Another shade of BLACK ...

Miranda Cosgrove should be ashamed of herself. Poor 13 year-old Rebecca Black has been shouldering the incessant criticism, ridicule, and parody stemming from the famous/infamous music video launched a couple Fridays ago. Why should SHE carry that weight alone while Cosgrove skates free??

If you don't know who Miranda Cosgrove is, she's the star of the hit Nickelodeon show iCarly and was recently a feature voice in the movie Despicable Me. Well, SHE does music too and not only do the girls look alike and sing alike, but their videos are pretty much EXACTLY the same as well. Hell, if you lay them next to each other, Cosgrove's actually fades right INTO Black's.

You be the judge! (you can just fast forward to the end of the 1st one if you need to)

Seamless, huh?

Coincidence? No clue.

But if you are gonna crap all over one of them, you might as well crap on them both.

Now a question on many people's minds (mine included) is just who IS that random rapper dude in Black's video?!? I wanna know HIS story!! 

Answer? - Patrice "Pato" Wilson, a Producer for Ark Music Factory, the power behind Rebecca Black's unstoppable musical force. An "artist" in his own right, Pato seems to have figured out that producing will net him a whole lot more bucks than his own rudimentary rap skills ever will. I think HE's going to be an interesting person to keep an eye on ...

Chris Brown Apology; take #27 ...

I'm so happy that Chris Brown continues to prove he is, without a doubt, the sack of garbage I keep saying that he is.  As EVERYBODY knows by now, he had another violent outburst after a Good Morning America interview with host Robin Roberts, where she "cornered" him with questions regarding "the Rihanna incident". He question dodged & topic changed to the best of his ability, but it wasn't enough to keep him from exploding backstage in his dressing room. Throwing chairs, breaking windows, ripping his shirt off, and getting in people's faces. Yes, this actually happened.

Whatevz. Yesterday's news. But what you might NOT have heard yet was his asshole "apology" (a Chris Brown trademark by now) on BET's 106 & Park yesterday! It had all the "sincerity" (man, this guy is causing me to use a lot of quotation marks today ... I hate him for THAT now, too!) of his 2009 "I'm not a Monster" apology over Rihanna, or his crocodile tears during his 2010 BET Awards performance.

Hahahahaha Listen to him trying desperately too use big words and sound like a rational intelligent human being. And that poor excuse for a VJ Rocsi and ass clown Terence actually catering to and lapping up the crap coming out of his mouth. Anyone else miss AJ and Free?

The fact that he has to keep apologizing for things should be the indicator that whatever Anger Management skills he picked up aren't working. And the crowd cheering for him sorta made me throwup.

And comparison of Chris Brown vs Charlie Sheen? Please. Charlie may be a completely nuts, self destructive, annoying, played out, recovering (hahaha) drug addict, but he didn't beat his spouse to near death and go jet skiing the next day.

The Return of the Karate Kid ...

If you loved The Karate Kid, then you MUST watch this!!!

Funniest show on television? - Quite possibly!

this ROAST leaves a bad taste in your mouth ...

Did anyone catch the Roast of Donald Trump last night on Comedy Central?? Well, I did. And first, let me preface it by saying - Roasts aren't really my thing. The "stars" of them like Jeff Ross and Lisa Lampanelli, I never found very funny ... But just for the fact that Mike "the Situation" Sorrentino was part of the dais this time (that's what they call the panel of roasters, apparently), morbid curiosity demanded that I at least DVR it ... And it was, in fact, a slow moving train wreck.

You may have HEARD how bad the Situation's 'performance' was, but you have NO idea till you watch it yourself. It was the most painful thing ever. From each joke that fell flatter than the last, to the ZERO crowd laughter which made the occasional pity chuckle from the other roasters stand out that much more, to his hackneyed "I-don't-know-WHO he was trying to emulate" motif and comedic stylings. I know it's easy and commonplace to "hate" on Jersey Shore reality stars for their lack of "talent", but this, I promise you, is the WORST thing you've ever seen.
Ralph Wiggum said it the best, Situation - "I'm bembarassed for you!"


And of the rest of Roast there were a few more key mentions:

Lisa Lampanelli: Not funny. At all. I might have cracked a smile here and there, but it was just a bunch of "so what".

Snoop Dogg: Pretty decent. Nothing ground breaking, but he was mildly entertaining. But why is it that they bleeped everything that came out of Snoop's mouth, while Seth McFarlane was free to say "Shit" and "Bullshit" all night long? Also, aren't we all just sick and bored of "hahaha Snoop smokes weed and gets High" jokes? Is that ALL anyone's got? Seriously take a stretch at ANYTHING else.

Jeff Ross: Also not funny. Not even a little bit. His biggest jokes, meant for shock value, were just more sad that he'd actually go there just for a laugh.

Whitney Cummings: Watching her was almost as painful as watching the Situation. Whitney's kinda hot, but even less funny than Ross and Lampanelli. She is like YELLING all of her corny lines and on top of that, she's blatantly reading her jokes off her note cards while at the podium! Hell, at least even Mike attempted to REMEMBER his material. And the worst of it? While she was sitting down and all her fellow roasters were ragging on her for being such a whore, she kept issuing this fake, over-exaggerated, obnoxious, Julia Roberts-esque, bellowing laugh ... uhg. Trying too hard, much?

Larry King: Funny! Who knew? They all trashed him for being old, but he took it well, and when he took the podium, he kept his routine short, tight, and on point. The man has been on camera for decades upon decades. He's knows how to bring it.

But the BEST roaster of the night? Newcomer Anthony Jeselnik. He eviscerated everyone and was hysterical every step of the way. His funniest? - "Donald Trump is such a douchebag. If you look up 'douchebag' in the dictionary, it's a picture of Spencer Pratt. But if you look close, Spencer Pratt is holding up a picture of Donald Trump." - Brilliant!

The G-Funk Era will be missed ...

Nathaniel D. Hale, the iconic rapper better known as Nate Dogg passed away last night. Very very sad. The specific cause of death is yet unknown but he'd had tons of debilitating health issues, suffering multiple strokes in recent years. The 41 year old LBC native (Long Beach California to all you mark busters) will be sorely missed by fans and loved ones alike.

Here's a few of Nate's melodic best appearances to remember him by.

R.I.P.

The Rock looks MIZ-erable ...

Wrestlemania 27 is upon us, Sunday April 3rd. I still have a little time to crunch the numbers to give you my predicts for the winners and the losers of the biggest night in Pro Wrestling Entertainment, but till then? This past Monday Night Raw ...

For those that are curious to know, The Rock, who is returning as "Guest Host" for Wrestlemania has been pretty much on the losing end of an on-going war-of-words with John Cena (to many people's surprise, whether Rock fans want to admit it or not) This week The Rock got points for enlisting the help of Rap Sensation Matty B who posed as a Micro Cena to bear the brunt of Rock's insults. Fun stuff, and props to Matty for holding it down and making the whole thing at least partially enjoyable.

And if the night couldn't get any MORE explosive? The Celebrity Guest for Raw for evening? Jersey Shore's own Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi.

Nicole's got a cover of Rolling Stone Magazine to promote and WWE is happy enough to attach itself to the Jersey Shore wagon, so it's win-win for everybody! ... Although the fans gave mixed reactions, props to Polizzi for keeping her composure. Hell, most genuine actresses or celebs or whatever have a tough time being entertaining when guesting Raw, and she was at least on par with them. Snookers stood her ground against Michelle McCool, had a salable ring run-in and jump on Layla, and got herself invited back for a 3-man tag match in Wrestlemania! Good for you, Snooks!

But probably the best stunt of the night, if you lasted to the very end, when Cena was getting jumped by Alberto Del Rio and some loser, was the surprise actual LIVE appearance by the Rock! ... Or so the crowd thought ...

The Miz showed up decked out in Rock garb, and totally faked out the audience in attendance, and then rushed into the ring to assist with the John Cena beatdown. Awesome.

A lot of good stuff this week on Raw as the Road to Wrestlemania continues :)

she's Black in the Game

Her name? Rebecca Black. Who is she? The hottest new music sensation sweeping the nation. The girl is viral in its truest form.

Ok. Let me clarify. On Frida,y the 13 year-old unknown 'artist' released her debut single entitled "Friday" on Youtube and it has already racked up more that 2.3 million views! Is it that good? .... hahaha Well, that's the thing. Popular opinion is that it is NOT. In fact, people are saying it's the worst thing they've ever heard. And with singers like Willow Smith and Ke$ha making records, that's actually really SAYING something!

However, the old adage - "any press is good press" is holding true. Wether you are getting praised or getting trashed, Twitter doesn't know the difference, so her fame started blowing up just from folks tweeting about it. People log in to see what everyone is talking about, and then Wash, Rise, Repeat. You wind up with blog posts like this one.

Here's the video:

Decide for yourself, but I don't think it's THAT bad :) I mean she's not spouting genius lyrics like "Wake up in the morning, feeling like P. Diddy ...", but then again, she's 13. Give the girl a break! and if Justin Bieber is any model for success, it's only a matter of time before someone like Usher DOES.

Anyway ... You may as well have a seat and get comfortable. You're gonna be hearing her name a lot for a while.

You're welcome :)