Would you vote Charlie Sheen for President of the United States? Or perhaps this is a more realistic question: Would you watch a movie in which Charlie Sheen plays the President of the United States? Director Robert Rodriguez has cast the controversial actor in that exact role for the upcoming Machete sequel, Machete Kills , posting a photo of himself and Sheen on Twitter last night along with the announcement: Machete Kills will be a follow-up to the 2010 action thriller and once again star Jessica Alba as Sartana Rivera, along with Danny Trejo as Machete Cortez. Michelle Rodriguez and Amber Heard will also play (HOT!) roles. No release date has been announced for the sequel, but production gets underway next month.
New Jersey’s red light camera program has been suspended pending a widespread number of tickets issued erroneously to people going through yellow lights. That’ll do it. The newly-installed cameras, placed at busy intersections to capture speeders and red light runners in the act, result in tickets being mailed to the violators. In addition to coming as a surprise (and raising civil rights questions) among those who are unaware they’re being filmed … they’re also not accurate. In New Jersey, 63 out of 85 traffic cameras apparently weren’t calibrated correctly and not allowing sufficient time to proceed through yellow caution lights. Officials are suspending camera use for the time being, presumably to fix the lights. People who have already paid their tickets won’t get a refund, however. Officials are, however, willing to work with motorists on getting the tickets expunged from their record, according to the National Motorists Association. Cameras at the impacted intersections will continue to run and register violations but those violations will no longer be sent to motorists automatically. If the yellow light timing is found to be below the requirement on video, motorists won’t be mailed a ticket. If the minimum requirement is met, they will. Since NJDOT gave an August 1 date to get this done, that is within the 90 days allowed for a ticket to be delivered after the violation is determined.
Frenchie Davis – a former contestant on American Idol and The Voice , who was booted from the former on Season 2 after racy photos hit the Internet – has come out and admitted to The St. Louis Post Dispatch : She’s in love… … with a woman! “I wasn’t out before the relationship, but I wasn’t in,” Davis told the newspaper. “I dated men and women, though lesbians weren’t feeling the bisexual thing. Now I’m in love with a woman I think I can be with forever.” Frenchie Davis – “Born This Way” Frenchie will sing weekend at the Chicago Pride Fest – and she’s belting out “Born This Way” during a Providence, Rhoda Island performance above – and she added that she’s a very big fan of gay men in general. “I love the gay boys. They have that awesome, masculine energy, but there’s also something else going on as well.”
