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17-year-old DeAndre Way – AKA Soulja Boy Tell’em – utilized internet marketing to make his production and raps a must-have by music consumers. With tens-of-millions of people visiting his website and Myspace page, his single “Crack That” became a #1 hit, and one of the most popular singles of 2007. Signed to Collipark Music/Interscope Records, Soulja Boy Tell’em’s career, like his website, could remain popular for years to come.
Studio: Universal Pictures
Plot: A detective tries to bring down the drug empire of a heroin kingpin smuggling drugs into the country in the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Ruby Dee, Clarence Williams III.
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ***
The Rainbow
By Pearl S. Buck
ISBN: 671-80319-0
Publisher: Pocket Books
Available: Bookstores everywhere and Pearl S. Buck House
Studio: Lionsgate
Plot: Four couples on vacation struggle with issues of commitment, betrayal and redemption.
Cast: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Tasha Smith, Jill Scott, Malik Yoba, Michael J. White and Sharon Leal
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ****
Never Again
By Flora Nwapa
ISBN: 0-86543-319-4
Publisher: Africa World Press
Available: Bookstores everywhere and Africa World Press
In my humble opinion, "R n R", released by Rick Braun and Richard Elliot on August 28, 2007, on the Artizen Records label, is the best smooth jazz CD of the year.
Now Is The Time To Open Your Heart
By Alice Walker
ISBN: 0-965-90060-6
Publisher: Random House
Available: Bookstores everywhere
The Rainbow
By Pearl S. Buck
ISBN: 671-80319-0
Publisher: Pocket Books
Available: Bookstores everywhere and Pearl S. Buck House
Studio: Universal Pictures
Plot: A group of FBI agents visit Saudi Arabia to investigate a deadly explosion which kills several American civilians and agents.
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Chris Cooper, Ashraf Barhom
Rating: R
Bottom Line: *****