Jazz trumperter, Harold Little drops new single ” Daddy’s Groove” with DC bounce. “Dig how Kato incorporates my daughter Zoie (who is the groove of my life) and dig how Kato uses my past gigs to depict the influences behind the song.” Get it at www.haroldlittle.com Watch clip below: TMOTTMedia Network: Blog | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube Continue reading Harold Little “Daddys Groove”
Marlon Wayans is in advanced talks to play comedy legend Richard Pryor in “Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?” for Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions and Sony Pictures. The $20 million production will follow Pryor’s controversial brand of comedy and his battle with drugs reports, Entertainment Weekly. “Dreamgirls” and “Gods & Monsters” writer/director Bill Condon will direct from his own screenplay, while Chris Rock, Pryor’s widow Jennifer Lee Pryor and Mark Gordon are also on board as producers. Wayans beat out Eddie Murphy who was originally attached to star. Sources tell EW.com that Wayans fought for the role, blowing … Continue reading Marlon Wayans Headed To Pryor Biopic
The following is an excerpt from a classic live concert of Earth, Wind and Fire (released in 1984). In this clip, EWF performs segments, ‘Where Have All The Flowers Gone’, ‘Keep Your Head To The Sky’, and ‘Devotion.’ One of my favorites of all time. P.S. – I used to have this entire concert on video, but my dumbness loaned the joint to E of OP Tribe (aka Bootsy Vegas) a few years back, and I ain’t seen the joint since. Watch video clip below: POST YOUR COMMENT BELOW: Continue reading Earth, Wind And Fire – ‘Keep your Head to the Sky’
Associated Press — Ben Ali, the founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl diner, a landmark in Washington’s black business and entertainment district and a frequent stop for politicians and celebrities, has died. He was 82. Ali died of natural causes Wednesday night at his home, restaurant manager Maurice Harcum said Thursday. Ali was born in 1927 and opened the restaurant with his wife, Virginia, in an old movie house in 1958, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president and integrating public schools. It became a longtime fixture in the black business community, serving up bowls of chili and its trademark chili-covered half-smokes. … Continue reading Ben Ali, Founder of DC’s Ben’s Chili Bowl, Has Died
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By SHAWN YANCY/myfoxdc WASHINGTON, D.C. – To most of the world, Mildred Muhammed is known as the ex-wife of the hated DC sniper. She was a victim herself who lived in fear, and now a month before his execution, she’s staring her story. She spoke with FOX 5’s Shawn Yancy about her life before, during and after John Muhammed in this exclusive interview. Click on the video below to watch the interview: Continue reading DC Sniper’s Ex-Wife Tells Her Story
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Murmured over for months, but now official: “The Real Housewives of D.C.” has been picked up by Bravo, so we can all let loose a collective sigh and know that our fair city is the backdrop for its due number of trashy reality programming.
Will a full-on obsession set in like the locals had with locating […] Continue reading Bravo Picks Up “Real Housewives of D.C.”
Filmmakers and Film Students!
? Have a narrative, documentary, animation or experimental film that takes place in DC or up to 30 miles outside?
? Are you a native Washingtonian that has made a film (any subject)?
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Early Submission Deadline: November 20, 2009
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 100 students, parents and teachers marched in protest outside McKinley Technical High School in Northeast D.C. on Monday morning. The group remains upset over the firing of more than 200 teachers last Friday. Now, D.C. City Councilmember Marion Barry is calling for the Inspector General’s Office to investigate. The Washington Teachers Union is planning to file a lawsuit. The large crowd of protestors, held signs and shouted, “Education, not termination.” They were watched by police officers and school officials. Students are particularly angry over the termination of long-time teachers and guidance counselors who they say … Continue reading Barry Wants DC Teacher Firings Probed
Washington, DC – The dust has cleared and the tear gas cleared away, after an angry confrontation between students and police at McKinley Tech High school. But some of the riffed school employees cleaning out their desks are vowing to take legal action and continue protests. 229 teachers and 89 other public school employees got their walking papers Friday. Students upset about it got involved in a confrontation with police at McKinley Tech. The laid off workers were allowed to clear out their personal belongings Saturday. Rhonda R. Robinson is a guidance counsellor with a master’s degree, who has worked … Continue reading DC School Employees Threaten to Sue
Music legend and guitarist Chuck Brown is widely known to audiences for his musical emblem on the genre of ‘Go-Go’ music. Now at age 73, with nearly 20 albums under his belt, Brown still performs the infectious rhythms as he works to expand the genre’s reach far outside its Washington, D.C., area fan base. Brown talks about his love for the music and shares grooves from his career. Listen to entire interview below: Continue reading Chuck Brown’s Talks Go-Go on NPR [Listen to Interview]
WASHINGTON – Some Washington school teachers headed back to their class rooms for the last time over the weekend. Teachers who were laid off Friday were told they could come back to school Saturday to clean out their classrooms and offices. But at McKinley Tech arriving teachers found the doors locked at first. Media teacher Ralph Cooper says he was not surprised, saying the transition has not smooth for anyone. D.C. public schools officials announced Friday they will fire nearly 400 employees — including 229 teachers — because of budget cuts. Watch video clip below: Continue reading Laid Off DC Teachers Clean Out Desks