The Black Enterprise Magazine's Hot List 2007 is out. Notable mentions are Venus Williams, John Legend, Beyonce, Jay-Z, LeBron James, Shonda Rimes and Queen Latifah. Click here for the full list.
The Caribbean was well represented with three men who each dominate or play a significant role in their repective fields. Or else they wouldn't be on the list right?
Barrington Irving is a Jamaican Pilot based in Florida who went on a solo trip around the world.
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Lewis Hamilton is a UK -born Formula One racer.
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Wyclef Jean is a Hatian cultral Icon and music ambassador. He has done a great deal for his homeland through his Yele foundation.
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So go to their site or pick up a copy of the December issue of Black Enterprise magazine and check out the list for yourself.
"Fossil skeletons of an unusual land-roaming Cuban crocodile, a tortoise and 25 species of birds including a raptor known as a caracara are among the ancient treasures recently discovered in a sinkhole in the Bahamas. "
Go to yahoo news for the story
Also mentioned is Basquiat (Taschen $9.99) A compilation on the woork of Jean-Michel Basquiat , "though he died tragically from a drug overdose in 1988when he was 27, Basquiat combined graffiti,popular culture and Hatian influences in work that still haunts.
"Steve (Stephen Marley) will be a special guest, as well as Roots Underground and Etana.
For the first time there will be a foreign based act
Executive Producaer Cindy Breakspeare promises a show that "kicks up from the first note” Welcome to Jamrock is in its third year and is known for starting on time, tight production and great entertainment
Its carnival season again in St Kitts and one of the major events this year is
VIP Connected Bandorama and will feature some of the region’s top soca bands.
The island of St. Croix will be represented by the Xtaushun Band, Nevis’ Ultrasonics Band will also compete and the Burning Flames will definitely be repping Antigua
Nu Vybes ofSt. Kitts will be returning to defend their place as current champions
The bands will be judged on overall performance, creativity, crowd reaction and participation, best lead singer in a band and choerpgraphy/
The bands will also be given a song that they must play in any genre.
Of course local DJs will be spinning tracks at the events as well as performances by local acts
Forum on the Image of Women in the Media will be Lee Williams With a career spanning 30 years, Williams is best known for her starring role as "Dr. Olivia Winters" on the popular daytime drama The Young and the Restless. ,not only is she an actress she is a producer, director, writer and activist Last year 30 films were showcased in three days and three venues around the citysome favorites are returning this year and new films such as Frances-Anne Solomon's A Winter Tale." Will be featureedOther female filmmakers scheduled to attend are Mitzi Allen of Hama Films, Antigua and Mathurine Emmanuel of Iyanola Productions, St. Lucia.
It's the end of the year and the stylish must be recognized for bringing the daring, bringing the heat, bringing the sexy , the sexy back or whatever it is that causes us to iconize them and their incredible sense of fashion (or some unknown stylist anyway)
Rihanna was lauded for best mini with her Gucci outfit worn to the Nickelodeon kids choice awards in L.A other categories were best new screen goddess (kate winslet) and best red carpet return (jodie foster) best new Hollywood glamour (jennifer hudson ) best style 2007 winner is jennifer anniston
Instyle magazine top ten stylemakers for 2007
natalie portman
drew barrymore
cam,eron diaz
Penelope cruz
Jennifer lopez
Anne Hathaway
Cate blanchet
Sienner miller
Helen mirren
Joy Bryant
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naparima girls cookbook
Well keep checking them out online and support their hard work by becoming as subscriber.
The peoples Republic of China won the title of miss world 2007. First Runner-up was Angola followed by Mexico and Trinidad with Sweden rounding up the top five.
This year therei were 106 contestants in the pageant. Other Caribbean islands represented
Were Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Curaco, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guyana,Martinique, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Aruba, Belize, Grenada, and Jamaica.
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So the paternity results are out….Marco Dean, Beenie Mans son with D’Angel is definitely his.
Beenie Man was the one who requested the test while in court in Septemer. As he did not want to pay for a child that wasn’t his.
The two are still in court over child support which the mother has requested from Beenie Man.
On the heels of two impressive wins in recent international friendlies, Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have waltzed back in to the top 100 in the latest FIFA World rankings released Friday.
In the latest FIFA World Rankings, Jamaicas’ Reggae Boys have regained a position in the top 100 going form 103 to 98 team in the world. Antigua also moved up the list by 11 spots from and st kitss have moved up three spots
St Vincent and the Grenadines remain the highest ranked English-speaking Caribbean team at 77th but have dropped four places.
The embattled Trinidad & Tobago’s Soca Warriors are ranked behind SVG at 83rd but have lost five places while Guyana also dropped one spot to 93rd.
Barbados have plummeted 31 places from 93 to 124th but Antigua and Barbuda experienced movement in the right direction, moving up 11 spots following their 3-0 win over St Kitts and Nevis last week.
Jamaica have also moved up two places in the CONCACAF rankings and are now 12th, behind the top-ranked Mexico who have retained their overall world ranking of 15th.
Dutch St. Maarten will buy water from French St. Martin to ease a drought that has dried up taps in the Dutch territory.
The water utility company has announced that it is buying one thousand cubic meters daily until a new water treatment plant opens in late December.St. Martin is shared by France and the Netherlands
The Jamaica government says it hopes to restructure Air Jamaica to prepare it for divestment by the first quarter of 2009.
A minister in the Ministry of Finance, Don Wehby, called the decision politically difficult but said the government could no longer afford to prop up the ailing state-owned carrier.
Last Thursday a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe and was the most powerful recorded in the region in over 30 years.
In Martinique one person died from a heart attack and six others were
Tremors were felt in throughout the region and there were also reports of shocks as far south as Guyana and north to Puerto Rico.
The earthquake damaged buildings and caused widespread panic across the Eastern Caribbean.
Experts from the Caribbean Seismic Centre at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad are calling for governments to set up earthquake safety training procedures for the region.
Recently, D'Angel and her estranged husband Beenie Man made a public spectacle when Beenie went to the then Mafia House premises and tried to remove furniture and other office equipment. The police were, however, quick on the scene and it was then that Beenie Man learnt that an injunction had been taken out against him.
Although beanie man claims she stole the company from him D'Angel maintains that "It was leased in my name, it's not like the place was bought and paid for, I am solely responsible for it."
Right now D’Angel is working on an album so far she has come up with three names ‘Blessedd Child', 'Journey of an Angel' or 'Free Girl'.
The event at the Park Hotel in Bremen was attended by VIPS in cluding German President of UNICEF Heide Simonis, and raised an astonishing 184,000 Euros for UNICEF. After performing his winning son g he also sang songs from his current album album "Magnet Man-Many Sides Of Me", now fully released in UK and Germany, but not yet released back home in the Caribbean!Magnet Man will be flying to Gambia, Africa in late January 2008 to sing and be filmed for a promotional DVD to help raise funds and awareness for UNICEF's "Schools For Africa"
Congrats go out to Karina Phillip who is the winner of the ZIZ Kittitian Superstar Competition. She won her title last thursday at Carnival Village. First runner up were Chaie Miller and Curdel and Yannick
Philips prizes include two airline tickets from American Airlines. a laptop, cell phone, free internet and other prizes from Cable & Wireless. And she will be a featured guest on the Sugar Bowl show on ZIZ television this Wednesday.
All finalists also received a cash prize.
A third suspect, 20 year old Joran van der Sloott remains in jail.
The three had first been detained after 18 year old Natalee Holloway had last been seen leaving a bar in Aruba with three men hours before she had been due to fly home to America.
Holloway had never been seen again despite an island-wide, high-profile search.
Natalee Holloway had been celebrating her graduation in Aruba with friends and had been due to return to Alabama on May 30, 2005.
Mighty Crown are the new World Clash Champions, the ‘far east rulers’ defeated Bass Odyssey on the weekend at Club Amazura in New York.
This was the final staging of the iconic event which pits two top soundsystems against one another for ultimate supremacy. Meantime in the Vintage Cup Clash Ninja Man started off his segment on a high note getting huge forwards as he in his own inimitable style ridiculed Rodigan who came out dressed in a red and white Elvis Presley outfit.Rodigan was not out for the count though; cause with his change in another outfit came a change in gear as he stepped up the pace and drew some of Ninja's own clash specials on him!After a really tight and exciting segment, Rodigan got the edge of Ninja as he drew two wicked selections that completely done the place. Even Ninja Man had to concede defeat but not without a warning, Mi a guh stop deejay and tun selector fi kill yuh Rodigan!" It was however done in a friendly way and patrons didn't take it as a 'real clash'.
The excitement in Amazura went to another level when Beenie Man clashed with Tony Matterhorn in the Celebrity Cup challenge. This segment was very exciting as Matterhorn drew some first clased tracing tunes on Beenie Man and pulled out the first big forwards.As Beenie Man went into his slot, he too got a big response. Both Beenie and Matterhorn continued to go at it with the crowd still not choosing the winner. Some patrons gave the nod to Beenie Man while others said it was Matterhorn and seemed too close to really call.The Amazura was filled to capacity and fans were pleased with promoters Irish and Chin for giving them their money's worth. Already fans are looking forward to the next big world clash in 2008 where bigger things are anticipated to take place even though 2007 world clash is said to be the 10th and last.
Thats the word according to Entertainment Weekly.
Rihanna has been named a prodigy by Entertainment Weekly.
The widely-circulated magazine, which has been around for more than 15 years, concentrates on news and critical reviews in that industry.
Rihanna, who on Sunday won an American Music Award for Favourite Female Soul/R&B Artiste, was one of four young entertainers named as prodigies. The others were Zac Efron, Shia LaBeouf and Miley Cyrus.
The magazine compiled a list of top entertainers divided into five categories named after school cliques: Prodigies, Class Clowns, Most Popular, Most Buzzed-about and Valedictorians.
J.K. Rowling was named the magazine's Entertainer Of The Year and landed on the cover , while George Clooney was identified as a valedictorian because he has "deftly balanced box-office viability with personal responsibility".
Matt Damon of Bourne Identity made the list of Most Popular, as did Carrie Underwood, Katherine Heigl, Johnny Depp and Kanye West.
Shaggy's latest album “Intoxication” debuted in the number one spot on the Billboard Reggae Album chart.
On this 15-track album, his 8th, you can look out for collaborations with Sizzla, Collie Buddz, Akon, Ricardo 'Rik Rok' Ducent and Nasha among others,
This time around Shaggy was involved in the whole process from songwriting, producing tto marketing and promotion.
His first release was “Pure Pleasure” in 1993. To date, Shaggy has scored four number one albums on the Billboard Reggae album chart. The previous chart toppers were “Boombastic,” “Midnite Lover” and “Lucky Day.”
Faces of Fashion Supermodel of the Caribbean contest will be at Caribbean Jewel Beach Resort in Castries St Lucia on 11/30.
Winner will secure a spot in Ford Models Supermodel of the world contest.
Run Barbados is an annual run sponsored by the Barbados Tourism Authority it will take place from 11/30/07 top 12/02/07
Run Barbados has always sought to establish a strong relationship with the Barbadian community, which is clearly demonstrated through its longstanding relationship with the Barbados Cancer Society. This year part proceeds of the series’ inaugural ‘The Gap Midnight Fun Mile’ will again be donated to the cause of the Society. We are also pleased to have on board with us for the first time the Scotia Bank In Fo’ Life project, which is geared toward HIV/ AIDS awareness, particularly among the vulnerable children and youth. The Scotia Bank In Fo' Life Half Marathon is part of that company’s latest outlet to promote their HIV/ AIDS awareness campaign among the vulnerable youth age groups.
Patti Labelle will cut the ribbon to kick off the Gap Midnight Fun Mile run.
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Earl Beckles displayed costumes at Macys's Thanksgiving parade for the second time, the first being in 2004.
This year, the Queens-based costume creator featured "The Dragon Can Dance," a red creation with an impressive 16-foot wingspan, and four magnificent, smaller costumes, all representing the carnival tradition of Trinidad and Tobago. Beckles heads E&J Productions in Far Rockaway. mes
Hand bag designer Hal Taylor is reportedly the Bahamas' 70th murder victim for 2007.
Taylor's body was discovered Sunday morning at Mountbatton House in his bedroom.
There was no sign of forced entry according to police and reports are that the crime seen was bloodied and included foot tracks which may belong to the assailant.
Reports indicate the bloody crime scene included foot tracks that are believed to be the perpetrator. But no sign of forced entry was found.
Former Prime Minister Perry Christie and wife Bernadette Christie was also at the crime scene and arrived with the victim’s Mother Ms. Beverly Taylor, along with Rev. Fr. Steven Davies, Rev, T. G. Morrison and Archdeacon. I. Ranfurly Brown all said to be friends of the victim’s family.
A number of celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, Elle McPherson, Vanessa Williams and Barbara Walters, own a handbag made by famous Bahamian designer Harl Taylor. His classical, personalized bags are made from sisal straw, hand woven and finished with carved mahogany decorations. Mr. Taylor also designs one-of-a-kind straw hats.
Black Web Awards results are out!!!
Here are winners with Caribbean sites,
www.missqueenoftheisland.ca (best beauty pagent site)
www.trinihits.com (best caribbean music site)
www.Jamaicans.com (best news and politics)
www.rihannanow.com (best female musician site)
www.visitjamaica.com (best nation tourism site)
www.Caribbeanvibesradio.com (best Caribbean radio site best international readio site)
see all winners at www.blackwebawards.com
How would you like to open for Wyclef….. go to his my space page …myspace.com/wyclef jean and enter the MySpace Vibe Verses 3 competion…may the best rhyme spitter winAlso on his page you can do a video remix for his latest hit Sweetest girl featuring Akon and Lil Wayne.. His favorite will be featured on his myspace page. The winner will receive an autographed copy of “Carnival Vol. II Memoirs of and Immigrant and prize pack.
Do’t forget to support his yele foundation. He recently made his first visit to haiti since being made a roving ambassador by the countrys president. His focus is on the youth…
BBC World Service and BBC World Television are embarking on a global talent search. The Next Big Thing 2007 has already passed through the Caribbean , making a stop in Kingston Jamaica in the early part of this month. However interested participants can still submit their music online at www.bbcworldservice.com/nextbigthing2007
The BBC have selected a panel of international music experts to help choose 5 finalists. There are just two rules: artists must be unsigned and perform their own material.
Entries close tomorrow the 18th , and finalists will perform for an all-star jury in London in December. One act will be crowned “The Next Big Thing 2007” andperform to a live audience of 3000 people at London’s O2 stadium to celebrate BBC World Service’s 75th Anniversary in December, alongside some of the most exciting names in music.
So which feline is purring in Lews Hmilton's ear and revving his engines???
None other than Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls. The duo met at the MTV European Music Awards in Munich where they presented an award. Nicole also performed with will.i.am
He met her again at a private after party thrown by Universal, where they left together. rrrrrrr!
Of course the daper 22-year old racing driver has Grenadian roots! Gwan Boy!
The Ministry of Tourism will launch its Tourism Ambassador Programme during the current Independence celebrations, an initiative aimed at honouring Antiguan and Barbudan natives or descendants who have received worldwide acclaim.
Each year an individual will be recognised for his/her accomplishments and will be inducted as an official Tourism Partner, empowered by the ministry to market Antigua and Barbuda as one of the “Caribbean’s Preferred Destinations”.
Among the many accomplishments of this year’s awardee are an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and British Academy Awards nominations for her feature film debut role in the movie Secret and Lies. Marianne is the only Antiguan and Barbudan descendant or national, to ever receive these three prestigious film awards for a single movie.
Her other film credits include The Cell opposite Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Lopez, 28 Days opposite Sandra Bullock and Spy Games opposite Robert Redford.
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, this actress, writer and composer wrote the score for Mike Leigh’s feature film Career Girls and has written and performed with British jazz musicians, including Jason Robello, for whom she wrote and recorded four tracks on his album “Keeping Time”.
Derede Samuel-Whitlock, director of tourism in the US indicated, “We are on a quest to identify and recruit Antiguan and Barbudan nationals and descendants who are in the spotlight, particularly those who are in our major source markets and have an audience and platform that can be used to promote the destination. Jean-Baptiste is very excited about becoming one of our tourism partners and help get Antigua and Barbuda in the spotlight and also within the entertainment grapevine.”
Jean-Baptiste is the daughter of Antiguan native Drucilla Cummings who was born in the village of Jennings. Cummings migrated to England where she met and married St. Lucian immigrant Felix Jean-Baptiste. Together they had four children, Marianne being the youngest.Marianne Jean Baptise will be one of the "guests of honor" at this year’s Independence Gala where she will be presented with the award by Minister of Tourism Harold Lovell. The event will be held on Thursday evening at the newly-opened Sandals Grande Antigua Resort and Spa.
Well tell me what you want what you really really want!!!!"
I want you to win Mel B!
I'm sure you have seen Melanie Brown on Dancing with the Stars twice a week on ABC.
I had no clue the former Spice girl had Caribbean roots!
She hails from Leeds, England which is known to have the largest St.Kitts-Nevis population in Great Britain.
She was born to a white English mother, Andrea, and a black father, Martin Wingrove Brown who was born in Gingerland, Nevis.
She has a younger sister named Danielle who is an actress. Melanie and Daniel both studied performing arts at the now famous Intake High School, in Leeds, before entering the entertainment industry.
To check out the Stars profile on abc click here
According to MediaTakeOut.com they received emails from several attendees:
"I was shocked when I saw what Rihanna was wearing. Every time she moved, her [breasts] looked like they were ready to come loose." The tipster added, "[The bride comes from] a very Christian family. [Rihanna] should have known better than to show up wearing such scandalous attire." And there's more. According to a number of eyewitnesses, Rihanna refused to eat the food offered to other guests. An insider explained to MediaTakeOut.com, "She brought her own food and wouldn't touch anything else ... Our food must not be good enough for a big star like her."At one point in the evening, the bride's family decided that they'd had enough. As one family friend puts it, "Rihanna was taking away from the [bride and groom's] day so we thought it was best to ask her to leave. She understood and agreed"But before leaving, one guest claims that Rihanna gave the family a piece of her mind. The insider told MediaTakeOut.com, "She started arguing with [her aunt and her mother] ... Even though they were in the back, you could hear Rihanna yelling at her mother." The insider added, "Her mother is a very easygoing woman, so she just stayed quiet and waited for Rihanna to calm down .... If she were my daughter, someone would have had to call the police."
Just to add my two cents, maybe she gracefully left to remove the attention from herself, granted, as banging as her dress was considering the event, the outfit was inappropriate.
Who knows?? other partygoers outfits may have been scandalous and just as inappropriate.
Is this a case of picking on Rihanna because she is a celebrity???
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UPDATE: Five Men Arrested In Murder of South African Reggae Star Lucky Dube
the following was obtained from www.iol.co.za
Only four of the five men arrested in connection with the murder of South African reggae great Lucky Dube could be linked to the killing, police said on Monday.The four would appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges of murder, attempted murder and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, said Superintendent Eugene Opperman.A fifth man arrested with them would appear in the Katlehong magistrate's court on a charge related to the possession of suspected stolen property, he said.Dube, 43, was shot dead during an apparent botched hijacking while dropping his two teenage children at his brother's house in Rosettenville on Thursday night.
Police arrested the five - aged 31 to 35 - in Spruitview, on the East Rand, on Sunday morning.They seized two stolen handguns and a Volkswagen Polo thought to have been used in the crime. They later confiscated another three vehicles, which were believed to be stolen.A funeral service for Dube will be held in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday. A memorial service will be held at the Bassline in Newtown on Wednesday at 9am. - Sapa
LUCKY DUBE’S record label Gallo mourns the tragic loss of the reggae legend.
Lucky was slain in an attempted hijacking in Rosettenville in Johannesburg last night, at approximately 8pm, whilst dropping off his children at a family members house. Although Lucky attempted to escape the scene, he had been fatally wounded from the hijacker’s attempt to steal his motor vehicle, and he died almost instantly.Senseless and random, the death of Lucky Dube leaves a great void in the music industry, as 25 years of music suddenly ends in tragedy.
South African born but globally revered, Lucky Dube was one of the country’s most toured and beloved artists ever. His music touched millions around the world, primarily through his 22 recorded albums - in Zulu, English and even Afrikaans - many of which have been record breakers with phenomenal sales from around the globe.As a frontline artist in the reggae genre, Lucky's creativity and inventiveness kept growing.Compelling in his musicianship and intriguing in his lyrical content, Lucky's sonic daring to take his genre to new heights never failed to amaze even the most ardent fans, whilst reigning in new devotees to his magic every day.
His energetic band toured with him from continent to continent as South African musical ambassadors, and his live performances have earned him fans and accolades the world over.Lucky joined Teal Records (later to become Gallo) as a fresh-faced young Mbaqanga singer in 1982. Five albums later he found a genre that spoke to his soul and changed the way he viewed the world. This genre was Reggae.
With his long-time sound engineer and best friend Dave Segal, he created some of the most legendary pieces of reggae music ever recorded, including the tracks Prisoner, Taxman, Slave, Victims, Together As One and Respect – all social anthems that garnered him the adoration of the people of his country - and across the globe.Lucky was an artist that continued to break international barriers and recently just signed a deal with Warner Music International, securing him album releases across Europe of his latest album Respect.Ivor J. Haarburger, CEO of Gallo Music Group is deeply saddened by the loss.
“Lucky was not just an extraordinary artist, he was a personal friend. We go back over twenty years and had both a business and personal relationship. It’s so sad to lose such a great friend and so tragically, why?”
There are very few words that capture the magnitude of this devastating loss. As a musician, father and colleague, Lucky was one of the most charming, respected, selfless and dedicated people to have lived. He will be sorely missed.Lucky Dube was survived by his new wife Zanele and his 7 children Bongi, Nonkululeko, Thokozani, Laura, Siyanda, Philani and his brand new three-month old baby Melokuhle. Should you wish to send a message of condolence to Lucky’s family, please email Lucky@gallo.co.za or fax on +27 (0) 11 340 9471