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Rep: 'Doc' Watson in critical condition after surgery saysFolk singer Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson, a Grammy winner known for his flatpicking and fingerstyle technique on the guitar, is in critical condition at a hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, his representative said Friday.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 26 May 2012 | 2:59 pm 92 People Killed by Government Shelling in Syria The victims — 32 of whom were children — were residents of the central town of Houla, which was attacked by President Assad's troops on Friday after security forces shot a protester and later skirmished with members of the country's anti-government insurgency. According to the UN, the incident was the ... More » Source: Daily Intel | 26 May 2012 | 2:45 pm Reese Witherspoon Baby Bumps Her Way to the Cannes Red Carpet! Reese Witherspoon may have only had a small role in drama flick Mud, but that didn't stop the thesp from stealing the show at the flick's Cannes Film Festival premiere.
The...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 2:44 pm Chelsea Resident Not Totally Thrilled to Live by the High Line Some of us would give an arm, leg, and short intestine to live by the High Line, with easy access to those lovely Hudson-facing wooden lounge chairs. But apparently one nearby resident mistook Chelsea for the suburbs and plastered the area with posters—spotted by the blog Jeremiah's Vanishing New York—giving ... More » Source: Daily Intel | 26 May 2012 | 1:40 pm Charlize Theron Is a Go the F to Sleep Mommy Speaking to MTV News recently, Charlize Theron, new mother and Evil Queen (in the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman) described her oh-so-sensible parenting strategy. A lot of people have sent me these children's books, and there's this amazing book, a best-seller Go the Fuck to Sleep. This book was ... More » Source: Vulture | 26 May 2012 | 1:30 pm Which Summer Movie Can Defeat the Mighty Avengers? The Avengers isn't going to make getting beat easy. Or likely.
Before the Memorial Day weekend ends, the superhero adventure is expected to have reached $500 million at the...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 1:01 pm Check Out This Catwoman Poster From Dark Knight Rises And here we thought she was going to be purr-fectly pleasant to dear old Batman. [Inside Movies/EW] ... More » Source: Vulture | 26 May 2012 | 12:51 pm Who to Root for in Tonight’s Eurovision Song Contest Finals It might have slipped under our collective radars on this side of the Atlantic, but tonight is the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest finals! Twenty-six nations are sending their musically gifted — or just plain odd — champions to Baku, Azerbaijan, to compete before a projected audience of 125 million for ... More » Source: Vulture | 26 May 2012 | 12:35 pm Meet Mitt Romney’s 69-Year-Old Pipe-Smoking Head Groupie "[He] is frequently profane (cycling through jokes about weight, Viagra and Rogaine), smokes a pipe, carries a fish-skinning knife with a three-inch blade and dons an almost cartoonishly retro wardrobe of knee-high tube socks, bright white sneakers and Magnum, P.I.-era Tom Selleck beige shorts." That's Jim Wilson, profiled in today's ... More » Source: Daily Intel | 26 May 2012 | 12:14 pm Neil Patrick Harris on Hosting the Tonys and Guesting in Sleep No More When one checks into the McKittrick Hotel, home of the full-immersion dance-theater phantasm Sleep No More, one expects the unexpected. Still, one does not expect to be pulled into a small room with Neil Patrick Harris, dressed as a hotel porter, tearfully exploring the “androgynous side of himself.” (Somehow, James ... More » Source: Vulture | 26 May 2012 | 12:00 pm Flavor Flav Faces Jail Time for Child Support Snafu Perhaps it's time for Flavor Flav to step away from his House of Flavor and take care of his house(s) of children.
The 53-year-old Public Enemy rapper is facing a 180-day jail...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 11:55 am Beyoncé Shows Off Svelte Figure at First Concert Post-Baby Wow!
Nearly six months after giving birth to daughter Blue Ivy, Beyoncé looked amazing as she hit the stage (and showed off one seriously hot bod) at her first concert post-delivery...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 11:53 am Mayor Bloomberg Bought Two 30-Plus-Acre Estates Near the City Last Year Every year, a select few (lucky) reporters get to sit in a closed room at Mayor Michael Bloomberg's accountant's office and pore over his tax returns — no recording or copying allowed. This year, they discovered that he paid just shy of 35 percent in taxes (very "99 percent" of ... More » Source: Daily Intel | 26 May 2012 | 11:30 am Celebrities, Beware: Five Memorial Day Horror Stories Would you believe, Memorial Day weekend is the most dangerous time of the year?
While sunshine, roadtrips and a day off from work are great, they're also apparently a recipe for...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 11:00 am Pixar’s Brave Remembers Steve Jobs As a Friend and Mentor After seeing an early cut of Pixar's upcoming Brave, The Wall Street Journal reports that "one of the most emotional moments" is when former Pixar co-founder and Apple genius Steve Jobs's name appears during the end credits, which remember him as a partner, mentor, and friend. Fittingly, Jobs's name is ... More » Source: Vulture | 26 May 2012 | 10:51 am Tim Tebow, Lena Dunham & Lolo Jones: What's With All the Virginity Talk? Tim Tebow, Lena Dunham, and now this Lolo Jones person—why do so many celebrities feel the need to share their virgin status with us? Do we even care?
—Lexi N., via...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 10:30 am President Obama Not Actually a ‘Twoosh Master’In a video posted online yesterday, Obama took credit for tapping out a perfect, efficiency-maximizing 140-character-long tweet (apparently, a 'twoosh') about green energy during a Thursday Twitter Q&A session. Hate to burst your bubble, POTUS, but we see an extra space after 'wind' and an extra period right at the ... More »Source: Daily Intel | 26 May 2012 | 10:25 am Week in Review: Phillip Phillips Risks Life & Kidney to Win Idol, Kim & Kanye Do Cannes, House Rides Into the Sunset We admit to living a bit vicariously through the small screen this week.
It's just that so many important things happened! American Idol and Dancing With the Stars crowned new...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 10:00 am Watch the Week’s Best Viral Videos Each week, the Internet spits out an endless supply of minutiae, and we cull through all the garbage to find you the most fascinating, thought-provoking, gloriously weird, and entertaining gems among the rubble. Hey, it's our job and we're proud of it! So prep your Facebook walls, Twitter accounts, and ... More » Source: Vulture | 26 May 2012 | 10:00 am Watch Beyonce Rehearse for her Post-Baby ComebackThis "Making of Revel" video shows new mom Beyoncé as she prepares for her big comeback at the Revel Resort and Casino in Atlantic City Her four back-to-back shows this weekend will mark her first performances since giving birth to daughter Blue Ivy Carter in January "It's like going back to my old...
Source: RollingStone.com: Music News | 26 May 2012 | 9:59 am Beyoncé talks jitters, preparationEven Beyoncé needs a few weeks to come back from maternity leave. Source: Entertainment - NY Daily News | 26 May 2012 | 9:54 am Jay Leno Celebrates 20th Anniversary on The Tonight Show Happy Anniversary Jay Leno!
It's been twenty years since Johnny Carson handed the show over to the stand-up comedian, and Leno's stint on the Tonight Show is still going...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 9:37 am Bipolar Etan Patz Killer Tried Confessing Years Ago, Say Relatives Pedro Hernandez, the long-ago Soho stockboy charged in the killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 is not only still on suicide watch at Bellevue Hospital, but is also both bipolar and schizophrenic, his lawyer told the New York Daily News. "He has a long history of hallucinations, both visual ... More » Source: Daily Intel | 26 May 2012 | 9:34 am TV Review: HBO’s Hemingway & Gellhorn Is Silly and Smart "There's nothing to writing, Gellhorn," Ernest Hemingway tells journalist Martha Gellhorn, his lover and muse, in HBO's Hemingway & Gellhorn. "All you've got to do is sit down at your typewriter and bleed." The line would be easy to dismiss as Hollywood b.s. if it weren't an actual Hemingway quote, ... More » Source: Vulture | 26 May 2012 | 9:23 am Against Me!'s Tom Gabel Makes Live Debut as Laura Jane Grace in San DiegoAgainst Me! singer-guitarist Tommy Gabel made her live debut as Laura Jane Grace on Friday performing with the band under her new name for the first time since coming out as transgender Charging through a 40-minute set at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay in San Diego – the first stop in...
Source: RollingStone.com: Music News | 26 May 2012 | 8:55 am Cannes 2012: Who Was the Worst-Dressed Star? Help us out here: How do you say "fashion trainwreck" in French?
Sure, the 65th Cannes Film Festival featured a bevy of jaw-dropping, impeccably dressed beauties. But it also...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 8:01 am Cannes 2012: Who Was the Best-Dressed Star? There was loads of drama at the Cannes Film Festival all right—and it wasn't just on movie screens.
The red carpet turned into a sumptuous runway for a menagerie of dramatic,...Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 26 May 2012 | 8:00 am Azerbaijan set to host Eurovision final amid controversyPerformers from 26 countries are preparing Saturday to take part in the annual Eurovision Song Contest, a talent show that has seen this year's host, Azerbaijan, mired in controversy.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 26 May 2012 | 7:54 am The day we bought Madonna's houseLong before an image of the Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese sandwich was auctioned on eBay, there was a little family in a little town of Michigan that bought Madonna's childhood home and put it on national TV. CNN's Tommy Andres tells the story. After all, it was his idea.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 26 May 2012 | 6:28 am 'Rags' is a likable Nickelodeon teen musicalNICK’S NEW teen musical “Rags” stays true to its fairy-tale roots. Source: San Francisco Bay Area and California Entertainment News — — SFGate | 26 May 2012 | 5:00 am Alex Zecca injects diversity into optical marvelsAlex Zecca has long worked with such methodical consistency that I go to each new exhibition of his expecting to see more of the same. But he has not yet failed to surprise. Zecca's show at Gallery 16 plays fresh...Source: San Francisco Bay Area and California Entertainment News — — SFGate | 26 May 2012 | 5:00 am HOROSCOPE for Saturday, 05/26/2012ARIES (March 20-April 18): You can overrule co-workers and get them to back down, but ask yourself if their comments are really that off target. They may have hit the mark after all. TAURUS (April 19-May 19): Do you...Source: San Francisco Bay Area and California Entertainment News — — SFGate | 26 May 2012 | 5:00 am Matt Mallams: Law of attractionLeaps of faith are nothing new to photographer/artist/designer Matt Mallams. Whether leaving the plains of Iowa to study photography at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara or moving to Hawaii to keep his work fresh and...Source: San Francisco Bay Area and California Entertainment News — — SFGate | 26 May 2012 | 5:00 am In Sausalito, first openly gay Presbyterian pastorWhen Paul Mowry, new pastor of the Sausalito Presbyterian Church, decided at 44 to become a minister, he knew the church didn't ordain people like him. But he also believed that his God shunned no one, and that one day,...Source: San Francisco Bay Area and California Entertainment News — — SFGate | 26 May 2012 | 5:00 am San Francisco Symphony review: Vivid Osmo VänskäOne swallow may not make a summer, as the saying goes, but maybe two successive sightings of Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony portend a shift in the fortunes of this wonderful and undervalued piece? Hey, a guy can dream. A...Source: San Francisco Bay Area and California Entertainment News — — SFGate | 26 May 2012 | 5:00 am 'Hatfields & McCoys' review: Feud got out of handRATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Hatfields & McCoys: Three-part miniseries. 9 p.m. Mon.-Wed. on the History Channel. The bloody six-year feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families at the end of the 19th century has become so...Source: San Francisco Bay Area and California Entertainment News — — SFGate | 26 May 2012 | 5:00 am San Francisco Symphony in venture to aid composersThe San Francisco Symphony is joining forces with the New World Symphony and the music publisher Boosey & Hawkes in a venture to offer both commissions and professional guidance to emerging composers. Under the project,...Source: San Francisco Bay Area and California Entertainment News — — SFGate | 26 May 2012 | 5:00 am 'Idol' winner Phillip Phillips had eight surgeries during show runPhillips' father, also named Phillip Phillips, revealed to People the shocking number of procedures his 21-year-old son had to go through. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 May 2012 | 4:15 am Beyoncé performed live just months after giving birthLess than five months after giving birth, Beyoncé headlined a show at the Ovation Theater in Atlantic City Friday, anointed with a title that doubled as a declaration: “Back To Business.” Source: Entertainment - NY Daily News | 25 May 2012 | 11:45 pm Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway’s ex, deportedActress Anne Hathaway’s scam-artist ex-boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, was deported to his native Italy Friday, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman said. Source: Entertainment - NY Daily News | 25 May 2012 | 8:56 pm Jail? Yeah, boy!ALBANY — Flavor Flav is about to become a real public enemy for failing to pay child support. The clock-wearing rapper and former reality TV star — whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr. — faces a 180-day jail sentence for failing to pay more than $111,186 to an Albany woman who gave birth to three of his seven children, the Daily News has learned. Source: Entertainment - NY Daily News | 25 May 2012 | 8:40 pm Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies
Source: Reviews News Headlines - Yahoo! News | 25 May 2012 | 3:44 pm Facebook Posting Explained In One GraphWe just did some official statistical research about Facebook and compiled this interesting but mathematically precise graph that finally explains why every post in your Facebook feed is from someone you don’t care about:
That explains SO MUCH. I knew that 7-month factfinding statistical survey would pay off – that dude from my Level 1 improv class’ baby got so big in that time. NEXT STUDY: “Seriously, Where’d That Sh*t On My Timeline Go?” Source: Best Week Ever | 25 May 2012 | 3:33 pm Hot Links: 10 Albums to look forward to this summerCheck out the top headlines from our friends in entertainment. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2012 | 3:20 pm Spears makes 'X Factor' debut in AustinBritney Spears received the loudest, longest applause at the start of her first taping as a judge on Fox's "The X Factor" on Thursday, but it was fellow newcomer Demi Lovato who appeared ready to steal the spotlight during the second season of the popular talent search show.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2012 | 3:06 pm 'Iron Man 3' secrets revealedJon Favreau tweets his "Iron Man 3" plans, a "Gossip Girl" goes on tour and Charlize Theron's baby and dog confessions!Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 May 2012 | 3:04 pm Carine Roitfeld, Janet Jackson, Karl Lagerfeld, and More at Last Night’s amfAR Gala in Cannes The amfAR Cinema Against AIDS gala in Cannes is always such a splashy affair. Everyone parks their yachts, puts on their most exciting dresses, and arrives right on time so that they can get their red-carpet photos taken in that flattering sunset glow. This year's gala was held at the Hôtel du ... More » Source: The Cut | 25 May 2012 | 3:00 pm Who's the hottest male actor over 50?It was a tough job, but someone had to do it. AARP painstakingly looked through picture after picture of gorgeous men who've passed the half-century mark, selecting only the choicest cuts for their readers Source: FOXNews.com | 25 May 2012 | 2:54 pm Natalia Vodianova Was Royal in Blue Natalia Vodianova wore a lace gown by Stella McCartney to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children's Pop Art Ball in London last night. She accessorized with a jeweled necklace, drop earrings, and a box clutch. Do you think she's a little too done up? Or do you ... More » Source: The Cut | 25 May 2012 | 2:45 pm Cheaters, Fighters, and the Country-Club Set: A Q&A With Lois Smith Brady, ‘Vows’ Columnist With the commencement of Memorial Day, weddings season is officially upon us. Last weekend, the "Vows" column, a weekly feature within the "Weddings and Celebrations" announcements section of the New York Times, celebrated its twentieth anniversary; longtime "Vows" writer Lois Smith Brady offered up a lovely catchup with several memorable ... More » Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2012 | 2:44 pm South Dakota’s Jeff Barth on His Viral Campaign Ad, Riding Animals, and Chess Yesterday, the Internet met — and kind of fell in love with — Jeff Barth, the commissioner of South Dakota's Minnehaha County and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for South Dakota's lone, at-large congressional seat, which is currently occupied by freshman Republican Kristi Noem. Barth's five-minute web ad is charmingly low-budget ... More » Source: Daily Intel | 25 May 2012 | 2:26 pm Robin Thicke on 'Duets': 'Nothing is outside of my comfort zone'Thursday night's debut of network TV's latest singing competition, "Duets," marked the re-emergence of R&B singer Robin Thicke into the mainstream. The 34-year-old singer-songwriter, best known for his 2006 hit "Lost Without U," admits that he isn't very well known outside of his more niche audience, but is excited to expand his brand to the rest of America. Source: Entertainment - NY Daily News | 25 May 2012 | 2:17 pm Cathy Horyn Deems Mickey Drexler’s Life ‘Not the Stuff of Novels’ CNBC aired its hour-long program, "J.Crew and the Man Who Dressed America," last night, which chronicled the company's CEO and his daily duties that take him all over the world (but keep him in close contact with his team through his P.A. system). Cathy Horyn tuned in, writing that the ... More » Source: The Cut | 25 May 2012 | 2:15 pm | ||||
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