Spike TV is bringing the Blade character from the movies to television. Kirk "Sticky Fingers" Jones, right, plays the part popularized by Wesley Snipes, left. If demonic vampire action is your thing, then the creators of this show brag that there will be plenty of realistic injuries and wounds to satisfy your sick blood lust. Of course, this new Blade does not have Wesley's cool haircut.
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training.
People For The Ethcial Treatment of Animals (PETA) seems to target celebrity blacks more than the papparazzi and gossip magazines. Lindsay Lohan gets virtually all of the paparazzi and grocery store mag attention and Beyonce gets very little, even though she is in a relationship with megastar hip hop impresario Jay-Z. But we digress and do not want to just whine about racism.
The King's home has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of Interior (March 27). Graceland was Elvis' primary residence for 20 years and it was the King's home. Graceland is one of the five most visited home museums in the U.S.
Rock Brenner in his book about his father Yul writes:"For all but a few well-grounded individuals, stardom produces an artificial and unbalanced relationship with the rest of humanity. Psychologically, the relentless attention of complete strangers is abnormal, and gradually induces a state of perpetual self-consciousness - not self-awareness, but self-centeredness.
It is not surprising that stars feel entitled to exceptional treatment when privilege is constantly reinforced by acquaintances and strangers alike, and stardom seems to overrule civil conventions. In the midst of such exceptionalism, the golden rule is easily suspended."
Although HBO's 'Entourage' did not go into the technical and political aspects of electricity needs in California because 'Aquaman' was opening, it clearly showed the relationship between the temperature and the need for additional electrical generating capacity because parts of L.A. blacked out when the temperature hit 105 F. In fact, while the boys were watching the movie the theater lost power. Of course, this did not stop 'Aquaman' from opening bigger than 'Spiderman.' Put simply, California needs to build more nuclear power plants fast. We would be happy to arrange a tour of a plant for the boys (Debi Mazar too).
It is still news in the 21st Century for a black person to be the first or only one of his or her race engaging in some activity that we were excluded from for centuries, or in the case of race care driving, decades. Alas, Bill Lester, left, is the first black in 20 years to race in NASCAR's top stock-car series. Waste Management is one of his top sponsors.
