Archive for August, 2009

Environmental group leader admits exagerating claims

Greepeace leader Gerd Leipold admitted in an interview with BBC reporter Stephen Sackur (full interview here) that the environmental activist group included an unsupported (and indeed false) claim in an announcement made last month that sounded an alarm over the need for immediate action against global warming under the headline “Urgent Action Needed As Arctic [...]

August 21, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: News  No Comments

Patti Ann Browne’s Red Eye Intros

Tucked away, but hardly hidden (according to the ratings) at 3AM eastern (midnight on the west coast) is a news analysis and commentary show unlike any other you’ll find. The show, Red Eye, featuring guests from the entertainment industry and political scene who chat with the host and an always rotating cast of guest commentators [...]

August 17, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Entertainment  No Comments

Why do women love the womanizing hero of “Mad Men”?

Mad Men is an American television drama series broadcast on the cable network AMC. Set in New York City, Mad Men begins in 1960 at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on New York City’s Madison Avenue. The show centers on Don Draper (Jon Hamm), the agency’s creative director, and the people in his life [...]

August 17, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Entertainment  No Comments

Study: Women more attracted to men who look like them

They say that opposites attract, but any long time observer knows that while that cliche is often true, it doesn’t mean they “stick”. The anecdote is also largely to be a reference to personality differences, but new research is suggesting when it comes to physical appearance at least, women are more likely to be attracted [...]

August 15, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sex & Relationships  No Comments

Heidi Montag see’s more surgery in her future

Heidi Montag, 22, who married costar Spencer Pratt, 25, in April, has been heavily promoting her Playboy spread, going as far as to bring the upcoming September issue where she graces the cover with her on the red carpet for G.I. Joe.
Now the star of The Hills, says she used the magazine as [...]

August 13, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Entertainment  No Comments

Hillary gets testy: I’m the secretary of state, not Bill

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton snapped at a Congolese student over a question mistranslated about her husband’s views on foreign policy. You want me to tell you what my husband thinks?’ she snapped back at her questioner.
‘My husband is not Secretary of State. I am,’ she raged after a translator made a mistake and [...]

August 11, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: News  No Comments

Dane Cook refuses to apologize for mocking Hudgens at Teen Choice awards

Dane Cook shocked, amused and offended many in the audience of the 2009 Teen Choice Awards when he prefaced his category announcement with an off-the-cuff joke embarrassing High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens, who was in the audience. Cook specifically called directly out to Hudgens in the audience before delivering the slam referencing a new [...]

August 11, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Entertainment  No Comments

Involved fathers are key to girls waiting to have sex

While an involved mother can also help stave off a teen’s sexual activity, dads have twice the influence.
It’s something predatory men and teenage boys have known for hundreds of years; maybe forever: girls without fathers are easier to have sex with. The less prominent the fathers role in the girls life, the higher your chances [...]

August 10, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Sex & Relationships  One Comment

Disney is losing its innocence and originality

Disney has gone so far to pick out these people to be their new “Stars” but do they ever pick any truly DECENT people? They choose all these kids that crack under the pressure. The women and young girls though, they go further. They just are complete idiots who exploit themselves inappropriately on the web [...]

August 9, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Entertainment  No Comments

Joy vs Ann on Waterboarding vs Abortion

If you support an action on another body remaining legal, should you be obligated to undergo that action yourself? Thus was the question comedian and co-host of The View, Joy Behar asked best selling author and conservative pundit Ann Coulter on CNN’s Larry King show while Behar was filling in as host.
Joy challenged Ann on [...]

August 5, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Discuss  No Comments