MTV’s show Jersey Shore has received non-stop criticism. And more companies have been removed from the show’s list of sponsors. Nicole Polizzi, known as “Snooki” on the show, didn’t hold anything back when she told Steppin Out Mag how she really felt.
“I just have one thing to say to Domino’s, Dell, UNICO and all the other haters out there,” she yelled. “F*** you! If you don’t want to watch, don’t watch. Just shut the hell up! I’m serious… F*** you!”
The Italian – American Organization, UNICO, have been the biggest people against the show. UNICO encouraged the show’s sponsors to boycott the show, and they haven’t turned down the heat. In their response to Snooki’s comments, the organization says, “She is not an embarrassment to Italian Americans — she is actually an embarrassment to the entire human race!!!!”
Sup faggots? Yeah, that’s right. This is Pauly D from MTV’s hit reality television show Jersey Shore. You’re all fucking no life losers. You think you’re all cool with your internets, blogs, and pictures of cats. What the fuck is that even about? That shit’s for pussies.
A real guido knows where his priorities are. Instead of sitting at home alone in your mommy’s basements, you should be out at the clubs pumpin’ your fists to some hot house music. You still wouldn’t even get a hot wifey like me. I’m fucking crawlin in bitches. I bring home the pussy in barrels bro. FUCKIN BARRELS.
The real reason for this shout out was to wish all you Sick Damage faggots a very merry Christmas just like we do in good ole’ Italia. My fuckin Christmas stocking looks like the Italian fucking boot of Italy bro. You don’t have shit for stockings. Your fucking stocking is as weak as my swollen juiced up nut sack.
Before I stuff my mouth with a nice plate of hot monicotti, i’m gonna down a fuckin Poweraid. So when it comes time to opening those Christmas gifts, I’ll be in the fuckin zone bro.
I already made a list for Saint Nicholas of the gifts I want bro. You know, nothing but the essentials. I need my industrial sized tub of Got2B Glued hair gel. Gotta keep that the hair defying gravity at all times. For those sick blow out haircuts all the guidettes love so much. I also asked for an assortment of skin tight white V-neck muscle shirts that I can rip out of like the fuckin Hulk bro. Last but not least bro, I want a bottle of that spray-on tan stuff. That shit lets me look like a Teddy Graham all real nice and shit. I ain’t got time for the real tanning shit. It’s winter bro, the beaches are whack.
Alright, all this fuckin typin’ has got me all ancey bro. I should be hittin’ the gym right about now anyway. Do a few squats and snort a thermos of NO-Xplode. Just remember, while you’re busy playin with your Furbys and Nintendos like a bunch of jerk offs on Christmas day, I’ll be hitten the Jersey Shore with mah boiz keepin it Fresh2Death. If you look hard enough, maybe you’ll spot me. Look for an Ed Hardy hat in between two arms the size of planets. Yeah, you heard it. Be easy ya queefs. I’m gonna go stick my dick in a connoli.
Every day children are sent to jail, not for heinous crimes. Most are sent for non-violent crimes, and to adult prisons at that. Can you imagine leaving your room, warm bed, computer, internet, games, books, comics, cartoons, parties, cellphones, and everything else you enjoy in life. See in jail, you may have television but you have to watch it with over 50 other people who may not like to watch the things you like. It’s real and happening every day. To your friends, family, and can happen to you. I would like to know your thoughts on this topic because children like you are the victims and the only ways we (adults) can help is by listening to you. What do you need to keep you from getting caught up? What do you see in your daily life that would help us know how to help you. It’s time your true voice come out.
With sales of singles and albums topping most lists around the world, Lady GaGa had a tremendous 2009. MTV has put together its list of the “Top Women of 2009” and there is a surprising range.
Taylor Swift mixes cute and glamour with ease
As expected, music is to the forefront yet there are many styles represented. The addition of Kristen Stewart of Twilight fame is intriguing as she is one of the less-celebrity-minded young film stars, often criticised for her moody, even gothic image.
The year belongs to Lady GaGa for music and style and attitude as she conquered the charts and our hearts and minds. Style icon? You bet! Perhaps no surprise, though, that Adam Lambert of American Idol named Lady GaGa as his personal Woman of the Year. Lambert declared, “Everyone knows that I get all obsessed over her.”
Lady Gaga’s album The Fame was responsible for hit singles but also proved to be a thematic triumph. In our view very few people since the Ziggy days of David Bowie have made such an impact in terms of futuristic style.
Here, then, is the MTV list of the Top Women of 2009:
Kristen Stewart is more the rebel
1. Lady Gaga
2. Taylor Swift
3. Rihanna
4. Beyoncé
5. Miley Cyrus
6. Britney Spears
7. Kristen Stewart
8. Susan Boyle
9. The Kardashians
The last two names emphasise a few other aspects of modern culture, none more than reality tv. But Susan Boyle also shows that popularity and talent can span the globe. Some say The Beatles had a struggle to conquer America. Susan certainly didn’t.
Just found out Jessica Szohr (Vanessa, Gossip Girl) stars in Daughtry’s music video for “Over You.” This song meant the world to me a few years ago so I decided to look up the video on a whim and there she was!
Kellan Lutz (George, 90210), Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) and Maria Menounos (Jules, One Tree Hill) are all featured on Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Kids to the Rescue! Helping Homeless Animals, which airs Sunday night.
MTV has an interview with Jana Kramer (Alex, One Tree Hill).
Emmanuelle Vaugier (Nicki, One Tree Hill) has joined the cast of Human Target.
Rick Fox (Dante, One Tree Hill) will have a cameo in Dollhouse, alongside real-life girlfriend Eliza Dushku.
TVGuideMagazine.com has a short but cute video interview with Amanda Righetti (Hailey, The O.C.).
Being from New Jersey, born and raised, I have the distinct pleasure of watching Jersey Shore from a perch of experience.
That’s right. I’m not only from New Jersey, I have gone down to the shore for most of the summers of my life. I’ve gone to many different parts of the shore – possibly even Seaside Heights (which is where the Jersey Shore people are and which, if you are a respectable shore-goer, you call Sleazeside Heights) – but mostly, I go way down the shore. Far enough down where you get away from the New York trash on the show. Unfortch, you start running into the Philly trash when you get far enough down, so really, there is no escape from outsiders invading our semi-fine beaches.
Let’s take a quick moment to map it up and see just what’s going on here. Geography up in this mo.
Break it down y'all.
Your “Jersey Shore” key:
Red dots – where these Jersey Shore kids are from. Please note – ONLY ONE is actually in NJ. There’s a big cluster where 3 different people are from Staten Island.
Red X – Seaside Heights
Yellow zone – Safe zone. This is North Jersey proper, aka a good place to be from. Above the blue line is too north. This is the boonies. This is where Weird, NJ type things happen. Below the line is too south. This is where most if not all of the Jersey stereotypes come from – accents, big hair, Bruce. You want to be in the yellow.
Green zone – The ideal sector of the Safe Zone. The pinnacle of Jersey balance. You live in NJ, but not near anything scary, you have enough highways to get to the mall, but you also have trees. Lots of trees. If you need to move to NJ, you need to move in here.
Green line – The part of the shore that it is acceptable to go to. Long Beach Island and south. If Seaside Heights did not exist, keep in mind that these people would end up in LBI, so you will probably want to venture even further south if you can. Remember: the further the go, the further from New York you are.
Is this stuck up? You betcha. But you know what? For all of the crap New Jersey gets every day of the week, especially now that Jersey Shore is on and not enough people are fully aware of how Not Jersey it is, I think I am allowed to distance myself enough from these people to be stuck up about it. Green Zone, baby. Green Zone.
Youtube have deleted the Hard music video and only have a fast version of the song & video. But click here to view the actual video, it is on Rihannas official website Rihannanow.com and may take a few seconds to buffer & load. By far her sexiest video yet, enjoy the video is hot, sexy and well its Rihanna what more needs to be said.
Another one-hit wonder, at least on this side of the Atlantic, from the world of music. The Korgis were a British Band that hit #18 with the song “Everybody’s gotta learn sometime” back in 1980. It would be their only chart hit in the US though they did remain successful for many years back in their native England. Back when this song hit the radio when I was in High School, me and all my friends were sure that the lead singer of the band had to be a woman. Not until we saw the video were we all proven wrong. Now, 30 years later….still a great song……stupid name for a band…..but a great song.
Glamour Germany really likes those MTV reality kids. Here’s a cameo appearance from the publicity shy Heidi Montag, on one of my favourite pages in Glamour, entitled ‘Hey it’s OK’. While I have an inbuilt aversion to Mrs Pratt nee Montag, I do agree with the statement Glamour have illustrated with her picture. Of course it’s okay to put make-up on in public, if it’s good enough for Dita, Winona (and I suppose Heidi) it’s good enough for me. Mind that mascara face though, sometimes it’s not so pretty.
Music. Is 1 of e few that could actually reach out straight to my heart & literally ‘touch’ it. Wat I mean is, it is so inspirational, so impactful, it never fails to make me feel… How should I say it (it’s a v indescribable feeling). Great music (especially sad songs) always seem to literally bring me into the story, e emotional state, & it seems that ‘I’ (who is supposed to be listening to e music) have disappeared. I can totally feel e song, e agony… e hurt… Watever, it is.
It is how powerful music ‘affects’ me. It can totally make me cry, upset, high, happy & so on. Just with that 1 song. It will do e job.
Some songs… e music. I totally love e chinese instrumentals. It’s just simply lovely. e lyrics. How meaningful or sad they are… Or realistic, it seems. e mtv. e story. e story e song is trying to tell…
Today, I actually wanted to share a list of songs that never fail to touch my heart/ make me full of emotions while I was traveling in the train earlier… That was my initial intention. But I think I’ll just change it to just ONE song. Coz’ I heard it in my mp3 player and thought maybe, I’d just share this one 1st… IF I WERE A BOY. By Beyonce Knowles.
If I were a boy even just for a day
I’d roll out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted
And go drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I’d kick it with who I wanted
And I’d never get confronted for it
‘Cause they stick up for me
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man
I’d listen to her
‘Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
‘Cause he’s taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it’s broken
So they’d think that I was sleeping alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
‘Cause I know that she’d be faithful
Waiting for me to come home, to come home
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man
I’d listen to her
‘Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
‘Cause he’s taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say it’s just a mistake
Think I’d forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong
But you’re just a boy
You don’t understand
And you don’t understand, oh
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
‘Cause you’re taking her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
But you’re just a boy
I like how e mtv/ lyrics/ story goes… I think this song reaches out to many girls out there. e lyrics are so spot-on and I like e way e guy & girl switches roles for that 1 day. It would be great IF IT COULD BE REALITY so that these guys know how it feels. And then at the end of it, it ends with “But you’re just a boy”. Which is, pretty much, back to reality. This song is simply so meaningful and ‘lovely’. And sad…
I was taking a break and enjoying a bacon and egg sandwich when I noticed a program called My sweet sixteen on MTV and I couldnt believe what an abomination of my time this is. Are they being ironic? If so maybe they should rebrand as Irony TV rather than Music Television. My hunch is they know what they are making is shit, but it pleases a certain demographic which therefore ensures it is made. Its just retarded. But i am not 16 or a peadophile. maybe if I was 16 I would watch it? OF COURSE I FUCKING WOULDNT! I was too busy playing in a band, drinking in fields and “discovering myself”. Perhaps if I was a girl and 16 I would watch it? AHHHHHh 16 year old girls, dirty old men and peadophiles THATS THE MARKET. Good work MTV.
Incidentally while taking a nap after my big sandwich, I lifted my cap and to the sound of “So this is Christmas” playing the hostel jukebox i saw a starving child in africa advert. The older i get the more of a grinch I become and listening to Christmas songs to the imagery of children starving just made me think how disconnected I am from the rest of the world.
Whats more the advert was placed between My Sweet Sixteen, a show where girls cry if their car is not expensive enough and their friends wear dresses better than their own. Do many 16 year old girls have an income and give to charities that help the hungry? Whats the demographic for that? Is this irony?
It couldnt be more perfectly demonstrative of how out of touch mainstream television is with real people and real life and it demonstrates a lack of morals and a complete disregard for human life.
MTV live talker “It’s On With Alexa Chung” will not be returning after its second-season finale Dec. 17.
Series, hosted by the British TV personality, featured interviews, musical guests and pop-culture news along with an interactive component. Having debuted as an hourlong show in June, it returned for its second season Oct. 19 as a half-hour in a new 3:30 p.m. timeslot.
MTV programming prexy Tony DiSanto told Daily Variety the cabler is “100% committed” to a studio-based, live pop-culture show with music and interviews, but indicated that the network is still searching for the right formula.
“The difference between these (and scripted shows) is you have to develop these on the air,” said DiSanto, adding that “we make the changes until we settle on the show that’s what we want.”
Here are the latest lists from Nielsen SoundScan highlighting the top ten selling albums and top ten downloads of the decade. “Back in 1999, Eminem was best known as the slightly screwy, bottle-blond protégé of Dr. Dre. Ten years — and millions of albums — later, he’s about to be known as the best-selling artist of the decade. On Tuesday (December 8), Nielsen SoundScan — which tabulates the Billboard charts — released their lists of the best-selling artists, albums and songs of the ’00s. And let’s just say the past 10 years have been very good for Mr. Mathers.” (read full article on MTV.com)
Considering Taylor Swift has only been selling music since her debut album in October 2006, you go girl! The fact that she even made the list is mind boggling! At only the age of 19, this has truly been her year! It wouldn’t be surprising if Barbara Walters reveals her tonight as the number 1 most fascinating person of 2009. Between dating a Twilight werewolf, becoming best friends with Kanye West and sweeping the CMAs and AMAs, as well as many other awards, she is unstoppable. Rascal Flatts should have handed over their most recent CD title to Taylor.
The top-selling albums of the decade, according to Nielsen SoundScan:
1. The Beatles, 1,11,499,000 units sold
2. ‘NSYNC, No Strings Attached, 11,112,000 units sold
3. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me, 10, 546,000 units sold
4. Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP, 10,204,000 units sold
5. Eminem, The Eminem Show, 9,799,000 units sold
6. Usher, Confessions, 9,712,000 units sold
7. Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory, 9,663,000 units sold
8. Creed, Human Clay, 9,491,000 units sold
9. Britney Spears, Oops! … I Did It Again, 9,185,000 units sold
10. Nelly, Country Grammar, 8,461,000 units sold
The top-selling digital songs of the decade, according to Nielsen SoundScan:
1. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, “Low” 5,214,000 units sold
2. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis, “Just Dance,” 4,690,000 units sold
3. Jason Mraz, “I’m Yours,” 4,619,000 units sold
4. Timbaland feat. OneRepublic, “Apologize,” 4,439,000 units sold
5. The Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow,” 4,349,000 units sold
6. Soulja Boy Tell’em, “Crank That,” 4,315,000 units sold
7. Lady Gaga, “Poker Face,” 4,200,000 units sold
8. Coldplay, “Viva la Vida,” 4,140,000 units sold 9. Taylor Swift, “Love Story,” 4,005,000 units sold
10. Katy Perry, “Hot N Cold,” 3,945,000 units sold
With the exception of Taylor… where’s the country?? Country has the most devoted fans, some of the biggest tours – but they can’t crack the top ten in either one of these categories. With Taylor Swift leading the way making country more and more main stream, we could see these numbers change in the next ten years. People like Kenny, Brad, Reba or Martina… they need to join the ranks of the top ten selling albums and downloads.
These top ten lists suggest that people by into the drama – Eminem, Lady Gaga, Britney, Black Eyed Peas all bring a certain mystery and flair to their entertaining presentation. Are the songs quality or are people buying into the hype? What made these songs popular? As long as artists like the Beatles, Coldplay, Jason Mraz and Norah Jones grace these lists, songwriters will continue to prevail. Vote on your favorites now. Leave your comments and reactions to these top tens – discussions are always welcome!
Last night’s One Tree Hill (2.6 million viewers rounded up) and Gossip Girl (2.2 million viewers) saw OTH rise back up and GG stay the same in the ratings compared to last week.
MTV has another interview with Jana Kramer (Alex, One Tree Hill).
The One Tree Hill Connection has a new podcast featuring Austin Nichols (Julian, One Tree Hill). Have you read my interview with Nichols?
Craig Sheffer (Keith, One Tree Hill) will star in the Hallmark movie Murder Among Friends.
Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) has a new blog post on SoGoPro.
MTV has an interview with Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) about her music.
TVGuide.com has a video segment about a birthday party for Jessica Lowndes (Adrianna, 90210).
The CW Source has a video interview with Matt Lanter (Liam, 90210).
Laura Leighton (Sophie, Beverly Hills 90210) has been cast in a pilot for ABC Family.
Zap2it has a fun video interview with Joshua Jackson (Pacey, Dawson’s Creek).
For two hours the other night, four heavily-tanned men hollered at morally questionable women, fought a man who dared look at them and spent plenty of quality time getting jacked. In the same time frame, four self-described “classy” women, also bronzed past the point of comfort, detailed their desire to hook up with guidos and called any girl who was not her a “slut” or a “whore.”
Strangely, I couldn’t change the channel, and I suspect that there is only one way to describe this phenomena: I was vibing.
Not familiar with that word? Don’t worry. No one is. At least, no one was.
MTV changed that.
Yes, on Thursday night MTV aired the first episode of the reality series, “Jersey Shore.” In short, this is a show about eight guidos, an obnoxious subculture of Italian-Americans, living together on the East Coast.
But that’s just a cosmetic description. For those of us in the Midwest, the show is eye-opening confirmation of what had been a mystery. We have finally discovered that there really are people who act like complete meatheads and are proud of it.
Others have been equally impressed. Notably, the Web site “Gawker,” has gone as far as to call “Jersey Shore” a reality TV show revolution.
And Gawker is correct.
Reality shows have long been artificial. Paris Hilton looking down on farmhands in Arkansas is not real. Living with 15 jerks and Elisabeth Hasselbeck on a deserted island and eating worms is not real.
Neither is vying for the love of a 50-year-old washed up rapper with gold teeth who can say his name in a mildly funny tone, or attending Tool Academy.*
*I just found out what this show was on Saturday. Later that day, I read a blog on Joe Posnanski’s Web site about Tiger Woods and in it, he mentions “Tool Academy” because apparently one of Woods’ alleged mistresses appeared on that show. He didn’t know what it was either. There are so many reality shows out there, and I bet most people couldn’t name half of them.
“Jersey Shore,” though, is real, more of a National Geographic special about the Galapagos Islands, than “Temptation Island.” Rather than put people in a fake, made-for-TV environment, MTV has filmed eight obnoxious people in their natural habitat, the Jersey Shore, or as the show’s creators cleverly wrote on a wall decoration in the house, “Nu Joisy.”
This is a true depiction of a culture where vibing is acceptable lingo for getting along well with someone or something, where men need 15 bottles of hair gel and an hour to prepare to “get after it,” and where a “situation” is not a state of affairs but rather an obnoxious man’s description of his abdomen muscles.
Indeed, Gawker’s blog about the show is not a story but a “field study.”
One thing missing from its study, though, is how truly captivating all this is to those of us who don’t live on the East Coast, among guidos.
Through the eyes of a Midwesterner, like video-taped activities of Amazonian tribes, the documentation of these people truly provides an educational experience, a lesson in the art of narcissism and abrasiveness.
Here in the Midwest, guidos were previously known almost entirely through the YouTube video “My New Haircut.”
This video features a young man who is sporting the same new greasy haircut all of his friends have. He is sitting at a bar ordering Jaeger bombs.
But before he does this, he talks of “stotting” fights. He calls the bartender “chief,” the same name that one of his friends uses for the desk worker at his apartment complex.
This friend, who has curly hair, is noticeably upset. There is, of course, a plausible reason. His mother has forgotten to restock his protein stash.
Without protein, he can’t grunt while “getting his swell on” at the gym so people can see how “jacked and tan” he is.
Without protein, he can’t join his friend at the bar, who by the end of the video, has yelled Jaeger bomb several times while wildly gesturing to no one in particular, before slamming his drink in one gulp.
People like this are rarely, if ever, seen in Midwest cities.
Instead, arrogance reaches its peak with the collar popper, a person so cool that his neck is adversely affected by cold climates causing him to fold up the uppermost part of his polo, and even that subset of jerk is quickly fading.
We hear about guidos from college friends who hail from New York, New Jersey, Boston or another East Coast city. We might even catch glimpses of them if we travel to those places, if we visit bars in those places.
But we really knew guidos only from “My New Haircut.”
It all seemed like a joke. People didn’t actually act like that. They couldn’t actually act like that.
But now we have “Jersey Shore.” Already, by watching only one program, I’ve learned so much.
Guidos are actually just the males. Girls are called guidettes. These women love guidos and as one expresses, her desire is to meet the ultimate guido one day and start a guido family.
The males and females share several characteristics. They love to spray chemicals in their hair for long periods of time. They often own personal tanning beds. They have nicknames, ranging from “The Situation,” to “Snookie” to “J-Woww.”
Despite these similarities, when placed in Seaside Heights, N.J., in a house that features a garage decorated with an Italian flag that has the outline of the state of New Jersey emblazoned in the middle, not surprisingly, the guidos and guidettes clash.
As one might predict, a disagreement breaks out because of “sluts.” The boys invite three of them into the hot tub, and the guidettes go crazy.
And it is all real. The fights, the people, ther personalities, everything except the steroid-produced muscles and surgery-enhanced physiques. THEY ARE REAL.
Mike, who goes by the name “The Situation” because he has the aforementioned abs, is not playing to the cameras when he convinces a girl shopping at the T-shirt store he works at to make pink shorts that read “We’ve Got a Situation” on the rear.
Other examples: Sammi, a guidette, spurns “The Situation,” even though she was clearly vibing with him and discussed with him this instance of vibing, stating solely that fellow housemate Donnie, a behemoth of a man with spiky hair, is hot.
Nicole aka Snookie really doesn’t know how to use a land-line telephone. Pauly D, at 29 years old, really does want to make out with two 20-year-old “sluts” at the same time and style his hair for 20 minutes every day.
These people aren’t provoked. This show is a medium for them to express their true desires and feelings, for them to demonstrate and educate to those of us who didn’t believe this type of behavior was possible, that they truly are attempting to reach hair-gelled, tanning-oil-soaked nirvana.
Of course, the depiction of the guidos and guidettes is causing a bit of controversy. Italian-Americans aren’t laughing so hard. Neither, I would suspect, is the state of New Jersey.
If you have seen the massive publicity, watched the clips, read the blogs or even (God help you) watched the show, you know that it is INDISPUTABLE that the cast of MTV’s new reality show “Jersey Shore” are the WORST PEOPLE. Are they the worst people in the world? I don’t know. They are possibly the WORST PEOPLE in the tri-state area (only one of them is from New Jersey). The premise of the show: a group of male and female “Italian-Americans” shack up in a beach house at the beach in New Jersey for the summer. These people are known as and call themselves “guidos.” Basically it means Italian-American white trash. This show – and the cast – have generated quite a shocking amount of hate and discourse online. I don’t know what the fuss is about, as: 1. We know that by nature, famewhores on reality shows are often really horrid people; 2. We know that white trash are often really bad people, and: 3. Put a WHOLE group of disgusting people together and you achieve WORST PEOPLE critical mass.
Read more about this show and watch clips at Jezebel . Also, great socio-/anthropological analysis here at Gawker. Be prepared for some nastiness. Some great quote from the show (thanks, Jezebel for pulling these):
‘”Go upstairs with your whores and have fun.” = Funny
“I will cut your hair while you’re sleeping.” = Funny
“If a girl’s a slut, she should be abused.” = Unforgivably sickening. Like this show, really.”
For now, the consensus seems to be that the cast of “Jersey Shore” are the WORST PEOPLE.
“Leeds-based agency Propaganda has produced a haunting animated short in tribute to Sophie Lancaster, the young Goth who was kicked and beaten to death by a mob in August 2007 in Bacup, Lancashire…” (From Creative Review)
Sophie and her boyfriend were attacked, just because of the way they were dressed. This video has been created to raise awareness.
“It is a collaboration between Propaganda, French illustrator and animator Fursy Teyssier, band Portishead (whose track Roads provides a suitably emotive soundtrack) MTV, and make-up company Illamasqua – who fully funded it.”
“The key message of SOPHIE: Stamp Out Prejudice, Intolerance and Hatred, Everywhere – hence the commissioning of this film.”
I’ll begin with the short version. It was disappointing. Both The Hills and The City were not unlike any other regular episodes. Neither of them felt like a finale of any kind. I am not pleased, because I spent a good chunk of time debating on which one I would lend my attention to, Hills/City, or the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show which was airing at the same time. I chose Hills, because I thought it would be entertaining, and would also leave me much less guilty about the bag of candy in my lap.
For those of you missed it, here’s the rundown. For those who still plan on watching it, look away now. Unless of course, you don’t give a shit or can predict what happened anyway, even though it was nothing. NOTHING HAPPENED!
The Hills
Okay. So first, Spencer and Brody are playing basketball while Spencer bitches about his evil, scheming wife. First of all, when did they even become friends again? Second, sure Spencer has right to complain about his wife trying to trick him into fatherhood, but how many shady things has he done before? He painted her apartment with graffiti, surprised her with a pinball machine (she didn’t like the pinball so it was probably more for him), picked out their house before she could get a say, and made her shut her mother out of her life. He’s pretty much the devil. I hope they don’t have that child. I think she will become pregnant in 2012 and that’s how the world will end.
Hmm then what happened… Heidi got some extensions, Audrina met with Justin Bobby and complained a lot. Neither myself, nor Justin know or care what she was talking about.
Then Kristin was all, bitching about leaving her sweet summer Barbie beach home, with Stacie the bartender who was apparently a squatter there. Who shows up to her house but Justin Bobby!
He was all like, “you do special things to me, be my girlfriend.”, and Kristin said “Okai fine.”
THENN.. Jade and Brody were at an engagement party, and Jade’s friend planted seeds in her brain that stemmed into thoughts of engagement and babies with Brody. Jade got whatever Heidi has and asked him about vomiting committing, but Brody was not having it. He was like, “Bitch, whatchu talkin’ about we just got back together an hour ago!”. On a side note, does anyone remember when he dated Nicole Richie?
That’s strange. Brody also told some of his friends that he might still want to do Kristin.
Moving on, I forget. But trust me it was nothing explosive. Lots of lead-ins with no results. The whole episode felt like when you’re about to sneeze but then you just, don’t.
Here’s what happened. Whitney designed her own clothes and Kelly Cutrone, who I both love and fear intensely, said she was Whitney’s bitch and will help her get a meeting with supermegaimportant Bergdorf Goodman. Kelly was like, “Don’t bring your bogan friend Roxy who screws everything up”
Bogan
Whitney went against the wise Ms. Cutrone’s advice and brought Roxy anyways. She wasn’t soo bad, but any good behavior is canceled out thanks to her epic fails at the photoshoot last week. Including spilling champagne on one of Whitney’s dresses. It was technically the model that spilt it, but Roxy made her hold and pop the bottle open, and this model took really good direction. Bergdorf Goodman basically reamed Whitney out and said she used weird material and her dresses make girls look fat.
Over at Elle Magazine, Erin was a huge bitch.
I look innocent but I'm loca
She went back and re-did Olivia’s work, then when Joe asked Olivia about the new work, she didn’t know shit. Meaning Joe also didn’t know shit. And went on air… Not knowing shit. Which means when he was talking on the Today Show he was basically making shit up, and (as my Grandma would say) flying by the seat of his pants. So Remember that… Anytime you watch a talk show, people talking on it may be bullshitting.
They all went to the principal’s office (Joe Zee’s office) for a little sit down and both Erin and Olivia turned 15. They bitched and swore and Erin was all, “choose me or her cause I don’t wanna work with her and she’s not invited to my birthday party.”
Joe had to remind them this wasn’t high school, and then Erin ran out of the room. Olivia said some bullshit I forget. And I think that was the end.
pure hatred
Pretty sure that was the only stuff that happened. But there’s more nothingness to enjoy because Whitney says the City has another season!! How? Why? I don’t know. Will I watch it? Yes. I admit I am part of the problem.
A few days ago my family was hanging out in the family room. The kids were playing with their toys, I was reading a magazine and my husband was watching television. He was flipping through the channels and stopped on MTV. MTV was showing a music video. No, I’m just kidding! A music video on MTV? When’s the last time that happened? OK, it happened when Michael Jackson died. Let me rephrase the question – when’s the last time MTV aired a music video before Michael Jackson’s death? A decade or two ago? Now instead of music videos, MTV’s lineup consists of laughable fine shows like My Super Sweet 16, Date My Mom and Real World/Road Rules Has Beens Challenge. Apparently my husband had stumbled upon one of MTV’s newest trainwrecks productions, World’s Strictest Parents. He started watching it while I kept reading my magazine. At least I tried to read my magazine - it was hard not to be distracted by this ridiculous show. World’s Strictest Parents focuses on two poorly behaved, spoiled teenagers who are making their parents’ lives a living hell. The spoiled teenagers are sent away to live with another set of parents….[gasp!] THE WORLD’S STRICTEST PARENTS! During this episode the world’s strictest parents were laying down the house rules for the unruly teenagers. Swearing was not allowed in their household. If the rebellious teens disobeyed, their punishment would be swift and harsh. Their punishment would be push ups. Yes, push ups. For every curse word uttered, the world’s strictest parents demanded the teens drop and give them 20.
Me: [bursts out laughing] Push ups? What kind of punishment is that?
J: [snickers] Oh yeah, like you can do push ups.
Me: I can do push ups.
J: You don’t have enough arm strength.
I hated to admit it, but he had a point there. My arms are scrawny not very muscular. But I’m able to carry my 3 1/2-year-old son around with ease. True, he’s barely 30 pounds and has always been in the 3-5% for weight, but I still need upper arm strength to carry him. Also, 9 times out of 10 I’m strong enough to open the jar of jelly (1 time out of 10 I can’t get the damn jar open and my kid is stuck eating a peanut butter and peanut butter sandwich, but that’s OK because he’s only 30 pounds so he can use the extra fat). Sure, I wouldn’t win any World’s Strongest Woman contest, but I figured I had enough arm strength to do push ups.
Me: I can do push ups.
J: [more snickering] OK, let’s see.
I got down on the ground and assumed the push up position (real push ups, not the on-your-knees-girlie push ups).
One push up, two push ups….oh yeah, this is easy.
Three, four….still going strong.
Five.
Six.
Sseevveenn.
Eeeeiiiigggghhhhtttt.
Nnnnnnniiiiiiinnnnnnneeeeeee.
And…..I’m done.
Nine push ups! Woo hoo! I felt great about doing nine push ups and I felt even better about proving my husband wrong. I knew I was strong enough to do push ups. I was proud. I was vindicated. I was….
….sore.
Yes, the following day I was sore. My arms were sore. My chest was sore. They ached as if I had done 100 push ups. But I had only done nine and I was in pain. How pathetic is that? I guess I don’t have as much arm strength as I thought.
Note to self: if I ever meet the world’s strictest parents, be careful not to swear - 20 push ups are harder than they look!
Here are the latest lists from Nielsen SoundScan highlighting the top ten selling albums and top ten downloads of the decade. “Back in 1999, Eminem was best known as the slightly screwy, bottle-blond protégé of Dr. Dre. Ten years — and millions of albums — later, he’s about to be known as the best-selling artist of the decade. On Tuesday (December 8), Nielsen SoundScan — which tabulates the Billboard charts — released their lists of the best-selling artists, albums and songs of the ’00s. And let’s just say the past 10 years have been very good for Mr. Mathers.” (read full article on MTV.com)
The top-selling albums of the decade, according to Nielsen SoundScan:
The top-selling digital songs of the decade, according to Nielsen SoundScan:
