FREE SHYNE-PO! Shyne Remains In Custody Due To Immigration Status

Via MTV.COM

It looks like Shyne’s homecoming is on hold for the moment.

The former Bad Boy rapper (born Jamal Barrow) was scheduled to be released from prison Tuesday (October 6) after serving more than nine years of a 10-year sentence in connection with the 2001 Club New York shooting involving Diddy and Jennifer Lopez.

But his release is now under review, as representatives for the rapper revealed to MTV News that the Brooklyn MC is being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an unspecified facility in Western New York State. Officials are determining whether or not to deport the rapper, who was born in Belize, a rep explained.

“Shyne is currently in federal custody while his future immigration status is determined,” the rep said in a message to MTV News. Shyne attorney Oscar Michelen emphasized to MTV News on Tuesday afternoon that Shyne has not been released, contrary to media reports.

In August, a lawyer for Shyne said the rapper was “90 percent of the way home” after a judge ruled on his post-release supervision. The rapper received two and a half years of post-release supervision (probation, essentially) stemming from his conviction on first-degree assault and a host of other lesser charges. At the time of his sentencing, an official with the Department of Correction confirmed to MTV News that Shyne would have to complete at least eight years and seven months of his prison sentence.

For years, though, Shyne’s release date has been the subject of much confusion. Michelen acknowledged the subject had become urban legend, as the rumors started yearly that his client would be released. Michelen told MTV News in August that he believed a clerical error led to the incorrect assumptions.

“I think [the basis for the rumor] was created by a computer,” he explained, “because the Department of Corrections has a Web site where you can do an inmate lookup. And if you have the information, it will show you that [Shyne's] earlier release date was originally April [of this year] and then June. And we don’t now how that was in there. But it showed that. And then what would happen is before a release date, [an inmate] would get produced before a parole board, and in the institution, there would be rumors that [Shyne] was up for parole. I guess inmates or guards would spread the rumor.”

At press time, the status of Shyne’s release from prison remained unclear.

Throat Chop: Reality Television

Imagine …

So, I’ve been thinking about doing a reality television show for a little while. It just seems like the type of thing to do to jumpstart my career. You have to think that the door must be wide open to career opportunities after I do a show. I mean I could possibly star on other reality shows after. Plus people would think of me as a celebrity and I’d get VIP treatment. Yeah, this is going to be dope!

But I don’t want to do just any type of reality television – I want to do a dating reality television show. Yeah. Those are hot right now. That’s the ticket to stardom!

So, here’s the concept – I’m going to find some really pretty girls and they will all vie for my affection. Crazy, I know. I have to find girls with personalities that will only work with me but definitely cause friction between each other. Not to mention women that must be really jealous. Hopefully they won’t be insecure though.

Oh, it’s also really hard for me to remember names so I’m going to have to give them all nicknames of course. Names like “backbone” and “little miss” and “who are you” and “sweet tasty” and “white meat” and “black girl” and “number 5”. Yeah, that’s going to be good. It will help me remember them and it will be great that the world identifies them that way too. I’m trying to build careers, so it might even help them down the road.

I won’t really like any of them of course. They’ll all have traits that I dig but none of them will be the complete package. I mean they can’t be because I won’t be able to have a second or third season of the show. I’ll need at least three seasons before I can line up my next reality television gig. Basically, together they’ll kind of be like a super girl – you know, I’ll merge all of their personalities together in blurred moments and never really spend enough time getting to know them, so the attraction will be superficial. Doing this hopefully will reduce my interaction with the super crazy parts about them and plus they’ll always just be affectionate and loving and never nagging. Well, when they nag or give me ultimatums, I’ll just send them home at elimination time. The nerve of a woman telling me that she doesn’t want to share me with several other women. Well, I guess I’ll keep some of the women that cause drama (cause as my man Black Ice said, “there’s no money in good health”) and drama equals ratings. Plus you have to allow the audience to have their favorites and the ones they don’t like (and then throw stuff at the television set when I send the “wrong” girl home each week).

But how will I know who is really there for me? I guess I could be like a normal adult and take them out on dates or whatever. Perhaps just have a series of one-on-ones with the girls. You know, a regular dating situation. Nah, that’s probably not going to be good for ratings either. Oh, I got it. These girls will need to fight for my affection. Perhaps like silly game show contestants. But this isn’t going to be your average game show. Perhaps one time I’ll have ‘em roll around in flower looking for chicken. Then they race to a frying pan and have to fry me up a six piece and a biscuit. Then perhaps another challenge will be arm wrestling while blind folded with a monkey on their back and wearing a bathing suit while emerged in jello. This will definitely help me weed out who is here for me or not.

Of course I have to introduce them to the fam, who will be reluctant to be pulled into this whole mess. But my mom (who probably tried to convince me not to do this show) will be hard on all the girls. That will help me really figure it out.

I’ll need a tour bus, a house and a stable in which we’ll film the show. In the end, I’ll take the finalists on a romantic getaway on an Alaskan fishing boat. After working for a week as a fisherman, it will be then that I’ll pick the one I want to spend the rest of my life or until the reunion show with. I mean duh; I obviously have to break up with her on national television in order for it to be real.

But before we get to the finale, I guess I need a sidekick that will also help me with my decisions each week. I’ll have my God-sister-butler-roadie-personal assistant-best friend-pilot-referee-chef fill that void (that’s one person by the way). They’ll help me deliver messages to the girls and will be by my side when I’m figuring out who I’ll eliminate each week. They’ll also be my eyes and ears in the house.

Shoot speaking of elimination, I have to figure out a good catch phrase. Hmm… “You know what time it is” … “Will you continue to rock my world”… “You here for the love of Q?” Damn! No, they don’t quite have the right ring to it. Hmm… wait, I got it.

“Shortie, you still willing to be a fool?”

Yeah, I like that. After they answer yes, I’ll give them a glass of champagne with a picture of a rose that tells time on it, that they can wear around their neck. That’s going to be dope.

This show is going to be great. I’ll call it “For the Love of Making a Fool of Yourself”.

(This is one of my favorite pieces I’ve written in the last few months. I dug it up and had to repost)

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Universal Mind Control: The Media

by. Chad-Cinque

Universal Mind Control: The Media

This weekend Kanye West and Lady Gaga canceled their long anticipated tour, “Fame Kills”.   No reason has been given for the cancellation, but I suspect the negative press Kanye received following the Taylor Swift incident, is the culprit.

At the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), Kanye stormed the stage, and interrupted Taylor’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video (View the other nominees) by snatching the microphone from her, and saying that Beyonce should have won the award.

Anyways, I was pissed off when I heard the news of the cancelled tour.  My friends and I planned to attend the tour when it stopped in Buffalo. So, the cancellation was a big disappointment.

However, after thinking about it, I realized that it wasn’t the tour cancellation that angered me.  I was mad because of the way the media crucified Kanye following his outburst at the VMAs.

Kanye West has been branded the “rudest person in the music industry.”  Also, according to Larry King, Kanye needs counseling and rehabilitation.

Does his action at the VMAs deserve this response?

Think about it—Congressman Joe Wilson interrupted the President of the United States during his speech about health care at a joint session of Congress.  Wilson not only interrupted the President, but called him a liar (See it for yourself).

In the nation’s history, such an outburst has never occurred during a session of congress. Yet after the incident, Wilson’s public approval went up!

Ridiculous.

Joe Wilson’s actions are treated one way and Kanye West’s another way.  By the way, Larry King did not suggest that Wilson get counseling and anger management treatment.

Why has the American public responded so differently to these two incidents?  We need to turn to the media, including twitter and the blogs, to answer this question.

The media constructs the lens through which people view reality.  The media controls people “how” people see issues; and ultimately “how” you see an issue will determine “what” you think about an issue.

In the media’s social reconstruction of this incident, they used terms like “invasion,” “jack-ass,” “crashes,” “rants,” even “HIJACKED” to describe Kanye, while using terms like “innocent,” “defenseless,” “young,” and “role model” to describe Taylor.  The language on internet was even more forceful (Look at twitter’s response):  “Nigger moment” “Asshole” and words a like.

When the visual images are added to the equation, it sounds as if the media was talking about the Virgin Mary rather than Taylor Swift.

Wilson, on the other hand, was portrayed as a rational politician that simply allowed his outrage over Obama’s health policy to get the best of him.  He simply overreacted and should be rebuked, nothing more.

Thus, according to the media, Wilson is rational, but Kanye is irrational. Although he overreacted, Wilson still has a legitimate reason to be angry with Obama over his health policies. On the flip side, Kanye has no legitimate right to be angry over MTV’s selection of Taylor over Beyonce.  Wilson overreacted but Kanye was rude.

Think about this: how would people view Wilson if the media portrayed him as a southern racist that attacked Obama mainly because he was black.  What if the press said that Wilson quest to deny health care to illegal immigrants might lead to the needless death of millions?

On the other hand, what if the media simply said that Kanye was drunk and got too emotional in his quest to defend the honor of Beyonce and questioned the selection process used by MTV?

I am not defending Kanye, calling Joe Wilson a racist, or diminishing Taylor Swift’s accomplishments. My point is this:  the media controls our public perception of events.  It constructs the lens through which we view reality, and this lens ultimately determines what we think about things.  The only thing most of us know about these two events is what the media told us.

Sidebar – Kanye West wasn’t the only one who liked Beyonce’s video lol. (A fan’s remake of Beyonce’s single ladies)

Mondays are a Bitch and So is She: Kristin Cavallari

Thanks to her role on Laguna Beach, Kristin Cavallari is the ultimate bad girl of reality television. Though she had mostly faded out of the limelight in recent years, her return to television via The Hills has been causing major waves among viewers and cast members alike. I’ve been interested by Kristin’s role on the show and how MTV has been marketing her character.

First and foremost, advertisements for The Hills declare in big, bright lights: “The Bitch is Back.” Then, in the premiere episode alone, Kristin is referred to as a “man-eater,” a “boyfriend stealer,” and a “female player.” True to form, Kristen also single-handedly stole the show, managing to gracefully flirt with the sexy & sketchy Justin Bobby and get into a verbal fight with Audrina Partridge (Justin Bobby’s ex) and Stephanie Pratt (sis of Spencer). This, of course, consisted of Kristin actually winning me over with her blunt style and articulate insults – at least, as articulate as you can get on a reality TV show based in Southern California. I love a girl who isn’t afraid to call it like it is!

Furthermore, however upsetting Audrina finds Kristin and Justin Bobby’s fledging fuckship, it’s important to keep in mind: Audrina and Kristen are not friends. So what exactly is the problem with Justin Bobby moving on? It’s not like Kristin has any obligations to Audrina. So why exactly is Kristin a bitch? Because she speaks her mind, fucks who she wants, and isn’t afraid of confrontation? Hmm…reminds me of a certain rotten little girl I know…

The more I learn about Kristin, the more I think she’s a pretty feminist kind of gal. She “plays” men instead of becoming a lovesick ninny, enjoys sex, and handles jealous chicks with ease. She is not afraid of being painted as a slut or a difficult woman. It’s certainly a breath of fresh air compared to the passive aggressive tendencies of her cast members on The Hills.

In her own words, Kristin says: “My generation wants to go out and have a good time. What’s wrong with that? Guys can get away with anything they want, but if one of us girls does something, everyone talks about it. I hate the double standard. I’m a very caring person, not a bitch!” Hey, Kristin, want to write a guest post for Rotten Little Girls?

In an MTV article, when asked about her thoughts on the first episode of this season of The Hills she had this to say: “’I cannot wait for everyone to see this, because they really are talking about how ‘the bitch is back,’’ she explained. ‘But really, I didn’t do a whole lot to become this bitch.’ So, does it bother Cavallari to be labeled so quickly? Well, no. ‘It’s fun,’ she laughed. ‘Whatever!’”

In the face of so much public scrutiny, I think that’s a fabulous & positive attitude to have. Plus, let’s be honest – $90K per episode definitely sweetens the deal

- Dollface

What do you think of television’s resident bad girl? Can’t stand her? Respect her for her chutzpah? Weigh in!

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Lauren Conrad Calls Her Acting "Offensive"

Photo Credit: Myspace.com/LaurenConrad

Lauren Conrad’s NY Times best-selling book LA Candy is getting the big screen treatment, just don’t expect The Hills alum to step into the starring role.

“I’m an awful actor, I’m not super comfortable with it,” Conrad told People Magazine. “I think my acting is offensive!”

Oh L.C. don’t be so harsh, the role is perfect for you! The story does, after all, focus on a teenager’s life that’s forever changed after she signs to star in a reality show. Sounds pretty petty familiar…

Better yet, tell producers to save time and money on production and use scrapped footage from The Hills!

Should LC should star in her book’s upcoming film? Vote below!

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Notre Dame Academy and MTV

Several of you have heard the rumor that MTV crews have been to my high school to shoot for their show, “Sixteen and Pregnant.” When I first heard the news I was, of course, incredulous. I couldn’t imagine that a girls’ Catholic high school, let alone the diocese, would allow a show like this to be filmed there. Today I received an email not only confirming the rumor, but giving the reason for allowing MTV into the school.  The reasoning is actually what I expected it to be; that as a Catholic institution they support the sanctity of life, want to respect the family support and hope to educate other people that  may be in a similar situation.

Here is the email in its entirety:

Dear Parents,

On Friday a film crew was on the NDA campus to video one of our students at the request of the student and her parents. The student is pregnant and has chosen to deliver the baby rather than to abort. The family is currently working with MTV on a documentary on teen pregnancy . The parents contacted Sr. Elaine weeks ago to ask if the group could shoot a school segment. Sister spoke to the producers about NDA’s position on life. She was assured that the school’s identification would not be obvious and was promised anonymity within the contract. The teachers and students in the young woman’s classes were asked to sign consent forms before the shoot.

The fall out of the visit has been dramatic. We are hearing from parents, alums, and friends of Notre Dame. We wanted you to know the reason for permitting the shoot.

Notre Dame Academy believes in the sacredness of life and condemns abortion. The parents of the concerned young woman support their daughter’s decision to respect life and want to assist her in sharing her story with other adolescent girls who are facing the same decision. The student and her family are also working with Catholic Social Services to determine the appropriate options, one being open adoption. NDA believes that by respecting this family’s support of life we will educate and help influence other young women who are facing similar circumstances. While we knew that this might result in some controversy, our belief is that if this public story causes one additional young woman to protect a life instead of resorting to an abortion, we were willing to address the questions that might arise. The film follows this young woman through herpregnancy, the school segment being one of many. In an effort to support the student and her parents, permission was given for the filming of the segment here at the school.

We wanted to inform you of our position as soon as possible and Sr. Elaine will be talking to the students on Monday morning. Thank you for your continued prayers and support of Notre Dame Academy.

Sincerely in Notre Dame,

Sr. Mary Shauna and Sr. Elaine Marie

2009 Fall TV Season Report Card

Seeing as the Fall TV season has been up and running for a couple of weeks now, thought we’d finally weigh in on the crop of new shows. The good news is that, so far, most of the shows we’ve watched have been good. Seriously, I can’t remember the last time we added this many new shows to our Tivo Season Pass!

And though some of the most heavily-promoted new shows kinda sucked (I’m talking to you, “Cougar Town”) some of them are actually totally deserving of the hype (“The Vampire Diaries”, “The Good Wife”, “Modern Family”, etc.). But rather than bore you with long, detailed descriptions of the shows in question, we felt an annotated report card would be much more to the point.

So, without further ado, I give you our first annual Fall TV Season report card…enjoy!

Letter Grade: A+

“The Vampire Diaries” (The CW) – Long-lost loves, family secrets, dark, brooding vampires in high school…what’s not to love here? “Twilight” be damned, this show is the best of the crop so far…and the fact that it stars mi “The American Mall” amiga, Nina Dobrev, certainly doesn’t hurt. If you haven’t already, you must Tivo this show!

“Modern Family” (ABC) – This show has only aired twice and we laughed our asses off and cried during both episodes. A really sweet, heartfelt and hilarious look at one crazy extended family. Awesome!

“Glee” (FOX) – Best new show that started airing last season. It’s like co-creator Ryan Murphy threw his old WB show “Popular” in a giant pot, boiled away the fat and cheese and created something truly magical. “Glee” is a pleasure to watch from start to finish.

“The Good Wife” (CBS) – This show looked like such a snooze when it was announced, but it is so much more than meets the eye. The cast is superb, particularly Julianna Margulies’ mouthy sidekick, Archie Panjabi, who truly electrifies every scene she’s in. I’m not kidding, these gals have onscreen chemistry to burn. And seeing Josh Charles, Chris Noth and Christine Baranski back on a weekly series is never a bad thing either.

Letter Grade: A

“Melrose Place” (The CW) – Already a hundred times better than the original series, and a million times better than the hideously-lame “90210″ remake that debuted last year, this “Melrose” is juicy, campy, sexy and best of all, crazy fun to watch. And unlike the new “90210″, the classic characters actually have a story and a reason to be there when they show up. Ooo, and speaking of, Heather Locklear is checking back in soon…so, bring on the awesomeness!

“Mercy” (NBC) – Didn’t expect this show to be good at all, but caught a few minutes of it in passing and am now totally hooked. Quirky characters that don’t annoy, zippy writing and a first-rate cast in a medical show about nurses? Wow, almost makes me forget that “ER” was canceled…

Letter Grade: B

“Accidentally On Purpose” (CBS) – I normally loathe Jenna Elfman, but it seems that I’ll watch anything to do with babies and pregnancy these days, so, I Tivoed the show. And, you know what? It’s not nearly as bad as it looks. I won’t Tivo it again, but you could find much worse ways to pass a half hour.

“The City” (MTV) – I know this show — a spin-off of the far-more-popular ‘The Hills” — is technically in it’s second season, but, wow, with two new alpha bitches on board, this is a brand new show in my book and it rocks!

Letter Grade: D

“Cougar Town” (ABC) – I am not easily offended, but the onslaught of crass, unfunny, gross-out jokes on this show made me wanna stop watching before the first commercial break. Yuck…just, yuck.

“Eastwick” (ABC) – Three charming female leads does not a series make. I don’t need a crystal ball to see that this mediocre reworking of an already mediocre movie is headed nowhere fast. Yikes…

“Trauma” (NBC) – The show opens with a kick-ass head-on collision between two helicopters in San Francisco, but it’s all downhill from there. Yawn…

Letter Grade: F

“The Beautiful Life: TBL” (The CW) – Models, runways, drugs, and a skeletal, strung-out Mischa Barton badly playing herself? What’s not to love? Well, amigos…everything. I don’t know what’s funnier…the fact that someone at the CW actually thought this show would be popular enough to warrant a cheesy nickname (”TBL”??) or the fact that it was deservedly canceled after two episodes. Urgh, what a train wreck…

Oh, yeah, and just for the record, these grades are for the episodes that have aired so far. So, if a cool show starts blowing chunks and getting all “Alias” or “Heroes” on us midseason, we reserve the right to change our grades. I mean, hello, it is only October…