Monthly Archives: March 2010

Trey Songz Humps Vibe

The nekkid Prince of Virginia crooner and actor Trey Songz [Tremaine Aldon Neverson] graces the cover and pages of Vibe with a loaded article titled The Hardest In R&B in its April & May 2010 issue, and gives a whiplash response to the R. Kelly comparison and rocket-fuel injection to being a newcomer in music. Here’s a blog-snippet from the article –

On hearing R. Kelly comparison: So what? R. Kelly took Aaron Hall’s whole style. Two albums straight. … You can say what you want about me.

Vibe‘s The Hardest In R&B issue hits newsstands on Tuesday, April 13. Trey Songz’s third and current album – Ready – is available everywhere and you oogle the April & May 2010 issue @ Vibe.com.

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The Hills Final Season – Trailer

MTV’s The Hills premieres its last and final season on Tuesday, April 27 and here’s the trailer of what’s to come. Enjoy –


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The Hills describes its Season 6 as “The journey’s coming to an end, but the drama’s not over yet!”

The Hills airs at 10pm Pacific time and 9pm Central time on Tuesday, April 27.

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David Simon’s Treme – Trailer

The creator of Generation Kill and The Wire – David Simon – returns to HBO with a new series – Treme – “set in post-katrina New Orleans, chronicling the rebuilding of a unique American culture after historic devastation.” The highly anticipated series is co-created by Law & Order‘s Eric Overmyer.


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Enjoy the Treme trailer below appropriately titled “Do You Wanna“.

Treme premieres on HBO on Sunday, April 11 at 10:00pm Pacific time and 9:00pm Central time.

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Rock Fashion Week – Courture Collections

RR Sideshow: Guest Contributing Writer – Jae Joseph

The Art of Shade at Rock Fashion Week 2010 was sponsored by Elle [Magazine], Volvo, and Sebastian Professional which bestowed gifted designers with a premiere chance to highlight their best textile-artistry collection in Miami [Florida]. Two reigning couture designers – Ina Soltani and Art of Shade – stole the coveted show with their stratospheric fashion trends. Ina Soltani and Art of Shade were definitely the faves among skewing buyers, socialites, celebrities and colleagues.


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The Art of Shade showcased couture ready-to-wear outfits oozing and structured as literal pieces of fine art. It featured impeccable draping, modern cuts and flirty accents with subtly and uniqueness. While Ina Soltani collection graced the catwalk with long flowing dresses and cocktail-minis. Its contrasting fabrics, bustiers and clean lines gave Ina Soltani’s collection a sexy feminine look and feel. Ina Soltani and Art of Shade exuded high couture styles, originality and one-of-a-kind unqiueness.

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Catherine Opie @ Twelve Miles To The Horizon

Pixer Catherine Opie will premiere a suite of new photographs at Twelve Miles To The Horizon opening reception on Saturday, April 24 at Regen Projects II. These exclusive photos propels Catherine Opie’s “investigation into ideas of landscape. With the ocean as her backdrop,” as she “explores the shifting mise en scène of light, color, movement and the tension between boundaries and limitlessness.” Regen Projects II is wedged on 9016 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California [90069], where Twelve Miles To The Horizon will remain on view till Saturday, May 22.


Regen Projects II

In July 2010, Catherine Opie has an exhibition of football, surfer and landscape photographs at Los Angeles County Museum. You can oogle Regen Projects II-ers Jennifer Loh, Heather Harmon and Stacy Bengtson @ RegenProjects.com.

The doors of Regen Projects and Regen Projects II are open on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:00am to 6:00pm.

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Liz Larner @ Regen Projects

Artist Liz Larner will have an opening reception of new sculptures at Regen Projects on Saturday, April 24 at 6:00pm till 8:00pm. The new exhibition of “of arcing forms garnered from the ubiquitous figures of smiles, hearts, and flowers” will be on view through Saturday, May 22. The Regen Projects is located at 633 North Almont Drive in Los Angeles, California [90069] @ 310.276.5424.


Regen Projects

This upcoming show will be sculptor Liz Larner’s fifth solo exhibition at Regen Projects. You can oogle Regen Project-ers @ RegenProjects.com.

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Nobody’s Daughter – Album Art & Tracklist

Hole revealed its new album – Nobody’s Daughter – eleven tracklist and Marie Antoinette-&-Anne Boleyn art work. The Nobody’s Daughter tracks include Nobody’s Daughter, Skinny Little Bitch, Honey, Pacific Coast Highway, Samantha, Someone Else’s Bed, For Once In Your Life, Letter To God, Loser Dust, How Dirty Girls Get Clean and [Bonus track] Never Go Hungry.

Hole consist of guitarist Micko Larkin, bassist Shawn Dailey, drummer Stuart Fisher and vocalist Courtney Hole. They recently performed at SPIN magazine party at Stubb’s BBQ at SXSW in Austin [Texas].

Nobody’s Daughter drops on Tuesday, April 27.

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Rodrigo García’s Mother & Child – Trailer

The cinematographer turned director Rodrigo García that brought us Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her and Nine Lives returns with an interwoven drama centered around women titled Mother and Child. Sony Classics Pictures release the trailer, enjoy below –

I’ve been waiting to see Mother and Child and missed its festival screenings, so definitely one not to be missed in theaters – this summer. The film stars Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Naomi Watts, Samuel L. Jackson, David Morse, Marc Blucas, Jimmy Smits, S. Epatha Merkerson, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Ahmed Best, Cherry Jones, Tatyana Ali, Carla Gallo, Shareeka Epps, LaTanya Richardson and Amy Brenneman.

Mother and Child opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 7.

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Michael Koerbel’s Head On – Short Film

Michael Koerbel and Charles R.A. Newberry wrote a short-film – Head On – about Andy Scott Harris’s Boy using his imagination and connects with Greta Charness’s Girl on New York City subway. Head On is directed by Michael Koerbel, co-produced by Charles R.A. Newberry, shot in 10 days with the RED camera and completed with animations and compositing using Adobe After-Effects.

Mark Arnold, Jasmine Bay, Wayne Baldwin, Eric Edmonds, Sean Ellis, Tim Guest, Courtney Hoskins, Mia Moraes, Pamela Petroff, Kristin Sando and Nola Yergen-Jenning co-star in Head On as the public transportation commuters. Enjoy the three-minute short-film below –

The production was shot entirely at the CBS Radford Studios in Studio City, California.

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Happy Ending @ Miss Scarlet In The Parlor

Artist-slash-WeSC activist Vanessa Prager, Kirstina Collantes, Doug Frye, Gina Kelly, Janet Kim, Melissa Moss, Strawberry Luna and Jennifer Tong are having a group gallery exhibition – Happy Ending – at Miss Scarlet in the Parlor on Saturday, March 27 from 7:00pm till 11:00pm. Vanessa Prager will definitely premiere incredible new paintings and re-introduce a “few older pieces” as well.


Vanessa Prager

Miss Scarlet in the Parlor is located at 1282 West Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California [90026] @ 213.984.1282. You can oogle Happy Ending artists and Miss Scarlet In The Parlor @ InTheParlor.com.

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