Feb 25 2010

Reading Texts From Teenage Stars [Tongue-Clucking Pundit]

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I hate to become one of the tongue-clucking pundits that I so often mock. But this is kind of gross.

Apparently Montana Tucker is a teenage singer/actress/whatever and was involved in some sort of love triangle with Adam Sevani and Miley Cyrus.

The only one of these three young people I have heard of is Miley Ray Cyrus Hannah Montana Stewart Lipschutz. She’s, like, a really big star. The other two, who knows.

Anyway, the point is that supposedly these text messages were read on The Carson Daly Show. (And no, I’m not taking issue with the fact that Carson Daly has a TV show. He’s entitled to make a living even if no one watches him do it.)

Text messages from 15 and 16 year olds. Stuff like this:

Fwd: Im going to watch a show right now. but I wana be seeing u
perform…

Fwd: I don’t pay attention to that stuff. I like you, is that obvious enough?

Fwd: Email me those pics when u get homeFwd: Goodnight my orange flavored pudding cake

EWWW!

This is gross. Why is anyone interested? Why isn’t this illegal? Seriously, there is no news value to knowing that Montana Tucker might be in love with Adam Sevani as opposed to Miley Ray Cyrus Hannah Montana Stewart Lipschutz, or the other way around, or whatever the hell is going on there. Seriously, I don’t want to know. And who does want to know? I guess other teenagers.

How is this different from the 50’s when people wondered whether or not Fabian was swapping spit with Annette Funicello? (Somebody must have wondered that, right?) I guess the difference is how much we know. Do we really need to see their text messages? Isn’t that just… creepy?

Here’s another thought. It’s all made up. Which would be creepier. That is, Adam Sevani (whoever the hell that is, and I could Google him but I refuse to do so on principle) or Montana Tucker, or someone on their “team” (a publicist, agent, napkin folder) fabricated this story, wrote a bunch of idiotic text messages, and then yakked about the whole thing. That would be a fake invasion of privacy.

The other difference is that now, adults are vaguely expected to know who these people are. Miley Cyrus wants to be taken seriously. I would imagine the other two dopes involved here want the same thing.

Please. Make it stop. Wait until you are at least 21 to be this annoying. And anyone intrigued by the text messages of teenagers that aren’t your own children? Keep it to yourself. You might get arrested like Pete Townshend.

Miley Cyrus? Montana Tucker? Adam Sevani? What? at The Insider.

Miley Cyrus Party In The U.S.A. Image via Amazon


Feb 09 2010

Blogger Gets Death Threats Over Post [One Nation Under 12]

Really.

A Yahoo blogger gets death threats over post about the recent Vanity Fair cover.

No really. At least that’s what the New York Times says. Someone even got arrested, according to the paper of record.

I’m putting it that way for a reason. Because suspicion in this country is at an all-time high.

Anything deemed left wing or “liberal” is considered suspect in terms of its truthfulness. The same is true in reverse.

Still, this appears to be indisputable. What could possibly be written on a blog that would cause someone to get so riled up that they would threaten the life of the writer?

As the Times’ David Carr puts it, “it appears for the time being, the answer to Rodney King’s eternal question — ‘Can’t we all just get along?’ — is, well, not really.” No kidding.

VF Cover Creates Online Bonfire of Comments at Yahoo, Including a Threat – Media Decoder Blog – NYTimes.com.


Jan 15 2010

Junior Seau Castrates a Horse

This should be a headline from The Onion. But it’s not.

OK, Junior (seems odd to call a grown man that but whatever) castrated the horse on his TV show, Sports Jobs, which airs on the “is that actually a” channel Versus.

But. Um. Junior Seau Castrates a Horse. Why?

Actually, there was an Onion bit that this reminds me of. In their fake TV listings section, a network was airing a show called “Would You Watch That?” “How about a bear eating a birthday cake?” the description asked. “Would you watch that?”

How about Junior Seau castrating a horse? Would you watch that?

Now you can. Who says family TV is dead?

Junior Seau Castrates a Horse — Back Porch FanHouse.


Dec 08 2009

Man Killed His Father By Slapping Him

This is odd. A man killed his father by slapping him. That’s what police think anyway. The headline is “Detectives consider slaps to father lethal” and the man is being held on $1 million bail. After the slap, the father “later died of a brain injury” according to HeraldNet.

So next time your kid wants to slap you, be careful. Actually, if your kid is slapping you, you should consider that serious even if it doesn’t lead to brain injury.


Dec 04 2009

Rihanna Wearing Military Mickey Mouse Ears

Oh, and apparently her nipple is showing. Not posting the pics because they aren’t ours, but here’s what TMZ says:

While on the set of her latest video outside L.A. the other day, Rihanna wore her favorite Mickey Mouse ears helmet and unknowingly flashed one of her weapons.

By “weapons” they mean her, ahem. Cans.

Then they said this:

RiR’s bullet bra proved she’s armed and scandalous.

I have no idea what that means.

She’s a lovely young woman but the Mickey Mouse ears helmet is odd. I guess being super hot and having a good voice isn’t enough anymore.

Rihanna Gets Nip Slipped a Mickey (TMZ)


Oct 15 2009

Balloon Boy Rap Video

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Falcon Heene, aka Balloon Boy, has a rap video. Sort of.

Falcon’s dad is Richard Heene. The family appeared on ‘Wife Swap’ awhile back. Apparently this video features all three Heene brothers rapping. Really.

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So… Maybe sending a kid up in a balloon isn’t all that out of character for the Heene family.

Hopefully the kid is all right. This is a strange story.

For more about the Heene family, check out this post on Babble’s Famecrawler.

Source: NewsBizarre


Sep 21 2009

Ernie Anastos And The Chicken

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There are many great screw ups on television, especially on the nightly news. It’s live. Something slips out. It happens. But this one by New York anchorman Ernie Anastos might be the best one ever.

While doing the Fox 5 news broadcast, Anastos turned to the weatherman and said “Keep fucking that chicken.” He did. Listen:

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He apologized, saying that he meant to say “keep plucking that chicken.” I make that mistake all the time.

Via Buzzfeed


Sep 21 2009

Dad Punches Dad at School Event

Parents’ night at school is always fun. You get to meet other parents, the teachers, maybe punch someone in the head.

Wait, what?

A Connecticut papa punched a fellow parent during an “open house” at a North Haven Middle School. “Rodney Rivera, 32, got into a fight over a debt he believed he was owed, police said. The victim and his wife called police from a classroom, the New Haven Register reports.” He was charged with “third-degree assault, breach of peace and threatening.” A woman who lives with Rivera, Catherine Sullivan was also arrested “on a breach of peace charge.” I guess she didn’t actually hit anyone.

I always figured I’d embarrass my children by playing Slayer when his friends come over. Beating up other dads isn’t even on my list.

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Source: NBC Connecticut via DetentionSlip

Image: Internet Archive


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Jul 29 2009

DadNews Daily – Then and Now Edition

That Was Then, This is Now

A guy in Florida was fired from his job as town manager of Fort Myers Beach because his wife is a porn star. No kidding. Amazingly, this sort of thing has happened before. Nerve’s Scanner blog links to the tale of a woman who used to be “Miss Nude Belgium” (that might be bullshit, says Nerve) who was canned from her job as a bus driver due to her nekkid past. Shit, I would think that would be the reason to hire her. (TampaBay.com, Nerve.com)

This next one is way more gross. “Waiter, there’s a condom in my soup.” Not a joke. It happened.”Zdenek Philip Hodousek, 50, of Mission Viejo [California], claims in his Orange County Superior Court suit against Claim Jumper that the restaurant was negligent in making his soup April 12, The Orange County Register reported.” The alleged “negligence” is a condom the guy found in his soup. It was tied off, the way people do when they’re, you know, done using it. For sex. EWWW!  Claim Jumper is a chain restaurant. A current promotion is called “Claim Your Reward!” Um, no thanks.

But! This has happened before. (EWWWWW!!!!) In 2004, “Seafood restaurant chain McCormick & Schmick’s…settled a lawsuit brought by a California woman who said she suffered severe emotional distress after she discovered a condom in her clam chowder, a company spokesman said.” How does something like that happen once, much less twice? (Times Of The Internet via Robin’s News on the Howard Stern Show, CNN)

Bonus: what else is going on at Claim Jumper restaurants?

Well, here’s some random person who decided to try out their new iPhone 3GS by filming stuff in the bathroom of a Claim Jumper restaurant!

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And this video is titled “Bowling For Soup – Condoms.” I can’t listen to it now because there are young ears in the room. But the title is too good to ignore.

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Image: Amazon


Jul 20 2009

Banned German Sprite Ad – BJ – NSFW

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This ad is not safe for work. Or television. At least not in this country, or in Germany apparently. The question I have is who thought this would air anywhere? Maybe as an extra feature on a porn DVD. But seriously, it’s pretty extreme for a soda ad. Again — not safe for work. At all. Worth watching, though.

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Source: Buzzfeed