Friday, September 30, 2011
Bérénice Marlohe: Bond Girl For 'Bond 23'?
The name's Marlohe. Bérénice Marlohe.
Well, maybe.
Movie news site Twitchfilm.com is reporting that young French actress Bérénice Marlohe is the next Bond girl, set to star alongside Daniel Craig in the long-awaited "Bond 23." It would be her first English feature after a string of appearances in French TV movies, series and features since 2007.
To be directed by Sam Mendes, it will be Craig's third go-round as 007. Eva Green was the Bond Girl in his first film, "Casino Royale," while Olga Kurylenko took the role in "Quantum of Solace."
He'll be joined by Rhys Ifans, Ralph Fiennes and, according to rumors, Javier Bardem, who would play a villain. Naomi Harris will play Moneypenny.
'Sperm Donor' Tells His Fiance He May Have 70 Biological Children (VIDEO)
A Style Network special called 'Sperm Donor' that follows the life of 'Ben,' an unassuming guy who's been a sperm donor for years, premiered Wednesday night.
He's recently been contacted by 15-20 of his biological children, and in this clip reveals to his fiance that his sperm may be responsible for fathering as many as 70 offspring.
To her credit, Ben's fiance manages to contain her reaction, but the shock, and possibly horror, in her face is evident.
Ben's fiance tells him she sees his actions as selfish, and the gravity of his decision seems to hit him in a way it hadn't before. "I guess I was dumb. Maybe I'm being dumb now, I don't know," he says.
He's recently been contacted by 15-20 of his biological children, and in this clip reveals to his fiance that his sperm may be responsible for fathering as many as 70 offspring.
To her credit, Ben's fiance manages to contain her reaction, but the shock, and possibly horror, in her face is evident.
Ben's fiance tells him she sees his actions as selfish, and the gravity of his decision seems to hit him in a way it hadn't before. "I guess I was dumb. Maybe I'm being dumb now, I don't know," he says.
Man In Stands Drops Child While Attempting To Catch Ball At Taiwanese Baseball Game
A baseball fan in Taiwan dropped his toddler daughter while trying to catch a foul ball.
Cameras at the televised game between the Taipei Brother Elephants and Taoyuan's Lamigo Monkeys, also caught the fan's wife shouting at him afterwards.
Mr Bai later said "I was going to catch the ball using one hand but ended up lifting both hands and dropped my daughter."
The girl said she slightly hurt one leg but was otherwise unhurt.
Jared Polis Announces Birth Of Son, Becoming First Openly Gay Parent In Congress
Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) is a proud father of a newborn baby, making him the first openly gay parent in the U.S. Congress.
On Friday, Polis and his partner, Marlon Reis, sent out an announcement about the arrival of their son, Caspian Julius, who is 8 pounds, 12 ounces.
"Baby and parents are doing well, baby has learned to cry already! No gifts please, just nice thoughts for Caspian, humankind, the planet, and the universe!" read the announcement.
Polis and Reis have declined to comment on whether it was a surrogate pregnancy or an adoption.
“We are so thrilled for the congressman and his partner,” said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council, an organization that advocates for LGBT families. “Little Caspian Julius is so lucky to have two wonderful and loving dads. On behalf of America’s growing number of LGBT parents, we want to send the family our warmest wishes.”
According to the Family Equality Council, there are 1 million LGBT parents raising 2 million children.
“We are so thrilled for the congressman and his partner,” said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council, an organization that advocates for LGBT families. “Little Caspian Julius is so lucky to have two wonderful and loving dads. On behalf of America’s growing number of LGBT parents, we want to send the family our warmest wishes.”
According to the Family Equality Council, there are 1 million LGBT parents raising 2 million children.
Caspian Julius, the son of Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Marlon Reis, born on Sept. 30, 2011.
Polis is a co-sponsor of the Every Child Deserves A Family Act, which would "ban discrimination in adoption or foster care placement based on the sexual orientation, marital status or gender identity of the potential parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child," according to a press release from the office of Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), who introduced the bill.
Demi Lovato Gives Thanks for Kim Kardashian and Selena Gomez
Demi Lovato has been through a lot. The singer hasn't been shy about discussing these obstacles, as she hopes her experience will help other young girls struggling with low self-esteem.
In a new interview, meanwhile, Lovato goes out of her way to acknowledge a pair of famous friends who have helped her navigate through the tough times:
"I feel like there are some people that you're friends with that talk to you on Twitter or you text," she tell Billboard, "but the people that are really there for me are the people that were there for me when I went into treatment. The people that were calling me while I was in there were Kim Kardashian and Selena Gomez. Those two girls, they meant the world to me. They still do."
Up next professionally for Lovato, she'll unleash"Who's That Boy" as the second single off "Unbroken." It will follow "Skyscraper," which shot to number-10 on the Hot 100 in July.
"I've been on such a journey over the past year that it just feels awesome to be able to release music that I've worked really hard on, and now that it's done well [on the chart] it feels even better,"
First Nicolas Cage, now John Travolta:Is this a photo of the Grease star in 1860?
He is a member of the Church of Scientology, which believes in reincarnation and asks some members to sign one billion year contracts of service.
And one photograph collector in Ontario, Canada, claims he has found a picture of John Travolta from a previous incarnation in 1860.
The 150-year-old photo of a man who looks remarkably like Travolta has been put up for sale on eBay.
'I've had this interesting photograph for years and I've been unable to part with it,' the seller said on the auction site.
'When you look at it and into the eyes of the sitter you will see what I mean!
'I believe this is the photograph of a very young John Travolta taken around 1860... This is a ruby glass ambrotype photograph and it is one of a kind.
'It hasn't been changed, tampered with or altered in anyway. It is clear and is as nice as the day it was taken roughly 151 years ago.
The photo is listed at $50,000 or nearest offer, and while it has a large price tag comes with free shipping and gift wrapping.
The listings comes after another antique dealer joked that he has a photo that is proof Nicolas Cage is more than just an a-list actor - he’s also a vampire who lived during the American Civil War.
The eBay seller claims to have a 4” by 2.5” carte de visite photo from around 1870 of a man who looks exactly like the 47-year-old star of Con Air, Ghost Rider and The Rock.
The seller, who has put the starting price at $1million, says the photo is 100 per cent genuine and was taken of a man who lived in Bristol, Tennessee, around the time of the Civil War.
The man who put the photo on eBay is Jack Mörd, of Seattle, Washington, whose Facebook page says he is originally from Los Angeles, California, and owns ‘The Thanatos Archive’.
'My theory is that he allows himself to age to a certain point, maybe 70, 80 or so, then the actor “Nicolas Cage” will “die”,’ Mr Mörd joked.
‘But in reality, the undead vampire “Nicolas Cage” will have rejuvenated himself and appeared in some other part of the world, young again, and ready to start all over.’
The picture was found in the back of an album that contained many unusual death portraits from the Civil War era - but the Nicolas Cage lookalike was not identified by name, Mr Mörd said.
He has a 100 per cent positive feedback rating on eBay and his profile says he is interested in collecting and selling Victorian Era post-mortem photography, as well as other vintage pictures.
The eBay product description for ‘Nicolas Cage is a Vampire / Photo from 1870 / Tennessee’ says: ‘Original c.1870 carte de visit showing a man who looks exactly like Nick Cage.
‘This is not a trick photo of any kind and has not been manipulated in Photoshop or any other graphics program.
'It's an original photo of a man who lived in Bristol, TN, sometime around the Civil War.'
It is believed the photo was taken by a confederate Civil War prisoner of war photographer called Professor G.B. Smith.
Mr Mörd joked that Nicolas Cage could be a walking undead man who reinvents himself once every 75 years - and might be looking at going into politics or talk show hosting next.
Rupert Murdoch Attacked With Pie
Wendi Deng Murdoch, wife of News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch (and who recently slapped a man who was trying to throw a pie at her husband), has been selected as the midlifebachelor.com Woman of the Month for September 2011!
At midlifebachelor.com, we try to select each Woman of the Month based on somewhat loose criteria - but which generally include overall hotness, some level of achievement and/or national exposure, and also occasionally we toss in an unexpected attribute, as is the case here. Wendi Deng Murdoch is certainly very hot, and a very accomplished News Corporation executive (which we admire) - but what pushed me toward selecting her for this month was the incident in which she slapped down a man who was about to throw a pie at her husband, Rupert Murdoch, on July 19, 2011 while Rupert was testifying about one of his divisions' phone hacking scandal.
Here is a video of the incident, and watch how Wendi Deng Murdoch jumps on this guy and slaps him down. She was faster than Rupert's body guards - and that is commendable. This is the type of wife I want someday:
Here's what we know about Wendi Deng Murdoch. She was born in December 1968 in China. She was originally enrolled in Guangzhou Medical College in China at age 16 when she met an American businessman and his wife, Jake and Joyce Cherry, while Jake was in China temporarily for work. The Cherry's helped Wendi with her English, and offered to sponsor her student visa - and in 1988, Wendi came to the USA, and enrolled at Cal State Northridge. She earned her BA in Economics, and then an MBA from Yale. After Yale, she started working for News Corporation's Fox TV - and wound up helping plan Star TV's operations in Hong Kong and China, as a junior executive. She met Rupert Murdoch at a company party in 1997, and married him in 1999.
Wendi Deng has recently become a director for the holding company that licenses the MySpace brand and technology to MySpace China, her first formal involvement in the media business since she left her job as a junior executive at the company's Star TV in Hong Kong in 1999. Deng has led her husband's Chinese internet investments totaling $35M to $45M. She has also formed strategic business links with China for high-speed video and internet access, and is now chief of strategy for MySpace's China operation. Wendi Deng is an incredibly impressive woman - we would love to meet her and/or interview her the next time she finds herself in the Los Angeles area!
David Arquette Says Girlfriend Christina McLarty Is 'Adorable'
One year after his split from Courteney Cox, David Arquette is dating again.
"She's adorable," the actor told Howard Stern Thursday of his new girlfriend, Christina McLarty.
McLarty, who was married to Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis for less than two months in 2010, was first spotted with Arquette at Comic Con in San Diego in late July.
The current Dancing with the Starscontestant told Stern he met McLarty at a "boat party" and that "we try to see each other as much as possible."
"I'm not one to run around with different girls," he said. "I like someone that makes me feel good and that I can make feel good."
And Arquette told PEOPLE just two weeks ago that he was "having fun" in the dating game. "I like relationships. I want to be in one."
Cox and Arquette announced their separation last October, after 11 years of marriage.
Chynna Phillips and Tony Dovolani Plan to 'Make Love on the Dance Floor'
Chynna Phillips and Tony Dovolani are bringing sexy back.
After judge Carrie Ann Inaba told the former Wilson Phillips singer and her pro partner that they "played it a little safe" with their jive on Dancing with the Stars this week, the couple are ready to kick things up a notch for their next performance.
"We're going to make love on the dance floor," Dovolani, 38, tells PEOPLE. "There are going to be lots of hips moving and interesting things. We're going to light up the floor. We want everybody at home and in the seats to feel like they're actually living the story with us."
Will Phillips's husband Billy Baldwin have a problem with his wife bumping and grinding with another man?
"He's all over this, are you kidding?" Phillips, 43, said. "He's the one who wanted me to start doing this. If he started having reservations about it now, I'd be like, 'Sweetie, you're the one who signed me up for this.' "
After judge Carrie Ann Inaba told the former Wilson Phillips singer and her pro partner that they "played it a little safe" with their jive on Dancing with the Stars this week, the couple are ready to kick things up a notch for their next performance.
"We're going to make love on the dance floor," Dovolani, 38, tells PEOPLE. "There are going to be lots of hips moving and interesting things. We're going to light up the floor. We want everybody at home and in the seats to feel like they're actually living the story with us."
Will Phillips's husband Billy Baldwin have a problem with his wife bumping and grinding with another man?
"He's all over this, are you kidding?" Phillips, 43, said. "He's the one who wanted me to start doing this. If he started having reservations about it now, I'd be like, 'Sweetie, you're the one who signed me up for this.' "
Kim & Kourtney Kardashian: Connecticut Cuties
Enjoying a day trip to Mystic, Connecticut, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian were spotted at the town aquarium yesterday (September 29).
The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” starlets were joined by Kourtney’s son Mason Disick as they encountered live seals and a Beluga whale.
Once their aquatic adventures had concluded, they all headed out to a local toy store to check out some Halloween goods before getting rained on.
In a recent interview, Kim confessed that she and her sisters have always been big makeup users to keep themselves looking feminine.
“He [my late father Robert] said, ‘My daughters are going to start to wear makeup and I want you guys to look at least presentable,’ which I thought was really cool. And we’ve turned out to be the biggest trannies because of it.”
“We had publicists and people who would tell us, ‘Girls, tone it down. Stop wearing all the make-up.’ But then we would read on our blogs — like in the comments and everything- and everyone was like, ‘What lipstick is this, what mascara do you use?’ We were like, ‘We love make-up, so why try and be what we’re not?’”
Susan Boyle Covers Depeche Mode: Listen Now!
On her upcoming new album, Susan Boyle slows down the Depeche Mode classic "Enjoy the Silence." The former Britain's Got Talent finalist shows off her vocal range once again on the track, taking it to a place the original version simply didn't go.
Listen above..
Listen above..
Michelle Obama Stays on Target
First Lady Michelle Obama shops at Target? Who knew!
Well, now you do. We meant before reading this story.
The 47-year-old mother of two was recently seen taking a shopping cart through Target in Alexandria, Va., just outside D.C., carrying two bags full of purchases.
The fashionable First Lady dressed down for the occasion.
If she weren't swarmed by Secret Service agents and photographers every waking moment, the American style icon might even be considered incognito in a gray Nike baseball cap, sunglasses and a casual buttoned top.
That said, she seemed to make her way through the store without too much commotion. A source tells People that Michelle "picked up dog food and toys for Bo," among other undisclosed household items. For the White House.
For more on the First Lady, check out these Michelle Obama pictures!
Should Idris Elba Be the Next James Bond?
Stringer Bell as the next 007?
Idris Elba is supposedly in the running to be the next James Bond -- replacing Daniel Craig in an iconic movie role that has also been played by Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan, among others.
"It's a rumor," Elba, 39, recently told NPR. But the hunky, British star of HBO's The Wire and BBC's Luther, plus flicks like Obsessed and Thor, wouldn't necessarily turn down the chance to play the sexy SSI agent -- but he has some reservations.
"I just don't want to be the black James Bond," he explains. "Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond, and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond, so if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond."
Still, admits the married actor: "I'd definitely consider it," he says, adding cheekily: "I'm never shaken or stirred."
Get Olivia Munn's Favorite Flare Jeans for $70
From red skinnies to boyfriend jeans, celebs are embracing some of fall's hottest denim trends. And Olivia Munn is one star who loves stepping out in another hot style for this season: flares.
I have been hemming and hawing over a pair of slightly flared jeans so I can jump on what is most definitely my favorite era of fashion history: the 1970s. I love that airy bohemian time period when we had movies like Superfly, donned fox boas over leather coats with wide-brimmed hats, and listened to Stevie Nicks and Ziggy Stardust.
Surprisingly, Munn's hip huggers won't cost you an arm and a leg: you can score the Flare Leg Stella Regular Fit Jean in Deep Rinse atEXPRESS for a budget-friendly $69.90!
The low-rise style and cotton/polyester/spandex mix will flatter your hips and lengthen your legs. Now that's express at your service!
13-year-old girl got male organs in a week
13-year-old girl, Uhud, turns into boy. In this ppicture with his father Ahmed Hassan Mousa. (SUPPLIED)
A girls school in Saudi Arabia has decided to move one of its students to a boys school not because of new gender-mixing system in the Gulf kingdom. The girl has just converted into a boy.
Uhud, 13, had felt persistent cramps in her abdomen and in one week, the pain just disappeared to give way to male organs. Uhud’s father was stunned.
“I could not believe what I saw first…in just a week, my daughter had full male organs and now she became my son,” said Ahmed Hassan Mousa from the southern town of Khamis Mushait.
“We had noticed before that Uhud did not have female breasts and when she had pains in her abdomen, doctors told us she has no womb…a few days later, they said a male organ emerged," he told the Arabic language daily Alriyadh.
Mousa said Uhud is now named Muad and has been moved to a boys school in the city. “Her teachers in the girls school had told me many times that she was very clever but recalcitrant….they said this had surprised them,” he said.
“Some people in the neigbourhood had also told me that she behaved like a boy…I myself noticed that she always played with her brothers not sisters.”
Mousa said his new son had just been registered as Muad in the country’s personal department and other government offices.
Floppy Disk Drives Plays 'Imperial March' From 'Star Wars' (VIDEO)
What's a more glorious sound to "Star Wars" nerds than the "Imperial March"?
Two alternating floppy disk drives playing the symphony, perhaps.
Let's face it; it's not as though the ancient (?!) storage devices get much use these days. Might as well put the things to good use, right?
Silent, the technological orchestra's creator, stated that he or she put the creation together as a way to pass some time. (No kidding.)
Interested in learning how Silent did it? Visit the website for an explanation.
For some more "Star Wars"-inspired fun, watch the Jedi kittens duke it out again and again.
WATCH:
Stop Looking At My Mom
The X Factor welcomes contestants of all ages, and the young hopefuls have certainly impressed. Thursday night, Brian Bradley was no different. The confident 14-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., boldly said he wanted to be bigger than Jay-Zand Kanye West. And judge L.A. Reid basically said he would be!Brian commanded the judges’ full attention with his original rap — “Stop Looking at My Mom.”
And he busted out some serious rhymes — “That’s my mother. That’s my mother. She looks so young he thought I was her brother.”
And he easily swept the judges panel with a resounding “Yes”.
“I used to run this label called Def Jam and all those years I was there I was looking for you,” L.A. gushed, adding “So I’m the luckiest guy in the world that you walked in here today.”
Simon Cowell echoed a similar sentiment.
“You are one of the most talented young people I’ve heard in a long long time,” he said. “This is why I’m in New Jersey… I think you are fantastic.”
Paula Abdul added, “You are very unique and you operate in that place that is fantastic.”
Catch the clip below!
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