movies/2013/02/24/quvenzhané-wallis-could-make-history-again Only four other black women have won an Oscar Halle Berry, Whoopi Goldberg, Octavia Davis and Gone With the Wind’s, Hattie McDaniel. Quvenzhané Walli is an in demand young actress now. If she wins an award tonight at the Oscars, Walli will be youngest actress in it’s to history to win. At 9 years old,
If the richest country in history can have Debt ceiling; then shouldn’t the rest of us? We all know the infamous Debt ceiling fight in the US was very contentious; and everyone came away from the battle bloodied. The Debt ceiling, as it pertains to US economy, is an imposed borrowing limit, based on the
The American economy is still the biggest in the world, by a wide margin from its next competitor, China. The average yearly GDP (gross domestic product) is 14.5 trillion US dollars. To put that in perspective its next closest rivals put together don’t come close in wealth. The US have the most billionaires and millionaires
In a 2011 documentary on US financial news channel, CNBC, IRS agents admitted to snooping US citizens’ Facebook pages. The CNBC piece was on tax cheats – a group that’s increased by some 40% since 2008. Facebook alone now have more than one billion registered users on its site. That’s one sixth of all human
Don Cheadle’s television gamble is a winner. The talented movie actor’s Showtime drama/comedy, House of lies, is a hit. The Hotel Rwanda star is one of many A-list stars taking their chances with t.v. shows. Series likes Cheadle’s and AMC’s The Walking dead are pushing into territories big network corporations can’t go. The very first
Jay-z should be the artist selected to do the next James Bond theme song. Not only because a rapper hasn’t done a Bond song but because the legendary New York poet’s got swagger. Jay has impacted modern culture like no other artist alive. The guy’s retired like twice from music but each of his comeback
Rihanna’s Video Stay Gets 30 Million Hits in a Week
Rihanna’s steamy video for the single, Stay, picks up an astounding 30 million views on YouTube – in a week. Stay is the third single from her 7th studio album, 2012’s, Unapologetic. The video and song features up and coming indie artist Mikky Ekko. They both performed the song at this year’s Grammy awards. Fans
Afra Raymond talks the TED conference audience about the massive oil money corruption taking place in his native country Trinidad and Tobago. His talk focused on the corruption in the oil sector in his country. According to the TED site… Trinidad and Tobago amassed great wealth in the 1970s thanks to oil. But in 1982,
Illegal Movie Downloading Not Hurting Black Films!
Illegal movie sharing isn’t hurting Hollywood as most movie insiders would have you believe. On the contrary illegal file sharing sites can introduce young black actors to a wider audience. The MPAA and RIAA have been lamenting lost revenues from P2P technologies. No doubt, illegally sharing movie files online is taking massive profits from studios.
First there was one, Oprah Winfrey. For a long time the only female, black billionaire in the whole world. More precisely, Lady O was actually one of the first acknowledged black billionaires alive. Today, the brilliant Ms Winfrey is America’s only black billionaire. A shameful proof of the country’s lingering baggage it’s long abolished black
We’re sure Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t happy a piece of space rock exploded over Russia a few days ago – but somewhere deep inside the rock star astrophysicist, he may have said, ‘told ya so’. Tyson, for years have been sermonizing the need for increased budget funding for NASA. A passionate speaker, it’s as if,
Black People Missed Biggest Stocks Gains in History
President Obama’s minting more millionaires and billionaires than any US leader in recent memory. Since the record fall of the financial markets under George W. Bush – which also continued for a few months into Obama’s first term – the rich got richer. Most gains from investments are taxed at a precipitously smaller rate than
The world’s newest billionaire gets no love from Forbes magazine. In an article titled, “Isabel Dos Santos, Daughter Of Angola’s President, Is Africa’s First Woman Billionaire” – Forbes formally introduced us to, Isabel Dos Santos from Angola. Forbes, the foremost authority on wealth, albeit personal or commercial – thoroughly vetted Santos in their story. The
Isabel Dos Santos is the sexiest billionaire in the world. Let’s face it, most billionaires look like the nerd king, Bill Gates. Then there’s President Obama’s friend, the totally unsexy, hairy, Warren Buffet. When the world got its first look at a – true – pretty billionaire, we all rejoiced. It is possible; becoming a
Chris Martin said Rihanna was the best singer in the world. While that maybe up for debate – what isn’t though – is how hard the Bridgetown, Barbados native works. Yes, Rihanna is the hardest working pop star in the world. There is no debating that fact. The woman’s toured and released 7 albums in
Writer director Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is now the second highest grossing western flick of all time. So far raking in a massive, $366 million – worldwide total. The unlikely black, western/romance movie is still burning up the North American and international box office. Movie tracking website, Boxofficemojo, gives the Tarantino western a number 3
The NAACP: Nolonger Necessary for Black Empowerment
Someone should tell Ben Jealous and the rest of NAACP, their day in the light is up. In a time when there’s a black president and first lady, voted into office in spite of the organization not because of it – is the NAACP still relevant? President Obama is not the leader of black America,
Antonia Thomas makes my heart skip a couple beats when i’m watching the English tease onscreen. Antonia is the daughter of a Jamaican mother and an Englishman, David Thomas – classical bass singer. Antonia gained worldwide fame as a pivotal cast member of the hit British tv show, Misfits; currently in its 4th season. She
