May 21, 2013

Film Strip: Disney’s is a Set for Dreamers & Lenny Kravitz (‘Hunger Games’) Dreams Big

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*Actor/Comedian Steve Harvey wasn’t acting when he lectured a group of kids at the Disney’s Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and Essence Magazine’s annual event. He was dead serious because young lives are at stake for children in a cutthroat culture where only the strong minded and educated survive. It was just last week that [...]




Alicia Keys Lists Penthouse She Bought from Lenny Kravitz

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*The SoHo penthouse Alicia Keys purchased from Lenny Kravitz in 2010 just hit the market for $17.95 million, reports the New York Daily News. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) And that’s $10 million more than Kravitz paid for the 6,000-plus square-foot loft in 2000. The [...]




Lenny Kravitz Talks Hunger Games, Bond with Star Jennifer Lawrence

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*Even if you have zero interest in “The Hunger Games,” it’s nearly impossible to escape the media hype surrounding its long-awaited premiere this Friday. Based on a series of books by Suzanne Collins, the story is set in the future, where North America has become the nation of Panem and is comprised of 12 Districts. [...]




Clips: Lenny Kravitz in ‘Hunger Games’; Halle Berry in ‘Dark Tide’

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*A Lenny Kravitz scene from the anticipated new film “The Hunger Games” and a clip from the upcoming “Dark Tide” featuring real life lovebirds Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez have made their online debuts. Kravitz is seen as stylist Cinna giving advice to Jennifer Lawrence’s character Katniss, a young woman from a post-collapse North America’s [...]




Lenny Kravitz Nearly Done With Next CD ‘Negrophilia’

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*Lenny Kravitz may be just starting to hit the road in North America for his current album “Black and White America,” but his next album, titled “Negrophilia,” is already “pretty done,” he tells Billboard.com. He describes “Negrophilia” as “very funky, very, very raw. ‘Black and White America’ was very produced. Although it’s all natural and [...]




First Look: Lenny Kravitz in New ‘Hunger Games’ Trailer

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*Fanatics of the “Hunger Games” books can get their first look at a second trailer for the film adaptation, which premiered today on “Good Morning America.” (Scroll down to watch.) The story follows Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), a 16-year-old girl living in a futuristic world called Panem. The trailer starts with Katniss and Gale (Liam Hemsworth) in [...]




Lenny Kravitz Tackles the ‘Race Issue’ on New Album

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*Lenny Kravitz was one of those kids who grew up in the gray area of life, where race and color didn’t quite make since. His father was white and his mother was black. Growing up, it was as if skin color didn’t even exist. But when he made it to elementary school, his worldview changed [...]




Kravitz, Stenberg in Newly-Released ‘Hunger Games’ Posters

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*With five months until the film’s scheduled March 23 premiere, eight promotional posters have been released with the faces of star Jennifer Lawrence and the seven other main characters, including Lenny Kravitz as Cinna (above)and Amandla Stenberg as Rue (below). Below, the entire cast: Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne; Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark; Elizabeth [...]




Lenny Kravitz Craves Adele Duet

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*Lenny Kravitz wants to work with Adele. The ‘Fly Away’ hitmaker is a huge fan of the British singer and sees similarities between her and himself in the early stages of his career. When asked who he admired, he said: “Well Adele, obviously, she’s amazing. I’d love to work with her, she’s got a beautiful [...]




Video: Lenny Kravitz Single Inspired by Group’s Obama Hatred

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*Lenny Kravitz says his new single “Black and White America” was inspired by racists who threatened to kill Barack Obama if he became president. The singer was appalled by a TV documentary he saw shortly after Obama announced his intention to run for the White House – and he told talk show host Tavis Smiley [...]




Lenny Kravitz Paranoid about Cell Phone Radiation

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*Those pics of Lenny Kravitz on an old-school telephone handset attachment that hit the Web earlier in June were not some kind of deliberate attempt to go retro. The rocker says he’s terrified of getting radiation from using his cell phone without it. “It keeps the rays, or whatever you want to call them, off [...]




Lenny Kravitz’ Design Firm Hired for New Miami Hotel

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*Lenny Kravitz has been hired to lend his interior design expertise to a top new hotel in Miami. According to WENN, the singer founded Kravitz Design Inc. in 2003 and visionaries at his firm have now been recruited to create the look of luxury in the bungalow and penthouse suites of the SLS Hotel, which [...]




Photos: Lenny Kravitz with the Ma Bell-Era Handset

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*Lenny Kravitz took retro to another level in New York yesterday. Paps caught him on his iPhone with an old school handset attached. The image made instant headlines, managing to overshadow the capri leggings and boots.




Lenny Kravitz Unaware of ‘Hunger Games’ Craze Before Being Cast

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*Lenny Kravitz landed a part in one of the most anticipated movie adaptations in Hollywood – “The Hunger Games” — but says he had never heard of the book trilogy upon which the film is based. “I hadn’t read the book yet, so I didn’t know what it was,” Kravitz told Rolling Stone of Suzanne [...]




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Actress Pam Grier turns 62 today.

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE It is time for parents to teach young [...]