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Break Ups: Did Toni Braxton Drop Tamar’s Chubby Lumpkins Hubby Vince As Manager?

Well this should make for an interesting family dynamic on the upcoming season of “Braxton Family Values”. According to Billboard reports : Los Angeles-based entertainment/production company The Collective has signed Grammy Award-winning singer Toni Braxton and up-and-coming singer/songwriter BC Jean for worldwide career management. The announcement follows the company’s recent signing of singer/actress and Destiny’s Child founding member Kelly Rowland. A six-time Grammy winner, including best new artist, Braxton stars with her sisters on the WEtv reality series “Braxton Family Values,” which has been renewed for a second season. The R&B singer’s most recent album was 2010′s Pulse. The project, Braxton’s fifth top 10 on the Billboard 200 (debuted/peaked at No. 9) and fourth No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, has sold 149,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. Craig Baumgarten of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Baumgarten Management & Productions, continues to represent Braxton for film and television. Damn… Maybe Vince was just too busy with GaGa?

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Break Ups: Did Toni Braxton Drop Tamar’s Chubby Lumpkins Hubby Vince As Manager?

Hurt Locker Wins Big at Oscars, Kathryn Bigelow takes Best Director

It was the first Iraq war movie to really break through, and now “The Hurt Locker” has won six Academy Awards, including best picture and best director, marking the first time an Oscar for directing has gone to a woman. The movie opens with a quote from Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges. “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” Hedges wrote that line in his book “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning.” The film is surprisingly apolitical, given its subject matter. It was written and co-produced by Mark Boal, a journalist who won an Oscar for his screenplay. The winning director, Kathryn Bigelow, was only the fourth woman ever nominated in that category. She beat out, among others, Lee Daniels, who would have been the first African-American to take home the best-director statuette. http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/hurt_locker_wins_big_at_oscars_2010030… added by: toreyray

Best of the Decade: Oscar Winners for Best Picture

Gladiator (2000) A roaring epic that blended brawn and brains, Gladiator took home five Oscars, including best actor for Russell Crowe. Continue reading