Check out the trailer for the 2006 documentary American Blackout, which chronicles the 2004 re-election of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney to the U.S. House of Representatives and discusses issues surrounding alleged voter disenfranchisement and the use of voting machines in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.
The film is being screened nationally. Visit American Blackout for showtimes. You can also view the documentary in its entirety on Google. (Thanks Niaa for the tip!)
Concrete Loop hopes you’ve already registered to vote, but just in case you haven’t, Declare Yourself today!
Should any problems arise at your polling place, visit Smart Voter which provides numerous resources available to you within your state. You can also call the national hotline regarding voting irregularities: 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
Spike Lee, Hilary Swank and Wesley Snipes pose for photos at the 80th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday in Hollywood. Since, Ruby Dee was the only black celebrity to be nominated in any of the major categories this year, I didn’t really watch the awards show like that. You can peep the full winner’s list here though.
♫ Mint Condition ft. Anthony Hamilton - Baby Boy, Baby Girl
Remember the group Mint Condition? They are best known for their songs “Breakin My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)”, “You Send Me Swinging” and “What Kind Of Man Would I Be”. Well they are making a comeback with a new album entitled, “E-Life” (being released in May). Above is their new single, “Baby Boy, Baby Girl” featuring Anthony Hamilton.
Johnny Gill was interviewed by the Doug Banks on V103 in Chicago on Friday and addressed all the gay rumors and if he caused the break-up of Eddie Murphy & Tracey Edmonds. He denies the rumors and says Eddie doesn’t even pay attention to them.
Sen. Barack Obama has introduced his wife, Michelle Obama, as his “rock”—the person who keeps him focused and grounded. According to Michelle, she is just making sure he is “keeping it real.”
Mrs. Obama covers the Feb. 25 issue of Newsweek. She responds to reports of emasculating her husband:
“Somehow I’ve been caricatured as this emasculating wife,” she tells Newsweek. “Barack and I laugh about that. It’s just sort of, like, do you think anyone could emasculate Barack Obama? Really now.”
And mentions how she met her husband:
In 1989, she was assigned to mentor a young, unconventional summer associate by the name of Barack Obama. Michelle was unimpressed by the office gossip about the hotshot Harvard Law student, a biracial intern from Hawaii whom she dismissed as “a black guy who can talk straight.”
Chris Brown joined Rihanna in Barbados when the island honored her on her 20th birthday. The singer was welcomed by fans in her home land as well as the Prime Minister, who all recognized her recent Grammy win and officially declared February 21st ‘Rihanna Day’.
Chris was there for support of course, and was asked to cut Rihanna’s celebration cake…
