Archive for February, 2010
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KANYE WEST…Fashionista?
Kanye West is the new fashionista? Interesting. Oh “That Girl” (T.S- Still can’t call her name) ! Kanye you go right ahead and reinvent yourself. The blog is thought provoking. It’s officially RBC Certified! But I am still a little torn about the above. It looks a little like black face. Hmmmm…but art is controversial. KANYEWEST.COM
Savannah Wyatt from Bon Duke on Vimeo.
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RAINBOW COLLECTIVE PRODUCED OUT MUSIC POP LAB on LOGO
20 years ago, Dan Martin and Michael Biello sought to provide a safe and supportive environment for LGBTQ artist in the industry, in 2009, they saw it all come to fruition in the biggest award show in OUT MUSIC history. If you were there, you can agree that The OUT MUSIC AWARDS was one hell of a show. The Rainbow Collective was there from beginning to the end. Check out the ON-AIR Show below and the online exclusives on LOGOTV. Visit http://outmusic.com for the best in LGBTQ music
Special thanks to MICHAEL GALVAN, MICHELLE KNIGHT & BRENDA ANIM for filming during the show.
WATCH THE SHOW! OUT MUSIC BEST MOMENTS!
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Kehinde Wiley & Kathryn Bigelow honored with USA NETWORK’s CHARACTER APPROVED
I was a little tired with people getting awards that they really didn’t deserve. Sorry, I still haven’t recovered from Lady Gaga and Beyonce being snubbed at The Grammy’s for “that girl”. ( I will not call her name!) Anyway, USA NETWORK is finally giving credible people the awards that they truly deserve. They simply made up their own award which makes me think that we start giving out awards ourselves. However, in any event, USA NETWORK has got the right idea. This year they are honoring various individuals from different disciplines such as art, philanthropy, new media and film.
AMONG THE HONOREES
Kehinde Wiley- Having already received a nod from OUT Magazine this year, Kehinde is doing rather well in accolades. He turns modern art on its head by drawing pictures of young African American men wearing the latest hip hop fashion but in powerful theatrical poses. His aesthetic is based on well-known images of powerful figures drawn from seventeenth- through nineteenth-century Western art. In 2005, VH1 commissioned Wiley to paint portraits of the honorees for that year’s Hip Hop Honors program.
KATHRYN BIGELOW- What more can you say, this woman is the first to win a DGA for her film, The Hurt Locker, and this year, she may be the first woman to win an OSCAR as BEST DIRECTOR. Go girl!
Other honorees are KIVA creator, Jessica Jackley, Green Day, acclaimed writer Nora Ephron, Yves Behar, designer of the Jawbone Bluetooth headset, and game creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy.
For the celebrity scoop about the opening reception, read more at http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/02/26/gabourey-sidibe-maggie-gyllenhaal-character-approved-awards/#ixzz0gjZ7yRXi
http://www.theinsider.com/news/3213762_Usa_Network_Character_Approved_Awards_Photos
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The Earth is saying something and not very quietly: Chile Earthquake
According to the Times Online, A massive earthquake on the coast of Chile has killed at least 47 people, flattening buildings and triggering a tsunami.
The 8.8-magnitude quake, the country’s largest in 25 years, shook the capital Santiago for a minute and half at 3:34am (0634 GMT) today.
A tsunami warning has been extended across the Pacific rim, including most of Central and South America and as far as Australia and Antarctica.
The Chilean media is reporting that at least 17 people died and president Michelle Bachelet has declared a “state of catastrophe” in the country.
The quake hit near the town of Maule, 200 miles southwest of Santiago, at a depth of 22 miles underground.
The epicentre was just 70 miles from Concepcion, Chile’s second-largest city, where more than 200,000 people live along the Bio Bio river.
In Santiago buildings collapsed and phone lines and electricity were brought down, but the full extent of the damage is still being determined.
Santiago resident Simon Shalders said: “There was a lot of movement. The houses were really shaking, walls were moving backwards and forwards, and doors were swinging open.
“The power is still out here. There’s quite a few choppers flying around in Santiago I suppose checking out the worst-affected areas.”
Several big aftershocks later hit the south-central region, including ones measuring 6.9, 6.2 and 5.6.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Chile and Peru, and a less-urgent tsunami watch for Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Antarctica.
A spokesman said: “Sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated.
“It may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicentre and could also be a threat to more distant coasts.”
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center issued also warned of a “potential tsunami threat; to New South Wales state, Queensland state, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island”.
Any potential wave would not hit Australia until Sunday morning local time, it added.
Earthquakes are relatively common in Chile, which is part of the pacific “ring-of-fire” tectonic-plate boundary, and many buildings are built to withstand tremors.
The largest earthquake ever recorded struck the same region on May 22, 1960. The magnitude-9.5 quake killed 1,655 people and left two million homeless.
The tsunami that it caused killed people in Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines and caused damage to the US West Coast.
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Why does Washington “Care” About Haiti and Honduras?
By MARK WEISBROT
When I write about U.S. foreign policy in places like Haiti or Honduras, I often get responses from people who find it difficult to believe that the U.S. government would care enough about these countries to try and control or topple their governments. These are small, poor countries with little in the way of resources or markets. Why should Washington policy-makers care who runs them?
Unfortunately they do care. A lot. They care enough about Haiti to have overthrown the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide not once, but twice. The first time, in 1991, it was done covertly. We only found out after the fact that the people who led the coup were paid by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. And then Emmanuel Constant, the leader of the most notorious death squad there – which killed thousands of Aristide’s supporters after the coup – told CBS News that he too, was funded by the CIA.
In 2004, the U.S. involvement in the coup was much more open. Washington led a cut-off of almost all international aid for four years, making the government’s collapse inevitable. As the New York Times reported, while the U.S. State Department was telling Aristide that he had to reach an agreement with the political opposition (funded with millions of U.S. taxpayers’ dollars), the International Republican Institute was telling the opposition not to settle.
In Honduras this past summer and fall, the U.S. government did everything it could to prevent the rest of the hemisphere from mounting an effective political opposition to the coup government in Honduras. For example, they blocked the Organization of American States from taking the position that it would not recognize elections that took place under the dictatorship. At the same time, the Obama Administration publicly pretended that it was against the coup.
This was only partly successful, from a public relations point of view. Most of the U.S. public thinks that the Obama Administration was against the Honduran coup; although by November of last year there were numerous press reports and even editorial criticisms that Obama had caved to Republican pressure and not done enough. But this was a misreading of what actually happened: The Republican pressure in support of the Honduran coup changed the Administration’s public relations strategy, but not its political strategy. Those who followed events closely from the beginning could see that the political strategy was to blunt and delay any efforts to restore the elected president, while pretending that a return to democracy was actually the goal.
READ MORE AT COUNTER PUNCH
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Rainbow Collective in the news! Time OUT & SGL Weekly!
What a week! The Rainbow Collective has been in the news as Making our Image, Writing our History is gearing up to go. The week kicked off with Time OUT NY listing the dynamic art exhibition and launch of Maurice Runea The Show as a recommended Monday event. Today, Romeo Redwine, host of Maurice Runea The Show, takes to the pages of SGL Weekly.
Despite the weather, it is have been a great week that tops everything else. What’s this Host hiding? Learn more! http://magcloud.com/browse/Issue/64461
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Detour with Jeffrey Returns in March for Social Networking
Host Jeff Harden returns for a feast of Social Networking with infamous blogger Adam Benjamin Irby. Catch a Sneak Peak now!
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Colors: Cassandra Giacci Tease
Colors is returning for a new season of artists and their craft. Cassandra returns with surrealist images
that are bound to spark thought as she journey’s to the new places of imagination. Don’t miss her full
episode March 3rd, 2010.
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Stephanie Rankin hosts ALIST: Out Music 2009
These are just snippets from the OUT MUSIC PRESHOW AND CELEBRITIES! Don’t miss the FIRST RAINBOW COLLECTIVE PROJECT OUT MUSIC AWARDS BEST OF MOMENTS TONIGHT ON LOGO’S NEW NOW NEXT POP LAB. @ 7p.
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Maurice Runea The Show Episode Three: Boys Learn Vogue
Maurice Runea The Show is back with Talia Coles and Vogue Evolution for an unstoppable show as they get down to business to learn the principles of VOGUE! Pony Zion brings masterful instruction to the table as the boys learn “THE WALK” and “HANDS”. With a new found confidence, Romeo decides that he is ready to battle. It’s another Laugh Out Loud moment!
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