No, your television screens were not literally burning up during last night’s MTV Movie Awards. That was simply the Catching Fire trailer , finally released after weeks of anticipation. Catching Fire Trailer And while fans will no doubt be watching it almost every day until the film’s November 22 release, we’re giving you another way to take a look ahead to this Hunger Games sequel. Still picture style! From Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson looking concerned as Katniss and Peeta, respectively… to our first glimpse at Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee… click through the following trailer captures now:
Kim Kardashian knows a thing or two about having her rear end filmed on video camera. Isn’t that right, Ray J ? But the reality star flipped the script over the weekend, getting behind the lens herself and hitting Play on half-sister Kendall Jenner, just trying to sunbathe in peace. Watch now as Kim gives props to her sibling’s body, mentioning how she continues to be called fat while Kendall is exceptionally thin. This isn’t at all awkward for all involved… Kim Kardashian Checks Out Kendall Jenner’s Ass
As if we didn’t see this one coming… Tamar Braxton and husband Vince Herbert have landed his and her own reality show spin-off. Tamar is obviously the breakout star from the Braxton Family Values bunch she even performed on the Soul Train awards without her sisters. Relationships: Surprising Ways You’re Hurting His Feeling Sister 2 Sister Magazine reports “When we sat down with Trina, Traci and Towanda Braxton for the December issue of Sister 2 Sister , they exclusively told S2S that Tamar and Vince will star in their own reality series, set to air next year.” Click here , for the full article! Trina Braxton’s Husband Shares Braxton Family Secrets & His Privates Online Mama Ev’s Got A New Man! “Braxton Family Values” [RECAP]
Words By Hafeez Raji Rarely do pioneers stay relevant some twenty-five years after coming on the scene to redefine a genre as one William Griffin, aka Rakim bka The R. Over two decades ago my only knowledge of hip hop–or better yet “rap”–revolved literally on my first vinyl album, a compilation of the Sugar Hill Gang’s record label greatest hits featuring Grand Master Flash, Whodini, The Sugar Hill Gang and a cast of others not even worth mentioning. That album would take a back seat to the only album that mattered to me for years to come and still ranks on my top 10 of all time. Paid in Full by all accounts did what Nirvana’s Nevermind did to the music landscape back in 87 and is widely considered to every bit as influential and important as the Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band . Musically it broke open the vault to every James Brown beat ever made and all but killed the common theme of sampling disco and rock albums to create the music for hip hop artists to rhyme to. Before Rakim blessed the mic, the themes of hip hop were fairly light-hearted concentrating primarily on party themes and less thought provoking rhymes. While Run DMC was screaming about being Kings of Rock , Rakim challenged our minds and challenged emcees to put more thought and emphasis on lyrics while charting his way to being labeled God Mc. “I take 7 emcees put em in line, add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme, it will take 7 more before I go for mine and that’s 21 emcees ate up at the same time.” – “My Melody” Few other hip-hop albums have been sampled more or listed in the top ten as Paid in Full . Stetsasonic, Gang Starr, 2pac, NWA, Lord Finesse, Warren G, Smif-N-Wessun, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Girl Talk and so on have all sampled Paid in Full . Back in ‘87 hip-hop still had a negative view from the critics and was really thought to be a fad that would soon die. It was perceived as crude noise with no real background or foundation for credibility when compared to other genres, which at most had their ties to soul, jazz or rock. Like Punk Rock the previous decade you had a lot of acts and crew who just simply had no talent or business picking up a microphone hopping on the scene and further contributing to the assertion that the fad would soon die. Paid In Full ushered in a new era of rap by throwing out all the whack conventions and made emcees go back and rethink their careers. Almost 25 years later Rakim still ranks up there in every artists top list of G.O.A.T. Kanye and Jay-Z may have you watching the throne but all kings and queens ( you can decide who’s who) must answer to a higher power. Paid in Full, is the best and most influential album ever made and there’s nothing wrong with coming in second to it. RELATED POSTS: Sonia Sanchez Gives Props To Hip-Hop At Black Film Festival [VIDEO] VIDEO: Rakim On The Turntables @ B.B. Kings Rakim F/ Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Styles “Euphoria”
Ne-Yo hasn’t been clear on his plans to marry Monyetta Shaw, the mother of his 10-month-old daughter, but he is definitely having another baby with her. While at an event in Atlanta, Ne-Yo revealed they’re going to have a baby boy! Find out more about what Ne-Yo said on the red carpet at Bossip.com . RELATED POSTS: Ne-Yo’s Baby Mama Claims They’re Engaged, But He Denies It Ne-Yo Is Engaged & Expecting Baby #2! Ne-Yo’s Mom Flustered When Asked About Son’s Baby Mama [VIDEO]
“What’s your number?” If your boyfriend or girlfriend asked this question, would you answer? Let’s not pretend we don’t all know what “number” I’m talking about and it isn’t your phone number (although for some guys out there your number actually may be approaching seven digits.) I had the pleasure of attending the premiere of the new movie “Whats Your Number?” starring Anna Faris and Chris Evans and since a healthy portion of the ways we govern our sexual and dating lives is based on our “number” I thought it would be interesting to find out just how important the number of partners someone has had really is. To give you a basic idea about the film, Anna Faris’s character has slept with 19 people and discovers in a Cosmo Magazine article that a woman’s chances of marrying after 20 partners drops significantly. This sends her on a quest to find all of her ex’s(with the help of an often naked Chris Evans) to ensure that the next man she gives it up to is the man that walks her down the aisle. Now I had the pleasure of speaking with the gorgeous Tika Sumpter (who can also be seen in the up coming Think Like A Man with Kevin Hart) on the red carpet who co-stars in the film playing one of Anna’s close girlfriends and I asked her about the importance of “the number” to women. So, should a woman ever reveal her number? Tika doesn’t think so saying, “Everybody always says they want to be honest I don’t think people really want to be honest with each other, so no. I don’t think everybody can take it, only a certain person can take it.” Personally I would have to agree, even as a man I can admit we may want to know but we may not always be happy with the answer, a sentiment she echoed for me saying, “Most men love being all over the place but if a woman can’t count(them) on her fingers then they don’t want to be with you. You want us to play as if we don’t have a lot of partners.” Well maybe Ms. Sumpter would want to know her boyfriend’s number? “Absolutely not,” she said. “Why would I want to know that? I just want to know that he’s safe and that’s it.” Which seems to be the right way to go about it. No one really wants to know their partner’s number because if it’s too low you probably won’t believe them(especially if it’s a guy) and if it’s too high you’ll probably want out of the relationship, or at the very least you’ll be thinking very heavily about who’s had your partner’s goodies before they got to you. What’s Your Number? is a very funny film, personally one of my favorite Anna Faris movies. It does a good job of expressing just how consumed women can become over something as silly as their number of sexual partners, how it affects their future, and Cosmo Magazine articles. It was a movie I wouldn’t have minded being dragged to by a girlfriend even if just to validate my belief of how women can sometimes over think things and have it played out comedically on screen for me. It’s no secret guys pride themselves on a high number and girls aim to keep it low. Society has pretty much conditioned us to think and act this way so don’t be too hard on yourself for your sexual behavior. So, would you tell your partner your number? Discuss it with them and us at TheUrbanDaily in the comments below now and after you go see What’s Your Number? in theaters this weekend. MORE MOVIE COVERAGE FROM THEURBANDAILY… Terrence Howard On “Red Tails,” Great Expectations For Black America [VIDEO] Sonia Sanchez Gives Props To Hip-Hop At Black Film Festival [VIDEO] Teaser Trailer for “The Last Fall” Starring Lance Gross and Nicole Beharie [VIDEO]
