The Chicago Cubs are still acting like the lovable losers of my childhood. The Cubs are in fifth place in the National League Central Division and dropping close games. The Cubs just lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 to 3. Cubs' Manager Lou Piniella's looking for his 1,800 win, but considering the Cubs have dropped the last 9 of 11 games, that oh-so-close mark seems light years off.
What's wrong with the Cubs? A lack of young bats. Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee, the Cubs stars, go back to the Dusty Baker and Steve Bartman years. The Firstbaseman Derrek Lee is 34 years old and the Cubs may have waited two years too late to trade him. Thirdbaseman Aramis Ramirez is 33 and is averaging .170 this year. Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee are the ones Cubs fans look to produce and they're not doing it.
The Cubs need to focus on getting young players from the minors who get on base. Small ball and rouster rebuilding are the tonics for the Chicago Cubs.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Miley Cyrus Lap Dance Video: Perez Hilton has Miley in short shorts
Out of all of this, Miley Cyrus emerges even more powerful than ever. At one point last year it seemed Miley Cyrus was going to turn away from her sex-oriented marketing campaign and this year she participated in more events to help those in need like "Help for Haiti."
Miley even ditched her popular Twitter account where she occasionally posted risque images of herself. But then the video surfaced last week and from the comments on it, her fans are defending her:
Perez Hilton captured Miley in what he identifies now as her "trademark" uniform and blogs:
Miley Cyrus was spotted in Calabasas sporting her usual uniform of exceptionally short shorts and HOrrendous boots
Bottom line: Miley Cyrus gets away with it because she's is the center of teen fashion and frankly teen female sexuality. Lap dances and grind are not only OK, they're standard action not just at night clubs but now at high schools, middle schools, and it would seem elementary schools, as reports of a video of a dance team of 7-year old girls would show (but you will not see it here).
And if you think it's just men who are looking at Miley Cyrus, you're wrong. Taking the YouTube Partner video demographic information on this blogger's TMZ-allowed version of the Miley Cyrus Lap Dance Video as an example, the viewership breaks down as follows as of this writing:
50 percent male
50 percent female
And the video is most popular with:
Female 13-17
Male 45-54
Male 35-44
But not by much. Digging deeper into the data, the reality is the spread of viewers by age and sex is almost even for all groups except ages 55 and up.
The sex and age categories that the Miley Cyrus Lap Dance Video are most popular with are not overwhelmingly greater in percentage than other age and sex groups, save for one group: Female 13-17.
Much of this videos views are driven by Miley Cyrus' core demographic of Female 13-17. In my video, 85 percent of the views from the age of 13 to 17 are female. According to my YouTube data, the only other category that is almost as dominated by one sex is 45-54, which is about 70 percent male. Think about that.
We have a story of a 16-year-old Miley Cyrus lap dancing with a man, Adam Shankman, of 44 and now 45 years old, and both of them represent the top demographic groups watching the video. I shudder to think of what a savvy marketer would do with such information, but we may be seeing the answer to my thought already.
Miley Cyrus is leading the trend of a teenage look; girls 13 to 17 follow and copy her. They go to websites like DressLikeMiley.com, and Cyrusfashion.com. And if they're not trying to copy her style, they're on fan sites like MileyFans.net and in forums defending her as "just having fun."
And even Beyonce's copying Miley Cyrus' style. Look at her at the Coachilla Music Festival with Jay-Z:
And don't make the mistake of thinking that Miley's lap dance and grind dance weren't common. YouTube's full of grind dances and lap dances created by young women.
But what's interesting, and that I have no answer for and must consult Zennie62.com's resident expert Dr. Christina Villarreal to weigh in on, is why the videos' second most popular demographic consists of men 45 to 54 and that's followed by men 35 to 44 with guys in their 20s and teens, then men over 54 last.
I'd have bet that men 18 to 24 would have been the leaders of the males. Not so. That's also true for the Miley Cyrus Stripper Pole Dance video, and that didn't even have a clip of Miley dancing. The lead demographic groups were the same as above, basically the Miley Cyruses and the Adam Shankmans.
It's apparent this overly sexualized Miley Cyrus is driving a movement who's impact and consequences have not been completely discussed, thought about, or seen for that matter. There's also, it seems, a fear of talking about where all of this is headed, and such conversation is challenged by comments like "Who cares?", "They're having fun", "Why do you care?", and so on.
Do we want a society where it seems teenage girls are dressing to turn on older men, or are we already there and its too late to stop it?
Stay tuned.
Grateful Dead The NY Historical Society - Suzannah B. Troy
The NY Historical Society is being renovated so only one small section is actually open and it is filled with Grateful Dead treasures! This collection of powerful photos and memorabilia are on loan from The Grateful Dead Archive on loan from the University of Santa Cruz.
The first blown up image you see is of The Filmore East on the Lower East Side and there are powerful photos of the Filmore with mobs of people lined up to see the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin. I remember reading Janis would go to Ratner's after and Ratner's moved yet again and than finally closed as so much has these days.
There is of course poster art and all kinds of collectibles and Grateful Dead music plays through out this small exhibition. I do want to warn you the price to get in is 12 dollars I think. You may want to double check me on that and the gift shop is filled to the brim with Grateful Dead items. I bought an amazing pair of GD earrings!
“I am incredibly happy that the kind archivists at UC Santa Cruz understand the social value of our priceless archive and its hallowed meaning to our most beloved 'Dead Heads.' Without the care it is now receiving these treasures would be lost. Please join me in preserving the legacy so we can all continue to explore and experience what the "Grateful Dead" means to us.” - Bill Kreutzmann
You can contribute your thoughts http://deadcentral.blogspot.com/
Note: For Suzannah B. Troy fans, my jacket with patches and pin from Rescue Workers and fellow volunteers was on display at The New York Historical Society and is now downtown in the Sept. 11 Museum collection.
Note: For Suzannah B. Troy fans, my jacket with patches and pin from Rescue Workers and fellow volunteers was on display at The New York Historical Society and is now downtown in the Sept. 11 Museum collection.
Missing The ING Bay to Breakers and The Beach Chalet
Last year marked the first time I didn't run it; I was on an ING press truck and created videos and video interviews of the runners from it. Talking with Sammy Kipwara and the very shy Lineth Chepkurui last year was fun. It's funny to see that the same group dominated the Bay to Breakers this year.
This is Lineth Chepkurui's 2nd Bay to Breakers win and her 3rd consecutive year placing either first or second. From my experience, Lineth's silent, peaceful way masks the fierce competitor that fuels the incredible records she's tallied: third straight Women's Champion and double-World-record holder, this time clocking in at 38:07. Amazing.
Just for grins, this is my Bay to Breakers video from 2009:
I miss seeing Sammy Kipwara. Sammy's 2009 performance was something to see. I've never seen a person run so fast in my life, and it wasn't on television.
No Bay to Breakers Controversy in 2010
In 2009, the Bay to Breakers was the center of a dispute over changes in rules designed to crackdown on problems like public urination. It marked the creation of a new public figure, Ed Sharpless, who led a group of people dedicated to the preservation of The Bay to Breakers. It also marked a turn into what to me seemed to be a more boring Bay to Breakers. Not because of the rule changes, but because of a general alteration in San Francisco culture.
What I remember most about the Bay to Breakers was some organizer arranging for 10,000 cups of Miller Lite Beer to be ready for the first runners to finish. That was 1988 and my time as 1:04:30. The beer at the end was a great incentive to continue running at that pace for several years to come.
Then, in 1994 , the beer stopped flowing so freely, which is another way of saying it wasn't free anymore. Eventually, what was known as The San Francisco Examiner Bay to Breakers, wasn't because the Examiner bowed out. The name concert performances drawing stars like the late Ray Charles and The Raylettes were replaced by bands I'd never heard of. Now, the runners Footstock that used to go until 6 PM, stops at 2 PM.
The Bay to Breakers is not as fun as it used to be, and it's not because of the rules, it's because of the culture. Now, what I wrote is a head-scratcher, because you may say the culture caused the rules changes. My point is the overall production of the Bay to Breakers has been more defensive than offensive over the years. That's something we talked about in this video from last year:
But what I missed most of all was eating and drinking at The Beach Chalet, which we do every year after the Bay to Breakers.
The Beach Chalet is owned by Lara and Gar Tripelli, who also own the new Lake Chalet in Oakland. The Beach Chalet is actually two places: the Beach Chalet and The Park Chalet behind it. What's fun is to see the number of people who are just plain dog tired from running.
It's also fun to eat their big burgers and fries. As cheesy as that sentence was, you've got to try them!
But all that's in the past. It's a beautiful Georgia day and I'm out here in the quasi-country helping my Mom by keep three acres of house and property. I've got to admit my stress level's way down. When you get to a certain point in life, parents come before you do or for that matter the Bay to Breakers. That's the stage I'm at.
Stay tuned.
Pink Cosmo Interview + Sex Tips - Suzannah B. Troy
Pink fans will eat up June 2010’s Cosmopolitan with Pink on the cover and in depth interview by Alison Prato. What did I get from this article? Pink is happy and back with her husband Carey. She did date an amazing guy that she was really simpatico with while separated from her husband who happened to be a musician as well as romantic but not Carey!
I am a big Janis Joplin and no offense Pink but Janis Joplin is in a category all her own but Tina Turner gave her a poster with Tina and Joplin and wrote, “To Alecia the second coming.”
Side note for Janis Joplin fans...Kims’ Video store on St. Marks Place in the East Village, NYC is now closed but for one dollar you could rent a video of Janis Joplin flying back to Texas to attend her high school reunion. She is dressed in fully Janis regalia with the big boa and sun glasses and in the most charming of ways she rubs her success in her old high school buddies noses. Hint: They were not very nice to her.
Buy the Cosmo to get all the Pink details and enjoy the photos by Matt Jones. I do have two Pink songs on my IPhone, “Glitter in the Air” and “So What”. I relate to Pink’s all or nothing attitude but not her smoking cigarette attitude which she needs to get a grip on. (Read the article in Cosmo.)
Her performance at the Grammy’s of Glitter in the Air was outstanding and she starts out very slow...(reminds of my short story “Chopping the Street: one mega-million at a time” -- maybe I should get Pink to star in the short story if it ever makes it to the big screen.) Pink walks out into the very jaded audience and start’s singing and ends up in an almost naked outfit suspended high above the air dancing in a Cirque de Soliel like performance. This is old news but so outstanding I will include the video link.
Also fun in this issue of Cosmo are 75 sex tips from guys and how not to push your man away. They talk about Johnny Depp and his longtime girlfriend, Vanessa Paradis experiencing just a little bit of friction over a love scene with Angelina Jolie in Johnny in their upcoming film, “The Tourist”.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Antidepressant medications: Effective treatment for depression or pharmaceutical industry scam?
Mark Hyman, MD recently wrote an article which can be found on Huffingtonpost.com, which outlined how Americans have been convinced by skewed scientific research to believe that antidepressant medications are an effective treatment for depression. Here is what he had to say:
"Here's some depressing recent medical news: Antidepressants don't work. What's even more depressing is that the pharmaceutical industry and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have deliberately deceived us into believing that they DO work. As a physician, this is frightening to me. Depression is among the most common problems seen in primary-care medicine and soon will be the second leading cause of disability in this country.
The study I'm talking about was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. It found that drug companies selectively publish studies on antidepressants. They have published nearly all the studies that show benefit -- but almost none of the studies that show these drugs are ineffective. (1)
That warps our view of antidepressants, leading us to think that they do work. And it has fueled the tremendous growth in the use of psychiatric medications, which are now the second leading class of drugs sold, after cholesterol-lowering drugs.
The problem is even worse than it sounds, because the positive studies hardly showed benefit in the first place. For example, 40 percent of people taking a placebo (sugar pill) got better, while only 60 percent taking the actual drug had improvement in their symptoms. Looking at it another way, 80 percent of people get better with just a placebo.
That leaves us with a big problem -- millions of depressed people with no effective treatments being offered by most conventional practitioners. However, there are treatments available. Functional medicine provides a unique and effective way to treat depression and other psychological problems. Today I will review seven steps you can take to work through your depression without drugs. But before we get to that, let's take a closer look at depression.
What's in a Name?
"Depression" is simply a label we give to people who have a depressed mood most of the time, have lost interest or pleasure in most activities, are fatigued, can't sleep, have no interest in sex, feel hopeless and helpless, can't think clearly, or can't make decisions.
But that label tells us NOTHING about the cause of those symptoms. In fact, there are dozens of causes of depression -- each one needing a different approach to treatment. Depression is not one-size-fits-all, but it is very common.
Women have a 10 to 25 percent risk and men a five to 12 percent risk of developing severe major depression in their lifetime. (2) One in ten Americans takes an antidepressant. The use of these drugs has tripled in the last decade, according to a report by the federal government. In 2006, spending on antidepressants soared by 130 percent.
But just because antidepressants are popular doesn't mean they're helpful. Unfortunately, as we now see from this report in The New England Journal of Medicine, they don't work and have significant side effects. Most patients taking antidepressants either don't respond or have only partial response. In fact, success is considered just a 50 percent improvement in half of depressive symptoms. And this minimal result is achieved in less than half the patients taking antidepressants.
That's a pretty dismal record. It's only made worse by the fact that 86 percent of people taking antidepressants have one or more side effects, including sexual dysfunction, fatigue, insomnia, loss of mental abilities, nausea, and weight gain.
No wonder half the people who try antidepressants quit after four months.
Now I want to talk to you about the reasons why doctors and patients have been deceived by the "antidepressant hoax." Despite what we have been brainwashed to believe, depression is not a Prozac deficiency!
How We have Been Deceived by the Antidepressant Hoax
Drug companies are not forced to publish all the results of their studies. They only publish those they want to. The team of researchers that reported their findings in The New England Journal of Medicine took a critical look at all the studies done on antidepressants, both published and unpublished. They dug up some serious dirt ...
The unpublished studies were not easy to find. The researchers had to search the FDA databases, call researchers, and hunt down hidden data under the Freedom of Information Act. What they found was stunning.
After looking at 74 studies involving 12 drugs and over 12,000 people, they discovered that 37 of 38 trials with positive results were published, while only 14 of 36 negative studies were published. Those that showed negative results were, in the words of the researchers, "published in a way that conveyed a positive outcome."
That means the results were twisted to imply the drugs worked when they didn't.
This isn't just a problem with antidepressants. It's a problem with scientific research. Some drug companies even pay or threaten scientists to not publish negative results on their drugs. So much for "evidence-based" medicine! I recently had dinner with a step-uncle who runs a company that designs research for drug companies. He designs the study, hires the researcher from an esteemed institution, directs the study, writes up the study and the scientist just signs his or her name after reviewing it.
Most of the time, we only have the evidence that the drug companies want us to have. Both doctors and patients are deceived into putting billions of dollars into drug companies' pockets, while leaving millions with the same health problems but less money.
The scientific trust is broken. What can we do? Unfortunately, there is no easy answer. But I do think functional medicine, on which my approach of UltraWellness is based, provides a more intelligent way of understanding the research. Rather than using drugs to suppress symptoms, Functional Medicine helps us find the true causes of problems, including depression.
I see this in so many of the patients I have treated over the years. Just as the same things that make us sick also make us fat, the same things that make us sick also make us depressed. Fix the causes of sickness -- and the depression takes care of itself.
Consider a few cases from my practice ...
A 23-year-old had been anxious and depressed most of her life and spent her childhood and adolescence on various cocktails of antidepressants. Turns out, she suffered from food allergies that made her depressed.
Food allergies cause inflammation, and studies now show inflammation in the brains of depressed people. In fact, researchers are studying powerful anti-inflammatory drugs used in autoimmune disease such as Enbrel for the treatment of depression.
After she eliminated her IgG or delayed food allergies, her depression went away, she got off her medication -- and she lost 30 pounds as a side effect!
Here's another story ... A 37-year-old executive woman struggled for more than a decade with treatment-resistant depression (meaning that drugs didn't work), fatigue, and a 40-pound weight gain. We found she had very high levels of mercury. Getting the mercury out of her body left her happy, thin, and full of energy.
Or consider the 49-year-old man with severe lifelong depression who had been on a cocktail of antidepressants and psychiatric medication for years but still lived under a dark cloud every day, without relief. We found he had severe deficiencies of vitamin B12, B6, and folate. After we gave him back those essential brain nutrients, he called me to thank me. Last year was the first year he could remember feeling happy and free of depression.
These are just a few of the dozens of things that can cause depression.
The roots of depression are found in the 7 keys to UltraWelless and the 7 fundamental underlying imbalances that trigger the body to malfunction. Taking antidepressants is not the answer to our looming mental health epidemic. The real cure lies in rebalancing the underlying systems in your body that are at the root of all healthy and illness.
Here are a few things you can do to start treating your depression today.
7 Steps to Treat Depression without Drugs
1. Try an anti-inflammatory elimination diet that gets rid of common food allergens. As I mentioned above, food allergies and the resultant inflammation have been connected with depression and other mood disorders.
2. Check for hypothyroidism. This unrecognized epidemic is a leading cause of depression. Make sure to have thorough thyroid exam if you are depressed.
3. Take vitamin D. Deficiency in this essential vitamin can lead to depression. Supplement with at least 2,000 to 5,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day.
4. Take omega-3 fats. Your brain is made of up this fat, and deficiency can lead to a host of problems. Supplement with 1,000 to 2,000 mg of purified fish oil a day.
5. Take adequate B12 (1,000 micrograms, or mcg, a day), B6 (25 mg) and folic acid (800 mcg). These vitamins are critical for metabolizing homocysteine, which can play a factor in depression.
6. Get checked for mercury. Heavy metal toxicity has been correlated with depression and other mood and neurological problems.
7. Exercise vigorously five times a week for 30 minutes. This increases levels of BDNF, a natural antidepressant in your brain.
Overcoming depression is an important step toward lifelong vibrant health. These are just of few of the easiest and most effective things you can do to treat depression. But there are even more, which you can address by simply working through the 7 Keys to UltraWellness."
Mark Hyman, M.D.
References
(1) Turner EH et al. 2007. Selective publication of antidepressant trials and its influence on apparent efficacy. New England Journal of Medicine. 358: 252-260.
(2) Eaton WW, Kalaydjian A, Scharfstein DO, Mezuk B, Ding Y. 2007. Prevalence and incidence of depressive disorder: the Baltimore ECA follow-up, 1981-2004. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 116(3):182-188.
While this article is both informative and compelling, it eliminates the argument that physicians and mental health care providers have counted on for years: some people suffering from depression and/or anxiety DO improve with a treatment regimen that includes the use of antidepressant medication, with minimal or no side effects, and it takes a trial and error method to find this out. It's also alarming that of the 7 Steps to Treat Depression without Drugs recommended by Dr. Mark Hyman, none of them are psychotherapy, which a multitude of research studies have proven to be a highly effective treatment in managing depression.
The message of this article is to remain open and willing to identify both the potential causes of your depression, as well as the most effective and least invasive combination of treatments for YOU. This may or may not include anti-depressant medications, but you won't know until you have talked with your physician and mental health care provider about which forms of treatment make sense for you, given your unique situation. Remain skeptical, but open to the combination of treatments that can best help YOU effectively manage your mental health.
Respectfully submitted by Dr. Christina Villarreal, Clinical Psychologist in Oakland, CA
Poynter's News University: Education for Bloggers by: Nikky Raney
ATTENTION ALL BLOGGERS:
Online Media Law for Bloggers is a free self-directed course offered by Poynter Institute's News University.
Bloggers and others who want to know more about the laws that relate to gathering information and publishing content online should definitely take this course (as well as the MANY other courses offered by News University).
The self-directed course is said to take up to two hours, but you can start and stop whenever you want. You can start part of it now and then finish it up later. Although the course is self-directed there will be instructors helping you out (pre-recorded instruction).
The course description states, "It will make you aware of the red flags you should watch for to stay on safe legal ground. And, you'll have fun learning with activities such as "You Be the Judge" that tests your knowledge on some recent court cases involving bloggers."
The instructors for this course include David Ardia, Geanne Rosenberg and Scott Swift.
The training partners for this course are Citizen Media Law Project, Baruch College, Media Bloggers Association, and Axis Pro.
After completing this course you will know more about defamation, copyright infringement, and invasion of privacy. Even though I already know about these things it never hurts to learn more.
I am probably going to go take all the free courses within the next few days. I would recommend that (especially now that schools are almost out of session) bloggers, journalism students, writers, reporters, teachers, etc. should take a look at the offered courses and enroll. There are some courses on there that are said to take 14 hours of instruction!
This is a great way to continue learning about journalism while not being in school.
Although the BEST way to learn journalism is through EXPERIENCE, this definitely counts as a great way to learn even more. You also are given TESTS and QUIZZES to track your learning!
There are so many other courses that I would love to take, but I can't afford them. Maybe if one of the courses really sticks out to me I can save up some money! There are some courses/seminars/programs that require advanced application due to time sensitivity, group size available, and instructors availability.
I am glad that News University is available online for EVERYONE. This will help anyone who writes and publishes information online whether it be on a blog, Facebook, comment, website, etc. There are also free design training courses and the list goes on and on. Check it out for yourself.
This is definitely a PLUS for the future of journalism! Although it does not REPLACE the classroom (or a college degree), it can ADD to that as well as education for those who are unable to attend school or want to learn something specific! I am so glad that this exists. It is all done on your own free time (well, the self-directed ones). There are even design and photoshop training (free ones!)
Dear News University,
The Future of Journalism has become a little brighter thanks to you.
(As long as people use this source!)
Written by Nikky Raney
If you have anything in particular you want me to write about send me an e-mail.
I will try to incorporate more photos/visual into my posts
This entry originally was originally posted HERE
Oliver Stone Wall Street 2 Oscars - Suzannah B. Troy
Okay, I want to be the first to say "Oscars"! There I said it. Wall Street 2 will be nominated for plenty of golden statues but will Oliver Stone clean up? I am not selling him "short" or anything but will this film be on the level of Platoon and Wall Street?
I answer all these questions in my YouTube where I share just a few memories of working on the film Wall Street. I had the lowest non-union job possible after I got, ehem, promoted, yes, that's right; I was promoted from one of the only women parking production assistants to craft services. Not really a promotion by the way and I had to feed a big crew and lots of extras. I share my first conversation with Oliver Stone which was unforgettable, hilarious and proof I can give as good as I get if not better.
Oliver returned to NYC to film part 2 and I past the set and inquired after him. They told me he was huddled in a hotel with bodyguards. Yikes! The controversial movie director has his fans and also his haters. I am not a fan of his politics but Platoon was deeply moving and I saw it on my day off while working on Wall Street (1). At one point we were working 6 days a week because as I recall they were afraid there was going to be a writer's strike or something.
I tell you about Charlie Sheen and a very sad memory for me now looking back having to run to the World Trade Center to pick up something for Charlie and I did not want to go on the errand. It is really heart breaking for me to look back now and talk about that the WTC which by the way was a symbol for "World Trade" whether you are pro or con but it is now an open wound still not near healing or near completion. Sept. 11 was mass murder and mass destruction so it gives one perspective so let us switch to happy Hollywood thoughts french style....
Bravo for all the fanfare at Cannes Film Festival with uber glamour and the exciting opening of Wall Street 2. I can't get any reports on whether the film was well received or not. I have a unique take on the film and whether it will do well that may or may not surprise you and I hit on the news two days ago when President Obama was snubbed here in NYC at a mega-bucks fund democratic fund raiser by Wall Street including Goldman Sachs. Hear why I think this and other factors will effect Wall Street 2 at the box office. Watch my YouTube!
Jessica Watson, 16, shows Miley Cyrus what "role model" is
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| Jessica Watson |
Watson's the youngest person to sail alone and unassisted around the World.
This was a story such that I wondered if her parents were even in their right mind to let their little Jessica Watson do it. But, as National Public Radio reported several times in 2009, Jessica Watson was determined to prove everyone wrong.
Watson told the waiting crowd according to the Telegraph UK: "As a little girl people don't think you're capable of these things, they don't realise what young people, 16-year-olds and girls are capable of. But it's amazing what you can do." It certainly is.
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The young woman - it's not fair to call her a girl - was called "Australia's newest hero" by Austrialia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Watson will also gain wealth and fame. She's going to be paid $700,000 to tell her story exclusively to an Austrialia's newspapers owned by Rupert Murdock and for becoming an News Corp "Ambassador."
(Does this mean she's going to be on Fox News with Sarah Palin?)
Whatever the case, Jessica Watson brings a new meaning to Miley Cyrus' Can't Be Tamed, and just in the nick of time.
Welcome home!
Miley Cyrus Lap Dance Video gets Dancing with The Stars attention
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No, Miley Cyrus is not going to be a dancer on Dancing with The Stars. Miley's going to perform her new hit Can't Be Tamed on the show, Tuesday.
While the skeptic may say the Dancing with The Stars staff probably signed her up before the Miley Cyrus Lap Dance Video surfaced, the report is Cyrus was just inked for the gig yesterday.
One has to wonder how Miley will be introduced on "Dancing." How about: "Fresh from her controversial lap dance and grind action with producer Adam Shankman, here's Miley Cyrus appropriately performing her new hit Can't Be Tamed!"
If you don't know what the Miley Cyrus Lap Dance Video scandal is all about, here's this blogger's video on it, thanks to TMZ.com:
Meanwhile, TMZ's gone off the deep end with a new online game that has you in the role of Miley's father Billy Ray Cyrus, trying to corral Miley before she can get back to Adam Shankman's "gyrating crotch."
This is not a joke. It's a real game.
TMZ's Rocking the Casbah with this one.
Stay tuned.
Friday, May 14, 2010
TMZ.com adds Zennie62.com to its blogroll
OK, Zennie62.com is a part of TMZ.com's blogroll, but it's an honor to be there and in a place where you can always find it: at the alphabetical end of the list, the only "Z" in the place.
We share a space with legendary blogs and bloggers like Perez Hilton, Pop Sugar, The Huffington Post, Celeb Show and Tell, and others. But most important, we're a small part of a new revolution in media. TMZ's blogroll consists of blogs that understand media is market and cover the hot stories and provide interesting commentary.
But what makes Zennie62.com unique in the group is its video-blog component, featuring Blip.tv and YouTube.com, and what will be an increased use of CNN's iReport and Tubemogul.com. And that our content is part of The Heart Corporations' online publications and featuring SFGate.com and Seattle P.I.com.
Harvey Levin: TMZ's Driving Force
Harvey Levin is a person who's face you probably recognize from The People's Court as he's the on-the-steet announcer for the show. But Levin's TMZ.com's managing editor and driving force. Harvey may have his critics - we all do - but he understands that news media is a kind of market, and where others may complain about its celebrity content or the controversial way it gathers news, Levin's just giving the public what it wants. TMZ's earned over $10 million annually over the past three years and over $20 million in 2008.
Here's Levin explaining how TMZ works to get news out and hit on stories it thinks will click in a "boom, boom, boom" fashion:
And here Levin attacked the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department for illegally obtaining his cell phone to investigate who leaked the Mel Gibson "Drunken Anti-Semetic Rant" story. Levin claimed the the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department act was a violation of his civil rights.
On CNN this year, Harvey Levin talks more about the Mel Gibson story and how that unfolded as well as the team of journalists, lawyers, and researchers that vet the stories which are posted on TMZ's website.
Zennie62 is proud to be part of TMZ's family and marks a new era in the evolution of the video-blog network I'm building.
Stay tuned.
Bernard Stollman interviewed by Jaee Logan -- Suzannah B. Troy
I helped Jaee Logan to find his Dad Giuseppi Logan through YouTube series documentary series on his Dad who he had thought had died.
When we spoke I told Jaee you need to make a documentary, a Hollywood film and I even see him writing a book. He flew in from CA to start filming with his friend and fellow musician Bobby who did the filming here.
Here is an amazing interview with Bernard Stollman.
I feel like Jaee took over where I couldn't really go. My YouTubes tend to be in the park where I first filmed Giuseppi Logan and started changing lives through the miracle of YouTube posting.
If you go to this YouTube link you can find more of the series filmed by Jaee Logan and his friend Bobby.
This clip ends with asking Bernard Stollman about the East Village and about Malcom X who Jaee shares a birthday with. Giuseppi Logan's birthday is also coming up.
I will bring postings of all the YouTube series on Jaee Logan being reunited with his Dad after 40 years. What is really exciting is this interview with Bernard Stollman and what he has to say about how he came to found ESP record labels and find musical talent. Also why Bernard Stollman felt compelled to document artists.
As an artist I can' express how important that is. Stay tuned...I will be bringing you a series of YouTubes and writing by Dan Orth and for jazz lovers you will not be disappointed!!!!!
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