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The famously Hassidic rapper / reggae star posted pictures on twitter today of his freshly shaven face and short hair, a dramatic change from the crazy-big beard he has rocked for nearly 10 years as part of his jewish identity. His message was somewhat cryptic, but it sounds like he isn’t totally abandoning his religion or anything, just changing things up a bit. Maybe he’s tired of cleaning out his shower, or the beard isn’t working too well with the ladies?

I’ve always been a fan of Matisyahu’s music, and I look forward to hearing what he puts out next, even if it is different than his traditionally religious-themed material. Do you think his musical style will change dramatically? Or is this just a new look meant to shake his label as “that jewish rapper?” Pics of the freshly shaven look can be seen at the link below.

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Yeah baby, yeah. Sources claim that Mike Myers is in talks with producers over turning the hit Austin Powers movie series into a smashing Broadway musical. Apparently Myers would be heavily involved in the writing of the show, but not star in it himself. Additionally, sources say that Myers reached a deal a few months back to create a fourth Austin Powers movie.

I personally think that Austin Powers would translate well into musical theater format, what do you think? Will the new musical be a tony-winning masterpiece, or a flop? How about the new movie? I know I’m excited, do you think it will be as good as the first three, or will Myers screw it up?

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Now this is a story I can get behind. Though Star Wars and Star Trek fans have often clashed, debating which of their beloved science fictions worlds is superior, George Takei (of original Star Trek fame) is lobbying for a truce in order to fight a new, common enemy: The Twilight Saga. Takei released a video on YouTube appealing for what he calls “star peace.” He then goes on to say that Twilight is “really bad” and offers no redeeming qualities, life lessons, or role models in the way that both Star Wars and Star Trek did.

To add supporting detail to his arguments against Twilight, Takei also circulated this picture around various social media outlets recently, contrasting the actions of Hermione from Harry Potter with Bella of Twilight. I am in total agreement with Takei on this one, if I had a daughter I’d be concerned about her taking life lessons from Twilight. What do you think? Does Twilight teach bad lessons to youth? Will it have the same type of legacy as Star Wars and Star Trek, or is it just a flash in the pan?

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Oops! Just when we thought Sheen had mastered the medium of social media, he goes and slips up by accidentally tweeting his personal cell phone number to all 5 million or so of his followers. The most embarrassing part is that supposedly he was trying to privately send his digits to Justin Bieber through direct message on Twitter. Really bro? Bieber? That’s not what I would call Winning.

Apparently his phone started going crazy, ringing all over the place in the Las Vegas restaurant where he was dining at the time. After jokingly answering a few calls, he eventually turned it off and has now changed the number. I’m still hung up (pun intended) on why he wanted to get in touch with Bieber so bad in the first place. What do you think – are they plotting a self-produced Two and a Half Men spoof? Did Sheen want to pass on some relationship advice?

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Listen up movie fans – Christopher Nolan screened a 7 minute preview of his third and final Batman flick, The Dark Knight Rises, for select members of the press. Although Warner Bros made a point of keeping the lid shut on details, some information has leaked, and reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. More importantly, this prologue will be screened to a limited number of fans in select theaters across the US and Canada on Dec 13th.

Nolan cautioned that he has barely begun to edit the film as a whole, and there’s always a chance it may not live up to predecessors, but I think we can all agree that this movie has a good chance of being incredibly awesome. One critic who saw the preview tells us to “think less Dark Knight and more Inception.” That would be fine with me. Anyone out there going to the special preview next week? Will this be the best Batman movie yet?

via Comic Book Movie

Who knew? As congress continues to wrestle with proposed alternatives to the overwhelmingly unpopular anti-piracy legislation (SOPA) that many fear will bring about internet censorship, Secretary Clinton is standing up for the ideals of keeping the web open. In a speech at the Hague, Clinton cautioned against internet censorship in many forms, both at home and abroad. But hold on a second, isn’t Hillary part of the administration that tried to put a lid on the whole WikiLeaks affair? Seems a bit contradictory to me…

Anyone who’s been following this whole SOPA legislation circus knows that even hinting at internet censorship is a public relations no-no, so is Hillary just playing to the crowd? Maybe she thinks the web should be free and open, except for State Department information? What do you think?

via The Atlantic

As if we weren’t inundated with enough Ryan Seacrest in our lives, now we find out that he is being considered as a replacement for Matt Lauer as host of the Today show. Apparently Seacrest met with NBC executives earlier this week for “preliminary” talks. I suppose this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, considering Comcast has a majority stake in NBC, which in turn owns E! network, Seacrests’ longtime home. But come on, really? I don’t know about this one.

I suspect I’m not alone when I say that my impression of Seacrest will forever be defined by the cheesy-ness of E! celebrity news, and the somewhat ridiculous nature of American Idol fame. I’m not sure I could ever take him seriously when delivering actual news. But hey, maybe that’s just me. What do you think? Can Seacrest fill Lauer’s shoes?

via CBS News

Too good to be true? Apparently so. Lakers fans will be disappointed to hear that NBA commissioner David Stern vetoed the proposed three-team trade that would have sent Paul from New Orleans to LA. Several owners, including everyone’s favorite party-pooper Dan Gilbert, complained that the trade was unfair given that the Lakers would save roughly $20 million in payroll and $21 million in luxury taxes as a result.

Owners were also upset because they believe the five-month lockout had occurred in part to prevent big-market teams, like LA, from exploiting small market teams for star players in light of free-agency. Should this trade be stopped, or should owners pipe down and stop complaining? What do you think?

via SBNation

Surprise, surprise… Lindsay Lohan doesn’t have a problem shaking her tata’s for Playboy Magazine and the always-in-trouble actress is set to be featured in one of the most highly anticipated Playboy covers of all-time. Unfortunately for Playboy, but fortunately for you, the Lindsay Lohan Playboy Cover has been leaked.

There aren’t too many celebrities who have been through more drama than Lohan – maybe Britney Spears? – I’m kind of sick of the charades. But I have just enough patience to sit through a few pages of this Playboy issue. One last chance?

What do you think- will this be one of the best selling Playboy Mags of all-time?

[Via TheInsider.com]

Alec Baldwin was kicked off a plane yesterday in what is becoming a pretty public twitter spat between the actor and American Airlines. Apparently the plane was stopped at the gate prior to takeoff and Baldwin refused to stop using his cell phone, angrily proceeded to the bathroom, and slammed the door. American Airlines flight attendents say they followed safety protocol in removing the passenger.

Even though this looks bad for the airline and childish for Baldwin, there is one big winner in all of this: Words With Friends. That is the game Alec Baldwin was playing on his phone and the reason he was kicked off the plane. Apparently he’s obsessed with the game, as are so many others, and he praised the game publicly for it’s fun nature. That’s right, that’s right… Alec Baldwin loves Words With Friends so much that he was willing to risk his freedom to fly in order to finish up.

For those unfamiliar with WFF, it’s a Scrabble-like mobile game that allows you to play multiple games with various friends at your own pace. It’s one of the most popular games iPhone users, Android users, and…  Alec Baldwin.

The Florida Marlins have officially changed their name to the Miami Marlins after team owners pushed for a new stadium that led them to an agreement with Miami-Dade County and the city of Miami on a $515 million ballpark. Their new home in Miami means a new name (Miami Marlins), new logo, new uniforms, new colors and new players.

I say new players because the Marlins are trying to make a real splash with the franchise rebranding, having already offered 31-year old future Hall-of-Famer and big-time free agent Albert Pujols a contract. In addition, the Marlins have made offers to All-Stars Mark Buehrle and Jose Reyes and have acquired Ozzie Guillen as their new coach. The light-spending Marlins seem poised to spend the big bucks and compete.

The Miami Marlins are going to be a completely new team and one to watch in 2012 and beyond.

The same ship that laid Osama Bin Laden at sea – the USS Carl Vinson – was hosting a basketball game on it’s deck November 11th. The intention was to honor the troops on Veteran’s Day with a “Carrier Classic” basketball game between #1 ranked UNC and Michigan State.

I understand how you can twist this into some honorary memorial for the military, but for me, it kind of seems like Obama just wanted to do something cool. He is a known for being a huge basketball fan and what could be more fun than watching a top-ranked game aboard a battleship to salute the troops when you’re the Commander in Chief of the military?

I’m sure the intentions were mostly good, but sometimes it seems like Obama’s Hollywood-ish antics cloud whatever positive intentions may have presided.

We’ve heard her talk an awful lot about “Big Daddy” during her tenure on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”, but it wasn’t he who Kim Zolciak married on 11-11-11. Nope. Kim Zolciak married KroyBiermann who is a football player for the Atlanta Falcons. The two met at a charity event in June 2010 and quickly became a couple, 4 months later got pregnant, and it appears the deal is now sealed.

Zolciak has two children from a prior marriage and this is Kroy’s first marriage and first child, Kroy Biermann Jr.

I guess this means her Lesbian fling is over.

Oh, America… how far you’ve fallen.

A 49-year old former mayor appeared on ABC’s 20/20 recently for what is an extremely awkward scandal by most standards, but unfortunately American standards are plummeting. You see the woman in question – Linda Lusk – was married to a school principal and recently suffered through the death of her son who had Trisomy 13. Trisomy 13 is a genetic disease where there is too much replication in chromosomes causing symptoms such as clenched hands, fused eyes, extra fingers/toes, and severe mental retardation.

I completely sympathize with how painful losing her son must have been, but what she did next is unforgivable. Mrs. Lusk began texting with her daughter’s Ex-Boyfriend who was experiencing the divorce of his parents. It began as consolatory in nature, quickly got flirty, led to a sexting picture of Ms. Lusk in a bra, and before you know it was giving the boy oral sex at lunchtime in her home.

ABC has been getting blasted for their coverage of the scandal, which occurred in April 2010 but was recently rejuvenated because she violated probation, because they supposedly were not critical of her actions. Instead, they chose to focus on Trisomy 13 and how Linda Lusk used predatory sexual encounters to cope with her depression.

Perhaps the biggest victim of this entire scandal is Linda Lusk’s daughter, who will forever be scarred by the brutal betrayal of the one person who is supposed to be on your side forever.

Update on a previous story regarding Hip-hop artist B.o.B.  After the story of leaving an Ithaca, NY bar without paying the bill was published by several national media outlets, B.o.B. has paid-up.

Makes me wonder if the group would have “made good” on the bill, which exceeded $1,000.  if the negative publicity hadn’t been a factor.

I’m sure the owner of the bar, as well as the waiter are pleased with the outcome.

Do you think the bill would have been paid if this story had not hit the news?

Hip-hop artist B.o.B. performed at Cornell University’s Barton Hall on Saturday, September 17.  After the concert, B.o.B. and the 12 person entourage that accompanied him, stopped at Level B, a club in “Collegetown” in Ithaca, NY.   The group ordered 3 bottles of $300 Grey Goose vodka………………..and never paid the bill!!  In addition, there was no tip left for the waitstaff or bartender.  Really?  C’mon, guys – who does that?

Just another case of a “star” displaying an over inflated ego and sense of entitlement. What a J-E-R-K!!!

The Cornell Daily Sun reported this story in detail

[Via:  http://www.cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2011/09/20/collegetown-bar-says-rapper-bob-failed-pay-1060-tab]

B.o.B.’s hit song, “Airplanes” was written by students at Cornell University.

I wonder which of his songs B.o.B. was singing as he skipped out of Level B on Saturday night – “Created a Monster”, “I am The Champion”, or maybe, “F*ck the Money”

Do you think the bar where B.o.B. left an unpaid bill of over $1.000.00 should try to recover their money?