Are The Child Actors In Slumdog Millionaire Being Exploited By The Director Danny Boyle?

A new controversy is emerging that the director of Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle has exploited the young Indian actors in the movie. According to news reports the parents of child actors Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail claim their kids were not compensated properly. Maybe Boyle decided to use Hindi speaking child actors from the slums of Mumbai [...]

Black Actors Oscar Winning Performances For Racist & Stereotypical Film Roles

Although black actors are winning Oscars this decade, there is a  pattern that Hollywood is still promoting racist and sexist stereotypes about black people.
Hattie McDaniel was the first black to win an Oscar for her role in the movie  “Gone With The Wind”. McDaniel’s character was an asexual, nurturing, faithful, black mammy that is subservient to white folks.
Halle [...]

Week Two Australian Open 2009 Tennis Schedule For Canadian Tennis Fans

TENNIS ON TSN

TimeZone: Pacific Mountain Central Eastern Atlantic Newfoundland

DATE
SHOW
TIME

Jan 26th
2009 Australian Open Tennis: Round of 16
3:30 AM

Jan 26th
2009 Australian Open Tennis: Round of 16
2:30 PM

Jan 26th
2009 Australian Open Tennis: Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals
10:00 PM

Jan 27th
2009 Australian Open Tennis: Men’s & [...]

Who Is The Worst Tennis Commentator On Television?

Unfortunately, since  the TSN sports network’s Australian Open feed is from the American sports channel ESPN, the commentary sucks. ESPN has the worst tennis commentators in professional sports.
Mary “has been” Carillo, and Patrick “untalented” McEnroe,  talk too much during the points.
It is hilarious  the obvious “nepotism” at ESPN television.
Carillo and Patrick McEnroe are only tennis [...]

Shooting At Osgoode Subway Station Today!!!

When is the TTC in the city of Toronto going to hire more security? My goodness today a young man was shot on the platform at Osgoode subwaystation! It is so hard to believe this horrific act of violence is taking place in Canada’s largest city. The TTC needs to do more to protect the [...]

Is America The Promise Land For People Of Colour?

When I think about Canada I become numb there are serious social inequities in Canadian society that the media casually ignores important social issues such as institutionalized racism.According to a black professor Joseph Mensah he wrote a book called “Black Canadians“ the racism in Canada is  bubbling ready to explode.
The social constructions of race, class, [...]

2009 Australian Open Contenders & Pretenders

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The 2009  Australian Open tennis championships starts tonight due to the sixteen hour time difference between Melbourne Australia and the eastern time zone in North America.
Here is my opinion about the contenders for the women and the men.
The Women: The top contenders in women’s tennis are the usual suspects the Williams Sisters, the [...]

Do You Believe Bisexuality Exists?

The topic of bisexuality is  a controversial issue because some straight and gay people do not believe bisexuality exists.  I don’t agree with this Kinsey scale that states 1 in 10 people are gay or lesbian.  I believe life is a bit more complicated then that. I don’t know the true number but I believe [...]

Where Do You Live?

I notice that I receive a lot of comments from all over the world. I am wondering if you are interested let me know where you are located?

Israel & Zimbabwe Is Race The Real Reason For The Disparity In News Coverage?

If you bother to pay attention to the the North American news media over the holidays the only foreign news being broadcast on television is about Israel. CNN, ABC, NBC, CBC, are broadcasting more stories about the never ending conflict between the Jews and the Palestinians. Doesn’t anyone question “why” the North American press are [...]