Former President Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention last night was one of his all-time great stem-winders, and nearly shut down Twitter. An estimated 496,222 tweets were posted during Clinton’s 48-minute defense of President Barack Obama, and Bubba certainly has no shortage of celebrity fans. Read some of the best reactions to his impassioned, heartfelt speech below: Olivia Wilde : Bill, lookin good. #veganfox Eva Longoria : Clinton was amazing tonight! Spoke the truth about our choice this election! #dnc2012 Magic Johnson : Ive always said that former Pres Bill Clinton is 1 of the greatest speakers of our time & he again proved it tonight. The man is brilliant. Will.I.Am : Republicans…it takes some balls to attack accuse a guy for doing what you did’ president bill clinton…wow…pres. clinton is the best. Jessica Capshaw : Bill Clinton…you are a truly wonderful speaker. You gots some brass đ #DNC2012 Zachary Quinto : There was more specificity in bill clinton’s speech tonight than in the entire three days of the RNC. so grateful for his intellect! Patton Oswalt : Clinton has the “Destruction! TERROR! And Mayhem!” part of LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out” playing on a loop in his head. Whoopi Goldberg : Bill Clinton has given one of the best speeches of his life. Great great speech. He just made the single BEST argument for Barack Obama. Valerie Bertinelli : Some of y’all might want to #unfollow right now because I LOVED Bill Clinton’s speech!
Actor Kal Penn’s puff, puff, passin’ some accolades to his boy Barack. Better known as the irresponsible stoner in the Harold & Kumar movie series, Kal repped for POTUS during last night’s DNC opening. Yahoo News caught up with Penn inside the Time Warner Cable Arena after his convention speech and asked about his thoughts on Obama’s sticky icky policy record. Of course, Penn is an actor and not a marijuana policy activist. But after his appearance in the campaign video, we had to ask. “I feel like I get this question because of the nature of the movies I’m in, and I know that you wouldn’t ask Anthony Hopkins whether he eats people in real life after ‘Silence of the Lambs,’” Penn said. “So I’m just going to call you out on that.” Fair enough (although appearing in an Obama video as a stoner makes it fair game.) “But,” he went on to say, “I think that the president’s been pretty consistent with that. He’s not in favor of legalization, we should be open about something like that. But what the president has done is take a really smart look at the Department of Justice and said, given the fact that the federal government has limited resources, we should be allocating them toward violent criminals and not towards nonviolent criminals. We can see that not just in things like mary but in things like immigration reform where he’s going after and deporting violent criminals and making sure that if you’re a DREAM Act eligible student that you know that you can apply for your deferred status. Wherever the federal government has an appropriate role, I think the president’s been very consistent in that. That’s something that I think folks should know.” While the Justice Department has made small changes to its drug law enforcement approach, civil libertarians have taken Obama’s administration to task for continuing federal prosecution of sticky icky dispensaries that operate legally under state laws. In 2004, then-Illinois state Sen. Obama called the “war on drugs” an “utter failure” and called for herb to be decriminalized, but he has tread carefully on the issue during his presidency. When asked if he thought federal policies on green were appropriate, Penn said he didn’t know. “I’m not an herb expert,” he said. “That’s a weird question.” No coincidence that Kal didn’t bring up Barack’s drug policy record during his speech…but we all know he’d like that isht legalized. Source Images via Youtube/Twitter
Here in gorgeous photo shoot she is looking incredibly attractive as usual posing for the camera and showing off her lovely breasts topless at the same time. It is a shame that she is not completely naked but maybe she is leaving that for another time. Continue reading →
Harmony Korine ‘s Spring Breakers premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival is still days away, but festival-goers in Venice will catch the world debut Wednesday and already the film is making some initial waves with “raunchy” and “raucous” being just two operative words to describe the feature about a quartet of sexy college girls whose plan to rob a fast food joint to fund their spring break getaway goes awry. And that is just the beginning. The film stars Selena Gomez , James Franco , Vanessa Hudgens and Heather Morris. Franco plays their unexpected savior – so-to-speak. A local thug, he unexpectedly bails them out of jail and takes them under his wing and even manages to win them over, leading them into the wildest spring break ever and into a bit more crime. In Venice, Selena Gomez who once starred in the Emmy-winning Wizards of Waverly Place acknowledged that some of her fans may find her role a bit of a surprise. “Obviously I know that coming from Disney Channel gives you kind of a brand in a way,” the 20-year-old told reporters in Venice, according to Reuters . “People do put a label on you. I know that I have younger fans, and this is an opportunity for myself to kind of grow. It is a little shocking, I think, for the younger audiences … but I think it was right for me. I did things I didn’t even know I could do on the movie and I do think it was because I trusted Harmony.” Gomez had apparently been asked to play an even racier character in the film, but opted for the comparatively more staid Faith. The 20 year-old actress said that her character in the film was her speed at least for now. “I just didn’t think I was ready for it, and I do think that Faith is right for me at this time in my career and in my life,” she said in Venice. “Of course eventually I’m going to kind of work my way up to that I think.” Fluorescent bikinis, robberies and hard beach partying aside, The Telegraph said that Spring Breakers actually does not go “far enough,” saying it is just another “mainstream Hollywood teen comedy.” That is a surprise coming from the writer of 1995’s seminal Kids and his last Toronto offering Trash Humpers . Others will undoubtedly have their say. [ Sources: Reuters , The Telegraph ]
An anonymous individual or group claims to have obtained “all available” tax returns associated with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The alleged hackers claim to have accessed them via computers in the Franklin, Tenn., office of professional services firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers. An anonymous posting on a file sharing website claims PwC was hacked ; the same site has been used to boast of other high-profile corporate hacks. How’d they pull it off, allegedly? The posting states: “[ Romney’s tax returns ] were taken from the PWC office 8/25/2012 by gaining access to the third floor via a gentleman working on the 3rd floor of the building.” Bribes go a long way, apparently. President Obama’s 2012 election opponent has faced calls to release his tax forms prior to 2010. The former CEO of Bain Capital has refused to do so. Wonder if this will change his mind. After “all 1040 tax forms for Romney were copied,” the perpetrators claim, having sent Mitt’s tax returns “to Democratic and GOP offices in the county.” “A scanned signature image for Mitt Romney from the 1040 forms were scanned and included with the packages,” which are almost entirely encrypted. That’s where the fun part comes in. The group claims it will “release all available files to the public on the 28 of September, 2012,” unless someone coughs up $1 million … in Bitcoins. The purported hacker(s) issued this threat to PwC: “All major news media outlets are going to be sent an encrypted copy of the most recent tax years that your company had on file since you did not have them all in a convenient electronic form.” “The years before 2010 will be of great interest to many. If the parties interested do not want the encrypted key released to the public to unlock these documents on September 28 of this year then payment will be necessary.” “The deal is quite simple. Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoins (Google if if you need a lesson on what Bitcoin is) using the various markets available out in the world for buying.” “Transfer the Bitcoins gathered to the Bitcoin address listed below. It does not matter if small amounts or one large amount is transferred, as long as the final value of the Bitcoins is equal to $1,000,000 USD at the time when it is finished.” “The keys to unlock the data will be purged and what ever is inside the documents will remain a secret forever. Failure to do this before September 28, the entire world will be allowed to view the documents with a publicly released key to unlock everything.” “Bitcoin Address to Stop Release: [redacted]” “At the same time, the other interested parties will be allowed to compete with you. For those that DO want the documents released will have an different address to send to.” “If $1,000,000 USD is sent to this account first; then the encryption keys will be made available to the world right away. So this is an equal opportunity for the documents to remain locked away forever or to be exposed before the September 28 deadline.” “Who-ever is the winner does not matter to us.” Romney is locked in a dead heat with Obama with two months to go before the election. One way or another, the tax return issue keeps rearing its ugly head. Should Mitt release more tax returns? Who are you voting for in November?
This feels so surreal right now, like me writing my own Bieber Experience . My name is Trina and Iâve been a Belieber all my life. Iâve seen Justin at show tapings so many times that I canât even keep count, but meeting him face to face was so hard to do. I found out about a year ago where Justinâs rehearsal studios were, but I wasnât sure if it was true or not. I waited a couple of months, which became a year of waiting . All of a sudden, I found a picture of him coming out of the studio on JustJaredJrâs page. I was the happiest girl because I finally found out where Justin was rehearsing at. It was August 15, 2012, where my friends and I decided to go and check out the place. We go and see that there are a group of girls in line. We asked them, âAre you guys here for Bieber?â and they said, âYES!â No one knows what was going through my mind on that day. We stood in line for 5 hours. While waiting in line, I decided to write a letter to Justin from all the Beliebers with our Twitter names on it. Then all of sudden I see the Moshe park Justinâs swag van on the other side on the studio and Justin just jaywalked across the street to meet us. I was crying under my paper and I heard my best friend say, âOh my god, Trina donât cry. Get your act together because Justin will skip your turn.â I got my act together and within a blink of an eye, I see Justinâs right next to me. I was literally on Cloud 9, I didnât even know what was going on. He came up to me, gave me a tight side hug . He saw me, and said âHiâ and all the words that came out of my mouth were âYou are absolutely amazing.â As he was about to leave to go take pictures with other girls, I said âJustin, wait, please pinky promise me you will read this letter.â He looked me in the eyes and said âSure, of course I will.â He brought his pinky out to mine and gave my pinky the best pinky hug ever . I donât know what he said back because he was such in a rush. After my turn was over, my friends and I just ran up to each other and gave each other the biggest group hug ever! Even til this day, I still canât believe I met my idol. On August 21st, my friends and I decided to go back to the studio because our summer was almost going to be over, and we wanted to spend the end of the summer with Justin. We get there around like 3:00 and there were like a few girls. We waited for like an hour all sitting down, waiting and waiting since Justin usually comes out at late noon time. I decided to look up and then all of a sudden I see Justin with Moshe and Alfredo. The guy who worked there said, âEveryone get up, get in a straight line and this will be a fast one.â My heart was throbbing. I didnât know what to do. He came walking up to everyone and said, âHi everyone, how are you doing?â Justin decides to start from the back of the line, where me and my friends were standing. I just say âHi Justin!â and he says âDid you guys all come together as a group or?â and I say âUm noâ he goes âWe will all just take a group picture.â My friends and I just gather up around him, and he says âWho has a phone that Moshe could use to take a picture?â Let alone did I know my camera app was open and ready to go, and I just yelled out âOMG I DO I DO!â I give my phone to Justin, and he hands it to Moshe. While we are waiting for Moshe to take the picture he goes, âEveryone smile at the camera!â and we all just smile. He decides to leave and I just grab him and I hug him so tight and he goes, âWoah there.â Iâm like, âSorry. I just had too,â and he smiles back. I was so excited. I didnât know what to do. I saw Alfredo on the other side, and I say âALFREDO! ALFREDO, CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE?!â he says âYesâ and he gave a thumbs up. He comes up to my group and he goes, âOh my god, it so hot out here, Iâm sweating!â and we all take the picture, and he goes âIt was so nice seeing/meeting you all.â At the end of this day, Moshe decided to give us all Gatorades since we were so calm and patient! This day was the second best experience ever; I never thought that he would actually come out since he seemed so tired! I honestly cannot thank Justin and his crew for everything theyâve done for us. Even a thank you doesnât cut it. After waiting 4 and half years of just sitting behind my phone, crying my eyes out because I always saw other girls with him. Now, my day had finally come! No one can understand how much I love Justin, nor can any words explain it. To the people who told me, I would never ever meet Justin, well look at me now! EVERYONE JUST BELIEVE AND NEVER SAY NEVER, your time will come. I promise you! -@TrinaNazarian Read more: This feels so surreal right now, like me writing my own Bieber…
After a long time of researching, I finally found the studio where Justin was rehearsing . I was upset since I didnât have a ride the first few weeks. My friendâs mom took us on August 21st. We got lost and were too late since Justin already came out around 4pm. I was crying so much, but kept trying. On August 24, my friendâ s mom took us again. I got there around 1pm and waited with other beliebers I soon became friends with. We were near the front. We saw the van arrive and about an hour later it left so we got worried, but it was just Moshe and Kenny who came back with food. The dancers came out and met everyone during their break. They were wearing cute Bieber shirts! Around 6:30, Justin came out sitting on the van! He met all of us, Moshe made us take group pictures, with Justinâs purple iPhone, and he promised to tweet them! I didnât get to say anything since it happened in a few seconds. It didnât feel real. He smelled soo good. I gave my letter to a worker to give to Justin, so hopefully he will read it. There were at least 40 girls and more people kept coming. Kenny and Alfredo came out to take pictures with everyone later. We took a group picture that Alfredo instagrammed and he also kissed my cheek! Everything was worth the wait. After 3 years I finally met Justin, my inspiration and the person who keeps me strong. BELIEVEâ„ Read more here: After a long time of researching, I finally found the studio…
I have been a fan of Justins since 2009 and have been wanting to meet him for almost 4 years! I knew it would be difficult but I decided to make it happen the summer of 2012. My friends and I had gone to some of Justinâs favorite hangout spots in hopes of seeing him, but no luck . At this point I began getting really discouraged and afraid I would never meet him. I knew Justin would be starting his rehearsals for the Believe Tour so I decided to take it upon myself to find the studio he and the crew would be at. After calling about six studios, I finally found the studio which Justin would be at! I was ecstatic and so hopeful that this was my chance to finally meet him! Monday August 13th, my friend and I arrived at the studio at 2pm around the same time Justin arrived. We parked the car and sat on the sidewalk knowing Justin would be inside for at least 2 hours. Around 4 oâclock five more girls showed up and sat with us. Moshe, driving the swag van pulled out of the parking lot and drove across the street where we were to wait inside the alleyway. My friend and I got up, walked into the alley and walked up to Moshe hoping he would roll down his window and talk to us. He did. I said, âHi Moshe, we have been waiting here for a while and were wondering if you could have Justin come out and say hi to us after he finishes rehearsingâ. Moshe said, âNo problem no problemâ. We walked back to the sidewalk and told the other girls the good news. At that point we were all so excited becuase we knew we would finally be meeting Justin! It was just a matter of what time he would come out. At 6 oâclock, another 4 girls showed up. There were a total of 11 of us. We all sat and talked about what we would say to Justin and how excited we were which helped the time pass significantly. Finally at 7pm we saw the swag van pull out of the parking lot and we saw Moshe signal to us to stay where we were, so we did. The van drove right past us and drove all the way to the end of the alley. We saw the door open and we saw Justin get out but he didnât come to us. We stared at that van for 30 minutes wondering when it would come back down the alley and finally at 7:30, it did. We all stood up and organized ourselves in a line whispering to each-other to stay calm! The van pulled up right in front of us, Moshe hopped out of the drivers seat, and then came to the side where we were. We all high fived him and expressed our gratitude for him stopping for us. All of the sudden Justin opened the door and came out. I froze, I couldnt believe I was so close to my idol. He started at the front of the line taking pictures with 4 girls until he got to me. I bought him a snapback Lakers hat and said âHere Justin, I got this for you.â He said, âOh really? Thank you! Thank you for this.â He then asked me how I was and I said âGood how are you,â he said Iâm good, it was a long day though.â He then grabbed my waist and I wrapped my arm around him as we took out picture. I told him thank you so much and he said of course, of course with a big smile on his face. I then watched him take pictures with the rest of the girls, still in awe that this was happening. After he had finished taking pictures and talking with everyone, he hopped back into his van and we all said âThank you Justin, we love you, you are the best!!â He turned around and said âThank you guys for being the best fans!â  The van door then shut and they drove off. We all stood there, speechless and beyond excited! We all hugged eachother and ran around screaming. We hung out for another ten minutes together and then everyone went home. It was a dream come true and I cant thank Justin enough for being so sweet. The 6 hours of waiting went by really fast and were SO worth it. He is genuinly the sweetest, most humble guy ever and I am so proud to call him my idol. Nine days later I decided to go back to the studio with my friends who were with me on the 13th to see Justin one last time before school started. We got there at 2:30 and were only behind like six other girls. By this point more and more girls were finding out the address and the number of girls coming was multiplying daily. There were 45 girls at the studio compared to the 11 the first time I went . Crazy right? Anyways we all sat and talked and made jokes and before we knew it, it was 7pm (near the time Justin usually comes out.) The swag van began to pull out of the parking lot and the secutiry guards made us cross the street and screamed at us to keep an orderly line. Justin came out of the van and took pictures with every single one of us there. When it was my turn, I went up to him and gave him a huge hug first. I forgot to hug him on the 13th and then asked him how he was. We took our picture and and I told him once again thank you so much for everything you do for us! He smiled and said no problem, of course! Security made us all walk to the other side after we took our picture and I just stood there watching Justin take pics with everyone else. Once he had finished, we waved goodbye and off he went. There were about 10 cars (the Bieber crew) that followed behind him. We all waited and waved goodbye to all of his dancers, Kenny, Alfredo, Dan, Scrappy as the drove past us. There were so many cars apart of team Bieber that the entire street was backed up with the crew. It was hilarious and deifinitely a sight to see. I am SO thankful to have been able to meet Justin this summer and have made so many amazing friends along the way! View original post here: I have been a fan of Justins since 2009 and have been wanting to…
Wow, I never thought that I would be writing a âMy Bieber Experience.â Here we go: Iâm Chelsea and I thankfully found out where Justin was rehearsing for the Believe Tour. I talked to some of my friends and they helped me find the place and made it all happen. My friend Shelby drove 4 1/2 hours to see me meet the boy that changed our lives. On Saturday August 18 , I arrived at the studio at 11am with my friend Michelle. We notice that there are already girls waiting so we get in line. The hours begin to pass, but it was getting hotter as the time passed. Around 3:30pm, Justin passed us in his swag van with Moshe driving. At that moment we were happy because we knew he was there and we were that much closer! We continued to wait and the time slowed down once it was 6pm. We continued to wait when suddenly at around 6:45 a security guy came out and told us to stay in a line. Then Moshe pulled up and stopped the swag van and slowly and casually walk out Justin Bieber . The boy that I thought I would NEVER meet. The girls ahead off us met him then suddenly I realize he is walking towards my group. Justin notices Shelby and asks how she is and they hug, then I give him a BIG hug, and OMG that boy smells SO GOOD. I hug him and then Shelby gets a kiss on the cheek from Justin and I put my arms around him hold him tight and take our picture. I let go and cannot BELIEVE that I literally just hugged Justin Bieber. I cross the driveway and cannot even compose myself. As we are standing there, my group of friends were all tearing up because Iâm just standing there bawling. As we stand there, I hear my mom yell from the other side, so I run across composing myself for Justin and snap a picture for my mom. I still cannot get over the fact that Justin called my mom âMomâ. My mom told Justin that she waited for 7 hours (which was true) and he was like, âWow, thanks Mom!â We then go back across the driveway, and Shelby runs to get her purse to give Moshe his gift so I give her my letter for Justin and she hands them to Moshe before they drove away. We say our goodbyes and Michelle and I get in the car and literally started bawling and every time we looked at each other or hugged, we would just cry in each others arms. As we drive home we embrace EVERYTHING that just happened and know that it could not have been any better. I loved the feeling of meeting Justin. I went back again on Wednesday August 22 and waited another 5 hours. We waited for him and as 7:00 rolled around Moshe and the security guards had us cross the driveway and get in a neat line. As we got in line, out walks the ever so casual Justin Bieber with the same hat as Saturday. I see everyone smiling ear to ear and realize my feelings are just as speechless as they were before. It was finally our turn and I hugged just tight and his toned arms were extremely cold (Iâm assuming the swag van was very cold). I hugged him got in close for our picture, and smiled big because I could not BELIEVE it was all happening again. After the picture, I hugged him big again and was said âThank youâ and he was like âYouâre welcome.â I was happy that I actually got to talk to him this time! Justin made all the hours worth waiting. I would any amount of time just to see his face. he makes me Believe in myself and because of him I have so may new friends that love him just as much as I do. I love you so much Justin and NO ONE can ever make me stop loving you. Thank you for stopping to say hello to us because of that you made so many lives complete. I know you made mine and I can never repay you for that. To all of you that read this I hope it shows you to never give up  and just to always Believe in what your heart is set too, because if this can happen to me then it can happen to anyone! I love you Justin. -@chelsterling Original post: Wow, I never thought that I would be writing a âMy Bieber…
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