Ok, I thought so too!!! That was ghetto and just RUDE!!!

That is very tacky to me. Back in high school when I worked at Taco Bell, my asst. manager's mom died, why did she bring pictures to show us of her mother lying in her casket? :mad: :confused: :mad: :eek: :(

Well, when my father passed away, I took pictures BEFORE the services, BEFORE anyone got there. Those pictures have not been seen by anyone except my mother, my sister and myself. They are safely put away in a safe deposit box and have been for over 20 years.

I took pictures of my granny in her casket last year for my mom. I burned them to a cd and have never looked at them since. My mom wanted me to take them b/c Edith Mae was so sharp in her hat, gloves, etc. But, I could never bring myself to ever look at them....

Where I grew up (Mississippi), it was a common thing to take pics of the deceased at funerals.

Why oh why..
 

I decided to take a look at wireimage to view pictures from ODB's funeral. WHY OHHHHHHHH WHYYYY does a caption read "Passion Jones, Kirshana Rucker and Suzanne Dirt McGirt's Babies Mothers." :rolleyes:

This lady at my mom's church sent my sister the VIDEOTAPE of her son's funeral in the mail. There were these 10-15 minutes shots of her son in the casket, etc. My sister was SPOOKED out. WTF do you send people a videotape in the mail titled "Tony's Homegoing Service". The same woman invited me to her house to watch the tape and look at countless photographs of her son in the casket - at every angle no less. I had to make up an excuse to get the heck out of there.

It's pretty weird - this same woman acutally has a VIDEO LIBRARY of about 30 people's funeral services...and she watches that chit on the regular.

I'm sorry, but is reality TV not enough for you?

It must be a southern thing, cause at every family funeral we always take pictures. I also believe that one of the funeral homes in town take polaroid snapshops of the deceased and give them to the family as part of the funeral package.

I saw part of The View yesterday, and everyone seemed to be all smiles. Still, Star should not have put them on blast in public. That whole conversation could have taken place backstage or somewhere.

Re: Lots and Lots of NEWS
 

FROM THE MIAMI HERALD 11/18/04

R. Kelly report an Internet hoax


An item in Saturday's People column incorrectly reported that R&B singer R. Kelly had been hit with a summons by the family of singer Ashanti, for allegedly making sexual advances toward her younger sister while backstage at a recent awards show.

''This is an Internet hoax and was never reported by The Associated Press,'' said Kristin Gazlay, AP deputy managing editor for national news. ``It's all over the place.''

There is no truth to the item; no charges are pending.

I pass on the funeral pictures. At my friend's funeral in October, her uncle was there with a camcorder. No one else seemed to notice him, but I was staring him DOWN, like "Ohhhh HELL NO!!!" :mad:

I have seen funeral pictures with people posing next to the casket like they are taking one of those polaroids you take at the club!! :eek: :eek:

Sometimes I wonder if I should have taken pictures of my loved ones in their final state, but I know that I would go to PIECES if I ever looked at them.

^^
The idea of funeral pix is just ghoulish to me. I could barely deal with seeing my father at his viewing, so I wouldn't imagine taking pictures.

I first noticed photos being taken at my Great Grandmother's funeral. Now since I work with seniors it's more frequent. I interviewed one lady who had a picture of her husband in his casket blown u that it covered half her room. Another senior had a painting of his wife in her casket. I kept wondering who in the hell would take on a painting assignment like that?

Convicted Church Bomber Dies in Prison
 

Convicted Church Bomber Dies in Prison

Associated Press


MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Bobby Frank Cherry, convicted of killing four black girls in a racially motivated bombing of a Birmingham church in 1963, died Thursday in prison. He was 74.

Cherry died at about 3:30 p.m. in the hospital unit at Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery, a Department of Corrections spokesman said.

Cherry was convicted in May 2002 in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, a gathering place for civil rights demonstators in Birmingham, and was sentenced to life in prison. It was the deadliest act of the civil rights era.

Read the rest here

My family is from a small town in Louisiana. When my uncle died, it was in the local Black paper for about two weeks. WHY DID THE TACKY EDITOR take a picture of my dad and his siblings viewing my uncle's body at the wake and make it the centerpiece of her story. It was so tasteless. WHY???? People mourning the lost of their little brother is not meant for public consumption. I can't stand her!

this is why GC is so interesting; learning about different cultural expressions. I hate funerals anyway but go because they are for the living (respect, comfort for the family), not the deceased.

I always tell my boys "if you go out and get hit by a bus, I'd rather my last earthly image of you be from the last time we kicked it, not laid out in a coffin." But as I said, funerals are for the living, not the deceased.

looks like he won't be r.i.p. anytime soon...
 

according to supa cindy...

Robert and his estranged wife renew their vows.

http://entimg.msn.com/i/300/celeb/De...ce_300x298.jpg

i am sooooooo mad at the 4 year old's name.

Jermaine Jackson files for divorce: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...rmaine_jackson

"Jermajesty" poor baby:rolleyes:

Here's a pic of Jermaine's wife. She's a fashion designer.

http://www.heathermenziesurich.com/D...Alajandra1.jpg

This is why I don't look at people in coffins. That is just an eery image to have in my head. I'll go to the funeral, but I don't view the body. I don't want to remember someone that way.

^^ and the body in the coffin never looks like the person did "in life". I can't imagine taking pictures. For what? You are going to sit and reminisce about the funeral?:confused: And videotaping it? When do you feel the urge to pull out a videotape of someone's funeral to watch it? How does that happen? :confused:

News from MTV.com:

Ruben Hospitalized!!

Black Rob Arrested (AGAIN!!!)


Unfortunately, I am not surprised by either story.

I didn't know it at the time, but my mother's funeral was videotaped. I am actually looking forward to seeing it. Her Pastor's eulogy was beautiful and everyone told me that the words I spoke were so touching. I wrote my remarks out, but ad libbed quite a bit and don't remember much of what I said. I saw my mom, but I was adament that the casket would be closed before the family went in. No final "parting glance" and folks trying to climb in the casket for us. We had already said our goodbyes by that point.

Wow, this is the chick that left Randy Jackson after having kids to marry Jermaine. She actually looks like she has more sense than that.

OMG....has anyone seen this pic of Serena Williams. I deleted it so fast that I didn't even think about posting the link here...y'all she is showing it all with wearing no undies...I ask my friend to send me the email again. If I get it I will post the link to the pic.

Ok, I give up I can't figure out how to post this picture where you have to click on the link and go view it

Their little son, Elliott, is very cute. I've seen pictures of Mrs. DeNiro on the New York Social Diary site. She's a former flight attendant. I'm not mad at Grace. She worked it out, LOL.
:p

Coming next...Star and BGA become parents?
 

Page Six
November 24, 2004 -- WE survived the wedding — next might come Star "Bridezilla" Jones's baby. The large and in-charge star of "The View" — who has never publicly admitted she had stomach-stapling surgery — has been losing the lard to improve her chances of conceiving with new hubby Al Reynolds. :rolleyes: "Everyone assumed Star was dieting to become the perfect bride," an insider tells InTouch Weekly. "While that was a factor, she really wants a baby and knows her chances will improve with every pound lost." Jones' weight loss is for health reasons, said spokeswoman Jennifer Plante: "She's losing weight because she wants to be as healthy as she can be."

Our local paper here reports that Matthew Knowles told a London paper he doesn't care for Jay Z at all and tries to spend as little time as possible with him. I wonder if Daddy's feelings will have real impact if B decides to marry the Jay.

What is up with famous (or relatively famous) white men getting with Black flight attendants? :confused: Bill Mahr (from Politically Incorrect) was date a supposed flight attendant and now she's suing him for millions.

I can't speak to the flight attendant phenomena, but DeNiro's always dated AfAm women. He was with Diahnne Abbott for years and was linked to Naomi Campbell.

Doesn't he have children with Toukie Smith?

Yep a set of twins.

Robert even had a movie out a few years ago which was kind of autobiographical. The movie depicted a young De Niro and the character had a Af Am love interest even though, back in those days it was a NO NO!

He has ALWAYS been linked with sistahs. :D

I just saw a pic of AJ Johnson and Michael Jai White along with an article that they've been dating for about 10 years and finally wanted to go public with their love.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...aches/scan.jpg

Cool.