Ruben Studdard rose to fame on American Idol . He will now attempt to shrink back down to size on The Biggest Loser . People Magazine confirms that the Season 2 winner of that Fox competition will be a contestant on the next edition of The Biggest Loser . It will air this fall on NBC. “I’ve never had an issue with my weight,” Ruben has said in the past to that publication. “[But] my family has a history of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart-related issues – things I didn’t have to deal with yet because I’m young. But I don’t want to be worried at 40, and if I don’t fix things now, I will be.” Trainers Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels, and Dolvett Quince will be responsible for helping Studdard shed multiple pounds. He’s the second celebrity in show history to appear on The Biggest Loser, as Olympian Rulon Gardner competed on Season 11.
On the eve of beginning her three-month prison sentence for tax evasion, Lauryn Hill took to Tumblr to rant about racism, slavery, the IRS and more. Hill, who was sentenced in May for failing to pay taxes on around $1.8 million in earnings, appears to be pinning her fiscal woes on historical racism. “The concept of reverse racism is flawed, if not absolutely ridiculous,” Lauryn laments in what can only be described as one of the all-time celebrity rants. Martyring herself in dramatic terms, Hill summates that “the institution seeks to hide its own criminal history at the expense and wholeness of the abused.” You really need to read this for yourself after the jump … The concept of reverse racism is flawed, if not absolutely ridiculous. Most, if not all of the negative responses from people of color toward white people, are reactions to the hatred, violence, cruelty and brutality that they were shown by white people for centuries. Much of the foundation of the modern world was built on the forced free labor of black peoples. The African Slave Trade, the institution of slavery, colonialism, its derivative systems, and the multiple holocausts throughout history, where whites used race as the defining reason to justify their oppression, conquest, and brutal treatment of non-white peoples, are how race became such a factor to begin with. The initial claim by the oppressors, followed a moral imperative (so they said) that people outside of Occidental and European birth were in savage and cursed conditions, and that God justified the captivity of these people, and the rape and pillage of their lands. Ironically, these oppressors would try to discard this same God, who supposedly justified this brutality, in the name of Darwin, whose famous line ‘survival of the fittest’ was used to justify criminal behavior once the Bible could no longer be used as a hiding place for economic domination and evil intention. Spirituality and morality were replaced by capitalism, and with it a conscious shift of focus toward the exploitation of the vulnerable. In order to justify reverse racism one would have to first create an even playing field, undo the generations of torture, terror, and brutality, and then judge whether or not a non-white person is in fact a racist. This approach would require people to examine the need/addiction to feel superior to someone else for no justifiable reason, and the myriad policies: Spiritual, political and social, that it bore. True dominion is self evident and not the result of sabotaging another in order to achieve it. That would be an illegitimate as well as a fleeting position. The Universe, will eventually seek to right/balance itself. Of course there are white people who live transcendent lives, not exploiting ill-gotten privilege or perpetuating the sins of their ancestors who used violence and deceit as a means to gain advantage over others. Humanity in proper order is obligated to acknowledge the Truth, whoever it comes from, be they Black, White or other. Righteous indignation is simply a response to long-standing evil. Much of the world is still reeling from the abuses of Imperialist selfishness, misunderstanding, ignorance and greed. Black people remain in many ways a shattered community, disenfranchised, forcefully removed from context and still caged in, denied from making truly independent choices and experiencing existential freedom. Their natural homes, just like their natural selves, raped and pillaged of the resources and gifts God has given to them. Interpreted through someone else’s slanted lens and filter, they remain in many ways, misrepresented. Taxation without proper representation, might I remind you, was the very platform of protest that began the Revolutionary War, which gained this country its independence from England. Anger is not only the natural response to the abuse of power, but is also appropriate when there is no real acknowledgment of these abuses, or deep, meaningful and profound change. If we took all of what we deem horrible regarding the criminal abuses that black people have committed over this country’s history, and add it all up, it still does not compare to the hundreds of years of terrorism, violent domination, theft, rape, abuse, captivity, and beyond that black people have suffered under the ideologies and systems of white supremacy, racism, and slave based paradigms. I say this only to say that abuse unresolved begets or creates abuse. How then does the chief offender become the judge? Might does not necessarily mean right. Right is right. People forcibly reduced to sub-human existences, so that they behave in sub-human ways, helps a system to justify itself or feel less guilty about its blood saturated foundation and gross crimes against humanity. People, like plants, grow where the light is. When you enclose a plant and limit its light source, it will bend itself toward the light, for the light is necessary for its survival. This same thing happens to people locked in communities where little light and little opportunity is allowed them, survival then forces them to twist and/or bend toward the only way of escape. There is good. And I both acknowledge and encourage the good. Instead of throwing out the Baby with the bath water, we do well to expose the intentionally poisoned water the Baby has been forced to soak in since its origin in these lands. America’s particular brand of hypocrisy is gross (double entendre). I shuddered during sentencing when I kept hearing the term ‘make the IRS whole’… make the IRS whole, knowing that I got into these very circumstances having to deal with the very energies of inequity and resistance that created and perpetuated these savage inequalities. The entire time, I thought, who has made black people whole?! Who has made recompense for stealing, imposing, lying, murdering, criminalizing the traumatized, taking them against their wills, destroying their homes, dividing their communities, ‘trying’ to steal their destinies, their time, stagnating their development, I could go on and on. Has America, or any of the nations of the world guilty of these atrocities, ever made black people or Africa whole or do they continue to sit on them, control them, manipulate them, cage them, rob them, brutalize them, subject them to rules that don’t apply to all? Use language, veiled coercion, and psychological torment like invisible fences to keep them locked into a pattern of limitation and therefore control by others. You have to remain focused to cease from rage. The prosecutor, who was a woman, made a statement during sentencing about me not doing any charity work for a number of years during my ‘exile.’ A) Charity work is not a requirement, but something done because someone wants to. I was clearly doing charitable works way before other people were even thinking about it. And B) Even the judge had to comment that she, meaning I, was both having and raising children during this period. As if that was not challenging enough to do. She sounded like the echo of the grotesque slave master, who expected women to give birth while in the field, scoop the Baby up, and then continue to work. Disgusting. When you are beaten and penalized for being independent, or truly self reliant, then you develop a dysfunctional relationship with self-reliance, and a fear of true independence. When you are beaten or threatened with death for trying to read a book, then you develop a dysfunctional relationship with education. When families are broken up by force and threat of violence, then the family structure becomes dysfunctional. When men who would naturally defend their women and families are threatened with castration and death, then this natural response also becomes dysfunctional. When looking at the oppressor is punishable by violence, then examination of him and his system becomes a difficult and taboo thing to do, despite every bone in your body demanding it. When questioning or opposing oppression is punishable by death, imprisonment, or economic assassination, then opposing systemic wrong in any or all of its meta manifestations is a terrifying concept. Anyone forced to live so incredibly diametrically opposed to that which is natural to themselves, will end up in crisis if they don’t successfully find a way to improve or transcend these circumstances! All of which require healing. It is only by the Grace of God and the resilience of the people that things haven’t been worse. Much of my music, if not all of it, is about Love, a therapeutic resolve created in response to the lack of messages encouraging people like me toward free moral agency. Helping to ameliorate this condition has never been addressed through the political arena alone. It is a sacrificial work that doesn’t simply happen between the hours of 9 to 5 or Monday through Friday, but when inspiration leads us to avail ourselves for the Truth that needs to be said. Unlike the system too often contrarily demonstrates, we believe that people can be and should be helped, and that trauma should not be criminalized but acknowledged, healed and dealt with. This takes awareness, sensitivity and a level of freedom in my opinion the system lacks. And if we don’t know or understand how to do it, then we humbly refer to a higher authority. We have no desire to create humanoids, turn people into machines, or dumb them down so that they remain dependent longer than necessary to an antiquated system in denial of its many inadequacies and need to evolve. Instead we seek to educate and shed light on the snares, traps, and enticements that people set up in the name of business that are intended only to catch the sleeping and/or uninformed. Why would a system, ‘well intentioned’, wait until breakdown or incarceration to consider rehabilitation, after generations of institutionally inflicted trauma and abuse on a people? To me it is obvious that the accumulation of generational trauma and abuse have created the very behaviors the system tries to punish, by providing no sufficient outlets for the victims of institutional terror. Clearly, the institution seeks to hide its own criminal history at the expense and wholeness of the abused, who ‘acting out’ from years of abuse and mistreatment, reflect the very aggression that they were exposed to .
From the network that brought us recent ripped-from-the-headlines biopics about Casey Anthony, Jodi Arias and Drew Peterson comes one about … Anna Nicole Smith? The late model, as seen in last night’s Lifetime original film Anna Nicole, left an indelible mark on a then still-developing reality TV and celebrity culture. Agnes Bruckner took on the tragic, titular role of the woman whose life saw so many ups, downs and bizarre turns that were stranger than fiction. “I was very nervous and anxious, because she was so iconic and so famous and larger-than-life. I asked myself ‘Am I going to pull this off?’” Brucker said. “‘What kind of movie are we making?’ I asked all those questions. We really wanted to tell a different story, and that gave me the confidence to play her.” That different story is one of a woman whose life played out in real time in front of viewers for years – something now commonplace for Kim Kardashian et al. It is also a tale of tragedy for a mother who welcomed a daughter, Dannielynn , just before she lost a son, and met her own demise in early 2007. Whatever your opinion of Anna Nicole Smith, any parent can understand the struggle to go on after losing a child, a rare constant in a whirlwind of a life. In the end, the film is pretty standard for Lifetime celebrity fodder, if not slightly better in the emotions, events and themes it chose to focus on. The five most memorable moments from Anna Nicole: 1. Bruckner’s transformation. Yes, it’s what actresses do, but this is one heck of a woman to transform into, given her wildly fluctuating weight and appearance. Smith flashed her boobs to crowds, pole-danced on football field (in front of her son), got hammered while pregnant, and went balls to the wall, 24/7/365. That’s not an easy person to embody, but Bruckner did so admirably. 2. An extension of #1 perhaps, but seeing Bruckner acting out the clown scene was so bizarre, it defies description. Incredibly, it happened in real life, too. Donning eerie clown makeup and slurring her speech, a pregnant Anna Nicole Smith claimed her baby was “just gas” as Howard K. Stern filmed it. It was a have-to-see-it-to-believe-it moment, a haunting reminder of how far she had fallen by that point and a harbinger of tragic events to come. 3. Anna Nicole’s son Daniel was the unexpected star of the film. Through the years, we saw his unconditional love and vulnerability, how Anna’s hard living impacted him, and how he succumbed to similar troubles himself. 4. Rather than flashbacks, there were flash-forwards to Smith in that iconic red dress, as if Anna Nicole were destined to be pulled out of Vickie Lynn. 5. The whole J. Howard Marshall romance was kind of odd, at least it was played up that way here, as if he just wanted to have some fun and dote on Smith. No doubt the billionaire did that, to a point, but what was undoubtedly a layered and complex relationship felt overly simplistic and glossed over. What did you think of Anna Nicole? Did you watch? Were you a fan? Share your comments and memories of the late model and reality star with THG .
In our opinion, Nicole Richie has probably already relapsed.. we just saying. Nicole Richie On Verge Of Relapse We’re just saying what you’re thinking. Nicole is as skinny as a toothpick and we don’t think it’s from working out, but from bags of that white girl. Beyotch looks life she sniffs a line for breakfast, lunch, and dinner… now that’s a diet plan. According to The National Enquirer If NICOLE RICHIE suffers a dangerous drug relapse, there will be one particular person to blame – her hubby, says top doc. Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden was tossed out of an Australian hotel on June 9 after an employee allegedly found a small amount of pot in his room, and experts warn that his careless behavior is putting his wife’s hard-won sobriety in serious jeopardy. “A spouse can lead their spouse back into addictive behavior,” says Dr. Brian Shaw, drug abuse expert and author of “Addiction and Recovery for Dummies,” who does not treat either Nicole or Joel. “If you have had a past problem with drug abuse, it makes it much riskier to associate with people who are continuing to use drugs.” Joel, who married the “Fashion Star” mentor in December 2010, admitted on Tumblr: “A hotel employee found a small bit of drugs in my hotel room. The police were called and responded.” While Aussie authorities are not pursuing charges against the 34-year-old rocker, a spokesman from the hotel confirmed that he was “ejected from the hotel…In Australia, there is zero tolerance for this, no matter who you are.” As The ENQUIRER has reported extensively in the past, Nicole, 31, struggled with substance abuse problems for years. She has admitted to using alcohol at 13, that white girl at 14, and other drugs when she was 19. She’s done stints in rehab and had run-ins with the law, including several arrests for DUI, driving with a revoked license and drug possession. Ironically, hubby Joel played a big part in helping her clean up her act, and the mother of two – daughter Harlow, 5, and son, Sparrow, 3 – has been sober for several years. But now, an expert warns, his behavior is putting her in danger of a relapse. “We usualy discourage someone with an addiction problem to return to a spouse who is using drugs,” Dr. Shaw added. “It’s like someone with diabetes, who has to manage their sugar intake and insulin, but they are living with someone who eats candy and cake. It’s much too tempting. If you are in recovery, you are still vulnerable, and you don’t need the temptation of having drugs around. “It easily can cause a relapse.” Wenn Joel is no prize. Ninja looks like he was stuffed in a locker everyday of high school and would get butt phucked in jail.
A student at Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale, Washington says she was turned away from her senior prom last month due to the size of her breasts. According to Brittany Minder, she showed up for the event in a low-cut gown and was told she wasn’t permitted to come inside because it was too revealing. “In my opinion, I feel that it is because I’m bigger chested and there is more cleavage that you can see, and there’s nothing I could really do about that,” Minder told KATU. The school’s dress code permits a strapless dress of this nature… as long as cleavage, midriff and lower back areas are properly covered. “All women are not created equal, and you cannot compare a golf ball to a grapefruit. It ain’t gonna happen,” said Brittany’s mom, Kim Minder. Brittany was eventually allowed to enter the prom once she covered her boobs with a shawl. But she only stuck around for an hour because she says the look made her feel “self-conscious.” “An important night of my life was ruined, and there’s no way I can gain that experience back,” she says.
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Donald Trump in 2016 ? Maybe. Michele Bachmann in 2014? Definitely not. The Minnesota Congresswoman and former President candidate made it official in a video announcement this morning: she will not be seeking a fifth term in office. Michele Bachmann Retirement Speech “The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years, and in my opinion, well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific Congressional district,” Bachmann said. The controversial conservative did not give an exact reason for her retirement – but did state that an ongoing ethics investigation into her conduct while running for The White House was NOT the basis for her decision. “It was clearly understood that compliance with all rules and regulations was an absolute necessity for my presidential campaign,” Bachmann said. “And I have no reason to believe that that was not the case.” Bachmann was elected in 2007 as the first Republican woman to represent Minnesota in Congress. She strongly opposes Obamacare .
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The dazzling commercials for this sure-to-be box office smash proclaim that it’s going to be the summer of Gatsby . But does it live up to enormous expectations? While there’s sure to be a division of opinions between literary purists, Luhrmann fans, and regular ol’ moviegoers, there is simply no doubt that this film is a piece of work. As for this critic, I’m staunchly on the side that loved this interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel The Great Gatsby. Director Baz Luhrmann is known for his distinct, somewhat over-the-top, storytelling style. His past cinematic achievements include William Shakespeare’s: Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge . Both of those films are stories that have been told before, but Luhrmann has a way of re-imagining the stories and adding his own eccentric and decadent spin on things. This is exactly what he did for The Great Gatsby . For all of the book fans out there, fear not as the most important prose from the book is included in the film. However there are times when the words are spinning out at you in 3D fashion and dancing over scenes. The story does not stray too often from the novel which is something that should keep longtime The Great Gatsby fans satisfied. As for the characters, I found that casting best friends in the role of Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby was brilliant. Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio have a longstanding relationship that probably helped them sink into their roles easily. In my opinion, the casting was simply perfect. Maybe Isla Fisher is a little too hot to play Myrtle the mistress, but she does a job well done. Any hardcore book fans know that Daisy really has dark hair, but Carey Mulligan nails the role of Daisy’s dainty, naive, charming but fickle debutante. DiCaprio has the glamour and allure of an old-Hollywood movie star, making him the perfect choice for Jay Gatsby. His star power allows him to pull off the excess and lavish character that is the infamous Gatsby. Without giving too much away, the film does add some elements that are lacking from the novel. For instance, there was more substance in the love scenes between Daisy and Gatsby. You visually understand their affair and his longing, whether it be the iconic green light or the tabs he’s kept on her over the years. Luhrmann took a tale of the American Dream of happiness and wealth and put a modern day touch on it that surely would’ve suited a man like Jay Gatsby, and probably F. Scott Fitzgerald himself. The soundtrack includes world famous acts like Jay-Z and Fergie, but it’s Lana Del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful” that plays throughout most of the movie and puts you in touch with the story. If moviegoers are unimpressed by all else, there is absolutely no doubt that the film is visually stunning. Aside from the 3D factor, which surprisingly works, the production of the party scenes and landscapes are vivid and visually enchanting. The costume design done by Luhrmann’s wife Catherine Martin is impeccable, flawless, and likely to win an Oscar for it’s portrayal of the Art Deco period. All in all, it is worth the trip to the theater and the extra few bucks for 3D to see this new take on the literary classic The Great Gatsby . Who knows, maybe you’ll be inspired to throw your own version of the West Egg’s most notorious parties this summer? RATING: 4/5 Stars
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