While Lionsgate continues to celebrate the oodles of money flowing in as a result of The Hunger Games , another movie studio is also doing cartwheels: Relativity Media. Why? Because that studio is behind The House at the End of the Street , a September 21 release that stars Katniss Everdeen herself, Jennifer Lawrence. The film is your basic horror flick: Lawrence stars as Ellisa, the daughter of Elisabeth Shue’s Sarah, who moves to a small-town house and starts to discover some chilling secrets about the residence and the area around them. Check out the official, just-released trailer now and look forward to seeing Lawrence again on the big screen: The House at the End of the Street Trailer
MC tells MTV News why he enlisted the ‘real oddball group’ to promote his new energy drink. By Jocelyn Vena 50 Cent Photo: MTV News NEW YORK — 50 Cent got some unusual help for his first Street King energy drink commercial. The mogul and rapper recruited “Jersey Shore” star Pauly D (who is signed to his G-Note record label ) and comedy legend Joan Rivers to help spread the gospel of the newest beverage on the block. The trio gathered at Planet Fitness in upper Manhattan to promote Street King, and MTV News was on hand as 50 and Rivers chewed scenery together. At one point, a caffeinated Rivers even used her feminine wiles to try to seduce the beefy MC. Did it work? Well, fans will have to see if he succumbs to her. Getting Rivers and Pauly onboard was all in the rapper’s master plan to get everyone interested in what he’s selling. “We[‘re] actually shooting the first commercial for my Street King project,” he dished in between takes. “It’s exciting, I got Joan Rivers here. I got Pauly D, a real oddball group. We felt like it would hit different targeted audiences.” However, it’s not just about selling drinks for profit. Fiddy is also using the product for a good cause. “When I developed the concept for this actual project, we thought about my experiences traveling in Africa,” he explained. “And I wanted to do something ’cause of how bad famine does in Africa. So we partnered with United Nations World Food Program in order to provide a meal with every actual energy drink. So I’m excited about that.” Related Artists 50 Cent
‘My side of the story is on the record,’ MC tells ‘RapFix Live’ of his multimillion-dollar tax woes. By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway Nas on “RapFix Live” Photo: Natasha Chandel/ MTV News If you want to know Nas ‘ take on his multimillion-dollar tax woes, then you’ll have to buy his new album. In February, TMZ reported that Queensbridge MC owes more than $6 million in back taxes, and now the Internal Revenue Service plans to garnish wages earned from his music publishing until things are even Steven. Ever the wordsmith, Nas got creative with his “no comment” comment when he appeared on “RapFix Live” on Wednesday. “My side of the story is on the record and I speak about it on the record,” he said of how he plans to address his tax troubles on his upcoming Life Is Good LP. Speaking of his 10th solo album, God’s Son told Sway that the LP’s title is evolving. “The record is starting to take on a whole different new thing and it’s just bigger than Life Is Good now,” he explained. “Yeah, life is good, but there’s so much information I think that’s important that I get out there that I think the title is becoming bigger.” And if the album’s first two singles are any indication, Life is Good is anything but happy-go-lucky. “Nasty,” the LP’s first single, which the rapper released in 2011, is a sonic throwback to the gritty, New York-style rap of the 1990s. Nas’ latest single, “The Don,” is also reminiscent of a different era of rap. The Heavy D and Salaam Remi-produced track samples reggae star Super Cat and finds Nas rapping about his days hustling in the street and his hip-hop beginnings. Nas hasn’t announced a release date for Life is Good yet, but it’s hard to imagine that he’d have anything nice to say toward Uncle Sam. What are you hoping to hear from Nas on Life Is Good ? Leave your comment below! Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ With Nas & Killer Mike Related Artists Nas
We need to do something about crazy people having children: A Dallas mother was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of cutting her 1-year-old daughter on her throat. Police said Danielle Busby called 911 and told operators she had cut her child. When officers arrived at the home in the 10900 block of Marchant Circle at about 6:30 a.m., they found the child had been cut with a knife. The child was transported to Children’s Medical Center, where she underwent surgery and was in intensive care Monday night. Doctors put the 1-year-old into a medically induced coma to give her body a chance to heal. “I’m sure that her mind is tormented, because she is the one who actually called the police after it happened,” said Rhonda Choice, Busby’s sister. “And I just can’t imagine what’s all going through her head right now.” Busby’s family said she is a diagnosed schizophrenic who has been on and off her medications. “If you look for the signs, you really can’t prevent it, you know, not on your own, not just family alone,” said Annette Choice, Busby’s mother. “You need intervention.” Police previously were called to the Lake Highlands home about Busby’s mental health. The first call dates back to 2003. Last week, Busby’s sister called police over fears that Busby could hurt herself or her daughter. The responding Dallas police officers determined that Busby and her daughter did not appear to be in any immediate danger. “All I can go by is that the officers who went to out to the scene … they did determine that there was nothing they could do about what was going on because apparently, at that time, there was not something going on that the officers could take any action on,” Deputy Chief Sherryl Scott said. Scott said the officers told a family member to contact Child Protective Services if there were fears about the child’s safety. “I blame the authorities that didn’t respond immediately with this,” Choice said. “And we are to blame, right now. We are to blame — the family is to blame.” Police were also called to the Lake Highlands home last summer. Police said Busby was running down the street, wearing only underwear. Busby, 32, is charged with injury to a child. She is currently being held at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center on $150,000 bail. Her family said she is a Southern Methodist University graduate, a former missionary and a math tutor. Choice said she is asking for prayers for both her daughter and granddaughter. “I love her,” she said. “I am praying for her, and I know she will get better. Hopefully, she’ll be back with her baby as much as possible.” The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is expected to seek emergency custody of the girl Tuesday. Turn the page to see the mother and the video report of this incident.
People are-out-there: Following an intense search for two women from Hamtramck, the bodies of two women have been found in a shallow grave in Detroit. Police believe they may be Abreeya Brown and Ashley Conaway. Click on the video player to hear Ron Savage’s live report from the scene. 18-year-old Abreeya Brown was abducted at gunpoint in late February along with her best friend and housemate, 22-year-old Ashley Conaway, right in front of their home on Andrus in Hamtramck. They had just returned from a restaurant when two men came after them. One of them was allegedly Conaway’s ex-boyfriend, 26-year-old Brandon Cain. “She ran to go to get into the house. She’s banging at the door. They ran and snatched her off the porch and put them in the trunk of the car,” Brown explained. Abreeya’s stepfather grabbed his gun and started shooting at the kidnappers. “Luckily he had that gun. He said they were shooting at him and he was shooting at them,” Brown remarked. “Her purse was in the middle of the street, but the girls were gone and so were the two men that he had exchanged gunfire with,” said Hamtramck Police Detective Prima Brennan. The men took off with the young women stuffed in the trunk of their silver car. Terrified, the women texted Ashley’s sister. “‘They got us,’” she said as she read us a text message. “The next text says ‘help.’” “Those text messages ceased around 10:26 last night, and we haven’t heard from them since, so obviously time is of the essence,” the detective told us. Police say in early February in Detroit, Cain had tried to shoot Ashley and Abreeya after Ashley broke up with him. “He told them if you pull off, we’re going to spray the car, and that’s what he did,” said Lisa Howard, Abreeya’s aunt. “He grazed Ashley in the head.” The two women went to police, and Cain may have gone into hiding. The family says Cain was facing attempted murder charges and tried to bribe the women not to testify against him, offering them $5,000. “He said, ‘If you don’t testify, I’ll give you this bread. Take this bread and let’s squash this.’ She said, ‘No, you tried to kill me.’” Early Wednesday, police had named 34-year-old Andre Todd-Douglas as a person of interest in the case. He turned himself in. He’s wanted in connected with the shooting in Detroit in early February, not the kidnapping in Hamtramck Tuesday night. As for Cain, he’s a parole absconder with a history of feeling police, receiving and concealing stolen property — a motor vehicle — and assault with great bodily harm. It’s believed he’s the dangerous felon who has Ashley and Abreeya. 24-year-old Brian Christopher Lee is believed to be the other man who was at that home in Hamtramck when all of this went down Tuesday night. Charges could come as early as next week. Image MyFoxDetroit Source
From ChrisMartenson.com Gretchen Morgenson: Wall Street Really Does Enjoy A Different Set of Rules Than The Rest of Us Gretchen Morgenson has earned a Pulitzer-winning career from exposing abuse and conflicts of interest on Wall Street. In this interview, she confirms that there is indeed a second set of rules that our elite financial institutions enjoy, largely unfettered by the constraints that… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : zero hedge Discovery Date : 23/03/2012 18:22 Number of articles : 2
With Snooki pregnant and engaged (!) and The Situation in rehab, the producers of Jersey Shore are obviously concerned. For the stars, sure, but mostly for the show. Apparently they are worried the show will lose its edge – being a show about a bunch of drunk, sex-crazed rowdies – and are looking to phase the two out. Newer, crazier cast members are apparently being sought. MTV released a statement earlier this week, after Mike admitted his substance abuse problem , claiming it expects the entire cast to return for Season 6. However, sources close to 495 Productions say the company is quite concerned about the recent events and wants to keep things fresh above all else. If that means bringing in new JS cast members to help transition the show into a new generation, while still keeping old fans hooked, then so be it. 495 plans to limit Snooki and Situation’s roles on the new season, giving the new cast members more screen time instead. Filming begins this summer. Would you watch Jersey Shore without Snooki and Mike?
Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera stunned viewers with remarks about the Trayvon Martin case , saying that by wearing a hooded sweatshirt, the slain teen made himself a target. Martin, the 14-year-old candy-carrying, hoodie-wearing African-American boy, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a Sanford, Fla., neighborhood watch captain. He was walking home from a 7-Eleven and was unarmed. Zimmerman, who claimed self defense, has not been charged, though a grand jury will hear the case . Martin supporters participated in a “Million Hoodie March” to protest Zimmerman’s freedom. But the hoodie has taken on new meaning thanks to Geraldo. Geraldo Rivera on Trayvon Martin “When you see a kid walking down the street, particularly dark-skinned kid like my son Cruz – who I constantly yelled at when he was going out wearing a damn hoodie or those pants around his ankles, ‘Take that hood off!'” Rivera said on Fox & Friends. “People look at you, and what’s the instant identification, what’s the instant association? It’s those crime-scene surveillance tapes.” “Every time you see someone stickin’ up a 7-Eleven, the kid’s wearing a hoodie,” Rivera continued. “Every time you see a mugging on a surveillance camera or they get that old lady in the alcove, it’s a kid wearing a hoodie.” “You have to recognize that this whole stylizing yourself as a ‘gangsta’ … You’re gonna be a gangsta wannabe? Well, people are going to perceive you as a menace. That’s just what happens. It is an instant reflexive action.” The negative reaction to this was fast and furious. Many viewers claimed this was a call for a dress code for minorities, or equivalent to saying women who wear revealing clothes are asking to be raped. Questlove sent a long series of Tweets at Rivera, including: “sorry @GeraldoRivera, what i gotta stroll around rocking a tux 24 7 so i can put others who are ignorant at ease? what about the OTHER side of that coin?” With more brevity but just as much furor, Parks & Recreation star Aziz Ansari said, “It’s really appropriate to tweet this any day, but seriously, F–k you Geraldo.” Rivera followed up on Twitter, defending his position: “My own son just wrote to say he’s ashamed of my position re hoodies – still I feel parents must do whatever they can to keep their kids safe,” he wrote. “Its not blaming the victim Its common sense-look like a gangsta&some armed schmuck will take you at your word… Its sad that I have to be the one reminding minority parents of the risk that comes with being a kid of color in America.” Do you agree with Geraldo’s comments on Trayvon Martin?
There are so few filmmakers willing to tackle the romantic melodrama these days that Terence Davies’s The Deep Blue Sea is welcome just for its sheer novelty. An adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s 1952 play, the picture opens with an attempted suicide and ends with an uneasy kind of redemption. It’s a love story with a great deal of furious, elegant handwriting packed between the lines, an exploration of immutable class distinctions and emotional and sexual repression in postwar England. And Rachel Weisz, as a woman who risks everything for the love of the wrong man, carries the mood and subtext of the material safely tucked in her dressing-gown pocket – she’s vulnerable and self-motivated in all the right measures. But there’s such a thing as having too much reverence for your material, and although Davies is an extraordinarily gifted and principled director, The Deep Blue Sea may suffer for that reverence. Weisz plays Hester Collyer, the wife of an esteemed judge, Sir William (Simon Russell Beale). Her life is clearly comfortable, though not altogether happy, which is made clear by a scene in which her mother-in-law (played by Barbara Jefford) excoriates her for even believing in the notion of passion. And when we first see her, she’s a person who no longer wishes to live, a limp, drained figure in a murky, crowded bedroom: That’s the drab flat she shares with Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston, of War Horse , not to mention that he also plays Loki in Thor and the upcoming Avengers ), the shallow if occasionally charming former RAF pilot who drew her away from her husband like a magnet. The story of how and why Hester made the choices she did is told in flashback, but her present – a present that, in the days when it was a glimmering future, was supposed to bring her so much happiness – is a muted kind of hell. After her suicide attempt, Freddie, deciding she’s too much of an emotional mess (and blaming her for it), decides to leave her. Hester is seized with a desperation to get him back. Davies captures the milieu of ’50s Great Britain perfectly, as you’d expect from the director of Distant Voices, Still Lives – postwar England is his home turf, emotionally and physically, though his eyes and ears are also well-attuned when it comes to period details of eras before his own time. (His 2000 adaptation of The House of Mirth , starring an almost painfully radiant Gillian Anderson, gets Edith Wharton in a piercingly direct way.) Here, with his DP Florian Hoffmeister, he captures the dank optimism of 1950s London, a place where no one seems to be happy but everyone is working so hard at being cheerful that the murky illusion is almost believable. There’s rubble on the street corners, remnants of all-too-recent bombings that pedestrians now pass by without a glance. Gathering places like pubs can be cozy or oppressive, depending on the circumstances – their dark paneling and dim lighting can offer a place to hide from the world, though hiding from oneself is a different story. That’s a lot of subterranean social and psychological meaning to capture with a camera, and Davies does so beautifully. Yet the pacing of The Deep Blue Sea is somehow at odds with both the movie’s imagery and its performances. The actors are all marvelous here: Beale’s character starts out as an unlikable lump and gradually emerges as a thoughtful man with deep and ardent feelings – if Weisz’s Hester is the emotional compass of the movie, William is the figure most sensitized to her wavering needle. Hiddleston has the right mix of boyish eagerness and brainless, spineless schoolboy cruelty – his scrubbed-clean aura is really a kind of menace. And Weisz is superb here, giving a performance that’s so dappled with shadows and light that you almost can’t tell which is which. Her Hester is a creature of great refinement, the finest that civilization has to offer – no wonder she’s scrabbling to get back to something raw and real, something that looks, feels and smells more like nature. The thing she moves toward is, of course, the wrong thing. But this is a tragedy with a medium-happy ending, after all. And as beautifully made as The Deep Blue Sea is, it too has a passion problem, and not because Davies’ approach isn’t heartfelt enough. In fact, it may be too heartfelt. The picture moves like a contemplative, stately march, but the problem isn’t its slowness. It’s that Davies puts too much space between nearly every line – every dramatic work is constructed of dialogue and the breaths in between, but not every unspoken ellipses has to be swollen and pregnant with meaning. Davies may be, like his heroine, the man who loves too much, and the movie groans under the weight of all that lavish attention. This is a different world, again, from Anatole Litvak’s 1955 version of the same material, starring Vivien Leigh and Kenneth More. That movie has a crispness, an almost rakish detachment, that makes its subnotes of repression and self-flagellation even more potent. It’s not a better movie, exactly – simply a reminder of what different directors and performers can bring to the same words, ideas and feelings. Comparing the two only reminds us that there’s no such thing as perfect adaptation. If there is, it lies in that elusive patch of green between the devil and the you-know-what. Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
#Occopy Wall Street protesters were caught on tape dumping tubs of feces down a bank stairwell and in a bank lobby. Via Weasel Zippers: Surveillance video captured Occupy Wall Street demonstrators just before 8 p.m. on March 14 dragging large … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Gateway Pundit Discovery Date : 21/03/2012 23:03 Number of articles : 2
