Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Dancing With The Stars" Len Goodman Has Some Great Sayings for Jimmy Kimmel (#DWTS)
Len Goodman on New Dancing with the Stars Cast
'Black-ish': IS NOT a Horrible Parody of Black Family Life
There I was, checking my news feed on Facebook this morning, when I came the post 'Black-ish': a Horrible Parody of Black Family Life on The Huffington Post.
I was intrigued by the bold headline, so I clicked on it.
Althugh I respect the post's writer, Frances Cudjoe Waters opinion of the Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis-Ross, Laurence Fishburne ABC vehicle, I totally disagree with her that "Black-ish" is horrible.
Below is my Facebook response to the post with a few tweaks here and there:
Sooo, I shouldn't watch the only black comedy on network TV because of the pilot?
Sooo, there's no chance for "Black-ish" to improve?
Come on now?!?
So what am I supposed to watch? Ricky Smiley's show or Love That Girl on TV One? (like I never seen any stereotypes on those shows).
Look, I was a big fan of "The Cosby Show" and especially "A Different World", but we have to stop comparing every black comedy to those shows. (The Cosby comparisons are off base anyway as "Black-ish" leans more towards the underrated brilliance of Chris Rocks "Everybody Hates Chris" than Cos' 80's gems)
No offense to the writer, but at least I can see a married black couple as lead characters on network TV, which something I can not say I see on any Shonda Rhimes' show.Do I admire Shonda Rhimes? Of course, I am still a "Grey's Anatomy" watcher and I have always been long time Kerry Washington fan, but on "Scandal", Olivia Pope was first sleeping with a married man and now is sleeping with a killer.
I am not knocking the storyline, but if critics are going to knock "Black-ish" after one pilot, then we have to take apart Shonda Rhimes' shows too... but that would be counterproductive.
So just like I will keep watching the craziness on "Scandal," I am going to continue to watch the muliti-generational African-American family on "Black-ish".
Depending on your comedic tastes, the pilot wasn't nearly as bad as the critic wrote. "Black-ish" is not a broad , laugh out loud classic comedy like "Martin" or "Sanford & Son", its one that makes you think like "Scrubs" with a "Chappelle Show" twist (there were lot of truths about Race and stereotypes in the first episode that most minorities know are true).
If we are now going to judge the success of comedies on pilots, then the underwhelming "Seinfeld Chronicles" would have never became the syndicated monster known as "Seinfeld,"(which made Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, not rich,but wealthy (check out Chris Rock's stand up to see the difference.))
Now if "Black-ish" doesn't grow, fine I'm out; but I am not bail because of the pilot or that the name of doesn't meet some kind of TV high standard ( "Big Bang Theory" or "My Name is Earl" anyone?)
We as African-Americans need stop knocking black shows if it does not reach 80's Cosby-like excellence. If you don't like it fine, but don't complain there are not any black comedies on network TV, when you didn't give the only one on network TV a chance to grow.
It's funny, I remember how some African-Americans knocked the "Cosby Show" for not being a "realistic" portrayal of African-American life, because Cliff was a doctor and Claire was a lawyer (this criticism ultimately led to Martin's popularity on Fox in the 90's as Cosby's NBC numbers waned) .
It's interesting how that irrational discussion about The Cosby Show "realism" doesn't come up anymore and now we're knocking another African-American show for the same thing.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Jimmy Kimmel Interviews Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) from Lost #MKTO
Malcolm David Kelley's group MKTO - Classic
Friday, September 26, 2014
NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC - Official Trailer (Tribeca Film)
Available in select theaters Oct 1 and nationwide VOD Oct 3!
For full viewing info, visit:http://tribecafilm.com/nas.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Interview: Renina C. Black "Nandi" (Actor) The Apocalypse Couple
Renina C. Black sits down with Kevin Lockett on the set of the short film The Apocalypse Couple (produced by Nblak Productions). Check out the film's Facebook page here.
Be sure to hear more of Kevin Lockett's interviews on the "Digital Life with Kevin Lockett" podcast at DigitalKev.com
Interview: Dan Nye "Ty" (Actor) The Apocalypse Couple
Dan Nye sits down with Kevin Lockett on the set of the short film The Apocalypse Couple (produced by Nblak Productions). Check out the film's Facebook page here.
Be sure to hear more of Kevin Lockett's interviews on the "Digital Life with Kevin Lockett" podcast at DigitalKev.com
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Interview: Tamiko Ruby J. Hair and Make-up Artist: The Apocalypse Couple
Tamiko Ruby J sits down with Kevin Lockett on the set of the short film The Apocalypse Couple (produced by Nblak Productions). Check out the film's Facebook page here.
Be sure to hear more of Kevin Lockett's interviews on the "Digital Life with Kevin Lockett" podcast at DigitalKev.com
Interview: Deleesa Bruback: Production Assistant for The Apocalypse Couple
Deleesa Bruback sits down with Kevin Lockett on the set of the short film The Apocalypse Couple (produced by Nblak Productions). Check out the film's Facebook page here.
Be sure to hear more of Kevin Lockett's interviews on the "Digital Life with Kevin Lockett" podcast at DigitalKev.com
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Interview: Jennifer Mitchell- Script Supervisor: The Apocalypse Couple
Jennifer Mitchell sits down with Kevin Lockett on the set of the short film The Apocalypse Couple (produced by Nblak Productions). Check out the film's Facebook page here.
Be sure to hear more of Kevin Lockett's interviews on the "Digital Life with Kevin Lockett" podcast at DigitalKev.com
Monday, September 22, 2014
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Soulful! Paolo Nutini Performs "Iron Sky" & "Scream (Funk My Life Up)" on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Tonight Show: Chuck Berry Punched Keith Richards in the Face
Keith Richards Wrote His First Song Locked in a Kitchen with Mick Jagger
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Channing Tatum Faces His Fear of Porcelain Dolls on 'Ellen'
Ellen is cool, but one day a guest is going to have a bad reaction to her scare tactics. I wonder she constantly does this?
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Idris Elba Talks No Good Deed & Scandalous Photo on Jimmy KImmel (@NoGoodDeed #NoGoodDeed)
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Friday, September 5, 2014
Thursday, September 4, 2014
R.I.P. Joan Rivers: Classic Johnny Carson Interviews (1966 & 1986)
Johnny Carson with Joan Rivers (1986)
New York Times: Joan Rivers, a Comedic Stiletto, Is Dead at 81
Joan Rivers,
the raspy loudmouth who pounced on America’s obsessions with flab,
face-lifts, body hair and other blemishes of neurotic life, including
her own, in five decades of caustic comedy that propelled her from
nightclubs to television to international stardom, died on Thursday in
Manhattan. She was 81.
Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, confirmed her death. A spokeswoman, Judy Katz, said the cause had not yet been determined.
Ms.
Rivers died at Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was taken last Thursday
after reportedly losing consciousness while undergoing a procedure on
her vocal cords at a doctor’s office on the Upper East Side. Doctors at
the hospital placed her in a medically induced coma. On Tuesday, her
daughter said she was on life support; on Wednesday, she said she had
been moved out of intensive care.
...Joan
Alexandra Molinsky was born in Brooklyn on June 8, 1933, to Meyer and
Beatrice Grushman Molinsky, immigrants from Russia. Her father, a
doctor, did comic impersonations of patients. Her mother insisted on
piano lessons and private schools for Joan and her sister, Barbara, who
grew up in Brooklyn and Larchmont. Joan attended Adelphi Academy in
Brooklyn, Connecticut College for Women and Barnard College in
Manhattan, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1954 with a degree in English.
Dreaming
of an acting career, she worked in the publicity department at Lord
& Taylor and was a fashion coordinator for the Bond clothing stores.
Her marriage to James Sanger, the son of the Bond stores’ merchandiser,
was annulled after six months in the 1950s. She married Mr. Rosenberg
in 1965. Melissa was her only child. In addition to her daughter, she is
survived by a grandson, Cooper.
Her
parents refused to support her acting ambitions, and she struggled for
years in office temp jobs while taking small parts off Off Broadway. She
became a stand-up comic to support her acting, working in grimy cafes
and small clubs, and was fired often. But she liked comedy and was good
at it. She developed fresh routines based on her experiences and
observations, changed her name to Rivers and got a few breaks.
...She
was one of America’s first successful female stand-up comics in an
aggressive vein that had been almost exclusively the province of men,
from Don Rickles to Lenny Bruce. And she was a role model and an
inspiration for tough-talking comedians like Roseanne Barr, Sarah
Silverman and countless others.
Read More at NYTimes.com
Johnny Carson Interview Joan Rivers on the Sammy Davis Show (1966)
Read More at NYTimes.com
Johnny Carson Interview Joan Rivers on the Sammy Davis Show (1966)
VH1 ATL: The Untold Story Of Atlanta’s Rise In The Rap Game’ (Full Episode)
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Woah Mama! British GQ Names Kim Kardashian West 2014 Woman of The Year
Looks like me Yeezus and British GQ are in favor of Mrs. West!
(Thanks to Miss Info)
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Usher ‘The UR Experience’ Tour Dates with August Alsina
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Tickets go on sale September 8 at 10am EST.
Nov. 1 — Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Nov. 2 — Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Nov. 4 — Detroit, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills
Nov. 5 — Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
Nov. 7 — New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Nov. 10 — Washington DC – Verizon Center
Nov. 11 — Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Nov. 13 — Boston, MA – TD Garden
Nov. 14 — Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun
Nov. 15 — Atlantic City, NJ – Boardwalk Hall
Nov. 17 — Chicago, IL – United Center
Nov. 18 — St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
Nov. 21 — Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Nov. 22 — Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
Nov. 24 — San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose
Nov. 26 — Seattle, WA – Key Arena
Nov. 27 — Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Nov. 30 – Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
Dec. 2 – Broomfield, CO – 1STBANK Center
Dec. 4 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Dec. 5 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Dec. 6 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Dec. 8 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum
Dec. 9 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
Dec. 12 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
Dec. 13 – Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena
Dec. 14 – Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Times Forum
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