Charm School 3

The past two season of Charm School have been crazy, funny and packed with a lot of drama. The main point of this show is to show America that the girls that were on Rock of Love, Real Chance of Love or Flavor of Love, are more than just sex, cussing and alcohol. On the first season the host of Charm School was Monique. The second season the host was Sharon Osbourne. Now for 2009 they have a whole new group of girls and a new host which is Ricky Lake. This new season premieres May 11th at 8pm on VH1. It's a show to see!!

Designer Nailz

If you are like me and get bored easily with your nails and they aren't the type that grow strong and long, I would suggest that you go out and get your nails did. In Cedar Rapids there are a lot of different places you can go to get your nails beautified. I personally love Nail World over there by Westdale Mall. They have a really good way of acting professional and the prices are really good. Other places that you can go are in Westdale Mall where they have a salon called "Secret Nails" and Lindale Mall where there's is called "Nail Lovers." Those aren't the only places that you can go but they are some of the best. The most common nail style is a french manicure with white tips. It only cost $20 and they last a good 2 weeks until they would need to be filled in, which cost $15. There is airbrush nails where they would stick something like a stencil on your nail and air brush color onto it. My favorite is the hand crafted designs where they take their time and put different designs on your nail. The only problem with doing this is that the paint doesn't last all that long. If you want to spend a little more money on getting your nails done, you could get gel nails or pink and white. These type of nails cost a little more but they make your nails look more realistic and glossy. Also, you can get color tips which is like a french manicure but instead of white there could be designer labels like Louis Vuitton or just a different color.

Song of 2009...."My Love"

This song is on repeat non-stop in my car and on my ipod. It has been number 1 on 106 and Park for weeks and the video is so good. Once the song is in your head it is extremely hard not to stop dancing and singing it out loud. The song I am talking about is "My Love" by The Dream featuring Mariah Carey. If you have ever been in love and have a whole lot of people in your relationship and starting to hate, this is the song for you. It basically is saying that people don't know about the love a relationship has so why are they all up in it trying to talk about it. Im going to post the lyrics and the video, so you can understand why this song is so hot. And If you really start liking it, you can just look at the lyrics and sing along with the video. If you like this song, you should go out and either buy it on itunes, download it from limewire, or go out and buy The Dream's new album that was released a month ago.


[The Dream]
Radio Killa
did a song with the American Dream
They can't put it down like this, no no no no
Im her baby, she my shawty
Oh, we rockin They got our sh*t all up in the press
They hate on us

Verse 1 (The Dream):
Now who’s right there every time you cry?
Gonna sleep and wake up on your side?
Endless love I'll always provide
They hatin on us and you should know why
But who’s be lovin you lately?
Who’s willing to go half on the baby?
Who ooo ooo’s trying to flag our ship?
They just tryin to get the love you give
But baby,

Chorus:
Tell me what they know about my love (my love) [x8]
Ohhhhhhhhh, Ohhhhhhhhhhh, Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Verse 2 (Mariah Carey):
So they don’t understand why I'll never leave you
Explain my love? I don’t need to ]
Got everybody way up in our business
Cuz lovin each other stay on their wish list
I see them reachin everytime you call me baby
They on my back like a shirt, get off me baby
They don’t love me, let them wonder why
Here to stay and they going bye bye
Who’s the one calling you baby?
Who’s in love with your ass like crazy?
Who who who’s gonna flag our ship?
They just tryna get the love u give baby

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:
My love is your love
There ain’t nothing in this world that they can do to make me give you up
Oh baby
you will always be my girl
so let them do whatever, say whatever Cuz I ain't givin her up

(Repeat Chorus)

"Fighting"

A movie that a lot of people are trying to get out and see this week is Fighting. It is rated PG-13 and was released April 24, 2009 (last friday). Even though this movie came out to theaters last friday a lot of teenagers are still breaking their necks to go and see this movie. It is directed by Dito Montiel and is an action and drama film. This movie stars Channing Tatum, who plays Shawn MacArthur (the main character), Terrence Howard, Zulay Henao, Luis Guzman, Cung Le, and many more. Tatum has become a well known actor, he has been in a lot of good movies like "Step Up", "Coach Carter", and "Public Enemies." This movie takes place in New York where Shawn is distanced from his family and is trying to find something in life that motivates him. He soon meets Coach Harvet (Howard) who is a veteran street-fighter. Shawn soon becomes hooked to the world of street fighting and along the way he meets a girl who he soon develops strong feelings for. If you are into fighting and action and have seen the commericals for this movie, you can't even say this movie doesn't look interesting. It's still out in theaters so I would suggest that you go out and see it.

CD's Comin This May

It wouldn't be right not to start a new month without having some new albums coming out. The first album that I'm going to be talking about is from Pleasure P or Marcus Ramone Cooper, better known from the group Pretty Ricky. He has finally decided to go solo with a very talented and creative voice. So far he has had two very successful hit songs with videos. The first one was "Did U Wrong" released in 2008 and recently "Boyfriend #2." But he is known for a lot of other songs that he was featured in like "Get U Wet" with Plies and "Shone" with Flo Rida. His new album will be released on May 5, 2009. So you should go your nearest store that sells music and get a copy if you are a big fan.

The second album that is coming out on May 5, 2009 is Ciara's third album called "Fantasy Ride." This album includes her hit singles "Never Ever" with Young Jeezy and "Love, Sex and Magic" that features Justin Timberlake. There are other famous artist on her new album like Chris Brown, Ludacris, The Dream, and Missy Elliott. Just by listening to the new singles that she has from this album, you can tell that she has grown a lot from "Goodies" and "1,2 Step." Here is a list of her songs from the album, if you want to log onto http://www.youtube.com/ and get a little idea of what her album is going to be like.

1."Ciara to the Stage"
2."Love Sex Magic"
3."High Price"
4."Turntables"
5."Like a Surgeon"
6."Never Ever"

7."Lover's Thing"
8."Work"
9."Pucker Up"
10."G Is for Girl"
11."Keep Dancin' on Me"
12."Tell Me What Your Name Is"
13."I Don't Remember"

If you have her other 2 albums like I do, you should get this one also on May 5.

New York Goes to Work

New York is back and is not here for love but trying to find a job for herself. Her real name is Tiffany Pollard but everyone knows her as the girl who got spit on by pumpkin on "Flavor of Love." Her new show is called "New York Goes to Work" and the viewers get to be apart of the show. There will be a list of 3 jobs and viewers will vote on their phone for the job that they would want to see New York do. The best part about this show is that the fans get to be involved and its up to them what she will end up doing as a job. Why is she doing this?? Obviously its for the money. If she ends up getting a good report from her employer she will win a bonus of $5,000 each week. But if she quits or gets a bad report, she will not recieve anything. It is going to be something to see. It will premiere on May 4 on Vh1 at 9pm.

For the Love of Ray J

If you are a fan of the tv show "For the Love of Ray J" you would probably know by now that he picked Cocktail! I really wanted him to end up with Danger but she was a little too crazy and unstable to be with him but other than that I wanted him to pick Cocktail. On the season finale, it was all down to Unique, Cocktail and Danger. On the side is a photo of the three girls during eliminations. Danger got sent home because Ray J was worried about her safety, his and the other two girls in the house. Ray J ended up meeting Cocktail and Unique's family and had a really good time. They made a trip to Las Vegas so Ray J could spend one last time with the remaining girls and choose who he wanted to be with. It was a really good season finale. But tonight the reunion special comes on. It will reveal a lot that everyone has had questions about like if Danger is really pregnant by Ray J and if Cocktail and Ray are even still together. The reunion will also go back and share the high lights and the lows of the season. It comes on tonight at 9pm on VH1. It should be really exciting and interesting!!!

Day 26 Album Released TODAY

If you have been a watching Making the Band season 4 every Thursday night at 8pm, you should already know that Day 26 new album
"Forever in a Day" comes out today. Just from watching the show, you can tell that this album is going to be better than the first. I thought the first album was amazing, but now this album is going to show their growth and hard work. It hasn't been an easy journey for Day 26 and if you have been following Day 26 from when they first became a group, you would probably think, this is the worst that it has been. But I'm not blogging to talk about the show, I'm trying to promote people to go out and buy their new album. Their last album went platinum and I hope this one does also. They have featuring artist on this album like Jermaine Dupri, T-Pain, Diddy himself, and Yung Joc. They already have a song out that a lot of people are singing along to called "Imma Put It On Her." There is also a video that you can check out on http://www.mtv.com/ or http://www.youtube.com/. Here is a list of the tracks on the album:

01. Just Getting Started
02. Imma Put It On Her (Feat. P. Diddy & Yung Joc)

03. Shawty Wats Up (Feat. T-Pain)

04. Think Of Me

05. Stadium Music

06. Bipolar

07. Perfectly Blind

08. So Good

09. Girlfriend

10. Babymaker

11. Then Theres You

12. Need That (Feat. Jermaine Dupri)

13. Reminds Me Of You

14. Your Heels

15. Truth Is A Lie

So if you are a big fan of Day 26 or just love the show, you should go out to anywhere that sells CD's and buy Day 26 second album, Forever In a Day

SKINNY JEANZ

We all have our favorite type of jeans, whether they are tight, loose, bell bottoms, flared or straight cut. But a style that is always coming and going is the Skinny jeans. It's 2009 and a lot of teenage girls and some boys (LOL) are wearing skinny jeans. They go good with almost any type of shoe, but they especially go good with high tops, boots, any type of heels and baby doll flats. I love these type of jeans because they show off your frame and come in a lot of different styles and colors (like most jeans). It doesn't matter what type of style you're into, they will have a pair that are good just for you. They have them for preps, goths, rockerz, and many more. Some of the popular styles with skinny cut jeans are Baby Phat, Apple Bottom, Levi, American Eagle and many more. You can purchase anywhere that sells clothes. If you don't have a high budget, you don't have to go for the name brands, you could easily go to Target or Wal Mart. The way I think of it is that you can either join the trend of make up your own, it's your choice. But I would suggest skinny jeans to anyone who loves their body and wants others to notice their curves.

Hannah Montana (The Movie)

Over the weekend I went to the movies and saw Hannah Montana. It was a really good movie, especially if you are a big fan of the young and popular Miley Cyrus. The movie was based off the show pretty much. It was about Miley having to deal with her double life as a regular teenager and the famous Hannah Montana. Her father (in the movie and in real life), Billy Ray Cyrus, soon notices that Miley is becoming more like Hannah every single day and is getting to wrapped up in living the glamourous life, that she is forgetting where she is from and who she really is. So he decides to take her back to her hometown in Tennessee. At first she didn't want to be there at all, but as the days went by, she grown to love it way more than she did when she was younger. She also falls for her childhood crush named Travis Brody.

There are 14 new songs and a couple of old songs from her concerts and the show on the Disney Channel. One of the songs that she sang close to the end was "Climb" which is very popular on the radio. Another song that had a little hip hop to it was the "Hoedown Throwdown" it was like a hoedown version of the Cha Cha Slide. It was one of the best scenes out of the whole movie. When people were walking out of the movie theater, they were either singing or trying to dance to the song. Im going to post it with this blog so you can understand what Im talking about.There is also a Hannah Montana Soundtrack that is in stores now. Her are some of the songs off of the CD and the movie:

"You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" - Hannah Montana
"Let's Get Crazy" - Hannah Montana
"The Good Life" - Hannah Montana
"Everything I Want" - Steve Rushton
"Don't Walk Away" - Miley Cyrus
"Hoedown Throwdown" - Miley Cyrus
"Dream" - Miley Cyrus
"The Climb" - Miley Cyrus
"Butterfly Fly Away" - Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus
"Backwards" (Acoustic) - Rascal Flatts
"Back to Tennessee" - Billy Ray Cyrus
"Crazier" - Taylor Swift
"Bless the Broken Road" - (Acoustic) - Rascal Flatts
"Let's Do This" - Hannah Montana
"Spotlight" - Hannah Montana
"Game Over" - Steve Rushton
"What's Not To Like" - Hannah Montana
"The Best of Both Worlds: 2009 Movie Mix" - Hannah Montana

This movie came out Friday, April 10, 2009. The genre of this movie is comedy, family, and music. the director is Peter Chelsom. It's not too late to check this movie out, if you are interested you can go to the Galaxzy or Wynnsong and check out HANNAH MONTANA...The Movie.

OBESSED!!

Since we are on the topic of movies, another movie that is a must see is the film "Obessed" directed by Steve Shill. This movie stars Beyonce Knowles as Beth Charles, Idris Elba as Derek Charles, and Ali Larter as Lisa Sheridan. Obessed is about a successful asset manager, Derek, that recieves a big promotion at his job and has a happy marriage with Beth. Soon Derek meets a temp worker, Lisa, who works in his building and she becomes obessed with Derek and ends up crashing his happy life to the ground. This movie is released April 24, 2009. It will be playing at the Wynnsong Theater or the Gaxalxy movie theater. The tagline for this movie is "All's fair in Love and War," which really grabs a lot of people's attention. Almost every movie Beyonce has been in has been a success, she has just starred in the movie Cadalliac Records that came out in March. So I'm sure that this movie is not going to disappoint her fans. The same with Idris Elba, who is becoming one of the most famous black actors, he also starred in Tyler Perry's "Daddy's Little Girls", This Christmas, Prom Night, and many more. The genre of this movie is Drama and Thriller. I am going to post the sneak peek of this movie so you can get a visual of this movie. It's two and a half minutes long and will grab your attention quickly. If you find any of this interesting, on April 24 I would suggest that you go out and see "Obessed."

DVD's Out This Week

If you don't have anything to do this week, you can just chill in the house and watch some movies. If you don't know what movies to watch, I would recommend you to go and get "Seven Pounds" directed by Gabriele Muccino or "Marley and Me" directed by David Frankel. Seven Pounds is about an IRS agent, Ben (played by Will Smith), who is depressed and feels really guilty about his past and the only way for him to feel better about his self is to help seven strangers. Along the way of him helping these seven people, he falls in love with one of them. This movie's genre is Drama and it will let you see how precious human life really is. This movie along with Marley and Me was released out on DVD, Tuesday, March 31. It came to theaters December 19, 2008 and I made sure to go and see this movie. It truly is a teary eye movie! This movie also had 2 wins from the Image Awards and 4 nominations in others. Other famous actors and actresses in this movie are Rosario Dawson, who plays the woman that Ben falls in love with, Michael Ealy, who also played on the Barber Shop with Ice Cube.

Now Marley and Me is a cute movie for anyone who has pets. It's about a newly wed couple, John and Jennifier Grogan (played by Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson), who move to Florida to start their new life as husband and wife. John doesn't want to have any children at the moment so instead he gives Jennifer a puppy named Marley. Marley is so active and impulsive that it's completely hard to train him. So in this movie, Marley opens up a new site of the world to the couple and they begin to appreciate a lot more things in life. Some other actors and actresses in this film are Eric Dane and Haley Bennett. This movie was shown in theaters December 25, 2008. The genre of Marley and Me are family, drama, comedy and even romance. So if you love movies in those types of genres, I'm sure this movie is for you. I hope that if you do see these movies that you will enjoy them as much as I did.