Dahved Levy "rocking you"'s Blog – February 2010 Archive (21)

Latin American and Caribbean leaders agreed at their Mexico summit this week to set up the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States.

The proposed new body excludes the United States and Canada, and has been described by analysts and others…

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An application that lets users point a smart phone at a stranger and immediately learn about them premiered last Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Developed by The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a Swedish mobile software and design firm, the prototype software combines computer vision, cloud computing, facial recognition, social networking, and…

Wyclef Jean Interviews in a Caribbean restaurant

Wyclef will be finishing off his "Carnival" album with the final 3rd chapter. "My Girl" is the 1st single off the project soon to be all over the pop charts. Expect to hear Joey Bada$$ & others as well. He speaks on working with the late great Celia Cruz & Michael Jackson with them leaving something on him.…

Will somebody please bring back the real Whitney Houston and get rid of this impostor? Sheesh.....



Reports have been streaming in that the once great singer has been struggling during her tour of Australia. Now there's video proof to back that up.



Whitney was performing her hit "I Will Always Love You" during a show Monday night and barely made it through the song.



Looking like someone had poured a bucket of water on…

Usain Bolt’s rise to athletics glory will literally soon be an open book.

The champion Jamaican sprinter has signed a two-book deal with HarperSport, a subsidiary of the British book publishing giant HarperCollins.

“I’m delighted to be publishing my two books with the guys at HarperCollins and I’m determined to give my fans all over the world a great insight into me and my life,” said Bolt.

The first book will be an illustrated narrative celebration of…

Belizean rapper Moses Leviy – also known as Jamal Shyne Barrow - today signed a multimillion dollar recording contract with Gangland Records, a subsidiary of Island/Def Jam. The signing took place this evening inside Shyne’s penthouse at the Renaissance Tower. The signatories were Shyne and L.A. Reid – the Chairman of Island Def Jam Records. It is big news not only because of the signing but also the presence of Reid. He is one of the most powerful music executives in the…

Seven-year-old samba queen Julia Lira performs ahead of the musicians during the first night of Rio de Janeiro's famed Carnival parades. Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images

A seven-year-old has broken down crying as she took the controversial lead of a Rio de Janeiro carnival…

Akon believed when nobody else did. He saw Lady Gaga's vision and decided it was worth the gamble.



Several Grammy wins and millions of records sold later, Akon now looks like a genius.



He talks to the Associated Press about what compelled him sign her and the effect dance music now has on the music…

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's father suspects his son was murdered and that Dr. Conrad Murray is "just a fall guy" in a conspiracy.

J o n a t h a n V i l m a ( S a i n t s )

If the Colts won the Super Bowl, I would say "Great offense by Pierre Garcon" and now that the Saint won, I will say "Great defense by Jonathan Vilma" because, however you look at it, we won, there was a great Haitian-American football player in each team and they both represented Haiti very well.

As I am writing this I am watching Jonathan Vilma on ESPN…

Nearly eight months after Michael Jackson died suddenly, his personal physician was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter for providing him with a powerful anesthetic that was ruled a major factor in his death.

The filing of the charges capped an…

Brees, who joined the Saints as a free agent four years ago with the city still reeling from Hurricane Katrina, was named the game's Most Valuable Player after throwing two touchdowns and completing 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards in the 31-17 win.

"It was all meant to be, it's all destiny," said a visibly emotional Brees as confetti rained down over Dolphin stadium following the Saints first Super Bowl…

MIAMI, Fla. -- Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that's who.

Ain't kidding.

Put away those paper bags forever:…

Earlier this year, on January 10th, two of France’s Caribbean département d'outre-mer (the DOM), Martinique and Guyane, rejected the possibility of greater autonomy.



They did so by a substantial majority (a 69.8 per cent no vote in Guyane and 78.9 per cent no vote in Martinique) and in an unusually high turnout of voters (55 per cent).



The rejection was unexpected, coming as it did after a…

Grammy award winning megastar, Rihanna, proved just why she was the night’s big headliner at Pepsi’s Super Bowl Fan Jam Concert tonight (February 4) in Miami when she stormed the stage with numerous hits. Blazing through epic pop tunes like Wait You Turn, Disturbia and the moody Russian Roulette, she delighted the crowd who sat through opening performances from Timbaland and Justin Bieber.



Rihanna was later joined by rapper Young…