As a photographer in London found out a couple months ago, and then a neighbor discovered in Calabasas soon afterward, Justin Bieber can become quite animated at times. But the superstar will literally become a cartoon this Sunday when he cameos on The Simpsons , stopping by the Fox sitcom as himself on “The Fabulous Faker Boy.” As producer Al Jean teases to Entertainment Weekly, Bieber will attempt to enter a Springfield talent show, only “they won’t admit him.” The nerve! Get your first look at Bieber on the iconic program now and then visit our friends at TV Fanatic for an updated section of The Simpsons quotes .
Harlem Shake: Termination Edition? Up to 15 miners in Australia have been fired after performing a version of the Internet meme underground and posting a video of it online for all to see. The workers, employed by Barminco, were part of an overnight team working the Agnew Mine in Western Australia, when they made this on the job: Miners Do the Harlem Shake A dismissal letter obtained by the West Australian newspaper said the stunt breached Barminco’s “core values of safety, integrity and excellence.” South African miner Gold Fields, which owns the mine, said that Barminco management made the decision after seeing the video on YouTube. The Australian workers denied that they endangered mine safety . The Harlem Shake, an online dance craze, typically begins with one dancer who is then quickly joined by others, often in costumes or with props. Soon enough, bedlam ensues as everyone goes insane. An estimated 4,000 people a day have uploaded their own 30-second video variations. The dance is set to the Harlem Shake dance track by US DJ Baauer; the craze drove the song to #1 on the charts in the U.S. and number #3 in the UK and Australia. Some of the best Harlem Shake video parodies appear below … Harlem Shake – In-Flight Edition! Homer Shake (The Simpsons Harlem Shake) Video Miami Heat Harlem Shake Video Harlem Shake – Skydiving Harlem Shake – Office Style Harlem Shake – Office Version Harlem Shake Video Norwegian Army Harlem Shake Video Best Harlem Shake Video
All was can do is SMH at this guy and his comments… According to Raw Story: The president of Emory University, James Wagner has drawn criticism for using the Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787 as an example of what he called “pragmatic half-victories” in his latest column for the university’s magazine. “Some might suggest that the constitutional compromise reached for the lowest common denominator — for the barest minimum value on which both sides could agree,” Wagner wrote about the agreement between Southern and Northern states to count slaves as three-fifths of a person. “I rather think something different happened. Both sides found a way to temper ideology and continue working toward the highest aspiration they both shared—the aspiration to form a more perfect union. They set their sights higher, not lower, in order to identify their common goal and keep moving toward it.” Wagner’s invocation of the agreement as a “lesson of our forebears” was immediately criticized on social media on Saturday; Salon also called “shockingly horrible” ; and Gawker suggested that same day that The Affordable Care Act, the Voting Rights Act, or “Do all homework, you get to watch The Simpsons” would have been more appropriate examples of political compromise. As stated in Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the U.S. Constitution, the agreement mandated that, “Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.” The agreement was abandoned after the abolition of slavery, as mandated by the 13th Amendment. SMH.
With polls tight around the nation, and with the election mere days away, Mitt Romney can take comfort in the new endorsement of a beloved billionaire. No, not Donald Trump . C. Montgomery Burns! The power plant mogul has released a new campaign ad in which he explains that he isn’t concerned about the “ 47 percent ” tape or “the tax returns that Wesley Snipe would call suspicious.” What single Romney-related topic does give Burns pause? And how will he solve it for the voters? Watch now: Mr. Burns Endorses Mitt Romney NOTE: Visit our friends at TV Fanatic for an updated section of The Simpsons quotes every week!
Pop superstar Justin Bieber has finally passed through the pearly gates of pop culturedom by landing a guest spot on The Simpsons. On August 21, the teen. More here: MTV Geek – Justin Bieber To Guest On 'The Simpsons'
Author, playwright, politician Gore Vidal died at his home in the Hollywood Hills due to complications stemming from pneumonia, A.P. reports . His nephew said he had been sick for “quite a while” and had been living alone in the home when he passed away Tuesday. Vidal is remembered as one of the giants of the literary world as well as one of its first television-era celebrities. He was a prolific and argumentative writer, political commentator, novelist, essayist and screenwriter. He also acted on occasion, making a cameo appearance in Federico Fellini’s 1972 film Roma and in Tim Robbins’ 1992 political satire Bob Roberts . He voiced animated versions of himself in The Simpsons and Family Guy and appeared as himself in artist Francesco Vezzoli’s Trailer for the Reemake of Gore Vidal’s Caligula , a piece that was included in the 2005 Venice Biennale. Although Vidal wrote or contributed (in some cases, without attribution) to 14 screenplays, he is often remembered for his involvement in the controversial and problem-plagued Caligula , Penthouse founder Bob Guccione’s attempt to make a high-brow porn film. The film, which was directed by Tinto Brass, depicted the decadent rise and fall of the Roman Emperor, who was played by Malcolm McDowell. The movie also starred Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud and is considered the first major motion picture to combine both stars and scenes of pornography. Still a cult curiosity — and still banned in some countries — the film was originally titled Gore Vidal’s Caligula but the finished film bore so little resemblance to the writer’s script that he distanced himself from the picture and his name was removed from the title writer’s name was removed from the title in order to resolve a lawsuit Vidal filed against Guccione. Vidal was also an uncredited contributor to the 1959 epic Ben-Hur (the screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg). In the 1995 documentary The Celluloid Closet , Vidal claimed the film contained homoerotic subtext, explaining that he had persuaded director William Wyler to direct actor Stephen Boyd as if he were a spurned homosexual lover. Charlton Heston later denied Vidal had much influence in the project. More recently, Vidal wrote the television movie Billy the Kid , which starred Val Kilmer, and the mini-series Lincoln . His play The Best Man is currently running on Broadway. He also twice ran for political office unsuccessfully. Despite his multimedia success, Vidal will be best remembered for his novels and essays. He published his first Williwaw when he was 20 years-old (the first of 26) in 1946 and followed it up with In a Yellow Wood the following year. His third novel, The City and the Pillar (1948) began a life-long quarrel with conservatives who took exception to the book’s open portrayal of homosexuality. His United States Essays, 1952-1992 won him a National Book Award in 1993, but he received relatively few honors considering the extent and reach of his writings, which also included Myra Breckinridge 1968, Duluth (1983) and Lincoln 1984. His fight with the political right infamously came to a head during the 1968 U.S. presidential campaign when Vidal and the late conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr tangled on national television. During a heated appearance on ABC News, Vidal dubbed Buckley a “proto-crypto-Nazi” and the furious National Review founder responded by calling Vidal, “you queer.” The two men continued to bash each other’s brains out in the pages of Harold Hayes’ Esquire — a showdown that eventually resulted in the two men suing each other for libel. During the 2000s, Vidal was the outspoken critic of another conservative force, the George W. Bush administration, which he accused of having expansionist policies. [Source: A.P. , Wikipedia ]
Just one day after Breaking Bad didn’t get a Golden Globe nomination for Best Drama, the universe totally redeemed itself with this extremely impressive mash-up of Breaking Bad and The Simpsons, chronicling the gripping, volatile meth-cooking partnership between Ned Flanders and Bart. From the Lionel Hutz & Cletus cameos to the underwater one-eyed bear, this trailer just nails detail after painstakingly-synched… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : VH1’s Today In Music Discovery Date : 15/12/2011 20:39 Number of articles : 2
We see a whole lot of Brooklyn Decker’s skin and an alien ship, but blink and you’ll miss Rihanna. By Eric Ditzian Photo: Universal Pictures “Battleship” may be based on a board game, but the action flick’s first trailer shows an influence far more cinematic than anything having to do with little plastic pegs and the faux-sinking of tiny seafaring vessels. The new footage, which Yahoo! premiered on Wednesday (July 27), begins like an ode to a “Blue Crush”-ish beach make-out movie, veers into “Armageddon”-esque father-vs.-daughter’s-boyfriend antagonism, then explodes in an orgy of a couple dozen alien-invasion movie references. Totally original, this one ain’t. But it’s also pretty damn entertaining, and we really are looking forward to checking out the madness when it hits theaters on May 18, 2012. Until then, here are our picks for the five key “Battleship” trailer moments. Brooklyn, Obviously One of these days, Brooklyn Decker is going to get a movie role that doesn’t require her to parade around a beach in a bikini. Or not. One thing is certain after checking out this footage and taking in her performance, such as it was, in Adam Sandler’s “Just Go With It”: Decker, the Sports Illustrated model, has been typecast. In “Battleship,” she finds herself in the middle of one of cinema’s oldest relationship pickles: in love with a bad boy whom her dad can’t freaking stand. Clearly the relationship between the boy (a naval officer played by Taylor Kitsch) and the daddy (Liam Neeson’s no-nonsense admiral) will factor into the battle with these aliens. Let’s just hope it doesn’t become the emotional focus. Don’t Tread on Me Everything in the Navy’s military exercises in the big blue ocean seems to be going well until they encounter a hulking contraption submerged in the water. One unlucky dude (Kitsch) is sent out to touch base, literally, with the alien ship, unleashing a whole lot of extraterrestrial terror. The aliens, we’ll soon learn, are here to utilize our oceans as a power source. This one shot raises a bunch of questions. Why are the ship’s defenses activated by simple touch, rather than the proximity of the Navy? What kind of tech do the aliens possess that they can send a sort of shockwave that hurtles a man so far, so quickly? And what’s inside the ship that we don’t yet see? What a Big Bubble You Have! Speaking of alien weaponry, the ship is capable of unleashing some kind of bubble force field that encompasses an enemy and, so it seems, destroys everything within it. We’ll just ignore, for now, how the bubble reminds us of that containment unit in “The Simpsons Movie.” Instead, let’s concentrate on the alien tech. We’re hoping for originality and cool visuals to join forces and deliver us a satisfying early summer movie experience. The bubble, perhaps, is the harbinger of fun, absurd, eye-popping stuff to come. She Needs an Umbrella “Battleship” marks Rihanna’s big-screen debut . In the trailer, blink and you miss her. But she’s there, standing up in a raft and looking wet as the alien craft flies overhead. She certainly looks freaked out. But we can’t yet get a sense of her acting chops from this footage; and hey, we might not be able to even after this popcorn flick’s credits roll. All we can say for now is she had a blast on the production. “Working with [director] Peter Berg is unbelievable,” she told us last fall. “I love doing movies now. It’s something I want to do more of. I just want to pick films that are wise for me and roles that I can pull off, nothing that is too big for me.” Taking Flight We have to say we’re surprised how much of the alien ship we get to see in this first trailer. We see how it’s a craft that can both plunge into the water and also take flight. We see how it can transform and shift and hover; quite a lot of control, those aliens have on this sucker. We see its cylinder-shaped weaponry. We see the front of the ship almost seems to have a face. So the question is: How much did filmmakers hold back? We haven’t, for instance, seen the aliens themselves. With so many alien flicks hitting theaters each year, it’s getting harder and harder to surprise audiences with those creatures. Can “Battleship” do it? Stay tuned. Check out everything we’ve got on “Battleship.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Photos Five Important Moments In The ‘Battleship’ Trailer Related Artists Rihanna
Nearly a quarter century of The Simpsons alone have made Hank Azaria one of the more inveterate voice actors in the industry. But what’s the flesh-and-blood Azaria — no slouch himself onscreen over the years — to do when playing a cartoon come to life? That’s one of the dynamics factoring into this week’s live-action/CGI adaptation of The Smurfs , featuring Azaria as the tiny blue title creatures’ arch-nemesis Gargamel.
Clarence Clemons, the legendary saxophonist from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, has died after suffering a stroke earlier this month. He was 69. Known as The Big Man, the 6’4″ former college football player was a rock and roll mainstay as one of The Boss’ right hand men for decades. His sax can be heard on “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” “Born to Run,” “Thunder Road,” “Dancing in the Dark” and countless other Springsteen hits. He released several solo albums and appeared in various TV series ranging from Diff’rent Strokes and Nash Bridges to The Simpsons and The Wire . He performed last month with Lady Gaga on the season finale of American Idol, and can be seen in her just-released video for ” The Edge of Glory .” Clemons had dealt with a series of medical problems over the past decade, including having both of his knees replaced and spinal fusion surgery. After an early improvement from the stroke he suffered, things took a turn for the worse and he passed away yesterday. He will be missed.
