Killed Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev‘s blood has been used to create patriotic and nationalist art on the street where he was killed during the police shoot out last week. The piece is a minimalist chalk drawing in three colors: red, white and blue, symbolizing the American flag.
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On Saturday I attended Heineken’s and the Tribeca Film Institute’s Affinity Award presentation and party at Studio 48 on NYC’s West Side. The award, given to an African-American filmmaker (age 21 and over) to empower and encourage them to continue to craft stories through film, was awarded to Ava DuVernay. Storm Saulter, director of Better Must Come, above, accepted the award on DuVernay’s behalf.
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Internships used to mean fetching coffee and doing 90% of your boss’ job. Not anymore! That’s because labor laws are changing and students are getting smarter. If you’re a sports fanatic, a college student and are interested in sports tech, then Under Armour would like you to apply to be part of its 2013 Ultimate Intern Team.
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Frank Ocean is not gay but most, if not all, press and people says he is. I’ve never heard or read a declaration from Ocean stating he is homosexual. Neither did you. All Ocean said last summer was this: I once loved someone whose gender was mine. Ocean’s homosexual non fact coupled with his music writing skills has somehow catapulted him to Time’s Annual 100 Most Influential People’s List.
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There’s lots to say about Jay-Z and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg says some of it in his profile of the music mogul for Time’s 100 Most Influential People Issue. Here’s what wasn’t said: he’s a former drug dealer, who stabbed someone, he displaced Brookynites when he championed the construction of Barclay’s Center.
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Inter-species cooperation is a wonderful thing. Perhaps if Neanderthals and homo sapiens had practiced what these dogs did for this squirrel, humanity would look and behave in a completely different way today. It could happen…in a hippy universe maybe.
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Jamie Foxx as Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Or Jamie Foxx as a black Smurf? Either way, so far so good. In the Spider-Man franchise, Electro is the evil alias of Maxwell Dillon, an engineer who gained the ability to control electricity after he was struck by lightning while fixing a power line. In the cartoons and comic books Electro wore a green and yellow costume and was white. Jamie’s Electro is a step up.
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Zoe Saldana looked flawless on the red carpet tonight at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards. The Dominican actress, who courted controversy a few months back after agreeing to play Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic, wore a floral, lace Givenchy skirt and a long sleeved black top paired with Jimmy Choo peep toe pumps and a wide grin.
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Nas has signed on as an Associate Publisher of Mass Appeal magazine, Forbes and MassAppeal.com revealed today. The independent music and art publication bounced back with issue 52 earlier this spring after a five year haitus. Name dropping ahead; you’ve been warned.
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The above image appeared on my Twitter feed this morning and I had no idea what it meant because so much is happening in China in regards to race, and because I don’t read Chinese. The image had text but what was it saying?? Turns out China has censored Django Unchained after it lounged in theaters for one freaking day.
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“What happened? Well, what happened!”
Choice lines for a female lead in a movie where the extras really look like extras wearing grey hair spray paint.
They are running from THE BLOB.
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If you spent your teen years watching Robocop movies at your local movie theatre in the 1980s, then this will be of interest to you: RoboCop is back! For lack of better ideas Hollywood is rebooting the franchise. Maybe they’re calling attention to Detroit?
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