Charlie Sheen‘s Violent Torpedo Of Truth tour is starting to look like a season of Jersey Shore—intermittently fascinating, but ugly, frequently misogynist and depressing if you give it your full attention. Also, both have featured Pauly D! Everyone’s favorite DJ appeared to cheers at Charlie’s Boston show last night, telling the embittered Two And A Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : TheFABlife Discovery Date : 13/04/2011 15:32 Number of articles : 2
Uh oh… somebody’s sayin’ Malcolm was gay for pay? Manning Marable’s 594-page biography Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention was released on April 4th, and the book has aroused more conversation about the slain Civil Rights leader’s sexuality than a little bit, but folks should know Marable isn’t the first to say Malcolm X had same-sex relations. Bruce Perry, with his 1991 biography, Malcolm: The Life of a Man Who Changed Black America has that honor. Blogger Irene Monroe recently wrote about the topic, and she raises the point that some of the “relations” Perry claims Malcolm had were of the “gay-for-pay” variety: According to Perry, Malcolm’s same-sex dalliances date back to childhood, where he enjoyed being masturbated or fellated. In his 20s, Perry informs us, Malcolm had a sustained sexual relationship with a transvestite named Willie Mae, and also he had sex with gay men for money, boasting he serviced “queers.” Monroe, who is a lesbian activist, scholar and public theologian, cautions the LGBTQ community from jumping to embrace Malcolm as one of their own, explaining that the context in which Malcolm allegedly engaged in said behaviors is important to consider: I am not heterosexist apologist, but if we as LGBTQ people use this era of Malcolm’s life to claim him as gay, we misunderstand the art and survivalism of street hustling culture. Similarly, if we, as African Americans, use this era of Malcolm’s life to dismiss that he engaged in same-sex relationships, many will miss the opportunity to purge ourselves of homophobic attitudes. When Malcolm came to Boston to live with his older half-sister, Roxbury’s Ella Little Collins, he was 16, having dropped out of school at 15. With no job skills and looking for the most expedient route to acquire money, Malcolm peddled cocaine, broke into homes of Boston’s well-to-do, gambled big at poker games, and unabashedly serviced gay men for pay. While it can be argued that Malcolm’s same-sex encounters were not solely financially motivated, let us also not dismiss that the only evidence we do have is the context in which he was. We all know from Alex Haley’s book that Detroit Red was a wild cat… but hustlin’ a*s? Does this new information, if it is true, change the way we look at Malcolm X? Should people overlook his homosexual dalliances, if he had them, as merely a means of survival? Could Malcolm be proof that gay people can turn straight? So many questions… Source
at Detroit Pistons (26-49) at Boston Celtics (52-23) Sunday, April 3 6:00 PM ET Regular Season Game #76 – Home Game #38 TV: CSNNE, FSD, NBA-LP 751/752 Radio: WEEI, WWJ TD Garden Referees: Greg Willard, Pat Fraher, Derek Richardson Game Thread l Chat Room This is the 4th and final meeting between these two teams. The Celtics lead the series 2-1 with the loss coming in Detroit in December. Both teams… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : CelticsBlog Discovery Date : 03/04/2011 20:44 Number of articles : 2
For all you whole grain cereal lovers your morning favorite pick is a winner! A new study reveals having a bowl a day of your favorite whole grains can help lower your risk of hypertension. According to USA Today, the study saw a substantial difference with the patients who ate whole grain cereal regularly. “We found about a 20% decreased risk of developing hypertension in those who consumed whole grain breakfasts cereals at least seven times a week,” said lead researcher Dr. Jinesh Kochar, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and the VA Boston Healthcare System. “Along with other healthy lifestyles, such as low sodium intake and physical activity, getting whole grain from this readily available source can cut down the risk of developing chronic hypertension,” he added. Click here to read full USA Today article Related Articles: 9 Ways To Naturally Lower Your Blood Pressure Yolanda Adams Inspires People To Believe In Healthy BP [Intv. part 1]
Teen Mom 2’s Chelsea Houska has a message for her baby daddy. That message is get a job and pay support or no Aubree for you. On last night’s Teen Mom , 19-year-old Chelsea gets an angry phone call from Adam Lind (not the Toronto Blue Jays OF/DH) demanding to see the little girl. “I don’t know where you live or who’s going to be around her, so that’s another reason I don’t want her to go with you,” Chelsea says. “I don’t think you should see her until you pay support. You had your chance, why would I trust you now?” It’s a fair point. Watch Houska’s “pointless” talk with Lind here: Chelsea Houska Feuds With Ex
Prepare to kiss Selena Gomez goodbye, Justin Bieber . At least for a little while. The singer has announced she’s going on tour this summer with her band The Scene and opening act Allstar Weekend. Will they be coming to a stadium or arena near you? Find out below. Selena Gomez and The Scene in Concert May 7 Dixon, CA [Dixon May Fair] July 24 Costa Mesa, CA [The Pacific Amphitheater – OC Fair] July 25 Paso Robles, CA [California Mid-State fair] July 28 Boca Raton, FL [Mizner Park Amphitheater] July 30 Clearwater, FL [Ruth Eckerd Hall] July 31 St. Augustine, FL [St. Augustine Amphitheater] Aug 2
With his tour dates in Detroit and Chicago selling out in mere minutes, Charlie Sheen has added five new dates to his upcoming Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option Show. The actor, who will be donating one dollar from each ticket sold to the Red Cross Japanese Earthquake Relief Fund, will be ranting and raving in front of audiences on the following dates next month. Torpedo of Truth Tour Hype April 5 : Playhouse Square Center, Cleveland April 6 : Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio April 8 : Radio City Music Hall, NYC April 9 : Oakdale Theater, Wallingford, CT April 12 : Agganis Arena, Boston With tickets ranging from $50-$80, the only more obvious use of one’s money is to wager it all on a Brad Womack/ Emily Maynard split.
Academy Awards opener features Leonardo DiCaprio, Alec Baldwin in ‘Inception’-themed tribute to year’s best. By Gil Kaufman Anne Hathaway and James Franco host the 2011 Academy Awards Photo: Getty Images It’s become a time-honored Oscar opening bit: inserting the show’s host into the year’s Best Picture nominees. Only this time, it was hosts, plural, and for only the second time since 1986, they were not stand-up comedians whose forte is getting easy laughs. After more than a month of speculation about how James Franco and Anne Hathaway would open Sunday night’s 83rd annual Academy Awards ceremony, the tension was broken with a quick-cut montage of iconic images from this year’s 10 Best Picture nominees, followed by Franco, 32, and Hathaway, 28, being digitally inserted into one of the year’s most mind-twisting nominees, “Inception.” Check out photos of the 2011 Academy Awards show . Star Leonardo DiCaprio attempted to explain how the whole dream-hopping worked to the couple, with Hathaway saying, “So, we’re going to go into Alec Baldwin’s dreams and get some hosting tips,” as an incredulous Franco huffed, “You’re buying this. … I’m not going anywhere until you can prove you can take us into people’s dreams.” As the streets of Paris exploded around them, Franco still wouldn’t buy in, using his best tough-guy stance and pressing DiCaprio, “Gimme some proof … one shred of proof, Leo … we’re waitin’.” The pair then ended up on a plane with DiCaprio and Baldwin, with the “30 Rock” star and 2010 Oscar co-host slugging down a juice box of Ambien to calm his nerves, but passing out before giving Hathaway the secret to hosting the show. They were next transported to a courtroom, where Hathaway took issue with Franco’s use of a driedel as his talisman to check whether he was in a dream (if you haven’t seen “Inception,” then you were just slightly more confused than those of us who had). They ended up in a yelling match with “The Social Network” star Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, telling the socially awkward billionaire that his brusque dismissal of their request for help had just cost him a few Facebook friends. “And tell the Winklevosses to stop giving me the stink eye,” Franco added. The “Inception” elevator took them to the sweaty gym in “The Fighter,” where Hathaway donned her best round the way Boston girl accent to chat up Mark Wahlberg’s Micky Ward about who is a bigger junkbag. After knocking Franco out, she hopped on a horse to face off against “True Grit” star Jeff Bridges, with Franco snuggling up behind her in a bearskin coat and Hathaway sporting not one but two eye patches. The search continued in “The King’s Speech,” where they worked period costumes. But those were nothing compared to the ones they squeezed into for the “Black Swan” bit, where Franco was shoehorned into a skintight white leotard and his co-host a Thanksgiving turkey-inspired getup. “The dance of the brown duck,” Hathaway intoned as she spun wildly, shedding feathers and quacking her way through a routine that horrified star Natalie Portman. They finally found Baldwin again, who played some mind games with them before they jumped into the DeLorean time machine from “Back to the Future” and jetted into the present, winding up on the stage in their awards-show finest. Franco, holding a cell phone to record his moment in the sun, wore a classic tuxedo, while Hathaway emerged in an elegant white floor-length gown with beaded accents. “Oh my gosh, you’re all real,” she marveled. “This is actually happening!” Lowering the collective age of presenters by 55 years from last year, first-time hosts Franco and Hathaway — the latter the youngest host in history and one of the only women to ever have the honor — quickly dispensed with any questions about why they were tapped for the gig. “Anne, I must say you look so beautiful and so hip,” said Franco in his signature smiling deadpan manner. “Thank you, James,” she replied. “You look very appealing to a younger demographic as well.” Both had promised they would not follow in the footsteps of comedian Ricky Gervais, who did a bombing run at the Golden Globes, strafing most of Hollywood with his acerbic wit. Instead they ended up making fun of themselves. Franco said it was an exciting night for both hosts since they were both nominated, but Hathaway quickly reminded him that unlike his Best Actor nod for “127 Hours,” she was not noticed for her work in the romantic dramedy “Love and Other Drugs.” “You know, it used to be you get naked, you get nominated,” she complained. “Not anymore, not anymore.” She then explained to Franco what an honor it is to be nominated and how if he won, everyone would refer to him as “Academy Award winner James Franco.” He had to think about that. “What do you mean everyone?” he said, confused after asking if the little golden man came with a cash prize as well. “Like even my mom? That would be weird if my mom called me ‘Academy Award winner James Franco.’ I’ve known her a long time.” Hathaway’s mom reminded her from the audience to stand up straight because, you know, three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg is in the house, while Franco’s grandma was jacked to see “Marky Mark” Wahlberg in the crowd. Both came off as relaxed and natural as they joked about the profusion of lesbians in this year’s nominated films and quickly segued into the night’s first award presentation by Tom Hanks for Best Art Direction. Stick with MTV News on Oscar night and beyond for red-carpet fashion coverage, analysis of the winners, plus interviews, photos and more from your favorite Hollywood stars! Related Photos The 2011 Academy Awards
‘They say all rappers want to be basketball players, [and] all basketball players want to be rappers,’ says wife of Carmelo Anthony, La La Vazquez. By Alvin Blanco, with reporting by Rahman Dukes LeBron James Photo: MTV News Hip-hop and sports are practically kindred spirits, especially when it comes to basketball. At this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend , a number of hoop stars, and the wife of one player in particular, wholeheartedly agreed with this observation. “They always say all rappers want to be basketball players, [and] all basketball players want to be rappers,” La La Vazquez, wife of New York Knick Carmelo Anthony and ex-MTV VJ, told MTV News. Over the years, a number of NBA players have actually become rappers on the side. Besides four championships — three with the Los Angeles Lakers, one with the Miami Heat — Shaquille O’Neal also managed to release four albums. The first, 1993’s Shaq Diesel, went platinum and the third, 1996’s You Can’t Stop the Reign, featured a pair of verses from the Notorious B.I.G. on its title track. More recently, L.A. Laker Ron Artest has embarked on a rap career, while his teammate Kobe Bryant once kicked rhymes on R&B singer Brian McKnight’s “Hold Me.” Not every player necessarily has rap dreams to go along with their hoop dreams, though. “Every player except me wants to be a rapper,” said Dwight Howard of the NBA’s Orlando Magic. “I don’t want to do the rap thing.” Howard did add though about his fellow NBA stars, “We love music. We love hip-hop and we support it.” LeBron James, who is famously and charitably good friends with Jay-Z, mentioned how basketball players are frequently name-checked in song. For example, on Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind,” the MC rhymes, “Jesus paying LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade.” This synergy between players and rappers ultimately boils down to mutual respect. “We all came from nothing,” Boston Celtic Kevin Garnett told us. “The appreciation factor for each other, the fact you gotta grind and work hard to get where you at, it’s similar. It’s a very similar industry.” Garnett’s teammate and fellow All-Star Rajon Rondo added, “We respect those guys the way they respect us. It kind of goes hand in hand. Rappers love to come see us play. We love to see them perform.” What do you think of the ongoing love between hip-hop and hoops? Sound off in the comments!
‘They say all rappers want to be basketball players, [and] all basketball players want to be rappers,’ says wife of Carmelo Anthony, La La Vazquez. By Alvin Blanco, with reporting by Rahman Dukes LeBron James Photo: MTV News Hip-hop and sports are practically kindred spirits, especially when it comes to basketball. At this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend , a number of hoop stars, and the wife of one player in particular, wholeheartedly agreed with this observation. “They always say all rappers want to be basketball players, [and] all basketball players want to be rappers,” La La Vazquez, wife of New York Knick Carmelo Anthony and ex-MTV VJ, told MTV News. Over the years, a number of NBA players have actually become rappers on the side. Besides four championships — three with the Los Angeles Lakers, one with the Miami Heat — Shaquille O’Neal also managed to release four albums. The first, 1993’s Shaq Diesel, went platinum and the third, 1996’s You Can’t Stop the Reign, featured a pair of verses from the Notorious B.I.G. on its title track. More recently, L.A. Laker Ron Artest has embarked on a rap career, while his teammate Kobe Bryant once kicked rhymes on R&B singer Brian McKnight’s “Hold Me.” Not every player necessarily has rap dreams to go along with their hoop dreams, though. “Every player except me wants to be a rapper,” said Dwight Howard of the NBA’s Orlando Magic. “I don’t want to do the rap thing.” Howard did add though about his fellow NBA stars, “We love music. We love hip-hop and we support it.” LeBron James, who is famously and charitably good friends with Jay-Z, mentioned how basketball players are frequently name-checked in song. For example, on Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind,” the MC rhymes, “Jesus paying LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade.” This synergy between players and rappers ultimately boils down to mutual respect. “We all came from nothing,” Boston Celtic Kevin Garnett told us. “The appreciation factor for each other, the fact you gotta grind and work hard to get where you at, it’s similar. It’s a very similar industry.” Garnett’s teammate and fellow All-Star Rajon Rondo added, “We respect those guys the way they respect us. It kind of goes hand in hand. Rappers love to come see us play. We love to see them perform.” What do you think of the ongoing love between hip-hop and hoops? Sound off in the comments!
