(YouTube link) This is short and nonsensical but oh, so funny. Because they’re TURKEYS! -via The Daily What Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 18/05/2012 14:24 Number of articles : 2
Wait, what?!?! Alan Dershowitz Says George Zimmerman Had A Right To Kill Trayvon Martin A medical report by George Zimmerman’s doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a back injury on the day after the fatal shooting. If this evidence turns out to be valid, the prosecutor will have no choice but to drop the second-degree murder charge against Zimmerman — if she wants to act ethically, lawfully and professionally. There is, of course, no assurance that the special prosecutor handling the case, State Attorney Angela Corey, will do the right thing. Because until now, her actions have been anything but ethical, lawful and professional. She was aware when she submitted an affidavit that it did not contain the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. She deliberately withheld evidence that supported Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. The New York Times has reported that the police had “a full face picture” of Zimmerman, before paramedics treated him, that showed “a bloodied nose.” The prosecutor also had photographic evidence of bruises to the back of his head. But none of this was included in any affidavit. Now there is much more extensive medical evidence that would tend to support Zimmerman’s version of events. This version, if true, would establish self-defense even if Zimmerman had improperly followed, harassed and provoked Martin. A defendant, under Florida law, loses his “stand your ground” defense if he provoked the encounter — but he retains traditional self-defense if he reasonably believed his life was in danger and his only recourse was to employ deadly force. Thus, if Zimmerman verbally provoked Martin, but Martin then got on top of Zimmerman and banged his head into the ground, broke his nose, bloodied his eyes and persisted in attacking Zimmerman — and if Zimmerman couldn’t protect himself from further attack except by shooting Martin — he would have the right to do that. (The prosecution has already admitted that it has no evidence that Zimmerman started the actual fight.) Wish we could say we are surprised, but we already know that there are a bunch of people that think that it’s cool for some scary-a$$ 28 year-old man to shoot a 17 year-old. How are you the captain of the neighborhood watch and you can’t even handle a skinny teenager?? SMFH Images via AP Source
Admiral General Aladeen also confesses to the murders of Tupac and Biggie Smalls during MTV News interview. By Fallon Prinzivalli, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Sacha Baron Cohen as the Dictator at 2012 Cannes Film Festival Photo: Getty Images “Welcome! Death to the West!” That is how the Dictator greeted MTV News’ Josh Horowitz when he sat down with him for an interview. latest infamous character is Admiral General Aladeen, a dictator who oppresses his people and dislikes democracy. In “The Dictator,” he’s mistaken for a refugee and taken under the wing of Zoey, played by Anna Faris . Aladeen’s misadventures in America lead to an array of hilarious culture clashes. Thus, the interview was nothing less than we’d expect — offensive, outrageous and, yes, very, very funny. After inquiring about Horowitz’s knowledge of the rapper Tupac Shakur, the Dictator reveals it was him who killed the MC. “He came to play at my birthday party and all the time he get on the microphone, and you know what he tell me?” Aladeen questioned. “You know what he tell me? He said, ‘Put your hands’ — he ordered me! — he ordered me to put my hands in the air and wave them like I just don’t care. Why would I, Dictator, wave my hands like I don’t care? I wave my hands like I do care, like this. I don’t do it like I don’t care. How dare he come to my palace and my birthday and tell me how to wave my hands like I don’t care? I care about the hands!” Apparently someone forgot to inform the tyrant that it’s a figure of speech here in America. “To put your hands in the air like you don’t care?” he continued. “You think Hitler put his hands in the air like he don’t care? It was a very careful gesture that he did. I won’t do it here. And this Biggie Smalls, he then performed the next night for my weekend of birthday. That fat bastard ate all of the buffet. It cost over 120 Euros per head.” When our correspondent noted that his phrase is not respectful to the dead, the admiral general replied, “It’s not respectful to the people who wanted to eat the buffet.” Note to self: Eat before heading to Aladeen’s palace. Although, it’s possible not much eating will take place on a trip to his home. Shortly after assuring Horowitz he has nothing to worry about and sliding a gun on the table between them, he talked of his latest tryst with reality-TV star Kim Kardashian. “I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of [stars in America] that come to the palace and negotiate with the pimps,” he said. “Kim Kardashian, she came two weeks ago. I negotiated with her pimp, who is also her mother. Three-hundred-thousand dollars for one hour — not bad. Good rate.” But Kardashian isn’t the only American entertainer the Dictator is fond of. He happens to enjoy Snooki and has a list of movies he’s enjoyed — one of which is definitely in the wrong category. “I am a huge supporter of your Snooki,” he said. “I find him a very funny, little, orange man. And we have many of your sci-fi and fantasy films like ‘Transformers’ or ‘Harry Potter’ or ‘Schindler’s List.’ ” Check out everything we’ve got on “The Dictator.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
‘I responded to him and I told him, ‘Let’s work,’ ‘ Fif tells MTV News of a Twitter collabo request from Wiz. By Nadeska Alexis, with reporting by Ade Mangum 50 Cent Photo: MTV News 50 Cent was admitted to the hospital earlier this week when he began to suffer from severe stomach pains, but by the time he was released Thursday, the G-Unit CEO had already put plans into motion for a new collaboration with Wiz Khalifa. MTV News caught up with Fif at his G-Unit offices in NYC after his release, and he explained that a tweet from Wiz gave birth to the collaboration. The tweet in question: “I Gotta Song I Wanna Put @50Cent On.” “While I was sitting in the hospital, I saw Wiz Khalifa send a tweet out saying he got something, and he felt like it would be cool if I was actually on a record with him,” 50 said. “So I responded to him and I told him, ‘Let’s work.’ I’m feeling good, I was feeling better by the time that tweet went through, so I said, ‘Send it,’ and I’ll speak to him a little later on. “Stay tuned to hear what happens next because it’s gonna go down,” he added, confirming that the collaboration is for real. Fif’s guest verse is likely to pop up on the Taylor Gang MC’s upcoming LP O.N.I.F.C., which is set to debut August 28. It would mark their first collaboration together. Thus far, Wiz has revealed that features on his Rolling Papers follow-up will include Pharrell, Cam’ron, Curren$y and the Weeknd. 50 Cent has made a full recovery since his release from the hospital, and next Tuesday, he will drop The Lost Tape, hosted by DJ Drama. During his stay in the hospital, the Queens mogul received a phone call from longtime friend and collaborator Eminem, who had a few firm words for him. “He goes, ‘Yo, Fif, you were shot nine times, man, if you die over a burger, this sh– ain’t gonna go right,’ ” 50 told MTV News just hours after his release. ” ‘People ain’t gonna be feelin’ this.’ ” Stay tuned to MTV News’ Mixtape Daily for more on 50 Cent and DJ Drama’s The Lost Tape. Related Artists 50 Cent Wiz Khalifa
After months of humiliating posters and destabilizing trailers , the big-screen “adaptation” of Heidi Murkoff’s megahit advice tome What to Expect When You’re Expecting has finally arrived at multiplexes nationwide. Critical reactions are about as chilly as you might expect for a film that turns one of the most influential books of the last quarter-century into a kitchen-sink ensemble romcom; while director Kirk Jones’s film does seem to have its following ( 21 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes! Even A.O. Scott is into it ! Sort of!), the overriding sense seems to be one of vague — or maybe not so vague — loathing. Let’s cool off with a refreshing dip in the bile. 9. “The best seller What To Expect When You’re Expecting has been around for 28 years, making the book much newer than most of the jokes in this all-star movie.” — Farran Smith Nehme , NY Post 8. “The cheerily childless out there don’t get any screen time, not just because this is a film about having kids but because they wouldn’t fit into the overall worldview, which is that you haven’t lived until you’ve spawned, or, barring that, snagged a cute infant from Ethiopia.” — Alison Willmore , Movieline 7. “In a year when women’s reproductive freedoms are constantly in the political crosshairs, What to Expect When You’re Expecting feels like just another affront to anyone who owns and operates a uterus.” — Alonso Duralde , TheWrap 6. “Any movie that opens with Cameron Diaz tossing her cookies on the set of a Dancing with the Stars -esque reality show can’t be all bad, right? That’s the mother of all rhetoricals, and speaking of mothers: This mostly laugh-free pregnancy comedy, adapted from Heidi Murkoff’s pop-parenting best-seller, is at least a slight step up from director Kirk Jones’s last effort, 2009’s claw-your-eyes-out-awful Robert De Niro vehicle Everybody’s Fine .” — Keith Uhlich , Time Out New York 5. “I guess this picture should get some novelty points for providing a theme song to a miscarriage scene. David Gray’s ‘Forgetting,’ in case you were wondering. Get it? Because there’s always a next time? Despite the small pleasures the movie’s performers strive to provide, I sincerely hope that no siblings are considered.” — Glenn Kenny , MSN Movies 4. “Nutshell, meet review. Review, meet nutshell. I can sum up my feelings about What to Expect When You’re Expecting in a single word: Ugh. Ugh, because of the acting. Ugh, because of the dialogue. Ugh, because of characters doing ridiculous things and acting the way no reasonable human being on this planet would act/react. It’s a comedy with few laughs, a romantic tale with zero sizzle, and, supposedly, it’s a movie for both sexes. I say it’s for neither. And stay away… stay far, far away… from this one on date night if you ever again hope to convince your partner it’s your turn to choose a movie.” — Rebecca Murray , About.com 3. “Sure, it’s just a silly, stupid Hollywood chick-flick, but the movie’s attitude is so repugnant that it deserves its own special warning: This movie may cause you to seek an immediate vasectomy . There is hardly a shred of believable human behavior in this film. Granted, I haven’t hung out with a pregnant woman for nine months straight, but Banks’s and Diaz’s inanely hyperbolic performances sure do feel like the sort of caricatures that exist only in a Hollywood type’s head. (By the way, it goes without saying that just about everybody in this movie is well-off enough that a baby will present no great financial burden to them. Too bad if you’re sitting in the audience and can’t afford a child — you’re probably not worthy to be a parent anyway.)” — Tim Grierson , Deadspin 2. “The movie reads like an extended Caroline Hax ‘Tell Me About It’ column of petty complaints so stunningly self-involved, irresponsible, and selfish that what the movie needs most is a representative of Child Protective Services to take all the babies to better homes. It is another measure of the movie’s disregard of its audience that we go back to the Dudes so they can reverse everything they said the first time. It is not that they have learned anything. The movie is just lazy enough to hope some warm ‘parenting is wonderful’ comments will erase the synthetic waste of celluloid (pixels?) that has gone before. No such luck.” — Nell Minow , BeliefNet 1. “‘End of day, family’s all that matters,’ says Quaid, never mind that his character’s abusive fathering made his son into an obese neurotic. ‘Kids—that’s all we really leave behind.’ If that’s true, and if millions of years of biological, intellectual, and technological evolution must yield to shallow-field American family values, the least we can do is cop to our shoddy legacy. Let’s start with this disdainful, demoralizing, grimly unfunny bastard of a film.” — Eric Hynes , The Village Voice [Reviews via Rotten Tomatoes ]
Reality TV is getting the Cannes treatment at the world’s premiere film festival. Italian director Matteo Garrone (pictured above right with actor Nando Paone) brought Reality to the fest’s competition, following up his critically acclaimed gangster pic Gomorrah several years ago. The film centers on a village fisherman who sacrifices everything for the perceived chance to become a reality-television celebrity. After being persuaded to apply for the Italian version of Big Brother , Luciano gets a follow up interview in Rome. He is initially reluctant to pursue the role, but after an interview he thinks went well, Luciano begins to believe he’s in the running for the series. After returning to Naples, he begins to believe he’s still “being cast” as he goes about his daily life. Soon, he lives as if he’s already on the show. A chance meeting with people from Rome turns into an “incognito casting session,” and soon it gets worse as he loses sense of actual reality. “After Gomorrah , I was waiting for a theme that would be as powerful,” Garrone said in Cannes on Friday morning. “I wanted a surprising film, but after Gomorrah , I didn’t realize I’d be hitting a brick wall.” The film is chock full of thematic takeaways, including the religious metaphor that through good works, one can achieve paradise: In the film, Luciano begins to give up his worldly possessions, believing the people secretly watching him will be charmed by his selflessness — much to the horror of his family. Reality could also be an indictment of the meteoric rise of reality television itself over the past decade, though Garrone said the film takes a neutral stance — at least officially. “We shot the film without trying to be critical in any way,” he said. “The main character is like a modern day Pinocchio. One can always re-invent this story. We were thinking of Pinocchio as we were making this film… People can read into this story what they like.” Still, Garrone alludes to some vague overriding associations. “In Rome he finds some kind of redemption,” he noted. The cult of fame topic is not new to modern Italian cinema. Back in 2009, Erik Gandini brought his documentary Videocracy to the Toronto International Film Festival. The film explores how celebrity worship and the quest for television stardom has threatened Italian democracy itself, turning the country into a culture of banality. Garrone’s Reality does not overtly condemn society on that level, but there is enough wiggle room to formulate conclusions. “We wanted to simply tell a tale that’s close to the people,” Garrone said. “We weren’t trying to critique politics or society. We follow this character and then he loses his inner identity and goes mad.” Read more of Movieline’s Cannes 2012 coverage here .
(YouTube link) While shooting footage for the series Planet Earth Live, BBC cameramen had to put up with the shenanigans of the wildlife itself. -via The Daily What Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 18/05/2012 17:12 Number of articles : 2
(YouTube link) Screen Junkies brings us a painfully honest trailer for the movie Transformers, telling you all the revelations the real trailer ignored. Language slightly NSFW. -via The Daily What Geek Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 17/05/2012 18:32 Number of articles : 2
(YouTube link) Screen Junkies brings us a painfully honest trailer for the movie Transformers, telling you all the revelations the real trailer ignored. Language slightly NSFW. -via The Daily What Geek Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 17/05/2012 18:32 Number of articles : 2
According to a new report, the federal government has spent a whopping $70 billion on climate change since 2008. But we’re supposed to believe they can’t reduced spending. The Daily Caller has the details. Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Inhofe presented the new CRS report on the Senate Floor Thursday to make the point that the Obama administration has been focused on “green” defense projects to the… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Lonely Conservative Discovery Date : 17/05/2012 22:46 Number of articles : 2
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