Feature Friday: Bridesmaids

Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she'll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you'll go for someone you love. The film stars Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, and Melissa McCarthy.

Captured: Thunder's Best

The Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are blessing the cover for the latest issue of Dime Magazine.

Dime chopped it up with the cover boys to talk about their NBA experiences and their incredible 2010-11 season.

"In the previous 63 issues of Dime, we have never featured a duo on the cover. It never made sense. But when we started talking about who we wanted on the cover of Dime #64, the names Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook were inextricably linked. Sure you could make an argument for LeBron and D-Wade, Kobe and Pau, or STAT and ’Melo as the NBA’s best one-two punch, but all three of these duos are at least 10 years older than KD and Russ. Aptly titled “Generation Now,” the cover story examines just that... And after spending time with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook for our cover shoot, we know that the league is in good hands."

Check out the issue.


D. Rose graced the cover last month and Dime was already declaring him the MVP, which wasn't very hard to predict. Check out last month's issue.

(via Dimemag)

Feature Friday: Jumping the Broom

A collision of worlds when two families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds get together one weekend in Martha's Vineyard for a wedding. The film stars Paula Patton, Laz Alonzo, Meagan Good, Angela Bassett, Tasha Smith, Loretta Devine, Mike Epps, Deray Davis, Gary Dourdan, Pooch Hall, and Romeo.

2011 NBA MVP

Its official! Derrick Rose was awarded the 2011 NBA MVP award yesterday afternoon in . The National Basketball Association announced today that Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose is the winner of the 2010-11 Kia Most Valuable Player Award. At 22 years old, Rose is the youngest MVP in NBA history.

Back in September at Bulls Media Day while being interviewed by the press, Derrick stated, "The way I look at it, why can't I be the MVP in the league? Why can't I be the best player in the league? I don't see why not. I work hard, I dedicate myself to the game and sacrifice a lot of things at a young age.”

And he was right!

Rose's stats for the season:
Season Team G ...GS .MPG .FG% .3p% ...FT% ..OFF DEF ..RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
10-11 ..CHI ..81 ..81 .37.4 .0.445 0.332 0.858 .1.0 .3.1 ..4.1 7.7 .1.0 .0.6 .3.4 1.7 25.0
Career .CHI ..240 239 37.1 .0.468 0.309 0.815 .1.0 .2.9 ..3.9 6.7 .0.9 .0.4 .2.9 1.5 20.9


Congratulations to Derrick! He definitely deserves it.

It's not over yet, though. Derrick and the Bulls take on the Atlanta Hawks at the United Center tonight at 5pm pt on TNT. ATL leads this series 1-0. Hopefully, the Bulls can even the score, especially if they want a shot at the Eastern Conference finals.

Scottie Pippen tweeted: "MVP MVP MVP... make it loud tonight at the UC"

Want more?? Check out this article by Sam Smith: Rose is Most Valuable Player… and person
Here's footage of Rose receiving his MVP award.

Drumroll Please...............

The NBA and Chicago Bulls
will make a major announcement
today at 2 p.m. pt. With multiple
reports in the media speculating
that Derrick Rose has won the 2011
NBA MVP. Tune in to Bulls.com
for live video this afternoon for
an official announcement.



I can hear the chants:
"MVP! MVP! MVP!"

Feature Friday: Fast Five

Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've been trying to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble an elite team of top racers, they realize their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he's not the only one out to get them. Federal agent Luke Hobbs, played by The Rock, never misses his target and when he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can't separate the good guys from the bad. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Jordana Brewster, and Dwayne Johnson.
Side-note: Stayed tuned after the credits because there's an additional scene.

Feature Friday: Madea's Big Happy Family

Madea's niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Kimberly is suffering from anger issues that are threatening to destroy her marriage; Tammy's marital problems are being compounded by her disobedient children; and Byron is struggling to stay out of the drug trade after spending two years behind bars. It's up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how; with a lot of tough love, laughter, and the revelation of a long-buried family secret.
The film stars Tyler Perry, Isaiah Mustafa, Loretta Devine, Shad Moss, Cassi Davis, Natalie Desselle, Shannon Kane, Teyana Taylor, and Lauren London.

Feature Friday: African Cats

This documentary released through Walt Disney Studios' Disneynature chronicles the magnitude of a mother's love. The film follows feline mothers -- a lioness and a cheetah -- as they prowl the plains of Africa on a mission to protect their cubs and teach them the ways of the world. African Cats is a great film for any age, I really enjoyed it and it is an especially good family movie; the perfect flick for a mom to watch with her kids. The film is both inspirational and comical, as Samuel L. Jackson narrates the film taking us a journey through the troubles and triumphs of motherhood in the wild.

Killing Me Softly

I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
And listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
A stranger to my eyes

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters
And read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

Whooooooooaaaaaa
Whoooaaa oh oh oh ah ha ahaaaa
la la la la la la la
Whooaa laaa whooaa laaaaaaaa
(Ha ha ha ha) (c'mon)
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his sonnggggggg

Strumming my pain (Yeah Yeaaaahhh)
Singing my life with his words (Yeaaaahhhh)
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words

- Fugees

Music Monday

Chris Brown = Beautiful People

LOVE this song! It just has a feel-good vibe to it. Real care free and genuine. The video contains nice imagery too. Not to mention it plays off of my favorite word: BEAUTIFUL :)