Posts Tagged ‘HBO’

HBO’s Neda Agha-Soltan Documentary

In Crime, History, Iran, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, citizenship, fame, fashion on 16 June 2010 tagged #Iranelection, Ali Ansari, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Azar Nafisi, Green Revolution, HBO, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mehdi Karoubi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh, Mousavi, Neda Agah Soltan, Neda Agha-Soltan, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Tehran with View Comments

“The God I worship is a compassionate and loving God” – Neda Agha Soltan “The whole idea with this [Iranian] regime is that because they confiscated religion and turned it into an ideology, they deprived it of everything that makes religion humane…so this government in fact destroyed the religion by claiming it and confiscating it” [...]

Video : Afghan Star Herat Auditions

In Afghanistan, Film, Music, TV, fame on 8 March 2010 tagged Afghan Star, Hangama, HBO, Herat, Kabul, Tolo TV, Video, Youtube, ستاره افغان with View Comments

Afghan Star will be broadcast on HBO starting March 18 at 9pm. The award winning documentary is currently available on DVD in the UK and will hit US shelves sometime after its run on HBO: The artist the female contestant hopes to model herself after is the legendary Hangama. Around the 00:02:50 mark the contestant [...]

Video : Erykah Badu on Def Poetry Jam

In Art, Hip Hop, Music, TV, fame on 2 March 2010 tagged Def Poetry Jam, Erykah Badu, HBO, Liberation, Outkast, Video, Youtube with View Comments

Erykah Badu appeared on Season 2 of Def Poetry Jam and performed/recited this poem (well, probably more acapella Hip Hop), the third verse of which would later go on to featured in Outkast’s Liberation: God, please o please let her breathe my way if she sing my song today I can be ok See I [...]

Video : Trailer of HBO’s Obama Documentary “By The People: The Election of Barack Obama”

In History, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, TV, fame on 17 October 2009 tagged 2008, African-American, Alicia Sams, Amy Rice, Barack Hussein Obama, Bobby Kennedy, By The People, By The People: The Election of Barack Obama, Class 5, Documentary, Edward Norton, Election, George W. Bush, HBO, Illinois, John McCain, Presidential Election, Primary, Sarah Palin, Senator, Trailer, Video, Youtube with View Comments

It may be a little soon to start looking back on Obama’s historic election, but it could be a very interesting documentary nonetheless: Producer Edward Norton: “Initially, it wasn’t even about a presidential campaign; the idea was simply to examine the political experience of a promising young politician of our generation.” Director Alicia Sams: “It [...]

Jay-Z on Real Time with Bill Maher

In Art, Hip Hop, Music, Opinion, Politics, R&B, TV, fame, fashion on 30 August 2009 tagged '03 Bonnie & Clyde, ABC, Barack Hussein Obama, Beyoncé, Big Brother, Biggie, Bill Maher, Blueprint 3, Captain save a Ho, Charles Barkley, Dirt Off Your Shoulder, DJ, East Coast, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, genre, Girls, HBO, Hip Hop, I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me), Jay-Z, Jesus Walks, Just Blaze, Kanye West, King of Pop, lyrics, media, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, MJ, MJJ, NAACP, Notorious B.I.G., Pigeons and Planes, Playlist, Politically Incorrect, Pop, Rap Radar, Real Time, Real Time with Bill Maher, Roc Nation, Rocafella, Rocawear, role model, Shawn Carter, Song Cry, The Beatles, The Blueprint, TuPac, Tupac Shakur, Video, West Coast with View Comments

When I first started watching Bill Maher it was shortly after 9/11 during his Politically Incorrect days on ABC. Back then, he was the only media figure who challenged the notions of the Bush regime and had a diverse array of guests on to talk about political and cultural issues from various different stand-points. In [...]