Senator Barack Obama got a major boost Tuesday with victories in the Democratic presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Obama remains in a tight race with Senator Hillary Clinton, but the Illinois senator is favored to add to his delegate lead in next Tuesday’s contests in Wisconsin and Hawaii. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington. Experts were struck by the margins of the Obama victories on Tuesday, especially in Virginia and Maryland where he won 64 percent and 62 percent of the vote respectively. Obama benefited from strong support from African-Americans and a burning desire for change among many voters like this man in the nation’s capital.
“I just want to see change in the world and I think this primary can bring about change, specifically on Iraq and health care,” he said. Obama has now won eight contests in a row against Clinton and hopes to build unstoppable momentum with victories in next Tuesday’s primary in Wisconsin and a Democratic caucus in Hawaii. “It is about whether we are looking backwards or whether we are marching forward,” said Obama. “And when I am the Democratic nominee for president, that will be the choice we have in November.”
New music from Raven-Symoné! The song is called ‘Double Dutch Bus’ and it will appear on the College Road Trip soundtrack, which will be Raven’s new Disney movie staring opposite Martin Lawrence in theaters March 7th. The movie, as well as the single, sounds fun! I’m not complaining. I think what Raven’s doing is pretty cool, I saw the movie’s trailer and it seems like a great family movie! I think ‘Double Dutch Bus’ was produced by The Clutch becos I hear their trademark in the beginning plus Danja is all over this track, lol!
Christina Milian was spotted by the paps leaving Villa nightclub in Los Angeles, CA. As I type this post, I’m praying to the Heavenly Father above and asking him for guidance and to lead me into the right direction so that I can figure out what the hell she has on. Is that a v-neck sweat-shirt with poofy arms? I ain’t gon lie, homegirl looks hella fine from the neck up, and from the thighs down. But whatever is going on in the middle needs to cease … now.
After a little over 3 months on the picket lines, striking members of the Writers’ Guild of America voted approximately 93% in favor to accept a deal with producers to finally end the strike, reports People. The writers are expected to return back to their jobs as early as this week.
The agreement – which still needs to be formally ratified – removes the boycott threat that had been looming over the Feb. 24 Oscars. “I am ecstatic that the 80th Academy Awards presentation can now proceed full steam ahead,” Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the ceremony, said in a statement. Under the new deal, producers agreed to give writers a piece of the profit from programs that run on the Internet. Writers also will receive an increase in residual payments for movies and TV shows downloaded online.
Thanks to the new agreement, “writers will lead the way as TV migrates to the Internet and platforms for new media are developed,” said Patric M. Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America, West. As a key concession, the Guild did give up its push to have its membership include animators and reality television workers.
According to Newsweek, the strike costed the entertainment industry approximately $3.5 billion!
If you haven’t been vacationing under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard about the “beef” Aretha Franklin has with Beyonce for referring to Tina Turner as “The Queen” at Sunday Night’s Grammys. Well now Beyonce’s dad and manager Mathew Knowles has thrown the media his 2 cents. Get ‘em Matt!
“As a manager I am not taking something this ridiculous to Beyonce. Beyonce referred to Tina Turner as a ‘queen. Not queen of gospel, queen of soul, queen of blues, Queen of England. I consider my wife a queen and sometimes call her that. Does Aretha have a problem with that?”
“ReRe the Body,” as my girl Fresh likes to call her, hasn’t been in the news a lot lately, as far as mainstream news & gossip goes, so maybe this is the perfect time for her to get her name out there. Smart move ReRe. You got us talking!
Mr. Sexual Eruption (Sensual Seduction) aka Snoop Dogg is featured on the cover of the April 2008 issue of XXL Magazine, set to hit stands later on in the month. Be sure to cop that new album, “Ego Trippin,” when it hits stores this March!
‘Bout dang time, I been waitin’! ‘Push’ was one of my favourite songs from Enrique Iglesiais’ Insomniac (Interscope) album, it had that pop/urban appeal to me, especially with Lil’ Wayne being thrown into the mix. I’m glad they are finally releasing this song as a single from the Step Up 2 The Streets soundtrack as well. Above you can watch the teaser version (what the hell is up with all these today?) which is 01:37 long. Hopefully the full version leaks soon …
Check out the beautiful, and when I say beautiful, I mean DAMN THIS GIRL IS FINE! Whew! Carmelo Anthony is one lucky momo f*cka. Just by looking at her, you can’t even tell that she not too long ago just popped a baby out. Wait, where was I? Oh yeah, Lol. Check out my wife La La Vasquez posing for the 2008 swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated. The shoot was done in New York and is featured in the issue that hit newstands yesterday. Beyonce caused a stir in the industry when she was featured on the cover this time last year, and this year’s cover features model Marisa Miller. If you’re interested in checking out the cover, CLICK HERE, and if you’re interested in checking out the rest of the swimsuit models, make sure you CLICK HERE. Models Selita Ebanks and Jessica White are featured in the magazine too. To check out more photos of La La’s fine ass … you know where to go! (They’re after the cut if you’re new around here, lol)
Here’s a video I found of Kelly Rowland performing the US national anthem aka the “Star Spangled Banner” at this year’s NFL Pro Bowl in Hawaii this past Sunday. She did good!!
I’m confused. This cannot be the full length ‘Flashing Lights’ video, it can’t be; I’m loving the concept but I think it’s already been done … I’ll hold off on the commentary once I see the FULL video (whenever that will be).
Beyonce
Chris Brown
Ciara
Diddy
Lil Wayne
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Rihanna
T.I.
Usher
Raven-Symoné – Double Dutch Bus – 
