertainment and programming like you have never heard on the radio."
Marcus King, who has produced such Foxx projects as The Jamie Foxx Show, Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable, Genius: A Night for Ray Charles, and other television series and specials, will also serve as executive producer.
In other Foxx news, the artist ended up in the New York Post’s Page Six on Tuesday for his peculiar beverage order during an after-party for his “Unpredictable" show at New York’s Marquee.
According to the column: “The Oscar winner requested Belvedere, plastic pour spouts and pre-made, hot-pink, sex-on-the-beach mix. Flack Lindsay Zantop, who reps Belvedere, said: "Curious publicist that I am, I [asked] why the need for the pour spouts when he has a dedicated waitress?
The answer - he loves to douse lovely ladies at his soirees with luxury vodka and sex-and-the-beach. Turns out, it's 'his thing.'"
ISAIAH WASHINGTON MEETS WITH GLAAD: Gay rights organization says they discussed actor’s plan of action following use of gay slur.
*As promised, “Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington has met with a number of gay activists to address his recent use of a homophobic slur in reference to co-star T.R. Knight.
On Monday, the actor sat down with leaders from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, reports E!. During the meeting, all parties were said to have discussed ways in which Washington can discourage prejudice and intolerance against the gay community.
"Isaiah understands that he is going to be judged by more than just his apology," GLAAD president Neil Giuliano said after conferencing with Washington and GLSEN executive director Kevin Jennings in Los Angeles. "He knows that his future actions-including the genuine first step that today's meeting represents-will demonstrate his sincerity in becoming part of the solution to anti-gay bigotry.
"We welcome the opportunity to work with him in the coming months to help improve the cultural climate faced by LGBT people across this country."
"As a parent himself, Isaiah Washington seemed to particularly appreciate the impact these words have on young people in schools and expressed an interest in becoming an ally in GLSEN 's effort to educate young people about the negative impact of name-calling and bullying,"
Jennings added.
HOLES POKED IN LATEST OBAMA RUMOR: CNN investigates reports that senator attended a Muslim madrassa as a child.
*You knew it would only be a matter of time before negative stories began to mysteriously surface about Sen. Barack Obama since announcing his intention to run for president. As the latest rumor continues to pick up steam, CNN has come forward to declare the account untrue.
Insight Magazine reported on its Web site last week that people in Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s camp discovered information that the Illinois Democrat attended a "madrassa," a Muslim religious school known for teaching the most fundamentalist form of Islam.
While Obama lived in Indonesia as a child, from 1967 to 1971, with his mother and stepfather and has acknowledged attending a Muslim school, an aide said it was not a madrassa.
According to CNN, Insight attributed the information in its article to an unnamed source, who said it was discovered by "researchers connected to Senator Clinton." A spokesman for Clinton, who declared last weekend that she is also seeking a White House bid, denied that her campaign was the source of the allegations. Obama agrees, and has called the story "an obvious right-wing hit job."
CNN’s correspondent in Jakarta, Indonesia investigated the claims by visiting the school in question, which Obama attended from 1969 to 1971.
"This is a public school. We don't focus on religion," Hardi Priyono, deputy headmaster of the Basuki school, told CNN. "In our daily lives, we try to respect religion, but we don't give preferential treatment."
Vause reported he saw boys and girls dressed in neat school uniforms playing outside the school, while teachers were dressed in Western-style clothes.
"I came here to Barack Obama's elementary school in Jakarta looking for what some are calling an Islamic madrassa ... like the ones that teach hate and violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan," CNN correspondent John Vause said on the "Situation Room" Monday. "I've been to those madrassas in Pakistan ... this school is nothing like that."
OPRAH’S ANCESTORS ON PRIME TIME TONIGHT: PBS and Henry Louis Gates revisit Winfrey’s roots in hour-long special.
*Premiering tonight at 8 on PBS is the special “Oprah’s Roots,” an expanded look at the family history of talk show billionaire Oprah Winfrey with host, Professor Henry Louis Gates.
Winfrey was part of Gates’ four-part PBS series “African American Lives,” which premiered in Feb. 2006 and saw Gates combine genealogical and historical research with state-of-the-art DNA analysis to trace the history of several celebrities, including Chris Tucker, Whoopi Goldberg, Quincy Jones and Bishop T.D. Jakes.
Tonight’s program digs deeper into Winfrey’s ancestry and uncovers new and interesting insights, including her paternal grandfather’s involvement in the Civil Rights movement, the life of her great-great-grandfather Constantine Winfrey, a former slave, and the revelation that singer Mavis Staples is her distant cousin.
The special will be accompanied by the publication of Gates’ book, “Finding Oprah’s Roots: Finding Your Own,” available now on www.shoppbs.org and in bookstores.
A special DVD of “Oprah’s Roots,” available at the same Web site in March, will feature 30 minutes of excerpts from the broadcast, plus more than an hour of additional comments and research guidance from genealogists, historians and geneticists featured in the program and in the original “African American Lives” series.
FOX TV ADDS POST-KATRINA DRAMA; SPIKE’S PROJECT NIXED: ‘K-Ville’ to follow officers who stayed after the floods.
*Fox approved production Monday on a new drama series about the few policemen in New Orleans who stayed on their post during the chaos and disorder immediately following of Hurricane Katrina.
"K-Ville," from 20th Century Fox Television, will also explore the divide between cops who stayed and those who abandoned their jobs, only to rejoin the force later. It will also tell stories about "the heroism of
(ordinary) people in extraordinary situations.” said the pilot’s writer and executive producer Jonathan Lisco ("The District"), in Variety.
"What I want to do is tell stories that are redemptive in nature but also informed by the bleakness of what happened there," Lisco continued.
"K-Ville" will be centered around two cops of different racial backgrounds who have very different takes on how New Orleans should be dealing with its problems post-Katrina.”
"The NOPD has gotten a lot of flak for being brutal and corrupt,"
Lisco added. "But there are still really committed, honest cops trying to make a difference."
“K-Ville” is the only one of four New Orleans-themed scripts ordered this development season that will move forward to the pilot stage this spring, reports Variety. The most high-profile project to be scrapped was NBC’s “NoLa,” the Sid Quashie-written drama that was developed as a potential directing vehicle for Lee. Lee is still expected to direct a pilot for the Peacock under the terms of a holding and development deal he signed last summer.
Also, ABC has canceled a post-Katrina cop show penned by John Eisendrath ("Alias") for director Gary Fleder. The network also passed on a collaboration between Stephen Godchaux ("Dead Like Me") and Cary Brokaw
("Closer") that was supposed to be a sort of "Hill Street Blues" set in New Orleans.
'DREAMGIRLS' LANDS MOSTS OSCAR NOMINATIONS: But Snubbed for Best Picture
by Kam Williams
*How do you explain a movie getting the most Oscar nominations yet being overlooked when it comes to Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress? That's precisely the quandary the Academy finds itself in after announcing that Dreamgirls landed eight nominations but none in any major categories.
Yes, Jennifer Hudson was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, but anybody who saw the film knows that hers was really a lead role. Reached in London, Jennifer had this to say about the good news: "Thank you to the Academy! I am blown away by this honor. I feel like I have reached the impossible. This is proof that faith is powerful. Thank you!" Eddie Murphy was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, but otherwise, Dreamgirls was only recognized for its Art, Costumes, Music and Sound.
Despite the apparent snub, the Academy must be credited for the overall ethnic diversity of its picks. A quarter of the acting nominations went to blacks (Hudson, Murphy, Will Smith, Forest Whitaker and Djimon Hounsou), two went to Hispanics (Penelope Cruz and Adriana Barraza), and one went to an Asian (Rinko Kikuchi). Plus, lots of other Latinos were nominated, such as director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel), and scriptwriters Guillermo Arriaga (Babel) Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) and Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men).
British actresses fared well, as usual, garnering three of the five Best Actress accolades (Kate Winslet and Dames Helen Mirren and Judi Dench). Conspicuously-absent among the nominees was Jack Nicholson who turned in another trademark, great performance in The Departed. The 79th Academy Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, February 25th from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
For a complete list of nominees, see: http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur31022.cfm
NAACP TO SALUTE BONO: Civil Rights organization to award rocker/humanitarian its Chairman’s Award.
*U2 front man and activist Bono has been announced as the recipient of the prestigious Chairman’s Award at the 38th NAACP Image Awards.
The outspoken humanitarian, who champions various causes in Africa - including AIDS awareness and the battle against hunger – joins other NAACP honorees Bill Cosby and Soledad O’Brien, who will receive the Hall of Fame Award and the President’s Award, respectively.
The Chairman’s Award is chosen by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond and is presented to those who have exhibited "distinguished service and dignified representation of people of color."
"Bono has been an inspiration to many people around the world through his music and humanitarian efforts," said Bond. "We are delighted to honor him with this award in recognition of the difference he has made."
The NAACP Image Awards will air live March 2 at 8 p.m. on Fox.
NAOMI CAMPBELL NOW SAYS SHE’S SORRY FOR ASSAULT: Remorse part of supermodel’s new spiritual program of prayer and meditation.
*Naomi Campbell tells the New York Daily News that she regrets ever assaulting her former maid with a cell phone, and not because it landed her in community service and anger management classes.
"I'm remorseful and regretful. I'm trying to live my life and do some things for charity,” she told the paper Monday.
The 36-year-old is also reportedly undergoing a daily program of meditation and prayer in a bid to curb her nasty temper.
“I'm taking my punishment, and I accept that. I've accepted my responsibility and that's that,” Campbell said. “I have no idea what (community service) I'll do. Whatever they tell me to do, I'll do with my integrity, and that's it. "I work on myself daily. I work on my program of meditation and prayer and try to stick to it. It's important to me."
TIMBALAND ACCUSED OF BEAT BITING: YouTube clip claims producer lifted track from a Finnish producer.
*Super-producer Timbaland has been accused of jacking a beat from a Finnish man without permission for Nelly Furtado's track "Do It," which appears on her latest album “Loose.”
A YouTube user named TimbalandRips posted a video claiming that the Virginia musician stole a melody from a track called “Acidjazzed Evening,”
which was created six years ago by Finnish producer Janne Suni.
In the video, a snippet of Suni's song is played first, followed by parts of Timbaland's track for Furtado. He then leaves it up to listeners to judge the similarities.
Meanwhile, a second YouTube video accuses Timbaland of using the same Suni track for a ringtone he produced last year titled "Block Party."
A posting on what appears to be Suni's official site listed at the end of the YouTube clip reads: "I have been using the services of a law firm since September 2006. I expect to have more information to publish by Tuesday."
YouTube clip accusing Timbaland of biting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4KX7SkDe4Q&NR
EUR FILM REVIEW: From Other Worlds
Why Is a Nice Jewish Housewife Mysteriously Attracted to an African Who Might Be an Alien?
by Kam Williams
*Joanne Schwartzbaum (Cara Buono) is a housewife who appears to be in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Something's wrong, despite her having an appreciative husband, Brian (David Lansbury) and a couple of well-behaved kids (Quinn Shephard and Jonah Meyerson).
Clueless about the source of her discontent, Joanne just wanders around her Brooklyn home depressed, almost as if sleepwalking while doing her daily routine. She finally snaps out of that semi-catatonic state the day Brian comes home and finds her lying unconscious outside on the deck.
Not buying his wife's explanation that she's had a close encounter with an alien, he sends her to a psychiatrist (Laura Esterman) who misdiagnoses the malady as Manic Obsessive Anxiety Disorder. But the medication doesn't help, so Joanne joins a UFO support group, hoping to find an explanation for her strange hallucinations and for the odd markings somehow burned into her side.
At the very first meeting, she sees most of the other members as kooks and losers, with the exception of Abraham Kanga (Isaach De Bankole), an African street merchant. The plot thickens as soon as the two discover that they have the identical brand on their bodies. Joanne finds herself inexplicably drawn to this brother who's not merely from another continent but perhaps from another planet. Who knows? Maybe she's actually from elsewhere also. And their endeavor to unravel that mystery sits at the center of From Other Worlds, a lighthearted, sci-fi comedy written and directed by Barry Strugatz (She-Devil and Married to the Mob). What this low-budget B-movie lacks in production values it more than makes up for with charm via a gifted cast capable of executing a clever script which keeps you guessing right up to the very end.
For when sparks start to fly between Joanne and Abraham, one can't help but wonder whether she'll leave her family for this fellow she seems to be in simpatico with. And yet, there's still the bigger issue which must be addressed, namely, who is that alien (Joel de la Fuente) that keeps appearing, and what exactly does he want?
Picture a campy cross of My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) and The Brother from Another Planet (1984) in which you get to enjoy laughs galore, allusions to horror classics, and a timely social message as our heroes attempt to save the Earth from certain destruction. Yo, take me to your leader!
Excellent (3.5 stars)
Unrated
Running time: 88 minutes
Studi Belladona Productions
FILM/TV BITS: J-Hud’s Oscar nod; more ‘Rob & Big’; Halle on dLife.com; Cube flick on DVD…again; Wu-Tang in Slamdance film.
*Reacting to her Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress, “Dreamgirls” star Jennifer Hudson released a statement from London, where she is currently promoting the film with her co-stars. "Thank you to the Academy! I am blown away by this honor,” she said. “I feel like I have reached the impossible. This is proof that faith is powerful. Thank you!"
*After helping MTV2 achieve its highest rated day in channel history on Jan. 15th, “Rob and Big,’ MTV's breakout hit series, was picked up for a second season for MTV and MTV2 beginning in spring 2007 for 8 new episodes.
This reality comedy series stars professional DC Shoes skateboarder, Rob Dyrdek, and his bodyguard and best friend, Christopher "Big Black" Boykin.
The show premiered on MTV and MTV2 in November 2006 and documented the hysterical daily domestic antics of this unlikely dynamic duo living together in Rob's Hollywood Hills home.
*Halle Berry discusses her issues with diabetes on http://www.dLife.com, which bills itself as the largest independent Web site with diabetes information. Berry reveals that her disease was " ... a gift..." that " ... gave me the strength and toughness I needed for my life." The dLife.com Viewing Room offers original streaming video content and information for people with diabetes, prediabetes, or who have a family member with diabetes. dLifeTV airs every Sunday on CNBC at 7 p.m. ET. The dLife Diabetes Minute is also heard on radio for years.
*Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will offer a DVD reissue of the Ice Cube/Nia Long comedy “Are We There Yet?” that includes a sneak peek of the sequel “Are We Done Yet?, which arrives in theaters April 2007. The enhanced DVD will be available on March 20.
*Among the highlights of the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival is “Rock the Bells,” a concert documentary from up-and-coming filmmakers Casey Suchan and Dennis Hennelly about the headaches and challenges of mounting the historic
2004 reunion of hip-hop superstars the Wu-Tang Clan at a music festival in San Bernadino, California. The film also features the last filmed performance of Ol' Dirty Bastard, who died several months later of an accidental drug overdose in a New York studio. "This film to us was always a Slamdance film because Slamdance is about the indie do-it-yourself mentality, and that's really what our film is about in a lot of ways,"
Suchan told E! Online. Slamdance began on Jan. 18 and ends Jan. 27.
MUSIC BITS: New Ricky; new Musiq; McKnight’s BurnLounge; gospel’s Dillard loses home in fire; Amber Comm. to release Rick James bio.
*Pretty Ricky’s new album “Late Night Special” arrived in stores Tuesday led by first single “On The Hotline,” which sits at No. 9 this week at urban outlets. At YouTube, the group's just-launched "Pretty Ricky TV" -- which features a variety of exclusive videos -- has already hit the top of the site's rankings as the month's No. 1 Most Subscribed Channel, as well as reaching the top 10 of YouTube's all-time Most Viewed Musicians pages.
Pretty Ricky will be featured on the March cover of Black Beat magazine, which hits newsstands Feb. 13. Pretty Ricky will reveal tour plans for 2007 in the coming weeks.
*Musiq Soulchild returns next month with his Atlantic Records debut "LUVANMUSIQ," his first new album in over three years. Due March 13th, the Philly-bred artist is partnering with Courvoisier to launch his new album as part of the House of Courvoisier (HOC) Music Room Tour. Kicking off in Chicago on March 8th, Musiq Soulchild will play ten cities across the country, performing live at a series of intimate HOC concerts.
*BurnLounge, the world's first fan-driven digital download service, announced today that Grammy-nominated R&B/soul singer/songwriter Brian McKnight opened his personal BurnLounge Store, delivering access to his entire catalog of albums, including his current release, "Ten." "By opening my own BurnLounge and making my music available through the BurnLounge community, I'm able to put the power of promotion into the hands of my fans and reach a much broader audience of passionate music lovers," said McKnight. To access McKnight's BurnLounge, visit www.burnlounge.com/brianmcknight.
*Fire has destroyed the six-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot Atlanta home of gospel singer Ricky Dillard early Tuesday, his manager, William Bogle, confirmed to AP. No one was present at the residence when firefighters were called to the home around 3 a.m. and found it fully engulfed, said DeKalb County Fire Department Capt. Eric Jackson. Dillard, originally from Chicago, bought the house about three years ago. He was in New York on Tuesday and hadn't planned to return to Atlanta until February, but would likely come back sooner because of the fire.
Phoenix-based Amber Communications recently signed the exclusive worldwide rights to publish “Memoirs Of A Super Freak” by Rick James from the estate of James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Rick James) for ACGI's Colossus Books imprint. At the time of his death, James had just finished writing the autobiography, as well as completing a new album due in May via Stone City Records.
SPORTS BEAT: Vick rumors; Serena still winning; T-wolves fire Coach Casey.
*Michael Vick in silver and black? Word has it that the Oakland Raiders want the trouble-prone QB if the Atlanta Falcons don’t.
Foxsports.com reported in its rumors page Tuesday that the Raiders are trying to work a deal to acquire Vick and the Falcons’ first round draft pick for receivers Randy Moss and Jerry Porter, and Oakland’s draft pick in the first round.
*Serena Williams prepares to take on Nicole Vaidisova in a semifinal match at the Australian Open Thursday morning (which is tonight here in the States on ESPN2) after an exhilarating quarterfinal match Tuesday which saw her come from behind to beat Israel’s Shahar Peer 3-6, 6-2, 8-6. Williams, whose ranking plunged into the triple digits last year after missing several Grand Slam tournaments, has already moved back into the top 30 by advancing to the semifinals, and would end up in the top 20 if she gets to the final.
The Minnesota Timberwolves fired coach Dwane Casey on Tuesday, one day after the team dropped its fourth game in a row. Casey’s run with the wolves - his first head coaching job - lasted less than 1 1/2 seasons.
EVENT CALENDAR: Merkerson at Vineyard XXV; Abdul hosts ‘Animal’ benefit; Spoken Funk in L.A.
*“Law & Order” star S. Epatha Merkerson joins Judy Kuhn and Cheyenne Jackson for a performance at The Vineyard Theatre's upcoming annual gala "A Sterling Silver Celebration: Vineyard XXV," to be held Jan. 29 at The Rainbow Room in New York City (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th Floor). Patricia Clarkson, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, Annie Parisse and others will also appear. The event will kick off with an original song from show creators Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell, and include musical performances of the Off-Broadway troupe's past hits. Merkerson will perform songs from Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. To purchase tickets call (212) 353 3366 ext. 238 or visit www.vineyardtheatre.org.
*Paula Abdul will host the first-ever star-studded Benefit Concert for the Animals, Saturday evening, Feb. 17 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
This In Defense of Animals (IDA) special event will help the animals still affected by Hurricane Katrina as well as launch IDA's Disaster Relief Fund to help animals in future disasters and other IDA rescue operations throughout the world. The event will include a VIP sponsor/celebrity reception, specialty food stations, gourmet vegan cuisine and desserts created by celebrity chefs and restaurants; and an after party featuring dancing with the All Star Band and special guest appearances. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $275 per person or $1,000, which includes two VIP concert tickets and the VIP sponsor celebrity reception. Tickets are available online at www.idausa.org/concert or by calling the IDA office at 415.388.9641.
*Spoken Funk, where poetry meets comedy, is being offered in West Hollywood, CA every Sunday night at 8 p.m. at Miyagi’s on Sunset (8225 Sunset Blvd.) Returning acts include poets Mayda Del Valle, Ise Lyfe, Taalam Acey, Georgia Me, Beau Sia, as well as comics, Tony Rock, Rodney Perry, Scruncho, A.J Jamal, Rodman, Shang and Gerald Kelly. An open mic begins each outing to give all a chance to shine, and Tony Award winning host and creator of Spoken Funk, Poetri infuses the show with insightful poetry and laughter.
JOYNER’S WEB SITE OFFERS ‘STATE OF BLACK AMERICA’: Race found to remain factor in everyday life.
*As President George W. Bush prepares to make his seventh State of the Union address, BlackAmericaWeb.com, founded by nationally syndicated radio personality Tom Joyner, offers a sobering assessment of the state of Black America that reveals strong feelings about race, the War in Iraq, the Gulf Coast recovery, immigration and gun control.
Based on extensive interviews with residents, politicians, government officials, experts and an online survey, BlackAmericaWeb.com's 'State of Black America 2007' series identified several critical issues:
* Race remains a prevalent factor throughout most everyday life.
* Bush is blamed for the war in Iraq and that the U.S. government for
not providing adequate mental health counseling for those currently
fighting or returning from war.
* Most are dissatisfied with the post-Hurricane Katrina recovery and
believe that Bush should appoint a 'recovery' czar.
* Many believe that the current U.S. immigration policy is draining
local resources, feel that American industry will benefit from pro-
Immigration policies and they are against Congress making it easier
for undocumented aliens to become legalized citizens.
* Many support gun control and said they were victims of a gun-related
crime.
The series features a range of downloadable interviews with key officials, experts and residents. To read the full series and listen to the interviews, go to http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/stateof/.
EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE
Time to arrest the Thief of Your Success ~ Jewel Diamond Taylor
Procrastination and fear are terrible thieves that will steal your peace of mind, health, blessings, credit, customers, money and opportunities.
Procrastination has painful and costly consequences. It interferes with your professional, personal, financial and academic success. What has the thief of procrastination stolen from you?
This is going to be a "break through" year for you. If you get started, you will reap the rewards. If you don't get started, you will reap the consequences. Looking at the big picture of what needs to be done can be overwhelming. Get the ball rolling by breaking your tasks into small steps.
Once you start the momentum of action you'll begin to feel some sense of relief and accomplishment.
Let this be the day you decide to stop procrastinating, hesitating, stressing, blaming, avoiding or focusing on non-productive activity. Take your happiness out of the "lay- away." Find your strength, integrity and courage. Find your voice. Trust your decisions. Learn from your choices. Use your imagination. Trust your instincts. Pray for guidance and discernment.
Explore your ideas. Handle your business and get un-stuck. Walk by faith.
Action speaks louder than fear.
Scientist Newton gave the world the first law of motion which is, "An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force." If you wait until you feel like doing the paperwork, making the call, exercising, etc., you may never get started. Don't wait until you think you have all the answers and courage to get started. Those things will come as you begin to take those steps. Once you make UP your mind, get UP and moving.
SAVE THE DATES to hear Jewel Diamond Taylor speak:
Jan 27 - Virginia - Super GOAL Saturday Seminar Feb 10 - Los Angeles, CA - Pan African Film Festival Feb 13 - Wash D. C. - U. S. Secret Service Black History Program Feb 17 - Lawndale, CA - Youth Empowerment Conference Luezinger High School Feb 20 - Albuquerque, N. M. - Dept of Energy Black History Program Feb 22 - Irvine, CA - F.D.A. Black History Program March 3 - Greenbelt, MD - Women on the Grow and Positive Women Uniting Presents "Living Your Life Like It's Golden Luncheon"
March 21 - Columbia, MD - Celebration Church, Women's Conference March 24 - Whole Woman Conference, Turf Valley Resort (near Baltimore, MD)
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Jan. 24: Singer Aaron Neville is 66. Actress Tatyana Ali ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air") is 28.
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Looking for a site with a good, uplifting message and beautiful visuals? Then click on http://www.mayyoubeblessedmovie.com/
Submit your favorite website to us along with a 15-20 word (or less) description to info@eurweb.com.
BLACK HISTORY
Jan. 24, 1962: Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of
Fame. (Source: www.BlackFacts.com)
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