Last night’s 84th Annual Academy Awards were an exceptionally tame affair full of silent-film nostalgia and beige gowns. If you didn’t watch it, you didn’t miss much. Maybe that’s why the media is going nuts over a supposed nip slip from Jennifer Lopez as she presented an award with Cameron Diaz last night. The Skin Staff saw the supposed wardrobe malfunction as it happened, and after going back and carefully SKINspecting the footage, we have determined that that, ladies and gentlemen (mostly gentlemen), is nothing but…. nipple tape . Yes, what you are seeing is what J-Lo uses to keep her Jennies from the Block inside her gown, not the areola itself. You be the judge with video of the “wardrobe malfunction” and Jennifer Lopez nip slip pics after the jump!
Willow Smith is showing off her bald dome once again. Earlier this month, the 11-year old daughter of Will and Jada shaved her head , posting a photo of Twitter with the simple caption: Dance your feelings out . Now, the singer is up to more of the same. She made the following picture live last night, giving us a look at her VERY short, blonde hair and including the message: Nerds rule . What do you think of the look?
Our bad, Selena Gomez. Along with almost every other media outlet, we mistakenly identified this singer’s new tattoo as a mini heart, even going so far as assuming it was chosen by the 19-year old in honor of boyfriend Justin Bieber. But Gomez cleared up the misconception last night. “It’s a music note,” she told Marc Malkin of E! News. “I was named after a singer and music obviously is a big influence for me. And there’s music stuff with my mom that means a lot to me, too.” Fair enough. And far more sensible than permanently marking your body in honor of a boy. Even if that boy is Justin Bieber .
In who gives a fuck news…Miley Cyrus was seen leaving a medicinal marijuana center…cuz I guesss Miley smokes week…like 80 percent of 15-80 year old people…. Possibly for media attention…possibly because American law is so stupid getting a fake prescription for the shit because it prevents getting arrested and dealing with legal issues for shit that shouldn’t be illegal in the first place…because if I was her, I’d probably get someone to deliver it to my house…but that’s just cuz I’m lazy… I am sure the media is gonna blow this up cuz they are bored, she has young fans and weed is illegal…unless you lie to your doctor like everyone in any place shit is legal…Stupidity. To See The Rest of the Pics FOLLOW THIS LINK
I am happy management at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in L.A. where Whitney Houston passed away took action on employees who violated hotel policy by speaking to the media about the singer’s death. A source says the staffers were not high level employees, but added that the hotel did not want anyone to talk about Whitney at all. It is way too much disrespect going on with Whitney’s death. People will do anything for a quick dollar or fame. Source Radaronline.com
Well, it finally happened. The line separating America from America: The Movie found a way to arrange itself into a stick figure and walk off the scene in disgust. In Act of Valor , an elaborate branding exercise for the U.S. Navy SEALs in the form of a Hollywood action blowout, the two mingle freely and openly at last. The movie opens with a statement from directors Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh. They describe the importance of casting real Navy SEALs — “the greatest action heroes of them all,” according to the film’s press notes — to give the film that much-desired feeling of “authenticity.” It was all for us, McCoy and Waugh agree. They wanted to show the audience what it really feels like to fire an automatic weapon and burst someone’s head open from 50 feet away. And so they dragged two chiseled specimens (uncredited, they appear as “Dave” and “Rorke”), out of active duty and in front of the camera and forced them to perform in a really bad war movie. Act of Valor was produced with an unprecedented level of Pentagon cooperation. Four years ago, when the film was conceived, the Navy was looking for 500 new recruits, and a movie seemed like just the thing. Top Gun famously boosted recruitment by 500 percent, and the military now uses popular entertainment vehicles to make its pitch as a matter of course. America’s Army , the 2002 video game created by the military to mimic war games like Call of Duty , now seems like a strategic part of the run-up to the Iraq war. So by “the audience” McCoy and Waugh mean American boys. And the goal of showing them how it feels to be a SEAL means combining the aesthetics of war they know from movies and gaming with the exhilaration of showing off actual American might. And yet there is a larger “us” addressed by the thickly written narration (the script, by 300 screenwriter Kurt Johnstad, gives new meaning to the phrase “fog of war”). All of Valor is designed to emphasize the direct impact of military action on American safety, from the opening rescue of a female CIA agent (Roselyn Sanchez) who is being tortured to within an inch of her life (and the integrity of her tank top) in the Costa Rican jungle to the interception of high-tech suicide vests making their way to major American cities. The plot might be summed up this way: America’s having a war, and everybody’s invited! Everybody, oddly enough, except Iraq and Afghanistan. After an unexplained explosion kills an American diplomat and a whole mess of children in Manila, we meet a SEAL platoon on a San Diego beach, where they are preparing for deployment. “Chief Dave” has already passed his Tom Brady genes on to five kids; “Lieutenant Rorke” is about to have his first child. Being a dad comes up a lot. They never turn to each other between kill shots and swap parenting tips, but if they did it would fit right into the script’s awkward attempt to jam characterization into these two beefy avatars. You can’t help thinking these guys got hosed: All that lethal know-how and they’re bested by dopey dialogue. A lack of continuity, both within and between scenes, makes a fairly simply set-up weirdly difficult to follow. The bad guys are childhood friends Abul Shabal (Jason Cottle), a Ukrainian convert to Islam who is mad about Chechnya, and Christo (Alex Veadov), an arms dealer with unclear motivations. But they are desultory villains, there to provide minimal narrative hinge action. The bigger story is that we are battling a global enemy with weapons connections and no respect for their own lives or the lives of anybody else. From the Philippines and Costa Rica we stop in Somalia, Mexico, and parts of Eastern Europe, and they hate us everywhere. We also have a couple of enemies within our borders: “the media” and “the economy” are cited as key allies in any terrorist plan to take down the United States. Each location provides a stage for some serious military peacocking: The opening rescue has some thrilling shots of an amphibious operation — boats dropped from helicopters! — and the surfacing of a nuclear submarine is so colossally breathtaking it’s hard to believe it’s not an act of nature. Much gadgetry is wielded to no discernible purpose, and at almost every stop live ammunition discharges like a five-cent slot machine on somebody’s lucky night. But there is little sense of how these teams work and strategize together, all the stuff that might actually make for an interesting story. The finale is a first-person-palooza on the Mexican border, a crescendo of incoherent carnage that requires one of the SEALs to perform his own death. The sacrifice and ceremony of that performance is most sickening when it penetrates the protective layer of numbness that builds up over the course of any movie with a body count this high. To feel something means the ignoble plan is working. Yeah, it’s just another movie with things blowing up in highly realistic fashion, and yet it embodies the insidiousness of a culture seduced by sensation and jingoism. Because although the last decade of war has done much to convince us otherwise, this country is not a movie we are watching, and people really do die in the end. Follow Michelle Orange on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
“They…come in with weapons, they seized a half-million dollars worth of property, they shut our factory down, and they have not charged us with anything,” says Gibson Guitars CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, referring to the August 2011 raid on his Nashville and Memphis factories by agents from the Departments of Homeland Security and Fish & Wildlife. The feds raided Gibson for using an inappropriate tariff… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Reason Magazine – Hit & Run Discovery Date : 23/02/2012 15:04 Number of articles : 3
Dan Riehl caught it. So did Dick Morris. So did the audience. CNN did its best last night to influence the GOP debate on Obama’s behalf. The most obvious point of influence was CNN’s question on birth control. “Which candidate … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gateway Pundit Discovery Date : 23/02/2012 17:10 Number of articles : 3
‘In light of the events, I gave a kiss to the casket of my ex-wife and departed as I refused to create a scene,’ singer says in a statement. By Sowmya Krishnamurthy, with additional reporting by Rebecca Thomas Bobby Brown at Whitney Houston’s funeral services in Newark, New Jersey Photo: Bennett Raglin/ Getty Images Bobby Brown did not attend the funeral services of his ex-wife, singer Whitney Houston, in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday (February 18). Brown arrived and left after a disagreement with security over his seating inside the New Hope Baptist Church, a source confirmed to MTV News. In a statement released to the press by his rep, Brown explained, “My children and I were invited to the funeral of my ex-wife Whitney Houston. We were seated by security and then subsequently asked to move on three separate occasions. I fail to understand why security treated my family this way and continue to ask us and no one else to move. “Security then prevented me from attempting to see my daughter Bobbi-Kristina,” the singer continued. “In light of the events, I gave a kiss to the casket of my ex-wife and departed as I refused to create a scene. My children are completely distraught over the events. This was a day to honor Whitney. I doubt Whitney would have wanted this to occur. I will continue to pay my respects to my ex-wife the best way I know how.” Whitney Houston’s funeral, or Home-Going, was held on Saturday at noon, and the Reverend Al Sharpton, who was also in attendance, weighed in on Brown’s arrival and departure in a series of tweets. “I am at Whitney’s funeral. I spoke with Bobby Brown trying to calm him down and not distract from the services. Today is about Whitney!” Sharpton wrote a little after 1:15 p.m. In a subsequent tweet, the MSNBC personality pleaded on behalf of Brown’s case. “We are out of the service. I don’t want anyone distorting Bobby Brown. He has shown love and respect today. Stop hatin’ ” The traditional Baptist ceremony was a celebration of Houston’s life, rooted in the church and her New Jersey upbringing. An array of family friends, including Dionne Warwick, BeBe & CeCe Winans along with luminaries like Clive Davis, Stevie Wonder and Kevin Costner , who starred with Houston in the 1992 hit film “The Bodyguard,” spoke and performed. Among the others in attendance were actor/producer Tyler Perry Mariah Carey, who shared the 1998 duet “When You Believe” with Whitney. Related Videos Whitney Houston: In Her Own Words Live From Whitney Houston’s Funeral Related Photos Friends, Family And Fans Show Love At Whitney Houston’s Funeral Related Artists Bobby Brown Whitney Houston
‘Whitney, you are the only one who could bring us all together,’ New Hope Baptist Church pastor says in Newark, New Jersey. By Tomika L. Anderson Whitney Houston in 1995 Photo: 20th Century Fox/Getty Images The whole world went to church on Saturday (February 18) to say goodbye to one of the greatest singers of all time. Attendees of all ages, religious beliefs and walks of life, gathered to celebrate superstar singer Whitney Elizabeth Houston, a native of Newark, New Jersey. The state’s governor, Chris Christie, flew flags across New Jersey at half mast in her honor. The 48-year-old music icon died on February 11 , a day before the Grammy Awards , in Los Angeles. She is expected to buried on Sunday. (The official cause of death has not yet been confirmed.) Despite the singer’s well-documented struggles with substance abuse, on Saturday, there was very little talk of controversy during the largely upbeat, often humorous and emotional Home-Going ceremony held at New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston first sang in the choir as a child. It was attended by more than 1,500 mourners, including Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, Kevin Costner, Alicia Keys , Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack and Whitney’s longtime friends, the Winans family. The ceremony largely underscored her deep Baptist roots and love of the gospel, whether through word or song. This was evidenced by a performance by Grammy-winning gospel star Donnie McClurkin, who sang one of Houston’s favorites, “Stand,” at the request of her family. Filmmaker Tyler Perry, who spoke early in the service, said that in conversations with Houston he learned that it was her faith in God that carried her through the darkest times of her life. “Say whatever you want,” Perry said. “God is for her. She is resting with the angels.” Gospel singer BeBe Winans, who caused ripples of laughter as he talked about the “crazy Whitney” he knew, wept as he sang the touching ballad “I Really Miss You,” a song he wrote about his deceased brother who also died at the age of 48. Bishop T.D. Jakes and gospel star Kim Burrell also remembered the fallen diva, with Burrell personalizing the Sam Cooke classic, “A Change Is Gonna Come.” The legendary Stevie Wonder did something similar later, changing the lyrics of one of his most famous songs from “There’s a ribbon in the sky for our love” to “There’s an angel in the choir of love.” Actor Kevin Costner, who fought to have Houston cast opposite him in the groundbreaking 1992 film “The Bodyguard,” spoke of Houston’s enduring doubts about herself and her talent, even at the height of her musical career. He urged her to “go sing for your heavenly father, Whitney,” as he fought back tears. There were a few anxious moments during the ceremony, however, involving Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown . He apparently attempted to bring nine people to sit in the front row at the ceremony and was turned away. A source at the funeral told MTV News that Brown was encouraged not to cause a scene at the funeral by walking out, but the singer reportedly got on his tour bus and took off, saying he loved Whitney but felt disrespected by the church. He reiterated the sentiment in statement released by his rep. Houston’s mentor, Clive Davis, brought the audience back to the reason they’d all gathered in that church. “You wait for a voice like that for a lifetime,” he said. “A face like that. A smile like that. A presence like that for a lifetime. And when one person embodies it all — well, it takes my breath away.” He called Houston an eternally loyal friend. “Yes, she admitted to the craziness in her life, and confessed to Oprah about her battles but when I needed her, she was there,” he said. To her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, Davis said, “Always be proud of your mother,” before concluding that Whitney was going to “raise the roof in heaven like no one else has done before.” Her longtime bodyguard, Ray, who found her body in a Beverly Hills hotel room, wanted people to remember Houston the woman and not just the singer, adding that entertainers in general should be treated with more respect. He was referring to Houston’s tarnished image in the media after years of battling addiction. “We have to give back to all our entertainers. Treat them with love and stop ridiculing them,” he said. “They give their lives to you. They’re not with their families. This lady right here, she loved you. I know that. I was with her every day.” Controversial R&B singer R. Kelly sang a song he wrote for Houston, “I Look to You,” moments before one of the ceremony’s final performances, “Tomorrow,” by the Winans family. It was followed by the eulogy given by Marvin Winans. The churched played Houston’s chart-shattering hit “I Will Always Love You,” the song that was without a doubt her most famous, as pall bearers carried her gleaming silver casket out of the church. Share your thoughts, memories and comments on our Facebook page. Related Videos Whitney Houston: In Her Own Words Live From Whitney Houston’s Funeral Related Photos Friends, Family And Fans Show Love At Whitney Houston’s Funeral Related Artists Whitney Houston Bobby Brown
