Jill Scott @ Merriweather Post Pavillion 8/1/08
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On Saturday TheMom and I headed out to Columbia, MD which sits in between Baltimore and DC and is also the home of the Capital Jazz Fest that we talked about a few months back, (click here for that review and pics) for the concert event of the summer.
The lineup included newcomer from the UK, Estelle, The Roots, one of the best singers around Jill Scott and for some local flavor The Godfather - Chuck Brown. The concert …

Has anyone caught this on HBO this week? It’s come on the past two nights and it’s some serious stuff. Here’s an excerpt from the website :
Douglass Principal Isabelle Grant oversees a staff of teachers that is two-thirds non-certified, while many are substitutes unqualified to teach their subject areas. The lack of resources in the school is palpable with most classrooms lacking enough textbooks for the students. On any given day, 200 to 300 students are absent out of a total enrollment of 1100. Due to an achievement gap of …

BMWK Family,
Please check out these pictures of Will Smith hugging Charlize Theron on the red carpet. Some people say they are just playing…joking around. Some people say it is publicity for an upcoming movie. Mabye this type of behavior comes with the territory of being in the entertainment industry.
I really can’t speak for Will’s marriage or how Jada feels about this. But if that was my husband, then I would say that a line has been crossed.

Photo Gallery of Will Smith on Charlize Theron Big Willie …

My father, sister, and I took the kids (my kids and my nieces) to the UniverSoul Cricus here in Maryland on Friday. This is the 4th time we have been to the UniverSoul Circus in the last six years. And of course, the kids had a great time. They enjoyed listening and dancing to the latest Hip Hop Music. The dance contests are always a favorite with the kids. They enjoyed the circus acts and of course the ring master.. who kept the crowd hype in …

The picture above is of Scott, the newspaper reporter from HBO’s “The Wire” that was willing to kick it up a notch to give his story that extra umph! Misleading readers and misrepresenting people he wrote about were the least of his concerns.
I bring that up because I got an email today from one of my blogging buddies Natalie from across the pond in the UK. Our regular readers will remember her from a guest post she did a few weeks back that many enjoyed called: Black, British and …

Over the weekend me and the wife hosted some folks over to the house for a movie and discussion. This was clearly the wife’s idea because my get togethers generally involve Hot dogs, or the Philadelphia Eagles on a Sunday afternoon. Anyway, it turned out nice, the movie “What Black Men Think” was worth everyone’s trip to the crib. (You never know with a documentary, but it met if not exceeded expectations.) And was followed by a lively discussion. We stamp the movie with our approval so head over to …

HER VIEW
Overall, I enjoyed the TV adaptation of the movie.  I don’t think that Diddy “nailed it” …..but he was not awful either.  Phylicia Rashad, Sanaa Lathan and Aurdra McDonald were excellent!!  Sanaa did an excellent job with her character, Beneatha, who longs for better things out of life and wants to make a real difference in the world.
The New York Times says Diddy was commanding and fierce.  Do you agree..do you think he nailed it?
HIS VIEW
Excellent movie - except…. Good ole Walter Lee AKA Diddy, AKA Puffy, AKA Puff Daddy, …

The Great Debaters hit theaters on Christmas Day, and of course the best part about being with family you haven’t seen on the holidays is that it’s easy to get a babysitter Check out the trailer below then each of our opinions on whether you should spend your hard earned cash especially right after you just spent all of that Christmas money buying presents.

HER VIEW 
Overall, I thought the Great Debaters was a good movie.  However, I wish that I did not watch the episode of Oprah where she interviewed Denzel Washington, prior to seeing …

Over the weekend me and the misses checked out Beowulf. Yeah, I know not normally my cup of tea but the kids were away for the weekend so it was whatever!!! Here is the trailer for the movie and what we both thought. Comment back and let us know what you think!

His View
One word - “Cartoon”. Not cartoon, cartoon in it’s truest sense but close enough. Who knew? It looked cartoonish in the commercial trailers but I gave it the benefit of the doubt and thought it may be like 300 which …

Ok- Bear with us it normally takes a minute for us to get a baby sitter so here at blackandmarriedwithkids.com our movie reviews normally run a lil bit late See below for both of our takes on the movie “This Christmas” starring Chris Brown. View the trailer below.

TheMom:
I thought the movie was good but not great and even with the problems the children had I thought they made the family too goodie goodie. I also wasn’t feeling the nicknames for the mother and father, that was cheesey.  Chris Brown …