Archives for the ‘Tell It Like It Tis Thursday’ Category

If I Were a Boy by Beyonce

By • Oct 23rd, 2008 • Category: Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

If I Were a Boy by Beyonce’…Sweep It or Keep It? APOOO wants to know if there are any Beyonce’ fans in da house…if so speak up and let us know what you think of this song/video.  As for me, I’m really feeling it.  I like it.



Jennifer Hudson on the Secret Life of Bees Movie

By • Oct 17th, 2008 • Category: Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, based on the New York Times best selling novel and set in South Carolina in 1964, is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Bettany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother’s past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Okonedo and Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.



Secret Life of Bees Private Screening

By • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

SECRET LIFE OF BEES PRIVATE SCREENING ATLANTA*DETROIT*HOUSTON…This ONE is for you! They’re going all out to promote this book movie. APOOO thinks its going to get a better turn out than Miracle at St. Anna.  Unfortunately, for Spike and cast, first week sales were less than $5MM.  I heard like $3 million. Raise your hand if [...]



Booking Through Thursday #2, Out of the Closet

By • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Booking Through Thursdays, Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

What was the most unusual (for you) book you ever read? Either because the book itself was completely from out in left field somewhere, or was a genre you never read, or was the only book available on a long flight… whatever? What (not counting school textbooks, though literature read for classes counts) was furthest [...]



Solange Knowles….Beyonce’s Baby Sister

By • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

Okay can I be real for a moment. I’m so not feeling Solange Knowles as a singer. Is it just me? Have any of you heard her new album. I heard a couple of songs and I can’t say that they (or she) will grow on me. What say you? Provided below is a video [...]



Right Here by Brandy

By • Sep 6th, 2008 • Category: Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

HEY APOOO Family and Friends! Any Brandi fans up in here? Have any of you heard of Brandi’s single, Right Here (Departed)?  oh when you feel your heart’s guarded And you see the brakes started and when the clouds above parted you will be right here with me (dj says) (B rock, dog child, we [...]



Book Trailers for Romance Author, Patricia Sargeant

By • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

Hey APOOO, check out these book trailers for Patricia Sargeant’s books. Patricia’s husband is a videographer/editor and he created these videos for Patricia’s two romantic suspense releases titled, You Belong to Me and On Fire. Do the trailers make you want to read the books? Share your thoughts…leave a comment. Thumbs Up or Down? You [...]



Somebody Prayed for Me by Allyson Deese, Linda Herman, Tinisha Johnson

By • Aug 21st, 2008 • Category: Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

Hey APOOO, check out this book trailer for Somebody Prayed for Me, a new release coming out in December 2008.  Does the trailer make you want to read the book?  Share your thoughts…leave a comment.  Thumbs Up or Down? BOOK DESCRIPTION by Linda Herman: From the author of “Discovering the Joy Within”, you will read the [...]



Eric and India Benet–The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree!

By • Aug 15th, 2008 • Category: Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

Check out this YouTube video featuring Eric Benet and his daugther singing a capella You’re the Only One….what say you APOOO family and friends? Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down.? For me, it’s thumbs up! I love that he’s featuring his daughter…and that father/daughter bond…relationship…it’s a beautiful thang! Need more daddies stepping up to the plate [...]



The Women–A Movie Trailer

By • Aug 9th, 2008 • Category: Tell It Like It Tis Thursday

A wealthy New Yorker leaves her cheating husband and bonds with other society women at a resort. A remake of George Cukor’s 1939 film “The Women.” APOOO wants to know if anyone is planning to see this movie. It’s scheduled for September 2008 and Jada Pinkett-Smith is featured. Check her out in the hospital scene…she’s [...]