He didn’t piss in an aisle . And he didn’t allege racism . But Billie Joe Armstrong was still kicked off a flight this week – and you won’t believe why. According to the Green Day singer, he was tossed off a Southwest flight from Oakland to Burbank because his pants were loose. Armstrong Tweeted today: “Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the f(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)? No joke!” A producer from ABC was actually on board the flight, according to Fox News, and says Armstrong replied by asking the attendant if there weren’t “better things to do than worry about that?” But the employee persisted, told the artist he could be taken off the plane if he did not comply… and that’s exactly what happened! Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins subsequently released a statement that confirmed an incident took place, but added Armstrong was permitted on the next flight to Burbank and told a customer relations agent that he had no other complaints. “As soon as we became aware of what had happened, we reached out to apologize for this Customer’s experience,” the statement read. “He elected to take the next flight. We followed up with this Customer and involved Employees to get more details and, in our latest conversations, understand from the Customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction.”
Queens MC also announces he’ll delay release of Pain is Love 2, which he’d hoped to drop before his two-year bid. By Alvin Blanco Ja Rule Photo: Jonathan Goldner/ MTV News On Wednesday (June 8), Ja Rule turned himself in to begin serving a two-year sentence on a gun charge stemming from his 2007 arrest in New York City. Although some rappers have endured a sentence as a mere bump in their careers ( Lil Wayne , for instance), Ja Rule’s bid arrives almost seven years since his last official album, R.U.L.E., and just as his Pain Is Love 2 has been delayed. Ja had initially planned to deliver PIL2 the day before starting his jail term, but according to his longtime collaborator 7 Aurelius, Rule postponed the release after deciding it hadn’t been completed to his satisfaction. “Me and Rule have to capture all the magic around us until he goes in, otherwise we are doing an injustice to his fans,” 7 told MurderInc-Online.com . “For example, if we had stopped in April just to be able to turn it in to [Fontana/Universal] for a June 7 date, PIL2 would not be what it is now. They have acknowledged that because it’s Ja Rule, they will give it a fast track release date once it is turned in and that would be digital and hard copy.” PIL2 is the sequel to Ja Rule’s triple-platinum third album, Pain Is Love. The Grammy-nominated LP was crucial in transforming Ja Rule from hip-hop star to mainstream sensation, thanks to hit singles like ‘Livin’ It Up” and “Always On Time,” featuring Ashanti. But Pain Is Love was released almost 10 years ago. Since then, Rule’s turmoil, whether legal issues or a long-running feud with nemesis 50 Cent , has overshadowed his music. And because of that, it can be easy to forget that at one point, Ja was easily rap’s #1 hit-maker. Here, we look back on the ‘Clap Back” MCs journey since that fateful night when he got caught with a gun in his ride. July 22, 2007 : Ja Rule is arrested on a Sunday evening in N.Y.C. — coincidentally, so is Lil Wayne in a separate incident after the same show at the Beacon Theatre. Ja had joined Wayne onstage that night as a special guest but after being pulled over for speeding, police discovered a .40 caliber pistol in Rule’s Maybach. The rapper was arraigned and released the next day on $150,000 bond. September 23, 2009 : Ja Rule and DMX see each other at VH1’s “Hip Hop Honors” and embrace, squashing their beef. Years before, X had accused Ja of imitating his style in song and the latter responded in kind. No hard feelings. September 2010 : Ja Rule reveals in an XXL magazine/ MTV “Sucker Free” video interview that he has changed the name of his new album from Venni Vetti Vecci 2010 to The Renaissance Project. Ja plans to release the album before the start of his prison sentence. December 13, 2010 : Ja Rule reaches a plea deal with prosecutors in N.Y.C. that will have him serve two years for criminal possession of a weapon. The guilty plea stems from the July 2007 incident. Ja Rule is expected to be sentenced in February 2011. January 3, 2011 : Ja announces via Twitter that The Renaissance Project will be released before he checks into prison. February 9, 2011 : Due to an error in his presenting report, Ja Rule’s sentencing gets pushed back, this time until March 9, when he will learn when he must surrender to authorities and begin serving his two-year sentence. That morning, Ja tweets that besides working on Renaissance, he is also working on Pain Is Love 2 with producer 7 Aurelius. March 9, 2011 : Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers extends Ja Rule’s furlough until June 8 , when he is scheduled to report to prison. The extra time is given so the rapper can settle a federal tax issue and also allows him to finish a new album. March 22, 2011 : Ja Rule pleads guilty to tax evasion for failing to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income in New Jersey. As part of a plea deal, Ja must pay more than $1 million in back taxes and fines, and the government dismissed two charges against him for failure to pay taxes on income in 2007 and 2008. His sentencing for the tax evasion is scheduled for June 13. April 23, 2011: During the New York City stop of Diddy-Dirty Money’s Coming Home Tour , opening act Lloyd brings out Ja Rule and Ashanti as surprise special guests. The former Murder Inc. running mates perform Ja’s hit “Always On Time,” before the MC debuts a new song called “Real Life Fantasy.” April 27, 2011 : Ja Rule stops by “RapFix Live” and in a revealing interview with Sway, he gives insight into the trials and tribulations of his career and how he plans to make the best of his pending incarceration . June 8, 2011 : Ja Rule begins serving his sentence for attempted criminal possession of a weapon at an upstate New York correctional facility. Send your best wishes to Ja Rule in the comments below. Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ With Ja Rule Related Artists Ja Rule
Sympathy for Delicious wasn’t exactly the toast of Sundance 2010, but with a cast that includes Orlando Bloom, Laura Linney, Juliette Lewis, Noah Emmerich, John Carroll Lynch, screenwriter Christopher Thornton, and first-time director Mark Ruffalo, it earns a second look in its new trailer. We can quibble about the use of Rolling Stones lyrics to illustrate the movie’s theme of healing, but at least “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” stays out of the fray.
It’s been six years since Karrine “Superhead” Steffans burst onto the scene with her controversial book “Confessions Of A Video Vixen” and now the best-selling author is preparing to release yet another. As previously reported, Steffans was in recent headlines for accusing her now ex-husband “Family Matters” star Darius McCrary of domestic violence before filing a restraining order against him. Now moving past that, Steffans is promoting her latest book “Satisfaction” set for an August 10 release date. Instead of dishing on her bedroom romps with celebrities however, the book is a guide for “adventurous couples” looking to spice up their sex life. Steffans describes it as a book of erotic fantasies of fact and fiction that provide guidance on how to make the stories a reality. “This extension of The Vixen Manual’s coveted ‘Sex’ chapter explores the concept that erotic fantasies can and should be satisfied within the parameters of a committed, monogamous relationship. Unlike the author’s previous books, SatisFaction is a work of “faction”, fact and fiction, hence the title’s double entendre. The reader will be whisked away, into each chapter’s titillating erotic fiction, then enlightened by the chapter’s scintillating examples of how to make each erotic fantasy a reality. For those who crave quite a bit more than missionary sexual practices and wish to introduce these ideas into their relationship, SatisFaction serves as a guide and as inspiration to advanced and adventurous couples everywhere.” Head over to HipHopWired.com for Karrine’s new video trailer for SatisFaction .
The return to the academic grind doesn’t have to be hellish if you use DVD s to make it better. Movies know school like mosquitoes know standing water, and a good film could inspire the hapless teen prole to introduce some individualistic anarchy into The System (or at least wallow in the satisfaction that other students, at other times, have had things much, much worse…)
“Despicable Me” and “Megamind” are two highly-anticipated animated movies hitting theaters this summer, and both of them feature over-the-top villains meant to bring diabolical scheming and ridiculousness to the theater. This got us thinking about the silliest villains in film, and now we need you to help us decide something Once and For All: Who's the dumber movie villain: Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Batman & Robin” or John Travolta in “Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000”? In a 10 to 30-second video webcam of yourself (no editing, no clips), tell us which evil villain you'd name the dumbest and why. Post your webcam response in the comments below, and you could end up featured in the show! If you have any questions, email dbere AT current DOT com. For technical issues, please get in touch with us on Get Satisfaction: http://getsatisfaction.com/currentcom added by: cberlin1
We've got a new segment on The Rotten Tomatoes Show this week: Once and for All. Have you ever had a debate about which movie is better? Which character could would win in a fight? We're settling all those scores now. This week, we want to know whether you think would come out on top in a brawl: Sylvester Stallone in Rambo or Arnold Schwarzenegger in Preditor. In a 10 to 30-second video webcam of yourself (no editing, no clips), tell us which character you think could best the other and why. Upload your webcam no later than Sunday night, June 6th, and you could end up featured in the show! If you have any questions, email dbere AT current DOT com. For technical issues, please get in touch with us on Get Satisfaction: http://getsatisfaction.com/currentcom added by: cberlin1
NBC’s Leno-Conan scheduling war: Fertile comedic material, and a window into late-night hosts’ souls. A guide to Letterman’s, Conan’s, and Jimmy Kimmel ‘s subconscious feelings for Jay. Conan O’Brien ‘s Leno impression made a brief appearance last night
