CASTING CALL ALERT: America’s Next Top Model

Open auditions for The CW‘s America’s Next Top Model cycle 11 will be held in various cities nationwide beginning in Boston this Saturday with the casting director attending. 

Other cities include San Francisco –  February 26; Dallas – March 1; Atlanta- March 5; Chicago – March 8; New York – March 15; Miami – March 22; and Los Angeles – March 29.

Casting directors are looking for females, aged 18-27 of diverse backgrounds, shapes and sizes, with a minimum height of 5’7″.

Full casting details can be found at www.cwtv.com.

Bill Duke’s New Movie Sheds Light On A Major Social Issue

Actor Leon and Director Bill Duke arrive at the “Cover” Premiere at the Village East Theater in NYC

BET Recognizes the Achievements of African-Americans at “THE BET HONORS” – Premiering February 22nd

“Keyshia Cole on the red carpet”

It was an evening full of glamour, hope and inspiration, as BET presented its inaugural celebration of THE BET HONORS at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, January 12. Hosted by the always hilarious and charming Cedric “The Entertainer,” the show, which recognizes African American luminaries across a broad range of achievements, will premiere on BET on Friday, February 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET/ PT. 

Good Family Television

 

HOMETOWN GOSPEL, an engaging original series from Gospel Music Channel, is the essence of quality family programming.  With inspiring stories of artists’ journeys & tales of Gospel’s roots from cities across the country, it’s part of what makes Gospel Music Channel the #1 Network for Overall Emotional Connection with Viewers.

BlockSavvy.com Releases “Exclusive” Rocafella Film Footage

The Damon Dash owned BlockSavvy.com is a fully integrated digital society, offering exclusive and self-generated content via the “Leak Channel” where Internet users find such exclusives and never-before-seen footage and tracks from some of today’s most popular stars.

On the BlockSavvy.com Leak Channel, Kanye West and Mos Def rhyme it out in a freestyle battle that takes place in Dame Dash’s London flat.   

Website visitors can also listen to unreleased tracks by Juelz Santana, Kanye and Jay-Z from “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt”, a star-studded tribute to Jay Z’s classic album.  There is also the Jim Jones “Harlem American Gangster” Mixtape, which can be downloaded for free and never before seen Kanye West’s “Big Brother” video featuring Jay- Z, Biggie Smalls, Kareem “Biggs” Burke and Damon Dash.  Then there’s “American Gangster VS Mr. Untouchable,” featuring rare footage of a conversation between two former Harlem crime bosses–Nicky Barnes and Frank Lucas.

Additionally there’s the Internationally Grizzly “aka” “The Real Entourage” featuring Damon and Biggs flying through Milan, Italy, at the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show with Naomi Campbell, Giselle and others.

For Additional Information Visit: http://www.BlockSavvy.com

Singer Rihanna helps H&M kick-off “Fashion Against AIDS”

Rihanna lends her support @ H&M, 5th Avenue in NYC

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H&M and Designers Against AIDS (DAA) have joined forces in the battle against AIDS and are launching a collection for guys and girls together with Rihanna, Timbaland and other well-known designers, musicians and artists. The aim is to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS, which affects many young people all over the world.  The collection “Fashion Against AIDS” will be available in H&M’s Divided departments in February.

“Supporting the Fashion Against AIDS campaign was a great way to encourage my fans to join me in the fight against HIV/AIDS. I love that H&M is providing a fashionable and easy way for young people all over the world to get involved in this worthy cause, says Rihanna.”

For more information, visit HM.com.

According to Nielsen, Black Targeted Ad Spending Exceeds $2.3 Billion Annually

In its first 12-month analysis of advertising spending on media outlets that reach African American consumers, The Nielsen Company reported that spending for the period October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007 totaled $2.3 billion. The Nielsen African American ad spending analysis covers over 22,000 national, regional and local advertisers, across 130+ media vehicles.

African American Spending by Medium
Nielsen Monitor-Plus, the advertising intelligence service of Nielsen, tracked 5 individual media for this analysis: Local Radio, National Magazine, National Cable TV, Network TV and Syndication TV. Local Radio reported the greatest amount of spending on African American targeted media at $805 million dollars, comprising 35% percent of total spending.National Cable TV reported the largest ad growth with 14.5% during this period. This growth is the result of a number of factors including: Year over year growth for BET, the inclusion of TV One in the Nielsen Monitor-Plus service as of January 2007, as well as a number of high profile TV programs such as “House of Payne” on TBS, “Being Bobby Brown” on Bravo, “Flavor of Love” on VH1, and “Making the Band” on MTV.

After 28 Years, Radio One is Headed Back to D.C.

CATHY HUGHES, Founder

Washington, D.C. – Mayor Adrian Fenty has signed off on a real estate deal that provides $22 million in grants and incentives to the project developer and will bring Radio One’s headquarters back to the nation’s capital where it was founded 28 years ago.  While the move from Lanham, Md., where Radio One occupies several floors of a golden glass suburban office building alongside a beltway exit ramp some 12 miles outside of the city, will not save Radio One any money, it will give the urban legend a new coat of luster and perhaps an emotional jolt that the financially troubled operation could use. 

Radio One will not own any part of the development, but will be among the many operations that lease space in the project near Howard University. It will include office space, retail and, possibly, some residential space.  Fenty said bringing Radio One back to the District was “a huge priority for my administration” and referred to the development as a “catalytic project.”   It is unclear when construction on the massive $144 million project will begin. 

Radio One, Inc. (www.radio-one.com) is the nation’s seventh largest radio broadcasting company (based on 2006 net broadcast revenue) and the largest radio broadcasting company that primarily targets African-American and urban listeners. Pro forma for recently announced transactions, Radio One owns and/or operates 60 radio stations located in 19 urban markets in the United States. 

Additionally, Radio One owns Magazine One, Inc. (d/b/a Giant Magazine) (www.giantmag.com), interests in TV One, LLC(www.tvoneonline.com), a cable/satellite network programming primarily to African-Americans and Reach Media, Inc(www.blackamericaweb.com), owner of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and other businesses associated with Tom Joyner. Radio One also operates the only nationwide African-American news/talk network on free radio and programs “XM 169 The POWER,” an African-American news/talk channel, on XM Satellite Radio. 

Source: Radio & Records

CASTING CALL ALERT: The Style Network

 

The Style Network is casting for hairstylists and salons to appear in Split Ends season three, the series where two hairstylists swap shops. 

To submit, send an email to castingsplitends@gmail.com with the following information: a recent photo, brief bio about yourself including a description about your hairstyling career, telephone numbers, where you are located, and details about your salon and its atmosphere.  Also copy TwinsTalent in the email: Twinsworld1@aol.com.

For info about the show visit the official Split Ends page.

Good Luck!

Obama Wins South Carolina Primary!

Barack Obama won the South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.

“The choice in this election is not about regions or religions or genders,” Obama said at a boisterous victory rally. “It’s not about rich versus poor, young versus old and it’s not about black versus white. It’s about the past versus the future.”  The audience chanted “Race doesn’t matter” as it awaited Obama to make his appearance after rolling up 55 percent of the vote in a three-way race.

The South Carolina primary marked the end of the first phase of the campaign for the Democratic nomination, a series of single-state contests that winnowed the field, conferred co-front-runner status on Clinton and Obama but had relatively few delegates at stake. 

That all changes in 10 days’ time, when New York, Illinois and California are among the 15 states holding primaries in a virtual nationwide primary. Another seven states and American Samoa will hold Democratic caucuses on the same day. 

Looking ahead to Feb. 5, Obama added that “nearly half the nation will have the chance to join us in saying that we are tired of business-as-usual in Washington, we are hungry for change, and we are ready to believe again.”  Obama also gained an endorsement from Caroline Kennedy, who likened the Illinois senator to her late father, President John F. Kennedy. 

“I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them,” she wrote on The New York Times op-ed page. “But for the first time, I believe I have found a man who could be that president – and not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.” – SOURCE: AP

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