Well, seeing as how he's been *nominated* for acting in the role of a pimp, I don't see that singing the song is any worse. It's also not as if they're changing the title, whether the expletives are removed from the song or not. And hell: we have a movie with what? Eight Oscar nominations, and it's about gay love and features very graphic sex and kissing scenes I hear. Is a pimp song really gonna be that horrible?
-----Original Message----- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Said Kakese Dibinga Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 23:05 To: Said Subject: [scifinoir2] [Terrance Howard] Oscars' Star No To Song 2 March 2006 OSCARS' STAR NO TO SONG By Ryan Parry OSCAR hopeful Terrence Howard has refused to sing at the Academy Awards after other black Hollywood stars urged him not to. Howard, up for Best Actor for his role as a drug dealer in Hustle And Flow, was invited to sing It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp at the ceremony. But he pulled out after Sidney Poitier, Will Smith and Denzel Washington warned him it could be harmful to black actors. Desperate Housewife Eva Longoria, a friend of Terrence, said he wanted to but revealed: "Sidney Poitier said: 'Do not go up there and represent the African American community singing about a pimp'." Howard, Poitier, Smith and Washington refused to comment. Rappers Three 6 Mafia will perform a toned down version of the song on Sunday "If you could make a difference, what would you do?"...Said Kakese Dibinga __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] SPONSORED LINKS Science <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Science+fiction+and+fantasy&w1=Scie nce+fiction+and+fantasy&w2=Genre+magazine&c=2&s=53&.sig=8s5ldQicr16mMwkM wHGybg> fiction and fantasy Genre <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Genre+magazine&w1=Science+fiction+a nd+fantasy&w2=Genre+magazine&c=2&s=53&.sig=6x48yHym4cI_VD4C3GisSg> magazine _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "scifinoir2 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
