After more than a month of legal wrangling and odd delays, Lil Wayne has finally been sentenced to a year on New York’s infamous Rikers Island after pleading guilty in a 2007 New York City gun case. On his hit single “A Milli,” Weezy raps that he’d rather be “pushin’ flowers ...
Between Vampire Weekend enlisting Jonas Brother Joe Jonas to star in their "Giving Up the Gun" video and a burgeoning war between Justin Bieber and Raaaaaaaandy (aka comedian Aziz Ansari), it looks like the indie world has finally figured out how to capitalize on ...
New York City's own Vampire Weekend played "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend. They didn't wear pastels, shorts, or scarves. They did play "Cousins" and "Giving Up the Gun". Check out the performances below--who says you can't sound good on "SNL"? "Cousins" "Giving Up the Gun"
Tom Cruise has met with an accident in Los Angeles. The ‘Top Gun’ actor reportedly crashed his red Ducati bike at a junction while trying to avoid hitting a SUV. Cruise got injured and appeared to limp, as people ran to help. “It was like a scene from ”Mission Impossible,”” the ...
Photos by Napoleon Habeica On March 6, Vampire Weekend will make their second appearance on "Saturday Night Live". The host is Zach Galifianakis, who's making his "SNL" debut. Safe to say: This episode could very well be a season high, so set the DVR now. If it's ...
And here it is: The tennis-themed Vampire Weekend video for "Giving Up the Gun", directed by the Malloys and featuring chair umpire RZA (stoic), a drunk Jake Gyllenhaal (phenomenal), a French-speaking Lil Jon (goofy), and a spazzed-out Joe Jonas (helplessly corny), along with a ...
"Giving Up the Gun" is (arguably) the best song from Vampire Weekend's superb Contra, and the track's music video has the potential to boost it even further. According to an Anthem interview with the clip's co-director, Emmett Malloy, it revolves around a ...
Eclectic UK duo Goldfrapp are seemingly incapable of repeating themselves. So it's not surprising that their pulsing, 80s-inspired forthcoming album, Head First (out March 22 in the UK and March 23 in the U.S. via Mute), is a complete 180 from their last ...
Artist: Ulrich SchnaussAlbum: Missing Deadlines - Selected RemixesRelease Date: March 15Label: Rocket Girl Tracklist: 01 Howling Bells: "Setting Sun" 02 A Sunny Day in Glasgow: "Ghost in the Graveyard" 03 Katharina Franck: "Faithful Friend" 04 Madrid: "Out to ...
ST Engineering’s land systems arm, ST Kinetics, has won a contract worth US$20.9 million ($29.4 million) from the Brazilian Navy for the supply of five 40mm L70 naval gun and an associated Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) package. Read more...
-Only in New York! Some Looney Bird Johnson got caught molesting a poor chicken on NYC’s busy6 Train — which runs between Manhattan and The Bronx — on Tuesday night. Where’s PETA when you need them? -ESPN.com blogger Paul Shirley has been fired over controversial comments he made in a blog ...
‘Mad Max’ star Mel Gibson has revealed that he has let go of his bodyguards and will use a gun to protect his family. According to Showbizspy.com, Gibson, 54, who is living with his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva and their two-month-old baby daughter Lucia, also said that he would not be able ...
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is set to receive an aviation award. The “Top Gun” star will be the guest of honour at the upcoming seventh annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards. NASA astronaut Edwin Aldrin will present Cruise with his coveted prize Jan 22, reported contactmusic.com. The Legends event is produced by the ...
Celebrity and scandal go hand in hand and sometimes a celebrity can overcome and move on. Either their fans are forgiving, like with Michael Jackson, or it just takes a while and people just stop caring, like with Hugh Grant. But sometimes a celebrity does something so ridiculous ...
Hip-hop star/humanitarian Wyclef Jean is speaking out in response to reports accusing him of mismanagement and his Yele Haiti charity of corruption. New documents obtained by The Smoking Gun suggest that prior to the 7.0 earthquake that rattled the island nation this week, Wyclef Jean skipped out on paying taxes ...
ST Kinetics, an arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering (STEG.SI), said it will begin India trials of its 155mm towed howitzer guns for the army in a month. “There are two programmes, towed guns and light guns,” Patrick Choy, chief marketing officer of ST Kinetics told reporters. Read more...
Homepage photo by Brian Leli It's no secret that the last few U2 albums haven't exactly been legendary. But maybe they sound better in remixed form? A new collection featuring remakes of tracks from albums including Pop, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic ...
The Hewlett-Packard Mini 210 netbook, featuring Intels newest Atom N450 processor, is currently available at eCost.com though HP had yet to officially introduce the device. HP has, however, included it on its support site. - Hewlett-Packard, whether it intended to or not, has released a new ...
Tom Cruise is being sued for allegedly spying on a magazine editor, according to reports. As per documents obtained by TMZ.com, Michael Davis Sapir has claimed that the ‘Top Gun’ star hired a private investigator to illegally wiretap the magazine editor’’s phone. Also, attorney Bert Fields and jailed private investigator Anthony Pellicano ...
A pair of fast-talking double dealers were arrested in Michigan last week after allegedly trying to extort money from actor John Stamos. Allison Coss, 23, and Scott Sippola, 30, were arrested after an undercover FBI agent “posing as a representative” of the former Full House star arranged a money drop with ...