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Blingy 411: Sneak peak of This weeks Episode of family by the ton

1/23/2018

Blingy Greetings,

Have you been following the show with me? So much is going on within the family and I have been on the edge of my plush blingy blue love seat waiting to see if they are going to follow through with their liquid diets and get the surgery with Dr. Procter. Click the link to see this blingsclusive footage from tomorrow's episode....

https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/family-by-the-ton/videos/naomi-finds-out-if-shes-approved-for-surgery

Tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 10/9c on TLC’s FAMILY BY THE TON, Naomi has been on her liquid diet for two weeks and it has been the hardest thing she has ever done. After almost giving in to stress and quitting, she decided to stick with it. Now it's time for her to finally learn if she has lost twenty pounds and can have the weight loss surgery. Drew is also on his diet but, after a successful first weigh-in, decides that maybe he doesn't have to stick to the liquid diet as closely as the doctors say. Then, after the sudden death of a loved one, Chitoka does some serious soul-searching when her weight causes her to be unable to attend the funeral. She decides she can no longer live life trapped on her bed. Chitoka works with a physical trainer and challenges herself to walk to her living room. After much pain and struggle, will she be able to walk again?

We will be watching the show live at 10e/9c on TLC!

Blingy LUV,

Konfident Miss Bling

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#Blingy411: Dequan Jones 2nd Annual Jet Jones Foundation Back to School Mixer

8/5/2017

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Blingy Greetings,

Blingy Luv to The B Firm PR for inviting out to cover this event with an amazing cause!
Professional Basketball player Dequan Jones and his wife hosted their 2nd annual back to school drive at Stats Atlanta. I had a chance to interview Dequan to ask him a few questions about the foundation and my blingy question of the night, "If there is anything you can think of that you would like for me to bling out for you, what would it be?" Check out the interview here if you missed it on Facebook Live!

When: Thursday August 3rd 2017
Where: Stats- Downtown Atlanta
Cause: Party for A Purpose- Happy Hour Mixer
For: Dequan Jones, Jet Jones Foundation

Also, I got a chance to work the room with the BlingStick & BlingRing to take some blingtastic flicks of the event as well! Via Dequan's Instagram page he collected over 800+ pounds of school supplies and more donations are still coming in!
That's amazing! Thank you Dequan for creating this amazing foundation to help build the youth of our future!
If you would like to donate to the Jet Jones Foundation the information is listed below:

www.jetjonesfoundation.org

Blingy LUV!

~Konfident Miss Bling~

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Blingy 411: Actress T'Keyah Crystal Keymah to Serve as Artist in Residence at FAMU

8/5/2017

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August 4, 2017

Actress T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh to Serve as Artist-in-Residence at FAMU

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – This fall, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) theatre students will have the unique opportunity to train with one of the institution’s most accomplished alumni in Hollywood.

T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh, internationally acclaimed and award-winning performer, director, writer and producer, will become FAMU’s first W.K. Kellogg Foundation Artist-in-Residence in the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH) theatre program.
Keymáh, who has returned to the University on several occasions and is also the namesake of an endowed scholarship, views the position as an opportunity to pay it forward.

“I can’t miss this opportunity,” she said. “I can’t forget what it’s like being on the other side. I can’t forget being that student wishing that somebody I knew from television or film would come and visit me. I come back and perform because I loved when people came to my school and performed,” Keymáh said.

After first gaining national fame as a regular cast member on the comedy show “In Living Color,” Keymáh also gained notoriety for her role as Erica Lucas on the CBS sitcom “Cosby” and as Tanya Baxter on the Disney Channel sitcom “That’s So Raven.” She recently completed the first season of her newest series, “There's Johnny,” a comedy produced for NBC's digital platform, Seeso, in which she plays Johnny Carson's secretary Roz.

Keymáh earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre from FAMU in 1984 and received an honorary doctorate from FAMU in 2011. She wants to share the wisdom she has gained over the years with her students.

“I intend to bring my experience as a series regular on six on-camera series to the classroom, in addition to what I learned on and off the set,” Keymáh said.

Valencia Matthews, Ph.D., CSSAH dean, believes having Keymáh as the theatre program's first Artist-in-Residence is significant and underscores her willingness to give back to the program and the University in general.

“The fact that T’Keyah loves and supports FAMU and the Essential Theatre has been demonstrated consistently, and in many ways, over the past 30 years. She inspires loyalty, so it was an easy decision to select her as the first Kellogg Artist-in-Residence for the Essential Theatre,” Matthews said.

Matthews believes having Keymáh on campus for an extended period and the overall Artist-in-Residence program will leave a meaningful and lasting impression on FAMU students. 

“It is an exciting opportunity to have an individual of T’Keyah’s prestige to share her professional experiences with our students. It also leaves a lasting impression for them to see our alums return to the very place where their training began. We look forward to having her as an addition to our theatre faculty for the next several months,” Matthews said.

In addition to teaching an acting for the camera class, Keymáh will also conduct three workshops and will direct “The Nacirema Society” by Pearl Cleage, which will be the first play in the Essential Theatre’s 2017-2018 season.

Ultimately, Keymáh said she believes historically Black colleges and universities should be at the forefront of what Black theatre is, and she hopes to help raise the bar during her time as an instructor.

“As people of color in an industry where people of color are horrendously underrepresented, we have to be the standard-bearers,” she said.

Future plans for the Kellogg Artist-in-Residence Program include an annual rotation between the theatre and music programs respectively.

"Next year the music department will have the opportunity to select an artist of its choice to enhance programming in that area,” Matthews said.

Funding from the Kellogg Foundation plays a critical role in FAMU’s performing arts programs. In 1993, a grant from the foundation attracted top-notch theatre faculty and staff such as Matthews, Luther D. Wells and Carey B. Robinson. It also led to the establishment of an Eminent Scholar Chair and now Artist-in-Residence Program to be shared between theatre and music.

The program provides the opportunity for the Essential Theatre and Department of Music to foster intellectual, creative and professional growth among artists, students, faculty and staff.

For more information on Keymáh, visit: www.tkeyah.com.

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BLingy Music Review: Mary J. Blige - Thick Of It

11/12/2016

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Blingy Greetings,

If you know me... Shavonne P Owens aka Konfident Miss Bling... You know I love me some Mary J. Blige! The creation of my entertainment report, "The Blingy 411" was inspired my girl MJB!
So, we know about her going through her divorce with Kendu. Everyone was saying, "Awwww mannnn! You know Mary is about to come out with a fire album!" LOL! True enough, she came through for the nation with her new single, "Thick of it"! Mary didn't come to play, she came to slay! Ok? LOL

BlingItOrStingIt?

I say BLING IT BABY!!!! I Blingy LUV this song!!!!!
This room was full of melanin from her brown and even skin tone to the bronzed mirrored room she shot this video in with that blingtastic gold top she was wearing. Also, MJB represented for NY with her Yankees snapback as she showed her amazing figure and she "flickbanged" her blonde "Ike Turner bob" which was superfly!!!! The room was shimmery gold and she made sure she included her classic dance moves as she did shimmy or 10 across the room a few times throughout the video!

#Blingy411- Did you know?

Did you know that Jazmine SUllivan wrote this song? Yes! She penned "Thick Of It" and as of today it became Mary's fifth No. 1 on the Adult R&B songs (Billboard)! Mary's album Strength of A woman will debut later this year! "Thick of it" is the warm up anthem for the album to get us prepared for what she will deliver on these tracks for 2016-17.

Mary J. Blige's 'Thick of It' Has Fastest Climb to No. 1 in Over 20 Years on Adult R&B Songs.
Congratulations Mary! It's another moment in time where she has broken a record in music literally! Check the video out below for yourself and comment your blingy thoughts on this song!

Blingy LUV!

Konfident Miss Bling

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Konfident Miss Bling is back!

2/1/2015

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Blingy Greetings,

Your Blingy Konfident Radio Diva is back! It's been almost 2 years since I wrote anything here. Ive been writing in my journal but I miss expressing myself with my Bling Radio Family! The break was much needed, but it's over now! No more lacking! It's about to be an interesting & blingtastic ride! I've started taking courses to be a Certified Life Coach, Im just about finished and I'm very excited about this journey! As of today, Feb. 1st 2015 I will continue to spread love and positivity through my words and thoughts.

You will be able to feel the words I write in my blogs come off of your laptops and phone screens. You will be able to envision the photos I post as if you were there! You will be able to smell the food that I post. Dance with me as I play the music.... You can live vicariously through me because I will be doing food reviews, business reviews, music reviews, and traveling covering events that I always wanted to cover this year from Huntsville, Alabama to the other side of this country!

Im going to do a tour of Huntsville because everyone keep asking me what is here and why am I here. Im here because this is where GOD has led me to be. I promise its all him because Im a City girl from the Westside of Chicago and I never question the Lord because he has never failed me and being here has been life changing and some of the best days of my life!

My radio schedule for this month is full! You can come here to the blog and check the schedule or check the radio schedule with links to each guest on the show by clicking on the BRS Features tab. Im looking forward to connecting with and inspiring you!

Blingy LUV!

~Konfident Miss Bling~

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Blingy 411: Sneak peak of This weeks Episode of family by the ton

#Blingy411: Dequan Jones 2nd Annual Jet Jones Foundation Back to School Mixer

Blingy 411: Actress T'Keyah Crystal Keymah to Serve as Artist in Residence at FAMU

BLingy Music Review: Mary J. Blige - Thick Of It

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