Thundercrack Movie!

First, what is Thundercrack?

The cast was as follows:
Marion Eaton … Mrs. Gert Hammond
Melinda McDowell … Sash
George Kuchar … Bing
Mookie Blodgett … Chandler
Ken Scudder … Bond
Bernie Boyle … Señor Tostada
Mark Ellinger … Charlie Hammond
Laurie Hendricks … Simon Cassidy’s Mother

Thundercrack! was a 1975 black comedy film that has scenes unsuitable for children. The scenes were all out there (use your imagination - it covers it all).

Second, there is a stage production in San Francisco called “Perverts Put Out” self described as a “long-running pansexual performance series” where theatre patrons should “join your fellow pervs for some explicit, twisted fun.” Say what?!

What do the two have in common? They are taking stimulus package money through NEA to “entertain” patrons! Awful.

NEA money from the Stimulus package is being used to screen Thundercrack the movie and a production of Perverts Put Out. Thundercrack is getting critics reviews today. But Thundercrack (aka Thunder crack) is not getting released. Thundercrack’s screenings are getting your stimulus money.

Why?

What do the two have in common? They are taking stimulus package money through NEA to “entertain” patrons! Awful.

Fox says of it the following:

The National Endowment for the Arts may be spending some of the money it received from the Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund nude simulated-sex dances, Saturday night “pervert” revues and the airing of pornographic horror films at art houses in San Francisco.

How much did NEA get? $80 million! Crazy. Frameline film house got $50,000 and is screening Thundercrack, the perv group got in excess of $20,000

NEA says the money helps “jobs”. Sure it is, NEA.

“Our review process is very comprehensive — we take great care with applicants and with grantees. It’s a thorough, rigorous process that they all go through, and we’re proud of the projects that we’ve been able to support.”

Anderson Cooper Bachelorette YouTube!

Finally, Cooper (CNN) clearly wanted to ask what really goes on during those Disney ABC Shows - “How many guys did you sleep with on the show”.

Bachelorette: “I kissed 10 guys, but only 4 with tongue”.
Cooper: “I think I just threw up in my mouth.”


First, Anderson Cooper forgot this is the candy-apple daytime show, Regis and Kelly, where soft questions are asked, not the zinger “So hows your sex life!”

Second, Cooper’s question about the Bachelorette’s life in the bedroom proves Anderson is exactly in tune with what America would have asked also. Bravo for asking!

10 Best (and Real) Work-at-Home Jobs

Self-motivation, discipline, job skills and independence are key characteristics for at-home workers, says Stephanie Foster of Poway, Calif., a former medical transcriptionist who runs the Web site Homewiththekids.com.

A growing number of employers appear to believe telecommuting is a good deal for them as well. It reduces overhead expenses, allows access to talented workers who may not be available locally, provides off-hours support and helps retain employees, says Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of FlexJobs.com, a Web site that aggregates hand-screened telecommuting/work-at-home jobs. "We've seen a real broadening of the audience of both employers and job seekers."

Consider these 10 jobs -- some rather traditional and others unexpected -- for interesting at-home work and good (if competitive) prospects.

Searching for jobs you can do from home used to be a matter of scanning the Sunday classifieds for offers to get rich quick by stuffing envelopes.

Now, exposure to at-home employment opportunities has exploded, and a wide range of job ads are just a mouse click away. But so are the scams.

Two years ago, when The Rat Race Rebellion began tracking at-home jobs, there were 30 scams for every legitimate opportunity. Now, with 4,500 to 5,000 work-at-home job ads screened weekly, the Web site finds 57 phonies for every one that's for real, says Christine Durst, CEO of The Rat Race Rebellion.

Nevertheless, there's no shortage of people who dream of beating the odds and earning a living from home.

Durst, who is also CEO of Connecticut-based Staffcentrix, which develops home-based and virtual career training programs, says people interested in work-at-home jobs primarily are:

* Parents who say they want to spend more time with their children.
* Trailing military spouses who, according to Durst, by virtue of their spouse's career need to pick up and move every few years.
* Retirees needing supplemental income.
* People with disabilities.


Teacher

From postsecondary education to elementary schools, there are opportunities for students to learn virtually. Along with that, come opportunities to teach (and tutor) virtually. While distance learning is not new, advanced technology, collaborative multimedia software designed for schools and high-speed Internet connections have created more opportunities for teachers and students to work together from afar, says Fell. Durst has also noticed more teacher jobs being posted, and she knows of one professor who works mainly online and makes six figures -- although income "depends on how many hours you're applying to it and the type of classes you're teaching." A resource center for online teaching jobs is available at GetEducated.com.
Writer/editor

Yes, the print publishing industry has been suffering, but Durst is seeing frequent listings these days for writing, editing and proofreading, particularly for the Web. Even those without writing experience can join the blogosphere. Not only can blogging be lots of fun, Foster says, but also there's money to be earned blogging for someone else's site, getting paid to post on your own blog or through revenue-sharing arrangements. A list of blogging opportunities, for which the pay range is less than $5 per post to more than $20 per post, can be found at Homewiththekids.com.
Franchise owner

It's a no-brainer: Owning a business can be the road to at-home work. For an initial investment, franchises may offer a ready-made business with brand awareness, a system and a territory, says Leslie Truex, founder of the Web site Work-At-Home Success. She advises considering businesses that target the over-50 crowd or the self-employed, involve health and wellness, relate to the "green" movement, or involve electronic or online devices (i.e., accessories, applications).

Virtual assistant

This is a field with much potential, in part because the title description covers many things. "You can fit your offerings to what you know how to do," says Foster. One can own a virtual assistant business or work from home for a company that makes you available to other employees or clients. Homewiththekids.com, for example, currently features a dozen such companies. Small businesses hire virtual assistants to help when they can't justify a permanent employee. The International Virtual Assistants Association, which Durst co-founded in the 1990s, began with 28 members and has grown to more than 600, who charge from $15 per hour to more than $100 per hour.
Medical transcriptionist

As Foster knows, being a medical receptionist is a demanding job, and nearly every company listed on her site seeks applicants with experience and/or training from certain schools. The work involves listening to and typing up dictation from doctors -- some of whom have difficult accents, slur words together, and even "eat, drink, chew gum (and) talk to other people in the room" while dictating, she says. But hearing about medical matters can be interesting, and good transcriptionists are in very high demand. Expect initial earnings of less than $10 per hour, but some transcriptionists earn $20 or more per hour.
Translator

Those with fluency in more than one language translate audio files or documents, not just word for word but often with cultural differences in mind. "Companies can access home-based translators with hard-to-find language skills without being held back by geographic location," says Fell.

Foster's site lists 15 companies that seek home-based translators. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-09, which groups translators and interpreters, notes a projected employment increase of 24 percent over the 2006-to-2016 decade, much faster than the average for all occupations.

The national mean hourly wage for translators and interpreters was $20.74, with a mean annual wage of $43,130 as of May 2008, according to estimates by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some industries pay significantly higher, with the highest paying jobs generally in the management, scientific and technical consulting services areas, in which the mean hourly wage was $56.50 and the annual mean wage was $117,530.
Web developer/designer

Information technology is the sector, Durst says, where most of the home-based hiring is being done. Terri Orlowski, a virtual assistant and Web developer based in Ledyard, Conn., offers services such as custom Web site design, template modification and redesigns, code updates, hosting, and usability reviews. She previously held administrative positions in a variety of industries, and makes a higher per-hour rate now. The job is in high demand. Of the more than 15,000 new monthly work-from-home job postings on Odesk.com, Web developers are in the greatest demand, says spokeswoman Elizabeth Gordon. A list of companies that post at-home tech jobs is available at ratracerebellion.com.

Call center representative

When you phone to order something from a catalog or infomercial, a big office with rows of cubicles may come to mind. But the person on the other end of the line is likely to be sitting in a home office. "It's a huge and growing industry," says Durst of companies that hire independent contractors to take calls from home. She says the "home-shore movement" started in response to complaints about the many companies that looked offshore for workers. While some Web sites, such as Alpineaccess.com, actually hire representatives, most use subcontractors. Just be aware that the pay may be by the minute rather than by the hour, so you may not be paid for time you spend waiting by the phone. A list of companies that hire call center reps can be found at Homewiththekids.com.
Tech support specialist

Call centers also hire technical support specialists to work remotely. Kate Lister, co-author of "Undress for Success: The Naked Truth About Making Money at Home," names it as one of her top three "best-bet work-at-home jobs." And according to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, jobs for computer support specialists (on-site and remote combined) were expected to increase by 13 percent from 2006 to 2016 -- much faster than the average for all occupations -- with 71,000 new jobs.
Travel agent

Scams abound in the travel industry -- particularly organizations that charge for information on how to break into the field. But operating a home-based travel agency can be an excellent business, says Tom Ogg of the Home Based Travel Agent Information Center. "Real home-based travel agents have experienced robust growth over the last decade, and there are probably around 35,000 of them and growing." A growing (although small) number of people earn $100,000 or more a year, he says. "A solid business concept and plan focused on profitability will take you a long way to achieving your monetary goals." There's also the joy of helping others enjoy their leisure time.

TMZ says it has audio of Erin Andrews' 911 call

She later adds that, "I'm the girl that was videotaped without her knowing, without her clothes on in the hotel."

And her voice is clearly frustrated as she says, "I did nothing wrong and I'm being treated like f---ing Britney Spears and it sucks."

Deadspin.com has the full transcript.

TMZ.com says police found two members of the news media, and they were allowed to leave without incident.

TMZ.com has posted what it says is a 911 call from ESPN's Erin Andrews, to complain about paparazzi lurking outside her Georgia home. (We haven't confirmed the authenticity, but it sounds legit.)

It begins with Andrews referencing the peephole video of her, as she says, "I've been in the news recently about being in a hotel naked."

Joe Jackson: "Omer Bhatti is Michael's Secret Son"

"Yes, I knew he had another son, yes I did," Jackson said in the video.

He also discussed Bhatti's dancing abilities and his resemblence to the Jackson clan. "He looks like a Jackson, acts like a Jackson, can dance like a Jackson," he said.

As a child, Bhatti often traveled with Jackson and even lived at the singer's Neverland ranch.

Court records show Bhatti was living at Neverland when authorities raided the estate in 2003 looking for evidence of child molestation.

Bhatti was briefly interviewed by investigators and was initially on the defense's list of prospective witnesses.

Joe Jackson has confirmed that a 25-year-old aspiring rapper from Norway, is actually Michael Jackson's fourth child.

In an interview posted on NewsOne.com, Joe Jackson talks about Omer Bhatti and told the reporter that he knew Michael had another child.

But he was never asked to testify.

At Jackson's memorial at Staples, Bhatti was prominently seated in the front row next to the pop star's children and siblings.

Bhatti is also said to be seeking a DNA test to determine whether Jackson is in fact his father.

Jackson's brother Jermaine has said Bhatti would be welcomed into the family, if he's proven a Jackson.

"If Omer's his son, he's his son," Jermaine told Britain's the Daily Mail. 'We won't deny it. We are going to give him the same love and care that we give Prince and Paris and Blanket. I can't clearly say if he is Michael's but I saw this kid around him."

In 2004, Us Weekly reported that Jackson did, indeed, acknowledge that he was the father.

A source told the magazine: "Jackson has told his closest associates Omer's mom's was a Norwegian with whom he had a one-night stand."

Hi, I'm a PC. Hi, I'm an iPhone Virus

A customer walked into a GeekSquad store in Texas receiving a prompt on his screen which wouldnt allow Safari to be closed.

Apple thinks the issue was caused by jailbreaking the iPhone.

The Bible has instructions for iPhones with viruses.

Those annoying (not if you are a MAC user) ads - I'm a Mac, I'm a PC ads are about to take a turn.

An iPhone's SMS system seems to be vulnerable and now may have been exploited. There is word on the street that about a possible virus which could be infecting the device.

Stimulus Bill Funds Go to Art Houses Showing 'Pervert' Revues, Underground Pornography

Williams said such support for the arts is a luxury at a time when the president and Congress have been telling the public to make sacrifices to manage the recession.

"When taxpayers see this, they realize that's just a bunch of hot air," he told FOXNews.com.

Some members of Congress raised alarms as the stimulus bill was being drafted and approved, but President Obama, while admitting there were problems with the $787 billion legislation, stressed the need for immediate action to resuscitate the economy.

"We can't afford to make perfect the enemy of the absolutely necessary," Obama said at the time.

But he presumably didn't intend to have stimulus money help fund the weekly production of "Perverts Put Out" at San Francisco's CounterPULSE, whose "long-running pansexual performance series" invites guests to "join your fellow pervs for some explicit, twisted fun."

CounterPULSE received a $25,000 grant in the "Dance" category; a staffer there said they were pleased to receive the grant, "which over the next year will be used to preserve jobs at our small non-profit."

Similarly, the director of Frameline, the gay and lesbian film house, told FOXNews.com in an e-mail that their $50,000 grant was not to support any program in particular.

"The grant is not intended for a specific program; it's to be used for the preservation of jobs at our media arts nonprofit organization over the next year during the economic downturn," wrote K.C. Price, who listed four other NEA grants his organization has received.

The National Endowment for the Arts may be spending some of the money it received from the Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund nude simulated-sex dances, Saturday night "pervert" revues and the airing of pornographic horror films at art houses in San Francisco.

The NEA was given $80 million of the government's $787 billion economic stimulus bill to spread around to needy artists nationwide, and most of the money is being spent to help preserve jobs in museums, orchestras, theaters and dance troupes that have been hit hard by the recession.

But some of the NEA's grants are spicing up more than the economy. A few of their more risque choices have some taxpayer advocates hot under the collar, including a $50,000 infusion for the Frameline film house, which recently screened Thundercrack, "the world's only underground kinky art porno horror film, complete with four men, three women and a gorilla."

"When you spend so much money in a short amount of time ... you're going to have nonsense like this, and that's why the stimulus should never have been done in the first place," said David Williams, vice president for policy at Citizens Against Government Waste.

An NEA spokeswoman defended the agency's choices and said its grants would help "preserve jobs in danger of going away or that had gone away because of the economic downturn."

"Our review process is very comprehensive — we take great care with applicants and with grantees," said NEA spokeswoman Victoria Hutter. "It's a thorough, rigorous process that they all go through, and we're proud of the projects that we've been able to support."

Though the process was sped up, the NEA's 109 panelist reviewers handled the compressed schedule by giving their $50 million in direct grants only to individuals and groups that have received funding in the past and have already passed muster. An additional $30 million was given to state agencies to parcel out to local artists during this year.

One project that has received past NEA funding and stands to get an additional boost from a $25,000 stimulus grant is "The Symmetry Project," a dance piece by choreographer Jess Curtis.

The show depicts "the sharing of a central axis, [as] spine, mouth, genitals, face, and anus reveal their interconnectedness and centrality in embodied experience," according to a description offered on Curtis' Web site.

In the flesh — and there's a lot of it — it amounts to two people writhing naked on the floor, a government-funded tango in the altogether.

Curtis said that diminished support from regular funders like San Francisco Grants for the Arts "would mean lots less work and less ability to organize ... to get the work out in front of people." He said the NEA funding will help keep his art afloat.

"I think art is an incredibly important part of our culture and our life and ... that it's very much appropriate that our government should be supporting it," he told FOXNews.com.

San Francisco's economy is driven by the arts, which provided nearly 30,000 jobs in the city last year, according to Luis R. Cancel, director of cultural affairs for the San Francisco Arts Council.

"The city's non-profit arts and cultural sector generates $1.03 billion in local economic activity annually and, therefore, it will play a critical role in our recovery," Cancel said in a statement.

"With these stimulus funds San Francisco arts organizations will be able to weather the storm and continue to provide jobs and to generate revenue while enriching people's lives through innovative, high quality programming."

Williams, the taxpayer advocate, allowed that the $100,000 granted to the three groups "isn't going to make or break the country financially," but he said arts institutions should try to raise money by raising ticket prices — not by taxing individuals.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, he said. "These sorts of programs really do need to be funded by the patrons that go to the performances — not by the federal government."

Jon Gosselin Has Scavenger Hunt With the Kids

Following a weekend of fun in the Hamptons, Jon returned to Wernersville Tuesday. Smoking a cigarette, he went to a car wash, a UPS store and the bank.

Jon - who has been linked to two different women in two weeks, Hailey Glassman and Kate Major - recently vowed to Usmagazine.com that he wants to stay out of the headlines.

the kids in their backyard on July 29, 2009 in Reading, PA.
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With the TLC reality cameras rolling, Jon Gosselin had a scavenger hunt with his daughters at their $1.1 million Pennsylvania home Wednesday. He and the kids paired up in teams of two. Jon was threw around a Frisbee for the dogs. Ex Kate wasn't spotted.

"It's crazy," he told Us. "I don't want [8-year-old twins] Mady and Cara Googling me, and I have to explain [a photo] and lose that trust between my children. No, it's dumb. Or explain it to my ex, Kate. Or explain to anybody what's going on."

Health Buzz: Tanning Beds Blamed for Cancer and Other Health News

Women Sell Their Eggs, so Why Not a Kidney?

A few weeks ago, New York became the first state in the nation to allow federally funded researchers to pay women for their eggs for embryonic stem cell research. While men typically donate their sperm free of charge, women expect to get paid for their eggs because of the hassle and risk that comes with injecting themselves with hormones to ripen multiple eggs at once and then have those eggs surgically extracted. Few donors would go through that if there were no financial incentives, U.S. News's Deborah Kotz writes. While it's not illegal for women in the United States to get payments for egg donations (it is in Europe), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine has established ethical guidelines for egg donor compensation—a cap of $10,000 per cycle—which most fertility clinics follow.

Kotz tackles the question: If it is OK to sell eggs, why can't willing donors charge reasonable rates for their organs? Donating a kidney is a riskier procedure than egg donation because it involves more-invasive surgery and the long-term risk of having a malfunction in the remaining kidney. One expert says if there were a nonexploitative way of selling organs, he'd like to see it tried within the framework of a research study. Read more.

Read about a procedure that lets you donate a kidney without getting a scar. And find out where to go if you're searching for an egg donor.

Experts Say Tanning Beds Cause Cancer

Tanning beds increase your odds of getting cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced in the new issue of the Lancet Oncology. Until now, the committee of experts who advise the World Health Organization had not confirmed a link between tanning beds, sunlamps, and cancer. The group made the decision after reviewing studies that showed teens and young adults who used tanning beds increased their risk of developing melanoma by 75 percent.

Obesity Takes Huge Toll on Kids

Findings published online earlier this month by Health Affairs revealed that costs associated with obesity-related hospitalizations in children rose from $125.9 million in 2001 to $237.6 million in 2005 (in 2005 dollars), U.S. News's Sarah Baldauf reports. Obese kids face greater odds of severe health problems in the future—type 2 diabetes and heart disease, in particular, Baldauf writes. But they are also dealing with a host of pretty serious issues in the present. Young bodies exposed to the hormones and metabolic burden of excess weight can suffer from conditions that take a significant toll on youngsters' quality of life.

The biggies that can land an obese kid in the hospital are orthopedic conditions because of compromised bones; asthma, which is associated with and can be intensified by obesity; and diabetes-related problems like infections, according to one expert. Baldauf explains five additional ways obesity can affect a child's health.

Robin Quivers bathing suit

I do not know why but one of buddy asked me to find robin quivers bathing suit pic and the result ?
so far, I can not find the real robin quivers bathing suit so, I just guess it is a hoax?
the thing here, I have no idea why he kept searching for robin quivers bathing suit? so, after I see her pic, I understand why.

Photos of Madonna's Biceps Freaking Peeps Out

The star was eating out with her reported model boyfriend, Jesus Luz, and as she was leaving, some photos of her were taken that have been widely critiqued.

Madonna follows a strict exercise regimen of two-hour workouts six days a week while drinking coconut water to keep energy levels high. Possibly too high.

Music icon Madonna is renowned for her fitness and figure despite passing the half-century mark. But she may just be taking her workouts a bit too seriously.

Photos taken showing her bulging veins have made people a little freaked out by Madonna's biceps, instead of impressed by them. They appear a bit alien-like.

The “freakish” Madonna pictures were taken Sunday in London.

The pop star is monitored by personal trainer Tracy Anderson, to whom she was introduced by Gwyneth Paltrow. Anderson told the UK's Daily Mail the following:

"I have completely changed Madonna’s body. I told her to forget everything she had been taught before and give up yoga, which can make you look very veiny."

The trainer further distanced herself from the freaky biceps: "Madonna’s very healthy and looks fantastic but those veins have nothing to do with me."

Heidi Montag Pratt, Playboy, and the Naked Truth of Her Reality

Holly Montag told Usmagazine.com Monday, "She's not nude. Her Maxim cover was so gorgeous and tasteful, and I know Playboy is going to be the same. It's really cool that she can be part of the Playboy family. I love it. I go up there all the time and play poker. I love the girls there, and it's very cool to be a part of that legacy."

Now, if the magazine does not sell as well for the better half of the couple everyone loves to hate, she can blame it on her sister's heads-up that she didn't pose naked in Playboy. Which means that Al Roker has been let off the hook.

Which elicits the question: Is there anything about Heidi Montag Pratt that is real?

Heidi Montag Pratt's sister, Holly Montag, fresh out of the Costa Rican jungle that her sister and brother-in-law, Spencer Pratt, could not handle (remember the train wreck, "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!"?), told Us magazine this week that Heidi Pratt would not be
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naked in her upcoming Playboy pictorial.

It is a known fact that the reality show "The Hills" is scripted (for the most part), which means that the situations are contrived, staged, whatever. And Dr. Drew Pinsky (star of his own reality show "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew") stated in his book, The Mirror Effect, that he did not believe that Heidi and Spencer Pratt were actually the way they portray themselves, but that they were exceptionally good at playing the controversy angle, acting the way they think people might expect them to act, stopping at nothing to make the audience despise them. Dr. Drew Pinsky also observes that Heidi and Spencer Pratt may be true narcissists.

And then there are Heidi Montag Pratt's own set of "hills," which apparently aren't real, either. Lauren Conrad, who once starred on "The Hills" with Heidi Montag - now - Pratt, told Harper's Bazaar that Heidi Pratt's "hills" weren't "going to pay for themselves," a reference to the Heidi's upcoming spread in Playboy. Lauren Conrad also insinuated that she didn't call around to make certain that people knew where she was going to be.

Auctioning Rock ‘n Roll Letters, Photos

Among the items, 21 faxes Madonna sent to her then-boyfriend/bodyguard in the early 1990s, an erotic video-tape she make for him during the filming of 1993’s “Dangerous Game,” and tapes containing 17 minutes of voicemail messages she left him.



Rocker Jimi Hendrix’s first known contract --from when he was still known as Jimmy Hendrix -- is on the auction block. Peter Siegel, CEO of auction company Gotta Have It, tells FOX News, “We have Jimi Hendrix’s first recording contract from 1965. Someone was lucky enough to sign this young guitarist to a contract and they gave him all of $1.00 for the contract. We have the actual document signed by Jimi Hendrix. It’s one of the highlights of the auction. Very very important.”

Attention fans of the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna and Bob Dylan… A new online auction features more than 450 items from your favorite rock ‘n roll and pop stars.

Also on sale, Bob Dylan’s original working lyrics for his song “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall,” outfits worn by Elvis Presley, and more than one hundred Beatles items, from signed letters to photographs. The auction continues through August 5th.

Todd Genger PHOTO!

Genger allegedly thought he was soliciting a girl in a chat room below the legal age. In fact, he was chatting up instead an undercover investigator reports the Westchester County DA’s office says officials.

He is next due in court August 11. Genger has reportedly yet to comment about the case.



PHOTO! Here is a picture of Todd Genger, attorney for Goldman Sachs, who now needs his own attorney. Todd Genger of Goldman wasn’t allegedly happy enough with a top job and being married with three kids, claim investigators, prompting the 33 year old to seek out something else.

Where? Online claims investigators.

GossipCop.com: Taking the Joy Out of the Only Thing We Have Left

But of course there aren't really such backstories. At some point, somebody (either a source or a reporter) usually just makes these items up out of whole cloth, or twists a small fact or hearsay beyond recognition. And even if there were backstories, Gossip Cop does not appear to try to ferret them out.

Reason Two: Publicist denials are not only boring, they're meaningless. These are people who are paid to lie to protect their clients. Some don't, which is admirable, but "Page Six" keeps a hilarious running tally of celebrity publicists who are proven liars, a couple of whom are quoted in the first day of Gossip Cop.

This morning, Dan Abrams announced on the Today show the launch of his newest Internet product, Gossip Cop, a follow-up, if not quite an offshoot, of his Mediaite brand. Basically, the premise of the site is to gauge whether celebrity stories are true. ("JENNIFER ANISTON JUST 'FRIENDS' WITH GERARD BUTLER" reads a sample headline."'IN TOUCH' MICHAEL JACKSON STORIES ARE OUT OF TOUCH" reads another.) So far, most of the items are deemed fake, usually because of a simple publicist denial, if even that. Let's make a list of why this is no fun:

Reason One: If the site was like Snopes.com, in that it got into how these bizarre stories came about, that would be fascinating, or at least funny. Like, Lindsay Lohan once fell down a well, shouted to Lassie for help, Lassie got a rescue team, and then later, when Lindsay only gave him a dog treat as a reward because she is out of work, the collie sold his story to the British News of the World scandal sheet. Pretending to understand his barks, a reporter naturally interpreted that Lindsay was going to be on the next season of I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! Presto! A gossip item.

Reason Two: Publicist denials are not only boring, they're meaningless. These are people who are paid to lie to protect their clients. Some don't, which is admirable, but "Page Six" keeps a hilarious running tally of celebrity publicists who are proven liars, a couple of whom are quoted in the first day of Gossip Cop.

Reason Three: Many of these denials are already included in the original gossip item, particularly if it makes it to print. We've already seen all this stuff.

Reason Four: Furthermore, we don't care whether the gossip is true. Studies have shown that people care more whether a story is sensational than whether it's factual. It's only natural! That's why all of this stuff is called "gossip," and it's why the celebrity tabloids survive. Blatantly implausible stories are run all the time, with denials included, and we'll read them anyway because of the entertainment value. Gossip Cop is taking the fun out of one of the only fun things we have left these days.

Madonna’s Biceps Front and Center in Photo

Well a new photo has come out that shows Madonna, who will turn 51 next month, might have taken that heath craze and let it go too far.

Just call the Material Girl the Muscle Girl.

New photos have popped up on the Internet this week showing Madonna completely ripped and jacked like she was Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1980s. Her biceps are well defined with veins popping out of them. But not in that attractive, healthy way. More in a skeletal, wrinkled and frightening kind of way.

Most people who pass the age of 50 find their body shutting down on them. Things drop, things get flabby, other things aren’t as responsive as they used to be and it just gets more and more difficult to stay fit and healthy.

“Oftentimes when your body fat is really, really, low, as Madonna’s is, you’re going to see veins pop,” explained Leslie Bonci, director of sports nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to ABC News. “Her body fat is minimal, and she does a lot of strength training workouts that are going to build her muscles to look more visible.”

With the kind of criticism Madonna is receiving across the world for these photos, one has to wonder, would she rather be in the news for her overly healthy body, people dying because her stage crashed or naughty voicemail messages being sold?

Darlene Haynes was not unique, this has happened before

The body of Darlene Haynes was found dumped in a closet: the worst part of the story being that her abdomen had been opened and her unborn child removed. It is thought that the baby could have survived but would need medical attention.

Police are of course looking for who killed Darlene Haynes and the assumption is that whoever did either has the baby or has passed it on to another.

The truly appalling part of this crime is that it is not unique, such horrors have happened to others. Only last month Korena Elaine Roberts was charged in Oregon with a similar crime, cutting open Heather Snively so as to take her baby and killing her in the process.

Darlene Haynes has been found dead with her 8 month old fetus ripped untimely from her womb. Police are, not surprisingly, treating Darlene Haynes' death as a homicide.

Darlene Haynes was about 8 months pregnant when last seen alive, on Thursday last week. Darlene's body was found on Monday after her landlord went to investigate reports of a strong odor coming from her apartment.

Another similar case happened just over a year ago in Pittsburgh to a poor unfortunate called Kia Johnson.

In both cases the cause seemed to be the irrationally intense desire of a woman to have a child. Perhaps the same motivation that leads to baby snatching, but ratcheted up to a near insane degree.

At this point, until the police can tell us more, we'll just have to assume that the same abhorrence is what happened to Darlene Haynes.

Police: Trucker passes out, takes out fruit market

The driver of the truck, Willie J. Davis, 53, Palatka, was taken to the Putnam Community Medical Center shortly after the 2 p.m. incident in serious condition, FHP said.

Witnesses said Davis was driving in the inside eastbound lane when he suddenly began to drift into the outside lane and then off the road.

A cashier in the fruit market building when the crash occurred told troopers she saw the truck coming and was able to get out of the way just as the truck demolished the building.

The accident happened at 2 p.m. yesterday, not 2 a.m. this morning as originally reported.

The Palatka Fruit Market on U.S. 17 was demolished yesterday when the driver of a logging truck lost consciousness and drove into the $250,000 building head-on, Florida Highway Patrol said.

Troopers said the structure was "totally destroyed" in the accident and and building officials in Putnam county declared it no longer safe for occupancy.

Davis, who was not wearing a seatbelt, told troopers he blacked out just before the crash.

Troopers said alcohol was not a factor in the accident.

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Federer highlights Wimbledon men's quarterfinals

They have faced each other in three Wimbledon finals, including last year. Serena won the first two, in 2002 and '03. They are 10-10 in career meetings and have played in seven Grand Slam finals, with Serena winning five.

"Serena and I work really hard — that's the first point," Venus said. "And second, if it was so easy, we'd win everything. But it's not that easy. We still are definitely the front-runners in tennis as far as being some of the best players out there."

The women had the day off Wednesday, which was set aside for the men's quarterfinals.

The Williams sisters have sailed through the draw so far without dropping a set. Venus has lost only 20 games in five matches, Serena 25.

"We have a great game," Serena said after beating Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday. "We have strong serves. I think we have pretty good returns. Just solid all-around court players. I think we both move pretty well. I think that's a pretty solid game."

Venus said the sisters thrive at Wimbledon not only because of their attacking, punishing styles.

"I do have strategy," she said. "Maybe it doesn't look like it but I do. I think that's my secret weapon, that it doesn't look like I'm thinking, but I am."

Venus has shown no letup in her aggressive style despite wearing a bandage on her left leg. She has been reluctant to discuss whether she has a knee problem.

"I'm doing well, thank you," she said after Tuesday's match.

It's the men's quarterfinals today at Wimbledon as five-time champion Roger Federer, closing in on a record 15th Grand Slam title, is scheduled first on Centre Court against big-serving 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic, followed by No. 3 Andy Murray of Britain against Spanish wild card Juan Carlos Ferrero.

On Court 1, No. 4 Novak Djokovic is to face Tommy Haas, with two-time finalist Andy Roddick paired against 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt.

Wimbledon could be headed for another all-Williams final. Then again, it could be an all-Russian matchup.

The Williams sisters are one round away from another Grand Slam championship showdown, but they will first have to get past Russian opponents to set up their eighth meeting in a major final and fourth in the Wimbledon title match.

"I would love it to be a Williams final, and so would she," five-time champion Venus said, referring to younger sister and two-time winner Serena. "That would be great."

Third-seeded Venus, going for her third straight Wimbledon championship, will be up against No. 1 Dinara Safina in Thursday's semifinals. Serena, seeded No. 2, will face No. 4 Elena Dementieva.

The Williams siblings go in as solid favorites. They have put on a clinic of power tennis so far, showing why they have been the dominant force at the All England Club for most of the decade.

"Do I feel invincible?" Venus said after blasting Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 in Tuesday's quarterfinals. "I'd like to say yes, but I really do work at it."

Only once in the past nine years has there been a Wimbledon women's final that didn't feature at least one of the Williams sisters.

One person who is convinced the sisters will meet for the title on Saturday is their father, Richard.

"I think they are both playing super well," he said. "They're playing 'The Williams Way.' And when you're playing 'The Williams Way,' it's very difficult for anyone to touch you."

Williams has a 2-1 career edge over Safina, though the Russian won their last meeting in three sets on clay at the Italian Open in May.

"I know what she's doing," Safina said. "I know her weapons. I have my weapons. ... If I play my best, and she plays the best, it's 50-50 who's going to win the match."

Safina, who has lost in three Grand Slam finals and never won a major, will have to keep her serve in the court if she has any chance of beating Williams. Safina had 15 double-faults — including three in a row in one game — before finishing off Sabine Lisicki 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1.

"Sometimes even I don't know what I'm doing with my serve," Safina said.

Serena is 5-3 against Dementieva. They met at Wimbledon in the fourth round in 2002, with Serena winning 6-2, 6-2.

"I don't remember that," Williams said. "I'm going to YouTube it, though."

Dementieva lost to Venus in last year's Wimbledon semifinals. Now playing in her 43rd Grand Slam tournament, the 27-year-old Russian hasn't dropped a set so far.

"This time I'm going to play a different player and it's going to be all new," Dementieva said. "I just want to see how tough I can be out there against her, just looking for some good fight."

The Women of Sorority Row: Audrina Patridge

I’m also guessing there will be three nude scenes, so that leaves two more guesses. Let us know who you think will be getting nude below in the comments. Whoever gets it right wins 1 Internets.

Until then kids over 18 and not at work may check out Part 1 of our The Women of Sorority Row: Audrina Patridge Naked, and here is her statement from when the pictures were released in 2008:

Since we now know that 2009’s Sorority Row is sticking with an R-rating the question is who will be naked in the film? We all know that nudes of Audrina Patridge were leaked on the internet last year, and we all are hoping that it isn’t Rumor Willis, so that leaves: Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Jamie Chung and Margo Harshman. Unless it is one of the unknowns like, Megan Wolfley, I’m placing my money on that Jamie Chung chick.

I took these photos years ago when I was just out of high school and beginning to model. I was young and very trusting of others and I didn’t know to protect myself. It is a lesson learned, for myself, and hopefully for the young girls who look up to me.

Oh yeah and one more thing I noticed on the IMDB page; original Sorority Row fans will be exited to know that Joe Forgione is listed as “Sea Pig Guy.” You can’t have a remake without Sea Pig!

June 23 1912 Sunday Alan Mathison Turing Born

During the Second World War, Turing worked at Bletchley Park, Britain’s codebreaking centre, and was for a time head of Hut 8, the section responsible for German naval cryptanalysis. He devised a number of techniques for breaking German ciphers, including the method of the bombe, an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the Enigma machine.

Near the end of his life Turing became interested in chemistry. He wrote a paper on the chemical basis of morphogenesis[2] and he predicted oscillating chemical reactions such as the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, which were first observed in the 1960s.

Turing was homosexual, living in an era when homosexuality was considered a mental illness and homosexual acts were illegal. Subsequent to his being outed, he was criminally prosecuted, which essentially ended his career. He died not long after from what was officially declared self-induced cyanide poisoning, although his mother (and some others) considered the circumstances of his death to be ambiguous.


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Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS (pronounced /ˈtjʊ(ə)rɪŋ/) (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was a British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist.Alan Turing

Turing is often considered to be the father of modern computer science. He provided an influential formalisation of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine. Of his role in the modern computer, Time Magazine in naming Turing one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, states: “The fact remains that everyone who taps at a keyboard, opening a spreadsheet or a word-processing program, is working on an incarnation of a Turing machine.”[1]

With the Turing test, meanwhile, he made a significant and characteristically provocative contribution to the debate regarding artificial intelligence: whether it will ever be possible to say that a machine is conscious and can think. He later worked at the National Physical Laboratory, creating one of the first designs for a stored-program computer, the ACE, although it was never actually built in its full form. In 1948, he moved to the University of Manchester to work on the Manchester Mark 1, then emerging as one of the world’s earliest true computers.

On 8 June 1954, Turing’s cleaner found him dead; the previous day, he had died of cyanide poisoning, apparently from a cyanide-laced apple he left half-eaten beside his bed. The apple itself was never tested for contamination with cyanide, but a post-mortem established that the cause of death was cyanide poisoning. Most believe that his death was intentional, and the death was ruled a suicide.

His mother, however, strenuously argued that the ingestion was accidental due to his careless storage of laboratory chemicals. Biographer Andrew Hodges suggests that Turing may have killed himself in this ambiguous way quite deliberately, to give his mother some plausible deniability.[35] Others suggest that Turing was re-enacting a scene from Snow White, his favourite fairy tale.[36]

Because Turing’s homosexuality was perceived as a security risk, the possibility of assassination has also been suggested.[37] Supporters of the assassination theory point out that Turing’s British passport was not revoked after his conviction (although he was denied entry to the United States). He was still free to teach mathematics and to travel to other European countries, which he did on many occasions.

German ski resort for BMW Motorrad Days

From July 3rd - 5th the resort will once again be transformed into the Mecca of BMW motorcycle fans where with its picturesque mountain backdrop, visitors can once again expect a packed program of entertainment this year.

During this time, BMW motorcyclists will meet for the ninth time to party in Bavarian style. Over 34,000 visitors found their way to the BMW Motorrad Days last year and numerous riders and friends of all motorcycle brands are once again expected this year.

While skiing may not leap to the motorcycle mind for a rally, BMW is hosting its latest event at one of Germany's finest ski resorts.

Thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts are riding to BMW Motorrad Days for three days of activities and two-wheeled entertainment at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

One of the highlights is without doubt the Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport, which as of this year is entering the World Superbike Championship with the racing version of the S1000 RR. Motorcycling fans will be able to get up close to the team of Berthold Hauser, Head of BMW Motorrad Motorsport, including the two riders Troy Corser (Australia) and Ruben Xaus (Spain), with autograph and photo sessions. What is more, the serial production version of the S1000 RR will be presented to the general public for the very first time at the BMW Motorrad Days.

In the Freestyle Area, motorcycling acrobat Chris Pfeiffer will be demonstrating his skills with spectacular stunts. He never ceases to fascinate visitors with his fast trick combinations – a talent which won him the Indoor Streetbike Freestyle World Championship for the third time in succession.

Diprivan Did Michael Jackson In

Diprivan has several Side Effects and body infections if being frequently used as to continue painless condition of the body. Diprivan drugs are also searching on the Google today as well for the death of famous personalities in the entertainment industry. Most recent and well known death of Michael Jackson was also caused by Diprivan drug. According to a report, Michael Jackson had begun badgering (the act of harassing) about Diprivan which is also known as Propofol.
The use of Diprivan drugs can provoke hypnosis for about 40 seconds in the body which can be very risky for the injected person as described by the “US Food and Drug Administration”.
Diprivan is the name of a drug which is used to begin or to keep maintain (loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness) anesthesia during certain procedures, surgeries or tests. It can also be used in any other situation prescribed by your doctor. Its Generic name is Propofol (PROE-poe-fol) and Brand name is Diprivan. Generally Diprivan is an anesthetic (painkiller) and it is difficult to say exactly about its working.
The use of Diprivan drugs can provoke hypnosis for about 40 seconds in the body which can be very risky for the injected person as described by the “US Food and Drug Administration”.

There are many cases of Diprivan Side Effects, so keep in mind before using these drugs to maintain the painless state of your body and keep follow the instruction below . . .
 If you are allergic to any ingredient in this medicine do not use it.
 If you are allergic to soy products, soybeans, egg products or eggs do not use it.
Contact immediately to your health care provider or doctor if any of above apply to you.

Diprivan Did Michael Jackson In

Nurse/Nutritionist Cherilyn Lee has had the fortune of treating Michael Jackson as a patient tells the media that during the final days Whacko Jacko was adamant about receiving a powerful intravenous sedative called Diprivan or Propofol.

But not only this, the story gets even more interesting here. Just three or four days before Michael Jackson passed away, one of Michael Jackson’s assistant placed a desperate call to Lee, telling the nurse that Jackson was extremely ill.
Michael Jackson’s nutritionist is now coming out and saying that the King of Pop desperately sought a sedative called Diprivan.
One side of my body is hot, it’s hot, and one side of my body is cold,’ ” Lee overheard Jackson saying in the background.

An O.D of the sedative like Diprivan can force a person to stop breathing, which can lead up to the deadly buildup of carbon dioxide in the body. This build of CO2 can lead to erratic heartbeat and cardiac arrest.

Michael Jackson did not go to the hospital on June 21st when Lee was called, however he was rushed to UCLA Medical Center on June 25th after falling unconscious in his Los Angeles home and not responding to CPR.

By now you all now what happened on that fateful day. More to come in the following days and I can bet this story is here to stay for some more days.

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Fawcett's son Redmond - who was allowed to leave jail (where he is serving a sentence for drug-related charges) to attend the service - helped carry her casket, decorated with yellow and orange flowers.

The funeral program featured a photo of Fawcett in a sequined dress. A James Joyce poem "At That Hour" was inscribed inside.

Farrah Fawcett was laid to rest at a private funeral Tuesday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.

Her longtime love Ryan O'Neal and best friend Alana Stewart arrived at the cathedral early, around 4 p.m, according to People.

Charlie's Angels costars, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd (who replaced Fawcett on 70s show) also attended. Garry Shandling, model Cheryl Tiegs, novelist Jackie Collins, Joan Collins and Fawcett's ex Lee Majors, with whom she reconnected with recently after two decades, were also there.