Television
VICE News Reports On ‘Race and Terror’ In Charlottesville (Video)
August 16, 2017
Here is a VICE News piece on the protests, counter-protests, why everyone is REALLY there, the points of view, passionate responses and tragedy coming out of Charlottesville.
On Saturday hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and neo-Nazis traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to participate in the “Unite the Right†rally. By Saturday evening three people were dead – one protester, and two police officers – and many more injured.
– VICE News
The lens through which we observe events that affect us should be handled responsibly. The lens in this instance is journalistic reporting. There is stuff we ought to know. A free press should (read again: SHOULD) keep our eyes on what is important, tell us why, and provide proper focus long enough for us to make up our own minds about it. Extending the metaphor, the lens should be kept clear of clutter so we can see the TRUTH. That truth is left to each of us to find for ourselves.
On what’s going on in Charlottesville, VICE News does that. Like they always do: They go to the hot spot and embed, clear out the clutter and show us what it going on and why we should care; and viewers can go from there. Elle Reeve was there for VICE News to show us the raw truth, including what everyone said… including the U.S. President and White supremacist leader Chris Cantwell. Their words. Footage of actions and aftermath. Truthfully presented. Point blank period.
(You will likely feel enraged, sad, confused, helpless, or some combination. But if you feel anything like akin to Cantwell’s smirk at the end of this piece, LEAVE. And NEVER come back!
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Tags: Charlottesville, Chris Cantwell, Elle Reeve, HBO, Race, Race and Terror, Terror, VICE, VICE News, VICE News Tonight, white supremacist, white supremacist leader Chris Cantwell | 
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Debunking The Myth Of Women’s Fast-Ticking “Biological Clock” (Video)
August 15, 2017
Hahaaa! She said she’s gotta get baking before her oven breaks down. Easy lady. Take it easy. Experts agree that you can still have a baby after 35. Above, Adam tells you why.
(You should know the ‘how’ by now.)
The data that “modern” fertility advice is based on is actually straight-up medieval.
– College Humor
– @ojones1
NFL Preseason: Raiders vs. Cardinals (Game Highlights) [Video]
August 14, 2017
In case you missed the first preseason game of the Oakland Raiders. Here are some of the highlights from last Saturday. Just click the pic and play ’em on the Tube.
#RaiderNation
Posted in Sports, Television, Videos | Tags: 2017 NFL Preseason, 2017 Preseason, Arizona Cardinals, Game Highlights, Highlights, NFL, NFL Preseason, Oakland Raiders, Preseason, Raiders vs. Cardinals, Week 1 | No Comments »
‘Lavar Ball’ Shows Up To Rep The Brand On A Special ‘Weekend Update’ For SNL (Video)
August 14, 2017
Ballingggg! Hahaa! Brilliant! Spot on. Don’t be mad at Keenan. Just doing his job in the most hilarious way on SNL.
LaVar Ball (Kenan Thompson) stops by to discuss his son Lonzo’s rookie year and Big Baller Brand clothing.
– Saturday Night Live
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Nas Declares That Notorious B.I.G. Was One Of The Greatest To Ever Touch The Mic (Trailer)
August 9, 2017
Biggie: The Life Of The Notorious B.I.G. premieres September 4th on A&E. And amongst the dope testimonials about the fallen legend, we obviously get good doses of Hov and Nas speaking on Biggie…like in this teaser.
See The “Black Lightning” Series Join The Arrowverse And Learn ‘Where Heroes Are Born’ (Trailer)
August 8, 2017
Nice work done for San Diego Comic Con 2017 a while back. Sure they could have just delivered a trailer. By why not beef it up and give the people SO much more. Like an ‘Arrowverse’ lead-in (with all the DC TV heroes on The CW)… THEN hit ’em with the “Black Lightning” in there!
– @ojones1
Posted in Action, Comics, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Series, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Black Lightning, DC Comics, San Diego Comic Con, San Diego Comic Con 2017, SDCC, SDCC 2017, SDCC Trailer, The CW, Where Heroes Are Born | No Comments »
Comedian Hari Kondabolu’s Movie Will Explain “The Problem With Apu” To Us (Trailer)
August 8, 2017
It’s funny because it’s racist.
Folks (let’s call them ‘the majority’) would probably murmur or outright tell Hari Kondabolu he is being too sensitive about The Simpsons cartoon character Apu; that he should ‘let it go’ as it is ‘just comedy’). But Hari Kondabolu, in fact, HAS let it go. He has let it go for 20+ years. Enough is enough.
So, he made a movie about it. Watch the trailer for it above.
Posted in Activism, Film, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Hari Kondabolu, TCA 2017 Trailer, The Problem With Apu, tru TV, truTV | No Comments »
Betting On Black: How Jojo Faked Being Black To Get Into Medical School (Video)
August 7, 2017
Man oh man! Shave his head and call him Jojo. Watch Vijay ‘school’ us on the Pochahantas Factor, faking Black to get in via an admissions back door, and pretty much everything that feels wrong yet Vijay felt it his right to do.
President Trump will end Affirmative Action like Lincoln ended slavery.
– Vijay Jojo Chokal-Ingam
And you know the cutie Mindy Kaling (from the Mindy Project)? This is her brother!
Damn. Well, at least Mindy does not seem to be as much a Trumpeter as her brother is implying that he is.
Paid In Full: Michael Che Writes A Long Overdue $1,000 Check To Tommy Hilfiger (Video)
August 4, 2017
Turns out America likes comedy about Donald Trump.
– Michael Che
Bwaahahaa! Michael is gonna catch a bit of heat from Boston for this clip, but they’ll get over it. And he got down with Hilfiger like that back in the day due to his tee shirt game? Nice.
SNL’s Michael Che takes a moment to finally thank Tommy Hilfiger for money the designer gave him to work for his company back when he used to design and sell T-shirts on the streets of New York.
– The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Hope that Michael’s Weekend Update show does well on Thursdays. Check it out next week on NBC.
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Ken Burns Covers ‘The War’ In This PBS Documentary (Mini-Series Trailer)
August 2, 2017
We posted a World War I era documentary days ago, got several recent Ken Burns documentary posts – one about the Civil War. But how about Burns taking us to and through World War II? Yep, got that for you. Well, Netflix does. But we have the trailer embedded above.
THE WAR, a seven-part series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four quintessentially American towns. The series explores the most intimate human dimensions of the greatest cataclysm in history – a worldwide catastrophe that touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America – and demonstrates that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.
– PBS
Posted in Film, History, Series, Television, Trailer, Travel, Videos | Tags: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Netflix, PBS, Preview, Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting Service, Public Broadcasting System, THE WAR, World War II | No Comments »
Issa Rae Shares Some Of Her Real-Life ‘Awkward Black Girl’ Stories And Talks About Her Her HBO Show ‘Insecure’ (Video)
August 2, 2017
Nice interview short Issa Rae did with Stephen Colbert as she was making the rounds promoting the second season of her acclaimed HBO original series “Insecure.” Have you peeped that yet, by the way? I am withholding judgment overall; some things going on this season I can f**ks with, other stuff not so much… But I am not sure if one of those not-so-much things will trigger a permanent Sunday night channel change for me. We’ll see.
Just had to get that off. Not even the main thing in the clip above.
HBO’s ‘Insecure’ creator and star Issa Rae isn’t equipped with an all-knowing omnipotence to answer any question that begins with ‘Do black people…?’
– The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bwaaahahaaa! ‘Blaccent’ is gonna be my new word for a while. Girrrrrl!
– @ojones1
‘Team Flash’ Is Trying To Hold Central City Down, But The World Needs Barry Allen Back (Season 4 Trailer)
August 1, 2017
DC is so wrong for making fans like me wait so long for “The Flash” to return, but this trailer is letting me know the wait is worthwhile. Still think TV Flash (Grant Gustin) should have been in that “Justice League” movie coming up. Ready-made following. Plus the TV show is dope.
Dah well. Gotta wait on them both now anyway. Enjoy the full trailer.
– @ojones1
Posted in Action, Comics, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Series, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Barry Allen, Grant Gustin, The Flash | No Comments »
Drive By Dunk Challenge Accepted By CBS 6 Anchor And Former Wichita State Shooting Guard Candace Burns
August 1, 2017
A ‘Drive By Dunk Challenge’ never looked so sexy. The cute smile and them legs in them heels hit me in the feels! Mercy! Hey, Candace Burns. Come interview with me. Let me holler at you for a minute or two! And her her IG is lit… up with uber-cuteness *smile*
MORE CANDACE BURNS ON INSTAGRAM
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Honeyz, Human Interest, News, Recreation, Sports, Television, Videos | Tags: Candace Burns, CBS, CBS 6 News, Drive By Dunk Challenge, DriveByDunkChallenge, WTVR, WTVR CBS 6 News | 1 Comment »
Ken Burns’ “Prohibition” Documentary For PBS Is On Netflix (Trailer)
July 31, 2017
What a stupid idea it was – that people thought you could actually get away with this. That you could actually ban alcohol… It’s a preposterous idea.
We now have movies and shows like “The Untouchables” and “Boardwalk Empire” to show us just how crazy alcohol prohibition legislation and enforcement was in America. Of course, NOW we see it was doomed to fail. But when the nation was ‘in it’ and trying to ‘legislate morality,’ the government and people who believed taking sinful booze out of society was in its best interest, people who did not agree (and those who sold and used the then illegal substance) were criminalized.
We are going through something similar now. You see where I am going right? I’m sure Ken Burns thought about it, too. You get it yet?
Okay, watch the trailer and everywhere alcohol is referenced, insert marijuana. Hmmmm.
Should be good watching. Catch the PBS doc on Netflix anytime!
Posted in Film, History, Lifestyle, Politics, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Ken Burns, PBS, PBS Sneak Peek, Prohibition | No Comments »
Watch Royce Da 5’9 ‘Rate The Bars’ (Video)
July 31, 2017
Some of the ‘ratings’ on this clip surprised me a bit, but others were right on par with what I thought Royce would rate. Still a great content concept and I agree with the scores for the most part.
– @ojones1
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Get Ready Sonequa Martin-Green, Starring In The New ‘Star Trek’ Series This Fall (Series Trailer)
July 25, 2017
Watch the explosive trailer for the next chapter of the Star Trek franchise. Star Trek: Discovery premieres September 24th on CBS All Access.
I hope you haven’t sleeping on Sonequa Martin-Green, esp. when she was on Talking Dead, as a guest talking about her role on AMC’s The Walking Dead. She’d be dressed up and made up like WHOA! – in direct contrast to her necessarily understated look on TWD. Well, she is far from dusty on her new show Star Trek: Discovery, though they still play down her beauty (you see it though).
Her ‘death’ on TWD did not hit fans as hard as ‘losing’ other characters because they knew Sonequa would be okay joining an ‘enterprise’ like the Star Trek franchise (see what we did there?). This dope trailer is just more evidence supporting how great this next chapter in the Star Trek lore is gonna be!
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A Mix Of Pride And Shame: Ken Burns The History Of “The West” To Life (Video)
July 21, 2017
The legendary documentary film producer Ken Burns brings us the real story of “The West” in eight parts for PBS America. Might be able to get to see this on-demand from your local cable provider. You can definitely see it on Netflix.
The series explores the region from the times of the earliest Native Americans to the 20th century. Monday’s episode, The People (to 1806), looks back to the emergence of a new world with the arrival of the first Europeans. On Tuesday, Empire upon the Trails (1806- 1848) tells the story of the Americans who headed west, following the fur trade into the mountains, fighting for self-determination in Texas or seeking a better life along the Oregon Trail. In Speck of the Future (1848-56) on Wednesday, the landscape changes dramatically with the discovery of gold in California. The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West as prospectors scramble for a share, littering the hills with mining towns and creating the West’s first metropolis. But in the push to strike it rich, many are violently displaced. Conflict comes to the West in Thursday’s episode, Death Runs Riot (1856-68). In Utah, federal troops march against Mormon polygamy while along the Rio Grande oppressed Mexican Americans rebel. The war between North and South unleashes brute savagery in the West, leaving behind an army prepared for total war against the native peoples of the plains.
– PBS America
– @ojones1
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Mike Vick Says Colin Kaepernick Should Cut His Hair, And Shannon Sharpe Says… (Video)
July 20, 2017
Mike Vick let us down but Shannon Sharpe set it straight.
Posted in Opinion, Panel, Series, Sports, Television, Videos | Tags: Colin Kaepernick, Michael Vick, Mike Vick, Rob Parker, Shannon Sharpe, Skip and Shannon, Skip Bayless, UNDISPUTED | No Comments »
Hear The Words Of Biggie, And Of Those He Influenced, In “The Life of Notorious B.I.G.” (Extended Teaser Trailer)
July 19, 2017
Notice how heavy the South’s presence is in this clip: 2 Chainz, David Banner… And the observations are profound. Good points and a good preview for the coming A&E documentary.
Listen to previously unheard audio of Biggie Smalls as the biggest names in Hip-Hop, including 2 Chainz, Mike Will, and T-Pain, talk about the late rapper’s legacy in this bonus clip from “Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.,” and tune in for the premiere on September 4th at 8 PM. #LifeOfBiggie
– A&E
