Vibe Magazine readers have crowned Eminem as the best rapper alive, voting began with 64 rappers going up against each other, eventually leading to Eminem beating out Jay Z in the final two contestants.
In a statement the rapper said, “it’s obviously an honor to have won the fans’ support by being voted the Best Rapper Alive, I don’t think that there is any one rapper that is simply the best, though. Everyone who was in consideration and many others are the best at certain things, and at what they do. But since Vibe’s offering the distinction, hell yeah, I’ll accept!”
Vibe will be rolling out Eminem’s win in their November 2008 issue. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama will grace the cover of that issue.
“Vibe is thrilled we could put the debate about the Best Rapper Alive in the hands of the fans,” the mag’s music editor, Sean Fennessey, said. “Eminem isn’t just one of the most successful MCs of all time, he’s also one of the most beloved. The proof is in the voting.”
Agree or disagree? I think there is far better rappers out there than Eminem.
source: Eminem Is The Best Rapper Alive, According To Vibe Poll [mtv]
Ed McMahon, the former “Tonight Show” sidekick will star in two viral rap videos for FreeCreditReport.com, a financial Web site owned by credit bureau Experian.
The videos feature McMahon wearing a tracksuit, being chauffeured around Los Angeles in a Cadillac Escalade golf cart and rapping about his very public financial troubles.
“I knew I could sing the blues, but I didn’t know I could rap,” McMahon said Wednesday. The videos will appear online in October.
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Charles Harris, FreeCreditReport.com’s vice president of strategic marketing, said the company sought out McMahon to star in the humorous spots after seeing him openly discuss his finances on “Larry King Live.” Harris said McMahon represents “a man who is taking charge.”
In the first video, McMahon _ who once pitched the American Family Publishing sweepstakes _ and a bodyguard are cruising through a neighborhood looking for sweepstakes winners to ask for some money back, but McMahon doesn’t actually go through with it. In the second spot, McMahon dons a new suit after undergoing a financial and emotional makeover.
“When I retired, I was famous,” McMahon raps in the video. “I had money and glory/I bought a house for 6 mill/I thought nothing could touch me/Until my credit went south, and debt started to crunch me/Next thing I know, instead of playing gin rummy, I was scrambling just to make ends meet/It wasn’t funny.”
After being joined by two scantily clad women, McMahon continues: “Got a bump from the media chumps, but that was temporary/Wife with bad credit was scary, so I got wise/I may have fallen, but I got back up/Now I’m back on the attack, like a ninja swinging nunchucks/I told the haters, ‘Go on, take a hike’/It’s my show now, and I can do what I like.”
McMahon said he spent one day in the studio recording the rap. He said he hopes his participation will inspire viewers to learn from his mistakes and become more aware about their finances.
When asked if he would consider releasing a full-length rap album, McMahon said: “Not immediately.”
In June, the former “Star Search” host revealed he was fighting foreclosure after falling $644,000 behind on mortgage payments on his Beverly Hills home. Last month, he agreed to a deal with a private buyer. McMahon said Wednesday the deal has not been completed, and he’s not sure what he and his wife, Patricia, will do after the sale.
“We’re in this together,” said McMahon. “We’re a team. We’re going to solve it together. We’re going to work this out. I’m very optimistic. I’m an old Marine. I’ve been in two wars and have 85 combat missions under my belt. I’ve got a background of looking for the good stuff, going for the best way. My wife is with me 100 percent.”
It’s not the first job for McMahon following his money problems. In July, the former “Tonight Show” sidekick reprised his role as pitchman with commercial segments alongside talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” One of the spots featured McMahon teaching Kimmel how to sell a product. Another had the duo preparing for a road trip to Mexico.
Last week, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that McMahon’s lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and two physicians he claims failed to properly diagnose and repair his broken neck laid out adequate legal ground to pursue claims that include negligence, elder abuse, battery, fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
source: Ed McMahon Gets Job Rapping About Credit Woes [huffington post]
Mischa Barton was photographed topless and smoking a daisy on the cover of Nylon magazine — dead sexy.
The actress was sentenced to three years probation and to complete a three-month course in alcohol education after pleading no contest to drink driving charges in April.
Recalling the incident in the interview, Mischa admits she was shocked at her arrest, because it grouped her with other young Hollywood stars she would prefer not to be associated with.
Mischa has often attempted to disassociate herself from socialites Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan, who have also been arrested for DUI in recent years.
She said: ‘That was a low point for me. I never, ever would have thought I would be arrested.
‘I was disappointed because it associated me with a group of girls that I would rather not be associated with. That was the biggest bummer for me – I didn’t leave my house. I was too embarrassed.
‘They made such a big deal out of it with these other young actresses, that, for a little bit, I wanted to crawl into a hole and die.’
She added: ‘It was a stupid thing to do. But I’ve done a lot to pay back for what I did.’
Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t find Mischa the least bit attractive. It’s totally not surprising that she’s wearing jeans.
source: Mischa Barton strips off for her raunchiest photoshoot ever [daily mail]
Avril Lavigne sex tape…eh…why not! Lavigne has possibly joined the celebrity sex tape for press train.
It is really more like a sex clip. For less than a minutes a chick with Avril-like extensions has sex with a man while listening to her song “Don’t Tell Me.”
I am not sure what logic this is to assume that because she resembles the body type of Avril and is listening to one of her own songs, that she must be the bitchy Lavigne.
Besides who listens to their own music while humping? That is what is weird about this.
Rush will be making their first U.S. television appearance in more than thirty years on Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.”
The Canadian band Rush, which hasn’t performed on U.S. television in more than three decades, will play their classic “Tom Sawyer” on the Comedy Central show Wednesday (11:30 p.m. EST). The Geddy Lee-led trio, which is currently on tour, hasn’t played on U.S. television since 1975.
Rush is only the latest act to perform on “The Report,” which has steadily edged closer to “Ed Sullivan Show” territory. With increasingly frequent musical performances, “The Report” has grown a variety-show impulse, evident in other upcoming bookings. The rapper Nas will perform on July 23, Toby Keith will return for a second performance on July 28 and Crosby, Stills and Nash will play on July 30.
The Stephen Colbert-hosted comedy show was originally launched as a parody of conservative political punditry — and shows like “The O’Reilly Factor” do not make a habit of hosting music performances. But “The Report” circus has expanded into musical realms, often with its sonorous host joining in. John Legend, Neil Young, R.E.M., Tony Bennett, Peter Frampton, Willie Nelson, Barry Manilow, John Mellencamp, the Roots and Carole King have all performed on the show.
Cool. Here’s a video of Rush playing “Tom Sawyer,” albeit not on “The Colbert Report.”
Madonna made an appearance at a New York Yankee game on Saturday, July 12th — She was in the front row looking and cheering on New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez.
Rodriguez , who was photographed waiting to bat against the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto, didn’t appear to be all that happy to see his “soul mate“.
Girls Aloud beauty Nadine Coyle is to lift the lid on her split with love-cheat boyfriend Jesse Metcalfe in an explosive book.
Nadine, Cheryl Cole, Nicola Roberts, Kimberly Walsh and Sarah Harding have all contributed to the biography, which details their unstoppable rise from pop wannabes.
And pals say straight-talking Nadine (23) may use it to get revenge on Jesse for breaking her heart.
The pair met in February 2006, but split briefly last November due to the pressures of a long-distance relationship. They got back together, but then broke up when Desperate Housewives star Jesse was spotted with a mystery woman in LA.
source: Nadine to reveal all in new book [breaking news]
Madonna is done sucking the youth and life force of Justin Timberlake and is now moving back to Britney Spears. She and Brit Brit will be combining their super powers for Madge’s Sticky and Sweet tour. New details from the collaboration are popping up daily.
“Apparently a hooded Spears can be seen inside an elevator, where she is pacing back and forth - kicking and punching the walls, like a wild beast. When Madonna asks who the figure is, Britney removes the hood to deliver her catchphrase, “It’s Britney bitch”.”
“The footage, which will include the pair gyrating against each other, will be screened to fans on Madonna’s Sticky and Sweet world tour via giant video screens.”
To add to Madonna’s classical style of shock factor and sex, details of a nude scene have emerged. They participate in some bondage play and dry humping, all of which will be shown on the giant screens during the concerts.
“Britney and Madonna are unwrapped like mummies, to appear together almost naked apart from tiny leather bondage pants and knee-high boots. They then dance closely together, pressing their hands and bodies together. There will be big rows over whether it is sexy, shocking or both.”
The last time they did a video together it was pretty mundane. (Remember the dullness of Me Against the Music?)
The goal is to trump their lesbian tongue kiss circa the 2003 MTV Awards. I think that by today’s standards a lesbian kiss on tv is very soap opera. Short of a donkey, a blow dryer and large amounts of Jell-o nothing they do would surprise me.
Dorian Leigh, who combined pristine blue eyes, curling eyelashes, an arresting intelligence and intoxicating sexuality to become one of history’s most photographed models — perhaps the first to truly merit the adjective super — died Monday in Falls Church, Va. She was 91.
The death was announced by her grandson Thibaut Dubois.
Ms. Leigh graced seven Vogue covers in 1946, according to a New Yorker magazine article of the time, and in the next six years appeared on more than 50 more covers of various magazines, Playbill reported.
Her images in Revlon’s “Fire and Ice” nail polish and lipstick campaign in the 1950s — “For you who love to flirt with fire …who dare to skate on thin ice” — were shot by Richard Avedon and became Madison Avenue legend.
“Dorian was truly the best model of our time,” Eileen Ford, the doyenne of the modeling agency industry, said in an interview with The Roanoke Times in 1997. “She instinctively knew what every photographer wanted, and she came alive just at the moment the shutter clicked.”
Cecil Beaton wrote in his book “Photobiography” (1951) that Ms. Leigh was as demanding as the eminent photographers who shot her, including Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Irving Penn.
He said she could convey many moods, including “the sweetness of an 18-century pastel, the allure of a Sargent portrait, of the poignancy of some unfortunate woman who sat for Modigliani.”
Ms. Leigh’s mystique was enhanced by her many romances, which included five marriages — counting the one in Mexico to a Spanish marquis who turned out to be already married. There were also the many real or imagined affairs with famous writers, musicians and photographers, eagerly tabulated by gossip columnists. Ms. Leigh was definitely attractive, standing 5 feet 5 inches, with an hourglass figure and an alluring smile.
source: Dorian Leigh, Multifaceted Cover Girl of the ’40s, Dies at 91 [ny times]
