Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
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Martin Luther King
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Share with your Children
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Life Without Black People
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A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people.
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At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief.
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‘At last’, they said, ‘no more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.’
. All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The ‘NEW AMERICA’ is not America at all - only a barren land. Read More
Feb 07 2012
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: actor, actress, Apollo, awards, beauty, bracelet, celebrity, concert, designer, diamonds, dinner, fashion, film, France, gold, gown, hairdo, hairstyle, Hollywood, Italy, jewelry, London, magazine, model, movie, New York City, Paris, party, pumps, show, smiles, style, time, woman
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Halle Berry
In Gucci at the Silver Rose gala and auction in Beverly Hills; in Kaufman Franco at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills; in Reem Acra at Spike TV’s Scream Awards in L.A.
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Eva Mendes
In Salvatore Ferragamo at Variety’s 2nd Annual Power of Women Luncheon in Beverly Hills; in Atelier Versace at the Little White Lies premiere in Rome; in Prada at The Other Guys afterparty in London.
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Jennifer Lopez
In Gianfranco Ferré at an Apollo Theater benefit concert in NYC; in Zuhair Murad Couture at the Costume Institute Gala in NYC; in Gianfranco Ferré at The Back-Up Plan premiere in L.A.
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Jessica Alba
In Marc Jacobs outside the Late Show With David Letterman studios in NYC; in Balmain at the Machete premiere in L.A.; in
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Mar 30 2011
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: actress, awards, beauty, celebrity, designer, fashion, film, globe, gown, hairdo, Hollywood, model, movies, photos, red carpet, show, smiles, star, style
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Natalie Portman
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The “Black Swan” Best Actress winner dressed in a draped pink Viktor & Rolf gown, adorned with a rose applique.
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Vanessa Williams
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The “Desperate Housewives” star shimmered in a pink one-shoulder gown.
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Halle Berry
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The “Frankie & Alice” Best Actress nominee could pull off just about anything, including this daring Nina Ricci bustier number.
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Eva Longoria
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The newly single “Desperate Housewife” strutted her stuff in a sexy Zac Posen fishtail gown. Eat your heart out Tony Parker!
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Angelina Jolie
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On the red carpet at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, Angelina’s “Dynasty”-inspired, Swarovski-encrusted Atelier Versace gown wowed fashionistas.
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Jenna Ushkowitz
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Amber’s “Glee” co-star traded in her character’s Goth gear for a beautiful, ruffled Rebecca Taylor gown.
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Milla Jovovich
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The model-turned-actress proved she’s still runway worthy in a stunning silver Armani Prive dress.
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Piper Perabo
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The “Covert Affairs” nominee was all smiles in her bow-adorned Oscar de la Renta frock.
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Jan 31 2011
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Tags: accessories, actress, awards, celebrity, chic, collection, designer, ensemble, fashion, film, fragrance, friends, glamour, global, gown, hairdo, happiness, Hollywood, joy, leadership, mini, model, money, movie, music, New York, perfume, photos, pumps, red carpet, singer, smiles, style, success, supermodel
– perpetually tipsy diva Mariah Carey and former supermodel Iman –
Mariah Carey in Capri, Italy
December 28, 2009
Donna Karan gown
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Iman at benefit gala in New York, February 10
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“O, the sweet smell of success!”
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Mar 20 2010
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", Jamaican Jokes.
Tags: actor, actress, age, airport, alcohol, Alexander Bustamante, America, beauty, bliss, Britain, British, Bunny Grant, bus, car, cheer, church, classic, companion, contest, contestant, couple, culture, custom, dance, dialect, difference, doctor, drugs, earth, engagement, England, Englishman, era, fashion, festival, flight, food, fun, funny, funtime, game, gift, graduation, growth, happiness, heritage, highway, hilarious, history, holiday, Hollywood, home, hospital, House, humor, husband, Jamaica, Jamaican, job, jokes, jonkanoo, journey, joy, Kingston, language, laughter, license, life, lifestyle, lifetime, London, love, magazine, marriage, medication, medicine, memories, memory, minister, Miss Jamaica, Miss Lou, Miss World, model, money, music, Norman Manley, nurse, office, partner, party, passenger, pastor, path, patois, period, pharmacist, pharmacy, physician, plane, preacher, present, priest, prime minister, prize, queen, Queen Elizabeth, reggae, road, school, sermon, smiles, sport, sports, spouse, style, sugar, summer, Sunday, task, television, time, title, traffic, travel, treats, tropics, universe, vehicle, vernacular, wedding, West Indian, wife, words, work, world, youth
Miss Jamaica, Evelyn Andrade, Marries Dancing Partner Tony Verity
– Jet Magazine May 26, 1955
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Those who remember these shouldn’t still be working!!!!
— As a Jamaican you know you are getting old if:
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You had an exercise book with Queen Elizabeth and her husband on it
(instead of a ring binder).
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You used to listen to Redifussion.
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You wore Bata crepe to school, and bought Asham at the gate..
(Extra credit if you know what Asham was made of)
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You remember that the Lou and Ranny show used to come on at 7:00 PM
On a Sunday.
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You know what the initials T. A. D. P. Stand for.
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You know who Tony Verity was.
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You can name more than two of the characters in a Jonkanoo band.
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You know what boxing title Bunny Grant held.
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
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World Fastest Man —-Jamaican Usain Bolt
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Jamaican Track and Field Star
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Born Jamaican - By Tony Robinson
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There is nobody like a Jamaican, Nobody! Sometimes it’s difficult to determine where someone comes from. Drop us into the vast mosaic of the peoples of the world and try to figure out who is who.
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“Him is from China, no, is Japanese, but him could be Korean still.” The same goes for people from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, or Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana. We just can’t tell them apart. Not so with Jamaicans though, who stand out and stick out like beacons in the night. Foreigners know us in a flash, and we can identify each other from way across the street. We are so distinct that other people try to walk, talk and act like us.
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I’m so amused when I encounter Americans, Europeans, Japanese, [Madam Cleo, or Ron] trying to act Jamaican. “Hey mon, wha hoppening mon, eberyting irie?” I usually reply in my most proper English. If they are Japanese, I say, “Sukiyaki, Sayonara, Sony, Toyota Mitsubishi.” Just to keep them guessing.
OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE!
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“So you speak Japanese?”
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“Ah so, Nissan, Sanyo, Toyota Tercel..”
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But what makes us so different from other people? First it’s the walk, nobody walks like us. People in foreign walk briskly, head straight, arms swinging almost in military fashion, with a stride and purpose like they’re going somewhere. Not us though, who saunter with a rhythm that is almost slow motion. No hurry, no scurry, no flurry, no rushy rushy, just cool, with a bop and rhythm that could be put to music. Years ago we used to call it bop. For some it’s natural while others practiced it.
Bob Marley Commemorative Coin
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If you’re a girl in the middle of Paris, Madrid or Tokyo and hear, “psst, psst,” from across the street,
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Jul 31 2009