‘Beautiful Girls’ singer will answer fans’ questions and catch us up on life since his jet-ski accident on special airing Tuesday at 7:57 p.m. ET on MTV and MTV.com. By Jocelyn Vena Sean Kingston in his TwitPic Photo: TwitPic Sean Kingston will sit down with MTV News and our own Sway Calloway on Tuesday, August 2, to set the record straight about his headline-making jet-ski accident . During “MTV First: Sean Kingston,” the chart-topping artist will talk about his recovery from the near-fatal accident and his plans to get back in the recording studio. The special is set to air at 7:57 p.m. ET on MTV and then continue for 30 minutes on MTV.com. Beginning Monday (August 1), fans can submit questions for Sean through MTV.com or via Twitter (using @MTVNews/ hashtag #AskSean). Fans first learned of the accident that landed Kingston in a Miami hospital trauma ward during this past Memorial Day weekend. He suffered from a broken jaw, a fractured wrist and water in his lungs . Nearly four weeks after the accident, the “Beautiful Girls” singer tweeted a photo of himself from what looked like his hospital bed. He was released in late June. Recently, Kingston has been slowly getting back to work, turning up onstage with Nicki Minaj on July 24, and shooting a music video with Iyaz, Travie McCoy and Soulja Boy earlier this month. On “MTV First,” Sean will open up about the cause of the jet-ski accident and go into detail about the various medical procedures he underwent to treat his injuries. The singer will also speak candidly about how the accident helped him to focus on living a healthier lifestyle. And, of course, we’ll find out what’s up next for the star in his music career. Share your questions for Sean Kingston in the comments section below or tweet us @MTVNews using the hashtag #AskSean Related Videos Sean Kingston Breaks His Silence Live On ‘MTV First’ Related Artists Sean Kingston
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‘Beautiful Girls’ singer also thanks fans for ‘all the prayers and support’ in first tweet since jet-ski accident. By Rob Markman Sean Kingston in his TwitPic Photo: TwitPic A picture speaks a thousand words and on Sunday night, Sean Kingston spoke volumes when he sent a picture of himself, from what appeared to be his hospital bed via Twitter. Kingston, who was rushed to the hospital on Memorial Day Weekend after a jet-ski accident in Miami, was first said to be in critical condition before he was moved to the ICU days later. On Sunday, however, the “Beautiful Girls” singer looked a lot better in a photo he posted , in which he’s sporting a fresh haircut and holding up two fingers. “Feeling a lot better! GOD IS GREAT! Thanks for all the prayers and support! Love you ALL!” he tweeted. MTV News reached out to Kingston’s publicist, who could not provide any more information at press time. What we do know is that Kingston was riding his jet-ski with a female passenger, Cassandra Sanchez, when he crashed into the Palm Island Bridge at approximately 6 p.m. ET on May 29. Kingston and Sanchez were rescued by an off-duty Coast Guard employee who told TMZ that the pop star was “puking up blood out of his mouth.” Another witness told the gossip site that he noticed a gash under Kingston’s chin after the crash. Sanchez was released from the hospital with minimal injuries, while two unnamed sources told CNN that SK suffered a broken jaw, fractured wrist and water in his lungs. Earlier this month, a Kingston rep told MTV News the singer was “aware of what is going on around him” and that he was “sedated but fully conscious.” Now, Kingston’s twitpic and message has provided further comfort for his fans. JASZ_mine tweeted , “So happy that sean kingston is feelin way better now. God bless you always sean. We love you C.” “Just saw a picture of Sean Kingston. He lost weight and looks like he’s doing good,” DoyinAudrey tweeted, while Bieber fans also sent their well-wishes via the social-networking site. “So happy Sean Kingston is doing a lot better now,” IBieberLead wrote . Share your get-well wishes for Sean Kingston in the comments. Related Photos Sean Kingston, Get Well Soon! Related Artists Sean Kingston
In part two of our ‘Seattle Sonics’ series, the band takes us to their Sip & Ship ‘nerve center’ and American Music shop. By James Montgomery Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla and Jason McGerr Photo: MTV News SEATTLE — Chris Walla is a bit of a multitasker: That much is clear just by his rather prodigious output as a producer, solo musician and full-time member of Death Cab for Cutie . So it should probably come as no surprise that, for MTV News’ second edition of “Seattle Sonics,” Walla decided to take us to one of his favorite spots in Seatown: Sip & Ship, the kind of place that defines multitasking. See, S&S is the sort of place that seemingly only exists in Seattle: A communal, cozy combination shipping depot/coffee bar that also happens to be a gift shop. Oh, and they make a mean grilled cheese, too. Located in the city’s Ballard neighborhood — right down the block from a nefarious FedEx Office outpost — Walla first visited the shop six years ago (after a rather terrible experience at said FedEx), and in the time since, Sip & Ship has become the de facto home office for all things Death Cab. Merch, master tapes of albums, musical instruments and the occasional eBay purchase all pass through S&S. Walla has become close friends with the shop’s owners (one of them, Diana Naramore, even made a cameo in his “Sing Again” video ) and the coffee’s really great, too. “This place has become a communications and shipping and caffeine and calorie hub without which I don’t think Death Cab for Cutie would actually be able to do any business at all. This is one of the Seattle nerve centers of the band,” Walla explained. “We did a whole series of test-pressings for the new record, and we got four or five shipments of them here. We’d pick ’em up and then go home and listen to records.” Drummer Jason McGerr also chimed in: “It’s a far safer bet than my doorstep — which I don’t even step on all that often,” he said, laughing. And while Sip & Ship has been an important cog in the Death Cab machine for six years, there’s another spot nearby that’s been part of their lives for much longer: American Music, a Seattle institution since it first opened its doors in 1973 and the place where local bands (you know, like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains) went to get their gear. It’s not surprising that both Walla — who grew up nearby — and McGerr — who worked there in 1994, when he was 19 years old — chose it as the next place they took our cameras. “I traded all my paychecks for equipment, and I got to know a whole lot of local drummers,” McGerr said from his old post behind the American counter. “And there were times, 10 minutes before close, Dave Grohl would come in and sit down and just start blowing on drums and the front door would shut and we’d sit there and watch him. … There was always a scene happening within the store. If you played music and you got your supplies in Seattle, it was from American Music.” And American was also where you’d find Walla hanging out as a slightly awkward teenager, doing “double drummer stuff” with friend (and former Death Cab drummer) Nathan Good. And he did it mostly out of necessity, because back then, there weren’t many places 15-year-old music obsessives could hang out, due mostly to Seattle’s oppressive Teen Dance Ordinance , which made all-ages shows all but impossible to organize. And, really, to Walla, that’s what makes the place much more than a music store. It’s sort of his home away from home. “I got a lot of stuff here that was cast-off junk, but I still use it,” Walla said. “There are tons of music stores that are just enormous boxes, that are full of guitars and drums and cymbals and whatever, and they might have more stock than a place like American does, but American has the heart and soul of a music store that I want when I walk into a music store.” Death Cab for Cutie: Seattle Sonics continues all week on MTVNews.com. On Thursday, we’ll head to a vaunted (and now defunct) all-ages venue where DCFC learned how to be a band — and still made it home in time for curfew. Related Videos Death Cab For Cutie’s Guide To Seattle Related Artists Death Cab For Cutie
Singer reportedly suffered a broken jaw, fractured wrist, water in lungs in jet-ski crash. By Gil Kaufman Sean Kingston Photo: Getty After entering a hospital on Sunday with critical injuries from a personal watercraft crash, singer, Sean Kingston is now expected to make a full recovery from his injuries. CNN , citing two unnamed sources close to Kingston, reported that the injuries sustained in the crash should take around six weeks to heal. The sources told the news network that the “Beautiful Girls” singer suffered a broken jaw, a fractured wrist and water in his lungs. The last update from Kingston’s label, Epic Records, reported that he was in “critical but stable condition” in a Miami hospital on Tuesday. His rep also told MTV News that Kingston , 21, is “aware of what is going on around him” and that he was “sedated but fully conscious.” On Sunday, Kingston and a female passenger crashed his Sea Doo jet ski into the Palm Island Bridge at approximately 6 p.m. ET. After being rescued by an off-duty Coast Guard employee, the pop star was taken to the trauma center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, but has since been moved to the intensive care unit. TMZ spoke to Kingston’s rescuer, who said that Sean was “puking up blood out of his mouth.” Another witness told the site he noticed a gash under Kingston’s chin after the crash. Cassandra Sanchez, 23, Sean’s friend and passenger on the jet ski at the time of the accident, has since been discharged from the hospital, Kingston’s rep confirmed. Sanchez told TMZ that Kingston tried to turn away from the bridge but was going “really fast” and couldn’t avoid the crash. Sanchez also said that as Kingston was maneuvering toward the bridge, she urged him to stop and screamed out, “We can’t fit under there! Are we going to try and go under there? Sean, stop!” Sanchez told TMZ on Tuesday that she had no plans to press charges against Kingston over the crash. “I know this whole thing was just an accident,” she said. “I won’t be pressing any type of charges or hiring a lawyer. Sean is a good guy.” CNN reported that Kingston had bought the jet ski just days before the accident, as he prepared to move into a new house in Miami. An eyewitness said Sean’s life vest fell off during the crash, which caused him to sink below the water. “They were calling us over, telling us, ‘He’s drowning, he’s drowning,’ ” witness Carmen Rivera told CNN. “We jumped in the water to help him keep his head above water,” friend Jimmy Vega added. “I pushed him up, and he was vomiting what seemed like water, and then there was some blood coming out,” Jonathan Rivera said. Rapper Trav, whose new song “Up and Down” features Kingston, told CNN he visited his friend in the hospital on Monday and said Sean was “very responsive.” Send your well wishes to Kingston by leaving a comment below. Related Photos Sean Kingston, Get Well Soon! Related Artists Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston is in stable condition after a jet ski accident gone wrong . Cassandra Sanchez was the passenger aboard the jet-ski when it crashed into a bridge. According to Cassandra she and a friend went to the beach to ride jet ski’s with Sean and his friend. The two began to race and Sanchez says they “blasted past them[the friends]” because they were going so fast. Cassandra admitted that she began to get nervous and yelled “We can’t fit under there! Are we going to try and go under there? Sean stop!”To no avail, Sean lost control of the jet ski and slammed into the bridge. “[Sean] was coughing up blood, foam and pink stuff” … and when he finally opened his eyes, he kept repeating the words, “I’m hurting. I’m hurting” she says. Cassandra’s injuries were no where near as serious as Sean’s, who currently has a tube down his throat. The hospital plans to keep him for “for a couple more weeks.” Spotted Here Trey Songz, Fabolous & Sean Kingston Visit The ACS Children’s Center VIDEO: Sean Kingston Sings “Beautiful Girls” To Sick Children
Sean Kingston, 21, best known for his 2007 hit “Beautiful Girls,” recently collaborated with Justin Beiber for “Eenie Meeni.” As the 17-year-old Tweeted: “Got my friend @seankingston in my prayers tonight. a true friend and big bro. please keep him in your prayers tonight as well.” Hip-hop star Sean Kingston was operating a jet ski in Miami Beach early Sunday evening when the watercraft collided with the Palm Island Bridge. His condition has now been stabilized. “Sean was heading west from the
In this weekend’s surprisingly not-near-as-bad-as-it-could-have-been release, No Strings Attached , Natalie Portman plays a doctor who’s too busy for a proper relationship, and instead creates a pact with Ashton Kutcher that develops into a “sex-only” one. How did Portman transform herself from child star to the odds-on favorite to take home Oscar gold (note: not for No Strings Attached ) next month? You can always trace a direct line through a handful of important roles to illustrate what led to an actor’s current success, and with Portman, that line has been on a steady uphill climb sine her debut in Léon . So let’s look at eight performances — including something called “World Patrol Kids” — that trace the evolution of one Natalie Hershlag.
Natalie Portman, who has been a vegetarian since childhood and became a vegan in 2009 after reading Jonathan Safran Foer#39;s Eating Animals,is an advocate for animal rights. She does not eat animal products or wear fur, feathers, or leather. “All of my shoes are from Target and Stella McCartney,” she has said.In 2007, she launched her own brand of vegan footwear. Portman at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, presenting Black Swan In 2007, Portman traveled to Rwanda with Jack Hanna,
Filmography for Natalie Portman Film and television Year Title Role Notes 1994 Léon Mathilda (aka The Professional) “Developing” Nina 23-minute short film 1995 Heat Lauren Gustafson 1996 Beautiful Girls Marty Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress Everyone Says I Love You Laura Dandridge Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress Mar
