Beyonce Opens Cosmetology Center
Mar 9, 2010 Beyonce, Etta James, Singer
Beyonce unveiled the Beyonce Cosmetology Center at the Phoenix House in Brooklyn, New York last Friday. The 28-year old singer’s new center will offer a residential substance abuse treatment program that will teach men and women how to prepare for a career in cosmetology. This isn’t the first time that the R&B diva has worked with the Phoenix House charity. According to Forbes, Beyonce donated her acting salary from her 2008 film ‘Cadillac Records’ to the non-profit organization. In the film, Beyonce played iconic singer Etta James who struggled with drug addiction in the past. It’s obviously a cause that’s near and dear to her heart.
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TI Re-Appears
Mar 2, 2010 Rap Music, Rapper, T.I.
Rapper TI recently stepped out with his fiancé Tameka Cottle to support her Alzheimer’s research fundraiser ‘For the Love of Our Fathers’ at Atlanta’s Opera venue. The rapper joined his beautiful girl on stage at the end of the evening and said “I am very well, very happy to be seen”. TI is still serving out the rest of his sentence for gun possession in a halfway house in Georgia. His manager also revealed that the rapper is working on both a new album and a film that are both due out at the end of summer. His manager talked about the album saying “He’s sounding beautiful. His spirit is really good. He’s got the eye of the tiger. There’s no theme as of yet. The sound is definitely not a bunch of samples.” It sounds like TI is getting back on track.
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Michael Jackson’s Movie Gets Help from the Past
Nov 20, 2009 Michael Jackson, Movies
Michael Jackson fans might be upset when they find out that the much hyped ‘This is It’ film, documenting the late singer’s final tour rehearsals, seems to have gotten a bit of help from the past. According to new reports, music experts are saying that some of the sound bytes on the movie are actually from years before. Former BBC senior studio manager Andrew Rose claims “Throughout the film sudden changes in vocal timbre suggest the dropping in of older recordings which may have required significant digital manipulation to fit the new live backing.” The shocking part in all this is that officials at Sony Pictures admit to altering the film. It’s not like it’s going to hurt them now as the film has already grossed over $200 million.
Soul Train the Movie
Aug 31, 2009 Movies, Movies Music, Soul Music
Warner Bros. has commissioned Malcolm Spellman to write a feature based on the classic TV Dance show ‘Soul Train’. The film will be set in the 1980s and Don Cornelius, the host and producer of the original show that spanned 35 years, will also serve as one of the producers of the film. Spellman said “All of the hip-hop street dances you see today were born during that time period and were first seen on that show, and I remember doing all of them when I was a kid.” He also talked about being able to work with Don, saying “Writing with Don involved is quite an experience. He’s still the godfather of cool.”
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Beyonce suffered through ‘bruises, blood and exhaustion’ filming new movie
Beyonce has revealed she had to laugh through the pain while filming the brutal scenes for new movie Obsessed.
The 27-year-old singer stars in the flick with Heroes star Ali Larter, and the pair are involved in a fight.
She said: “The fight was so much fun, being able to let out all my aggression. But it was difficult, very physical and draining, too. We were bruised and they did close-ups of me punching a wall and banging my head against it. We had to laugh to keep from crying, but it was worth the bruises, blood and exhaustion.”
In the film Beyonce plays a woman whose husband is stalked by a co-worker and the pair end up having a huge fight.
Source: Splash News
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