Paula Patton is the new Halle Berry, or she might just be the first Halle Berry. Last week while heading to my home girls birthday party, I bumped into a great writer named Smokey Fontaine. He’s the chief content officer over at Giant Mag. He just did a great piece w/ Paula Patton. While that interview is not online, it is in the latest issue of Giant Mag. Yet in my quest to learn more about the De Ja Vu & Precious star I stumbled across her talking about being in her bra and panties and well, I thought I should share it. 

Will any great art come out of these troubling times we’re in?

PP: It can. I think movies do it better than any other form. A movie is painting, it’s photography, it’s literature — because you have to have the screenplay — it’s music. Put a different soundtrack to a comedy and it’s a tragedy. A movie combines all those forms and forces you to pay attention for two hours with a group of people. And people aren’t as well-read anymore, so we share a common knowledge through movies. I’m rambling now. I’m not going to talk anymore.

But it’s an interview.

PP: This stuff will go really well with the bra-and-underwear photos.

Exactly!

No, I’m not doing bra and underwear.

Then what are you doing?

PP: Not bra and underwear. I have to draw the line.

You’ve done bra and underwear in movies.

PP: I have. But it’s a funny thing about nudity. I was watching this documentary, and Juliette Binoche, who has done a lot of nudity, said it feels totally natural at the time, but it’s the way it’s exploited afterward — put on a poster, or a scene put on the Internet. It gets disembodied from the story.

Then you wouldn’t want to know that someone is selling an eight-by-ten glossy of you in a bra and underwear on eBay?

PP: What was it, ninety-nine cents?

I think it was double digits.

PP: Well, you know what I say to that? Good problem to have. If you’re an actress and even one person knows your name, you’re lucky.

Full Interview @ ESQ

I’ve met a lot of women, and while most of them were probably sexual intellectuals,  I would say only  35% of the women are ladies? Let’s face it, a lot of women don’t know how to be a ladies. So in order to help out with this dilemma. I am posting some advice from Michelle Obama and I’m 100% sure that if females follow her example, a woman’s ladyhood would increase by 70%. Enjoy.

Mentoring matters, especially for young women: “I think that mentoring is such a critical part of the role I can play in this position. I see how little bits of exposure and big bits of exposure really change my girls significantly, and I want that for more girls around the country and the world.”

The real role models aren’t movie stars–they’re the people you know: “They were the people in my life. My mom, for sure. My dad. The teachers. For me, role-modeling was immediate, it was touchable…Children connect with who is in their lives, present and accounted for…That’s why we’re trying to encourage moms, teachers, fathers, to be that presence in their children’s lives, in their communities, because it really makes a difference.”

Don’t wait to be “discovered” by a mentor: “I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to almost every teacher that I had. When I was a young lawyer, there were other women and men in the firm who took me under their wing. Look for those mentors, because sometimes mentors don’t find you–sometimes you seek them out. Oftentimes, they’re flattered and glad to lend a hand.”

Don’t put yourself last in line: In answer to a reader question about how she keeps her sanity, the First Lady told Katie, “I have always tried to put my kids first, and then…put myself a really close second, as opposed to fifth or seventh. One thing that I’ve learned from male role models is that they don’t hesitate to invest in themselves.”

When it comes to looks and style, set your own standards: “People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions, particularly when you’re the First Lady; you’re representing the nation. So I can’t be surprised that people are interested. But I’ve tried to be at peace with the choices that I make first, and then be open to everyone else’s reflection.”

With men, don’t be swayed by “cute”: “Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s, Who are you as a person? Don’t look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul…When you’re dating a man, you should always feel good…You shouldn’t be in a relationship with somebody who doesn’t make you completely happy and make you feel whole.”

The First Lady’s entire interview appears in Glamour’s December issue which hits new stands next week.

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The weather is about to break and in many places its about to get cold. I mean in NYC on many days it is cold, but nothing warms a man up like a sexy mami in a bikini. So for your viewing enjoyment check out the lovely Alana Rodriguez.

Props to DS

Rosa Acosta

    

    

The great Rosa Acosta the most flexible woman in the world hooked up w/ Lavish Lane for some hot photos. Check em out.

I think Imma start calling @darealamberrose Damn!ber Rose cause every time I see this women it’s like DAMN! I gotta pick my jaw up off the ground. I know all the people who hated on her when Kanye was first photographed are kicking themselves now for hating on her. The couple was spotting soaking up the rays on the beach. Earlier in the week the couple was seen holding hands on the set of John Legend’s video. Nothing says We love each other like a couple holding hands. More pics under the cut.

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Today is Barack Obama’s 100th day in office and the one thing these last hundred days have shown me, if not the world, is that 2 Black people can love each other. The Obama’s have changed the face of America. It has shown me a glimpse into what a family can be. My home girl and I recently had a discussion of Barack Obama’s importance. She even went as far to say that sometimes she wish he didn’t get elected.

I explained to her that The Obama’s provide hope for those who need it. I won’t go into conspiracy theories, so let’s just say we have a lot of distractions. Jolie’s new foreign baby, Rihanna’s new man, Ray-J’s new jumpoff and fears your bank might close shop and move to Finland. Over these last 100 days we have seen, campaign promises kept, broken and amended. Yet the most important thing these last 100 days have shown is this. It has shown the little kid from the ghetto who is growing up in a single parent home, that real love does exist.

It has giving the dad who is trying to be there for his kids from a far, because he doesn’t get along with his children’s mother. That his kids deserve the same things Obama’s kids have and that she should work even harder for his kids to achieve these thing. It shows us that with love all things are possible. Here is a glimpse at some of the most loving and telling moments from these last 100 days.

A Kiss Goodbye

Here boy!!

I Got Her Czech Republic

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This is the perfect piece of evidence in the case of “n*ggas ain’t sh*t” It leaves me to ask is it really this easy for dudes? Is the price of coochie this low, that a man can do all of this? And one in public office?

Nevada Gov. assaults woman in parking garage, bangs Miss Sept ‘89, an ex-wife of a Mayor, sends 860 sext messages, gets divorced.

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Dear Racist Republicans,

To whom it may concern, I am not a monkey, I am a man, I don’t like watermelon, I love fried chicken, but it does not define me or my people. I am so much more than that. I’m sick of all these racist jokes, racist emails, and all of the other crap that has emerged from the Republican party since Obama started his run for president.

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Right now I have mixed emotions, on one hand I seen a dream come true on the other hand I’m digusted that NY drug dealers are pushing Obama herion.

Add heroin to the scores of products that have been branded with President Barack Obama’s name. Cops in upstate New York this week broke up a drug ring that allegedly sold heroin under several brand names, including “Obama.” As seen in Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office photos, the president’s surname was stamped in red ink on small glassine wrappers that were peddled by street dealers.

What would make a person even buy some stuff like that, I mean would a person actually think that if they took those drugs they would become president? I mean really. Anyway on a brighter note the campaign released some pictures of Michelle and Barack before he was sworn into office, more pics under the jump.

For more on the Obama Heroin click here

“We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of oblivion, and we have become a voice that causes the heavens to tremble.”

There is no doubt that due to the work of Martin Luther King and other civil rights activist, that Jan 20th 2009 would not have been possible. The swearing in of the nation’s first Black President, not a descendant of slaves, but Black nonetheless. Tuesday in my extreme joy, I sent out a tweet stating that when you go to sleep and close your eyes do so, knowing that the most powerful man in the world is a Black man. So which someone replies “Wrong, MLK was that first…” I paraphrase, but basically he stated Martin Luther King was the most powerful man in the world when he was alive. With all due respect to Dr. King, but he was far from the most powerful man in the world..

What do you think, Who was more powerful? Martin Luther King or Barack Obama?