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R.I.P. Jive, Arista and J Records

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October 9, 2011
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RCA Music Group is shutting down Arista, Jive and J Records subsidiaries, a move by new label execs to strengthen the identity of the RCA brand. Artists who have been with those three imprints, which have been home to Britney Spears, Alicia Keys, Rod Stewart, Pitbull, Whitney Houston, Justin Timberlake, Barry Manilow, R. Kelly, Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia, Dido, Jennifer Hudson, Leona Lewis and others, will be shifted to RCA.

Jive Records, founded in 1977, was one of the premiere labels for 80′s hip hop, having released iconic records from A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One, R. Kelly, and DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. In the ’90s, the label helped break a trio of pop super stars in Britney Spears, ‘N Sync, and Backstreet Boys. More recently, it represented the likes of Chris Brown, Usher, and T-Pain.

Arista and J Records were both founded by legendary record executive Clive Davis. The former , launched in 1974, boasted a roster featuring Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson, Barry Manilow and Carlos Santana. J Records, founded in 2000, represented the likes of Alicia Keys and D’Angelo.

R.I.P. Al Davis (1929-2011)

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October 8, 2011
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Raiders owner Al Davis, whose NFL legend as a pioneering rebel began 60 years ago as an assistant with the Baltimore Colts and was punctuated with a 1992 Pro Football Hall of Fame induction in Canton, has died at 82.

State of Hip Hop

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October 3, 2011
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by The Kenny Burns Show

GWOP Report: Weekend at the Box Office

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October 3, 2011
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Title                         Weekend Gross

  1. Dolphin Tale   $14.2 Million
  2. Moneyball         $12.5 Million
  3. The Lion King (in 3D)   $11 Million
  4. 50/50                 $8.8 Million
  5. Courageous       $8.2 Million
  6. Dream House    $8.2 Million
  7. Abduction           $5.6 Million
  8. Whats Your Number?   $5.6 Million
  9. Contagion               $5 Million
  10. Killer Elite             $4.8 Million

T.I. Power & Beauty Chapter 1 Excerpts

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October 3, 2011
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T.I.’s novel, Power & Beauty, also written by David Ritz, will be available in bookstores on October 18th. Unil then, HHNM has the first eight pages of the fictional love story’s opening chapter. Read up below.

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GWOP Report: Highest-Paid TV Actresses

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September 27, 2011
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Forbes  recently dropped the list for the Highest Paid TV Actresses.  Checkout the top 7 below:

Tina Fey

$13 million
Fey’s first book, Bossypants, hit stores in April and sold 150,000 copies in the first month. The actress recently gave birth to her second child. 30 Rock returns later this year.

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Happy Birthday Google: 13 Years Old

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September 27, 2011
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Google+, the latest social networking website on the block, is now the 8th largest social network. The site saw a 1,269 percent increase to 15 million visits in one week after allowing access to the general public. One previously needed an invitation to join the site. Web analytics firm Hitwise ranked the website as the 54th largest social networking site prior to giving access to the general public.

Happy Born Day Google from #GWOP Magazine !

Weekend at the Box Office: Sept. 23-25

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September 27, 2011
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spotted: BoxOfficeMojo

Title                               Weekend Gross

1. The Lion King (in 3d)  $21.9 million

2. Moneyball               $19.5 million

3. Dolphin Tale           $19 million

4. Abduction                $10.9 million

5. Killer Elite                $9.3 million

official trailer: MoneyBall starring Brad Pitt

genre: biopic, drama, sports

Forks Over Knives (film of the week)

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September 25, 2011
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Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially amongst our younger population. About half of us are taking at least one prescription drug. Major medical operations have become routine, helping to drive health care costs to astronomical levels. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the country’s three leading causes of death, even though billions are spent each year to “battle” these very conditions. Millions suffer from a host of other degenerative diseases.

FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.

United States Government scheduled to Kill Troy Davis

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September 20, 2011
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(AP)  ATLANTA — Georgia’s board of pardons rejected a last-ditch clemency bid from Troy Davis on Tuesday, one day before his scheduled execution, despite support from figures including an ex-president and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989.

Davis is scheduled to die Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT by injection for killing off-duty Savannah officer Mark MacPhail, who was shot dead while rushing to help a homeless man being attacked. It is the fourth time in four years that Davis’ murder execution has been scheduled by Georgia officials.

#TooMuchDoubt

Checkout a few tweets from popular micro blogging site Twitter about #TroyDavis:

VH1: Planet Rock “The Story of Hip Hop & the Crack Generation”

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September 18, 2011
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VH1 aired a two-hour documentary about the rise of crack and hip-hop in the mid-80s and early 90s. The film was narrated by Ice-T and featured accounts from RZA, Raekwon, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, and B-Real.

Vodpod videos no longer available.

Empire State of Mind: Super Models

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September 16, 2011
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spotted: life+times

An ode to New York City starring Selita Ebanks & a host of Super Models