41 posts tagged “bglow”

Felipe love Loretta . . .  Felipe loves Loretta  . . Feeeelipe loves Loretta . . . It's true . .

Because before Anika Noni Rose there was yooouuu in the original Broadway cast of Dreamgirls as Lorrell Robinson. Of course, I wasn't old enough to make up to New York to see that her perform. However I was gay enough to pick up the soundtrack for my mama as Mother's Day gift. I managed to "borrow" it from her on a long term basis, based on the fact that I had more than a few favorite tracks on there. One of my favorites was Devine's divine and gritty take on "Ain't No Party"  "Sitting home waiting on a man who ain't comin' ain't no party. No. No. No." Words to live by.

Because I watched Dirty Laundry last night. It is a familiar story. It's a bit over the top at times and the story is a familiar one; Prodigal returns home to the South, learns a little more about himself and regains an appreciation for life. But the movie has it's fair share of twist that make it a fresh take rather than hackneyed. The main twist is the fact that prodigal son (played by Rock) is gay man compelled to go home after discovering that he's fathered a child. ANother refreshing twist is the fact his hometown of Paris, Georgia is peopled by a population of saintly and magical negroes offering him an easy answer like "Come to Jesus" to set his life right. Along with him, they have their fair share of problems, including his mother Evelyn (played by Loretta Devine). Devine manages to walk a fine line and gives genuine humanity to character who could've easily came off as either simply maudlin or monstorous.

I saw Kung Fu Panda last week. I wasn't really expecting to much out of it but a good ninety minutes of escape from the Apocolypse readiness training we seemed to be going through in these parts last week. Power outages one day and water main breaks the next. So I was suprisingly pleased that I enjoyed it so much. Ian Motherfumping McShane providing the voice of villian certainly helped enhance that enjoyment, but the movie is all about the big guy, Po the Panda, and how he hilariously comes into his own as Kung Fu Master.

James Corden is co-star and co-creator of the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey. He was also in both the stage and film version of "History Boys." And the brazen bastard was lucky enough to what many of us wanted to do since July 23 of last year.

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Reminiscing about Madonna's Truth or Dare made me think back on poor Sharon who appeared in the documentary and did hair on the Blonde Ambition tour.  On the New York leg of the tour, she was apparently drugged, assaulted and robbed. It's been awhile since I've seen the film (just found out I can instantly watch it on Netflix!), but I've watched it enough to remember her name. So I googled her and I'm glad to see that she's doing quite well. She's working with the likes of famed photographer Dave LaChappelle (slightly not  NSFW, but definitely worth looking at when you get a chance.) behind and in front of the camera and doing her thing behind the scenes on the runway.

Eddie LeVert made his mark as the lead singer of The O'Jays ("For the Love of Money"). He also the father of the late great Gerald Levert and the recently deceased Sean Levert. Losing had to be heartbreaking enough. Losing two  seems almost unimaginable. Strength, brother.

I wasn't hip to Adele until my neighbor mystique posted clips from Mark Ronson's performance at Brit Awards and she was one of his featured performers, but every since then she's been on the radar. So I was happy to hear the news today (via  SOULBOUNCE.COM) that her album "19" is set drop stateside this summer.  Until then, being that I'm woefully cheap and refuse to drop $30 for an import,  I'll be enjoying clips like the following one on YouTube.

Butter's biggest advocate and food porn's Silver Fox. I never ever experienced a multiple foodgasm until I watched Paula's European Adventure , y'all.

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