Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Did they do thaaaaat? Obsessed fans try to find Urkel's house

Even though I'm guilty of watch the show, I've never gone on a hunt to find the location for a particular TV show. Not that I wouldn't, I just haven't yet. These Family Matters fans in the clip below went to Chicago to try to find Steve Urkel's house. Though it's not exactly his house, it's the Winslow house (Urkel was the neighbor).

Is the Winslow place "one of the most recognizable sitcom facades" as the narrator says?

 

Bear em' like Beckham's

David Beckham's New Emporio Armani Underwear Campaign & Victoria Beckham Strips Down for Another Man - Giorgio Armani, of Course!

Looks like the Beckham's got this area of the bedroom all covered or should we say barely covered...

Obama Pushes Health System Overhaul


President Barack Obama bluntly told doctors Monday he is against their highest legislative priority — limiting malpractice awards — and earned a smattering of boos from an audience he was here to court for his health care overhaul plans.

Calling them "naysayers," "fear-mongers" and peddlers of "Trojan horse" falsehoods, Obama warned interest groups, lobbyists and others against using "fear tactics to paint any effort to achieve reform as an attempt to socialize medicine."
"There are those who will try and scuttle this opportunity no matter what," Obama said.
While I definitely agree that we must do something immediately to reign in the costs and inefficiencies of our healthcare system I'm not 100% sure that Obama's plan is the best.  What say you?

Calvin Klein's Racy Billboard - Will It Be Banned?


If three's a crowd, we don't even want to know what four is! 

Some denim ads promise sex appeal, some popularity, others... threesomes?  That's what many people think this latest racy Calvin Klein Jeans billboard is inferring. The Soho-situated ad, from the company's Spring/Summer 2009 campaign, is creating quite a stir on the corner of Lafayette and Houston streets in NYC.  Considering that the company's even-more sexually charged television commercial, which was shot by famed photographer Steven Meisel,  was banned in the United States, it's no wonder that photos -- several stories tall -- of the same nature might have New Yorkers and tourists alike up in arms, with some even calling the image "borderline pornographic."

You can, however, watch the 30-second spot on the calvinkleinjeans.com. And while the U.S. censors think the commercial is too hot to handle, Italy, France, Spain and Germany will air the ad. Eva Mendes recently appeared on a provocative Calvin Klein fragrance billboard in Times Square, and her commercial was also banned from U.S. programming. When asked for comment, a Calvin Klein spokesperson stated that the "intention was to create a very sexy campaign that speaks to our targeted demographic." So, the big question: If the video's been banned, is the billboard next?

Captain America, thought dead, comes back to life


Rising from the dead after being killed off over two years ago, Captain America is being resurrected by Marvel Comics.

Though the circumstances of his return are being closely shielded, the star-spangled superhero returns July 1 in a five-comic-book series, "Captain America Reborn."

After close to 60 years in print, Marvel Comics killed off Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, in 2007, one of its most famous and beloved superheroes, amid a controversial story line.

He fought and triumphed over Hitler, Tojo, international Communism and a host of super-villains, but a sniper's bullet cut Captain America down in 2007, a move that shocked many of his fans.

In the comic series, Rogers was to stand trial for defying a superhero registration law passed after a hero's tragic mistake causes a 9/11-like event. Marvel said the comic story line was intentionally written as an allegory to current real-life issues like the Patriot Act, the war on terror and September 11. 

Rogers eventually surrenders to police. He is later mortally wounded as he climbs the courthouse steps. It was a violent and strange end for an American hero and icon.

The primary shooter, Crossbones -- working under the orders of Captain America's longtime nemesis, the Red Skull -- was caught. The identity of a second shooter is revealed in issue 600, which goes on sale Monday.

Many felt Captain America's death in 2007 was symbolic of the time. And his return now?

"The tenor of the world now is when we're at a point where we want to believe in heroes. Someone who can lead the way," said Breevort. "It just feels like the right time."

Perhaps he should be called Captain Phoenix?

Heidi to Al Roker: "I Forgive You"

Heidi and Spencer Pratt aren't upset that Al Roker chastised them on Monday's Today show. In fact, they're still trying to figure out who he even is.

"People keep on referring to this weatherman like I'm supposed to know who he is," Spencer tells Usmagazine.com hours after Roker -- whom the Hills star admits he thought was just a fan from off the street -- told him people think he acts like a jerk. "So a shout-out to Weatherman, who I guess got to even hang out with us this morning."

Even Spencer's wife Heidi thought the Today co-host went too far when asking if she was proud of her behavior on NBC'sI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.

"This weather guy was definitely out of line, and he should stick to predicting cloudy days," Heidi tells Us. "Maybe someone rained on his little parade today."

Heidi, who complained that Roker didn't thank them after the interview and made her cry after personally attacking her on national television, insists that he learn some manners.

"Please do not be rude to women in the future," she says. "Please do not be rude to me. Please watch your tone, especially if you have a mother or a wife or a daughter. I don't think that they would appreciate you talking to them like that."

Still, the religious reality star is willing to let this one slide.

"I forgive you, you don't even have to ask me, I already forgive you," she says. "It's OK. The devil gets into all of us sometimes. You're forgiven. It'll be a sunny day tomorrow, Weatherman!"

So does Roker apologize?

"Heidi and Spencer are young and eventually will realize there is more to life than fame," he posted on Twitter Monday evening. "And by putting them on, we are playing into their evil plot for world domination. For that, I apologize. Mwuh ha ha ha ha."

When Spencer learned of Roker's apology, he told Us he was satisfied.

"At least he understands Speidi's goals now," he said. "Thank you for falling right into our web."


Janice Dickinson Rushed From I'm a Celebrity Set by Ambulance


Janice Dickinson was rushed away from the Costa Rican set of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! with a medical emergency, a production source tells Usmagazine.com.

The former model has complained of hunger and bronchitis on the NBC show.

Details will be revealed on tonight's episode.

"Her fate is decided tonight," another source tells Us. "Either she quits, or she might be too sick to go on, or she's taken off -- or she may go back to camp."

Dickinson isn't the first cast member to require medical treatment.

Heidi Pratt was hospitalized and treated for a gastric ulcer before leaving the show.

Al Roker Roasts 'Vacuous' Heidi & Spencer

'Today' show weatherman Al Roker turned up the heat on Heidi and Spencer Pratt on Monday in a semi combative and oft-ridiculous interview that has quickly devolved into an all-out war of words.
When an interview begins with ... "Now there are those who say that you guys are the poster children for everything wrong with celebrity in this country ... Do you have any regrets about doing what you do?" ... you know it's gonna be rough. After a few minutes of trying to get to the bottom of the Pratts' eccentric ways and decipher if they were, indeed, sincere about their on-screen actions, Roker mercifully ended the interview.