| Behind The Scenes: Will Smith, Master P, Ice Cube, Diddy
The names and faces that were readily recognizable in the Hip-Hop community are now household names. Tinsel town has also become the new home of Hip-Hop. Several stars have taken their success as actors a step further by moving into roles behind the scenes while still maintaining acting careers.
With “Behind The Scenes" we will give you the lowdown on key artists shaping the future of entertainment.
O' Shea “Ice Cube" Jackson Rapper, Composer, Actor, Producer, Writer, Director - Age 38
This West Coast rap pioneer has been enmeshed in Hollywood for quite some time now. We have seen him in some unforgettable films, beginning with his amazing performance in the 1991 smash Boyz N The Hood.
Extra! UIdaho Student Found Shot to Death
How many in our county are paid $30.00 to $45.00 or more an hour, including benefits? A number of them are two teacher families, and have an RV and boat parked in their driveway. The IEA is a UNION!
While, there are many dedicated, excellent teachers, a lot only look at the bottom line, and are able to hold our children hostage until they get more salary and benefits. Arpie: I just got out my December 06 pay stub so I could tell you what last year looked like. At age 48, having taught since 1981, my gross pay was a little less than $46,000 last year. Subtract from that $7,000 in taxes, including social security: $6,000 for my familys health insurance, and $3,000 for my half of my retirement, and the total dwindles quickly as it does for anyone that is trying to support a family.
Mayor sues NY banks over subprime crisis
CLEVELAND, Jan. 11 Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson is suing Wall Street over the U.S. economy-threatening subprime lending crisis.
Jackson, a Democrat, filed his suit against 21 banks in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, naming venerable institutions such as Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo for creating a public nuisance.
The mayor contends the companies irresponsibly bought and sold high-interest home loans to people who had "no realistic means of keeping up with their loan payments," resulting in widespread defaults that depleted the city's tax base and left entire neighborhoods in ruins, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported.
City officials hope to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, including lost taxes from devalued property and money spent tearing down or boarding up thousands of abandoned houses.
Symphony falls short of celestial height in performances of Messiaen ...
Technical difficulties arose immediately, during the first movement of the Messiaen. This is an extended, very slow chorale for brass that unfolds in discrete phrases separated by silences. And although the sound of the brass playing itself was resplendent, not one phrase in the entire movement - not one! - began together. The last of the work's four movements is an answering chordal rhapsody, this time from the strings, and although the lapses in coordination were less marked, it was obvious again that the players were simply guessing about the rhythms. And so what should be a radiant tapestry of sound became something more like a slippery throw rug, sliding this way and that as the music wore on. There were greater pleasures to be had in the two central movements, especially the woodwind-driven second movement with its sinuous echoes of Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun." But here too a veil of tentativeness hung over the entire proceedings.
Corrections, clarifications
A Friday Tulsa World Sports story incorrectly referred to Eddie Sutton's time at Central High School in Tulsa. Sutton was a basketball coach at Central.
A Friday Dow Jones Newswires Business story about the sale of Clear Channel Communications Inc. erroneously reported that the Federal Communications Commission approved the $19.5 billion deal without conditions. According to the FCC order, Clear Channel must transfer control of 48 radio stations to a divestiture trust so that the new owners will comply with FCC ownership limits.
A Wednesday Tulsa World Southside, Westside and Broken Arrow Community World story about two students earning perfect scores on their ACT college entrance exams incorrectly reported the name of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, in which one of the students participates.
Mercy provides interpreter services
You need a social security number to pay into and receive benefits and only a citizen can receive a social security number. I bet I've received that e-mail 50 times in the last ten years. There is no bill before Congress to give them benefits, never has been, never will be. Delete that e-mail and let's clear up cyberspace. " .
Pro-Life supporters gather for vigil
I was young and I was scared," she said. “And the abortion industry prays on the panic of young mothers." And according to those at the rally the abortion industry is very successful. Cliff Temple Baptist Church's Pastor Russell Wagoner told the audience that each day 4,000 unborn children are lost to abortion. By comparison Wagoner said on Sept. 11, 2001, approximately 3,500 people were killed, and the national outrage is not even close to equal. “I see no outcry, I see no weeping, no anger," he said. Wagoner also stressed that abortion is not a political issue. “This is a cry for help for the unborn," he said. Community Chapel Church of God's the Rev. Steve Pearson was also at Tuesday's vigil.
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