ATL (Blu-ray) (DVD Talk)
Warner Bros. // PG-13 // $34.99 // November 14, 2006 I came into ATL with pretty low expectations; I can honestly say I had absolutely no idea what it was about. The most I had heard was, "Yah, that ATL movie, isn`t it a gangsta movie or something?" Well, I was surprised. I actually enjoyed it.
`Play The Game Fair`: Lil Wayne Responds To DJ Drama`s Mixtape Bust (MTV Asia)
Tuesday`s raid of the Aphilliates Music Group offices -- and the subsequent arrests of DJ Drama and DJ Cannon, who were released Wednesday on $100,000 bond -- was definitely a shock to the hip-hop community, and people are still trying to figure out what exactly is going on.
On CD: Reviewing the music (Daily Breeze)
Compilation volumes are like movie sequels: Their existence implies the success of the last installment. Minor-major label TVT, which boasts one of the industry`s bigger crunk stables, continues its "Crunk Hits" with a third volume of radio stars and even an Oscar winner.
Inner-city culture defies getting out of poverty (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
"The good news," says Washington writer Juan Williams, "is that there is a formula for getting out of poverty today."
Beyond BET: Cable offering alternatives (Chicago Tribune)
Thirty years ago this week, the eight-day ABC mini-series "Roots" completely reinvented the portrayal of African-Americans on television. It cracked through the color barrier of sitcom stereotypes and opened the door for more elaborate, nuanced programming featuring prominent black actors and writers -- and it set a ratings record for an entertainment show that would stand until the "M*A*S*H" ...
One of America`s Great Student Newspapers (The Pitt News)
I have an unhealthy obsession. Actually, it`s more of an epidemic - an epidemic that is sweeping the nation and afflicting countless innocent victims like myself. It`s gotten so bad that I need my daily fix or I can`t even fall asleep at night.
We Are What We Google (The Morning News)
Forget instant messaging, throw out the cell phones and land-line phones, even notes in bottles tossed into the ocean. Communication today takes place on the Internet -- at least among the teens and 20somethings.
Alleged call girl returns to stage: Taylor, 42, dances nude to pay bills (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Dearborn, Mich. —- Somewhere between the seediness of a trucker-friendly diner in Florida and the glamor of Vegas, Lisa Ann Taylor watched a stage full of young, beautiful naked women. She`d been on stages like this for 23 years —- longer than half of the dancers twirling on the stripper poles had been alive. But it had been about a year since she had danced nude in public, and two since she had ...
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