Friday, November 28, 2008 |
An exclusive video clip from the upcoming movie “Cadillac Records” was released online earlier this week. In the clip, Etta James (portrayed by Beyonce) and Leonard Chess (portrayed by Adrien Brody) have a conflict over the direction of a song, but ultimately Etta pulls it off.
HOW DID BEYONCE DO IN THE CLIP?
In related news, Beyonce attended a “Cadillac Records” press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel earlier this week in Beverly Hills, California. Peep the photos below..
Friday, November 28, 2008 |
Singer Ashanti took part in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC on Thursday afternoon. The singer who has a bunch of ventures coming up next year (new shoe line with Kelis and a book) recently took part in the one-night-only Broadway performance of, The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken. During which she was a main singer who closed the show with, “Defying Gravity.”
In related news, a unreleased track from Ashanti’s latest album, The Declaration was released online this week. Click here to ♫ listen to “Crime”.
( Photos: BAUER-GRIFFIN )
Friday, November 28, 2008 |
Peep Jamie Foxx’s new video “Just Like Me,” featuring T.I. Directed by famed movie director Brett Ratner, the video will premiered earlier this week.
With a modern day take of “anything you can do, I can do better,” Foxx and actress Taraji P. Henson battle in a series of funny challenges from Guitar Hero to a stare down contest, for Foxx to eventually find out that she’s just like him when it comes to competition.
Intuition, Foxx’s third studio album (second on J Records) will be available everywhere on December 16th.
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Friday, November 28, 2008 |
Guess who was spotted leaving a date with her man? Hint: She is a very popular T.V. personality…
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Friday, November 28, 2008 |
President-elect Barack Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, pass out food at St. Columbanus Parish and School on Wednesday in Chicago, Illinois. The family also spoke to an excited group of children after passing out the turkeys..
( PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES )
Thursday, November 27, 2008 |
In case you missed it, President-elect Barack Obama and First Lady-elect Michelle Obama sat down with Barbara Walters for a Barbara Walters Special which aired Wednesday night.
The interview covered, among other things, a potential bailout of the auto industry, bonuses for bank executives and Obama’s negotiations to retain his BlackBerry. Obama also details his biggest fear, and it’s not what you might think.
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Thursday, November 27, 2008 |
DR. ALEXA I. CANADY (1950-) is the first black female neurosurgeon.
Canady was born November 7, 1950, to Clinton and Elizabeth Canady. Her father was a dentist, and her mother served as president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, in addition to other civic affairs. The family lived just outside Lansing, Michigan. Canady and her brother were the only two black students in their entire school.
Canady was an exceptional student and named a National Achievement Scholar in 1967. She attended the University of Michigan, earning her bachelor’s in zoology in 1971, although she had almost dropped out of college. She explains, “The summer after my junior year, I worked in Dr. Bloom’s lab in genetics and attended a genetic counseling clinic. I fell in love with medicine.”
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