A Lithuanian teen has taken sports tantrums to new heights/depths. Danielius Nomanovas, a junior national team member, became upset in the closing moments of a loss to the UK at the under-18 world championships. That much is understandable. How he handled it? Not so much. Watch the shocking video below and see him throw his stick at a ref from close range, seemingly out of the blue and making direct, painful contact. We smell suspension … Hockey Player Attacks Ref With Stick
Since Robert Pattinson has returned from Australia, witnesses have spotted him and Kristen Stewart around often. First, at a bar in Los Angeles . And then at a birthday party for Katy Perry’s assistant. And, according to an In Touch Weekly sources, these sightings have not been an accident: Stewart is doing all she can to salvage the relationship. “Before the thing with [Rupert Sanders], Kristen played hard to get,” Pattinson’s pal tells the tabloid. “Not anymore. She’s going out of her way to prove herself.” How so? She’s hanging out with Rob’s friends , making a point to say hello to Selena Gomez and Perry at the Kids’ Choice Awards last month. She’s going out of her way to interact with fans and even sign autographs in public. She is “ upping Kristen’s style game ,” according to Glamour . Will these changes stick? Will they make a difference? Will they mean that one of those magazine headlines that scream Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are Getting Married might one day come true? Let’s hope so.
Kate Upton cuddled up to her favorite Tiger recently. No, it wasn’t rumored boyfriend Justin Verlander. The supermodel seemed to be poking fun at those very rumors – that she and the Detroit Tigers pitching ace are an item – by Tweeting this photo with the caption: “Just cuddling with my favorite tiger :).” Unfortunately, for those looking for proof she’s dating Justin Verlander , it’s just her holding a tiger cub as part of a modeling shoot for Harper’s Bazaar. Fortunately, for single men everywhere, Kate Upton is single , and not even going to the prom with that kid it looks like … busy schedules and everything. Unfortunately … Uplander would be a sweet couple name.
The Internet’s most favoritest, grumpiest cat turned 1 this week. As you can imagine, it sucked. This is Grumpy Cat after all. Despite achieving more in a year than most of us could dream about in a lifetime – fame, fortune, meeting Ian Somerhalder at SXSW – Tardar Saurce remains incorrigible. One can sympathize here. Birthdays often fail to live up to expectations, even for eternal optimists. People make such a BFD about them, and for what?! Ooooh, you didn’t die in 12 whole months!? Whoop-dee-doo. Anyway, hopefully year two will eat it slightly less maybe? Happy birthday, Grumps.
Kwame Harris , a former offensive lineman for the 49ers, confirmed last week that he is gay. But Brendon Ayanbadejo – a special teams standout released this month by the Baltimore Ravens – says we should expect a lot more movement on this front in the near future. “We’re in talks with a handful of players who are considering [coming out],” Ayanbadejo tells The Baltimore Sun . “There are up to four players being talked to right now and they’re trying to be organized so they can come out on the same day together. It would make a major splash and take the pressure off one guy. It would be a monumental day if a handful or a few guys come out.” Just a few days ago, a CBS Sports report also claimed an active player would reveal himself as a homosexual, something that is yet to happen in any American professional sport. All of this speculation comes as the gay marriage debate heats up amidst the California Supreme Court weighing the legality of Proposition 8.
What goes better with Prohibition-Era literary adaptations than Beyonce , Lana Del Ray, and Florence + The Machine? Director Baz Luhrmann decided to commission some of today’s hottest stars to comprise the soundtrack to The Great Gatsby , adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel. The soundtrack is wonderfully featured in the new Great Gatsby trailer . Take a look: The Great Gatsby Trailer Extended Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the title millionaire, with Tobey Maguire, Carey Milligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Adelaide Clemens, and Elizabeth Debicki also star. Catch The Great Gatsby in theaters May 10.
Talk about a crappy birthday present. Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh returned to his home around 12:30 a.m. today after an evening celebrating in South Beach… only to find the residence ransacked. Law enforcement officials tell TMZ that a jewelry drawer was open and Bosh estimates approximately $340,000 worth of items was taken. Because there was no forced entry, and because the culprit would seem to have known Bosh would be out partying, authorities are looking into anyone who had access to the home. This isn’t the first time this year that Bosh has faced trouble off the court. Last month, a rumor circulated that Lil Wayne banged his wife . Seriously!
Until today, I associated Huey Lewis’ name with two thoughts: 1) He was the musical artist behind some of the most annoying pop hits of the 1980s; and 2) he showed his penis in Robert Altman’s 1993 film Short Cuts . But now that I’ve seen him in this Funny or Die American Psycho parody clip, I’m seriously considering forgiving him for giving me a decade-long headache and adding him to my list of secret geniuses. The clip is a real mind-fuck: it’s satirizes a scene that satirized Lewis’ music in a movie that satirized 1980s commercialism and greed, and it also stars master parodist (and longtime secret genius) Weird Al Yankovic in the victim role originally played by Jared Leto . (I’ve included it below for the sake of comparison.) How’s that for meta? Lewis’ aping of Christian Bale’ s performance, while the original scene plays on a TV right next to him, is particularly impressive, and I love Yankovic’s crack about the newspapers covering the floor. And the coup de gras is that the clip is used to promote the back catalogs of both artists. The Funny or Die clip features “I Want A New Drug,” off Lewis’ most successful album, Sports , which turns 30 in September. That single spawned Yankovic’s “I Want A New Duck,” which was not one of his best, and, well, let’s just say he pays for his sins. I swear, you could build an New York University Tisch School of the Arts class around deconstructing this clip. The other secret genius involved in this enterprise: Funny or Die director/editor PatB , who also did the very funny “Oscar’s Best Handjob Award” video, which I’ve posted at the bottom. I hope there’s a feature in this guy’s future. WATCH: Huey Lewis Kills In American Psycho Parody WATCH: American Psycho : The Original Pat B: Oscar’s Best Handjob [ Funny or Die ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Louisville basketball player and former Rockdale County High School standout Kevin Ware suffered one of the most graphic sports injuries of the last 30 years…
Louisville basketball player and former Rockdale County High School standout Kevin Ware suffered one of the most graphic sports injuries of the last 30 years…
