THE RISE & FALL OF BEYONCE AND JAY Z
It warmed the cockles of my hear to hear the throaty boos directed at Beyonce and Jay Z by guests at the Costume Gala at the Met last night. This video provides further evidence that people are just sick and tired of seeing these two everywhere.
Beyonce’s mermaid dress was so tight she couldn’t even climb the steps without the assistance of her husband and some random queen.
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White House To Release Bin Laden Death Photo
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has agreed to release graphic images of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden’s body in response to worldwide demands for proof of the Al Qaeda leader’s death.
U.S. President Barack Obama (who many believe is Muslim) was very hesitant to release any images of Osama’s body which might upset and inflame Muslims around the world.
According to Drudgereport.com:
WHITE HOUSE TO RELEASE BIN LADEN DEATH PHOTO
Tue May 03 2011 10:22:50 ETPresident Obama decided Tuesday morning to release at least one photo showing Osama Bin Laden’s death, a top source claims.
The images, being described as ‘graphic’, are bound to stir emotions in the east and the west, and will likely become the most viewed photographs in modern history.
One image shows a bullet wound to his head above his left eye.
Will it remove all doubt about the death?
The exact timing on the release is being debated.
Developing…
The decision to give bin Laden a respectful Muslim burial was made by Obama even before Navy SEALS stormed bin Laden’s heavily fortified hideout near Islamabad, Pakistan early Sunday.
John Brennan, President Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser, said yesterday evening that Obama had not decided whether to release any photos or videos.
“We are going to do everything we can to make sure that nobody has any basis to try to deny that we got Osama bin Laden,” Brennan told reporters.
“bin Laden’s corpse was badly disfigured, making it all the more difficult to decide whether to release images, particularly of his face,” said Brennan.
Bin Laden was reportedly shot twice in the head, over the left eye. The rounds blew off part of his head and disfigured his face. But according to government officials, they were able to identify him by what was left of his features.
UPDATE I, 2:28 pm ET:
More details of the 3 sets of bin Laden death photos that the White House were given are as follows:
1. Photos of OBLs body at a hanger after he was brought back to Afghanistan. This is the most recognizable with a clear picture of his face. The picture is gruesome because he has a massive open head wound across both eyes. It’s very bloody and gory.
2. Photos from the burial at sea on the USS Carl Vinson. Photos of OBL before the shroud was put on and then wrapped in the shroud.
3. There are photos of the raid itself that include photos of the two dead brothers, one of OBLs dead son (adult adolescent, maybe approx 18 yrs old) and some of the inside scene of the compound.
The official says the challenge is that the picture that includes the most recognizable image of OBLs face – from the hangar in Afghanistan – is so gruesome and mangled its not appropriate for say the front page of the newspaper. On the other hand, this is the one that is most identifiable as him. Source
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When Twitter Goes Horribly Wrong…
In the “So what else is new” category, aging rapper Lil Kim went off on her arch rival Nicki Minaj on Twitter.com last night.
Kim, who hosted a party at Velvet Room on Sunday night in Atlanta, went on a sustained Twitter rant, calling Nicki all kinds of “cheap stocking cap glued $10 bag hair wig wearing bitch,” among other quotables.
I missed the excitement last night as I was fast asleep in my bed when it all went down. But apparently the whole thing started when one of Nicki’s Stans suggested that Kim name her new puppy after the cartoonish “Pink Friday” rapper.
“I would never name her “Shitty Garbaj”!!! My dog is way prettier than that bitch!!!,” an irate Kim tweeted back.
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PICS: Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan
Nearly 100 fashionable celebrities turned out for the much-anticipated Costume Institute Gala honoring the late Alexander McQueen at The Metropolitan Museum of Art tonight in New York City tonight. I wish I could post all the pictures of every beautiful celebrity who adorned the red carpet, but there were just too many and so little time. I did the best I could.
Jay Z and his wife Beyonce attended the Costume Gala a few days after they attended his nephew’s high school graduation in NYC.
Paparazzi asked singer Alicia Keys to pose without her insufferably boring husband, Swizz Beatz. And she happily obliged.
Singer Rihanna attended the costume Gala wearing a black embroidered gown and her flaming red wig in a long ponytail braid.
Bey’s sister, singer Solange Knowles, will regret choosing this outfit when she reads the blogs tomorrow.
Singer Ciara tweeted excitedly about attending this event. And therefore we had high expectations for her outfit. We like Ciara so we will keep our opinions to ourself.
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Celebrity Seed: Usher
R&B crooner Usher, 32, was spotted with his sons, Usher V, aka Cinco, 3, and Naviyd, 2, arriving at their hotel in New York City today. Usher held on tightly to Cinco’s hand while the baby was carried into the hotel by a nanny.
Loyal reader Leon writes:
Hi Sandra, my name is Leon, I am a loyal reader from Orlando Fl, who reads your blogs on a daily basis. A few days ago you had a post about Usher and about him not seeing his kids, which some people may take it that he’s a bad father. Well I recently attended his show here in Orlando, Florida this past Thursday, and during one of his segments, he actually brought out his kids on stage and let them play on stage while he sung to the sold out crowd.
I thought the kids probably would have been scared since it was such a big crowd. But the kids seemed like the stage was their play pen, lol. I must give Usher his props because, as a black man we always get the stereotype that we can plant the seed but not help it grow. You can tell the kids are the world to him and I just wanted to say my peace on that.
*email was edited for clarity
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Osama Bin Laden’s Life of Luxury Revealed
This is a typical $1 million mansion in Lahore, Pakistan, not far from the “luxury” digs in Abbottabad, Pakistan where the world’s most wanted killer, Osama Bin Laden, stayed holed up until his death.
By contrast, this is the 3-story “mansion” where Osama spent his last few years on earth hiding from the prying eyes of military forces. The house was built in 2005 to house Osama, his youngest wife, one of his sons and 19 others, including the courier who unwittingly led U.S. forces to the hideout.
The land and the home are estimated to be worth about $1 million, but the compound had no Internet or telephone service. It was ringed by thick 12 to 18-foot walls topped by barbed wire.
Rather than put their garbage out by the curb for pickup like their affluent neighbors, the residents of the compound burned their trash in the yard.
Foot soldiers patrolled the sprawling grounds and snipers stood guard on the roof day and night.
The home had few windows facing the street. A third floor balcony had a 7-foot privacy wall. These outward signs gave every indication that someone important was hiding out there.
Abbotabad is described as a beautiful, sun splashed tourist destination with a golf course and quaint restaurants.
The compound was located just a hundred yards from a military training academy and a few hundred yards from the Pakistan Army Medical Center where it is believed Osama received treatment for kidney failure, low blood pressure and diabetes.
A video obtained by ABC News showed bottles of medications lining a shelf in a bedroom where bin Laden, 3 men and his teenage wife were executed on Sunday.
According to British tabloid The Daily Mail, U.S President Barack Obama watched the raid on the compound in real time on television in the situation room of the White House.
Image of Lahore mansion provided by meirajhaq
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