Halloween is a fun time everyone of all age. Celebrities included. On September 24, Nicki Minaj made a guest appearance on Ellen's talk show wearing the most revealing and crazy outfit. Nicki's 'special' wardrobe choice inspired Ellen's costume for this Halloween. (see picture below). The resemblance is uncanny.
Nicki Minaj's had always known for choice of fashion. From hair style to outfits down to shoes. However, I personally find Nicki's clothing choice on this one could potentially be a negative influence on the children. This particular 'jacket' that Nicki here had one seems to be a perfectly normal jacket that can be button all the way down but she simply chose not to. This could possibly inspire young girls to try the same thing. If it was a special outfit designed to look like this then it may be a little bit more acceptable.
Anyways, Ellen's Nicki inspired costume definitely provided lots of laughter for the audience. Although Nicki hasn't made a response to Ellen's sarcastic costume. Ellen's hilarious idea made Nicki's appearance seemed like a big joke which in a way saves the children from believing that it is okay to dress like that.
What do you think about Nicki's outfit on the Ellen's show? And did you find Ellen's costume funny? Check out Nicki's interview on Ellens on youtube (link below) and watch Ellen questions Nicki on her strange choice of wardrobe. Check out the video if you would like to know why she dressed like that.
The former Chicago Bulls star Michael is going to be auctioning off his 56,000 square foot mansion. This price for this gigantic 'personal resort' was reportedly not able to be sold at 29 millions dollars and had to be reduced to 21 million dollars instead. MJ's mansion has everything that a man could ever dream to have their house. It has a pool, a spa, a work out gym, a full size NBA regular court, a tennis court, wince cellar that holds more than 1,000 bottles, a cigar vault, and a high tech temperature control garage. This luxurious man is going to be auctioned off this month because when it previously set at 29 million dollars it could not be sold. Whoever wants to bid must deposit $250,000 deposit before hand.
With this ridiculous price and deposit, I am not so sure MJ will ever sold his mansion. Even though he did reduce the price by 8 million dollars, who is going to need all these space for just a home? Better off turning this mansion in to a real spa and resort. The space in this house is simply too big and doesn't have a 'homey feeling' to it. It may have all the luxury a man could ever ask for. The loneliness that comes with it is too much to bare for just one person.
Here is a video of a tour inside the MJ mansion. If you are a MJ man and likes to see how a NBA superstar's life is like, definitely check out the video. See for yourself why this mansion could not be sold and why 21 million dollars is worth for this house.
Oscar 2013 is getting closer and closer. In fact, the official nominees will be released on January 16, 2014. Year of 2013 had been a big year for original movies. There had been numerous motions pictures that had been successful and really grabbed everyone's attention. Here are five movies that I think deserves to win an Oscar (in separate categories).
#5 Best Film Editing
Rush
#4 Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby
#Best Visual Effect
Pacific Rim
#2 Animated Feature Film
Epic
#1 Best Motion Picture
Gravity
All five of these movies have their own reason that I think should be nominated for Oscar. But I want to specifically focus on Pacific Rim, Epic and The Great Gatsby here. Pacific Rim is probably the best sci-fi/action film I have seen all year. Not only that, this motion picture is completely original. The director did a fantastic job on creating giant CGI robots and monsters, as well as creating a world of apocalypse. The stunning colors and lighting in the movie definitely gave it an extra boost while watching the robots and monster fight to their death.
Epic should be nominated to Best Animation Feature film because Epic is an original motion picture. Also, to our surprise, it was not produced by Walt Disney Picture. Epic was made by 20th Century Fox. The vividly and beautiful story and wonderful moral is definitely one of my top choice for children movie this year.
The Great Gatsby was a wonderful master piece. The costumer designer brought a brand new vision of the amazing fashion of the Roaring Twenties. The glamours dresses and accessories for the ladies and the dashing tuxedo for the men made the movie seemed extra glamours and stunning. Unlike most movie that were set in the twenties, every cast and extras in the movie all had fabulous costumer to really recreate the Roaring Twenties.
If you haven't seen these movies, I recommend you to give these movies a shot. They are some of the top movies that sits on the Oscar 2014 prediction list. Even if you are not a fan of the Oscar or don't believe in Oscar's judgement, personally I would still recommend you to watch these movies. I enjoyed watching them and I hope you enjoy them as well.
Everyone knows about the strange tradition that goes on during the month of November where men stop shaving their mustache for 30 days. As much fun as Movember is, does anyone really know about how Movember started and why? Movember was actually started by this an NGO named with the same name. The reason why Movember was funded was to raise money and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges.
Movember started in 2003 in Melbourne, Australia and then this movement slowly spread across the country, and eventually turned into a global phenomenon. Now, more than 3 million peoples participate in this movement across 21 countries. Last year, roughly 1.1 million people joined Movemeber and raised over 146.6 million CAD. Movember works like breast cancer month, men start off the month with a clean shave, then grow and groom a mustache, asking friends and family to donate to the foundation for their effort. Many actor, celebrities and artists participates in this movement. They are literally the walking billboard for Movember thus raising awareness and inviting everyone to join Movember.
People had always known about Movember but not many really know why it happens. Everyone I see friends and teachers walking around with a strange mustache at this time of the year but never really cared to find out why Movember exist. I think Movember is a great movement to participate it. After breast cancer month in October, as devastating as breast cancer it is for women, it's important not to forget that there are men who are suffering from different type of disease as well.
I would strongly recommend men to give a Movember a try at least once in their life time. Not only it's for a great cause, you can also rock a new look (chicks dig that)! Ladies, encourage your men to participate in this movement. After all, they did sit through breast cancer month. Now it's their turn to raise awareness for their gender. Have fun in Movember and don't forget to donate!
It is every girls dream to look like a Barbie Doll. To have that perfect hair, big beautiful eyes, perfect proportion, skinny arms and things but with fabulous chest and bum. Well, this girl has it all. Meet the real life Barbie Doll: Valeria Lukyanova.
Valeria is a 27 year old Ukrainian women. Valeria claims that she had absolutely no plastic surgery done on her facial structure although she did have breast augmentation done to complete her perfect Barbie body proportion. She wears thick makeup which creates an illusion of facial structure changes. Valeria stands at 5'7 and weight 99lbs, her three measurements are 34.6-18.5-34.6. No, really. She has a 38 inch waist. To get a 18 inch waist, Valeria lives on a strict diet life. She has a four month juice only diet and later switched to water diet. And now, she is living only on liquids and nothing else. Valeria enjoys meditation as a hobby, and she models and make appearances as human Barbie doll for a living. Valeria is currently married.
This may have been one of the strangest thing to be heard in 2013. But, hey. At least now we know that human Barbie isn't an unreachable goal. That's if you are willing to give up food for the rest of your life. Why Valeria wants to be a Barbie is hard to understand. She did state that she had a fascination with Barbie dolls as child but is it really necessary to go that far? Overall, I give respect to this women for her dedication and all the work she put in to reach her dream (although it may seem crazy others eyes.)
Check out this women on the internet, she is a really strange person that I am sure you will find fascinating. You can also look her up on Youtube because she makes spiritual philosophy lessons on there and as well as performing music. (Did I mention that she is a very talented singer?) She maybe weird but I can guarantee
American Music Award is coming up. It will be air lived on ABC on November 24th, 2013. I am here to present you 5 of the 22 categories and the nominees that I think deserves the award.
#5 New Artist of the Year Florida Georgia Line Ariana Grande Imagine Dragons Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Phillip Phillps Ariana Grande deserves this award because she is not simply young and successful. She is also very talented put in a lot of effort in her work. Personally, I am not a big fan of Ariana Grande, but I do give her credits and respect for keeping a clean image for the children because of her appearance on Victorious. Ariana Grande's album featured fabulous music and she has a very special talent: her voice can actually hit the 'whistle register' which is the highest human voice register. Some other artists who can reach that level are Mariah Carey, Gerogie Brown and Minnie Ripeton.
#4 Favorite Male Artist Bruno Mars Robin Thicke Justin Timberlake Judging from talent wise, Bruno Mars definitely owns this award. Bruno's special voice and his romantic love has made many girls go head over heels for him. Bruno has many hit songs throughout 2013 and unlike Robin or J.T he had been around the industry all year round. Bruno definitely deserve to bring home this award.
#3 Favorite Female Artist P!nk Rihanna Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift's album RED was a huge phenomenon in 2013. Also on top of that, her RED tour was also extremely successful. She kept her fans close to her all year round and never stopped performing. Unlike Rihanna and P!nk who had only released couple singles here and and there throughout 2013 and did not even put in the effort of putting up shows for fans, and only made appearances at festivals when requested.
#2 Favorite Duo, Band or Group Imagine Dragons Macklemore & Ryan Lewis One Direction
Imagine Dragons are not only one of the most awesome band in America, it is also the most genuine rock band that are not all about the money, the fame or the gossip. Imagine Dragons's music will really hit you in the soul because their lyrics are based on personal events that on some level, someone will be able to related to. Their style are not shallow like most pop bands. Their songs are never about money, fame, fans, girls, drugs, cars, parties, thug lyfe and any type of mainstream music topics. Imagine Dragons indie style definitely deserves more fame than they get, which is why I think Imagine Dragons deserve to be the favorite band.
#1 Artist of the Year Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Bruno Mars Rihanna Taylor Swift Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake made a new album after 7 years of break from his music career. Just let that sink in and I am sure you will figure out why he deserves the Artist of the Year award.
On June 25th, Catfish Season 2 has returned. Catfish season 1 was a great success and grabbed a lot of viewers attention as well as celebrities. Catfish season 2 came to MTV with 16 episodes (4 more than the previous season) of crazy and unbelievable stories of online hoax.
Catfish season 2 kicked off with Cassie's unbelievable story of online relationship hoax which was a little hard to believed that it was not stage. But as ridiculous as the first episode seemed, the season carried on following more stories that seem too good to be true. Season two was no different than season one in terms of the show's development. Same old routine; reading email, video chat, official meet-up, amateur investigation, discussion and then the big moment: the meet up. As much as the the show's build up suspense is what intrigue and attract the views attention, it just seemed a little boring.
Catfish season 2 featured a lot of stories that will turn out to be big surprises, however for the first time in catfish history, there was a happy ending. In episode 4, 'Lauren & Derek', for once the guy on the other side of the computer was as real as Lauren believed him to be. After that episode was aired, MTV made a catfish special to celebrate the couple.
As a huge Catfish fan, I really enjoyed watching Catfish Season 2. However, they really need to step up on the shows development because it is getting dull and stale. Also, in the episodes, it has been established that Catfish is no longer a no-name TV show, most of the catfish are actually aware of the existence of this show which makes it a little unrealistic that these catfish would be willing to be on the show when knowing how it will end for them. My suggestion is that they should do a season outside of America to avoid this problem.
If you have never seen Catfish, I strongly recommend you to check it out. It is not simply a reality TV for pure entertainment. There are a lot of lessons and skills that you could learn from it to protect yourself when dealing with strangers on the internet. If you know someone who are going to through an online relationship, I would suggest you to tell them about this TV show. Overall, I give catfish season 2 a 7/10. It was just as entertaining as I expected it to be but I do feel like it could use some changes instead of sticking with the same old catfish routine.
Vine is a video app that was released in January 14, 2013, and it has since then rose to one of the most popular app of the year. Vine created many viral trending topics and many people have rose to fame and became 'vine famous'.
Vine isn't just an ordinary video app, vine videos only last 6 seconds. 6 seconds may not seem long but vine is all about creativity. Many Viners uses these 6 seconds and make short comedy sketches that will give you a full on laugh rage. Vine videos has many different variety of comedy style, such as stereotypical joke, dancing to famous music videos or pranks. Some viral trend that has been created are: Smack Cam, started by MAX JR, public beat drop by Pique, cleaning and wop by Trey Kennedy, black mom vs white mom by DRose, selfies with strangers by Britney Furlan, etc. These trends bring the original creators a lot of attention and they soon are easily recognized by a lot of people. Sometimes these viners will get together and make videos together and have meet up with their fans at the popular demand location. At meet ups, the viners would make a videos called 'super vine' where they include a large number of fans in their vine.
Personally, I am a huge fan of vine. I spent at least half an hour a day going through all of my vine subscription. It works exactly like Instagram so it's nothing strange to a social media user like me. Due to the fact that Vine videos only last for 6 seconds, it doesn't feel like I am wasting my time as I go through the videos. Unlike youtube, usually I'd have to watch a video to the very end to get the entire concept but Vine saves you all that time.
If you seen some funny vine videos here and there on youtube or facebook, and you enjoy watching these little funny sketches. I would definitely recommend you to get a vine account and subscribe to some creative viners. Even if you don't make vine videos yourself you can still get an account and just enjoy the funny clips. Here are a list of viners I would suggest you to check out: KingBach, DeStorm, Eric Dunn, Alphacat, Alex James, Batdad, Brandon Calvillo, Britney Furlan, Jerome Jarre, Pique, Trey Kennedy, MAX JR, Curtis Lepore, Marcus Johns and everyone who they've collaborated with.
Turn on your radio, what's playing? That's right, Royals by Lorde. If you haven't heard of this song... I'm sure you have. Because it is one of the most frequently played song in October 2013. But the question is, Who is Lorde? where did she come from? How is it that in one short month her hit single 'Royal' could reach the number 1 spot on the Billboard 100?
Well, Lorde is a 16 years old girl (I know, she sounds like she's 32) from New Zealand. Lorde is a very special and unique artist of our time for many different reasons. First of all Lorde isn't a sell out. She refuse to let movie company or brands use her song to sell their products because she feels like it isn't right. Secondly, Lorde's style of music is very different from the songs that we usually hear now a days. We always hear songs on radio about party life, expensive cars, clubbing, explicit imagery of sexy women, doing drugs, being wild and such. All these songs only feeds the unhealthy and unrealistic life style to teenagers and even kids, and Lorde is not afraid to show everyone the truth. Her song 'Royal' is a reality check for the world: teenagers are not celebrities, they don't have money, they don't have the fame, they are bored everyday and live in boring small suburbs. Lorde's music speaks the truth and she is not afraid to go against the mainstream, and that's why I think she really deserves more credit than she gets.
If you don't know who Lorde is, check her hit single 'Royal', it's very unique style of music, not exactly hipster but definitely not mainstream. If you enjoyed Royal and liked her style, definitely check out her new album 'Pure Heroine'. It's an incredible album. Fun fact: Lorde actually put up her EP a year ago online for free because she knows that teenagers don't have credit cards or the money to purchase music. How thoughtful of her! Lorde is kind of a strange type of artist, it's either you like her or you don't. I would definitely recommend you to check her out, see for yourself if she could be the new faces of pop music of our time.
What's the first thought that comes to your mind when you see this picture? ''Wow, that's some EPIC photoshop.'' well, you're wrong. this picture is not at all photoshoped, what you see here is the world's largest rubber duck resting at the Sydney Harbor in Australia.
This world's largest rubber duck is made by a dutch artist; Florentijn Hofman in 2007, measuring at 16.5 × 20 × 32 metres and weighing over 600 kg. Since 2007, this adorable rubber duck has been to many different countries such as Hong Kong, Netherland, Taiwan, Australia, Belgum etc. The duck is not actually made of rubber, it is made with 200 large pieces of PVC piping, and can be inflated and deflated when travelling around the world. The creator of this rubber duck had been travelling around the world with his art work since 2007, he named this project ''Spreading joy around the world''. After it's tour in Asian, Hofman and the duck will go on display in United States.
This rubber duck is no doubt the most fascinating this I have ever seen. First of all, it is bigger the boats and it is taller than most buildings. How amazing is that? Also, rubber duck is something we can all related to our childhood. Seeing it sitting in a harbor and 500% times bigger then the ones we had when we where children, has to be the most astonishing thing ever to witness in your life.
If by any chance, this rubber duck happens to come by a bay, a port or a harbor near where you live, it is something definitely worth checking out. It is literally once in a life time opportunity to witness such amazing art work and I guarantee doesn't matter how big you imagine it to be, it will be 10 times bigger when you see it in person.
On October 29th, the NBA 2013 - 2014 has officially begun. On the opening night, 3 games took place in Indianapolis, Miami and Los Angelos to start off the season. The first game of the season was Indiana Pacers versus Orlando Magic. The second game was Miami Heat taking on their biggest rivalry team Chicago Bulls. Prior to game, the Heat held their banner raising ceremony and the champion rings ceremony. Their third game of the night was a show down in Los Angelos where the Lakers hosted the Clippers.
However, out of all these fantastic season openers, the classic Bulls vs Heat rivalry was no doubt everyone's center of attention. Bull's star point guard Derrick Rose made his season debut from his year off in 2013. This was the first Bulls vs Heat game since last years playoff where the Bulls fell to the Heat 4 -1 in a 7 games series. During the playoffs, Bulls center Joakim Noah made a statement to the media addressing the unfriendly tension between the two teams by stating: ' I love Miami, but I definitely don't like the Heat. I love the city, I went to school there but I don't like the Heat'. Lebron James, Heat's small forward, made a response to Noah's statement the day before the season's opener: 'They don't like us, we don't like them. It's no big secret. They don't like us so we don't like them'.
The Bulls vs Game kicked off at 8:00 pm after the Heat's ring ceremony. The Bulls started off strong in the first quarter but the Heat made a comeback in the end and the first quarter the Bulls trails the Heat 15 -17. Second quarter, Bulls started to lose their defense and the Heat powers over the Bulls scoring 37 points and the Bulls 18 points. Rose scored 7 points in the first half. The third quarter came out sloppy for the Bulls but made a strong comeback half way through 3rd scoring 25 points and Heat scored 24 points. 4th quarter the Bulls picked up their pace. Jimmy Butler and Carlos Boozer were outstanding in the last quarter but wasn't enough to stop Lebron and Wade. the Bulls scored 37 points and the Heat scored 29. The Game ended with Bulls fell to the Heat 95 to 107.
If you haven't heard of this news by now, I am sure you will hear about it sooner or later. Here it is: Harry Potter is coming back!... well sort of. Recently, if you have felt small internet earthquakes here and there, don't worry. It's just the Potter-Heads waking up from their sleep and rising up to celebrate the new coming movie, a spin-off of the Potter Franchise: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
The producer of the Harry Potter films David Haymen has confirmed that Rowling and him are working on a brand new Potter spin-off franchise based on Rowling's book 'Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them'. Rowling is hoping this new series will turn out to be as successful as her Harry Potter series. The time of this film is set 70 years before Harry Potter's time, and it will features many more magical creatures mentioned in the books. Warner Bros. will be producing this film and J.K. Rowling herself is currently working on the screen play and script.
As a Potter fan myself, I am highly anticipating for this film to be released. Even though the Harry Potter cast will likely not to return but I would like to see the franchise live on. I am excited to know more about the magical world that Harry lives in as well as seeing more magical creatures that only appeared in Rowling's book.
If you are a Potter head, this film is definitely for you. However, if you don't have much knowledge of the Harry Potter series or has never read the books, maybe this film wouldn't interest you as much. There is no doubt that Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them will be a highly anticipated film in the future. Even if you strongly disliked the Harry Potter movies, I would still recommend you to give this movie a try because, well, Harry Potter is NOT part of the story.
2014 in getting closer and closer. If you are a huge movie fanatic like me who literally watch two movies per week, well you are in luck because I am here to present to you: a list of movies sequels that we can look forward to in the upcoming year!
#15 Think Like A Man Too #14 300: Rise Of An Empire #13 Horrible Bosses 2
#12 Night At The Museum 3 #11 Fast And Furious 7 #10 X-Men: The Days of Future Past #9 The Expandable 3 #8 Dawn Of The Planet Of Apes #7 The Hobbit: There and Back Again #6 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 #5 Captain America the Winter Soldier #4 22 Jump Street #3 Transformers: The Age of Extinction #2 How to Train Your Dragons 2 #1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Now, in my opinion, as much as 2014 looks like it's going to be a great year of sequels, there are a few sequels that don't look quite promising.. For example: Night at the Museum 3. No doubt that Ben Stiller will be returning for his role as the heroic night guard but looking at the rating and reception of the last sequel Night at the Museum 2: Battle of Smithsonian; as fantastic as it was when it was first released... It just didn't live up to the public's expectations. Will the third sequel redeem the franchise? We will just have to wait and see.
No doubt the movie 300 was a great success and received, but it just happen to be one of those movie where it was great to see in the theater and it will leave you in astonishment for several hours after you leave the theater, but it's just not enough for it to be seen more than 3 times. As we all know, the first movie was glorious and memorable, but wasn't great enough to really earn many trophies. It's the type of movie that you would watch simply for the enjoyment of the awesome visual effect and intense action scenes. I am just not sure if the sequel will live up to the first movie's incredible legacy.
Let's not forget Transformers: The Age of Extiction. I only have 2 things to say about this sequel: Shia Labouf is gone and Mark Walberg is here to replace. You decide if this change will be a positive or negative impact on the movie/franchise. Personally I think I will have to see it first before I make my judgement.
I would definitely recommend you guys to watch these movies just because more than half of these movies are highly expected and frankly should have been done sooner. But it depends, if you are the type that completely have no faith in sequels and prequels then I would suggest you to stay clear until someone whose has seen the movies give you their recommendation.
Apple's iPhone is by far the world's most popular and widely demanded device. The newest model right now is the iPhone 5s and 5c. Following iPhone, another popular product by Apple Inc. in the computer table iPad. On October 22, 2013, shortly after Apple had launched iPhone: the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, Apple has announced another new project: the iPad Air
As we all know, Apple never rests. Only 3 months after the newest iPhone model has been lachuned, Apple has made an announcement 2 days ago to the public regarding the new project of iPad Air. As expected, there were no big dramatic changes in terms of the system but only the reduction in weight... as what Apple does with ALL of their products. According to Apple's official website, iPad Air is thinner, lighter and quicker than the previous iPad model: iPad Mini. It is going to have a 9 inch display, approximately the same size as the previous iPad but the screen size will be much bigger. It also features a new processor chip which mill the system function a lot quicker than iPad Mini.
This new iPad will range from $400 to $700 depends on how much internal memory you are willing to purchase. It will go on sale on November 1st. It cannot be pre-ordered online so get in the line!
On September 3, a music video was uploaded to Youtube and it has been the hottest trending topic on all social media network. It even made an appearance on Ellen Degeneres's talk show. If you have not heard of this video by now, here it is: The Fox.
The fox was uploaded by two brothers from Norway who go by the group name Ylvis. The video begins with a group of people dressed up as animals at a classy house party, then the music drops and followed by some extremely simple and childish lyrics addressing the different animal sound and noises. Right before the leading up to the chorus, the singer asks ''What does the Fox Say?'' and enters the chorus.
Here's the fun part: the chorus consists of no real words other than presumptuous noise of a fox. The singer appears wearing a fox costumers and begins to dance in a forest with a group of dancers in masks. Here are the lyrics to the chorus:
What the fox say?
Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
What the fox say?
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
What the fox say?
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
What the fox say?
Tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
What the fox say?
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
This catchy tune and crazy video had gone viral on Youtube receiving 39,000,000 views in less than 3 weeks. The thing about the internet is that: you never know what is going to go viral. (mostly ridiculously crazy and dumb stuff though. Ex. Harlem Shake, Gangnam Style) M first watch of The Fox brought me these words to mind: ''What did I just watch?'' the second watch made me laugh and giggle because you realize how superficial and none-sense this video is. It literally has no other deeper meaning than ''we are just trying to imagine what would a fox sound like. ''. The third watch gave me a full on laugh rage because the non-lyrical chorus is just far too ridiculous to be an actual song.
This video is definitely worth checking out (don't want to be left behind on the top trending topics now do we?) If you are looking for something funny and that will completely blow your mind, give ''the fox'' a try! also if you want to confuse your friends but also make then laugh, this is definitely the go-to video.
(Oh, btw, for those who don't know, a real fox sound like a baby's cry)
