It’s all come down to this. Will Democratic President Barack Obama pull it out and earn another four years in the White House? Or will Republican Mitt Romney be the next Commander-in-Chief? The 2012 presidential election results will soon tell us the answer. We’ll be updating this post with the numbers as they come in. For now, and throughout the night, sound off on how you think – and want – this historic night to play out! UPDATE, 8:14 p.m. EDT: President Obama currently has 64 electoral votes to Romney’s 56, according to CNN projections. Romney leads in the popular vote, 51-48%. Battleground states Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and New Hampshire have not been called. Polls in the western half of the U.S. are largely still open. UPDATE, 8:30 EDT: Romney 73 EV, Obama 64 after TN and OK wins. Romney leads popular vote 52-47% with around 5 percent of the vote counted. U.S. presidential election 2012: Who’d you vote for? Barack Obama-Joe Biden Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan View Poll »
We don’t think this is the kind of man-eating pu**y that Nelly Furtado was singing about… Police In Nepal Fear Man-Eating Leopard Has Killed 15 People Via CNN A ferocious leopard may have killed 15 people in Nepal in a 15-month span, its latest victim a 4-year-old boy that the creature dragged away into the jungle to eat. The head of boy was found in the forest a kilometer from his home Saturday morning, said Kamal Prasad Kharel, the police chief of the Baitadi district, an area about 600 kilometers (373 miles) west of Kathmandu. The grisly discovery, which came after teams of people searched for the child, marks the 15th victim in the past 15 months in that remote district in western Nepal. The police chief suspects that a single man-eating leopard is responsible for the deaths. If not, there are at most two of the man-eating creatures around, he believes. Maheshwor Dhakal, an ecologist at the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation in Kathmandu, agreed that it is unusual to find more than one or two man-eating animals in one area. Most leopards live on wild prey. Why are the leopards eating humans you ask? “Since human blood has more salt than animal blood, once wild animals get the taste of salty blood they do not like other animals like deer,” Dhakal said. Oh, so we’re just tastier than deers and whatnot, gotcha…SMH Of the 15 victims in Nepal so far, two-thirds are children below the age of 10. The others are older children and a 29-year-old woman who had gone to collect fodder for domestic animals in the nearby forest, a common practice in Nepal… …”In the case of the children it just leaves behind the head, eating everything, but some parts of the adult body are left behind because it cannot finish it,” Kharel added. That is as sad as it is digusting. Hopefully they find this leopard before he drags some little kid in the woods on some Sandusky isht. Image via Shutterstock
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Kelsey Grammer took a new tact in his never-ending feud with Camille Grammer yesterday. Instead of slamming his ex-wife in public – did you know they stopped having sex during their marriage?!? – Kelsey simply bailed on an interview with Piers Morgan because producers showed a photo of Camille at the outset of the Morgan’s CNN talk show last night. The host simply couldn’t believe the reaction. “Kelsey Grammer was supposed to be on my show now but ran out of the building. Strange,” Morgan Tweeted, adding: “Kelsey Grammer saw a photo of his ex wife Camille in the open to our show and legged it. Extraordinary. Never had this happen before… I had a very friendly chat with Kelsey backstage. He said he was really looking forward to the interview… this was a shockingly unprofessional thing to do. I wasn’t even going to mention his ex-wife!” In response to the incident, a rep for the actor responded via statement: “Piers needs to take responsibility for what he did to Kelsey. It’s called accountability. Speaking of which: Pssst, Kelsey. Perhaps these sorts of situations are why you were supposedly snubbed for an Emmy .
Also in Thursday morning’s round-up of new briefs, the Academy is set to honor four at its annual Governor’s Awards dinner. Toronto’s When I Saw You lands distribution. And new Clint Eastwood film is headed to the Tokyo International Film Festival. Academy to Honor Jeffrey Katzenberg, Hal Needham, D.A. Pennebaker and George Stevens, Jr. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Honorary Awards to stunt performer Hal Needham, documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker and arts advocate George Stevens, Jr. as well as the “Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award” to Jeffrey Katzenberg. The awards will be presented at the Academy’s annual Governors Awards dinner on Saturday, December 1st. Toronto’s When I Saw You Heads to Theaters The film by Annemarie Jacir will be Palestine’s entry for Best Foreign Language Oscar consideration and will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival September 9th. The story centers on an eccentric 11 year-old boy who runs away from a Palestinian refugee camp in his search for freedom. A journey of the human spirit that knows no borders, set in Jordan 1967. Around the ‘net… Angelina Denies Copyright Infringement in In The Land of Blood & Honey Lawsuit Jolie as well as fellow defendants GK Films and distributor FilmDistrict denied taking key elements of a book on the Bosnian War for her 2011 film In The Land of Blood & Honey in a 13-page response filed Tuesday, Deadline reports . Eva Longoria Says She’ll Be Her Own Speaker at DNC Longoria says comparisons to Clint Eastwood are not relevant as she gets set to take to the stage at the DNC. “People keep comparing us because we are both from the entertainment industry and he had a very different narrative,” the former Desperate Housewives actress told CNN’s Piers Morgan tonight at the DNC, Deadline reports . Clint Eastwood’s Trouble With the Curve to Close Tokyo International Film Festival Eastwood stars in the film directed by Robert Lorenze and also starring Amy Adams, John Goodman and Justin Timberlake. The film tells the tale of an aging baseball scout (Eastwood) with failing vision who takes a road trip to check out a hot prospect with his daughter, played by Amy Adams, during which they finally connect with each other. The feature will screen in Tokyo October 28th, THR reports .
Clint Eastwood made Twitter’s Day — or at least its night. The veteran actor and filmmaker’s bizarre, aimless speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Thursday night — to a chair that purportedly contained an invisible President Obama — brought out plenty of celebrity tweeters on the social media site. As of Friday morning “Eastwood” was still trending intermittently on the Twitter, and a number of actors and filmmakers’ comments were among the reactions to the Unforgiven actor’s speech. Among them was Magic Mike actress Olivia Munn who tweeted: “Clint Eastwood was talking to an empty chair at the RNC…No, that’s not the set-up to a joke. Its not even a joke.” This Is 40 filmmaker Judd Apatow had fun with the subject on a more oblique level. “Clint used to be Every Which ‘But’Loose . Tonight he got loose,” Apatow tweeted. The truncated film title was a reference to Eastwood’s 1978 buddy picture with an orangutan, Every Which Way But Loose, which seemed to mystify Apatow: “How does that title refer to a relationship with orangutans?” He wrote. “Really. How?” Shaun of the Dead filmmaker Simon Pegg weighed in from the UK, tweeting: “Woken up to excited chatter in the US. Apparently Clint Eastwood had an argument with an empty chair regarding its political standpoint.” Star Trek actor George Takei also weighed in tweeting: Clint Eastwood’s RNC speech was to imaginary Obama in an empty chair. I’m drafting a DNC speech to imaginary Romney in an empty factory.” Nice. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Also in Friday morning’s round-up of news briefs, Sylvester Stallone ‘s son died of ‘natural causes.’ The Academy sets initial deadlines for awards consideration and more… Academy Sets Deadline for Shorts Documentary shorts are due by September 4 at 5pm PT. To be eligible, the documentaries must complete a seven-day commercial run in a theater in either Los Angeles County or in the Borough of Manhattan in New York, between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. Films completing their qualifying run after September 4 must still complete and submit all paperwork, including legal contracts, by the deadline. Go to their site for more information. CNN’s Piers Morgan: Clint Eastwood was ‘Hollywood Meets Politics Train-wreck’ “The address, which was slotted in ahead of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, did not quite go according to plan, with Eastwood running over time and going off script — in part to perform a monologue with an empty chair meant to represent Obama.” THR reports . Michael Pitt Joins Mary Pickford Pic The First Pitt will appear in the film, The First , about Hollywood legend Mary Pickford will begin production next year. He will play Owen Moore, Pickford’s first husband, Deadline reports . Sage Stallone Died of a Heart Attack Sylvester Stallone’s 36 year-old son Sage died due to blockage of the arteries said the L.A. county coroner. The death has been classified as “natural death” and toxicology results turned up only a small amount of the sedative hydrocodone, BBC reports . 50 Cent’s Manager Dead of Apparent Suicide Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Diddy have been paying tribute to the hip hop businessman on Twitter. Rihanna posted: “Rest peacefully Chris Lighty, my prayers go out to family and loved ones! Dear God please have mercy.” BBC reports .
Props to the folks at the Republican National Convention for throwing these people out. However, it is an unfortunate reality that this party attracts racist…
Also in Thursday morning’s round up of news briefs, Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock scores a CNN show. For the first time, the Venice Film Festival will screen some of its films via the internet alongside their premieres. And a boxing pic is in the works for a Red Riding Hood actor. London Film Festival to Open with Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie The 56th BFI London Film Festival will open October 10th with Burton’s latest. The European premiere of Frankenweenie , taking place at the Odeon Leicester Square, will screen at 30 screens across the U.K. The festival will also host The Art of Frankenweenie Exhibition from October 17 – 21. Tim Burton, Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Landau, Producer Allison Abbate and Executive Producer Don Hahn are expected to attend the festival. Around the ‘net… Tony Scott Memoria to Take Place this Weekend A private memorial for the British-born filmmaker who died from an apparent suicide last weekend will take place this weekend. A statement from the director’s spokesperson said: “Tony Scott will be honoured at a private, family-only ceremony this weekend in Los Angeles. The family will announce plans after Labor Day for a gathering to celebrate the life and work of Mr Scott. Details will be forthcoming once they are formalized,” The Guardian reports . Super Size Me Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock Joins CNN Spurlock’s Inside Man series will debut in April 2013 on the network. Along with Anthony Bourdain’s new CNN series, Spurlock’s show will take the viewer to “fascinating corners of American society,” and is expected to air Sunday evenings, Deadline reports . Venice to Screen ‘Horizons’ Films to Stream Worldwide 500 “seats” will be available to viewers via the internet to view the films in the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section. Each film in the section, which features 10 features and 13 shorts from new and young filmmakers will be available to the limited audience for $5.25 per film and available for 24 hours starting at 9pm Italian time on the day of the film’s screening, Deadline reports . Red Riding Hood Actor Eyes Boxer Pic Shiloh Fernandez will portray the five-time world champion Johnny Tapia in biopic Johnny about the five-time world champion boxer. Eddie Alcazar is directing the indie, written by Bettina Gilois, THR reports .
