Yasmin Shiraz

Its hard to be a R&B superstar, actress, cultural icon, but Beyonce is showing more and more how much she has it all together. I love her energy and her talent. And you know I got love for Ms. Banks, too. But I must say if Beyonce and Jay-Z are, in fact, married, why should Beyonce feel bad about saying “I love you,” to her husband in public? That makes no sense. Obviously they love each other or they wouldn’t have gotten married. Its so strange to me how the media acts like that’s such a shocking moment. Please. There’s nothing shocking about it. In any relationship, you hope that the person you are involved with will eventually love you. Check the clip for yourself. Holla….

I’m so proud of Caressa Cameron the 2010 Miss America who hails from Virginia. She’s intelligent, poised and beautiful. This African American woman is 22 years old and a broadcast journalism major. I didn’t get to watch the Miss America parent on Saturday as I was out celebrating the art of filmmaking with my filmmaker brethren and sistren in San Diego. But, Caressa’s brother sat in front of me on my plane from Houston to Washington, DC and we talked. He is proud of his sister and his barely audible voice was a sure indicator of how loud he yelled for her when he was in the audience. Congratulations Caressa. May being Miss America live up to all of your expectations.

In the spirit of the end of the year, I’ve decided to do a series 0f 2009 9 lists. The first being this one: The 9 Most Pathetic News Stories of 2009. I read a lot of blogs, new sites, newspapers, magazines and the like. So, I feel that I have a good grasp of what has been out there during 2009. If you think I’ve missed a pathetic news story, let me know. Let’s add it to the list.  I’m putting these stories in no specific order. Let’s agree that they’re all mutually pathetic.

1. Balloon Boy & his parents! This story was really pathetic. No one should be in search of the kind of publicity which sends out the message that your own child is in danger. I don’t care how bad you want to get your own reality show.
2. Congressman Wilson yelling out while Obama is addressing congress. Since when has yelling at the president been acceptable? Not since I’ve been an American. Congressman Wilson=pathetic.
3. The Salahi’s crashing Obama’s first state dinner. Some people will do anything to embarrass the president and therefore they’re pathetic.
4. Tiger Woods having 10+ mistresses but not telling his wife before the National Enquirer did so. Come on, if you want to have a bunch of mistresses, let your wife know. Who needs the public embarrassment and humiliation? Tiger’s marital infidelities & lack of honesty=pathetic.
5. Shaquille O’neal banging Gilbert Arenas’s fiance’ and sending naughty text messages as proof. Of all the women in the world to choose as a side piece, try not to select another NBA player’s fiance cause if you do its PATHETIC! I won’t even discuss the nature of the text messages. I’ll leave that to my girl Natasha at www.theybf.com But I will say that Shaq was still married to the beautiful Shaunie who is pictured on the right while all of this was going down in 2009!
6. The 39 year old Female Boy Scout Leader who had sex with a 15 year old member of her group. Lady, you are the leader, act like it. Having sex with a 15 year old and you’re 39 is definitely pathetic.
7. Jon Gosselin’s pre-divorce girlfriends and dating habits. Frankly, I wasn’t into Jon and Kate plus 8 so I definitely wasn’t hearing Jon – Kate plus the other chickenheads. Flaunting girlfriends prior to a divorce when your marriage made you popular is PATHETIC.
8. Because I love hip hop, I must say Beanie Sigel dissing Jay-Z now that he’s signed to G-Unit is pathetic in a major way.
9. Bad Butt pad stories! Why am I constantly seeing reports of female celebrities wearing butt pads? And worse, the butt pads look like butt pads, they don’t even look real. So here’s some advice: Either get some butt injections or sit down somewhere. I’m am so tired of bad butt pad stories!

Which pathetic 2009 story did I miss? Leave a comment and let me know!

Beyonce’s Video Phone Remix featuring Lady Gaga is definitely more of that Beyonce Steez– a whole lot of hip grinding, bending over and booty shaking-Only thing missing was a stripper pole. Maybe that’ll be in the next video. Bonuses of the video? I liked the make up, hair dos and outfits. A colleague recently sent me a video of Africano Boi critique-ing the Video. Watch his video critique below, but prepare to laugh your head off!

In case you missed it: Beyonce gets it in…. Can’t count on Sasha Fierce to wear some flannel pajamas and some bunny slippers. Your girl, Bey, always reps the sexiest, most revealing attire! Leaves nothing to the imagination. Alrighty then.