Friday, 8 August 2014

MILEY CYRUS NEARLY MAKES OUT WITH FAN THAT GRABBED HER BOOBS

Miley gets hands on with a very lucky Smiler.

You can never say that Miley Cyrus isn’t hands-on with her fans…in fact, she’s a little too hands-on.

During a fan meet and greet at her Bangerz tour stop at Nassau Coliseum in New York, Miley made one fans dream come true, by letting him grab hold of her boobs.

Yep, that’s right, the never-shy pop star posed for the cameras with Smiler David wrapping his arms around her and holding on tight to her chest as she puts on a “surprised” look.


But the fun was just getting started between these two. According to Splash News, the photo agency who took the pics, David asked Miley to be his “first and last kiss with a girl,” which prompted Miley to jokingly reply saying that he would be her “first and last kiss with a boy.”

The two then embrace, mouths open, tongues out going in for a big old kiss.


David certainly got his money worth (it’s reportedly $995 for a meet and greet) as the “We Can’t Stop” singer posed for two more pictures, with her hugging David and giving the camera a traditional prom pose.



                                                                                                                          -Source: MTV

EMINEM AND RIHANNA'S MONSTER TOUR KICKOFF RECAP


Eminem And Rihanna’s Monster Tour Kickoff Wasn’t Short On F-Bombs And Crotch Grabbing
Rih and Em didn't tone it down for opening night at the Rose Bowl Stadium.



Let’s say that Eminem and Rihanna didn’t keep it PG when their Monster Tour kicked off at the Rose Bowl Stadium on Thursday night, but you may have probably expected as much. The expletives started flying within the first minute of the show, and the frequent collaborators kept it raw and uncensored for the entirety of the night.

Over the course of two and a half hours, they ran through a comprehensive set list, that included classics like “Umbrella” and “Stan,”   up to recent hits like “Diamonds” and “Rap God.” There was a ‘little thing for everyone who came out. Here’s what went down at Em and Rihanna’s Monster Tour opening night.

They teamed up for a hilarious opening skit.
It’s been a minute since we watched “8 Mile,” so it’s easy to forget that Eminem can flex his acting chops when necessary. The show began with an opening skit that finds Rih being lead into a maximum security prison (by “Sopranos” actors Michael Imperioli) to visit an insane captive in isolation.

Naturally, that prisoner turns out to be Eminem, who immediately launches into a hilarious tirade about why the hell it took Rihanna so long to show up. After ranting about being forced to eat dry cereal, and being imprioned so long that he can’t remember his age, Rih calls him an “ungrateful f–k” and storms out…leaving him to beg for her to come back. We give this one five gold stars.



There were a lot of F-bombs to count.
We’re not saying that we expected a PG-rated show from these two people who brought us “Love the Way You Lie” and “The Monster,” but they really didn’t hold back when it came to language. During the first 10 minutes of the show, we estimate that Em and Rih had already spit out the F-word about 15 times in various forms. That includes when Rihanna called Eminem  an “ungrateful f–k” in the opening skit, five minutes when later she urged the crowd to “make some noise for this motherf—er,” and again when she wanted to know “how the f–k California was doing tonight.”

Fans were treated to a couple of Rih-lly awesome remixes.
To be honest, Em and Rihanna didn’t spend quite as much time on stage together as we had hoped — they both performed pretty long solo sets (and the crowd even started chanting for Shady to come out at some point) — but they did treat the audience to some new renditions of classics. One of Eminem’s most infamous singles “Stan,” for example, got some new life with Rihanna singing Dido’s vocals, as well as “Airplanes,” where she replaced Paramore’s Hayley Williams.

Related: Here’s Eminem And Rihanna’s Monster Tour Set List

Eminem really dipped into his classics.
Our survey of the audience found that fans ranged from those who were seeing Em live for the first time, to those who were already on their fifth show. Wherever they fell on the spectrum, though, they had to be pleased with the extensive set list, which hit recent releases like “Berzerk” and “Rap God,” and looped all the way back to The Marshall Mathers LP and The Slim Shady LP with cuts like “Marshall Mathers, “Just Don’t Give A F–k,” “Criminal” and “The Real Slim Shady.”





Rihanna wore a lot of clothing.
What the f@$! was that about? Since BadGadRiRi has refused to return to Instagram, we’ve had to get our fill of her salacious photos from Twitter, or via posts from other celebrities. So, on Thursday night we were really hoping to catch an eye-full of Rih on stage, but unfortunately the 26-year-old kept it pretty demure with her outfit choices. She hit the stage in a pair of yellow and black flaming harem pants, with a matching jacket and crop top. And halfway through the show she switched into a short black dress with lace trim, under an oversized black jacket covered in patches. Definitely not what we were expecting.

But she definitely did plenty of crotch-grabbing and booty poppin’.
Clearly we were surprised by Rih’s decision to cover up for the Monster Tour, but at least she didn’t stop grabbing her crotch and grinding her behind everywhere. The crotch-grabbing happened during just about every song except “You Da One,” and it happened extra during “Birthday Cake” and “Phresh Out the Runway.” The booty poppin’…well, that was for most songs minus the slow, emotional numbers like “Stan.”

They saved ‘The Monster’ for a grand finale.
Didn’t think they were gonna give it up so soon, did ya? After running through approximately 47 songs between them, they finally closed the night with their recent collaboration, and had the audience screaming.


                                                                                                                         -Source: MTV

IRAQ: US AIR STRIKE ON ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS IN IRAQ


The United States has carried out air strikes on Islamist militants in Iraq, as James Robbins reports.
The US has launched an air strike against militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in northern Iraq.
The Pentagon said its aircraft attacked artillery being used against Kurdish forces defending the city of Irbil.
The Sunni Muslim group IS, formerly known as Isis, now has control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
Tens of thousands of people from minority groups have fled their homes due to the militants' advance. IS has also seized Iraq's largest dam.

According to US officials, the dam is a vital part of Iraq's infrastructure as it controls water levels on the Tigris River and is a key source of water and electricity generation for the Iraqi people.
The air strike targeted IS artillery near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil


Struggle for Iraq: In maps

According to the Pentagon statement, two F/A-18 aircraft from an aircraft carrier in the Gulf dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on mobile artillery near Irbil, where US personnel are based.

The air strike is the first time the US has been directly involved in a military operation in Iraq since American troops withdrew in late 2011.

No time limit has been set for air strikes, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters, but he insisted that a "prolonged military conflict that includes US involvement is not on the table."

US Secretary of State John Kerry said the world needed to wake up to the threat posed by the IS group.

Its "campaign of terror against the innocent, including the Yazidi and Christian minorities, and its grotesque targeted acts of violence show all the warning signs of genocide," he said.

IS fighters seized Qaraqosh, Iraq's biggest Christian town, earlier this week, causing many thousands to flee.

The militants' advance has also forced tens of thousands of Yazidis to leave their homes and escape to a nearby mountain.

'Carefully and responsibly'

Speaking from the White House on Thursday, President Obama said "America is coming to help" the people of Iraq.

He accused IS fighters of attempting the systematic destruction of entire populations.

At the same time, he announced that US military planes had already carried out air drops of food and water, at the request of the Iraqi government, to the many displaced Yazidis who are in need of supplies.

Britain and France have also pledged humanitarian support, with the UK sending £8m ($13.5m) of emergency aid.

The United Nations says it is working on opening a humanitarian corridor in northern Iraq to allow stranded people to flee.

Analysis: 
Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence correspondent

Rapid intervention in the north was a special case merited by the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, but how much more support might the Americans give to the Kurds?

Amid all the talk of centrifugal forces in Iraq, the Kurdish north has the greatest degree of autonomy - some would argue it is already half-way out of the door of the Iraqi state.

Such a move would have huge implications for Turkey, Syria and Iran who all have Kurdish minorities.

Marzio Babille, Unicef's representative in Iraq, said the Yazidis were in an extremely precarious situation because of the "very aggressive and brutal" IS militants.

He said there were many "logistical and strategic difficulties", but added that a humanitarian corridor needed to be established.

Meanwhile all US airlines and a growing list of other carriers are not flying over Iraq due to the situation.
The US air strike reportedly targeted IS artillery being used against Kurdish fighters in Irbul

Tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians have been displaced because of the IS advance

                                                                                                                         -SOURCE: BBC News

OBAMA AUTHORISES IRAQ AIR STRIKES ON ISLAMISTS FIGHTERS


The US president told Iraq's minorities: "America is coming"

US President Barack Obama says he has authorised air strikes against Islamic militants in northern Iraq but will not send US troops back to the country.

He said Islamic State (IS) fighters would be targeted to prevent the slaughter of religious minorities, or if they threaten US interests.

Strikes have not yet begun, but the US has made humanitarian air drops to Iraqis under threat from the militants.

IS has seized Qaraqosh, Iraq's biggest Christian town, forcing locals to flee.

The Sunni Muslim group, formerly known as Isis, has been gaining ground in northern Iraq and Syria for several months.

Islamic State fighters have taken control of large parts of northern Iraq since launching an offensive in June
Around 50,000 Yazidis are thought to have been trapped on a mountain after fleeing IS fighters

In a rapid advance in June the group took control of the northern city of Mosul and advanced south towards Baghdad.

It now controls large swathes of Iraq and Syria and says it has created an Islamic caliphate in its territory.

'Coming to help'

Speaking at the White House, Mr Obama said US military aircraft had already dropped food and water to members of the Yazidi religious minority community trapped on Mount Sinjar by IS fighters.

The UN estimates that about 200,000 civilians have been displaced from the town of Sinjar and about 50,000 Yazidis are thought to have been trapped on the mountain.

The Yazidis face starvation and dehydration if they remain on the mountain, and slaughter at the hands of the IS if they flee, officials have warned.
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Tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians and Yazidis are understood to have fled their homes in northern Iraq, as James Robbins reports

Mr Obama said the Iraqi government had requested assistance and the US would act "carefully and responsibly, to prevent a potential act of genocide".

US air strikes would target IS fighters if they threaten Baghdad or move towards the Kurdish capital of Irbil, where there is a significant presence of US diplomats and military advisers, Mr Obama said.

In addition, he authorised strikes "if necessary" to help Iraqi government forces break the siege at Mount Sinjar and rescue the trapped civilians.

"The only lasting solution is reconciliation among Iraqi communities and stronger Iraqi security forces," Mr Obama added.


Analysis: Tom Esslemont, BBC News, Washington

For a president still busy withdrawing his troops from Afghanistan, the situation in northern Iraq has proved decisive.

Doing nothing here was not an option and the US could not turn a blind eye to what Mr Obama called the systematic destruction of Christians and Yazidis.

He employed strong language to seek justification. It was, he said, to prevent acts of genocide.

It is a hugely symbolic and potent term for a president who a year ago decided against military intervention in Syria. And that was after a red line had been crossed and chemical weapons had been used.

This time, just across the border, the White House has a specific goal - the protection of US assets and embassy personnel in Iraq and to bring urgent relief to the civilians affected.

But to critics it is too limited an operation that will do little to diminish the power of the Islamic State jihadists.


The president spoke hours after the UN Security Council met. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was "deeply appalled" by the situation.

As many as 100,000 Christians are believed to have fled their homes ahead of the IS advance, and most of them are thought to have gone toward the autonomous Kurdistan Region.

Kurdish forces have been fighting IS for weeks, but on Wednesday it appeared they had abandoned their posts in Qaraqosh. Eyewitnesses said the militants had taken down crosses in churches and burned religious manuscripts.


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The rise of the Islamic State


Last month, hundreds of Christian families fled Mosul after rebels gave them an ultimatum to convert to Islam, pay a special tax, or be executed.

Iraq is home to one of the world's most ancient Christian communities, but numbers have dwindled amid growing sectarian violence since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has faced calls from Sunni Arab, Kurdish and some Shia Arab leaders to step down because of his handling of the security crisis, as well as what they say are the sectarian and authoritarian policies he pursued during his previous two terms in office.

But as leader of the bloc that won the most seats in April's parliamentary elections, Mr Maliki has demanded the right to attempt to form a governing coalition.


Iraq's minorities
Iraq's Christian population has plummeted in recent years

Christians
The majority are Chaldeans, part of the Catholic Church
Numbers have fallen from around 1.5 million since the US-led invasion in 2003 to 350,000-450,000
In Nineveh, they live mainly in towns such as Qaraqosh (also known as Baghdida), Bartella, Al-Hamdaniya and Tel Kef

Thursday, 7 August 2014

KRISTEN STEWART: "I WILL NEVER SMILE FOR A PAPARAZZI PHOTO" - MOODY STAR INSISTS THE SCOWL IS STAYING



Kristen Stewart discusses fame, why she will never smile for the paparazzi as she heads down the aisle in new Elle chat

Michael Thompson for ELLEKristen Stewart on the cover of Elle


Sorry, Kristen Stewart hasn't done Cheryl Cole and married in secret. She's actually posed down a supermarket aisle for her latest photoshoot in Elle magazine.

The Twilight actress is the cover girl for the September issue and has opened up about growing up in the public eye, why she will never smile for a pap photo and what makes her want to "f**ing hang out and chat all day" with strangers. Sounds intriguing.

Kristen, who has been linked with Jennifer Lawrence's ex Nicholas Hoult, poses against a back-drop of organic produce, tuna cans, and bottles of pop in a number of retro glam outfits, including a pair of sequined navy jeans and matching Chanel gold jacket.

The cover of the magazine also shows her wearing a low-cut black bustier with a sequined black jacket slung over her shoulder and a gigantic necklace covered in heavy silver locks.


Michael Thompson for ELLEKristen shops for vegetables

Talking about the moment she realise Twilight was going to be a success, she said: "The day the movie came out there was a picture of me - in the New York Post, I think. I was sitting on my front porch, smoking a pipe with my ex-boyfriend and dog. And I was like, 'Oh shit, well, I have to be aware of that'."

The 24-year-old star finds it difficult to please people and insists her traditional scowl has to stay with her because she doesn't want to look like a "sell-out" posing for the paps.

She explained: "Now I feel like if I smiled for a paparazzi photo - not that I ever would - that’s exactly what people would be desecrating me for. They’d be like, 'Now you’re going to give it up, now you're a sell-out' like, okay. What do you want? What would you like?"

Michael Thompson for ELLEKristen is a retro glam girl

Discussing her career, Kristen went on: "Never at any point have I sat down and plotted how I should proceed from here on.

"As soon as you start thinking about your career as a trajectory - like, as if you’re going to miss out on some wave or momentum - then you're never doing anything for yourself anyway.

"Then you’re truly, actually, specifically working for the public. You're turning yourself into a bag of chips."

Well, we don't think she's turning herself into a bag of chips, but she probably got to handle plenty in that supermarket. It's one of Kristen's most interesting shoots to date. However, it would be nice to see her smile once in a while, wouldn't it?

BARACK OBAMA CONSIDERING INTERVENTION AGAINST ISLAMISTS MILITANTS IN IRAQ


The president is considering ordering a US intervention including air strikes, White House officials say.



President Barack Obama is actively considering ordering US intervention, including air-strikes, against Islamist militants in Iraq attacking Christian and religious minority groups in the north of the country, administration officials have said.

The potentially sharp reversal of US policy came as Islamic State (formerly ISIS) militants continued to make significant gains on Thursday including claiming to have seized control of Iraq’s largest dam, giving them control of vast water and power resources and access to the river that runs through the heart of Baghdad.

“The situation is nearing a humanitarian catastrophe,” warned Josh Earnest, White House spokesman, “We are gravely concerned for their health and safety.”

Mr Obama spent yesterday morning conferring with his national security team. Administration officials said he was considering a full range of “active and passive” options - from humanitarian air-drops to targeted air-strikes - with a decision expected imminently. “This could be a fast-moving train,” one official told The New York Times.

“The cold and calculated manner in which (Islamic State) has targeted defenceless Iraqis, like the Yazidis and Christians, solely because of their ethnic and religious identity demonstrates a callous disregard for human rights and it is deeply disturbing,” the White House spokesman added.

“In particular, we’re concerned about the welfare of the large community of Iraqi Yazidis who are stranded on Mount Sinjar without food, water or shelter and the Iraqi Christians who have been force to flee from their villages in the region.”

Officials stressed that any military action would be “very limited in scope”, aimed at objectives such as “protecting American personnel or confronting counter-terrorism threats”.

When Islamic State militants swept through central Iraq in July, at one point threatening Baghdad, Mr Obama denied requests from the Shia-led Iraqi government of Nouri Al-Maliki to strike them.

The apparent change of heart came as reports of the plight of the Yazidi minority hit America’s front pages, triggering calls for action from leading figures such as Senator John McCain, the former Republican presidential candidate.

Iraqis inspect the site of a double car bomb attack which took place in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad 

Calling reports of Islamic State advance “deeply disturbing” Mr McCain accused the Obama administration of failing to act against an organisation that, he said, now posed a “direct threat” to US national security.


Area in Iraq controlled by Islamic State in January 2014

In its crushing victory on Thursday, fighters of the Islamic State jihadist group swept aside resistance to seize the last remaining Christian towns of northern Iraq,


Area in Iraq controlled by Islamic State in August 2014

After overwhelming the Yazidi minority group of the deserts of north-western Iraq at the weekend, Islamic State broke the lines of Kurdish forces that had been defending the Christian towns of Bartella, Tel Kayf and Qaraqosh, north and east of the city of Mosul, after continuous bombardment in recent days.

“There was no electricity, no water, we were frightened. A lot of people left,” said Rowaid, 20, who until recently was a university student in the city Mosul, which was seized two months ago. He fled Tal Kayf with his family of seven, including two elderly aunts.

“There were a lot of skirmishes outside the town and the situation in our area was intolerable. And we knew what was coming.

“Since they began attacking with the mortars three of my relatives have been killed.”

The towns were the last remaining hold-outs from among the Christian populations that once dominated the biblical Ninevah Plain. All Christians were told to leave Mosul last month, with the 20 too old to leave said by the church to have been forcibly converted to Islam.

Displaced people who have fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar west of Mosul, take refuge at Dohuk province (Reuters)

The last three towns’ tens of thousands of inhabitants fled on Wednesday night and Thursday morning into the Kurdistan Autonomous Region, and its capital, Erbil. “All the territories of the Plain of Ninevah are now empty of Christians. It has come under the control of Islamic State,” Father Yousef Benjamin, the coadjutor bishop of Tel Kayf, who was among those who left, told The Telegraph.


Iraq's ethnic mix

He said that as well as Erbil, residents had sought refuge in the city of Dohuk, three hours’ drive away, and some Christian villages in the mountains. “The situation is extremely bad,” he said. “There are many people sleeping in the streets, public parks, and in the cars, while there are no services for them.”

The seizure of the Christian towns followed an abrupt withdrawal by the Kurdish forces, known as the Peshmerga, that had pledged to defend them. “The Peshmerga withdrew - they didn’t tell us what happened, or why that happened,” Fr Yousef said. “It’s strange that an army could collapse all of a sudden just in some areas.

“The Peshmerga used to tell us that they would protect us, that our district’s security was as firm as Dohuk’s. That lasted for two months. They were fighting before but we don’t what happened yesterday.”

That collapse in Kurdish morale followed a similar withdrawal at the weekend from towns occupied by the Yazidi community, another religious minority who unlike the Christians are ethnically Kurdish. Thousands of Yazidis, who are termed devil-worshippers by the Islamic State, are stranded in the desert mountains south of the town of Sinjar, with some children already succumbing to dehydration and the heat.

Attempts to rescue them by a combined force of Peshmerga and guerrillas from the Kurdish regions of Syria and Turkey have so far failed.

The Islamic State posted a message on its social media pages celebrating its victories, saying it had taken 17 towns and cities and the Mosul Dam, Iraq’s largest, in five days. By taking the towns of Bartella and Qaraqosh, they were able to move to about half an hour’s drive from Erbil.

Wednesday, 6 August 2014

DEATH OF CLUELESS STAR BRITTANY MURPHY COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF HER MOTHER CALLED AN AMBULANCE 24 HOURS EARLIER





Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy would still be alive today if her mother had called for an ambulance 24 hours before she collapsed, a leading pathologist claimed yesterday.

Tragically Murphy was so frightened of the paparazzi outside her home she had turned into a social recluse and was reluctant to receive medical help when she first started having trouble breathing.

Miss Murphy was also very sedated due to the drugs she was taking and so may not have appeared as ill as she was.

As a result Miss Murphy’s mother Sharon only called 911 after her daughter sank into her arms, lifeless, on the morning of December 20, 2009.


Tomorrow night a new documentary will examine the final hours of the 32-year-old actress, who soared to fame after appearing in the hit 1995 comedy Clueless before starring in films including 8 Mile and Sin City.

Officially, the coroner attributed her death to pneumonia and anaemia - the same ailments that would kill her husband, British filmmaker Simon Monjack, 40, five months later. Rumours also circulated at the time that Miss Murphy was a cocaine addict and had an eating disorder.


Now pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd, who was involved in examining the deaths of Princess Diana and murdered Crimewatch host Jill Dando, has claimed Miss Murphy’s life could have been saved if she had been seen by doctors 24 hours earlier.



Dr Shepherd said: ‘By the time Brittany collapsed in her bathroom there was probably nothing the paramedics or hospital staff could have done to save her. But had she been taken to hospital 24 hours earlier and given intravenous drugs, there is a very good chance she would have survived and would still be here today.’

The pathologist doesn’t say it was deliberate, nor does he directly blame the mother. But it is the mother who called the ambulance in the end. Dr Shepherd does not blame Sharon for her daughter’s death and in the documentary explains they may not have realised how ill she was as she was addicted to prescription drugs and was in a sedated state.




Brittany Murphy, right, rose to fame for her role alongside Alicia Silverstone and Stacey Dash in the movie Clueless



He said: ‘Brittany was so sedated it’s quite possible neither Simon nor Sharon had any idea how ill she actually was. That may be the reason why they didn’t call an ambulance.’

In the days and weeks leading up to Miss Murphy’s death she had been taking a ‘cocktail’ of prescription medication, Dr Shepherd said, including anti-depressants, sedatives and anti-anxiety drugs.

She was also taking cough medicine to help ease the symptoms of her chest infection.

According to the pathologist the combination of drugs in Miss Murphy’s system might have contributed to her death.

Dr Shepherd said: ‘Drugs can have a very beneficial effect but they also have side effects. And mixing them together means that these side effects can combine and become lethal.’

He added: ‘Cough medication is designed to stop you coughing so that you feel better. But actually it also stops you bringing up the mucus and the bacteria out of your lungs. So it tends to make pneumonias worse. Brittany was perhaps coughing but she wasn’t coughing enough or fiercely enough to clear the mucus in her lungs.’

Theories about Miss Murphy’s death have ranged from anorexia to cocaine and even suspicion she was poisoned – none of which Dr Shepherd’s analysis of her autopsy report found to be true. Traces of Methamphetamine, for example, came from an inhaler not illegal drug usage.

But he said there is evidence the poor condition of her home – described by her mother-in-law Linda Monjack as ‘a place of unhealthiness’ – exacerbated her condition.

At the time, Miss Murphy’s mother asked the pathologist to investigate whether fungi in the mould growing on her walls and poorly ventilated rooms could have contributed to her death.