Travel Airlines: Spirit Airlines, Jetblue going bankrupt

TV Shows:
Virgin River new season (netflix), long standing Netflix show about a small town
Imperfect Women (apple tv) - Keri Washington - whodunnit with best friends
The Testaments - Spin off of the Handmades Tale
The Miniature Wife (Peacock)
Miami Grand Prix - F1 series (Apple TV) - many celebrity appearances
Euphoria (HBO) has premiered season 3 - this will be the final season

Movies
Michael - (27% rotten tomatoes, but viewers disagree) first ever biopic that crossed the $400 million mark globally in the first 10 days
Nia Long and Colemond Domingo and Jafar Jackson
Diana Ross relationship - rumors of grooming Michael? Dirty Diana about her.
Devil Wears Prada 2 - opening day 32.5 million.

Upcoming Movies: I Love Boosters (crime comedy), Set It Off 2 ??

Women in Billboard Awards - Keke Palmer hosted, Teyana and Kelly Rowland teleprompter mishaps technical difficulties
1st Black Female GRAMMY Board Chair Honored at Billboard Women in Music 2026 - Dr. Chelsey Green
Baby, This is Keke Palmer podcast - with Nia Long as guest spilling tea, not getting paid same amount as Colemon Domingo and she had larger role that was in her contract. Taye Diggs, digs on him from Best Man cast
Nia been using neck cream since she was 20

Whats the 411:
Meg the Stallion no longer with Klay Thompson due to infidelity/cheating (who cheated first??)
North West LA PopUp - Kanye and his wife Bianca showed up
Kim K. & Lewis Hamilton going strong
Brandy received star on the Walk of Fame!
Jada Pinkett and Will Smith - recent interview with Jada, Jada and August, Jada and Bilal lawsuit, he sued for defamation now wants Jada to pay legal fees

Lauren Hallsey South Central - sculpture art installation

_thank you for joining us for the last episode of 2023! if you know us, then you already know that we recap the year in review. tune in as we chime in on what the year has been for us.
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*December 2023
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_How would you describe this year?
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Daisy - this has been Good and Tough Year
Devyn - year of protecting my peace

Darrin - year of recalibration and finishing what I started

** WHAT’S POPPIN
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The Color Purple movie - remake
Keke Palmer and Darius - we have a question of the month coming up about this!
NEW SHOWS:
College Hill Celebrity Edition
First Wives Club
Usher Residency in Vegas ended

*NEW MUSIC
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Ari Lennox water bottle incident, went on stage with helmet after
Soul Train Awards hosted by Keke Palmer
50 years of Hip Hop
Renaissance Movie - Beyonce (100% on rotten tomatoes, box office opening $21 million)
New Music
Ari Lennox - Get Close (Single)
BEYONCE - My House (Single)
Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun;
I Choose You (RIMON);
Music of the year: Beyonce’s Renaissance Tour; October London

POLITRICKS
Shooting at Fixin’s
Congress: George Santos expelled.
Republicans will be defeated many times due to the abortion stance - and the threats against women’s autonomy.
Recent charge against women who had a miscarriage - .
Gavin Newsome will be the new Dem leader soon.

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2024.

We're back this week with Happy Hour (like we used to do), recording live together (socially distanced) instead of via Zoom. Listen in as we catch up on New Music, What's Poppin' and Politricks.

NEW MUSIC

Toni Braxton feat. HER - Gotta Move On (Single)
Tweet - Neva Felt This Way (Single)
Jazmin Sullivan - Lost One (Single)
Verzuz: Brandy v. Monica
Monica & Lil Baby - TRENCHES (Single)
Cardi B. & Meg Thee Stallion - WAP (Single) - song hits #1 on Billboard

WHAT'S POPPIN

VMA’s on basically every cable channel and CW

Keke Palmer first black female host since 1987 - where are all the masks?!
Chadwick Boseman RIP dies from colon cancer at 43, terrible loss
Conversation on Sex Trafficking: U.S. Marshall found 39 missing children in Georgia, that were possibly sex trafficked.
Taking calculated measures.
Broadway Federal bought another bank in D.C. to make second largest black owned bank in country - 1billion in assets
Netflix: Lovecraft Country; Hulu: Love in the time of Corona
Anthony McClain shot in Pasadena in mid-Aug, released body cam of police shooting him in the back

POLITRICKS

DNC and RNC Conventions
Affirmative Action
Jacob Blake

Kyle Writtenhouse
U.S. Post Office - updates on Trumps trickery
SB 731 CA Legislation - Kenneth Ross Jr. Police de-certification bill does NOT pass
Article in The Guardian about white militia infiltrating police departments