Alanis Morissette

I have been reading that Alanis Morrissette's video for her parody on the BEP's song 'My Hump'has generated some debate on the blog world. It seems like I have missed a lot, and not wanting to be out of the loop of things creating debate on the media industry I wanted to check it out myself.

Firstly I like the song, I think it's a great version of the song and the video is extremely funny (as they intended it to be.

I think that the two songs, Alanis and the BEP's deal with the fact that some women really know how to use their 'lady form' to extract money from men regardless of how 'clever'(the men) they are. The 'humps' will always get them.

As I had posted before on the rumour that Bachchan son and Bollywood's most beautiful actress were engaged, it is now official, they are now man and wife.

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were married on Friday at the Bachchan residence in Juhu. It is reported that they will honeymoon in Italy where love will blossom till death do them part.

Ha,ha,ha wonder how long it will last?

The US Department of health and Human Services have released a report stating that 'abstinence only' programmes have not been working and that half of the students who have taken part in these programmes have not abstained.

This really got me thinking because in Botswana (which has the highest HIV/AIDS rates in Southern Africa) the government organisations and Non-governmental organisations have preached ABC (Abstain, Be faithful and Condomise). The ABC's have obviously not gone down well because the HIV numbers keep going up and more babies are being born with the virus.

So what is wrong? Me and my friend (who has recently worked for an HIV/AIDS NGO) always ponder this question and what we come up with is that the A and C are the ones that are always in the limelight by the B is always left behind. We know that if a person doesn't have belief in abstinence, no matter how many times you entice them with silver rings, they will not abstain. We live in a world that tells everyone who will listen that S-E-X is good and should be had and if you're not having it, there is something wrong. So what do you think someone young or even not that young will do? They will have sex of cause.

Of cause the C is very important in the message of safe sex but in moments of drunk fondlings and 'we trust each other' moments, the C word is very much forgotten until the test comes back negative.

So why is the B pushed aside? It seems that here in Botswana it is fun to have three or four relationships all at the same time and this is attributed to all the sexes regardless if they are male or female, multiple relationships are the in thing. So no one wants to hear about Be faithful...Be faithful? What is that?

But if we don't have the ABC all working together how do we hope to fight this virus? If you can't abstain which we all know is very difficult for some, why can't one be faithful with one partner and for the both of them to stick to that partner. If one strays, why can't they be honest and use a condom? It seems so simple but obviously very hard.

I was pleasantly surprised to read on BBC news that scientist have 'found' a clear obesity gene so now I have scientific reason to explain the extra pounds on me. 'Oh, it's not my fault that I can't lose weight, it's in my genes. I'm meant to be fat!'

The scientist have found that people with two copies of a 'fat' version of a gene had a 70% higher risk of obesity then people with none. I knew there was a reason why some people can have a large pizza to themselves and not gain a single pound then me who only has to look (and sometimes smell) at a pizza and will gain one pound. Now I have the Peninsula Medical School to thank for the reason.

The findings also suggest that people with these genes find it harder to lose weight but can gain weight a lot easier.

Aha, now this makes me feel a lot better, now where are those chocolate cookies?

Timberland's new album is out and it's entitled 'Shock Value'. The reviews I've read from music critics are not very good as they all trash the album but some of the listeners have enjoyed the album and I guess they are the ones to listen to because really they are the ones that buy the album right?

I love Timberland as I'm sure you have already figured out from reading some of my blogs, I think he is a gifted producer when it comes to beats and being able to mix his signature with that of the artist he is producing so I've always wondered why his first album never did well. I mean some of the songs I heard from the album where hot, but I guess just because you could produce it doesn't mean you could be a rapper or a singer (case in point being Diddy).

I've had a chance to listen to some of the songs from the album 'Shock Value' and I already have some favourites being 'Apologize' ft One Republic and '2 man show' ft Elton John (his piano riff at the beginning of the song is masterful) and of coz the mega hit 'Give it to me' ft Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake. Some songs could have done with some extra work like 'Scream' ft Keri Hilson and Nicole but other wise really I don't see why it had to be trashed. I guess if you are at the top of your game like Timbo, people will always expect the best from you.

My opinion is that although this album is good and has some gems, Timbo really didn't give his all like he has done with other artists and this makes the album a little lacking in some songs. And this album is more a collaboration album then a full fledged Timbo album where we can hear what he has to say so it's disappointing in that regard but other then that it's an album that I would love to get my hands on.

Make It Rain Remix - Fat Joe

Well what can I say....This song rocks! Just listen to it.

Joe-If I Was Your Man

I'm not really a slow song kinda girl but somehow I always end up liking Joe's ballads and his latest 'If I was your man' is my current favourite. It has a great beat. Us women know that a man would never give up the world for us so that is probably why we love hearing it in a song.

Personally I think the girl was right to choice Blair UnderWood, I mean who wouldn't choice Blair?

So yesterday I went and watched 300 and I wasn't disappointed. From the beginning to the last scene, this movie kept me enthralled throughout without any boring moments.

It made me say 'wow, what happened to all the real men?' but afterwards I felt bad because really, what is a real man and does having a 6 peck and being mad to love war make a person a real man? No it doesn't, but it was fun to watch what men thought real men should do and act in times of war and uncertainty also it was just entertainment for an hour and a half.

Also what I liked about this film was the characters of women. The women of Sparta were not weaklings who had to be defended but women who could talk to the same level as men, who's words were taken to be important and who were capable to fight as well as the next men, albeit in other ways of cause. The Spartan men were also very gorgeous in this film, if I had been a Spartan woman I would have been very happy indeed. The Spartans were portrayed as the perfect nation; strong, beautiful, brave and the Persians, well I could see what the Arabs were complaining about but in the end you have to have the hero and the villain and Persians were really dark villains who used black magic, deformed human monsters and evil animals to fight the handful Spartans and the Spartans defeated them all but in the end it was betrayal that defeated the 300 Spartans.

I also heard some perfect quotes from these movie. Here are a couple of my favourites:

Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight we dine in Hell!

After Xerxes offered to make Leonidas Warlord of his Empire, if he would only kneel before him] Wow. That is generous. But you see, there is a problem. After slaughtering so many of your men today, I've got an awful cramp in my leg [stretches] and thus kneeling will be difficult.

If you have watched the film and loved the dialogue as much as me then you can go here for some more great quotes.

Ciara - Like A Boy (Music Video)

First I have to start by saying Ciara really likes her name and always has to say it like someone would forget that they're listening to Ciara.

Ok, that's out of my chest so I can now say 'I LOVE THIS SONG'. I think it's subject is something that ALL girls could relate to. Sometimes guys do things and we're like 'WHAT! What's he thinking?' And if we did the same thing he'd be MAD as hell and won't get over it but they would expect us to just accept it and move on.

That's why I like it when she says 'can't be getting mad, what you're mad, can't handle that' because they can't..Handle that is.

I also love the dancing, it's really cool especially when she's doing that bending thing..That rocks!

300 opens up in Botswana on the 30th March 2007 but I can't wait that long so I"ll be going on the preview on Wednesday, even if I have things to do like work I'll cancel. I simply can't wait to go and see this movie. It is beautiful, and I swear I wouldn't be concentrating on the storyline or the characterisation, which according to same critics is 'lacking', I would be enthralled by the cinematography. It really does look like a comic book coming to life which as a child was my dream.

I know that Sin City did the same thing, but this one somehow seems better and much more interesting in it's use of colour and comic feel, if you get what I mean.

300 is a film adaption of the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller the brains behind Sin City. It is a semi-historical account of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.

A movie about two civilizations killing each other in battle will have its share of controversy and this one isn't so different. The Iranians are complaining bout it's depiction of the ancient Persian Civilization and they have a right to say something, I mean it is about their culture but I also think people should accept that in those days, everyone was brutal and brutality was a means to survival. They really should say 'thank goodness we weren't wiped off the face of the earth like some civilizations that don't exist now.'

Prison Break started last night on M-net and I'm excited! It has been a long wait for the second season so I'm looking forward to see what happens next. The one thing that worries me about Prison Break is the question 'how long?' How long are they going to carry this premise? Last season is was fun to watch every Tuesday to see how they were going to break out but now that they are out, are they going to be running for the rest of their lives? But I won't worry about these questions now and just continue watching. I hope the producers don't get greedy and carry it out like the 'Lost' peeps and actually finish it before people get bored with it. Plus Wentworth is worth tuning in every week. The casting people were brillant when it came to casting him, they knew that millions of women including me would watch the show because of him.

This won't be a review of Diddy's album 'Press Play' because I'm really not a reviewer but what I am is a music lover and I felt compiled to say something.

I had a first listen of 'Press Play' a while back and I wasn't so impressed, not to say I'm really impressed right now with the whole album but there are some songs that require a five star rating. My favourite being 'Last Night' featuring Keisha Cole. I actually really heard it last night while doing the dishes and I was moved, literary moved to dance with the mop. The beat of that song is infectious, it gets you to do things you would not normally do, for example, I'm not an exercise person but I swear I was doing aerobics moves in the form of dancing.

I do enjoy some other tracks from the album meanly 'Come To me' featuring Nicole Scherzinger the only singer in the PussyCat dolls group and 'Tell Me' with Christina Aguilera. I'm sure they will be other singles that will come out of this album and I'd be "that's cool" but 'Last Night' is going to be my favourite track this year. I wish it had made the rounds this summer but I'm sure it was released now for the American summer, but it doesn't matter, will chase the winter blues in the dancefloor moving to the techno beat of the song. I won't say that this album is Hip-Hop or dance but it is instead a huge melting pot of all genres of music placed together in a 19 track album.

To describe his album, Diddy had this to say:

"Press Play is based on all my musical experiences - from the Uptown era, when I was working with Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, and Heavy D...to the Biggie, 112, Mase, Total, and No Way Out era. As time evolved, and I started traveling around the world and going into dance and techno clubs, I began to see music from a global point of view. It all came together on Press Play, all those sounds in my head. I've evolved, studied the game, been a part of it, had success. It all comes down to press play. After you press play, it's gonna make or break you in this game."

Unfortunately the only weakness to this album is Diddy himself. The man cannot rap to save himself and his lyrics are laughable. In order to enjoy any of his songs one has to tune out his rapping and concentrate on the beat and the guest star. Diddy is a genius when it comes to producing and knowing a great beat but when it comes to rapping/singing he really should retire.

Lionel Richie - I call it love

I absolutely love this song! Lionel hasn't lost his touch at all. I just wish someone would feed his kid but anyways. Adam is hot!

Beyonce feat. Jay-z- Upgrade U

This song is actually one of my favourites in her latest album 'Bday'. I would have done some things differently, but they are some shots that are really good like the reflection shots and the rap scene which is a bit different from what's been done over and over again.
Beyonce has actually been credited as a director as well in this video. I wonder what she really did to get it.

Boy is this guy HOT!

Wentworth Miller is one of the many stars taking part in the gap advert campaign. The campaign is meant to revamp gap in making it more hipper and trendier.

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has implied many times in his blog that Wentworth is gay and that he even dated one of Perez's friends. Perez being gay himself has 'outed' many stars in his blog and he has never been wrong.

Wentworth on the other hand has denied the gay rumours in an interview but has said that the rumours do not faze him in any way.

I really would like the rumours to be false for my own self reasons but I think that if he is gay, he really should 'came out' and live life and not hide because you can't please everyone and should live for yourself. But he has been seen around town with a brunette woman so is she a girlfriend? Wentworth never says. To be a celebrity and be secretive is really annoying because we want to KNOW!

Well time will tell, many celebs have caved in and 'come out of the closet', maybe our Miller will do the same.

The Oscars had really made my day yesterday with the movie 'The Departed' winning 4 Oscars, including Best Film, and Best Director for Martin Scorsese.

It was well overdue for Martin to walk off with the Best Director statue and it seems I wasn't the only one who thought so because in his speech, Martin said that everywhere he went people kept saying he should win, so finally we all got our wish.

Congrats!

Unfortunately, Leo went with nothing, but it's not far off, he is really talented.

Ladies I have some bad news. This fine specimen of a man has been officially taken.

According to gossip bloggers, R&B singer Usher is engaged to long-time girlfriend Tameka Foster, his stylist. The couple started dating more than a year ago. Apparently, she is wearing a huge engagement ring and he's introducing her as his fiancee.

Lucky woman.

Gym Class Heroes - Cupids Chokehold

This song is great and I absolutely love this video, I think it's fantastic but unfortunately they had to do another one for the American public and it's funny but they should have just stuck with this one because it's really good.

In the American version they had two children dancing around like Cupid's which was funny but over done which is typically American, while the Brits understand dark humor which is funnier. I mean even the American version of The Office is fluffy while the original was dark, sharp and hilarious.

A Girl Like Me

This is a great documentary that basically highlights what everyone is thinking about black skin and how we as a black race discriminate against each other. It's really sad.

Mary J Blige

I haven't been a fan of Mary J Blige because I haven't felt any like for her songs but on this album I have liked all her songs and this one is my favourite. It's really good.Instead of reminding me of a man, it makes me think of my friends because I feel like my friends are FOR LIFE so I guess this is for them.