Sundance Channel invites you to view the final episode of season two of ICONOCLASTS TONIGHT November 30, 2006 at 9 PM ET/PT, featuring the hilarious comedian Dave Chappelle and the prestigious poet Dr. Maya Angelou.

The goal of the program is to present intimate, unpredictable portraits of today’s provocative, creative leaders and in the process provide insight into the real people behind the public personae. Sundance Channel viewers, comedy and poetry enthusiasts alike are sure to find the final installment of Iconoclasts to be entertaining, engrossing and memorable. The possibilities for great storytelling are endless!

Above is a small snippet of the episode, should be a good one!

Check out our girl Jennifer Hudson in these new promo shots. She is definitely working these pictures. Dreamgirls will be hitting the movie theaters on December 15th and I’m so happy everything is going good for the former American Idol contestant.

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In light of the whole Kramer debacle, comedian Paul Mooney is renouncing the n-word and has vowed never to use it in public again.
The star who has made a living off using the word, said he would campaign to get all blacks to stop using it as well. In a recent interview with AP, he talked about his history with using the word and also declared that he would no longer use the b-word when referring to women..

Here is a snippet:

AP: You helped pioneer the use of the n-word in black comedy many years ago, didn’t you?

Mooney: Oh yeah. I had a romance with the word. I worked with Richard Pryor using the word. It was so destructive — it was created by whites to hurt and destroy — and we were trying to defuse it, trying to desensitize people to it. We did it every chance we got, we would drive people crazy. We were very funny at it. But Richard backed off the word in the early 1980s. He went to Africa and came back and said he didn’t see any n-people there. But I said, ‘That’s him, that’s not me.’ I was very much into it like an alcoholic was into (liquor).

AP: Any idea how many times you’ve used the word?

Monoey: Oh, honey, you can’t count it! If I had a dollar for every time I used the n-word I’d be a billionaire.

AP: Will he be forgiven? Isn’t this the ultimate taboo in America — a white person using racial slurs in public?

Mooney: The man is a human being. Everyone deserves a second chance. I’ve heard violent reactions from people, black and white — how could I be forgiving? Look, everyone’s rap sheet is ugly, mine included. We’ve all got to straighten up about this race thing. We’ve got to make something positive out of all this.

[tells a joke]

Mooney: Believe me, it will get just as big a laugh. Oh yeah, honey, it’s a new Mooney. And another thing — I will not be using the b-word (to refer to women) anymore either.

AP: Oh?

Mooney: I’ll say ‘heifer’ instead. In my wildest dreams, I never thought I’d be saying this, but it’s a whole new world. A new time. I can’t change the past, but one person can change the future — anything can happen. I’m taking my stand.

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