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The Huffington Post  |  By Christopher Rosen Feel the vibrations. With a special personalized announcement from Joseph Gordon-Levitt himself, "Don Jon" has its first trailer . The film -- previously titled "Don Jon's Addiction" after it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January -- is Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut. (He also wrote the script). "There's only a few things I really care about in life," says Don Jon (Gordon-Levitt) in the trailer for "Don Jon," before rattling off a checklist of what he holds nearest and dearest to his heart. "My body, my pad, my ride, my family, my church, my boys, my girls, my porn." That's right: Don Jon is addicted to pornography, a crutch Gordon-Levitt uses to explore male and female relationships and the pressure of media-enhanced expectations. ...

It's been 22 years since the wildly popular, platinum-selling hit song, 'Good Vibrations' broke through the pop charts, even knocking the popular "I Wanna Sex You Up" to the number 2 position.The song was performed by Hollywood actor, Mark Wahlberg who was known to millions of fans across the world as 'Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch'. The song sold a whopping 1 million copies and helped jumpstart the career of the film star. His second single, "Wildside" sold 750,000 copies, just 250,000 copies shy of a million. What a lot of people don't know is the songs were both written by Boston's legendary emcee and Zulu Nation Minister of Information, Quadeer "M.C. Spice" Shakur. Boston's first rapper to sign a major deal (Atlantic Records 1986), MC Spice is now set to release his new CD this January entitled "Grown Folk Hip-Hop". The album features the first song "My Cashawna", a song dedicated to his wife, Cas...

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 When Boston Mayor Tomas Menino announced his decision to retire from politics after a 20-year hold on the mayor seat, a whopping 15 candidates ran for the title. With the race split and down to 12 candidates; 6 color – all eyes are on Charlotte Golar-Richie . With supporters from Harvard professor Charles Ogeltree to Reverend Eugene Rivers, Charlotte’s backing of Boston’s elite continues to grow. On September 24th, only two candidates will remain standing once the smoke settles, and if Boston voters make the historic moves they’ve made the past few years, the mayor’s seat could be filled by a black woman. Boston elected its first Haitian woman as State Senator [ Linda Dorcena Forry ]; and its first woman United States Senator, Elizabeth Murray . In 2009, State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz made history as the first Latina woman to hold office, and still holds that position. As Boston voters ready for the ballot box, the sitting mayor, Thomas Menino announced on a local radio ...

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry declared Monday that there was ‘‘undeniable’’ evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria, toughening the Obama administration’s criticism of Bashar Assad’s regime and outlining a justification for possible U.S. military action. Kerry, speaking to reporters at the State Department, said last week’s attack was a ‘‘moral obscenity’’ that ‘‘should shock the conscience’’ of the world. ‘‘The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. By any standard, it is inexcusable and — despite the excuses and equivocations that some have manufactured — it is undeniable,’’ said Kerry, the highest-ranking U.S. official to confirm the attack in the Damascus suburbs that activists say killed hundreds of people. ‘‘This international norm cannot be violated without consequences,’’ he said. Officials said President Barack Obama has not...

For fr too long, America's obsession with frail models in magazines, videos, and - let's be real - Hollyood, has become the status quot. Yet, millions of Americans choose big, or plus size women in real life relationships. Unfortunately, print and broadcast media fail to show this reality. But a new trend is taking place all over the country and the world. Plus size women are getting into fashionable clothing otherwise created specifically for thinner women. The hidden reality about the love for voluptuous women is now evident on the reality TV show, House of Curves , starring the women of Atlanta's Belle Renee clothing store for plus size women. And with the movement, comes the models who represent beauty and class for the plus size women. Three Stripes Media spoke with Connecticut's own plus size model, Melanie Grace: ThreeStripesMedia Ms Grace, what led you to want to start modeling? Mel Grace When I was fourteen, I would look at the women on the TV a...

Kool Herc is undeniably one of the forefathers of Hip-Hop Culture. No doubt about it. But the past three years, a shift in attitude towards the Universal Zulu Nation, who we are, and what we represent, became obvious when Herc asked that we exclude his name from all of our Hip-hop Culture anniversary flyers. We didn’t know Herc would underhandedly misquote himself, and misrepresent the Culture by saying Hip-Hop Culture began on August 11, 1973. There are facts, and unfortunately, Herc did not give them when he made this statement in a news interview on Channel 7 New York. Nor, did he clear it up when he further promoted false facts to NPR News. Herc is our brother, but when our family strays from us, we must first forgive them for mistakes, but let them know of their wrongdoings, and of course, welcome them back with open arms. We could go on forever about how many artists who are heavily a part of, or were a part of the Universal Zulu Nation, know and understand how serious thi...