"This is It"

Last night my boyfriend and I joined friends to go take in Michael Jackson's last hoorah! The movie "This Is It", which documents the preparations for his highly anticipated final world tour.

I have to admit that I was initially skeptical about what I was going to see. We all know that physically MJ seemed to be a frail guy, and during the time of his recent unexpected death there were accusations of massive drug abuse and health issues. Some of his own family members insisted that there were several impersonators used during the filming of this movie and openly expressed their disapproval of the project.

Well from one MJ fan to the next let me just tell you that This Is It... is IT! Look out because when this finally makes it to DVD it'll be a collector's peice and almost impossible to get your hands on.

"This Is It" wasn't just about dancing on a stage. Not that any of Michael's performances ever are. But from what I saw last night, the "This Is It" tour was getting ready to top anything MJ has ever done, with insane explosives, stage sets that can rival the biggest broadway plays, green screen back drops that brought every song to life and more of what we love most about this man, Michael's incredible and innate ability to entertain us all!

As we all already know, MJ was/is, always will be a musical genius. This film just confirms that notion while giving us a closer look at Michael's personality and work ethic as a performer. He was playful with his fellow performers while mainting and expecting a high level of perfection.

In the opening scenes of the film we see the process by which they bring in dancers from all over the world, choosing the best on the planet. Knowing this, Michael pushed his dancers, back up singers, musicians and directors all to do their best!

The lead acoustic guitarist, Orianthi Panagaris, got to showcase her skills at one point and Michael was telling homegirl, "this is YOUR time to shine!". She is super talented and MJ definitely brought the best out of her.

During the film they would cut away to different rehersal days and I remember thinking wow Michael Jackson really does dress like Michael Jackson all the time lol. There's one scene where he has on a bomber jacket and some jeans and he looks soooo odd in average clothes. It's hilarious.

One of my favorite part of the film was when MJ was unhappy with the sound of the music... He gave some orders to the band then said "With Love, L.O.V.E." just so that they understood that behind his directions there were no hard feelings and that he wanted everything to be perfect because he has love and integrity for everyone's work and wants it to be the best that it can be.

**looking up** MJ I hope you don't mind if I take this saying from you because I feel like it's the perfect thing to say after some seemingly harsh words to a loved one :).

To put it in Layman's terms: "Get my ish right! ..... with Love tho, L.O.V.E.!" hahaa, I hear that MJ!!

My favorite performance scenes from the "This Is It" movie are: Smooth Criminal, The Way You Make me Feel, They Don't Care About Us & Earth Song(where MJ talks extensively about his love for this planet and our responsibility to take care of it - I cried alot during this part) and of course the timeless... Thriller!!

Although MJ tried to reserve his energy through many of the rehersals you could see the admiration in the eyes of everyone on set, and he would hit that high note and continue a riff or go off on into a dance sequence and everyone watching would lose it! lol Could you imagine what that must of felt like to theose kids that were working with him!? Truly a dream come true!

Then he would say, "Why'd you make me do that I wasn't suppose to do it full out!" lol

I honestly didn't think that I would have enjoyed this movie as much as I did. I definitely have to have the DVD in my collection when it comes out so that my kids can see the final masterpeice of one of the greatest entertainers to ever live!

P.S. on Friday some friends of mine are planning a private viewing of the "This Is It" movie at a theatre in Brooklyn. I just might join them to see the film again. Yes it was that good to ME! Also, my audience was WAK! with a capital W. I think alot of a movie experience is who you see it with. There's nothing I hate more than an audeince that acts like they're too good to clap after a great scene. smdh

And here's the official trailer:


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Happy Bday DBO Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!

This weekend I attended the big Birthday Bash of my friends Richie P/Young Tokyo & Reem/Ziploc of DBO Eventz. These guys have been on the grind with their promotion company ever since I can remember and it has definitely payed off as they are some of the hottest promoters in NYC right now.

It was soo hot and crowded in the spot but everyone still managed to have a great time!!

These cupcakes were spiked and were extremely strong! lol

**Note to self: Remember to have liquored cupcakes for my birthday!! :)**

Diverse, Ched, Mase & Rich

Dangerous Duo lol

This pic is BIG right here! We all go way back. The dude on the far left is Reem's brother and we used to rap together.................. back when I was doing music.

Me & Mocha
DJ Mace & DJ Diverse
My girl City looking sexy!
Brownstone Betty in the building!
LOL!

This is like my brother right here. B-Boy of B-Boy Promotions and his wife Nikki of Exclusive Ladies. Now this is a power couple!
DJ Mace; the crowd's favorite!

AAoowwww!!!!!

Reem & L.O.R. looking lovely
Ballers Crew (Promotion)
Nik was celebrating her Bday as well. The Libras were out in full effect!
I like her purple look
OC
Get that money Reem!! lol
Reem was definitely drunk cuz I don't know wtf he was saying on that Mike lmao... do you see my face, that's exactly how I felt smh :)

B-Boy

Rob of MCH another one of my homies that's running the promotion game.
Awwww they all go way back too!

Shakedown's own K-Star was also celebrating her B-day!

Pop champagne!

Rich & top NY photographer Dre Bless

Rich & DJ Diverse

:p
Chedda, Mocha & DJ Diverse (stop looking at my cookies!! lol)

Fun times!!

If you came out to show love to Reem & Rich (DBO) for their birthdays and even if you didn't please feel free to leave a comment.....................................

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Halloween Preparations

Ok so as you ghouls and goblins know Halloween is fast approaching and it's time to get the creative juices flowing for this year's costume. Of course the biggest costume this year will be the late, great king of Pop, Michael Jackson. My friends are actually having a Halloween party where everyone must come as one of Michael's many looks over the course of his career. I was contemplating the Red leather look from the Thriller video or good old sequins, a black Jacket high water pants, white socks and POW!, Im the King! oh yeah and I can't forget the sequins glove!!

Now of course this isn't the only look that I'm working on for Halloween. My friends and I are going on a Halloween boatride and we decided to all go as different Superheroes. Some heroines that others have already decided on are Catwoman, Storm, Wonderwoman and the Pink Power Ranger. But I finally made up my mind that I'm going to throw it back to one of my favorite heroines of ALL time! Cheetara of the Thundercats, HHHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

So I started doing some searching at all the best costume stores in the city and online as well, looking for the sexiest Cheetara costume that I could find. And guess what! Of course I can't find the damn thing anywhere. So I've come to the realization that I'm on my own with this. I'm going to have to use my creative side and come up with the new and improved Cheetara; 2009 edition!

Stay tuned to see how I pull this off lol...

Here are some pics of the best Cheetara looks that I found online:

Look at my girl in Action!

So speaking of Thundercats, did any of you know that there is a major motion film in the making? And I mean this is going to be huge. They have the big names too, Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Vin Diesel (and also rumored to be in the film is Michael Clark Duncan)!! Wow!
My only disappointment with what I see so far is the lame-O actress they have playing my girl Cheetara. Come on now. I can name 10 actresses that would have brought more sex appeal to the role. At one point it was rumored that Jessica Simpson would take the role but I guess that didn't work out. Here's a pic someone digitally put together, I guess to see how she would look half feline:

I personally wouldn't want her in the role anyway but I would take her over shorty in the trailer. But whatevs! I guess I'll get over it. I'll just stare at Lion O through out the whole thing ;).

Some anxious fans put together the below trailer for the film. I think they did a really good job too. Check it out:

I can't wait for Halloween and now I can't wait for the release of this film!

p.s. I was really really contemplating being a Fafinette this year because I love them and I think they're the cutest thing ever... but I think Im going to hold off until next year, unless a 3rd Halloween party pops up.
Since I know for a fact that you guys have NO idea what I'm talking about here are some pics:





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UPDATE:

Ok so now my friends have decided that we are all going to be playboy bunnies for the Halloween boatride. So ixnay on Cheetara, that may be next year's costume.

I decided to go as Money Bunny lol. Don't ask me, I'm guessing that that's a playboy bunny that's about her money! Works for me!

Some other suggestions that I gave my friends for their Bunny costumes are:

Vampire Bunny
Mummy Bunny
Robot/Wooden Bunny
Harajuku Bunny
Hip Hop Bunny

oh and my friend Atiya came up with a good one.... Gangsta Bunny!

You know what, we just might be able to pull this off. Not to mention now we have an excuse to rent a limo and really have fun! :)

You already know I'll have pics for your viewing pleasure so stay tuned.....



If you have any suggestions on Bunny costumes or if you already know what you plan on being this year please feel free to leave a comment...........................

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