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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Romance Meets Life

Romance Meets Life

Daddy Time - Joseph Yobo and His Son

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:02 AM PDT


Busy footballer he may be, but when he has his off season and time at home with his family, Joseph Yobo, husband to Adaeze Yobo [see couple love feature], gets to spend quality vacations with his family. He also sets one-on-one time with his young son.

My Wife is My Soul Mate - Matt Damon on Romance and Being a Dad to All Daughters

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 07:16 AM PDT


Hollywood actor, Matt Damon is married to Luciana Barroso and they have three daughters together, Isabella, seven, Gia, four, and two-year-old Stella. The actor is also a stepfather to his wife's daughter Alexia , fourteen, from a previous marriage.


Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso began dating in 2003 and married at New York City Hall in 2005. They renewed their vows in a private wedding ceremony last April on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. In this interview with YourTango, he talks about keeping the romance alive and loving his beautiful daughters.

YourTango: What's it like to live in a house full of girls?
Matt Damon: I don't get a lot of time in the bathroom, but that's okay. I'm surrounded by beautiful girls. I'm a lucky guy.

YourTango: How do you and your wife keep the romance alive?
Matt Damon: We have a two week rule. I'm not away for more than two weeks. I think you need to be with the person you love as much as possible. My wife is my soul mate. I don't like being apart from her.

YourTango: If we went to your house on an average day, what would it look like to an outsider?
Matt Damon: I might make you do diapers! Definitely you would have kids crawling all over you. If you saw me working, you wouldn't believe that anyone could write a script with kids all over him, but I do. I love it.

YourTango: How do you balance work and dad duty?
Matt Damon: I write and then take little breaks. A kid runs in. You give someone a horsey ride and then put that child down, pick up a pen and say, 'Oh, I know the next line for this script.' I also write on the weekends.

YourTango: We have to ask: What's it like to lock lips with Michael Douglas in Behind the Candelabra?
Matt Damon: It's great to kiss Michael Douglas. There are only a few of us who know how great it is. Catherine knows. I know. But I don't kiss and tell.

YourTango: What's your idea of an ideal break time?
Matt Damon: Me and my family on a beach.

YourTango: How does it feel to hit your 40s?
Matt Damon: I wish it was a misprint. I'm on the other side of the hill now.  I'm more than puzzled by it. I don't feel like 40, but then again, I've been working consistently for so many years. And I have four kids! How did all this happen?

YourTango: How do you juggle things so the family can be together when you're on a long shoot?
Matt Damon: I always wanted to work with Clint Eastwood and he offered me Invictus, which was shot in South Africa during the school year. My wife and I flew out our entire family, but also our eldest's class of 11-year-olds for a 10-day trip during the school holidays. We arranged it with the school and the kids did a school project there. They learned all about Mandela. It was such a great trip because my family was together and the kids didn't lose any school time. There is always a way to work it out.

YourTango: So many people are Matt Damon fans. Who are you a fan of in the entertainment world?
Matt Damon: I really like Bruce Springsteen. When I did my movie Promised Land, I heard his album Wrecking Ball. John Krasinski and I went to a Springsteen concert and I even talked to Bruce after the show about how he feels about America and communities.

Magazine Covers - Michelle Obama on Parade

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 06:04 AM PDT


Michelle Obama covers this week's edition of Parade, talking about the next steps in her Let's Move campaign against obesity, her growing teenage daughters, and life in the White House. Below are excerpts from the cover story on Parade.


On why she no longer sports the bangs that caused such a sensation.
You know, it's hard to make speeches with hair in your face!

On why she chose a leadership role on the issue of childhood obesity in America.
When we started, there were people who were thinking, 'Oh, that's not an issue. Why is she picking that?' But in a short amount of time we have turned a challenging problem into one where there are glimmers of hope and change. Our goal is to see the numbers reduced in a generation.

On thinking about where Malia will go to college.
You know, I am really trying to tone that way down. Because kids are under unreasonable pressure, and it can destroy a high school experience.

On the rules she has set for the Obama daughters as they grow older.
I give them as long a leash as they can handle. What I tell my kids is, I'm preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen time rules.

On whether her recent description of herself as "a single mother" was an acknowledgement of the pressure that comes with always making the decisions about her kids.
That's absolutely right. When you have a husband or a partner who's either traveling for work or has huge responsibility … and I give my husband credit—he knows who their friends are, he knows what their schedule is. But he's not making the calls to the dance studio to figure out what classes they're taking next year … I think it's important for both parents to shoulder that [responsibility]. I tell my kids, "I am thinking about you every other minute of my day."

On the approach of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.
I have immense hope. We just finished our visit to Africa and spent time on Robben Island with one of President Mandela's cell-block mates. Mandela took a lot of the lessons from Dr. King's time to heart … To come back to the United States, with an African-American president who has been influenced by both King and Mandela, that is a reason to be hopeful about all that Dr. King sacrificed.

On whether she thinks having an African-American family in the White House has moved the needle.
Absolutely. Children born in the last eight years will only know an African-American man being president of the United States. That changes the bar for all of our children, regardless of their race, their sexual orientation, their gender. It expands the scope of opportunity in their minds. And that's where change happens.

On whether there will be a female president in her lifetime.
Yes, I think the country is ready for it. It's just a question of who's the best person out there.

On whether she sees Secretary Clinton getting the job.
She hasn't announced anything, so I'm certainly not going to get ahead of her. [laughs]

On whether she will ever run.
No.

On her thoughts about turning 50 in January.
I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I'm eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-, 90-year old.

Wow, such an inspiring woman!

Funny Video - Officer Titus Enters One Chance

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 07:16 AM PDT



A comedy skit about Titus, a traffic law enforcement officer and his hilarious adventures with Lagos traffic offenders. Very funny ending. I don't think Officer Frank deserved what he got, what do you think?

Beninese Singer, Lace in Gbabe [Official Video]

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 09:48 AM PDT



The original song Gbabe by Lace features Olamide, but unfortunately Olamide did not make it into this video directed by Matt Max. The video shows Lace singing in his Beninese mother tongue [Egun],Yoruba and English, while trying to win back the heart of his love interest.

Quote of the Day - Are You Afraid?

Posted: 18 Aug 2013 02:04 AM PDT
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