The Swine Flu has had almost 90 cases recorded in hospitals throughout the nation within the last few weeks, with the most in New Mexico. Other states with reported cases include New York, California, Texas, Ohio, and Kansas. The Swine Flu is a type of influenza that is embodied in pigs. Humans that work closely with pigs are most likely infected with the disease, especially in intenese exposures. This is indeed contagious, can be passed through humans, and is definitely a type of influenza.
Earlier today in New Mexico, a festival premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was cancelled due to the rapidly spreading infection. The government didn't want Hugh Jackman and crew to feel unsafe or even be a statistic to the epidemic.
Symptoms of Swine Flu include human flu, including fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A few patients have reported that they also suffered from diarrhea and vomiting.
The Center of Disease Control has shipped out over 12 million vaccinations throughout the nation to prevent the population from dying of the disease, if infected.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!
Grammy award singer Kelly Rowland and world renown fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi were tapped to host Bravo's upcoming reality TV competition show, The Fashion Show.
Rowland will lead a panel of judges that will critique the work of professional fashion designers.
The show will hit TV screens nationwide on May 7, 2009.
Also, a new single with Kelly Rowland featured has been released. The song "When Love Takes Over" is the lead single from French DJ David Guetta's upcoming album, One Love.
A muse of mine, Tyra Banks, is expected to be appear in a Goergia court this week, testify against a man that stalker.
No one disputes that Brady Green tried to get close to the famous supermodel-turned-talk-show host, but his lawyer says he's just a fan. Yes, she reaches out to her fans with positivity, but this man went a little beserk.
It all started with him trying to get tickets to her show in New York. Then the flowers and letters started flowing in. He even said that he rode a bus from Los Angeles just to see and that they indeed know each other. He even threatened to kill someone if they didn't give him the address to her studio.
Banks stated that Green showed up to her studio on multiple occassions and has had him escorted from the premises every time.
If convicted, Green could serve 90 days in jail.
Fashion trendsetter and often risque, Lady GaGa almost got arrested for wearing leather in a bar in Russia. What kind of rules do they have there?
Ms. GaGa stated in her Twitter that, "They tried to arrest me in Russia, for leather at St. Basil's. But all is calm in the red square, as I leave the east Parisbound."
Clothes are clothes. Fashion's a statement. Statement is freedom of speech. It's a free world! LOL! But be careful though, there are consequences. She almost faced one, although they were over leather pants. RETARDED!
Despite the fact that she would love to have a reunion with the other four Danity Kane girls, life for Dawn Richard is pretty amazing right now. Just as amazing as her new haircut.
In February 2009, a pair of earrings and three rings were taken and used in the investigation of the Rihanna & Chris Brown case. Rihanna is currently trying to seize the items back that she loaned from four different companies. If not returned, she will have to come out pocket with $1.4 million.
The Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems thriller, Obsessed, topped the domestic box office this past weekend with an estimated $28.5 million. A little bit more than expected.
Legendary stage, TV, and film actress Bea Arthur passed on Saturday morning in her California home. Arthur was battling with cancer for many years.
On Friday night, the anticipated thriller Obsessed opened big with ticket sales of $10.5 million total. Very impressive for their first night.
It's sad that I'm just discovering this. Jaheem Herrara, 11 years old, took his own life last week after enduring bullying and harrassment from his fellow classmates. Herrara was a fifth grader at Dunaire Elementary School located in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
His 10 year old sister found him hanging from a fabric belt in his bathroom.
He and his parents would often tell the administrators and teachers about the slurs that he battled with daily at school. Obviously, nothing was done about it. If something was done, he would still be here.
I think that it's a shame that it seems like this is becoming a trend all of a sudden. This is the third suicide of this kind to happen this year. 2 of them happened this month. Every time something like this happens, is it on the news? Some of the networks do, but not all of them.
Most people that hear about cases like these would most likely blame the kids in this young boys' school. But why should they be the ones to blame? At this age (elementary school kids), they don't really know better. They take what they've learned from their parents, their society, and the media and run with it. Most parents are religious and they believe in the Bible. Apparently, the Bible has taught them that being gay is against God's rule and that if you are, you'll be punished. Not only that... they will go to HELL! But how could this be possible if God already knows our destiny before it begins? He wouldn't have created us as mankind if he thought that something people couldn't help that comes so naturally would be so bad. Could anyone against the lifestlye even tell me how it's destroying anyone?
Another thing that annoys me about the parents is that they aren't teaching their kids the rights and wrongs of things that they say and do. They're not telling their children that there's a possibility that whatever they say do or do could 'cause something bad to happen. When kids feel neglected or feel like they don't belong, they have a tendency to think that they don't belong here. That's exactly that this boy felt before he hung himself. I'm sure his parents reminded him over and over that they would always be there for him to talk to. And they should fault themselves at all because they aren't the ones blame.
The media plays a big role in it as well. Driving their beliefs into TV shows, music, movies, etc. They bash gay people so badly that it makes some people feel unappreciated, unworthy, and indifferent. It's as if the word "gay" means alien, like homosexuals weren't meant to exist. Kids are learning their language that they use against their peers from the media as well, in my opinion.
The administrators and the teachers aren't doing much at the schools to prevent this from happening. If a child or their parent is repetitively saying something about being teased to them, they why aren't they trying to come up with some kind of punishment? Why aren't they teaching the kids that bullying is unhealthy to another kids' one heart, mind, and soul? Why aren't they developing a program to prevent bullying?
These are just a few of my thoughts at the moment. I will definitely be back at this later. EQUALITY FOR ALL!!!
What About That?
"We walked along the beach
What a moon-lit night.
He held my hand in his;
He kissed me and then he said,
"I wanna spend my life with you.
I want you for my wife".
But just then I thought
What about the times you lied to me?
What about the times you said no one would want me?
What about all the s**t you've done to me?
What about that? What about that?
What about the times you yelled at me?
What about the times I cried?
You wouldn't even hold me.
What about those things?
What about that? What about that?
What about the times you hit my face?
What about the times you kept on when I said, "No more please"?
What about those things?
What about that? What about that?
What about the times you shamed of me?
What about the times you said you didn't f**k her, she only gave you head?
What about that? What about that?"
When Brian and Jameka began dating, her friends were envious. Brian was smart, sensitive, funny, athletic, and good-looking.
For the first couple of months, Jameka seemed happy. She started to miss her friends and family, though, because she was spending more time with Brian and less time with everyone else. That seemed easier than dealing with Brian's endless questions. He worried about what she was doing at every moment of the day.
Jameka's friends became concerned when her behavior started to change. She lost interest in the things she once enjoyed, like taking dance classes and going to the mall. She became secretive and moody. When her friends asked if she was having trouble with Brian, she denied that anything was wrong.
Healthy relationships involve respect, trust, and consideration for the other person. Sadly, lots of relationships don't have these qualities — and many turn abusive.
People in abusive relationships sometimes mistake the abuse for intense feelings of caring or concern. It can even seem flattering. Think of a friend whose boyfriend or girlfriend is insanely jealous: Maybe it seems like your friend's partner really cares. But actually, excessive jealousy and controlling behavior are not signs of affection at all. Love involves respect and trust; it doesn't mean constantly worrying about the possible end of the relationship.
What is Abuse?
Abuse can be physical, emotional, or sexual. Hitting, slapping, and kicking are forms of physical abuse that can occur both friendships and romances.
Emotional abuse (stuff like teasing, bullying, and humiliating others) can be difficult to recognize because it doesn't leave any visible scars. Threats, intimidation, putdowns, and betrayal are all harmful forms of emotional abuse that can really hurt — not just during the time it's happening, but long after too.
Sexual abuse can happen to anyone, guy or girl. It's never right to be forced into any type of sexual experience that you don't want.
The first step in getting out of an abusive relationship is to realize that you have the right to be treated with respect and not be physically or emotionally harmed by another person.
Important warning signs that you may be involved in an abusive relationship include when someone:
Unwanted sexual advances that make you uncomfortable are also red flags that the relationship needs to focus more on respect. When someone says stuff like "If you loved me, you would . . . " that's also a warning of possible abuse. A statement like this is controlling and is used by people who are only concerned about getting what they want — not caring about what you want. Trust your intuition. If something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't.
In addition to the signs listed above, here are some signs a friend might be being abused by a partner:
"Empress Hill" is making a comeback to the stage after two years. Lauryn will be one of the many acts to perform at the Stockholm Jazz Festival in Sweden.
The tour lasts for five days and will start this summer in July. This will be Hill's second time headlining the tour and her first time performing to the public since 2007.
Although Brandy and crew left us with a cliffhanger with UPN's Moesha in 2001, Ms. Norwood is set to star is an upcoming TV series for ABC Networks called, "This Little Piggy".
Centered around a family man who’s forced to take in his younger brother and sister when times get tough, “This Little Piggy” will feature Brandy as the “high maintenance wife” of the younger brother played by Jeff Davis.
Planned for pilot presentation during the 2009-2010 season, “This Little Piggy” comes from writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley (Mad TV).
Brandy is also hard at work in the studio recording her sixth album. She has already tapped super-duo Stargate for production. Stargate is the production team that works with Ne-Yo regularly.
Oscar nominated actress Taraji P. Henson has already started production in an upcoming, New Orleans-based flick titled, "Hurricane Season". Also to star in the movie is Grammy winner Lil' Wayne, making his big screen debut, and rapper Bow Wow, who has had moderate box office success. Oscar nominated actor Forest Whitaker takes the male lead.
Based on a true story, “Season” tells the tale of Al Collins (Whitaker), a basketball coach at John Ehret High in Louisiana, who assembled a team of displaced high school students and taught them to channel their post-Katrina frustrations into a state championship-caliber season.
Lil' Wayne is pleased and very honored to work with Henson, due to the fact that she's being a good luck charm for rappers/singers turned actors in her past supporting roles.
Do you think Lil' Wayne can act as great as he raps?
We'll see soon!
Keyshia Cole is headlining a new 20-date tour simply titled, "A Different Me" in support of her current album of the same title. The first show will kick off on May 13th in Cincinnati, Ohio and ends on June 20th in Los Angeles, California. Other acts touring with Cole are Keri Hilson, Bobby Valentino, and The Dream.
Her next single from her album will be, "Trust" with R&B singer Monica. The video has already been shot.
The tour dates are as follows:
May 13: Cincinnati (Aronoff Center)
May 14: Milwaukee (Riverside Theatre)
May 15: Chicago (Chicago Theatre)
May 16: Detroit (Fox Theatre)
May 21: Atlanta (Fox Theatre)
May 22: Greensboro (Special Events Arena)
May 23: Atlantic City (Mark Etess Arena Taj Mahal)
May 24: NYC (WAMU @ MSG)
May 28: DC (Constitution Hall)
May 30: Norfolk (Ntelos Pavillion)
May 31: Columbia, SC (Township Auditorium)
June 2: Newark (NJPAC)
June 5: Mashantucket, CT: (MGM Foxwoods)
June 6: Baltimore (Pier Six Pavillion)
June 9: Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)
June 11: St. Louis (Fox Theatre)
June 13: Dallas (Nokia Live)
June 14: Houston (Reliant Arena)
June 18: Oakland (Paramount Theater)
June 20: Los Angeles (Nokia)
Rumor has it that rap star Chingy has been doing the do with a transexual by the name of Foxx-Jazzel. Foxx-Jazzel stated on a local Los Angeles radio station that she met Chingy back in 2003 at a party, before he was signed to a record label. Things escalated shortly afetrwards.
When asked if he was the giver or receiver, the tranny said that Chingy was indeed the receiver. Foxx-Jazzel admitted that this is definitely blackmail from something Chingy didn't do in the past.
I doubt this is true, but even if it is, umm... I'm speechless. Lol! I wish Chingy luck with squashing this one because it's getting around FAST!
Both videos from the phone call with the radio heads at Street Disciplez are below.
Perez Hilton was one of the judges at last night's Miss USA campaign. When Miss California was asked a question about her opinion about same-sex marriage by the famous blogger, she left a big audience shocked and disappointed with her answer. She stated that she loves that our country is allowing it, but thinks that marriage belongs to man and woman. That answer got her the biggest boo's in Miss USA history!
A numerous amount of threatening emails and letters sent to writer-producer-director Tyler Perry has lead to an arrest and restraining order of a young woman named Dawne Wilson.
Last year, Tyler Perry issued a restraining order to the woman after she allegedly sent an email to Perry stating, "You need to check your heart condition because it is filled with murder….your love has been but costly and deadly….Murder I say is the verdict."
After showing up at Perry's studio headquarters in Atlanta, Wilson was arrested for stalking and breaking her restraining order. Kind of retarded, I think.
Thank God Tyler is safe! He is currently in post-production for the upcoming I Can Do Bad All By Myself and writing a sequel to the box-office hit, Why Did I Get Married?.
After much thought, Oprah pulls a special that was dedicated to the columbine at Columbine High School. The event that took the lives of many students happened 10 years ago. And with all that happened in the tragedy, Oprah created a special episode called, 10 Years Later: The Truth About Columbine.
In her Twitter, she revealed the following:
"I decided to pull the Columbine show today. After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers. Today, hold a thought for the Columbine community. This is a hard day for them."
Hope the Queen of the Universe come to some terms with this situation. I still love and look up to her, regardless.
American Idol alum Fantasia has just inked a deal with VH1 to have her own reality TV show. The show will chronicle her life as a recording artist, Broadway star, and a single mother. Episodes are to start airing in early 2010. A title and episode count have not been set yet.
Also, she is to start another run of Oprah Winfrey's The Color Purple in June and in the process, release a single from her forthcoming album with no title.
A song from Ciara's highly anticipated album, Fantasy Ride, has been leaked and it's titled "G is for Girl (A-Z)". An official track to be on the album, the song has been leaked nationwide and is on various blogs all over the web. Production was done by Polow Da Don. Personally, I'm loving it. WERK CIARA!
Fantasy Ride will be released on May 5th with a standard and deluxe CD/DVD edition. The album also unleashes her superheroine alter-ego, Super C.
Here the song below
Ne-Yo has just released his new video for his next single, "Part of the List". The song is fourth single to be taken from his Grammy-nominated album, Year of the Gentleman.
The Black Eyed Peas' newly released video for "Boom Boom Pow". Hope ya'll like!
The song is a #1 hit and is the first single from their upcoming album, The E.N.D.
A publicist of the Queen of Pop is claiming that Madonna fell off of a horse this past Saturday. The horse was said to had reacted uncannily when a paparazzo jumped out of the bushes to take pictures of Madonna on the horse.
Prior to this incident, in 2005, Madonna suffered injuries of 3 cracked rib bones in her chest and a broken collar bone from riding a horse.
Luckily, yesterday, her injuries were minor and she walked herself out of the hospital. YAY MADONNA!!!
Lady GaGa's "Poker Face" has become a worldwide #1 hit with one of the most infectious hooks of the year, so far. Although it may sound like she's talking about gambling, completely, she's got a little truth underlying the lyrics. During a recent concert in Florida at the Palm Springs White Party, Lady GaGa has revealed that she talks about her personal experience with bisexuality in "Poker Face", saying that the song is about being with a man but fantasizing about a woman; hence, the man must read her "Poker Face."
Regardless, I still love the song, and it's still a hit.
For all of the kids who love the Bey, she has finally posted tour dates for select cities of the United States. Included in the dates are a 4-day stint in Las Vegas. 4 DAYS! Hope she doesn't past out or anything else. Lol!
According to Bey's official website and Ticketmaster, the fan club members are allowed to purchase tickets first as of April 20, 2009. Ticket pre-sales to the general public will start on April 25, 2009. At each venue, Beyonce has made 2,000 seats available to be purchased at $20.75. So far, the highest ticket price is $109.75. VIP packages will be available for purchase as well. Ticket purchasing will start at 10 A.M. on both dates.
During her tour run, Beyonce will play Ms. Philantrophy by feeding the homeless and hungry through a food drive. She is co-sponsoring the food drive with General Mills' Hamburger Helper's Show Your Helping Hand beginning on April 25.
The tour dates are as follows:
Sun/Jun-21 - New York City, NY - Madison Square Garden
Wed/Jun-24 - Washington DC - Verizon Center
Fri/Jun-26 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center**
Sat/Jun-27 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Mon/Jun-29 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
Wed/Jul-1 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
Fri/Jul-3 - New Orleans, LA - Superdome (Essence Music Festival)
Sat/Jul-4 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center**
Sun/Jul-5 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
Tue/Jul-7 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
Thu/Jul-9 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena
Fri/Jul-10 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
Sat/Jul-11 - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
Mon/Jul-13 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
Thu/Jul-16 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
Fri/Jul-17 - Chicago, IL - United Center
Sat/Jul-18 - Detroit, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
Thu/Jul-23 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
Thu/Jul-30 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Theater, Wynn Las Vegas
Fri/Jul-31 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Theater, Wynn Las Vegas
Sat/Aug-1 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Theater, Wynn Las Vegas
Sun/Aug-2 - Las Vegas, NV - Encore Theatre, Wynn Las Vegas
Have you ever come across anyone with HIV? What about AIDS? Do you even know if you've come across with it? Could you tell your friend the difference between the two? I'm sure that you're wondering, "Why is he asking all of these questions?". One day, you'll learn understand why.
Two years ago, if you were to approach me and interrogate me with the same questions, I would not even know what to say. In my high school and in the community that I stayed in, no one knew much about the HIV and AIDS epidemic. In school, they taught us very little about it. The only educators that were allowed to instruct on this were the health teachers. To be frank, they didn't do a good job at it. The students in the class seemed bored with it, having the most blank expressions on their faces. No one in my community knew how you could get or how many cases were presented each year. I couldn't go home to my mom and ask because she knew very little.
Just like I did with every thing else that I wanted to know about, I researched it myself. I read all of the facts and even looked at pictures. But that was not enough for me. Soon I would come across various non-profit organizations that were trying their best to tackle this issue. It wasn't until I became a member of Da CRIBB when I became extremely serious about it. Being there, I got to meet a lot of brothers who were very accepting of each other. Everyone was different there and at first, being around a lot of gay people was something I couldn't deal with. Ultimately, I learned how to accept everyone for who they were and that everyone is different. Everyone of us in this world is special in our own right. We should embrace who we are and what we stand for in the most positive light.
One of the things that I stand for most is the HIV/AIDS. For the past two years, I have been heavily into the gay community of Atlanta. Being in the community doing volunteer and outreach work with Da CRIBB, I've come across an ample amount of people who are HIV positive. These people have changed my life in so many ways, I can't even describe. The little I knew about HIV became even bigger and now that I know much more about it, I want to let people out there know that this disease has NO FACE whatsoever. When I say it has no face, I mean this... you could walk up to the cleanest, sexiest, most attractive man on this Earth and think that nothing is wrong with him, but he could have it. Now, typically, any general person would look at a frail, skinny person and think that they could have it. In reality, he could be HIV negative. Keep in mind, this isn't just with HIV, this is with every STD in existence.
Here are some things that you should know:
