Chaka Khan Join Color Purple Cast

Grammy winners Chaka Khan and BeBe Winans will join the hit musical on Jan. 9 at the Broadway Theater, producer Scott Sanders announced Tuesday. The twosome will portray the battling lovebirds, Sofia and Harpo, in the show, which is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

"American Idol" finalist LaKisha Jones will come aboard Dec. 19 to play the Church Soloist, a woman who opens the musical with a rousing gospel number. Jones will play the role at all performances through Jan. 6. Starting Jan. 9, she will play the Church Soloist at evening performances and Sofia at matinees.

~Associated Press

Horray!!! I saw the one in Chicago and it was wonderful. I really need to make trip to NY to see this!

Leave Him Alone

Michael Vick and three co-defendants were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on state charges related to a dogfighting ring operated on Vick's Virginia property. They already got him on federal charges! It's never enough for some people!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday To Lil' Wayne and T.I.!!!

( For Jessika)

Wade helps Cartoon Network

Dwyane Wade, NBA Team Up with Cartoon Network to Rescue Recess in Public Schools

"I've been extremely fortunate and blessed to work with people who've helped me along the way, so I've made it a priority to give my time and energy back to young people whenever I have the opportunity," said Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat guard and 2006 NBA Finals MVP, who has signed on to serve as the national spokesperson for Rescuing Recess. Wade will lead fellow NBA players, legends and WNBA stars in making public school appearances during the school year as volunteer recess monitors. He will also appear in a national on-air spot to promote Rescuing Recess (www.rescuingrecess.com), the award-winning campaign created by Cartoon Network to champion the benefits and importance of daily recess in schools.

It's like we are in tune with each other. I was thinking of making this my advocacy project, after seeing the commercial last week.

The Rock

Everyone Knows I love Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson! His movie comes out Friday (9/28)!

In this family comedy, rough and tough football player Joe Kingman (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) can tackle anything on the field, but he's not sure how to handle the arrival of a girl who claims to be his daughter.

Yolanda Adams Coming To Spelman

The Yolanda Adams Morning Show is Coming to Spelman!

When: September 28, 2007

Where: Sister's Chapel

Time: 6 am till 10 am

Books

Superhead a.k.a Karrine Steffans Book is being realeased today. Check Her out!

You can catch her here in Atlanta two days! She'll be rockin' the box with Porscha Fox on 10/5 at 10am.

Also that day she'll be at the CNN center bookstore at 12pm (10/5).

On 10/6 she'll be in Lithonia @ Stonecrest Mall, Borders at 7pm.

Hooray!!!

Keyshia Cole's Album Hits stores TODAY!!!! Please Support HER!

She will be signing autograpghs in Atlanta this Friday (9/28)!!!

Atlanta:Friday, September 28th

Time: 6pm

Where: Best Buy Edgewood1210 Caroline StreetAtlanta, GA 30307

21 Rules

ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.

THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

FOUR. When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.

FIVE. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye.

SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much. NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.

TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

THIRTEEN! .. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'

FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

FIFTEEN. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.

SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.

EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

TWENTY- ONE. Spend some time alone.

Jena Six

Hope Everyone was safe if Jena today!! Prayers are with you!

" If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything"

CNN Report: Student does racial test in elementary school

My adovcacy class watched this.
This is what I was hinting at with B's clothing line. I'm just saying! Sadness!

Market for Ni$$a's

Snap your fingers! He is so right!

Great Movie

I saw this last night and it was hilarious!! Jane Fonda is wonderful! Huffman and Lohan did a great job too! At your local movie rental pplace now!

A+

What's Wrong With This?

Really Cute Baby!!! What's Wrong with this picture? Can You find it?

Hint: This is an urban clothing line, targeted towards women of color and their children.

Kanye vs. 50 cent

Kanye won the war of album sales, as announced yesterday. I'm ecstatic! I really don't care for 50's entire album. "I Get Money", is the only song I care for. I remember last week, while standing in line to buy Graduation, this guy told me I was buying the wrong album. As we both headed to the line, this same guy noticed that out of the 10 people standing in line, everyone had Graduation, not Curtis. LOL!

Couple Cheats with Each Other

This was just too funny. It comes from a UK paper, by the name of Metro. It's great that they both accuse each other of cheating, when it was with the person you're married too. This is just great.

A married couple are divorcing after they chatted each other up
on the Internet using fake names.
Sana Klaric and husband Adnan poured their
hearts out to each other over their marriage troubles.
Using the names
'Sweetie' and 'Prince of Joy' in a online chatroom, the pair thought they had
found a soulmate with whom to spend the rest of their lives. It should have
turned out like a real-life version of the 1979 Rupert Holmes song, Escape,
where a couple meet through advert by someone 'who likes pina coladas and
getting caught in the rain'.
But, unlike in the song, there was no happy
ending after they turned up for a date and realised their mistake. Now the pair,
from Zenica, Central Bosnia, are divorcing after accusing each other of being
unfaithful.
Sana, 27, said: 'I was suddenly in love. It was amazing, we
seemed to be stuck in the same kind of miserable marriages. How right that
turned out to be.'
But when it dawned on her what had happened, she said: 'I
felt so betrayed.'
Adnan, 32, said: 'I still find it hard to believe that
Sweetie, who wrote such wonderful things, is actually the same woman I married
and who has not said a nice word to me for years.'

Who Moved My Cheese?

Dealing with change is one of the hardest things on earth to deal with. Mostly, because people become comfortable in their situations and don't want to let go. I know in this book they explore the various ways people handle change. There are four characters in this book, who are you most alike?

Sniff-who anticipates change early by sniffing it out

Scurry-who quickly scurries into action and adapts

Hem- who denies change and resists it out of fear

Haw-who learns to adapt in time when he sees something better

WILD!!!

I saw this on Facebook. People are WILD!!

WE MISS VICK!

So the Falcons lossed, yet another game!!! You want to have a faith in your team, but when they're missing a key player, you can expect that things won't be the same! I can't wait for this jail time, to pass over!!

What Teachers Make

What Teachers Make,

By Taylor Mali ww.taylormali.com


The dinner guests were sitting around the tablediscussing life. One man, a lawyer, decided to explainthe problem with education. He says the problem with teachers is, "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?" He reminds the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about teachers: Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.


I decide to bite my tongue instead of his and resist the temptation to remind the other dinner guests that it's also true what they say about lawyers.

Because we're eating, after all, and this is polite company."I mean, you¹re a teacher, Taylor," he says. "Be honest. What do you make?"

And I wish he hadn't done that (asked me to be honest) because, you see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it.You want to know what I make?

I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional medal of honor and an A- feel like a slap in the face. How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best.

I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence. No, you may not work in groups. No, you may not ask a question. Why won't I let you get a drink of water? Because you're not thirsty, you're bored, that's why.

I make parents tremble in fear when I call home: I hope I haven't called at a bad time, I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today. Billy said, "Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don't you?" And it was the noblest act of courage I have ever seen.I make parents see their children for who they are and what they can be.You want to know what I make?

I make kids wonder, I make them question. I make them criticize. I make them apologize and mean it.

I make them write, write, write. And then I make them read. I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful over and over and over again until they will never misspell either one of those words again.

I make them show all their work in math. And hide it on their final drafts in English. I make them understand that if you got this (brains) then you follow this (heart) and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you give them this (the finger).

Let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: I make a goddamn difference! What about you?


Thank to Jen B. for this!! :)