It turns out that even the most hateful organizations in the United States can't deny the appeal of Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Lawrence. VICE reporter Jamie Lee Curtis Taete decided to see if anyone did not like the Silver Linings Playbook star by calling up specific hate groups. The organizations contacted were the National Socialist Freedom Movement ("white civil rights group), the Institute For Historical Review (Holocaust deniers), the Nation of Islam, the League of the South, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, and the Westboro Baptist Church. Read More »
Wes Welker is leaving the New England Patriots for a 2-year, guaranteed $12 million contract with the Denver Broncos. Some feel that, due to the NFL salary cap, this leaves very little for the guy who has had "more catches than anyone in the history of the league in the last six years." Patriots fans and players sad to see the 31-year-old player go. Quarterback Tom Brady said that he was "bummed out" about the departure of Welker. Brady recently restructured his contract to allow more of a salary cap flexibility in order to build a better New England squad. Read More »
Earlier this month, actress Olivia Wilde took to Twitter to tell popstar Justin Bieber to put his shirt on, which ended up in a tweeting tirade from Beliebers from around the globe. So last night while on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Wilde explained the whole ordeal, saying that her tweet might have seemed like an attack but it was really out of love and concern. The tweet in question read: "Bieber, put your [explicit] shirt on. (unless you lost all your shirts in a fire in which case my condolences and please purchase a new shirt.)" Read More »
Rachelle Braatan was arrested on Friday thanks to a YouTube video showing the 24-year-old mother allowing her 22-month-old son take a hit from her bong. After officers searched the residence, over 40 cannabis plants were discovered, leading to manufacture of marijuana charges for both Braatan and the toddler's father, 25-year-old Tyler Lee. Child Services took the child as well as Braatan's other son, 5, into custody. Lee was also charged with unlawful possession of firearms. Read More »
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is set to release her own dietary cookbook entitled "It's All Good: Delicious, Easy, Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great” in April. The recipes in this cookbook are part of the elimination diet that Paltrow has championed for quite some time now. Unfortunately for the Oscar winner, nutritionists and the media are attacking the book, as they do most of her ventures. This is Paltrow’s second cookbook after her first, “My Father's Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness.” Read More »
The Arsenal Gunners travel to Bayern Munich to try and come back from a two-goal deficit to make it to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League tournament. Bayern is one of the favorites in the competition and disappointing performances from Arsenal make success seem daunting. Even head coach, Arsene Wenger, feels that his team will go away with a loss. Read More »
Three highly trained military dolphins escaped a naval base last month in the Crimean sea off of the coast of Ukraine and are apparently looking for a suitable mate out in the wild. These "Killer Dolphins" had been trained to track underwater mines, attack enemy swimmers, and even plant explosives on vessels. Reports say that, after a routine training exercise, only two of the five dolphins returned to the naval base. Experts say that the reason for their departure is just their nature to look for love. Read More »
Last week’s episode of FX’s hit Cold War spy drama/thriller The Americans (“Trust Me”) was definitely one of the season’s more nerve-wracking storyline. With the threat of a mole in the KGB, everyone was on edge in episode 6, including the FBI. As Phillip and Elizabeth try to do some digging on their own time, they get abducted and interrogated for information by some mysterious men. (SPOILERS TO FOLLOW) Read More »
Last week's episode of The Following entitled "Let Me Go" was one of the series' best. We see just how Joe Carroll can play the FBI and we were even introduced to his group of "Followers" at the end of the episode. Where would the next episode go from there? Well, on Monday we did an episode 7 recap and an episode 8 preview. So we had a little hint as to what "Welcome Home" would be like. But even with the help of an advance clip, we could not predict just how intense Monday night's show would be. To sum it up: We finally got to meet Roderick and it was well worth the wait. (SPOILERS TO FOLLOW) Read More »
Although we do not know whether Kate Middleton and Prince Williams will be having a daughter or a son (or rather a Princess or a Prince) nor what names they are thinking of come this July, rumors are spreading about the royal couple's new residence. Royal officials have reportedly been given the go-ahead to make improvements to Sandrigham Estate mansion Anmer Hall, which had been rumored to be the future home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Now it looks like the rumors are true, though there has yet to be any official announcement. Read More »
Steubenville High School football stars Trenton Mays and Ma'lik Richmond are set to enter court today in their trial over the rape of a 16-year-old girl, but thanks to hackers uncovering videos, pictures, and cell phone voicemails it looks like the verdict could come quickly. Thanks to a this group of hackers apparently associated with the group "Anonymous" and Alexandra Goddard, who has been the "lead hacker" against these accused rapists, original pictures from the night in question have been released. Also, high school student Mike Nodianas' YouTube video full of graphic jokes about the victim as well as his voicemails were leaked to the public. This evidence came from the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube social media outlets. Read More »
Gilberto Valle has been found guilty of accessing a national crime database in order to abduct, kill and then eat women. The 28-year-old former NYPD officer has been dubbed the "Cannibal Cop" and reportedly plotted with others who he found on fetish websites to commit these crimes. Valle apparently targeted women whom he knew, including his own wife who has a daughter with Gilberto and testified against him in the trial. Read More »
Billy Joel recently visited Vanderbilt University for a seminar and while taking questions from the audience, one brave soul, Michael Pollack, seized the moment and asked the piano player if he would allow for a budding musician to accompany on "New York State of Mind." The audience laughed at the question but was soon astonished at Joel's simple response: "Okay." Laughter turning to ovation, Pollack ran up to the stage to make one of his biggest dreams come true. Luckily, the whole exchange was caught on tape, including the amazing performance from both parties. Joel seemed to be having a good time as he sported sunglasses for laughs and crooned "like Sinatra" while Pollack showed his idol his talent. Read More »