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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Wendy Davis: Rick Perry Has 'Made A Mockery' Of Texas' Rules
Perry ordered the Texas State Legislature Wednesday to meet for another 30-day special session on a plan that would impose severe abortion restrictions, including the closure of nearly every clinic in the state. Part of Perry's official statement cast Tuesday's events as a "breakdown of decorum and decency to prevent us from doing what the people of this state hired us to do."
In a Wednesday interview on MSNBC's "All In With Chris Hayes," Davis was asked to respond to Perry's "decorum" remark. She struck back at the governor and Lt. Gov David Dewhurst, panning them as the ones who "led the charge" on the decorum breakdown.
"They have overridden and made a mockery of all of the rules that we run by in this state," Davis said.
Dozens of Senate Democrats held different sentiments than Perry, praising Davis for her efforts. A group of 31 signed a letter Wednesday, thanking her for the "courage and determination in defeating S.B. 5, a bill that would have severely limited women's reproductive choices in Texas."
Justin Bieber’s Girl Jordan Ozuna Is Still Married, Says Mother-In-Law
Jordan Ozuna , 22, caught the world’s attention when she was spotted hanging out with Justin Bieber, 19, at an indoor skydiving arena in Las Vegas on June 16. But Jordan’s estranged mother-in-law revealed in a new interview that the 22-year-old former Hooter’s waitress is still married!
Justin Bieber’s New Girl Jordan Ozuna Married
Jordan and Justin enjoyed a PDA-packed date at an indoor skydiving arena called Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving. But the waitress and model isn’t exactly single! Jordan’s estranged mother-in-law Kim Ozuna told Celebuzz the 22-year-old is still married to her son Daniel Ozuna.
“She’s still married,” Kim said, and added that she and her son married “right out of high school.”
But Justin doesn’t need to worry — Jordan isn’t exactly having an affair.
“They’ve been separated a good year,” Kim added. “They were very young when they got married … They’ll figure it out on their own.”
“They’re probably in the process of getting divorced,” the estranged mother-in-law revealed.
Nelson Mandela On Life Support (REPORT)
The former South African president's health remained critical for the fourth consecutive day as tribal leaders reportedly were warned to prepare for his death.
According to Sky News' chief correspondent in South Africa, multiple sources confirmed that Mandela is no longer able to breathe unassisted. He has been undergoing treatment, including renal dialysis, at the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria since June 8.
According to Reuters, South African President Jacob Zuma was scheduled to travel to Mozambique on Thursday -- that trip has now been canceled.
In an interview with CNN Tuesday, Mandela's daughter Makaziwe, the sole surviving child from his first marriage to the late Evelyn Mandela, said the family was enjoying “quality and sacred moments” with her father.
“All I pray for as a daughter is that the transition is smooth. He is at peace with himself. He has given so much to the world. I believe he is at peace," Makaziwe said.
This story is developing, please check back for updates.
Prosecutors say NFL star Aaron Hernandez 'orchestrated execution,' concealed evidence
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez drove his friend to a remote spot in an industrial park in the dead of night and — still fuming from a fight at a nightclub three nights earlier — "orchestrated his execution," prosecutors alleged in a Massachusetts court Wednesday.
Hernandez pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and five firearms charges, including possessing a large-capacity firearm, more than a week after the body of Odin Lloyd, 27, was found near his Massachusetts home. A judge ordered him held without bail.
Hernandez "drove the victim to the remote spot, and he then orchestrated his execution. That's what it was," First Assistant District Attorney William McCauley said in Attleboro District Court.
"As (Lloyd) tried to turn, he was shot in the back, and the defendant and his confederates stood over him and delivered the two fatal shots," McCauley said, adding: "He orchestrated the crime from the beginning and took steps to conceal and destroy evidence."
Wearing a white V-neck shirt, red sports shorts and handcuffs, Hernandez showed no emotion as prosecutors laid out a bruising account of what allegedly happened the night Lloyd, a semi-professional football player, was killed, citing what they say is surveillance camera footage, text messages and witnesses who were working the overnight shift who heard gunshots as evidence. Hernandez wiped tears from his face at the very end of the arraignment.
Lloyd's bullet-punctured body was found by a jogger June 17 in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's North Attleborough home. The death was ruled a homicide.
Prosecutors said that the killing was prompted by a fight between the two friends during a trip June 14 to a Boston nightclub. Three days later, Hernandez and two friends allegedly picked Lloyd up at his house at 2:30 a.m. Surveillance footage from Hernandez's house shows him leaving earlier in the night with a weapon, prosecutors said.
After getting into the car, Lloyd allegedly texted a family member, asking, "Did you see who I am with," prosecutors said. He then texted that it was Hernandez and followed it up with "Just so you know" in another text message, the prosecutors alleged during the arraignment.
Later that morning, between 3:23 a.m. and 3:27 a.m., employees who were working the overnight shift at the industrial park where Lloyd's body would later be found reported hearing gunshots, authorities said. It's not clear who investigators believe fired the shots.
"It is at bottom a circumstantial case. It is not a strong case," Michael Fee, Hernandez's attorney, said in court.
Prosecutors allege that security videos from Hernandez's house show him with firearms after Lloyd was murdered and show a Nissan Altima — the same type of car Hernandez had rented — going to and coming from the site where Lloyd's body would be found. He was seen exiting the vehicle at 3:29 a.m. with a gun at his home on the surveillance footage, prosecutors claim, shortly after authorities say Lloyd was killed.
Hernandez, 23, was placed in handcuffs and put in a police cruiser just before 9 a.m. Wednesday by Massachusetts State Police and North Attleborough police. Authorities have searched his home, on the Rhode Island line not far from the Patriots' stadium, several times over the past week.
Less than two hours after the arrest, the Patriots announced they were releasing Hernandez.
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was taken out of his home in handcuffs more than a week after a body was found near his Massachusetts home.
"A young man was murdered last week and we extend our sympathies to the family and friends who mourn his loss. Words cannot express the disappointment we feel knowing that one of our players was arrested as a result of this investigation. We realize that law enforcement investigations into this matter are ongoing. We support their efforts and respect the process. At this time, we believe this transaction is simply the right thing to do," a statement from the team read.
The Patriots drafted Hernandez in 2010. Last summer, the team gave Hernandez a five-year contractworth $40 million, including a signing bonus of $12.5 million.
The investigation also cost Hernandez his endorsement contract with CytoSport, which makes Muscle Milk and other supplements for athletes, last week.
'I cried, I cried': DOMA widow says on hearing of Supreme Court win
Smiling and at some times emotional, Edie Windsor said: “I cried, I cried,” after learning of her landmark victory, hailed by one of her attorneys, James Esseks, as a “watershed” moment in the decades-long battle for gay rights.
“We won everything we asked and hoped for. Wow,” she told a room full of reporters at The Center, a LGBT rights community center in New York City.
The victory means the federal government must recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples married in the 12 states that allow same-sex marriage, plus the District of Columbia, and give them the same benefits that they had been previously denied under the struck-down law, the Defense of Marriage Act (or DOMA).
Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said it meant the end of what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had called "skim-milk marriage" during oral arguments in March.
“I thought we had every right to win. I thought our arguments were sound and everyone else's were insane,” she quipped.
Windsor noted that her journey as a lesbian throughout the decades meant she had had to lie a lot of the time about her sexuality. Her other attorney, Roberta Kaplan, likened Windsor to Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks and Harvey Milk.
“It makes me feel incredibly proud and humble,” Windsor said.
Windsor launched her lawsuit after getting a bill for $363,000 in estate taxes after her wife, Thea Spyer, died in 2009 – two years following the couple's marriage in Canada. She noted that if her spouse had been named “Theo,” she wouldn't have received that bill.
She was heartbroken after Spyer’s death but also “overwhelmed with a sense of injustice and unfairness” and decided to sue to get her money back.
“Children born today will grow up in a world without DOMA. And those same children who happen to be gay will be free to love and get married – as Thea and I did – but with the same federal benefits, protections and dignity as everyone else,” Windsor said. “If I had to survive Thea, what a glorious way to do it and she would be so pleased."
Kaplan said Windsor would recoup that money plus interest, as would other couples who brought a case. For other couples, who are married now, the reimbursement will depend on each federal program and benefit. DOMA had blocked the access of same-sex married couples to more than 1,100 federal benefits.
As to the future, Windsor said she would be supportive of the ongoing efforts to bring same-sex marriage nationwide but would otherwise take a back seat.
"I don't have a ton of years left and I would like to relax a little bit," she said lightheartedly.
And when asked what she thought Thea, her partner of 44 years, would say on this big day, Windsor surmised: “You did it, honey.”
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
My Nanny Snuck into Michael Jackson's Bed
Video of Paris' deposition was played in court Tuesday ... and the highlight was her description of Michael's relationship with ex-nanny Grace Rwaramba.
In the depo ... Paris explained to attorneys for AEG that Michael warned his children about Grace, telling them ... "She was sneaky. She wasn't an honest person, and she lied a lot."
Paris said she didn't know specifically what she lied about -- but then seemed to suddenly remember one freaky detail about Grace sneaking into Michael's bed while they were staying in hotels.
Paris starts out saying ... "This is gonna freak you out."
She's right. You gotta hear it, and really interesting to hear it in Paris' words.
Holly Madison Is Engaged! All the Romantic Proposal Details
Her boyfriend, Pasquale Rotella, proposed over the weekend in Las Vegas, the former “Girls Next Door” star revealed on her blog.
“I got engaged on Sunday! My fiancé was so wonderful in creating such a romantic night! He proposed to me at the top of the Ferris wheel at EDC Las Vegas,” she wrote. “I was so happy that so many of our close friends were there to share the wonderful moment. We rode around the festival on the art car until the sun came up!”
It’s been a big year for the couple, who welcomed their daughter, Rainbow Aurora, in March.
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Since then, Madison, 33, has been enjoying downtime with her new family–and now, she’ll have to start planning a wedding.
“I couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful or magical proposal,” she said.
Producer of Discovery show Naked and Afraid claims it is not 'exploitative' to film contestants nude but that it creates a 'pure survival experience'
An executive producer behind new reality show Naked and Afraid - which involves contestants being dropped in the jungle without food, water or clothing - has said that nudity on the program was never mean to be 'exploitative'.
Each week, a new pair of complete strangers - one man and one woman - find themselves stranded in and, quite literally, exposed to some of the world's most extreme weather environments.
An executive producer on the Discovery show, which started last Sunday, explained that the nudity on the show is not exploitative but merely part of creating a realistic wilderness experience.
Each week, a new pair of complete strangers - one man and one woman - find themselves stranded in and, quite literally, exposed to some of the world's most extreme weather environments.
An executive producer on the Discovery show, which started last Sunday, explained that the nudity on the show is not exploitative but merely part of creating a realistic wilderness experience.
When asked if she thought that nudity would get more people watching the show, Discovery producer Denise Contis told salon.com: 'Well, we didn’t develop the show to be exploitative, ever.
'We always developed it with our filter being ''how do we protect and it make it a pure survival experience?'''
The contestants private parts are blurred when the show is broadcast.
Naked and Afraid is billed as taking 'survival of the fittest' to the next level - and dubbed 'the Everest of survival challenges'.
Each duo is left high and dry with no food, no water and and no clothes. They must survive on their own for a full 21 days, with nothing but one personal item each.
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According to Ms Contis, no one brought clothing as their item but preferred practical items such as a small cup, machete and goggles.
The dramatic trailer says that humans can only go three days without water - with the human body beginning to shut down after three weeks without food.
And contestants are seen desperately scrambling for something to eat, with one woman seen killing a fish as her partner yells 'chop its head off', as tells it 'you're my dinner'.
While another kills a snake, telling the camera: 'It will still bite you even though I cut its damn head off.'
He's paired up with Kellie Nightlinger, 38, an adventure guide from Alaska, who worked in law enforcement and as a rock minor. She is now a guide for glacier and whale watching adventures - and once survived in the Everglades for a week by herself, even being harpooned by an alligator.
Jonathan Klay, 36, a former Marine and bodyguard from LA joined Alison Teal, a 27-year-old surfer and filmmaker from Hawaii who currently lives in a Robinson Crusoe-style grass hut that she built with her parents over the last 20 years.
Survival instructor and country and western singer-songwriter Clint Jivoin, 24, from Indiana, says that ninety percent of his diet comes from his own hunting and wild edible plants; however, he is adamant in his disdain for sport hunting: 'Disgusting and despicable; if you kill it, then you’d better eat it.'
He's paired up with Kellie Nightlinger, 38, an adventure guide from Alaska, who worked in law enforcement and as a rock minor. She is now a guide for glacier and whale watching adventures - and once survived in the Everglades for a week by herself, even being harpooned by an alligator.
Jonathan Klay, 36, a former Marine and bodyguard from LA joined Alison Teal, a 27-year-old surfer and filmmaker from Hawaii who currently lives in a Robinson Crusoe-style grass hut that she built with her parents over the last 20 years.
Survival instructor and country and western singer-songwriter Clint Jivoin, 24, from Indiana, says that ninety percent of his diet comes from his own hunting and wild edible plants; however, he is adamant in his disdain for sport hunting: 'Disgusting and despicable; if you kill it, then you’d better eat it.'
Zara Hartshorn: Teen Receives Life Changing Face-Lift
The young girl began showing visible symptoms at four-years-old when children began teasing her with names like “monkey” and “granny.”
Strangers have looked at the young girl with confusion, believing she is the mother of her 17-year-old sister. In one particularly embarrassing case, she was kicked off a bus for attempting to ride in a child’s seat.
After years of torment, Zara Hartshorn is finally receiving help from a doctor in the United States. Speaking to Britain’s Channel 5, she says:
“I’ve carried some hurtful comments with me all my life but now I feel ready to leave the past behind and forgive and forget. Before I had surgery I was picked on for looking different. Now I look the same as other girls my age.”
Zara received her life changing surgery after lipodystrophy expert Dr. Abhimanyu Garg of University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas heard of her story. Dr. Garg performed genetic testing on the teen and her mom. The women originally believed they suffered from lipodystrophy, a condition that leads to the loss of fatty tissue in the face that typically occurs much later in life. Genetic testing however revealed that the women actually suffer from cutis laxa, an even more rare condition that causes a loss of skin elasticity. Cutis laxa can also lead to lung, heart, and joint problems and a shortened life expectancy.
While Dr. Garg can’t cure the disease, he did provide the 16-year-old girl with a free face-lift and nose augmentation.
Understanding that her life expectancy may be shorted, Zara Hartshorn says she will go to college and open a beauty salon.
Monica Lewinsky Negligee For Sale, But Not Infamous Blue Dress
Among the letters and clothing items are an extra large black negligee and a large blue velour hoodie, but not the infamous blue dress, which played a role in proving the president and the intern had an inapropriate relationship in the 1990s.
The 32 items at one point belonged to Andy Bleiler, another married man with whom Lewinsky allegedly conducted an affair while she interned at the White House. In conducting his investigation into the president, special prosecutor learned of Lewinsky’s affair with Bleiler and took the items “to examine as potential evidence,” according to auction house Nate D. Sanders.
The lot is believed to be worth between $25,000 and $50,000. Online bidding concludes June 27. By Tuesday afternoon, the highest bid was $2,750.
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Many of the items, including a birthday card Lewinsky asked the president to write Bleiler, as well as White House Matches and chocolates, were given to Bleiler by Lewinsky as gifts.
Star “examined each of the items in this lot as evidence in [the] impeachment case against Bill Clinton,” Sanders said in a statement.
The items are currently owned by Kate Nason, Bleiler’s now ex-wife.
Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on perjury and obstruction of justice charges in 1998, but acquitted by the Senate and completed his term.
Lewinsky is currently believed to be living in the United Kingdom. Emails to her known representatives were not immediately returned.
Jodie Sweetin splits from third husband
She filed documents Monday in Los Angeles seeking a legal separation from husband Morty Coyle, reports TMZ. They married in March 2012.
According to the court papers, Sweetin wants their 2000 Toyota Avalon, and she's asking they split their $200 Kohl's credit card balance.
Sweetin, who detailed her troubled past and her battles with meth and alcohol problems in a 2009 memoir, and Coyle have a daughter, Beatrix, 2, together.
Sweetin also has a daughter, Zoie, 5, with ex-husband Cody Herpin. Her first marriage was to Shaun Holguin. It lasted from 2002 to 2006.
On Monday, the day she filed papers, Sweetin tweeted: "Hope you are all having an awesome Monday! A new week, a new beginning :)."
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Paula Deen fired from Food Network after admitting to using racial slur
Celebrity chef Paula Deen, 66, was canned by the cable channel on Friday after releasing a groveling video apology on YouTube for using the N-word and cracking racist jokes at her Savannah, Ga., restaurant.
Hoping to quell the controversy on Thursday, Deen’s reps said her use of the word was the product of her upbringing in the deep South.
Word that Deen had been canned came on the same day that Deen backed out of a scheduled appearance on the “Today” show about the controversy.”
Friday, June 21, 2013
Monsters University' Has Just Enough Heart and Laughs
As with the previous Monster's installment, the film focuses on Mike (voiced by Billy Crystal) and Sully (voiced by John Goodman), two monsters just trying to be the best Scarers they can be. But just because you're born a monster doesn't necessary mean you get the job of terrifying young children, so it's off to college to learn the ABCs of S-C-A-R-Y. As with real college, something the younger members of the audience won't quite understand, Monsters University throws surprises, obstacles, and disappointments at the two, young monsters.
The first surprise being that Mike and Sully don't hit it off as the best of friends right off that bat. That's the chief motivation in the screenplay at work here, showing us how exactly these two became not only best friends but the top scarers at Monster's, Inc. That part isn't, and shouldn't be construed as, a spoiler.
The screenplay works in enough twists and turns among the countless bits of laugh and cuteness. Director Dan Scanlon, who also contributed to the screenplay along with Robert L. Baird and Daniel Gerson, tries his hardest at keeping Monsters University from being a simple Point A-to-Point B narrative. Even when the film appears to be headed down obvious territory, the message and lessons it holds end up working their own wonders, keeping the viewer completely interested in the story as well as the comedy.
Both work here, the latter aiding in how well the former works. Mike, the small, green blob of teeth and a single eyeball, is going after his dream. At every turn, he's told he just isn't scary enough, but that doesn't deter the little guy from doing the best he can. It's in the film's early moments, when Mike, still a child, visits Monster's, Inc. and sees the scaring masters at work. He's immediately sold on his dream, and no one, not overly critical teachers nor mean-spirited frat brothers, is going to tell Mike what he can't be.
The opening is nowhere as adorable as Boo from the first film and in no way does it tug at the same heartstrings Pixar is known for hitting early on. We're looking at you, first five minutes of Up. But even though this moment, and the rest of Monsters University, for that matter, never nails the perfect Pixar touch, its colorful cuteness and solid pacing are undeniable.
On the other side of the Monster coin, Sully comes from a long line of Scarers. He's a natural, and because of this he's lazy at keeping his scaring tactics in practice. It isn't hard to see how these two are destined to become best buddies even if the start of their relationship is more than a little rocky.
The rest of the characters on hand are just as colorful, unique monsters of every shape and size, some scarier than others. Helen Mirren voices Dean Hardscrabble, an interesting combination of bat and centipede that may have younger audience members flinching in fright. That's kind of the idea, though, but not to worry. A whole new series of laughs are always right around the corner.
That's what Monsters University does best, bringing just enough genuine laughs for everyone in the audience to enjoy. Yes, the message of never giving up on your dream is clear. Some might say obvious. But when it comes to drawing laughter out of the crowd, Pixar still knows precisely which buttons to push and which dials to turn. Monsters University may be as shallow as the fountain in the college quad, but this vibrantly animated version of Revenge of the Nerds went to the school of certified comedy. It passes.
Shailene Woodley cut from 'Spider-Man' sequel
Shailene Woodley's role as one of Spider-Man's greatest love interests, Mary Jane Watson, has been cut from the upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man" sequel, according to a statement from the film's director, Marc Webb.
"I made a creative decision to streamline the story and focus on Peter and Gwen and their relationship," Webb said. "Shailene is an incredibly talented actress and while we only shot a few scenes with Mary Jane, we all love working with her."
Woodley - who is well known from her acclaimed performance in 2011's "The Descendants" and from the lead role in "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" - is considerably "bummed" about not being able to sling webs with everyone's favorite neighborhood wall crawler, but ultimately understands Webb's decision.
"Of course I'm bummed," Woodley told Entertainment Weekly. "But I am a firm believer in everything happening for a specific reason. MJ only appeared in a few scenes and I wouldn't trade the experience of working with Andrew [Garfield] and Emma [Stone] for three days on set for the world."
The exclusion of Mary Jane is telling, however. Comic book fans will remember that Peter and Gwen's relationship (spoiler at the link) doesn't exactly end well, which could open up a return for MJ (and possibly Woodley) in the just announced third and fourth films.
"Based on the proposed plot, I completely understand the need for holding off on introducing MJ until the next film," Woodley said.
Soccer: Tahiti Loses, 10-0, And Keeps Celebrating In Brazil
The game was played in a stadium that held a crowd reported at 71,000 people — equal to a bit more than a quarter of the total population of Tahiti, which different estimates place at between 267,000 and 277,000.
The team from Tahiti, nearly all of them amateur players who live on the French territory's islands, made headlines earlier this week simply by scoring a single goal. That strike came against Nigeria, and it sparked a celebration in which its players lined up on the turf and pretended to row a boat together.
In that game, Tahiti lost to Nigeria handily, 6-1. But that lone goal fulfilled the mission of the Toa Aito, as the team is called (it translates to Great Warriors).
Tahitian striker Marama Vahirua, who plays in France for Nancy, is the only professional player on the squad, which also includes several promising young players. He recently said that scoring one goal in Brazil is the highest aspiration for his team.
"A goal for us, it will be a victory in the competition, no matter who scores," he said, according to Tahiti News. "I did not come here to have fun but to defend the colors of Tahiti and French football. If we can at least score a goal."
And when they achieved that goal, the team's celebration solidified its status as the darlings of this tournament, where fans chant for Tahiti and boo teams from Spain and Nigeria. Ranked No. 138 in the world, Tahiti is one of eight teams competing in Brazil, alongside such elite squads as Italy and the host country itself.
"Wow, we are in Brazil to play the best teams in the world," Tahiti coach Eddy Etaeta, according to The New York Times, which also notes that the coach shook his head as he made the comment.
Tahiti punched its ticket to the Confederations Cup last year, with a surprising win at the continental Oceania tournament played in the Solomon Islands — the first by a Pacific Islands nation in the competition's 39 years.
"We are honest," Etaeta said before the Nigeria game. "Tahiti has not come to win." He said the team would like to score a goal in a game, "or maybe get to halftime at 0-0."
Before Thursday's game, Tahiti's players walked up to their Spanish opponents holding gifts. They carefully placed necklaces made of shells around the Spaniards' necks, and then waited for the game to start.
In the game, Spanish stars Fernando Torres and David Villa together scored seven goals. But the Tahiti team showed resolve, possessing the ball 38 percent of the time. And after the game's first 30 minutes, Tahiti only trailed by 1-0.
Afterwards, the Spanish players said they were impressed with how their opponents handled the game.
Here's this from Reuters:
"Often inferior teams look to break up the game and get aggressive, they play without spirit or hope. Standards aside, Tahiti showed a great example of how to go about playing football," Torres told Spain's Telecinco television after a record Confederations Cup victory.
"We have tried to show them respect in every sense. We tried to play well, to play simple football, and to score goals and these goals will be important for the next stage."
After the game was over, Tahiti's players led cheers to thank the crowd, then they lined up to shake hands with the Spanish players, and trade jerseys.
With only one more game left in group play — against Uruguay — it's unlikely Tahiti will win in Brazil. But the Tahitians are there. And they've scored.
Rihanna Gets Naked... AGAIN!
Rihanna decided to take off all of her clothes again and put the photos on the internet... and TMZ supports her decision wholeheartedly.
Miley Cyrus Debuts Racy New Video, But Is No Fiona Apple (Opinion)
Leaving her Disney character Hannah Montana far in the rearview mirror, Miley Cyrus strips down in her new music video, makes out with a doll version of herself, rubs up against girls and guys and sports a barely there one-piece that would make Borat blush.
And it seems people are curious -- the video notched 3.5 million views in its first day on the web, including more than 300,000 during the first two hours. While not really threatening Justin Bieber’s 2012 record of 10.6 million for his “Beauty and the Beat” clip, for Cyrus, who hasn't released an album since 2010, it's a potentially positive sign for a successful return.
"We Can't Stop" also serves as a reminder that she's officially escaped her teenage years. Eager to show off her slim, tattoo-adorned body in the video, Cyrus opens the song by cutting a house-arrest monitor off her ankle with giant, pink scissors as a matching pink Beats by Dre speaker blares from the bed. From there, scenes expand to the pool, in which she makes out with said doll, a room of dancing teddy bears and finally a piñata filled with hot dog joints.
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It's her nod to party-centric videos like Fiona Apple's "Criminal," in which the singer depicted herself in a sultry, druggy haze while also sharing the screen with teddy bears and barely legal boys, but Cyrus doesn't pull it off quite as well. Instead, she comes off somewhat desperate in her attempt to shove aside her old life for the new. If anything, it’s just another sign of immaturity, albeit in a different light.
At the same time, there's no doubt as to what the new Miley Cyrus is all about: partying, drugs, booze, sex, rock and roll... Doesn’t sound so bad -- but how does it look?
Why Instagram video and Vine are apples and oranges
After all, in the hours immediately following Thursday's Instagram announcement at Facebook headquarters, it seemed that every tech pundit wanted to put Vine, Twitter's video service, and Instagram video head to head. And why not? Both are short-form video tools, both allow users to create small stop-motion films, and both are owned by social media giants.
But Goldberg, whose surreal, haunting, six-second masterpieces quickly made him one of the most celebrated Vine auteurs, took just minutes to decide that Instagram video would never give him what he wanted.
"It's a completely different technology," Goldberg told CNET. "That Vine aesthetic is not possible, unless they decide to make [Instagram video] more touch-sensitive....I don't know why they even bothered to have the feature to keep your finger pressed down on the screen, because it doesn't have that stop-action quality that [like Vine] lets you create weird Lynchian dreamscapes."
But Goldberg wasn't saying that Instagram video was a failure. Rather, he argued that the new tool was simply a very different animal than Vine. Essentially, while his Twitter feed was full of people expecting him to say that one was better than the other, or that six seconds was a better time limit than 15 seconds, or vice-versa, he feels the two services are basically apples and oranges.
Goldberg was hardly alone in determining that Vine and Instagram video shouldn't be compared too closely, despite their Twitter and Facebook provenances, respectively.
Take social media expert Gary Vaynerchuck, for example. A high-energy observer of just about all things digital, Vaynerchuck posted a (YouTube) video yesterday responding to what he said were countless questions about whether Vine or Instagram video were going to "win." "My question," he asked rhetorically, "is, why not both? Why can't both Instagram 15-second, non-looping videos, and Vine 6-second, looping videos work?... I think both win."
To Vaynerchuck, the two services are likely to appeal to very different types of users. That's because they offer different actions, and meet different needs. "Different people will pop out and be successful on both," he said. "Some people are good at status updates on Facebook and not on Twitter, and vice-versa."
While it's too early to tell, it would seem that Vaynerchuck's prediction that different types of people will find utility in the two services is likely spot on. For one thing, Vine's looping feature has allowed many users to creatively turn six seconds of video into something much richer than one would imagine possible.
Whether that was by design or not, there's little question that, as Ori Neidich, the technology principal at the New York management consultancy Etonian, put it, the best Vines can be watched on loop, over and over again. The effect, when done well, can be a deeper story than would be possible with a single pass. An example is Ian Padgham's very clever use of Vine as a way of turning street traffic into a scene where he appears to be playing with toy cars.
By comparison, while Instagram's tool will let users start and stop their recording until they've hit 15 total seconds of video, there's no looping. That certainly doesn't mean there won't be highly entertaining or clever uses, but it will be different. "At the end, it's all about the story," said Amit Lavi, the marketing director for Slidely. "There are stories you can tell in six seconds, but they need planning and articulating exactly the right message and script. Fifteen seconds is just about the right length of time that allows everyone to tell a story in a very simple way."
Marketers have flocked to Vine, finding that the looping stop-motion style makes for fun, interesting, whimsical ads -- without feeling too much like ads. Given Twitter's obsession with bolstering its ad platform, its major source of revenue, in advance of a possible IPO, that's a very welcome development. Facebook would no doubt like to repeat that marketing success with Instagram video, and with Instagram's huge user base and integration with its parent, not to mention its recent adoption of hashtags, it's tough to bet against that eventuality.
In that regard, Vine and Instagram are no doubt competitors, and one way to tell who wins could well be who ends up with the lion's share of the ad revenue being spent on social video.
Not first to the video party
While most of the attention in the wake of Instagram's video launch has been focused on that tool and on Vine, it's worth remembering that there are plenty of other short-form video services to choose from. Of course, none come with an automatic nine-figure user base, as Instagram does.
Still, neither Twitter nor Facebook were the pioneers in the space, regardless of the ink that has been devoted to those two companies' offerings. "We're kind of tickled that those guys decided to zero in on the kind of combination of features and form factor that we developed a couple years ago and has worked well for us," said Michael Downing, the CEO of the video sharing service, Tout.
There are those, however, who think that there really may be a battle between the two services, and that just one can win. "Instagram's 15 seconds feels more flexible for capturing life's moments, but it's more than the longer timeframe that makes Instagram a better user experience than Vine," said Greg Tseng, the co-founder and CEO of the San Francisco-based social network Tagged. "Instagram's integration of video with its existing product (versus Twitter maintaining a separate video product with Vine) simply feels seamless."
One advantage Instagram has as it enters the video wars that can't be discounted is the strength of its 130 million users. Vine, by comparison, has just 13 million, despite its being owned and operated by Twitter, which has more than 200 million users.
That means that anyone who posts an Instagram video automatically has a huge potential audience -- and Instagram users with large followings will have their work seen by many more people than they would on Vine. "Instagram is working with a massive user base while Vine is still working from the ground up," Tseng said, "and that's likely enough to make Vine wither."
Another who thinks that Vine is at a disadvantage is Mithun Baphana, the CEO of Photovine, a new Flipboard for video-type app. "The advent of filters was a big factor with Instagram's early success, so that is a benefit over Vine," Baphana said, "and allows the users to make far more engaging production video with the added length giving them a greater ability to tell a more complete story than Vine presently offers."
A Twitter spokesperson said that the Vine team settled on its format by testing "various video lengths, ranging from about four seconds to ten seconds, as they were building Vine. They found that six seconds was the ideal length, from both the production and consumption side."
For its part, a Facebook spokesperson said that "Instagram is about capturing moments and we believe the constraints in place help create compelling and simple videos for everyone to consume in a mobile setting."
In the end, though, it's the experience of power users like Goldberg that may best demonstrate how different Vine and Instagram video are, and why there are good reasons to think of them in different categories, regardless of their similarities. "I've done two," he said of Instagram's tool. "I might walk away for a while. The last thing I need is another habit."
Kim Kardashian the reality star's newborn daughter finally has a name, according to sources.
According to TMZ.com and People.com, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have named their newborn daughter North West.
Still no official confirmation via the Kardashians themselves, but they're known for their ability to manipulate the media and we're sure they'll make an announcement when they see fit.
For those somehow unaware, Kardashian gave birth to her daughter on Saturday; she has not been spotted in, or out, of the hospital since then, although friends have stopped by and Tweeted their well-wishes.
E! reports that Kim, Kanye and the baby — whose nickname is "Nori" — left the hospital "overnight Thursday" and are heading to "an undisclosed L.A. home."
But the family has stayed mostly silent about the birth, with matriarch Kris Jenner only commenting on the appearance of the child.
Splash News honcho Gary Morgan predicts that in about a month, we'll see the first photo of North West, who was born ahead of her due date. "We'll see a big magazine set-up, nice and glossy," he says.
Court clerk: No arrest warrant issued for Aaron Hernandez
WBZ NewsRadio 1030, a CBS affiliate in Boston, reported Friday morning that a warrant had been issued and Hernandez would be charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the shooting death of a friend whose body was found dumped in an industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez's home in North Attleborough, Mass.
But a clerk in the Attleboro District Court told USA TODAY Sports no arrest record has been issued yet for Hernandez or anyone else in the case.
The body of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd of Dorchester, Mass., was found Monday. He had been shot in the head, according to several reports. The Boston Globe reported Friday that Lloyd had been shot multiple times. Lloyd's family has said he had some connection to Hernandez but would not elaborate.
The Boston Globe reported Friday that police have surveillance videos that show Hernandez with Lloyd on the morning police say Lloyd was killed.
ABC News has reported that persons with knowledge of the investigation have said Hernandez destroyed his cell phone and surveillance videos from the cameras at his home, and that his home was cleaned hours after police believe Odin was killed.
The Globe reported a police source who said Lloyd was killed where the body was found.
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Hernandez also is being sued in South Florida by a man claiming Hernandez shot him in the face after they argued at a strip club. The lawsuit was filed late Wednesday by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley.
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In his federal lawsuit seeking at least $100,000 in damages, Bradley claims he and Hernandez were with a group in February at Tootsie's club in Miami when the two got into an argument. Later, as they were driving to Palm Beach County, Bradley claims Hernandez shot him with a handgun, causing him to lose his right eye.
Bradley, who is from Connecticut, also suffers from jaw pain, headaches, permanent injury to his right hand and arm and will probably need further surgery, according to the lawsuit. He has already undergone facial reconstruction surgery and has plates and screws in the right side of his face.
Bradley "will require extensive medical care and treatment for the rest of his life," the four-page lawsuit says.
Bradley did not mention Hernandez in a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office report at the time. Bradley, found shot and bleeding Feb. 13 in an alley behind a John Deere store, insisted to investigators he did not know who shot him and gave only a vague description of possible assailants. A store employee found Bradley after hearing a shot outside, but the store's video surveillance system wasn't working.
Hernandez's lawyer did not immediately respond Thursday to an email seeking comment about the lawsuit. The lawsuit does not mention how Hernandez and Bradley are acquainted.
In another development Thursday, police in Providence, R.I., said Hernandez was taunted in May by a man at a nightclub near the Brown University campus but walked away. The man followed Hernandez for three blocks and a crowd formed, held back by police while Hernandez got into his vehicle and left.
Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, family and police were mum on the nature of Hernandez's relationship to Lloyd, who played for the Boston Bandits semi-pro team.
Media camped out Thursday at Hernandez's home, on the Rhode Island state line not far from the Patriots' stadium in Foxborough. A news helicopter followed along as Hernandez drove in a white SUV from his home to the stadium, then got out and went inside.
Patriots spokesman Stacey James said the team had no comment on why Hernandez was there. He said earlier that the team did not anticipate commenting publicly during the police investigation.
A Massachusetts State Police emergency response team on Thursday was searching the brush with metal detectors and poles on a road leading to the entrance to Hernandez's subdivision.
Hernandez attorney Michael Fee acknowledged media reports about the state police search of Hernandez's home as part of an investigation but said he and the player wouldn't have any comment on it.
Lloyd's mother, Ursula Ward, would not say how Lloyd knew Hernandez and did not say whether police told her how her son died. An uncle said Lloyd had a connection to Hernandez but wouldn't elaborate.
Bristol District Attorney Samuel Sutter's office said investigators were asking for the public's help to find a silver mirror cover believed to have broken off a car between Boston and North Attleborough.
On Wednesday, at least seven state troopers searched both sides of a road just off the street where Hernandez lives. The officers used thin poles to pull back plants and search through undergrowth along the road.
The Patriots drafted Hernandez out of Florida in 2010. Since then, he has combined with Rob Gronkowski to form one of the top tight end duos in the NFL. He missed 10 games last season with an ankle injury and had shoulder surgery in April but is expected to be ready for training camp. Last summer, the Patriots gave him a five-year contract worth $40 million.
Hernandez said after he was drafted that he had failed a drug test while with the Gators and had been upfront with NFL teams about the issue.
Sports Illustrated reported that the link between Hernandez and the case was a rented Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island plates that police had been searching for. The Associated Press could not independently confirm the report.
Lloyd's neighbor Larry Connors said a black Suburban with Rhode Island license plates was towed out of the yard of Lloyd's house after his body was found. Lloyd had been driving it for a few days, but Connors had never seen it before that.
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