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A marriage never meant to be
Movies: Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy’s (Michelle Williams) marriage was doomed almost from the start. When they met, she was a promising premed student; he was a high school dropout who had to take a dead-end job just to keep a roof over his head. At the time, she was attending a college in rural Pennsylvania while he was eking out a living a world away in Brooklyn. Comment.
PAL introduces Manhattan youngsters to art
Arts & Theater: Calendar illustrator, published poet and award-winning dancer are just a few titles that Manhattan youngsters have thanks to the Police Athletic League (PAL). Comment.
Making a better life for yourself
Books: Michael Oher became famous a year ago when his inspirational story was made into a heartwarming Hollywood movie. That overcoming-the-odds sports saga recounted how a traumatized, Black teenager went from homeless to National Football League star with the help of the a well-to-do family who rescued him from the streets of Memphis. Sandra Bullock even won an Oscar for her endearing portrayal of matriarch Leigh Anne Tuohy, a compassionate Christian who altruistically invited the gentle giant to move into her house. Comment.
TALENTED HARMONY
Arts & Theater: While most six-year-olds are busy watching their favorite entertainers on television, there is a delightful little angel who is having the time of her life actually interviewing them - in Hollywood and on the red carpet. Harmony Bailey, daughter of celebrity photographer Hiltron Bailey is lighting up Hollywood with a star quality that is dazzling the stars themselves. Comment.
‘Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter’
Movies: integrity and solidarity of women in the face of staggering adversity,” by Ed Gonzalez of The Village Voice, the documentary follows Mrs. Goundo, a Malian immigrant living in Philadelphia, as she embarks on a legal campaign to stay in the States once her status as an illegal immigrant is discovered. Comment.
‘Artist talk’ with holocaust survivor
Arts & Theater: inherent.” Comment.
Independent & Foreign Films
Movies: American Grindhouse (Unrated) Film fan documentary chronicling the history of cheesy exploitation flicks from the early days of cinema to the present. Featuring appearances by John Landis, Fred Williamson and Robert Forster. Comment.
Tensions escalate in sensual mumblecore
Movies: “Gabi on the Roof in July” Comment.
Go big for the big game
Food: When your friends and family gather around the big screen for the big game, only big flavor will do! Earn MVP status with quick and easy Johnsonville recipes featuring sausages that are big on flavor when served by themselves, or when they’re included in these traditional sports-fan favorites. Comment.
Bright future for reggae singer Casey
Music & Fashion: Legendary artist manager Copeland Forbes, managing director at Comar Productions Ltd. recently announced that he has signed talented Canadian female reggae singer Bonnie Casey to a five-year management contract. Comment.
Gramps sheds tears for Buju
Music & Fashion: This past weekend, on a cool Sunday afternoon in Miami, Florida, scores of reggae performers came together to show love and support for cultural DJ Buju Banton at a benefit reggae concert in his honor billed “Before The Dawn.” Comment.
Jerk cuisine launches ‘January to Jamaica’
Music & Fashion: On one of the coldest days of the year, WPIX-TV launched an enticing campaign highlighted by food and an opportunity to win trips they branded – “January to Jamaica.” Comment.
Independent & Foreign Films
Movies: Blackmail Boys (Unrated) Homoerotic thriller, set in Chicago, about a marriage-minded, same-sex couple (Nathan Adloff and Taylor Reed) who hatch a plan to raise the funds for their wedding by blackmailing a closeted cleric (Joe Swanberg) famous for his anti-gay crusades. With Danny Rhodes, Spencer Parsons and Marc Singletary. Comment.
Classic comic book series revived comic book series revived
Movies: When you hear that The Green Hornet is coming to the big screen, it’s reasonable to anticipate a typical superhero adventure akin to “Batman,” “The Hulk,” “Superman,” “Fantastic Four,” “X-Men,” “Spider-Man,” “Iron Man “and so many others of classic comic book lore. That is, until you also learn that this picture stars Seth Rogen, the standup-comic-turned-actor best known for cutting-up in irreverent teensploitation flicks such as “Superbad” and “Knocked Up.” Comment.
Pizzazz on a plate
Food: If you’re hungering for something new to eat, or it’s time to put some zip into the same old menus, take heart. These recipes bring two great ingredients together - Texas Rio Star Grapefruit and USA peanuts - perking up meal time with fresh and flavorful dishes. Comment.
Prince at Madison Square Garden
Music & Fashion: Prince announces one more night at Madison Square Garden on the heels of four extraordinary New York area shows last December and a sold-out show scheduled for Jan. 18. Comments (1).
Buju airs appeal ‘Before The Dawn’
Music & Fashion: Dancehall deejay Buju Banton appealed to radio listeners in the most populous Jamaican communities of Florida and New York to support his cause and concert by attending a fundraising concert set for Jan. 16. Comment.
Ailey set for national tour
Arts & Theater: In an exciting finish to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s five-week New York engagement, Sunday night’s closing performance paid tribute to Ailey’s leading woman Judith Jamison on her final season as artistic director. Jamison will now lead the company on a 24-city national tour from February through May, joined by Robert Battle who will become artistic director on July 1. Comment.
Tables Will Turn on HIV/AIDS
Arts & Theater: Jems Theater Company and Heat Wave Productions have collaborated to present a special North American tour of the hit Caribbean play “Tables Will Turn.” Comment.
Independent & Foreign Films
Movies: Barney’s Version (R for profanity and some sexuality) Screen adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s picaresque novel of the same name featuring Paul Giamatti in the titular role as a heavy-drinking, cigar-smoking, politically-incorrect, TV producer doing his best to reflect upon his life despite the limitations of advanced Alzheimer’s. With two-time Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman and nominee Minnie Driver. Comment.
LEGENDS OF BLACK JAZZ
Music & Fashion: The Black Jazz label was a pioneering jazz record label in the early 1970s. What I never thought was that in 2010, I would have the opportunity to hear a concert by some of the most influential and creative of the Black Jazz legends. Comment.
Longtime veep is new president of Guyana cultural group
Arts & Theater: Long-time vice president of the Guyana Cultural Association (GCA), Vibert Cambridge, is the new president of the group, which sponsors the annual folk festival in Brooklyn. Comments (1).
Flavorful Tea Recipes Recipes
Food: Tea has been enjoyed as a beverage for thousands of years. But more recently, tea has worked its way into the kitchen as a favorite ingredient of chefs, bakers and even mixologists. Sweet and grassy, light and fruity, smoky and complex — teas have a wide variety of flavor notes that complement many foods and give them a unique twist. Comment.
Reluctant monarch with speech disorder
Movies: When England’s King George V (Michael Gambon) passed away in 1936, he was first succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII (Guy Pearce). But Edward would abdicate less than a year into his reign, capitulating to the mounting public pressure to pick between the throne and his scandalous plans to marry his mistress, Wallis Simpson (Eve Best), a two-time divorcee’ and an American to boot. Comment.
MUSICAL TRADITIONS
Music & Fashion: What happens when artists from remote regions interact with their urban peers, and the traditional and contemporary meet in creative minds? Or when artists revisit traditions familiar but misunderstood, such as vodoun, hula, belly dancing and gypsy music? Comments (1).
Hope And A Future Benefit Concert
Music & Fashion: Calling themselves, “The Joshua Generation,” Dickson Guillaume and The New York State Haitian Interdenominational Mass Choir (also known as Haitian Mass) have joined the “Friends for Haiti” performers for Brooklynbased nonprofit Community2Community’s (C2C) “Hope and A Future” benefit concert at the Apollo Theater, Jan. 12 – the anniversary of the tragic earthquake that claimed more than 300,000 lives. Comment.
American tale of race and identity
Arts & Theater: Michael Fosberg has been helping American audiences confront the issues of race and identity head-on through his one-man, autobiographical play Incognito for nearly a decade. On Jan. 9 and Jan. 11, Fosberg brings the show to New York City’s Westbeth Center as part of the Association for Performing Arts Presenters NYC 2011 Conference. Comment.
Top music money earners for 2010
Music & Fashion: There are lists and lists for every single category of money earners for 2010. Sports has its own break-down from golf to baseball. In arts and entertainment the lists compile the biggest gainers in film, dance, theater and music. Here is one closest to the sound -- Music’s biggest top earners. Comment.
Jamaican among Oprah’s entourage
Music & Fashion: Jamaicans claim a mantra -- “If ah egg we inna di red.” Comment.
Becoming a healthier, hotter you
Food: Almost all of us have a distorted image of our body, often due to the importance our culture places on outward appearance and the onslaught of media images of airbrushed models and celebrities. Comment.
Becoming a healthier, hotter you
Food: Almost all of us have a distorted image of our body, often due to the importance our culture places on outward appearance and the onslaught of media images of airbrushed models and celebrities. Comment.
Breakfast Just Got Better
Food: Most people are familiar with the saying “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” However, many may not realize that what they choose to eat for breakfast is just as important as eating the meal itself. Now, breakfast lovers and skeptics alike can be good to themselves by eating a satisfying breakfast that’s full of the flavors they love. Comment.
Bridges & Brolin square-off in John Wayne classic
Movies: “True Grit” (1969) is a curious choice for a remake, since John Wayne won an Academy Award for the classic Western with a stellar cast featuring the likes of Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper and Glen Campbell. But that impressive pedigree did nothing to discourage the Coen Brothers from assembling their own A-list ensemble to mount a second screen adaptation of Charles Portis’ scintillating serial novel. Comment.
