Saturday, July 5, 2008 |
Just before the 4th of July weekend, I attended D. Woods from Danity Kane’s birthday party at Luckie Lounge in downtown Atlanta with some friends. The party was great. It started off with some performances by Danity Kane, D. Woods, her sister Shanell (who has been featured here before), as well as Aubrey O’Day, R. City, and new Universal Motown signee, Mika Means.
Other guests included Bryan-Michael Cox, Lloyd, Mychael Knight and many more.
Excuse the lighting and bluriness of a couple of photos! The lighting was so weird!
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Saturday, July 5, 2008 |
Sorry for the lack of updates, but we are down in New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival. We’ll be back on track in a couple of days. lol!
Anyway, I finally got to meet the talented Ms. Tasha Smith on Friday during Day One of the festival. She spoke during the ‘Leading Ladies Talk About The Representation of Black Women In The Media’ panel and signed autographs for her fans. She even took time to chat it up with me & J. Dakar and mentioned that she is a big fan of the site. Let’s just say I’m an even bigger fan now that I met her in person. She’s genuine and definitely deserves her props. Thanx Tasha & Joseph!
In Related News, Tasha has 4 upcoming films in the works and she is also working hard running her successful acting workshop. Keep doing it big Tasha!
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008 |
After completing the critically acclaimed, Oscar®-nominated 2002 feature CITY OF GOD and the critically acclaimed multi-part TV series, CITY OF MEN, filmmakers Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund are back with the DVD release ad ‘CITY OF MEN’, the full length movie.
‘CITY OF MEN’ MOVIE TRAILER
Continuing the stories from a notorious slum (or what they call a ‘favela’) in Brazil, the movie follows Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) and Acerola (Douglas Silva), two teens from Rio de Janeiro. With their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own young son. But when they suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends are forced to confront a shocking secret from their shared past.
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Monday, June 23, 2008 |
Over the weekend, I attended Solange’s show here in Atlanta with a couple of friends, including Dorion from BET’s College Hill: Atlanta. The show was amazing - Solange is really proving herself this time around. Not only did she look absolutely amazing, but she performed with a broken toe, and sounded wonderful. She had a stage presence that was really captivating. Her set was fresh, and she was just a pleasure to watch.
I also would just like to wish Solange a happy 22nd birthday tomorrow! Her party is today in LA!
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Monday, June 16, 2008 |
TIME.COM just released their list of top 50 websites of 2008 and Concrete Loop made the list in the ‘Info & Gossip’ section. That’s wassup! Here is what they wrote:
You may not notice just how white celebrity-gossip sites like TMZ and Perez Hilton really are until you check out ConcreteLoop. Devoted to black celebrities, it regularly features A-listers like Rihanna, Usher, Denzel Washington and Alicia Keys. In addition to the usual paparazzi shots and rumors, you’ll find posts on fashion and politics, as well as tons of comments from ConcreteLoop’s audience of nearly a million regular readers. We also like Bossip for its lower-brow appeal and Nah Right for its choice video clips. [SOURCE]
We appreciate all the support and love from all our visitors! Honestly, I still can’t believe the site is as big as it is. Big thanx to TIME Magazine for recognizing us.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 |
From Pre-School to Med School many CL readers are graduating this year (some of you have already) and I want to feature you all. Graduating is a big accomplishment and I gotta show my CL peeps some love. So, send in your graduation pictures and I will make a feature featuring you.
Pictured above: Mya, 4, graduated from Pre-School on Friday in North Carolina. I babysit her all the time. Such a smart & cute little girl. & Yep, she knows about CL and loves her some Rihanna & Raven. KEEP READING FOR MORE DETAILS
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
Keri Hilson finally premieres her first single on CL, from her debut album, In A Perfect World…, which hits stores September 23rd. “Energy” is a great crossover record, produced by The Runaways, who have done work for Natasha Bedingfield and many more. If you’re not positive about who Keri is, you may remember her from the smash hits, “The Way I Are” and “Scream,” from Timbaland’s latest project, Shock Value. She’s also responsible for countless hits like Omarion’s “Icebox,” and Britney Spears’ “Gimme More.”
Keri’s album will contain productions from Polow Da Don, Timbaland, Danjahandz, The Clutch, Cory Bold and more. I am so excited for Keri and so glad that she finally has a release date. Make sure you continue to check out CL for more exclusives from our girl Keri. “Energy” will be available on iTunes starting tomorrow.
Make sure you hit Keri up on MySpace and show her some love, and tell her CL sent you!
Friday, May 9, 2008 |
I had the honor of meeting Kanye West on the Charlotte stop of his ‘Glow In The Dark’ tour last night. And let’s just say the concert was basically THE SHIT. Lupe Fiasco killed it! His live stage presence was no joke. He performed with some dope artists too, Nikki Jean being one of them so look out for an Artist Spotlight on her sometime soon. N.E.R.D. killed it (sorry if I’m using that word too much) but that is the only way to describe it. Pharrell got too much swagger and I wish they let us do video because he busted his ass, but he played it off good. lol. Little Miss Rihanna was aiight. Honestly, I wasn’t really feeling her performance. However, she did get the crowd moving when she spit some old reggae hits and of course “Umbrella”. Homegirl is really pretty in person though, like crazily. Oh and I talked to Chris Brown backstage, he was mad cool.
As for the hardest working man in show business? His performance was no joke. Imagine chilling on stage for 90 minutes, working through emotional and physical pain, only to make his performance the best I’ve ever seen live? I can’t even put into words how fantastic his show was. Honestly, the only way to understand what I would describe would be to actually go out and see it. True art, live on stage with no fillers. You know how some people use those stage props as a crutch to compensate for their lack of talent? Kanye used his stage as a stepping stone to catapult him to another level or should I say planet. Continue Reading »
