Spike Lee's Beef With Tyler Perry

Spike Lee, in an interview with Ed Gordon, called out Tyler Perry for what he feels is negative imagery of black people. He said:

"Each artist should be allowed to pursue their artistic endeavors, but I still think there is a lot of stuff out today that is coonery and buffoonery. I know it’s making a lot of money and breaking records, but we can do better. … I am a huge basketball fan, and when I watch the games on TNT, I see these two ads for these two shows (Tyler Perry’s “Meet the Browns” and “House of Payne”), and I am scratching my head. We got a black president, and we going back to Mantan Moreland and Sleep ‘n’ Eat?"

Does Spike have a legitimate concern over the imagery that Tyler "Madea" Perry displays in his movies and TV shows? Or, are Tyler's critics taking things way too seriously?

When The Obama Love Goes Too Far

I'm sure the Prez would not approve of any of this foolishness. I wish Michelle Obama could put the smack down on all of the mess that we see, just like she smacked down those Bennie Baby knock-offs of her daughters. Some of this is simply about folks trying to make a profit off of His O-ness. The rest is understandable pride. But tattoos? I don't see how anyone could go that far. On second thought, nevermind. pic souce

White House Correspondence Dinner

The White House Correspondence Dinner went down last night. Wanda Sykes hosted the event and roasted everybody from Rush Limbaugh to Sarah Palin.

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Does Racism Go Both Ways?

I guess Ricky Ross is feeling very full of himself after scoring the number 1 album on the charts this week because here he is talking hella sh*t in this video clip. He has said recently that he has grown "bored" feuding with 50 cent and might "go at" Eminem. He says that it's "black on black racial" to call 50 cent a monkey and proceeds to call Eminem a "honkey."

Asher Roth caused a Internet uproar for his twitter post last week, claiming that he was "hanging out with nappy headed hos."

Should Officer Ricky get called out for his slur as hard as Asher Roth had/has been?

Assessing Prez Obama's "swagga?!" Did CNN assess Bush's "swagga?" No wonder CNN is dead last in cable news. I'm so disappointed in T.J. Holmes as fine as he is. SMDH

Random Notes

Lady Gaga "touched down in London town" today. She recently talked about a past rendezvous of hers in the back of a taxicab: “[It was] in the back of a taxi in New York. It was fun. I would do it again, f**k ya. It’s always fun to do things that are sneaky. Sneaky in sex is good.” I love this chick. I just like her acentric style. Somebody had better tell Rihanna to hurry up and get back on the music scene. I think I have a new girl crush. source

First Couple Barack and Michelle Obama released their tax returns today. They earned a combined $2,656,902 last year, which mainly came from the sales of the president's two books. They paid a total of $933,206 in federal and state taxes. They received a $26,000 tax refund. source

Former hit-making producer Scott Storch was arrested last Friday for grand theft auto. Scotty boy supposedly began leasing an Bentley GT from Atlas Leasing Company, the owners of the vehicle, back in February 2006. The owners claim that Scott Storch has caused them to lose about $65,000 in profit because he had not turned over the car and he hasn't been paying on it either. source

Introducing Bo Obama

Bo took Malia for a ride. lol

Random Notes

Cassie hit the seen with the half bald look at Promeade in New York City, NY. She said on her twitter page, "Sometimes in life, you need a change."Change indeed.

Here's a pic of the Obamas dog. The Portuguese water dog is coming from a Texas kennel and the girls will get the dog this Tuesday. source

Former Rockfella CEO Damon Dash unveiled this luxury ride, the Tiret Sport Coupe, which is based on the Range Rover. I didn't know that he also had a jewelry and watch brand, Tiret New York. Go Figure.

Anyway, the SUV has real diamond accents on the inside, LED lighting, 22-inch alloy wheels and a full panoramic glass sunroof. I don't need to tell you that it's priced at a ridiculous amount. source

Chia Obama Pulled From Walgreens' Chicago and Tampa Shelves

After Walgreens was flooded with complaints of racism, the people of Walgreens decided to pull the Chia Obama pet from it's shelves in Tampa and the president's hometown, Chicago. Many feel it's racist because it has green sprouts that grow into an afro. The Obama Chia, comes in two versions, “happy” and “determined." Whatevs. source

Michelle Obama And Mom Grace Essence

First Lady Michelle Obama and her mother, Marian Robinson, are on the cover of the upcoming issue of Essence magazine. In it, they discuss many issues:

Advancing the role of women worldwide: "We have to talk about flex hours and exercise and nutrition and health and what that means. And we have to talk about values, and about our relationships with men. All of those are part of the conversation that I think we need to have, not just in this country but around the world." --Michelle Obama

Combating stereotypical images of African-American women: "The women in videos and the stereotypes are just not the truth of who we are as a community. We already know that because we are living these lives every single day. It's nice to have this reminder in the White House, but I would say we don't need it...all you need to do is look around your own community and you will see this same family in churches and in schools." --Michelle Obama

Advice on raising children: "The main thing that I think needs to be taught to children is the ability to think and make decisions. You don't have to have a lot of information, but you have to know how to get through the process. If you make mistakes you don't [just] decide I will never do that again." -- Marian Robinson

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Oscar de la Renta Has Beef With Michelle Obama

"American fashion right now is struggling," says Oscar de la Renta. "I think I understand what [Obama and her advisers] are doing, but I don't think that is the right message at this particular point....I don't object to the fact that Mrs. Obama is wearing J. Crew to whatever because the diversity of America is what makes this country great. But there are a lot of great designers out there. I think it's wrong to go in one direction only."

Mrs. Obama is in a no-win situation. If she wears clothing by the big shot expensive designers, some would complain and say that she shouldn't wear such high-priced clothing when so many people are struggling. If she wears inexpensive clothing, then the big name designers get upset. Let the woman wear what ever the hell she wants. SOURCE

Is America Becoming A Police State?

The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the U.S. and some European nations working on laws allowing them access to search the content held on a person's hard drive.President Obama's administration is keeping unusually tight-lipped on the details, which is raising concerns among computer users and liberty activists.Almost everyone today owns a music player and a laptop. But what if the Government decided to allow itself to access these personal devices for no specific reason whatsoever?

Big brother is watching.
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