Posts Tagged ‘Entertainment’

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May14

Where Black Folks are Hanging out in Cyberspace (5/14/12)

by Duane on May 14th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
Posted In: Headlines

I posted this on our Facebook page this morning. Black website rankings for 5/14/12

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Feb19

Why Blame Bobby?

by Duane on February 19th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Commentary

This morning I posted the following response to a question on Facebook. The question had to do with people who are still blaming Bobby Brown for Whitney Houston’s downfall.

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Feb17

Glenn Beck and the Tiny People in His Rear View Mirror

by Duane on February 17th, 2012 at 8:12 am
Posted In: Commentary

For some time now I have been begging Black television execs to stop begging Comcast and Time Warner for a place on their grid and to create their own space. Although

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Feb03

Let’s Show ‘em

by Duane on February 3rd, 2012 at 8:14 am
Posted In: Commentary

Blackvoices.com contributor Javon Johnson wrote a great article recently on something he calls “The Cult of Blackness”. In this piece, Javon completely nails what I was merely trying to communicate last week. Here is an excerpt.

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Oct12

I’ve been saying this for how long now?

by Duane on October 12th, 2011 at 7:04 am
Posted In: Commentary

From Robert N. Taylor for eurweb.com “Atlanta-based Bounce TV then followed “The Wiz” with a schedule which included “A Raisin in the Sun,” Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” a week of Richard Pryor comedies and reruns of such classics as “Soul Train.” Like other broadcast and cable media

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Sep13

She is just following history

by Duane on September 13th, 2011 at 7:20 am
Posted In: Commentary

In this “shocking” video (as blackvoices describes), Sunday Best contestant Le’Andria admits to showing up drunk in several public places due to the various circumstances that happened in her life.

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Aug11

Guess which Black-owned website drives almost as much traffic as Facebook?

by Duane on August 11th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Posted In: Our Expression

Supply and demand. If there is a demand for foolishness, there is someone right there to supply it.

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Jul11

Another boycott for BET planned

by Duane on July 11th, 2011 at 6:24 am
Posted In: Our Expression

Found a “Boycott BET” group on Facebook and had to comment (and nobody “liked” it–sniff, sniff). “I hate to be Johnny Raincloud here,

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Jun30

Does it take a law degree to talk about Beyonce’s cooch?

by Duane on June 30th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Posted In: Headlines

Fred Mwangaguhunga is the founder of Mediatakeout.com. This brutha has a law degree, worked on Wall Street, and of course he is an entrepreneur. Yet with all of those skills, he produces something that shows Black folks in a light that would normally be deemed “demeaning” if produced by others. Mediatakeout is by far the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jun27

“Black Embarrassment Television” (Twitted to death…by Black folks)

by Duane on June 27th, 2011 at 6:35 am
Posted In: Just "Why?"

While doing some social media work for a client last night, I could not help but notices that the BET Awards was trending near the top worldwide at one point. While much of the world had moved on after the awards show, HotLanta was still talking about it well after midnight.

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Mar30

More Black web television: soulkissestv.com

by Duane on March 30th, 2011 at 7:12 am
Posted In: Our Expression, success

For the past week now I have been totally immersed in web-based television. With cable boxes finally gone, I am VERY pleased with the amount of good choices that we now have in our household. As soon as I can get a moment, I am going to write all about it. In the meantime, check […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Mar22

Chris Brown: The Product

by Duane on March 22nd, 2011 at 7:55 pm
Posted In: Headlines, Just "Why?"

ABC’s product~ “Despite Roberts’ impressive decision not to go easy on the felon, does ABC ultimately agree with Brown? Quite possibly.

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Feb15

Another reality show and Magic scores again

by Duane on February 15th, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Posted In: Our Expression, success

From EW: “After The Sinbad Show and his movie roles (remember Jingle All the Way?) dried up, Sinbad re-married his college sweetheart, kicked his 30-person entourage off the payroll, and got back into his original passion of performing stand-up comedy.

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