July 06, 2007 @ 3:45 pm
THE BEAT: Akon, The Game, more
Seems like the country of Australia isn't feeling Akon and The Game. The Family Council of Victoria and the Australian Family Association opposed a recent performance from both artists at an annual Australian show called, "Rock the Block," reportedly due to the stars' criminal record. According to the Melbourne Herald Gabrielle Walsh, AFA's national secretary, said, "We don't really need people from the criminal end of town acting as heroes up on stages for our young people to admire" . . . C. Delores Tucker would be proud.
FOX 29 anchor Tom Burlington, has reportedly been taking notes from good 'ol Don Imus in anchor ethics. Burlington was suspended from FOX 29 for trying to argue why the "n-word" was okay to use. The Philadelphia Daily News reports that Burlington used the word about a dozen times to signify it was okay. His use of the word followed a discussion amongst his colleagues about the NAACP Philadelphia Youth Council holding a mock funeral for the "n-word." The frustrated Burlington couldn't understand why anyone wouldn't just say the word. Luckily, he failed to bring up hip hop.
Venus Williams has shown, once again, that she's a good nominee for women's tennis G.O.A.T. After injury after injury in previous games, Williams beat out Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic Friday, landing her a spot in her sixth Wimbledon final.
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