Yasmin Shiraz » 2010

My Movie Of The Week: The Town (Video Trailer)

I’m in the theater on this one. Are you with me? Ben Affleck is outstanding as a writer/director and actor!

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Get Your Laugh On! Episode #4 12 Steps To Recovery

Here’s Episode 4 of one of my favorite new webseries, Tony Clomax’s 12 Steps To Recovery! Get your laugh on.

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Tags: 12 Steps To Recovery, Tony Clomax, webseries

Just Read: Alex Cross’s Trial (New Tip for Writers)

I just finished the novel Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson. I was expecting a book about Alex Cross being on trial and instead I got a family history of some Cross family members and the trial that the Cross family was involved in. It was a trip. I enjoyed the book, but its very [...]

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Get Your Laugh On – Video Reminder: Who Raised You?

Its my desire to laugh a little each day. Lets try that again. Its my desire to laugh a lot each day. And so I’m sharing with you some webisodes, comedy sketches, and even movie trailers. The idea is to get you to laugh too. Well, this one below is from my colleague Al Thompson. [...]

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And the award goes to????? Can She Be Saved? wins again!

After getting stranded in Atlanta on my way to London, I was so disappointed that I had to disengage from my film festival hustle for a while. Well, I’m back up and running and was recently informed that Can She Be Saved? won for Faith Based First Film or Video at the 2010 International Youth [...]

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See if we can do it twice! Let’s make Takers #1 this weekend too!

MTV Shows

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Tags: Idris Elba, movie, TI

In Case You Missed It: A Documentary You Gotta See…

I just finished watching the documentary, Deliver Us From Evil which is about the 30-year pedophile history of Father Oliver O’Grady who molested, raped and abused countless children in California from the 70′s and onward. The documentary shows how the Catholic church moved Father O’Grady from place to place, still allowing him to be in [...]

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Tags: catholic church, deliver us from evil, father o'grady, oscar nominated

My Mic Sounds Nice! – Female Rappers/Hip Hop (Video)

Its nice that BET did a documentary on women in hip hop. I’ve been touring colleges for a decade lecturing and educating about hip hop culture and especially sexism as it relates to women in hip hop. I’m glad that someone finally did a documentary on it. To have my Politics of Hip Hop Culture [...]

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My Movie of The Week: Machete (Video Trailer)

This is what I’m watching this weekend. Will you join me? Check out the trailer below.

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Just Read: Deliver Me From Evil (New Tip For Writers)

I’ve been going to the library about twice a week lately. I’ve been devouring books like that barbeque chicken pizza I love. But anyway, I like sharing good books. So, I finished Deliver Me From Evil by Mary Monroe. The ending caught me off guard and even the beginning had me wondering, “What in the [...]

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