What’s better than throwing for 400 yards in the AFC championship game, defeating your arch rival and earning your third trip to the Super Bowl? How about netting your charity thousands and thousands of dollars? A week after microphones picked up Manning screaming “Omaha” 44 times at the line of scrimmage during a victory over the Chargers, eight businesses in that city decided to donate $800 for each time Manning screamed this audible during yesterday’s win against the Patriots. Peyton Manning “Omaha” Explanation The unique, fun deal netted $24,800 for the quarterback’s Peyback Foundation after he barked it out 31 times on Sunday. “This has been terrific for us,” said David G. Brown, president and CEO of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, which headed up the charity drive. “Before Friday, we had calculated that news coverage of Omaha had generated the equivalent of about $10 million in advertising.” Brown added that the city had no interaction with Manning or his representatives about the effort, but presumed Manning would accept the donations. “This is really great for Omaha as a community and for the businesses that are embedded here,” said Todd Simon, a senior vice president of Omaha Steaks, which took part in the promotion. “Who knows whether any of this will translate to the bottom line, if ever, but it can’t hurt.” And it’s nice to know that Richard Sherman’s postgame rant isn”t all people are talking about the day after these games.
While Juan Pablo Galavis’ anti-gay comments continue to make more interesting headlines than anything on The Bachelor, there’s a new episode tonight. A sneak peek from the third episode of the year has hit the web, and it looks like it will be a juicy installment … or the editors at ABC need raises ASAP. The Bachelor Season 18 Episode 3 Preview The Bachelor spoilers have promised two one-on-one dates and one individual date tonight, as well as Juan Pablo and the ladies having a big pool party. Jealousy brews when Sharleen Joynt captures time with Juan Pablo, and unlike when she was offered the first impression rose, she’s not holding back. The other ladies see this, and it’s a bit too much to handle for Clare Crawley, who had a one-on-one date with JPG in the season’s second episode. Clare decides she needs to walk away from the group of girls and take a deep breath, visibly frustrated with the fact that she has to share the single dad. Just how bad does the jealousy get? How long until there are some quality, full-on meltdowns that dominate the reality show’s two-hour episodes? And what other dramatic moments lie ahead this week and beyond as Juan Pablo’s EPIC “journey” for love/fame/stepmom continues to play out? Check out an extended season preview below, marvel at the misleading, over-dramatic editing mastery and follow this link to watch The Bachelor online ! The Bachelor: Juan Pablo Season Preview
Don’t act all slizzard when R. Kelly’s sanging or he may switch up the lyrics and call you out during his performance. According to TMZ … When R. Kelly saw two ladies fighting over a seat at one of his concerts … he didn’t scream for security — he SANG for security … and it was all caught on tape. Kelly was in the middle of his show at the Nokia Theater in Downtown L.A. this weekend … when he noticed two female fans getting physical in the crowd. One source tells us one woman had accused the other of stealing her seat … and they were thiiiis close to trading blows. And that’s when R. saved the day … stopping his show … and breaking out in song: “SECURITY … SEC-UR-ITY.” It’s hard to hear exactly what Kelly said after that … but he definitely barked some orders to the crowd control staff and dropped a couple of cuss words … while staying in tune. Security eventually responded to the situation and escorted one of the women out of the building … thus concluding the most beautiful ejection we’ve ever heard. LLS…it is a little hard to understand but homeboy still belted out ‘security’ like it was his biggest hit. Images via WENN/youtube
You’ve probably already seen the ‘urgent’ message circulating in your facebook news feed, but reps from the NAACP are saying this isht just isn’t true and is just another tactic being used to confuse voters ! According to The Root : A widely circulated foreboding message purporting to warn supporters of President Obama of an electronic voting “trick” that could exclude their vote for the president if they select only the “All Democrats” option has been debunked by the South Carolina branch of the NAACP. Still, it continues to make the rounds on Facebook and email, spreading confusion that some worry could lead voters in states that allow straight-ticket voting to remove their vote for the office of the president. “PLEASE PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THIS! In the event that you are planning to vote democrat on Nov. 6, when you go into the voting booths, DO NOT SELECT THE BUTTON “all democrats” first because Barack Obama will be excluded from the vote,” a screenshot of a Facebook status attached to one email reads. It goes on to instruct voters to select “Barack Obama” first and then “all democrats” and ends with “People are not being told this information because they are trying every trick in the book.” Not true, says the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The organization has issued a warning to voters: “If a South Carolina voter chooses the straight party option first on our voting machines, the selection box for all candidates of the intended political party will automatically be checked, including the presidential candidate.” The main concern raised by the message is that voters confused by the instructions may touch their presidential selection a second time, which would actually remove their vote for that office, the NAACP told WCBD-TV Charleston in October. Thus, the organization recommends that each voter review all of his or her selections made on the voting machine before pressing the final button to confirm the ballot and asks that anyone who has forwarded the misleading message to others follow up with a message of caution about the advice. South Carolina NAACP President Lonnie Randolph says that he’s not surprised that the misleading information seems to targets the types of ballots used by South Carolina voters. He attributes the effort to a long history of hostility toward African-American political power in his own state that dates back to Reconstruction. He doesn’t know who’s behind it, but he believes that it has already caused confusion, particularly among the state’s more vulnerable citizens. “That’s why we had a press conference. So many people in South Carolina already feel threatened. We have a lot of first-time voters in this election, and the machines are not the simplest thing to deal with. Folks will need some assistance, particularly elderly people,” he said. If this is, in fact, a hoax meant to confuse voters or suppress the votes of Democrats, it’s unfortunately nothing new. Just last month, Think Progress warned of misinformation campaigns, including those telling voters that they can vote by phone, that they are at risk of being purged from the rolls, that they must show identification to vote and more. Randolph told The Root that South Carolina has seen other forms of intimidation and misleading information this election cycle, including employers threatening their employees with layoffs, reduced house, and loss of health insurance if Mitt Romney is not elected, as well as recent e-mails attempting to convince voters that, as result of Hurricane Sandy, the election date has been moved. Okay folks…spread the word and make sure you get your azzes in to the polls tomorrow! This isht is REAL! Images via facebook/WENN
GTFOHWTBS!!! We knew Aubrey O’Day was a dog lover but this is just ridiculous! Via TMZ : Aubrey O’Day is a certified headcase … so says one of her doctors, who issued the reality star an official medical document which allows her to bring her dogs on to an airplane. A rep for Virgin America airlines tells TMZ … the “Celebrity Apprentice” star was cleared to bring her 2 pets into the 1st class section of a flight this week … because they are registered as “Emotional Support Animals.” So how does one get emotional support animal clearance? Ya gotta have a doctor write a letter … stating you have mental issues. According to the Virgin America website, the airline requires the passenger to produce a letter from a licensed mental health professional which substantiates the guest’s disability-related need for the animal to accompany them in the aircraft cabin. V.A. claims the letter must state that the passenger “has a mental health-related disability” … and that having the animal accompany the passenger is necessary for his or her mental health. The nature of O’Day’s mental health issue is unclear. We called the starlet for comment. O’Day tweeted pics of the dogs enjoying themselves on the flight to San Francisco … and the V.A. rep tells us she was “incredibly sweet and polite” … and nothing short of a “great guest.” Check out lots of Aubrey’s flight related tweets and photos below.
Tea Party Hires African-American Consultant To Help Recruit Minorities Looks like the Tea Party is pulling out all the stops. FreedomWorks, a prominent tea party-aligned organization that supports the candidacies of conservative politicians, announced Monday that it hired prominent black conservative political consultant, Deneen Borelli , to help recruit minorities. According to a report in The Daily Caller on Monday, Borelli will serve as the group’s new director of outreach. “In her new role, Deneen will speak at events promoting FreedomWorks’ pro-liberty agenda, participate in recruiting grassroots activists — including minorities — and aggressively challenge the misleading voices of the liberal black establishment,” read the press release announcing Borelli’s hire. Borelli, author of Backslash: How Obama and the Left are riving Americans to the Government Plantation, is a contributor with the Fox News Channel and has been a featured speaker at FreedomWorks rallies for several years. Oh, look. She’s also contributed to Fox News. Source
Mr. Skin does not mince words when it comes to Zack’s Snyder’s epic nudity fumble Sucker Punch , and assumes that the film’s lack of boobs is a sick, sick joke based on its title. A gang of hot young female mental patients fight bad guys with samurai swords and NOT ONE of them takes her top off? That’s practically the definition of a sucker punch here at Skin Central. They might as well have called it Bait and Switch. Thankfully star Emily Browning has taken pity on frustrated male fans and recently shot her first nude scene for the upcoming film Sleeping Beauty. (Another misleading title; the film is not an erotic update of the fairy tale, but a sex work drama.) The 22-year-old Australian actress discusses the experience in a new interview for W magazine, where she said: “It was terrifying, but being able to push myself was really cool.” Keep on pushing yourself, Emily, and we’ll keep on pulling!
