Kinda like her sex scene in Watchmen (2009). You need a pair of night-vision goggles for that thing! Anyway, Malin Akerman was on the festival circuit last week when MTV asked her about Inferno , one of a pair of proposed Linda Lovelace biopics (the other being Lovelace ). One might be forgiven for thinking Inferno has been beaten to the (donkey) punch by Amanda Seyfried & co, who are currently shooting their movie even as Malin’s project struggles to get off the ground. For her part, Malin is noncommittal: “Either we have to do it now, or we have to let it go,” she says. “That’s one of the potentials that might be happening within the next month or two. We’ll see.” More from Malin Akerman on Inferno after the jump!
Surging in the polls, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum was greeted with a fistful of glitter in Johnston, Iowa Friday, the latest so-called “glitter bombing” of a Republican candidate. The male protester partly missed, with purple glitter ending up both on Santorum and the ground as the former Pennsylvania senator went in to watch a football game with supporters. “Stop the hate! Taste the rainbow!”… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 31/12/2011 22:41 Number of articles : 2
While Marcus Canty landed in the bottom two for the third straight week, it was the 13-year-old songbird who got the lowest number of votes. By Adam Graham Rachel Crow hears the news of her elimination on “X Factor” Photo: FOX Another week, another dramatic finish to “The X Factor,” as 13-year-old Rachel Crow was voted off the Fox singing competition Thursday (December 8) when judge Nicole Scherzinger purposely threw the vote to a tie and left the final decision in the hands of America’s votes. That placed Crow against Marcus Canty, who landed in the bottom two for the third week in a row. When host Steve Jones read the final tally, Crow — who moments earlier said she’d be fine with whatever decision was made — fell to the ground as if someone had punched her in the gut, sobbing loud and hard on the “X Factor” stage. Crow was picked up off the ground by her mentor, Simon Cowell, and consoled by her mother. “Mommy!” Crow wept, while cameras cut to a shocked Scherzinger, who looked like she couldn’t believe what she’d just done. When she could finally speak, Crow told host Jones, “I just, I love you so much, everybody, for voting for me, even though you didn’t. … Thank you for giving me this, because without you, I’m nothing. And I hope this is not my ending. You know what? I know it’s not. And I will go so far, I promise you. And I love you.” She went on to thank her family for their support. Said Cowell after the decision: “I want to thank everyone that’s voted for this young girl. I believe she went out on the highest she could have gone out on. Like I said, from the very first time I met you, we’re going to be hearing a lot more about Rachel Crow, I give you my word on that.” Jones approached Scherzinger and asked if she had anything to say, and the ex-Pussycat Doll, who was heavily booed by the audience, turned away without comment. Earlier in the evening, both Crow and Canty were forced to sing for their lives in the competition. Canty took on “I’m Going Down,” while Crow tackled “I’d Rather Go Blind.” Following the performances, L.A. Reid praised Crow for her “amazing” rendition but voted for Canty to stay, while Cowell and Paula Abdul cast their votes in favor of Crow. That left the deciding vote to Scherzinger, who through tears said she couldn’t make the decision herself, so she voted for Canty to stay so the tiebreaker would lie in the hands of viewer votes. The night prior, Crow sang B.o.B and Bruno Mars’ “Nothin’ on You” and Michael Jackson’s “Music & Me,” prompting Abdul to call her “beautifully fearless,” “a wonderful role model,” “every girl’s best friend and every parent’s daydream,” “fantastic and magical” and with a “vocal depth [that] transcends all generations.” Canty, meanwhile, sang Chaka Kahn’s “Ain’t Nobody” and Leon Russell’s “A Song for You,” the latter of which was dubbed “a bit boring” by Cowell. But L.A. Reid compared Canty to Muhammad Ali, praising his ability to get up after being repeatedly knocked down. “I’ve got your back,” Reid told him, and he kept his word on Thursday. Earlier in the evening, Josh Krajcik, Melanie Amaro and Chris Rene advanced to next week’s semifinal. When Canty learned he would have to once again sing for his life, he remarked, “Bottom two, again? Gosh, man. But, top five, man, I just gotta go out and deliver.” The episode also featured live performances by Lenny Kravitz and Mary J. Blige. What did you think of the results? Let us know in the comments!
A tense standoff between police and Occupy demonstrators at the University of California, Davis on Friday ended with cops using pepper stray on students who were sitting passively on the ground. They apparently refused a police order to move, so cops took action. In a statement, UC Davis chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi seemed to blame the students, saying, “We deeply regret that many of the protestors… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Opposing Views Discovery Date : 19/11/2011 19:44 Number of articles : 2
Oklahoma is rattled after the state’s strongest earthquake shook the ground for nearly a minute Saturday night. The magnitude 5.6 quake was centered near Sparks, about 44 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. It was followed by several aftershocks Sunday morning, including two with 4.0 magnitudes. No major injuries have been reported, but homeowners and businesses noted cracked walls, fallen items and… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 06/11/2011 05:08 Number of articles : 2
“We went into the garage when we were two young people with no money.” — Woz Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : MAKE: Blog Discovery Date : 06/10/2011 14:16 Number of articles : 2
Light pollution — wasted light that gets thrown up into the sky instead of down onto the ground where it’s actually useful — is the enemy of every sky watcher, from the professional astronomer to the some time star gazer. It overwhelms fainter objects, and in bad cases even the brightest stars, reducing the glory Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Bad Astronomy Discovery Date : 06/10/2011 19:28 Number of articles : 2
Sidenote: SMH at this guy’s fingerwaves… Members of the pop star’s inner circle described a chaotic scene in Jackson’s bedroom the day he died, CBS News national correspondent Ben Tracy reports. Dr. Conrad Murray, they said, was hunched over Jackson on the floor while his distraught children looked on. Faheem Muhammad, head of security for Jackson, said in court, “Paris is on the ground, balled up, crying. And Prince, was just standing there, and he was just, he had a real shock, just slowly crying. Dr. Murray asked the question, ‘Does anyone know CPR?’” “The prosecution is trying to create in the jury is a sense that this is a doctor who had absolutely no idea what he was doing,” says CBS News legal analyst Trent Copeland. “It’s an emotional setting. The children are on the ground, they’re crying. Dr. Murray is sweating, doesn’t call 911.” Once Dr. Murray got to the hospital, there was no evidence he told anyone Jackson might have overdosed on the powerful anesthetic propofol. And what he did say, according to witnesses, was odd. Michael Amir Williams, Jackson’s personal assistant, said during testimony, “(Murray) said he was hungry. He hadn’t eaten all day or night, something to that effect. And he wanted a ride to get some food.” Copeland says of Murray: “He sat there in a waiting room, rather than banging on the doors and telling the hospital personnel and the life-saving doctors who were working on Michael Jackson exactly what Michael Jackson had in his system.” It’s not looking good for your boy Conrad. Watch the video below:
