August 29th, 2008

Jennifer Hudson performed her rendition of the national anthem Thursday afternoon at Mile High Stadium in Denver to kick off the final day of the Democratic National Convention.

On Thursday, more than 84,000 people jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Sen. Barack Obama accept his historic nomination.

These challenges are not all of government’s making, but the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush. . . . I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and independents across this great land: Enough!”

According to TMZ, The Game is being charged with battery by the Hawthorne City Attorney’s Office. The charge in question stems from a confrontation with his cousin Robert “Kirky” Kirkwood one month ago, where a dispute about money occurred during a family member’s funeral. After an exchange of heated words, The Game allegedly punched his cousin, who retaliated by calling the police and reporting the incident. Because The Game is already on probation for a firearms offense earlier this year, a battery violation could make him subject to another stint in jail.

Nikki Alexander, popularly known as Hoopz due to her love of basketball as a fan and a player, is an American actress,and model, best known as the winning contestant in the first season of the VH1 reality show, Flavor of Love, after a 10-episode nationally televised competition. Alexander is set to star in her own DVD series and two movies in 2008. She is of African American and Italian descent.