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Octomom Auctioning Off Date With Herself: You Buying?!

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

How much would you pay to date Octomom Nadya Suleman? If you said $2,510, you’re both really good at this game or certifiably nuts. Either way, you can experience the aforementioned scenario. How? The adult film star, payday loan spokeswoman and otherwise employed mother of 14 is auctioning off a date with herself to earn some cash money. Wonder how new BF Frankie Grageda feels about this … Facing imminent foreclosure and removal from her La Habra, Calif., home, apparently Nadya begging fans for mortgage help didn’t do the trick. Octomom created an online dating profile for a site called What’sYourPrice (dot) com, where users can pay other users to go out with them. There’s at least some interest out there in the baby factory. Bidding started at a modest $500, and has since escalated to a more respectable $2,509 . Whoever bid that needs a psych evaluation, but $2,510 and she’s yours for the taking. Her profile says she has 14 kids and loves to laugh. The only question: What the heck you all waiting for, guys!?! Octomom Nadya Suleman: Would you hit it? [Photo: Pacific Coast News]

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Wisconsin Shooting at Sikh Temple Leaves Seven Dead

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Two weeks after the horrific shooting in Aurora, Colorado claimed 12 lives, another gunman opened fire today inside a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. At least seven people, including the perpetrator, were found dead at the scene, with Police Chief Bradley Wentlandt telling reporters that a wounded officer returned shots at the unnamed culprit and took his life, ending the massacre. Four bodies were found inside the temple and three outside of it, including the gunman. Darshan Dhaliwal, one of the temple’s leaders, said the final tally is unknown. As as the motivations of the shooter. “Our dear ones and near ones are injured and hurt, and we are trying to find out what happened,” Dhaliwal told WTMJ. The Sikh religion originated in northern India in the early 1500s and is comprised of approximately 25 million people around the world, 700,000 of whom reside in the United States. It’s unknown, of course, if the killer was specifically targeting members of the religion. State Rep. Josh Zepnick, who represents much of the Milwaukee area’s Sikh community, told WTMJ he was “torn to shreds” by the attack. “It’s a very peace-loving community that has successfully integrated and assimilated into the metropolitan Milwaukee area.”

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Usain Bolt vs. The Field: Who Won the 100 Meters?

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It’s arguably the most anticipated event of every Summer Olympics, and the London 2012 edition did not disappoint. With 2008 Gold Medal honoree and world record holder Usain Bolt looking to stave off competition from countryman Yohan Blake and U.S. sprinter Justin Gatlin, who came out on top of today’s 100-meter dash? BOLT! The reigning Olympic champion went back-to-back, setting a blistering pace and also an Olympic record with a ridiculous time of 9.63 seconds. Blake came in second at 9.75 seconds and Gatlin earned Bronze with a time of 9.79. The Fastest Man in the History of the World will next compete in the 200 meters. Get your popcorn ready, people.

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Missy Franklin and Michael Phelps: How Did They Fare?

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Missy Franklin and Michael Phelps, two U.S. standouts from the first week of the London Olympics, each leaped back in to the pool this afternoon in hopes of adding to their already-impressive medal count. Did they succeed? NBC will air the races tonight, so stop reading now if you wish to be surprised on television… YES! Both Franklin and Phelps took home even more Gold, leaving competitors far behind and leaving an even more indelible mark on these Games. Franklin actually set a world record in the 200 meter backstroke, touching the wall in 2 minutes 4.06 seconds, a full second ahead ofRussia’s Anastasia Zueva. The winning medal is Franklin’s third Gold and fourth overall. And she’s only 17, people! Phelps, meanwhile, already the most decorated athlete in Olympic history , increased his haul with a come-from-behind win in the 100 meter butterfly. The ridiculous star now possesses 17 Gold medals and 21 in all. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH!

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Rebecca Soni Wins Gold, Destroys World Record in Swimming Final

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Adding her name to the growing U.S. roster of swimming gold medalists at the London Olympics, Rebecca Soni absolutely dominated the 200-meter breaststroke last night, shattering her own world record to boot. To call it an impressive swim would be an understatement. Rebecca Soni ruled every heat she swam in the 200 breaststroke in London, setting a short-lived world record in her semifinal Wednesday night. She topped that by winning gold – and lowering her world record from 2:20.00 to an amazing 2:19.59 – Thursday at the London Aquatics Centre. “I’m so happy,” said the New Jersey native. “I didn’t focus on medals or records or whatever. I just wanted to swim my race the way I knew I could.” “It’s been my goal since I was a kid to go under 2:20. That’s what my coach (in high school) told me: ‘You’re going to be the first woman to go under 2:20.'” “To break it again tonight, it’s just unreal,” she said. “I guess it’s been four years in the works, training really hard every day. I couldn’t be happier.” Check out the video of Soni’s record-setting effort after the jump:

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Midday Motivation | The Power Of Focus

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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“Life is a reflection of what you think, if your thoughts are filled with negativity, the world you see will be the same.” ~ @TheGodLight…

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The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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Snooki Moves Out Of ‘Jersey Shore’ House

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘They’re starting to take those next steps into adulthood,’ an MTV executive said of Snooki’s new next-door digs. By Gil Kaufman Snooki Photo: Getty Images The Smush Room is no place to raise a baby. That might explain why pregnant Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 
 has moved out of the “Jersey Shore” house and into an adjacent space where she can focus on impending mommyhood. “It’s not a prison,” MTV’s executive VP of programming and head of production, Chris Linn told Entertainment Weekly about the legendary “Shore” house. “I know she’s concerned about the perception of her being a pregnant woman in a party house. I think that’s a common experience among a group of friends when somebody gets pregnant. This is an opportunity to see how she deals with it and how the rest of the house deals with it. The show has always been about following what’s really happening in their lives.” That move is just one of the changes Linn said viewers will see when the sixth season of “Shore” hits the air. As Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino told MTV News in an exclusive interview , he’s hitting the shore clean and sober for the first time and plans on making it out to the usual hotspots like Karma while keeping the partying to a minimum. Jenni “JWoww” Farley is in a committed relationship with her beloved tattooed gorilla, Roger and Snooki’s sidekick, Deena Cortese is spoken for as well. “They’re starting to take those next steps into adulthood,” said Linn. “What’s going to be different this season is how much their lives had changed.” The “Shore” kids made their Seaside Heights home-away-from-home last week after an 11-month hiatus, the longest in the show’s history. And, after just a few days in the house, as promised, Snooki packed up her fuzzy slippers and beloved Crocodilly and moved next door. Though it’s the fighting, drinking and hook-ups that have made “Shore” an international sensation, Linn said producers are not worried about the big life changes their cast has gone through over the past year. “I don’t think anybody expected Snooki to be the one to blaze that trail, but she is, and it’s going to change the dynamic with everybody else,” Linn said. “She’s just as funny, if not funnier, than she’s ever been.” Among the other changes: a planned skydiving excursion had to be scrapped due to Snooki’s pregnancy, but executive producer SallyAnn Salsano said that doesn’t mean we’ll suddenly be watching Vinnie and Pauly D sitting around reading Proust and discussing the European financial crisis. She said the upcoming season will be “a different kind of entertaining,” with lots of jokes about Snooki’s pregnancy and Mike’s sobriety. “It’s like a high school sex-ed video gone insane,” she said. Related Videos Exclusive: Mike ‘The Situation’ Speaks

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Snooki Moves Out Of ‘Jersey Shore’ House

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

‘They’re starting to take those next steps into adulthood,’ an MTV executive said of Snooki’s new next-door digs. By Gil Kaufman Snooki Photo: Getty Images The Smush Room is no place to raise a baby. That might explain why pregnant Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 
 has moved out of the “Jersey Shore” house and into an adjacent space where she can focus on impending mommyhood. “It’s not a prison,” MTV’s executive VP of programming and head of production, Chris Linn told Entertainment Weekly about the legendary “Shore” house. “I know she’s concerned about the perception of her being a pregnant woman in a party house. I think that’s a common experience among a group of friends when somebody gets pregnant. This is an opportunity to see how she deals with it and how the rest of the house deals with it. The show has always been about following what’s really happening in their lives.” That move is just one of the changes Linn said viewers will see when the sixth season of “Shore” hits the air. As Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino told MTV News in an exclusive interview , he’s hitting the shore clean and sober for the first time and plans on making it out to the usual hotspots like Karma while keeping the partying to a minimum. Jenni “JWoww” Farley is in a committed relationship with her beloved tattooed gorilla, Roger and Snooki’s sidekick, Deena Cortese is spoken for as well. “They’re starting to take those next steps into adulthood,” said Linn. “What’s going to be different this season is how much their lives had changed.” The “Shore” kids made their Seaside Heights home-away-from-home last week after an 11-month hiatus, the longest in the show’s history. And, after just a few days in the house, as promised, Snooki packed up her fuzzy slippers and beloved Crocodilly and moved next door. Though it’s the fighting, drinking and hook-ups that have made “Shore” an international sensation, Linn said producers are not worried about the big life changes their cast has gone through over the past year. “I don’t think anybody expected Snooki to be the one to blaze that trail, but she is, and it’s going to change the dynamic with everybody else,” Linn said. “She’s just as funny, if not funnier, than she’s ever been.” Among the other changes: a planned skydiving excursion had to be scrapped due to Snooki’s pregnancy, but executive producer SallyAnn Salsano said that doesn’t mean we’ll suddenly be watching Vinnie and Pauly D sitting around reading Proust and discussing the European financial crisis. She said the upcoming season will be “a different kind of entertaining,” with lots of jokes about Snooki’s pregnancy and Mike’s sobriety. “It’s like a high school sex-ed video gone insane,” she said. Related Videos Exclusive: Mike ‘The Situation’ Speaks

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Flaming Lips Enlist Grace Potter, Neon Indian In O Music Awards Record Attempt

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Band is aiming to top Jay-Z’s live concert record during the June 27 O Music Awards live stream. By Gil Kaufman The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images It takes a village to topple a record. That seems to be the thinking behind the Flaming Lips ‘ efforts to gather an army of musical cohorts to help them take aim at Jay-Z’s record for the most live concerts in 24 hours. As part of a record attempt that will take place over 24 hours during the June 27 O Music Awards , the Lips will try to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records by playing shows in eight different cities. We can now reveal that they will get some support from an eclectic group of musicians that includes festival favorites Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, modern bluesman Gary Clark Jr., country singer Hunter Hayes, and indie rock acts Givers, New Fumes, Neon Indian, and Grimes. Beginning June 27, the O Music Awards will play out across all of MTV’s screens and linear networks in the form of the world’s first 24-hour award-show live stream via a historic and hectic bus ride through the Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of rock and roll. Two-time O Music Award nominees and multiple Grammy winners Flaming Lips will board a vintage tour bus named Endeavor and zigzag across the region in an attempt to break the world record currently held by Jay-Z for the most live concerts in 24 hours. More support acts will be named soon, and each will play a full set before making way for the Lips to take the stage for their mini-sets with unique collaborations and special guests. Tickets for the shows go on sale Thursday (June 7) and can be purchased through the individual venues. Partial proceeds from the show will be donated to VH1’s Save the Music Foundation . Also, the entire show will be streamed live on OMusicAwards.com and accessible on all platforms including mobile and tablets. “I don’t remember if I was asked or if I volunteered. … But I’ve accepted the job of not driving but commandeering the Magical Mystery Merry Prankster bus,” Lips frontman Wayne Coyne told MTV News. “I’ve accepted the attempt at breaking the world record of performing eight shows in 24 hours. And I’ve explained to the music freaks at MTV, VH1 and CMT that I am not a host. … But I always liked the way Jerry Lewis would get all sweaty toward the end of his yearly telethon. To play and sing Flaming Lips songs at eight in the morning, well … I’m open to new experiences.” During the 24-hour live stream, 24 awards will be presented to winners. Fans can vote now up until the show via the O Music Awards website in a wide assortment of categories that include Must Follow Artist on Twitter, Best Online Concert Experience, Most Adorable Viral Star, Fan Army FTW, Best Music App and Digital Genius Award. Nearly 10 million votes have been cast since voting kicked off on May 23. You never know what’s going to happen on the live stream, where the Lips will be constantly “on,” as cameras follow them on the bus, on the stage and everywhere in between. Along the way, the band will meet up with fans and presenters who will dole out awards and, of course, deal with all the pitfalls and unexpected detours that a multi-state road trip entails — flat tires, stops at musical monuments, and perhaps the occasional music-making special guests and hitchhikers. The day before the big show, June 26, the Lips will release a physical version of The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, the previously digital-only album featuring unique collaborations with Yoko Ono, Nick Cave, Bon Iver, Ke$ha and an exclusive new track recorded with Ghostland Observatory’s Aaron Behrens. The Flaming Lips O Music Awards itinerary:

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