Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Are Moving To New York City

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are moving to New York City. Justin and Jessica were seen checking out Big Apple apartments while he was here showing his Fall 2009 collection for William Rast, his clothing line with friend Trace Ayala.



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USWeekly reports that Lynn Harless, Justin’s mother, says “the apartment is great and the pair loves it.” Justin has been talking about moving to New York City for awhile now. Back in November, People magazine reported that Justin plopped down $5.25 million for a downtown condo. He was quoteded as saying New York City is:

Good for everything. It’s good for food. There is good fashion. There is mostly good weather except for [rainy] today. And it’s the realest city in America.”

Welcome Justin. But get ready for lots of gray, cold weather after spending your life in Tennesse, Orlando and Los Angeles.

Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch Garage Sale!

From April 22 to the 25th Michael Jackson will be selling over 2,000 items from his Neverland Ranch including his famous white glittery glove, Rolls-Royce, fine paintings, awards and even the gates to the ranch. The estimated total value of the items up for auction is $1.5 million- $3 million. I’m sure Fashionista Kanye will be first in line!

Heroes stars Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia ...

Heroes stars Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia have ended their relationship after more than a year together.
The actress, 19, struck up a romance with the 31-year-old while filming the hit sci-fi series.
But it seems the 12-year age gap finally proved too much.
‘It was a lifestyle conflict,’ a source close told America’s Us Weekly. ‘They were in very different places.’
Oh No!! We used to love these two as a couple…What happened to age being nothing but a number???

Rihanna Finds Chris Brown’s Apology and Statements “Arrogant”!

It seems like Rihanna isn’t taking any acknowledge to former boyfriend, Chris Brown’s apology statement…and we DON’T BLAME HER!!!

Chris has formerly said that he was “seeking the counseling of my pastor” following the incident and that he was “sorry and saddened” over what transpired.

According to reports, Rihanna finds Chris’ apology and statements “arrogant,” and we do to.

A source close to the Umbrella hit maker tells the Chicago Sun-Times, “All of us, including Rihanna, don’t understand how he can say he’s sorry on the one hand, but still … does not admit any guilt.”

“He should have expressed more contrition.”

We totally agree!

What do U think???

President Obama Signs Stimulus Package

President Obama today signed a stimulus package that includes several provisions designed to stimulate the housing market, including an $8,000 tax credit for those who purchase homes for principal residence within one year of the bill’s enactment. This tax credit would not have to be repaid.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 also expands tax-credits for energy-efficient doors and windows through 2010.

The legislation also offers several other provisions designed to stimulate the residential construction market, including the following. It would:

- Increase bonus depreciation and Section 179 small business expensing;

- Allow a five-year carry back for net operating losses;

- Provide $2 billion in gap financing for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and accelerate credit claims for LIHTC investors;

- Provide up to a 10-year deferral for income taxes arising due to cancelled or restructured business debt;

- Extend the New Markets Tax Credit; and

- Provide an Alternative Minimum Tax patch for 2009.

The Fix Housing First Coalition had hoped the stimulus package would remove the repayment requirement of the current first-time homebuyer $7,500 tax credit, increase it, and would structure the tax credit so that it would be provided at closing-and therefore could be used as a downpayment (CLICK HERE for related story.)

Some think the stimulus package is already making some industry representatives more optimistic as they look to the future. (CLICK HERE for a related story from the New York Times, which cites the industry’s own Serious Materials as an example of this optimism.)

The eternal hypocrisy of the Palins: Bristol says abstinence is unrealistic

by utopiandrive
Tue Feb 17, 2009 at 07:22:40 PM PST
Sarah Palin's teenage daughter Bristol, who recently had a baby, gave a rather revealing interview with Greta van Susteren FOX News. The highlights included her claiming that having the child was her choice and a few words about the reality of abstinence education.
Bristol said: "It was my choice to have the baby. It doesn't matter what my mom's views are on it. It was my decision." This is rather amusing to me -- because it seems as though the conservative attitude is apparently that women have a choice only just so long as they choose to do what conservatives tell them to do. Government should stay out of people's lives but it's alright when it dictates extremely personal decisions like this one. Sarah Palin went so far as to oppose abortion even in the cases of rape and incest.
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The best part, though, was Bristol's declaration that "everyone should abstinent or whatever but it's not realistic at all" -- which derails what her dear mother has been advocating for throughout her career -- abstinence-only education. Keep in mind, this is the party that claims to rely on rational arguments rather than fantasies and fuzzy logic. But what could possibly be more delusional than believing that teenagers won't have sex if you just tell them not to? Talk about a pipe dream. It's like putting a stack of money in front of a corporate CEO and assuming he won't take it if you gently tell him not to.
Momma's not gonna be happy but I'm glad Bristol came out and spoke her mind on this because her party's hypocrisy on social issues like abortion and sex deserves to be called out.

Chicago, IL - Newspapers Call On Former Gov. Blago Appointee Sen. Burris To Resign

Chicago, IL - Barely a month after being sworn in as a U.S. Senator, Roland Burris is being called on to resign by the Chicago Tribune and some of his fellow Democrats.
After claiming, under oath, that there was no quid pro quo with former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Burris admitted Tuesday that he had tried to raise money for Blagojevich before the now-impeached governor appointed him to fill President Obama's vacant Senate seat. This revelation followed others, in an affidavit made public over the weekend, about Burris' contact with Blagojevich that cast doubts on the veracity of his testimony before the Illinois House impeachment panel and have opened him up to potential expulsion from the Senate.
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Academy Awards are pointless — and perfect

By AARON SAGERS
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When it comes to Oscar, I'm a grouch. I have long maintained the position that the Academy Awards is really just a trade show for pretty people. The outcome of the awards can definitely add buying power to some Hollywood names, and the winners of the big categories are given both a nod from their industry and a fancy statue (which I hope is really just an elaborately-designed key to some very exclusive VIP toilet).
There is clearly no value to the show for people not in the trade. Yet, I watch it every year.
I personally care about as much for the movie trade show as I might for a plumber's conference with "Joe The Plumber" as host. Off-hand, the most I can think of that I get from the speeches and glitter on parade is fodder for my fantasy video game, "Grand Theft Auto: Blood Red Carpets in Tinsel Town" (Rockstar Games, call me). The show is the equivalent of staring into an open refrigerator for something satisfying when I already know there's nothing substantial inside. I feel like I'd have more to gain by taking a trip to a Scranton-area Chili's for the annual Dundies over one to the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
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But I'll be glued to the tubes (both the TV's and the Internet's) for the lion's share of Sunday night.
For avid moviegoers who follow films, the nominated flicks already exist on a "Seen it" or "To see" list, so they probably don't care. Meanwhile, the casual watcher who hasn't previously expressed an interest in seeing "Benjie Button" or "Frosty Nixon" won't opt out of a "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" viewing to slap down a tenner for an "Academy Award winning film." Speaking of "film," since the awards largely celebrate those instead of "movies" - you know, those moving picture entertainment thingies you see just for, how do you say ... fun (see "Iron Man," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall") - there's no impact from the show on the weekend escapists.
So unless you're a Hollywood insider, or are personally invested in the career of Billy Bush, there is no real point to the whole affair. Still, I wouldn't miss it, and neither will many of you.
We watch because, in the absence of significant value, entertainment can still thrive. Just like there was bound to be some good times during the last ice age, any event as long as the awards show has to deliver a handful of entertaining moments that makes for bearable watching.
Maybe there was a time we watched to see celebrities speak their minds, or maybe it was to catch some of the more elusive famous faces emerge for a glamorous night on the town. But there is no such thing as an elusive celebrity anymore, and the ones that want to speak their mind blog it loudly, and speak to E! regularly.
Instead, I think the reason we're entertained by the Academy Awards is because it's the perfect one-shot chance to watch our beloved famed ones embarrass the heck out of themselves. It's the best night of schadenfreude all year long.
It's a joy to watch starlets thanking god and their parents while desperately trying to contain heaving bosoms in barely-there dresses. There's always at least one celeb who tries to make a statement and is angling for the Marlon Brando weird celeb-as-political activist award. The ill-conceived presenter team-ups often lead to bad jokes - delivered by A-listers - that land with a thud but make me grin. And aside from getting minute-to-minute updates on how Jack Nicholson is aging in those cut-away shots, once in a while audiences are treated to celebs acting awkwardly when they don't know they're on camera. There is also the human drama on display in the split-screen close-ups following the envelope opening when losing nominees reveal utter despair in that nanosecond before they tighten up those expressions.
I'm getting giddy just thinking about all of it!
This year, there's even more chances to watch celebs behaving badly. The show's producers are trying to make the ratings-challenged telecast punchier than Chris Brown and aren't announcing the award presenters before the show to build anticipation. This means there is a chance, albeit slim, we'll see Joaquin Phoenix break into an impromptu rap for all the best actors in the hizzouse.
Further, by going with song-and-dance man Hugh Jackman as the show's host instead of a comedian, audiences will be treated to musical numbers that seemed like a better idea in the planning meetings. Because Hugh Jackman is also the berserker mutant-hero Wolverine, could a showdown between him and the rageaholic Batman, Christian Bale, be in the cards?
At the very least, since lifetime achievement award-winner Jerry Lewis can't seem to appear in public without making a fool of himself, a few slurs and epithets will be guaranteed.
In short, the Academy Awards are still watchable because it's like the Super Bowl of reality TV. At the end of the night, we haven't learned anything and there is no resolution, but we have winners, losers and really big losers. There is absolutely no value to the show, and that's the point, because Oscar is the golden boy of pointless, voyeuristic entertainment.
Entertainment columnist Aaron Sagers writes weekly about all things pop-culture. He can be reached at sagers.aaron@gmail.com.

With Four More Months to Make the Switch, Over 400 TV Stations Are All Digital

More than 400 television stations have stopped broadcasting in old-fashioned analog form, according to the Federal Communications Commission, months before the rescheduled transition to digital TV.
Turning off the analog signal allows stations that are short of cash to save money, but it also means a loss of service for viewers who have not yet upgraded their older television sets.
The long-awaited move to digital TV, which promises clearer pictures and more channel choices for over-the-air television viewers, had been scheduled to happen Tuesday, more than three years after the federal government set the day as the deadline for stations to cease analog broadcasting.
This month, however, the government delayed the move until June 12, citing a troubled transition process and a fear that millions of Americans would find that their televisions had been rendered incapable of receiving signals.
Despite the delay, 421 stations, most of them in smaller TV markets, chose to turn off their analog signals Tuesday. When they are combined with the 220 broadcasters that already broadcast solely in digital, the F.C.C. estimates that 36 percent of the nation’s stations will have switched by Wednesday morning.
President Obama signed legislation last week that pushed back the deadline until June and allowed some stations to turn off their analog signals earlier.
Nielsen Media Research estimates that about 5.8 million households, or about 5.1 percent, have not upgraded their sets. Households that rely on rabbit ears and older analog televisions to watch TV over the air need to install a converter box to view the digital programming.
The government’s coupon program to subsidize the cost of the converter boxes is experiencing a backlog; the stimulus bill Mr. Obama signed on Tuesday allots $650 million more for the initiative.
The F.C.C. said it had sought to ensure that at least one ABC, CBS, Fox or NBC affiliate in each market would stay on the air in analog form until June.
In about 20 markets where all the major affiliates intended to turn off the analog signal on Tuesday, the agency pushed stations to keep at least one signal on the air for news and emergency information.
“We are trying to make the best of a difficult situation,” Michael J. Copps, the acting chairman of the agency, said in a statement.
“While this staggered transition is confusing and disruptive for some consumers, the confusion and disruption would have been far worse had we gone ahead with a nationwide transition on Tuesday,” Mr. Copps said.
In major markets like New York, all the major affiliates will remain on the air in analog until June.
San Diego is the largest market where three of the biggest affiliates are turning off their analog signals. In that market, only 7 percent of people rely on over-the-air signals.
“We have been running crawls and stories and spots, everything required by the F.C.C., in great abundance, to try to end whatever confusion there is,” said Ed Trimble, the general manager of KFMB, the CBS affiliate in San Diego.
Most stations across the country are choosing to stay in both analog and digital form until June 12, meaning that viewers will see four more months of reminders to buy a converter box.
“There are still a few consumers who are not quite prepared yet, and that’s why we elected to go with the delay,” said Brent Hensley, the general manager of KOCO, the ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City.
Under the F.C.C.’s current rules, other stations may be allowed to turn off their analog signals in March and June.
Once stations stop analog broadcasting in local markets, the stations are bound to hear from confused consumers.
The F.C.C. said more than 4,000 people were available to answer the agency’s phone number, 1-888-CALLFCC (1-888-225-5322), to help consumers who are confused about the switch.