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Kathleen “DJ K-Sly” Taylor is a contestant on the DJ battle show, BET’s Master of the Mix. The second season premiered November 5th and airs on Saturdays at midnight on BET. Here’s some info regarding the show from BET’s Master of the Mix Facebook Page: Master of the Mix focuses on the country’s hottest DJ’s—each with their own unique story, but all at the top of their game—as they compete for $250k. Watch as host and music producer Just Blaze, along with judges Kid Capri, Amber Rose and Vikter Duplaix orchestrate increasingly difficult tasks each week to test the contestants’ technical skills and ability to keep the crowd rocking all night long. Brought to you by Smirnoff. Not only are the contestants judged by the panel, they can also receive votes from viewers. So, make sure to vote DJ K-Sly as your favorite DJ up to 5 times per day, everyday, until the end of the season! For more on DJ K-Sly, please check out the HalfKorean.com Interview with her from last December.
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DJ K-Sly on BET’s Master of the Mix
Rakaa Releases “Crown Of Thorns” Music Video
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Rakaa “Iriscience” Taylor, one third of the hip hop group Dilated Peoples, has released the music video for “Crown Of Thorns.” It is the title track from his 2010 solo album and the second music video from the album following “Delilah” from last year. The Sid Roams produced track features singer Aloe Blacc and is directed by Jason Goldwatch.
Make sure to keep an eye out around the ~3:15-3:23 mark of the music video for a quick still shot of Rakaa rocking our “MIX KOR” shirt! For more on Rakaa, please check out the HalfKorean.com Interview with him from early last year.
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Ben Henderson vs. Clay Guida at UFC on FOX
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Ben “Smooth” Henderson is scheduled to fight Clay Guida in the last preliminary fight before the main event at UFC on FOX this Saturday, November 12, 2011 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. This fight will be streamed live on UFC.TV, FoxSports.com and Facebook.com/UFC. Only the main event, featuring UFC Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez versus Junior dos Santos, will be televised on FOX. Henderson has been successful in his first two fights since joining UFC after the UFC/WEC merger. The former WEC Lightweight Champion made his UFC debut at UFC 129 in April with a unanimous decision over Mark Bocek and followed up with another unanimous decision over Jim Miller at UFC Live 5 in August. The winner of this fight should have a UFC Lightweight title shot in the near future. For more on Ben, check out our March 2010 interview with him.
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 Ben Henderson fighting Jim Miller at UFC Live 5 Image courtesy of Yahoo! Sports / Photo by Tracy Lee |
BJ Penn vs. Nick Diaz at UFC 137
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BJ Penn will be fighting Nick Diaz in the main event match of UFC 137 on October 29, 2011 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will be televised live on Pay-Per-View (PPV). Penn is a former Welterweight Champion and is making his third welterweight fight since returning to the weight class from the lightweight division at UFC 123. His last fight was against Jon Fitch at UFC 127 which resulted in a draw (majority). There has been many changes to the fight card as Penn was originally set to face Carlos Condit as a co-main event with Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre to face Diaz. Penn and GSP swapped opponents and just recently GSP had to withdraw from his fight leaving the Penn/Diaz fight as the lone main event.
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“Kate Plus 8: College Years” Parody by Michelle Thorn
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We recently learned about actress-comedy performer-writer Michelle Thorn’s short video that she wrote and directed titled Kate Plus 8: College Years, which is a parody of the TLC reality show Kate Plus 8. If you don’t know much about the original show (we doubt that there are many that don’t know…), Jon Gosselin is the mixed Korean ex-husband of Kate and father of the children. He was a part of TLC’s hit reality show Jon and Kate Plus 8 from April 2007 until November 2009 prior to the separation and eventual divorce with Kate (the show continued on as Kate Plus 8 until being cancelled in 2011). The premise of the parody is: “Kate Gosselin will not be cancelled. After TLC gave her the boot she found a new network and the show has followed her and the kids all the way to college, ten years later.” The video features eight hapa actors in the roles of the children including Michelle as “Alexis” and fellow mixed Korean Stephanie Kim as “Hannah.” Michelle has performed live at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and has done several other videos. Her other videos can be found on funnyordie.com or ucbcomedy.com. It is a pretty funny parody of the show, so enjoy!
Kate Plus 8: College Years (Parody)
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