It seems Roger Ebert was unable to make the trek to Cannes , but his wife (and Ebert Co. VP) Chaz sends a report from the South of France with a fantastic breakdown of the fest’s offerings — and sweet words for Rog back home: “Today there may not be starlets jumping nude in the ocean, but we are still being given stories of young love and old love and passion and feelings and ideas that make life worth living. Thank you for introducing me to this world. Now I just want you to hurry back to it.” [ Chicago Sun-Times ]
Bieber’s “Boyfriend” gets a boost from the South, courtesy of the Ying Yang Twins??? Double the guilty pleasure for sure. What do you think? Do You Hate It… Or Love It?!?
Black history, our history, American history is a complicated matter riddled with facts that make us proud and others that make us cringe. It is a story of a nation built by men and women who sacrificed their lives to force America to live up to its promise. These men and women were also full of contradictions. Frederick Douglass was one of those contradictions. He is remembered as a writer, abolitionist and orator. He was a human rights activist before the label existed. Yet, he also vehemently opposed the Great Migration of blacks from the South to the North to escape the crippling shackles of Jim Crow. Read Douglass’ bio . Douglass was born in February in the early 1800s in Tuckahoe, MD. In his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave,” he wrote that he did not know his exact birthdate. Most references to Douglass focus on Douglass’ post-slavery life as an influential abolitionist and a human rights activist. Before he became the great statesman, and the first African American to be nominated for vice-president, Douglass was an educator. He secretly taught himself to read and write and then he taught fellow slaves. He was traded to several different slave owners in Maryland, including a brutal farmer known as a “slave breaker.” Douglass finally escaped to New York. It is ironic that Douglass — who so believed in equality and who himself escaped North — lamented the black exodus from the South in the late 1800s during the early years of Jim Crow. He urged blacks to tough it out. Below are a few quotes from Douglass, compiled by the Gilder Lehrman Center of the Study of Slavery, Resistance & Abolition , regarding the black exodus North. The Negro, long deemed to be too indolent and stupid to discover and adopt any rational measure to secure and defend his rights as a man…. He has, discovered and adopted a measure which may assist very materially in, the solution of some of the vital problems involved in his sudden elevation: from slavery to freedom, and from chattelhood to manhood, and citizenship . . . he has adopted a simple, lawful and peaceable measure. It is emigration—the quiet withdrawal of his valuable bones and muscles from a condition of things which he considers no longer tolerable. This exodus has revealed to southern men the humiliating fact that the prosperity and civilization of the South are at the mercy of the despised and hated Negro . . . . We have the story of the emigrants themselves, and if any can reveal the true cause of this Exodus they can . . . They tell us with great unanimity that they are very badly treated at the South . . . [As a strategy, however] it is a surrender, a premature, disheartening surrender, since it would make freedom and free institutions depend upon migration rather than protection; by flight, rather than right . . . It leaves the whole question of equal rights on the soil of the South open and still to be settled . . . it is a confession of the utter unpracticability of equal rights and equal protection in any State, where those rights may be struck down by violence . . .
Is Kate Middleton pregnant? We doubt it, given photo and anecdotal evidence . Is she trying to get pregnant? That we cannot say with the same certainty! “There have been reports to the contrary worldwide, but the fact is that the Duchess of Cambridge is not pregnant,” insisted a royal aide close to Prince William and Kate Middleton. “Does she hope to be soon? I should say so.” So … does that mean what we think it means? Possibly not. There’s another factor that could delay any royal family expansion. “Prince William will be on active military duty in the Falkland Islands early next year, and there is no earthly way he would be assigned 8,000 miles from home if the Duchess of Cambridge were expecting,” explained a second palace insider . That does make sense, to wait until the timing is right. But the first source insists the time is right now: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful, in this era of economic gloom, for an announcement to come shortly? I think it would be a terrific morale booster for the whole country,” he teased, half-seriously … no pressure whatsoever, Kate Middleton . Amusingly, the source added this, re: the official announcement: “There are not going to be leaks. There will be an announcement from Kensington Palace. Trust me, this is not going to be the sort of announcement that will be pre-empted by anyone hacking royal mobile phone voice messages.” Well played, Palace insider. Well played. [Photo: WENN.com]
Jake Pavelka has a new girlfriend, an aspiring model and contestant on CMT’s Sweet Home Alabama . Doesn’t sound at all like the kind of person who would date an attention-starved douchebag, does it? Sources tell Us Weekly that Pavelka – the former Bachelor champion who famously fought with temporary fiancee Vienna Girardi, seriously you must watch this clip – is now dating Ashley Ann Vickers, who he met while filming the CW series H8R . Of course he did. “It’s pretty new,” the insider says , though serious enough that the pair spent this weekend in Hawaii. Vickers hails from the south and is a former Miss USA pageant contestants. She has also modeled for Maxim and is a graduate of the University of Central Florida. [Photo: WENN.com]
Dimple Star Transport Corp. bus no. 7511 was on its way to Alabang in Muntinlupa when it fell from the Skyway onto the west service road in Marcelo Green Village in Parañaque City. The bus came from Lawton in Manila. “Sabi po ng conductor may malakas daw po na hangin at di na raw na-control yung manibela,” said Nilda Napat, finance manager of the bus firm. Three people were killed while four others were injured when a passenger bus fell from the South Luzon Expressway Skyway Tuesday morning.
The 2011 mtvU Woodie Awards will air live on MTV, MTV2 and mtvU on March 16 at midnight. By James Montgomery Donald Glover Photo: Jordan Strauss/ Getty Images He’s already taken the community college world by storm, and now Donald Glover is looking to conquer the mtvU Woodie Awards as the show’s first-ever host. Glover, best known for his portrayal of a college student on NBC’s “Community,” has just been tapped to serve as master of ceremonies for the seventh-annual Woodies, which will air live on MTV, MTV2 and mtvU on Wednesday, March 16, at midnight, from the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Glover seems the perfect man for the job. After all, the Woodies are the only awards show where the winners are determined by college students, and Glover is definitely psyched about the opportunity. “I’m really excited to be hosting the Woodies, (insert joke about award sounding like a penis),” he wrote in a statement. Glover is just the latest name to be announced for the 2011 Woodies, joining a list of performers — Wiz Khalifa, Odd Future, Sleigh Bells and more — and nominees (a list that includes everyone from Kanye West and Yelawolf to Mumford & Sons and the Arcade Fire ) that showcase not only the Woodies’ eclectic tastes, but those of its viewers, too. Eminem prot
Fif has defended the young MC, and ’50 don’t mess with no rappers,’ Soulja says on ‘RapFix Live.’ By Mawuse Ziegbe, with reporting by Sway Calloway Soulja Boy Tell’em Photo: Rich Sancho/ MTV News Hip-pop hitmaker Soulja Boy and gritty G-Unit boss 50 Cent may be hip-hop’s newest odd couple, but the 20-year-old rapper is glad the Queens MC is in his corner — regardless of what critics may say. During a return appearance on MTV News’ “RapFix Live” on Thursday (December 2), the “Speakers Going Hammer” star talked about his relationship with Fif, saying he’s amped the Before I Self Destruct lyricist has stuck up for him when his hip-hop cred was questioned. “To have 50 have my back , that’s definitely exciting, it’s an achievement. 50 don’t mess with no rappers,” Soulja said. “When I came out, there [was] a lot of people that was hating on me [and] felt like I wasn’t real to the game — don’t hate the player, hate the game — 50 shed light on me and he came to my defense.” Soulja talked about taking the brunt of much hip-hop hate for churning out infectious, dance floor-friendly hits that became popular with everyone from all-American teens to Hollywood heavyweights. “Eminem’s daughter doing my [‘Crank That’] dance, that’s just amazing. Just like when I seen Beyonc
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I know that nobody cares about Tinsley Mortimer because she’s some Socialite from the South who lives in New York and is only really famous because of a few low level New York society magazines that write about her attending events, since it is all she does….but she’s in a bikini and that’s good enough reason for me to give this bottom feeding rich girl the attention she craves…cuz I figure I like watching Socialite’s fuck in video to launch their careers, and why not use these half naked pics as encouragement for her to get more naked, trust me, when she realizes how many people are posting these pics cuz there is no one else in bikinis to talk about, she’s going to make flying to Miami a weekly event, posing more and more and more until she turns into Heidi Montag or Paris Hilton, cuz that’s what I know she wants…It’s obvious… The funny thing about her is that she says she is from James Madison’s bloodline to make her look more important than she is, while tons of Americans can use that line from people who live in trailer parks to people who live on Park Avenue. To black, white, poor and rich…but here she is playing it the fuck up. It’s funny. Sure she’s not hot, she’s clearly a coked up party girl, at least that’s what her haggard face is telling me, but she’s good enough considering she’s in a bikini. That’s really all it takes cuz I know it’s the gateway paparazzi picture that leads to many more good times I am ready for. To See The Rest of the Pictures – If you Care – Follow This Link GO
