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Real Housewives of New Jersey Bring Feud to The View, Conduct Separate Interviews

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga and Kathy Wakile of The Real Housewives of New Jersey appeared on The View yesterday. But the castmates did not do so as a group. Due to what she referred to as “family issues,” Giudice refused to conduct her interview alongside Gorgoa and Wakile, telling the co-hosts: “We have family issues that we need to resolve and I didn’t think that today was the appropriate time, you know, in front of an audience and it to be done in just a few minutes.” We gotta give props to the Bravo producers for staging this controversy and finding a way to extend the feud beyond their show. And negative props to The View for allowing itself to be used in such a manner. Meanwhile, an insider tells The New York Daily News that Gorga “flipped out” when she learned Giudice would not be on stage with her, supposedly telling someone over her cell phone “Our plan is ruined… we have to come up with another way to take her down.” From where does this rivalry stem? The show’s scripts, of course. But specifically from Giudice saying Gorga was a “gold digger” and would leave her husband for a richer man. Teresa has since apologized for those remarks… on the cover of a supermarket tabloid . Clarifies a spokesperson for Gorga (yes, Melissa Gorga has a spokesperson): “Any insinuation that

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David McCullough High School Commencement Speech: You Are Not Special!

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This is pretty great. In a commencement speech to Wellesley High School seniors this week, teacher David McCullough Jr. delivered a highly unusual message for such an occasion. Simply put, he told the class before him: you are not special. Said the son of a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: “Think about this: even if you’re one in a million, on a planet of 6.8 billion that means there are nearly 7,000 people just like you.” David McCullough Jr. Commencement Speech What was McCullough’s point? That accolades have come to mean more than “genuine achievement.” As a consequence, he said: “We cheapen worthy endeavors, and building a Guatemalan medical clinic becomes more about the application to Bowdoin than the well-being of the Guatemalans.” He concludes by emphasizing “selflessness,” which can only be achieved by one realizing this overarching theme, reiterated here again: no one is special . Along the way, McCullough manages to bash Donald Trump , Barney, the Baltimore Orioles, Mr. Rogers and the narcissistic Twitterverse. Even more impressive? The speech was met with rave reviews from those in attendance. “For once someone told us what we need to hear and not necessarily what we wanted to hear,” said one student. Watch the speech above and react below: What do you think?

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David McCullough High School Commencement Speech: You Are Not Special!

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