The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen is just around the corner and two more promos have been released.
The first one shows Charlie on a train, probably because that is how he is going to die on the new “Two and a Half Men” season opener, with his Goddesses, a tiger, and a few other strange characters who wonder if the train stops in “Normalville”.
Sheen gets a sneaky smirk on his face and says, “Honey, we left there a long time ago…”
The music in the background is from the Ozzy Osborne’s “Crazy Train”.
The second spot also shows Sheen on his “Crazy Train” and mocks Comedy Central for attempting to roast him saying that’s like trying to reason with a volcano, or duct tape the wind to the ground.
Current roast attendees scheduled to skewer the troubled actor are TMZ's Harvey Levin, Jackass Star Steve-O, Anthony Jeselnik, Mike Tyson, and Jeffrey Ross.
The Roast Master will be none other than “Family Guy” and “American Dad” animator, writer, producer, actor, singer, voice actor and director Seth MacFarlane, who says,
"Charlie is a true icon with a talent that is strong and pure and concentrated into small crystals which can be smoked or eaten."
In an odd irony, Sheen’s roast will air the same night as Ashton Kutcher and company kick of the new Sheenless season of “Two and a Half Men”.
The season 13 new cast members for ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” have been announced and there are some shockers.
There have been a bunch of rumors over the last few weeks that can now be laid to rest
These people are NOT include in the season 13 cast - Snooki, Anthony Weiner, Casey Anthony, Rob Kardashian, Dina or Lindsay Lohan, Nick Jonas, Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump, and Regis Philbin – not gonna happen.
ABC has officially announced the new lineup and they are:
Chaz Bono (New transgendered male)
Elisabetta Canalis (Nickname: The Italian beauty)
Hope Solo (The Soccer hot shot celebrity)
J.R. Martinez (Soap opera star)
Nancy Grace (Courtroom and hosting disgrace)
Ron Kardashian (Reality show looser)
Ron Artest (NBA superstar and champion)
Ricki Lake (Washed up daytime talk show host)
Kristin Cavallari (Television bit player and reality star)
David Arquette (Scream star and rehab expert)
Chynna Phillips (Pop singer and actress)
Carson Kressley (Queer Eye star and fashion guru)
Oh brother, I’m thinking this is going to be a hard season to settle into.
If we had to pick a winner we would think Carson Kressley might have a shot because he ‘sings’ and ‘dances’ and is ‘fabulous’.
Chaz Bono and Ricki Lake will probably struggle. David Arquette might have a chance if he can stay out of rehab. Nancy Grace will fall and break her leg and then sue somebody, thus disqualifying her.
Ron Artest is quick on his feet and probably has a chance.
The others? It’s anybody’s guess.
Season 13 starts on September 19th on the ABC network and is sure to be a blowout for the first few shows.
Here is the latest scoop on the whole MTV Punk’d, Ashton Kutcher, and JB rumor.
As you know, several months ago MTV started talking to Ashton Kutcher about bringing back his popular Punk’d television show.
Rumor was that he was going to turn over the crown to young Bieber who would become the new host.
Well, things have changed.
In light of Kutcher’s new role on “Two and a Half Men” and Bieb’s South American Tour fast approaching there was no way that Bieber would have been able to participate in an entire season of the show.
At the end of the day producers decided to revamp the concept of the show and move forward with a new season.
It is TRUE that Bieber is involved with the project but ONLY as the first guest host prankster.
The new season will have a DIFFERENT host each week that will pull a prank on somebody and fill in as that week’s guest host.
Get it? There will be a new guest host and prankster each week.
Bieber was selected as the FIRST shows host and he decided to prank Taylor Swift.
They were both in town for the VMA’s and the plan was put into motion last week when it all went down.
We don’t know exactly what the prank was but we know it was filmed last week and is already in the can.
We don’t know yet when the premier episode will air but we do know that Kutcher will act as one of the Executive Producers for the season and will probably not be seen much on any of the shows.
So, there you have it.
Punk’d is returning and Justin Bieber will guest host the FIRST show only. After that there will be a different host each week.
“Producers wanted to leverage Justin’s popularity to help kick off the new season. So far things are going well and we can’t say anything about future shows yet. In fact, the Bieber thing leaked out – nobody was supposed to know anything about his guest spot or the new season until we were farther along.”
Okay, now we get it.
We always loved the show and were bummed when it was yanked from the schedule. We like the new concept and are sure it will be a hit and can’t wait to see who shows up each week.
Everyday funnyman Jonah Hill impressed viewers tonight at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The star of Get Him to the Greek, How to Train Your Dragon, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Strange Wilderness, Superbad, and Knocked Up appeared on stage to present an award but was obviously missing something.
About 100 pounds.
Seems Jonah has dropped a considerable amount of weight and is looking quite dapper these days – and he still has the funny!
Just check out the photo below to see the difference a year can make.
Pop sensation Justin Bieber surprised his Twitter followers today by sending out a tweet saying he had completed a remix of the Drake song “Trust Issues”.
The song will NOT be on Bieber’s new album “Believe”, and it appears the remix was just Justin and Drake playing around in the studio with the drum machine and auto tune.
Well, not normally. But in this remix it is clear that he is using it and you can clearly hear it – especially on the low notes.
This is also the deepest we have ever heard his voice - ever.
Not only does Drake bang out a couple verses but he also uses a few words, that … well, have never been uttered in a JB song before.
Nigga?
Okay. Justin, if this is the direction you’re going with your new album then it’s a mistake. Stick to the mostly clean cut stuff and don’t go all rap wigger on us.
I bet a lot of you have never even heard of “One Direction.”
The group is made up of five lads from Britain and they have taken the music scene by storm.
And last week their music video for “What Makes You Beautiful” clocked in at #7 on the YouTube top ten video charts.
One Direction competed during season seven of the popular “X Factor” television show but only managed to come in third place.
But that was all it took.
The band is made up of eighteen year old Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, seventeen year-old Harry Styles, and twenty year-old Louis Tomlinson.
Liam Payne had tried out for “X Factor” before – during season five when he was only 14-years-old but judge Simon Cowell didn’t think he was ready for the competition.
Immediately after the show wrapped filming for the season the boys signed a $2 million recording contract with Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and started working on their first album due out next month.
In the meantime, here is a sneak peak at their just released single “What Makes You Beautiful”.
While the boy band has already published one book detailing their journey on the “X Factor” show, their second book “Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction” is scheduled for release in September 2011.
And the World is anxiously awaiting their debut album due out in late September.
Our favorite little actor who played Tommy Solomon on “Third Rock From the Sun” sure has grown up.
Yes indeed, he has grown up to be not only a movie star but a foul mouthed heavy rocker.
The actor was hosting the "Hit Record At The Movies With Joseph Gordon-Levitt" series at the Neptune Theater in Seattle Washington last week when he told the audience he was going to change things up a bit.
He proceeded to crank out Nirvana’s hit “Lithium” to a packed house of excited audience members.
The thing we found interesting was what a foul mouth he has as he dropped curse word after curse word.
Not that there's anything wrong with profanity...
I’m still not sure I can get used to seeing him up on a stage with a guitar acting like a musician… but props for trying.
Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Rock Nirvana's "Lithium"
And if this music thing doesn’t work out he can certainly fall back on his Hollywood acting career.
Gordon-Levitt can chalk up a few major blockbusters these last few years like “500 Days of Summer”, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”, and “Inception” starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio where he is thrown into a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion.
And he is certainly keeping busy this summer filming the Batman action thriller “The Dark Knight Rises” with Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, and Gary Oldman.
Joseph can also be seen this September 30th with funny man Seth Rogen in the comedy “50/50”, where Gordon-Levitt plays a guy with cancer and Rogen plays a guy who tries to cure it with a cocktail of sex, illicit drugs, and profanity.
Seriously?
Watch Joe and Seth in the latest “50/50” Movie Trailer
Joseph’s budding music career really seems to be taking off and he hosts a number of original tracks on his Last.fm channel that aren’t too bad.
The other day teen pop sensation Justin Bieber and his girlfriend Selena Gomez decided to stop in a local 7-Eleven for a quick Slurpee.
No, we mean the beverage….
The two lovebirds entered the store alone, with no bodyguard or entourage, and started walking to the back of the store while a fan videotaped them.
The fan greeted him with a very gentle “Hello Justin” and followed them while the camera was rolling.
The only problem?
She got a little too close to the love birds and had the camera slapped from her hands by Bieber while he quipped,
“Would you please put that down…”
There is also footage of Justin and Selena leaving the store and you can hear people across the street laughing and mocking Bieber.
Watch Justin Bieber Slap the Camera of a Fan
Moral of this story?
If you are World famous, worth $100 million dollars, and dating Selena Gomez, you need to expect that if you walk into a 7-Eleven unannounced, and without Kenny, that you are going to attract attention.
But to slap the camera out of the hands of a young girl seems a bit rude.
Justin, you were caught pranking and embarrassing a 50 year-old store employee at a Burger King two weeks ago in Miami and didn’t seem to care about his feelings.
You cruised by in a $450,000 Rolls Royce and tried to prank him while YOU filmed the whole thing – and you could just hear the smugness in your voice the entire time.
Update: Steve Jobs died October 05, 2011 from his cancer. RIP Steve, you changed the world and we will miss you.
Original Post:
Earlier this week when Apple CEO Steve Jobs tendered his resignation letter to the board of directors at Apple he said the day had come where he could no longer do his job.
Jobs has been on a “Medical” leave since January and has not been seen or photographed in public for the last six months.
Today, photos of an emaciated Steve Jobs surfaced that unfortunately tell his story of pancreatic cancer and the resulting treatments.
The photos are shocking and show just how far along Steve’s illness has progressed.
Believe me, I have been around many terminal patients and when they get to this stage it is just a matter of time before they pass away.
That will be the next Steve Jobs headline.
So sad.
I suspect with Steve’s high IQ and great wisdom there must also be a healthy dose of pragmatism as well.
We really debated long and hard before writing this story and publishing these pictures. But the Bible says God gives us the sick to humble the healthy, and He gives us the poor to humble the rich.
Somehow, we pray that whatever message this post can send will be sent - and you will hear it in your own way, for your own needs.
God speed Steve Jobs.
You changed the World and that’s more than I can say I’ve done…
Justin also recanted stories about being on tour and the crazy things that had happened to him and his crew while on the road.
They talked about his just announced South American tour scheduled to kick-off later this year, and the crying and hysterical fans after they learned that all the tickets were already sold out.
The entire World has fallen in love with Justin Bieber.
But have you ever wondered what it’s like living life on the road doing 150 shows?
Can you imagine what it takes to get the people organized, set up the stage; do the show, tear everything down, and move on to the next town?
Well, now you can get an amazing inside look – a behind the scenes “life on the road” experience of just what it takes to be Justin Bieber.
Justin Bieber and Ryan Butler
A bonus feature off the new two disk North American Director's Fan Cut DVD gives us an inside view of what it takes to be Justin Bieber.
There is the usual cast of characters – Scooter Braun, Ryan Goode, Ryan Butler, Chaz Somers, Justin’s divorced dad Jeremy, Kenny Hamilton, Jaden Smith, Nolan, and others – but you also get to see the stage and dance crews in action.
There’s behind the scenes segments of everything from a shirtless Justin Bieber relaxing in a hot tub with his manager Scooter Braun on their day off – to playing video games on his tour bus with his friend Ryan Butler.
Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun In the Hot Tub
And oh man – the tour bus!
We get an amazing glimpse inside Justin’s tour bus and what it is really like living on the road and travelling from city to city.
There are the six bunk beds for his team and friends, flat panel televisions, video games, Bieber’s personal queen size bed in his private bedroom, and his suitcase full of school books.
Justin and Chaz Somers
So what does it take to pull off a year on the road with the world’s most popular teen idol?
Try 18 semi-trucks, 8 tour buses, and almost 100 people involved from the equipment load-in, setup, show execution, tear down, and load-out. It is a huge process to get everything in its place at the right time.
And the next day they do it all again – 150 shows alone in the United States during 2009 and 2010.
As the big blue bus comes rolling into the arena parking lot there are already hundreds of dedicated screaming fans waiting to catch a glimpse of their idol.
On the Tour Bus
We also get to see behind the scenes footage at Bieber’s concert venues - the Segway battles, basketball games, horse playing in the arena halls, and show time.
When Justin needs to be somewhere faster than his tour bus can get him there he simply hops on a private jet with his closest confidants and friends and jets to his next destination.
This is some of the best footage ever of what it really takes for a World famous performer to do what seems impossible to most of us.
An iconic business leader that carved his company into the culture of not only America – but the World, is stepping down.
Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has just announced his resignation from the company.
Jobs, who was an instrumental figure, along with Bill Gates and Microsoft, during the early days of personal computers, has navigated Apple through the development of the original Macintosh computer all the way to the now ubiquitous iPhone.
Jobs, who has suffered several medical problems including pancreatic cancer, sent a letter to the Board of Directors on Wednesday.
“I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.”
Jobs, who has recently appeared gaunt and clearly showing signs of weight loss, is expected to stay on in some capacity with the company for as long as he is able.
Watch Steve Jobs introduce the first Macintosh computer
Jobs has recommended to the Board that he be replaced with current Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook.
Apple became a household after it released its now famous “1984” television commercial for the original Macintosh computer in 1984.
Steve Jobs became an instrumental leader in the personal computing industry with the first computer to ever use a mouse for navigation.
His stage presence and presentation skills are legendary with his ability to whip a crowd into a frenzy with his new product announcements.
Man, this Will and Jada Pinkett Smith story just keeps growing legs.
Yesterday, reports started surfacing saying Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were separating.
Done - heading for divorce.
Within hours their oldest son took to twitter saying it was all false and they were in love and it was all just a rumor.
Will and Jada themselves took to the PR airwaves saying their love was still solid.
But today is another day, and apparently another bombshell has been dropped.
TMZ and In Touch magazine, who broke the story yesterday, are now reporting some very shocking revelations.
Marc Anthony and Jada Smith
They say that sometime in early August, Will Smith walked in on Jada Pinkett and Marc Anthony in, um, a very compromising situation.
They say Will had become convinced that Anthony and Jada were having an affair and secretly flew back from a movie shoot and walked in the house and found them.
Reports say he left crying.
Awkward!
That event helped lead to the downfall of Marc Anthony and his wife Jennifer Lopez last month.
The word now is that Will and Jada have been living apart for the last few months and while not officially separated admitted that “There are significant problems in the marriage”.
This, my friends, is what you call a huge Hollywood bombshell that is not going to go away and time soon.
Last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Taylor Swift fans got the surprise of a lifetime.
Justin Bieber joined Swift on stage for an impromptu duet of his hit song “Baby”.
Taylor started covering Justin’s song “Baby” a few months ago during her concerts and even drew the attention of Bieber last month when he tweeted,
"I heard you sang BABY at your concert in Toronto. Thank u for the love ... I might have to come by and stop in on a show."
And last night he made good on that promise by making a surprise appearance on stage during the show.
Watch Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber Sing "Baby" Live
Taylor Swift is currently on the road as part of her “Speak Now” concert tour and was performing Tuesday night in Los Angeles at the Staples Center.
After two more shows in L.A. she’s off to San Jose, Sacramento, Portland Oregon, Tacoma Washington, and Vancouver. The first leg of her tour ends November 22nd in New York City.
Swift will then take a few months off before heading out in March for the international portion of her tour by visiting cities in Australia including Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Brisbane, and Melbourne.
Justin Bieber is busy in the studio putting the finishing touches on his new album titled “Believe” which is expected out sometime this Fall.
He also continues to drop in on his girlfriend Selena Gomez’s shows while she is on the road touring with her band “Selena Gomez and the Scene”.
In late September, Bieber will return to the road with the South American leg of his “My World” concert tour kicking things off in Mexico on September 30th.
Swift admits to being a “Belieber” and has met Justin several times and even performed with him a couple of years ago.
It was not the best first encounter as Bieber broke his foot while onstage performing with Swift.
“I actually broke my foot on stage performing with Taylor Swift. I was opening up for her, which was a lot of fun — although it definitely wasn’t fun when I broke my foot. I was running and there was a little dip in the stage, and I rolled my ankle and broke it. I finished the song but it was still a great night.”
For those Justin Bieber fans that just can’t get enough of the teen singing sensation – your wait is over.
The final “Directors Fan Cut DVD” of “Never Say Never” is out and the fans are gobbling it up.
The new fan version adds tons of extras including Justin on his Segway, thirty minutes of new footage, and the removal of some footage deemed “unnecessary”.
Jon Chu, who directed the DVD, says,
“We listened to Justin’s fans after the release of the original Never Say Never and the message was clear. They wanted to see more Justin and less concert stuff and fluff footage. So we packed this fan cut version with everything they asked for!”
Indeed, this version contains over one hour of additional special features and new intimate moments of Justin while on tour.
There is a sneak peek inside his tour bus with Kenny Hamilton and footage of Bieber on his favorite toy – his Segway.
There is new footage of Bieber interacting with his golden ticket winners and more segments of him talking and dancing.
We suspect this fan cut version of Never Say Never will do well.
After the release of the first cut, lots of fans were disappointed that there was so little “Justin” in the movie.
One fan said,
“We wanted to see more Justin. We wanted to hear him talk and learn more about him. They cut everything together so fast you could barely see anything. Most of the footage was stuff on YouTube and things we had already seen before. We wanted to see new things. It was kind of a letdown.”
Jon Chu and his team heard the message loud and clear and agreed to release a new version in an effort to keep Bieber’s fans happy and in love with the singer.
Another fan commented,
“We thought the movie was going to have a lot of Justin talking with his crew, family, fans, and friends. It was a letdown because there was actually very little of Justin talking or being personal. We had already seen most of the footage and the 3D parts were kind of not needed and not very impressive. We wanted more Justin!”
Beiber spent months on the road doing press junkets telling everybody “This is not going to be a concert movie”, when it fact that’s exactly what it turned out to be.
One of the sweetest additions to the Fan Cut is the video clip below where a young girl is asked to come on stage and help sing with Justin. It shows the deep emotion the star shares with his fans and will probably make you cry.
We loved it!
Watch Justin Bieber sing with a young fan on stage
Initial sales numbers show the Fan Cut is off to a good start and will add to the profit from the first incarnation that pulled in over $75 million worldwide.
Bieber is back in the studio as we speak putting the finishing touches on his new album titled “Believe” due to hit stores later this year.
Bieber has also announced new South American and Latin American tour dates starting in September and will be the continuation of his “My World” concert tour.
Oh yea, now Justin’s pet cat “Spaz” even has his own twitter account at @Justins_Cat recounting to his followers the intimate private details of the singers daily life.
Here is another post we will have to file under “Didn’t see that coming…”
Undisputed Hollywood power broker Will Smith and his wife of 13 years Jada Pinkest Smith have reportedly announced they are separating.
They key word to focus on is “reportedly” as it sees there is little official word from the power couple.
The couple has two adorable, and famous, children Jaden Smith and Willow Smith.
Jaden is pals with Justin Bieber and appeared last year in the movie Karate Kid and in Bieber’s “Never Say Never” music video.
His sister, Willow, also appeared at several Bieber concerts promoting her hit single “Whip Your Hair Back and Forth.”
Jaden and Justin Bieber
TMZ reported the story giving credit to In Touch Magazine, but it seems that nobody has been able to “independently” confirm any of this.
This could just be the next internet rumor or Hollywood hoax machine at work – so take it in with a grain of salt.
Will, a powerhouse actor and deal maker, got his start on the TV series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” before appearing in some of the biggest movie block buster’s known to man.
A few of his biggies include Independence Day, Men in Black, Wild Wild West, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Ali, Bad Boys II, I, Robot, Hitch, The Pursuit of Happyness, I am Legend, Hancock, and Seven Pounds.
Smith is currently filming “Men in Black III” due in theaters in May of 2012 and starring Will, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin.
Jada Pinkett Smith got her start as Lena James in the TV series “A Different World” then went on to star on the big screen in hits like The Nutty Professor , Scream 2, The Matrix Reloaded , Madagascar, and Reign Over Me.
She is currently working on “Madagascar II” lending her voice to the character of Gloria, and is appearing as Christina Hawthorne on the hit television series “Hawthorne”.
It was reported earlier this month that Will and Jada just purchased a new 25,000 square foot mansion in Calabasas California and was quoted by Architectural Digest as saying,
“We wanted the house to have no dead ends…to create an infinite cycle that represented what Jada and I hoped for our love. For us this home was always a spiritual endeavor…we’re very earthy, organic people. We wanted to create a family retreat, something made by hand and as natural as possible, and something that ties back to the land."
These words seem genuine and don’t sound like the words of a couple getting ready to divorce.
Bottom Line:
We suspect this whole separation and divorce news is just another grand hoax and rumor mongering.
If we’re wrong – we’ll eat crow.
But for now we’re calling foul and saying it just isn’t true.
** UPDATE **
Will's son from a previous marriage, Trey, has taken to his twitter page saying his dad is not getting a divorce saying,
"Will and Jada getting a DIVORCE ..NOT TRUE AT ALL !! RETWEET."
** UPDATE #2 **
Will and Jada have just released a statement saying,
"Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false. We are still together, and our marriage is intact."
We didn't think it was true, and it is looking more like a hoax by the hour.
Business tycoon, Virgin CEO, and billionaire Richard Branson lost one of his huge mansions on his private “Necker Island” in the Caribbean yesterday.
A fire started as a result of Hurricane Irene that is churning in the gulf and heading toward Florida and the east coast of the United States.
The mansion was considered a total loss and no injuries were reported.
Authorities said a lightning strike sparked the blaze that burned the mansion to the ground and that there were 20 guests, including his mother, in the house and on the property at the time.
In a dramatic twist that could only be created in Hollywood, actress Kate Winslet was visiting the property with her two children when the fire erupted, and she single handedly saved Branson’s 90-year-old mother from certain death by carrying her to safety.
Branson told reporters,
“We had a really bad tropical storm with winds up to 90mph. A big lightning storm came around 4am and hit one of the main houses. The fire took hold incredibly quickly, with flames 100 feet high. It ripped through the house very quickly. It was Kate who carried my mother to safety. My Mom is 90 years-old and Kate swept her up in her arms and got them out of the house as fast as possible.”
Sir Richard purchased the island, called Necker Island, in 1979 for about $250,000 and then spent tens of millions of dollars building fantastic mansions, pools, spas, and VIP areas for his friends and family.
The island and structures are used throughout the year by some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and business tycoons and rents for $35,000 per day.
Branson has vowed to rebuild saying,
“We want to rebuild the house as soon as we can. We have a wonderful staff here and we want them to stay and work. We’ll all stay here for the time being. There’s a lot of damage and we won’t be able to put it back together again right away. It was a beautiful house.”
Until the main VIP house is rebuilt guests will have to find comfort in one of the other six mansions scattered around the island.
Sir Richard Branson's Mansion on Necker Island
The tropical storm that caused the lightning strike has since turned into a category 3 hurricane named Irene and is heading for the East coast of the United States threatening not only Florida but the entire coast as she heads towards the Carolina’s.
Every now and then we run across artists on the internet that makes us wonder why we haven’t heard of them before.
Where have they been all this time? How could we have missed them?
And so it is with 18-year-old twin sisters Megan and Liz Mace.
We stumbled across them almost by accident while looking for Demi Lovato covers of “Skyscraper” - and after a bit of sleuthing, listening, reading, and talking to people we figured we needed to share their story with our readers.
Megan and Liz Mace are 18-year-old fraternal twins who were born in Indiana, grew up in Michigan, and recently moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music.
They started singing when they were just two-years-old, and wrote their first original song when they were ten. Megan started learning how to play guitar when she was thirteen, and they have been making music together ever since.
Early on they became somewhat obsessed with singer Taylor Swift and quickly started covering her songs and uploading them to their YouTube channel in 2007 – and the rest is history.
Watch Megan and Liz Perform Demi Lovato “Skyscraper”
The twins quickly gained a huge following of fans that call themselves “Macers”, and as of today have over 88 million YouTube views.
They have even been on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Contacted by the show’s producers to talk about appearing on a later show, the unsuspecting twins were surprised when Oprah herself appeared on camera to talk with them.
If that wasn’t enough, Taylor Swift joined the video conference call to say “Hi” to Megan and Liz and congratulate them on their success and invite them to one of her concerts.
Their reactions are priceless…
Watch Megan and Liz on the Oprah Winfrey Show
They have even had the opportunity to meet Taylor in person saying,
“Obviously meeting Taylor Swift was a dream come true! It was almost surreal. She was just as sweet as you would expect here to be. Meeting her gave us even more respect for her!”
They were thrown into the music industry fire and honed their live performance skills last year while touring with Boyce Avenue and Tiffany Alvord - hitting up stages in San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Gainesville, and Orlando.
In 2009, Megan and Liz entered the Oxford Film Festival Singing Contest and won the opportunity to open for recording artist Savannah Outen during her concert in West Chester, Ohio.
That same year they signed a record deal with BMI Records and released their first album “All of Our Boyfriends”.
After listening to the Album, or any of their 20 original songs on iTunes, you will see why they call Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, 78Violet, and Miley Cyrus their main influences.
They also cover songs by Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Lady Antebellum, Sara Evans, Usher, Jessie J, Adele, Memphis High, Selena Gomez, P!nk, Ke$ha, Bruno Mars, and Taio Cruz.
Watch Megan and Liz Music Video for “Here I Go”
These two young ladies can really belt out a tune and their complementary vocals and harmonies are those only achieved by their sibling connection.
One of the points of this post is to show that with some good talent and a teenager’s knack for mastering social media – you can become a star.
Megan and Liz have used social media to not only profile their musical talent, they also built an official web site to give tips on beauty and fashion ideas to other teens and sell merchandize like t-shirts, necklaces, and hoodie sweatshirts.
Brilliant.
The twins currently utilize Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr, Formspring, iTunes, Amazon, MySpace, iLike, and Last.fm – not to mention all the personal fan sights built by others.
This is how you do it kids – forget about “Big Music” and the west coast record labels. All you need is some talent and a little bit of social media savvy.
Do it the right way and the right people will find you.
Watch Megan and Liz Cover Lady Gaga “Born This Way”
So, you would think that with all this music career stuff they wouldn’t have time for much of anything else right? Wrong.
Both girls are still in a regular High School and both participate on the cheerleading squad as well as the tennis team. They are also considering joining the school choir.
And what about boys?
We suspect that both Meagan and Liz don’t have the time that normal high school kids have – but they still find time for boys.
In fact, their first album is called “All of Our Boyfriends”, and takes a Taylor Swift style approach where they sing about their boyfriends and lost loves.
The song “Indescribable” was written about Megan’s one time boyfriend Chris. Their fans were shocked when Megan told them she had broken up with him, and then elated when they got back together.
So, with the exception of being the next YouTube sensations and Nashville recording artists, Megan and Liz say they think they are leading pretty normal lives.
The following video shows what happens when a resort beach in St. Kitts is overrun by monkeys who seem to have a knack for pilfering the guest’s alcoholic beverages.
About three hundred ears ago, Vervet monkeys were brought onto the island in the Caribbean from West Africa.
They originally were stowed along with slaves serving the rum industry. Upon landing, a few escaped, multiplied, and quickly took over the normally quite tropical resort.
The monkeys that escaped acquired a taste for alcohol by eating the fermented sugar cane left in the fields, and today they raid local bars and beach goers to satisfy their thirst for booze.
Watch Drunk Monkeys on St. Kitts Island Video
This is one of the funniest videos we've seen in a while and would love to spend a day in St. Kitts just watching these creatures enjoy their surroundings and beverages.
Vervet monkeys are docile by nature and never attack or harm the vacationing beach patrons and have grown to become part of the islands quirky culture.
Anybody who has ever watched Anthony Bourdain and his Travel Channel show “No Reservations” knows he is a no-nonsense, stubborn, heavy drinking chef who likes to do things his way.
Anybody who has watched TV Chef Paula Deen knows her as the sweetest down home cooking Southern chef in the World.
So what has Deen so worked up these days?
Well, Bourdain called her out by name in an interview with TV Guide saying,
"The worst, most dangerous person to America is clearly Paula Deen. She revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she's proud of the fact that her food is f**k**g bad for you. Plus, her food sucks."
That’s pretty standard conversation for Bourdain if you’ve ever seen the master of tact in action before.
But Deen took exception with his comments (who wouldn’t) and replied publicly saying,
"I was actually kind of shocked considering I've never met Anthony and wonder why such harsh words were used. I don't know if it was a publicity thing, or if someone just peed in his bowl of cereal that morning and he was mad. Anthony, dear, I'm so sorry you feel that way."
Paula is the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen! I wish she was my Mother.
But she didn’t stop there.
Deen later appeared on Fox and Friends to respond personally about the situation.
Watch Paula Deen on Fox and Friends
Bourdain also slammed TV chefs Guy Fieri, Sandra Lee, and Rachael Ray saying “I hate her works on this planet”.
Ouch.
I guess were lucky he didn’t go off on Martha Stewart, Betty Crocker or the late Julia Child.
So apparently, there ARE too many cooks in the kitchen these days.
Hmm, seems like “Celebrity Apprentice” must be doing pretty well for Donald Trump, and at least somebody has found a way to make money on real estate these days.
Nobody knows just how rich the guy is, some say he’s a billionaire while others say he is broke…
But after taking one look at his private jet we think he has been able to sock away a few bills over the years.
Most of us have seen the opening segment on “Celebrity Apprentice” where Donald shows off his private helicopter, but few have seen his private 757 Jet.
And fewer people have actually seen the inside of it.
Mr. Trump's "Old" 727 - So 1990's
The video below details the plane - a Boeing 757 custom built aircraft with just about everything you would expect to be onboard Donald Trump’s private airline.
Former “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant Amanda Miller gives us a private tour of the inside, showing us the galley with china and stemware, private dining area, private guest bedrooms, Trumps private suit draped in gold silk, private bathrooms, large theater with studio quality sound system and 57 inch plasma TV’s, a VIP area, first class sleeper area, bathrooms with 24-carat gold sinks and fixtures, and a flight deck with flat panel display technology.
Donald's private dining and sitting area
VIP sitting area and lounge
Custom galley with stemware and china
Heck, even the seatbelt buckles are plated with 24-carat gold.
The 757 private Jet can carry 43 passengers, travel at over 500 mph, and is powered by three high powered Rolls Royce jet engines.
