Congratulations! Andrew Young’s Daughter Married With MLK’s Daughter As Flower Girl Via AccessAtlanta Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, served as flower girl during the recent wedding of Andrea Idelle Young, daughter of former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, and art consultant Jerry Thomas Jr. The wedding was held March 8 at La Fontaine Bleue in Glen Burnie, Md. The bride, daughter of the former mayor and United Nations ambassador and the late Jean Childs Young, is an attorney and executive director of the Atlanta-based Andrew J. Young Foundation.The groom, also an attorney, is the founder of Jerry Thomas Arts, an art consulting and art brokerage firm that specializes in African and African American art.Both have family, business and educational ties to the Washington D.C. area. Andrea Young Thomas graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Law, and Jerry Thomas Jr., the son of Estell Thomas and the late Jerry Thomas Sr. of Washington, earned his law degree at George Washington University. Andrew Young, in attendance with his wife, Carolyn Young, escorted his daughter down the aisle. Olympic Gold Medalist Edwin Moses served as best man.The bride’s sisters, Paula Young Shelton and Lisa Young Alston, served as matrons of honor with Yolanda Renee King, the only grandchild of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, as flower girl.The groom’s brother, Rev. Nathaniel Thomas, conducted the ceremony. The couple met 2008 when Andrea Young visited Thomas’ in-home art gallery. Some 30 years before, while Thomas was serving as a Congressional aide, he met the man would be become his future father-in-law. It’s a beautiful thing to see black couples with such prestige and legacy joined to jump the broom. Flip it over to see more pics from the joyous occasion. Image via Erika Layne Photography
I have been following the Terry story and in doing that I’ve been calling out the Terry Groupie who is accusing Terry of abusing her. The fact is simple. She wants attention drawn to herself, whether he came on her face or not. The other fact is that 4 years down the road, the memories we have shift and change and become stories of their own that aren’t quite as relevant as the day after they happened. It’s easy to say I was paralyzed by the abuse, when she was probably really at a party the next day getting drunk and fucking the bartender…you know, it’s so easy to feel abused when having Terry cum on your face is the only thing you’ve accomplished and need to leverage in 4 years…. Everyone knows Terry shoots sex, that’s his whole career foundation. When he started doing mainstream campaigns in 2005, I didn’t understand how people would touch him, because all his published shit was hardcore “artistic” porn… This girl knew the fucking deal, tt was 4 years ago, and now that she’s decided that being a party slut who was impressed to be in Terry’s studio is bad for her lesbian, feminist, career, past…or maybe boyfriend…and it’s time to accuse a motherfucker because everyone’s doing it.. just because she figures it will get her name out there… That said, Terry, who never speaks on this shit, even though he should, because not speaking on it will make people think he did it, or that he is guilty, based on his archive of work…and I am posting it…because I appreciate what he said and how he said it… #FREETERRY Four years ago, I chose to primarily ignore a cycle of Internet gossip and false accusations against me. At that time, I felt that to dignify them with a response was a betrayal of my work and my character. When these allegations resurfaced over the past few months, they seemed especially vicious and distorted, moving outside the realm of critical dialogue and becoming nothing more than an emotionally-charged witch hunt. Enabled and protected by the freewheeling and often times anonymous nature of the Internet, people have become comfortable concocting hate-filled and libelous tales about my professional and personal lives. In writing this, I make a humble attempt at correcting these rumors, because I have come to realize that absent my voice in the conversation, all that remain are the lies. When I moved to New York in 1990 to take pictures, a lot of my work was a documentation of my life in the East Village; it was gritty, transgressive, and the aesthetic broke with the well-lit, polished fashion images of the time. My first big campaign, shot in 1994, was a provocative picture of a couple embracing in a bar. It was a shocking image for its time and the first instance a photograph of this nature was used in a major fashion advertisement. Like Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, and so many others before me, sexual imagery has always been a part of my photography. Ten years ago, in 2004, I presented some of this work at a gallery show in New York City, accompanied by a book of the photos. The show was very popular and highly praised. The images depicted sexual situations and explored the beauty, rawness, and humor that sexuality entails. I collaborated with consenting adult women who were fully aware of the nature of the work, and as is typical with any project, everyone signed releases. I have never used an offer of work or a threat of rebuke to coerce someone into something that they did not want to do. I give everyone that I work with enough respect to view them as having ownership of their free will and making their decisions accordingly, and as such, it has been difficult to see myself as a target of revisionist history. Sadly, in the on-going quest for controversy-generated page views, sloppy journalism fueled by sensationalized, malicious, and manipulative recountings of this work has given rise to angry Internet crusades. Well-intentioned or not, they are based on lies. Believing such rumors at face value does a disservice not only to the spirit of artistic endeavor, but most importantly, to the real victims of exploitation and abuse. People will always have strong opinions about challenging images, and the dichotomy of sex is that it is both the most natural and universal of human behaviors and also one of the most sensitive and divisive. Over the course of my career, I have come to accept that some of my more provocative work courts controversy, and as an artist, I value the discourse that arises from this. I can only hope for this discourse to be informed by fact, so that whether you love my work or hate it, you give it, and me, the benefit of the truth.
I have been following the Terry story and in doing that I’ve been calling out the Terry Groupie who is accusing Terry of abusing her. The fact is simple. She wants attention drawn to herself, whether he came on her face or not. The other fact is that 4 years down the road, the memories we have shift and change and become stories of their own that aren’t quite as relevant as the day after they happened. It’s easy to say I was paralyzed by the abuse, when she was probably really at a party the next day getting drunk and fucking the bartender…you know, it’s so easy to feel abused when having Terry cum on your face is the only thing you’ve accomplished and need to leverage in 4 years…. Everyone knows Terry shoots sex, that’s his whole career foundation. When he started doing mainstream campaigns in 2005, I didn’t understand how people would touch him, because all his published shit was hardcore “artistic” porn… This girl knew the fucking deal, tt was 4 years ago, and now that she’s decided that being a party slut who was impressed to be in Terry’s studio is bad for her lesbian, feminist, career, past…or maybe boyfriend…and it’s time to accuse a motherfucker because everyone’s doing it.. just because she figures it will get her name out there… That said, Terry, who never speaks on this shit, even though he should, because not speaking on it will make people think he did it, or that he is guilty, based on his archive of work…and I am posting it…because I appreciate what he said and how he said it… #FREETERRY Four years ago, I chose to primarily ignore a cycle of Internet gossip and false accusations against me. At that time, I felt that to dignify them with a response was a betrayal of my work and my character. When these allegations resurfaced over the past few months, they seemed especially vicious and distorted, moving outside the realm of critical dialogue and becoming nothing more than an emotionally-charged witch hunt. Enabled and protected by the freewheeling and often times anonymous nature of the Internet, people have become comfortable concocting hate-filled and libelous tales about my professional and personal lives. In writing this, I make a humble attempt at correcting these rumors, because I have come to realize that absent my voice in the conversation, all that remain are the lies. When I moved to New York in 1990 to take pictures, a lot of my work was a documentation of my life in the East Village; it was gritty, transgressive, and the aesthetic broke with the well-lit, polished fashion images of the time. My first big campaign, shot in 1994, was a provocative picture of a couple embracing in a bar. It was a shocking image for its time and the first instance a photograph of this nature was used in a major fashion advertisement. Like Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, and so many others before me, sexual imagery has always been a part of my photography. Ten years ago, in 2004, I presented some of this work at a gallery show in New York City, accompanied by a book of the photos. The show was very popular and highly praised. The images depicted sexual situations and explored the beauty, rawness, and humor that sexuality entails. I collaborated with consenting adult women who were fully aware of the nature of the work, and as is typical with any project, everyone signed releases. I have never used an offer of work or a threat of rebuke to coerce someone into something that they did not want to do. I give everyone that I work with enough respect to view them as having ownership of their free will and making their decisions accordingly, and as such, it has been difficult to see myself as a target of revisionist history. Sadly, in the on-going quest for controversy-generated page views, sloppy journalism fueled by sensationalized, malicious, and manipulative recountings of this work has given rise to angry Internet crusades. Well-intentioned or not, they are based on lies. Believing such rumors at face value does a disservice not only to the spirit of artistic endeavor, but most importantly, to the real victims of exploitation and abuse. People will always have strong opinions about challenging images, and the dichotomy of sex is that it is both the most natural and universal of human behaviors and also one of the most sensitive and divisive. Over the course of my career, I have come to accept that some of my more provocative work courts controversy, and as an artist, I value the discourse that arises from this. I can only hope for this discourse to be informed by fact, so that whether you love my work or hate it, you give it, and me, the benefit of the truth.
Trina and French… together again? French Montana completely shut down Cameo at the Hennessy V.S event at Cameo over the weekend. The Bad Boy hit the stage to perform “No Worries” followed by a Happy Birthday shout out to Roman Jones, part owner of the Opium Group. French Montana’s rumored girlfriend Trina was spotted sitting in his section, but played it low key hiding from the camera’s the entire night while chatting with her girlfriends and sipping on Hennessy V.S cocktails. The sold out event featured a huge bottle parade featuring the new Hennessy V.S Luminous bottle and scepters. To further cement the rumored dalliance, Trina posted a photo of the pair together in North Carolina Sunday: Looks like things are going well. We really hope this is the one for Trina, but French is just finally hitting his stride career wise — who knows if he’ll be ready to settle down! PHOTO CREDIT: Collins Metu & S.Louis Photography/Instagram
A never-before-seen topless photograph of Angelina Jolie from back in the day has surfaced and is expected to fetch big bucks at an art house auction. The picture was taken by famed celebrity photographer David LaChapelle in 2001. He took a series of Angelina Jolie photos when the star was just 25. A number of pics will be auctioned next month during The Wild Side of Photography sale at Christie’s fine art auction house in London, reports indicate. Angelina’s is expected to go for between $30,000 and $46,000. In the picture, Angelina’s famous “Billy Bob” tattoo from her marriage to actor Billy Bob Thornton is front and center as she throws her brown hair back. The white horse she’s posing with is kissing her bare breasts. Not only will the topless photo be up for grabs, but a black and white photo of the star with her current fiance and family is set to hit the auction block too. A shot of Angelina and Brad Pitt posing as husband and wife with a dinner table full of kids in 2005 will also be auctioned off and should bring in up to $15,000.
You in the mood for some breakfast sausage ? Cuz today is definitely a good morning for it. Allow us to introduce you to Stefan Williams. Here’s a lil about him: The son of Caribbean parents, STEFAN possesses both brains and brawn. During the day, he utilizes his Bachelors degree in Fire Protection Engineering while working with portfolio managers in some of Los Angeles’s most prestigious properties. At night, he rips off his corporate veneer and transforms into an Herbalife, fitness entrepreneur and health coach. Stefan posts healthy recipes, workout routines and motivational images onto his Instagram and Twitter accounts. Whoooooh. Y’all know we love a nice looking ginger. You can find Stefan’s tips here: STEFAN’s Health Coach Page: https://www.goherbalife.com/NextLevelUp STEFAN’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Willy_Beamen STEFAN’s Instagram: Willy_beamen Photo Credit: Tony Maesto/PJ Russ
Queen Latifah Says She’s Serious About Adopting A Child The stork is coming to Hollyweird! And it should be making a stop at Queen Latifah’s crib very soon: Queen Latifah has babies on the brain. The Ice Age: Continental Drift star, 42, is set on the plan she’s had for years to adopt a child, she said on Wednesday’s The View. “I’m actually kind of working on that,” Latifah told co-host Barbara Walters when, according to ET, she was asked if it’s something she seriously considers. “I just always wanted to bring a child home.” While a rep for the star tells PEOPLE there’s “nothing new to report” in Latifah’s apparent adoption process, the aspiring mom tells Walters, “I’m totally serious, so if you got a kid that you don’t … just give me a year – let me set up camp and send me the kid. But no, no [I’m] totally [serious about adopting].” We gotta wonder if the Queen is gonna do this on the solo dolo tip or if girlfriend Eboni Nichols is in on the plans. Check out some pics of the two of them eating with a friend in L.A. in June below: Source GSIMedia/WENN/JLNPHotography
In Friday morning’s round-up of news briefs, The Amazing Spider-Man drums up solid numbers at the box office, while Peter Jackson’s latest concludes shooting. Several of this weekend’s new specialty releases are profiled; AMC ticket takers are taking the chain to court. And Valley Girl is getting a re-do. Amazing Spider-Man Spins $75.5M After Three Days The pic made about $16.3M on Thursday and is expected to make about $140M in its first six days of release, which would make it 27th in the record books for the time period, Deadline reports . Previews of Specialty Releases Hitting Theaters This Weekend Here is the lowdown and some insider info on some of this weekend’s newest limited release titles including The Do-Deca-Pentathlon , China Heavyweight , Collaborator and Crazy Eyes , Deadline reports . Hobbit Pic Completes Principal Photography Peter Jackson has finished shooting his two Hobbit films, four months ahead of when the first is due to open in theaters. The director posted on Facebook from New Zealand, which was “shoot day 266,” Variety reports . AMC Theatres Ticket Takers Sue Over Being Forced to Stand It’s alleged the movie theater chain forced its box office cashiers and ticket takers to were forced to stand though their tasks could have allowed them to sit in violation of California regulations, THR reports . Valley Girl Remake Signs a Writer A remake of the 1983 movie that helped launch the career of Nicholas Cage is in the works with Marti Noxon set to re-write the teen romance about a “valley girl” who falls for a punk rocker from the other side of the tracks. Newcomer Clay Weiner is set to direct the MGM and Paramount production, The Tracking Board reports .
Some say he turns on his soldering iron by saying, “Flame on!.” He deadbug solders – QFP packages. All we know is he’s called [stig] and he sent in an awesome an awesome video of a new display at the Nature Research Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. It’s a 10 foot by 90 foot LCD display that Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Hack A Day Discovery Date : 27/04/2012 04:43 Number of articles : 2
Visual Supply Company finally releases their long awaited iPhone app. Was it worth the wait? Simplify Your Photography With VSCO CAM is a story by AppAdvice.com AppAdvice – iPhone, iPad, iPod, App Reviews + News Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Apple iPhone Apps Discovery Date : 27/04/2012 17:54 Number of articles : 2
