First Published: October 27, 2011 2:22 PM EDT Credit: the Ellen DeGeneres Show
Caption Ellen DeGeneres interviews Michelle Williams on ‘the Ellen DeGeneres Show,’ Oct. 2011
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Everyone from Lindsay Lohan to Megan Fox are superfans of the late Marilyn Monroe, but the woman who actually is playing her on screen in “my Week With Marilyn” is former “Dawson’s Creek” actress Michelle Williams. and Ellen DeGeneres might be her biggest fan.
Singer-songwriter Lissie has just announced that she will release her first set of new material since her 2010 breakout full-length Catching a Tiger next month. the five-song EP will consist of songs ranging from hip-hop to metal, but all done in her unique alternative styling.
John Singleton blasted his way onto the cinematic landscape with his mightily impressive and rightly lauded debut feature, Boyz N The Hood. But that was a looong time ago and to be blunt, the intervening years have not been kind.
Color Media Group, LLC will honor individuals and organizations who are committed to diversity and inclusion at its Fourth Annual All-Inclusive Awards on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at The Westin Copley in Boston. This year’s special guest speaker will be entertainment mogul Russell Simmons. as the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, the first all hip-hop music label, Simmons pioneered a musical genre and turned up and coming musicians such as run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, into household names. He went on to produce movies and television shows (Def Comedy Jam, Run’s House), publish two books (Do You, Super Rich) and create a multi-faceted company, Rush Communications, which has ventures in fashion, finance, media and philanthropy. In 2007, USA Today named Simmons one of the 25 most influential people of the past 25 years. The All-Inclusive Awards recognizes organizations and leaders who are paving the way for change by embracing and fostering workforce diversity and inclusiveness in the areas of Leadership, Supplier Diversity and Change Agent. A portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to the Color Magazine Foundation, which provides scholarships to professionals of color who wish to pursue advanced degrees. About Color Magazine Color Magazine (colormagazineusa.com) is the premier, multicultural monthly magazine for professionals of color in new England and new York City.
Each day, the new York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. who is today’s winner?
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –Evan Lamberg, President, North America, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today announced the company has successfully negotiated an exclusive publishing administration agreement with Glassnote Entertainment Group’s Four Song Night Publishing. Through the deal, UMPG obtains administration rights for the existing songs that Glassnote controls as well as future works for the world (excluding Australia/New Zealand, Republic of Fiji and Papau New Guinea).
“Paper or plastic?” is not just a question asked in grocery stores anymore. it can now be applied to the new financial aid process at NIC.
Beginning this semester, NIC entered a modern era where paper checks can be a memory of yesteryear. Students have three options when choosing a method for receiving financial aid: the Higher One/myNIC card, a direct deposit to a personal bank account or a traditional paper check.
Hailee Steinfeld, Dave Franco, and Deborah Ann Woll have been offered the leads in Rosaline, a retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet that’s told from the perspective of the girl Romeo ditches to be with Juliet. Michael Sucsy is directing from a script by by (500) Days of Summer writers Scott Neustader and Michael H. Weber, which in turn is an adaptation of Rebecca Serle‘s forthcoming debut novel When You Were Mine. The comedy will use modern-day dialogue in a 16th-century Verona setting.
Justin Bieber Shows again he has Heart. – Photo Courtesy Walmart Soundcheck.A food bank in Justin Bieber’s hometown was the target of two good deeds. Bieber and Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush combined to donate $15,000.
Justin Bieber continues to spread the love around, in this instance in the form of money, with a donation to a food bank in his hometown of Stratord, Ont. the $10,000 donation to the House of Blessing food bank, reported on the internet on Oct. 28, 2011, was actually more because of a deal the Canadian pop singer made with an 'Access Hollywood' reporter.
The audience, mostly young Jakartans, all stood up in excitement when the lights were put out and a thundering sound of music filled the air.American rapper Curtis James Jackson III, better known by his stage name 50 Cent, came to the stage, belted out a song and threw his black jacket into the screaming audience.“Indonesia hands up!” James shouted.The audience soon raised their hands up and down, nodded their heads and swayed, following the beat of his songs.Accompanied by a fellow rapper, James quickly got the area jumping, which was divided into a festival on the first floor and a VIP area on the second floor. The audience might only have sung along for short bursts, but they all waved their hands, shook their bodies and screamed in excitement.The award-winning rapper with a DJ and a live band, as well as some hot video clips on the stage’s screen, created a real American hip-hop party in Jakarta.50 Cent, who traveled for 21 hours from the United States to bring the party to his Indonesian fans, said he had no fears of visiting Jakarta, despite the recent bomb blast in a church in Surakarta, Central Java. The singer said he had traveled to so many places that had experienced terrible problems, including a place where dozens of people had been killed when a bomb was detonated in the middle of the town. “The time that I actually got the chance to perform there was one of the first times for some of those people to have the opportunity to smile following that situation. It’s exciting to be a part of that,” he said during a pre-show press conference. He said he might not be able to fix the situation or make it any better for people, but he could help them enjoy themselves — albeit for a moment. The rapper, entrepreneur, record producer and actor, who was shot eight times in 2000, said he was inspired by Eminem and Dr. Dre. He said the performance in Indonesia was special for him, adding that he had made the best preparation to give a strong impression for people in the country’s capital city. “The entire set is different from show-to-show. I’ll go for some of my favorite music verses. The hit music,” he said.Bringing a live band and DJ to a performance abroad, he said, was not something he did regularly. “It’s because I’m excited and I want to raise the value of the performance,” he said, adding that the live band helped him to give the ultimate performance because he could ask them to play the way he liked. when asked about whether he ever suffered from stage fright, James admitted that such a thing always happened, although it did not last long.
Chris Brown’s tenacity is commendable. Professionally, nothing may ever be as it was before his infamous 2009 domestic dispute with his former girlfriend, pop superstar Rihanna. Brown was one to watch, heir apparent to Michael Jackson’s tattered throne, some said.
UPDATE: 3:03 p.m.: Court adjourned early today in observance of Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown. They’re taking Monday off for Columbus Day and will resume on Tuesday at 8:45 a.m.
from the Editors of Girl World Daily
The first of two sold out Taylor Swift shows went down in Glendale’s Jobing.com arena Friday night. The shows sold out within minutes, according to Swift, and after seeing the kind of production that goes into brining to life what comes across as rather simple radio pop, it makes sense. Little girls donning tutus with their long hair curled like Swift’s and older women in cowboy boots with Swift hair and dresses that look a little like those in Swift’s videos, it takes less than a second to scan the crowd and realize just how larger than life this 21-year-old singer is to nearly everyone in the 14,000-capacity arena. Her team managed to make a concert that matched those people’s expectations and no one can complain about that.
This past Monday former cruiserweight title holder Jean-Marc Mormeck 36-4 (22) said something on the order of, one hard blow will be enough to beat multiple heavyweight title belt holder Wladimir Klitschko 56-3 (49) this coming December 10th. keep in mind this is coming from a fighter who wasn’t a terrifically big punching cruiserweight, and is worse as a heavyweight. Mormeck continued, “I want his belts. If I want to get them, I’ll have to smash his face. I’ve seen all his opponents, and when they get in the ring, I have the impression that they don’t do what they need to do. They don’t move forward. They don’t take any risk.”Mormeck has come out of nowhere and is providing great copy for what many believe will be a fight that’s tremendously one-sided and devoid of action and drama. His words echo what many believe is part and parcel as to what it’ll take to beat Wladimir Klitschko. No doubt the fighter who next beats Wladimir will have to take risk because if we know nothing else, we know Wladimir won’t press the action without trepidation. However, saying it and then committing to that strategy once the bell rings under the bright lights with everything on the line are night and day different. it goes back to the old adage about fighters with a plan, something they all bring into the ring with them. but once they’re in front of each other and they feel the presence of one another one of them usually assumes the role of the alpha.for years Muhammad Ali’s opponents insisted they were going to cut off the ring and force him to the ropes and make him fight. only one fighter accomplished that when Ali was at or near his prime, “Smokin” Joe Frazier. Speaking of Frazier, how many of Joe’s opponents said before the fight how they weren’t going to stand there and trade with him? instead, they were going to use the ring and box him, something that suddenly changed once Frazier was cutting the ring off as he was banging them to the head and body, forcing them against the ropes or into a corner with them having to fight him off. So much for boxing him. Fight plans are only as good the fighter trying to implement it.”He has lost three fights and each time he lost them without going the distance,” Mormeck said. ”He couldn’t recover each time he got hit. That means he doesn’t take those hits well.”Mormeck’s above statement has a lot of truth to it. but the point is, can he get to Wladimir’s chin, and even more importantly, is he tough enough or man enough to even try to? Granted, Klitschko has only gotten off the canvas in two fights (DaVarryl Williamson and Samuel Peter I) that he won. then again Mormeck couldn’t keep Klitschko’s last opponent, David Haye, down after dropping him in their title bout in 2007. and say what you will about Wladimir’s chin, but he’s never been stopped by one punch. and Mormeck is no life-taker with one shot. If he was, how’d Haye get off the canvas and stop him? on top of Mormeck not being able to finish Haye, he’s 39 years old, only fought three times as a full fledged heavyweight and he’s a shade under 5’11. Oh sure, he’s being trained by former Mike Tyson trainer Kevin Rooney, something that’ll make for good pre-fight theatrics and interviews, but will have zero bearing on the outcome. It’s not like even moderately sophisticated boxing fans don’t know that Mike Tyson made Kevin Rooney, not the opposite. sure, Kevin helped keep Mike somewhat disciplined circa 1986-88, but he had nothing to do with Mike’s once in a generation skill-set and power.Wladimir Klitschko is a nightmare for short swarmers because of his reach and power. Add to that Emanuel Steward has been a blessing for him and taught him how to use his size and reach and how to fight big. So getting to him would be a real task even for upper-tier swarmers like Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson and David Tua. in all honesty, how many heavyweights under six-feet tall would you bet on from the past 40 years to beat Wladimir Klitschko? I just named three, and if there’s a fourth name to add to the list, I’m drawing a blank. and it’s definitely not Mormeck.It’s hard to get excited about Klitschko-Mormeck. in fact, this is a fight that Wladimir Klitschko will rightly be excoriated for taking. It’s these kind of match-ups that leave him open for criticism about the level of the opposition he’s faced. obviously the current heavyweight division is very pedestrian, but he could find a bigger challenge than Mormeck. and if someone tries to make the excuse it’s a mandatory bout for one of the heavyweight title belts Wladimir owns, that’s a joke. The Klitschkos don’t take their marching orders from anyone within the boxing establishment. As for Mormeck’s chances against Klitschko. does Jean Mormeck cut the ring off and apply constant pressure like Joe Frazier did, of course not. does he posses the hand speed that Mike Tyson did? Not even in his dreams. nor does he have the single shot knockout power that David Tua carried during his prime. and if you’re not blinded by bias, Frazier, Tyson and Tua wouldn’t just blitz through Klitschko when they were at or near their best. Certainly they’d be favored and I for one would pick all three to beat him, but it’s not like I’d be sitting there as calm as I’d be if I were watching a movie had I placed a meaningful amount of money on them on fight night.Mormeck at 39 is nowhere close to being in the same stratosphere as a fighter/swarmer as Frazier, Tyson or Tua. I can’t see him even competing against Klitschko. in all reality, I’d be pleasantly surprised if he just threw hard at Klitschko and tried to take his head off from the opening bell. If he just did that and got knocked out in the first round, I’d gain a ton of respect for him. When all is said and done, Klitschko is fighting Mormeck because Jean-Marc has a big following in France. That’s the long and short of it. on a separate issue, the Klitschkos have never fought tough guys. I don’t mean tough boxers, I’m talking about hard characters. The closest they’ve come is Corrie Sanders, who was more of a ‘I just don’t give a s–t” kind of guy. I’m not suggesting that some witless thug could handle the brothers. but a marginally talented opponent with a serious chip on his shoulder might do very well, especially against Wladimir. is Jean Mormeck that guy? Frank Lotierzo can be contacted at this e-mail address is being protected from spambots. you need JavaScript enabled to view it