Words can not explain how amazing Bristol & Ian's wedding was in Boston. Thanks for letting us be part of your day. Enjoy the pics.
Georges St. Pierre dominated B.J. Penn on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The UFC 94 main event ended when Penn’s corner called the bout after the fourth round.
Penn, the 30-year-old UFC lightweight champion, fought off takedowns in the first. St. Pierre, the 27-year-old UFC welterweight champion, grabbed gesingle-legs but couldn’t finish them, though he used his length on the feet to score points in the end of the round.
St. Pierre finally finished a single-leg to start the second. He was able to posture up and land a solid left hand to his Hawaiian opponent’s jaw, which helped open a serious pass to side control. St. Pierre landed a right as before Penn got his guard back. Penn showed his flexibility from the bottom, but he could not control St. Pierre, who punched and elbowed from the top.
The French Canadian GSP fed Penn some jabs to open the third. Penn’s nose began to leak blood, and St. Pierre began to dominate. On the ground, St. Pierre passed to side control and punished Penn with short punches and elbows.
The first time Machida dropped Silva was after a knee to the body and a left to the face. Later Machida floored his foe again with a right hand that finished a combination. Then, with the round closing, Machida tripped Silva to the mat and planted a punch on his chin.
The horn sounded, but Silva didn’t get up. Referee Yves Lavigne called the bout, moving Machida’s record to 14-0.
Danica Patrick had two ads for Godaddy.com for tonight's 2009 Superbowl, one about Danica and baseball and one commercial with Danica Patrick in the shower. Video of both commercials are here.
President Barack Hussein Obama was interviewed live by NBC's Matt Lauer before tonight's Superbowl, and Obama and Lauer talked about many topics, including how Obama is getting used to the job, his plans for Iraq and Afghanistan, and who is he is rooting for in the game. There were technical difficulties and one segment where the sound dropped out, was it a conspiracy?? Perhaps Obama revealed that he now knows who really shot JFK, anad they had to block that out? In the video Obama also talked yo Matt Lauer about his now legendary Blackberry.
Jennifer Hudson makes a triumphant return after her horrible family tragedy, singing the national anthem for the 2009 Superbowl. Beautiful moment, regardless about how you usually feel towards the pomp and circumstance of the event.
Akon performs his hit "Beautiful" featuring the great Kardinal Offishall on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 18 (s02e18) is entitled Much I Do About Nothing aka “Blair Waldorf’s Day Off.” In this episode of Gossip Girl Nate catches Vanessa with some other guy. The relationship between Dan and Serena gets more complicated according to the big man Dan. And in other parts of the story, you'll have to watch Gossip Girl Season 2 Episode 18 (s02e18) Much I D' About Nothing for yourself on March 9, 2009, this year's season finale. Above should be the end of Episode 17, and the trailer for episode 18 at the end.
Blair enters a parent-teacher meeting and presents the incriminating photo at hand.. Dan explains to Serena nothing happened between him and Ms. Carr but it is too late. Ms. Carr is fired and Blair is allowed to be reinstituted as student of Constance Billard. In a typical gossip girl twist Blair got lucky her butfather is disappointed in the different side of Blair he saw, and the fact that she lied to him when he asked her if she made up the rumor.
Serena and Dan's relationship hits another dead end when things become too much for them to take. First their parents start dating, then they find out they shared a half brother together, and now the Gossip Girl style mess of the rumor.
Serena goes to apologize to Ms. Carr while admitting regretfully that she was the one who gave the photo to Blair. Later Dan visits Ms. Carr and starts to apologize for how things went down but then she kisses him. Dan, at first, is surprised at her actions. Ms.Carr points out that she doesn't teach at Constance anymore so there is no student-teacher relationship. So Dan obliges and they have sex in the dark of the room. Meanwhile, on the streets, Serena is calling Dan and leaving a message on his cellphone. It is apparent she is trying to make amends with their fractured relationship hoping things can go back to normal and that they will still be together in gossip girl world forever.
A new song made up of Christian Bale and his legendary cursing and ranting tirade, in a remix that's sweeping the web.
Actor Christian Bale's expletive-strewn tirade, which he allegedly made at a film set worker last year, has been remixed as a dance tune. Bale's tirade, which Tmz.com reports was made in July 2008 at director of photography Shane Hurlbut on the set of 'Terminator: Salvation', has become an internet hit after being posted online as a sound file.
Now, Los Angeles producer RevoLucian has remixed the sound file to the soundtrack of a pumping dance tune. Scroll down and click on the video to hear it in full. And you can click here to hear the audio of the original tirade
The latest in the long list of food products recalled due to the bad peanut butter factory is Special K cereal bars.. details below:
As a result of the expansion of Peanut Corporation of America’s recall to include all peanut ingredients produced in their Blakely, Georgia facility since Jan. 1, 2007, Kellogg Company has issued a voluntary nationwide recall for the following products:
No other Special K® products are part of this recall. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection to the above products.
Although these products do not contain any peanut ingredients from Peanut Corporation of America, they were produced at another company’s facility on the same line as products that were made for other companies using potentially contaminated PCA ingredients. For that reason, this voluntary recall is being issued out of an abundance of caution.
Also as a result of Peanut Corporation of America’s expanded recall, the January 16, 2009 Kellogg Company recall of Austin® and Keebler® Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and select snack-size packs of Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies is now expanded to include all code dates. Retailers had previously been advised to remove all of these products from store shelves, regardless of code date, so the vast majority of these recalled products are no longer in the marketplace, but consumers having any of these products in their homes are urged to destroy them.
Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. For more information on Salmonella, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Website at http://www.cdc.gov.
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual, four-day music festival held at Great Stage Park on a 700 acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, known for bringing many of the top names in pop music.
As U.S. troops remain in position outside of Sangala in this new episode of 24, Dubaku seeks another high-value target using the CIP module. While the entire NSA scrambles to locate the breach, the situation rapidly escalates. Season 7 Episode 7 of 24 continues as Paranoid FBI Agent Janis Gold commands from her post, while Jack, Tony, Renee, Chloe and Buchanan follow leads.
According to a TV Guide interview with co-executive producer Manny Coto, "In a sense, 24 season 7 a reboot — in location and personnel. We're going to be introducing a new stable of characters, along with a couple of old ones. Jack starts next season in a very different place than any season so far. [He's] not living under an alias. He's found a place he thinks he belongs and a job he enjoys doing that doesn't involve the government... We're hewing much closer to real life: tighter, more personal, more difficult for Jack. There will not be a ticking clock on a nuclear device [and] the villain is not a terrorist [but] someone with a supremely dark past who's done something horrific and whose ambition is to regain his stature in the world. There may even be a plot thread that doesn't take place on U.S. soil."[5]
24 Writer and Executive Producer Michael Loceff has confirmed, "what we are going for, is really taking this to the personal level", unlike season 6's focus on nuclear threats, Presidential health and possible war. Loceff says "you just can't go much bigger than that, unless you put a spacesuit on Jack Bauer and shoot him into orbit. Which you know, we may get there, but we're not going to be there yet." The show's producers are hinting smaller story lines for the characters, including Jack. Loceff adds, "and how he tries to resolve a particularly thorny conflict in the final episode." Loceff tells us season 7 will focus on smaller and more intense story lines. But the specifics are still a mystery even for Loceff and the writers.
This wild rumor is totally false! Pink spread the gossip during an interview on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". The Grammy-winning songstress couldn't help but spread rumors about the hunky Hollywood star when Ellen asked who Pink was currently dating. The "So What" singer joked, "I'm dating George Clooney," but she had no proof and laughed it off. Good night and good luck to that rumor!
Tonight (February 3) was round 1 of Hollywood on American Idol… and, as expected, emotions ran high and nerves got the best of a lot of the wannabes. Here’s the American Idol Hollywood week recap:
First, we got the rundown on the Kodak Theater and the 147 auditioners that made it through. They go through an Idol Boot Camp with surprise mentor Barry Manilow.
Lil Rounds - she made a big impression at the Hollywood audition and gets a standing o, good judge feedback. Lil moves on.
Nathaniel Marshall - Paula said he’s talented but it was a poor song choice; he has an emotional explanation and makes it through.
Rose Flack - her rehearsals didn’t go well and she’s struggling to find her own voice, but she makes it through.
Audio of 50 Cent's latest interview as he talks to Big Boy on his morning show about the beef with Rick Ross..it's been said but I'll say it again, I'm down to enjoy the buffoonery as long as keep it on wax.
50 Cent calls up Big Boy and speaks extensively on the brouhaha with Rick Ross aka Officer Ricky. He also speaks on the back and forth with Wayne, but at the same time says he thinks Tha Carter 3 deserves to win the Best Rap Album Grammy on Sunday. Interesting audio as usual from 50.
One of the big stories from today's college football signing day, ad Dre Kirkpatrick goes to Alabama:
Dre Kirkpatrick, though, did provide the best line of the day in explaining why he chose Alabama over Texas. First, he thanked God; nothing wrong here whatsoever, but one of his relatives let out a from-the-diaphragm "YEAHHHH," as if he were thanking his favorite wrestler or something. Second, he asked the crowd "Are y'all ready?" He then picked up the Texas hat and said:
There will be video of this (UPDATE: We got it, after the jump), and you will believe that it happened. Kirkpatrick then rooted through a duffel bag, which had a garbage bag inside it, which had a red box inside it, which finally revealed an Atlanta Braves cap. Kirkpatrick plans to protect Chipper in the fourth spot in the lineup and provide some much needed defense at the centerfield position.
The long awaited meeting of the minds between Lil Wayne and Katie Couric on CBS tonight. In the video segment Lil Wayne talked to Katie Couric about being an artistand musician, his thoughts on Katrina and President Bush, and the fact that he is a gangsta. Kaite Couric nodded politely and pretended Lil Wayne was making sense, and Lil Wayne kept a straight face as if he was saying the deepest things you've ever heard. Full video and details from the Lil Wayne Katie Couric interview below:
Here are pictures of Amber Lancaster who is dating Zach Gilford. Maxim bikini model Amber Lancaster was a hometown hottie and of course is super hot.
Watch online American Idol Season 8 Episode 9! This is American Idol Season 8 Episode 9 second round to Hollywood. Will we see the end of the controversy that Katrina Bikini Girl Darrell has created? Not as long as the male gender is in control of this ship.
Check your local cable channel for the schedule of American Idol Season 8 Episode 9. If you didn't watch today, replays of the episode will air later. The show is exciting as ever as the American Idol top 36 will be announced soon, although they have apparently been leaked online already.
all four stars—Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis—and writer-director Michael Patrick King have now signed their deals for another round of Carrie Bradshaw & Co.
In its first weekend alone, Sex and the City opened with almost $58 million in ticket sales, reportedly making it the biggest R-rated comedy opener ever. Budget to make the movie? A cool $65 million.
“I’m very thankful for this decision. I knew that once the facts were heard that justice would prevail. I hope now that we can put this behind us and move forward with our lives.”
Rapper 50 Cent must be sighing one big sigh of relief – or maybe 50 million of them. A state Supreme Court justice in Manhattan has thrown out the $50 million lawsuit brought against 50 Cent by ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins.
Tompkins had claimed that 50 promised to give her half his earnings for the rest of the life, as well as a home he bought. That home burned down last May while Tompkins was still living there.
A statement from the rapper's lawyer says "Ms. Tompkins's claims pertaining to a $50 million verbal contract were entirely frivolous. In dismissing the case before trial, the court is sending a clear message. This is a complete and total victory for 50."
NBC getting all the scoops lately, between this and Katie Couric getting Sully Sullenberger.. this interview should be interesting.
NBC News correspondent Ann Curry has landed the first interview with Nadya Suleman, the alleged baby fanatic who gave birth to octuplets in Bellflower, California last week.
“She left early this morning,” says Socorro Serrano, spokesperson for the Bellflower Medical Center. “It will be a while until the babies can go home. They cannot leave the hospital until the octuplets are near normal newborn weight.”
The NBC interview will take place at an undisclosed time at an undisclosed location, says Michael Furtney, publicist for Nadya Suleman. Michael would not discuss whether or not his client is being paid to tell her story.
NBC officials confirmed that Ann Curry is doing the interview but denied that they are paying Nadya Suleman.
Nadia Suleyman lives in Whittier, California with her parents and six children. The octuplets are still in the hospital, but are all listed in good condition.
Ciara's third major studio album "Fantasy Ride", which was supposed to be dropped on December 9 and then January 2009, is confirmed to be pushed back to spring 2009. "Right now, we are anticipating it for spring 2009," a spokesperson from Zomba Records said in a statement.
The delay happens because "the response to 'Go Girl' wasn't strong enough to ignite an album." Since it was released in late September, "Go Girl", the lead single off Ciara's upcoming LP, could only debut at number 60 and manage to climb to number 26 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "It's a nice setup single because it introduces Ciara's new look and her new body, but it's not the opener."
"Fantasy Ride" lines up Ludacris, Missy Elliott, The-Dream, Young Jeezy, and T-Pain as featured guests. The album is expected to be released as a three-disc album rather than all the tracks on a single CD. Five to six songs will be featured on each disc supplying a different theme. The first disc, entitled "Groove City", contains slow jams similar to her singles on "Ciara: The Evolution". The second disc, called "Crunktown", includes crunk-influenced tracks reminiscing "Goodies". The third disc, named "Kingdom of Dance", provides up-tempo house and freestyle cuts.
Everyone is wondering about the story of Jack the Bookie, since he was mentioned don Jeopardy last night:
Who is Jack the Bookie? Clinton resident Gail Flemmons pulled out a win Thursday during her second appearance on “Jeopardy!” Flemmons was last going into “Final Jeopardy!” with $10,198. But she was the only one who knew the response to the clue: “He was also the U.S.’s best paid sports writer with stories of people like Chicago O’Brien and Jack the Bookie.” Flemmons bet it all and won with the response: “Who is Damon Runyon?” (source)
As cited, Jack the Bookie was one of the characters portrayed in Damon Runyon's stories, about salty old New Yorkers from the 19th Century. Wikipedia says "Damon Runyon spun humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit," "Big Jule," "Harry the Horse," "Good Time Charley," "Jack the Bookie," or "The Seldom Seen Kid."
Honestly, does anybody really care that Michael Phelps smokes pot? Is anyone surprised that Michael Phelps smokes pot? Have you ever heard Michael Phelps talk?
He shouldn't even have to apologize for this.. what more proof do you need that all the overwrought hype about marijuana is exaggerated? If the healthiest guy in the world is doing it, maybe we should all be giving it a shot! I've never smoked weed before but this makes me want to try it out.
After Michael Phelps was depicted in a published photo allegedly inhaling from a marijuana bong, the Olympic great has lost swimming competition privileges and a major endorsement deal.
The Associated Press reports that USA Swimming has suspended Phelps for three months of competition and cut off his financial support during that period.
"This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so many people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero," the federation said in a statement, according to the AP. "Michael has voluntarily accepted this reprimand and has committed to earn back our trust."
The 23-year-old also lost an endorsement deal with cereal and snack maker Kellogg Thursday, the Associated Press reports.
Phelps, who won eight gold medals in the Beijing Olympics, recently apologized for his "regrettable" actions and "bad judgment."
Very funny new episode tonight, reminiscent of David Brent's motivational speech in the original UK Office.
The Episode 14 is the first part of Lecture Circuit and the next Episode 15 will be the part two of the same title. In the first Part From Scranton has been so successful, Michael will be sent around to the other branches to explain how. At the same time, Dwight and Jim, the new leaders of the party planning committee, forget a birthday, and must deal with the fallout. After the expiry of his engagement, Andy falls for a new one.
In this video, see how a teen high school athlete shielded aboy from getting shot. DeSean Merritt was shielded by teen player Jullaion Jones from bullets inside in the school gymnasium, and this young heroJullaion Jones saved the life of DeSean Merritt, 6.
As KCTV’s Amy Anderson reports, 15 men stormed a gymnasium, gunfire erupted, player Jullaion Jones quickly left the game and shielded DeSean who had lost his father Sean in the confusion.
Jullaion got hit, the bullet grazing his body, but he will survive. Jullaion Jones is a hero and this story will bring tears to your eyes about how one kid did what was right, so very right, and so very fast, to risk his life for another.
Lots of theater leading up to Tatiana Del Toro’s group audition on the latest American Idol 8 video clip. Watch Tatiana Del Toro and her groupmate Muna Hiluf attempting to sing “I Want You Back.” It was questionable whether this was good enough to survive Hollywood Week but they made it through.
In case you missed it (or want to watch it again), Danny Gokey, Jamar Rogers and Taylor Vaifanua’s American Idol group audition is in the video clip above. Watch the “Rainbow Coalition” singing a fantastic a cappella version of “Somebody to Love.” Naturally, Danny Gokey’s group made it through to the next round of Hollywood Week on American Idol.
Lily Allen may be hearing from EMI Music Group's lawyers for unauthorized usage of Britney Spear's chart-toping single Womanizer, leaked online last weekend.Lily Allen is doing a cover of the No.1 Hit Womanizer by Britney Spears that premiered on Mark Ronson's East Village Radio show.
Lily Allen does a different take on Womanizer, as you'd expect from a Mark Ronson artist, and it was not bad. Lily Allen is promoting her own album, entitled It's Not Me, out on February 9. Lily Allen'd new song The Fear pokes fun at "celebutards."
Joe Lauzon proved a capable headliner his second time out, as he submitted Jeremy Stephens with a slick armbar at 4:43 into the second round of their lightweight main event bout at UFC Fight Night 17 on Saturday at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla.
Video of fMiley Cyrus and Taylor Swift singing together for the first time at the Grammys tonight, doing their duet version Fifteen.
Did you hear? BFFs Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift sang a duet together at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards! It’s so OMG-worthy, I can barely stand it!
Taylor has given some work to Miley’s boyfriend, “model” and “musician” Justin Gaston, when he starred in her video for “Love Story” and then reprised the role for her performance at the CMT Awards. And the two have probably bonded about their Jonas Brothers exes (who, by the way, will also be at the Grammys.) But it’s about time that the ladies join their combined teen-star forces.
According to Ryan Seacrest’s Twitter, he pair will sing “Fifteen,” from Swift’s seemingly unstoppable album Fearless. I want to be quick to point out, though, that neither Taylor nor Miley is nominated for a Grammy this year, which makes it kind of awkward that they’re gracing the stage — although it’s a big ratings win for the Academy. The kids just want to see their favorite singers together on one stage!
Al Green said he was in the shower when he got the call to fill in for Rihanna and Chris Brown, who withdrew from tonight’ show in the wake of their domestic violence scandal.
“We had two hours and 40 minutes to rehearse, change clothes, go out and do it,” Green said. “I thrive on that kind of energy. It’s just spontaneous.”
Video of Radiohead's higlight performance of "Fifteen Steps" at the 2009 Grammys, complete with the USC marching band. DRUMLINE!
Our first big star of Grammy night entered the backstage area and it was a big one: Paul McCartney. Sir Paul, “Macca,” call him what you will, strolls in sporting a jacket over a white Beatles T-shirt. McCartney, who will perform himself tonight, says he’s most looking forward to seeing Radiohead play on the big stage with the University of Southern California marching band. Paul’s a big fan of Radiohead and they were the only group he mentioned off the top of his head when asked at the Grammys who his favorite musical acts were these days.
Video of COldplay's performance at the 2009i Grammys, singing Lost with Jay-Z and their album's Title Track, Viva La Vida.
British group Coldplay and musical odd couple Robert Plant and Alison Krauss dominated the early honors at the Grammys here, taking a clutch of top awards at the music industry's Oscars.
Plant and Krauss took four awards, including record of the year, stemming from their groundbreaking rock-country collaboration, while Coldplay scooped three honors, including song of the year.
Both Coldplay and Plant & Krauss are nominated in the coveted album of the year award, the last honor of the night to be revealed later Sunday.
"Thank you and sorry for blatantly recycling the Sergeant Pepper album," Coldplay drummer Will Champion said after collecting the song of the year award, in comments directed at Beatles legend Paul McCartney.
Coldplay's early honors came for "Vida La Vida," their chart-topping single from their album of the same name.
After Henrietta Hughes spoke to President Barack Obama at his town hall meeting, and asked for help with her family's plight, she got help from Chene Thompson, the wife of local Consgressman Nick Thompson:
Henrietta Hughes was offered a home by Chene Thompson, wife of State Representative Nick Thompson, who heard the homeless woman’s pleas for help to President Obama before a local and national crowd.
The house is in LaBelle, the first home Scere Thompson bought after law school. She told Hughes, “Just give me the opportunity to help you.”
“I have an urgent need, unemployment and homelessness, a very small vehicle for my family and I to live in”
More video from American Idol in Hollywood, last night's episode as they keep working down to the top 36:
8:01 pm - Tonight’s episode will feature the remaining 72 contestants singing with a full band. This is when Josiah choked. There better be drama tonight!
8:04 pm - Adam Lambert is up first. He’s going to sing “Believe” by Cher. And he’s singing it like Kiki and Herb. (So…he’s gay, right?)
8:05 pm - Matt “Not Elliott Yamin” Giraud is back. And he sounds hoarse. Who does he think he is, me?! Actually, his “Georgia on my Mind” makes me think of him like a piano-man version of John Mayer. Plus, he makes funny faces when he sings. How long before Matt’s schtupping Aniston?
8:07 pm - Jamar Rogers is crashing and burning on “Hey There Delilah.” Hey Jamal, “what you’re doing to me-e-e” is making me uncomfortable.
8:08 pm - Danny Gokey’s “I Hope You Dance” has inspired Paula to imitate a rodeo clown. It has inspired me to grab some sour cream and onion potato chips.
8:14 pm - Scott “Blind Guy” Macintyre is back. I am totally unimpressed. Am I heartless? He’s happy he caused Paula to give him a standing ovation. Darling, don’t be flattered. She gives standing O’s when her puppies use the pee pad correctly.
8:17 pm - Mishavonna Henson (officially the Mariska Hargitay of “Idol” - her name is so much fun to say!) is back after getting cut during last year’s Hollywood Week. She looks like a brunette version of John Roberts’ character, Debra.
8:22 pm - Interesting that the contestants are picking such contemporary songs to sing this year. I wonder if “Idol” is pushing them to do that for the first time? Usually we just hear Stevie and Aretha and the Bee Gees and Whitney a million times.
8:24 pm - This just in: Tatiana del Toro is still infuriatingly unlikable. And probably certifiably insane.
8:26 pm - Nathaniel “Drama King” Marshall is rocking out to a guitar-based “Disturbia” intercut with all his backstage drama. I like it a lot, even though it’s making me sad to think about Rihanna’s current situation. :(
8:27 pm - Joanna Pacitti forgot the lyrics to “If I Ain’t Got You.” Don’t worry, girl. You’re a ringer! “Idol” won’t kick you off. Casey Carlson forgot the words to Jordin Sparks “Tattoo.” But in her defense, the lyrics to “Tattoo” are so inane and vapid that they’d be easy to forget.
8:28 pm - Stephen Fowler is the dude we already know is going to forget the words thanks to “Idol” promoing his mess-up every commercial break. He’s asking for a “Brooke White.” And then he messed up again.
Dancing with the Stars 2009 will premiere on March 9, 2009, 8:00 pm at ABC. There will be 13 stars hoping to be the winner of the Dancing with the Stars 2009 competition. Below is the list of the Dancing With the Stars 2009 Cast:
Quentin Tarantino introduces his upcoming film "Inglorious Bastards" in this video interview & trailer
Two officers lead military on a mission in Inglorious Bastards. Quentin Tarantino's story revolves around a group of soldiers on that get the chance for a reprieve. They are not normal hero types of the usual war movie, expect the usual Tarantino sauciness.
“I saw them at Clive’s. I know Rihanna a bit better because I went on tour with her and we really vibed out on a lot of creative ideas. With the touring, I gave all these reference of Graces Jones and Jean Paul-Goude. Back in the 80’s when pop stars just took it to a whole ‘nother level. I really feel that Rihanna is so important to our culture and pop music. I feel like she is the most important artist in music and has the most potential. Her taste level at her age and the songs she does and her style and her performance and her voice.”
“She has the potential to be the biggest artist of all time. In that sense, I feel like that’s my baby sis and I would do anything and everything not help her in any situation. I don’t want to speak too much on it but I was completely devastated by the concept of what I heard to the point that I Was completely devastated during my “American Boy” performance (at the Grammys).
“It’s so devastating. As a person, I don’t care how famous she is or if she just worked at McDonald’s, that should never happen. It should never come to that place.”
Anybody else cringing during Tatiana Del Toro’s American Idol Hollywood audition last night? Check out the video clip, where Tatiana Del Toro sings Whitney Houston’s “I’m Your Baby Tonight.” And just how did Tatiana Del Toro sail through? You gotta be kidding me, right?
Danny Gokey give sa strong performance in this weeks Hollywood Week Auditions for Season 8 Week 3 of American Idol. Gokey sang the Country classic "I Hope You Dance" and got a great response.
We didn't think it would happen, seeing as Carly Smithson, another major label refugee, was allowed to continue on through the top 12 of American Idol last season, but Joanna Pacitti, the 24-year-old stunner who made it to the Top 36 on this week's episode, has been disqualified from competing on season 8.
The show's website, americanidol.com, posted the official Top 36 late last night, noting that Pacitti was deemed "ineligible" and would be replaced by Felicia Barton. FOX did not respond to our request for comment on Wednesday evening, but we hear a statement is forthcoming.
In the meantime, let us bring you up to speed: there's been a decent amount of hub-bub surrounding Pacitti's professional past, including not only her former record deal (with A&M/Geffen, which released her debut album, This Crazy Life, in 2006), but also an opening slot on the last Nick Lachey tour (Lachey is signed to Jive Records, which is owned by SonyBMG, the company that awards a recording contract to the Idol winner), dubious connections to staffers at 19 Entertainment, including Pacitti's former manager, songs of hers that made it to soundtracks that sold well (like Legally Blonde) and later onto albums by major pop stars, like Britney Spears, not to mention a long, sad battle with the producers of a national tour of Annie, who released Pacitti from a starring role after she contracted bronchitis — a scandal covered by major news outlets at the time. And there are the numbers: unlike Smithson, whose ill-fated Carly Hennessy debut sold only a few hundred copies out the gate, Pacitti's moved more than 16,000, which, by today's standards, is a decent sales tally for any indie-rock band of note. Plus, as a protegé of power player Ron Fair, current head of Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records and the man credited for discovering Christina Aguilera (another SonyBMG artist) and Fergie, she has a lot of contacts in the industry, as we learned this past Grammy weekend when we constantly ran into people who either knew her or worked with her in some capacity....
Anyone who didn't catch on yet that this whole thing is a joke, I have some nice Obama $2 bills to sell you.. special sale, 3 for $25. Act now!
Joaquin Phoenix made quite a splash on Letterman last night. The actor-turned-rapper’s appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman is fueling all sorts of speculation about his true intentions (not to mention his true use of mind-altering drugs).
Joaquin Phoenix, who recently announced he was leaving acting behind to start a career in rap, greeted Letterman wearing dark sunglasses and a full bushy beard. Greeted may the wrong word, though — Phoenix barely spoke during his interview, only coming to life when Letterman poked fun at his unresponsiveness. At that point, Phoenix actually stuck the gum he’d been chewing onto Letterman’s desk. Letterman, of course, handled the incident with grace.
In a blow to the movement arguing that vaccines trigger autism, three Federal judges ruled Thursday against all three families in three test cases, all of whom had sought compensation from the Federal vaccine-injury fund.
For example, in a case pitting the family of Michelle Cedillo, a severely autistic child, against the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, the special master for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that the Cedillos had “failed to demonstrate that thimerosal-containing vaccines can contribute to causing immune dysfunction, or that the MMR vaccine can contributed to causing either autism or gastrointestinal dysfunction...”
Still don't want to get too deep into this without all the facts coming out, but I'm not sure going to family and friends really counts as "counseling"? That's kinda like saying "I just checked into rehab, at my cousin's house."
Chris Brown’s publicist Michael Sitrick has finally released a statement from Brown, in relation to the alleged incident that occurred Feb. 8 between Brown and his girlfriend, R&B star Rihanna.
Brown has hired PR firm Sitrick And Company, Inc. who specializes in crises management, to issue the statement, where Brown says that he is "sorry and saddened" by what occurred and that he is seeking counseling from family and friends.
"Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired," the statement from the 19-year-old R&B star read. "I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person. Much of what has been speculated or reported on blogs and/or reported in the media is wrong. While I would like to be able to talk about this more, until the legal issues are resolved, this is all I can say except that I have not written any messages or made any posts to Facebook, on blogs or any place else. Those posts or writings under my name are frauds."
Also note, Chris Brown doesn't take any responsibility or admit to doing anything, he talks about things that "transpired,/i>" not anything he did. But again, not drawing any particular conclusions at this point.
This episode of House, season 5 episode 5, is the episode for Feb 16th 2009. In this episode, a priest is admitted to the ER where Dr. House works, after allegedly having seen a bleeding Jesus. Whether it was truly Jesus or just a vision, who is to say? Dr. House also makes cranky faces and sarcastic remarks, but people still love him even though he's an insufferable grouch. That's the business of medicine!
The latest episode of Heroes, Season 3 Episode 4, and the show is really heating up now. Can't want to see how this plays out.
Watch online Heroes Season 3 Episode 16 Volume 4 (s03e16) Building 26 Video Trailer! This episode of Heroes will air tomorrow, February 16, 2009. In this episode, Nathan's agent are searching for Sylar and Luke. While Nathan himself is being investigated by Homeland Security. The cheerleader, on the other hand, is protecting a man to be targeted by his father. And for the other parts, dont forget to watch tomorrow at NBC.
Jay-Z speaks out, in measured words and tone, gotta give him credit for staying level-headed at all times.
"It's not a sound bite, this is a real situation," Jay-Z told reporters in Arizona. "If you can't have compassion for others ... just imagine it being your sister or your mom or someone like that, then think about how you should talk about that.
"I just think we all should just support her," he continued. "She's going through a tough time. You gotta realize she's a young girl, as well. She's very young."
Jay-Z spoke in support of his protege Rihanna but did not comment on Chris Brown. Perhaps that silence speaks volumes in itself.
Organizers of a tennis tournament in Dubai, criticized for banning an Israeli player, said Tuesday they were trying to protect the woman from anti-Israel protests.
Shahar Peer told CNN she learned of her visa ban Saturday, just before her scheduled flight to Dubai.
"The Tournament respects Ms. Shahar Peer as a professional tennis player on the Tour and understands her disappointment," the organizers wrote in a statement.
"Ms. Peer personally witnessed protests against her at another tournament in New Zealand only a few weeks ago.
"We do not wish to politicize sports, but we have to be sensitive to recent events in the region and not alienate or put at risk the players and the many tennis fans of different nationalities that we have here."
Peer was scheduled to fly to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, but was informed on Saturday night by telephone that she would not be granted a visa.
This sparked a response from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour that it could drop Dubai from the World Tennis Tour calendar.
Organizers of a women's tennis tournament said Tuesday that security fears were behind the decision to bar an Israeli player — a move that could force another showdown when the men's play begins next week.
The snub brought swift denunciations from the Women's Tennis Association and warnings that it could consider scratching Dubai from its calendar.
Tuesday's statement by the Dubai Tennis Championships — citing fan anger at Israeli's recent incursions into the Gaza Strip — was the first detailed explanation of the last-minute visa denial for Shahar Peer, who qualified as the 48th-ranked player in the world.
Celtics president Danny Ainge confirmed that guard Sam Cassell has been dealt to the Sacramento Kings for a protected second-round pick.
The move allows the Celtics to have one available spot now on their 15-man roster, which could be helpful in a trade or in signing a free agent. The trade deadline is Thursday.
According to a source, the Kings are expected to waive Cassell and a team needing a veteran point guard may claim him off waivers.
Cassell, 39, has yet to play this season. He averaged 7.6 points and 2.1 assists for Boston last season after signing as a free agent March 4 following his buyout from the Clippers.
Blake Jones of Namaster Solar stood beside him as President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package today, and the clean energy industry — among the biggest winners — is celebrating.
The signing ceremony was heavily loaded with solar symbolism: Mr. Obama signed the bill after touring the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, which has solar panels on its roof. He was also introduced by Blake Jones, head of Namaste Solar Electric, a Colorado company that installed solar panels on the governor’s mansion there.
(As of this writing, the Namaste Solar Web site appears to have crashed, perhaps under the weight of the attention.)
Alex Rodriguez made his first post-steroids-news appearance today, and tried to mope his way out of trouble..
"I was young and stupid..." A phase that was repeated throughout Alex Rodriguez's press conference that to many does not seem like a good enough defense for A-Rod.
By constantly talking about not going to college and saying he should have to grow up, A-Rod has answered to the best he can, all the questions the media has. I refuse to sit and debate the validity of Alex Rodriguez said and whether that was enough for me personally to accept the apology in the press conference video. What everyone must understand is that A-Rod Alex Rodriguez is an extremely sensitive person and found it very difficult to come before everyone and just talk freely about steroids, which he did during the Q and A.
A-Rod choking up when first trying to address the teammates that came to support him can seem staged, but the fact that he did get to talk to them when asked about it shows Alex Rodriguez really is sincere in causing the problems he knows have arisen from all of this.
Bristol Palin, Gov. Sarah Palin’s 18-year-old daughter, sat for her first interview since giving birth to Tripp, which aired Monday on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.”
News of the unmarried high school student’s pregnancy emerged within days of her mother’s introduction as Senator John McCain’s running mate in August. In addition to being a mother, Ms. Palin appears to be embracing a potential role as an advocate against teen pregnancy, saying that abstinence is “not realistic.”
Ms. Palin, who said she was “exhausted,” at moments seemed to have a poise and world-weariness that belied her age. But there were still flashes of a defiant teenager.
She said she had been particularly irritated by media rumors that her mother, a social conservative, had forced her to have the baby.
“It doesn’t matter what my mom’s views are on it,” she said. “It was my decision, and I wish people would realize that, too.”
Though she declined to elaborate, Ms. Palin’s views on abstinence appear to differ from those her mother, a proponent of abstinence-until-marriage education, would like to see espoused.
“Everyone should be abstinent, but it’s just not realistic at all,” she said, adding that among people her age, “it’s more and more accepted now.” But though she said she hoped her story would help change that acceptance, she did not advocate the use of contraception or go into greater detail as to how to prevent teen pregnancy.
The Alex Rodriguez circus is just wrapping up in Tampa. The main bit of new information coming from it is A-Rod’s explanation of Boli, which is what, specifically, he took from ’01-’03.
He said it was a drug that is sold over-the-counter in the Dominican Republic and on the streets is called Boli. Perhaps Boli is short for Primobolan, a drug he reportedly tested positive for in ’03. He claims his understanding of the drug Boli was that it provided an energy boost and had no side effects. The Boli drug was brought into the States by his cousin, and the two injected each other with it about twice a month.
Aside from that, he claimed to have experimented with Ripped Fuel while in Seattle, a product that you could find at any GNC that has since been banned by MLB. And he denied ever taking Human Growth Hormone...
Anoop Desai, already an American Idol favorite sings a surprisingly soulful rendition of “Angel of Mine” on American Idol 8 Top 36. "Angel of Mine" is originally by the R&B singer Monica, and was one of the highlights of this evening's Idol episode:
Danny Gokey sings Hero on American Idol Season 8, reviewed as a highlight for the night although I wasn't very impressed personally. I'd have to agree with Simon Cowell, it was good but not worthy of the hype. Regardless, here is Danny Gokey singing Mariah Carey's "Hero" on tonight's American Idol:
One of the better performances tonight on American Idol Season 8, Alexis Grace taking on Aretha Franklin's "Never Loved A Man (The Way That I Love You)"
Alexis Grace recounts her first audition, when Kara told her to make love to her fiance. She's singing "Never Loved a Man" by Aretha Franklin (guess Aretha never received that same advice from Kara). Kara and Randy dug the performance, while Paula wants to make love to Alexis. She thinks she's wonderful, beautiful and fantastic. Simon makes a comparison to Kelly Clarkson. Whoa.
Another of the better performances, which is not saying much given this night's overall quality level. Not bad though.
Ricky Braddy had to give up serving chicken fingers in order to try out for American Idol. If that doesn't move you to tears, we don't know what will.
He's singing "A Song for You," also known as "A Song No One Has Ever Heard of." Paula gives Ricky a standing ovation, while Randy says this was "the start of season eight." Ouch. Sorry, Jackie. Simon says Ricky has no charisma or star quality, but, hey, that's his only criticism. Ricky's parents are wearing "Braddy Bunch" t-shirts. We like it.
Yuri Sucart has been identified by ESPN as the cousin whom Alex Rodriguez claims repeatedly injected him with performance-enhancing drugs during his tenure with the Texas Rangers.
A-Rod held a news conference on Tuesday in which he answered questions regarding his admission of using PED. He said that his cousin, whom he would not identify by name, provided and injected him with "boli," a drug popular in the Dominican Republic. A-Rod said that he was injected with
"I'd rather not get into who my cousin is. I'm here to stand front and center and take the blame, because I am responsible for this. He basically took an instruction from me and felt he was doing something that was going to be helpful, not hurtful," said Rodriguez, according to ESPN.
A-Rod's attempt to protect the identity of Yuri Sucart, however, was utterly unsuccessful. According to ESPN, Yuri Sucart's wife, Carmen, confirmed that Yuri Sucart is the cousin whom A-Rod spoke about at the news conference. Yuri Sucart himself, however, could not be reached for comment.
But one has to wonder just how determined A-Rod really was in wanting to protect Yuri Sucart's identity. Why didn't he just say that it was a friend or acquaintance who acted as his accomplice in using PED? Why add any specificity? By saying that it was his cousin, however, he gave investigative reporters a huge lead, and that lead rather quickly led to the identification of Yuri Sucart.
Of course, this is no way proves that A-Rod wanted to deflect some of the blame onto Yuri Sucart or to suggest, if you will, that Yuri Sucart was his PED enabler. A-Rod might have just been careless when he identified the man who repeatedly injected him with "boli" as being his cousin.
Allred believes she has a plan to “provide for the medical and emotional needs” of Nadya Suleman’s 14 children. This is after reports that Suleman was in dire financial conditions before even becoming pregnant with her latest 8 children.
Allred, a feminist rights attorney, says she has a game plan to work with health care and educational professionals so that Suleman’s children are cared for with not “one dime from the taxpayers”
via dajaz, The new Ciara single from her next album "Fantasy Ride" featuring her labelmate Justin Timberlake:
Federica Fontana is an Italian television sports announcer (especially for soccer games) and TV program hostess, who also does various kinds of modeling on the side. Federica Fontana photos are readily available as seen below.
Federica fontana started to appear in TV and public ad photo campaigns at a young age. She also entered beauty contests: at age 18 in 1995, she won the second place crown as Miss Buona Domenica, and the third place position as Bellissima, participating as an assistant in La sai l'ultima?. In 1997, Federica appeared on television in the programs Presentazione del Milan, Mai Dire Gol, Volevo Salutare, Strettamente Personale and was a hostess for Slurpiamo, an on the air program for children on "Junior TV Antenna 3". In 1998, she was in the cast of Scatafascio, Paperissima (1998-99 edition), and Un Anno di Sport. In 1999-2000 she substituted for another announcer in a supporting role for Massimo De Luca in the program Pressing Champions League.
In 2000-01, Federica Fontana appeared in Il Processo del Lunedì alongside Aldo Biscardi and in Mai dire Maik. In 2002 through 2006, she hosted, together with Alberto Brandi, the program Guida al Campionato, on the air on "Italia 1" every Sunday that the Series A Italian soccer championship was played. After that appearance, Federica started to achieve notable popularity, and while apearing in many photos in 2003 she was called to appear in Ciro presenta Visitors, a comedy, and, in the summertime, in Bande Sonore (as the hostess). In October 2004, Federica appeared in Super Ciro (Italia 1). In 2006-07, she replaced Elisabetta Canalis in Controcampo-Diritto di replica, a TV program on the air every Sunday of the Series A Italian soccer championship, thus leaving the Guida al Campionato program after four years.
Anne Hathaway is rumored to be helping out Oscars’ host Hugh Jackman with an opening song/dance number at the 2009 Academy Awards - check out the Oscars video clip above for a look at the nominated films.
According to Life & Style, an insider has reported that “Anne [Hathaway] is rehearsing at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood today!”
Look for performances by Beyoncé, Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) and Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper (Mamma Mia!).
Check out Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman’s opening number at the 81st Academy Awards this Sunday, February 22 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
A group of friends who were pretty much spending all of their time together anyway, the members of Quest are fun and entertaining. Each has substantial professional dance experience, performing on television shows like So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol to touring with the likes of Gloria Estefan and Sheila E.
Claiming that dance "lets me express my life through movement," Hok says he's motivated by "beauty, intricate minds, art, philosophy and nature," as well as "weird creatures." But Feng and others note that it's the members of the crew continually push each other. Perhaps Ryanimay sums up Quest's overall motivation in describing the crew as people who do what they love with no expectation of reward."
Packed with sick tricks, the members of Quest Crew believe that they bring something special to the America's Best Dance Crew stage. Steve cites moves like a "triple flash kick," "T-Pike flash" and his own signature "Terada Grab" as part of the crew's arsenal of unique, acrobatic flips and tricks...
Video below, after article. Heck of a story but I do think the "OMG this is go ghetto WTF" responses to this are little out of place.. women from all walks of life wear weaves..I'd like to see a breakdown of the physics involved.
Arriving officers found the 20-year-old woman there. She told police she had pulled into the market and saw a man with whom she had recently ended an eight-month relation with inside a car, NewsChannel5 sister station
A second man came up to the woman’s window and told her that the ex-boyfriend still loved her, Kansas City police said. The woman with the hair weave told the second man, "I don’t love him."
At that time, the victim heard gunshots and saw her ex-boyfriend walking toward the back of her car firing a handgun, police said. The victim sped away in her vehicle as her back window shattered, police said.
She returned to the scene a moment later to witness both men leaving in their vehicle. Officers found a bullet in the woman’s hair and said her tightly-woven weave stopped the bullet.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that people still associate with R Kelly, but I kinda am. I guess money's always green.
Nate Robinson making a nice little appearance on David Letterman this week, after winning the NBA All-Star Game Slam Dunk championship over Dwight Howard. Nate showed off his new Nike Kryptonite sneakers, talked about giving the prize money to his parents, explained his height to the taller David Letterman, and imagined Letterman playing for the Guadalajara Flying Lizards. Nate Robinson and David Letterman agreed you can do anything if you have enough heart, and then Nate Robinson proved it by jumping over Biff Henderson.
Lilo Brancato, the “Sopranos” actor who was arrested in a cop killing, has been edited out of the comedy flick he starred in, called “Saturday Morning.” Brancato was nabbed in the 2005 burglary that resulted in the fatal shooting of an off-duty police officer. He was sentenced last month to 10 years. His role in the film, which was never released but due on DVD next month, has been reduced to a series of walk-ons. “I didn’t want to promote or showcase Brancato,” said the flick’s director, Rob E. Greenberg, whose brother is on the job with the NYPD .
A word describing a gathering after a party or sosial event. Usually taking place after the bars have closed and stopped serving drinks. It usually takes place in a private residence and is closy connected to the vorspiel which takes place before you go out.
From German, meaning "nightplay", and is a kind of party after the party. Involves the people who don't want to go home after the bars close, bad alcohol (usually some leftovers from the foreplay) and a guitar-playing guy on the couch. After an hour or two it involves puke, complains from the neighbours and drunk people sleeping around the apartement.
Both fighters throwing strong hands to start their third and final round, but neither Diego Sanchez nor Joe Stevenson can land clean. Sanchez comes forward with a three-punch combination, a right hand just glancing Stevenson. Joe Stevenson bats Sanchez with a right as the former TUF winner looks for a lunging body shot. Stevenson steps into the pocket with a one-two, but Sanchez lands a knee to the body to cut him off. Diego Sanchez whips a kick to the body, but Stevenson absorbs most of it on his arm. Both fighters still pecking away with two and three-punch combos that don't land. Diego Sanchez shoots a double-leg which is stuffed, and as Joe Stevenson stands up, he raises his hands to inspire heers from the O2 Arena crowd. Sanchez now adopting the Thomas "Hitman" Hearns stance, but brings his lead hand back up when Stevenson lands a right hand. Two right hooks land for Sanchez but with little impact on Stevenson. Sanchez lunges with a left hook, but Stevenson gets the better with his counter right hand. With 45 seconds left, Sanchez attemps a single-leg takedown from far out of range, that Stevenson easily defends, getting rear waist control and delivering tepid knees to the body before Sanchez breaks away. Stevenson swings with a right hand and misses, while Sanchez lands a left hook. The two flurry away with flailing punches at the end of the bout, the only material strike being a Stevenson left hook as the horn sounds.
Rory Markham aggressively walked Hardy down, as Dan Hardy paws and kicks from the outside. Hardy lands a stiff jab on the move as Markham continues to walk him down. As Markham throws a right overhand that misses, Hardy lands a picture perfect left hook that puts Markham on the mat. "The Outlaw" swarms the Miletich product with punches until Kevin Mulhall dives in to rescue to prone Markham at just 1:09 of the first round.
Nate Marquardt moved a step closer to another middleweight title shot by stopping Wilson Gouveia at 3:10 of the third round.
Marquardt, 29, fighting out of Denver, mixed kicks to Gouveia’s legs with punches to his body early. Gouveia flurried at times, but the way he plodded forward left him open to takedowns and right hands. Those rights kept prompting Gouveia to duck -- a mistake Marquardt capitalized on again and again with knees.
The end came after Marquardt connected with a straight right and a jumping knee. Gouveia reeled back into the cage, and Marquardt cut loose on him with punches, kicks, knees and a spinning backfist. Finally the abuse sat Gouveia down, and the bout was called.
There will always be some sort of diet trend, but this one is out of this world and simply outrageous! It's called the Breatharian Diet. Yes, if you guessed correctly, it's a diet based on air! Did you fall off your seat laughing?!
This diet is an idea that people can survive only on air - no food and possibly no water. It sounds so extreme I had to look into it, and this is what I found...
Breatharian, also know as Inedia, isan extreme spiritual concept that comes from eastern aestheticism(primarily Hinduism). The concept is that people don't need food, butcan survive entirely on air (or perhaps sunlight or "prana" [lifeforce]). It's not so much a diet as a spiritual lifestyle. In practice,the people who call themselves Breatharian do in fact eat from time totime. Not eating is a kind of goal or spiritual practice. But, forwhatever reason, most Breatharian do eat sometimes.
Here they go again! Nicole Richie and boyfriend Joel Madden are expecting another child, barely a year after the arrival of daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden last Jan. 11.
In a message on the Web site of Good Charlotte, the band he fronts, the pregnant Nicole Richie's beau Joel Madden wrote, "I am so happy to tell everyone that Harlow is going to be a big sister! God has truly blessed my family. Hope [you're] all feeling as good as i am right now." This will be Nicole Richie and Joel Madden's second time with Nicole being pregnant.
Namaste, a popular fusion-rock band harking back to the 90s, is set to rock the capital after a five year hiatus on Shivaratri. The Maha shivaratsi World Music Festival 2009 will see more than three dozen singers, musicians and bands perform on the same stage alongside the Pokhareli band on February 23 at Bhrikuti Mandap premises.
The frontman of the rock band said Japanese bands such as Kinta Kunte, Jah Taboo and Pilater will perform alongside them, and an American soloist known as Dan will perform with a Nepali instrumental band at the 2009 Shivaratri.
Nepal’s oldest rock group Prism will attempt another reunion at the Shivaratri 2009 concert. Prism has not played together for several years. Even though the band does not play any original songs, the veterans are credited for popularizing Western rock music in Kathmandu. Chitwan’s favorite - The Shadows - will face decade-old The Axe. Nepal’s first female rocker Abhaya and the Steam Injuns will try to warm up the cold day of Shivaratri. The ever-static Cobweb will most likely play their Maryo ni Maryo one more time. Teacher-rockers Mt 8848, guitar performer Anil Shahi and Maya Mantra, Stone AMP and Saayas will all come together to rock the capital, where the outdoor concerts has declined with even less crowd turnout.
Organizers hope this Shivaratri 2009 event will mark a revival of Nepali music. “The idea is to enjoy music while the musicians learn from each other,” Gurung said.
I have always been particularly interested in the concept of the freshwater octopus - an unknown cephalopod reported from lakes in Oklahoma and surrounding areas of North America. Whilst the stories seem to be apocryphal, some seem to have a germ of truth. According to accepted wisdom freshwater octopuses are a complete impossibility, because cephalopods cannot live in freshwater. But scienetists have been wrong before...
One specimen found dead in a North American lake a few years ago proved to be a marine species Octopus burryi that had been dumped. Mark A Hall apparently suggested that these things could be eurypterids - an extinct group of arthropods related to arachnids, which include the largest known arthropods that ever lived. They were formidable predators that thrived in warm shallow water in the Ordovician to Permian from 460 to 248 million years ago. However, I have not read his argument, and on the surface this would seem to be highly unlikely...
...The trouble is that it is only the size of a 5p peice. I, however, have been fascinated by the species ever since first reading about it in my childhood bible of Natural History The Hong Kong Countryside by G.A.K Herklots. I want to exhibit some one day in the CFZA museum. Could there be a larger species, analogous to the larger jellyfish of the oceans? It seems unlikely, but still the stories of freshwater octopi continue.
Rave reviews all around for Hugh Jackman's comically scaled down "recession style" opening number for the 2009 Oscars, with the predicted cameo appearance by Anne Hathaway.
Hugh Jackman didn't let a little recession affect his opening act at the Oscars! Between the singing, and the coordinated dancing, and his head on a little Benjamin Button baby, and the Anne Hathaway-as-Nixon routine, there was a lot going on in this opening. Jackman seemed to be loving every minute of it. But what did you think?
Hilarious bit from Ben Stiller tonight on the 2009 Oscars as he presented with Natalie Portman, pretending to be the newly bearded and befuddled Joaquin Phoenix. Better hope Phoenix really is joking with that routine though! Or else this'll be mighty awkward in retrospect..
Ben Stiller has the Hollywood habitues laughing, as he's wont to do, dressed up in Joaquin Phoenix drag — bushy hair, thick glasses, scruffy beard, gm on the podium — as Natalie Portman plays straightwoman for the cinematography award. "I just wanna retire from being a funny guy," he says before wandering around the podium. A welcome break from the formality.
Beyonce rocked the 2009 Oscar medley tonight with Zac Efron, the girl from the Abba thing, and Hugh Jackman who was psyched to announce that "musicals are back!"
She’s no stranger to the pomp and circumstance of high-profile award shows, and this evening Beyonce Knowles was spotted arriving at the Academy Awards.
The “Bootylicious” babe showed off her sexy curves in a strapless black dress with gold accents as she walked past the mass of paparazzi on her way inside the Kodak Theatre.
And while she’s not up for any awards this time around, Miss Knowles is still set to be part of the action on stage.
Beyonce is scheduled to partake in a “secret” song and dance number along with Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, and Hugh Jackman.
Penelope Cruz became the first Spanish-born actress to win an Oscar by taking the best supporting actress award on Sunday for her role as tempestuous artist Maria Elena in Woody Allen's romantic comedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."
"Thank you Woody for trusting me with this beautiful character. Thank you for having written over all these years some of the greatest characters for women," she said.
With her Oscar win, Penelope Cruz, joins fellow actresses Dianne Wiest and Mira Sorvino in scoring best supporting-actress Oscars for their performances in Woody Allen films.
"I grew up in a place called Alcobendas, where this was not a very realistic dream," said Penelope Cruz as she made her acceptance speech for this 2009 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Dressed in a 60-year-old ivory Pierre Balmain vintage gown and fighting back tears, Penelope Cruz asked anyone had ever fainted while accepting an Oscar. "I might be the first one."
Lisa Lavoie, a teacher from Holyoke, Massachusetts, is facing charges of child endangerment after police say she ran away with her 15-year-old student. Investigators believe she also committed statutory rape.
Police say they found Lisa Lavoie, 24, with the boy in a hotel room in Morgantown, West Virginia this week, local media outlets report. The teen had been missing for about a week. Detectives say they used spending records to track the two down.
The boy’s mother had apparently contacted the school–Maurice Donahue Elementary–three days before her child disappeared. She reportedly told the school she was worried her son was involved in some sort of affair with Lavoie.
Lisa Lavoie taught 8th grade. She had only been at the Holyoke school for five months. Lavoie is now on administrative leave and will have her Massachusetts teaching license permanently revoked if found guilty.
Given the surge in interest around Rick Santelli's CNBC rant video, and the growing chorus of anti-stimulus folks calling for the New American Tea Party to halt the flow of government cash to troubled (and sometimes irresponsible) homeowners, keep in mind this interesting bit of history on the original Tea Party -- notably, that it actually meant more expensive tea.
Care of The New Pamphleteers blog and the D.C. Examiner: And did you know that the price of tea would actually decrease under the parliamentary act that sparked the Boston Tea Party?
...There's a corollary here. The let-them-fail attitude of Tea Partiers toward foreclosures could come with a hefty price tag. As Clive Crook pointed out last week, the bailout may be unfair (as bailouts, by their nature, tend to be) but instead of pricier tea, doing nothing could mean more damage to home prices...
I don't doubt that Rick Santelli and everybody else in the video have the best interests of the country at heart. If the Tea Partiers are aware of the risks of higher foreclosures, and are willing to sacrifice that "public interest" (i.e. watching their own homes lose value as foreclosures in their neighborhood increase) then their commitment can be considered a noble stand for a set of free-market principles. If they haven't considered the risks, they should.
The floor of the stock exchange is a pretty good statistical representation of the majority America? Riiiiiiiiight.
Vitamin D may protect people -- especially those with asthma and other chronic lung conditions -- from colds and other respiratory tract infections, according to the largest study to date to look at the link.
Unlike other vitamins, a deficiency of vitamin D (which is known as the sunshine vitamin because sun exposure triggers production in the body) is quite common in the United States -- particularly in winter.
At least 50 percent of people in the new study, which included nearly 19,000 people 12 and older, had levels that suggested less-than-optimal protection against respiratory tract infections, according to the report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
"People think that if they have a good, balanced diet that they will get enough vitamin D, and that's actually not true," said Dr. Michal Melamed, an assistant professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. "Unless you eat a lot of fish and drink a lot of milk, you can't get enough...
...Happy Mardi Gras is how Gov. Jindal started. It got worse from there. Fox's Charles Krauthammer stated it simply: "Jindal didn't have a chance."
Following President Obama's incredible oratory, personal touches and serious content, Jindal's high school bio driven blather, complete with Katrina gaffe that included mentioning the sheriff that stood on the bridge with dogs and guns to keep people from crossing, you had to wonder if Republicans had ever heard the man speak before. Maybe they simply picked him because Michael Steele is the only other guy of color they've got and he was busy.
LEHRER: Now that, of course, was Gov. Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, making the Republican response. David, how well do you think he did?
BROOKS: Uh, not so well. You know, I think Bobby Jindal is a very promising politician, and I oppose the stimulus because I thought it was poorly drafted. But to come up at this moment in history with a stale "government is the problem," "we can't trust the federal government" - it's just a disaster for the Republican Party. The country is in a panic right now. They may not like the way the Democrats have passed the stimulus bill, but that idea that we're just gonna - that government is going to have no role, the federal government has no role in this, that - In a moment when only the federal government is actually big enough to do stuff, to just ignore all that and just say "government is the problem, corruption, earmarks, wasteful spending," it's just a form of nihilism. It's just not where the country is, it's not where the future of the country is. There's an intra-Republican debate. Some people say the Republican Party lost its way because they got too moderate. Some people say they got too weird or too conservative. He thinks they got too moderate, and so he's making that case. I think it's insane, and I just think it's a disaster for the party. I just think it's unfortunate right now.
After selling a majority stake in his Miami-based City National Bancshares last November, all Leonard Abess Jr did was take $60 million of his proceeds -- $60 million out of his own pocket -- and hand it to his tellers, bookkeepers, clerks, everyone on the payroll. All 399 workers on the staff received bonuses, and Leonard Abess Jr even tracked down 72 former employees so they could share in the windfall. That's a man right there, my friends. That. Is a man. America. Leonard Abess Jr.
Tonight, Feb. 24th, Louisville’s pop cellist Ben Sollee will be appearing on the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show with comedian Don Rickles. Jimmy Kimmel is known for bringing some of the nation’s best indie artists to national attention and tends to be a launching pad for artists making a name for themselves on a national level by putting them in the spotlight before a national audience as well as bringing some of the biggest acts including Morrissey, Kanye, The Killers, etc.
Adam Lambert's performance on last night's American Idol, not the best song choice and not really my style of singing, but he's a got a great voice and lots of skill..
Decent performance by Mishavonna although the judges hated it.. kinda bland but isn't almost everything on this show?
Allison Iraheta with the standout performance of the night IMO, singing "Alone" by heart. As Simon said, she just needs to step up her interviewing skills.
Simultaneously the worst and best performance of the night, from Rick Mitchell aka Norman Gentle doing the Dreamgirls classic "And I Am Tellling You I'm Not Going"
Hate to say it but I really like this one, Jamie Foxx with Ron Howard, Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker and everybody else he's ever met that's famous, in the "Blame It On The Alcohol" video. As autotune records go I think it's used pretty well here, and I like the crossfader effect on the chorus.
All season long Brian Dawkins said that he was hopeful that he'd work out a way to stay with the Eagles. Less than 24 hours into free agency, though, that looks like an impossibility. The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Dawkins and the Broncos have agreed to terms on a contract that will be formally announced in Denver on Saturday.
Dawkins fills a huge hole for the Broncos. Their defense will be stocked with new, presumably young for the most part, faces. Dawkins gives them an experienced leader who can help the team forge a new defensive identity.
Dawkins has lost a step over the past couple of years, but he's still several steps ahead of the guys that the Broncos have been trotting out there for the last few seasons. He's still strong against the run, another Denver anomaly, and no one's going to throw anything at him that he hasn't seen 50 times before.
Jonathan Krohn, apparently being groomed already at age 13 as a sort of Tiger Woods of conservative speakers. Rave reviews and lots of attention coming to Krohn.. Here's his starmaking turn at CPAC, and a few other interviews and snippets.
His two-minute address on "Conservative Victories Across the Nation" covered the lost principles of the Republican Party, which he called the "shell" to conservatism's "filling." It was filled with the type of rhetorical flow and emotional pitch one would expect from a seasoned hand. Except, Krohn is more than four years away from being able to vote.
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22 year old New Jersey producer Dizzy Rambunctious drops his brand new 12 track project tilted "Cyberpunk", check it out above.