Album of the Year goes to….

That is all.

Cj..

They really know how to grow up don’t they?

The Rudy’s and Ashley’s of our favorite sitcom’s of the 80’s and 90’s really do know how to go from adorable character to sexy adult right before our eyes. Tatyana Ali is mostly known for her role as Ashley Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air but is returning back to television in Martin Lawrence’s new comedy sitcom Love That Girl (airing now on TV ONE). I don’t know about the show, but I can say that Tatyana does a great job at being sexy on the cover of MAMI Magazine. Peep the images below.

Pound sign SEXY

Cj..

I used to love Greek Mythology, still do actually.

So yesterday while snowed in at home, I sat down and watched one of my all-time favorite movies: 1981’s Clash of the Titans. The flick, full of old school heavy hitters like Burgess Meredith, Dame Maggie Smith, and Laurence Olivier tells the tale of the Greek hero Perseus and his many conquests. Its all there: Zeus, Mt. Olympus, Medusa, Pegasus – heaven for a greek geek like me.

But I digress.

Whenever I’m watching a movie on my computer, I’m bound to wikipedia something about it to learn more. Whether looking up the inspirations behind the movie, fact finding, or reading the plot outline to clear up any questions I might have, I always wiki something! So of course, I looked up “Clash of the Titans,” and what do you know, there’s a remake coming out next year in March!

And then I saw… there’s tons of sequels and adaptations coming out next year, so I thought I’d post a few.

“Clash of the Titans” – Releasing March 26, 2010

“Robin Hood” – Releasing  May 14, 2010

Ridley Scott [the producer of Gladiator] teams up with Russel Crowe again [with Hollywood gold Cate Blanchett] for the remake.

“Shrek Forever After” – Releasing May 21, 2010

[The final installment of the most successful animated franchise ever].

“Prince of Persia: Sands of Time“ – Releasing May 28, 2010

[Screen adaptation, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, of the very popular game franchise.]

May 2010 is going to be poppin!

AR!

PS. For all things movies check out the ThatGirlOnTV Blog HERE via one of my former VIBE edit interns, Chiderah Monde. Girl knows her movies.

Jimmy Fallon imitation of Neil Diamond singing the theme song to Will Smith’s “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”

Props to Broke Mogul

AR!

Some of you think she tries too hard. She’s not organic. She fabricates this image.

FAKE!

No one is that... Weird

Well, I don’t know if I can agree with that.

With every interview, Gaga seems to be about as #realasitgets.

But what do I know…?

I’m Gone.

AR

…Class ends

Recap

Notes

• Eminem is the best rapper alive. period.
• Mos Def is a marvel, almost as much as Black Thought.
• Note to self: *Find Wale some respect and stage presence, cause he lost both of them just now.*
• Nicki Minaj is a muthafuckin Beast. Haters, shut up—stay in the crowd.
• KRS ONE: don’t tell me the man don’t still got it. “Bridge is Over Pt. 2″ sir? please???
• List of MC’s I’m no longer sleeping on: Nipsey Hussel.
• You’re a fool if Joe Budden’s bars were a suprise to you. He been doing this
• What mos def/black thought/EMINEM just did shouldn’t be legal. #massacrewitness

Definitions

Barbie Bomb - I’m on stage, you can sit in the cloud/ I be up in Leer jets: “make a left at the cloud”/… Metaphor Heaven/ so they approve Nicki like my credit score seven/ Mac and Cheese Sticks Fried Chicken in her Guts/ and i’m killin these bitches, Mike Vickin’ it up -Nicki Minaj

Everyday business – Wanna talk about bars, mine leave it be/ Neva needed an AR, mine needed me/ It’s one thing in this world I cant stomach’s a fake/ you try to stop what ain’t come wit a break/ you made a mistake…You past your prime, I ain’t spit Ether yet/ you need a major, i just need an ethernet. -Joe Budden

Massacre - The 2nd cypher.

Genius- The trash talkers deleted/ Blast off. I lay him out like a Tempur Pedic / Black Thought, I told you I’m a win eventually this/ a some UNDER rated, UNDER appreciated/ the one, them UNDER acheivers had UNDER estimated/ finally, graduated from suttin’ dats so hated to one of the most sacred/ nobody gone take it, face it -BlackThought

Cocky- My d*ck is so big, if I add another inch to it/You would swear when I raped you, that you was actually into it/… It’s like I’m off my Bon Bar/When I bring the fuckin’ drama/Used to bomb you like Saddaum/ But now that I’m a lil calmer/I’m a fuckin cross between Osama, Dahmer, Obama, and Dalai Lama/Somali, im a knight in shining armour. -Eminem

Disappointemnt- Wale

Potential- I’m a boss, nothin move less I say so/ I’m a business, you the nigga on the payroll/ Here come recession? There go yo J-O/B/While we/Fly high on mo’ chrome than eva, everytime I ride by/’Member every day was like the Fourth of July/At war, so you had to keep ya pistol in your ride/ Lean low, blowing kush in the sky/Watchin out, for blue cars, driven by white guys/Now it’s like, white clouds and blue skies/European grill with the leathers inside/Ain’t a nigga this fly comin out the West Side -Nipsey Hussel

Wise Words- I MC, don’t rap/We take you back to “return of the Boom BAP”/Let me take you all the way to ‘94/”This-is-what -you-came-here-for”/BET…the Rap Awards/we rappin. Look, this from the lord/You gotta overstand/it’s all in your heart/Forget that chart, man/ get wit cha art! -KRS One

Resulting Equation

• Eminem > Mos and Black Thought > Joe Budden > Nicki Minaj > KRS > Nipsey Hussel > Blackthought > Wale… = Performance Ranking

Concluding Hypothesis:

Hip Hop lives. Shut da fxck up.

AR!

Got A Resulting Equation I should borrow? Let me know

Shouts Out to Tommy Atkins for the link…

– clip from 1974 Blaxploitation Classic Truck Turner. Starring Isaac Hayes as Truck & Nichelle Nichols (the ORIGINAL Lieutenant Uhura of Star Trek)  as prostitue-turned-Madame Dorinda. With her pimp dead, Dorinda begins to assume control over his stable of whores. [Diva] and look to put a hit out on whoever it is that killed her pimp. Dum dum dummmmm…

Shut up you chunky whore!

… and with those words, a love began. As the lil queenies would say:

This video gives me LIFE!

AR!

*Warning fellas…this video has a guy in draws [lol]*

This post is unlike no other. It wasn’t effortless.

I actually  tried to think of a witty remark to make fun of this video, I really did. But I just cannot find the words. I’m speechless at this embarassing act of coonery.

What: Pretty Ricky member Spectacular challenging all young male artists [Day 26, Bow Wow, Chris Brown, Omarion, etc.] in the industry to a dance off– no…um. a grind off.

Career. Done.

AR

Remember UPN? Remember all the ‘black’ sitcoms featured on it and how some of them were carried over when the stations merged wit the WB to form CW? Well it seems to me that CW networks has slowly killed off every single one of them and the latest is the The Game starring Tia Mowry. It seems the show has been officially cancelled despite immense support from its viewers. A lot of viewers are upset that the show (along with Everybody Hates Chris) will not be continued in the fall, and additionally show no signs of being picked up by other stations (like BET). R.I.P. The Game.

Cj

Lindsay Lohan’s eHarmony spoof commercial.

Hell I’m sold… sign me up.

~AR

I’m a sucker for a feel-good story.

Susan Boyle, 47 of West Lothian, Scotland has had one dream: to be a professional singer. Something that can be kind of hard to accomplish when you aren’t the prettiest person, or may be considered a bit eccentric.

Boyle is no supermodel. In fact, she is ridiculed by kids on the street, and has admitted that she has never been on a date, or even been kissed.

That, however may change pretty soon.

Boyle wowed audiences Saturday (April 11), including hard-to-impress judge Simon Cowell, on the British hit show Britain’s Got Talent, with her rendition of “I Dreamed A Dream” from the play  Les Miserables, and is now a favorite to win it all.

She may have never been kissed, but she has been touched, by God, with a voice like that.

Best of Luck Susan, we’re all rooting for you.

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/4138637]

~AR

Arlo Weiner, son of Matt Weiner -creator of AMC’s newest (and most fashionable) TV sensation MAD MEN- can dress. Like… really dress!

Oh yea… he’s eight years old.

Take a look into little Arlo’s closet of wears, and his own personal commentary on each look... just promise you won’t get jealous.

I love the tie because it’s really two ties stacked on top of each other. (My dad had to tie it for me.) The pink tie matched the pink shirt. I wore brown-and-white argyle socks for a random pattern.”

I wore the jacket with the pants because I like the different plaids together. I thought the blue in the necklace brought out the blue in the pants.

“I like to put random patterns together, so I picked out the green checkerboard tie with the gray checked jacket and then I wore the red vest underneath, because red stands out and brings the colors together.”

“This is my favorite outfit. The tie is a regular tie, but I tied it like that because I’ve seen it done that way in old English movies. Even though the tie and the jacket are different colors, they’re both striped, so I thought they looked right together. And I wore the vest and pants together because they’re both shades of red.”

Oh Arlo, how DO you do it…

~AR!

Bougie black people turn me on.

Okay, not bougie, but educated, motivated, stylish and innovative black people happen to interest me. BET’s Harlem Heights is our own version of MTV’s The City and after only two episodes during tonights premiere, im already hooked. The cast is made up of eight college-educated black people making moves in New York’s historic Harlem. The electic group consists of an up and coming lifestyle editor for a magazine, a designer itching to get her own name out there in the fashion world, a budding politician, an aspiring lawyer, the ex-girlfriend of a rap mogul, an actress trying to balance her career and social life, an entrepreneur, and a young father trying to set a better example for his daughter and community.

The first episode kicked off the season with a re-cap of election night 2008, which definitely set the tone for what was to come. So far I have no objections, these people actually seem to have some depth and it’s a step in the right direction for BET’s hope to transform their image. Harlem Heights airs every Monday on BET at 10 pm.

Unfortunately, Rip The Runway–which aired right before Harlem Heights, didn’t exactly make the cut. We’ve got to do better.

- Aisha

The biggest night of the Thespian year is here… so of course we at MESH only thought it appropriate to make a cameo…stay tuned folks…

PRE-OSCAR THOUGHTS 

JESUS CHRIST THE FASHION IS STUNNING. Viola Davis and Taraji P. Henson (both BLACK and Best Supporting Actress Nominees) look AMAZING! Penelope Cruz has on a 60 yr. old vintage Chanel Dress…OW! Take that, vintage lovers… I really hope my fellow-bison Taraji wins, almost as much as I hope Viola Davis does… Anne Hathaway is GORGEOUS in Armani Privé…but enough of that…things are about to begin!

Channels inner Joker á la Heath Ledger….

AND HERE….WEEEE…GO!

8:40

Hugh “Wolverine from X-Men” Jackman is the host. His opening was pretty funny… I hope he can stay this good.

8:54 

WINNER : BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS -

PENELOPE CRUZ in “VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA”

Ok ok…so I really wanted Viola to win…and to be brutally honest I find it hard to really appreciate Cruz’s acting when I can’t understand 60% of what she says… but at the same time how can you not like her? She just seems so nice. Felicitaciones Hermosa

9:16 

OTHER WINNERS

• BEST SCREENPLAY – Dustin Lance Black for “MILK”

• BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Simon Beaufoy for “Slumdog Millionaire”

• BEST MAKEUP – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• BEST COSTUME DESIGN – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• BEST ANIMATED FILM – WALL-E

9:24 - COMMERCIAL BREAK THOUGHT

A lot of people simply do not like the Oscars for various reasons. I’m the anomaly. I love the fact that the best in the business come together in one place. I love the rich history. I love the the rawness of it all – of seeing those who on screen are so tough, so perfect, so…GOD-LIKE appear so open and vulnerable (they really don’t know who wins until they hear it, unlike other shows)… I just love it… just lay back and take it in …and I’m sure you will as well.

9:37 – COMMERCIAL BREAK THOUGHT

It’s a basic ceremony so far. And the most emotion I’ve felt thus far is the seething hatred for Howard’s wireless. They’re really making this play-by-play thing a lot harder than it needs to be. Taraji baby…can u donate a lil so we can update this shit system? Thankx love.

9:47 

Seth Rogan (in this case with James Franco) and his skits enhance ANY award show moment. Sheer Comedic euphoria.

9:54

BEYONCE APPERANCE (lol) !!

So I was just thinking about how “just-ok” these Oscars are so far…and then…in the middle of Hugh Jackman’s second (getting old quickly) performance…who appears but Beyonce herself to add her own flavor to the performance. I’m not even NO WHERE NEAR one of those Beyoncé fanatics, but you have to respect someone who can totally change the atmosphere instantly…AT THE OSCARS no less. Go in B!

oh..Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and that girl from Mama Mia sang too…but who cares when you’re on the same stage as B?

10: 10

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

HEATH LEDGER in “THE DARK KNIGHT”

You know how sometimes a person wins an award and you just can’t help but think they won simply because of some type of tragedy they endured? THIS AIN’T IT!  Heath Ledger was hauntingly brilliant in THE DARK KNIGHT and I believed from the moment I saw it that he deserved this award.

Congratulations Mr. Ledger. May you continue to Rest In Peace.

10:37

Other Winners

• BEST ART DIRECTION – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

• OUTSTANDING CINEMTOGRAPHY – “Slumdog Millionaire”

• BEST DOCUMENTARY – “Man on Wire”

• BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) – “Smile Pinky”

• OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

• BEST SOUND EDITING – “The Dark Knight”

• BEST SOUND MIXING – “Slumdog Millionaire” (why i love the oscars…this man is really up here…SPEECHLESS!)

• BEST FILM EDITING – ” Slumdog Millionaire “ (this is the section of the show where Slumdog fans should be real real happy)

• BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – A.R. Rahman for “Slumdog Millionaire”

• BEST SONG – “Slumdog Millionaire” (yes “Millionaire” has won the last 4 Oscars of the night)

11:20

WINNER: BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

KATE WINSLET for “The Reader”

Merryl Streep lost?…WHHHAAAAATTT?! That’s new. But on a more serious note, Mrs. Winslet has been most deserving of this award so many times and has, so many times been overlooked. Long overdue. Well deserved. Amen Kate.

WINNER: BEST DIRECTOR

Danny Boyle for “Slumdog Millionaire”

As B.I.G. used to say: “…and another one”

11:55

WINNER: BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

SEAN PENN in “MILK”

Ok so Sean P. has won this award about a million times… Ok only twice (2003 for Mystic River, 2008) but regardless of the number of wins, Mr. P has quietly built the case for Hollywood Immortality and the right to be mentioned in ANY TALK of the best Actors of our generation. Kudos to Mickey Rourke Everyone had written this guy off and said his career was over… but it’s very much back in the swing now. Congratulations for that Mr. Rourke. 

WINNER: BEST MOTION PICTURE

“SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE”

Perfect ending to the best feel-good movie of the year. Congratulations. You owned these Oscars.

12:00 – END CREDITS

Yea so most of you don’t care for or love the Oscars too much…and that’s ok lol. But for the few of you out there who love this night like I do, I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. Looking back you will realize that this was the first year that a feel-good, underdog, foreign movie totally ruled the Oscars (Slumdog Millionaire); one of the greatest actresses of our generation got her first Oscar (Kate Winslet); and of course, the first time MESHLIFE was with you for the whole ride lol.

Good Night and God Bless…back at it on Monday.

~AR!