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Only in the film business can a film make $84 million over the weekend and still be considered a disappointment. But that's what some people saying about Star Trek: Into Darkness. Since Weds night, the film has grossed that amount up to today, which is about equal to what the previous Star Trek reboot made back during its first weekend in 2009 adjusted for today dollars. There were originally predictions of a $100 million weekend, but it fell short. Still $84 million is definitely nothing to sneeze at. Iron Man 3 has already passed the $1 billion mark worldwide which explains why Robert Downey is reportedly asking for the moon from Marvel Productions and...
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Today in history... May 19, 1925, Malcolm Little/Malcolm X/El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the 4th of 7 children, to Earl Little and Louise Norton. Of course, I'm sure we all know of Spike Lee's 1992 film based on the life of the man - a film that will rest among the nation's treasures in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings; just over a year ago, it was inducted for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. And by the way, it's now officially on Blu-ray, finally released in that format last year. So you can pick up a copy if you haven't yet. You can also watch Orlando Bagwell's 2 1/2 hour...
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by Kola Tubosun As part of my five-week blogathon on the five shortlisted stories in the 2013 Caine Prize, I present some thoughts on the first story: Elnathan John's Bayan Layi, first published at http://www.percontra.net/issues/25/fiction/bayan-layi/. ______ Bayin Layi is a story of street children, located this time, unlike those in Olufemi Terry's Caine Prize-winning Stickfighting Days, in a real and defined city. The violence they [...]
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The creation of the State of Jubaland within the Federal Republic of Somalia has resulted in Somali analysis, sometimes heated, pro and con. See the negative posting below for 16 May by Muhamud M. Uluso on the subject. Abdighani Hirad offered his positive views on 17 May 2013 in a piece titled "Jubaland State of Somalia: A Model State to Somalia."
So long as this debate remains civil and peaceful and is undertaken by Somalis, who must live with the results, it is a good thing.
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I didn't know Chris Stevens. I admit that the first I'd heard of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya was the morning of Sept. 12, when I woke up and, along with the rest of the country, learned that he and three others had died in an attack on a diplomatic mission in Benghazi. By all [...]
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) went on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday to use the IRS scandal to attack the Obama administraiton, but flubbed a key part of his case: he couldn't defend the claim that IRS was targeting conservative groups as part of a political strategy to help the White House. Paul, like [...]
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A new season of Roomieloverfriends, the web series created by the Black & Sexy TV team (aka Dennis Dortch and Numa Perrier), and executive produced by Issa Rae (aka Awkward Black Girl) via her Issa Rae Productions. We here at S&A totally love what these folks are doing within the web series space, building a strong library of work, giving audiences (especially black audiences) varied slices *our* varied experiences mostly ignored by the mainstream. So take advantage of their offerings. And even if this one doesn't appeal to you specifically, there are others to choose from within the Black & Sexy TV/Issa Rae...
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On Sunday, during an appearance on Meet The Press, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) -- the GOP leader in the senate -- distanced himself from Republican efforts to portray the Obama administration's response to the attacks on a U.S. diplomatic issue in Benghazi, Libya as a Watergate-level scandal that should result in impeachment. McConnell's comments come [...]
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Matt Kasper is the Special Assistant for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress. On Wednesday night, Minnesota State Representative Glenn Gruenhagen (R-Glencoe) took to the House floor to talk about climate change and renewable energy. Using sources such as the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Rep. Gruenhagen told his colleagues that climate change [...]
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