Wednesday, January 28th 2009 // The Rundown // Just In!, News & Gossip // 31 COMMENTS
Kelly Rowland has decided to split ties with her now former manager and father of friend Beyonce Knowles, Mathew Knowles…
In a statement released on Wednesday, Mathew said:
“After a very positive meeting between Kelly Rowland and myself, we have amicably agreed to end our professional relationship. My company, Music World, will continue to manage Destiny’s Child as a group. As an artist Kelly has incredible talent and I only wish her the best. We will always be family first and foremost and as a dad I can only have love for Kelly.”
Kelly also released a statement:
“Matthew Knowles has been a positive influence in my career. I have had great success under his guidance–both as a member of Destiny’s Child and with my solo projects. Altough we have decided to part ways professionally, the Knowles family and the entire Music World Entertainment team will always be my family.”
Good luck to Kelly and her solo career. But we must ask, is Beyonce going to be the only successful commercial artist under her father?
Wednesday, January 28th 2009 // The Rundown // Discuss This!, News & Gossip // 13 COMMENTS
Check out a interesting point of view on this historic point in time…
The backslapping, self-congratulatory emoting over President Barack Obama — Yes we did! — misses a key point: We’ve been doing it all along. Of course Obama is the first African-American U.S. president, but he stands atop a lengthy history of black civic and political involvement without which his ascent would not have been possible.
I recognize the historic nature of this moment. In fact, I’m still over the moon about it, but in the midst of my jubilation a chastising inner voice mutters: Of course we can and did; we’ve been headed in this direction for quite sometime now!
Exhibit A means telling a story about my mother and hoping one of the first outraged letters to the editor isn’t from her. In Washington, D.C., last week to write about the inauguration, I went to my mother’s house and uncovered in a back room a dozen or so plaques and awards coated in inch-thick dust.
These days, my mother is retired and largely reclusive. Looking at these keepsakes takes her back to more energetic days. For me, poised to write about one of the most historic inaugurations in American history, I ran my fingers over the letterings of the awards and found testament that while Obama has traveled the farthest, the road to American democracy at its most inclusive is as crowded as a freeway at rush hour.
In my mother’s stash, I found a mahogany wood plaque signed by former New York Congressman Jack Kemp when he served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. My mother, according to Kemp, was one of the first President Bush’s Thousand Points of Light. My personal favorite was a small walnut-colored plaque from North Forestville Elementary School thanking my mother for serving as PTA president. The engraved date, 1972, told the rest of the story. The year the school was integrated, my mother enrolled me and then ran for PTA president — and won.
Naturally, a history of knocking down doors would eventually lead us to the White House door.
Read more (courtesy of The Seattle Times)
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Wednesday, January 28th 2009 // The Rundown // News & Gossip, Say What?! // 23 COMMENTS
The Nederlander Organization has acquired the rights to make a new musical based on Jackson’s famous werewolves-and-zombies video.
According to James L. Nederlander, “I love the idea of making ‘Thriller’ a musical. Girl meets boy, they fall in love, boy has big secret, now what…”
According to the press release, the musical take its plot from the actual music video, a “horror film spoof in which a young couple are out on a date on a beautiful full moon evening, when suddenly the young man, played by Jackson, turns into a werewolf.”
The musical will also feature songs from both Jackson’s Off the Wall and Thriller, so you can pretty much expect to see “Billie Jean” and its sidewalk that lights up when you step on it at some point during the production. Michael Jackson will also reportedly be a part of the creation of the musical in some capacity.
Source: Rolling Stone
We know there’s still a few Micheal Jackson fans out there. Show dates have yet to be realeased, but of course you can count of The Rundown to keep you posted.
