FSL :: Your Urban LifeStyle Guide To All Things Fly!: Madonna

BALLERZ & SHOT CALLERZ

Reprising their Sister Slam Show in the Wimbledon final after a five-year hiatus, Venus and Serena smacked big serves, hit hard strokes from all angles and chased down seemingly unreachable balls, like no one else does. Overcoming an early deficit, Venus beat Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her second consecutive title at the All England Club and seventh major championship overall. "I'm definitely more in tune with my sister's feelings because one of us has to win and one of us has to lose," the No. 7-seeded Venus said. "You could never detract from winning a Wimbledon, so of course it doesn't detract from that. But I'm definitely thinking about how my sister's feeling." No. 6 Serena, meanwhile, was sullen as could be afterward, as though she had just finished losing to a stranger. Which, it turns out, was the way she tried to view Venus. That the champion's trophy stayed in the family did not ease the pain of defeat."It's definitely not any easier," Serena said. "I just look at her as another opponent at the end of the day." Said their mother and coach, Oracene Price: "Well, you know, she's going to have to learn how to suck things up. Say, 'OK, I'm not going to win everything.'"

DO YOU USE YOUR 'GIFT OF FEAR?'

(Oprah.com) -- If you heard there was a weapon proven to prevent most crimes before they happen, would you run out and buy it? World-renowned security expert Gavin de Becker says this weapon exists, but you already have it. He calls it "the gift of fear." One chapter in Gavin's book "The Gift of Fear" has stuck with Oprah since she first read it. The story of a woman named Kelly begins with a simple warning sign. A man offers to help carry her groceries into her apartment -- and instantly, Kelly doesn't like the sound of his voice. Kelly goes against her gut and lets him help her -- and in doing so, she lets a rapist into her home. "We get a signal prior to violence," Gavin says. "There are preincident indicators. Things that happen before violence occurs." Gavin says that unlike any other living creature, humans will sense danger yet still walk right into it. Gavin says that "eerie feeling" is exactly what he wants women to pay attention to. "We're trying to analyze the warning signs," he says. "And what I really want to teach today and forever is the feeling is the warning sign. All the other stuff is our explanation for the feeling. Why it was this, why it was that. The feeling itself is the warning sign."

Blogger Template by Blogcrowds

Monday, July 28, 2008

RANDOMS: JAY-Z/PHARRELL/USHER

0 comments Posted by THE fly GIRL at 6:53 AM

JAY-Z and N.E.R.D. all took the stage for day one of the Pemberton Festival in the UK.

TATYANA ALI came out of hiding in fly style for this weeks Latino Film fest in LA.

USHER hosted a party this weekend to celebrate his new Sony Ericsson venture "uCast."

WESLEY JONATHAN came through

And last but not least...WTF is up with MADONNA'S freakin arm? Chick looks like a cyborg. And this is the chick folks leavin' their wives for huh?

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

MADONNA OFICIALLY HAS A NEGRO CHILD...

0 comments Posted by THE fly GIRL at 11:16 AM

A Malawi judge has at long last officially approved the singer and Guy Ritchie's adoption of David Banda more than a year and a half after the duo picked up the boy at an orphanage in the south African nation.

Neither Mr. or Mrs. Ritchie was present in court—or the country—for the final ruling, which did see the government staffer who monitored the duo's interaction with the boy present for the sign-off.

"We are very happy with what the judge has ruled," Madonna's lawyer, Alan Chinula, said outside the courthouse. "Finally the court has granted Madonna full adoption rights of the boy...It's all over, thank God.

"It is a positive and beautiful judgment that will have an impact on Malawi's adoption laws."

While the parental action kicked off a global controversy back in late 2006, the process ended quite quietly in Lilongwe High Court Wednesday, when the final hearing for the adoption ruling took place without much fanfare.

Good for them.

SOURCE

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

THE CHARTS: HARD CANDY OUTLASTS THEM ALL

0 comments Posted by THE fly GIRL at 4:18 PM

It's a busy week at the top of the The Billboard 200, with Madonna's "Hard Candy" leading the action at No. 1. It is the artist's seventh chart-topper, the second-most among all female artists -- only Barbra Streisand, with eight, has more. The Warner Bros. set moved 280,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. After racing 68-3 last month, the diva's single "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake gave Madonna her 37th top 10 hit -- the most of any artist in the rock era. Until now, she and Elvis Presley were tied with 36 apiece.

As a consequence, Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" (Island Def Jam) is dethroned to No. 2 after two weeks on top; the album moved 95,000 units, a 48% sales drop-off. Leona Lewis' "Spirit" (Syco/J) slips 2-3 with 84,000 (-12%).

Lyfe Jennings' Columbia album "Lyfe Change" starts with 80,000 at No. 4. His last set trumps this start though, as "The Phoenix" began at No. 2 with 136,000 in 2006.

The Roots' ninth album, Def Jam set "Rising Down," enters at No. 6 off of a 54,000 start. The hip-hop act's last release, 2006's "Game Theory," started at No. 9 with 61,000.

24 other albums debut inside The Billboard 200, including Lil Mama's "VYP: Voice of the Young People (Jive, No. 25, 19,000).

SOURCE