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Monday, December 09, 2013

Kanye Apologizes To Nike For His Ranting Ways (VIDEO)

After what seemed like a whirlwind of rants from Kanye West on his Yeezus tour, Kanye has finally put his boiling pot on simmer and retracted a couple of hasty statements.

While on stage during his Yeezus tour stop in Brooklyn, Kanye let the world know that he has just signed a “new deal” before yelling, “Fuck Nike.” That new deal was later revealed to be his partnership with Adidas that seems to have Kanye in a better mood, because he’s actually a little bit sorry about his commentary – just a little.

Nigeria’s apex bank over the weekend, denied claims that it had printed the controversial new N5,000 notes and coins that the Senate had earlier refused it permission to print.

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, made this known after the 5th Bankers’ Committee retreat held in Calabar, Cross River State.

He spoke on the issue while answering a question on the scarcity of lower denomination and increase in the volume of dirty bank notes in the economy.

Vanguard reports:

WTF?! 10-Year-Old Girl Caught Viciously Attacking Infant In An Elevator(VIDEO)

A 10-year-old girl was videotaped on surveillance footage attacking a baby in an elevator in China.

According to the video on ABC News, the girl grabs the little boy out of his stroller, and pulls him into a high-rise elevator where she then attacks him.

She first slams him to the floor and then proceeds to kick him repeatedly after the grandmother of the boy had the doors of the elevator shut on her before she could save him.

The doors finally open on the 25th floor where the girl then throws the baby outside of the elevator and onto the floor before she exits.

Yikes! Talk about embarrassing!
Sean

“Diddy”

Combs was at Art Basel in Miami on Wednesday last week, when he got mistaken for Kanye West!!!
Jeffrey Deitch, an art dealer and collector, walked up to Diddy at the event and said,

“Hi Kanye…”

But he quickly realized his mistake, and an eyewitness recounted what happened:

“[Jeffrey] looked absolutely mortified. There was a moment while everybody held their breath, then Diddy burst out laughing. He took it really well.”

Phew! At least he wasn’t mad about the mistaken identity, and there was actually a reason behind the flub. The art collector said:

Ghanaian actress Juliet Ibrahim is beginning to get more recognition in Nigeria, thanks to numerous red carpet appearances & that incident criticizing OJB Jezreel’s Fundraising efforts.

In a recent interview with Punch the mixed race actress shed some light (no pun intended) on her personal life, growing up half caste, marrying a quarter caste & the challenges of being mixed in Nollywood.

On Growing up, here’s what the shapely actress had to say:

I am a half-caste and as a child, there was no colour difference- you are just happy with where you are and who you are with. Then, Ghanaians accepted people for who they are. However, I am being told now that I am receiving more favours because of my fair complexion. It seems people now have issues with coloured people.

A senior executive at BP oil company is suing the corporation after she was allegedly told that her African clothing was “inappropriate” and made other employees feel “uncomfortable”.

Melphine Evans filed a lawsuit with Orange County Superior Court after she was fired from the company, stating that she was told her dashiki made others feel uncomfortable.

According to her, she was told by staff to “save it for Black History Month” or a special diversity day within the company.

She said employees told her:

OMG OMG OMG! Chicago Bulls Cheerleader Shocked With Proposal In TheMiddle Of Halftime (VIDEO)

As an NBA cheerleader, it’s their job to make sure the crowd is entertained.

Well, for Chicago Bulls cheerleader Ariana Rosado, this halftime was one for her to get the entertainment…since her boyfriend proposed!

During her halftime dance routine, Ariana was in the middle of her choreography when the music stopped and switched to Bruno Mars’ “Marry You”.

As she looked as confused as ever, the rest of her teammates circled around her with new choreography she didn’t know, as the Bulls’ mascot sat her down in a chair in the middle of the court to watch.

vin diesel meets paul walker mother gets comfort lost other half

This is so incredibly touching!
When Vin Diesel went to visit Paul Walker’s family following his death, he had a very special moment.
The actor took to Facebook to write about the experience, sharing:

“When I heard, I immediately flew back to California, and went directly from the plane to his mother's house...
I thought they needed my strength, but realized when I got there and broke down before his family, that it was I who needed theirs.
His mother hugged me and said I am so sorry... I said sorry? You're the mother who lost a son?... She said yes, but you lost your other half…”

That definitely made some tears well up in our eyes!
From everything we’ve heard, Walker’s parents are just as special as he was. Such an awful thing to happen to some wonderful people.
But we’re glad to hear Vin was able to find some comfort from his other half’s mama though!
[Image via WENN.]

La Toya Jackson Got Hitched To Her Business Partner & Prince JacksonWas At The Ceremony!

la toya jackson married business partner jeffre phillips

Well this came out of the blue!
A report has circulated that La Toya Jackson married her business partner Jeffre Phillips on Friday in El Lay!
Not only was her mother Katherine Jackson at the ceremony, but so was Prince Jackson!!!
And she was clearly in a great place because that day she tweeted:

Happy Friday Guys! An Act Of Kindness Is Always Appreciated! 😊
— La Toya Jackson (@latoyajackson) December 6, 2013

La Toya and Jeffre have been friends for a long, long time, and even got engaged on her show Life with La Toya.
There aren’t any other details yet, but we’re thrilled for the couple, and wish them many more years of bliss!

OJB Jezreel Secretly Returns To Nigeria After Successful KidneyTransplant Surgery In India

OJB Jezreel & his ride or die chick Mama J, who gave him one of her kidneys for his transplant surgery in India, secretly returned to Nigeria over a week ago on November 30th. This came as a disappointment to well wishers who had converged at the Murtala International Airport in Lagos on Saturday 7th December ( his highly publicized return date) to welcome him.

[Fox News] Is it a "Kardashian kurse" or is Kanye West losing his cool all on his own? In any case, popularity problems seem to be plaguing the once untouchable rap sensation.

West’s performance this week brought just 4,500 people to the Sprint Center, a venue built for 19,000, meaning less than 24 percent of seats were occupied. He has had to cancel several other shows throughout his nationwide tour and drew criticism when he stopped a Florida concert after only three songs and demanded the lights be turned off before launching a profanity-laced rant at the tech staff and storming off the stage.

So is West’s egotistical, bizarre behavior finally taking its toll on fans?

The guy who laid the smackdown on Barron Hilton's face this week is claiming Lindsay Lohan had nothing to do with the attack ... and his rep tells TMZ the blame falls entirely on Barron.

A rep for Ray Lemoine (yes, really) claims his fists only started flying after Barron refused to leave the house ... and says Paris Hilton's little brother got physical first.

We're told Ray had been renting the house for a few days -- and allowed LiLo to stay there because she was a friend of a friend ... but claims Hilton got all pissy when Lemoine asked him to leave after the party Friday morning.

kelly clarkson addresses cheating rumors on twitter

She’s so darn polite!
Instead of going cray cray on Twitter over some new rumors that hubby Brandon Blackstock is a cheater, Kelly Clarkson addresses it in her own, amazing way!
The singer kindly asked her followers to: Keep hearing random rumors of me & Brandon splitting or that's he's cheating on me.Stop with all the lying please #aintnobodygottimeforthat

— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) December 7, 2013

False rumors don't bother me & Brandon but they do affect the lives of our 12 & 7 yr old.They're kids &don't get that people can print lies.
— Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson) December 7, 2013

Seeing people as happy as Kelly and Brandon has got to make some people jelly, but she’s right that it hurts the kids too.
Hopefully no more of these rumors pop up again anytime soon!

PHOTOS from the introduction ceremony of Mavin's Artiste, Dr Sid andSimi Osomo

[LIB] Their introduction held today at Simi's family home in Ikoyi. Hoping to get official pics later.

More photos after the cut...

The third season of “Scandal” will be shortened by four episodes, ABC has announced.

While the network didn’t give a specific reason for airing just 18 episodes, rather than the normal 22, it’s believed the truncated season is to accommodate the show’s star Kerry Washington, who is reportedly pregnant.

Production on the show is set to the end early for Washington, who is by widespread accounts expecting her first child with her football player husband Nnamdi Asomugha.

Following next week’s episode, “Scandal” will be on hiatus until late February when it will resume and begin airing its last few shows of the season.

In Death, Mandela Pulls A Joke On World Leaders

It was a death not foretold but largely expected, leaving in its trail an outpouring of uncommon tributes from hitherto known friends, foes, dissidents, antagonists, protagonists and perhaps loners speaking with one voice.

But that is one of the many surprising ironies of life, international diplomacy and gesture. While these could be regarded as the ironic reality of Nelson Mandela's demise, it vividly captures the sheer hypocrisy which global leaders use in achieving political objectives.

However, looked at from whichever prism, the uncommon tributes pouring in from global leaders following the exit of the former South African President are uncommon and can only come once in life time. The development appears to have cast a pall on the acclaimed ideology of these leaders, who, before now, were known to have largely acted and are acting in breach of the ideals that Mandela lived for and represented.

Justin Bieber’s mom, Pattie Mallette decided on Sunday night to do an impromptu “AskPattie” session on Twitter.

And she really opened up about her superstar son.

Asked when Bieber will get married and give her grandchildren, Mallette replied, “Ahhh omg could u imagine me a Grandma already!? Hopefully that’s a long way in the future!”

And, what was her son’s first words?

Mallette admitted, “Money! Hahahaha! Instead of Mommy he said Money & Daddy!”

Ja Rule NOT leave his wife for his prison cellmate, despite a crazy rumor circulating the web.

A parody blog called Cream Bmp Daily wrote that the rapper’s wife Aisha Atkins told MTV her husband was dating his male prison mate, and some sloppy blogs picked up the fake story as an actual report.

The site quoted Atkins as saying, “He wrote all them love songs and still don’t know how to treat a b**ch. We spent ten-plus years building our marriage but it only took him two to decide he’d rather suck a d*** than be with his wife.”

But Ja Rule quickly took to Twitter to debunk the bogus story.

The invitation of three members of the 2013 U-17 World Cup winning Golden Eaglets to the home-based Super Eagles poses new challenges to the trio, reports 'TANA AIYEJINA
On Thursday, Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, released a 30-man list with six players on standby in preparation for January's African Nations Championship in South Africa.
The list is made up mainly of regular home-based players who have played one role or the other since Keshi took over as coach of the national team two years ago.
Captain Chigozie Agbim along with established domestic league players like Sunday Mba, Azubuike Egwuekwe, Ajike Uzoenyi, Muhammad Gambo, Gbolahan Salami, Ifeanyi Edeh and Benjamin Francis top the list of the invited players.

A funeral cortege bearing Nelson Mandela's body will travel through the streets of Pretoria daily on three days before his burial next Sunday, the South African government says.
It said the cortege will leave a morgue on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning to go to the Union Buildings where his body will lie in state. Mourners are being encouraged to line the route. His family has expressed gratitude for the support it had received. Family spokesman Lt Gen Themba Templeton Matanzima said the past two days had not been easy, after losing a "great man, a pillar of the family".
"But with the support we are receiving from here and beyond, and in due time, all will be well for the family," said spokesman Lt Gen Themba Templeton Matanzima. Vigils for the former leader have been continuing across South Africa. Hundreds of mourners have gathered outside Mr Mandela's
home in Johannesburg's northern suburb of Houghton where he died, and thousands of flowers and candles have been laid outside.

A 23-year old farmer in Ado-Ekiti, Bayo Ibrahim, killed an amazing 15-foot snake close to the Ado-Afao-Ekiti road.
As it was gathered, the snake had been killing domestic animals, including dogs, sheep, goats and chickens.
The size of the snake attracted spectators from as far as Odo-Ado, Oke-Ila, Basiri, Nova Road and GRA in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, to the sparsely-populated Afao road, turning it into a Mecca of sorts.

The two Ivory Coast internationals unveiled their personal messages after Galatasaray's game against Elazigspor on Friday, their first game after the death of South African icon Mandela.
Chelsea legend Drogba peeled off his shirt at the 2-0 win to reveal a tribute which said: 'Thank you Madiba' and former Arsenal defender Eboue's vest said: 'Rest in Peace Nelson Mandela'.
The Turkish FA (TFF) are planning to summon the Galatasaray pair to appear before the Professional Football Discipline Committee because they had not sought prior permission to display their messages.

Veteran Actor Olu Jacobs, who has turned 71 recently, explained in the interview with TheNetng how he and his wife, Joke Silva, were able to maintain their marriage for 27 years and receive the tag of "Nollywood's most celebrated couple".

Read the abstract of the interview below:

Meeting the Future Wife

I was having a meeting at the National Theatre and the door opened a young lady came in. I looked at her. I have never met her before in my life and I said to the people in the room 'ladies and gentlemen, this is the lady I am going to marry'. Everybody laughed. She looked at me up and down, hissed and left. Today, she is my wife and that was 27 years ago.

The Secret of Long-Lasting Marriage

A three-year-old boy drowned his newborn twin brother and left the other permanently brain damaged as he tried to bathe them while his alcoholic mother slept.

The boy said he wanted to make his siblings 'nice and clean' after their mother passed out having drunk four cans of super-strength lager.

The shocking sequence of events emerged in court when the mother, whose identity cannot be disclosed for legal reasons, was given a one-year suspended prison sentence for neglect.

She had sought refuge at a Merseyside home with her children after escaping a relationship of domestic violence, Liverpool Crown Court heard on December 5, 2013, Thursday.

The jury heard she slept in a single bed with her eldest son, with the newborn babies cradled together in a drawer.

UNBELIEVABLE! Meet the Teenager Who Cries and Sweats Blood (PHOTOS &VIDEO)

About four years ago a 19-year-old teenager, Delfina Cedeno, began suffering from an awful disorder, which makes her cry and sweat blood. In addition to it, in some cases blood may also seep from her fingernails and belly button.

As her condition deteriorated, she started crying the red fluid, having nosebleeds and suffering hair loss.

At her worst, she has bled for up to 15 days and was once left in such a critical condition that she needed a blood transfusion. But despite hundreds of tests, doctors in her hometown of Veron, in the

Dominican Republic, were left baffled.

Miss Cedeno said: 'When this started happening to me I didn't know what to think - I was terrified and in complete shock.

She says she became so ashamed of her condition that she was terrified of leaving the home she shares with her mother Mariana, 36.

Watch! Selena Gomez Needs to Just Chill Out a Little Bit

Warning: This video contains profanity. Don't say you weren't warned!

Selena Gomez was pretty ticked at this year's KIIS FM Jingle Ball -- and to prove it, she finished her song, yelled "What the f---" into the microphone and reportedly stormed offstage, angry about an alleged sound issue. Check out the video -- she sounds pissed.

Lock it up, Selena. The audience was likely composed of adults as well as children, but guess what --
it was probably mostly children. Even if you thought your mic was off, it's not a big deal when people make mistakes anyway, right? Come on now.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Get "Bound" in Kim andKanye-Inspired Christmas Card

James Franco and Seth Rogen have some stiff spoof competition!
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi created a Christmas card inspired by Kanye West’s “Bound 2”music video.
The talk show host, who reveals the card on Monday's show, says that she and Portia were inspired by Kim and Kanye’s sexy music video after the Kardashians shared their annual family Christmas card.

"Well people have been talking about the Kardashian's card so much, Portia and I did a card this year and its based on ... it was actually inspired by Kim and Kanye's music video, if you saw it," Ellen tells the audience.

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MC Hammer just got touched in a big way by Uncle Sam ... for failing to pay almost $800K in back taxes ... according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
The Feds sued Hammer, née Stanley K. Burrell, and his wife Stephanie ... accusing them of stiffing the IRS to the tune of $798,033.48 on his '96 and '97 income taxes.

Mind you, Hammer's heyday was in the rear view mirror at that point -- he released a greatest hits album in '96, and after that ... well, let's just say there were zero pumps or bumps.
And get this ... according to the docs, every red cent Hammer's LLC earns from now on has to go directly to the U.S. treasury to pay down his tab.

He got to PAY just to make it today ...

Source: tmz

Amanda Bynes Told To Put Down The Backpack & Head Back Into Rehab ByHer Doctors?!

Wait a minute, hold the phone!
Amanda Bynes just got out of rehab, is back spending time with her loving family and friends and now her doctors aresaying she should go back?
What gives?!
A source is claiming that Amanda's doctors are saying her return to school is a little too soon for the actress.
They spilled:

“Amanda was told by her doctors that going to fashion school, so soon after being released from The Canyons, … [is] an absolutely terrible idea for [her] to do at this time — it’s almost setting her up for failure,”
the source said.

“There will be pressure on Amanda as far as school work, deadlines, and it’s unlikely she will be able to succeed.
The fashion school she is enrolled in is almost two hours from her parents’ house in Orange County, and she still doesn’t have a valid driver’s license."

Hear this!!

A guy named Albert Mlanga (pictured left) died November 25th and within a few days his burial arrangement was concluded with the burial scheduled for the 4th of December.

Three days after Albert's passing, his very good friend Lele Daniel Torngu (They are old boys of St. Gabriel's Secondary School, Makurdi) took to FB to announce his burial arrangement...see it below

South Korea on Sunday declared an expanded air defence zone overlapping one recently announced by China that has sharply increased regional tensions

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea Sunday declared an expanded air defence zone that overlaps with one announced by China and covers a submerged rock disputed by the two countries, as tensions rise over competing territorial claims.

The defence ministry said its new zone, which will take effect on December 15, would cover Ieodo -- a rock in waters off its south coast which China calls Suyan.

The airspace above the Seoul-controlled rock -- long a source of tension between South Korea and China -- is also covered by Chinese and Japanese air defence zones.

China heightened tensions last month when it unilaterally declared an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, in which foreign planes are supposed to file flight plans with Beijing.

Justin Bieber's bodyguard is accused of tossing a fan's father down the stairs

This is kind of bizarre!
Justin Bieber is over in Australia right now, and his bodyguard has been accused of throwing a fan’s father down some stairs!
Reports say that the dad thought the security people were being disrespectful to his daughter, so he yelled at them! Then the bodyguard picked the father up and threw him into a door that had stairs behind it.
This is where things get inneresting though.
The Western Australia Police said they didn’t hear about this incident, but there are reports saying that the cops responded!
Weird...
Bieber’s people say that the bodyguard simply escorted the dad out.
Thoughts???
[Image via Instagram.]

Nollywood Model: Actor Gbenro Ajibade

Paris Hilton to Lindsay Lohan 'No One F***s With My Family and Gets Away With It'

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Paris Hilton has a message for Lindsay Lohan -- and the guy who allegedly put Paris' younger brother in the hospital this week after beating him down -- WATCH YOUR BACK!!!!

Barron Hilton posted a photo of his jacked up face on Instagram Saturday -- showing the aftermath of his brawl with a guy he claims punched the crap out of him at LiLo's request ... and it fired Paris up.

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Paris commented on the pic saying, "They both will pay for what they did. No one f***s with my family and gets away with it!!"
And she even added TWO hot-head emoticons to show she means business.

For what it's worth -- Lindsay and her dad deny she had anything to do with the incident ... even though there's video telling a different story.
The not-so simple life.

The little-known web browser that makes you invisible

(NaturalNews) If you're sickened by the blatant, serial constitutional abuses of your privacy by our government, there is a product in development out there that will give you some piece of mind, at least while surfing the Web.

The web browser "Tor," part of the Tor Project, as it is called, was originally designed to protect Navy communications but is now being used by others for similar purposes. From the project's website:

Tor was originally designed, implemented, and deployed as a third-generation onion routing project of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. It was originally developed with the U.S. Navy in mind, for the primary purpose of protecting government communications. Today, it is used every day for a wide variety of purposes by normal people, the military, journalists, law enforcement officers, activists, and many others.

The Bermuda Triangle (also known by the more sinister name of The Devils Triangle) is a triangularly shaped area in the Atlantic Ocean located between Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Puerto Rico, and Bermuda.

The Bermuda Triangle was first given its infamous name by the writer Vincent H. Gaddis in the year of 1964. Gaddis wrote a story in a magazine entitled "The Deadly Bermuda Triangle", a story drawing upon hundreds of years of seaman's tales and legends about the Devil's Triangle and the unexplainable vanishings of ships and planes that have occurred within its boundary.

Bermuda Triangle Specifics

The Bermuda Triangle has long been known as a place of inexplicable happenings. In the fifteenth century Christopher Columbus made an entry in his logbook regarding "A great ball of fire" that is said to have crashed into the ocean. He also stated that while this event was taking

place his compass was going haywire and his crew was reported to have seen strange and spectacular lights in the sky above.

[breitbart] Veteran actor Gabriel Byrne told a radio talker that Pope Francis' public graciousness belies the fact that the religious leader is merely a figurehead who cannot affect the change needed for the Catholic Church.

Byrne, raised Catholic, compared the Pope to President Barack Obama, “Like Barack Obama, a bit like Tony Blair, he’s a figurehead, a CEO – a man who does the bidding of the masters who hide behind him,” Byrne said on The Michael Des Barres Show, which airs online on TradioV.com.

The actor condemned the Church for not allowing priests to marry and forbidding women to serve as priests, adding that the institution is "profoundly anti-women."

“Can one man change an institution? I feel the answer is no,” Byrne says. “He can initiate certain reforms in the Vatican… but unless he radically alters the policies of the Catholic Church there won’t be a change.”

He also savaged Obama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, as being responsible for the deaths of thousands.

'SOUND OF MUSIC' NETS BIG RATINGS AFTER LADY GAGA FLOPS

What a difference a week makes.

Seven days ago, ABC turned over its Thanksgiving night programming slot to shock artist Lady Gaga, and the singer's surreal pairing with the family-friendly Muppets flopped as a result.

Last night, a three-hour, live remake of the wholesome classic The Sound of Music scored a huge audience for NBC, bringing it the kind of ratings success it rarely sees on a typical Thursday night.

Fast National returns have The Sound of Music averaging a 4.6 rating among adults 18-49 and 18.47 million viewers. Easily the most-watched program of the night, it tied CBS' The Big Bang Theory in the demo. The last time NBC fared that well on a Thursday, excluding sports, was during the 2009 series finale of E.R..

Carrie Underwood anchored the production as Maria, taking over the role made famous by Julie Andrews in the 1965 movie musical.

Source: breitbart.com

Woman Hospitalized After Being Glued To Toilet Seat at Home Depot

GEORGIA - According to an incident report filed at the Banks County Sheriff's Office, a woman found herself gluedto a toilet seat after using the restroom at the Home Depot store in Banks Crossing last week. Someone allegedly put glue on every toilet seat in the women's restroom. Unfortunately, the woman didn't realize this until she was already stuck.

Emergency medical services personnel were called in to help remove the woman from the toilet. She was then transported to a Gainesville hospital where she received treatment.

The store manager found a brown paper sack in the restroom containing a bottle ofLoctite GO2 glue, a product that not only boasts of durability, but also versatility.

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[breitbart] Veteran actor Gabriel Byrne told a radio talker that Pope Francis' public graciousness belies the fact that the religious leader is merely a figurehead who cannot affect the change needed for the Catholic Church.

What a difference a week makes.