[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTmwsi0om_A&w=560&h=315] Our boy Roland Martin sat down with CEO of the now controversial Shea Moisturizer, Richelieu Dennis. Dennis, who is also the founder, explained his rationale behind the controversial ad which has now been pulled. The brand was trying to expand and THAT is why they tried a broader approach and more diverse looking ad. Naturally, black folks ain’t buying it, being that they all live and die by twitter opinions nowadays. Turn the page for more on Shea… TV One / News One Now [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqAhUHQZdt0&w=560&h=315]
Dina Lohan is actually contending that the paparazzi drove her to get behind the wheel of a car while under the influence. You can’t make this stuff up. Her attorney, Mark Heller, appeared for a routine hearing in Dina’s DUI case, then offered up this creative “theory” in defense of his high-profile client. According to Heller, Lindsay Lohan’s mom’s lifestyle presents so many challenges and so much stress, exacerbated by those vultures that follow her. If you buy into his rationale, every star and their parents would be full-blown alcoholics, which clearly isn’t true. But he is pushing this idea nonetheless. Heller says that because she is so frequently harassed, DiLo’s decision making was as impaired as her driving was when she got stopped on Long Island. Because of photographers and their impact on her, Dina was inclined to drink so much she registered a .20 blood alcohol level, then get in the car and drive. That’s right, it’s all celebrity gossip ‘s fault. Heller, who briefly represented Lindsay in one of her many criminal cases before being run out of L.A., hopes that the judge will take his argument under consideration . He may not want to hold his breath.
Kellie Picker covers the latest issue of Maxim . But the former American Idol contestant has goals in mind that include a lot more than merely showing skin: she’s espousing the virtues of the USO and hoping others get involved in assisting our military. “I come from a military family,” says Pickler, who has traveled abroad with the USO five times. “My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I’ve always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country. It really does take someone special to sacrifice everything. I don’t mean just their lives, either. There are men who are sacrificing the chance to hold their newborn baby!” Pickler adds that she hates singing the National Anthem, which may seem like an odd stance for someone with her belief system, but her rationale is spot-on. “I love the anthem if someone else is singing it, but doing it myself gives me anxiety! I feel like people are waiting for you to mess up! I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again, I’m sure, but I’d rather show my patriotism by going to Afghanistan.” Amen. For more from Kellie, pick up this issue of Maxim when it goes on sale July 31.
Image courtesy of 350.org We need help from artists—we need them to help with an artwork bigger than humans have ever built before, the first global-scale group show. It’s going to be slightly wild, and very beautiful. Details in a moment, but first the rationale: Sometimes the work of artists is to remind us of things we’ve forgotten , things we know in our bones but that slip our minds…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Everyone’s a critic. When Whoopi Goldberg brought up Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win on Monday’s The View , guest-host Rachel Campos-Duffy, a former reality TV star and current blogger for Anderson Cooper’s AC 360 on CNN, said she was shocked.
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