Want to Attend the People’s Choice Awards?

The People’s Choice Awards got a bum rap last year, and had to present a much lowered-key show than usual. Next year promises to bring the glam, and bright and shiny celebrities usually in attendance!

Brought to you by Audiences Unlimited, follow the instructions below to score your own tickets and sit in the audience to observe the glitterati at their best. (Most of the categories are closed for voting, but you can still vote on other categories! Find out more at the People’s Choice Awards.)

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 6:00pm
Los Angeles, CA

Complimentary tickets will be distributed by mail order only. Please send your request for tickets (6 max.) along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Audiences Unlimited, 801 South Main St, Burbank, CA 91506
Envelopes will be filed in the order received and requests will be processed accordingly. Tickets will be mailed out in mid-late December. (Minimum Age 16)

Women Living in Color Publishers Network

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Are you an African American woman blogger? Do you have a product or site you’d like to promote? The International Black Women’s Film Festival has a publishers network for you!

Geared toward the urban, sophisticated, African American woman who is creating on her own terms, the Women Living in Color Publishers Network is for you! Administered by AdRoll, you don’t have to worry about losing your commissions or moving your current ad network. With a growing list of ad networks to parse, you can use your existing Google Adsense, AdBrite, and other accounts!

AdRoll takes your currently existing ad network, and just adds it to others in the network so you can grow together! 

What You Get

  • Increased traffic
  • More sites, means higher payouts
  • Increased visibility
  • A network that makes sense for you and for your demographic

We Can All Come Up Together!

Tired of the petty backbiting for advertising dollars? The Women Living in Color Publishers Network wants to you take that entrepreneurial spirit and grow it with other sisters just like you! There’s enough room for everyone, and the WLIC Publishers Network is your slice of the pie.
  • Get free traffic from the unused ad space from other members in your communities
  • Get as many impressions as you give
  • Only show relevant ads from the Women Living in Color community
  • Tired of us? Then turn off “Community Traffic Exchange” any time you like!

Not Your Usual Publishers Network

If you’ve tried the other publishers networks geared toward women, you’ve probably found that your message is muddled and watered down in generic ads that don’t “speak” to your audience. 
The Women Living in Color Publishers Network isn’t generic; it’s you!

Not a Banner Exchange

As a member of the Women Living in Color Publishers Network, you are sharing your ad revenues and getting more relevant advertising dollars by linking up with similar sites. 
Here’s an example: If your audience is predominantly African American, then chances are that they aren’t looking for a tanning salon, so why should your ad network choose that for you?
 
Also, keywords throughout your site don’t always help out your cause. If you’re already catering to a specific audience, then you’re less likely to use words that describe your readers. For example, the term “African American” is rarely used in an African American focused site, so advertisers can only guess at your focus based on the keywords used throughout your site!
So let’s do ourselves and our visitors a favor, and make sure that they have the ads that are helpful to them…and your business!!

Join Me Today!

°Bloggers/websites are subject to approval. If your site does not fit with the networks focus, your site will be removed from the network.

SXSW Film Conference 2009

The SXSW FILM CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL explores all aspects of the art and business of independent filmmaking. The Conference hosts a five-day adventure in the latest filmmaking trends and new technology, featuring distinguished speakers and mentors. The internationally-acclaimed, nine-day Festival boasts some of the most wideranging programming of any US event of its kind, from provocative documentaries to subversive Hollywood comedies, with a special focus on emerging talents.

Beyonce to Play Etta James in New Movie

Don’t get me wrong, but I’m not the biggest fan of Beyonce’s acting. She’s a fabulous entertainer, but I have my own issues about singers and rappers starring in films when there are so many talented actors just waiting to be seen. Dreamgirls was pretty frothy, and it may be that I’m a little jaded because I actually saw Jennifer Holliday on stage in the role of Effie, and how Effie ended on stage was much different than how she ended in the film –but I digress.

I haven’t seen the film yet, so I can’t comment on the outcome; however, Beyonce’s been getting great reviews for stepping up her acting game. The San Francisco Chronicle’s Mick LaSalle wrote, “it’s Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James who’s the movie’s revelation.” 

I’m glad that the former-Ms. Knowles has taken on a challenging role, and made it hers. I’m also a big believer that regardless of your race, ethnicity, or background, it’s imperative that you understand your own history before being entertained by it, this includes understanding your own history within context. 

Etta James had an incredibly complicated career and life, and a lot of it played out in the San Francisco Bay Area with band leader Johnnie Otis (father of guitarist Shuggie Otis) and local favorite Sugar Pie DeSanto, so I hope that this amazingly powerful woman’s life is given the respect, sensitivity, and rawness it deserves. 

If you’d like to find out first hand about some of the characters featured in this film, stop by these sites and fall in love with their original recordings in their own voices. Oh, and make sure to see Cadillac Records!