Daily Blog Buzz Feed 07.19.08

The most talented spoken word artists, or "rhymecologists," proffer clever, vocabulary acrobatics as observations about the way we live in the world. They spit unexpected couplings, laying them down, end to end, from the beginning to the send. They lay bare naked truth for you to hear and see and feel. Continue Reading... Forgotten Soul Music: Part 2, this time Black Voices is dealing with new topics, "it's gotta be Soul music once more, so excuse me while I bring out my inner Frankie Crocker..."Continue Reading... When it comes to comic book films, there's a certain level of entertainment that's expected to be provided to ensure a box office success. The story should be simple, filled with enough action, and most importantly, it should be kid friendly and crowd pleasing, because after all, it's the boy (or girl) in you that started reading the comics when you were young.Films like 'The Fantastic Four' and 'Spiderman' and its sequels have done so to a great deal of success, and when 'Batman Begins' came out, it was one best transitions from the comic book to the big screen. Now comes the sequel, 'The Dark Knight', which not only is the opposite of kid friendly, but dark, mature and thrilling; it's also a comic book adaptation that succeeds on story, acting, and cinematography. Continue Reading... If you’re like most small business owners, at some point you have robbed Peter to pay Paul. While this technique may buy you some time to generate additional income to cover past due bills, it does not offer any solid strategies to overcome and eliminate the debt that may threaten to permanently damage your company. Continue Reading... After a few failed attempts as a member of an all-girl group, Tweet received a life-altering phone call, from Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, that forever changed her life. The, then aspiring, singer-songwriter immediately went to work as a backing vocalist, not only for Elliott, but for Timbaland & Magoo, Ja Rule, Bubba Sparxxx, and Petey Pablo, before eventually inking a solo deal with Missy's Elektra distributed, now defunct, The Goldmind Inc. imprint. Continue Reading... HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced new $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy. Continue Reading... Before dawn, the Hollywood superstar left the clinic in the Riviera city of Nice with twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, according to a hospital statement. It was not immediately clear if the twins' father, actor Brad Pitt, was with them. Continue Reading... Troubled singer AMY WINEHOUSE has reportedly been put under 24-hour surveillance in a bid to keep her away from any dealers and drug-taking pals. The Rehab hitmaker was discharged from a London clinic on Monday (30Jun08) after collapsing at her home earlier last month (Jun08). She was subsequently diagnosed with traces of potentially deadly lung disease emphysema. Continue Reading... Footage from Janet's Jackson's Reality Show Auditions in LA...Continue Reading. Caught in the Act! Halle Berry, dropping by a friend's house in the Hollywood Hills for a visit. The actress rounded out her day out with a stop by the Daily Grill in downtown L.A., In town for the ESPY Awards, Brett Favre stopped for dinner at Katana, a West Hollywood sushi restaurant, with his wife, family and friends. "They went all out with a multi-coursed chefs omakase dinner and loved the tomato bacon skewer," says an onlooker. Continue Reading...  Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily... Vogue Italia: "A circulation director's fantasy come true "When Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani announced her decision to create an all-black issue, she recognized that it might not go over that well in Italy.”Maybe in our country it is not the best idea,” she said. “But I don’t care. I think it is not my problem if they don’t like it — it’s their problem.” It’s definitely not a problem at all. Even if it’s the lowest-selling Vogue Italia of the year in Italy (although there’s no indication that it is), it is certainly the best-selling Vogue Italia issue in the States. This explains why every one I’ve gone into for the past week has been sold out of them. Continue Reading... When it comes to college admissions, there are three pieces to the puzzle: your academic record, your personal record, and your standardized test scores. While the first two parts take years or even a lifetime to build, the third part represents just a few hours of a Saturday morning (plus however long you spent prepping for the test). Continue Reading... Despite the new age fuel crisis, it’s a pretty good time to be a motorhead. It seems like every car maker is throwing caution to the wind and giving the new generation of enthusiasts the high horsepower rubber burners that they missed out on. One of those cars is the highly anticipated 2010 Chevrolet Camaro. Continue Reading...