Showing posts with label Russell Simmons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russell Simmons. Show all posts

Saturday, February 27, 2016

All Def Movie Awards Winners

In a comedic response to the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, music mogul Russell Simmons and comedian Tony Rock have started the All Def Movie Awards to honor primarily, but not exclusively, black film professionals. Check out the list inaugural winners of the All Def Music Awards below. The show will air Sunday Night, 02/29/2016 on the Fusion network opposite the Academy Awards.

Best Picture
Straight Outta Compton
Accepted by Ice Cube and O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Best Actress
Sanaa Lathan - The Perfect Guy
Best Actor
Michael B. Jordan - Creed
Best Director
Ryan Coogler - Creed
Lifetime Achievement Award
Will Smith
Presented by Tyrese Gibson
Vanguard Award
Norman Lear
Presented by Jerrod Carmichael
Best Helpful White Person
Christoph Waltz
(Accepted by Robin Thicke, who accepted "on behalf of all White People")
Best Bad Muh Fu$&a Award
Denzel Washington
Most Quoted Movie
Friday
Presented to Ice Cube
Best Black Survivor in a Movie
Ice Cube as Danny Rich in Anaconda
presented by Gary Owen
Most Likely to Steal Your Girl Award
Amber Rose



Thursday, March 12, 2015

Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading, and Succeeding

Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading, and Succeeding
Ben Jealous (Editor), Trabian Shorters (Editor), Russell Simmons (Foreword)

In this timely and important collection of personal essays, black men from all walks of life share their inspiring stories and ultimately how each, in his own way, became a source of hope for his community and country.

Reach includes forty first-person accounts from well-known men like the Rev. Al Sharpton, John Legend, Isiah Thomas, Bill T. Jones, Louis Gossett, Jr., and Talib Kweli, alongside influential community organizers, businessmen, religious leaders, philanthropists, and educators. These remarkable individuals are living proof that black men are as committed as ever to ensuring a better world for themselves and for others.

Powerful and indispensable to our ongoing cultural dialogue, Reach explodes myths about black men by providing rare, candid, and deeply personal insights into their lives. It’s a blueprint for better community engagement. It’s an essential resource for communities everywhere.

Proceeds from the sale of Reach will go to BMe Community, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building caring and prosperous communities inspired by black men. Reach is also a Project of the Kapor Center for Social Impact, one of the founding supporters of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Bill O'Reilly has problems with Beyonce.

Poor Russell Simmons. He comes on Bill O'Reilly's show to push his book (WTF was Russell thinking) and somehow wounds up being put in a position of having to explain Beyonce's music. Now Mr. O'Reilly is one of those people who still think that every black person knows what every other black person is thinking and can then explain the what and why of what that other black person did. (sorry Bill we can't). Check out the exchange between Russell Simmons & Bill O'Reilly over Beyonce's music below.