Former Film Executive Launches Online Entertainment Network for Black Women

THE BEST SHOWS AREN’T ON TV THEY’RE ON BWE

Black Women’s Entertainment Network (BWE), a Los Angeles-based Internet start-up announced today the launch of the BWE Network (www.bwenetwork.com), a one-stop online entertainment destination for African-American women.

Founded by Camille Irons Coakley, an indie film producer and former film executive at Edmonds Entertainment and Russell Simmons’ Def Pictures, the company looks to capitalize on the absence of television shows and movies that appeal to black women.

“The technology exists to stream directly from the Internet to the TV and there are a lot of great web series out there right now that have strong, positive black female leads that span all genres and created by talented African-American writers, directors, and producers,” says Coakley.  “We hand-pick the shows we feature and promote on the site ensuring quality over quantity.”

The company also plans to create original movies and programming similar to the Lifetime TV Network and plans to work with Hollywood’s top black actresses, writers, producers, and directors to bring great stories about African-American women to the network. The company is looking to make branded entertainment deals with major advertisers to fund its original content.

In addition to web shows, the site features the latest movies, music, books, and the best blogs written by women covering topics ranging from politics and sports to natural hair care and travel   that appeal to its targeted demographic.  Through the company’s affiliation with Amazon.com, users can purchase DVD’s, books, and music directly through the site’s built-in ecommerce platform.  The website provides a platform to showcase independent music artists, book authors, and filmmakers that may otherwise get lost in the shuffle.

The site’s shop page connects to black female designers, crafters, and entrepreneurs.  “There are lots of black women creating beautiful clothes, shoes, bath and body products, jewelry, that are not receiving the proper exposure,” says Coakley.  “The BWE makes it easy to find these people by showcasing them on the site.”

The BWE looks to create an eco-system where everything connects from black female music artists creating original music for show creators to show creators using the clothes and products of black female designers in their shows.  According to Coakley, “It’s a way for us to support each other both creatively and financially while continuing to recycle money in the community.”

About the BWE Network
The BWE Network aims to become the premiere online entertainment destination for black women. The BWE makes it easy to find the movies, web shows, music, books, blogs, and products that appeal to its targeted demographic.  For more information, please visit http://www.bwenetwork.com.

Tyler Perry Spoofs Movie Posters

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Tyler Perry is taking on the reality world, as his latest poster for his upcoming film, ‘Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family,’ is a parody on ‘Jersey Shore’ cast member Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi.

From ‘Jersey Shore’ to ‘Georgia Shore’ and arriving in theaters on April 22, ‘Big Happy Family’ stars Shad ‘Bow Wow’ Moss, Loretta Devine, Cassi Davis, Lauren London, David Mann, Tamela Brown Mann, Isaiah Mustafa, Rodney Perry, Shannon Kane, Natalie Desselle Reid, Teyana Taylor and Perry (as Madea and her brother Joe)

RIP Elizabeth Taylor

Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen life was often upstaged by her stormy personal life, died Wednesday at age 79.

She died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks. Taylor had extraordinary grace, fame and wealth, and won three Oscars, including a special one for her humanitarian work. But she was tortured by ill health, failed romances and personal tragedy.

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Glee: The Music Presents The Warblers Available April 19

NEARLY 1 MILLION SONGS SOLD IN ONE WEEK

MARKING BIGGEST WEEKLY SINGLES SALES IN GLEE HISTORY

NEW YORK, March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/

— Get ready for Glee’s New Directions rivals, The Dalton Academy Warblers to have their own release, Glee: The Music presents The Warblers, available on Tuesday, April 19th. This release features songs performed by The Dalton Academy Warblers, a male a capella group starring Darren Criss, Chris Colfer and the Tufts University Beelzebubs, tackling such hits as Destiny Child‘s “Bills, Bills, Bills”, P!nk’s “Raise Your Glass”, Train’s “Hey Soul Sister” and Wings’ “Silly Love Songs”. The Dalton Academy Warblers debuted on Glee this season with a bang as their version of Katy Perry‘s “Teenage Dream” had the best first-week sales of any Glee track to date. Also featured on Glee: The Music presents The Warblers are two album exclusives, the much talked about opening performance of Barbra Streisand’s “What Kind of Fool” from the 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year gala and a never before heard rendition of Rod Stewart‘s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (see below for full track listing).

This week marks another astounding feat for the music of Glee with sales from its ‘Original Song’ episode selling a massive 722,998 downloads in just seven days, the most ever from a single episode.  Cumulatively Glee songs sold over 964,000 tracks this week. This surpasses the record the show set back in February when it sold an astonishing 880,000 tracks in one week. Glee original tunes “Loser Like Me” and “Get It Right” top the list of best selling tracks this week with almost 374,000 downloads sold between them.  These original tracks also appear on the recently released Glee: The Music, Volume 5 which debuted at #3 last week on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart with an impressive 90,000 copies sold.  This week Glee: The Music, Volume 5 holds the #4 Spot on that same album chart with over 132,000 units sold since its release on March 8.

In just one season, songs from The Dalton Academy Warblers have sold 1.3 million tracks to add to the over 26 million singles and 10 million Glee albums sold worldwide. Glee broke the record for most charted songs by a single act in the Billboard Hot 100’s history, currently with 120 hits beating Elvis Presley‘s long held record of 108. Glee is also now the top television program to be producing the most Top 10 albums, passing, American Idol.

The full track listing for Glee: The Music presents The Warblers is as follows:

1. Teenage Dream
2. Hey Soul Sister
3. Bills, Bills, Bills
4. Silly Love Songs
5. When I Get You Alone
6. Animal
7. Misery
8. Blackbird
9. Candles
10. Raise Your Glass
11. Somewhere Only We Know
12. What Kind Of Fool
13. Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?

About Columbia Records: One of the most respected and successful record labels in the world, Columbia Records is home to established superstars and exciting new talent. Columbia Records is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.

Sony Music Entertainment is a global recorded music company with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars. The company boasts a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history. Sony Music Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

Twentieth Century Fox Television, a division of News Corp., is a leading supplier of entertainment content domestically and around the world.

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is a unit of News Corporation and the leading broadcast television network among Adults 18-49. FOX finished the 2008-2009 season at No. 1 for the fifth consecutive year – a feat that hasn’t been achieved since the mid-1990s – while continuing to dominate all network competition in the more targeted Adults 18-34 and Teen demographics.

SOURCE Columbia Records

Glee: The Music Presents The Warblers Available April 19 — NEW YORK, March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —.

Eye Candy on MYX TV with MYX-Rated and Vinyl Addiction

 

Redwood City, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 22, 2011

Primetime pops with MYX TV’s newly launched show, MYX-Rated! MYX-Rated is your one source for everything Asian and everything awesome from trendsetters to the hottest undiscovered talent. Catch the show on Thursdays, 10PM eastern and 7PM pacific.

There are so many niche cultures out there with just as many rabid fans for them. MYX TV is bringing them all together in a new weekly program aimed to broaden everyone’s horizon, through MYX-Rated: the first series shot entirely in high definition.

Join hosts Olivia Speranza and Joey Guila as they bring you what’s hot on technology, internet trends, music, urban art, fashion, video games, and all things epic into one jam-packed half-hour with the new magazine talker that takes on pop culture with a comedic twist.

Vinyl Addiction
Jesse Hernandez is back with new episodes of Vinyl Addiction, showcasing the best and latest on emerging underground artists behind the world of Vinyl Toys, a worldwide phenomenon with roots in Asia.

Catch the latest episodes featuring industry greats like Kathy Olivas, Jermaine Rogers, Reactor 88 and catch the scenes at the San Diego Comic Con and Fantasy Factory on Wednesday nights at 10PM eastern and 7PM pacific.

Let your B/Vlogging prowess shine!
MYX TV is on a hunt for mini celebrities with big personalities to be the voice of young Asian-America. If your penchant for writing leans towards concerts, fashion, music, current events and trends, we think you should get paid. We’re currently searching for b/vloggers to keep our audience up-to-speed on what’s happening now.

If you’re at least 18 years old, have strong writing skills and are comfortable on-cam, send us a note at myxblogger@myx.tv and check our site for more details.

Eye Candy on MYX TV with MYX-Rated and Vinyl Addiction.

Chris Brown Smashes Window on Good Morning America.

Its official. Chris Brown has lost his mind.

Chris Brown went on a rampage on the set of “Good Morning America” after being asked about the criminal case against him involving ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

ABC News reported that Brown smashed a window at the studio after ABC News anchor Robin Roberts asked him about the criminal case.

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Whitney

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‘Manning Up’ Has the Rise of Women Turned Men Into Boys?

 

Dudes, guys, geeks, hipsters: Are they men or are they boys? Influential social critic Kay S. Hymowitz shows why lots of people—especially young women—aren’t so sure, and why that matters to all of us.

Men in their twenties and thirties are ground zero for two radical shifts in contemporary life: delayed adulthood and an increasingly female-friendly economy. Settling into their careers, marrying, and having children later than ever before, young people are carving out a new “preadult” stage of life.

Women are now the first sex among preadults. They are the majority of college grads, and are taking over new sectors of a recession-battered but still dynamic knowledge economy. From marketing to communications, design to nonprofits, a historic number of high-wage careers are not just open to women, but dominated by them.

And the men? From the outside, preadult men often seem like children, filling their leisure time with video games, Adam Sandler movies, indie bands, beer pong, and the company of inebriated women. But it’s not all fun for men, and certainly not any fun for the women who would like them to grow up. With no clear life script, these men don’t know what is expected of them either as men or as adults. In the past, dating in the early adult years was largely a means to an end—marriage and fatherhood. No more. Dating can mean a decade or more of miscues, bad breakups, and Match.com dead ends.

Meanwhile, marriage and parenthood can come in myriad forms or be skipped altogether. A biological clock tells women when preadulthood has to come to an end. Men? They have no pressing reason to ponder the sand in the hourglass. Why man up? Even when it comes to having children, women no longer seem to need them.

Thoroughly researched and bursting with radical implications for both present and future generations, Manning Up is the essential book for understanding the dramatic changes that are taking place in the lives of young people across the globe.

Aout the Author:

Kay S. Hymowitz is the William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She writes extensively on childhood, family issues, poverty, and cultural change in America.

It’s Official…Jordin Sparks is BAD

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.Now I always thought Jordin Sparks was beautiful, this weight loss just puts her on another level if that was even possible. 30 pounds less and she looks flawless.YOU go girl!

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Fan Follow Friday… @spontan3ous

Todays winner is @spontan3ous!

Go ahead go to Twitter and follow her. I know this girl personally and I can honestly say she is one of my best friends. If you like the hosts of #3GM then you will ADORE following her! Again her Twitter name is @spontan3ous.

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Whitney

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New ‘American Pie’ Film to Be Made

Key members of the original cast of “American Pie” will reunite for “American Reunion,” which will bring the popular franchise back to movie theaters, rather than direct-to-DVD, TheWrap has learned.

Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy are already signed, with Universal in negotiations with Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Chris Klein, Mena Suvari and Jennifer Coolidge.

The studio is hoping to bring back most of the original cast, including Alyson Hannigan, who currently plays Lily Aldrin in CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother,” and Shannen Elizabeth.

The movie has a start date of May 24.

Scott, who played Steve Stifler in the first three installments in the franchise, checked himself into a treatment program “to address health and personal issues,” the actor announced Tuesday. An individual close to the production says this is not expected to affect the production.

“Harold & Kumar’s” Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg are writing and directing. Chris Moore and Craig Perry will produce with Adam Herz and Paul & Chris Weitz executive producing.

Universal’s senior executive VP of production, Peter Cramer, and creative executive Kiska Higgs will oversee the project for the studio.
The previous three “American Pie” movies grossed a total of nearly $755 million at the worldwide box office. The first of the series, 1999’s “American Pie,” grossed $235 million and had an $11 million budget. The second, 2001’s “American Pie 2,” took in $287 million and had a $30 million budget. The third, 2003’s “American Wedding,” grossed $231 million and had a $55 million budget.

In 2005, Universal released “American Pie Presents Band Camp” direct to DVD. Levy starred. via Joshua L. Weinstein, The Wrap

I am so excited to see this this. I hope they get all of the original cast back. I loved the original franchise. I hope the “Reunion” will be good. I don’t want them to just produce crap. If this movie gets made I will go into this movie expecting to see comedy on the level of the original three films. What do you think? Sound off in the comments.
~Motormouth