Don't Let the Prometheus Trailer Fool You!

If you didn't know Idris was in the upcoming movie, Prometheus, you would never believe it from one of the TV trailers out there. I've seen three different trailers for the movie so far, and I can tell you that if you blink just one time during one of those trailers, you will literally miss my boo!

Oh but someone wised up and did a different trailer that focuses mostly on Idris' character, Janek. If you haven't seen it yet, I'm here to tell you that Idris is all up in this movie!

Everyone, please go see Prometheus! It opens June 1, 2012.

IMDB says...  

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Here's the main trailer... 

The Atheist and the Bear

One of my all-time favorite jokes is called The Atheist and the Bear. This joke is all over the internet and has been around for a long time. Because the joke is longer than most, I decided to do a short screencast (video) to help you follow along. Like to hear it? Here it goes...

Now This is How You Get Me Hyped for a Basketball Game!

See what IDRIS ELBA really stands for!

To show my dedication to Idris (and because I have nothing better to do than to think of him), here are some important, legitimate facts about Idris using the letters of his name:

Idrissa (his real first name...he shortened it to Idris)
DJ Driis (his official DJ name)
Russell "Stringer" Bell (his breakout role in The Wire)
Isan Elba (his daughter)
September 6, 1972 (date of birth)

English accent (that which melts my heart)
London, England (born and raised)
Big Driis the Londoner (nickname)
Akuna (his middle name)

That Lucky Be-yatch (But I love her too!)

So I just heard that Taraji P. Henson (Benjamin Button, Hustle and Flow, Baby Boy) will be starring with my hubby in a new thriller called "No Good Deed."  The movie is about a former district attorney (Taraji) and her two small children who are terrorized and kidnapped from their home when she invites a handsome stranger in to wait for help after his car ran off the road.  Hmmmm...if that were me, HE would have been the one kidnapped...NOT ME!

One of the directors on the movie is from Idris' tv hit, Luther. Hopefully he knows that no woman in her right mind wants to see Idris get killed off in a movie EVER AGAIN, so I'm hoping there will be a huge plot twist and Tariji's character falls in love with her kidnapper/terrorist. I would.

The movie should be out sometime in 2013.  I can't wait!!!!!

Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson

Who is Nelson Mandela and Why Do I Care?

Because my future husband is going to portray him in movie, that's why!

Idris has signed on to play civil rights leader Nelson Mandela in an upcoming biopic.  Apparently since I am black and was born in the 60's, I'm supposed to know all about Mandela. But I really don't know much about him, and I've never been interested or politically-inclined enough to find out.  All I know is that he is a civil rights leader who went to jail for a whole lot of years and has a wife named Winnie (as in "the Pooh"). Other than that, I have no idea what he went to jail for. And if he was that great at leading civil rights then why doesn't he have his own holiday or something?

Anyway, I guess I'll be learning all about Winnie's husband soon! The movie, which doesn't have a release date yet, is called "Long Walk to Freedom," and I will be in the theaters on opening weekend to support my man! I'm soooo proud of him for getting this role! He's a terrific actor and I know he's going to make Mandela proud.  I think I feel another Golden Globe coming on! Maybe even an Oscar!

Nelson Mandela

Idris Elba

Notice how I was able to find similar pictures of the two? I'm so proud of myself!  :-)

An Ode to Idris Elba Movies

SOMETIMES IN APRIL, my GIRLFRIENDS and I get together for our annual CALL OF DUTY--to kick back with some SOUL FOOD and a couple of martinis and tell CRUCIAL TALES about all the TAKERS and LOSERS in our lives. We have an ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS time eating, drinking and discussing our ONE LOVE: FAMILY AFFAIRS.  

The last time we were together, we reminisced about PROM NIGHT and how OBSESSED our classmate LUTHER was with a girl named BELLE MAMAN (who later became his wife).  Holy THOR! If a guy even thought about going anywhere near Belle, Luther went AMERICAN GANGSTER on him and the REAPING was a WORLD OF TROUBLE!  Diane BRAMWELL told us that Luther has a HUMAN CONTRACT out on a guy named JONNY ZERO.  Apparently, Jonny, a badass ROCKNROLLA, had been picking up Belle at THE OFFICE every Thursday night for the past year to go on a secret rendezvous. When Luther found out, he was livid! He turned into a raging, homicidal madman and vowed to HACK off Jonny’s "SILENT WITNESS!" Jonny’s been hiding BEHIND THE MASK ever since, but Luther is relentless. INSIDERS say that Luther has THE BIG C now and only has six months to live. They say if he doesn’t get revenge on Jonny before he dies, his LEGACY to his UNBORN child will be to kill Jonny’s kids. What is the city of  PACIFIC RIM  coming to??? Do we have to call up the NUMBER 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY to get some LAW and ORDER around here? Hopefully those wannabe-CSI:MIAMI cops will get everything SORTED out soon and lock Luther up at the SPACE PRECINCT before Jonny enters the DANGERFIELD.

Well, the VERDICT is in…time flies when you’re having fun!  My girlfriends and I went down to THE WIRE during our last gathering and didn’t get a chance to talk about LONDON’S BURNING topic: the GHOST RIDER spotted by the bridge last week.  So now we’ve made plans to get away more often.  We know our spouses won’t like it, but hey, IT’S ALL IN THE GAME, and these DADDY’S LITTLE GIRLS know how to handle their men! Our next get-together will be THIS CHRISTMAS, and then again 28 WEEKS LATER.  And to top it all off, Jackie, who's married to THE GOVERNOR and runs the 2POINT4CHILDREN foundation, insists on footing THE BILL!

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Question: How many of these movies/TV shows starring Idris Elba have you seen?