Thursday, July 17, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Al Reynolds - I AM NOT A HOMOSEXUAL - ON YOUTUBE
LOS ANGELES — It's not easy being Al Reynolds these days.
The soon-to-be ex-husband of Star Jones says he's "been called a gigolo, a freeloader, unemployed, a sham and many other things that don't bear repeating" since Jones filed for divorce in March.
Reynolds posted a 485-word rant on MySpace and Facebook on Tuesday, using the social-networking Web sites to air his frustrations with media coverage.
"If you think you are having a tough day, may I propose you walk in my shoes for a few hours," reads the opening line. "In my mind, it feels like 'Dump on Al Month.'"
His publicist issued Reynolds' only official statement on his split from Jones after three years of marriage: "We are taking the high road."
"As much as I want to defend myself, it seems like a silly and futile exercise," Reynolds writes. "It's clear that the media doesn't want to let the truth get in the way of a good story. I hate to ruin their fun."
Click here to see YOUTUBE interview.
Complete Story At Source>>>
SHIRTS AND SKINS WITH DEMARCO MAJORS PREMIERES ON MTV-LOGO THIS FALL
Well, after years of shameless promotion of my boy Demarco Majors and our screening of the trailer of "Rockdogs" at last year's Oakland International Black LGBT Film Festival, the "Rock Dogs" will premiere this fall on MTV Logo as "Shirts & Skins"."Shirts & Skins" follows the true-life story of the San Francisco Rockdogs, a young all-star basketball team who must reunite to uphold their city's three-generation legacy of international gay games gold medal, and national tournament wins. ÿAfter their last gold in 2006, the team fell apart, only to be rallied back together by their founders to defend their title at the upcoming National Gay Basketball Championship in Chicago. When the Rockdogs join together as family, they win. So will this new generation of talented players be able to put aside their interpersonal differences, love lives, and late night rumbles in time to get their game on and bring home the championship?
Click here for Logo Fall Schedule>>>
Click here for Logo Fall Schedule>>>
Obama Denounces Tasteless New Yorker Cover
The cover of the July 21 New Yorker depicts Obama in turban fist bumping his wife who is complete with an afro and automatic weapon while an American flag burns in the fire place and picture of Osama Bin Laden on the mantle that is getting all the attention.
Both presidential campaigns have denounced this cover. Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said, “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Sen. Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."
Both presidential campaigns have denounced this cover. Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said, “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Sen. Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."
McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds agreed, “We completely agree with the Obama campaign, it’s tasteless and offensive.” The New Yorker has defended their cover as satire, and even if you can get past the hatchet job this does on Obama, what bothers me most is the burning of the American flag, and picture of Osama Bin Laden over the mantle.
To me that image is a slap in the face to all of those who were injured, died, or lost loved ones on 9/11. I don’t think it is appropriate to joke about Bin Laden in such a personal and political sense. People who see this cover won’t see satire. What they should see is a shameless attempt by an irrelevant magazine to get some cheap publicity.
complete story at source>>>To me that image is a slap in the face to all of those who were injured, died, or lost loved ones on 9/11. I don’t think it is appropriate to joke about Bin Laden in such a personal and political sense. People who see this cover won’t see satire. What they should see is a shameless attempt by an irrelevant magazine to get some cheap publicity.
DEATH ROW DEAL
NEW YORK Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auctioned for $24 million.
The New York-based Global Music Group Inc. told The Associated Press on Monday that on June 24 it purchased Death Row, including its back catalog and current artist contracts.
The purchase concluded the roller-coaster saga of one of hip-hop’s most famous labels. Under owner Marion “Suge” Knight, Death Row sold tens of millions of albums in the heyday of early ’90s rap before collapsing in debt and mismanagement.
A former couple, Lydia and Michael Harris, claimed they helped found the label and won a judgment of $107 million, which they tried to collect in 2006. Unable to pay, Death Row and Knight filed for bankruptcy in April 2006, claiming debts of more than $100 million.
The New York-based Global Music Group Inc. told The Associated Press on Monday that on June 24 it purchased Death Row, including its back catalog and current artist contracts.
The purchase concluded the roller-coaster saga of one of hip-hop’s most famous labels. Under owner Marion “Suge” Knight, Death Row sold tens of millions of albums in the heyday of early ’90s rap before collapsing in debt and mismanagement.
A former couple, Lydia and Michael Harris, claimed they helped found the label and won a judgment of $107 million, which they tried to collect in 2006. Unable to pay, Death Row and Knight filed for bankruptcy in April 2006, claiming debts of more than $100 million.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Rapper Too Short Could Loose Recording Studio In Oakland
OAKLAND — Oakland rapper Too $hort faces losing the downtown recording studio he recently opened if the music icon does not turn over more than $1 million owed from a 1996 settlement involving a deadly car crash.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office has been ordered to seize the equipment Too $hort installed in the UpAllNite studio, which he opened in May on Franklin Street, to pay the remainder of the settlement now totaling more than $1.1 million, including interest charges.
The settlement stems from a 1991 head-on collision in Oakland that killed passenger James Ellerbee, 22, and seriously injured the driver, Matthew Martin.
Too $hort, whose legal name is Todd Shaw, was not directly responsible for the crash.
Ellerbee's parents, however, brought a $17 million wrongful death suit against Shaw because his GMC pickup truck collided with the Mercury Cougar Ellerbee and Martin were in.
According to court documents, Shaw was uninsured and legally drunk. His blood alcohol level was .18, more than twice the legal limit of 0.8.
He had also clipped a parked car about 400 feet away and was fleeing the scene of that accident moments before the two vehicles collided head on about 2:15 a.m. April 25, 1991, in the 3000 block of 73rd Avenue. The Mercury Cougar had crossed over the center line as it came around a curve. Police at the time said both drivers were speeding.
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The Alameda County Sheriff's Office has been ordered to seize the equipment Too $hort installed in the UpAllNite studio, which he opened in May on Franklin Street, to pay the remainder of the settlement now totaling more than $1.1 million, including interest charges.
The settlement stems from a 1991 head-on collision in Oakland that killed passenger James Ellerbee, 22, and seriously injured the driver, Matthew Martin.
Too $hort, whose legal name is Todd Shaw, was not directly responsible for the crash.
Ellerbee's parents, however, brought a $17 million wrongful death suit against Shaw because his GMC pickup truck collided with the Mercury Cougar Ellerbee and Martin were in.
According to court documents, Shaw was uninsured and legally drunk. His blood alcohol level was .18, more than twice the legal limit of 0.8.
He had also clipped a parked car about 400 feet away and was fleeing the scene of that accident moments before the two vehicles collided head on about 2:15 a.m. April 25, 1991, in the 3000 block of 73rd Avenue. The Mercury Cougar had crossed over the center line as it came around a curve. Police at the time said both drivers were speeding.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Jesse Jackson Wants Obama's Nuts
WASHINGTON - In a vulgar tirade caught on tape by Fox News, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said he wanted to "cut his [Barack Obama's] nuts out" and he accused the fellow Chicagoan of "talking down to black folks" by giving moral lectures to African-Americans, source said Jackson's shocking quotes were picked up by a hot mic before an interview on health care in Fox's Chicago studio last Sunday.
Shame on you Jesse Jackson, smiling in Barack's face and stabbing him in his back, how Judas of you. If the great civil rights activist Jesse Jackson isn't immune to black on black jealousy and hate, what should we be expecting from young black people in America.
See video clip below.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
VIOLENCE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
In August of 2007, the Bureau of Justice Statistics issued a special report on Black Victims of Violent Crimes. The report was compiled by BJS Statistician Erika Harrell, PhD.The good news is that the report shows the overall rate of nonfatal violent victimization declined for blacks/African Americans, whites, and Hispanics age 12 or older between 1993 and 2005.
However, the report states that while blacks accounted for approximately 13% of the U.S. population in 2005, they were victims in 15% (805,000) of all nonfatal violent crimes and nearly half of all homicides.
These findings were based on data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR), Supplementary Homicide Reports.
The report indicates that Black victims of homicide were most likely to be male (85%) and between the ages of 17 and 29 (51%). Blacks were killed with a firearm in about 77% of homicides against them. Homicides among Blacks were more likely to occur in highly populated areas, including cities and suburbs. About 53% of homicides against blacks in 2005 took place in areas with populations of at least 250,000 people. Blacks in households with lower annual incomes were at greater risk of violence than those with higher annual incomes.
I have my own thoughts about these statistics, they include historical and socio-economic factors, but why do you think that our community still battles with such high levels of violence?
Source:
http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/pub/press/bvvcpr.htm
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Jennifer Hudson - SPOTLIGHT HOUSE REMIXES
Academy Award-winning actress/former "American Idol" contestant & Sex And The City movie co-star, Jennifer Hudson will release her debut album, a self-titled affair, in September via Arista Records.
The first single, "Spotlight," has already hit radio outlets. "Spotlight" was written by Ne-Yo, who co-produced along with Stargate. Additional contributors on the album include Timbaland, Robin Thicke, the Underdogs, Diane Warren and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, among others."I think people will be pleasantly surprised, because it shows a side of my work that no one has heard before," Hudson says of the new album.
The first single, "Spotlight," has already hit radio outlets. "Spotlight" was written by Ne-Yo, who co-produced along with Stargate. Additional contributors on the album include Timbaland, Robin Thicke, the Underdogs, Diane Warren and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, among others."I think people will be pleasantly surprised, because it shows a side of my work that no one has heard before," Hudson says of the new album.
I just received a promoters copy of the remixes for "Spotlight" from my boy Peter Albertelli in NYC af Flylife Music and will be playing my favorite version of the Spotlight remix in the Playboyz Lounge (upper level) in San Francisco this Saturday, July 12 at the new PLAYBOYZ Party at Eight Nightclub, 1151 Folsom Street. Click here for party info.
Comedian Vincent Oshana - GAY "CAL'S JR" COMMERCIAL
Ok..I was asked to post the gay "Cal's JR" video again. I guess it was pulled off of youtube but I found it again here on "funny or die."
The video was a viral video hit produced by WayoutTV.com the brainchild of Damon Wayon. And for those who never saw the clip, it was a parody of Carl's Jr.'s Six dollar Burger, "The Messy Meaty Burger; It's that good!" The video starred Damon Jr and funny man Vincent Oshana who is shown licking droppings of hamburger from between Damon's legs. Oshana, who is also Middle Eastern, is a funny comedian who loves showing of his nude tight ass little body (see below).
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See his stand up act below.
MOVE OVER RAY J - MINI-ME VERN TROYER NEW SEX TAPE KING
Fleshbot Reports: Given the fact that we were all treated to the sight of him pissing into a houseplant on that VH1 reality show a few years ago, we guess this had to happen eventually: Famous tiny person Verne Troyer, best known to audiences until this point as Mini-Me from the Austin Powers movies, has joined the long list of celebrity pornographers and made himself his very own sex tape.(Yes kids, even dwarves make bad decisions sometimes.) SugarDVD has reportedly offered $100,000 for the tape—but unless they get Troyer's consent, none of us will get to see just how else Verne likes to get freaky. While you're (not) waiting to see how it all pans out, we invite you to watch this alternate reality version of how things might look. We know it's not the real thing, but it's the closest we could find for now ... and maybe the closest you'll ever want to get.
View video at your own peril by cicking here ..MEIN EYES!...MEIN EYES!!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
L.A. Sherriff's Commander Sends Letter To Cuppa Joe About ATB Cancellation
(This letter is being published in its entirety, unedited as it was submitted to me from Carl Deely, Commander with the Los Angeles Sherriff's Department)
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"I want to thank you for mentioning another side of this issue.
I am very disappointed in what I have read elsewhere. People have been forming an opinion and going as far as to accuse Sheriff's Department personnel of racism and bigotry, based on partial and faulty information.
Does it truly make sense to you that after nearly two decades of the same event, the Sheriff’s Department has suddenly developed a bias and cancelled the “At the Beach” event?
The Sheriff’s Department did not cancel the event. As part of the permit process, which is controlled by Beaches and Harbors, we did ask for increased security and additional conditions to ensure the safety of all participants and everyone using the public beach area. These came as a result of actions which occurred at last year’s event, which placed the safety of participants and the general public in jeopardy.
I personally worked with the organizer of this event to explain the conditions and try and make them easier to implement. I also told him we would try and hire as many reserve deputies, at a reduced cost, as possible to ease the additional costs. I even extended our deadline for the organizer to make a decision and told him if the participants avoided the problems from last year, at this year’s event, we would work with him and see if we could reduce the security costs and conditions for 2009.
As part of the permit process, the requested money would be placed as a deposit, with the potential for a substantial refund if the event ended on time and the conditions were followed.Due to the disturbances last year and a failure to have shuttle buses, as agreed, to take the participants to the off-site parking, the costs went substantially over the budget. Those additional costs have yet to be paid.
These conditions were not last minute. The organizer missed a meeting with the involved government agencies in May and did not take advantage of an offered make-up meeting with Beaches and Harbors. As a result, the negitiations were handled by phone conversations and e-mails.The organizer chose not to accept the new costs and conditions, thus choosing to cancel the event.
As of last Friday, I thought a series of contacts between the organizer and me had ensured the event would continue this year. I believe those contacts were open and we had achieved mutual understanding, if not total agreement. I regret I was unable to solve the concerns to his satisfaction."
Carl Deeley
Commander
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
HANCOCK - REHABILITATED SUPER HERO
I went to see Hancock last night and you can tell it's that time of year: Will Smith season. And the the King of July 4th has another smash hit on his hands with Hancock, costarring Oscar winner Charlize Theron and funnyman Jason Bateman.
This is the only major release at the box office over the holiday weekend, and every studio clears a path because, no doubt about it, he's one of the No. 1 movie stars in the world.
In a summer of superheroes, you also have to admire actor-turned-director Peter Berg for bringing us an entirely new character, who doesn't have to cater to both fanboys and mass audiences, or worry about staying true to the source material.
This movie was funny and unpredictiable and although the special effects were nothing new, the storyline is unique.
This is the only major release at the box office over the holiday weekend, and every studio clears a path because, no doubt about it, he's one of the No. 1 movie stars in the world.
In a summer of superheroes, you also have to admire actor-turned-director Peter Berg for bringing us an entirely new character, who doesn't have to cater to both fanboys and mass audiences, or worry about staying true to the source material.
This movie was funny and unpredictiable and although the special effects were nothing new, the storyline is unique.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Los Angeles Black Gay Beach Party Cancelled
My email and phone have been buzzing with messages from my Southern California friends about this blog entry since the weekend. I waited until I got input from reliable sources before posting this item.On what would have been the 20th anniversary of the ATB a.k.a "AT The Beach" the organizers have announced that the center piece of the LA Black LGBT Pride event has been cancelled.
For years ATB (held at Point Dume in Malibu) was the place to be, California's largest Black LGBT Pride event and one of the largest Black "gay pride" events in the world. But in recent years, attendance has been down (particularly among men) which some attribute to the growth of all male focused events targeting African American men like Miami Sizzle, San Juan Brothas, Blatino Oasis and the growing number of new travel options for men. Also, last year rumors swirled that the ATB pride event wouldn't happen because of financial troubles.
So what was the cause of this year's cancellation? Violence, this according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, the City of Malibu and a few people who were in attendance last year. Kevin Davenport of Long Beach told Cuppa Joe that he was there when a fight broke out between two or three women. "I saw the fight between the lesbians and I promptly left." said Davenport. There have also been reports that a gun may have been involved.
According to sources, the City of Malibu at the last minute issued a new “special condition” that dramatically raised fees and shortened the time by which the event could take place.
Although some in L.A. are scrambling to find other beaches, the last minute notice given to the nation about this change has many wondering if this will be the proverbial nail in the coffin for this legendary beach event or just a hiccup that will clear up next year. Only time will tell.
Joe
Tiger Tyson In Your Car?
On the heels of the launch of his new dildo earlier this year, Tiger Tyson is now asking that you take him along on your next road trip. It doesn't get any better than that!You'll love the fresh and sexy smell, and Tiger's photo's is not bad either! Now you can show your love for the Tiger 24/7. The scent is of course, "Tiger"!
Additional Tiger Tyson Car Fresheners can be purchased for $3.95. They make great gifts for Tiger fans, your friends and lover, and yourself. Buy a bunch!
Keep innovating Tiger..see you soon.
Joe
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