{Crafters Just Wanna Have Fun!}

Me & Jolane AKA JoJo

Miss Jewel Lee!

Some of the crew representing WhoGivesaScrap!?

Laurie (host), Zenobia, Kwan, Alondra, JoJo, Jenn, Jewel Lee and yours truly!

Them girls...

Posing with a friend..lol...you know we take photo ops seriously.... Lol

Me & Jenn

A few members and myself attended Angel Crafter's crops for over a decade!

Unfortunately, this was the last crop held at this location due to some silly rules in the space used.

I think one of the best things that comes out of crafting is the bonding amongst the many friends made!

I have met some awesome crafter's in this hobby that I love! WhoGivesaScrap!? Girls will miss the space, but truly hope to connect again soon!

Crafty time rocks!

{The Gas We Pass}

Had to share one of my daughters favorite books....lol...classic book. 

I told her to take it class for show and tell....she respectively declined...lol.

{Scrap Our Stash - December 2015 Stash Challenge}

Title: "Love My Crew"

Hello scrappers!
Here is my layout to share with you and we are challenged to come up with a layout that contains items on the page that spell out "D-I-E-C-U-T-S"

Okay! Here is what I came up with!

D - Dylusions Paint
I - Ink (Inked Edges)
E - Ephemera
C - Clipbard
U - Unibal
T - Thicker (sticker words)
S - Stencil





A little about my layout...do you just love your crafty friends? Let me tell you....I ADORE my crafty friends! This particular photo is a pic of us in a Hobby Lobby that we all took an "extended lunch" and met up at to shop for our Create 365 - Happy Planners, by MAMBI!
Oh man, did we have fun! So thankful for all of my crafty friends in my life!

Enjoy the challenge and I cannot wait to see what you come up with!

{Sketch Challenge #32}

Hello friends!

Here is this months sketch challenge!  I LOVE using different printed patterns on a layout...also a nice way to utilize your supply that you have on hand!

Along with the completion of this sketch, you will need to use items making a BINGO from the BINGO card below. =)



Bingo - Selection must be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal....easy right!?



Title: The Start of a Great Day



I absolutely love this sketch, mainly because I love working with multi patterned paper. I was a matchy type of girl early on in my scrapbooking years, but now....anything goes! I added a little bit of everything on this layout.

For this challenge, I used the "I" column: Paper Clip, Doily, Glitter, Journaling Card and Metal. Fun! Fun! Thanks for looking and can't wait to see your creations!

{Scrap Our Stash Challenge #32}

Greetings my friends!!!
Glad you came on over for this months Stash Challenge with Scrap Our Stash

Your challenge this month is to us items from your stash using the letters: A-L-B-U-M-S.



Here is my take...
I absolutely love this layout, possibly because of the bright colors on the black space.

Title: "You and Me"



Oh, I love her soooo much! I have always enjoyed working with black negative space, and making it pop with bright colors! 
In this layout we were to use items from our stash using the letters from "A-L-B-U-M-S"
Here is what I used:

A - Acetate
L - Letters
B - Buttlerfly
U - Unibal White Pen
M - Marker (Gold)
S - Staples

Hope you are enjoying the layouts thus far! Can't wait to see yours!

{Scrap Our Stash Design Team Search!!!}

Scrap Our Stash is excited to announce that we are accepting applications for our next term. We are in search of Designers who are enthusiastic, reliable and committed.

We welcome International, past and present designer submissions.

 

Dates To Remember:

• Submissions will be taken until: November 20, 2015
• Submissions selected will be notified via email: November 27, 2015
• New Design Team will be announced: December 14, 2015
• New Design Reveals: January 1 ~ January 14, 2016

SOS Design Team Requirements:

• Commit to a 6 month term: January 1 – June 31, 2016
• Complete 2 projects a month (Challenges are posted 2-3 months in advance with due dates)
• Visit challenge participants blogs and leave comments.
• Maintain an active and updated blog.
• Post our challenges, events, and your projects on your blog on reveal day and link back to the SOS Blog.
• Promote SOS challenges and events on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
• Display the SOS “Design Team Blinkie” on your blog
• Actively participate in one blog hop or event during the term.
• Submit your DT reveals no later than five days before scheduled post.
• Have a Facebook account. Our Design Team Group is on FB and that is how we communicate with the team.

Benefits:

• A link to your blog and your photo will be displayed on the SOS blog, which has a large following.
• Your creations will be promoted through several online sources.
• You will be a part of a group of fun loving drama free designers!

Please include the following in your application:

• First and Last Name, Email Address and Location
• Link to your Blog
• List of Current Design Teams
• 1 -2 short paragraphs letting us know a little about you.

Before submitting your application, please make sure that you are willing and have the time to fulfill the design team requirements.

Email your application to: scrapourstash@gmail.com with Design Team Call in the subject line.

http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/2015/11/design-team-call.html

 

We are looking forward to another round of awesome applications!!!

- See more at: http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/2015/11/design-team-call.html#.dpuf

{Whats the 4-1-1!?}

Poor Halle, like The Intruders sang: love is just like a baseball game, three strikes you're out!!! The Oscar winning actress is now set to divorce husband number three, Actor Oliver Martinez after two years of marriage. The couple married after Berry’s bitter break up with babydaddy Model Gabriel Aubry and ex-husbands Singer Eric Benet and Baseball’s David Justice. Berry married in 2013 despite the fact the 49-year old actress told Oprah she’d never marry again….. before she met the 49-year old Martinez on the set of Dark Tide. Although most people are looking at Halle since this is number three, sources say Martinez’s explosive temper was one of the dealbreakers. Babydaddy Gabriel Aubry knows about that temper first hand after one Thanksgiving when Martinez opened up a can of Whipa** on Aubry in the midst of Aubry and Berry’s custody feud. Martinez and Berry have a two-year old son, and Martinez is looking to avoid any type of bitter custody battle like that. Speaking of avoiding, Halle tried to avoid alerting the press too soon by filing under a fake name, Hal Maria. She also tried to beat Martinez to the punch because he also filed. Berry went back to filing under her legal name.

Russell Simmons has a lot of drama going on with the RUSH card. The pioneering hip hop mogul created the pre-paid debit card, which is aimed at people who cannot get bank accounts and allows for shopping and paycheck deposits. Despite close to 12 years of operation, the card hit a snag recently when a security breach resulted in locked accounts, stolen funds, lost deposits and unnecessary late fees. When the customer service wasn’t enough to satisfy people, irate customers swarmed Simmons’ social media outlets with their many complaints about the RUSH card. Simmons has now created a multi-million dollar relief account to assist customers, many of whom claim that they are facing eviction, stolen funds, loss of benefits and credit penalties for non-payment. Simmons has said he’s also compensated many customers from his own pocket. A third party will run the account, and MasterCard and the custodian bank Metabank have all contributed.

Lamar Odom’s dad is trashing his daughter in law. Joe Odom told the press he’s was turned away from visiting Lamar because he’s not on the approved visitors’ list. Joe Odom claims he and Lamar were together almost every day in Las Vegas just before Lamar’s health crisis. Joe, who was absent from most of Lamar’s life when his son was growing up, lays the blame on the Kardashians. Meanwhile, Lamar is still recovering afterhe collapsed and was found unresponsive at The Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada where Odom spent four days allegedly using cocaine and herbal Viagra. His estranged wife Reality Star Khloe Kardashian called off their divorce and took charge making all the medical decisions. Kardashian has also reportedly said the couple isn’t reconciled yet, the focus is on Odom’s recovery.

Rihanna makes the move back to the big screen. After previously co-starring in 2012’s Battleship and her last appearance in 2013’s This Is The End, the Umbrella singer will star in Valerian & The City Of A Thousand Planets, co-starring with Cara Delevingne and Clive Owen. Valerian is due out in 2017.

Serena Williams has a new man! Alexis Ohanian is the millionaire co-founder of the news, social networking and entertainment social media site Reddit. Williams and the 32-year old Ohanian have been spotted out and about at lunch and the gym. Friends say it’s new, but things are going well. Williams, 34, was most recently linked to Rapper Drake.

Papa Knowles is back and talkin’ smack, but first needs to talk with Uncle Sam! Matthew Knowles has been on a media blitz promoting his artists’ boot camp. The Entertainment Industry: How Do I Get In is taught by Knowles several times a year. Knowles is using his success with Destiny’s Child and then Beyonce and Solange as his calling card of knowledge, but he’s had to defend himself. Knowles says he not trying to cash in on Beyonce’s name. Unfortunately, the management of his family came to an end just about the same time the babymommas, the cheating scandal and his divorce from Tina Knowles came to light. Now, the government says Papa Knowles owes, so the I.R.S. hit the 63-year old with a $220,000 tax lien. The government says this debt is from 2013.

Speaking of the Knowles family, Becoming Beyonce: The Untold Story is a new unauthorized tell-all by Author J. Randy Taraborrelli. Taraborrelli has done unauthorized bios in the past, most famously his unflattering take on Motown Legend Diana Ross titled Call Her Miss Ross. In Becoming Beyonce, the book claims Jay-Z and Beyonce broke up for a time when Bey believed Jay-Z was having an affair with a then 17-year old Rihanna in 2005. Taraborrelli also hints at the possibility that Jay-Z wanting to attend a Rihanna afterparty lead to sister-in-law Solange’s famous elevator attack years later. Taraborrelli leaves it at only those in the elevator knowing for sure. The book also tracks the turmoil Beyonce, her family and Destiny’s Child went through when Bey was clearly established as lead singer. Also noted is Beyonce’s iron clad contract all who have anything to do with the care of her child Blue Ivy must follow. Becoming Beyonce: The Untold Story is on bookshelves now.

The Legends At The Apollo is now on OWN. Legends is literally that, the many legends who have in the past performed at the famed Harlem theater, which was known as the crown jewel of the Chitlin’ Circuit, a.k.a. the only venues that would allow African Americans to perform and service an African American audience. Gladys Knight kicked off the series with Dionne Warwick & Stevie Wonder and also scheduled in upcoming weeks are The Isley Brothers, Earth, Wind & Fire and Smokey Robinson. Legends At The Apollo airs Saturday night at 10pm on OWN.

In more OWN news, Writer/Producer Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How To Get Away With Murder) will sit down with her fellow TV Titan Oprah Winfrey. Rhimes will discuss motherhood and how she essentially lost 117 lbs. so she can be around for her three young daughters: Emerson, Harper and Beckett. Rhimes sits down with The Mighty O on November 15^th‘s Super Soul Sunday on OWN.

Actor and Comedian Eddie Murphy recently got the nation’s top comedy prize when he received The Mark Twain Award for Humor. Murphy, 54, was surrounded by fellow Comedians Trevor Noah, Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock, JB Smoove, Dave Chappelle, George Lopez, Arsenio Hall, Kathy Griffin and Dick Gregory. Murphy is an American Icon and truly deserving of this award. His career has had its shares of ups and down (Ups: SNL, Coming To America, Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop I & II; Downs: Norbitt, Vampire In Brooklyn), but the good outweighs the bad. Murphy’s tribute will air as a PBS special Monday, November 23^rd.

One of Murphy’s mentees, Comedian Chris Rock, will be hosting 2016’s 88^th Annual Academy Awards. They are set to air February 28^th on ABC. This is Rock’s second stint as host. His last time was in 2005.

Morris Chestnut just got good news. His FOX TV drama Rosewood has been picked up for a full season. Just in time for Taye Diggs, who has just signed on for a recurring role in Morris Chestnut-medical and detective drama. It’s a reunion. Diggs and Chestnut are old friends and co-stars from the Best Man movie franchise. Rosewood airs on Wednesday nights at 8pm on FOX just before Empire.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens open in theaters December 18^th. The movie stars British Actor John Boyega as “Finn” the storm trooper, the voice of Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o as “Maz Kanata,” the pirate and original Star Wars Castmembers Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill.

The 2015 Marian Anderson Awards Gala will honor Musician/Journalist/Educator Wynton Marsalis on Tuesday, November 10^th at The Kimmel Center, Broad & Spruce Streets. Past winners include Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Taylor, Harry Belafonte, Norman Lear, Mia Farrow, Ozzie Davis & Ruby Dee, James Earl Jones and Bill Cosby. This year’s gala is hosted by Soledad O’Brien and features The Wynton Marsalis Septet, Singers Kim Burrell & Lalah Hathaway, and Philly Native Robert Garland will choreograph a special performance by The Dance Theater Of Harlem featuring Misty Copeland, the first African American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater. For more information go to marianandersonaward.org, kimmelcenter.org or call 215-893-1837.

Speaking of Misty Copeland, the ballerina extraordinaire is adding television producer to her plate. Copeland will be an executive producer on a new dance drama for FOX. The yet untitled drama will follow a group of young and aspiring dancers.

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Class of 2016 nominations have been announced, and we’ll learn in December who made the cut for the April 2016 induction ceremony. Now, check out the who’s who of big name artists who are not in The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. They include The Doobie Brothers, Bon Jovi, Chicago, Journey, Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton, LL Cool J, The Spinners & our own Patti Labelle. After the December announcement, the induction ceremony will take place in New York City and air on HBO in April.

New Edition is coming to Philly as part of the lineup for the WDAS Holiday Jam Saturday, November 28^th at The Wells Fargo Center along with Jill Scott, Tyrese, SWV and Jazmine Sullivan. Tickets are on sale now.

The Soul Train Awards are happening Tuesday, November 29^th on BET and Centric Networks. Erykah Badu is hosting from Las Vegas. Babyface is receiving The Legend Award, and Philly’s own Jill Scott is going to receive The Lady Of Soul Award. Bruno Mars, The Weeknd and Mark Ronson lead all nominees with five each.

Cookie makes the cover! Actress and Empire Star Taraji P. Henson is the cover lady for the November issue of Essence magazine.

Football Hall of Famer and Multi-Media Personality Michael Strahan is everywhere. Good Morning America, Live With Michael & Kelly and FOX NFL Sunday. Now Strahan, 43, is promoting his new book, Wake Up Happy. In the book, he shares Rules For Life. The father of four admits he’s unlucky in love with two divorces and one broken engagement (Eddie Murphy’s ex Nicole Murphy), but he is genuinely happy in his life. At this point he is looking for someone genuine…..no golddiggers!

The Rocky franchise continues with Sylvester Stallone and Michael B. Jordan in Creed. Jordan is playing Apollo Creed’s son. Carl Weathers played Boxer “Apollo Creed” in four of the Rocky movies until the character was killed off in Rocky IV. In the movie Creed, Jordan enlists the help of Sylvester Stallone (“Rocky Balboa”) as he launches his boxing career in his father’s name. The movie opens in theatres Thanksgiving Weekend.

Get ready for the live version of The Wiz coming to NBC in December. New Jersey Newcomer Shanice Williams will be playing “Dorothy.” Ne-Yo is playing “The Tin Man,” David Alan Grier is on tap to be “The Cowardly Lion” and Elijah Kelly will be playing “The Scarecrow.” Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Common and, the woman who helped turn the Broadway play into a legend, Stephanie Mills as “Auntie Em” will also be rounding out the cast. The live version of The Wiz airs December 3^rd on NBC.

Mariah Carey is now directing. The holiday movie, A Christmas Melody, will air on December 19^th on the Hallmark Channel. Carey’s doing double duty because she’s also starring in the TV movie with Lacey Chabert. A Christmas Melody will mark the singer’s directing debut.

 The stage play Things Your Man Won’t Do has been rescheduled for a new date and location. The Je’Caryous Johnson production starring Leon, Essence Atkins Terri J. Vaughn and Allen Payne has been rescheduled for February 18^th -20^th at the Merriam Theatre.

Bloodstone is coming to Philly! Two shows on November 7^th at 6pm and 10pm at Temptations, 220 West Chelten Avenue.

Jennifer Lopez will host The 2015 American Music Awards. She takes over from Pitbull, who hosted two years in a row. Lopez, who recently announced her new live Las Vegas show All I Have, is also set to perform. The 2015 American Music Awards air Sunday November 22^nd on ABC.

Get ready for the return of Angie Stone. Last year, Stone and her daughter Diamond made headlines when they got into a fight, and Stone knocked her daughter’s front teeth out. Stone is looking to put this unfortunate incident behind her. Meanwhile, she is hard at work on a new album, Dream, which is coming out November 6^th.

Tyler Perry is returning to Philly. It’s another Madea production, Madea on The Run November 10^th -15^th at the Merriam Theater. Tickets are on sale now.

Upcoming Events!

Philly’s Men Are Cooking returns Saturday, November 14^th at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum get your tickets now Ivylegacy.org

WHAT'S THE UNDERGROUND BUZZ?!!!!!!!!!

Is this third wheel a Dealbreaker? Sometimes there are a few things surrounding breakups. Is cheating one of them? Is a third person’s name may come to Twilight and reveal being part of the problem? Hmmmmmmm!

Check out who’s coming to town:

 

Friday, November 6^th – Gladys Knight and The O’Jays at The Academy Of Music on Broad Street between Locust and Spruce.

Saturday, November 7^th- Bloodstone and The Delfonics revue at Temptations, 220 West Chelten Avenue Two shows at 6pm and 10 pm.

Sunday, November 8^th-The Festival of Praise Gospel Concert with Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Israel Houghton and Kim Burrell at the Liacouras Center, Broad and Montgomery.

Friday, November 13^th - Mary J. Blige in concert at The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City.

Saturday, November 21^st- Keith Sweat in concert at the Santander Arena in Reading, PA.

Friday and Saturday, November 27^th and 28^th- Earth Wind & Fire in concert at The Borgata in Atlantic City.

Saturday, November 28^th – 2^nd Annual WDAS Holiday Jam starring Jill Scott, New Edition, Tyrese, SWV and Jazmine Sullivan at The Wells Fargo Center.

Friday, December 11^th- Babyface in concert at Caesar’s in Atlantic City.

Thursday, December 31^st – Kevin Hart’s What Now comedy show at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Friday, January 15^th- Larry Graham, Jeff Bradshaw and Tom Brown headline MLK Weekend at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City.

Sunday, January 17^th - MLK Weekend Hip Hop All Stars starring KRS One, Dru Hill, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane, Whodini, Yo-Yo, Special Ed, Kwame and Dana Dane at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

February 18^th – 20^th - The stage play Things Your Man Won’t Do Starring Leon, Allen Payne, Teri Vaughn, Tony Grant and Essence Atkins at the Merriam Theater, Broad & Spruce Streets. For more info go to Jecaryous.com.

Wednesday, February 24^th – Janet Jackson in concert at The Wells Fargo Center.

Saturday, June 11^th – Janet Jackson in concert at The Wells Fargo Center.

Compliments of Pattys Page:
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{Happy Sunday!!}

 Happy Sunday my friends!

Do you practice mantras? Write these on post its in your mirror or wherever you would be SURE to see them on a daily basis! Memorize them and bring them to life!

{What's the 4-1-1!!??}

Whats the 4-1-1!?

This week, Lamar Odom took on the fight of his life. At press time, he suffered brain damage, at least one stroke and remains on a ventilator after he collapsed and was found unresponsive in a brothel. The Love Ranch is a legally run brothel in Crystal, Nevada where Odom spent four days. Employees there say the former L.A. Laker used cocaine and herbal Viagra since he arrived. His fourth day there, employees found Odom unconscious with fluid coming from both his mouth and nose. He’s been hospitalized since. His estranged wife Reality Star Khloe Kardashian has been by his side with Kim, Kris Jenner and a visit from Reverend Jesse Jackson. The rest of the Kardashians have taken to social media to express their support and still call Odom family. Odom also has two children with his ex-girlfriend. Odom’s career winning two championships with the L.A. Lakers took a backseat to the publicity he received as a reality star when he married Kardashian in 2009. Unfortunately, their heavily watched marriage included accusations against Lamar of infidelity and continued drug use. Eventually the two separated and signed divorce papers, but they haven’t been finalized so Kardashian is making all the medical decisions.

Bobby Brown is ready to tell! Brown wants to tell his life story in the book My Prerogative. Sources say the book will be raw and talk about his music career, life, marriage to Whitney Houston and his late daughter Bobbi Kris. Why is he doing this now? Isn’t he still mourning the loss of his daughter? Is he doing it for the money so he can support his latest wife and two young children? What does the Houston family have to say about this? Is he writing the book to get back at them? Bobby has been estranged from a lot of people for quite a while. When the New Edition miniseries debuts on BET, he will have limited involvement. Is he ready to talk about the tragic end to his daughter’s life? There are a lot of questions about Bobbi Kris, Bobby himself and this book, which is due out next June.

Speaking of New Edition, they are coming to Philly as part of the lineup for the WDAS Holiday Jam Saturday, November 28^th at The Wells Fargo Center along with Jill Scott, Tyrese, SWV and Jazmine Sullivan. Tickets are on sale now.

The Soul Train Awards are happening Tuesday, November 10^th on BET and Centric Networks. Philly’s own Jill Scott is going to be the night’s big honoree.

Gabrielle Union returns for a new season of Being Mary Jane Tuesday the 20^th on BET. Season three will feature Loretta Devine and Jill Scott. Jilly From Philly has got a lot going on.

Cookie makes the cover! Actress and Empire Star Taraji P. Henson is the cover lady for the November issue of Essence magazine.

Congrats to Singer John Legend and his wife Model Chrissy Teigen. After months of fertility problems, they are finally going to be parents. Teigen is expecting their first child.

FOX’s Rosewood is getting a new addition. Taye Diggs has signed on for the show in a recurring role in the Morris Chestnut medical and detective drama. It’s a reunion. Diggs and Chestnut are old friends and co-stars from the Best Man movie franchise. Rosewood airs on Wednesday nights at 8pm on FOX.

Congrats to Janet Jackson! Her latest CD Unbreakable just topped the charts at No.1. The makes the seventh career number one for “Ms. Jackson.” Her Unbreakable tour comes to Philly in February and Atlantic City in June.

Speaking of “Ms. Jackson,” she and Chaka Khan lead the list of the 2016 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame nominees. N.W.A., The Spinners, Chic, Chicago and James Brown’s band The JB’s are all also nominated. The Class of 2016 will be revealed in December and the induction ceremony will take place in New York and air on HBO in April 2016.

The View’s Raven Symone is certainly making a name for herself. She is no longer the cute child star from Cosby and Disney fame. The actress/TV personality is branding herself as an outspoken talk show host. Her often controversial remarks make headlines, and the producers at The View love it. This will probably solidify her position on the ABC daytime talker. Her outrageous and controversial remarks are a lightning rod on social media and people are talking. Symone’s dad recently came to her defense…sort of! Christopher Pearman, who used to be her manager, says his daughter sometimes just says some dumb s**t, but he still loves her. At this point, people are tuning in just see what she has to say. The 29-year old has stated in the past she hates labels: don’t call her black or gay. Now, she created a firestorm when she stated she wouldn’t hire someone with an ethnic sounding name when the segment turned to are you judged by your name. Whether you agree with her or not, Raven has people talking. Meanwhile, her View Co-star and Moderator Whoopi Goldberg has released her latest book, a sort of Whoopi’s big book on relationships, self-help style. And, who would be better on the subject than a woman who has been married and divorced 3 times? The 59-year old Goldberg has won an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony Award. She says basically people get into relationships for the wrong reasons. The book is called If Someone Says You Complete Me, Run!

Football Hall of Famer and Multi-Media Personality Michael Strahan is everywhere. Good Morning America, Live With Michael & Kelly and FOX NFL Sunday. Now Strahan, 43, is promoting his new book, Wake Up Happy. In the book, he shares Rules For Life. The father of four admits he’s unlucky in love with two divorces and one broken engagement (Eddie Murphy’s ex Nicole Murphy), but he is genuinely happy in his life. At this point he is looking for someone genuine…..no golddiggers!

How long will the FOX show Minority Report last on the TV? The new drama starring Meagan Good is not doing well in the rating, so don’t be surprised if it is cancelled. Another TV show not doing well is the NBC drama The Player starring Wesley Snipes. The show is placed in a poor time slot, 10pm going up against Thursday Night Football on CBS and TGIT-Shonda Rhimes’ How To Get Away With Murder with Viola Davis on ABC. One show definitely not returning is the CBS summer drama Extant. The show starred Oscar Winner Halle Berry and aired over the past two summers, but it never caught on with TV viewers.

Tracy Morgan is returning to Saturday Night Live this week as host. This comes months after a tragic limo accident almost took his life and killed his manager. Morgan sued Wal-Mart because it was one of their drivers who caused the accident. Word has it he got a $90 million settlement, and he is now resuming his career. Saturday, November 7^th, it will be The Donald as Mogul and Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump returns to Saturday Night Live. This will be the first time he’s hosted since 2004.

The movie scene is heating up with two big movies on the way. The Rocky franchise continues with Sylvester Stallone in Creed. The movie stars Michael B. Jordan, who is playing Apollo Creed’s son. Carl Weathers played Boxer “Apollo Creed” in four of the Rocky movies until the character was killed off in Rocky IV. In the movie Creed, Jordan enlists the help of Sylvester Stallone (“Rocky Balboa”) as he launches his boxing career in his father’s name. The movie opens in theatres Thanksgiving Weekend. Meanwhile Michael B. Jordan is also the cover guy for the new issue of GQ magazine.

Another big movie on the horizon is Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The movie stars British Actor John Boyega as “Finn” the storm trooper, the voice of Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o as “Maz Kanata,” the pirate and original Star Wars Castmembers Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill. Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in theatres December 18^th.

Speaking of Actress Lupita Nyong’o, she’s gracing the cover of October’s Vogue magazine. The 32-year old Oscar winner has a red hot photo shoot inside and talks about her upcoming projects: a New York stage production called Eclipsed, the Disney feature Queen Of Katwe and, of course, Star Wars.

Get ready for the live version of The Wiz coming to NBC in December. New Jersey Newcomer Shanice Williams will be playing “Dorothy.” Ne-Yo is playing “The Tin Man,” David Alan Grier is on tap to be “The Cowardly Lion” and Elijah Kelly will be playing “The Scarecrow.” Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Common and, the woman who helped turn the Broadway play into a legend, Stephanie Mills as “Auntie Em” will also be rounding out the cast. The live version of The Wiz airs December 3^rd on NBC.

Oscar Winner Denzel Washington is doing a lot of work behind the cameras with directing lately. Washington is set to direct an upcoming episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Famed Choreographer and Director Debbie Allen is serving as the show’s executive producer this season. She and Washington are long time friends, and she once got Washington to the set of A Different World when she produced it as a gag for Jasmine Guy.

 Mariah Carey is now directing. The holiday movie, A Christmas Melody, will air on December 19^th on the Hallmark Channel. Carey’s doing double duty because she’s also starring in the TV movie with Lacey Chabert. A Christmas Melody will mark the singer’s directing debut.

Philly’s Will Smith is returning to music! For the first time in a decade, the Oscar nominated and Grammy winning performer is back with a song called Fiesta with the Columbian band Bomba Estereo. Smith is also talking about going on tour with his former music partner, Philly’s own DJ Jazzy Jeff. Despite their great collaborations (Brand New Funk, Parents Just Don’t Understand, Summertime), Will and Jeff have never toured together.

The stage play Things Your Man Won’t Do has been rescheduled for a new date and location. The Je’Caryous Johnson production starring Leon, Essence Atkins Terri J. Vaughn and Allen Payne has been rescheduled for February 18^th -20^th at the Merriam Theatre.

Bloodstone is coming to Philly! Two shows on November 7^th at 6pm and 10pm at Temptations, 220 West Chelten Avenue.

Jennifer Lopez will host The 2015 American Music Awards. She takes over from Pitbull, who hosted two years in a row. Lopez, who recently announced her new live Las Vegas show All I Have, is also set to perform. The AMA nominations will be announced on Good Morning America October 13^th. The 2015 American Music Awards air Sunday November 22^nd on ABC.

TV One is back with a new season of UnSung on Wednesday nights. The new season will feature Chante Moore, Kashif, KC and The Sunshine Band, Jennifer Holliday, Lakeside and Nate Dogg.

Get ready for the return of Angie Stone. Last year, Stone and her daughter Diamond made headlines when they got into a fight, and Stone knocked her daughter’s front teeth out. Stone is looking to put this unfortunate incident behind her. Meanwhile, she is hard at work on a new album, Dream, which is coming out November 6^th.

Shonda Rhimes will also sit down with her fellow TV Titan Oprah Winfrey. Rhimes will discuss motherhood and how she essentially lost 117 lbs. so she can be around for her three young daughters: Emerson, Harper and Beckett. Rhimes sits down with The Mighty O on November 15^th‘s Super Soul Sunday on OWN.

Mary J. Blige is coming to Atlantic City. Blige is performing at The Borgata on Friday, November 13^th. She’s also preparing for her role in the NBC live version of The Wiz, which airs December 3^rd. She’s playing The Wicked Witch. Blige also hooked up with Taraji P. Henson (Empire) and Kerry Washington (Scandal) in a new commercial promoting Apple’s music service. The service creates playlists and mixtapes. Ava DuVernay directed the series of commercial.

Tyler Perry is returning to Philly. It’s another Madea production, Madea on The Run November 10^th -15^th at the Merriam Theater. Tickets are on sale now.

Upcoming Events!

There a new date for the 11^th Annual Riverfront Ramble which will be Sunday, October 25^th starring Gospel Sensation Yolanda Adams and R&B Sensations Lenny Williams, Freddie Jackson, Alexander O’Neal & Cherrelle and Howard Hewett. There’ll be food & craft vendors, community health & education pavilions, a children’s carnival and a fireworks show. It all takes place from 2p to 9p and for vending and information log onto www.chestercity.com

Philly’s Men Are Cooking returns Saturday, November 14^th at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum get your tickets now Ivylegacy.org

WHAT'S THE UNDERGROUND BUZZ?!!!!!!!!!

Is the Lamar Odom tragedy bringing out those with a hidden agenda? Just like with Bobbi Kristina, the accusations and warnings are already hitting the fan. That means they’ll be more to come.

Check out who’s coming to town:

Thursday, October 22^nd – Singer Raheem DeVaughn will be in concert at the TLA, 3rd and South Streets.

Saturday, October 24^th - Martin Lawrence’s standup comedy show at Caesars Casino in Atlantic City.

Friday, November 6^th – Gladys Knight and The O’Jays at The Academy Of Music on Broad Street between Locust and Spruce.

Saturday, November 7^th- Bloodstone and The Delfonics revue at Temptations, 220 West Chelten Avenue Two shows at 6pm and 10 pm.

Sunday, November 8^th-The Festival of Praise Gospel Concert with Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Israel Houghton and Kim Burrell at the Liacouras Center, Broad and Montgomery.

Friday, November 13^th - Mary J. Blige in concert at The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City.

 Saturday, November 21^st- Keith Sweat in concert at the Santander Arena in Reading, PA.

Friday, December 11^th- Babyface in concert at Caesar’s in Atlantic City.

Friday and Saturday, November 27^th and 28^th- Earth Wind & Fire in concert at The Borgata in Atlantic City.

Saturday November 28^th – 2^nd Annual WDAS Holiday Jam starring Jill Scott, New Edition, Tyrese, SWV and Jazmine Sullivan at The Wells Fargo Center.

 Thursday, December 31^st – Kevin Hart’s What Now comedy show at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Friday, January 15^th- Larry Graham, Jeff Bradshaw and Tom Brown headline MLK Weekend at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City.

 Sunday, January 17^th - MLK Weekend Hip Hop All Stars starring KRS One, Dru Hill, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane, Whodini, Yo-Yo, Special Ed, Kwame and Dana Dane at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

February 18^th – 20^th - The stage play Things Your Man Won’t Do Starring Leon, Allen Payne, Teri Vaughn, Tony Grant and Essence Atkins at the Merriam Theater, Broad & Spruce Streets. For more info go to Jecaryous.com.

 Wednesday, February 24^th – Janet Jackson in concert at The Wells Fargo Center.

 Saturday, June 11^th – Janet Jackson in concert at The Wells Fargo Center.

Compliments from Patty Jackson 4-1-1