Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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Snoop Dogg Writes A Song For Prince William’s Bachelor Party

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:20 PM PST

It looks like EVERYONE is getting excited for the wedding of Prince William of Wales to his longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton … everyone including Snoop Dogg. Snoop has issued a press release announcement today letting the world know that he wrote a song for Prince William‘s upcoming bachelor party. The song is called Wet. Read on:

Today, international superstar and music icon, Snoop Dogg is releasing his brand new single entitled "Wet" via SnoopDogg.com at 4:20 pm PST, an anthem made for Prince William's bachelor party and all bachelor parties around the world to follow. It is the second single to release from Snoop Dogg's forthcoming 11th studio album entitled, Doggumentary Music coming March 2011. "When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something," says Snoop. "'Wet' is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin'." Produced by The Cataracs, "Wet" can arguably be the follow-up song to the Grammy-nominated single "Sensual Seduction." From its hypnotizing beat to its alluring and lustful lyrics, "Wet" will sure to be the official nightclub song of 2011. Additionally, Snoop is asking his fans to create a video of them dancing to the new single "Wet." The fan that garners the most video views, will win a trip to the U.K. courtesy of Snoop to celebrate the release of "Wet" in royal fashion. Fans can enter the contest by uploading their videos to YouTube and/or tweeting the video link to @SnoopDogg with the hashtag #WET. All contestants must title their YouTube video "Snoop Dogg Wet Dance."

Um …. yeah. While I would love for any song to get Prince Wills to “get the club smokin’”, I find it very hard to envision. Still … if anyone can turn William into a pimp, it’s Snoop Dogg. I can’t wait to hear what Wet sounds like … can you?

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Kylie Minogue Performs With The PS22 Chorus

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:08 PM PST

Kylie Minogue took some time out of her bizzy NYC schedule to pay a visit to PS22 school in Staten Island, NY to do a little singin’ with the 5th graders there. The PS22 Chorus is no stranger to performing with superstar performers (like Tori Amos, among others) but I’m sure they were quite happy to add Kylie to their list of famous collaborators. Here are a few photos of Kylie performing with the kids from the PS22 Chorus:

Get ready for something REALLY special!! Today the PS22 Chorus hosted a visit from the AMAZING Ms. Kylie Minogue, who made a special trip out to Staten Island to spend some time with the kids! Kylie has been a long time fan of PS22, tweeting about the kids on more than one occasion, so it’s safe to say that everybody was extremely psyched for this collaboration! [T]he kids joined Kylie on her mega-hit, “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” which we recreated PS22 style! Kylie blew us away with her incredible vocals on this acoustic rendition! The kids sound haunting and yet somehow are having a blast at the same time! … I can’t say enough great things about Kylie! She is truly a wonderful spirit and completely enchanted us all, kids and grown-up types alike!! Speaking of which, big thanks to Mr. Eberle for his amazing guitar work and to Ms. Lisa for her spectacular video footage!! Also much thanks to Ms. Laurie (and again Ms. Lisa) for the fantastic pics!!

Kylie + kids = OMFG SO CUTE!! After the jump, check out videos of Kylie‘s performance with the kids of the PS22 Chorus …



These kids are very lucky to get to perform with Kylie but Kylie‘s pretty damn lucky as well. What a wonderful collaboration … what a wonderful music program at PS22. These videos are fantastic. I can’t wait to see who PS22 gets to sing with next.

As for Kylie, we can all tune in to NBC tonight to watch her perform on the Christmas In Rockefeller Center special that will air at 8pm.

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Johnny Depp Does ‘Vanity Fair’ Magazine . . . Again

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:48 PM PST

Johnny Depp, who stars in the upcoming new film The Tourist with Angelina Jolie, is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Vanity Fair magazine (for the second year in a row). Here is our first look at Johnny‘s new VF cover and some excerpts from his coverstory interview:

Angelina Jolie’s latest big fan? Johnny Depp. “Meeting her and getting to know her was a real pleasant surprise,” the actor, 47, who stars with Jolie in the upcoming film The Tourist, tells rocker Patty Smith in an interview for Vanity Fair. “You don’t know what she might be like – if she has any sense of humor at all. I was so pleased to find that she is incredibly normal,” he added, “and has a wonderfully kind of dark, perverse sense of humor.” In fact, Depp, a three-time Oscar nominee, compares Oscar winner Jolie, 35, to another Hollywood leading lady – one from an earlier generation. “I’ve had the honor and the pleasure and gift of having known Elizabeth Taylor for a number of years,” Depp says. “You know, you sit down with her, she slings hash, she sits there and cusses like a sailor, and she’s hilarious. Angie’s got the same kind of thing, you know, the same approach.” Depp says he also feels a measure of sympathy for Jolie and her family, who deal with the harshest glare of fame. “Poor thing, dogged by paparazzi, her and her husband, Brad [Pitt] … all their kids,” he says. “There are times when you see how ridiculous is this life, how ludicrous it is, you know, leaving your house every morning and being followed by paparazzi.” The actor also touches on a number of other subjects, including Disney executives’ shocked reaction to his Jack Sparrow performance. “I think it was Michael Eisner … who was quoted as saying, ‘He’s ruining the movie,’ ” says Depp, who also talks about his early dreams of being a rock star. “I was a guitarist, and that’s what I wanted to do.” And he reveals what could be an interesting future project. “[Marlon Brando said,] Why don’t you just take a year and go and study Shakespeare, or go and study Hamlet. Go and work on Hamlet and play that part. Play that part before you’re too old … And I would like to. I’d really, really like to.”

While I am looking forward to seeing the next installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise, On Stranger Tides, I’m not the least bit interested in seeing The Tourist. I had no idea that Johnny had only first met Angelina when they filmed this movie together but not even the pairing of two of the most high-paid actors in the world is enough to pique my interest. From all the preview material I’ve seen, the movie looks completely uninteresting to me. Still, I am a fan of Depp himself so … this Vanity Fair interview is deffo worth a read. After the jump, check out one photo from Johnny‘s VF photospread to see what the mag has in store for Johnny fans …


This is an issue of VF that I will deffo be picking up and who knows, maybe the interview will change my mind but … I’m thinkin’ I’m gonna take a pass on seeing The Tourist when it opens in theaters next month.

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Another Coffee Date For Jake Gyllenhaal & Taylor Swift!

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:24 PM PST

Over the weekend we learned that Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift had taken their coffee drinking dates from Brooklyn, NY to Nashville, TN and today we learn that the couple have done it AGAIN! Jake and Taylor were spotted together at the Frothy Monkey in Nashville earlier today and according to eyewitnesses, they were acting like “more than friends”:

After being spotted getting cozy at a coffee shop in Tennessee this weekend, rumored couple Jake Gyllenhaal, 29, and Taylor Swift, 20, enjoyed another intimate cup of joe at the Frothy Monkey in Nashville this morning. Sources tell us the duo have been in the past several mornings and “looked like they were more than friends” … whatever that means.

This is just so weird. I mean … c’mon … how much coffee can two people drink? None of this makes any sense at all … NONE! I just … can’t …

Is there a support group that I can join or … something?

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Watch: 30 Seconds To Mars, ‘Hurricane’

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:52 PM PST

Yesterday it was reported that the new 30 Seconds to Mars music video for their new single Hurricane had been banned from being broadcast on TV … but, that band has no bearing on the video being shown online so today we get to see the full, 13 minute music video in its full and uncensored form. Leto gave an interview to Entertainment Weekly about the banning of Hurricane and revealed that he was surprised the video didn’t pass muster with the network censors, particularly because the version they submitted was not as explicit as the original version they created:

Jared Leto wasn't completely surprised when TV networks refused to air his band's racy "Hurricane" video. "We always knew there would be some images that would have a tough time getting through," says the Thirty Seconds to Mars singer, who called the Music Mix while driving to the band's next gig in Brighton, England today. "But we didn't expect this kind of pushback that we're getting now." In fact, the "Hurricane" clip that 30STM submitted for TV had already been edited down from the original. "I had always planned on having an explicit version and then a version that was not so explicit," Leto says. "The version that we were trying to get on broadcast is not the explicit version, and that's still having a really difficult time." Leto wonders just why the networks were so offended by the video's sexual images. "I'm not interested in provocation for provocation's sake," he says. "I just think it's interesting that when you turn on the news or whatever else catches your interest, how much violence and negativity is available out there. As soon as it comes time for sexuality, it's a big shock that people are sexual beings. It's an interesting double standard to me." Now he is debating how whether to edit "Hurricane" further to meet TV standards. "You know, at another time I would say, 'Absolutely not.' I would refuse 1,000 percent to change what I felt was important. But with this film, I'm not so sure I would cut off the nose to spite its face, so to speak…There are creative solutions to every problem. Certainly it would be difficult for people to air a 13-minute-long music video slash short film, regardless of the content. I think people have dealt with this in different ways in the past. People have made cuts.

Yes, people do make cuts … in fact, 30 Seconds to Mars made cuts to Hurricane so that it could be broadcast on MTV. The video, clocking in at 13 minutes long, has already aired on MTV in its censored version a few times. After the jump, check out the video in its UNCENSORED NSFW form. While the video isn’t all that explicit, there is female nudity and there are many scenes that are deffo not suitable for watching at work …

Hurricane – Uncensored:


Hurricane – Censored:


For those of you who cannot watch the film, here is a fairly detailed description of what takes place in the censored version of the music video:

The mini-movie is broken into chapters, beginning with movie-style titles announcing “Hurricane,” then the subtitles “this is not reality” and “this is a dream.” As Chapter 1, “Birth,” unfolds, ominous lighting flashes over New York City at night as drummer Shannon Leto speeds through its streets on a motorcycle.

A shirtless Jared Leto is awakened in his apartment by a knock on the door only to find nobody there and a stack of Polaroid surveillance photos of him lying in bed (shirtless, of course). A creepy gimp wearing a black suit and leather mask and toting a sledgehammer bursts into the room, sending Leto flying out of a 40-story window to the street below.

The gimp is right behind him and danger lurks all around as guitarist Tomo Milicevic encounters a woman in black leather bunny fetish gear being led around a subway station by another leather-masked baddie. Milicevic dispatches the dude with a gut punch and makes out with the fetish queen, yanking a key on a red rope out of his mouth after their hookup.

Chapter 2, “Life,” begins with Shannon crashing his bike to avoid running over a woman lying prone in the street, even as his brother dresses up a lingerie-wearing beauty in a leather eye-mask and horse’s bit. The beautiful stranger stabs Shannon in the gut unexpectedly, yet he’s fine enough to toss the key in slow motion into the street.

And then, believe it or not, that’s when things get really weird. A rabbi, a priest and an imam show up and toss their respective holy books into a bonfire in an alley (also in slow motion, natch), and Leto jogs by a building where he finds the key hanging out of a door.

Cue quick-cut scenes of a silver knife, a cockroach, a woman spitting into another woman’s mouth, a buxom beauty in a steampunk gas mask, some back licking, booty smacking and handcuff play, not to mention yet another black-barred image with the words “Censored Sisyphus Corporation” over them, and you have the perfect setup for Leto walking through rows of caskets draped in the American flag as the sledgehammer dude clocks him in the face.

Leto falls into his own coffin and is nailed in it before the camera cuts to a pair of topless women in fishnet stockings guarding a door and striking provocative poses as an unseen hand takes the lid off a plate containing, yes, a silver vibrator. Ominous music begins to play while a procession of death-mask-wearing marchers bearing torches make their way through Central Park, where Shannon meets up with his assailant, kisses her and is promptly shackled to a park bench. Dude, how could you fall for that again?

Surrounded by guys in creepy bunny and bird masks, he uses the key to unshackle himself and beat them up, while brother Jared is freaking out inside the casket and uses his red key to set himself free. He drops down into the street amid a stream of other unmentionable fetish clips while Tomo uses his red key to unlock a book with a secret message in it that we never get to see.

Which brings us to Chapter 3, “Death,” opening with children scrawling in an alley with sidewalk chalk and Jared realizing his torso is covered with cryptic tattoos. He doesn’t seem to mind, as he’s busy hooking up with a beauty in lingerie.

Censored scene, more fetish play, Shannon making out with his girl again, Jared taking the masked gimp to the cleaners in a slo-mo fistfight, a strobe-light recap of the whole thing, and somehow 13 minutes have passed by in a daze.

Surprisingly, Kanye West does not appear in the video … and it remains to be seen if those rumors of the video being 20 minutes long are correct since both the uncensored and censored videos are 13 minutes long. Either 30StM are planning to release a third version of the film or …. this is it. I personally like the video but it’s not really all that revolutionary. Some of the scenes are cool but it seems a bit artsy just for the sake of being artsy. What do y’all think? Is this Hurricane music video the epic wonder you were expecting? Are you impressed?

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‘Tangled’ Up In You

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:21 PM PST

Altho David and I were invited to a private event at the Ennis House here in LA (designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright) we decided not to attend and enjoy a more low key night at the movies. Because it was my pick this time, I decided that we would see Tangled, Disney‘s 50th animated film:


I have been hearing from a few Pink readers that Tangled is a great film so I was very excited to see it for myself. I am very happy to report that I agree with those Pink readers … Tangled is a magical, fun and very worthy addition to the Disney library of fairy tale films. Those of you who have read the original Grimm version of Rapunzel know that the story is only 2 pages long. This new Disney version takes great license with the story and manages to turn the tale of Rapunzel into a smart, action-packed adventure (they did a *great* job explaining Rapunzel‘s long hair). The only thing that I wasn’t totally in love with was the music. Alan Menken, the composer of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and more, was told by Disney NOT to create his usual big songs for Tangled … instead, he was told to come up with more pop-sounding songs. They’re good but not great. That being said, the rest of the film is just really sweet. Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi do a great job voicing Rapunzel and Flynn but Donna Murphy as the villainous Mother Gothel really steals the show. We saw the film in 3D and really enjoyed it. The lantern scene is just so cool in 3D. I understand Tangled looks just as great in 2D so, the choice is yours. I’m still very bummed that Disney is no longer planning on making any more fairy tale films after Tangled … I guess we can only hope that the success of Tangled will change their minds. If you are looking for a fun, magical film to see this holiday season … Tangled is for you.

Tonight, David and I have been invited to attend a holiday party so I think that’s what we’re gonna do. I’m feeling a lot better today so hopefully I managed to fight off the cold that’s been threatening to take hold over the past few days. Have a great Tuesday, y’all!!

Les News, 113010

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:56 AM PST

Watch: Teddy Kisses Ian On ‘90210’

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:23 AM PST

After learning earlier in the year that 90210 would be introducing a gay storyline on the show, we learned back in August that actor Trevor Donovan (Teddy) would be the character gifted with the gay storyline. Actor/singer Kyle Riabko (Ian) was added to the cast as Teddy‘s love interest but, as those of you who have been watching the show all season know, Teddy‘s coming out has been a very long, very slow process. Last night, finally, Teddy came to his senses and realized that he has feelings for Ian … and the two shared their first kiss together:

Finally! After spending the last three months slow-burning the “Teddy likes boys” storyline, we finally got the goods on 90210. And it was kind of hot, right? And, better yet, the big moment wasn’t hyped to death, so we also got a bit of a surprise when Teddy grabbed Ian — the classmate he hooked-up with (off-screen) during a blackout at the start of the season — and planted a big ol’ sloppy on the kid while they were cleaning up after a West Bev luau. How’s that for putting the “man” in manual labor? The build-up, of course, has been the fun of Season 3 … Proving to be more than a human Ken doll, Trevor Donovan’s doing a solid job playing golden-boy Teddy’s confusion, denial and fear. Not that he should be too worried about his friends’ reactions. Ade was gay for a hot minute last season and this isn’t 1950. Or the military. Anyway, it looks like blondie’s gonna have to deal with all of that sooner rather than later now that he’s gone and cracked the lock on his closet door. Those kinds of secrets tend to come out faster than, well, Teddy has, around these parts. Plus, February sweeps is just around the bend. So really, the only question is who might have a problem with Teddy’s true identity? Liam could use a better plot. Or maybe we’ll see the ugly side of some of the grownups.

For the most part, I’ve been very happy with the way 90210 has handled Teddy‘s coming out story. I’ve been watching all season long and while his coming out has taken some time, I honestly feel the show is trying to give the viewer a realistic view of someone coming to terms with their homosexuality. No one ever just comes out as gay overnight. The feelings that come along with the realization and acceptance of one’s sexuality can be a very long, confusing and sometimes painful process. For some, it can take years to come out as gay … for others, it can take a lifetime. 90210 has done a great job with Teddy‘s storyline thus far, I am really looking forward to seeing how it continues to play out. So … in case you missed it or just want to see it in action again, you can check out Teddy and Ian‘s first kiss, after the jump …


So sweet, right? I loved this scene. Now, just cuz the guys have kissed does not mean that the cat is out of the bag or that Teddy is ready to come out to his friends. My guess is that he will try and keep this development quiet for a bit longer … but … yeah, this is a great first step. Did you watch last night? What do you think of Teddy and Ian‘s first kiss? Was it worth the wait?

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James Franco Does ‘Outside’ Magazine

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:00 AM PST

James Franco, who currently stars in the new film 127 Hours and will be hosting the 83rd Academy Awards with Anne Hathaway next February, is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new outdoorsy magazine Outside. Here is our first look at James‘s latest magazine cover:


As you may recall, James also graces the cover of the Fall issue of Candy magazine (in full drag) as well as his very own issue of GQ magazine this month as one of the mag’s Men of the Year … so Mr. Franco is having a very good month at the newsstand. After the jump, check out a couple photos from James‘s Outside magazine photospread …


His coverstory interview is not available online so you’ll have to pick up this issue of Outside to read it in full. I understand, tho, that James explains that he based his version of Aron Ralston (the man he plays in 127 Hours who was forced to cut off his own arm to free himself from being pinned under a boulder) on a mix between Ralston, Neal Cassady and MacGyver. If you are a fan of the film and want to know more about James‘s inspiration for the character he plays, you’re gonna wanna pick up this issue.

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The Jackmans Get A New Member Of The Family

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:43 AM PST

Hugh Jackman and his adorable daughter Ava Eliot spent some time this weekend bonding with the newest member of the Jackman family. Hugh picked out a new pet pooch for his family, a doggie named Mochi … here are a few photos of Mochi Jackman getting acquainted with his new owners:


As if the Jackman family couldn’t get any cuter, they have to go and get a pet pooch that is JUST as cute! Also, I must say, I am really loving the new beard thing that Hugh has got going on. Mr. Manly looks even manlier with a full face of fur. Woot!! Something tells me that Mochi is going to really enjoy being a part of the Jackman family. Mochi fits in perfectly, don’t you think?

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Bobbi Kristina Is A Girl Gone Wild

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:34 AM PST

Bobbi Kristina, the only begotten child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, is all grown up these days … but it really looks like she’s actin’ more grown than she actually is. Media Takeout has come upon a few photos of 17 year old Bobbi Kris partying with some friends that show her smoking and drinking and making out with a few different people. Honestly, it’s the kind of behavior that kids her age get away with all the time … but if this is the kind of behavior the young Miss Houston-Brown is being photographed doing, can you imagine what she might be getting up to when there aren’t cameras around?

MediaTakeOut.com has been telling you for MANY MONTHS . . . that Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kris is completely OUT OF CONTROL. Now we have EVIDENCE. The below photos were sent in by a loyal and trusted MTO reader (thanks GIRRRRL). They were apparently taken at an unsupervised party that the 17 year old Bobbi Kris attended. As the images show, Bobbi was drinking the VERY HIGH ALCOHOL energy drink Four Loko. And she’s smoking a NEWPORT cigarette. In another pic she’s MAKING OUT with a woman. Whitney . . . Bobby . .. go get your daughter. She obviously needs some GUIDANCE!!!

While the smoking and drinking is a bit worrisome (and let’s be honest, that Four Loko shizz is bad news), it should be pointed out that kids her age tend to experiment and engage in far worse behavior. What is troubling is that Bobbi Kristina is at the age where she is prolly very well aware of the behavior her father Bobby Brown is infamous for so it’s unlikely she can look to him for guidance. I sincerely hope that Bobbi Kris doesn’t get herself into too much trouble. It would be a shame if she ended up frittering her life away at such an early age, way before she has had her time to shine. At this point, it sounds like she is just acting out … testing her boundaries. Hopefully she won’t get herself into the kind of trouble that could ruin her life :(

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Madonna Opens A ‘Hard Candy Fitness’ Center In Mexico City

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:03 AM PST

Last month we learned the odd news that Madonna and her business partner/manager Guy Oseary were planning the launch of a franchise of gyms around the world called Hard Candy Fitness and today we get to see photos from the official opening of the world’s first Hard Candy Fitness center in Mexico City, Mexico. The opening, which took place last night, not only featured Maddy and Guy on the red carpet for the ribbon cutting ceremony but it also featured her Madgesty teaching some fitness dance moves to some of the lucky attendees of the event. Here are photos of Madonna on the red carpet at the Hard Candy Fitness opening last night and some deets from the event:

[Madonna] attended a ribbon cutting ceremony dressed in a black and white striped dress and thigh-high boots. The star said she chose Mexico City because it was a stop on last year’s Sticky & Sweet tour, which grossed $408 million and she liked the energy of the people. The gym’s name, which shares the title of her last album, she said, is the perfect combination of ‘hard body’ and ‘eye candy’. ‘It’s a sexy name that gives you the opportunity to have fun and to build strength as far as the imagination will allow,’ the singer said. ‘She chose the graphics, colors, the machines,’ said Chris Dedicik, general director of California-based New Evolution Ventures, Madonna’s partner in creating the gym. ‘She has weighed in on the choreography of all the classes and given them a twist to make them more dynamic, more special and to better reflect her style.’ Members can do cardiovascular exercises on five types of advanced-technology machines chosen by Madonna, many with individual viewing screens and iPod docks. The yoga instructors are trained in various styles of the ancient Indian art, inspired by the knowledge the singer has accumulated in her travels. The yoga room will also have a special wall used in Iyengar yoga, one of very few in the world according to Dedicik, with ropes and steps to help people with less physical ability. A balcony outside will feature plants and Zen-style decor, all at the singer’s request. ‘If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don’t skimp on them and the same is true for the gym,’ she said. ‘We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym.’ Membership runs 2,000 pesos a month, about $160, generally in line with what the best gyms charge in Mexico City … It’s not exactly the first location one might associate as the chosen spot for a grand gym opening from the Queen of Pop. And one might have thought there may have been other more worthy projects she could have put her very famous name to. But as it is, Madonna has opened the doors to her brand new Hard Candy gym in Mexico City, and treated a hand selected troupe of new members to work out with her. Standing at the top of the class in head-to-toe Nike fitness gear, the superstar led a group of 20 hand-picked members through a routine to music by Paul Oakenfold, the DJ who opened her tour last year. And there is no mistaking who owns the gym. A huge mural of Warhol-esque images of the Queen of Pop greets each client as they walk through the sliding doors. The 30,000-square-foot building is located in the city’s upscale Bosques de las Lomas neighborhood.

Oh Madonna … this whole gym thing is just … weird. But, undoubtedly, she will make millions from this latest venture and likely with minimal work required. She picks out a few color swatches, shows up for a ribbon cutting ceremony and goes home with millions in her pocket. I guess it’s kinda genius. After the jump, check out photos of Maddy leading a troupe of folks thru some of her work-out dance moves and get a peek inside the world’s first Hard Candy Fitness center …



I personally have zero interest in any of this Hardy Candy Fitness nonsense and would MUCH rather Madonna work on the release of her next album … but I’m sure there are a great many rabid fans out there who would love to pay for the privilege of attending a Madonna-themed gym. These Hard Candy Fitness centers are planned to open around the world … so we’ll have to see how many do open and how long they will last. In the mean time, I’ll just be over here … anxiously awaiting the release of new music from Madonna … which will hopefully happen sometime in the next year … I hope.

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The Apple iPad 2 Is Reportedly On The Way

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:23 AM PST

While the Apple iPad is the #1 tech gift on every gadget geek’s Xmas list this year it’s already time to start thinking about the iPad 2. According to a new report from a very reputable Taiwanese newspaper (the same newspaper that correctly reported that the iPad would be a touchscreen tablet before anyone else), Apple is planning to release the second generation iPad in the first quarter of 2011. According to the paper, the iPad 2 will feature two cameras (one front-facing, one in the back) with the ability for FaceTime video chat, an updated higher resolution touchscreen and … a USB port! At this point, we prolly should take all of this info with a huge grain of salt … but the newspaper making these claims have been right before, they very well may be right again:

Rumors continue to swirl over Apple’s next generation iPad, and one reliable Taiwanese newspaper says the new device will be out in the first quarter of 2011, complete with video calling, two cameras, new display and touch technology, and a USB port to connect easily to other devices. The Chinese-language Economic Daily News financial newspaper, which was among the first to correctly report that Apple was making a tablet when other news sources said it would be a netbook, on Friday reported that the new iPad 2 will go into production this month and will be on sale early next year. The same newspaper in August reported that the device would have a 7-inch touchscreen. Taiwanese newspapers sometimes win scoops on new electronics products because Taiwanese companies are involved in every aspect of electronics production, from components to final assembly. For example, the Economic Daily says that Largan Precision will supply camera lenses for the new iPad, while Hon Hai Precision Industry, which operates under the trade name, Foxconn, will be responsible for final assembly. The August report from the Economic Daily said Chimei Innolux will supply 7-inch LCD touchscreens, which use the same IPS (in-plane switching) technology found in the original iPad, for the new device. The companies named in the Economic Daily report declined to comment. Contract manufacturers and component makers normally do not reveal what products they’re working on because failure to maintain secrecy can cause them to lose business.

Now THIS sounds like an iPad that I would like to own. I tried out the iPad when it came out earlier this year and after a few days testing it out, I determined that it really wasn’t the mobile computing device for me. I would be very interested in having an iPad with camera functionality, yes, but what really gets me is the reported USB port. I would LOVE to carry my important docs on a Flash Drive and be able to access them on a “computer” as small as the iPad. I’m not really getting too excited just yet because none of this news has been confirmed … but if the iPad 2 does get a USB port, chances are that I will be shelling out for an iPad 2. What do y’all think? If you’re hoping for an iPad this Xmas … would you rather hold out and wait for the rumored iPad 2 due out early next year?

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Kim Zolciak & Kroy Biermann Are Gettin’ Hitched!

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:56 AM PST

Last week we learned that Kim Zolciak, one of the stars of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, is pregnant with her first child with new beau and Atlanta Falcons football player Kroy Biermann and today we learn that Kim and Kroy are planning to get hitched! Altho the couple have yet to make the news public, RadarOnline reports that the couple are, indeed, engaged to be wed and are planning to tie the knot before their baby boy is born next year:

Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak is engaged to Atlanta Falcons star Kroy Biermann, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned. The couple – who are expecting their first baby together next year – have not gone public with the news yet, but they plan to marry before the popular reality TV star gives birth. Zolciak, 32, recently confirmed that she was in fact expecting a child with the 25-year-old NFL player following weeks of speculation that she was pregnant. A source told RadarOnline.com: "Kim and Kroy are engaged, and only a few people know about it. They wanted to announce it in a national magazine, but Kim was so excited that she told a couple of close friends about it. Obviously, they are both really happy about both the baby and their engagement and cannot wait to start their new lifes together. Kroy proposed to her and bought her a substantial ring which she has shown to a few friends, although she is not wearing it in public yet. Kim is actually in her second trimester with her pregnancy now, and the couple are still in talks about getting their own spin-off reality show. And if this does not happen then she will want to re-negotiate her terms on The Real Housewives Of Atlanta if her wedding and new baby were to be featured on the show. The other cast members are publicly backing Kim and Kroy but privately there are some jealousies because Kim is very much in the spotlight right now and not everyone is happy about that."

You may recall that just a few days ago we saw a photo of Kim smoking a cigarette at an Atlanta Falcons game while she was in the first trimester of her pregnancy so it is my hope that now she is planning a wedding, she’ll be too bizzy to smoke cigarettes while pregnant. You know, Kim is fun to watch on Real Housewives but I can’t help but feel sorry first, for the new baby growing in her uterus and second, for Kroy who is only 25 years old. Kim is a larger than life personality who always needs the focus to be on her … I can’t help but feel that her baby and her much younger husband-to-be suffer because of her selfish needs. If you consider the fact that we will all be privy to their new life together because it will be broadcast on TV … well, I honestly do feel bad for Biermann and his not yet born baby boy. I guess we’ll see how all of this actually plays out on the next season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. In the meantime, I guess we should express our congrats to the happy couple … right?

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