Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY".
Tags: African-American, age, America, Aretha Franklin, awards, baby, beaches, beauty, black, blacks, bliss, bracelet, bride, celebrity, ceremony, companion, couple, designer, diamonds, dinner, dress, earrings, elderly, engagement, era, family, fashion, friends, friendship, gift, gown, grammy, groom, hair, hairdo, hairstyle, happiness, history, holiday, Hollywood, humor, husband, icon, jewelry, journey, joy, lake, laughter, legend, life, lipstick, love, make-up, man, marriage, music, necklace, new year, ocean, partner, path, performer, period, pond, pool, present, pumps, queen, Queen of Soul, reception, ring, rivers, road, sea, season, seniors, singer, smiles, spouse, stream, style, suit, summer, surprise, time, token, tour, tourist, travel, trip, updo, voice, water, wedding, wife, winner, woman
Aretha Franklin is engaged….
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Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson.
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The Grammy-winning singer said in a statement Monday that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedding, perhaps in Miami Beach, Florida. The Queen of Soul wants to follow the ceremony with a reception on a private yacht.
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The 69-year-old jokes: “No, I’m not pregnant.”
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Franklin and Wilkerson became engaged over the holidays.
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Jan 03 2012
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: activist, Bob Marley, Caribbean, celebration, celebrity, ceremony, country, culture, dialect, guitarist, happiness, Hollywood, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, language, legend, life, medal, music, musician, nation, New York, Olympic, patois, performer, pride, reggae, singer, smiles, songwriter, sports, superstar, talent, ticket, Usain Bolt, vernacular, winner, words, world
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
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", Inspirationals.
Tags: 'King of Pop', actor, actress, admiration, America, appearance, awards, celebration, celebrity, culture, dancer, designer, entertainer, family, fans, friends, genius, glove, heart, honor, icon, life, love, memorial, memories, music, opportunity, performer, philanthropist, pop star, recording artist, respect, service, show, singer, smiles, style, superstar, talent, video, world
Friends, family, and fans gathered at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the life of Michael Jackson.
Mariah Carey re-teamed with Trey Lorenz for a rousing duet of the Jackson 5 classic “I’ll Be There.” The duo originally performed the song in 1992 during Mariah’s award-winning “MTV Unplugged” appearance.
Lionel Richie serenaded the packed house with a gospel-infused number.
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Jul 07 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", Inspirationals.
Tags: 'King of Pop', achievement, actor, actress, America, appearance, awards, celebration, celebrity, choice, entertainer, family, fans, flowers, genius, glove, history, Hollywood, humanity, icon, legacy, letter, life, love, mega-stars, memory, Michael Jackson, moment, music, musician, performer, pop star, quotes, recording artist, respects, singer, smiles, superstar, support, tribute, winner, wishes, world
Singers Ne-Yo (L) and host Jamie Foxx pay tribute to the late singer Michael Jackson to close the 2009 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
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Posted Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:02pm PDT
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It can’t come as a surprise to anyone that the 2009 BET Awards will go down in history as being all about the legacy of one entertainer.
Guess which entertainer? Yes, you guessed correctly.
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Jun 29 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: 'King of Pop', actor, actress, celebrity, dancer, fans, happiness, icon, island, legend, life, link, love, Michael Jackson, miles, music, performer, Philippines, photos, pop star, singer, smiles, tribute, video, world
Michael Jackson….A Legend Never Dies….
Inmates at the island province of Cebu in central Philippines display a huge tarpaulin of the late Michael Jackson during a performance to pay tribute to the music icon Saturday June 27, 2009.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o
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More than 1,500 inmates became famous in YouTube with over 23 million hits after they
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Jun 27 2009
Posted: under Jamaican Jokes.
Tags: age, bishop, captain, cemetery, child, dialect, duppy, elderly, era, flight, fool, funny, ghost, girl, hilarious, history, humor, idiot, Jamaica, Jamaican, jokes, Kingston, language, laughter, leader, leather, life, minister, Montego Bay, moron, music, parachute, party, passenger, pastor, patois, performer, period, pilot, plane, pope, preacher, priest, prime minister, reverend, seniors, smiles, stupid, team, television, time, tool, tools, vernacular, words
Once upon a time there was a small passenger plane that experienced
some difficulty while flying from Montego Bay to Kingston and was about
to crash.There were 5 passengers on board but alas, only 4 parachutes!!!
The 1st passenger says, “I’m Francois St. Juste, the best disc jockey in
Jamaica and the FAME FM team needs me, so I can’t afford to die.” He takes
the 1st pack and jumps from the plane.
The 2nd passenger, Portia Simpson-Miller says, “I am the new leader of the
People’s National Party and a first female Prime Minister, I must live!!”
So she takes the 2nd pack and jumps out of the plane.
The 3rd passenger, Percival Patterson, says “I’m the past Prime Minister
of Jamaica. I was the cleverest Prime Minister in Jamaica’s history, so the
Jamaican people won’t want me to die.” So he grabs the pack next to him and
jumps out of the plane.
The 4th passenger, Bishop Herro Blair says to the 5th passenger a 10 year old
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Sep 13 2008