Taylor Swift’s fifth studio album 1989 finally drops this week, and the country-turned-pop songstress is still giving revealing interviews, as her promotional tour comes to a close. Last week, Taylor revealed that she hasn’t dated in 18 months . Today, she gave us a little insight as to why she prefers to spend time at home with her cats : Taylor Swift and Cats: A Perfect Pairing 1. Taylor Swift and Olivia Benson Taylor and the newest addition to her cat family. Olivia is named for Mariska Hargitay’s character on Law & Order: SVU. “I get beat up in the press whenever I go near a boy,” Taylor told London’s Daily Mail. “So you can understand why I’m taking a bit of a break…It’s seen as a scandal when I date a boy, and yet dating is a normal thing for a twentysomething to do.” You may have noticed that Taylor frequently uses the word “boy” when discussing her past relationships. Turns out, that’s no accident. Like her previous albums, 1989 contains plenty of veiled references to her exes. For example, it’s been widely assumed that ” Out of the Woods” is about Harry Styles , whom Taylor dated briefly in … One lyric that’s caught fans’ attention is the line, “Boys only want love when it’s torture.” Taylor claims that strange desire is one of the main things that separated boys from men. “Boys only want love if it’s torture and a constant chase,” Taylor says. “Men want love if it’s real, right, healthy and consistent…The male species has divided into two groups – it’s boys and men.” “You can have a 40 year old boy, and 20 year old man.” Sounds like Taylor’s really figured out what she wants in a relationship. Although, she’s gotta admit, if it weren’t for all those “boys,” she may never have written some of her best songs. 11 Dudes Who Have Dated Taylor Swift 1. Jake Gyllenhaal Jake Gyllenhaal allegedly took Taylor Swift’s v-card, then dumped her via text. TEXT.
Seahawks QB Russell Wilson says he was a violent bully as a child — and often beat up other kids BADLY — but says he learned to curb his violent tendencies and says it’s time other NFL stars did too. Wilson just penned an article for ThePlayersTribune.com — in an effort to address the domestic violence issues in the NFL. Long story short, Wilson says he found god and learned to confine his “aggressive behaviors” to the field. He’s asking people to donate to the National Domestic Violence Hotline to support dom. violence victims across the country. NDN
We met the mother on Gotham Season 2 Episode 2 . Veteran actress Carol Kane stopped by the new Fox hit as the mother of The Penguin Oswald Cobblepot, making the character every bit as eccentric as one would expect from the woman who brought this young villain into the world. We also watched as Cobblepot hitched a ride into the country with a couple unfortunate teenagers who made the mistake of referring to him by a certain nickname, but make no mistake: he isn’t running away from Gotham. He’s settling into a trailer (for $100 per month) and plotting his return and his revenge against all who have wronged him. And that’s a very long list. But the crux of this installment was on a different villain-to-be, as Selina Kyle and the kids of Gotham took center stage. Mostly ignored by the adults in this decaying city, many homeless youth are being snatched up by those involved in some kind of child-trafficking plot, as they pack up the kidnapped children and ship them off to… who knows where?!? Who wants to know where, really. Kyle exerts her independence and her maturity throughout the episode, as Gordon and Bullock eventually track down the culprits (after literally coming to blows inside the police station) and the Mayor shows some dark colors of his own. In order to clean up the streets, he orders the kids to be sent upstate to juvenile detention. Gordon confronts him about this decision, but he gets nowhere. To close the episode, however, Kyle gets somewhere with Gordon: she beckons him over and asks for a deal. Will he help her NOT be sent upstate in exchange for the information she can provide? That information? Selina says she witnessed the murders of the Wayne parents and can pick out the shooter. The episode cut to black on that statement, but also worth noting is an earlier scene between Fish Mooney and Carmine Falcone. The latter clearly is hip to the former’s plan to try and take him down, beating up Mooney’s lover as a way of proving his dominance. We later see Fish complaining to Butch, still intent on rising to the top rank at some point. She wants to kill Falcone with her bare bands. Isn’t it always fun when the bad guys themselves don’t get along? It adds some layers and some shades of grey to the overall product. What did everyone else think of this follow-up episode? Go watch Gotham online if you need to catch up and sound off on Episode 2 below!
Thursday’s long-awaited Scandal Season 4 Episode 1 answered the question fans of the compelling Shonda Rhimes drama been wondering all summer long: Just where in the world is Olivia Pope? Let’s start with the answer: Liv “Julia Baker” has been living with Jake for the past two months on an island “off the coast of Zanzibar.” The quiet life involved a lot of reading (Gone Girl FTW!) and such seclusion that supplies were delivered by boat. But then a letter arrives that confirms Harrison has been found dead. Liv promises Jake that they’ll only head back to DC for a “few days” in order for her to plan Harrison’s funeral, as viewers head over to the capital and find the Gladiators living new lives. Huck now goes by “Randy,” working as a clerk at an electronics store; he isn’t speaking to Quinn. Abby is the White House press secretary, where she must deal with talk about “Fitz 2.0″ and “Crazy Mellie,” as Twitter has dubbed the First Lady, who is going around in Uggs, Fruit Colored O’s and day-old shirts. She’s in a bad place. At the closed-down OPA office, a calm Quinn tells Live that she was tracked down due to her affection for “rare, complex” wines. So that’s where we are. But where are we going? Nowhere positive at first, as Huck wants nothing to do with Liv and Abby blames her for Harrison’s death. Jake checks in on David, who has done nothing with the B613 files given to him, considering his color-coding system revealed them to either be “Scary, Very Scary or Wait for Someone to Come Kill You Scary.” Gotta love it. Olivia then goes to see her dad, who invites her to freely ask him about any role he had in Harrison’s death, despite playing innocent. “I did however take care of your mother,” he half-lies, obeying an order from Fitz, lest the country might learn that the President’s mistress’ mother murdered the First Son. (NOTE: How awesome is Scandal?!?) Back at Olivia’s apartment that evening, her funeral planning is interrupted by a visit from a young woman named Kate, the aide to Senator Vaughn. She claims that Senator Sterling tried to rape her and that she sent him soaring over a railing (though not to his death) while fighting off the unwanted advance. Liv eventually decides to represent Kate. Scandal Cast Through the Years 1. Scandal Season 4 Cast Photo Scandal Season 4 returns on September 25 at 9/8C. Doesn’t the cast look glamorous in this photo? Over at The White House Cyrus is fending off attacks from “Lizzie Bear,” the new Republican National Committed head (hello, Portia De Rossi!), who says the party is getting impatient with Fitz’s polices and “across the aisle” antics, most notably the idea of nominating a Democratic Attorney General. Cyrus responds by asking David Rosen to consider the gig instead, prompting Rosen to suggest to Abby that she spilled about him possessing the B613 files and that Cy is out to buy his silence. Abby is irritating by the asserting and then complains that David’s obsession with the B613 files blew up their relationship. She tells him to get himself “some power” and actually “use it” if he wants to “change the world.” Upon learning Liv is in town, Fitz asks Cyrus if she’s staying, which leads to a sigh and the quote of the night: “You want to pretend we all don’t know how this movie ends?” At the funeral, the Gladiators reunite, while Jake spots Rowan playing spy. In the second-to-last scene, we head to the White House balcony and Mellie joking about how she couldn’t leap to her death if she wanted to, telling Fitz: “I’m not gonna try to kill myself. I’m not you.” Whoa there! Turns out, at some point after Jerry’s death, Fitz “had one bad night” where he looked to end it all. He orders his wife to never bring that up again. Finally, we close with Jake telling Olivia about flight plan back to the island when it becomes obvious this plan will never be realized. “Are we Gladiators or are we bitches?” is what Liv says Harrison would state in this setting. And during a closing montage, Fitz nominates David for Attorney General… Liv gives an impressive presser on behalf of Kate and, as they pass by each other in a rotunda, Liv and Fitz reach pinkies at each other but miss… though both appear satisfied that a mutual effort was made. What a Scandal Season 4 premiere, huh?!? But did you expect anything less? Visit TV Fanatic to watch Scandal online and sound off on the opener now!
Should Muslims be profiled?? Fox News Host Says Muslims Should Be Profiled For what was deemed the “most controversial” topic ever discussed on Fox ’s Cashin’ In, all the guests seemed to agree: It’s time to start profiling Muslims in America. Via Raw Story reports: “While the administration buries its head in the sand,” host Eric Bolling said of alleged jihadist recruitment in the United States, “we know how to find terrorists among us: Profile, profile, profile.” M*A*S*H star-turned-investor Wayne Rogers agreed: “There’s no other way. You’ve got to do it. It’s stupid not to.” Co-panelist Jonathan Hoenig seconded the motion, perhaps going a bit further: We should have been profiling on September 12, 2001. Let’s take a trip down memory lane here: The last war this country won, we put Japanese-Americans in internment camps, we dropped nuclear bombs on residential city centers. So, yes, profiling would be at least a good start. It’s not on skin color, however, it’s on ideology: Muslim, Islamists, jihadist. That’s a good start but it’s only a start. We need to stop giving Korans to Gitmo prisoners, we need to stop having Ramadan and Iftar celebrations in the White House. We need to stop saying the enemy is not Islamic. They are. Bolling then rattled off historical terrorist attacks: The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 9/11 attacks, and the Boston Marathon bombing. The “common thread” he found? “Muslim males.” And so: “Is it okay to say it’s time to start profiling Muslim males? I say, yes, it is.” Newly-minted Fox contributor Michelle Fields also concurred: We don’t have a problem with extreme Buddhists. We have a problem with extreme Muslims; to ignore that is not fair. This is to protect all Americans: Christian and Muslim Americans, everyone. Because they pose a danger to all of us. And if you’re a Muslim who’s going to Syria, yes, you should be tracked. We should know what you’re doing there, why you’re going there. I don’t think that that’s irresponsible. Do you think Muslims should be profiled???
Meth will do it to you every time … Florida Man Says “Just Kidding” To Robbery Bet the cops weren’t “just kidding” when they came to pick him up! Via Tampa Tribune : A 22-year-old man is accused of entering a bar with a bandana over his face and demanding money from the cash register while pointing a gun at a bartender, a Pasco County Sheriff’s Office report said. Stephen Randall Koulias was arrested at 8:12 p.m. Sunday at Forest Hills Golf and Country Club, the report said. Koulias was dressed in a gray hoodie with a blue bandana covering his face when he entered the bar at the country club, witnesses said. Koulias shouted for everyone to put their hands up, saying he was committing a “hold-up,” the report said. He hurled expletives at the bartender and told the bartender to give him money from the cash register, the report said. “When the defendant realized there were other customers at the bar, he took off the bandana and hood and stated he was just kidding,” the report said. Koulias was detained by investigators who found on him an Airsoft gun, a replica firearm that shoots pellets, the report said. Koulias told investigators that he had the gun because he wanted to shoot frogs, the report said. As Koulias was transferred from one sheriff’s vehicle to another, investigators found a syringe that had methamphetamine residue on it, the report said. Sunday’s incident marked the second time Koulias tried to rob the country club, the report said. A court case regarding Koulias’ first attempted robbery is pending, the report said. In March, a judge ordered Koulias to have no contact with the country club, the report said. Damn, rob a different spot…or at least wait till your first charge is settled. SMH.
See, they love it too! How much gas are YOU willing to burn to eat fried chicken ? New Zealand Town Plans Bus Trip To KFC After Fire Destroyed Local Restaurant via Stuff A colonel’s road trip is being organised to help New Plymouth fried chicken fans satisfy their cravings. The New Plymouth store caught fire at the start of the month and has been closed for two weeks while it’s stripped and re-built. Whispers about a bus trip to the Hawera store this weekend surfaced yesterday after a post appeared on the KFC Facebook page asking if anyone was interested. General manager Jamie McKaughan confirmed the speculation, saying “there was a lot of truth to the rumours”. “I want to help our wonderful New Plymouth community. We’re going to put a colonel’s coach together and offer it up in a competition. We’ll put them on a bus to Hawera let them have their meal then bus them back,” he said. “It’s probably going to be at least another four weeks before the drive-through is open and another six to eight weeks before we re-open the whole story.” Lmao! REALLY?? Is it THAT serious??? In the meantime, fans of the colonel’s secret recipe having been travelling south for a fix, McKaughan said. Committed chicken lovers did the same thing in 2010 when the New Plymouth store closed while it underwent a $1.5 million upgrade. When it did re-open, less than three months later, there was a stampede on the restaurant which caused traffic chaos and waits of up to 40 minutes. Competition details are yet to be finalised but McKaughan said he hoped they would be released to the public later this week. Not sure what the black population of New Zealand is, but if this doens’t destroy the stereotype then nothing will.
