Kirsten Haglund was crowned Miss America back in 2008, but she was hardly the vision of health and happiness she appeared to be, by her own admission. The blonde beauty has suffered from severe anorexia-nervosa most of her life. The Michigan native, 23, has opened up to CNN about the shocking details of her illness, which she says began to take its toll when she was only 12. Haglund says she picked up bad habits from other aspiring ballet dancers. “I was in ballet from just 3-years-old. So from a very early age, the ideal female body type was very thin,” Haglund says. “That was the first image I had.” “I always equated beauty with being skinny. I looked at what they were doing and so many of them were throwing away their lunches and not eating.” “I thought, ‘If I can at least be thin, I know I can be successful at ballet.’” “I was living off coffee, Diet Coke and gum,” she said about her diet. “Every once in a while, I’d have vegetables, fruit or a spoonful of peanut butter.” “I knew there was something wrong , but I didn’t know how to stop.” Her disease continued to worsen, and in the next three years, Kirsten dropped over 30 more pounds before her mother intervened and got her help. After quitting ballet and focusing on recovery, she decided to enter a local beauty pageant – something that ironically helped her cope with the issue. “It was a really good educational period for me,” she said. “From hearing other people’s stories, I learned how to share my own personal struggles.” The stunner has since started the Kirsten Haglund Foundation, a charity that provides financial aid to people seeking treatment for eating disorders. She is currently a political science major at Emory University. [Photo: WENN.com]
WASHINGTON — It’s hardly a secret that presidential candidates tack toward their base over the course of a primary and shift toward moderation once that primary is over. What’s rare is when a campaign admits as much publicly. In an appearance on CNN Wednesday morning, Mitt Romney’s top adviser Eric Fehrnstrom made this Kinsley gaffe, saying that the positions taken by the former Massachusetts governor… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Huffington Post Discovery Date : 21/03/2012 15:55 Number of articles : 2
So, has Romney campaign Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom been fired yet? No? How about … now? Has he been fired now? Mitt Romney does like to fire people, and it seems in this case that Eric Fehrnstrom might be really bad at his job. Here he is, being bad at his job on CNN: HOST: Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Wonkette Discovery Date : 21/03/2012 13:49 Number of articles : 3
Let’s talk Turkey! Ahem. Literally: The country’s CNN outpost brings viewers worldwide this heartwarming story of a teenager in Adana who reportedly sneaked into a railyard where the cast and crew of Skyfall had taken up production of a fight sequence. The young man was caught, queried and removed from the set — but not before smuggling out footage of James Bond slugging it out atop a train. Yaşasın! Honestly, from Ain’t it Cool News’s ” discovery ” of the wholly Turkish-language video to the more professional B-roll footage backing up İbrahim Ali Özden’s well-placed amateur camerawork to a major news network’s earnest interest in some 17-year-old who crashed a movie shoot, I’m not ready to believe this leak wasn’t entirely contrived by Sony’s super-savvy marketing team as the latest crumb in the Skyfall viral campaign. Still! James Bond fighting on a train, etc. etc. Perhaps needless to say, spoilers follow — as does a 30-second ad just ahead of the news story. I can only hope you are fortunate enough to get the Turkish Head and Shoulders spot that I was subjected to, which is roughly 100 times more entertaining than Skyfall will ever be. Bu video Adobe Flash Player’ın son sürümünü gerektirmektedir. [ CNN Turkey via AICN ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
What’s a lil’ homophobia between friends? SMH Atlanta-based CNN has lifted its month-long suspension of analyst Roland Martin, who had ruffled feathers last month with Super Bowl tweets construed by some as anti-gay. The network told staff Monday on a conference call, according to FishbowlDC on TVNewser. During the Super Bowl, Martin Tweeted: “If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad,” he wrote, “smack the ish out of him!” Martin later said he is not a fan of soccer. “I was not referring to sexuality directly or indirectly regarding the David Beckham ad, and I’m sorry folks took it otherwise.” But CNN suspended him anyway, at the time releasing a statement: “Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated.” The 43-year-old columnist, commentator and author has been a regular contributor to CNN since 2007. Wonder if the folks from GLAAD are gonna run up on Roland like PETA and douse him with rainbow-colored paint? Source More On Bossip! Pancakes: The 10 Hottest Women With The Tiniest Cakes For Your Information: 10 Disturbing Facts About Minorities In The Criminal Justice System For Your Viewing Pleasure: Mommy Banger BeyBey Takes Blue Ivy For A Walk With Mama Tina Til’ Cancellation Do Us Part: The Best And Worst Of Reality TV Weddings
‘She had been tweeted by her fans en masse, saying you’re in this video,’ Jedidiah Jenkins of Invisible Children organization tells MTV News. By Jacob Soboroff Rihanna Photo: Getty Images At noon Pacific time last Monday, Jedidiah Jenkins, a member of the nonprofit organization Invisible Children’s inner circle , saw the group’s 278th YouTube video uploaded and wasn’t sure what to expect. Jenkins had written the script to the film, the 30-minute documentary “Kony 2012,” about the Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, and it had been a grind. “It was really the hardest movie we’ve ever made” in the nearly decade-long history of the group, he told MTV News in a phone interview from Los Angeles. The film is now the most viral video ever, with more than 70 million views on YouTube alone in the video’s first six days thanks in no small part to an army of young supporters who flexed their power by using social media to drive celebrities and friends to watch and share the video. Creating online content and distributing it with social media was nothing new for Invisible Children — the group already had 450,000 Facebook friends the night before the video was posted and they’ve used YouTube to share videos about their cause since 2006 — but the way this video spread was something the group could never have planned. Jenkins said the group posted the video at noon on Monday and that evening hosted a screening at Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles with celebrities Kristen Bell and Jason Bateman, who took to Twitter at 9:42 p.m., immediately after watching the film. “We had a strategy to screen it at CAA with the few celebrities we know, get them in the room, make them watch it,” Jenkins said. Within the 24 hours that followed, celebrities including comedian Kelly Oxford, Ryan Seacrest, Diddy, Justin Bieber, Oprah and Steve Carrell had tweeted about the video after being notified about it by their fans thanks to a call-to-action in the documentary. Soon enough, Jenkins’ phone was ringing off the hook, including a call from Rihanna . “She had been tweeted by her fans en masse, saying you’re in this video,” Jenkins recalled. “She just kind of responded and clicked on the link that one of her fans followed. It blew her mind. She tweeted it immediately. One of her music video directors, Anthony Mandler, actually went to Uganda with me to see our programs on the ground in November. Anthony texted her. They conference called me at 11 at night and I missed the call twice, because I was at a late dinner. Three calls in a row means it’s an emergency,” so Jenkins picked up. “Anthony said, ‘Jed, I have Rihanna on the line. She wants to talk to you.’ ” Jenkins continued. He recalled the 24-year-old singer saying, “I’ve never been moved like this, I’ve never been involved. I want to go big. I want to get involved. I want this to be my thing and I want to blow this up. I want to get kids involved. I’m just responding to my fans. They’re so moved by this.” Wherever you land in the debate over the organization’s tactics and the film’s accuracy, “Kony 2012” is undeniably a social media phenomenon made possible by support from celebrities encouraged to get involved by their young fans. Even CNN’s Piers Morgan admitted he first heard about the movement from his 14-year-old son. As of press time, Invisible Children has nearly 3 million likes on Facebook, and the question remains: What’s next for this enormous group of engaged and active young people when so many of their peers are apathetic? Jenkins said the group is considering participating in a voter-registration drive as the 2012 election approaches. But he admitted that first he and his colleagues have to get caught up. “We couldn’t have ever, ever imagined that this would be the fastest viral movement in history,” he said. “We are dealing with an unprecedented amount of attention. It’s a huge amount of responsibility. It’s exhausting. We’re excited for the challenge, but it’s intimidating too.” Related Artists Rihanna
Under fire for his anti-gay comments on Piers Morgan Tonight, former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron defended himself in a Facebook post Tuesday. His tone was less combative and his comments much better-worded, but Kirk did not apologize for his beliefs, or the manner in which he voiced them. In fact, Cameron criticized the media and those contributing to the backlash, defending principles he stands for and the right to express them publicly. The actor defended his appearance on CNN (below) this way: Kirk Cameron on Gay Marriage “During the CNN interview, I was asked to express my views about homosexuality, gay marriage, and abortion. While that was not the agreed-upon purpose of the interview, I was pleased to answer Piers’ questions as honestly as I could. “To some, my responses were not sufficiently ‘loving’ toward the gay community. I can only say that it is my life’s mission to love all people, and I expressed the same views clearly and emphatically expressed throughout Judeo-Christian scriptures.” “As a Bible believing Christian, I could not have answered any other way.” “I’ve been encouraged by the support of many friends (including gay friends, incidentally) in the wake of condemnation by some political advocacy groups.” “In the case of one of my gay friends, we regularly talk and have healthy and respectful debate. We learn from each other, and serve others alongside one another.” “I thank God for all of my friends… even when they hold very different views on issues of faith and morality. I do not, however, believe that the right way to advance our views is to resort to name-calling and personal attacks, as some have done to me.” “I also believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America. I should be able to express moral views on social issues – especially those that have been the underpinning of Western civilization for 2,000 years – without being slandered, accused of hate speech, and told from those who preach ‘tolerance’ that I need to either bend my beliefs to their moral standards or be silent when I’m in the public square.” “I hope more than a few people could see the large volume of secularist morality being imposed on me. In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It’s inescapable.” “But it is also a complicated subject, and that is why I believe we need to learn how to debate these things with greater love and respect.” GLAAD was unsatisfied with the star’s explanation and offered its own response: “Saying that gay people are ‘detrimental to civilization’ might be ‘loving’ in Kirk Cameron’s mind, but it’s gay youth and victims of bullying who truly suffer from adults like Cameron who espouse these ideas,” said senior director Herndon Graddick. Cameron blasted gay marriage and homosexuality for being “destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization” and said if one if his sons told him he was gay, he would encourage him to “work through” those “issues.” What do you think? Is Kirk out of line? Or is he right on the money? Is there a double standard – at least in how certain views are treated by the media?
I used to waste my time proving to the world that Youtube was nothing but a porn site ….cuz I’m an investigative journalist…..and because Youtube a billion dollar, money making site that more people probably jerk off to than don’t….but no one cared…cuz you were all the people jerking off to youtube fetish videos…. So it never got picked up by the mainstream media and I didn’t become famous or win a Pullizter….I never got put on a panel for CNN discussing my findings….and figured I appreciated all the fetish videos, why complain or expose this secret money making society…. But that was until today…when I came across this fashion video…that’s boring as fuck…but that has some nipples in the shit…because model tit for fashion is porn to me…and according to every ad agency who won’t sell an ad for this site….porn to them too…unless it is in fashion mags or on youtube….cuz the advertising world is confused that tits are pornography….sometimes….and that’s the big roadblock between me and my private fucking jet….
As part of Has-Been Week on Piers Morgan’s CNN show last night, he talked to Dr. Seaver’s son turned evangelical crazy Kirk Cameron about all sorts of shit including gay marriage and homosexuality in general. If you’re thinking that putting your ear up to a dog’s asshole right before it farts would fill you with more interesting shit than what came out of Kirk’s mouth, you’re right! But if you still… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Dlisted Discovery Date : 03/03/2012 01:45 Number of articles : 2
As part of Has-Been Week on Piers Morgan’s CNN show last night, he talked to Dr. Seaver’s son turned evangelical crazy Kirk Cameron about all sorts of shit including gay marriage and homosexuality in general. If you’re thinking that putting your ear up to a dog’s asshole right before it farts would fill you with more interesting shit than what came out of Kirk’s mouth, you’re right! But if you still… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Dlisted Discovery Date : 03/03/2012 01:45 Number of articles : 2
