Monday, March 7, 2011

'Celebrity Apprentice' Recap – Did Trump Fire the Right One?

Donald Trump opened this season of Celebrity Apprentice by saying, "The circus is back in town, and you are looking at the ringmaster." After this, he greeted the new cast flanked by the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. The guy definitely knows how to make an entrance. He also knows whereof he speaks. His boardroom usually does turn into a circus eventually, and with the combination of stars competing this season, it's not going to take too long for it to happen.

NeNe Leakes vs. Star Jones: It's On...

The latest season of Celebrity Apprentice may have debuted last night, but NeNe Leakes didn't wait until the premiere to tell the world how she feels about Star Jones.
"Star's not nice," Leakes said on The Talk last week. "Anybody who has ever worked with her would side with me. She's not a nice person. She's a witch... with a 'b' in front."
Describing Jones as a "back stabber," Leakes added during a conference call with reporters: "There are a lot of people who don't like Star, so I won't be the only one."

Charlie Sheen fake filth flick powers Facebook survey scam

Scammers have exploited actor Charlie Sheen's increasingly bizarre antics as a lure for the latest in a long line of survey scams on Facebook.
Would-be voyeurs/victims are typically exposed to the scam via messages promising links to a supposed homemade sex tape featuring Sheen and supposedly released by his ex-wife.
Surfers are invited to think the clip may feature Sheen's live-in girlfriends Bree Olson (a star of professionally made grumble flicks) and Natalie Kenly.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Charlie Sheen: 'Winning Tattoo,' Goddesses & Unemployment, Oh My!

Charlie Sheen is in the middle of a tsunami of publicity over his job loss and his antics. He is cracking jokes about "winning" and "tiger blood." He is also making savvy use of  social media to maintain his fan base.

He obtained over a million followers on Twitter in about a day. Sheen thinks he's a winner; however not everyone agrees with him. What does it say about the USA when Sheen is able to attract so much attention on a daily basis?

Christopher Hitchens on ’60 Minutes’

Author, Vanity Fair columnist and former cable news mainstay Christopher Hitchens discusses his battle with stage 4 esophageal cancer tonight on “60 Minutes.”

Why Is Paris Hilton Tweeting Charlie Sheen?

This can't be good.

Getting ever more involved in the Charlie Sheen drama is Paris Hilton, who on Saturday sent him a Tweet with a winking emoticon saying, "Hey Neighbor, I think I might have Tigerblood and I'm definitely winning! Huge!"

Hilton, 30, who has had her own high-profile troubles with drugs and the law, also features Sheen's estranged wife, Brooke Mueller, on her new Oxygen Network reality show, The World According to Paris.

Although the segments were filmed before Mueller and Sheen started tangling over custody of their twins, the pair's at-times volatile relationship is addressed on the series, which debuts in the spring, Hilton says.
Why Is Paris Hilton Tweeting Charlie Sheen?
Paris Hilton
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"Let's just say there's a lot of drama in the show," Hilton recently said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Charlie Sheen, Obama, Republicans and addiction: The Browns

By FLOYD AND MARY BETH BROWN
CAGLE CARTOONS
Watching Charlie Sheen’s outbursts is a great entertainment for Americans. Here is a guy who has it all, fame, fortune, a great career and it is all crashing in on him because of addiction.
We all know that Charlie Sheen is one 911 call from the morgue. He has made the ambulance trip before, and he doesn’t see it coming. Denial is a classic symptom of drug addiction.
Here is Charlie in his own words responding to a question about his drug and alcohol problems, “I’m different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man.”
Sheen is not dealing with reality and the concern of others around him doesn’t seem to register, "I'm dealing with fools and trolls. I'm dealing with soft targets, and it's just strafing runs in my underwear before my first cup of coffee."

Charlie Sheen’s horsing around makes him an online winner

Forget Charlie’s Angels. Interested porn stars now have the chance to be one of Charlie Sheen’s goddesses.
The train-wreck actor announced via Twitter early yesterday that one of his so-called goddesses, Rachel Oberlin, dumped him.
“Update: Sober Valley Lodge; Rachel has left the building . . . We’re sad . . . Over it . . . Applications now being accepted! #winner,” the unemployed star of “Two and a Half Men” tweeted shortly after midnight yesterday.
However, the opening was short-lived, TMZ reported, and Olson returned to the self-declared warlock’s pad.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Charlie Sheen Recites His Own Poetry and 10 Other Highlights From His First Web Show, Sheen’s Korner

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If you missed the first (and possibly only) episode of Charlie Sheen’s Internet talk show, Sheen’s Korner, don’t worry! In our quest to chronicle each and every controversial move that the Two and a Half Men star makes, Movieline tuned in and carefully documented everything that happened in the winning-est sixty minutes of web broadcast ever. There was chain-smoking! There were official sponsors! There was poetry about dead babies! And there was a segment called “Just Because They’re Bitchin’.” Trust me…you’re going to want to review the highlights.
Flanked by his long-time assistant Rick Calamaro, one of his muses and his “musical director” Simon Rex, the Two and a Half Men star opened his show by thanking his sponsors — SelfDiscipline.com and Tiger’s Blood — before launching his maiden web show voyage. Highlights follow.

ROBERT PRICE: Hockey, tiger blood and Charlie

Charlie Sheen is like a slow-motion traffic wreck we can't turn away from. Set to haiku cadence. With a laugh track.
Some of his pronouncements have a scripted quality ("Can't is the cancer of happen"), but many have an uncanny brilliance. Who knew the 45-year-old furloughed sitcom star had a future writing captions for motivational posters? But there's a foreboding that hangs over his every frenetic outburst, a sense that something's about to blow. And once the national media has satiated us with the minutely parsed details of his inevitable implosion, who will be there to mop up the tiger blood except the people who begged him to climb down from the tower before it was too late?

Charlie Sheen to Release His OWN Winning Line of Merch!

It looks like Charlie Sheen is tired of other people making money from his tiger blood and Adonis DNA. There has been a cottage industry of people creating Charlie Sheen merchandise, with T-shirt topping the list (that means you Live the Sheen Dream!). There are dozens and dozens of styles from using Charlie’s manic mug to one that just are emblazoned with the word Winning. But now Charlie Sheen is looking to cash in on his own craziness…again.

Tigerblood: Interview with Snowball Pt. 2

BREAKING SUPER DOUBLE WINNING EXCLUSIVE!!!
It's taken a while, but if I've learned one thing, it's that feral cats are notoriously unreliable. Here is the long-anticipated Part II of the Out of Context exclusive interview with Snowball, the Utah Feral Cat, in which we learn of the White Cat Prophesy, Snowball's feral Tiger blood that will make your face melt off, and other juicy kitty nuggets.
And if you missed Part I, you need to check it out. It is the best thing to come out of the legislative session.

Q: It sounds as if you support amnesty for feral cats. Should feral cats be allowed to get in line in front of cats (a Russian Blue, for example) that go through the normal pet adoption process?

Friday, March 4, 2011

Charlie Sheen gets McLobster challenge on Twitter

Charlie Sheen was bombarded with Tweets Thursday urging the troubled star to post a photo of himself eating the new and elusive McLobster sandwich at at McDonalds. Why? That's anyone's guess. But given the erratic behavior and equally erratic photos posted by Sheen to his new Twitter account, Sheen eating a McLobster sandwich on Twitter would actually be one of the least strange stunts the actor has pulled of late.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

McLobster Rumor Smelled Fishy, Is all Wet

The latest McLobster rumor has been officially McQuashed. A viral rumor that McDonalds would soon offer its McLobster roll, available at a handful of East Coast outlets, nationwide, has been shot down.

The roll has been offered for a number of years at select outlets in New England and eastern Canada, but the company has no current plans to distribute the dish nationwide--despite rumors.

Other regional dishes offered by the fast-food chain are beer in some German outlets, McCrab at outlets in the Chesapeake Bay region, taro pie in Southeast Asia and McRice in various regions.

Source: HispanicBusiness.com (c) 2011. All rights reserved.

UFC on Versus 3 Results: Sanchez vs. Kampmann Post-Fight Recap and Analysis

It's official: as long as you move forward and throw strikes -- whether they land or not -- mixed martial arts judges across the land will award you a decision.
Martin Kampmann didn't just outland Diego Sanchez in all three rounds, but mashed his face to the point that Joe Rogan looked uncomfortable staring at it up close in the post-fight interview. Unfortunately for Kampmann, moving backwards, countering, and stuffing takedowns is not Effective Fight Strategy according to the official magistrates of the sport.
Also unfortunate for Kampmann? His boss, UFC President Dana White, agreed with the official decision, so he won't receive the same benefit of the doubt bestowed upon Evan Dunham when judges awarded Sean Sherk the victory at UFC 119.

UFC Live 3: Diego Sanchez Vs. Martin Kampmann

The following is from our live coverage of UFC Live: Sanchez Vs. Kampmann. To access our full coverage, click here.

Sanchez has announced that he will henceforth be known as "The Dream" as opposed to "The Nightmare;" Kampmann says he'll put him to sleep so he can dream all he wants. Sanchez's last bout saw him earn a rejuvenating win over Paulo Thiago while Kampmann hasn't fought since suffering a disappointing split-decision loss to Jake Shields; both of them last appeared in action at UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez.

How Charlie Sheen Got His Twitter Account Verified So Fast

Only 24 hours after Charlie Sheen got started on Twitter with @CharlieSheen, he had amassed more than 900,000 followers, easily one of the fastest follower roll-ups the service has seen. Howard Stern, who signed up nearly a month ago, still only has 355,000.
Look who's tweeting now
But how did the all-over-the-news actor get his handle from whoever was squatting on @CharlieSheen before? And how did he get it verified so quickly?
Enter internet startup Ad.ly, which says it brokered his account with Twitter. Ad.ly, which runs celebrity endorsements through Facebook and Twitter, represents a range of bold-faced names on social media, including Kim Kardashian, Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton and -- though there isn't any deal in place yet -- most likely Charlie Sheen eventually. If advertisers will have him.
The U.K. edition of GQ first noted Ad.ly's involvement.
We spoke with Ad.ly CEO Arnie Gullov-Singh about how it all happened.

The Power Of #tigerblood: Charlie Sheen Sets Twitter World Record

Actor Charlie Sheen now holds the Guinness World Record for being the fastest account to acquire one million followers on Twitter. Sheen reached that milestone in just 25 hours and 17 minutes, to accompany his other Guinness record for being the “Highest Paid TV Actor Per Episode — Current,” receiving $1.25 million per show.

Is the McLobster coming to a Cleveland McDonalds near you?

Rumors are flying that McDonalds has launched a brand new product.
Chunks of 100% lobster meat (we hope) on a hot dog bun with lobster roll sauce (looks like a combination of tartar sauce and salad dressing) with some lettuce and diced celery for texture will make up this summer taste sensation.
I have been lucky enough to spend some time on Cape Cod during the summer months and know a real lobster roll costs much more than what you will find at your local McDonalds.
I contacted McDonalds via email requesting additional information about the menu item with no luck.  According to McDonalds Twitter page (@mcdonalds) the company has no plans to bring the McLobster to the US menu nationwide.
The McLobster is currently available only in Eastern Canada and parts of Maine.

Source:  Examiner.com

McLobster Not Hitting McDonald's Nationwide

Twitter is abuzz with speculation that the McLobster might be hitting McDonald's nationwide.
But is it true?
Sadly, no. However, the product is certainly more than a legend -- it can be found occasionally among New England McDonald's locations.

Congratulation! Charlie Sheen Sets New Guinness World Record for Twitter

Charlie Sheen may or may not be “winning,” in life, but he has won a rare honor: the “Fastest Time to Reach 1 Million Followers” Guinness World Record.
Guinness community manager Dan Barrett says the agency “just researched and approved” the record this morning. According to Barrett, Sheen reached that milestone in 25 hours and 17 minutes. As of this writing, Sheen’s Twitter account, @CharlieSheen, has close to 1.2 million followers. Guinness did not have a previous record for that category, Barrett says. Sheen also set a Guinness record for “Highest Paid TV Actor Per Episode — Current” at $1.25 million.

The story behind how Charlie Sheen got one million Twitter followers in 24-hours

UPDATED 08:30, 3/3 Without too much difficulty Charlie Sheen has racked up more than 1.1 million followers in 24-hours, but while the actor might have been all over TV, the web and the tabloids he didn’t get to that 1.1 million follower count on his own. He had a little help from some well connected friends.c
Forbes has the story of how Sheen reached out for professional help to allow him to speak directly to the world and make a big splash on Twitter. The splash came via the way of Ad.ly the online advertising firm that specialises in working with celebrities in social media.
Sheen only follows 24 people and once you remove the celebrities, like Alyssa_Milano and SarahKSilverman, and the baseball players, Nick Swisher of the New York Yankees and Brian Wilson of the San Francisco Giants (who has a great avatar, btw), there is also Chris Ovitz who is director of business development at Ad.ly (as well as, according, to his profile being a huge dork).
Forbes called up Ad.ly and got the story from CEO Arnie Gullov-Singh:

World Book Day events on 3 March 2011

A host of activities will be held all over the country to celebrate World Book Day 2011. For further details of all the below events and many more, visit www.worldbookday.com.

- Children's animation 'Eleanor's Secret' will be shown in special screenings in Bath, London, York, Exeter, Stratford and Liverpool. Visit the website for more details of screen times and prices.

- Primary School children in Wales will be performing the Revolting Rhymes after working with poets and drama students to write and perform their own takes on the Road Dahl classics. Wales Millennium Centre – 1pm (029 2063 6464).

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

MTSU basketball player fatally stabbed

Middle Tennessee State University basketball player Tina Stewart was fatally stabbed Wednesday night at an apartment complex near the Murfreesboro campus.
Stewart was assaulted at about 7 p.m. at the Raiders Crossings Apartments on Hazelwood Street, Murfreesboro police said. She was taken to Middle Tennessee Medical Center, where she died.
Murfreesboro Police arrested her roommate, Shanterrica Madden, 18, a freshman at MTSU, and charged her in connection with the crime.
“There was an argument,” Murfreesboro Police spokesman Kyle Evans said. “During that argument, Madden stabbed the victim.”
Police initially picked up a man and a woman for questioning and were searching for another woman.
“All other people involved have been picked up, and we do not consider them suspects at this time,” Evans said.

McLobster: Real or a hoax, hungry McDonald's customers ask

Is the McLobster a McFake?Is the McLobster a real sandwich? Or a hoax? See YouTube video of the McDonald's commercial!

Questions about McDonald’s “McLobster” are mounting. Is it real? Is it fake? Where can I get it? Would I want to get it?
Some blogs are insisting that the McLobster is a scam. Deanne Goodman of CarlsbadPatch.com writes:
“All day long, the McLobster has been trending on Twitter. Rumors of this sandwich got us interested. Carlsbad Patch e-mailed the McDonald's media team and asked, ‘Is McDonald's really testing the McLobster in some U.S. cities?’ A response came almost immediately asking where we got the information from and that it is false.

Will McLobster to make its way to more McDonald's?

Is McLobster making its way to more McDonald's restaurants than just the lucky few in Eastern Canada and New England? Despite an Internet buzz spreading faster than you can say "pass the butter," a blog near San Diego is claiming that it has gotten word from the Golden Arches that the speculation is unfounded.
"The McLobster is McFake," surmised Deanne Goodman of the Carlsbad Patch blog.

Charlie Sheen thanks Twitter -- Joe Jonas, Sarah Silverman 'winning'

Over the course of the past 24 hours, most of the world has been thoroughly enjoying pretty much anything and everything related to Charlie Sheen on Twitter -- he's been entertaining, weird, wacky, and also a trend-setter for the social media site's topic list.
So what is the "Two and a Half Men" actor doing now? Giving back in his newest message:
"In all sincerity... Thank you Twitter community for the warm reception & the followers that helped get me to 1M in 24 hours!!! "

#TigerBlood: Charlie Sheen has infiltrated Twitter

By Melissa Bell
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A screengrab of a Charlie Sheen Twitpic
Charlie Sheen may be losing the faith of his family, but he's got 711,972 new followers (as of this writing) on Twitter to comfort him. Word broke Tuesday night of Sheen's arrival to the microblogging site.
In his first tweet, he and Bree Olson, one of the "goddesses," showed off bottles of milk chocolate and pineapple juice with the caption "Winning..! Choose your Vice..." Some wondered whether Sheen was making money from promoting the drinks on Twitter. Others just wanted to follow along the spiraling one-man Sheen show.
Sheen also sent out a photograph of a homemade Oscar award, a photograph of his watch, calling it "the only watch that keeps Warlock time," and addressed the reported removal of his children from his home. "My sons' are fine... My path is now clear... Defeat is not an option..!"
By Wednesday morning, Sheen's hashtag "#tigerblood" had become a worldwide trending topic.

Source: http://voices.washingtonpost.com

Tiger Blood and Winning: Charlie Sheen Joins Twitter

Whether you think actor Charlie Sheen's recent behavior is bi-polar, sad, highly entertaining, or hilarious, one thing is for sure - he has made quite the impression on the Twitterverse.
The beleagured (former) star of CBS's "Two and a Half Men" joined Twitter earlier this week via @CharlieSheen. He has since amassed more than 800,000 followers, who apparently can't wait to hear about tiger blood and winning, two of Sheen's favorite topics.
In an interview with NBC earlier this week, Sheen said that Alcoholics Anonymous is intended for "people that aren't special. People that don't have tiger blood, you know, Adonis DNA." He later used the #TigerBlood hashtag on Twitter, propelling it to the top of Twitter's trending topics in the United States and worldwide.

The McLobster Sandwich and other McMenu Madness Around The World

As you might have read on our website (or otherwise heard), there’s this new phenomena spreading called the McGangBang. In doing research (or whatever you call searching the Internet for info) for the McGangBang, I came across something else called the McLobster. Originally, I thought it was a joke. McDonald’s isn’t exactly high brow enough to serve Lobster, now is it? I’d consider lobster to be a seafood delicacy. But I soon came to realize that it indeed was real and began shaking in my boots at the prospect of such a McFood.
To be fair, the McLobster is hardly new. It’s been around for several years, but unless you live in Eastern Canada or New England, you might not be aware of the crustaceous cousin of the Filet-o-Fish. It comes and goes, much like the McRib, and the maritime treat basically represents McDonald’s take on the venerable lobster roll. The disturbing mix of lobster and bread is smothered in white “McLobster sauce”, which is some combination of mayonnaise, tartar sauce, and possibly some salad dressing. Shredded lettuce and bits of celery are also included. Photo below by “are you gonna eat that?”

The McLobster Rumor is McFake, Says McDonald's

McDonald's says the rumors of the McLobster coming to the U.S. are false.

All day long, the McLobster has been trending on Twitter. Rumors of this sandwich got us interested. Carlsbad Patch e-mailed the McDonald's media team and asked, "Is McDonald's really testing the McLobster in some U.S. cities?" A response came almost immediately asking where we got the information from and that it is false.

McLobster sandwich (picture) generates huge interest today

McDonalds’ rare McLobster sandwich has been generating a huge amount of interest across the internet today. The sandwich, which has been available in parts of Canada and New England for several years, saw massive interest today from people around the world. 
McLobster picture
A genuine McLobster sandwich, rarely seen in many parts of the world.

RealTime updates on the McLobster sandwich soared this afternoon, with thousands of people expressing their opinions about the sandwich.
Source: sunsetentertainmentnews.com

Why is “McLobster” Trending Today?

You’ve read about it all morning on Twitter, and probably doubted its existence, but YES, THE MCLOBSTER IS REAL!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Final Oscar Ratings: Audiences Bailed As Show Wore On

Tuned In
The Oscars were, of course, the No. 1 show on TV last week. Yet despite having one of the year's biggest events, ABC had to settle for second place for the week among viewers under 50: It averaged a 3.3 in the demo, behind Fox's first-place 3.6. ABC did end up the most-watched network overall last week, averaging 10.7 million viewers.
Tuned Out
NBC's mid-winter slump is depressing: Last week, the Peacock averaged only 5 million viewers on any given night; its three other major broadcast rivals all averaged over 10 million. Among adults 18 to 49, things weren't much better: NBC averaged a mere 1.5 rating, more than 30 percent behind the network ranked third in that metric (CBS). The silver lining in these numbers: Fans of bubble shows such as Parks and Recreation and Community can probably relax. Parks was NBC's fourth highest-rated show with people under 50 last week, while Community was among the network's top ten in the category. Hard to see how new Peacock chief Bob Greenblatt could get rid of some of the only shows with a pulse.

Corey Haim's Mom Angry Over 'In Memoriam' Snub at Oscars

Judy Haim and son Corey
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Corey Haim was a prolific and well-known actor in his younger days, starring in a string of 1980s hits including the cult vampire classic The Lost Boys.

So when the actor, who died last March at the age of 38, was left out of the montage of actors who passed way over the last year at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, his mother was outraged.

"When it was over, I shut the TV off and was so hurt, and I was numb and feeling his pain," Judy Haim tells PEOPLE exclusively. "This would have hurt him to the core."

She asked the Academy for an explanation, but wasn't satisfied with the response.