Very sad news today out of the sports world. Pascual Perez, who pitched in the Major Leagues for 11 seasons and played for such teams as the Montreal Expos and New York Yankees, was stabbed to death during a home invasion in the Dominican Republic. He was 55. Multiple news outlets have confirmed the death, with some speculating Perez was targeted for the $2,000 MLB pension he recently received. Perez, who also spent time with the Pirates and Braves, posted a 3.43 ERA in 1983 and made the All-Star team that season. At the time of his murder, he was receiving dialysis for liver failure. A father of five, Perez’s two brothers, Carlos and Melido, also played professional baseball.
A few details have emerged regarding allegations of sexual assault against Cee Lo Green . While the identity of the accuser and the way in which it all went down remain a mystery, sources confirm to TMZ that Green allegedly attacked a woman inside a popular Los Angeles sushi restaurant. Moreover, the woman was on a date with the singer at the time. Green has already denied the charges, claiming he hasn’t set foot inside the establishment in at least three months. However, the supposed victim says the assault took place many months ago, although it remains unclear why she wanted to long to file a police report. The authorities, meanwhile, have already talked to various employees at the restaurant to determine if there are any witnesses and continue to investigate the serious charges.
I met Justin Bieber October 19 th , 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota . I had heard of the hotel he was staying at, and I knew I had to go there to see if I could find him. All day I was tweeting how I was going to try to find Justin, and everyone was just saying “good luck with that,” but I had hope . The car ride down there I was already screaming at the possibility of meeting him and the fact that we would be in the same city was already a crazy thought! I was able to get down to the hotel at around 8pm and once we got there, there were only about 10 girls there so far. They had all said he just drove by 10 minutes earlier and waved out the window, I was so mad that I missed it! The good thing was that we knew he had to come back to the hotel sometime that night, and I knew I would wait there all night until he came back. After about 2 hours of waiting Dan and Scrappy pulled up, said hi, and went into the hotel . I was in awe when I saw them. It was crazy, and I knew that Justin had to be coming soon. The number of people outside his hotel grew to about 35-40 girls after about 4 hours of standing in the freezing cold. All of a sudden everyone started screaming and running. I turn around to see this black SUV parked and Justin’s security guard walking out. THEN JUSTIN GETS OUT!!! I completely lost it. They kept telling us to stay back or else Justin would have to leave, so all us girls tried to cooperate as best we could even though we were all dying inside. Justin thankfully first came over to the side where I was standing and I couldn’t even believe what I was seeing before my eyes. Alfredo Flores was taking the pictures and I handed my camera to him and then got my picture with Justin. I literally wrapped my arms around his waist so tightly. He was so gorgeous in person I can’t even comprehend it and his face was so flawless. Even everyone I knew thought it was a fake picture and just a cutout of him because he looks so perfect. His voice when he talked was literally heaven. I told him I loved him , and the time went by so fast, I just wish I could relive that moment over and over. After taking the picture I was screaming non-stop in the car ride home and couldn’t believe this was real life. I would always read Bieber experiences on this tumblr, and I never thought I would ever have the chance to make my own. It seems so surreal, and I am so thankful that I got to meet him. I had been waiting my whole life for this moment and it was HANDS DOWN the greatest day of my life. Not only did I meet Justin, but his concert was still the next day. My countdown started at 124 days and the day had finally come. My friend, Morgan and I had floor seats and were row 31, but thanks to THE BEST SECURITY GUARD EVER, we got moved up to 6 th row and it was AMAZING! I will never forget when the countdown hit 0:00 and I literally died and was hyperventilating uncontrollably. After the concert we went back by his tour bus and all of a sudden Kenny and Alfredo came outside with Justin’s hamster, Pac! They were putting it away and I was so tempted to take it, but I didn’t… It was the best concert of my entire life and Justin is just perfect in every way. I will never get over the fact that I met my idol, and I will forever be in shock! Never give up on your chances of meeting him because I promise you will meet him someday if you try to make it happen!Dreams do come true, you just have to follow them and BELIEVE. –Alex Brown Excerpt from: I met Justin Bieber October 19th, 2012 in Minneapolis,…
My name is Akvile, I’m 17 and I live in London . June 18th 2012 was when I got my first picture with Justin Bieber. Just the feeling of being in his presence was honestly amazing. He is so stunning, you can just get so starstruck. I got my picture with him at Radio 1 in London, there were quite a few people there so I couldn’t talk to him , he had to leave pretty quickly because there was paparazzi also. That week was amazing because I met the whole crew. September 12th to 14th= the best few days of my life, honestly. September 12th was when Justin was recording the acoustic set for the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards so we went to the studios. We saw him go in but he ran inside quickly due to paparazzi. We stayed there till around 5.20pm. We had wristbands to his ‘Just Getting Started’ book signing and we heard that the doors to get into the signing closed at 6pm so we decided to just leave and go there . The moment we left, as we were walking down the road, we heard screams and turned around to see that he had just left. The car was coming in our direction so we ran to the end of the road and stood at the turn so he could see us. As the car was turning slowly, we waved at him and he was banging on the window at us and waving. Then he kissed the window of the car at us and drove off. That made my entire day. At the book signing, it was INSANE. We were near the end so it was really rushed because Justin was really sick, they wanted to get him out of there as soon as possible. I didn’t get to speak to him or anything, he was looking elsewhere when it was my turn so he didn’t notice me. We weren’t allowed to film but I managed to get a video of some of it. The next day included a lot of waiting again and we saw him towards night time at his hotel. When he got back from the Jonathan Ross show, a few of my friends got to meet him and get amazing pictures. We didn’t manage to get to him on time but I’m glad they did. We all decided that we were not leaving until we saw him and we stayed out the entire night. He came out for us around 11-12pm and fans swarmed him. He said, “Guys chill out, we can take pictures, let’s just hang out.” He asked everyone to line up but no one listened and so he said he’s going back in and then he left. I didn’t think he would come out for us again, but later on he did, at around 1.30am, and it was the best experience ever. The entire time I watched him, I was standing two feet away from him for like an entire 2 minutes just listening to him talk. He was so unwell but he still looked so perfect. I asked him for a hug and he was like ‘sure’ and I hugged him and whispered “thank you” in his ear because honestly, it was all I’ve ever wanted to say to him. I got a picture with him and it was just brilliant. When he left, we waved at him and then I honestly just collapsed and cried. I hugged all of friends, just crying because I have never been so happy before. That night, we actually slept on the street because we all missed our trains home, but we had fun so it was no big deal, except it was absolutely freezing that night. The next morning, we all heard that he wouldn’t be coming out because he was sick so we were so upset to hear about that so we wanted to do something for him. I got an idea and I ran to the nearest arts and crafts store I saw and bought some tape. I decided to write a note saying ‘Get well soon Justin’ and covered it in tape so that I could stick it on the car. Then my friends decided to join in and we decided to cover the car in those notes. Right before Justin left, as he was driving out, he had the car door open, JUST so he could say bye to us all. He drove out and said, “Hey guys!” to us, so we said hi and wished him to get well soon. As he drove away, we ran after the car as fast as we could and taped the notes onto the windows. I was so happy that we managed to do it. I was hoping he would smile at them, but I NEVER expected him to actually Instagram a picture of those notes on his car and say thank you to us . I cried my eyes out when I saw that Instagram and the tweets. We actually managed to make him smile and make him feel better when he was sick. That was such an amazing feeling for me, I couldn’t stop crying . We all made the effort and we did it, we made him smile and we made him feel better. Justin Drew Bieber is my pillar. He is my everything. He has helped me through so much and he’s the reason that I’m still here and living. I’m so grateful. I finally managed to thank him. The hours and days we spent waiting for him. All the time we spent staying outside during freezing weather. All of the times we were running everywhere to see him despite me having fractured legs and being in constant pain, it was just all SO worth it in the end. He is WORTH IT. Every 11:11, we all wished to meet him. And it happened. So the moral of MY story is – your dreams can come true. You just have to believe in them. -@AkvileEagle See the original post: My name is Akvile, I’m 17 and I live in London. June 18th…
An interesting clip with Megan Fox posing sexy for Esquire magazine, having a work-thru daily routine thematic, beautiful model showing us what she likes to do from the time she wakes up until she goes to bed. Continue reading →
Are they trying to imply that Black voters only vote for black candidates? Even if Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a republican, he definitely wouldn’t be a fan of all the bull going on today. According to The Huffington Post : Hovering above Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Dallas, a provocative billboard makes a controversial claim in black and red block letters: “Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. VOTE REPUBLICAN!” It’s a claim, and a voter registration tactic, that has been used before, despite a decidedly mixed reactions from community members who see it. The ads posted this year — as well as similar billboards posted in Austin and in Houston back in 2009 — are the brainchild of Claver Kamau-Imani, a Houston, Texas, church leader and the founder of RagingElephants.org, a conservative group that aims to recruit more African Americans for the Republican Party. Kamau-Imani said the use of the American Civil Rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner is appropriate and accurate. “The use of Dr. King, because of him being an icon in the community, we feel would be most effective,” Kamau-Imani told CBS DFW. “That’s why we used it. We have the documentation to back the claims we’re making on the billboard.” This documentation is hard to pin down, however. In 2009, Kamau-Imani told Fox News that King’s niece, the Rev. Alveda King, said her uncle was indeed a Republican. But while video of Alveda King’s claim is available on YouTube, Kamau-Imani acknowledged there’s no documentation to back her up. That 2009 billboard was taken down early, after the leader of the local New Black Panther Party chapter organized a press conference rallying support against the $3,000 sign. “Martin Luther King may have very well believed in some of the Christian principles of the Republican Party, but Dr. Martin Luther King was not a Republican or a Democrat,” Quanell X told Fox News at the time. “[He] would not be with the party of Newt Gingrich, he would not be with the party of Sarah Palin, he would not be with the party of Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage or Sean Hannity.” Dr. King’s son Martin Luther King III, as well as various other friends have all objected to this label. Ultimately, Politifact said the claim was false. Back in Dallas, Peter Johnson, an activist who worked alongside King in the 1960s, told CBS that the billboards are simply offensive. “Using his image is one thing, exploiting his legacy is another,” Johnson said. “To distort his legacy, it’s sacred to some of us. We know the suffering and sacrifice that was made.” To take the sacrifice that Dr. King and so many others made is beyond disrespectful. It makes us wonder what other disgusting tactics these ignorant fools will make. Images via facebook
We really really really seriously hope this is NOT true!! Via National Enquirer: Even though she’s a precocious 7-year-old, Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson was recently photographed wearing a diaper! The pint-size reality TV star’s pull-up was plain to see when she appeared with her mother, June “Mama” Shannon, to receive the title of “Miss Extra” at The Grove mall in Los Angeles. And that wasn’t the only time she’s been spotted sporting a diaper. “I was at their home a year ago, and Alana was running around the house wearing nothing but a diaper then,” Caleb Clark, ex-boyfriend of Alana’s oldest sister Anna “Chickadee” Shannon, told The ENQUIRER. “I was wondering, ‘Isn’t she toilet-trained yet? What’s wrong with these people?’” Experts agree that Alana should have passed through that stage by now. “It’s abnormal to still be in diapers at that age,” leading pediatrician Dr. Sandy Newmark told The ENQUIRER. “After ruling out any possible medical cause, I’d seek psychological help for the child.” No way this is true. This child is too old to be wearing diapers.
Dave Markey is an underground legend. A filmmaker who started making Super 8 movies before he hit his teens, by the time he finished high school he and his best friend Jordan Schwartz were the unofficial chroniclers of LA’s hardcore punk scene thanks to their ‘zine We Got Power! . We Got Power! only lasted for a few years, but after a long and totally awesome career documenting and making music videos for bands like Sonic Youth, Shonen Knife, The Circle Jerks, The Meat Puppets and Dinosaur Jr. as well as making the punk rock girl-gang classic Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984), its sequel Lovedolls Superstar (1986), and the award-winning documentary The Reinactors (2008), Dave teamed back up with his friend Jordan to re-visit their old ‘zine. The result is We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California , the new book from Bazillion Points that combines Markey and Schwartz’s photographs with essays from the people who were there. Illuminating, impassioned, and essential reading for anyone in need of some inspiration, We Got Power! is the definitive document of LA hardcore in the early ’80s. We talked to Dave at home, where he told us about his movies, the LA scene then and now, and the indelible appeal of Russ Meyer. More after the jump!
