Posts tagged statement-today
Angelina Jolie Makes Plea on Behalf of Libyan Refugees
2 years ago
With dangerous protests taking place in Libya, Angelina Jolie released a statement today that takes up the cause of refugees fleeing the troubled country, along with those in Africa’s Cote d’Ivoire.
Said this UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador:
“We don’t want to look back and find their deaths on our hands. As we witness these newest crises unfold in west and north Africa, it is critical that all parties respect the fundamental right of people in danger to flee to safety. All I’m asking is that civilians be protected, and not targeted or harmed.”
Jolie has been in been in Kabul, Afghanistan this
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The X Factor: Coming to America, Offering $5 Million Grand Prize
2 years ago
Simon Cowell is not exactly a man who specializes in subtlety.
The former American Idol judge returned to the airways during Super Bowl XLV with a commercial that didn’t merely announce, “He’s Back.” It did so in grand, god-like fashion.
Cowell then revealed plans to award the winner of this fall’s The X Factor with the biggest cash prize in reality show history: $5 million.
Speaking on the difference between The X Factor and Idol, Simon said in a statement today:
“I like the idea that a 12-year-old on this show can compete with an older singer and a singing
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W Magazine Responds to Kontrived Krying of Kim Kardashian
2 years ago
On this week’s episode of Kourtney & Kim Take New York, Kim Kardashian pretended to be upset by last year’s naked pictorial in W Magazine.
It was a virtuoso performance, capped by Kim crying that she was misled because the photos were “full-on porn” and then stating: “I’m never taking my clothes off again, even if it’s for Vogue.” We have three responses:
- That sucks for Kris Humphries.
- This is an example of Kim Kardashian at her best/most nauseating: posing naked, playing a victim and still managing to shill for a company.
- We wonder how many takes it took for Kim to make her tears look