Happy New Year DA,

          its me Eric AKA ei9 back again and ready to unleashed another batch of great Journals/Poems for another year and God lets just hope that 2017 will be much happier and cleaner year than last and i'm not talking about all the celebrity deaths either, its also about all the terriorist attacks overseas in countries like France, Belgium, Sonalia, Saudi Arabia, Germany,Italy and Turkey and all the Racial and Homophobic tenisions in this country as well as we are a Divided Nation right now and will have a New President in Office by the name of Donald J. Trump( Still Can't believe it , folks!) But enough of my ranting for now. Well The Grim Reaper known as 2016 is finally gone(Good Rididance!) But He still look two more Victims on his way out the door First the day after we Lost Our Galaxy Princess Carrie Fisher, We Lost her equally Beloved and Popular Mother in America's Sweetheart in  Ms. Mary Francis Reynolds(1932-2016) better known to all of us as Debbie, She was indeed a True hard working beauty legend that for Six decades entertained millions of fans though TV, stage and flim. She was born in El Paso Texas before her and her family moved to Burbank, California when she was 16 where she won a Beauty Contest and was discovered by Hollywood and at the tender age of 19 made her flim debut in Three little words in which she won critically acclaimed praises that led to her Iconic breakout role in the 1952 all time Musical hit "Singing in the Rain"' with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. That was only the beginning for her soon to be legendary Career with hit Follow up Movies'' Tammy and the Bachelor(1957) in which her song''Tammy'' Hit Number on the Billboard music Charts. How the West was won(1963), The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964) in which won her an Oscar nomination for best actress, The Singing Nun(1960) and one of My all time  Childhood non-Disney Favorites Charlotte's Web(1973) in which she played the friendly Female spider Charlotte who rescues and later befriends The farm Pig Wilbur and I even cried when Charlotte died near the end of the movie. She was a big star on stage and on Television as well "The Debbie Reynolds show(1969) in which she received a Golden Globe nomination, then later in life received a Emmy Nomination for her role as Grace's mom in Will and Grace and even reached out to the younger generation in her role as Aggie Cronwell in Disney's Halloweentown series. She continued to perform successfully into her eighties receiving Lifetime achievement and Humanitarian awards in her golden years. She died of a stroke at the age of 84 but we know that she just can't live alone without her daughter carrie who she lost a day earlier and the two as most Mothers and Daughters had there own share of Ups and Downs thru the years but at the end Bonded together and were more like Twin Sisters loving each other to the end. Ms. Reynolds is survived by her son Todd Fisher and her Granddaughter and Carrie's Daughter Billie Lourd who is a beautiful young woman herself and even appeared with her mom Carrie in last year's The Force Awakens. My condolences to the entire Fisher/Reynolds families and Rest in Paradise Ladies you're Perfect Angels In God's Kingdom  and  now the Last celebrity Victim of 2016 is.. No its Not Mariah Carey's career even though She gave a lousy performance in Dick Clark's New year's Rocking Eve last Saturday Come on Miss Carey if you're gonna sing Then SING! don't be flirting your body like a MILF cougar trying to get younger men Like  Madonna and even she grew up a bit from that act and now trying to be a better mom for her now teenage children. not back to the story We lost William Christopher(1932-2016) the Chicago,Illnois area Native who was best known for his TV Roles as Private Lester Hummelon on Gomer Pyle USMC and then as Father Mulcany in the Legendary Long running TV series of the 1970's and 1980's M*A*S*H. he was also a proud man doing charity work in his spare time for the National Austic Society in which one of his sons  has austism and even he and his wife wrote a book about raising him in 1985. He died of Cancer at the age of 84 on new year eve. Rest in Paradise Mr. Christopher and all those who left us in 2016 no matter if they are Rich and famous or not.
       Well its a New Year now and for me I can't wait for all the great new flims that will be coming out this year and here's my top ten list of the movies I'm looking forward seeing in 2017!
10.Beauty and The Beast(Disney)- the lovely and talented Emma Watson all grown up from her days in the Harry Potter era lands the title role as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast and Disney hopes that It continues it recent live reboot success that they had with Maleficent, Cinderella and The Jungle Book!
9.Transformers The Last Knight- The Fifth Movie in the Michael Bayformers saga and Has Optimus Prime turned evil from his trip back from space, Mark Walburg is also back as well.
8.Thor: Ragnarok- Chris Hensworth AKA The God of Thunder is Back and he got a few of his Avenger Friends with him in the Incredible Hulk played once again by Mark Ruffalo, Doctor Strange played by Benedict Cumberbatch and even a Black Girlfriend in Valkyrie played by Tessa Thompson as they battled not only Thor's baddie Brother Loki Played by the wonderful Tom Huddleton but the even more powerful enemy in Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster
7. Justice League- DC Comics' Answer to Marvel's The Avengers finally gets on the Big screen and the big question is Darkseid the main baddie?, How will Superman come back from his Coma and will the third time be a charm for Zack Snyder after his disapointments Man of Steel and Batman Vs. Supeman, anyway can't wait to see Bats, Aquaman, Flash, Cyborg,Supes and a certain Amazon Warrior Princess that will also have her own movie this year more on her later
6.The Fate of The Furious- the first movie of this great funloving fast car series without the late Paul Walker but Everybody else is back Including Vin Diesel, Tyrese, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez and yes Dwayne "The Rock'Johnson as well plus some new characters in Helen Mirrem and my girl Charlize Theron as the main baddie.
5.War for the Planet of the Apes- ALL hail Caesar and the Apes!! they are back for one final battle with Humanity for the planet Earth and this time they battle the Evil Human Colonel played by Woody Harrelson and if this movie as good as the other two Watch out!
4.Blade Runner 2049- yes thiry years after the Original sci-fi cult classic, Harrison Ford is back as Deckard this time on the run from the police and Rose Gosling is the man that is looking for Him the movie also stars Jared Leto and Ana De Armas as maybe the new Racheal to the BR series and love intest to Gosling's character.
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2- The Entire Gang of misfit spaceheroes that we love are back, Chris Pratt as Star Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drak,Bradley Cooper as Rocket the Raccoon and Zin Diesel as Baby Groot as they go thru some futher adventures outer space and the movie also stars Karen Gilliam as Nebula and including Glenn Close as irani  Rael and Kurt Russell as the Planet Ego. 
2.WONDER WOMAN- finally at last the legendary Icon and Grandmama of all Superheroines gets her own Movie, Gal Gadot was indeed Amazing in her limited time as Diana Prince in last year's Disppointing Batman Vs. Superman Now we all can't wait to see her shine on her own as she leaves her home Island of Themyscira to become ambassor of love, peace and Justice in Man's world! the movie also stars Chris Pyne as Diana's Love interest Steve Trevor, Connie Nielson as Diana's Mom Queen Hippoltya, Robin Wright' as General Antiope and Lucy Davis as the Immortial Etta Candy(ha-ha!) Please let this be the first DC Movie smash hit but also the first major hit at the box office for superheroines Remember Supergirl? Tank Girl? Barb Wire? Elektra?(Poor Jennifer Garner) and yes Catwoman( Poorer Halle Berry, Ha-ha!) 
and Number ONE.....Yes of Course its STAR WARS EPISODE EIGHT!- we're back seeing our new friends Rey(Daisy Ridgely) Finn(John Boyega), Poe(Oscar Isaac) Lupita Nygon'o as Maz Kanata and BB-8 and of course old ones Mark Hamill as Luke, Anthony Daniels as C-3P0, Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca, and of Course hard to say it now The Late great Carrie Fisher as General Leia Skywalker-Solo as they battled against Leia and Han's son Kilo Ren(Adam Driver), General Phasma (Gwendolyne Christine) and Andy Serkis as supreme Leader Snoke for control of the Galaxy and I know it will be both explosive and emotional and if they don't posts  tributes to both Carrie and Kenny Baker as R2-D2 somewhere in the credits. i'll be pissed off!
   Well my friends 2017 is indeed of to a great start so far No real big celebrity hasn't died yet but we already seen our first big celebrity birth of the new year Congrats to JANET Jackson of being a First time Mommy of 50! she gave birth to a baby boy her and her proud hubby Wissam AL Mana Welcomed son Elssa Al Mana into the world and I know somewhere in Heaven Big Bro Michael is up there smiling down on his loving family! Thank you folks once again for all your great support thru the years and even though 2016 was the worst year ever at least the world didn't end and let's all make 2017 one of the finest years ever. before I go here another poem for you to enjoy in fact its my very first poem that I wrote.
                                                 A Smiling Loving Friendship

A smiling loving friendship is when you make a friend
Who'll be with you until the very end

its a special bond you two will share together
Its that special feeling that will last forever

A Friend is there when he/she has a heart of gold
always being there when the nights are cold

He/She is there when you need a warming hug
When you need to have a heart to tug

its that warming feeling like the sky heaven above
That feels like God is spreading his diving love

A friend is someone that's a symbol of life
That one day he/she might become your husband or wife

You will love him/her like a brother or a sister at first
Then it might  blossom into a romance that can survive the worst

So the next time you see somebody walking in the street give him/her a smile
So that they will know that it give them love and courage to walk the extra mile

We must start loving each other again whatever it possibly take
Because new friendships are not hard to find and make

Until next time America, Eric Isaac ei9 Atlanta, Georgia

"You all know she is, there's very little she isn't" Debbie Reynolds!
                                        

    Hi there once again DA Family,

       Its me Eric again and I hope that you and your loved ones enjoyed your Christmas well Last weekend as I did with my relatives in Georgia! Well 2016 has been indeed the year that no celebrity was safe from the Grim Reaper in 2016 from the World of Sports We Lost Muhammad Ali, Arnold Palmer, Gordon Howe, Craig Sager and Pat Summitt, from the entertainment world We lost Alan Rickman, Doris Roberts, Gene Wilder,Alan Thicke,Florence Henderson, Ken Howard, Zsa Zsa Gabor to name a few to Politics We lost John Mclaughlin, Gwen Ifill, and Nancy Reagan To Journalism and writing We lost Agnes Nixon, Harper Lee, John Sanders and in Music We lost Natalie Cole, David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Maurice White, Merle Haggard, Leonard Cohen, Vanity, Lemmy, and of course Mr.Prince Rogers Nelson. well this week Just as 2016 couldn't get any worse....WHAM! first on Christmas Day we lost Georgios Kyriacos Panayitou(1963-2016) Better known though out the world as George Michael the british born Rock superstar who first burst into the scene with his good friend Andrew Ridgely to form the group WHAM! Before hitting even bigger success as a solo artists was one of the biggest stars in the 1980's along with the likes of Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Whitney Houston ,Bruce Springstein and Billy Joel. he was indeed a trendsetter in his own right and I admit I was shocked at first that I founded out that he was really Gay but like Elton John, Freddie Mercury of Queen and Boy George of Culture Club I didn't care about his life offstage I just loved his music and grew up listening to his musical masterpieces He died of a Heart attack at the age of 53 leaving his heartbroken boyfriend and friends and family that loved him so much. Then Yesterday We lost our Princess from a Galaxy far, far away NOOOOOOOO! that's right Princess Leia is now one of the force Carrie Fisher(1963-2016) the California born native whose famous parents are Actress Mother Debbie Reynolds and Singer father Eddie Fisher who became a star of her own appearing in movies such as Shampoo(1976)
The Blues Brothers(1980) and Hannah and her sisters(1988) but we will always and forever Remember her as princess general Leia Organa Skywalker in the Orginal Star Wars trilogy. I can still remember when I was only five years old My mother took me to see Star Wars for the first time and instantly fell in love with the movie and the great casting of Fisher as Leia, Harrison Ford as Han Solo Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca, Anthony Daniels as C3PO, Kenny Baker who we lost earlier this year as R2-D2 Mark Hamill as the farm boy turned hero Luke Skywalker, The late sir Alec Gulness as Obi Wan Kenobi and of course James Earl Jones as the voice as the Biggest, Biggest Daddy of Villians ever Sith Lord Darth Vader! Its was great memories seeing the crew go from Unwilling partners in A New Hope to jealous romantic rivals in Empire Strikes Back to finally a family along with Lando Carrisian played by Billy Dee Williams that look out for each other in Return of the Jedi as they finally defeated the Empire and Luke and leia finally found out that they were brother and sister and Vader was their father Anakin Skywalker they were both kept safe from the Emperor in thanks to both Yoda and Obi wan. Ms. Fisher was also a successful writer, author and inspirational speaker that wasn't affaid to speak out about her personal demons that she had growing up in Hollywood and still was just as beloved as ever last year when the force Awakens came out and I admit I cried when Han got killed by his son Ben Aka Kilo Ren played by Adam Driver just like I cried when I first heard that carrie died yesterday she suffered a heart attack on the plane last Friday and her ageless beautiful mom Debbie that she was all right but the Grim reaper just couldn't resist taking yet another celebrity soul in 2016 and my childhood took another hit. 
                      Two other people obits for you Successful Comedian Ricky Harris(1962-2016) the Long Beach California Native who was childhood buddies with Rap Legend Snoop Doggy Dogg and become a star of his own with his racy stand up act and his role in the Tv series Everybody hates Chris (2006-08) died at the age of 54 of a heart attack and Richard George Adams(1920-2016) the british born author best known for his legendary novel Watership Down about a small group of Rabbits trying to live a civilize life while fighting temptations with each other died at the age of 96. we were all survived by loved ones and friends that loved them so much Rest in paradise to all of them. Well I got a very Special Top ten List of my personal favorite George Micheal songs and here it is.
10. Wake me up before You Go-Go
9.Don't let the sun go down on me with Elton John
8.Everything She Wants
7.Waiting for that Day/You can't always get what you want
6.Praying for Time
5.Father Figure
4.One More Try
3. A Different Corner
2.Last Christmas
and number one..Careless Whisper(Extended Version) love that sax! Well folks this year has been a doozy and God Hope that 2017 will be a kinder, gentler year I know that sooner or later we will die someday but 2016 has been so maddening sick with all the deaths not only with the rich and famous but also the not so rich  and famous ones as well like all the friends and family we lost during the year with the Police brutality especially to Black folk across the country and those Poor five Police Officers that were killed in Dallas, Texas over the summer as well as the shooting Nightclub massacre in Orlando Florida in which over 50 lives were killed and another 50 lives that were forever Scarred for live as well. Even though we got a New President that we don't like and don't want in the white House coming in January We must take it up to ourselves in making this a better world for our future children and Grandchildren to enjoy and rise above all the fear and hatred. Yes we are a divided nation right now but in order to come together as one we must learn to live together and love together again. Donald Trump may be the new president but Jesus Christ will always and forever our King and we are all God's Children. See ya Next year DA FAMILY sorry no poem this time but some inspirational words from some of the great legends  who left us in 2016.

''I slept with some nerd Hope it was George, I took too many drugs to remember-Carrie Fisher
'' I want to say that I have no problem being in a relationship with a man!-George Michael
'' It Always said that comedy comes from the Dark side anyway- Alan Thicke
  I always do anything and everything to stay active-Florence Henderson
Time is simply how you live your life-Craig sager
'' Dearly beloved we all gathered today to get thru this thing called life-Prince
  I am the Greatest- Muhammad Ali
  Everybody's a teacher if you listen- Doris Roberts
  The road to success is always under construction-Arnold Palmer
  You can't relive your life-John Glenn
  I write funny if I can make my wife laugh when i'm on the right track- Gene wilder                                                                      
  People say that I'm henpecked well let them say it-Gordie Howe!
   I thought Obama ran the best campaign, disciplined very well Organized very, very good I'm impressed-Nancy Reagan
   Hope springs eternal even in Politics- Gwen Ifill
   I don't know where i'm going but I promise you it won't be boring-David Bowie
   You can't always be the most talented person in the room but you can be the most competitive-Pat Summitt

By Eric Isaac ei9 Atlanta, Georgia and in the words to the face of the evil hateful face of 2016....

"Bye-Bye'' John Mclaughlin!