Posts

Remembering Arts Champion and Environmental Trailblazer, Robert Redford

Image
Robert Redford passed away on the 17th day of September 2025 in his beloved home of Sundance, Utah. Redford was everyone’s favorite actor’s favorite actor.  He was a fixture in the world of Hollywood and an Academy Award winning actor and director whose work spanned many decades.  He has starred in notable films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Great Gatsby (1974), The Sting (1974), Out of Africa (1985),  Indecent Proposal (1993), Avengers: Endgame (2019) as well as Broadway shows such as  Sunday in New York (1963) and  Barefoot in the Park (1963). While driving through Provo Canyon on a motorbike, Redford took in the scenery and instantly knew that he wanted to make a home there.  Always an avid lover of nature, Robert was mesmerized by the landscapes of Utah and sought to purchase more than 5,000 acres of land in Sundance while keeping the goals of preservation and conservation in mind. He opened Sundance Mountain Resort in 1...

Why Beyonce's 'Black Parade' is the New Black Anthem

Image
I don’t think that the people were ready for the new black anthem that Mrs. Beyonce Knowles-Carter dropped on Juneteenth 2020. This is the most Africa-centered, black empowerment song that I’ve heard from a Black American since “Lift every Voice & Sing!” Actually, come to think of it, Lift Every Voice and Sing was not such a stark reminder of the actual history of black people as Black Parade is. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson was a powerful ode to freedom. When Weldon Johnson wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing in the year 1900, slavery in America had ended only a mere 35 years earlier. It was a song of black unity and a subdued poetic showmanship of pride that black people were just mustering up the courage to reclaim. Black Parade is a brazen and oh so bold, soul stirring, hip turning, beat-booming, ancestor appreciating, motherland dripping song from the ever so talented Beyonce! Anyone who knows me, knows I go goo goo ga ga for Bey. This song right here is why sh...

Plandemic the Movie: An Honest Review

Image
A preview of a full length movie called “Plandemic” premiered near the end of May and went viral across social media platforms. The movie received an absurd amount of criticism from medical professionals, journalists and other health officials. The movie was also a conspiracy theorist’s gold as it provided an introspective and thought provoking alternative explanation for the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Judy Mikovits: The Blacklisted Researcher Plandemic offered viewers a documentary style approach to understanding truths and falsities concerning the current pandemic. Dr. Judy Mikovits sat down with Mikki Willis to reveal truths concerning corruption that went on in the world of science and the current players who are at the front of it all. Dr. Judy revealed that she was blackballed from a field that she grew to love and diligently worked in. This was of course, the field of research. At one point in time, she was accused of taking artifacts from a lab that she worked in and was char...