Yet another reason for us to love this show! “Game Of Thrones” Under Fire For Using George Bush’s Head On Stake In Scene HBO has apologized for using a model head of former President George W. Bush in a grisly decapitation scene for its hit drama “Game of Thrones.” The tenth episode of the first season of “Game of Thrones,” now out on DVD, features the younger Bush’s head on a stake. Commentary on the DVD notes that his head appears in a “couple of beheading scenes.” The show creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss stated that George W. Bush’s was used as physical inspiration to create a head for a scene in which King Joffrey shows Sansa Stark her deceased father’s head on a stick. “It’s not a choice, not a political statement!” one of the writers insisted during the DVD commentary. “We just had to use what heads we had around.” HBO did not respond to FOXNews.com’s request for comment, but as outrage mounted Wednesday, the network released a statement saying they were “deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste.” HBO also said the scene would be removed from future DVD pressings. The producers also attempted to explain the incident. “We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show: heads, arms, etc. We can’t afford to have these all made from scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent them in bulk,” their statement read. “After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush. In the DVD commentary, we mentioned this, though we should not have. We meant no disrespect to the former President and apologize if anything we said or did suggested otherwise.” Faux News is also reporting that some Tweeps want to boycott the network over this… SMH. We can see how they had to apologize and delete the scene, but you gotta admit it’s kinda funny riiiiight? Source
E! News reports the couple will tie the knot at a small affair in Texas. By James Dinh Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves Photo: Andreas Rentz/ Getty Images Sounds like there might be wedding bells this weekend for Matthew McConaughey and fianc
‘But if you listen to it, you can take it another way as well,’ Flo Rida tells MTV news of his latest single. By Rob Markman Flo Rida Photo: MTV News Flo Rida sure has a way with words. On one hand, the Miami spitter crafts catchy tunes that appeal to the masses, but Flo is also a master of the double entendre, masking some pretty suggestive lyrics with a candy-pop coating. His latest single , “Whistle,” is a perfect example. “Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby? Let me know,” Flo croons on the hook before he instructs his lady to put her lips together and “come real close.” “It’s definitely for referees,” Flo Rida joked when he visited earlier in May. “Well, put your own swing on it, but for the most part I keep it clean, but if you listen to it, you can take it another way as well,” he finally admitted about his infectious pop single “Whistle” isn’t the first time Flo employed such dual meanings. On his 2009 #1 Billboard Hot 100 single “Right Round” he didn’t leave much to the imagination, singing, “You spin my head right round, when you go down” on the chorus. It’s a playful formula that has paid huge dividends for the rapper, but how does he know where to draw the line between sexually suggestive and downright dirty? Well, he gets a little help. “I’m not the only one in the studio a lot of times, so I have my boys in there and they’ll tell me and give me their suggestions and what they think,” he explained. “If it’s too much I’ll go back.” So has Flo ever crossed that line? “Yeah, definitely [on] records that you won’t hear,” he confirmed. “But for the most part I go into the studio with it all planned out.” What do you think of Flo Rida’s “Whistle”? Tell us in the comments! Related Artists Flo Rida
Kimye have put their respective L.A. homes on the market, fueling rumors the couple plan to live together. By Jocelyn Vena Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Photo: Eric Ryan/ Getty Images Are Kimye ready to take the next step? Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have each put their Los Angeles-area residences up for sale as they seemingly make plans to move in together. According to TMZ , both stars are selling their homes as “pocket listings,” meaning all parties agree the listings will remain private and won’t be advertised. Kardashian is reportedly asking $5 million for her Beverly Hills residence; no word on how much Yeezy wants for his house. But the couple apparently want to rent in a gated area where they can have privacy. An Usmagazine.com source reported similar news on Thursday (May 31): “Kim is selling her home privately. Kanye and Kim are thinking about moving in together.” Kardashian and West began dating formally earlier this spring after being “friends for years,” a magazine source said. The pair were spotted at the Cannes Film Festival last week, where West arrived to premiere his film “Cruel Summer.” While TMZ and Usmagazine.com insist they may soon move in together, yet another source told
Kimye have put their respective L.A. homes on the market, fueling rumors the couple plan to live together. By Jocelyn Vena Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Photo: Eric Ryan/ Getty Images Are Kimye ready to take the next step? Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have each put their Los Angeles-area residences up for sale as they seemingly make plans to move in together. According to TMZ , both stars are selling their homes as “pocket listings,” meaning all parties agree the listings will remain private and won’t be advertised. Kardashian is reportedly asking $5 million for her Beverly Hills residence; no word on how much Yeezy wants for his house. But the couple apparently want to rent in a gated area where they can have privacy. An Usmagazine.com source reported similar news on Thursday (May 31): “Kim is selling her home privately. Kanye and Kim are thinking about moving in together.” Kardashian and West began dating formally earlier this spring after being “friends for years,” a magazine source said. The pair were spotted at the Cannes Film Festival last week, where West arrived to premiere his film “Cruel Summer.” While TMZ and Usmagazine.com insist they may soon move in together, yet another source told
Emma Stone, Wiz Khalifa and one lucky fan will take home these stuffed swag bags at Sunday’s big show. By Kara Klenk 2012 MTV Movie Awards gift bag Photo: Brian Dowling/Picture Group/MTV Everyone knows the life of a movie star comes with tons of perks. Besides having a personal chef, trainer and umbrella carrier, celebs are often treated to extravagant gift bags at events and awards shows, and the 2012 MTV Movie Awards are no exception. This Sunday (June 3), even if they don’t take home any Golden Popcorn, all the stars of “Twilight,” “Harry Potter” and more will walk away with a nice bag of swag. And so will one lucky winner! Take a look at all the goodies the stars will be grabbing then head over to our Facebook page to win one for yourself!
Fox has one question for viewers: Are you ready? During last night’s American Idol finale , the network aired its first promo for season two of The X Factor . It included, of course, shots of the show’s two new judges: Britney Spears and Demi Lovato. It also featured a cackling Simon Cowell asking folks, what the heck was I thinking? We have no idea, as neither Britney nor Demi seem like ideal choices for a live competition that involves banter, quick wit and the ability to actually critique others. But, hey, we’ll be happy to be proven wrong. Watch the trailer now: X Factor Season 2 Promo
Philadelphia band gets an assist from Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams on standout new album, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery mewithoutYou’s Ten Stories cover art Photo: Pine Street In September 2009, Hayley Williams gave me a tour of her home in Franklin, Tennessee. It wasn’t the usual kind of rock-star pad, for about a million reasons (there were a lot of “I Love Lucy” Barbie dolls), most notably what was playing on her Michael Jackson turntable at the time: a copy of mewithoutYou’s It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream! It’s Alright. I only mention it now for a couple of reasons: One, it led to the first — and, to this day, only — conversation I’ve ever had with someone about mewithoutYou (they aren’t exactly what you’d call a “unifying” band), and two, because as luck would have it, they have a new album out Tuesday (May 15), Ten Stories, which features Williams on a pair of tracks and is probably the best thing they’ve ever done. Or at least the most recent. That’s the thing about mewithoutYou, who, in case you aren’t aware (and you probably aren’t), hail from Philadelphia, have been making albums for a decade now (in between losing members to grad school/ their frontman threatening to quit and donate all his possessions to the poor ) and have fashioned a sort of anti-career out of coming dangerously close to success, only to veer away at the last possible second (usually into an embankment or something): They are not exactly an easy band to like. Or pin down. Wait, that didn’t come out right. What I meant to say is that they are a challenging band to like. And an impossible one to pin down. Which is, I suppose, why I only know two people who are actually fans. Their first two albums, 2002’s [A→B] Life and ’04’s Catch for Us the Foxes, were careening, crashing exercises in sheer volume (I think the kids called it “post-hardcore”), the latter of which featured the sorta-single “January 1979,” brought them a fair amount of mainstream attention and was, according to me at least, one of the best rock records of the past decade . They started wandering off the leaden path with ’06’s Brother, Sister and then fully embraced lead singer Aaron Weiss’ spiritual voyages (and Sufi mysticisms) on It’s All Crazy, ditching the wattage in favor of hushed tones and a genuine grace. Of course, they also thoroughly confused what remained of their core fanbase in the process, but that was almost beside the point. Because with Ten Stories (which, in true mwY fashion, features 11 tracks), they’ve made it clear that they’re never going to be the same roaring act they were in the early aughts. Instead, they seem to have stumbled into a kind of beatific balance: Sure, they still call songs stuff like “Fox’s Dream of the Log Flume” and “Grist for the Malady Mill,” and, yes, on occasion Weiss still sings/shouts/spouts like a freegan preacherman, but there is a honed focus to the album, a willful maturity and a confidence that only comes when bands realize they can pack as much of a punch with instrumentation as opposed to sheer volume. Part of this was probably inevitable, of course, but it bears mention that Ten Stories draws thematic inspiration from a book Weiss read about a circus-train crash in Montana (hey, why not?) and as such earns the distinction of not only being their most cohesive record, but the first where they don’t seem all that concerned with converting the masses (sample quote from Weiss, circa the Brother, Sister album: “I want to tell people God is love. That’s my eternal, unchanging reality”). Instead, this time out, they just seem content. And that’s exactly where they should be. From the pastoral guitar work of “Cardiff Giant” and the plaintive drift of “Aubergine” to the woozy dramatics of “Bear’s Vision of St. Agnes” and blooming surge of album closer “All Circles,” Ten Stories is very much an album born out of quiet confidence, of willful resignation. Sure, Weiss is still on his lifelong spiritual quest — on “East Enders Wives,” he keens, “I’m still counting on you like an invisible rosary” — but he’s mellowed significantly as the decade has worn on, perhaps finally finding some semblance of inner peace. They even manage to weave Williams into the mix with startling restraint (she is unquestionably the biggest name they’ve ever collaborated with, unless you could Sunny Day Real Estate’s Jeremy Enigk): Her voice is less of a main attraction as it is an additional instrument, another part of the sonic flourish. It’s a truly great album — the kind only a group like mewithoutYou could make, and only at this point in their career (or whatever you want to call it). Call it maturity, if you want to, I prefer to think of it as artistic growth: an accomplished, beautiful record from an equally accomplished (if not severely overlooked) band. But who knows, with Ten Stories, that last bit might change. Hey, Hayley Williams is on it. What do you think of mewithoutYou’s latest music? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos Bigger Than The Sound: Stories Behind The Bands Related Artists Mewithoutyou
Michaels claims a piece of the set at the show contributed to a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him. By Gil Kaufman Bret Michaels Photo: Paul Archuleta/ Getty Images It was supposed to be his big Broadway debut, but when Poison singer Bret Michaels performed at the 2009 Tony Awards all he came away with was a viral video and a huge headache. Three years after the stage accident seen ’round the world, Michaels has settled a lawsuit against the organizers of the show during which he was hit on the head with a set piece after he and his band performed “Nothin’ But a Good Time.” In the suit, Michaels claimed that he suffered head injuries that later contributed to an April 2010 brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him. According to the Associated Press the confidential settlement also covers Michaels’ claims against CBS Broadcasting, which aired the show. Michaels had blamed the network for televising the moment that turned into a buzzed-about viral video that was viewed millions of times online. He also claimed Tony Awards producers never warned him there would be a set change after he finished singing the classic 1998 Poison hit “Good Time.” At the time of the accident, the set piece descended rapidly and appeared to hit an unaware Michaels in the face hard enough to snap his head back. He was initially left with a cut lip and broken nose , but the lawsuit claimed that the accident also caused brain bleeding. Michaels was rushed to the hospital in April 2010, where doctors found he had a brain hemorrhage, which was followed by a stroke the singer said nearly killed him. Michaels never said how much compensation he was seeking, but claimed in the suit that the injury hampered his ability to perform at later shows. An attorney for Michaels said details of the settlement would not be released and spokespeople for CBS and the Tonys released a joint statement saying that “an amicable resolution” had been reached but no further details would be released. Related Artists Bret Michaels
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