Sunday, August 31, 2008

STAR SPANGLED BATTLE


JENNIFER HUDSON

BEYONCE

MARIAH CAREY

MARY J. BLIGE

WHITNEY HOUSTON

PATTI LABELLE

ARETHA FRANKLIN

MARVIN GAYE

OK...WHO KILLED IT AND WHO KNOCKED IT OUT THE PARK?

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

FLASHBACK: THE SYLVERS...AKA THE "FINE" FAMILY


EDMUND, JONATHAN, ANGIE, CHARMAINE, PAT, RICKY, LEON. FRONT ROW: OLYMPIA, FOSTER


IT WAS 1975 AND YOURS TRULY (A VERY VERY VERY YOUNG MISTER DE WITT) WAS IN LOVE WITH "THE SYLVERS" AND WHEN THEY APPEARED ON "AMERICAN BANDSTAND" PERFORMING "BOOGIE FEVER" I ONLY HAD LUSTFUL THOUGHTS!!! I LOVED IT ALL...THE HAIR!, METALLIC PRINT KIMONO TOPS W/OBI SASH, SILVER SLACKS, CHOKERS, KNICKERS, GLITTER SOCKS...AND THAT'S JUST THE BOYS! EDMUND SINGING LEAD WITH THAT CUTE "GAP TOOTH" SMILE ( WHICH HE HAD CORRECTED WITH THE MONEY FROM THIS SINGLE ) WAS SOOOOO SEXY AND LITTLE FOSTER...JUST ADORABLE!

SORRY TO SAY EDMUND SYLVERS PASSED IN 2004 FROM LUNG CANCER.

AND WHAT EVER HAPPEN TO LITTLE BROTHER FOSTER YOU ASK?


FOSTER SYLVERS 46, THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF "THE SYLVERS” IS NOW A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
THE MUG SHOT BELOW AND THE NATURE OF HIS CRIME IS FEATURED ON A NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER WEBSITE CONNECTED TO MEGAN’S LAW, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL & THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. HIS CRIME IS LISTED AS FOLLOWS: ORAL COPULATION: VICTIM UNCONSCIOUS OF THE NATURE OF THE ACT...HOW IRONIC HIS BIGGEST HIT WAS "MISDEMEANOR"

Monday, August 25, 2008

CREATIVE PROCESS: GEORGE CUKOR/JUDY GARLAND



AS A CREATIVE PERSON MR. DE WITT LOVES TO PULL THE CURTAIN BACK AND GET INSIDE THE PROCESS..."A STAR IS BORN" GEROGE CUKOR MASTERPIECE AND MISS JUDY GARLAND TOUR DE FORCE PERFORMANCE...A PRODUCTION 3YRS IN THE MAKING, RIDDLED WITH PROBLEMS...JUDY'S FRAGILE MENTAL STATE, HER HUSBAND SID LUFT'S VERY HANDS ON PRODUCING TECHNIQUES, MR. CUKOR'S NEED FOR PERFECTION, AND THE STUDIO'S INTERFERENCE ( WARNER BROS. CUT 30MIN FROM THE ORIGINAL 181MIN CUKOR VERSION!). IN THIS CLIP THE MOVIES SHOW-STOPPER "THE MAN THAT GOT A WAY" WAS FILMED 3 DIFFERENT WAYS OVER THE COURSE OF 5 MONTHS UNTIL MR. CUKOR WAS PLEASED.

HERE ARE ALL THREE TAKES OF JUDY GARLAND SINGING "THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY" FROM "A STAR IS BORN."

THE TOP IMAGE IS THE FIRST TAKE, FILMED ON OCTOBER 21ST, 1953, FEATURING JUDY IN A PINK BLOUSE. THE CAMERAMAN COULD NOT GIVE CUKOR WHAT HE WANTED: "LOW LIGHT LEVELS, THE IMPRESSIONISTIC FEELING OF THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GARLAND MOVING IN AND OUT OF POOLS OF LIGHT," SO HE WAS FIRED.

CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE COSTUME AND SET AND THE NUMBER WAS RE-FILMED ON OCTOBER 29TH (THE MIDDLE IMAGE).

GENE ALLEN: "THE FIRST TIME IT LOOKED AS IF WE HAD PAINTED A SET TO LOOK LIKE A BAR. SO TO GIVE IT A SLIGHTLY IMPRESSIONISTIC LOOK I...PUT A SCRIM BETWEEN THE MUSICIANS AND THE BACK BAR. IF YOU LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT THAT SCENE YOU CAN SEE THE SCRIM NAILED DOWN ON THE FLOOR..." (LOOK FOR TOM NOONAN'S SHADOW ON THE SCRIM!)

EARL BELLAMY: "WHEN JUDY SANG TO PLAYBACK, YOU COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING...SHE WANTED ME TO START AT FULL BLAST AND THEN SHE TOPPED IT...YOU COULD HEAR JUDY CLEAR AS A BELL, AND SHE SANG RIGHT WITH IT..."

GARLAND DID 27 TAKES OF THE NUMBER OVER THREE DAYS, BOTH PARTIAL AND COMPLETE. BUT "CUKOR HAD HER DOING BITS OF BUSINESS BEFORE THE SONG, AND ALL OF THAT ACTION DIDN'T REALLY FIT THE SONG - IT WAS JUST TOO BUSY. AND SHE DIDN'T LOOK GOOD - HER COSTUME WAS WRINKLED, IT DIDN'T FIT RIGHT." AND THE COLOR WAS WRONG: TOO BROWN.

IT WAS FILMED FOR A THIRD TIME IN FEBRUARY OF 1954, WITH NEW HAIRSTYLE AND COSTUME AND A NEW SET USING REDS AND BLUES (THE BOTTOM IMAGE).

NOW MR. DE WITT HAS NO PROBLEM WITH A DO OVER, HOWEVER, HE PREFERS THE FIRST TAKE... IT'S MORE OF A RAW PREFORMANCE...SORRY GEORGE...THANKS "MARKNYC5" ON YOUTUBE FOR BACKSTORY INFO AND THIS GREAT CLIP!

Saturday, August 23, 2008

THEN-N-NOW: D'ANGELO...OMFG!






D'ANGELO! DAMN...DAMN...DAMN! THIS PHOTO SHOULD BE USED IN A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT AGAINST EATING AND DOING DRUGS! P.S. ANGIE STONE, YOU CAN HAVE HIM BACK NOW...WE'RE DONE!!!!!!!

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

UN-HANCOCKED!!!



IN RESPONSE TO POSTING THIS CLIP THE FOLLOWING EMAIL WAS SENT TO BLOGGER "KENNETH IN THE 212" :

Kenneth,
I read your story about the closeted actor who raped a former boyfriend. All of the names listed were wrong, it was actually Will Smith. You and Page 6 were wrong about some of the other details as well. The former boyfriend did report Will to the Lost Hills Sherrifs Department. The payoff was done to keep him from pressing charges. The charges were indeed dropped. The former boyfriend also needed surgery because his anus had a small split called a fisure after the incident.

To set the record straight, it wasn't rape, it was more of rough play that the two played on many occasions. It got out of hand and Will didn't stop. He's not a rapist but he and his wife both live a life filled with lies. They don't have sex with each other or in thier home. They live in Hidden Hills but they have a seperate home in nearby Agoura Hills just for sex with others. If this world were more accepting of gay people, I think Will and Jada would be living happy, honest lives with other people. On a final note, I was one of Will's boyfriends for a while. I think we all get a max of 4 months and then he moves on.

Kevin



DO YOU BELIEVE THIS TO BE TRUE? HUMMMM?

Thursday, August 14, 2008

STEVEN KLEIN...AUTEUR





FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER STEVEN KLEIN FORAY INTO FILM IS SO UNIQUE AND BRILLIANT...IT'S AS IF YOU WERE WATCHING "STILL PHOTOS" COME TO LIFE....MY HERO...MR. DE WITT LOVES STEVEN KLEIN!

NAOMI SINGS!!!! THIS IS GOD AWFUL!


IT'S 1994 AND MR. DE WITT FOUND THIS GEM OF A CD IN A BARGAIN BIN AT A MUSIC STORE IN COPENHAGEN... OF COURSE HE SNAPPED UP EVERY COPY AND BROUGHT NAOMI CAMPBELL'S "BABYWOMAN" TO THE STATES...(HOW HE GOT THEM THROUGH CUSTOMS WE WILL NEVER KNOW!) HOWEVER, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SEEING "OMI" SING LIVE! OMFG!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

TYRA'S BLACK MODEL SHOW OR THE ATTACK OF YAKI!







TYRA PAID HOMAGE TO THE "VOGUE ITALIA'S BLACK ISSUE" FOR A UPCOMING EPISODE OF THE TYRA BANKS SHOW. BUT WHERE WERE THE REAL GIRLS? THE ONLY BIG NAME IN ATTENDANCE CHANEL IMAN....NO NAOMI? CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?...P.S., HOW MUCH DO WE LOVE STACEY MC KENZIE! AND WHY IS VERONICA WEBB CHANNELING MARILYN MC COO?

GOLDFINGER?




MR. DE WITT IS TRANSFIXED ON THE SUMMER OLYMPICS FOR ONE REASON ONLY... THE 6'4" 195 LBS. ( SIZE 14 SHOE WEARING! ) 23YO MICHAEL PHELPS, THE STRANGELY SEXY 5-FOR-5 GOLD MEDAL WINNER...YOU GO BOY!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

NO COMMENT!!!


THEY SAY A PICTURE SAYS A PICTURE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS...AND I WAS TOLD IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO SAY...

Monday, August 11, 2008

FLESH OR FANTASY?


LAST NIGHT MR. DE WITT WAS ENJOYING A GREAT DINNER WITH FELLOW BLOGGER "CULTURAL PIE" WHEN THE SUBJECT OF JENNIFER HUDSON CAME UP... HE HAD NOT SEEN THE FORTHCOMING J. H. CD COVER, WELL HERE IT IS...NOW YOU TELL ME... JENNY CRAIG OR PHOTOSHOP?

Friday, August 8, 2008

ASSIMILATION CAN BE FABULOUS TOO!


BEFORE WE EMBRACED "BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL" CROSSING OVER WAS THE WAY TO MAKE IT BIG IN THE FIELD OF ENTERTAINMENT. NO BETTER EXAMPLE OF SUPER MAINSTREAM ACCEPTANCE IS THAT OF "THE FIFTH DIMENSION"...THIS QUINTET FEATURING EX-BEAUTY PAGEANT WINNER MARILYN MC COO'S SHALL WE SAY "SARAH JANE" BEAUTY AND PERFECTLY PRONOUNCED AND PUNCTUATED VOCALS OUT FRONT ALONG WITH LAMONTE MC LEMORE, FLORENCE LA RUE, RON TOWNSEND AND BILLY DAVIS JR. HELP DEFINE POP MUSIC OF THE 60'S & 70'S. ENJOY!!! P.S. THE FASHION'S ARE KILLER!!!!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

DOUGLAS SAYS...INVTES YOU TO THE BIG TIME!


DOUGLAS SAYS... FASHION'S UNDISPUTED "KING OF CLING" FORAYS INTO THE FULL FIGURE ARENA WITH "PLUS-U", HIS NEW COLLECTION. COME TO THE "FULL-FIGURE EXPERIENCE" SHOWING OF "PLUS-U" SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2008@ "ESCUELITA" 301 W. 39TH ST. NYC...DOORS OPEN 7:45 / SHOWING 8:15PM

Saturday, August 2, 2008

OK..."I DECIDED" WE LIKE THIS SONG!



"STEP INTO THE LIGHT CAROL ANN"...SOLANGE...BEYONCE'S LITTLE SIS MAY TURN OUT TO BE THE LESSOR OF THE TWO EVILS. HER SINGLE "I DECIDED" IS A RETRO 60'S GROOVE THAT'S KINDA FUN AND HOLDING IT'S ON THE R&B CHARTS (IT PEEKED AT #1 THIS WEEK #2)
P.S....DAAAAMN!! HER SON LOOKS LIKE TINA'S "MINI ME"

THEN-N-NOW: SHABBA DOO



WOW! MR. ELECTRIC BOOGALOO HIMSELF ALDOFO"SHABBA DOO"QUINONES...AT AGE 53 PROOF POSITIVE "LESS IS MORE"

DEFINING DECADES: BLONDES

MR. DE WITT LOVES A WOMAN WHO EMBODIES THE FEELING OF THE MOMENT... THE ALL-AMERICAN BLONDE:

THE 60'S...MICHELLE PHILLIPS

THE 70'S...LINDSAY WAGNER

80'S...DONNA MILLS
YES! VIRGINIA BLONDES ARE BEAUTIFUL TOO!