Flavor Flav is trying to make it in the restaurant business (again) and is launching his own diner in Las Vegas. He will open a new take-out restaurant House of Flavor tomorrow. Flav plans on serving up the food himself and he has decorated the place with career memorabilia. He tells Bloomberg Businessweek, guests can plan on seeing him really involved in the restaurant: “I’m still on the road doing shows with Public Enemy, but I’m going to be there as much as I can. When I go to the restaurant, I’m going to be working. You’ll find me in the kitchen cooking. You’ll find me frying chicken. You’ll find me serving food to customers. And I’ll be taking pictures and autographs at the same time.” Flans plans on converting the eatery into a chain and will offer Southern specialities like macaroni and cheese, rice and gravy, coleslaw and red velvet waffles. This is Flavor Flav’s second attempt to break into the food industry … he opened Flav’s Fried Chicken in Iowa last year, but the venue closed after just four months due to management issues.
President Barack Obama is riding with the North Carolina Tar Heels to take it all in the 2012 NCAA tournament ! “I’m just a sucker for the Tar Heels, what can I tell you,” said Obama to Andy Katz during his traditional selection special on ESPN , “Barack-etology. “ President Obama feels UNC is “an older team, a more experienced team.” “They won it for me last time the last time I picked them, hopefully I’ll be able to get a little redemption,” the president continued. President Obama’s Final Four consists of Ohio State and Missouri , along with North Carolina and Kentucky . Wh o do you think will win? SOURCE RELATED: Barack-etology 2011: President Obama Makes His NCAA Picks [VIDEO] Al Green Says President Obama Nailed “Let’s Stay Together” [VIDEO] Our History Makers: President Barack Obama Drake On President Obama: “I Could Play Him”
Bishop Harry Jackson has become a favorite of Religious Right groups such as the Family Research Council and the National Organization for Marriage and is always ready to shill for the latest anti-gay or pro-corporate cause. As a favorite of both the traditional Religious Right groups and the “prophets” and “apostles” of the New Apostolic Reformation—Jackson has openly embraced NAR’s Seven Mountains… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Right Wing Watch Discovery Date : 04/01/2012 22:06 Number of articles : 2
When it all boils down to it, Gwyneth Paltrow , Oscar-winning actress-megamillionaire celebrity-Gleek-blogger extraordinaire, is just like us: She is so getting wasted on New Year’s Eve. Sure, her morning-after hangover advice includes words like “quinoa” and “Turkish Hammam,” but still! Gwyneth’s advice is mostly medically sensible-sounding, though I can’t promise your pocketbooks will appreciate these fancy tricks. Get her five best tips (*as parsed by your helpful Movieline editors) after the jump so you can battle the blinding, alcohol-induced post-binge blahs in grand Paltrow fashion come Sunday morning. Below, the five most useful selections from a GOOP newsletter post entitled ” The Hangover! “, which is accompanied by this message: “We all know what happens on NYE so here is our best to help you prepare for the day after… – Love, gp.” Oh, but first: Gwyneth gives us the official definition of a hangover, courtesy of Dr. Frank Lipman : “The reason why one gets a hangover is that your body – your liver in particular – is not able to process and metabolize the break down products from the alcohol quickly enough. In addition to needing enough enzymes, the liver also needs water to process and get rid of the toxins. When supplies run low, it takes water from other organs, including the brain. This is why alcohol is so dehydrating, and why you can wake up with a throbbing headache (and a dry mouth) from drinking too much.” Now you know. On to Gwyneth’s advice! 1. Visit a Turkish Hammam. Or a Japanese spa. Or, fine — just take a bath. “If you have the time and the inclination, I’ve found that the best hangover remedy can be a hot and cold spa treatment. The original would be the traditional Turkish Hamman,[sic] but you can find this kind of treatment in spas all over the world, including my favorites, the low-key Japanese spas in New York, like Osaka.” 2. Hydrate with expensive European water. “Hydration. Keep hydrating yourself with alkaline forming Italian sparkling mineral water ie Pellegrino.” 3. Ingest ” bioavailable ” vitamin protein drink thingies. “Eat properly before and after your evening by including protein and low glycemic index foods (solid fruits, watermelon, etc ) to counteract the sugar depletion caused by alcohol…The perfect protein drink to ingest before bed would be Nutritious and Delicious – 15 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat, 19 grams of carbohydrate no gluten, no soy.” 4. Eat protein- and carb-packed foodstuffs before your drinking binge. Good foods to eat, cited by Paltrow and her host of medical experts, include: Quinoa, chicken, fish, vegetables, watermelon, coconut water, Gatorade, ginger ale, Probiotic mints, Manuka honey sweets. 5. Take “Mercy,” a fantastic product that — my stars! — Paltrow also co-owns. “Full disclosure, this stuff is so good that I went ahead and invested in the company. Mercy is a drink that is almost like a health elixir – packed with amino acids, vitamins, minerals and herbs that protect your system against the inevitable hangover and that flush you can get from drinking. You can drink it alone or mix it with alcohol to create a hangover preventing cocktail. I also drink one if I’m just feeling tired to give my system a boost.” Or, finally — and we could’ve told you this one — nurse that pounding headache with a little hair o’ the dog. Study up on even more Paltrow-endorsed bioflavono-whatsit-packed tips over at GOOP , and have a safe New Year’s Eve! You don’t want to end up looking like this on New Year’s Day, do you? [via GOOP ]
The comet called Lovejoy is still putting on an amazing show for folks south of the Equator. Stéphane Guisard, an astrophotographer who takes stunning pictures of the sky (see Related Posts, below), was in Chile where Lovejoy is making a splashy scene just before sunrise. He created an amazing and lovely time lapse video of Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : DiscoverMagazine Discovery Date : 26/12/2011 20:21 Number of articles : 2
Ron Paul’s unexpected rise in electoral fortunes continues apace. Some of the latest: *Paul hits over 17 in one national poll of over 1,000 national likely GOP caucus/primary voters, with Iowa and New Hampshire oversampled, highest ever for him nationally as far as I know. *Paul’s Iowa appearances getting too big for the traditional Pizza Ranches: Paul held eight town hall meetings this week in eastern… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Reason Magazine – Hit & Run Discovery Date : 26/12/2011 23:53 Number of articles : 2
Costume designer Colleen Atwood takes MTV News inside the extravagant looks of Depp’s Barnabas Collins. By John Mitchell, with reporting by Amy Wilkinson Johnny Depp Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images Costume designer Colleen Atwood has dressed Johnny Depp for eight films, five of which were directed by Tim Burton. The pair’s collaboration dates all the way back to 1990’s “Edward Scissorhands” and continues to this day with Burton’s latest flick, “Dark Shadows.” In the film, Depp plays centuries-old vampire Barnabas Collins, who is awakened in the late ’60s and tries to forge a relationship with his modern descendents. Atwood recently revealed to MTV News that while Depp is most certainly involved in the costuming process, he’s come to trust her enough to let her work her magic. “Johnny’s very open about what things are in the process, but he really lets people present things to him. He never really pushes at all,” Atwood said. “Sometimes he doesn’t even look in the mirror in his fittings. It’s so funny. It’s pretty amazing. People would be surprised, because I think they have this image of Johnny, because he’s so stylish always, but he really feels his costumes more than looks at them, and the movement and the feeling in them is really important.” For “Shadows,” Depp’s vampire is of the traditional sort. Unlike the sparkling vamps of “Twilight,” Barnabas cannot be exposed to sunlight. His courtship of Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote) and his desire to keep his dark secret from her, however, forces him into the daylight. This presented a costuming issue for Atwood, who had to find interesting ways to conceal Depp’s skin from sun. “He plays a vampire who wouldn’t normally go out in the daytime, but we wanted him to be able to have outings, so I did two or three different hat shapes and we tried them once he got his hair and makeup on,” Atwood tells MTV News. “I also found these amazing hundred-year-old sunglasses, but they were too small … so I took them and had them copied. And the color of the sunglasses and the color of the hat and his costume coat, which was a really dark green, is one of our favorite combos we’ve come up with in our work together.” The three-time Oscar winner (for “Alice in Wonderland,” “Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Chicago”) admits that Depp’s professionalism has been key to their successful collaboration, saying, “There’s a lot of trust there for both of us, so it’s a nice process, because … if he has an idea, it comes from someplace; it’s not just some wanky fashion idea.” If the early photos are any indication, Atwood has outdone herself yet again. Depp’s Barnabas looks simultaneously terrifying and alluring, and co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz and Helena Bonham Carter’s dark, high-style extravagance looks like a perfect fit for the Gothic world Burton has created. Are you loving the look Atwood has created for “Dark Shadows”? Sound off in the comments below and tweet me at @JohnMitchell83 with your thoughts and suggestions for future columns! Check out everything we’ve got on “Dark Shadows.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
Salma Hayek is posing with big stuffed animals…you know tapping into all kinds of furry fetishists…from the traditional freaks who get off to giant mascot like, children’s TV show-like, muppet-like, giant halloween costume-like creatures fucking or getting fucked…as well as the other furry fetishists who just like dark complexioned hairy bitches…I saw that Frida Khalo movie, I learned what kind of MOVEMBER this bitch can produce….and to some that’s porn….to me…I’m just into her mexicana tits….married, mom, boring or not. They’ll always represent pride to my motherland….
Chely Wright, 40, wed Lauren Blitzer, 30, a GLBT Civil Rights activist, at Blitzer’s aunt’s home in Connecticut. Both brides wore white wedding gowns, but opted out of wearing veils because, Wright told us, “We like our hair too much!” It was a serendipitous start to what would be a fairy tale ending. Just two weeks after coming out last year, country singer Chely Wright met her partner, Lauren Blitzer. And on Saturday, they were married. The couple also axed the traditional wedding band and
