Articles Tagged “Trinidadian”
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Caribbean writers win distinguished Caribbean literary award
The Small Axe Literary Competition announced its 2012 winners in its poetry and short fiction categories. Two winners are chosen from each category by a distinguished panel of international judges with the poetry judges being Kendel Hippolyte, Mervyn Morris and Opal Palmer Adisa. Bahamian poet and writer Lynn Sweeting was chosen as the second place [...]
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CARIBBEAN HERO!!! Trinidad-born Police Officer nabs Boston bomber
Boston Transit cop Saro Thompson, who hails from Trinidad, arrested Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The search for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — one of the most intense manhunts on U.S. soil — ended with a Trinidadian-American making the arrest. Trinidad and Tobago-born, Boston Transit Police Officer Saro Thompson is credited [...]
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AWWWW! Cassie throws Lola Monroe a babyshower!
Video vixen turned rapper, Lola Monroe, was recently treated to her baby shower organized by Cassie. Hosted in the Hollywood Hills, Monroe baby shower had a few familiar faces. The rapper who is reportedly of Trinidadian and Ethiopian heritage, is expecting her first child with Bad Boy rapper, King Los. The expectant mother glowed in [...]
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22 year old Trini named 2013 Rhodes Scholar
In case you missed it…. 22-year-old Cornelius Kiron Neale of Trinidad and Tobago has been named the 2013 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholar. Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave, the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, said Neale won from a field of six candidates from Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Neale, from [...]
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US immigration dragnet nabs Trinidad national
In case you missed it….. United States immigration authorities say a Trinidadian national is among 34 criminal immigrants nabbed during a recent two-day dragnet on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said that the unidentified Trinidadian’s arrest was part of its “ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of [...]
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HISTORIC: Guyanese-born poet to be awarded Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry
Buckingham Palace has announced that poet John Agard is to be awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2012. The decision was made by the Poetry Medal Committee headed by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. It was based on Agard’s most recently published works, Alternative Anthem: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2009) and his collection [...]
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VIDEO: Rave reviews for Heather Headley’s performance in UK’s “The Bodyguard” musical
Trinidadian-born Tony and Grammy winner Heather Headley made her West End debut in the stage musical of Whitney Houston’s classic 1992 movie “The Bodyguard” to rave reviews at London’s Adelphi Theatre. The Bodyguard, a new musical based on the 1992 Warner Bros. film was scripted by Lawrence Kasdan and starred the late Whitney Houston, officially [...]
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Trinidad James shuts down first headline performance in NYC. Interviews + VIDEOS inside…
I don’t know how to start about how I feel about Trinidad James. …… ……. Ok I can start. Touted to be the next big thing, I haven’t quite come to grips with the hoopla behind Trinidad James yet, however, I respect anyone who grinds and hustles and uses their talents wholeheartedly. The Atlanta-based rapper [...]
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Mervyn Dymally remembered during funeral as a Pioneering California Politician
Mervyn Dymally, who in a four-decade career served in every corner of California government and eventually became the state’s highest-ranking black politician, was honored at a funeral last Wednesday attended by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the elite of California state government. Dymally, who was born on the eastern Caribbean island of Trinidad, died Oct. [...]
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California’s only black lieutenant governor, Trini-born Mervyn M. Dymally dead at 86.
Mervyn M. Dymally, the Trinidad-born former teacher whose ground-breaking if sometimes controversial political career spanned more than four decades and included a stint as California’s only black lieutenant governor, has died. He was 86. Dymally, who became a leader in the Los Angeles area’s ascendant African American political establishment in the early 1960s and served [...]
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CONGRATS: Sir Trevor McDonald OBE Honored With BEFFTA Lifetime Achievement Award
Veteran journalist, presenter and newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald OBE has been honored with a special honorary award BEFFTA MALE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT award. The multi award-winning Trinidadian-British news anchor will pick up his special award in the presence of an international audience at the prestigious 4th annual BEFFTA awards UK taking place on 27th October in [...]
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Tatyana Ali on the significance of women’s rights issues – “what hurts my sister also hurts me”
Check out this article written for ESSENCE.com by American actress of Trini/Panamanian roots, Tatyana Ali, as she lends her voice to women’s rights issues and its significance in this upcoming presidential election. Michelle Obama’s speech at the DNC was revelatory and inspiring. I felt empowered to write this.It enraged me to see women at the Republic [...]
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CONGRATS: Trini-born Nicki Minaj LANDS $8mil American Idol Judge gig! (PHOTOS)
The “American Idol” judges’ panel is now complete with the naming of Trinidadian-born singer-rapper Nicki Minaj and country crooner Keith Urban. Nicki will reportedly rake in a cool $8 milllion for the judging gig! The Fox network officially tapped the pair with an announcement Sunday, just hours before the first round of judging for next [...]
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RUMOR: LAHH Karlie Redd and Machel Montano to Release Single?
Yeah…yeah… You should know by now that JayBlessed.com always gets the exclusive dish. Now, we’ve heard from reliable sources that Machel Montano and fellow Trinidadian, Karlie Redd (Love & Hip Hop Atl) were recently in the studio working on a hot new single. The collaboration is not the newest for the reality show star and [...]
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VIDEO: Wardrobe Malfunction as both of Foxy Brown’s Breasts are EXPOSED
It is only common sense that when one starts putting on weight, one should also change the size of one’s clothing. With that said, check out Ill Nana, Foxy Brown as both of her “breastases” pop out of her ill fitting extra-small bustier, while performing on stage alongside her man Cham. Trinidad….come get yo’ girl! [...]
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COVER LOVE: Nia Long with sons Kez and Massai on Essence August 2012 issue.
The first ever Grand Marshall of Los Angeles Carnival 2012, Nia Long, graces the cover of the August 2012 issue of Essence Magazine alongside her two sons, 7-month-old Kez and 10-year-old Massai Jr. Inside, the 41-year-old actress talks about life with her sons and her boyfriend, basketball player Ime Udoka, and also what it was [...]
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Ice T blasts Nicki Minaj’s critics, calls her the ” female Busta Rhymes”
Gangster rapper Ice T is one of fewest rappers to successfully transition from Hip Hop staple to becoming a popular prime time actor and well recognized Pop culture figure. With the recent launch of his ‘The Art Of Rap’ documentary on June 15th, the original gangster sat down with Rolling Stone magazine to discuss the [...]
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Meet Trinidad’s next reality star – Karlie Redd of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta!
VH1 is preparing for yet another reality series featuring black women and this time it’s the spin off of a very popular urban one – get ready for “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” premiering Monday, June 18. But like most things, you can always find a West Indian in the mix. The “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” [...]
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PHOTOS: Nia Long takes Kez for a mommy and baby stroll
Hollywood actress Nia Long, 41, took her 7-month-old baby boy Kez Sunday for a cute stroll last weekend in West Hollywood. The actress of Trinidadian parentage and mommy of two hit up Bel Bambini for some cutesy summer items. Check out the pics of adorable Kez below… Check out Nia’s legs….talked about toned! OMG! He [...]
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Rebecca Stirm wins 3rd Mission Catwalk challenge while Trinidad’s Shannon Kwong quits!
Caribbean fashion reality series Mission Catwalk is on its sixth episode and Belize’s Rebecca Stirm – the only contestant to win more than one challenge since the start of the second season on March 27th- has copped her third win with a dress designed around the red HIV/AIDS awareness ribbon. In Rebecca’s design, the ribbon [...]
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Heather Headley lands role of Whitney Houston for “The Bodyguard” musical
Tony award-winning actress and Grammy award-winning songstress, Heather Headley, has secured the lead female role in the musical version of the classic Whitney Houston film, The Bodyguard. The Trinidadian-born Headley will play Houston’s role of singer in distress, Rachel Marron, while Lloyd Owen will play Kevin Costner’s part, in the UK-based production. The show marks [...]
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Nicki Minaj opens up about her abusive Trini father, “nip slip” & Lady Gaga on ABC Nightline
In case you missed it, Nicki Minaj recently sat down to chat it up with Juju Chang on ABC’s Nightline. In a seven minute cut, the Trinidadian-born rap star dished on appealing to young fans, loving to use the “F-bomb,” her father’s abusive past, being compared to Lady Gaga and her infamous nipplegate scandal on [...]
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TRAILER: Watch Natalie Wei’s “CHINEE GIRL” + words by Anya Ayoung-Chee inside…
Women of Chinese descent in Trinidad occupy a space that is simultaneously visible and invisible. Despite national and regional acknowledgment of this minority group’s significant cultural and economic influence, female voices are notably absent within the academic literature and early migration history of this unique culture. The mixed-Chinese claim varying degrees of Chinese heritage and [...]
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Trinidad-born master tailor, Andrew Ramroop to train Mission Catwalk Season 2 winner
In addition to receiving an array of prizes which include the opportunity to show at London Fashion week in September 2012, the winner of Mission Catwalk Season two will learn the secrets of Savile Row tailoring under the watchful tutelage of world renowned Master Tailor Prof. Andrew Ramroop OBE at his Savile Row Academy (SRA) [...]
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Rap newbie Azealia Banks praises Nicki Minaj as a “brilliant lyricist” but also says…
Rap newbie Azealia Banks is singing praises to reigning rap Queen, Trinidad-born Nicki Minaj. In the latest issue of VIBE magazine, Banks was asked if Nicki Minaj helped open the door for other female rappers. “I don’t think the door was ever closed for urban female artists,” Banks said. “There’s always been a female killing [...]
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