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Post by artemis on Dec 7, 2012 4:35:04 GMT -5
AMANDA BYNES again....
"Bynes hits clubs sad and alone
Spotting transplanted LA star Amanda Bynes has become the “Where’s Waldo?” of New York’s club scene. The former Nickelodeon actress — who has a hearing in her alleged hit-and-run case in LA Dec. 17 — was seen at new club Rosewood in a “white midriff-baring shirt, a ton of makeup and super-long false eyelashes” yesterday around 1 a.m. “She seemed sad and empty-eyed,” a spy said. “She kept looking around like she wanted someone to talk to her.” Bynes occasionally raised her hand in the air to dance before heading out after an hour. She then surfaced at Meatpacking club SL “by herself, just walking around bumping into people,” a witness said. “She tapped a girl on the shoulder and asked to take a picture of her outfit. The girl recognized her and asked for a picture in return. But Amanda said that wasn’t her name and told her ‘no photos.’ ” On Monday night, Bynes was at a Duane Reade with newly dyed purple locks and a suspicious-looking cigarette. A source said, “She was blatantly smoking and she had lipstick all over her face.” A rep for Bynes didn’t return calls."
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Post by artemis on Dec 8, 2012 6:40:23 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Dec 8, 2012 6:44:28 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Dec 10, 2012 5:29:01 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Dec 10, 2012 13:47:41 GMT -5
South Korea's "PSY" (wink wink) bows down and grovels before the South Korea-occupying, and previously, genociding, U.S. military and commander-in-chieftain Fobama:
Obama Meets PSY After Soldier Remark
By Matthew Larotonda | ABC News Blogs – 16 hrs ago
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama and his family participated in the 31st annual "Christmas in Washington" charity concert today. Featuring performances including Motown icon Diana Ross and the Naval Academy Glee Club, the event's proceeds are donated to a leading children's hospital.
"Tonight is a chance to get in the Christmas spirit, to spread some joy and sing along to artists who have much better voices than we do," Obama said in remarks toward the end of the evening. "But it's also a chance to make a real difference in the lives of some very brave young people being treated at Children's National Medical Center. Many of these kids and their parents are going through tough times right now and your support helps give them a reason to hope."
The president said he wished the spirit of giving lasted throughout the entire year because, "that's really what Christmas is all about." Obama went on to comment that while it is a holiday of the Christian faith, many world religions espouse treating "our brothers and sisters with the same love and compassion that we want for ourselves."
"Each of us is incredibly blessed in so many ways," he said. "But those blessings aren't just meant to be enjoyed, they're meant to be used and shared with those who have less."
Entertainment for Christmas in Washington is not chosen by the White House, but it has been tradition for presidents to attend the charity event since its inception in [Reagan-Bush gov]1981. Tonight's gathering was hosted by late-night comedian Conan O'Brien.
"Yes, tonight is about Conan, and Diana Ross, and Santa, all the other talented folks on this stage," Obama continued. "But it's also about the Americans who are spending this holiday in a hospital bed or a shelter, or protecting our freedom on the battlefield far from home."
The president concluded by asking the audience to keep those less fortunate in their prayers. TNT network will broadcast the performance on Dec. 21.
Before his remarks the president met with the "elves" of the event, child performers dressed as Santa Claus' helpers. As the children rang jingle bells President Obama cheered, "Ho, Ho, Ho," adding, "You might be the best elves ever."
The elves were once patients of the children's hospital and were attending the performance with their families.
Tonight's festivities weren't without some controversy, however, over the stage appearance of South Korean rapper PSY.
PSY rose to international stardom this year when his single, "Gangnam Style" went viral, eventually setting a new record as the most watched video on YouTube. But his image was marred last week when footage surfaced of the artist singing explicit, derogatory lyrics aimed at insulting U.S. service members in 2004.
In 2002 he smashed a model of an American tank on stage. The artist, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, issued a lengthy apology on Friday for the performances.
"While I'm grateful for the freedom to express one's self I've learned there are limits to what language is appropriate and I'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted," it reads. "I will forever be sorry for any pain I have caused anyone by those words."
The full text and background of PSY's apology can be found here. Gangnam Style is a satirical work about the Gangnam-gu district of Seoul, a wealthy and influential area of the capital. The music video's amusing choreography, imagery, and catchy track helped propel it to the top of American music charts, but as reported by the Atlantic, its subversive critique of the region's opulence and class divide may have been lost in translation on some western listeners.
Psy has made numerous appearances on U.S. television, including " Good Morning America."
The [CIA scripted-]Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Post by artemis on Dec 11, 2012 6:17:52 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Dec 12, 2012 5:40:58 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Dec 12, 2012 5:42:40 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Dec 13, 2012 16:38:12 GMT -5
"Oregon Mall Shooter Jacob Roberts Quit His Job, Seemed ‘Numb’ Before Attack
In the days before he stole a semiautomatic weapon and stormed into an Oregon shopping mall, killing two people in a shooting spree, Jacob Roberts quit his job, sold his belongings and began to seem “numb†to those closest to him.
Roberts’ ex-girlfriend, Hannah Patricia Sansburn, 20, told ABC News today that the man who donned a hockey mask and opened fire on Christmas shoppers was typically happy and liked to joke around, but abruptly changed in the week before the shooting.
Roberts unleashed a murderous volley of gunfire on the second floor of the Clackamas Town Center on Tuesday while wearing the mask and black clothing, and carrying an AR-15 semiautomatic weapon and “several†magazines full of ammunition. He ended his barrage by walking down to the first floor of the mall and committing suicide.
“I don’t understand,†Sansburn said. “I was just with him. I just talked to him. I didn’t believe it was him at all. Not one part of me believed it.â€
She said that in recent weeks, Roberts quit his job at a gyro shop in downtown Portland and sold all of his belongings, telling her that he was moving to Hawaii. He had even purchased a ticket.
She now wonders if he was really planning to move.
“He was supposed to catch a flight Saturday and I texted him, and asked how his flight went, and he told me, ‘oh, I got drunk and didn’t make the flight,’†she said. “And then this happens… It makes me think, was he even planning on going to Hawaii? He quit his job, sold all of his things.â€
Roberts described himself on his Facebook page as an “adrenaline junkie,†and said he is the kind of person who thinks, “I’m going to do what I want.â€
Roberts, who attended Clackamas Community college, posted a picture of himself on his Facebook page firing a gun at a target. His Facebook photo showed graffiti in which the words “Follow Your Dreams†were painted over with the word “Cancelled.â€
Sansburn said the pair had dated for nearly a year but had broke up over the summer. Throughout their relationship, she had never seen him act violently or get angry.
“Jake was never the violent type. He didn’t go out of his way to try to hurt people or upset people. His main goal was to make you laugh, smile, make you feel comfortable. I never would have guessed him to do anything like this ever,†she said.
“You can’t reconcile the differences. I hate him for what he did, but I can’t hate the person I knew because it was nothing like the person who would go into a mall and go on a rampage. I would never associate the two at all.â€
The last time she saw him, which was last week, he “seemed numb,†and she didn’t understand why, she said.
“I just talked to him, stayed the night with him, and he just seemed numb if anything. He’s usually very bubbly and happy, and I asked him why, what had changed, and said ‘nothing.’ He just had so much he had to do before he went to Hawaii that he was trying to distance himself from Portland,†Sansburn said.
Sansburn said the last message she sent Roberts was a text, asking him to stay, and saying she didn’t want him to leave. He replied “I’m sorry,†with a sad face emoticon.
Police are still seeking information about what Roberts was doing in the days leading up to the shooting. They said today they believe Roberts stole the gun he used in the rampage from someone he knew. They have searched his home and his car for other clues into his motive.
Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts said earlier today on “Good Morning America†that he believes Roberts went into the mall with the goal of killing as many people as he could.
“I believe, at least from the information that’s been provided to me at this point in time, it really was a killing of total strangers. To my knowledge at this point in time he was really trying, I think, to kill as many people as possible.â€
Sansburn said she has not talked to police.
Roberts’ mother, Tami Roberts, released a statement through a friend today saying she had no explanation of her son’s behavior.
“Tami Roberts wishes to express her shock and grief at the events at Clackamas Town Center Tuesday,†the friend said, reading from a statement outside of Tami Roberts’ home.
The friend noted that Tami raised Roberts, but was not his biological mother. Sansburn said that Roberts’ biological mother had died when he was very young.
“She has no understanding or explanation for her son’s behavior…It’s so out of his character,†the friend said.
Officials from the Oregon City School District, where Roberts graduated from Oregon City High School, were also surprised at the news.
“This news is very shocking to those who knew Jacob while at OCHS. He was known as a soft spoken and polite young man who was often eager to be helpful. The motive for such a horrific act is likely to remain a mystery to us all,†the district said in a statement.
Roberts had attended the school for only his senior year. He spent three years at Milwaukie High School, where officials described him as an “average student with average grades.â€
He had no disciplinary record at the school, but chose to transfer for his senior year to Oregon City High School, according to Joe Krumm, an administrator at the North Clackamas School District. Krumm did not know why he transferred, and said that in all, Roberts did not stand out in memory for anything in particular."
SOUNDS LIKE MIND CONTROL COMPLETELY....
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Post by artemis on Dec 15, 2012 6:49:13 GMT -5
"Lindsay Lohan ‘has been pulling out clumps of her hair & acting like a zombie’
The ENQUIRER reports in exclusive cover story that LINDSAY LOHAN is more than GONE – she’s FAR gone and may be heading for the last round-up.
Lindsay Lohan continued her downward spiral of self-destructive behavior when she was busted for allegedly slugging another woman in a New York hotspot – and now pals of the troubled actress are saying there is only one thing that can save her!
In the latest issue of The ENQUIRER, we reveal the drastic steps that those close to Lindsay, 26, say she needs to take or risk becoming another Hollywood tragedy.
“At this point, Lindsay is so screwed up that her only hope of survival is an intense stint in a mental hospital under expert care,†an insider says.
‘The problem is that she surrounds herself with users and ‘yes’ people, including her own mother,†an insider told The ENQUIRER. “They’re nothing but phonies and takers – and they’re letting her run wild! Family members and old friends who truly care about her believe that her last chance is being admitted to a facility for a completely mental evaluation.â€
Disturbingly, the latest arrest of the “Mean Girls†star came after sources claim she’d been guzzling up to two bottles of vodka a day.
Adding to her problems, Lindsay – who already has a long rap sheet — is facing jail time for allegedly lying to police about an L.A. car crash in June.
What’s more, her finances are in shambles with the IRS hounding her to pay a whopping $250,000 in back taxes. And her performance as screen legend Elizabeth Taylor in the recent TV flick Liz and Dick was panned by critics.
Meanwhile, her behavior is growing more and more erratic.
“Lindsay has been pulling out clumps of her hair and she talks to herself constantly, shouting and cursing when she thinks nobody is around,†confided the insider. “She wanders around in the dead of night like a zombie, half-awake but in a zoned-out trance. She’s in total denial about her problems, but she clearly needs to check herself into a psych ward for mental help. If it worked for Britney Spears, it can work for Lindsay.â€
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Post by artemis on Dec 15, 2012 6:49:52 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Dec 15, 2012 18:06:55 GMT -5
"Secretary of state faints, sustains concussion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting, the State Department said Saturday.
The 65-year-old Clinton, who's expected to leave her job soon, was recovering at home after the incident last week and is being monitored by doctors, according to a statement by aide Philippe Reines.
No further details were immediately available.
President Barack Obama telephoned his top diplomat Saturday to wish her well, a White House official said.
The State Department said Clinton was dehydrated because of the virus, fainted and sustained a concussion. She will continue to work from home in the week ahead and looks forward to returning to the office "soon," the statement said.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee said it won't hear from Clinton as planned at a Thursday hearing into the Sept. 11 attack against a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. The House Foreign Affairs Committee also said Clinton would no longer give scheduled testimony at its hearing Thursday on Libya.
Senior State Department officials William Burns and Thomas Nides are to take Clinton's place at both hearings.
Clinton's aides on Saturday informed the Senate committee chairman, Sen. John Kerry, about her health, and the Massachusetts Democrat "insisted that given her condition, she could not and should not appear" as planned, said Kerry spokeswoman Jodi Seth. Obama is expected to nominate Kerry to succeed Clinton.
Clinton backed out of a trip to North Africa and the Persian Gulf on Monday because she was sick. She caught the virus during a recent visit to Europe.
The former first lady is known for her grueling travel schedule and is the most traveled secretary of state, having visited 112 countries while in the job."
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Post by artemis on Dec 16, 2012 7:44:33 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Dec 22, 2012 5:39:25 GMT -5
"Sharon Stone turned a 30-minute school tour into a tour de force of insanity
What’s worse than a bratty, know-it-all kid? A parent who’s the same way! Sharon Stone, who for years lied about having a high IQ, is still desperate to paint herself as smarter than everyone else. According to a mother at the prestigious Buckley School in LA, Sharon recently drove a tour the other parents crazy with her commentary during a tour of the school."
“All the parents thought she was stark, raving mad,†the mom tells Star. “What was meant to be a 30-minute tour turned into 90 minutes, because Sharon asked the school tour guide hundreds of questions. Everyone was rolling their eyes.â€
Sharon, whose 12-year-old son Roan, is a prospective student, was pressing the school guide with irrelevant queries. “She loudly blurted out all these questions that had absolutely no point, such as ‘Why does the school start so early?’ And ‘Why do you offer those classes? Can I add a class?’ She acted like she wanted to change the entire school around.â€
Well, that was a sheer demonstration of what mind control can do to u....
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Post by artemis on Dec 25, 2012 5:52:33 GMT -5
"Ministry Guitarist Mike Scaccia Dies After Onstage Collapse Played on group's most popular album, 'Psalm 69'
Mike Scaccia, the guitarist for Ministry and Rigor Mortis, died on Saturday night at the age of 47. Scaccia was performing onstage at the Rail Club in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of a 50th birthday celebration for Rigor Mortis singer Bruce Corbitt, when he collapsed. Shortly afterwards, he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The medical examiner listed the cause of death as a sudden heart attack brought on by heart disease, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reports. Earlier accounts, including one from the rock blog Blabbermouth.net, attributed the collapse to a seizure and noted that Scaccia had reportedly asked for the strobe lights in the club to be turned off during the performance moments before he fell.
Scaccia was born in Babylon, New York, on July 14th, 1965, and formed thrash metallists Rigor Mortis in 1983. Six years later, the guitarist was invited by Al Jourgensen to join Ministry. The first full-length Ministry studio recording to feature Scaccia was the group's most commercially successful release, 1992's Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, which spawned such industrial metal classics as "N.W.O." and "Jesus Built My Hotrod," and was supported by an appearance on Lollapalooza that same year.
Additionally, Scaccia appeared on recordings by a host of Ministry offshoot bands, including the Revolting Cocks, Lard, and Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters. The most recent Ministry album that Scaccia appeared on was this year's Relapse.
On Corbitt's Facebook page, the singer posted the following statement shortly after Scaccia's passing: "My brother is gone! The only reason I am who I am is because of this man. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't even be in a band. RIP Mike Scaccia! The greatest guitar player I ever knew!"
Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen later posted a statement on the band's Facebook page:
"I just lost my lil' brother and my best friend – the 13th Planet compound is devastated, completely in shock and shattered," the note reads, in part. "Mikey was not only the best guitar player in the history of music, but he was a close, close, close part of our family – and I just lost a huge chunk of my heart today. Our lives are forever changed. Life without Mikey is like orange juice without pulp – kind of bland. I have no words to express what this guy meant to me, my family, my career. . . . Everything!"
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