Red Hook Summer Collaborator James McBride: Hollywood Forces Black Artists to Be ?Cultural Maids?

Days after the polarizing Red Hook Summer hit Sundance, co-writer/co-producer James McBride unleashed a passionate missive comparing the black artists' experience to cultural servitude: "You get to drive the well-meaning boss to and fro, you love that boss, your lives are stitched together, but only when the boss decides your story intersects with his or her life is your story valid. Because you?re a kind of cultural maid. You serve up the music, the life, the pain, the spirituality. You clean house. Take the kids to school. You serve the eggs and pour the coffee. And for your efforts the white folks thank you. They pay you a little. They ask about your kids. Then they jump into the swimming pool and you go home to your life on the outside, whatever it is. And if lucky you get to be the wise old black sage that drops pearls of wisdom, the wise old poet or bluesman who says ?I been buked and scorned,? and you heal the white folks, when in fact you can?t heal anybody." [40Acres.com]

Source: http://www.celebrities.com/celebrities-gossip/red-hook-summer-collaborator-james-mcbride-hollywood-forces-black-artists-to-be-cultural-maids/

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NFL Star Ray Lewis -- I Don't Trust My Baby Mama with My Money!

NFL superstar Ray Lewis admits he fathered an 11-year-old boy in Florida ... and he's totally willing to provide support -- with one caveat ... he doesn't want the baby mama to get her hands on the money.According to court documents filed in…

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NFL Star Ray Lewis -- I Don't Trust My Baby Mama with My Money!

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/25/ray-lewis-baltimore-ravens-paternity/

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Matisyahu -- Accused of Kicking Woman in the Face

Formerly bearded Jewish rapper Matisyahu allegedly booted a female photojournalist in the face at a concert in Brooklyn this week ... all because he felt the flash was "distracting."It all went down Wednesday night -- when a photog named Rebecca Smyne…

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Ho Sit Down: Out-Of-Pocket Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Tries To Talk Isht To The POTUS, He Walks Off On Her Mid-Sentence! (Bossip )

Chic Clicks: Baby Beckham?s Ridic Wardrobe, Alessandra Ambrosio?s Runway Bump

FameFlynet –David Beckham confirms that daughter Harper‘s wardrobe is adorably “ridiculous.” (Plus, she already has a blog dedicated to her style.) [The Cut] –Model Alessandra Ambrosio hits the runway in Brazil — while five months pregnant! [PEOPLE Moms & Babies] –Kim Kardashian‘s ShoeDazzle website is closing in the U.K. [FashionETC] –Check out the cool new [...]

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The Jackson 3 -- Marlon, Tito and Jackie Reuniting for International Tour

Marlon, Tito and Jackie Jackson were so thrilled with the way they performed during a recent concert in Japan ... they've decided to take their show on the road ... TMZ has learned. Jackson family sources tell us ... the brothers will be embarking on an…

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Demi Moore's Seizure-Like Crisis After Inhaling Whip-its -- Nitrous Oxide

        Demi Moore's friend called paramedics Monday night after the actress inhaled a dangerous amount of nitrous oxide ... TMZ has learned.  Sources tell TMZ ... one of Demi's friends who was at her home…

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Demi Moore's Seizure-Like Crisis After Inhaling Whip-its -- Nitrous Oxide

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/25/demi-moore-whip-its-nitrous-oxide-seizure/

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Finally, Moustaches Get Their Own Film Festival

This just in at Movieline HQ: "With the return in popularity of the moustache, the organizer of New England?s largest moustache pageant [...] is introducing the world's first known International Moustache Film Festival in 2012." And, with a whole $100 in prize money, so remunerative!

I'd have preferred the Stache d'Or, but hey. Here's a video call for submissions, with full press release and submission details below. Beware: Hipsters ahoy!

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??International Moustache Film Festival - The World's Hairiest Film Festival

Portland, Maine-- With the return in popularity of the moustache, the organizer of New England?s largest moustache pageant, No Umbrella Media, is introducing the world's first known International Moustache Film Festival in 2012. The festival will be be held immediately before the fifth annual Stache Pag on March 30, 2012. The film selection committee must receive all film submissions by March 24, 2012. This festival is open to film makers the world over. The finalists will have their 8 minute or less films shown and judged at the festival. The winner will be chosen and awarded a cash prize.

?Dr. Lou Jacobs, director of The New England Bureau of The American Mustache Institute will be the host of the film festival. ?This is an important moment in moustache history," says Dr. Jacobs. ?Never has there been a film festival dedicated to the unique art of filming the mustached male (or female). The American Mustache Institute would like to congratulate the IMFF for it?s efforts to preserve the mustached arts.? ??

Silly as this may sound, the festival is quite serious. The beneficiaries of the festival and 5th Annual Stache Pag will be Northeast Historic Film, MENSK and Mystache Fights Cancer. The events put on by No Umbrella Media are designed to preserve…

Source: http://www.celebrities.com/celebrities-gossip/finally-moustaches-get-their-own-film-festival/

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John Travolta -- Alleged Benz Bandits Arrested

John Travolta's stolen vintage Mercedes has finally been recovered by authorities ... four months after it went missing -- and two men have been arrested in connection with the case.TMZ broke the story ... Travolta's classic 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL…

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Source: http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/25/john-travolta-mercedes-jackers-arrested/

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