Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Flavor Flav Talks About New Reality Show


Hip-Hop veteran Flavor Flav is planning on jumping back into the spotlight very soon.

In a recent interview Flavor Flav told AllHipHop.com, "I'm working on a reality show and a talk show, going back to high school. I got a talk show coming, yall ain't going to be mad at ya boy."

Flav caught the reality TV bug when he first appeared on VH1's "The Surreal Life" and then "Strange Love," which stemmed from the relationship that he formed with Brigitte Nielsen.

Later Flav would go on to start is own reality series that continued for three seasons the "Flavor of Love."



Flavor Flav's reality TV success did not come without scrutiny. The rapper turned reality star come under fire from who labeled performance a "coon act" on "a modern day minstrel show."

Flav gained his stardom with the rap group Public Enemy in the late '80s as Chuck D's hypeman.



He is known for sporting his huge trademark clock around his neck.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Exclusive: Flavor Flav talks grills, love, and married life


Our favorite '80s rapper with a sweet grill turned bizarro reality star with a big heart is none other than Flavor Flav. And we had the pleasure of chatting with him at the VH-1 Hip Hop Awards last night. The "Flavor of Love" star has gotta find a new concept as he's now off the market (sorry, ladies) with one lady and one little baby all his own. Well, his seventh baby, but that's beside the point. But before the show runs the risk of being irrelevant (never!), we asked him, what exactly does the Flavor of Love taste like? Turnips? We're guessing turnips.

He explains, "You gotta come on the show to find out! I got you though. If you want to know, come on the show."

All right, there, Flav. We'll come on the show. You gotta, um, uncancel it, though. else has an amazing grill. He says, "A lot of people in rap music -- my man, Rakewon from the Wu Tang Clan. It’s real and it’s fashionable and it’s flashy!"

Fashionable AND flashy. It's true. More celebs could use a good grill. Lookin' at you, GaGa.

So what female celebrities would he be interested in having on his show? He pauses, reflects and decides, "All of them! All of them that's hot! Everybody that's hot! But I can’t do no more 'Flavor of Love.' I'm not a single man anymore!" We know you're not, Flav. You don't have to remind us and break our hearts all over again. So, what is he up to now that he's settled down? He says, "I've got a girl and a baby at home. Right now, I'm down in Vegas doing it, baby!"

OK. We won't get into detail about what "doing it" in Vegas means to Flav, but we can make our assumptions. I'm guessing it's taking the little bundle of joy to mommy-and-me, cooking the wife romantic dinners, and a couple rounds of golf on the weekends to take the edge off. Now THAT would be a reality show I'd like to see.

Friday, September 11, 2009

remembering 9 /11

The September 11 attacks (often referred to as September 11th or 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.[1][2] The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.

In total 2,993 people, including the hijackers, died in the attacks.[3][4] The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 90 countries. In addition, the death of at least one person from lung disease was ruled by a medical examiner to be a result of exposure to dust from the World Trade Center's collapse.[5] The United States responded to the attacks by launching a "War on Terrorism", invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who had harbored al-Qaeda terrorists, and enacting the USA PATRIOT Act. Many other countries also strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. Some American stock exchanges stayed closed for the rest of the week following the attack, and posted enormous losses upon reopening, especially in the airline and insurance industries. The destruction of billions of dollars worth of office space caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan.

The damage to the Pentagon was cleared and repaired within a year, and the Pentagon Memorial was built on the site. The rebuilding process has started on the World Trade Center site. In 2006 a new office tower was completed on the site of 7 World Trade Center. The 1 World Trade Center is currently under construction at the site and at 1,776 ft (541 m) upon completion in 2011, will become one of the tallest buildings in North America. Three more towers were originally expected to be built between 2007 and 2012 on the site.