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‘Hope For Haiti Now’ Telethon Airs Tonight
Jan 22nd
“Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon, airs commercial-free tonight at 8 p.m. ET. across multiple television networks like MTV, VH1, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, the CW, HBO, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, Comedy Central, Bravo, E! Entertainment Network, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, Centric, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, Epix, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health and Planet Green. The telethon will be a two-hour special featuring some today’s top music artists. Proceeds raised during tonight’s telethon will benefit Oxfam, Partners in Health, the Red Cross and Yele Haiti.
The event will be hosted by George Clooney, Wyclef Jean, and Anderson Cooper the performances will take place in New York, London, and Los Angeles. The various artists will take part in different locations to put together what hopes to be an extremely lucrative fundraising event for Haiti earthquake relief.
In New York: Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira and Sting
In Los Angeles: hosts Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group set from Keith Urban, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow;
In London: Coldplay, Bono, The Edge, Beyonce, Jay-Z and Rihanna in London.
Tonight’s performances will be available for purchase via iTunes. You can pre-order both the ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ full performance album for $7.99 and the two-hour video telecast for $1.99. The proceeds from these sales will also be donated to Haiti relief efforts.
Sphere: Related ContentHaiti Relief Effort: CNN’s Anderson Cooper Carries Child Covered in Blood
Jan 19th
Last night, during Anderson Cooper 360 coverage of the relief efforts in Haiti, he showed a very graphic scene of a child injured after ‘looters’ began throwing rocks and pieces of concrete from a store roof. The boy was hit on the head by a chunk of concrete and was bleeding profusely. The image, while very graphic and heart wrenching, is a scene of such utter desperation of people that are down to basic survival skills in order to stay alive amidst such dire conditions.
**GRAPHIC VIDEO**
You can still help by donating to Red Cross, Unicef, Yele or to the charity of your own choosing. Don’t just watch–act!
Sphere: Related ContentTiger Woods Saga Continues: Ambulance Called, Mother-In-Law Hospitalized
Dec 8th
The drama is never-ending with Tiger Woods and all the hoopla put his mother-in-law in the hospital. What’s going on here?
According to People.com:
The woman rushed to a hospital from Tiger Woods’s Florida home was his mother-in-law, Barbro Holmberg, sources at the medical facility confirm.
An ambulance took Holmberg, 57, to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla., early Tuesday morning. Hospital spokesman Dan Yates told reporters that Holmberg, a well-known politician in Sweden, was admitted for stomach pain and is currently undergoing evaluation.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department released a record of a 911 call from Woods’s house in Windermere at 2:35 a.m. Tuedsay.
Nordegren is one of Holmberg’s three children with her former husband, Swedish journalist Thomas Nordegren. Holmberg, a member of the Social Democratic party, served as minister of migration and asylum from 2003 to 2006.
Also RadarOnline, capatured video of Barbro Holmberg ambulance:
Sphere: Related ContentChris Brown: The Interview with MTV NEWS Video + His Response to Rihanna’s 20/20 Interview
Nov 6th
Each year over one million young women are victims of domestic violence. Chris Brown sat down with Sway and MTV News on Monday in an interview to discuss how Chris has changed since the February incident with Rihanna. Another attempt from CB’s camp to do damage control to counter act Rihanna’s side of the story which aired tonight on 20/20.
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Chris refused to give his account of the incident with Rihanna and released this statement in response to the previews of her 20/20 interview:
Sphere: Related ContentWhile I respect Rihanna’s right to discuss the specific events of Feb. 8th I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us. I do appreciate her support and wish her the best. I am extremely sorry for what I did and I accept accountability for my actions. At this point I am taking the proper steps to learn about me and grow from my mistakes. I only hope that others in similar situations can learn from our experience as well. Abuse of any kind is always wrong. The rest I leave it to God.
Chris Brown To Speak, Again: “Chris Brown: The Interview” on MTV
Nov 5th
I’m not sure what to think of Chris Brown’s a.k.a. Crazy Eyes latest move. Is it Utterly Frustrating or Strangely Ironic that on the same night of Rihanna’s 20/20 interview Chris Brown has scheduled yet another interview (He has previously talked to Larry King, Angie Martinez) with MTV? The latest interview is set to air tomorrow night at 6pm on MTV, conveniently 4 hours before Rihanna’s airs at 10p.m. on ABC.
Seriously? The way I see it Chris had his turn to speak and now with all the media attention given to Rihanna’s revealing and exclusive interview now he wants yet ANOTHER chance to speak about “that night”. In the illustrious words of–well, myself–I can’t. I cannot. I refuse to believe this was a sincere effort at letting fans know what happen and about CB’s progress since the incident. Rather, his people that are #failures at strengthening his tattered image and are using this MTV interview as an opportunity to get his word out before hers.
I can’t.
I cannot.
I refuse.
Sphere: Related ContentAfter Hours of Searching Balloon Boy Found Home
Oct 15th
After all the hoopla, Balloon Boy–Falcon Heene was at home in the damn attic. Ugh. I was worried for no reason about someone else’s kid. At least the boy is safe.
MSNBC.com reports:
FORT COLLINS. Colo. – A 6-year-old boy was found hiding at home Thursday, hours after the runaway flight of his family’s experimental balloon riveted the nation and led to a frantic search by authorities who feared the child was aboard the craft.
More than two hours after the balloon gently touched down in a field with no sign of the boy, Sheriff Jim Alderden turned to reporters during a news conference gave a thumbs up and said 6-year-old Falcon Heene was “at the house.”
“Apparently the boy’s been there the whole time. He’s been hiding in a cardboard box in the attic above the garage,” Alderden said.
Here’s a youtube clip of the parents and Falcon talking about today’s event:
Sphere: Related Content6-year-old boy missing after balloon lands in Colorado
Oct 15th
I can’t even think of words to explain the story so here is a clip from CNN, crazy how fast things become a twitter trending topic #saveballonboy & #balloon boy:
(CNN) — A runaway balloon has touched down in Colorado after a 6-year-old boy untied it from his family home in Fort Collins.
The dome-shaped balloon is 20 feet long and 5 feet high, Larimer County Sheriff’s Office says.
The boy was not inside the helium aircraft when it landed, CNN affiliate KMGH reported.
A sibling saw the boy get into the craft Thursday morning. Officials were concerned that the boy may have fallen out of it, an undersheriff said.
Margie Martinez of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office said a sibling saw Falcon Heene climb into the basket before the balloon took off from his parents’ Fort Collins, Colorado home.
Since the door on the balloon was unlocked, it’s possible the boy had fallen out, Martinez said.
The balloon appeared to be a saucer-shaped, Mylar-coated helium balloon, similar to a party balloon. The craft was drifting eastward, authorities said.
The helium balloon was tethered to the boy’s family home, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Department said. The boy got into the craft Thursday morning and undid the rope anchoring it.
The department said the dome-shaped balloon is 20 feet long and 5 feet high.
“The structure at the bottom of the balloon that the boy is in is made of extremely thin plywood and won’t withstand any kind of a crash at all,” said Erik Nilsson, Larimer County emergency manager, according to CNN affiliate KMGH.
A dispatcher received a call Thursday morning, and emergency services personnel were contacted, Larimer County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Kathy Davis said.
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Here’s the youtube clip of the balloon:
ICannotWatch
Aug 4th
So this the first of many sections of I Cannot Watch which will feature topics that are on our radar:
Wednesday, August 5:
1. Maxwell’s Bad Habits video premieres on steveharvey.com at at 8:48am EST. The video features actress Kerry Washington! Can’t Wait!
2. Chris Brown’s day in court: Brown’s official sentence will be handed down and he expected to receive 5 years probation, 180 hours of community service, and a year of domestic violence classes. Then later that night the foolery continues with his appearance on CNN. Which brings us to….
3. Chris Brown on Larry King Live. CB is expected to go for a Round 2 apology (or is it Round 3?–damn, that’s a cheap shot–damn, that was unintended pun but I digress) and discuss further details of the case as promised in his July 20th apology which can still be viewed here.
We definitely hope that he is properly prepped and sincere for this interview especially since we’ll be watching!!
Image: ConcreteLoop/MTV
Sphere: Related ContentUnder No Circumstances: Joe Jackson
Jul 20th
Right now on CNN Joe Jackson is sitting down for his first live interview about Michael’s life and untimely death with Larry King.
Devilsh.
Under no circumstances should any of you turn on your tv to watch his foolery.
Catch it on youtube if you must and need a chuckle in a few days but do not give this man the glory of ratings.
Joe Jack tried to find any and every way to profit off his children and that will never change, I wonder how many times he will mention his record label? Hmmm.
Either way, once you say don’t do something people tend to do it so the following read carefully.
Do not–under any circumstances–read this blog EVERY DAY! Do not take some time now and scroll through the archives and catch up on what you’ve missed.
Do not read entries like I cannot understand standing or the ultimate fan fav I can’t: The Evolution of the Candy Boys.
Don’t do it!
I can’t.
I cannot.
I refuse.
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