But you can just call her “Luna.” Which is short for “ My mama is a Lunatic for naming me this longwinded isht!” Apparently Uma Thurman’s flair for names is even more outlandish than her ‘Kill Bill’ director’ Quentin Tarentino’s because her third child is toting a load longer than a lil bit. Via US Weekly reports : Three months after giving birth, Uma Thurman has finally revealed her daughter’s name — and it’s as long as the wait! “I would like to announce Uma and Arki’s daughter’s name for the first time officially: Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson, better known to family and friends as Luna,” the actress’ rep Gabrielle Kachman tells Us Weekly. Thurman, 42, welcomed daughter Luna with her financier boyfriend, Arpad Busson, 49, on July 15. The actress is also mother to daughter Maya and son Levon with ex-husband Ethan Hawke. “Each name has a special reason and meaning to her mother and father,” Kachman tells Us of Luna’s full name. This is the first child for the Bel Ami star and Busson. The couple began dating in 2007, but called off their engagement in 2009; They reunited in 2011. And you thought Shanequa was bad. SMH. SplashNews
Man Sells Bottle Of ‘McJordan’ BBQ Sauce For $10,000 On Ebay Apparently not everybody is in the 47%. A Chicago man recently paid $10,000 for a 20-year-old bottle of ‘McJordan’ BBQ sauce. via The Grio A man who used to own McDonald’s restaurants in North Dakota is about $10,000 richer after selling a 20-year-old container of McJordan barbecue sauce to a buyer in Chicago. The sauce was used on McJordan Burgers, named for basketball icon Michael Jordan. The promotional item was sold in limited markets for a short time in the 1990s, when Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships. Mort Bank, of Bismarck, saved the gallon jug of sauce after selling his McDonald’s restaurants in Bismarck-Mandan and Minot in 1996. “It was in my basement and I would look at it occasionally,” he told The Bismarck Tribune. “I thought it would be worth something someday.” Bank advertised the sauce on eBay, saying: “A once in a lifetime chance to own the rarest of rare Michael Jordan and McDonald’s collectible!” It sold for $9,995 to a buyer from Chicago whom Bank has not identified. Are people really gettin gwap like that out in Chi-town? Or maybe he’s thinking in 20 MORE years it’ll be worth $20,000? Image via Twitter
The flyer was found circulating in one of the dorms at Miami University in Ohio. The school tried to keep the story under wraps and didn’t alert the student body . The school said it didn’t say isht because the incident was “confined strictly to McBride Hall.” SMH According to The Daily News… Miami University in Ohio is under fire after a disturbing flier offering tips on how to rape women was found in the men’s bathroom of a coed freshman dorm. The list, “Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape,” tells readers that “practice makes perfect,” adding, “the more you rape, the better you get at it.” “If you’re afraid that the girl will identify you, slit her throat,” the flier also advises. A resident assistant at the dorm, McBride Hall, found the note on the weekend of Oct. 6 and reported it to university officials the following Monday, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. “I read the flier. I was shocked,” Barbara Jones, Miami’s vice president for student affairs, told the newspaper. “It has no place on our campus or any other campus.” In response, the university organized a mandatory meeting for male students in the dorm, launched a police investigation and ramped up police presence in the hall. But Kate Van Fossen, a junior at the university and vice president of Woman Against Violence and Sexual Assault, says the university should have done more, such as alerting the entire student body immediately after the incident. The university issued a response to students this week, Van Fossen said, adding that while she “appreciated” the notice, it was too little too late. “I don’t want to point fingers at the university,” she told the Daily News. “But it is so important for awareness to be pointed towards this incident because sexual assault does tend to be an issue that people brush under the rug.” Jones told the Cincinnati Enquirer that the university did not notify all students right away because the incident was “confined strictly to McBride Hall.” Van Fossen, however, questioned how serious the university is about sexual assault prevention given that the school has not had a sexual assault prevention coordinator in a year. “I was absolutely shocked,” she told the Daily News of the flier. “It brought tears to my eyes that someone on my campus, joking or not joking, came up with those things to say and posted them in a public place for other boys to see. You never know who [the poster] is reaching out to.” At least 27 sexual assaults have been reported on campus since 2009, with 19 of the assaults allegedly occurring in dorms, according to the Miami University Police website. Claire Wagner, the university’s director of news and public information, told the Daily News that officials have not yet identified the people responsible for the “awful” flier. The culprit, however, will face several possible sanctions, including removal from the dorm, mandatory educational programs and suspension. Obviously this was a bad joke but rape doesn’t seem like the best subject to give tips on. Wonder how many of the guys who saw it thought the flier was wrong? Images via en.wikipedia and twitter
Doesn’t this ninja every get tired of hearing himself talk?? The Game Blames Jay-Z For President Obama’s Poor Debate Performance Via V103/CBSLocal With the second Presidential debate on deck, The Game has joined the ranks of rappers for Obama, while defending the newly minted Mitt Romney supporter Stacey Dash. The Game admitted that President Obama‘s debate performance from October 3 was lackluster, but he is still standing by the president. “I’ve seen the debate: words were fumbled, certain topics weren’t covered correctly,” he told CBS Local. “But he’s Obama. He probably was listening to Jay-Z before he got up there and was a little bit in the zone and couldn’t get it together. But I love Obama he got my vote still.” To be sure, Obama has bragged in the past that he has Jay-Z in his iPad and the the two have enjoyed a cozy relationship during this election cycle. The rap mogul and his pop star wife, Beyonce, hosted a $40,000 per plate fundraiser in September for the president. Jayceon goes on to say: “Let me tell you something, Obama could have comeoout and said his A-B-Cs in the debate and he would have gotten my vote,” he told CBS Local. “I like Obama, he’s cool he got swag and that’s my president. Mitt Romney is a Republican. I’m not down with anything they stand for. Not to diss anybody else’s beliefs and what their vote is but I like Obama. He can’t do me no wrong.” The Compton MC also took a second to defend his friend Stacey Dash’s decision to support Money Makin’ Mitt. “I don’t understand what everybody’s gripe is with that,” he said. “We live in the world [where] we try as people to become more non-racial. Every black person in the world doesn’t support Obama. …Why are we slamming her? Maybe she has different views and opinions, she should be entitled.” Maybe Barry O was listening to the wrong Jay-Z song, maybe he should have played “99 Problems (But A Mitt Ain’t One), instead of soft and polite “Excuse Me Miss”. As far as Stacey Dash goes, who cares who she votes for, just make sure YOUR Black, White, Mexican, Asian, Indian, a$$ is at the polls on November 6th!
Can you say “world domination?” Cosmetic surgery is increasingly popular among South Korean men. The WSJ’s Jaeyeon Woo explains the appeal. WallStreetJournal
Say what?!? Alessandra Ambrosio To Model $2.5 Million “Fantasy Bra” In Victoria Secret Fashion Show Via People Supermodel Alessandra Ambrósio was sitting home breastfeeding her 3-week-old son Noah when the phone rang and she got the surprise of her life. “I just wanted to scream,” admits the mother of two, recalling the moment she was asked to model the coveted ‘Fantasy Bra’ in the upcoming Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. “But I won’t lie, I was really worried,” she admits.” I was in total mother mode.” After going hard in the gym and getting her pre-baby body back, the leggy model says she’s ready to cover her tiddays with precious gems. There’s less than one month to go until she hits the VS runway donning the $2.5 million Floral Fantasy gift set, which includes a Very Sexy push-up bra handset with amethysts, sapphires, rubies and diamonds (plus a removable 20-carat white diamond in the center), and the matching belt, adorned with more than 5,200 precious gems. “It was perfect for me,” Ambrósio says of the set, designed by Long Island’s London Jewelers (who did last year’s bra, modeled by Miranda Kerr). “I felt they made it for me. It’s very romantic.” And now that she feels so ready for the big day, nerves aren’t even an issue. “I’m pretty calm,” she says. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time.” Don’t miss Ambrósio on the runway at the 2012 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, airing Dec. 4 on CBS. Sorry, but but we’d rather see strippers covered in $2.5 million in one-dollar bills. Image via Victoria’s Secret
Wait, ain’t that Pleasure P? Marcus Cooper is back with new music under his real name. We just got our hands on some behind the scenes footage from the video for his first single “I Love Girls.” The full version will debut on BET’s “106 & Park” today. What do you think? Do you Hate It Or Love It?!?!
Looks like Paul thinks he can keep fakin’ us all out! During his campaign run in Ohio , the good ‘ole boy thought it’d be a cool idea to stop into a soup kitchen unannounced and ‘help out’. According to The Washington Post : The head of a northeast Ohio charity says that the Romney campaign last week “ramrodded their way” into the group’s Youngstown soup kitchen so that GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan could get his picture taken washing dishes in the dining hall. Brian J. Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, said that he was not contacted by the Romney campaign ahead of the Saturday morning visit by Ryan, who stopped by the soup kitchen after a town hall at Youngstown State University. “We’re a faith-based organization; we are apolitical because the majority of our funding is from private donations,” Antal said in a phone interview Monday afternoon. “It’s strictly in our bylaws not to do it. They showed up there, and they did not have permission. They got one of the volunteers to open up the doors.” He added: “The photo-op they did wasn’t even accurate. He did nothing. He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall.” Ryan had stopped by the soup kitchen for about 15 minutes on his way to the airport after his Saturday morning town hall in Youngstown. By the time he arrived, the food had already been served, the patrons had left, and the hall had been cleaned. Upon entering the soup kitchen, Ryan, his wife and three young children greeted and thanked several volunteers, then donned white aprons and offered to clean some dishes. Photographers snapped photos and TV cameras shot footage of Ryan and his family washing pots and pans that did not appear to be dirty. Antal, a self-described independent voter, said that he “can’t fault my volunteers” for letting the campaign in but said that the campaign “didn’t go through the proper channels.” He noted that the soup kitchen relies on funding from private individuals who might reconsider their support if it appears that the charity is favoring one political candidate over another. “I can’t afford to lose funding from these private individuals,” he said. “If this was the Democrats, I’d have the same exact problem.” He added that the incident had caused him “all kinds of grief” and that regardless of whether Ryan had intended to serve food to patrons or wash dishes, he would not have allowed the visit to take place. “Had they asked for permission, it wouldn’t have been granted. … But I certainly wouldn’t have let him wash clean pans, and then take a picture,” Antal said. SMH…you know your isht stinks when business owners don’t even want you to come in and help them out! Images via WENN
Cemetery Gives Mourning Mother Wrong Baby’s Body For Burial A Memphis woman who gave birth to a stillborn baby was forced to endure additional distress when she was given the wrong baby to bury upon arriving at the cemetery. via News One Veronica Miller delivered a stillborn baby at 33 weeks and was given the wrong body to bury by Memphis’ Shelby County Cemetery, reports the Daily Mail. The county cemetery, which is a government-sponsored potter’s field for those who cannot afford the expenses of a burial, was was recommended to Miller by the hospital where she delivered her daughter Malaysia. “The hospital convinced me that this was a wonderful place for babies,” she told WMCTV. Yet when Miller went to visit the burial grounds, she discovered that it was far from what she had been told by hospital personnel. “I wouldn’t bury my dog there,” Miller lamented. “We saw markers that were scattered out, came out the ground. I mean, how would I identify that this is where my baby is at?” The young Mom then made the request to have her child’s body removed from the cemetery and turned over to a funeral director. Smh. That poor woman. Hopefully she was able to find somewhere to lay her baby to rest in peace. Image via Shutterstock
That child bride side-eye is priceless. This child matrimony-dom is especially crazy because just having sex with their husbands has killed some of these brides, who still weren’t mature enough to handle the size of a grown man. Via RadarOnline : The bride wore pink, a tiny tee-shirt with a butterfly on it that was suitable for the five-year-old girl, but sadly her impending marriage was a world away from being age-appropriate. Rajani is one of the countless under age victims of the illegal child bride industry that is uncovered in a new ground-breaking investigation, Too Young To Wed , that was launched on Thursday to coincide with the International Day of the Girl Child, RadarOnline.com learned in an e-mail statement from United Nations Population Fund (UNPF). The startling revelations shed light on the millions of women around the world who are forced to wed before they are even teenagers, such as Tehani, a six-year-old from Yemen who became a wife before she even knew how babies were made. Or Meigon, 11, from Afghanistan, who revealed, “In my whole life, I have never felt love.” The remote Indian village of Rajasthan is spotlighted in the shocking study and the focus of a National Geographic article that reveals how the illicit ceremonies are conducted late at night, with the drunken grooms arriving by car instead of the customary elephant or the lavishly saddled horses Joining Rajani on her wedding night were her aunts, Radha and Gora, 15 and 13, who unlike her were old enough to understand their fate. The only person to have met the future husbands was their father – and Rajani’s grandfather – a farmer named Mr. M, who clandestinely hid the ceremony from the watchful eye of the police, as in India girls may not legally marry before age 18. “Child marriage spans continents, language, religion, caste. In India the girls will typically be attached to boys four or five years older; in Yemen, Afghanistan, and other countries with high early marriage rates, the husbands may be young men or middle-aged widowers or abductors who rape first and claim their victims as wives afterward, as is the practice in certain regions of Ethiopia,” reveals National Geographic writer, Cynthia Gorney, who has traveled around the world with photographer Stephanie Sinclair capturing heartbreaking tales and images. One tells of Ghulam, the 11-year-old bride from Afghanistan who was married off in 2005, forced to drop out of school, giving up on her dream of becoming a teacher one day. Parents often remove their daughters from school even before they are engaged to limit their interactions with boys. Some marriages are business transactions – such as a debt cleared in exchange for an 8-year-old bride or the resolution of a family feud by handing over a 12-year-old virgin – while others aim to unite families and combat overwhelming poverty. A man named Mohammed in remote western Yemen told of a girl in his village named Ayesha. “She is 10 years old,” he said. “Very tiny. The man she married is 50 years old, with a big belly, like so. “Like a rat getting married to an elephant.” Mohammed described the arrangement called shighar, in which two men provide each other with new brides by exchanging female relatives. “These men married each other’s daughters,” he explained. “If the ages had been proper between the husbands and new wives, I don’t think anyone would have reported it. But girls should not marry when they are 9 or 10. Maybe 15 or 16.” Near the end of her trip to Yemen, Gorney received a dispatch that highlighted the horror of the illegal matrimonies. “Newspapers were reporting that a bride from a village had been dropped off at a Sanaa hospital four days after her wedding,” she wrote. “Sex appeared to have ruptured the girl’s internal organs, hospital officials said. She had bled to death. She was 13 years old.” It is estimated that about 51 million girls below age 18 are currently married, often under the cover of darkness and in secret. In Afghanistan alone, it is believed that approximately 57 percent of girls wed before the legal age of 16. In many cases, the girls are lorded over by their husbands and in-laws, leaving them vulnerable to domestic violence as well as physical, sexual and verbal abuse. Underage wives who are lucky enough to escape from their husbands end up living in poverty, or worse. Some girls turn to “the world’s oldest profession” to earn a meager income and enter brothels, where they are subjected to horrific abuse. It is estimated that over the next decade, 100 million more girls — or roughly 25,000 girls a day — will marry before they turn 18 if this issue is not urgently addressed. Thank God someone is bringing attention to this issue. SMH @ these practices. No girl that young should be forced to wed and have children, especially not with no big azz grown azz man! Photo Credit: Stephanie Sincair/TooYoungToWed.org
