How much longer are they gonna let this broad be a “mom”?? According to TMZ reports : Cops were called to Octomom’s L.A. home Thursday … after she called her 7-year-old son’s school panicking that he had gone missing … TMZ has learned. Long story short … Octo was convinced her child was NOT dropped off by the school bus at the usual time … and freaked out in a desperate effort to locate her boy. School officials were confused … since the bus driver said he personally witnessed Octomom greet the child when he was dropped off at Octo’s home. School officials contacted police because they were concerned about the situation. Cops responded to the home … but by the time they arrived, Octo’s nanny had already discovered the boy sleeping in his room where he usually takes naps after school. Octo told police she doesn’t remember greeting the child at the bus — and is convinced someone else must have dropped him off. If you can’t keep track of your kids, then you probably shouldn’t have any… Image via AP
There was a blackout , a nearly incredible comeback and a controversial VW ad some consider racist. But the impression many viewers were left with following XLVII was an unusual commercial that aired in the fourth quarter for Dodge Ram. It lasted two minutes and it featured Paul Harvey intoning that God needed “somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the field, milk cows again, eat supper, then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the school board…” so He made a farmer. God Made a Farmer Super Bowl Commercial Using the Big Guy Upstairs to sell an automobile? It’s no wonder this spot continues to make headlines and generate buzz. What do you think of the Dodge Ram commercial? Very cool! Very weird! View Poll »
Something good HAS to come from such a horrific tragedy . Reward For Info About Hadiya Pendleton’s Shooting Death Raised To $40,000 Via Chicago-Tribune As community members marched in memory of Hadiya Pendleton today, officials announced the reward for information in the slaying of the King College Prep sophomore has been increased to $40,000. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and other police officials announced the increased reward in advance of an anti-violence march in her honor that left from her high school, 4445 S. Drexel Blvd. Hadiya had just finished her final exams at King College Prep, and was hanging out with friends from the school’s volleyball team when she was gunned down Tuesday in Harsh Park, in the 4400 block of South Oakenwald Avenue. Thursday afternoon, police announced the reward for information leading to an arrest in the shooting had increased to $24,000, up from $11,000 announced Wednesday. By Friday night the reward was up to $40,000. Dozens of adults and children marched this afternoon from King Prep High School to Harsh Park, the scene of the shooting. They were escorted by at least six police vehicles as the crowd chanted, urging anyone with information about Pendleton’s slaying to come forward. “If you know who did this, turn them in!” shouted Melvin, a man who led the march but did not want to provide his last name out of fear of retaliation. “If you don’t support this, next it might be you!” Many people who knew Hadiya have told stories of her kindness and strength, none more telling than this one… Raven Barnes, 18, a King College Prep senior who was friends with Hadiya, said she “always had a smile on her face.” “I never thought it would happen to Hadiya because she’s one of the nicest people,” Barnes said. “She didn’t deserve it.” Hadiya recently broke up an “altercation” between Barnes and another girl, Barnes recalled. She said Hadiya convinced her to avoid the conflict and swear off fighting with other girls for good. “She just was a person who hated violence,” Barnes said. “She didn’t want any violence … ever. It’s just so sad that violence took her life.” Our hearts still hurt for Hadiya, her family, and the entire Chicago community that deals with these kinds of losses on a daily basis. What can we do to help ensure that our children are safe from this kind of egregious violence. Image via
My name is Anna and I literally cannot believe I was given the opportunity to meet Justin, go to the Believe Tour or the fact that I’m about to say this.. Here’s My Bieber Experience: Tickets went on sale when I was in 7th grade, but sadly my mom couldn’t get meet and greets or tickets because they sold out too quickly, or so I thought . About a month later, I was at my 7th grade awards ceremony and at the end, all the students went to their parents. I could not believe what I was told. My sister was telling me how sorry she was for not being able to get me tickets, but then she smiled and said, “I hope front row seats and meet and greets for the Atlanta show is enough though.” I completely FREAKED. Let’s just say I was very well known by most of the school for crying and screaming over Justin Bieber. On January 23, 2013, it was finally the day I would be meeting my idol, the one person whom I can look up to, and the one who I know will always be there and claim me as his belieber. While in the M&G line, we went down 4-5 sets of stairs until finally we entered this gymnasium. Our line was the first one in there but soon the gymnasium was FILLED with groups of people eager to meet Justin. After 30 minutes of waiting, a raffle, and bunches of announcements from our little instructor guy, Ryan, it was time. The line began moving and I immediately got nervous. Soon, I was at the front, and I was the next person to be pulled in to meet Justin. As soon as I walked into the curtain I spotted Lil Twist, which wasn’t a very big surprise . Then, I was turned to my left my a security guard and there he was.. Justin Bieber. He looked so perfect, like an angel just standing there. I was soon pushed over to him and that’s when it all happened fast. Justin smiled at me and said, “Hey Baby, how are you?” I was in total shock and me being the little socially awkward person I am I quickly said, “Hi!” I turned around for the picture. Knowing I looked a complete mess I quickly said, “Hold on, I need to wipe my tears” I was laughing though. Justin looked over at me and said, “Yeah, hold up let her wipe her tears,” and after the picture Justin pulled me into one last tight hug and I told him I loved him so much. He looked me in the eyes and said “I love you too.” I never thought that Justin would ever say those words to me. It was completely shocking. After calming down, through the first two opening acts, the countdown appeared. Me and the two girls by me, Nisa and Hannah, all freaked out. One last thing that was extraordinary happened while Justin was on stage, he made eye contact with me. That day was truly the best day of my life and it still seems so unreal. This shows all of you out there who think you will never meet Justin.. NEVER SAY NEVER! Anything could happen. Thank you so much for reading this and thank you so much to Justin for being such an amazing idol and role model. -Anna (@AnnaKinzxx) More here: My name is Anna and I literally cannot believe I was given the…
The POTUS is kickin the truth to the young, black, youth Via NYDailyNews Crystile Carter was abandoned by her mother at age 7, removed from her ailing grandmother’s care and shuttled among different foster homes around the city. But on Monday, the Bronx teen found herself in a far different kind of home — the White House. The 19-year-old said she felt like she was in a dream when President Obama congratulated her for being one of five young adults selected by the Boys & Girls Club of America as winners of its Youth of the Year awards. “When (Obama) opened the door, it was so surreal,” Carter in a phone interview with the Daily News from Washington. “He told us that, around our age, he kind of didn’t know what he wanted to do, but he knew that he wanted to make a difference.” The chat lasted only 10 minutes, but Carter will always carry a special message from the President — written in a journal given to her by the Boys & Girls Club. “He wrote, ‘Crystile, dream big dreams,’ ” she said. “He told us it’s important to talk to kids, and to keep in mind where we came from.” Abandoned by her mother, Carter eventually ended up with an older brother and sister in her grandmother’s home. But when her grandmother fell ill, she was separated from her siblings and placed in a group home on Staten Island — leaving her with a two-hour-plus commute to Performance Conservatory High School in the Bronx. She persevered, and flourished at the Boys & Girls Club in Belmont, the Bronx. Congrats to Crystile and all the “Youth Of The Year” chosen by the Boys & Girls Club! Image via NYDailyNews/Boys & Girls Club
When he was attending New York University Film School with classmate Spike Lee, filmmaker Ernest Dickerson was faced with a common belief that was even…
The scars and blemishes on the faces of the high-school lovers in The Spectacular Now are beautifully emblematic of director James Ponsoldt’s bid to bring the American teen movie back to some semblance of reality, a bid that pays off spectacularly indeed. Skillfully adapted from Tim Tharp’s novel, evocatively lensed in the working-class neighborhoods of Athens, Ga., and tenderly acted by Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley , this bittersweet ode to the moment of childhood’s end builds quietly to a pitch-perfect finale. Warts-and-all authenticity can be a tough sell, but Ponsoldt’s bracing youth pic seems bound to graduate with honors. Working with a sensitive script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ( 500 Days of Summer ), Ponsoldt follows his Off the Black and Smashed with another insightful study of a flawed protagonist’s hard-fought battle against forces, including alcohol, that keep him or her from growing to fruition. Dumped by his gorgeous girlfriend ( Brie Larson ) in the early going, whiskey-swilling senior Sutter Keely (Teller) swiftly rebounds by making a charismatic play for book-smart Aimee Finecky (Woodley), who finds him passed out at dawn on a neighbor’s front yard and is astounded when the school’s hungover party monster returns her gaze. Aimee, having never had a boyfriend, naturally falls hard for the ultra-confident but scholastically challenged Sutter as she tutors him in geometry and he teaches her how to drink. Although Sutter can’t stop mildly flirting with his ex, he makes the moves on Aimee anyway, alarming friends of both. A startlingly intimate sex scene, set in Aimee’s tiny bedroom and hauntingly captured in long take, marks the point at which the possibility of heartbreak begins to loom large. Whatever formulaic elements appear in the opposites-attract scenario are mitigated by the film’s philosophical underpinnings. While pragmatic Aimee prepares to attend college in Philadelphia, Sutter remains arrogantly committed to his manner of living in the moment, believing that a car, a flask and an hourly wage job are all he’s ever going to need. Sutter’s hardened mom ( Jennifer Jason Leigh ) worries that her son is following in the footsteps of his estranged father and contrives to prevent a reunion of the two. It’s during the inevitable meeting with Dad ( Kyle Chandler ), facilitated by Sutter’s well-off sister, Holly ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead ), and held over pitchers of beer, that the film’s principal themes — of the difficulty of breaking the familial mold, the fine line between temporary behavior and habit, and the fleeting nature of youth — begin to take root. Ponsoldt, with the help of Jess Hall’s attentive cinematography, does an excellent job of letting the drama play out on the imperfect faces of his two young leads, both of whom embody a delicate combination of fearlessness and vulnerability. Woodley thoroughly fulfills the promise of her smaller role as the teenage daughter in The Descendants , locating the precise point at which Aimee’s infatuation with Sutter turns to self-protection. Equally impressive is Teller, who makes his character’s adolescent bravado appear intoxicating and then more than a little scary. The film’s supporting players are uniformly superb, particularly a haggard Chandler, who offers a worrisome glimpse of what Sutter could easily become, and Andre Royo as a schoolteacher whose honest reluctance to sell Sutter on the advantages of adulthood silently speaks volumes. Linda Sena’s production design makes vibrant use of Athens locations while maintaining the small-town setting as Anywhere, U.S.A. Editing by Darrin Navarro respects the pic’s alternately peppy and languorous mood, occasionally using slo-mo to represent Sutter’s desire to stretch now to eternity. Other tech elements are aces, each one furthering the film’s refreshing commitment to naturalism. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Kanye West only wants the best for his impending Kim Kardashian baby . Therefore, according to a new report, the rapper is banning the music that made him famous, telling Kardashian she can only listen to classical songs while pregnant. “ Kanye wants his son or daughter to be educated at a top U.S. university such as Harvard or Yale before embarking on a career in business,” an insider tells The Daily Star . “He doesn’t want the child to become a pop star.” With that lofty goal in mind, West is adhering to the belief that a fetus can actually learn while in gestation. Certain studies have shown that Mozart, in particular, can increase a pre-born baby’s intelligence. There are no studies, however, that show the effects of playing Kim’s ” Turn It Up ” for your children. Let’s hope there never are.
Jessica Simpson is having a boy! The 32-year-old singer found out this week that her daughter Maxwell will have a little brother, according to reports. “It’s Jessica’s dream come true, she prayed she was having a boy ,” a source said. “She found out this week. What with everything going on in her personal life, and her problems with her father , this has given her something to smile about.” “After a check-up at the doctor, [they] asked if she wanted to know the sex … she said yes and when the doctor told her it was a boy she screamed with joy.” “She was so happy that Maxwell is getting a little brother because that’s something she always wanted when she was growing up,” the insider adds. “Jessica and [fiance Eric Johnson ] are going through names, but haven’t settled on one just yet. It’s just a pity their favorite boy name went to their daughter first!” Touche. As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Jessica confirmed reports she was expecting her second child by tweeting the happy news with a super cute photo on Christmas Day. Jessica posted a snap of her eight-month-old daughter Maxwell sitting on sand with the words BIG SIS scrawled in front of her. She captioned the pic “Merry Christmas from my family to yours!”
Robert F. Chew, a Baltimore teacher and actor who portrayed one of TV’s most unforgettable characters as Proposition Joe on HBO’s The Wire, has died. He passed away Thursday of apparent heart failure in his sleep at his home in Northeast Baltimore. Chew, who also appeared in Homicide , was 52. Chew taught and mentored child and young adult actors at Baltimore’s Arena Players, a troupe he stayed with as his career blossomed through David Simon. With Chew’s help, Simon, creator of The Wire , enlisted new talent in the form of young actors who played students in the Baltimore City School system. “Robert was not only an exceptional actor, he was an essential part of the film and theater community in Baltimore,” Simon said Friday via email. “He could have gone to New York or Los Angeles and commanded a lot more work, but he loved the city as his home and chose to remain here working.” “He understood so much about his craft that it was no surprise at all that we would go to him to coach our young actors in season four of The Wire .” “He was the conduit through which they internalized their remarkable performances.” “The Wire cast was an embarrassment of riches and it was easy, I think, for outsiders to overlook some of those who were so essential as supporting players.” “Robert’s depiction of Proposition Joe was so fixed and complete that the writers took for granted that anything we sent him would be finely executed.” R.I.P.
