PHAEDRA PARKS' HUSBAND'S FRAUD ARREST DISGRACES FIRST FAMILY OF RHOA

Phaedra Parks & husband Apollo Nida

Apollo Nida, husband of Bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta reality star Phaedra Parks was arrested Thursday on charges of bank fraud and identity theft according to a report by the AJC. 

A federal investigation that began in 2012 gathered enough evidence to arrest a woman name Gayla St. Julien (aka Nee O'Neal) in September of 2013 in connection with suspicious bank deposits totaling over 3 million dollars.  

Gayla St. Julien

According to St. Julien, Apollo was the mastermind behind the scheme, and created fake companies to collect customer's personal information for the purpose of stealing their identities to open bank accounts.  After months of further investigation that uncovered deposits of fake auto loan checks, stolen U.S. Treasury and retirement checks, Nida was arrested and then release on a $25,000 bond.

In light of the RHOA episode that aired January 26, speculations are circling that Apollo may have put his foot in his mouth when he argued with NeNe Leakes about how much money he's able to squander in strip clubs.  His comments that he spends his own money and not his wife Phaedra's, may further complicate his case, causing him to answer questions about his earnings.

Apollo spent over five years in federal prison for auto title fraud and is father of two young sons with wife Phaedra; Ayden 3 and Dylan 10 months.  He is awaiting a preliminary hearing on February 12.

Facts you need to know...about Apollo's arrest.

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VANESSA SIMMONS-WAYANS BABY SHOWER - 2 POWER FAMILIES

Reality Star - Vanessa Simmons and the first family of comedy relative Mike Wayans celebrated the upcoming birth of their baby at a fun and festive baby shower on Saturday.

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY MICHELLE OBAMA

First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated the milestone, 50, on Friday, January 17, 2014 and enjoyed a laid-back low key birthday celebration on Saturday spearheaded by the party-planner-in-chief, Mr. President.  Rumors’ circling is the invited guests who included celebrities like Samuel L. Jackson, Gail King, and Al Roker were requested to eat before they come and expect sips, dips, dessert and dancing only.

Hilarious, but I love it!

So what will the naysayers do now since they won’t be able to say they threw away taxpayers’ money on an extravagant spectacle?  I would love to be a fly on the wall just to watch the enemies - who are always bold enough to show up – refuse to let loose and enjoy the fun, always lurking and seeking something they can spin into a snafu.  

I suspect music swirling in the room was a little JayZ, Stevie Wonder and of course Beyonce and John Legend.  It wouldn't surprise that our uncompromising first lady request a few off beat artist just to mix it up. 

I wonder who didn't bring their dancing shoes and had no choice but pull a Patty LaBelle and just kick those shoes off and enjoy a night full of fun, laughter and a whole lot of dancing, dancing, dancing  

Do your thing First Lady Michelle and HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

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MADONNA LOOSELY USES RACIAL SLUR ON INSTAGRAM

Once again, within thirty days of backlash from a distasteful stunt, Madonna is under fire again. According to her, she is receiving negative press for using the N-word as a term of endearment towards her Caucasian son Rocco.  The 55-year old Queen of Pop who is known for her playful- girlish-charm uploaded a snapshot of her son on Instagram during his boxing match with the caption, "No one messes with Dirty Soap! Mama said knock you out!  #disn-----."

After a firestorm of controversy, Madonna issued the apologetic statement, "I am sorry if I offended anyone with my use of the N-word on Instagram.  It was not meant as a racial slur...I am not a racist."  She also said, "There's no way to defend the use of the word. It was all about intention...It was used as a term of endearment toward my son who is white. I appreciate that it's a provocative word and I apologize if it gave people the wrong impression. Forgive me."

The incident is just fuel on the fire for the music icon, causing onlookers to question the image she is portraying as a parent.  Just recently, at a family New Year celebration, Madonna posted photos of 13 year old Rocco and his friends posing with bottles of alcohol.

The multi-Grammy winning superstar has two other children - Lourdes Maria Ciccone and a black adopted son David Banda Mwale.  The Michigan native, born Madonna Louise Ciccone, trained with African-American dance legend Alvin Ailey and worked with a multitude of African-American performers and musicians most of her career.

   

The reactions to a white person’s use the word is viewed as insensitive and a disregard that the word garners hurtful degrading overtones towards people of color.  Short of making the use of the N-word a felony or a misdemeanor, I don’t know what will or can be done to mark the conscientiousness of the world to think “bad” before the word rolls off their tongue or in this case, fingertips.

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HEALTHY EATING 101: Food Combining!

 
THE BASIC RULES OF FOOD COMBINING - Link to being sick.

1. Do not eat proteins and starches together. Your body requires an acid base to digest proteins and an alkaline base to digest starches. Proteins and starches combine well with green, leafy vegetables and non-starchy vegetables, but they do not combine well with each other.

TRIBUTE: Nelson Mandela - A Man of World Peace!

Thank you for your sacrifice and courageous contribution to the world. 

 

You will forever be remembered for

R.I.P.

"A Powerful Story of a Rising Star"

DAWNTAVIA BULLARD
 

Rising star, Dawntavia Bullard's life growing up in Miami, FL was nothing short of unconscionable, but destiny has its way of making a smooth landing. The 5'4" petite, possibly size 2 actress is a real cutie pie who landed a role not only in Tyler Perry's upcoming movie "For Colored Girls who Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf", but the third installment of Martin Lawrence's most successful film "Big Momma's House 3". She plays former "Dream Girls" Anika Noni Rose's assistant in "For Colored Girls" and a cafeteria worker who really gives Big Momma a hard time.

Dawntavia

Humble and modest she says her roles are small. But rest assure, there is nothing small about a role for a young lady who fought her way out of an abusive household at 18, moves to L.A. alone, studies acting and ends up on the silver screen. Dawntavia is a true inspiration story. Passionately without remorse, she tells the story that as long as she can remember, her mother has been a cocaine addict, and she is only 25; you do the math. Her way out was through poetry and a desire to help herself with hopes of helping her mother overcome her addiction. As therapy, she wrote and executive produced her story into an independent film called "Sounds of Poetry". What happens next is a true testament of "preparation meeting opportunity".



Deborah Champagne & Dawntavia Bullard

Another young rising star, Henderson Maddox a filmmaker born and raised in Atlanta, GA, learns of Dawntavia's script and offered to develop it into a film, starring none other than veteran actress, Robin Givens who plays Dawntavia's drug addicted mother. Speaking directly to other young people who may have a similar story, Dawntavia advises them to learn as much about their craft as possible and to never give up. She said, "Unfortunately, you got to be somewhat selfish in order to be successful". While she was worried and concerned about her mother, she could not offer her any assistance until she stepped out and helped herself. As a result of the film, her mother is now in treatment, working to become clean and rid of her addiction.

Legendary Singer/Songwriter Teena Marie Dead at age 54

 

Mary Christine, or Tina as she was called, was the daughter^[2][3] of construction worker Thomas Leslie Brockert and his wife, home renovator Mary Anne. She spent her early childhood in Mission Hills. Her ethnic heritage was Portuguese, Italian, Irish, and Native American.^{[citation needed]} In 2005, while visiting Louisiana, she had discovered that her paternal ancestors once lived in New Orleans.^[4][5][6] She took to singing naturally, performing Harry Belafonte's Banana Boat Song by age two. She also developed a fondness for singing the songs of Motown, and her self-professed “gift from God” would become fine-tuned as the years progressed.

 

When she was eight years old, her parents began sending her on auditions which, among other things, netted her an acting role on The Beverly Hillbillies, credited as Tina Marie Brockert.^[7] She also sang at the wedding of actor Jerry Lewis's son when she was 10 years old. Reared in a Roman Catholic household, she learned to play the piano under the tutelage of two nuns and later taught herself the guitar, bass, and congas. She would go on to form a semi-professional R&B band with her younger brother Anthony and their cousin.

PRESS RELEASE - LisaRaye co-directs The-11Eleven11 Project™ film THE PROMISE

Actress LisaRaye McCoy  (VH1's Single Ladies) to co-direct and be featured in The11Eleven11 Project™ latest film THE PROMISE. 

 

Filming will take place all day on Saturday, April 28, 2012.

 

 Media Opportunities are still available.