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'X Factor' winner James Arthur video for 'Impossible' released

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James Arthur has released an accompanying video for his track 'Impossible'.
The debut single from the 2012 X Factor winner passed Cheryl Cole to become the fastest-selling single of the year this week.



The clip is comprised of footage from The X Factor, and tracks Arthur's journey from his initial audition to his triumph in the final on Sunday (December 9).
'Impossible' also broke download records with its release earlier in the week, with 187,000 downloads in the first 24 hours on sale making it the fastest-selling X Factor single ever.
However, the sales success stands in marked contrast to the television show's fortunes, with the final being the lowest-rated X Factor final ever.
There are rumors that next year Simon Cowell will engineer a head-to-head battle against Strictly Come Dancing, which consistently beat its ITV1 rival in the ratings this year.

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I would have liked some new footage of him singing the song but bow to king arthur regardless

A glass table? What the hell kind of fight was this?

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Marilyn Manson needed 24 stitches to 'reattach ear to head' after being hit by a glass table in 'dangerous fight'

Marilyn Manson needed 24 stitches to reattach his ear to his head, after a 'dangerous fight' in Switzerland.
The heavy metal rocker, who is currently on his Twins of Evil tour in Europe, tweeted a picture of his ear along with details of the altercation which happened earlier this week.
'I was hit by a glass table in a dangerous fight,' he tweeted. 'I was however, the victor but had to have 24 stitches to keep my ear from becoming Van Gogh.'
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In another tweet, simply entitled 'my ear,' he posted a picture of his ear plastered with surgical tape.


Manson performed in the Swiss city of Basel on Tuesday on his joint Twins of Evil tour with Rob Zombie.
He will also be heading to gigs in Russia and Belarus before crossing the Atlantic to tour in the U.S. and Canada later this month.
Manson, real name Brian Warner, is currently dating American photographer Lindsay Usich and has previously been in relationships with Dita Von Teese and Evan Rachel Wood.
He recently admitted he would be interested in having children with Usich, who he has been dating since 2010.
'My girlfriend Lindsay's twin just had a baby and I've started to think that maybe I wouldn't mind passing my demented genius on to some small thing who can set fire and breathe profanity,' he told The Observer earlier this summer.
'I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers,' he added.
'There's jealousy. And if you don't want to be known as Marilyn Manson's girlfriend, why would you be it?'


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Joaquin Phoenix: 'I feel like Santa Claus'

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PhotobucketYou wouldn't necessarily figure Joaquin Phoenix for a morning person. It's 9am in California, the line is bad, his phone is faulty. Yet this is a man ecstatically happy. It sounds like you're at sea, I say, between the beeps and crackles. "Oh great! I'm so glad it's not just me!" He sounds genuinely over the moon. You'd be less thrown if he just grunted.

Phoenix is an unpredictable interviewee. Will you get the mumbler? The joker? The Phoenix of I'm Still Here, his mockumentary about chucking it all in for a career in hip-hop? Or the guy who smoked his way silently through the press conference for The Master at the Venice film festival, followed by fractious chats and a no-show at the awards ceremony? Two months ago, the US critic Elvis Mitchell extracted a great, unwieldly interview from him riffing on ambition and identity, race relations and the virtues of uncertainty. The piece made waves because Phoenix damned awards season as "bullshit" ("it's the worst-tasting carrot I've ever tasted") and said the Oscar campaign around his 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line had made him profoundly uncomfortable (he was also nominated for Gladiator five years previously). He's since offered some sort of backtrack, but clams up when I raise it.

Mostly, though, Phoenix is just genial. He laughs almost constantly; a high guttural clucking, punctuated by long pauses and apologies and puffs on a breakfast cigarette. For one so self-conscious in his career choices, he's remarkably unself-regarding to talk to; almost as rackety and frank as Freddie Quell, his character in Paul Thomas Anderson's film – our movie of the year, of which his performance is the centrepiece. Quell is a damaged second-world-war navy vet; groggy on paintstripper liquor, reeling from a broken heart, who falls under the spell of Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the baloney-preaching leader of a Scientology-style cult. But where Freddie stumbles about, twisted and listless, Phoenix – on the phone at least – freewheels more breezily. It doesn't feel like a performance. But I guess the best ones never do.

Hello, Joaquin, The Master has won much acclaim, yet it's also baffled people a bit. Why do you think people are so eager for answers – both about the film, and in life?

Are you fucking serious?

Yes.

I don't fucking know. I don't know why people are eager for answers. I'm gonna say something that will probably offend somebody.

But the search for answers is why people are susceptible to the likes of Dodd, right?

I guess. I do agree that by their nature humans are very inquisitive. But I don't know why. I think related to the film … oh fuck it, I'm just gonna offend somebody; I should just shut up.

No, go on.

No, I got nothing to say!

OK, why do people want to place their faith in other people?

Isn't it just real simple? Our awareness of our mortality, and how that terrifies us.

Does it for you?

I think it drives everybody in some way. As you become older you become increasingly aware of your mortality. It's a subconscious thing – I don't think you wake up every day and go: 'Fuck me, I'm dying, I'd better do something.' I think early on the drive is just that people tell you you're supposed to be driven, you're supposed to do something by the time you're 25; to have gone to college or got married, and then at some point your drive is just that you're aware of your mortality. That's just my theory.

To what extent do you think Freddie changes?

An eternal lasting change? I dunno. There's no one great epiphanous moment. That felt accurate. Things do change and then he just reverts back to his animalistic self.

Is Freddie just more honest than most people? He's perceived as the nut-job, but he's consistent and honest whereas everyone else is talking rubbish.

Sure, that makes sense.

Are people overly hung up on the ability of people to change?

I think whether you like it or not you're going to change in some ways. I don't know. I don't care anything about it.

How much of you is in Freddie?

I don't know. It's hard. Can you really accurately analyse yourself?

No.

It's always difficult to go: 'Oh, this is me and this isn't me.' But of course there's elements of yourself in every character. I think it is just you, really. I'm sorry. I honestly don't think about things that much.

Sure, that's fine. This is good.

Well, you have very low standards.

Thank you. Well, you take what you can get. So what do you think about?

Ha ha ha ha ha. No, no, no, no, no. Who cares?

I care.

Well, that's very sweet of you. We'll have tea sometime and we can talk about it.

OK. Can I ask you two more questions?

Yes.

So I'm treating you, in this situation, like a sage, like you have all the answers. Is that a common experience for you?

No, is it to common for you to be treated like the Master?


Oh no! Fuck no! You're just asking questions to which you know better answers. That's not the feeling that I'm getting from this at all. I wish I was because I'm sure it must feel nice.

Do you ever feel like that?

No, I don't. I think that sometimes maybe I feel like Santa Claus at a mall when a kid wants to take your picture.

Kids try to take your picture?

No, I'm thinking about the other night. I went to see this band and this guy came up and said: 'Oh, can I take a picture of you; I'm a real fan.' And I said: 'Look, man, I just got here, if it's OK, I don't wanna just walk in and take a picture – it'd make me feel awkward.' And he just turned and walked away, very angry at me. It didn't seem like it was someone you revere, it was more like I was some three-headed bullfrog they wanted to snap a picture of.

That doesn't sound good.

I think that I'd actually prefer that but I'm just saying I don't have the experience of being treated with great reverence.

But to be a three-headed bullfrog is to be a freak.

Yeah, but I'd rather just be a fucking little Santa Claus than someone treated with some reverence. And by the way, that happens maybe once every 17 and a half years so it's not something that I deal with on a regular occurrence.

Seriously?

I think part of it is you can either go places where that's bound to happen. And honestly I haven't been in that many successful movies.

That's crazy.

No, it's true! I'm not complaining. But it's funny you would ask about people talking to me with reverence because I don't really have that experience.

Do you feel more more like Freddie, then? Do you fall under the influence of people?

No.

Is it true that Paul Thomas Anderson asked you to be in Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood?

Ah, who knows?

So, there's this quote from Baudelaire …

Who?

The French poet.

Oh yeah, the guy who invented the bicycle.

Oh, did he? I don't know.

I'm fucking with you.

OK! It's hard to know.

I'm sorry.

Anyway, he said: "All prizes demean those who receive them."

Where are you from?

London.

I just worked with Samantha Morton and you sound very like her. But she's not from London I think.

I think she's more from the Midlands.

Did I offend you by saying that?

A little bit.

However, I will say this, it think she was doing a bit of an accent.

What's the film?

It's called Her [directed by Spike Jonze]. It hasn't come out yet.

There's that line in the film: "You've wandered from the proper path." Is there a proper path? And should people wander from it?

I think a proper path is subjective. I don't really believe in absolutes. There's not just one fucking proper path. Everyone has different need and different desire and different things they're trying to explore and understand; I don't think there is a proper path. But if there is and I'm wrong and you find out you better fucking call me and tell me I don't have any kind of guarantee about there being a proper path.

But people talk about a righteous way.

Oh, come on, that's totally subjective.

Yeah, but what else is there?

I don't know.

Well, if you find out you better let me know too. What will people say about the film in 20 years?

You must understand I really don't read reviews or the press … I don't know what people will say in 20 years. I don't even know what they're saying about it now.

Do you care at all?

I think in some ways the answer is yes. You work on something that you hope will maybe resonate for people at some point, but am I going to think about it for the next 20 years? No. There's no telling. They love and celebrate

OK. Is there anything you'd like to say to people?

There's nothing in particular I feel I want to say, and when I do I usually call one of my friends and that usually does the job. But if I have a need to, like, address maybe more than five people I'll give you a call.

Good. You sound really happy. Are you happy?

Yeah, I mean … I'm just whatever. I think sometimes doing interviews is very funny. And I'm happy because I'm going meet a friend and meet a fighter who I liked for a couple of years. So I'm excited.

Like a boxer?

He's a mixed martial arts fighter. He does a particular form I really like and he's just really amazing and it's really exciting to watch him fight.

Have a good time.

I'm really sorry, I'm just too dim to have any sort of philosophical conversation. We should talk about Tabasco or something.

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Guess Who!

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COURTNEY TAYLOR OLSEN
Half-sister of Mary-Kate, Ashley and Elizabeth Olsen!



(The most recent picture I could find of them together, from New York Minute premiere.)







BONUS: Their half-brother, Jake (with Paris Jackson for some reason.)






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Blind Items in December

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#1. Someone else was jingling his Bells

Here’s an early Christmas gift for you! This very popular young celeb got himself into some very hot water while hosting a holiday event recently.

He didn’t take his hosting responsibilities very seriously. He smoked joints backstage, was fifteen minutes late for the meet and greet, and then stayed at the event for only twenty minutes. He didn’t even stay to hang out and eat and drink with the other celebs, like he usually does.

Why so unprofessional?

Because he was really hungry for just one thing: the model who was waiting for him back on the tour bus!

Did we mention that our celeb has a celebrity girlfriend who he claims to love? The girlfriend wasn’t there at the event… but her cousin was! When the cousin got wind of what was happening, she went absolutely ballistic! She tried to get on the tour bus, but was blocked by his friends. She walked away swearing up a storm, and later very publicly told the young celeb to “Go f*ck yourself!”

The celeb and his girlfriend will NOT be spending the holidays together.

Celeb:

Model:

Girlfriend:

Holiday Event:

Popular Guess: Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber



#2. She always knew he was trouble

You’re hearing it here first: This young celebrity couple has broken up!

He swore up and down that he wasn’t going to embarrass her again by getting caught with another girl. That promise didn’t last long. Maybe a couple of weeks. He was behaving badly last week, and he got caught. He deserved to get caught, too. Did he really think her cousin wouldn’t rat him out? Of course she did! That’s what cousins do.

When his girlfriend found out, she immediately told him “It’s over!” Then she went out and got rowdy with her girlfriends (who always knew he was trouble).  Yes, that performance is about him.

Will they stay broken up this time? We don’t know. She forgave him last time for embarrassing her. And they got a ton of press for the courtship and the dating and the break up and the reconciliation. Why not do it again? Plus, she really, really loves the attention she gets from the paparazzi for being his girlfriend. And the magazine covers. And the endorsements. And the bigger fan base. Yes, putting up with him has a lot of perks.

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She:




Popular guess: see above



#3. Reality TV Star Is Faking Wealth And Success

I know, I know, this could describe almost every single one of the reality TV stars of late, right?! Being rich seems to be the exception and not the rule. This little blind item tidbit has to do with a more up and coming Housewife/reality TV star and that’s all we can say about that.

The alleged dirt:

“Mrs. X has several kids from (possibly) two different baby daddies and there may be another on the way. Her husband, who has been touted as a “very wealthy man” doesn’t quite live up to that title (when do they ever?!). His profession is not what it has been presented as. He is actually a general laborer of sorts. Considering that the application process for many reality shows include a full and lengthy questionnaire on financial details, it’s safe to assume they may have fudged the numbers a bit – or a lot. They borrow luxury brand items to make it seem like they have the best of the best – including clothing. The show may have a hot scandal on its hands since he reportedly has wandering hands and she and the kids spend a lot of time at a friend’s house because of it.”

Show:

Mrs.X:

Husband:


#4. She is bound to have a long career

This attractive, under-40 actress is the star of primetime television show. She has good comedic chops and is bound to have a long career.

She is also bound to be bound tonight. You see, our girl likes to be tied up. She may be assertive and outspoken in real life but she prefers to be completely dominated in the bedroom. Nothing sadistic. Just fun.


#5. The deflowering game

This starlet has had so many boyfriends, it is almost becoming impossible to keep track of her checkered love life.

But amongst the sea of famous faces, one former lover is perhaps the most important because he deflowered her in a certain way.

He told her it was love of course, but it was only a game for him– he even kept her panties as a souvenir to show off to his pals.

Did his immature actions make her damaged goods? No, it taught her that love comes on her terms from now on…

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Lindsay Lohan Prosecutors 'Absolutely Confident' They Can Prove She Is Habitual Liar

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The prosecutors handling Lindsay Lohan's upcoming probation violation hearing are confident that there is more than enough evidence to prove that the embattled actress is a habitual liar, and will implore Commissioner Jane Godfrey to send her back to jail, a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com exclusively.

"Prosecutors are going after Lindsay with a vengeance because of her flagrant disregard for the law," the source says. "The LA City Attorney's office will present evidence to Commissioner Jane Godfrey that Lindsay has a long storied history of lying to cops. Prosecutors want Commissioner Godfrey to sentence Lindsay to 245 days behind bars for the probation violation."

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Lindsay's probation was formally revoked Wednesday morning, but her lawyer, Shawn Holley postponed the starlet's arraignment on three new charges of lying to the cops stemming from a car accident in Santa Monica, Calif. last summer.

Godfrey formally set Lohan's new arraignment date to January 15, and Lindsay is required to be in court. At that time, a date will formally be set for Lohan's probation violation hearing.

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These Has-Been Celebrities Still Charge Staggering Fees Per Appearance

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Even celebrities who are past their prime charge a ton of money. Speaking engagements, private performances or simple appearances can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Celebrity Talent International is an agency that represents huge stars like Adele, Elton John and Angelina Jolie, booking appearances for these stars and hundreds more. Many of the appearance fees are listed on CTI's website and are shockingly high. Celebrities don't necessarily receive the full amount, but the fees are guidelines for what they expect.

1. Shannen Doherty charges more than $100,000 per appearance.
2. Roseanne Barr still demands $100,000 per appearance.
3. Clay Aiken charges between $100,000 and $150,000 per speaking gig.
4. Creed charges a minimum of $150,000 per appearance.
5. Moby charges more than $150,000.
6. Toni Braxton charges between $150,000 and $250,000.
7. Bret Michaels charges somewhere between $150,000 and $250,000.
8. Orlando Bloom's booking fee starts at around $200,000.
9. The All-American Rejects charge a minimum of around $200,000.
10. Avril Lavigne charges about $250,000.
11. Duran Duran charges more than $250,000 per appearance.
12. Evanescence still charges a minimum of more than $250,000 per performance.
13. Ben Harper still garners around $300,000 per appearance.
14. Keanu Reeves is listed in the range of $250,000 to $350,000 per appearance.
15. Kevin Federline expects more than $300,000.
16. Sarah McLachlan also charges between $250,000 and $350,000 per appearance.
17. Hilary Duff charges a minimum of $500,000.
18. New Kids On The Block charge $500,000 per appearance.

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biebz announces acoustic album + addresses grammy snub on ellen


Degrassi promo for spring episodes

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so upset about jake and katie right now :'(

what did you think about this special??
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full spread for Olga Kurylenko's Blackbook full spread, plus her essay about working with Malick

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read her interview here


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(mods, this is the full shoot. all that was posted here was the cover and one picture

HBO Orders Comedy Pilot About Group of Gay Friends

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HBO is adding San Francisco to its itinerary.

Hours after picking up a project about siblings in New Jersey, the premium cable network said Friday that it has ordered to pilot a comedy about three gay friends living in San Francisco.

The untitled project hails from Brothers and Sisters' David Marshall Grant and Bored to Death's Sarah Condon and revolves around the thirtysomething trio also grappling with the complexities of life and the modern gay experience. Michael Lannan (Remember Me) penned the script, which Grant supervised. Andrew Haigh will helm the pilot, which is based on Lannan's feature script Lorimer.

The untitled comedy joins People in New Jersey, from Bruce Eric Kaplan, Lorne Michaels and Jason Reitman, and Stephen Merchant comedy Hello Ladies, which was picked up to series, at the network as it looks to bolster its comedy coffers which already include Enlightened, Girls and Veep, among others.

The comedy marks Lannan's first major writing credit. His résumé also includes writing, directing and producing the 2009 short Lorimer, Sons of Anarchy, serving as an assistant producer on Rubicon and an AD on Nurse Jackie.

Grant most recently served as a writing exec producer on NBC's Smash and penned an episode of ABC's freshman musical drama Nashville. He's repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Jackoway Tyerman.

The project marks a homecoming for Condon, who served as an executive producer on the network's Bored to Death for its three-season run. HBO canceled the Jason Schwartzman comedy in December. In addition to the Lannan comedy, Condon is exec producing family drama Darlings, which is in development at Bravo.

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Well...surely this can't be cliched and stereotyped to death can it? (Looking at you QaF)

Nicki Minaj Gets Bigger Payday Than Beyonce For NYE Gig

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Nicki Minaj has reportedly trumped King Beyonce's $4 million paycheck to host a New Years Eve party in Las Vegas on Dec. 31.

Last week, it was reported that Beyonce received the multi-million dollar payout to ring in the New Year with 700 guests at a private show. Now according to new reports, Minaj has received $5 million to host a party at PURE Nightclub on the same night.

It's currently unclear if the Young Money rapper will be performing, but for that amount of cash, she better be.

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Twelve Days of ONTD: Day 11

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Every day until Christmas, we'll be randomly giving away $25 Amazon gift cards to a lucky commenter! 

How do you enter? All you have to do is comment!  We'll be randomly selecting winners from the comments section.   To keep it fair, you can only win once, but you can comment as much as you'd like, which increases your chances of winning.  

And yes, I know that traditionally, the 12 days of Christmas take place ... after Christmas.  >:O

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND GOOD LUCK!


FRIDAY BOX OFFICE

Miss Universe 2012 National Costumes

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Adrola Dushi
Albania



Marcelina Vahekeni
Angola


Camila Solórzano
Argentina


Liza Helder
Aruba


Renae Ayris
Australia


Celeste Marshall
Bahamas


Laura Beyne
Belgium


Yessica Mouton
Bolivia


Sheillah Molelekwa
Botswana


Gabriela Markus
Brazil


Abigail Hyndman
British Virgin Islands


Zhana Yaneva
Bulgaria


Adwoa Yamoah
Canada


Lindsay Japal
Cayman Islands


Ana Luisa Konig
Chile


Ji Dan Xu
China


Daniella Álvarez Vasquez
Colombia


Nazareth Cascante
Costa Rica


Elizabeta Burg
Croatia


Monifa Joanne Marie Jansen
Curacao


Ioanna Yiannakou
Cyprus


Tereza Chlebovská
Czech Republic


Josefine Hewitt
Denmark


Dulcita Lynn Lieggi
Dominican Republic


Carolina Andrea Aguirre Pérez
Ecuador


Ana Yancy Clavel
El Salvador


Natalie Korneitsik
Estonia


Helen Getachew
Ethiopia


Sara Yasmina Chafak
Finland


Marie Payet
France


Channa Divouvi
Gabon


Tamar Shedania
Georgia


Alicia Endemann
Germany


Gifty Ofori
Ghana


Holly Hale
Great Britain


Vasiliki Tsirogianni
Greece


Alyssa Cruz Aguero
Guam


Laura Godoy Calle
Guatemala


Ruqayyah Boyer
Guyana


Christela Jacques
Haiti


Jennifer Andrade
Honduras


Agnes Konkoly
Hungary


Shilpa Singh
India


Maria Selena
Indonesia


Adrienne Murphy
Ireland


Lina Makhuli
Israel


Grazia Pinto
Italy


Chantal Zaky
Jamaica


Ayako Hara
Japan


Sung-hye Lee
Korea


Diana Avdiu
Kosovo


Rina Chibany
Lebanon


Greta Mikalauskyte
Lithuania


Kimberley Leggett
Malaysia


Ameeksha Devi Dilchand
Mauritius


Karina Gonzalez
Mexico


Andrea Radonjic
Montenegro


Tsakana Nkandih
Namibia


Nathalie den Dekker
Netherlands


Talia Bennett
New Zealand


Farah Eslaquit Cano
Nicaragua


Isabella Agbor Ojong Ayuk
Nigeria


Sara Nicole Andersen
Norway


Stephanie Vander Werf
Panama


Egni Eckert
Paraguay


Nicole Faveron
Peru


Janine Tugonon
Philippines


Marcelina Zawadzka
Poland


Bodine Koehler
Puerto Rico


Delia Monica Duca
Romania


Elizabeth Golovanova
Russia


Branislava Mandić
Serbia


Lynn Tan
Singapore


Lubica Stepanova
Slovak Republic


Melinda Bam
South Africa


Andrea Huisgen
Spain


Sabrina Herft
Sri Lanka


Tara Edward
St. Lucia


Alina Buchschacher
Switzerland


Winfrida Dominic
Tanzania


Nutpimon Farida Waller
Thailand


Avionne Mark
Trinidad & Tobago


Cagil Ozge Özkul
Turkey


Anastasia Chernova
Ukraine


Camila Vezzoso
Uruguay


Olivia Culpo
USA


Irene Sofiá Esser Quintero
Venezuela


Diem Huong Luu
Vietnam


The only one missing is Miss Sweden, Hanni Beronius. There isn't a picture of her in her costume on the Miss Universe site.


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Kelly Clarkson...ENGAGED!!

Jenna Marbles' Latest Sparks Discussion of Slut-Shaming on YouTube (Trigger Warning)

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You may not know JennaMarbles by name, but you’ve most likely seen her on your Facebook or Twitter feed at some point in the last two years. Jenna Mourey, known as JennaMarbles on YouTube, is one of the video-sharing site’s most watched content creators. With five million subscribers and counting, she is the most subscribed woman on YouTube. Her videos, featuring observational humor, alcohol, and appearances from her adorable dogs, consistently attract millions of views. She is probably best known for her video “How to trick people into thinking you’re good looking”, which to date boasts over 47 million views.

Though Jenna tends to make some great observations about society’s expectations of women, her latest video, “Things I Don’t Understand About Girls Part 2: Slut Edition”, has received a lot of criticism from the blogosphere for perpetuating slut-shaming and victim-blaming. In the video, she questions why women go out on one night stands when the person they’re going home with could be a murderer, calls sluts “lonely and sad”, and claims that monogamy is a “form of higher evolution”. She does give her viewers the well-intentioned advice to look out for the ladies who might be blackout drunk and on the verge of going home with someone they don’t know, but claims that by doing so they will “help the sluts of the world make less bad slutty decisions.”


This may just be Jenna’s opinion, but with an audience of more than a million viewers each week, her words could prove very harmful. By saying it’s a woman’s “slutty decision” to go home with a guy when she’s blackout drunk, she is essentially blaming that woman for her own sexual assault. No one can give consent when they’re intoxicated, and by blaming woman for their own assaults, Jenna is contributing to rape culture and discouraging other victims from seeking help. She also categorizes women who have a lot of sex as stupid, lonely girls who don’t have a lot self-esteem, which can be far from the truth. Jenna has a rather young and impressionable audience, and presenting this kind of thinking to that audience could potentially be dangerous.

The video has inspired an interesting discussion online, and some great video responses explaining the dangers of victim-blaming. Sex positive blogger Laci Greengot in on the conversation early with her video “RE: JENNA MARBLES’ ‘SLUT EDITION’”, intelligently explaining the sexist ideas in the video and providing her viewers with more information on the topic. Hayley G Hoover stepped away from her usual silliness to make a very calm video response in which she states that she hasn’t lost any respect for Jenna, but thinks she needs to be more careful with her words.




I couldn't even finish watching Jenna's video...the things she was saying...ugh. The video responses are really great (watch them imo) and I'm hoping Jenna responds to this or something. Chescaleigh (the last video) talks about when she was raped so just another warning.
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Update on the Newtown School Shooting; Victims names released

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Newtown victims all shot multiple times with rifle, chief medical officer says
The Newtown school massacre victims were all shot multiple times with a rifle and suffered “devastating” wounds, Connecticut’s chief medical examiner said Saturday.

Dr. Wayne Carver said autopsies on the 20 slain children had been completed and post-mortems on the six murdered staff members would be done by day’s end. The names of the victims were handed to reporters live at the news conference.

“Everybody’s death was caused by gunshot wounds and obviously the manner of death on all these cases have been classified as homicide,” Carver said.

He said that he personally performed seven autopsies and those children had between three and 11 wounds each. Two of them were shot at close range, the others at a distance.

“This is a very devastating set of injuries,” Carver said. “I believe everyone was hit more than once.”

Asked whether the victims suffered, he replied, “Not for very long.”

He said he will perform an autopsy on the gunman, Adam Lanza, 20, who is believed to have shot himself with one of two handguns he carried. He will also perform the autopsy on the shooter’s mother, Nancy Lanza, who was found dead in her Newtown home.

Four doctors and 10 technicians, plus a college student working her first day with the medical examiner’s office, worked into Friday night to identify the victims.

They took photos of their faces and then showed the pictures to families. “It’s easier on the families when you do this,” Carver said.

He said that he managed to maintain professional composure during the grim work, but it was a challenge.

“I’ve been at this for a third of a century and my sensibility may not be the average man’s, but this is probably the worst I’ve seen.”
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Names, Ages of the Victims Released
Children (8 boys and 12 girls)
Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Olivia Engel, 6
Josephine Gay, 7
Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Madeline Hsu, 6
Catherine Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Avielle Richman, 6
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison Wyatt, 6

Adults
Rachel Davino, 29
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Lauren Russeau, 30
Mary Sherlach, 56
Victoria Soto, 27
Dawn Hocksprung, 47


Tears, prayers, and a search for answers in Newtown

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4:10 P.M.: Connecticut's Chief Medical examiner ruled the deaths of the Sandy Hook School shootings all homicides, and that each victim was shot multiple times.

"This is probably the worst I've seen," said Dr. H. Wayne Carver, who has been a medical examiner for more than three decades.

All of the victims were preliminarily identified early Saturday morning, Dr. Carver said. The parents of the young victims did not see the bodies in person. Instead, they were shown photos of the faces.

"I believe everyone was hit more than once," Dr. Carver said.

The names of the 26 victims were being released by state police.

State police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance did not talk about a possible motive for the shootings, but said "there is no information about any confrontation" involving the gunman, Adam Lanza, and the school before Friday's shooting.

In describing the injuries, Dr. Carver said a long rifle was used in the shooting. In each autopsy he performed, the victim was shot three to eleven times.

Newtown First Selectwoman Patricia Llodra also spoke at the Saturday afternoon news conference. She thanked everyone for their thoughts and support. "We are a strong and caring place," she said. "We will find a way to heal."
12:30 P.M. UPDATE: Gov. Dannel Malloy will make a televised address to the state tonight at 5:00 p.m. to talk about the deaths in Newtown. The governor is in the town today meeting with people.

10:30 A.M. UPDATE: State police say they have identified all the victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and that list will be made available today.

Speaking at a news conference, Lt. J. Paul Vance said the gunman forced his way into the school, and was not voluntarily let in.

Lt. Vance said Newtown and state police investigators are still processing the scene, and it could take days before their work is finished.

For Newtown residents, a crisis intervention team has been made available for anyone who wants to talk about what happened. The number to call is 203-270-4283.

Lt. Vance said no other weapons were recovered at the school, and the ones found were in close proximity to the gunman. He said investigators will research each gun and they will know the history of each and every weapon.

He also said evidence found at the secondary crime scene, the house where his mother was killed, may point to a motive.

8:55 A.M. UPDATE: The Associated Press reports three guns were found inside Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Glock pistol
Sig Sauer pistol
.223-caliber Bushmaster rifle

They were all registered to Nancy Lanza, who was killed. A fourth weapon was found outside the school.

8:10 A.M. UPDATE: We're awaiting a police news conference and update on the Newtown school shooting. ABC News reports "Police say some but not all bodies have been moved from the school. The rest will be moved later today." Parents were asked what their children wore to school to help identify the victims, ABC reported.

Connecticut state police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance told ABC that investigators are confident Adam Lanza acted alone in the shootings.

5:50 A.M. UPDATE: It's going to be an emotional day in Newtown and across Connecticut and people come to grips with the deaths of 27 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary, including the gunman

One other victim, the mother of the gunman, was found dead at her home, for a total of 28 dead. She was killed first before the gunman went to the school and opened fire.

Police and the medical examiner's office continued their grim task of identifying the victims and documenting the scene inside the classrooms where the children and adults were killed.

More vigils and remembrances were planned around Connecticut in memory of the victims.

Here's what is known so far.

One of the big questions remaining unanswered this morning is why .

11:50 P.M. UPDATE: Investigators will spend the night at Sandy Hook Elementary School as they work to positively identify victims of the mass killing in Newtown Friday.

"Evil visited this community today," Gov. Dannel Malloy said.

28 people were killed, 20 of them children. One other woman was injured. She was shot in the leg but is recovering. Among the victims was Sandy Hook's principal, Dawn Hochsprung .

The gunman was identified as Adam Lanza, 20. Authorities initially identified his brother as the gunman.

"Our hearts are broken today," President Obama said .

The state medical examiner is inside the school in a makeshift morgue. State police hope to be able to release the names of all of those who were killed on Saturday.

Candle light vigils were held in Newtown and Hartford and other Connecticut cities Friday night, and more were scheduled for the weekend as people paid their respects.

Gov. Malloy ordered flags at half staff until the victims are buried.
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Amid Tragedy, Stories of Heroism Emerge
With bursts of gunfire ringing out in the hallway, Kaitlin Roig, a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, huddled in a cramped bathroom with her 15 first-grade students, trying to assure them that everything would be alright -- even though she didn't believe it.

"I'm thinking, 'We're next,'" Roig told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an emotional interview. "And I'm thinking, as a 6-year-old, 7-year-old, what are your thoughts? I'm thinking I almost have to be their parent.

"So I said to them, I need you to know that I love you all very much, and it's going to be OK, because I thought that was the last thing they were ever going to hear. I thought they were all going to die. I wanted them to know someone loved them, and I wanted that to be one of the last things they heard, not gunfire in the hallway."

Moments earlier, when a gunman identified to NBC News as 20-year-old Adam Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and began his shooting spree, killing 20 children and six adults, Roig rushed her students from the classroom to a bathroom, then barricaded the door with a bookshelf.

She was eventually rescued by police.

Roig's story is one of a handful of heroism amid tragedy that are sure to emerge over the coming days. Several of the victims died trying to save lives, according to reports.

The school's principal, Dawn Hochsprung, and school psychologist Mary Sherlach were in a meeting with a parent, other staff members and school therapist Diane Day when the shooting started, Day told The Wall Street Journal. While most people dove under desks, Hochsprung and Sherlach rushed to see if they could help and ran toward the shooter, Supt. Janet Robinson said.

"They didn't think twice about confronting or seeing what was going on," Day told the Journal.

Both were killed.

Another teacher pressed her body against to door to keep Lanza out -- and was shot twice in the process, Day said.

"She was our hero," Day told the Journal.

Bill Vollmer said he considers his wife, Janet, a kindergarten teacher, a hero. She was not injured, but is devastated, he said.
"She locked the doors, pulled the blinds, put paper over the window on the door and sat the kids in a cubby and read to them and tried to distract them from what was really happening," Bill Volmer said.

One teacher helped students get out through a window, Robinson said, and one hid the students in the kiln room as the shooter made his way through the school.

"The teachers were really, really focused on saving the students," Robinson.
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Shooter’s Mother Was Not on Staff at Sandy Hook: Supt.
It does not appear that Nancy Lanza, mother of the apparent shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, was a staff member at the school, despite earlier reports.

Newtown Supt. Janet Robinson told NBC Connecticut’s Jo Ling Kent on Saturday that there is no record of Lanza in the school database.

"Mrs. Lanza, who I have never met, was not a teacher in the district," Robinson said. "She's not in our database as a staff member."

She might have been a substitute teacher or volunteer at the school, but that is not clear.

Federal authorities have identified Adam Lanza, 20, as the man who shot and killed 20 school children, six adults, and himself.

The guns recovered at the scene, a Glock and a Sig Sauer, were legally registered to Nancy Lanza.

A woman, believed to be Lanza's mother, was found shot dead insider a Newtown home.
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Image source has more images of support in and around Newtown.
Info if you want to help Newtown families
Article about the school psychologist
Article about the school principal
http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-nation-reports,30743/
http://www.theonion.com/articles/right-to-own-handheld-device-that-shoots-deadly-me,30742/
Pakistani children lit candles in honor of the victims
MSNBC: Lanza family members will hold a press conference at 6PM estnevermind
Statement from Lauren Rosseau's family (one of the deceased teachers)

Mob Blames Mass Effect For School Shooting, Is Embarrassingly Wrong

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In the wake of the terrible tragedy in Connecticut, initial reports said the shooter was a 24 year-old named Ryan Lanza. Online, people quickly located a Ryan Lanza on Facebook and searched through his profile to see if there were any "clues" they could pin the shooting on. They found their clues...but the wrong Lanza.

As we now know, the shooter was apparently Adam Lanza, the younger brother of a man named Ryan Lanza (It's unclear if the killer's brother and the Ryan Lanza on Facebook are the same person, though some details match).

But during those initial reports, a mob of angry Facebook users noticed that Ryan Lanza had liked Mass Effect on Facebook. Coupled with news reports that a Fox News expert connected the horrific shooting to video games, some felt like this was proof positive that games were to blame.











A Facebook pile-on began. "There is a connection between violent games and senseless violence in real life," wrote Facebook user Becky Laird Gluff. Another user, Melanie Bowers, said,"Ban this game and the people who created such sickness." And Catherine Barowski Plummer even wrote,"I am sure none of these precious children had this game on their Santa list... God help protect us from all the evil our society promotes." =

A few hundred comments in, the mob was in full force, when a Reddit thread seems to have picked up on what was going down.

Video games have long been a scapegoat. The constant finger-pointing has made many gamers defensive—perhaps overly so. The next thousand or so comments that followed were gamers sticking up for Mass Effect, pointing out that the alleged perpetrator probably drank water and ate bread, so many we should ban those, too. But hours later, what exactly are they now sticking up for? That was the wrong Lanza!

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Great. Now Mass Effect is going to be the new GTA for concerned parents....ugh.

Dressing Hollywood's Starlets for Award Season

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There are many ladies whose names are being thrown up for the upcoming awards season. From pros like Helen Mirren to newbies like Mary Elizabeth Winstead, everyone is excited to see who go home with one of the many prestigious awards coming up. One of the best things about this time of year is the fashion and below and I have outlined what I’d like to see some of the potential film nominees wearing this awards season.

Below are some of this year’s hottest film stars in looks I’d like to see them in.

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Jessica Chastain in Elie Saab Haute Fall 2012 Couture - Jessica is Hollywood’s golden girl and deserves a gown that shows off how glamorous she can be.


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Anne Hathaway in Jason Wu Resort 2013- Hathaway loves interesting silhouettes and this dress does that while staying classy.

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Jennifer Lawrence in Michael Kors Spring 2013 RTW- This look is the complete opposite of her famous red dress from last year; it’s a fun look she can get away with at her age.

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Naomi Watts in Oscar de la Renta Spring RTW 2013- Naomi’s Old Hollywood glam and petite frame would work perfectly with this beautiful dress.

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Zac Posen Spring 2013 Resort- This stunning up-and-comer needs a dress to put her in the spotlight and this one will do the trick.

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Keira Knightley in Reem Acra Resort 2013- Keira’s figure would look divine in this gown and the cute would show off her graceful shoulders.

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Rachel Weisz in Jenny Packham Spring 2013 RTW- This dress is elegant and stunning, just like Weisz herself.

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Kerry Washington in Marchesa Spring 2013 RTW- Kerry’s slim figure would wear the unique shape of this gown perfectly and the color would look fabulous on her.

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Laura Linney in Elie Saab Fall 2012 Couture- Linney also looks amazing on the red carpet and this color is bold but tasteful.

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Emmanuelle Riva in Calvin Klein Collection Spring 2013 RTW- Riva would rock this sophisticated yet glamorous pantsuit.

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Meryl Streep in Vera Wang Spring 2013 RTW- Meryl’s been to enough of these events that she’ll be calm and sophisticated, just like this ensemble.

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Judi Dench in Christian Siriano Spring 2013 RTW- This classic cut would help us see the softer side of M.

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Marion Cotillard in Marchessa S2013 RTW- Marion’s quirky sense of fashion and great figure would fit well with this gorgeous Marchessa dress.

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Amy Adams in Zac Posen 2013 RTW- I am convinced that this color would look amazing on Amy Adams, who could definitely full off this mermaid gown.

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Sally Field in Jenny Packham Spring 2013 RTW- Sally’s bright and sunny personality would fit this colorful dress, either as is or with a reduced slit.

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Samantha Barks in Valentino Spring 2013 RTW – Up-and-comer Samantha seems sweet and innocent, just like this dress. The white would look great with her coloring.

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Helen Hunt in Carolina Herrera Spring 2012 RTW- Helen Hunt is an old pro making a comeback and this dress is the perfect mix of splashy and demure.

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Quvenzhane Wallis in Oscar de la Renta 2013 RTW- This dress is cute and sweet just like her and a modified version of it would be entirely appropriate for her age.

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Helen Mirren in Christian Dior's Fall/Winter 2013 Haute Couture- This dress is the perfect mix of modest and sexy that matches Helen Mirren.

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Kathryn Bigelow in Saint Laurent Spring 2013 RTW- This dress would show off her great figure but at the same time show that she means business.

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Emily Blunt in Alessandra Rich Spring 2013 RTW- Emily would look stunning a ladylike yet quirky ensemble such as this.

Coming Soon: Dressing the ladies of television for awards season!

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