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Vampyre for President Absconded with Child Bride After YouTube Proposal [The Impaler]

Jonathon ” The Impaler ” Sharkey lives in New Jersey and usually limits his Luciferian powers to third-party runs for office. (Platform: ” I WILL IMPALE THEM! [criminals]”) Then a YouTube proposal to his 16-year-old girlfriend ignited a nationwide manhunt and internet flamewar. Originally from the Garden State, the Impaler has run for office in New Jersey, Indiana, Florida, Minnesota, and for president. He’s a self-proclaimed satanist, former pro-wrestler, ( Rocky ‘Hurricane’ Flash’s retired in 2004 ) and repeat legal offender. (Stalking and coercion are trouble spots.) Here’s how Jonathon describes himself : 16-year-old Paige Brewer ran away from her mother’s rural Minnesota home six months ago. According to Minneapolis’ City Pages , Paige was living with her grandmother when she met the Impaler on a vampire comment board last month. After a whirlwind cyber romance, Sharkey proposed with a YouTube video in which he shows off his Wiccan tats in what appears to be a Valentine-themed corner of a daycare center, with the love ballad from Beauty and the Beast straining softly in the background. Paige said “YES!!!” and Jonathon flew to Minnesota to gather his child bride on Valentine’s Day. Then they went into hiding—but continued to maintain avid correspondences with City Pages , MySpace fans, and vampire forums. Classified an “endangered runaway,” Paige rechristened herself ” Paige Sharkey ” and announced she would seek emancipation from her mother. “Screw off,” she told City Pages in an interview. “I bit him first. Let me live my life.” The Impaler said he was protecting his bride from those who would inflict “child abuse” upon her, like her mother. Here’s a video where the Impaler accuses Jill Moen of being an abusive, drug-addicted stripper. He demonstrates how he will avenge his beloved: “I LIKE TO PUNCH.” The Impaler admits, “I prefer to sink my fangs into younger women,” but claims he never had sex with Paige. As the pair’s vampirical honeymoon wore on, however, law enforcement closed in. A child protection agent reached out to Paige on her favorite vampire forum, then lured the pair to a legal-brokering meeting in Minnesota. En route, Sharkey posted celebratory messages on City Pages ‘ comment boards: I am arriving in Minneapolis tomorrow. I would have stated to all women of Minnesota: Cover your necks with garlic. However, the only neck my fangs will be in is Paige’s neck. Otherwise, she will make me a toothless vampyre! 😉 But at the meeting—which took place at a Faribault, MN community center—plainclothed cops swooped in to free Paige from her vampire lover’s pointy-toothed grip. The middle-aged bloodsucker ended up on a Greyhound bus back to New Jersey. Paige remains with her mother , who says she is “working with Hennepin County children’s health to get [Paige] a referral for a facility here. She’s aware she will have to go somewhere for awhile and seems accepting of it so long as it’s not where she was the last few days.” We wish them luck—it’s not every day you have to deprogram your child from an epic runaway romance with a tech-savvy vampire politician impaler. [ Pics via Jonathon the Impaler’s MySpace ]

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Jermaine Dupri Remakes ‘Secret Garden’ With Usher, Trey Songz, Robin Thicke

JD keeps Barry White’s original verse on the Quincy Jones cover: ‘I had to leave him.’ By Shaheem Reid Jermaine Dupri Photo: MTV News DALLAS — It’s apparently the season to remake the classics. Mary J. Blige recently recorded a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” and we all know about the remake of “We Are the World.” Now, Jermaine Dupri is spearheading a new version of a classic song, and just like “We Are the World,” it’s another Quincy Jones tune. JD has called on Usher, Robin Thicke, Tyrese and Trey Songz to cover Jones’ 1989 hit “The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite).” The original version starred seductive vocalists James Ingram, Al B. Sure, El DeBarge and the incomparable Barry White. Right before the NBA All-Star Game, Dupri talked about his and his team’s rendition. “It took a minute for me to even think about touching it,” JD admitted. “It’s a couple of components in that record that you don’t wanna touch — Barry White being one of the main components. I had to leave him [on the song]. There’s nobody out there in the world that’s got a voice like his or even sounded the way he sounded. So I had to make sure I could leave that. It’s gonna be interesting for y’all to hear how these young guys sound mixed in with him.” In 1989, “Secret Garden” was one of the highlights of Quincy Jones’ Grammy-winning Back on the Block LP. Each vocalist had a verse and an opportunity to sing to the ladies. “Luckily, it’s a record that hip-hop really embraced as a ballad,” JD said. “It was a record I lived with so much. I kinda felt it was a record that was a part of my life. So it wasn’t that hard for me to get into it. But I just had to figure out all the ways and who to put on the song. I feel that at the time [Quincy] made the record, each one of the guys had a certain thing for the ladies.” Jermaine said his version will woo the females all over again. “I think Robin Thicke got something for the ladies,” Dupri said. “Usher, definitely. Trey, definitely. And Barry White. That was hard, because I wanted to put Anthony Hamilton on there, Maxwell on there. But it’s hard, because it’s only a four- or five-man [song]. That was the hardest part for me.” Jermaine said the “Secret Garden” remake will appear on a new Quincy Jones album; no release date has been announced. What are your thoughts on Jermaine Dupri’s remake of “The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)”? Which singers would you like to see in the remake’s lineup? Let us know below! Related Artists Jermaine Dupri

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Ludacris, Jermaine Dupri On ‘We Are The World: 25 For Haiti’

Songwriter Sean Garrett calls for Ne-Yo, Jay-Z to join him in creating a new anthem. By Shaheem Reid Ludacris Photo: MTV News During NBA ALL-Star Weekend in Dallas, Jay-Z called the original version of “We Are the World” “untouchable.” Although Hov said the remake, “We Are the World: 25 for Haiti” a “valiant effort,” he said he felt that recreating the magic from the original is impossible, and MTV News readers seem to be split on the song’s musical merits. We talked with some luminaries from the hip-hop and R&B world about the song at All-Star weekend. “I’m glad they did that,” Ludacris said. “That was a staple in history. It may be a lot of people saying it’s hard to duplicate what happened before, but it was so long ago. I’m glad they attempted to do it. I feel it’s extremely strong. The same thing the past [version] did for me, I’m hoping this new one will do for the new generation.” Jermaine Dupri agreed with Jay-Z that remaking such a classic tune is a daunting task. “It’s a hard record to touch,” Dupri said from his seat at the All-Star game shortly before tip-off. “I think the idea and the thought process of putting the new young talent in the mix of ‘We Are the World’ and helping the situation in Haiti, I thought it was a brilliant idea on Quincy’s part. Ironically, it happened to be 25 years later. It just happened to be enough time in between so it felt like it was something that needed to happen.” Dupri said he’s been communicating frequently with “We Are the World” helmer Quincy Jones, because JD is remaking another of the Q’s classics, “Secret Garden” (from Jones’ hip-hop-leaning 1989 LP, Back on the Block ). He said the two had a long conversation about “We Are the World” on Saturday. “I was talking to him about how he put the pieces together,” Dupri explained. “I thought he moved everybody around in a cool way and he let everybody get a piece of the song. In the original version, Michael [Jackson], Lionel [Richie] and the main people controlled it. Everybody else was just singing background. They switched it up in a cool way to make it new and fresh.” Super-producer Jimmy Jam (Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige), said, “I’ve only seen just parts of it. I haven’t seen the whole thing. I think it is wonderful. It shows the relevance of the music community. In [times] of crisis, [they] always comes together raise the spirits, raise the hopes of people. The fact they are using the words of a song that was written 25 years ago shows the greatness of Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie and the people that were involved in making that. I think it’s great; it pertains obviously to a new generation. [It is] just as relevant today if not more so to when it was originally done.” One of the ways that the new version is different from the timeless original is many rappers were involved . Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Wyclef Jean, Will.I.Am, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J and Nipsey Hussle are just a few of the MCs who were present at the session. “I thought that was hot,” Dupri said about incorporating hip-hop. “I love the fact that Lil Wayne was singing — I know rappers always wanna sing. You could feel his happiness of just being a part of it, to hear him sing. I thought that was cool to see that. I like the rappers coming together doing one part — it was cool to see the younger and older crews together.” “Hip-hop has been around along time,” Jimmy Jam said. “It’s made its mark and it’s gonna continue to be here. Great! Add it to the pot. The gumbo is nice.” One of the points Jay-Z made when talking about the remake of “We Are the World” is that he would have loved it if Jones and Richie would have pooled together their endless array of talent to make a new song. One of the game’s premiere songwriters, Sean Garrett, said he’s willing to step to the plate. “I think that’s a great idea,” he said. “Me and Ne-Yo been talking about doing something real big. Jay-Z is a leader — so thank you Hov for bringing that to us. I think we need to take him up on that offer! The 25th anniversary was great opportunity for us all to remember a great cause and come together and sort of reignite that type of unity we need around the world. With so much going on these days, it’s time for us to come together and use music more than for just making money and dancing in the clubs. I’mma challenge my man Ne-Yo to get together with his boy Sean Garrett and Hov and get together and do something great like come up with a brand new song to help the world.” What do you think of “We Are the World: 25 for Haiti”? Do you like the new remake, or do you think a new song should have been written? Let us know in the comments below! Learn more about what you can do to help with earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti , and for more information, see Think MTV . Visit HopeForHaitiNow.org or call (877) 99-HAITI to make a donation now. Related Videos Behind The Scenes Of ‘We Are The World’ Related Photos ‘We Are The World 25 For Haiti’ Recording Session Related Artists Ludacris Jermaine Dupri

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The Urban Homestead

Have you ever built a solar powered food dehydrator in your garden? Do you know how to make your own household cleaners without using toxic chemicals? Can you repair any major toilet problem and reduce water usage with fixes that cost nothing? Have you ever made your own wine or beer from plants in your garden? Thought about raising chickens in the city? Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen have simple advice for living simply and comfortably even if you don’t own a lot of land. In a humorous, easy-to-read manner, they offer advice on composting, gardening, home brewing, and saving greywater among other things. The Urban Homestead was a gift from my friend Andrea, who bought it for me after she read it. Jason and I have both read it, and it is WONDERFUL! It was incredibly comprehensive on how to reach a new level of self-sufficiency without buying land and moving to the country. There were several ideas in this book that I have always wanted to do, but was unsure of how to accomplish cost-effectively. I plan to buy a few copies of this book this year and hand them out to friends and family for birthday gifts. I hope they read it and continue the trend. The book included several suggestions for incorporating permaculture into you city garden, including a practice called “Three Sisters.” This is where you plant corn, beans, and squash all together, and the beans climb up the corn stalks and they shade the squash. The corn and the squash will sap nitrogen from the soil, while the beans will replenish it. It was such a great idea that I can’t wait to try it. They also run a blog here: http://www.homegrownevolution.com/

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‘Jersey Shore’ Star J-Woww Promises ‘More Drama’ In Season Two

‘I feel like me and my cast are one big dysfunctional family,’ Jenni Farley says at Kardashians by Bebe fashion show. By Jocelyn Vena Jenni “J-Woww” Farley at New York Fashion Week on Tuesday Photo: Jeff Gentner/Getty Images NEW YORK — Jenni “J-Woww” Farley and Kim Kardashian are both brazen women who are followed around by reality-show cameras. So, it wasn’t too surprising to discover that the “Jersey Shore” star is such a fan of the “Keeping up With the Kardashians” personality, she was sitting in the front row of the Kardashians by Bebe show at New York Fashion Week. “I am a huge Kim Kardashian fan. I am really excited to see her stuff today,” J-Woww told MTV News at Tuesday’s show, which was the debut of a collaboration between the clothing chain and Kim, Khlo

Kevin Jonas & Wifey: Guess What They’ve Been Doing

What does a girl love more than her hubby? A hubby who takes her shopping! Kevin Jonas and Danielle Deleasa hit the Guess? by Marciano store at New Jersey’s Garden State Plaza mall…

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Wyclef Jean’s ‘Rivers Of Babylon’: The Story Behind The Cover

‘Clef covered the reggae classic at the ‘Help for Haiti Now’ telethon. By Maura K

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Jay-Z, U2, Rihanna Team Up For Haiti Telethon

Producer Swizz Beatz helped create ‘Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour).’ By Shaheem Reid Bono, Jay-Z and Rihanna perform on “Hope for Haiti Now” Photo: Dave M. Benett/ Getty Images Jay-Z , U2 and Rihanna got together in London to perform “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” in front of an audience as part of the “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon on Friday night (January 22).

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G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks Arrested For Assault, Robbery

MC, three associates allegedly assaulted and robbed promoter after dispute over pay. By Shaheem Reid Lloyd Banks Photo: MTV News G-Unit ‘s Lloyd Banks is being held by police in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, on assault and robbery charges after an incident involving a local promoter following a concert Friday night.

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David Paterson SNL Skit: Too Funny or Too Far?

Saturday Night Live ridiculed New York State Governor David Paterson once again last night, with SNL cast member Fred Armisen doing the hilarious honors. As has been the theme in skewerings past, Paterson was depicted as having a difficult time finding the news desk and speaking erratically, to say the least. He opened by saying, “Hello Yankee Stadium!” Informed it was not in fact the House that Ruth Built, the legally blind governor called it “classic Paterson.” When not making a mockery of himself, the faux David Paterson character relentlessly poked fun at New Jersey, a.k.a

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