Television
Magic Johnson Explains Why You Should Never Talk Trash To Michael Jordan (Video)
June 21, 2016
Magic Johnson tells Jimmy Kimmel about the one time he chose to trash talk, playing against Michael Jordan, and how the great ‘other’ MJ made him and those on his team PAY!
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Tags: Basketball, Dream Team, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Olympics, The Dream Team, trash talk | 
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State of Surveillance (Documentary)
June 20, 2016
Damn. Privacy is an illusion. That’s not the future; that’s NOW. If anyone would know, it’s former NSA’er, current whistleblower in exile, Edward Snowden. And if anyone can get at the core of the story, it’s VICE.
When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked details of massive government surveillance programs in 2013, he ignited a raging debate over digital privacy and security. That debate came to a head this year, when Apple refused an FBI court order to access the iPhone of alleged San Bernardino Terrorist Syed Farook. Meanwhile, journalists and activists are under increasing attack from foreign agents. To find out the government’s real capabilities, and whether any of us can truly protect our sensitive information, VICE founder Shane Smith heads to Moscow to meet the man who started the conversation, Edward Snowden.
Posted in Human Interest, Interview, Progressive, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Edward Snowden, HBO, Shane Smith, State of Surveillance, VICE, VICE News, VICE on HBO | 1 Comment »
Kevin Durant: The Offseason (Documentary)
June 18, 2016
It is what it is, but it is more than what we see. True of many things, but with folks in the NBA especially. With none more so than Kevin Durant, who gets real personal, beyond the tunnel, behind the curtain with this documentary. This is drawn from 2014 in the offseason; hence the title.
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Comedy: The Hizzistory of Bizzasketball with Snoop Dogg (Video)
June 15, 2016
Hahaaaaaa! This is genius captured in visual form. This Jimmy Kimmel Live clip featuring Snoop’s hizzistorical commentary is hizzsterical!!
The NBA has been around for a very long time. The game has obviously changed a lot over the years, so we invited basketball historian Snoop Dogg to share some insight on how things have transformed over the years.
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Hip-Hop, Series, Sports, Television, Videos, Vintage | Tags: BAA, Basketball, basketball association of america, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live, national basketball league, NBL, Pro Basketball, Snoop, Snoop Dogg, The Hizzistory of Bizzasketball with Snoop Dogg | 1 Comment »
Twenty88 (Big Sean x Jhené Aiko) – “On The Way” (Live Performance)
June 10, 2016
Okay, this is hot… but Sean gave the caption text folks HELL trying to keep up, didn’t he? HAHAAAA! Great late night performance by Jhené and Big Sean of their collabo joint “On The Way.”
Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, R&B, Television, Videos | Tags: Big Sean, James Corden, Jhene Aiko, Jhene', On the Way, The Late Late Show With James Corden, Twenty88, Twenty88: On the Way | No Comments »
Comedy: Jiminy Glick Interviews Drake For ‘Celebrity Sensations’ (Video)
June 9, 2016
An absolute living legend of rapsterdom!
Baahahaaa! Folks who know know that Martin Short’s Jiminy Glick is actually an old shtick from his SNL days. Well, Drizzy just did Saturday Night Live and he has been in the TV biz for a while. Plus, he has shown he can deliver the funny time and again. Check him out on this “Maya & Marty” clip delivering again!
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Hip-Hop, Interview, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Celebrity Sensations, Drake, Jiminy Glick, Jiminy Glick's Celebrity Sensations, Martin Short, Maya & Marty, Maya and Marty, Maya Rudolph, NBC | No Comments »
Ballers (Season 2 Trailer)
June 9, 2016
Everything about this trailer screams NEXT LEVEL! Dwayne Johnson, Rob Corddry, John David (Denzel Washington’s son)… the rest of the team… the off-field antics… the Honeyz and the HONEYZ! Wow, and o-m-g if that ain’t Trina’s sexy azz in there, she’s a hella good candidate for The Baddest Chick title!
Feast your eyes. Get ready for a hot Summer. “Ballers” comes back to HBO for Season 2 this July.
Posted in Series, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Andy Garcia, Ballers, Dwayne Johnson, John David, Rob Corddry, Season 2, Season 2 Trailer | No Comments »
Seattle Seahawks Running Back Marshawn Lynch Retires From Football (Video)
June 8, 2016
No tricks. No gimmicky headline to draw eyes on the ‘net. Marshawn Lynch, Super Bowl Champion, Seattle Seahawks standout, Beast Mode… is retiring. Tells 60 Minutes Sports’ Jon Wertheim and all the viewers straight up and down that he is done with the game after nine seasons.
“I’m done. I’m not playing football anymore.”
– Marshawn Lynch
Um…wow.
Posted in Celebrity, Cover Story, Interview, Sports, Television, Videos | Tags: 60 Minutes, Beast Mode, BeastMode, Football, Marshawn Lynch, NFL, retired, Retirement, Seattle Seahawks, Showtime, SI, Sports Illustrated | No Comments »
Atlanta (Series Trailer)
June 7, 2016
This is a trailer you have to feel, more so than understand, to get… really get. Seems like it might be a departure from his gig on “Community” (the sitcom from NBC a while back).
It’s Atlanta. FX’s new original series starring Donald Glover begins this September. Starring and created by Donald Glover, Atlanta revolves around two cousins on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene whose opposing views on art versus commerce, success and race will make their quest anything but easy.
Yep, Donald Glover might well bring some of that Childish Gambino vibe to the TV screen.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Series, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Atlanta, Childish Gambino, Donald Glover, FX, FX Networks, Walk | No Comments »
Candid Camera Classic: Ali Meets the Kids (Video)
June 7, 2016
If it is possible to run across an ‘Ali hater’ in this time of remembrance of The Greatest, SHOW THIS VIDEO!
Muhammad Ali made several appearances on Candid Camera. In 1974 he visited a school and allowed kids to “discover” him. Allen Funt narrates.
The Louisville Lip had no chill…larger than life, but accessible and obviously not shy about cutting up for the kids. Incredible classic TV clip that you may have seen. Worth watching [again].
Smile!
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Series, Sports, Television, Videos, Vintage, Youth | Tags: Ali, Ali Meets the Kids, Allen Funt, Candid Camera Classic, Candid Camera Classics, Kids, Muhammad Ali, Youth | No Comments »
Drake and Jimmy Fallon Play A Game Of ‘Faceketball’ (Video)
May 26, 2016
Okay, so sure it’s silly. But how many guests could make this game idea work by going all in like Drizzy did. Jimmy raised the intensity level with a Jumpman-Jumpman-Jumpman slam. Then Drake comes back by taking the rim off on one slam and shuts it down with a 360-degree dunk with a mini-Drizzy on top.
All In (Series Trailer)
May 24, 2016
The days of the Carolina QB’s celebratory dancing and dabbing have not stopped, and they never will. Plus, now that Super Cam is celebrating the kids and their potential, bet money that no one would even think about hating on dude for doing it anymore. Check out the trailer for his new Nickelodeon series, “All In.”
NFL superstar Cam Newton is helping amazing kids up their game! Do they have what it takes? Get ready to go All In with this extended look at the brand new show (featuring Jason Derulo’s song Undefeated) and don’t miss the premiere, Friday, June 3rd at 8pm!
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Drake Was Hilarious On ‘Saturday Night Live’ (Video)
May 23, 2016
You can hizzy hate on Drizzy Drake all you want, but you gotta admit that dude delivers awesome TV. The webs were abuzz after his recent Saturday Night Live appearance – where he did double-duty as the host and musical guest. Get a sample of the hilarity above, and check out the entire episode after the jump.
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Hip-Hop, Performance, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: Drake, Saturday Night Live, SNL | 1 Comment »
Education: Ronald Nelson Chose To Attend The University Of Alabama… Over EVERY Ivy League School (Video)
May 23, 2016
This hits, and hits ME, hard!
I was once a high school senior with eyes on an Ivy League acceptance prize. I was this close…THIIIISSS (like three out of seven admission board votes) close to getting in, too. However, I fell way below Merit-Based financial aid thresholds; and with out-of-state fees, had I been accepted to Cornell University, I might have been even further in college debt than I am now.
(Spoiler Alert: I’m DEEP in that debt sh!t, yo. So deep that my poor Tuskegee, Alabama accent just went BK NY. Even though I’m 4-6 ’til the deep-six… son! And before you ask, homie, hometown Tuskegee University’s fees got higher than folks on the best Cali Bud just when I was ready to apply there. I definitely would’ve got gaffled with that debt, homie… Oh no, my accent just went ’90s West Coast Hip-Hop… poorly. Haaaaaa!)
But I did not get accepted to the one Ivy League college I pursued, unlike Ronald Nelson – an incoming Freshman to The Capstone (aka The University Of Alabama). Ronald, wise beyond his years, has made a bold decision to turn down offers (and aid) from EVERY Ivy League school that accepted him (ALL of them), and several other colleges, to attend UA.
Ronald did the math, and he kept the faith about his post-graduate future which will be rife with so many options.
“With people being in debt for years and years, it wasn’t a burden that Ronald wanted to take on and it wasn’t a burden that we wanted to deal with for a number of years after undergraduate,” Ronald Sr. said. “We can put that money away and spend it on his medical school, or any other graduate school.”
Plus, though I do not know Ronald’s overall ‘tude at his current age, I would have been SUCH an Ivy League azz-jack. I believe I am a better person for going Crimson Tide (UA) instead of Big Red (Cornell). An Ivy League a-hole in the hole financially. And noooo, going Ivy League does not make folks ‘holes (ex: our hella cool U.S. President went to Harvard)… I am just talking about me.
And to Ronald, who I praise for exhibiting such wisdom at such an early age: Bravo, sir… and ROLL TIDE!
READ MORE: RONALD NELSON TURNED DOWN EVERY IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL
– @ojones1
Comedian Louis CK Puts White Privilege In Perspective (Video)
May 23, 2016
3 brilliant minutes from Louis CK on white privilege. Wrapping ugly truths is comedy is a gift.https://t.co/bND8oBTMN4
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 20, 2016
Preach!
This is dope. Okay, if you are not already, get into the comedy of Louis CK. He goes HARD with his brand of social commentary; not so serious that you will not get in a gut-busting chuckle, but you definitely get the point. And he does not just save it for the stage. Here he is giving it to Jay Leno and his audience a while back. White privilege is real; too real.
And anyone who says America’s history of slavery is way in the country’s rearview, f#ck you! See? Too strong, Gotta mix that sh!t in with some comedy, like Louis does. Watch.
(Shout out to Shaun King for the Twitter chatter that matters.)
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Kanye Keeps It Real With Ellen (Video)
May 20, 2016
Kanye West went School Of Life professor on Ellen’s audience. Teach! As much as clips show up across the ‘webs of Yeezy going loose cannon, from Kanye’s canon (delivered in clips like this) folks could really learn to live life with passion. Passion that he speaks AND demonstrates…
I care about people. I care about… My Dad lived in homeless shelters less than five years ago… to find out he’s a psych major. My Mom was the first Black female chair of the English Department of Chicago State University. I was raised to do something; to make a difference!
– Kanye West
Check out a clip of Kanye’s sit-down with Ellen. More after the jump.
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24: Legacy (Series Trailer)
May 19, 2016
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This looks really spectacular.
Looks like Fox is going back to the well. This ain’t your pop’s Jack Bauer “24”… Nah, man. The clock resets for “24: Legacy.” And the trailer is EVERYTHING. No more words. Just watch, and wait longingly for the debut next year.
The clock ticks again! 24: LEGACY chronicles an adrenaline-fueled race against the clock to stop a devastating terrorist attack on United States soil.
– @ojones1
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Fat Joe Reveals Who Notorious B.I.G. Was Talking About In “I Got A Story To Tell” And More (Video)
May 16, 2016
Fat Joe SPILLED the beans out the B.I.G. bag. “I Got A Story To Tell” was about former New York Knick Anthony Mason. Speculation OVER. Now the story to tell is TOLD! Wowww… uh wait-what? Okay, well there are some conditions to the big reveal. So watch and judge for yourself. And, trust, there is waaay more in this video to ‘wow’ about! Like…Roy Jones did what???
FINALLY: @Fatjoe reveals Biggie’s “I got a story to tell” was about Anthony Masonhttps://t.co/4JbN0OlnRX
— Highly Questionable (@HQonESPN) May 16, 2016
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Roots (Official Trailer)
May 11, 2016
Looks as compelling as the original TV mega-series driven by author Alex Haley’s groundbreaking story. A man tracing his family back to its “Roots” in the Motherland. The trailer shows an ensemble cast giving us a real look at history in the raw. Make your plans around this program’s debut on Memorial Day, May 30th.
Posted in EVENTS, History, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Alex Haley, Anika Noni Rose, Anna Paquin, Forest Whitaker, History Channel, Laurence Fishburne, Roots, T.I., Tip Harris | 2 Comments »
