James Brown Died on Christmas Day

James Brown, left, was known as the "Godfather of Soul" and the "Hardest Working Man in Show Business." James Brown fulfilled his life and did not leave one thing undone. He did it with his very might.AP has an excellent retrospective on his life.1933 - 2...

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NBC Universal Cuts Decimate Wash DC Legends

WRC-TV (Channel 4) in Washington, DC is losing anchor Susan Kidd, movie critic Arch Campbell and sports director George Michael due to NBC Universal's $750 million in opersting budget cu...

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Joseph Barbera of Hanna-Barbera Catoon Fame Dies

Hanna-Barbera Productions produced Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Johnny Quest, The Smurfs, and The Jetsons, among others. Joseph Barbera died at 95. William Hanna died in 2001. Their shows earned MGM seven Oscars and 13 Oscar nominatio...

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Black Women Endangered Species on Morning Talk

First there was Star Jones. Now Rene Syler, left, has gotten the axe. Julie Chen married management and remains safe during each purge. Okay. So the ratings are the rifle in the hunt for a hit. And CBS morning talk has been in the cellar forever. Not even Bryant Gumble could pull it out after he came out of retirement following his successful run at NBC.Syler is a professional but you can see the hurt behind her eyes. In television, she is the equivalent...

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Subways: NY Graffiti Explodes & DC to get Entertainment

New York graffiti 'artists' vandalized 162 subway cars in 2005, including spray-painting train exteriors, scratching messages on train windows or otherwise damaging equipment. It costs millions of dollars to repair the damage.Meanwhile, Washington DC is proposing to allow musicians, mimes, dancers and other entertainers to perform outside of Metro stations. Metro will ask local arts councils to recommend appropriate acts. Performances will be outdoors...

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Erin Brockovich Loses Hollywood High Oil Rig Lawsuit

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Wendell Mortimer Jr dismissed 12 lawsuits brought by Erin Brockovich-Ellis' law firm (Masry & Vititoe in Westlake Village) against Beverly Hills, its school district, Venoco (owner of the oil rig) and Sempra Energy (owner of a power plant near the rig) alleging that an oil well at Beverly Hills High School caused cancers in students between 1975 and 1997.The oil rig has operated for decades at Hollywood...

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Comic Book Environment Features Black Christian Heroes

Code, Joe and Max are black religious superheroes in The Guardian Line of of comic boiks published by Milestone Media. Milestone Media joined forces with Chicago-based Urban Ministries Inc to increase market penetration. Urban Ministries Inc, founded in 1970, is an independently owned and operated African American Christian media company with a distribution network of 40,000 churches and 1,500 bookstores for its books, CDs and DVDs.The Genesis 5...

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The Nativity Story: Black Wise Man Puts Food First

Okay. It is a very small thing, but we are here to nitpik. The film is minimalist and great. Go see it. The Three Wise Men provide comic relief in the film. When they are expressing concern about traveling for months to visit baby Jesus the black Wise Man expresses concern for his food and spices.It sounded like he couldn't go camping because he might miss his bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. We told you it was nitpiking over a small thing. But...

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NIGGER: Our Reparation and Whites Cannot Say It

White people should gladly refrain from using the term nigger anytime, anywhere, for any reason. Although present day whites did nothing to blacks in paticular, the vestiges of past racism can be seen everywhere in the U.S. - - mostly in separate communities. Resource disparities are also apparent due to America's racial history. Thus, whites should acknowledge the bloody and brutal history of their ancestors by paying this small reparation. No land. No money. No apology. And no NIGGER. The brilliant reporter Darryl Fears wrote a great article...

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Michael Richards, Senator George Allen & Mel Gibson

We agree with The Washington Post reporter Richard Cohen who writes, "We have come so far that it is not the vilified group that's hurt by the insult but the person making it. Richards fights for his professional life, Gibson licks his wounds, Allen lost the election - and a durable cliche is stood on its head: In America, injury gets added to insult."Although Cohen lets Allen off too easily (Allen is a clear racist), his overall point is accurate....

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Michael Richards Publicly Calls Blacks Niggers

Many Whites use this term to describe Blacks when they get angry. They just do not do it in public and in front of Blacks. It is our reparation. If you are white, you should be willing to pay this small price. Although today's Whites did nothing to Blacks, their ancestors brutalized our ancestors and whites today continue to benefit from the past oppression of blacks.Michael Richards is a rich, privileged White person. He chose to continue our brutalization. Some Whites think blacks are here to be kicked around just because they are dark people....

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Laurie David Campaigns for Al Gore By Pushing DVDs

Hollywood Climate Change Diva Laurie David, left, wants DVDs of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" in schools. Unfortunately, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) disagrees. The NSTA does not want every interest group in America to use this as a precedent to hoist their propaganda on school kids. David criticizes ExxonMobil even though they support distribution of the DVD to schools. (Wash Po...

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AAEA Supports LNG Facility at Malibu Pier Press Conference

The AAEA press conference in Malibu received significant media coverage in Los Angeles. The press conference was held on the pier patio on a beautiful day. The television coverage included background footage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers and storage facilities, diagrams of LNG facilities and file footage of the celebrity protest three weeks earlier.Pictured at left is AAEA president Norris McDonald and two attendees from Los Angeles. Los...

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AAEA Press Conference Supporting Malibu LNG Project

The Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility is being proposed by BHP Billiton, which wants to locate the terminal 15 miles off the coast of Malibu. Opponents are trying to kill the project by complaining that the terminal fails to meet federal clean air requirements. Pierce Brosnan, Barbra Streisand, Cindy Crawford, Martin Sheen, Tom Hanks, Sting and Charlize Theron and other celebrities are protesting plans to build the liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility. The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing a draft air pollution permit for...

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Hollywood A Big Air Polluter: Where is Celebrity Protest?

A UCLA study has concluded that Hollywood is a big air polluter. Hollywood produces more smog gases than are produced by aerospace manufacturing, apparel, hotels and semi-conductor manufacturing. Hollywood must do something about this besides buying a Prius as the 6th car and bragging about it. Or sending out emails claiming some victory or movement.Some movie studios are buying carbon offsets and The Matrix folk recycled the set. If Hollywood cannot...

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Bluetooth & the Brothers

Is it us or do the brothers 'play' the bluetooth more than others? The only people we see walking around with the bluetooth, for the most part, are the brothers. Of course, it does make sense as a fashion statement. And the brothers are into fashion. You know. Cool. So maybe the brothers see it as cool. Or maybe it makes some feel or look more important. Maybe it is the appearance of being busy. Wheeling and dealing. Working hard. Nothing wrong...

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Democracy Can Land You In Heaven or Hell

While walking down the street one day a US Senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. "Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in we'll have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity." And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all...

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Tom Cruise Takes Control of United Artists

Sumner Redstone fired Tom Cruise becaue he knew Cruise was negotiating to gain control of his own studio. Redstone was insulted and pretended to be angry about Cruise's behavior over the past year. Cruise's behavior has been mildly amusing at best. Don't mess with Sumner's money though. And Tom decided to break out and compete with his boss. So now Tom Cruise and his partner, Paula Wagner, willl take charge of United Artists, which is owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,...

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Flavor Flav: The King of VH1

According to the Nielsen ratings, nearly 7.5 million viewers tuned in for the October finale of VH1's "Flavor of Love." It is the highest rated show in the history of VH1. This is Flav's second, third or fouth successful act. He was the comic relief for the dead serious globally successful rap group Public Enemy. Flavor Flav, left, hit with VH1's "Surreal Life," where his romance with Sylvester Stallone's ex-wife Brigitte Nielsen wowed viewers. He...

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UK Guru Xyborg Shows Hip Hop Video Indictment

Xyborg publishes a revolutionary blog (The Afristocrat) that mines perspectives left untouched in the West. He has done it again with the promotion of NYOIL. We could talk about it but only watching the video indict the underbelly of Hip Hop culture can give you its true message. Click on NYOIL and prepare yourse...

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Blacks Actually Interviewed in New Global Warming Film

A new climate change film called The Great Warming will be coming out in selected Regal theaters on Nov 3rd in 34 US cities. The Great Warming is neither political nor pessimistic; instead it goes beyond the science to look at an array of solutions that can be implemented by individuals and communities. It presents climate change as a moral, ethical and spiritual issue. It also features leading African-American climate scientist Dr. Warren Washington,...

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Color of the Cross: Black Jesus Movie

Release Date: October 27, 2006 Distributor: Nu-Lite Entertainment. Synopsis: This movie examines the final 48 hours of Jesus Christs life before his capture at Mount Gethsemane. By portraying Jesus as a black man, this movie may appear controversial to some. However, it stands to be the single most positive image of a black lead character in a film to date.The controversy lies in the portrayal of Jesus as a black Nazarene, persecuted because of his...

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MTV Will Show Videos In China Through Baidu.com

MTV and the Chinese internet service Baidu.com have agreed to a joint venture that will distribute videos via the internet. About 15,000 videos and some shows such as "Pimp My Ride" will be shown in the People's Republic. MTV is a division of Viacom Inc. Baidu.com is China's biggest search engine. About 70 percent of the MTV videos on Baidu will be by Chinese performe...

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Chuck Berry is 80 Years Old

He is living near St. Louis, Missouri in a suburban home and has a 155 acre spread in Wentzville, Missouri called Berry Park. He still performs at Blueberry Hill one night a month and has since 1996. People from all over the world travel to see him perform.Although ChuckBerry and Little Richard invented Rock & Roll, they do not get the credit they deserve. Of course, both of the old war horses are still alive and they never performed together....

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Leo DiCaprio to Build Green Town for Television Show

Leonardo DiCaprio plans to be the co-creator and executive producer of a new television show that will focus on the environment and will chronicle the eco-friendly reconstruction of an American town as it is transformed into a "'green' utopia of tomorrow." The project is currently being shopped to broadcast networks.The idea for the project was inspired by the destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina and Al Gore's global warming documentary...

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Google Buys YouTube for $1.6 Billion - Bargain

Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, founders of YouTube, finally hit real pay dirt by enticing Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders of Google, to purchase their two year old company for $1.6 billion. AAEA uses YouTube too. But like any site that becomes popular, think the internet, it becomes a black hole because of its populartity. But lightning can still strike if you come up with something really unique to upload.YouTube recently cut deals...

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Madonna Funds Water Development in Africa

It is being reported that The Material Girl is planning to donate $3 million to drill wells in Malawi, Africa to provide water to orphans. She will also promote her Kaballah religion, calling the water "Kaballah water."Earlier this year, JAY-Z announced his plans to work for clean water during his world tour. Maybe the celebrities in Malibu will get the message and clean up their act if it is found that they are contributing pollution from their...

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Katie Couric & CW's Black Sunday Struggling

It took a month for CBS News anchor Katie Couric (7.5 million) to move to third and last place against ABC's Charles Gibson (7.6 million) and NBC's Brian Williams (8.2 million). At least she is still close to ABC.When UPN and The WB combined to become The CW, the black nights were reduced and moved from Monday and Tuesday to Sunday. The ratings are not good. "Everybody Hates Chris" opened with 2.4 million (even with help from Whoopi Goldberg), "All...

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Will Rupert Murdoch Improve DC Newspaper Market?

The Washington Post ran a tongue-in-cheek piece on the possibility of Rupert Murdoch, right, expanding the distribution of the New York Post in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Evidently Murdoch is printing copies of the NYP at local printing presses owned by the Baltimore Sun. Interesting.We hope Mr. Murdoch will publish a local paper in Washington, DC. Although The Washington Times does an excellent job, New York City has three major dailies....

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Black Writers & Creators Make Big Difference On Sit Coms

The black folk on "Desperate Housewives" did not work out while the black folk on "Grey's Anatomy" are thriving. What is the difference? We believe no blacks had input at "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy" is produced by a black woman, Shonda Rhimes. Does this mean whites cannot write black parts or create real black characters? Probably not. But it probably depends on which whites are writing and creating. Just as Shonda Rhimes writes very...

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YouTube Partners with Warner Brothers

Warner Music Group will distribute and license its copyrighted songs and videos through YouTube in a revenue-sharing deal that will inject needed capital into the young, money poor company. YouTube wants to cut similar deals with other media outlets and already has a deal with NBC to promote television this fall.YouTube wants to remain independent even though they could probably sell the service for billions right now. YouTube and Warner will make...

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Hollywood Celebrities Oppose Plans for LNG Facility

The Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility is being proposed by BHP Billiton, which wants to locate the terminal 15 miles off the coast of Malibu. Opponents are trying to kill the project by complaining that the terminal fails to meet federal clean air requirements. Pierce Brosnan, Barbra Streisand, Cindy Crawford, Martin Sheen, Tom Hanks, Sting and Charlize Theron and other celebrities are protesting plans to build the liquefied natural gas...

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Blacks Show Inferiority on First Episode of "Survivor"

Definitively proving that blacks are lower on the evolutionary scale, the first episode of "Survivor," showed that the black tribe could not build a boat or start a fire. Boat building is clearly a chore for the group that came down out of the trees the earliest in the Darwinian view. Thank you Mark Burnett for clearing this up for America.The black tribe proved their inferiority by losing the first challenge. They could not figure out how to put...

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Black Characters Dumped From "Desperate Housewives"

Although we like to see black actors working because of historical exclusions, we must admit that the addition of the Applewhites, the African American family with the nut in the basement, was not good. The interracial young lovers were hot, but probably did not play well in Kansas. And we love Afre Woodard, but she didn't seem to fit in this show. Maybe Gabriel Union or Thandie Newton would have been a better match. Anyway, we hope another black character will be cast. The Latino community is well represented. Of course, the role is pretty...

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Freddie Stone vs Tito Jackson

They were the guitar players and vocalists for two of the greatest sibling bands of all time. Chuck Berry introduced dance to the guitar player so Freddie and Tito danced too. Their brothers were the stars of the acts, but their contributions were vital to the success and image of the bands.So which one was the better guitar player, better looking, better dancer and better sing...

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"Caddyshack" did not need the Racist Scene

One of our favorite movies has a horribly racist scene inserted right in the middle. It is of a black man in a small boat. He 'bugs out his eyes' like they did in the early racist depiction of blacks in movies. Either the director is racist or one of the producers insisted on this intentional insult to black people. And we enjoy the movie so much. It is probably the perfect golf movie comedy. Shame, shame, shame on the racist idiot for placing this...

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Pee Wee Herman Does Sly & the Family Stone

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Vivendi Universal Music Group To Buy BMG Music Group

Vivendi Universal Music Group has won the bid to buy Bertelsmann's BMG's Music Publishing Group for $2.1 billion. If approved by USA and European antitrust officials it will add 1 million copyrights to Vivendi's 1 million copyrights, making them the largest music copyright holder in the world.Vivendi will still have copyright competition for songs played on the radio from Warner/Chapell and Sony/ATV. (Bertelsma...

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Linny Boyette: Today Show Outside Audience Star

Update: Linny Boyette Died on Sunday, October 6, 2013 Every time the camera pans the audience of the 7-10 am "Today" show on NBC, Linny is always there - - cool as ever. He has been there everyday for 12 years except for illness and is retired from the U.S. Army.  He is 63, was born in Jamaica and raised in New York and London. He speaks with a deep British accent. We must admit that he has taken a unique path to fame.AAEA President Norris...

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Governator Likes Hot Blood

So what did the governor of Cal - Lee - fornia mean when he said Latinas are 'hot?' Did he mean they are hot blooded? Hot headed? Or sexy hot? Probably all of the above. Some Latinos have complained that it is insulting to be considered hot headed. Point taken. But was Arnie giving a compliment here? He seemed to be saying that he likes the 'hot-ness' of Puerto Ricans with some 'black blood' in them.He apologized. We think it was a Hollywood stunt....

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Krumping: Hip Hop Meets White Frat Beer Blast Dancing

Krumping is evidently the new dance thing. There always has to be a new dance thing for teenagers. Remember the 'Swim,' 'Watusi,' 'Twist,' 'Breaking,' 'Robot,' 'Electric Slide?' And we thought the 'Dog' had taken over. Krumping is Hip Hop dancing like a spastic clown. Reminds us of white guys ater 10 bears at a keg party. But hey, this is America and hybridization of culture has made for all types of expressions. Anyway, a picture is worth a thousand words.Krump...

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Celebrity Fit Club & Hurricane Katrina

Celebrity Fit Club should have several shows in New Orleans and invite contestants from the evacuees. We know you noticed that many of the people, particularly some of the women, at the Superdome and the Convention Center had not missed a meal or a snack. New Orleans is known for its Cajun and Creole foods. Louisisna gumbo has nourished an obese population.Hollywood reality could meet reality in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward. They should set up shop...

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"Survivor" : More on the Racial Theme

There is a fine line between celebrating your race and taking it to that perverse place Hitler chose. But whites, blacks, Asians and Latinos should be proud of their races. Humans are competitive even to the point of war. Humans are violent even to the point of murder. But perversity and evil-doing are not unique to interracial and inter-ethnic conflicts. Man and woman's inhumanity to man and woman are not limited to race or ethnicity. So racial...

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MTV Video Music Awards & the U.S. Open

By Norris McDonald. I went to the awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall, its Red Carpet at Rockefeller Plaza and the U.S. Open on the same day. What a great day. Watched Nadal and Serena win in Arthur Ashe Stadium, left, and Layton Hewitt in the Louis Armstrong Stadium. The facility was named the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Always wanted to attend this event in Flusing Meadows, New York.Radio City Music Hall did not have good...

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Hawk-Eye Technology Changes Tennis Environment

Instant replay made its debut at the U.S. Open this week. And it was great. It made tennis matches much more exciting. Now if they would just get rid of lets. The 10 small cameras tracking shots measure marks within three millimeters. Only the Ashe and Armstrong stadiums have the system because it costs $300,000. Players get two challenges per set plus another one for tiebreakers. If the call is reversed, the player keeps the challenge.We believe...

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Little Richard is Hilarious in Geico Commercial

"MASH POTATOES""GRAVY""CRANBERRY SAUCE"...

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