Right now it’s looking like a question of not if but when New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez will be suspended from Major League Baseball for using performance enhancing drugs. Interestingly, during recently tumultuous times as the third baseman works back from a hip injury, A-Rod has been receiving assistance from Jay Z’s camp including Beyoncé’s lawyer…. Continue
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Jay Z’s Camp & Beyoncé’s Lawyer Rep A-Rod During Recent PED Investigation
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His infamous “47 percent” remark was taken out of context, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney tells The Washington Post in a new interview. The oft-cited quote was widely interpreted as the 2012 GOP nominee stating that 47 percent of Americans can’t be persuaded to take personal responsibility. Romney says that’s not what he was implying at all. Mitt Romney on Obama Voters “Actually, I didn’t say that,” he says. “That’s how it began to be perceived, so I had to ultimately respond to the perception, because perception is reality.” The Mitt Romney 47 percent comment was made at a May 2012 closed-to-the-press fundraiser in Florida, where he made his pitch to donors: “And so my job is not to worry about those people … I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” “What I have to do is convince the 5-10 percent in the center that are independents, that are thoughtful, that look at voting one way or the other.” Romney told the Post that the focus of his remarks was on swing voters , not on those who were already in President Barack Obama’s camp. “[I]t was saying, ‘Look, the Democrats have 47 percent, we’ve got 45 percent, my job is to get the people in the middle, and I’ve got to get the people in the middle.'” “They’ve got a bloc of voters, we’ve got a bloc of voters, I’ve got to get the ones in the middle. And I thought that that would be how it would be perceived.” Romney’s argument that the remarks were taken out of context is a new defense for him … and doesn’t quite explain the “care for their lives” bit. In the run-up to the election, Romney at first stood by the remarks, but said they were “not elegantly stated.” Later on he said they were “completely wrong.” Romney nonetheless acknowledged that the quote was “very damaging” to his campaign, and based on the 2012 election results , it’s hard to argue.
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We started the day with Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to Conan and now it’s Eddie Murphy and Beverly Hills Cop . Apparently we have time traveled back to the 80’s and no one sent me the memo. If you were upset over the news that the Beverly Hills Cop TV series wasn’t picked up, well dry your eyes because the project still has legs. Not only that but Paramount Pictures has ditched the TV idea and have moved back into the film arena. If that wasn’t enough, Eddie Murphy has come on board as Axel Foley once again. So much good news for fans of the Beverly Hill Cop franchise. Although the film has picked up writers Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, there is no word as to whether or not it will stick with the father/son storyline of the pilot or if Eddie Murphy will go solo. Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for news of a Bowfinger sequel.
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Eddie Murphy to Star in Beverly Hills Cop Reboot
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Sharon Osbourne is featured in a new interview with The Daily Beast, going off on a number of topics and celebrities. But we have a feeling the opinion that will resonate most loudly with THG readers will Osbourne’s view of Justin Bieber, given the singer’s recent run of scandals and outrageous behavior. “I feel really bad for him,” Osbourne said of the 19-year old. “There’s this little kid with a huge dream, he’s cute, girls love him, and he wants to be a mean boy, and he’s about as mean as a f**kin’ kitten, and he’s trying to act out. “It’s like pissing in a bucket . It’s like, ‘Oh, we’re the bad boys!’ F**k off! You don’t know what bad is.” Sharon went on to label Justin as “lost” and concluded: “I think he doesn’t realize he’s white and not black, that’s a huge problem. And, at the point he’s at in his career, it’s so dangerous because we’ve seen it all before a million times. Where do you go when you’re a child entertainer and then you want to transition to be a man? Very few make it.” Let’s all hope The Biebs is among the minority in that case. Among Osbourne’s many other viewpoints: On the Anthony Wiener penis scandal: “I’d like to slap him. You’re a grown man with a great education, and you think, in this day and age, you can send pictures of your penis over the Internet and not get caught?” On Kanye West: “I have no time for him. He bores me. I said it on the show, he’s an average-looking man with an average talent, but he’s a great salesman. He should sell cars because they would f**kin’ fly out the door.” Osbourne is also a huge fan of Barbara Walters , labeling her an “amazing woman,” of Taylor Swift (she’s “brilliant”) and Justin Timberlake (“the best all-around”). Visit The Daily Beast now for the full Q&A with Osbourne and sound off: Do you think Justin Bieber will make it?
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Tim Allen, of all people, is weighing in on the Paula Deen scandal, and raising eyebrows himself with some controversial comments about racism. In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times , Allen said he believes “politically correct” phrases to be more egregious than the actual slur at times. “[The phrase] ‘the N-word’ is worse to me than n–ger,” he said. Allen, 60, said the toned-down phrase’s very existence runs counter to how he thinks people should tackle such an emotionally charged topic. “You want to take the power away from that word so that no one is offended by it,” the comedian said of the racial slur that Deen admitted using . “If I have no intent, if I show no intent, if I clearly am not a racist,” he continued, “then how can ‘n–ger’ be bad coming out of my mouth?” “I’ve had this argument on stage a million times. I do a movie with Martin Lawrence, and pretty soon they’re referring to me, ‘Hey, my n—-r’s up.'” “So I’m the n—er if I’m around you guys but seven feet away, if I said n—er, it’s not right. It’s very confusing to the European mind how that works.” Somewhere, Rae Dawn Chong is just happy the heat is off her now. Allen kept at it when it comes to his views on the topic, recounting: “Especially if I’ve either grown up or evolved or whatever, it literally was growing up in Colorado, with Hispanics and Anglos, that’s all I remember.” “So when Paula Deen [admits her language], they go after her.” “Now we’ve gone backwards in the world.” It’s an ongoing debate that, Allen believes, sends conflicting messages. “So this debate rages in the public, but when it gets to the comedy world, we’re not even allowed to say it, and I gotta refer to it as the N-word, F-word, B-word.” “It gets all the way down the line. We’re running backwards .” In a statement to E! News, Allen addressed the obligatory, subsequent furor surrounding his interview, but did not apologize, saying simply: “If I offended anyone it wasn’t my intention.” Since Deen admitted using the term in a legal deposition, the celebrity chef has been fired by Food Network and seen her once-dominant empire battered. She’s maintained a significant bastion of support however, as many people argue that she’s being unfairly singled out or exploited by an opportunist. As for Tim Allen’s comments on the subject, tell us what you think in the comments below: Is he out of line? Or right on the nose, even if it’s taboo?
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Ever since we first heard of The Canyons , we all knew this would be a special film. And by special, I mean awful. Lindsay Lohan ‘s return to the big screen with this Kickstarter project hasn’t been met with applause and accolades as perhaps Lohan had hoped. In fact, out of every review of The Canyons there was only one that might be seen as positive, from Scott Foundas of Variety . “Lohan may not go as deep or as far as Brando, but with her puffy skin, gaudy hoop earrings and thick eye makeup, there’s a little-girl-lost quality to the onetime Disney teen princess that’s very affecting. Whenever she’s onscreen, she projects a sense of just barely holding on to that precarious slide area in the shadow of the Hollywood sign.” Lohan, of course, responded to this review via Twitter saying, “Wow… feeling humbled and so much gratitude.” Is gratitude really the emotion one would be feeling in this position? I get the impression that Foundas was perhaps describing Lindsay Lohan the person as opposed to whatever character Linday Lohan happened to be portraying. “Puffy skin” is not often a compliment. Positive or not, Variety ‘s review of The Canyons was the only one that could even be slightly interpreted as such. There were plenty more out there saying pretty much the exact opposite, makes one wonder if Foundas saw the same movie. The Canyons Trailer A lame, one-dimensional and ultimately dreary look at peripheral Hollywood types not worth anyone’s time either onscreen or in real life. — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter Lohan (who hasn’t carried a hit since 2005’s Herbie: Fully Loaded ) is more than believable, but neither the script nor her performance quite explains the fatal attraction that Tara seems to exert. In his first non-porn role, Deen is excellent as the icy Christian. — John Hazelton, Screendaily Lohan is a real actress, but in this movie she’s puffy and overwrought and unfocussed, and she weeps a lot. At times, needy and confused, she’s touching, but you’re not sure whether she’s crying in character, or lamenting her participation in a low-budget movie, or grieving over her own troubles. Whatever it is, she offers the only palpable emotion in the controlled wastes of The Canyons . The Canyons might have been more fun if it had a trashier, or less austere, style. — David Denby, New Yorker Here, Lohan is as bland and unfocused as the material. During the once scene that allows her [to] degrade her oppressive boyfriend, her robotic delivery freezes the possibilities of bona fide tension (as well as titillation, for whatever that’s worth). — Eric Kohn, Indiewire
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Rapper Big Sean is all about his hustle. On his new single “Fire,” the Detroit rapper lets you know he isn’t about to stop…
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The owners of Pizzeria Mozza on Melrose have released the Michael Hastings car crash video footage. For those of you who don’t know the story, Michael Hastings worked for Buzzfeed, but was better known for doing an article for Rolling Stone that ended up getting a high ranking General fired. He was rumored to being working on another article to expose something, no one really knows what, but that’s pretty much what I would want out of a journalist. The day he died, he emailed his co-workers saying he was being followed and had to go into hiding. Then at 4 am, he was driving down Highland Ave in Los Angeles going 100 miles per hour, hitting a tree and blowing the fuck up. The reason I am posting this is because in my lifetime of seeing car accidents, I’ve never seen a car explode, even going faster than this, hitting a fucking gas station. It just doesn’t make sense. It looks like there was serious foul play. It also looks like the “powers that be” wanted to keep him quiet, as he was a liability. There’s a lot of grey areas around this story, and I suggest you go research it, because it’s your right to protect your freedom. I’m just a Canadian watching from the sidelines confused…ask questions!!
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In case you were still wondering why Nina Agdal is one of my favorite models, it’s because of amazing topless photoshoots like this. I’m not sure what it’s for, so I’m just going to go ahead and assume it’s for my birthday. Sure, it’s a couple months early, but I love it. Nina shouldn’t have. Actually, scratch that. She should’ve, and she should keep them coming about once a week until the big day, please.
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