We’re sure someone can help her. What about her friends??? According to TMZ reports : T-Boz ain’t too proud to beg — just like TLC sang back in the 90s — because she’s filed for bankruptcy. According to docs filed last month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, T-Boz (real name Tionne Watkins) found herself owing creditors $768,642.99 — mostly from mortgages on her $1.2 million house. The docs don’t paint a picture of exorbitant spending — she takes in $11,700/month in income, with monthly expenses totaling $8,821. TLC had ten top ten singles, four number one singles, four multi-platinum albums, and four Grammy Awards … but according to the docs, T-Boz only pulls in $1,200/month in royalties. T-Boz might have dodged the bankruptcy bullet if she’d been able to collect the child support she claims she’s owed — which according to the docs is $250,000. Calls to her attorney were not returned. All jokes aside, we hope that T-Boz is able to get her money situation under control. It’s always sad to see someone who had so much success be under financial duress. More On Bossip! Galleries: Weezy’s Lil Girl Reginae Carter’s Cinderella Themed 13th Birthday Bash Boxing’s Baddest Bangers: The Most Beautiful Breezys Getting That Golden Glove Lovin’ Eff A Stylist: The Most Attention Sloriest Red Carpet Looks Of All Time One-Time For Yo’ Mind: A Gallery Of The Best Cop Television Shows Of All Time!!
The U.S. economy is effed up, so messed up that business owners are making signs like these: A Georgia businessman has an ultimatum for America: Fire President Obama, or he will not hire any more workers. Bill Looman, owner of U.S. Cranes LLC, said he is fed up with the bad economy and D.C. politicians who do nothing to solve the problem. So until there is a change of leadership, his company trucks will bear the message: “New Company Policy: We Are Not Hiring Until Obama Is Gone.” “The message that I tried to put in there is that I cannot afford it,” Looman told ABC News. “I just cannot afford to hire anybody right now.” Looman, whose company operates cranes at construction sites, said he has had to lay off three of his nine employees because of the bad economy. He said overregulation and the cost of complying with federal mandates has caused many of his customers to shut their doors. “The buck stops [at Obama],” he said. “He is the leader of this nation and he needs to assume that postion and understand it is his fault, ultimately.” Although the signs went up about six months ago, photos of the “new company policy” went viral on the internet Monday, WXIA-TV first reported. “I didn’t intend for it to get to this level,” Looman said. “Maybe it will put a new perspective on what’s happening out here to middle America.” The reaction – partially positive but mostly negative – was so overwhelming that Looman said he had to temporarily shut down his website and disconnect his phone lines. “Verbally there were a lot of threats,” he said. ”People were running my technicians off the road. They were focused on trying to make that message something more than it was.” “To all my liberal friends … thank you for the two new customers that came on board today because you idiots are attacking me,” Looman wrote. “One new customer states … ’You got nerve, so you got my business.’ I may have to hire after all.” While the barrage of criticism did not hit until this week, the backlash began shortly after the photos were first posted. Looman said he got an unexpected visit from the Secret Service after someone reported to the FBI that he was a possible threat to national security. “They gave me the typical interview to see if I was a threat,” Looman said. “We actually had a good meeting and when they left, they were under the impression that they wasted their time.” With unemployment still stuck at around 9 percent, where it has been for more than two years, U.S. Crane LLC is not the only business that feels the drag of a sluggishly recovering economy. The GDP grew a mere 2 percent over the past quarter, even less than the 2.5 percent growth than the Bureau of Economic Analysis had originally estimated. Thoughts on this man’s gesture?? Out of pocket or right on point?? Source
(The Blaze/AP) Following the craziness of Black Friday, President Barack Obama has pitched in to help small businesses get into the holiday shopping season by visting a local Washington bookstore on “Small Business Saturday.” The president took along his daughters Malia and Sasha, while taking time to say hello to a few fellow customers on the shopping run a few blocks from the White House: AP notes… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 26/11/2011 22:17 Number of articles : 2
Windows 8 Bootkit Demo from Peter Kleissner on Vimeo . Few men can lay claim to being ahead of their time like Peter Kleissner. While most of us were busy playing around with the Windows 8 Developer Preview, this Austrian security researcher was vetting it for possible vulnerabilities. Whatever he was up to seems to have worked. Kleissner has successfully identified a vulnerability in this early version… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Maximum PC all RSS Feed Discovery Date : 26/11/2011 15:08 Number of articles : 2
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have blocked President Joseph Kabila ‘s main rival at an airport in Kinshasa. The authorities stopped Etienne Tshisekedi from staging an election rally after at least three people died in violence across DRC’s capital city during campaign rallies. The violence broke out when security forces used tear gas and live fire to disperse those attending campaign… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Cult of the Dead Fish Discovery Date : 27/11/2011 09:12 Number of articles : 2
Newt Gingrich mocked President Obama yesterday in Naples, Florida. The former Speaker of the House said he would like to challenge Obama to seven Lincoln-Douglas style debates. “If he wants to use a TelePrompter, that’s fine… We have to be … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gateway Pundit Discovery Date : 26/11/2011 16:40 Number of articles : 2
Nando’s South Africa has launched “Last Dictator Standing”, a television commercial that hits a funny nerve by tapping into the spirit of our times. Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, with a retouched painting of Napoleon behind him, reflects on his fun … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Duncan’s TV Ad Land Discovery Date : 24/11/2011 14:55 Number of articles : 3
I understand why republicans rail against abortion. But I don’t understand their disjointed morality. Why don’t they also care about the children who are alive, amazing kids like these living on the streets. All kids are amazing. All kids have potential. But for some reasons, republicans care mostly for the cells. It only smacks of self righteousness and hypocrisy and nothing more. Inocente Trailer… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Today With President Barack Obama Discovery Date : 23/11/2011 19:20 Number of articles : 2
R&B star’s new Hollywood bachelor pad is just miles away from his ex’s house, which she recently put up for sale. By Jason Kaufman Chris Brown Photo: Getty Images After a successful year on the charts, Chris Brown has decided to make some more noise, this time on the real estate market. Radar Online is reporting that Brown has snatched up a mansion in the Hollywood Hills for a cool $1.5 million. The price tag on the home is not the only eye-opening detail: When Brown moves in, he’ll be just miles away from his ex Rihanna . According to listings site Zillow.com , Brown’s new digs went on the market back in 2009 for $2.6 million but dropped by over $1 million by the time the singer snatched it up in October. Brown’s new home is eight miles from Rihanna’s front door. But they won’t be so close for long. She recently put her eight-bedroom Beverly Crest home on the market for $4.5 million, which, according to real estate site Blockshopper.com, is far above the average $1.35 million asking price for homes in her neighborhood. Brown had been on the search for a new location since the spring, when, according to Radar , residents in his West Hollywood community complained about his loud lifestyle. Those complaints might have been a blessing as they opened the door for Brown to score a major deal on the market with the mansion’s reduced price tag. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom bachelor pad is listed at 2473 square feet and, according to The Daily Mail, includes an elevator to go along with its outdoor pool, sleek modern patio and living room with two stories of windows. Chris Brown rocked the American Music Awards on Sunday night. Watch his performance ! Related Artists Chris Brown
Critics are overwhelmingly happy with the big-screen reboot featuring Kermit and the gang. By Kevin P. Sullivan Miss Piggy in “The Muppets” Photo: Muppets Studio It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to meet “The Muppets” for the first time in over 10 years. Everyone’s favorite felt friends are back in a big-screen reboot brought to life mostly on behalf of the hard work of lifelong Muppet fan Jason Segel . The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. (You can see our own rave here .) Critics have praised the return of the Muppets as fun, warm, family-friendly fare, true to the characters and the fans who have loved them for decades. Check out our roundup of the reviews. The Story “A clever idea holds this reboot together, as simple as making one brother (Gary, played by Segel) human and the other (Walter, voiced by Peter Linz) a Muppet in love with the Muppets legacy. (He sports a Kermit wristwatch.) The locale is Smalltown, USA, which Gary and Walter introduce to us in the opening number, ‘Life’s a Happy Song.’ Gary, his schoolteacher sweetheart Mary ( Amy Adams ) and Walter journey to Los Angeles for a vacation. Touring the old Muppet Studios facility, the trio learn of the plan to raze the historically significant and sentimentally priceless structure. There’s oil under the ground, see, and the weaselly millionaire ( Chris Cooper ) after it doesn’t give a Gonzo’s patoot about nostalgia. To preserve the old homestead the visitors must gather together the Muppets from various locales and raise $10 million in a save-the-Muppets telethon.” — Michael Phillips, The Chicago Tribune The Songs “The setup works like a charm. So do the songs, with several new ones by [“Flight of the Conchords”] star Bret McKenzie . Adams rocks out on ‘Me Party.’ And Segel’s heartfelt ballad ‘Man or Muppet?’ deserves Academy attention as the movie song of the year.” — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone The Comeback “As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven’t exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their kick-ass rendition of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’ But they’ve certainly been lying low while our twitchy, tweet-y times have favored snarkier, more air-quote-driven entertainment, even from puppets. And in a way, that showbiz hiatus has worked in favor of The Muppets. For adults, the movie’s gentle, clever, unironic humor feels freshly, trendily retro now, enhanced by laughs provided in cameos from a very up-to-date roster of stars.” — Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly The Muppets “These are the same old, adorable Muppets, as sweetly innocent and likable as ever. Winking at itself, the movie is casually, amusingly self-reflexive. In one joke Kermit the Frog considers telephoning President Carter. ‘The Muppets’ makes no attempt to match the wisecracking hipness of the ‘Shrek’ movies. If it doesn’t provoke belly laughs, it elicits many affectionate chuckles.” — Stephen Holden, The New York Times The Final Word “The remarkable thing about the Muppets, then and now, is what distinctive personalities and presences they have. When ‘The Muppet Movie,’ the first in the series, came out in 1979, there was astonishment that — ohmigod! — Kermit was riding a bicycle! How could a Muppet do that? Today, characters can do anything in the movies, but these Muppets are still played by Muppeteers, and they’re still endearing.” — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Check out everything we’ve got on “The Muppets.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
