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Monday, January 17, 2011

Golden Globe Awards 2011 Winners & Show Recap


The Golden Globes went down Sunday night, as host Ricky Gervais took shots at everyone from Angelina Jolie to Bruce Willis to the hosting FHPA. One remark later in the night may have even cost Ricky Gervais further qualifications, as the HFPA president responded to Gervais' remark that the HFPA took bribes for "The Tourist" to be nominated for anything.

Nonetheless, despite some of the jabs at Angelina, Bruce and Downey Jr., the show went on and Golden Globe award winners were made for the 68th annual edition. Winning the Best Picture awards were "The Social Network" for a Drama and "The Kids Are All Right" for Best Musical or Comedy. Aaron Sorkin won an award for his "Social Network" screenplay while its director also grabbed an award. Colin Firth picked up the Best Actor in a Drama award for "The King's Speech." Natalie Portman won the Best Actress Award for a Drama for her dark performance in "Black Swan."

In television, "Glee" won a slew of awards, while "Boardwalk Empire" saw Steve Buscemi win his first ever Golden Globe. Also on the night, Robert DeNiro was given an achievement award presented by Matt Damon. DeNiro joked that he enjoyed Damon's appearance in "The Fighter," after Damon's introduction included Matt recalling various DeNiro films and then delivering lines by other actors in the movie.

A who's who in Hollywood made up the audience which featured Clint Eastwood, Brad and Angelina, Tom Hanks and an interesting table arrangement where Jimmy Fallon sat with LL Cool J and Diddy. As for presenters, everyone from Megan Fox to Justin Bieber to Robert Pattinson and even Jane Fonda were on stage. Fonda made her first appearance there in over 25 years. Also upcoming superhero stars "Captain America" and "Thor" shared the stage as well as Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans presented.

All-in-all, it was standard format for the Golden Globes 2011 award winners, as they followed suit from the Critics Choice Awards and will likely carry over to Oscar wins. Ricky Gervais certainly made his share of remarks to keep people buzzing after the event, but he may have to wonder about his friendships and potential work in the wake of some of those quips.

See all of the Golden Globes winners for 2011 at the official website here.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Taylor Swift on The View, Kanye Apology #4


According to recent reports from USMagazine.com, rapper singer Taylor Swift was contacted by Kanye West via telephone following her Tuesday appearance on ABC's The View. Swift reported she accepted the apology and in the future she'd be fine around the rapper/producer.

"Kanye did call me. He was very sincere in his apology, and I accepted that apology," Swift told ABC News Radio. Asked if in the future, everything would be fine between the two, she replied, "Yeah, definitely."


In the YouTube clip below, Swift makes her appearance on ABC's The View to discuss her emotional ride at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, which included riding the NY Subway for her performance of "You Belong to Me", just moments after the whole Kanye West incident went down.



This marks apology #4 from Kanye West, but the first that was made directly while in contact with Swift. His previous 3 included two blog entries (one in ALL CAPS) and an appearance on The Jay Leno Show Monday night. Taylor's definitely getting a ton of publicity out of this, not that she asked for it, but to think a musician minds when more people are googling her and learning about her music, would be preposterous.

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Monday, August 17, 2009

DWTS Season 9 Cast - Dancing with the Stars 2009


The Dancing with the Stars Cast for Season 9 in 2009 will include a UFC fighter, several Pop songers, and yet another former NFL player. Meet the cast for DWTS Season 9!

This season we'll see R&B singers Brandy and Mya, Rock N' Roll daughter Kelly Osbourne, singer Macy Gracy and Aaron Carter. Each of who has a unique fan base and type of music. Definitely looking forward to Mya in the skimpy outfits as she's one of MC's Hottest Hip Hop Honeys.

Donny Osmond will make his best attempt to outdue sister Marie Osmond on the dancefloor as he joins the cast. So does Entourage actress Debi Mazar, the teen witch and movie star, Ashley Hamilton (ex-hubby of Shannon Doherty), Melissa Joan Hart, model-actress Joanna Krupa, who was on ABC's Superstars, and former Texas Congressman Tom DeLay. Former supermodel Kathy Ireland, and the chairman of "Iron Chef America", Mark Dacascos will also be on the show.

Two sports entries on the 9th season of DWTS will be UFC fighter Chuck Lidell and former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin. Irvin follows in the footsteps of Emmit Smith, also a Cowboys teammate, who won the competition, and last season's Warren Sapp. Jason Taylor from the NFL has also competed on the show as has Jerry Rice, the legendary Wide Receiver. Swimmer Natalie Coughlin and snowboarder Louie Vito also join this season's contestants.


Chuck Lidell entrance captured by someone's phone?

Already the most talked about Dancing with the Stars entry is Chuck Lidell. According to an article at MTV.com, Lidell, kickboxer and UFC fighter, Chuck Lidell used DMX's intro from It's Dark and Hell is Hot for his entrance to fights. MTV believes Lidell has an advantage over the other stars since he's lean, mean and basically built to destroy. But can he destroy the competition on the dance floor and woo the judges?

Bonus: Check out Lidell's fellow fighter, Rashad Evans dancing inside the cage to Lidell's DMX music. Maybe a future competitor on DWTS?

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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Real World Cancun Episode 7 - LMFAO Band


On MTV's Real World Cancun episode 7 (season 22), the household hookups were spotlighted, a band named LMFAO visited, and Joey Rozmus was sent packing. One of the major themes of the "Peak Week" epsidoe was hookups, with Bronne, Joey, Derek all getting some while poor little Jasmine was unable to woo her prospect Pat. Pat's the guy she's been frustrated with for some time, and in the latest episode of RW, Jasmine literally threw herself at Pat, only to be rejected. Pat claimed he wanted to get to know her, and of course this made Jasmine want him even more. However, Jasmine's frustrations came out as she was shown breaking objects and punching walls in the house. Later in the show, we saw Johnna getting very cozy with Pat, seeming to flirt right in front of Jasmine. Jasmine was not too pleased about it.

The roommates latest job for Student City was to entertain the LMFAO band. LMFAO is an electro-hip hop group consisting of DJ/rappers Redfoo and Sky Blu. They were accompanied by a manager and dancer as well. The roomies had to make sure the band was enjoying themselves, got what they needed, and that their shows went off without any complications. Bronne was the lead project manager for it all, and Joey stepped up big to help him out during the concert. Ayiiia was shown sitting around doing nothing on the job, which infuriated Bronne just a bit. LMFAO performed their hit song "I'm in Miami B---h" substituting Cancun in for Miami, and the crowd was loving it. By the way LMFAO is signed to Interscope and has also done a track with rapper/producer Lil' Jon called "Shots". Their album is Party Rock, which consists of 15 tracks. (LMFAO Myspace page)

The big surprise of the episode (which was ruined by Mark Long on his after show commercials during the breaks), was when Joey Rozmus was fired from Student City and told to leave the Real World Cancun. The incident came when Joey was asked to work a morning shift luncheon/breakfast, which would require him to rise early in the morning (8am or so). He asked fellow roomie CJ to set the alarm for him, but somehow the two of them overslept, never heard an alarm, and CJ didn't realize it until about 2 hours too late. Joey tried to plead his case on the phone to Student City boss Christina, but it was to no avail. Even CJ and Bronne tried to support Joey's case, but they had no luck either. Joey was handed a plane ticket back home to Massachusetts, and said farewells to the cast members he could find before having to go. Ayiiia was of course ecstatic to see Joey go home. So now we're down to 7 roommates like the old days, and there wasn't really any mention if a replacement will be added in place of Joey.

On the Real World After Show, we saw Joey reunited with some of his roommates since being kicked off. Bronne, Jasmine and Jonna were all there to discuss the latest episode. Joey mentioned that he was at a point where he was just ready to go back home to be around family and friends, so it wasn't a big deal. Jasmine and Johnna discussed the whole Pat situation, and from the looks of upcoming previews that situation will get even more interesting.

MTV's Real World Cancun airs Wednesday nights on MTV at 10 PM EST.

Check out Ayiiia's hot new pics at Myspace.com!

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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Paula Abdul quits American Idol?


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(Paula Abdul, 1990 Academy Awards)

Straight up, Paula Abdul has decided to ditch her role as a judge on the hit television show "American Idol". According to a blog article in the New York Times from Brian Stelter and Edward Wyatt, the musician is officially leaving the show after weeks of contract negotiations failed to produce anything. Abdul even Twittered about her decision for all the fans:

“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL, I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent,” “but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenon.” (Source: Paula Abdul Twitter)

The big news that Paula Abdul quit American Idol came just a day after newest judge, Kara DioGuardi, said she would return as a judge for the next season. The other judges currently include Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell. Apparently, Paula was trying to get a raise from her $2 million contract of last year, but the talks fell through. A week ago the singer put on her Twitter "I hope you can understand I can only return to Idol if the deal is fair".

So to finish off the song jokes, it appears Paula won't be "forever your girl" on Idol, and that the show may have taken "two steps back". The question is, was Fox a "cold hearted snake" in this deal, or was Paula to her fans?

(Story Source: NY Times)

photo by Alan Light

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

MTV's Real World Cancun, Parties On...


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(MTV's Real World Cancun Cast)

It's time for the new MTV roomies to start getting real! Real World Cancun officially kicked off Wednesday night with a cast of 8 roommates sent to Mexico. The 8th member was selected via an internet voting contest and joins in on the fun. Her name is Ayiiia and she speaks Spanish. Should come in handy, unless they decide to kick her out for not being selected the old fashioned way...

Episode 1 was as unreal as it could get. The roommates all arrived to a traditional Mexican outdoor restaurant table to share some food and fun while getting to know each other. Two of the roommates already know each other as they both work together at a bar in Arizona...Isn't that against Real World Rules? No friends allowed! Anyhow the mealtime conversation included some great icebreakers such as "Ok so who's the gay person here?"...and- "I'm 25% black" and "I have anxiety and ADHD", "I'm bi-polar", "Cool, I'm a sociopath".. "Oh really shut up! me too!" It's good to get everything out in the open early on...

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(Ayiiia, Jasmine, Emilee and Jonna)

And now for our cast members so far....

Jasmine Reynaud is a petite yet outspoken and energetic Texas girl. She and Ayiiia Elizarraras, the internet cast member, snuck into their male roommate's room during Ep 1 to observe him having sex. Derek Chavez and Jonna Mannion are the two friends from Arizona. Derek's the sole gay cast member (although the females never stay completely straight). Jonna is the one who has a promise piercing through her finger to show her commitment to her boyfriend back home. Yet all the males in the house are taking bets on if it'll work out... Bronne Bruzgo (like the paper towels) is a dude from PA who formerly worked in the art department as a nude model. He seems to be the fun-loving jokester of the bunch. Joke was on him in the first show as he hooked up with Sharon Osborne's twin in a night club. Turns out it was the mother of a girl another castmate was hooking up with just a few feet away.

Emilee Fitzpatrick is a young 20 year old brunette girl from Boston, Massachusetts, who also used to work at Hooters. She gets offended in the first episode when someone challenges her notions of why old men hangout at Hooters. Christian "CJ" Koegel is the blond hunk hearthrob guy that most of the girls have already admitted an attraction to. He's got a girl back home who's planning a visit, but he has to confess he had a snuggle night with Emilee. The girlfriend becomes upset at him for not choosing a couch over his female roomie's bed. A few emails back and forth, and CJ's a free man for Cancun...

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(Bronne, Joey, Derek, CJ)

The outrageous rock-star, Joey Rozmus, seems to be MTV's casting attempt at finding another "Puck" (Real World San Diego). Complete with tattoos and piercings coupled with the speak his mind say whatever attitude, this guy's gonna cause some friction. In his brief time in Cancun he's already made a bet for 500 pesos that the only girl in the house who's not single will break her boyfriend's heart. On Episode 1 we discover that he gets drunk easily, as he's the first casualty on the roommates' first night out. He's also the first roomie to score, as he brings back a cool chick from the club.. And yes, he even bought a braided mannequin head from a random lady on the beach for all the money in his wallet. Expect spitting and snot rockets to follow in future episodes...(In fact this preview clip tells it all)

And if all the cast member drama won't be enough, the new kids in Cancun will be providing Spring Break tours and fun for college party animals....Looks like another volatile, wild and crazy season in the making here...Can you see it now? Real World Mars coming Fall 2010...

See videos, photos and news about Real World Cancun at MTV.com

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

So Who Won the Duel 2?


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Rachel Robinson schemes way into RW/RR Duel 2 Finals

Who won the Duel 2? That's the question on many minds today as the finale aired last night. In case you missed who won the Duel 2 on MTV, here's your recap...The Real World/Road Rules Challenge Duel 2's season finale aired on MTV last night (6/10/09) and featured a continuation from the week before. Lovebirds Brad and Tori were on the chopping block as both were sent into the duel. Tori faced Aneesa in the Elevator Game, while Brad took on MJ in Pole Dancing. Both were heated battles, with Tori and Aneesa pulling their chains rapidly, but in the end it was Aneesa who pulled Tori to the top first, sending her home, and away from Brad. Feeding up his love and raw emotions, Brad went into Pole Dancing, survived MJ trying to pull him off, and even pushed MJ off to finally climb to the top and win it. Goodbye MJ, you can now return to your wife and kids...

Here's where it gets real good. We're down to Brad, Landon, Evan and Mark for the guys, Rachel Robinson, Brittni, Aneesa Ferreria and Diem for the girls. TJ Lavin tells the remaining contestants "See you soon", and then makes a house visit to the total of 8 guys and girls left. He informs them that there's only 3 girls and 3 guys in the finals, so that means they will have yet another duel to send someone of each sex home. The catch is the groups of 4 must choose someone to send into elimination. That person gets to choose their opponent.

Landon who was the top competitor all season, winning most challenges volunteers to go get some paper so the 4 guys can cast votes. When he leaves the remaining 3 guys say ok let's vote Landon. Landon's sent into the duel and he immediately warns Brand he'll be choosing him. The girls are less political as Aneesa, Brittni and Rachel all elect Diem. Diem decides to make them all mull over who she will choose that night, by refusing to say who she's bringing into the Duel.

The next day the Duel arrives, it's "Duel or Die". Landon and Brand are going to be doing Back Off, where they must pull a ring off their opponent's back, then run over and hook it onto a hanging ring. It's highly intense, and Landon thinks the object is to keep tackling your opponent. He slams Brad to the ground wrestling style, and TJ tells him that's not the rules, as Brad rushed over to latch his ring on. It's 1-0 Brad. The second one, Landon now knows the rules and uses his size to overpower and beat Brad. 1-1, now it's down to the last one. Both men get their opponent's ring, however Brad is slammed into the wall and Landon's right near his hanging ring. Brad gets up and hit the hanging ring into the air, then runs for his own. Landon has trouble latching his ring on, and Brad hooks his to win an amazing duel!

Now it's the girls' turn, and Diem has notified Aneesa and Rachel it's not you, then calls in Brittni. The girls are playing "Pushover" and Diem wants to show she's not one. As they rush at each other American Gladiators style, Diem gets down low and knocks her taller opponent off balance, and off the platform. 1-0 Diem. Unfortunately, rounds 2 and 3 weren't so kind to D, as Brittni displayed her pure aggression and athletic talent to send Diem home. After a teary goodbye, we're ready for the Final challenge.

The Final challenge for Duel 2 involved a marathon style race which had 5 different puzzles along the way corresponding to duels. There was a race through water to get to land and then the contestants had to assemble a puzzle like in "Spot on". From there they had to rush to a huge pole, climb the pole and unchain a bicycle for their next leg of the marathon. The contestants had to bike on a grueling mountain uphill. Our leaders were Brad and Rachel, with Evan and Brittni not far behind. Brad and Rachel arrive to the first "partner" challenge, where they have to hook themselves together by a large ring (like in Back off) and then race to the next challenge. Next they must push a heavy box full of dirt and sand to get to a key to unchain themselves. At this stage, Evan and Brittni are gaining some ground, or at least Evan is. His strength helps them in the push over challenge. Meanwhile, Aneesa and Mark are lagging way behind.

The contestants are now partner-free, and Rachel is sprinting to the final challenge. Brad is walking because his leg's been cramping up, he wants to avoid serious injury. Meanwhile Evan tries to gain ground and is running for it. Rachel is the first to the final challenge, an Elevator style game where they must pull themselves to the top, grab a flag/card and then lower back down. Rachel does it, and rushes to TJ Lavin at the finish. Brad and Evan are now neck and neck in Elevator game, and lower themselves about the same time. Evan bolts out of the contraption and they sprint for the finish. Evan beats Brad by mere seconds to win the $100,000!

Aneesa and Mark are still going, and want to finish it out. Mark, being a gentleman helps Aneesa to finish, rather than leaving her behind. So here's your finishers and their prizes:

1st place - Rachel Robinson & Evan Starkman - $100,000
2nd place - Brittni Sherrod & Brad Fiorenza - $35,000
3rd place - Aneesa Ferreira & Mark Long - $15,000


Not to shabby as all finalists took home some G's. These shows are always intense, full of drama and excitement. It's still a happy ending for Brad and Tori who will take home some money for their impending wedding. And now you know just who won the Duel 2.

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Friday, March 20, 2009

The Roots back up Jimmy Fallon


Since its premiere weeks ago, the Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon has featured the talented and often underrated legendary Roots Crew as the back up band. Here's Jimmy Fallon featuring the Roots from last night's show in a segment called "Slow Jammin' the News"...



The move by the group to this position as a late night backup band has received mixed criticism, including this rant from Gawker.com:

“I’ve never had a group that I actually like go the late night house band route. Springsteen fans saw Max Weinberg take his act to Conan’s show; and I’m sure there were some jazz heads who were flabbergasted to see their main man Kevin Eubanks signing up with Jay Leno. But The Roots? The Illadelph generals opening up for that stuttering mop-headed ball of suck, Jimmy Fallon? It’s kind of tragic.

On one hand, we’ll get to see The Roots on TV every night; on the other hand, Black Thought opening for Jimmy Fallon every night is the cultural equivalent of Miles Davis playing his horn on the subway platform to back up a semi-trained dancing spider monkey.”


Last night's episode featured The Roots in a comedy sketch similar to MTV's The Hills called "7th West". Jimmy Fallon bumped into them at the office and asked their opinion on which tie he should have worn. While Jimmy Fallon is still nowhere near the level of Conan O'Brien with his comedy sketches and overall show, having The Roots backing him up doesn't hurt him. The question is whether the band is hurting themselves by taking this gig? The Roots have plenty of cred amongst hip hop and alt fans. This move could potentially thrust them more into the mainstream then some would like, but it could also help with new connections and lead to further appearances. This legendary band has the talents and they deserve to be seen. Whether or not Jimmy Fallon will sustain the late night show, increase its viewership, or just be canceled out like many other show businesses these days could be the key factor in how much exposure the Roots crew gets.

For another treat check out rap pioneers Public Enemy performing "Bring the Noise" with The Roots backing them up: Daily Highlights Late Night with Jimmy Fallon video!

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Sunday, February 01, 2009

TI's Road to Redemption Gets Real


Rapper TI's MTV reality show "Road to Redemption: 45 Days to Go" is set to debut next week with a 1 hour episode on February 10th at 9PM EST. It won't feature 7 strangers picked to live in a cell block, but instead will feature a look at TI doing community service hours while trying to be a role model and reduce his prison sentence.

The new MTV series arises from TI's criminal charges for gun possession back in 2007. His lawyers negotiated a reduced sentence conditional upon TI completing 1,000 hours of community service by the end of March 2009. The reality show will have TI attempting to do his community service while teaching youngsters not to head down a similar path as he has.



According to one of MTV's executives behind the show:

"MTV has always given artists a platform to get their stories and music out to their fans and this series reveals the unknown side of T.I. -- one of the world's greatest artists at the most precarious time in his life," said Tony DiSanto, Executive Vice President, Series Development and Programming. "In the face of impending incarceration, T.I. is driven to ensure others do not make the same mistakes, and our cameras document every step along this road as he impacts and changes lives for the better. It is real-time redemption."


(source: tv.ign.com)

Every Tuesday there will be another half hour installment of the series airing at 9:30PM EST. The grand finale comes on March 31st, when everyone learns if TI has completed his necessary 1,000 hours of community service or not. It definitely has the feel of one of those reality TV shows where someone wins a big cash prize, only in this instance the prize is TI's personal freedom. Check out "Road to Redemption: 45 Days to Go" starting February 10th at 9PM EST on MTV.

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Monday, March 24, 2008

Alicia Keys in Fresh Takes


alicia keys no one Tonight during MTV's Reality show, The Hills, R&B sensation Alicia Keys makes her mini TV acting debut. Keys will star in a mini-series (commercial length show) called "Fresh Takes" which airs during The Hills commercial break. The show's premiere celebrates the launch of a new Dove fragrance-driven product collection aimed at the 20-something female crowd.

From CNN Money:

"Fresh Takes" uses entertainment and humor to give viewers a look at three 20-something girlfriends as they put their everyday pressures in a fresh perspective. Using the budding micro-series TV format, "Fresh Takes" will broadcast three-minute episodes nationwide during "The Hills," MTV's No. 1 show for 20-something women, over a five-week period beginning March 24 (10 p.m. EDT / 9 p.m. Central). The micro-series was created and produced by MindShare Entertainment and MTV.

Alicia Keys headlines the series, alongside up-and-coming actresses Desi Lydic and Jessalyn Wanlim.

* Alex (Alicia Keys): Fearless, fun and always falling in love, the
stylish Alex works at a trendy music PR firm

View the full article at CNN Money.com for more info on the show.

View Alicia Keys No One Lyrics

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

RUN's Girls: Vanessa & Angela Simmons




One of the more popular celebreality shows MTV has in rotation is "Run's House". It follows the adventures of Reverend Run as he and his family go through various trials and tribulations. It also features heavily the careers of his two talented and beautiful daughters, Vanessa and Angela.

Vanessa is Run's oldest daughter, who appeared on the soap opera Guiding Light as the character Lola. She's graduated from St. Johns University, has been a Ford Model and was voted one of Maxim's Hot 100 People in 2006. She also has launched Pastry Footwear under Run Athletics Shoeweather. You may have seen the episode of Run's House where she was cooking up concepts for the Cake Collection of footwear, inspired by pastries..

Angela Simmons is Run's younger daughter who's also very entertainment, fashion & business-minded. On the show she started working on her own magazine. She currently attends the Fashion Institute of Technology after graduating from High School of Fashion Industries. She's current editor for Word Up! magazine's publication called "Angela's Rundown". She's also been somewhat of a hip hop honey, as she was featured in the Bow Wow video, "Shortie Like Mine". Angela also helped big sister Vanessa in launching the Cake collection of the Pastry Footwear.

RUN's House has currently hit 4 seasons and continues to be a successful show as Rev Run tries to instill family values despite living the good life his RUN DMC fame has afforded him and the family. Re-runs of RUN continue to run on MTV2 in mini-marathon style.

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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Hip Hop Honeys - Tatyana Ali


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There tends to be way too much talk these days about High School Musical star, Ashley Tisdale, so it's time to discuss yet another famous Ashley, Tatyana Ali from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Ashley was the daughter of the wealthy Phillip and Vivian Banks, and was always getting in and out of trouble thanks to her good buddy Will. Tatyana easily qualifies as one of the Hip Hop Honeys.

Tatyana has come a long way since her birth in New York. She starred on the Fresh Prince show at the very young age of 11. The show had a run of 5 seasons and Tatyana enjoyed great success on the hit show.

Here's a montage video of everyone's favorite diva from the show, Ashley Banks. You'll also hear a full length version of the theme song for the show with lyrics you may never have heard before.

You may also recall Ashley had an episode on the Fresh Prince show where she launched a singing career despite her father, Phillip Banks protesting.

And then in real life, Tatyana Ali launched her real singing career. Her debut song was called "Boy You Knock Me Out" and featured Will Smith on the rap vocals, "now she all grown up, not Ashley". The song was catchy, but according to a YouTube commentor, "this video look like they were on a budget". Ashley spoke about being signed to Michael Jackson's record label with Donny & Marie back in the day.

Her other hot song "Day Dreaming" had a beat similar to the hit Lorid Tariq & Peter Gunz song that came out quite some time ago. The duo appears in the song to guest rap for Tatyana. She had another song Everytime which features concert footage in the video.

Not only has Tatyana starred in TV and made her own music, she's been on Seasame Street with Herbie Hancock and starred in the music video for Nick Cannon and Anthony Hamilton's "Can I Live?" as Cannon's mother. So it's still nothin but love for Tatyana Ali!

So the 29 year old Tatyana hasn't quite disappeared and judging by the above pic she's looking amazing. She was on the red carpet at the 07 BET Awards She also makes a cameo in the recent all-star studded "Yes We Can" song to endorse democratic presidential hopeful, Barack Obama. Tatyana is part of the campaign trail as well, making recent appearances at a college campus and elsewhere.

View Official Website for Tatyana Ali

See lyrics for Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme.

See Tatyana's album, Everytime.

See Fresh Prince of Bel Air DVD's at Amazon.com!

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