[[StyleBlazer.com] SKYY Vodka The Official Vodka For Fashion Week Spring 2013 Share Their Most Stylish Cocktails! With the end of New York Fashion Week Spring 2013 upon us, now is the perfect time to get your fashion friends together for some cocktails and conversations on another season’s successful round of shows. [ Read ] [Madamnoire.com] Is She Competing With Rihanna’s Tats? Karrueche Reveals An Interesting Leg Tattoo Chris Brown’s girlfriend Karrueche Tran was spotted on the scene last night after leaving a dinner date with Christina Milian at the Supper Night Club. She was showed off her amazing legs in a pair of Jimmy Choo open toe boots and an Ashley Paige romper, but it was her tattoo that was commanding all of the attention. [ Read ] [24Wired.com] Word on the Street: Would You Fight Back or Sue After an Assault? In light of Jennifer Willaims’ lawsuit against Nia Crooks for assault on Basketball Wives, Bossip’s Jay asked L.A. pedestrians whether they would fight back or sue in the case of their own assault. Most said that they would fight if they knew their assailant had no money. ( Watch ) [Hiphopwired.com] Wale Talks Fame & Fortune With Forbes Although he didn’t quite crack the top 20 of Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash Kings, Wale Folarin looks to be well on his way there. Maybach Music Group’s top signee thus far, sat down with Forbes and talked about his most successful year financially. [ Watch ]
Here’s Jodie Marsh modeling for Loaded UK and I know what you are thinking….a bitch wih tits this big and a body this ripped must have been molested as a child, or maybe even raped and beaten by various ex boyfriends, because she screams damaged….why would she dedicate to make a spectacle out of herself….committed to looking like a stripper covered in ghetto tattoos that you’d assume is on welfare trying to support her 4 kids with various dads cuz her stripper money goes up her nose….kinda thing….but that’s cuz you’re a jerk. I have spent a lot of time in strip clubs and I’d tend to agree that the ripped, loud hair, inked up bitch with stupid tits, thinks she’s the hottest thing in the place, even when she’s not, cuz she thinks the effort and work ad money she puts into herself is an investment, even though sometimes, there’s no return on the shit….but the reality she is in the magazines…so it must be working for her…..and here she is in Loaded September….a little scary, a little sexy….all muscle and silicone….
Alex Vega is the girl in Spy Kids who you probably masturbated to when she was 14 cuz you like all Robert Rodriguez movies….but more importantly cuz you like 14 year old girls…you sick fuck. She’s of some Hispanic decent and I can’t call her a Spic cuz apparently that offends people, it is the N-Word of the latin American community, even though I see it as an abbreviation, an LOL of sorts….why type the whole thing out, we know what they are about….kinda thing….but I forget we are in a world of equal opportunity and affirmation action…where we fear addressing the black man as a black man because that could be taken the wrong way even though he is a black man and instead we try to address him as “The one over there in the white shirt”….to which I say “Who, the black guy”…..at which point everyone’s jaw drops….in an “OMG (abbreviation of Oh My God for those of you who hate abbreviations, especially when those abbreviations are the word SPIC)….”….. This is 2012 and we are all one fucking color….keep our racism in our homes and to our crossing the street when walking towards one late at night….cuz racism is in action not in words…so as long as we don’t say “Black guy”….we can pretend we love all people cuz we are all equal….like Alex Vega..with black friends….showing the world….she’s not racist…..like you are….especially when they are in bikini….. I’m not racist, I hate everyone.
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Movies adapted from video games are usually like video-game zombies: shambling brainless wrecks. Thanks, in part, to the vacant movie adaptation of Prince of Persia , Jake Gyllenhaal is doing theater now; the adaptation of Max Payne should have been spelled Max Pain , and the Resident Evil franchise continues to stupefy. And judging from the latest delay in the making of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune , Hollywood still struggles mightily with how to turn good games into good movies. Sadly, unlike video-game zombies, these adaptations are impossible to kill. They exist in perpetuity and will be playing on Cinemax long after your corpse resembles a rotting zombie. The best you can do is ignore them, which is increasingly easy thanks to some inspired and inspiring gamers who are solving the problem the way they’ve been trained — through countless hours of play — to solve all problems. They’re taking the controls and doing it themselves. They’re winning, too. Here are four fan-made movies inspired by video games that should have the movie industry’s total attention: 1. Dead Fantasy : Give the Gamers What They Want — Action! Video games should feature more pure action than a Terminator T-800 UFC match, so it’s weird that most game-inspired movies feature more pointless explanation than you’d find in a manual for some old-school Bond villain’s Death Laser. If someone’s going to see Street Fighter — and they really shouldn’t — they don’t need an hour of set-up explaining why people are fighting. The gamers already know the back story, and even if the filmmakers have strayed from the game to develop the plot line, the less said the better. Monty Oum, the creator of Dead Fantasy understands this principle better than most and packs more kickass per minute into Dead Fantasy than you’ll find in the entire Thai film industry. For the uninitiated, Dead Fantasy depicts a battle between the ladies of Dead or Alive and Final Fantasy , two of the most popular gaming series in existence. And while this abundance of X chromosomes might make you think it’s all about titillating fan boys, this clip is all about eye-popping choreography, not anatomy. If this video starred rotting mummies you’d still watch it five times. Dead Fantasy is able to pile on the action because it rightly trusts the intelligence of its audience. For example, the girl in blue arrives by teleport, so you know she can teleport, and it’s used in several awesome and original moments of fight choreography. In a theatrical movie there’d be an entire expository scene explaining her teleportation skills ad nauseam, and at no point would she be thrown off a collapsing bridge to save a falling gunslinger. The film-industry should be stalking this guy. 2. Escape from City 17 : Make a Movie That Honors the Game The Purchase Brothers — David and Ian — embarrassed the producers of every video game movie ever made with just $500. They filmed part 1 of Escape from City 17 — which is set in the universe of the Half-Life video game franchise — with less money than most film productions spend on mineral water. Their genius was realizing that you don’t need to design sets, clothing and a plot for a video game because that’s already been done by the video game publisher. The brothers matched the costumes of their original characters to the ones worn in Half-Life 2 and even extracted special effects directly from the game code. What you see on the screen really is in the world of the game — which is what gamers have always wanted from movies, and what video game movie directors have never understood. Escape from City 17 isn’t your typical movie inspired by a video game, which usually amounts to a film that has very little connection to the actual game except for a few key words and characters that get thrown around. (See the Resident Evil series.) It’s a live-action movie made by people who actually played and loved the game — and it’s a first in that respect. The brothers then made a sequel that was triple the length for half the budget in their spare time. Given their level of proficiency, if they had a real movie budget, they wouldn’t just make the best parallel-universe alien-invasion game movie ever: they’d probably be able to stage one for real. 3. Freeman’s Mind : You Don’t Always Have to Appeal to the Lowest Common Denominator The blanding of movies has a lot to do with the minimization of risk in the name of profit-making, which is a weird strategy when you’re making a movie that’s essentially about cops blowing up terrorists. The biggest budget movies need to convince everyone on the planet to watch it, and, if at all possible, sell tickets to a few alien planets as well. Small creators don’t have that problem: if they want to make something they’re already halfway there. Ross Scott’s Freeman’s Mind is genius, but its entire target market is “People who’ve played through Half-Life .” If you have, you’ll love it. If you haven’t, you might not even have read this far. The Internet connects niche productions with their perfect audience, while machinima — using video game graphics engines for filmmaking — gives them an incredibly powerful set of actors and cameras. This kind of production is popping up everywhere, as fans driven by pure love and enabled by awesome technology turn a hobby into entertainment for others. The most famous example is Red vs Blue, who turned Halo into an entire film studio, and are now building a real film studio based on that success. 4. Thousand Pounds Action Company: You Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Fancy Graphics While the Purchase Brothers showed how easy it was to match a game’s look and feel, the Thousand Pounds Action Company demonstrated that it’s possible to be true to a game without all the fancy visuals. (The company name is also much cooler.) Their three Ultra Combos clips perfectly match the feel of Street Fighter IV (with the help of some of the games smackdown sound effects) using original characters who wouldn’t exactly be welcome in an American Apparel store. Street Fighter was the only game with a more disappointing movie than Mario Bros , and its 2009 sequel of sorts, The Legend of Chun Li only made things more disappointing. These videos show what could be done with the franchise, and we’ll soon see more. Because these fan-made videos are not only fun for other fans who get to enjoy them, they’re drawing attention to skilled creators who should be working in a film industry that seems eager to make movies based on video games but then doesn’t seem to know how to go about it properly. That brings us to the fifth and final lesson; 5. Get Your Act Together Hollywood, Because Gamers Are Realizing They Don’t Need You. Dead Fantasy producer Oum has been hired by Red vs Blue. The Purchase Brothers, who are represented by William Morris Endeavor, are beavering away on a “secret feature film project”, and the Thousand Pounds Action Co are turning their fame into their future right now with a LINK Kickstarter campaign to fund their first original series. Stay tuned. Luke McKinney loves the real world, but only because it has movies and video games in it. He responds to every tweet. Follow Luke McKinney on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Fiddy’s giving back again in a big way. The rapper/actor/businessman has already partnered with the World Food Program by donating portions of Street King’s revenues to help feed starving children in Africa and now, he’s taking things a step further. “Giving back to hungry children with every shot we sell is only part of the story. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel across Africa, and one thing I’ve learned is that it is filled with vibrant, young entrepreneurs who are eager to cultivate a sustainable business sector that will fuel growth for their future. That’s why I’m giving African entrepreneurs the chance to bring SK to their country,” 50 wrote in a statement. His aim? Partner with entrepreneurs across Africa to not only introduce Street King to a vibrant market, but help others grow their businesses as well. And with Africa leading the way with six of the world’s fastest growing economies, 50’s aims are not only admirable, but they’re good business as well. “I’ve had so much interest coming from Africa since I’ve launched SK. That’s why I’m opening up submissions to entrepreneurs across the continent to become distribution partners.” According to AllAfrica.com, 50 recently visited Kenya, where he spent time visiting schools across the nation. “Everyone thought that we would expand immediately to Europe or South America. But if you know SK, you know the vision has always been to support my roots in Africa.” This is the type of positive press Fiddy needs to get more of. We hope this incentive sparks other businesses to step forward and help out on the one continent that needs our support the most. Source Images via Twitter/WENN
Premium Rush is about speed. So let’s not pussyfoot around and get right to the action. The action flik, which led this week’s box-office newcomers with a reported $6.5 million take, features Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Wilee, a bike messenger being pursued through the streets of New York City on his brake-less “fixie” — fixed-gear — rig. Among those chasing Wilee is corrupt detective Bobby Monday, played by Michael Shannon , who is hell-bent on intercepting the package that Wilee is carrying. In advance of the film’s release, Movieline sat down with director and co-writer David Koepp and his writing partner John Kamps ( Ghost Town ) to talk about writing a white-knuckle action movie without killing anyone and how cyclists are the most responsible travelers on the street. Why did Premium Rush need to be told? David Koepp: It needed to be told because John and I have seven children between us and they’ve got to go to school. [Laughs] I had had this idea kicking around in my head for a while because I live here and see cyclists. I wanted to do a chase movie on bikes, which I hadn’t seen. You follow the idea , and see how long it lasts. I realized at a certain point, Well, I’ve had this idea in my head for a while now. The only way to get it out of there is to just do it. So, for peace of mind, this had to become a film. Did you write this script with Michael Shannon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in mind? DK: No, we always try to keep the characters the characters at first. Did either of them surprise you in terms of their performances? DK: I was pleasantly surprised by Joe’s fearlessness. Not because I’d heard he was a pussy or something — because, just to be able to be willing to put yourself on a bike in a lot of traffic and in that kind of danger, while acting, is really courageous. So, I was pleased and surprised by how much he wanted to do and how aggressively he was willing to do it. And, Shannon — you’re surprised every day by his performance because it comes out of this Michael Shannon place that only he has. And you just think, I never would have thought to deliver that line that way. That’s fascinating. What are the pros and cons of directing versus screenwriting? DK: I’ll make it succinct. With directing, you have tons of control. But, you have tons of control, which means you have tons of decisions to make and you have to be there. And you have to have an incredible level of input and your life doesn’t really belong to you so much. With screenwriting, you get a lot more quiet. You go to an office every day. Maybe you work with a collaborator. That’s nice. It’s a life that’s in here [pointing to his head]. I like to mix it up. You get crazy being in the room alone for too long and you certainly get crazy directing on the streets of New York. What was it like, logistically, to be filming people on bikes on the streets of New York City? I feel like few filmmakers have approached anything like this. DK : It was one of the most logistically difficult movies of the last 20 years. And I’m not overstating, because it’s not cars; it’s people exposed to cars. But they’re moving at car speed. And, because so much of the action was on the street, we needed total street closures. The city went out of its way to be accommodating. The cops were great. And it still was a mess because people, surprisingly, don’t like to have streets closed. [Laughs] You largely avoided CGI and relied on human stunts, yes? DK: That was important. This movie was about what human beings can do–not about what computers can do. I mean, clearly there’s some computer stuff: like when he’s picturing what would happen if he went to the right and he ends up getting hit by three cars and run over by a truck. Clearly, that wasn’t a person. Everybody knows it’s a joke. So, I’d say 95-96 percent of it is really people doing that. I read about Joseph going through the back of a cab and getting 31 stitches. DK: Yeah, a guy with diplomat plates cut into our shooting lanes right in front of him. Joe had to swerve to avoid him and ended up going through the back of a taxi. It was really scary. There were lots of crashes, but his was the worst. Of course, he’s the star, so he’s got to have the worst crash and get the most stitches. [Laughs] Our biggest fear [while] writing it was: Fuck, I hope somebody doesn’t get killed on this movie. Ya know? Absolutely. So, what was the motive behind Joseph’s character paying little regard to the welfare of other people on the road? DK: I don’t think he’s really out of line. I would say that the most responsible people on the street are cyclists. They may not obey all the rules, but they stay out of the way really well if you just leave ’em alone. Cars are second, because drivers are notoriously distracted. They feel safe inside their bubble and they’re often texting and that’s no good. And then the worst &mdash: the scum of the streets — are pedestrians. We’re awful because we don’t follow logical patterns. We’re definitely texting. Nobody’s looking where they’re going. Nobody . And they make irrational decisions, like in crosswalks. And that’s not good. How does this compare to L.A. traffic? John Kamps : It’s very different. With pedestrians, it’s like: You have the audacity to walk? DK: I think it’s legal to hit them. JK : Pedestrians are completely on the defensive in L.A. because people are flying down the street at 60 miles an hour. So, it’s not like someone’s going to stop and honk at you. They’re going to take you out. DK: There’s a pedestrian attitude in New York, which is, if you’re crossing the street and you cut in front of a car and you don’t look at the car, he has to stop. That’s just not really coherent. What was behind your decision to use a visual mapping element in this film to show where the characters are in relation to each other? DK: When John and I were writing it, we were saying, We want to know where everybody is, exactly, and at what time and how far [Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character Wilee] has got to go and how he’s going to get there. JK: A lot of the action you see doesn’t make sense geographically. It’s like, he’s on the building. Now he’s over there on the car. You have no idea what his goal is, how he’s getting from point A to point B. DK: Then, you’re editing it. And you think, Well, let’s see. We should move the bathroom scene up a little. And you can’t. You can’t move anything, because you’ve gone to great pains to say who’s where when. So, we cursed the script many times in the edit room. How long did Premium Rush take to shoot? DK: Fifty-one days — with about 30 days of second-unit shooting, concurrent. The wardrobe never changes. How many red shirts do they you through? DK: Dozens! To get the right red shirt was a big deal. That’s the other thing about a movie in contained time: you’re a one-wardrobe movie. You have to really fall in love with what people are wearing. What did you think of The Amazing Spiderman given your involvement in the first iteration? DK: I think they did a great job. It’s hard to do something new that’s just been done, and I thought that they came up with a tone and a look that I hadn’t seen or expected. Great performances. I felt like it was sort of old school—the way the high-school scenes played out and the relationship between Peter and Gwen. It seemed very… DK: John Hughes? Yeah. Nell Alk is an arts and entertainment writer and reporter based in New York City. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal , Manhattan Magazine, Z!NK Magazine and on InterviewMagazine.com, PaperMag.com and RollingStone.com, among others. Learn more about her here. Follow Nell Alk on Twitter. 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My name is Melanie and I have been a belieber for almost 2 years , I’m 14 right now. I heard that Justin was going to be rehearsing in a studio for the Believe Tour and that there was some girls that were going to be outside waiting for him. I saw so many pictures online of Justin with fans so I knew I had to go! It was really hard to find the studio, but I found a girl on Twitter that helped me. I went to the studio on August 18. My sister and I got there around 11am and we waited about 5 hours for him. I had fun and talked to other girls that had been there before, so it was nice. Not in a million years did I think I would meet Justin Bieber! When his van came in, everyone was like OMG! Around 4 or 5, Kenny came out of the lot in his car and everyone yelled and said hi and he waved back. Everyone was getting tired around 5:30 and about 3 girls left. Finally someone came out and said “Ok everyone, Justin will be out right now! No screaming, yelling, or running or he will leave.” Two minutes later I saw his ‘H” hat and blonde hair. When you see him you get the rush of excitement and I was out of words. Finally he got closer and I hugged him and he put his arm around me and we took a picture. Then Moshe told all the girls who already took a picture to go to the side and wait. After 5 minutes he left and said bye. I was still in shock the whole way home, I’ll never forget that day. -@bieberbabe059 Read more here: My name is Melanie and I have been a belieber for almost 2 years…
I had been trying to meet Justin for a very long time, but had a terrible string of luck until August 7, 2012. After spending hundreds of dollars to travel to Los Angeles to try and meet Justin over the last year, I had almost called it quits. All my close friends had met Justin more than once, and at that point I just felt like it wasn’t meant to be for me. I have failed more times than I can count. The disappointment each time didn’t stop me. I knew where Justin was going to be doing tour rehearsals so I decided to make one last trip to LA before summer was over. I hoped this would be my chance. When we got into town late on the morning of the 7 th we heard word that Selena was shooting her new movie at a hotel. After picking another friend, we headed to the location of Selena’s shoot. Soon after we got there, we saw a large black van drive by rapidly. We calmly walked to the street to see where it had went. When we turned down the next road we saw that it had parked next to Justin’s Fisker. We knew he was there. There was only four of us, and I knew Justin would see us eventually. Deep down I didn’t feel like it was going to happen that night. Moshe saw us while re-parking the car and said Hello. He was very nice and asked us how we were doing. Later, Moshe left without Justin in the Fisker. After about an hour Justin and Selena (and others) hoped in the van on one of her breaks. Afterwards they all hopped out, except for Justin. We knew he was leaving, and we were praying he would stop. Unfortunately he didn’t. Later that night we got to meet Selena so we were really happy (it was really late). By the time we got home it was 5:00 a.m. We had no idea when Justin was going to rehearsals the next day, or if he was even going. To play it safe we woke up at 6:30. Yes, that means only an hour of sleep. We rushed to the rehearsal location after getting some quick food and praying. It was already scorching hot. After waiting a few hours we weren’t sure if he was coming. Some other girls showed up, so we decided to leave for a little while and check another location. When we got back to the first location the girls had told us that Dan and Scrappy had driven by just a little while earlier. We finally had real hope that Justin was going to come. About an hour later, Justin’s van turns the corner and drives past us . I knew where he was going to park because I had been there before. I ran to see if I could see Justin get out of the car. I saw him get out of the car with a black v-neck, red snap back, and red pants. I yelled his name and he waved back. The six of us decided to wait where we could see his car. Moshe came out to re-park the van and my friends Shelby and Asia asked him if they could speak with him really quickly. He said only one person so Shelby calmly ran over to him. She politely asked if, and only if, it was okay and him that Justin that he could meet a couple fans that had never met him after he was done rehearsing. Moshe got a big smile on his face, and told her that he was going to stop the car. We waited another three or four hours in triple digit weather until Justin came out. Moshe drove the van up to us, and we got a in line to wait for Justin. Moshe signaled me to come up to the van. Justin didn’t get out at first so I stepped up into the van. He shook my hand and said Hello. I gave him a hug. I was overcome with emotion. I had to cover my mouth and my knees buckled a little. I kind of fell out of the van. Justin followed me and shut the van door. He asked me how I was, but I got super shy and didn’t say much. I took my picture with him and said thank you. I let everyone take pictures with him and then gave him another hug. “All Around the World” started playing and I think that was his signal to go. He hopped up in van and drove away. After Justin was gone we got to say a quick thank you to Kenny. He told us thank you, and also instructed us not to tell anyone where the location was. I realized how lucky we were that Justin, although tired, took the time to stop and take pictures with everyone. He is honestly the most amazing boy I have ever met. He could have said no. He could have just said hi. He could have asked for just a group picture. He has taught me to NEVER GIVE UP. After everyone left we all were hugging and were so happy. Four of us had meant Justin for the first time and contrary to popular belief ‘Stalker Sarah’ is a huge fan and was just as excited as everyone else. She told us that Justin is one of the only celebrities that still makes her nervous. It’s cool to see she still gets super excited to see him since she has been supporting him for a really long time. Meeting Justin is hard for most, really hard, but worth every second. I love you Justin, and thank you to Kenny and Moshe for making it all possible. If you haven’t meant Justin, keep your head up. If I meant him you CAN too! – @lindseyaprilmay More here: I had been trying to meet Justin for a very long time, but had a…
