HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2017!!!

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If you, u, You, U,, or; YOU are currently in the city of NEW ORLEANS, are from New Orleans, or; know ANYTHING about New Orleans, then; you DO know that today, February 28, 2017, is MARDI GRAS DAY 2017!!!

Soooooooo... Yours Truly CCG is screaming from the mountaintops, HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2017 to ALL of My CRAZY COOL GROOVY!!!  Family, Friends, Frats, Fans, Followers, Frenemies, and FANTABULICIOUSTICAL Funky Fresh Fly Folks of ALL Colors, Shapes, Sizes, Flavors, Persuasions, and Denominations in New Orleans and beyond who are in the midst of the mix, of celebrating FAT TUESDAY 2017!!!

PEACE, LOVE, And FUNKY FRESH FLY FAT TUESDAY BLESSINGS;

-CCG

WATCH In AMAZEMENT As NATE ROBINSON Goes BETWEEN DEFENDER'S LEGS!!!

Watch NBA D-LEAGUE Team DELAWARE 87ERS  5'9" Point Guard NATE ROBINSON go between the legs of defending RAPTORS 905 7'2' Center #32 EDY TAVERES during a 110 - 96 loss to the RAPTORS on Saturday, February 26!!!

-CCG

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PHOTO SURFACES Of LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE Candidate ROBBIE GATTI As BLACK-FACED TIGER WOODS!!!

Monday, February 27, in BOSSIER CITY, LA, LOUISIANA HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES Candidate ROBBIE GATTI (R: BOSSIER CITY) said a photo that has surfaced of him in blackface was from "a good night at church" now turned into "negative political mud."

The photo appeared on The Hayride, a political blog.

ROBBIE GATTI is also an ORDAINED MINISTER.

 The BATON ROUIGE ADVOCATE (The ADVOCATE) reports he said he was dressed as Professional Golfer TIGER WOODS, and the photo was taken at a fall festival 15 years ago.

Candidate ROBBIE GATTI said;

"15 years ago, my church held a fall festival, where all the volunteers were told to dress as a famous person. Tiger Woods was at the height of his popularity, as a world champion, and that was who I was dressed as. Shortly after this event, I was ordained into the church. As a medical professional, ordained minister and military officer, I live my life seeing only character and I stand by that. I'm sad that my opponents have taken a good night at church and turned it into negative, political mud, but I'm confident the voters of Bossier will not fall for their desperate attacks."

 Gatti is in the race to replace Rep. MIKE JOHNSON (R: BOSSIER CITY), who in December 2016, was elected to the U.S. HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES.

The SPECIAL ELECTION is Tuesday, March 25, 2017.

-CCG

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#BLACKGIRLMAGIC #BLACKGIRLSROCK: RED CARPET @ 2017 ACADEMY AWARDS!!!

AVA DUVERNAY


Sunday night in HOLLYWOOD, the ACADEMY Of MOTION PICTURES ART And SCIENCES presented their coveted OSCAR Statues at the 89TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS at the HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLANDS CENTER!!!

Feast, Salivate, and Lick Your Lips over some of our favorite CCG Glamorous Gems who catwalked their candy cakes down the 2017 OSCARS RED CARPET

-CCG






BRIANNA  PEREZ





CHRISSY TEIGEN







CYNTHIA ERIVO






\HALLE BERRY






JANELLE MONAE





JOI McMILLON






MIMI VALDES








NAOMIE HARRIS







OCTAVIA SPENCER





PRIYANKA CHOPRA






ROBIN ROBERTS






RUTH NEGGA






SALMA HAYEK






SHOHREH AGHDASHLOO






TARAJI P. HENSON






VIOLA DAVIS







ZURI HALL


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The 2017 OSCARS On THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER MAG!!!

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER got 19 HOLLYWOOD A-LISTERS attempt to explain, Why the OSCARS STILL MATTER, and/or; WHY The OSCARS NO LONGER Matter, in the 2017 OSCARS ISSUE of THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Magazine!!!




GAYLE KING said;

"I lived in Turkey when I was a kid, from first grade to sixth grade, so I didn't grow up thinking, "I've got to watch the Oscars." In my early 20s was when I started watching it — and I've just been hooked ever since.

The first time I got to go was [in 1986] when Oprah was nominated for best supporting actress in The Color Purple. And it was just dazzling. We were in L.A. that weekend, and everyone kept coming up to her and saying, "You're going to win. I voted for you." And I believed it. She was petrified and mortified because she had this dress, and the day before the Oscars [she tried it on and] it was too big. So she asked the tailor to come and take it in. He then made it too small. And she discovered that an hour before the show. So she was sitting there thinking, "Please don't call my name, please don't call my name, please don't call my name." Because of her dress! Prizzi's Honor won that year: Anjelica Huston, also a very good performance. But I really thought Oprah had it because so many people stopped her."

Scientist NEIL DeGRASSE TYSON said;

"The Oscars matter because they give us all something to argue about other than our political differences.

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA said;

"My brain is a compendium of Oscar moments: Tom Hanks' beautiful acceptance speech when he won best actor for Philadelphia in 1994. Roberto Benigni climbing over chairs and wanting to make love to everybody in the world when Life Is Beautiful won best foreign-language film in 1999. Kim Basinger presenting in 1990 and telling the audience that one of the best films of the year, Do the Right Thing, was not nominated. For her to take a stand, 25 years before #OscarsSoWhite, was incredible — and impressive because time has shown the prescience of that film.

I expect we'll see more of that this year. It's a political time, so I imagine the Oscars will look exactly like your Twitter or Facebook feed. Why should we ignore for three hours what we're talking about 24 hours a day?

The Oscars were always a family affair when I was a kid. One sort of unintentional tradition we had every year was during the "In Memoriam" part of the show. My family called it the "She died?" section because my dad, who is pop culture-oblivious, would always go, "She died? He died? She died?!" the whole time. So, it was very sad and yet also very funny watching my dad catch up."

-CCG

#BLACKGIRLSROCK #BLACKGIRLMAGIC ALFRE WOODARD 2017 OSCARS SISTAHS SOIREE!!!

In 2009, CHOCOLATE-COVERED Actress ALFRE WOODARD decided to put together a PRE-OSCARS PARTY that celebrated BLACK WOMEN In HOLLYWOOD

Wednesday, February 22, in HOLLYWOOD, the ALFRE WOODARD 8th ANNUAL OSCARS SISTERS SOIREE took place at the the BEVERLY WILTSHIRE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL in LOS ANGELES.

The 2017 Guest List included LaTanya Richardson, Chandra Wilson, Lorraine Toussaint, Tessa Mae-Thompson, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Yolanda Ross, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kim Wayans, Rashida Jones and Loretta Devine, Beverly Todd, Octavia Spencer, Edwina Findley, Viola Davis, Diahann Carroll, Aja Naomi King, Ruth Negga, Cynthia Erivo, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Rosario Dawson and Adepero Oduye.

-CCG







AISHA TYLER





AJA NAOMI KING





CHANDRA WILSON





OCTAVIA SPENCER




RASHIDA JONES




ROSARIO DAWSON

RUTH NEGGA

TESSA THOMPSON

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS

VIOLA DAVIS

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EMAYATSKI CORINEALDI & AJA





ANGELA BASSETT, YOLANDA ROSS, & RUTH







OCTAVIA SPENCER, VIOLA DAVIS, & RUTH






MARGARET AVERY, VIOLA, & CYNTHIA ERIVO





DIAHANN CARROLL & ALFRE WOODARD




KIM WAYANS, LATANYA JACKSON, EMAYATSKY




LORRAINE TOUSSAINT, DIAHANN, & BEVERLY TODD






ROSARIO DAWSON, ALFRE, & RASHIDA JONES





VIOLA, TRACEE, & ROSARIO









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I LOVE 2 EAT #145: BURGER KING ACQUIRES POPEYES For $1.8 BILLION!!!

THIS post only serves to prove to NEW ORLEANS-born-and-bred Yours Truly CCG that there truly is nothing sacred left in the world!!!

NEW ORLEANS-born/ATLANTA-based POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN is being acquired for $1.8 billion by the Canadian company that owns BURGER KING.

AJC  reports RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL (RBI) announced the planned purchase Tuesday.

Popeyes chose the RBI offer over a competing offer from Arby’s Restaurant Group, another Atlanta-based fast food chain, according to a Bloomberg report.

In an announcement of the deal, RBI said Popeyes will continue to be managed independently “while benefitting from the global scale and resources of RBI.”

RBI said it “plans to continue developing the brand at an increasing pace in the U.S. and international markets in the years to come.

The cash deal equates to $79 a share, a 27 percent premium over Popeye’s 30-day trading average on Feb. 10, when media speculation about a deal surfaced.

Popeyes was founded in New Orleans by Entrepreneur/Restauranteur AL COPELAND in 1972, but later became part of Atlanta-based AFC Enterprises. 

In 2014 the name was changed to Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.

Popeyes CEO Cheryl Bachelder said in a statement, “RBI has observed our successand seen the opportunity for exceptional future unit growth in the U.S. and around the world.”

In addition to Burger King, RBI also owns Tim Hortons, a quick-service chain in Canada.

ULTIMATELY; this means POPEYES is now CANADIAN!!!

-CCG










FREDDYO

CHANDLER JONES, KIRK COUSINS, LE'VEON BELL: Among HOTTEST 2017 NFL FREE AGENTS!!!

Now that the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS have emerged victorious over the ATLANTA FALCONS to become the SUPER BOWL 51 CHAMPIONS, it is time to focus on the next immediate task at hand for the NFL Community - 2017 NFL FREE AGENCY!!!

ARIZONA CARDINALS LB #55 CHANDLER JONES, WASHINGTON REDSKINS QB #8 KIRK COUSINS, and PITTSBURGH STEELERS RB #26 Le'VEON BELL have emerged as being among the hottest names that are being bandied about the league with regards to their availability for bigger, better NFL Player CONTRACTS.


-CCG

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CITY Of INK 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Of LIFE!!!

CITY Of INK TATTOO STUDIO & ART GALLERY (CITY Of INK) (COI) will be holding their 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Of LIFE on tomorrow, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017; 7:00 PM - 12MIDNIGHT ET, at their 323 WALKER STREET location in the HISTORIC CASTLEBERRY HILL DISTRICT of  The ATL!!!

CITY Of INK is owned by ASHEVILLE,NC-native Tattoo Artist/Fine Artist MIYA BAILEY, who has been a part of the ATLANTA ART COMMUNITY for almost 25 years.

CTY Of INK  currently has two locations at 323 Walker Street, and; at 353 Edgewood Avenue in  HISTORIC OLD FOURTH WARD ATLANTA.

The 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Of LIFE will feature works from over 100 ARTISTS and will have a rotation of 8 DJs on the 1s and 2s.

FREE ADMISSION, FOOD, DRINKS, and MUSIC!!!

ALL ART is available for SALE.

Yours Truly CCG hopes 2 C U There!!!

-CCG

#BLACKGIRLMAGIC #BLACKGIRLSROCK: RED CARPET @ 2017 BRIT AWARDS!!!

NAOMI CAMPBELL

The 2017 BRIT AWARDS took place Wednesday, February 22, at The O2ARENA in LONDON, ENGLAND, UK!!!

Feast, Salivate, and; Lick YourLips over some four CCG Luscious Ladies who catwalked their candy cakes down the 2017 BRIT AWARDS RED CARPET.

-CCG

ALESHA DIXON

LIANNE La HAVAS

NAO

RITA ORA

EMELI SANDE

MAYA JAMA

CLARA AMFO

NICOLE SCHERZENDER

MYLEENE KLASS

RAY BLK

NEELAM GILL

LITTLE MIX: JESY NELSON, LEIGH-ANNE PINNOCK, PERRIE EDWARDS, JADE THIRWALL



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