Before the host of Bravo's popular show "Inside the Actor's Studio", this man was very young and penniless. Ok, that's believable...we all had to struggle to come up, and I applaud him for his success.
But what ya'lldon't know is that this man was a real PIMP in France.
Yes...none other than James Lipton, whose popularity grew after Will Ferrell's spoofs of him on SNL, would set up sex shows for clients for one of his lady friends.
"We were earning our living together, this young woman and I; we made a rather good living, I must say." amny.com
Is this a joke or has Jermaine Dupri been a little person his entire career and I never received the memo. Ciara'scrackin' up and I can't tell if she's laughing with him or at him so I'm hoping this is a joke....but I just can't find Jermaine's real legs behind the fake midget legs....but wait, look at his hands. Maybe this is a midget that happens to look identical to Jermaine....Damn this is wild. Someone please...I Want Answers!! And don't give me the camera angle bull shit!
On a more serious note R.I.P. to the homie Big Moe...you will be missed
I know this is Vanity Pages and we keep it siddity over here, but I'm a Houston, Texas by way of Mo.City native and when I heard of Big Moe's (real name Kenneth More) passing I was saddened. The SUC (Screwed Up CLick) has had yet another loss. If you are from the south, then you know DJ. Screw, Phat Pat, and Big Hawk...all members of the SUC and all have since passed away. At age 33, Big Moe is the latest casualty of a supposed heart attack. His hits were "Barre Baby", "Purple Stuff", and the Houston classic SUCcollabo "June 27". He will be missed!
For those of you who want Sex and the City: The Movie to be fresh and new, look away (until May 30th, 2008, when the film is released). For those who cannot resist a look at what the fabulous foursome will be wearing around Manhattan. I loved Sex in the City, so when IN STYLE posted the up-coming movie fashions of Sex In The City, I couldn't resist. What do you guys think? (Samantha Looks Fab in the red)
Classic Carrie
Costume designer Patricia Field rises to the challenge of creating unique outfits for the cast. Here she creates one of Carrie's signature high fashion-meets-funky looks with a flouncy floral dress and ostrich feather bag from Salvatore Ferragamo. (I LOVE THIS LOOK.LOVE!!!)
Kim Cattrall, who stands 5'9" tall, gets an extra lift from liquid silver peep-toe pumps. Never shy in demeanor or dress, Samantha is eye-catching in a taxi cab-yellow jacket. (She Looks So Great) Love this outfit and shoes
Wow, what can I say. So "ARRRA" has really steeped to new low levels(as if he couldn't get any lower). He's looking a little disheveled. Damn! Where are you Dave Chappelle? We need a spoof on this, actually he spoofed his damn self. This makes me kinda' sad. I can so hear Lisa Raye talkin' at the other end. Real Talk!!!
EXTREME EXCITEMENT American Gangster Denzel Washington has yet again aroused the hood by bringing another gangster story back to Hollywood. I recommend not going to any Magic Johnson Theaters because the lines are going to be crazy long. And you know how we love to talk through movies. Showing: November 12
EXCITED-ISH 30 Days of Night and Why Did I Get Married?
30 Days of Night- All Halloween lovers must be totally psyched (I know that was so 80's of me) about this movie. Being the horror movie lover october baby that I am...I can't help but get anxious about this thriller. I hope it doesn't let me down like 28 Weeks Later. This may be bootleg worthy....I don't know. Showing: 10/19
Why Did I Get Married- Hopefully bringing back the real black love stories and drama that had us feeling good during the Love Jones and The Best Man era. I'm feeling real good about the cast and this movie. I am definitely going to support it by not buying the bootleg. Showing: Now 10/12
May Suck a Mean One- Rather watch Martin DVD's all night. Feel the Noise- The fact that it's produced by J-Lo further lets me know how this will be a waist of anyone's time. If I even hear of any one my friends or associates going to see this movie (which I won't because my people are cool)...our friendship will definitely be in question. Do we really need another HoneyYougotServedSavetheLastDance movie? I'd rather watch the dance scenes from The Last Dragon 50 times before seeing this one. Sorry O fans...this one will be a total dud! Showing: Who Cares?
HIV AND AIDS HAS INCREASED TO 30% THIS YEAR ALONE AND GUESS WHAT, THE YEAR IS NOT OVER YET. YOU CAN IGNORE THIS, IT'S YOUR CHOICE OR YOU CAN READ AND PROTECT YOURSELF. PLEASE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THEY HAVE HIV OR AIDS.
Black Americans and HIV/AIDS
Black Americans have been disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS since the epidemic’s beginning, and that disparity has deepened over time.Blacks account for more HIV and AIDS cases, people estimated to be living with AIDS, and HIV-related deaths than any other racial/ethnic group in the U.S.1,4 The epidemic has also had a disproportionate impact on Black women, youth, and men who have sex with men, and its impact varies across the country. Moreover, Blacks with HIV/AIDS may face greater barriers to accessing care than their white counterparts.Today, there are approximately 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S, including more than 500,000 who are Black. Analysis of national household survey data found that more than 6% of Blacks in the U.S. were HIV positive, higher than any other group.
WEAR A CONDOM! IF YOU DON'T THINK IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU, WELL THINK AGAIN. THESE NUMBERS ARE TOO HIGH, AND IF YOU ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP OR STARTING A NEW RELATIONSHIP WEAR A CONDOMS. BOTH PARTNERS SHOULD DECIDE TO GET A HIV TEST TOGETHER. IF YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING TO YOUR PARTNER ABOUT THIS, ASK YOUR SELF THIS QUESTION WHO DO YOU LOVE? REMEMBER PEOPLE DO LIE AND DON'T FORGET IT.
YEAH, IT'S THAT SERIOUS!!!
Although Black Americans represent only 12% of the U.S. population, they account for half (50%)of AIDS cases diagnosed in 2007
I just wanna give a shout out to my best friend, the other Raquel, for emailing me this. As much as I hate to exploit black people on this site, I feel this is necessary. Really it is not black folks that we or I exploit, it's more so Niggas, if you know what I mean, and this is some real nigga-shit. This brings me back to the days when my friend Raquel and I would make up dances in our living rooms. We've been friends since the second grade....and I am about 26, so that means we were dancing and singing to Salt N' Pepa, The Good Girls (Remember that Mackity Jack), The Boys, B Angie B, ABC, Tevin Campbell, and Tracy Spencer, just to bring some memories back for you old heads, (and yes you are an old head if you know at least three songs from any of these artist). It was cute because these were popular songs that we heard on the radio, and we really thought we were great enough to perform in front of family and friends. We had the outfits, the hair, and everything..... But now in 2007, the game has changed. Folks got it all twisted and f*cked-to-the-up! Now we have Youtube and all hell has broken loose. We got little boys performing as Beyonce here (which I thought was hilarious), Crazy white folks who wanna get a deal for a tv show here....No one gives a damn! anymore! Lets just air our dirty laundry....DAMN! I guess I am adding to the fire by posting this stuff, but if I didn't, it would ad to another boring 5 minutes at work...Am I right?! But this sh*t takes the cake. Who in the cracked out-wanna be-Cameo-Remy Ma lookin ass told this broke down looking drag queen and his entourage to perform and post it on youtube. I've seen some great Drag shows, but this is a disgrace to all my Drag divas out there
I...I cant say anymore....I recommend not to even watch this all the way through...it's just not right.
When I ask people did they read "Billy Jo Jive the super private eye" as a kid? They would look at me like I'm nuts. But, I've found him!!! I forgot about the cartoons. He was so popular back in my day. As a kid I enjoyed reading Billy Jo Jive books so much, that often I couldn't wait for the nexted caper. After all these years, I've found it and now I know it wasn't a figment of my imagination! I was beginning to wonder.
I want to thank PBS for giving me an up to date report of what is going on in Jena, LA. I’ve been reading many articles online about this case but it kept telling me things I already knew about it. (Eddie Nicole also did a post on this a while ago click hereto get info on it b/c I’m about to talk about this and you should look at the post and video so you can get up to speed on this issue-I’m too mad to play catch up today) I wanted to know what was going on today, who showed up at the protest, what was said, how did the crowd react and how did the town of Jena react to all of the people. Now granted I haven’t been home all day glued to the TV, but I can tell you after being out and about today running errands and getting back home looking for coverage of the Jena six I failed to see anything between the hours of 3pm and 6pm. I did however, see countless reports about OJ Simpson who I could give a flying f*ck about right now. Im tired of hearing about him and I refuse to entertain his situation anymore-I’m mad I even said his name!
Now back to business…
I FINALLY saw a thorough report on PBS with commentary and EVERYTHING. In the PBS report, it was said that the citizens of Jena, LA (mostly white residents) were saying that the case was giving the town a bad name, that they are “a good town with church going people” and they were saying that this has turned into a racial thing and it had been blown out of proportion (run on sentence, I know, bare with me). Ummm, ok? Let’s see, nooses were hung from a tree that the students named the “white tree” (because that’s where the white kids sat during lunch and such) and you don’t consider that “racial”? Puhlease! Ok, fine…while race does play a large factor in the case, we can omit it for a brief moment only because the fact still remains that the two parties involved in the series of events were not punished fairly. It’s been reported that the District Attorney, Reed Waites says that racism wasn’t a factor in the prosecution because there were no LA laws that were in place to give the white boys a greater punishment (the white boys only got suspended from school for what they did)-but there were laws however, to convict Michael bell of attempted murder for taking the gun away from the white boy and then beating him up. I just want to know why the white boy was not charged for attempted murder for pulling out the gun in the first place or at least charged with assault with a deadly weapon? I’m no attorney, nor am I in law school, but I took the damn LSAT-that should give me a lil' credibility, right? lol-so something I’m saying has to make sense! So with attempts to look at this from a non racial standpoint, if it were two personified fruits in this situation (apple and orange) you mean to tell me that apple who took the gun away from orange, who actually pulled it out in the first place, would be charged with attempted murder and orange would only get suspended from school for a couple of days? F*ck that! I’m mad! Man, people in New Orleans and Mississippi are still displaced and homeless from Katrina, the Jena six are being treated unfairly, I can't stand my boss, Nicole Simpson can't rap! Ok, I’m digressing, the point of this post was to discuss the coverage or lack of coverage for the Jena 6 case/protest. I’m done…you get my point! Throws macbook down and leaves the room. End scene.
Despite all of this, I’m still livin’, laughin’, and lovin’ (Mama just didn’t raise no fool) Lady A ☺ *No macbooks were harmed in the typing of this post, the author spent too much of her own money to actually harm her precious Apple…it was only stated for dramatization.
Don't hate on my kitty kat, Dontrelle. He's cute and the new addition to me and Eddie Nicole's home. Now let's get to the business. We purposely named him Mr. Washington because I noticed that my beloved brutha's and sista's (lol) can't ever seem to pronounce words with R's in them right. Maybe its a southern thing but I find it hilarious. Have you noticed that words without R's in them seem to be placed in the word and words with R's in them seem to be omitted? Need an example, here you go:
"Girl, go wash those dishes" becomes, "Girl, go warsh those dishes"
or at church...
"We invite you to worship with us..." becomes, "We invite you to wusshup with us" better yet, the word "church" becomes, "chuch"
or...
"Let me introduce you to Mr. Washington" becomes, "Let me introduce you to Mr. Warshington"
and last but not least, one of my personal favorites...
"I need to do some research on the computer" becomes, "I need to do some research on the compruter"
What the hell people!!?? So that's why Eddie and I decided to name the kitty Dontrelle Alowishus WARSHington because a person with the name Dontrelle Alowishus would probably pronounce their last name as Warshington!
*One more thing...big shout out to Leon over at listentoleon.net for making my soul sister Eddie Nicole the winner of his photoshop challenge-Eddie's got the graphic design skills to pay tha bills! (corny I know, but whatever!) You gotta check this dude out, he keeps me laughing everyday!
Although I am not a fan of posting random homemade youtube clips. I thought this was crazy as hell. I haven't posted anything Crass on here in a while. How many times in a day do you say "Bitch Please"? I think I say it at least twice a day to at least two of my girlfriends. Those two words can mean so much in so many different ways, and our new friend below displayed this perfectly. Forget that he looks coked out and crazy, it is the way he says the second and third "Bitch Please", those are my favorites! This definitely will have a place in the Crack Files
Like every gay man, I am sure he has a stable of black and/or spanish girlfriends. He has the attitude with the head and everything. Biitch Pleeeazzz-a!
First, let me start by introducing myself and thanking Vanity Pages for allowing me to add my two cents to the blog! You can call me Dr. Rocky, I’ll be your resource for all things medical. As a newly minted physician, I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t bring some very important issues to the forefront, so here I am!
After recently getting married and moving to Atlanta, GA, (a.k.a. Black Hollywood, a.k.a. modern day Sodom and Gomorrah, a.k.a. 7th level of Hell) I have become increasingly frustrated at the state of medical affairs in our community. During our weekly dish sessions on life, Eddie Nicole and I came to the realization that we are totally uninspired and absolutely must do something about it. On one of my first trips to the ATL, I had a conversation with this guy that really made me both sad and angry at the same time. He told me about a blood drive held at a local nightclub. Apparently, after collecting about 500 blood samples, the staff realized that they would have to trash about half of them because they were positive for HIV. Let me just say that this is purely heresay and I have no way of proving whether or not this is true. But, as if this wasn’t enough, I heard that when Houston (a.k.a. greatest city ever, a.k.a. New Orleans II, a.k.a. Syrup City) held its “Hip Hop for HIV” concert (instead of buying tickets they were free with proof of a recent HIV test), 10,000 test results were positive! WTF Black People? Ok, we need to talk about this….
Some major news has hit the media. I am so excited that "Sex in the City" will feature Lil Miss Effie White herself, Jennifer Hudson as Carrie's (SJP) assistant. Her name is Louise (Ooh I hope she's not soulful, the name sounds kind of homely..right!) I can't wait for this movie. About time they decided to throw one of us in there. Damn! As much as I love me some Sex and this City, I always wondered why the Foursome never had any black girl associates or friends. The black chick, (who happened to be a very attractive cab driver by the way, how many cute black cab drivers do ya'll see in the city), who bought Carrie a hot dog after her book signing was the only black girl with a line a can remember. That shit didn't count to me, but I kept watching until the very end. I longed for Tracy Ellis Ross or Nia Long to have some kind of cameo appearance, but nope. Instead, they gave us fine ass Blair Underwood the role as Robert Leeds, the NBA doctor. Did ya'll catch any discrepancies with this? First of all, it's believable that a black NBA doctor would date a female of the other persuasion. But dating Miranda....I have a problem with that! Miranda is pale, she had that crooked tooth, and she was kind of fleshy and dorky. That relationship was never believable in my opinion. But, I totally love Miranda's character with her cynical attitude. Anyway, I am happy for J. Hud, I was getting kind of worried about her career, since her widely anticipated album got pushed back.
I know we post a lot about fashion and style. But I feel it is my duty to post horrific tales of racism from all demographics. It just seems that the media won't keep their ear to the street on what's important for us all to see and hear. America's not right and I hope that people will start to realize this. Thanks to concreteloop for posting this. I hope you all pass this story around.
Once again, I can't believe this. The Jenna 6, now this. Wake up America!
“Every time they stabbed her, they called her ‘nigger,’” her mother said.
But whatever the reason, Carmen Williams wants people to know what happened to her daughter. She agreed to talk to a reporter from her daughter’s room at Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital.
She said a man and a woman — who Megan Williams thought were her friends — took her to the house of Frankie Lee Brewster in Pecks Mill, Logan County.
Megan Williams was held in the house for about a week, police said.
According to criminal complaints filed against six people in this case, she was beaten, stabbed, choked, sexually assaulted and threatened with death.
The details are even more horrible. According to the complaints, she was forced to eat dog and rat feces and to lick up blood. She was made to lick parts of Brewster’s body, under the threat of death. Her hair was pulled out. She was made to drink from the toilet. She was sexually assaulted while hot water was poured on her body, and while a man held a knife to her.
I don't understand. We gotta get the hell out of these small towns! For more of the story, click on the title of this post above and it will direct you to the full story. I will keep this family in my prayers.
"Yeah they deserve to die, and I Hope They Burn in Hell!"- Sam Jackson in A Time to Kill (that's just how I feel... I'm from Texas, can't help it)
Fish Pedicure! If unconventional — beauty treatments is your thing, You'll love this pedicure for sure. ( I love)
The small fish swim in a shallow tub of warm water and nibble at dead skin, leaving hands and feet smooth. (fish called garru-rufa.) Imported from Turkey, the fish are used in some Middle Eastern countries as a natural way to treat skin disease and rheumatism.(Good enough for me!!) If you can remember the episode on Ugly Betty, When Vanessa Williams Character received a fish pedicure. Using unconventional — beauty treatments in her ritual in being Fab!!
Would you try this treatment?
I can't wait to try this!!! When I do try this, my feet are not coming up until I see blood.
Can Keyshia Cole touch Mary J. Blige? Fans from both camps are comparing the Young Keyshia to Mary in style, swagger, and street cred. I am a huge fan of Ms. Blige. I've been to three of her concerts spanning from the time when she was going through issues with that crack head boyfriend of hers KC of Jodeci to No More Drama...I can say they were all great performances. I like Keyshia Cole, especially that new club banger "Let it Go", but I just can't give her the props just yet. What ya'll think?!!
Keeping us updated on the health and medical tips, Dr. Rakel Wilkins aka Rocky, will guide our community in the right direction. Dr. Wilkins is a 2006 graduate of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. She resides in both Atlanta and Houston. At the young age of 25 Rakel has added to the small 8% of black doctors in America. We look forward to her contributions to Vanity Pages
