For Southerners Only: Remember This

Some friends and I were reminiscing about the good ole' days. We talked about how we would eat fried snickers, penny candy, licking sugar cool aid, selling candy at school, etc. The list went on. So I decided to mention pickles and every one was with me until I said "ya'll remember sticking candy in the middle of the pickle". There was a silence as if I said something crazy like, remember eating boogers. I'm like yeah "We used to stick Now and Later's in our pickles, it gave that sweet and sour taste". I later mentioned how we used to argue over the "booty" of the pickle. They were dying laughing after that one. I thought it was universal in all 1980's black society. I guess only in H-town!

Soul and R&B Re-emerges at the Canal Room: Chrisette Michele, Peter Hadar, and Friends

Just in case you guys are in New York, be sure to check out my friend Peter Hadar along with Chrisette Michele and friends at the Canal Room. This show is going to be special, so make sure you check it out. The show starts at 7pm. Stay tuned for a future interview with Peter!

Canal Room
285 West Broadway
212-941-8100

Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Scary Spice gives birth to baby girl

Baby Brown weighs in at 5 pounds, 4 ounces,

NEW YORK - Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown has given birth to a daughter in California, her publicist said Tuesday.

The baby, who weighs 5 pounds, 4 ounces, was born just after midnight Tuesday at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica, said Nadine Bibi in an e-mail.

“Baby is completely healthy with a good head of hair. Mother and baby are now resting,” the statement said. “No name has been decided on as yet, and (she) is purely known as Baby Brown!” Not Murphy? Wonder if she will be filing for child support from her baby daddy (Eddie Murphy). Stay tuned

Congratulation, I bet she is cute as a button.

Ms Ray

Big Willy The 4 Billion Dollar Man!

Will Smith, Hollywood's Most Powerful Actor

by Donna Porter
Will Smith, Hollywood's Most Powerful ActorBeating "The Tom's" (Hanks and Cruise), former leader Mel Gibson, and even Johnny Depp, Will Smith is the most powerful actor in Hollywood. The April 9 issue of Newsweek labels him the $4 billion dollar man, and with good reason. King of Hollywood, and former Prince of Bel-Air, Will Smith boasts a $4.4 billion worldwide career box office, yet there is more to his appeal.

Hollywood insider told Newsweek, "Will Smith is the only thing in this business -the only thing- that represents a guaranteed opening weekend." He may be even bigger than that. "Let's put it this way," says one studio head, "there's Will Smith, and then there are the mortals."Will Smith,38, earned his power honestly. The formidable actor sells movies in any genre he touches: sci-Fi (I, Robot), action-comedy (Men in Black), romantic comedy (Hitch) and drama (The Pursuit of Happyness).

I love Will Smith!
From Rapper, to Fresh Prince, and now a big time Movie Star. Only in America folks, only in America!

Ms Ray