Arts & Entertainment

February 14, 2004–With National Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month fast approaching in April, Dean Tong’s timing could not be better. Accused parents and attorneys from 40 states have retained Tong as, virginia Crime, a forensic consultant to map out winning strategies. His high-profile media consults include Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Elian Gonzalez and [...]

Definition: Lynching is a mob act of vigilantism to illegally execute an accused person by a mob. The term allegedly originated as a reference to a Virginia Justice of the Peace (1736-96). These acts often occurred in front of thousands of spectators, who would gather “souvenirs” afterward.
Lynching is another sad fact of American history and [...]

Who is Sid Kali? I’ve written, directed, and produced two full-length urban features, CONSIGNMENT and IN WITH THIEVES, plus have a third feature in production titled STASH SPOT.
Some people feel that when you attach the word urban to an independent film the story will be based on slices of life that unfold in housing [...]

Urban movies continue to grow in popularity. This can be seen in the exploding direct to video market where urban movies reign supreme. The rising quality of independent urban movies has made them much more attractive to DVD consumers.
Some talented film directors behind this urban movement are Charles Dutton, Damon Dash, Sid Kali, Hype Williams, [...]

Critque of Micheal Crichton’s best selling novel Prey.

PREY:
A Great Novel to Counter Act the Zealous Oversell
of Potential Benefits of Nanotechnology
and Introduce
A Realistic Appreciation for Potential Risk
Associated with Develop and Implementation
of Nanotechnology on a Grand Social Plateau.

The release of the new best selling Michael Crichton novel PREY is a sign of the times marking the clash [...]

December 30 2003–What do you do when you are young and gifted and the world has turned its back on you? That is the wrenching question at the heart of this extraordinary novel about a seventeen-year-old street, virginia Crime, kid whose only escape is through crime — and the redemptive power of his [...]

Three Trailers Down by Douglas Chandler Graham is the continued adventure that began in Smoke and Murders. Although this may be admired, virginia Crime, as a aftereffect it is a complete novel. The baby boondocks of Vinyard is about, virginia Crime, to achieve down afterwards the murders of an absolute family. However, new [...]

January 22 2004–How far will you go for love? Kevin Spivey has asked himself that question a lot over the last few days. He’s killed New Orleans’ heaviest crime boss to ever wear mismatched socks, laundered close to $4 million in dirty assets, and disappeared from the face of the American landscape.
He would be happy [...]

Reston, VA August 7, 2004 — James W. Bailey, a native of Columbus, Mississippi, and resident of Reston, Virginia, has been announced as one of the juried finalists to participate in the Peninsula Fine Arts Center Biennial 2004. Organized by the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News, Virginia, this biennial exhibition of emerging [...]