How To Survive The Entertainment Industry: February 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

PHOTOS : RHOA’s Peter Thomas, Cynthia Bailey, Claudia Jordan, Demetria Lucas Parties in Charlotte for CIAA 2015

I had the chance to kick it with RHOA’s Cynthia Bailey and Peter Thomas on Friday night at their new sports bar/lounge Sports One Bar. Peter and Cynthia are making moves in the entertainment industry in both Atlanta and Charlotte. The power couple invited all of Charlotte to come get their grub and party on...

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Friday, February 27, 2015

Morehouse Men In Training!

Note: This post submitted by Keeyen Martin, Site Assistant for AMPlify.

On last Friday, Feb. 20th, I had the esteemed privilege to share in a life changing experience for the Boys of Amplify. We took our Young Male Artist to participate in performance with the renown Morehouse College Glee Club. This experience was extra special, me being an Alumna of Morehouse and member of the Glee Club.

The anticipation of this performance grew quickly stemming from productive rehearsals, learning “Git On Board, and our students meeting Dr. Morrow. Such an epic moment with my Former Director, Dr. David Morrow (present Director of the Glee Club) coming to rehearse with the AMPlify boys. As you can imagine this was completely nostalgic as I relived my experiences with the Glee Club watching this rehearsal. Our students quickly responded in a state of “Awe” at how sharp and engaged Dr. Morrow appeared. The classic Glee Club piece “Git On Board” was brought to life in such a special way with Dr. Morrows vivid imagery and storytelling and our young gentlemen giving their best in song.

AMPlify Young Men’s Ensemble performs with Morehouse College Glee Club at the Annual Morehouse Founders Day Concert

As we arrived at Morehouse College (day of show) the energy and anticipation from parents and students was electric. I had so much excitement from simply conversing with the AMPlify boys as they asked every question imaginable of the history of Morehouse and the Glee Club. We walked into King Chapel with excellent decorum and every eye was captivated as the Glee Club took the stage during our joint rehearsal. That rehearsal only pumped us up even more for the upcoming performance. After we rehearsed, the anticipation grew as we watched AMPlify parents, family members and staff file into the auditorium to hear us perform. They all wished the young men good luck. At 8PM it was show time!

Finally, just before intermission, the AMPlify boys were called onstage! They joined the Glee Club and executed exceptionally well. I was and still am so very PROUD!!!!! Great applause and a standing ovation complimented the young gentlemen as they exited the stage. This moment was certainly one of the greatest highlights of my time working with AMPLIFY!

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Fan Mail: Please Revisit Kenya Moore’s Fake Butt… [THROWBACK PHOTOS]

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Everybody knows that Kenya Moore of The Real Housewives of Atlanta has a fake butt, but apparently y’all are still digging for the truth.

I received the following email recently…

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to: StraightFromTheA

date: Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:45 PM

subject: kenya moore

Can you please do a post on kenya moores fake behind?

She was recently on wendy williams a month or so ago and wendy vouched that her butt and body was not enhanced.

I went and did a little digging and watched her old pageant vids readily available on youtube.

These screenshots are from her 1993 Miss USA, The 1993 Miss Universe, and the 1994 Miss USA pageant and there’s a big difference between then and now.

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Soulful Roasted Chicken/Israeli cous cous recipes for an even more soulful saxophonista, Jordan Pettay!

Last night, I had oh so very soulful saxophonista, Jordan Pettay drop into Adi’s Jazz Kitchen for some cooking lessons!! Jordan and I go back 7 years to when we first moved to New York to both attend The Juilliard School’s jazz program, so I thought we should keep it classic in the kitchen last […]

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Wolf Creek Amphitheater Announces 2015 Summer Concert Series

Wolf Creek Amphitheater has just released the first round of their lineup for the 2015 Summer Concert Series! The season will kick off on Saturday, May 2 with A Night of Classic R&B featuring The Whispers.

Wolf Creek Amphitheater 2015 Summer Concert Series

May 2: A Night of Classic R&B
The Whispers, Stephanie Mills, Angela Winbush

May 9: “An Evening Under The Stars” Musical Festival 9^th Annual Mother’s Day Weekend Celebration Hosted by: MC Lightfood
Featuring: Anthony Hamilton, EnVogue

May 15: Funk Fest 2015, Sponsored by Pepsi
R.Kelly, 2 Live Crew, 8 Ball MJG

May 16: Funk Fest 2015, Sponsored by Pepsi
Erykah Badu, Total, Rakim

May 23: ATL Soul Life Music Fest
Chrisette Michelle, Dwele, Kindred The Family Soul, Avery Sunshine, Conya Doss

May 24: ATL Soul Life Music Fest
Lyfe Jennings, The Foreign Exchange, Eric Roberson, Anthony David, Alegebra Blessett

Jun. 6: Affordable Old School Concert Series
Avant, Tank, Chante Moore, Big Daddy Kane, Jon B

Jun. 13: Jazz Show
Will Downing, Gerald Albright, Alex Bugnon, Pieces of a Dream

Jul. 4: Affordable Old School Concert Series
Mint Condition, Bobby Brown, Juvenile, 8 Ball & MJG, Tweet

Jul. 18: Wolf Creek Funk Party
Cameo, Midnight Star, Atlantic Starr, Brick

Aug. 1: Affordable Old School Concert Series
Joe, Ruben Studdard, Mystikal, Donnell Jones, Adina Howard

Sept. 5: Affordable Old School Concert Series
112, Jagged Edge, Silk, Kilo, Pastor Troy

Sept. 6: Wolf Creek Funk Party
Morris Day, Confunkshun, Zapp, Lakeside

More dates and artists to be announced soon!

Tickets are on sale now via Ticket Alternative.

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Celebrity Kids: Young Jeezy Celebrates Daughter’s 1st Birthday… [PHOTOS]

It was just a few weeks ago that Jay Jenkins aka Young Jeezy publicly revealed that he had an infant daughter (click HERE if you missed that) and recently, he threw an extravagant birthday bash for his baby girl’s first birthday (February 22, 2015).

[READ: Young Jeezy Reveals Infant Daughter on Instagram (PHOTOS)]

Photographer Thaddeus McAdams of Exclusive Access exclusively shot the event, which was held at Le Fais do-do in Atlanta and attended by several of Jeezy’s celebrity friends.

Sunday afternoon in Atlanta Jeezy held a royal birthday affair. Celebrating the 1st Birthday of his little princess Amra Nor.

Taking a page out of the classic Coming to America the walked in on rose petals to the sound of drums and tribal dancers. Aside from the dancing the kids we’re treated to face painting as well as arts and crafts

Guests included Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and his daughter, Christopher ‘Ludacris’ Bridges and his two daughters, TV Exec. Ryan Glover and his son, and Real ‘Housewife’ Kandi Burruss and her husband Todd Tucker.

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Famous-2-Most Sign To Bangladesh Records – Launch Party

Bangladesh has three wins for the month of March. Not only does he celebrate his birthday the 24th of this month (a shared birthday with legendary talent like Erika Badu and the greats like Duke Ellington. This month Bangladesh re-launches his label and signs the newly formed group DUO Famous 2 Most! Happy Birthday Bang...

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AMG Weekend Picks 2/27-3/1

Friday Feb. 27

Rocco Deluca @ The Earl

Genre: Indie Rock

Sounds Like: honeyhoney, Charlie Mars, Ponderosa

Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of. Doors open at 9 pm, show starts at 10 pm.

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Jason Boland & The Stragglers @ King Plow at Terminal West

Genre: American Red Dirt Country

Sounds Like: Cross Canadian Ragweed, Stoney LaRue, Reckless Kelly

Tickets are $12. Doors open at 8 pm, show starts at 9 pm.

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Saturday Feb. 28

Corey Smith @ The Tabernacle

Genre: Country

Sounds Like: Zac Brown Band, Josh Thompson, Eric Church

Tickets are $40. Doors open at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm.

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Five Eight @ Eddie’s Attic

Genre: Alternative Rock

Sounds Like: Triple Fast Action, Red Dead Sea, Free Diamonds

Tickets are $8 in advance, $12 at the door. Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 7 pm.
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Sunday March 1

Desert Noises w/Sol Cat @ The Earl

Genre: Indie Rock

Sounds Like: Release the Sunbird, Swear and Shake, Lost Lander

Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Doors open at 8 pm, show starts at 8:30 pm.

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‘Like a Pimp!’ Erykah Badu Crashes Another Live News Report… [VIDEO]

Singer Erykah Badu was amongst the many airport travelers stranded nationwide due to winter storms but she handled it all with a smile.

Badu (and her big azz hat) was on attempting to fly to L.A. from Dallas earlier this week when she was approached by CBS Dallas/Fort Worth reporter Steve Pickett, who was reporting live on all the cancellations at the airport.

[FLASHBACK: Outkast #ATLast Includes Surprise Performance by Erykah Badu (PHOTOS/VIDEO)]

When asked about her flight’s delay, and Erykah replied, “It’s hard out here for a pimp, you know?” with a totally straight face then proceeded to make funny faces as the reporter closed out the segment.

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Tracklist: All day Kanye

>> Last Night on Late Night: Brit indies Glass Animals did slinky, slippery Zaba (awesome cover-art/packaging alert) tune "Gooey" on Letterman, current best late night talk show guest and current best thing on Girls Andrew Rannells covered Spandau Ballet's 1983 soft pop classic "True" with a little help from Jimmy, natch, and Lupe Fiasco did "Little Death" with a little help form Nikki Jean, Crystal Rovel Torres, and The Roots on Fallon, New York City trio MisterWives did "Reflections" on Meyers, and Fresh Prince Will Smith talked touring the world, making music, and also did an impromptu "Summertime" on Kimmel, and Kanye did a new song (that contains a Sade dis?) called "All Day" with a little help from Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, a crowd of extras, and a couple FLAMETHROWERS at the BRIT Awards.…

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Wanna See New Edition on The Big Screen? Watch ‘N.E. Heartbreak – The Movement’… [TRAILER]

NEWSFLASH! An up & coming Atlanta filmmaker is hoping to bring New Edition‘s story to the big screen.

Bobby Huntley is an independent filmmaker from Atlanta with a passion for compelling stories and visuals. He’s also a New Edition fan and wants to use his skills to bring their story to life.

Being a lifelong of fan of New Edition and then finally being able to witness firsthand, the immense talent of the group, last year at a concert in Atlanta, Bobby Huntley was filled with the same exhilaration and excitement that was swelling around him.

This talented young director knew it was time for New Edition’s story to join the echelon of other legendary music biopic films, such as: ‘The Five Heartbeats’, ‘The Temptations’ and the Oscar winning film ‘Ray’.

Huntly has created a trailer called ‘NE Heartbreak – The New Edition Story’ as a precursor to the film and hopes that his team will one day be able to turn his vision into a full feature film.

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Ladyfest Atlanta lineup announced

In less than a month, the first-ever Ladyfest Atlanta will showcase a variety of local talent — artists, musicians, and more — with a focus on women and gender nonconformists.

Last week, Ladyfest's organizers announced a strong musical lineup, with highlights of Mariah Johnson's hazy shoegaze project Woven In, dream pop group Factory, and Saira Raza (formerly of Waking Astronomer), and many others.…

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Sheryl Lee Ralph on Mo’Nique’s Claims of Blackballing: “Sometimes you just need to shut up…” (VIDEO)

Academy Award-winning actress Mo’Nique hasn’t been seen or heard from since she was ‘allegedly’ blackballed from Hollywood but her interview with The Hollywood Reporter last week certainly got her name in the news.

[READ: Mo’Nique Claims Lee Daniels Confirmed Her Suspicions of Being Blackballed…]

Since Mo’Nique’s candid interview, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph has decided to put in her 2 cents on the matter, offering her opinion during an appearance on “Access Hollywood Live.”

“… there’s a whole lot of actors who are mean and terrible, but they work all the time,” Ralph said.

“It goes back to who likes you, who wants to be in your kind of crazy company. Who wants to give you money in hopes they’ll get something back on the return on your madness.

And sometimes you just need to shut up, sit there and look pretty.”

Ralph, who worked alongside the Mo’Nique on the ‘90s television sitcom Moesha, is convinced that a comeback is still possible but feels that Mo’Nique has some work to do before that happens… like lose more weight.

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Mono Lisa's weirdness shines on 'Shining Crisis'

A good general indicator of the integrity and grit of a musician comes from watching their reaction to being called “weird.” It is a word that should be taken as the highest of compliments. Weird is what every artist should aspire to be — synonymous with and at the same time less tired than such terms as “progressive” or “innovative.” Mono Lisa’s Nick Lowery seems like he would totally dig being called weird; revel in it, bathe in it and let the connotations of the word cover him like a warm goo.…

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