Guyanese-born Nhojj made OUTMusic Awards history when his ballad "Love" was voted 2009 Outstanding R&B/Soul Song of the Year by The Alliance of LGBT Recording Artists & Performers. This marks the first time an African American male has won an OMA. The song is features in the movie Blueprint and now is set to premiere tonight at 7PM on LOGO's NewNowNext Poplab along with Janet Jackson and Rihanna videos. And next week February 23, the highlights of the OUTMusic Awards including my performance will air on the same show.
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ABOUT BLUEPRINT
Blueprint
USA, 2007, 75 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Black / African American, Coming Out, Drama, Gay, Youth
Program: U.S. Features
Language: English
DIRECTOR: Kirk Shannon-Butts
Keith is a reserved, straitlaced transplant to New York City from Los Angeles; Nathan is a street-smart, potsmoking Brooklynite who lives on the edge — or so he’d like Keith to believe. At first glance, nothing about these two young African American college students suggests romantic compatibility. But a casual courtship gradually develops amidst minor bickering and disagreements — those familiar interstices inside which nascent love restlessly takes shape.
After a chance meeting in a Harlem coffee shop — in which Keith dismisses hip hop as mere pop music while Nathan defends it as the reflection of a society — the two embark on a first date to the countryside on Nathan’s motorcycle. Pot is inhaled, skinny-dipping ensues and love continues to grow despite more fights and setbacks. But Blueprint is more concerned with the quiet, contemplative moments of this blossoming romance than with stealth sex and simmering anger. There is messiness in Keith and Nathan’s union, but it is more defined by their quiet admiration for one another than their quarreling. In his feature debut, Kirk Shannon-Butts serves up an achingly observant slow burn that, as its title suggests, serves as a plan of action that can be used as a guide to the future. Equal parts urban valentine — its scenes of Harlem street life are both ravishing and real — and pastoral romance, redolent of Kelly Reichert’s transcendant indie delight Old Joy, Blueprint is a winsome tribute to self-discovery and young love. — ANDY BAILEY
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Check out this video of Iyaz performing his hit song "Replay" on Lopez Tonight!
Here are some pics from the show!
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Tune in to Lopez tonight on TBS at 'leven o'clock to watch Virgin Islander Iyaz perform his hit song "Replay." He is repping for all the VI as he was born in USVI and raised in BVI.
Check out this video of Leona Lewis and Cyndi Lauper singing "True Colors" at VH1 DIVAS. The show was aired live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday September 17th.
So there are a few Caribbean artists or those with Caribbean heritage in the list of nominees for the 2009 BETAwards. They are highlighted below.
Rihanna performing "Take A Bow" atthe 2008BET AwardsNow on the virtual awards last year which I think is a great concept, we had nominees for Reggae and Soca. So you heard names like Machel Montano, Fay Ann Lyons, Alison Hinds and Elephant Man. Una Morgan of Morgan Heritage presented an award. I know the show is only so long, ray-ray-ray-rah-rah-rah, but dang I mean at least mention one of these possible categories on live TV.
BET J features Caribbean shows and events, so why can't we have a greater role in the main event. I feel like having Caribbean specific categories is like we are the ugly sister that BET says is their cousin or their neighbor's kid or something.
Last year's show was total hotness, I hope this year's will be just as good. If I see Mavado perform I will lose it (in a good way lol). Well, Maxwell is making his comeback and he has roots in Haiti and Puerto Rico; and if India Arie performs with Gramps Morgan then there's a likkle more island representing there.
Interesting to note, Rihanna made it to the nominations (though she is really riding on T.I's coattails here) but Chris Brown is missing in action despite the fact that he was nominated for the Viewer's Choice Award the past three years. I guess the saying all press is good press, is just not fitting here as I am sure his latest headlines have had a role to play.
Best Male R&B Artist
The Dream
Jamie Foxx
Ryan Leslie
Neyo
T-Pain
Best Female R&B Artist
Beyonce
Keyshia Cole
Keri Hilson
Jennifer Hudson
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Group
Day 26
GS Boyz
NERD
The Roots
Three 6 Mafia
Best Collaboration
Jamie Foxx ft T-Pain-Blame It
Keri Hilson ft Lil Wayne- Turnin Me ON
Jim Jones & Ron Browz ft Juelz Santana-Pop Champagne
TI ft Rihanna-Live Your Life
Yung LA ft TI & Young Dro- Aint I
Best Male Hip Hop
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
TI
Kanye West
Young Jeezy
Best Female Hip Hop
Lil Mama
MIA
Trina
Best New Artist
Keri Hilson
Kid Cudi
Ryan Leslie
MIA
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Gospel Artist
Regina Belle
Shirley Caesar
Mary Mary
Smokie Norful
Trin I Tee 5:7
Video Of The Year
Beyonce-If I Were A Boy
Beyonce- Single Ladies
Jamie Foxx ft T-Pain-Blame It
TI ft Rihanna- Live Your Life
Kanye West-Heartless
Best Actor
Common
Idris Alba
Samuel L Jackson
Will Smith
Jamal Woolard
Best Actress
Angela Bassett
Rosario Dawson
Taraji P Henson
Jennifer Hudson
Beyonce Knowles
Best Male Athlete
Kobe Byrant
LeBron James
Reggie Bush
Dwayne Wade
Tiger Woods
Best Female Athlete
Tamika Catchings
Lisa Leslie
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Viacom, the owner of BET, is forming a new cable television channel for middle-aged African-Americans, heightening the competition for the minority viewing audience. 
The channel, to be named Centric and scheduled to make its debut in October, will be formally announced at an event for advertisers Thursday night. Centric will complement BET, executives say, by appealing to an older and more affluent audience.
The 29-year-old BET, available in 89 million homes, is the dominant network for black audiences. It attracts roughly four times as many viewers as TV One, its main competitor, which is owned by Comcast and Radio One and available in about 47 million homes. BET, with its reality shows, movies and music videos, primarily draws a teenage and young adult audience.
Cable channel start-ups are rare. With hundreds of channels already in operation, new ones often struggle to earn a spot on cable lineups, but Viacom said it would be able to assemble 45 million homes for the premiere of Centric.
Viacom executives would not comment on whether BET J, a small music-oriented offshoot of the network, would be affected by the formation of Centric. And you know that's where Caribbean artists/shows/videos get most airplay right?
As Viacom considered the 25- to 54-year-old target demographic for Centric, it realized that “a perfect example would be” Barack and Michelle Obama, said Scott Mills, the president of BET.
Centric will be operated jointly by the BET and MTV Networks divisions of Viacom. Viacom’s channels include Nickelodeon and MTV. Doug Creutz, an analyst for Cowen & Company, called the niche strategy valid but incremental. “They’re not going to hit any home runs doing this, but it can grow their reach over time,” he said.
Mr. Creutz said the African-American adult audience had “been underserved,” and pointed to the series of successful movies by Tyler Perry as evidence that “there’s money to be made at targeting that audience.”Source
Oprah Winfrey says pop star Rihanna's alleged beating by singer boyfriend Chris Brown has the talk show queen so sad that she'll do a show dedicated to dating violence this week.The hour-long episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will air live from Chicago on Thursday. Winfrey offered Rihanna advice on her Friday show, saying, "Heal yourself first and also, love doesn't hurt." She also told the couple they should seek counseling.
Winfrey says the Thursday episode is "dedicated to all the Rihannas of the world" and will include guest Tyra Banks.
A Los Angeles police affidavit alleges that on Feb. 8, Brown punched, bit and choked Rihanna until she nearly lost consciousness. He has been charged with two felonies and will be arraigned in April.
I so agree. If you truly love someone, deep inside themselves they just have to know that. Me personally after a beatdown like that there would always be a grain of doubt in my mind. Like is that really love, I mean he loves me then he does this to me???? I don't feel good inside when I think about this. Shouldn't I feel good when I think about the man I love????? Anyways, like Oprah said get some counseling.That's the first thing they should do instead of just shacking up in a hotel room. Rihanna is so sprung.
Argentine TV series "Rebelde Way" will be adapted for U.S. television by Fox Television Studios and produced by Nuyorican Productions, the production company belonging to Jennifer López and Simon Fields.
"Rebelde Way," was originally created by Argentine producer/writer Cris Morena and produced by her company, Cris Morena Group, together with RGB Entertainment. The series tells the story of a group of teens in a private school who form a pop band.
The original "Rebelde Way" spawned a hit band, Erreway, which became a top-selling group in Argentina and even starred in their own movie. "Reblede Way" has been sold to over 40 countries and the format has been licensed by a handful of markets, most notably Mexico. There, the Televisa-produced series "Rebelde" generated hit pop group RBD.
The script for the U.S. version of "Rebelde Way" will be written by Duane Adler ("Save the Last Dance" and "Step Up"). This isn't the first time a Latin American original series is adapted for the U.S. Mainstream market. Most famously, hit comedy "Ugly Betty" was an adaptation of Colombian soap opera "Betty La Fea."
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Big tings a gwan for Grammy-award winner Shaggy and singing beauty Tami Chynn who will appear in a Pepsi commercial which also features T-Pain and Verne Troyer....
The TV commercial, features remakes of the funk classic Kung Fu Fighting and will premier on Sunday September 21 during Digicel Rising Stars.
So what's the concept? They Kung fu fight/dance off for the last can of Pepsi. But there's a twist. The dancer who is the last standing must then fight a monster who snatches the can away...No fair..(pouting lips
The commercial is directed by award-winning director, Fredrik Bond. Oh yeah and you can hear Akon in the backroudn of Tami's vocals....
I love me some Americas Next Top Model but I must say I am disappointed that there is no plus size model on the upcoming cycle.
Tyra said that she would always try to include a plus size model every cycle...So what's up this time? Where is our next Toccara or Robyn? To see models click here
Check out the new Choices video.
In this episode Trevor tells his boys at the barbershop about a woman he has been checking all week who bought him a bracelet and invted him to the Jazz Festival in St. Lucia.
To see video click here
