Red One To Watch! Ed Sheeran

The amazing Ed Sheeran hits us with this fresh, upbeat, witty track ‘You Need Me, I Don’t Need You’. The video is clever and imaginative and compliments the song with perfection. The 20 year old, Ginger haired genius is bringing us something exciting and different.

Check out the video below and look out for his debut album out on September the 12th
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Red One To Watch: Drink, Drugs and KFC

Aml Ameen is an English actor best known for his roles in the film ‘Kidulthood’ and popular Police drama ‘The Bill’. Ameen has turned his hand to writing and directing. His debut film ‘Drink, Drugs and KFC’ is available to watch on line now. It is a short film about a group of college boys on a night out in London. Drink, Drugs and KFC incorporates romance, conflict and humour into its 27 minute storyline. The film is an entertaining watch representing the trials of London youth in both a clever and humorous way.

Follow the link below to watch ‘Drink, Drugs and KFC’

http://vimeo.com/23434756

Red Hot Of The Catwalk: Forties Glamour

There’s no doubting that the birthplace of fashion trends is the high fashion catwalk. Understandably not everyone can afford to shell out hundreds and thousands of pounds on items for their winter wardrobe. So many of us take note of the high fashion catwalk trends and explore ways of recreating them on a high street budget. Stores such as Top Shop and websites like ASOS make this relatively easy for us, converting high fashion trends into affordable high street prices.

Let’s live the dream and take a look at this autumn/ winters high fashion forties trend. Let’s face it, summer is virtually nonexistent so there’s nothing wrong with planning our winter style.

The upcoming trend is Forties Glamour. I’m talking furs, pencil skirts and pussy bow blouses.

Christian Dior combines fur with over the knee and ankle boots using a mix of warm yet bright winter colour tones and patterns.

Gucci experiments with Forties fur alongside another hot winter trend, Leather, revamped in an ultra feminine style.

Marc Jacobs experiments with a jazzy take on fur and puts a peplum spin on his pencil skirts.

Victoria Beckham keeps it feminine and classy with over the knee length dresses and large colourful clutch bags.

Were loving the hats and fur Gucci and Christian Dior are using. The colourfully sophisticated pencil skirts and dresses by Victoria Beckham and Marc Jacobs are to die for. Not forgetting Gucci's ultra chic feminine leather.

 

 

The Red One To Watch!!- ‘ANUVAHOOD’

'Anuvahood' is what can only be described as a ‘hood comedy’ out on March the 18^th 2011. It was written by Nick Taussig and directed by Adam Deacon who also stars in the film as Kenneth. The story is about a ‘wasteman’ called Kenneth AKA ‘Kay’ who mistakenly believes he can MC. Desperate for money and to help out his mother, Kenneth joins the drug trade, angering and causing repercussions with a local ‘badman’. We follow Kenneth’s journey to ‘get rich or cry trying’.

Twenty eight year old Adam Deacon from Hackney, East London has starred in many successful UK productions from films such as Kidulthood, Adulthood and Bonded by Blood to popular television shows such as The Bill and West 10 LDN.  He is an amazing actor, although arguably typecast to particular roles. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to his debut as a director.

With an amazing cast including Adam Deacon, Ashley Walters, Richard Blackwood, Eddie Kadi, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Jamie Winstone and many more, Anuvahood is a UK Urban Comedy not to be missed.

Check out the hilarious trailer below and check out the films website: http://www.anuvahood.com/

Red Man of the Moment: Gaddafi’s Garments.

For those of you oblivious to the name, Gaddafi is the President of Libya. Muammar al-Gaddafi AKA Colonel Gaddafi came into power in 1969 when he lead a small group of military officers in a bloodless coup against the former King Idris, abolishing the monarchy and proclaiming the New Libyan Arab Republic. He has been in power for nearly 42 years and is one of the longest standing non royal leaders in history
The self titled ‘King of Kings of Africa’ now faces mass protests by the people of Libya who demand he step down from power. Following the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia over recent months, groups opposed to Gaddafi are calling for ‘the end of the regime’. The protests have been ongoing since the fifteenth of February with police attempted to disperse the opposition using violence. The Human rights watch have estimated that there have been 233 deaths so far in Libya.

On a lighter note, despite the turmoil in Libya Gaddafi always brightens up the atmosphere with his colourful and weird fashion ensembles. He is undoubtedly a fashion leader as well as a state leader. Over his four decades in power his fashion has evolved. Gaddafi’s early yeas showed little eccentricity but as time went on his flamboyancy began to unravel. Gaddafi’s style is diverse with an array of flair. His Fur hats and leather and sheepskin jackets form a chic winter look. The military style suits with gold tassels represent fashionable formal attire. Colourful African robes portray a cultural relaxed look and his silk shirts and linen trousers form a more casual swagger.

It’s refreshing to see a leader like Gaddafi alongside other world leaders as he stands out against the typical boring dark coloured suite and tie attire.

From the G8 summit to visits at the EU Gaddafi takes pride in his appearance and clearly puts a lot of thought into his ensembles in order to both fit the occasion and make a statement.

Gaddafi further adds to his unique style by employing female bodyguards to protect him. Who does that?? Only Gaddafi!

Finally Gaddafi throws up peace signs or ‘Deuces’ perhaps, seeing as he’s so cutting edge. Despite the present turmoil in Libya, It’s always refreshing to see what Gaddafi brings to the table. If it doesn’t work out for him in Libya, with that swagger I’m sure there’s a place for him in one of the fashion capitals of the world……. London, New York or Milan perhaps. ;-)

Red Alert! Bum Injection Death: Cludia Aderotimi.

The tragic death of British Claudia Aderotimi on Tuesday the 8th of February, following silicone bum injections has shocked both the USA and the UK.
Aderotimi’s friends claimed that she believed a bigger bum would help her get more work in music videos. The 20 year old student flew to the USA to have the £1300 back alley bum injections in The Hampton Inn Hotel, South Philadelphia.
Claudia from Hackney, East London and three of her friends took the trip to the states in search of their unique style American dream. Two of them went along for moral support and a holiday while the other two had pre organised their cosmetic operations. This type of procedure wasn’t new to Aderotimi who had previously made the trip in November last year to have the injections. She returned this month for ‘top up’ injections. Aderotimi began to complain about chest pains a day after the surgery and was rushed to a local hospital where she died 90 minutes after she had been admitted. Doctors blamed Aderotimi’s death on a botched silicone injection that was pumped directly into her vascular system, which eventually stopped her heart.

It is not yet known who performed the surgeries and if it was even performed by a registered surgeon. Police insist on finding out if the two women who administered the injections were licensed to do so. Police have searched the homes of two women who allegedly injected the silicone and are investigating whether they are part of an organised gang responsible for luring unsuspecting people over the internet. One woman has been arrested.

"Back alley" surgeries like this are becoming increasingly popular amongst young people who cannot afford to pay for these types of operation. The increasing ‘Barbie doll’ cosmetic images and ideologies created by stars today is undoubtedly having an influence on the self a steam and attitudes of young people. Rapper 'Nicki Minaj' who recently visited the UK is renowned for her large silicone bum implants amongst other alleged modifications. We have to question whether 'role models' like these have an influential impression on young people and whether they hold some responsibility in raising awareness about the perils and risks present in cosmetic surgery.

Minaj is just an example of influential factors that contribute to such tragedies. But on a whole we must look at the bigger picture of society and its representations of beauty and why people feel they have to go to such lengths to be accepted or to be happy.

Chris Brown VS Raz B

Chris Brown and ex B2K boy band member Raz B ended 2010 with a tricky twitter war. The so called “twitter beef” was triggered by a tweet posted by Raz B which stated “Im just sittin here Thinking how can niggas like @ebenet & @ChrisBrown disrespect women as Intelligent as @HalleBerry11 @Rihanna”

The feud then spiralled out of control with the pair tweeting back and forth firing and name calling each other with phrases like “wife beater” and “homothug”. The tweets were gruelling to whiteness. It seemed like a cry for attention on Raz B’s part and a representation of Chris’ short temper. Overall the pair portrayed a negative image of themselves and each other through their tweets.

Chris Brown later made a public apology for his part in the twitter war with Raz B stating to TMF that it was “An unfortunate lack in judgment sparked by public Twitter attacks from Raz B, who was bent on getting attention. Words cannot begin to express how sorry and frustrated I am over what transpired publicly on Twitter."

Chris’ apology was shortly followed by a tweet in the early hours of new years eve by Raz B stating “twitter is a place to have fun.. I had my opinion ..i apologize 4 pulling @ChrisBrown into it.. so stop wit the hate messages.”

So it appears that Raz B regrets his rant at Chris Brown. Chris’ loyal fans have clearly been firing at Raz B via twitter in his defence. They say that all publicity is good publicity and Raz B’s episode, if nothing else increased his followers on twitter.