Megan Fox And Brian Green Search For New Home

Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox

Actor Brian Austin Green, has placed his Hollywood Hills home on the market, that he shares with surly, mean actress, Megan Fox. The 4 bedroom 3.5 bath property, has been listed at $2,400,000. 22-year-old Megan has been living with Green, 35, for the past 5 years in said home.

Megan conscious about her thumbs, hides them in pictures, but leave it to TMZ...

Recently, Fox was seen searching for real estate in the Los Angeles area. Reports suggest the two have not broken up at all, only stating so for the press, to increase her appeal, while promoting the Transformers sequel.

Fox owes Angelina Jolie a debt of gratitude. If she did not get facial work done to resemble her and knocked off just about every red carpet look Jolie has worn, she would not have a career. However, it will lead to people rubbishing one's acting skills and referring to one in the press as "a down-market Angelina Jolie" and "Jolie wannabe." Yea, credibility issues.

Listing: http://www.redfin.com

Brian Austin Green Selling His Home -- Could He And Megan Fox Be Moving In Together?

Posted on Jul 23, 2009 @ 02:50PM - Brian Austin Green has listed his Hollywood Hills mini-mansion for sale, and a source told RadarOnline.com it may be because he and girlfriend Megan Fox are looking to buy a new place where they’ll live together.

Best-known for his years on Beverly Hills 90210, Green has owned his 1920s English Tudor home since 2001. It has 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths in 3374 sq. ft. There’s a pool, of course, and the property is walled and gated. The asking price is $2,395,000...

http://www.radaronline.com

Go Home To Your Wife Part 2

One of Jon Gosselin's mistresses is very naive. Hailey Glassman, told People magazine she is stunned he is out with another woman, Kate Major, a writer for Star magazine, because she loves him.

Hailey Glassman

Ok, let's back this train up. It always amazes me how, women cheating with another woman's husband, will genuinely be shocked when they find out they are being cheated on as well. If a man or woman would cheat on their spouse, they will cheat on their fellow adulterer as well.

Kate Major

Glassman also stated she loves Gosselin. I doubt that. Love does not encourage a man to leave his wife and 8 children. If you loved him, you wouldn't sleep with him and would encourage him to work things out with his wife.

Jon Gosselin's Girlfriend Shocked He's Out with Another Woman

Originally posted Thursday July 23, 2009 12:10 AM EDT - No one was more surprised to hear that Jon Gosselin is dating a new Kate than his girlfriend Hailey Glassman.

"That's news to me," Glassman told PEOPLE when she learned that Kate Major, 26, a reporter for Star magazine had confirmed that she and the reality star and father of eight are an item. "I didn't mean it to happen, it just did," Major told the Web site of the Star. "I went to do a story on Jon and ended up falling for him."

Just a few days ago, Glassman, 22, was the one gushing about Gosselin, 32. "This is perfect. It just fits," she told PEOPLE. According to Glassman, she developed feelings for Gosselin while he was staying at her parents' house after his split from his wife Kate Gosselin.

Although Glassman knew that Jon and Major were hanging out in the Hamptons together, she didn't realize the trip may have turned romantic. "I still love Jon and Jon loves me," a teary Glassman said.

http://www.people.com

Obama Denounces Racial Profiling Of Professor

President Barack Obama denounced the racial profiling and arrest of Harvard professor and friend, Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was detained by Cambridge Police, on what were very flimsy charges.

After returning home from a trip to China, America's preeminent black scholar, Gates, used a key to enter his house from the backdoor, after realizing the front entry was jammed.

As he tried to open the jammed door from inside his house, the police entered the property and a very unpleasant exchange ensued.

In spite of the fact he showed them two forms of ID, his drivers license and a Harvard identification, he was carted off to jail.

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Previously, a black journalist sued the City of New York and won, after police officers arrested him for breaking into his own car, when he was unable to locate his keys, in spite of the fact he showed them valid identification and presented ownership of the vehicle.

What is this? Keys-don't-work-go-to-jail year.

Obama spoke of the fact more blacks and Latinos are pulled over by the police, than whites, lamenting the disparities.

As I stated yesterday, Gates should sue. According to Boston.com today, he is considering it. They should provide financial compensation for the traumatic, embarrassing and distressing event they created in his life.

Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly'

July 22, 2009 - After spending most of an hour patiently reiterating his arguments for changing the health insurance system, President Barack Obama turned his press conference sharply toward an iconic moment in American race relations: The arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. earlier this week by the Cambridge Police.

Gates was arrested for allegedly disorderly conduct -- a charge that was quickly dropped -- after a confrontation with a police officer inside his own home. Though some facts of the case are still in dispute, Obama showed little doubt about who had been wronged.

http://www.politico.com

Gates considering lawsuit over his arrest

July 22, 2009 11:48 AM - Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said this morning that he has not ruled out the possibility of filing a lawsuit over his arrest last week.

“Oh yeah, I’m considering a lawsuit, sure,” the noted scholar told a Globe reporter in a phone interview from Martha’s Vineyard, a day after authorities agreed to drop a disorderly conduct charge against him. “Wouldn’t you?”...

http://www.boston.com

Racial Clash In Texas

Video: Black Panthers vs. White Supremacists - CBS News Online

Racial tensions came to ahead in Paris, Texas yesterday, with blacks and whites exchanging threats and slurs, over the death of African-American, Brandon McClelland, who was run over, then dragged to death.

Black, white protesters rally over dragging death

PARIS, Texas — State police in full riot gear rushed a downtown street in this eastern Texas town Tuesday to break up a tense standoff between hundreds of black and white protesters who exchanged screams of "Black power!" and "White power!"

A skinhead carrying a Nazi flag and a shirtless white man were arrested on a misdemeanor charge of suspicion of disorderly conduct before the protesters separated peacefully, Paris police spokesman Lt. Danny Huff said. There were no reports of injuries...

The rally in Paris, about 90 miles northeast of Dallas, is the third courthouse protest over the death of 24-year-old Brandon McClelland, whose mangled body was found Sept. 16 on a country road outside of town after he was run over by a vehicle and dragged beneath it. A prosecutor cited a lack of evidence in dropping murder charges last month against two white men arrested in his death.

http://www.google.com

Boehner Disagrees With Rahm On Recovery

Republican Senator, John Boehner, disagrees with President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who stated they saved the economy.

David Cameron Slams Gordon Brown's Policies

Video: David Cameron sets out Conservative plans for banking system - ITN NEWS

British opposition leader, David Cameron, slammed incumbent Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and his approach to addressing the economic problems occurring in Britain that are the fall out from the George W. Bush years.

Cameron, who outlined his own financial plan for Britain, hopes the Conservative Party will win the next election against Brown's Labour contingent.

Britain’s Conservative Party Proposes Regulatory Shift

Published: July 20, 2009 - LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party, which is leading opinion polls less than a year before the next election, confirmed Monday its intention to give the Bank of England sweeping regulatory powers over banks. The plans would rip apart Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s supervisory model, which the party blames for the country’s financial troubles.

David Cameron, the Conservative Party leader, formally proposed to abolish the Financial Services Authority, Britain’s financial regulator, and move its powers to the central bank. Britain’s regulatory system needs “one body to be unambiguously in charge,” he said in a speech in London on Monday.

“In the United States, they’ve called on the Federal Reserve,” Mr. Cameron said. “In Britain, it’s time to call on the Bank of England.”

Britain’s current regulatory system was set up by Mr. Brown when he was chancellor of the Exchequer in 1997. The Financial Services Authority is an independent nongovernmental body, but its board is appointed by the Treasury...

http://www.nytimes.com

Michael Jackson Doctor's Office Raided

The medical office's of Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician of the late singer, Michael Jackson, was raided today by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The Feds have arrived.

An estimated 40 law enforcement officials swarmed the building, seizing files and other items from Murray's office, in connection with their investigation into the homicide of Michael Jackson.

Manslaughter Cited in Dr. Murray Warrant

Posted Jul 22nd 2009 2:20PM by TMZ Staff - Michael Jackson Dr. Murray Warrant Dr. Conrad Murray's lawyer, Ed Chernoff, just released a statement about today's raid at the doc's office -- saying law enforcement officials were searching for evidence "of the offense of manslaughter."

"We can confirm that a search warrant was executed today on Dr. Murray's offices in Houston, Texas. We reviewed the warrant and remained on the premises while the search was being executed.

The search was conducted by members of the DEA, two Robbery – Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department and Houston Police officers...

http://www.tmz.com

Love Child Claim Regarding Michael Jackson

A young man from Norway, by the name of Omer Bhatti, is requesting a DNA test be done to establish whether he is the child of the late pop singer, Michael Jackson.

At the singer's funeral this month, Omer sat in the front row beside Jackson's dad Joe, as well as Michael's children, Michael Jr., Paris and Blanket, who many state, Bhatti bears a resemblance to, as well as the ability to dance just like the pop star.

Jackson and Omer

Jackson's youngest Blanket

The remaining DNA from the tests conducted on Jackson to determine cause of death, can be used to determine if he is the dad of Omer Bhatti, who lived at Neverland for several years as a child.

O. Jamal Bhatti in Italy (Bravo Bravissimo)

Is this a real live "Billie Jean" situation or the real deal? Stay tuned.

Lovechild on the front row at memorial

Devastated Omer Bhatti, 25, sat with head bowed and wearing dark glasses alongside the star's grieving brothers and sisters during the poignant tribute two weeks ago. It will further fuel suspicion that he is Jacko's fourth child.

And childhood snaps show an uncanny likeness to Prince Michael II, seven - known as Blanket - the youngest of the star's three "official" children.

Michael, who died last month aged 50, is said to have told pals in 2004 that Norwegian Omer was born following a one-night stand in 1984.

Omer is now believed to be seeking a DNA test to discover the truth. And yesterday his family in the Norwegian capital Oslo refused to rule out Jacko as Omer's dad.

After the singer's death, Omer's mum Pia cryptically remarked: "He was the King of Pop. But for us he was so much more."

The likeness between Omer and Blanket is remarkable. They have the same dark hair, the same eyebrows and the same facial features.

Significantly, Omer was granted a special place among the Jackson family for the service at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, on July 7.

Meanwhile, some of the most famous celebs in the world had to make do with seats in rows behind.

The Sun can also reveal that wannabe star Omer lived at Jacko's Neverland mansion for several years and mixed with the other Jacksons as if he was one of the family...

http://www.thesun.co.uk

Rihanna And Jay-Z Still Embarrassing Beyonce

"SOS" singer, uh, more like, so so singer, Rihanna and her former label boss, Jay-Z, continue to embarrass his overly weaved wife (really, how many horses have to die for one hairdo) by flying all over the place together and spending nights to hotels, while Beyonce is out working hard at stealing music and yodeling her faux songs, to put food on the table. You ungrateful camel.

Last night, Rihanna and Jay-Z touched down in London and sat in the intimate VIP section of a club, guzzling $12,000 worth of liquor.

If you ask me, Jay-Z behaves like Rihanna is his wife. Can you imagine if those two had a child. With Rihanna's forehead fivehead and Jay-Z's lips...actually the kid's features would be in proportion (grin).

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http://www.mediatakeout.com

R&B royalty Rihanna and Jay-Z rack up one ella-va bar bill after rolling into London

Last updated at 11:31 AM on 22nd July 2009 - Rihanna and Jay-Z rolled into town last night and immediately made waves by racking up a huge bar bill at London club Vendome.

The pair and their respective entourages set up camp in the VIP area, where they had soon totted up a tab of £7,000.

There was no sign of Jay-Z's wife Beyonce, who sat the trip out.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Video Of Lebron James Getting Dunked On

Oh Dear!

July 22. 2009

Being the evil website they are, TMZ, obtained footage of basketball player Lebron James being dunked on by a 20-year-old dude that isn't even in the NBA. If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of sponsor Nike screaming.

Side Bar: coincidentally, the young man that dunked on Lebron is named Jordan. Go figure.

Side Bar #2: one day somebody is going to break TMZ's Harvey Levin's legs. If anyone gets footage of that, please send it to me. Thanks in advance (Just kidding - no one break his legs).

LeBron James -- The Secret Dunk EXPOSED!

Posted Jul 22nd 2009 3:02PM by TMZ Staff - It's the footage you've been waiting for -- the tape LeBron James tried to destroy -- the moment King James gets slam dunked on by an amateur!!!!!!!!

LJ joined in on a pick-up game during the camp, when Jordan Crawford -- a 20-year-old baller from Xavier University -- got the rock and decided to go right after LeBron, soaring right over the all-star and delivering a nasty two-handed slam in front of everyone!

Several media outlets reported that LeBron and Nike -- who sponsored the camp -- sent henchmen to confiscate tapes from anyone who may have been recording the dunk, fearing the footage would cause some serious damage to LeBron's image.

But one copy survived -- and the tape proves all the reports are true ... LeBron is human after all, and Jordan Crawford was the guy who proved it.

http://www.tmz.com

Go Home To Your Wife

Jon Gosselin, the star of the reality show, "Jon and Kate Plus 8 (kids)" has left his wife and family, to have flings with two women, who clearly do not respect the institution of marriage.

You had a litter of kids with Kate Gosselin. You need to man up and go home to your family. God is not going to bless this carousing you are doing.

Dude, go home to your wife. It's not cool being the single dude in the bar...with 8 kids at home. Go home and teach them something, so they don't grow up to say dumb stuff like Paris Hilton (for further reference, see Paris Hilton's "London is not in the UK" comment).

Madonna Dodging The Police

Madonna

Cowardly, pop music fraud, Madonna, is dodging police questioning, apart of a criminal manslaughter investigation into the terrible deaths of two members of her tour crew.

The manslaughter investigation stems from an incident that occurred, when her poorly designed and badly built, ugly stage collapsed on them, leaving eight others injured.

Apparently, pop music's worst thief, thinks she is too good to face police questioning, which is ironic, as she is a criminal.

She killed off a director via giving him a heart attack, now two men are dead after setting up her cheap stage, apart of a failed tour, with grossly inflated numbers.

Madge’s tragedy quiz row

MADONNA has refused to co-operate with officials probing a stadium collapse tragedy, it was claimed last night.

Two technicians, including a Brit, died last week when a temporary roof at the home ground of Marseilles FC, France, fell on 50 workers before one of her gigs.

A French newspaper said Madonna, 50, had "declined" to be interviewed by investigators.

Magistrates say she is an important witness as she has a £60million contract with Live Nation, which was organising the concert.

http://www.thesun.co.uk

Charges Dropped Against Racially Profiled Harvard Professor

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Famous Harvard Professor, Henry Louis Gates Jr, who has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show, was arrested for breaking into his own home, after a neighbor, who may not have recognized him, noticed him and a friend, trying to gain entry into the residence.

It is understandable that a neighbor would call the police, but the trouble arrived when the cops began to aggressively question Gates, who took umbrage at being interrogated in his own home in such a manner. When the officer told him he wished to question him outside, Gates hilariously told him, "I'd like to question your mama outside!"

Not amused, they arrested him, even though he showed his drivers license and Harvard I.D., confirming it is indeed his address and home. Gates believes the incident was racially motivated.

The police have since dropped the charges, but it has left many crying racism, stating had it been a white man in the same situation, in his own home, he would not have been arrested.

He reminds me of journalist Leonard Pitts

Gates was arrested for exercising his right to free speech in his own home, facing unreasonable questioning and searches. He did not attack or threaten the police. All he did was give a smart aleck answer to what he deemed a demeaning question.

I think he should sue. Your home is your castle and under the law, you can't be arrested for breaking into your own property, as it is yours and that would be an oxymoron. America is also a free country, where non-threatening speech is permissible without legal penalty.

Had he not become President, this could have just as easily been Obama, a well educated black man trying to pry his front door open, after a trip overseas, returning home to find the entry jammed.

As I stated last week, just because Obama became the first black President, doesn't mean the nation's racial ills have automatically been solved.

When black kids are discriminated against, turned away from a club pool available to all that pay the entrance fee as they did, like we're still in the Civil Rights era, where blacks and whites were not allowed to use the same facilities and a Congressperson uses the N-Word, there is still work to be done.

Yes, millions voted for Obama, many of whom are white. However, there are still some in America and all over the world, who continue to hold on to prejudices. Much has been accomplished in the way of race relations, but the world, not just America, still has a way to go.

Henry Louis Gates arrested, charges dropped

Here's a disturbing report: Henry Louis Gates Jr., a prominent Harvard scholar of African-American history, was arrested last week at his Cambridge, Mass., home after police were called about a possible break-in.

Today, local officials said the charges would not be pursued, but the whole episode is unsettling for someone who has written several books on the black experience in America...

Charles Ogletree, a Harvard Law professor who is Gates' lawyer in the case, told CNN today that Gates had returned from China on Thursday to his home and discovered his front door jammed. He opened his back door with his key and tried unsuccessfully from inside his home to open the front door.

That's when a police officer appeared and asked Gates for identification. Gates apparently balked at being questioned about his own home, and it all spiraled out of control from there.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates accuses police of racism over arrest

Tuesday 21 July 2009 02.16 BST - A black Harvard professor, who has been named by Time magazine as one of the top 25 most influential Americans, accused police of racism after he was arrested trying to get into his own home.

Henry Louis Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct after police said he "exhibited loud and tumultuous behaviour". He was later released.

The head of Harvard's WEB DuBois Institute for African and American Studies, shouted to a police officer "this is what happens to a black men in America" according to a police report.

The incident happen last Thursday after a call to police that "two black males" were breaking into Gates's home near the university campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts...

http://www.guardian.co.uk

Racial profiling is alive and well

July 22, 2009 - THE ARREST of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. after he was confronted by police while trying to open the front door to his home is the latest reminder that racism is alive and well even in the most wealthy and progressive enclaves of Massachusetts. Although the criminal charges against Gates were dropped yesterday, the incident is the latest clue - for those who need one - that we’re a long way from being a “post-racial’’ society in Massachusetts...

http://www.boston.com

Joe Jackson Cries Foul Play On Larry King Show

Larry King (left) and Joe Jackson (right)

A visibly distressed and weary looking Joe Jackson, dad of the late pop singer, Michael Jackson, made an appearance on the Larry King Show last night, to discuss the death of his son.

"Larry King Asks Joe Jackson If He Beat Michael - He Talks About Slavery"

Joe Jackson leveled allegations against doctors involved in the case, stating his son was murdered under circumstances that constitute foul play. He stated his son had trouble sleeping, they gave him something for insomnia and, "Michael never woke up."

Joe pointed the finger at Dr. Tohme Tohme, who he labeled a criminal with a murky past and Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's last physician, both men having befriended his son.

Michael Jackson's Father Suspects "Foul Play" By AEG In Son's Death

It is true that some overdoses are not accidents. That is not implausible. There are many cases on the court dockets of individuals, who were deliberately overmedicated into non-existence.

It's hard to ignore the fact, Jackson's physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, took 30 minutes to call 911, administered CPR incorrectly, then disappeared for 3 days after the singer's death, as that is so egregious, it goes way beyond malpractice and negligence.

Years of prescription pill abuse had also weakened Michael Jackson and his body weight had dropped, as seen in tour rehearsal footage taken hours before his death.

Celebrity Prescriptions

Michael Jackson

Considering the nature of the often intrusive press and violations of patient confidentiality that have occurred, why is there not a service for celebrities, politicians and other well-known individuals, to discreetly obtain their prescription medication, even by mail.

They should be able to do so anonymously, via a computer system, that generates prescriptions by a customer number instead of by customer name.

Some famous people have social diseases such as Herpes, which they find embarrassing and do not wish to have a local pharmacy staff knowing their business that could end up in the tabloids or on the blogs.

Similarly, some have sad diseases such as cancer or AIDS and want to keep their health battle private.

The computer system could have safeguards to insure the same celebrity does not abuse meds, such as painkillers or any other potent drug, via receiving an excessive amount thereof, well over the recommended dosage.

In the medical field, privacy is paramount, but some unscrupulous individuals toss that out the window for a quick buck.

Hudgens Bans Zac Efron From Seeing Megan Fox

Megan Fox

In the world of teeny boppers that refuse to grow up, Disney star and internet nudist, Vanessa Hudgens, who has been embroiled in a protracted contract dispute with a former manager, has banned her actor boyfriend, Zac Efron, from seeing "Transformers" actress Megan Fox.

Fox previously spoke of her crush on Disney's Efron and even tried to meet him at an awards ceremony that Hudgens accompanied him as his date.

What's a bit odd about the situation is Fox and Efron actually look like each other, which is what probably fueled the mutual attraction that upset Hudgens - similar to rock singer Mick Jagger and his former look alike wife Bianca.

Megan Fox (left) and Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens (right)

Vanessa Hudgens ‘Bans Zac Efron From Seeing Megan Fox’

Jul 21 2009 - Vanessa Hudgens is laying down the law! The actress is furious that her boyfriend, Zac Efron, had a dinner date with sexy actress Megan Fox — and has reportedly banned him from seeing the Transformers star again!

“Vanessa feels humiliated by what she perceives to be Zac cheating on her,” a source told the National Enquirer. “It stings so much more because Megan is one of the hottest women on the planet.

“Vanessa demanded Zac cut all ties with Megan and swore if he didn’t, they were finished.”

“Zac’s going along with Vanessa’s demands for now,” the source adds. “He swears he only went to meet with Megan to discuss the possibility of working together in the future.

“But Vanessa’s not stupid — she knows Megan was making a play for Zac.”...

http://www.showbizspy.com

UK Pop Star Peter Andre Falls Off Stage

Peter Andre T4 Falls Off Stage!

British pop star Peter Andre, the estranged husband of crazy, inebriated reality TV nude model, Jordan, real name Katie Price, launched a comeback that got off to a rough start - namely falling off the stage.

Corporate America Back To Risky Mortgages

President Barack Obama

Corporate America still has not learned from the lesson that is the current mortgage crisis, which began in 2008 and continues unabated.

Wall Street is back to issuing risky financial instruments, with investor money, this time via loan modifications that are costly to the American people, in greedy attempts at gaining increased revenues.

For example, there is a Miami company that charges a service fee of $24,000 for the year, at a rate of $2,000 per month, to do a loan modification, with the alleged promise, the homeowner will be free of mortgage payments for 12 months, then given a new mortgage.

However, what they do not tell you is, that year is not actually free and will be piled on to the new exorbitant mortgage, along with other miscellaneous fees.

The government needs to move quickly to put legislation in place, dictating how much companies can charge consumers for loan modification services and legally compel them to disclose all the facts relating to their service.

There are companies and lawyers lying to home owners, collecting fees, telling them they do not have to pay their mortgage for many months, while the corporate entity works to obtain a loan modification, not informing them, the debt they owe will be significantly higher at the end of the 12 months, by 20-50% above their current mortgage.

Miami is not the only place in America a new breed of mortgage fraud is transpiring in the loan modification sector of finance. The proceeding New York Times article excerpt, highlights another treacherous company, FedMod, that is being sued for defrauding 650 homeowners via deceitful loan modification programs.

Anyone that defrauds and further damages already financially distressed homeowners, should not only be sued, but imprisoned under federal statutes. There are quite a few business vultures that view this financial crisis as their time to get rich or richer. It is time for the government to act.

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Cashing In, Again, on Risky Mortgages

Published: July 19, 2009 - LOS ANGELES — From the ninth floor of a downtown office building on Wilshire Boulevard, Jack Soussana delivered staggering numbers of mortgages to homeowners during the real estate boom, amassing a fortune.

By Mr. Soussana’s own account, his customers fared less happily. He specialized in the exotic mortgages that have proved most prone to sliding into foreclosure, leaving many now scrambling to save their homes.

Yet the dangers assailing Mr. Soussana’s clients have yielded fresh business for him: Late last year, he and his team — ensconced in the same office where they used to broker mortgages — began working for a loan modification company. For fees reaching $3,495, with most of the money collected upfront, they promised to negotiate with lenders to lower payments on the now-delinquent mortgages they and their counterparts had sprinkled liberally across Southern California.

“We just changed the script and changed the product we were selling,” said Mr. Soussana, who ran the Los Angeles sales office of Federal Loan Modification Law Center. The new script: You got a raw deal, and “Now, we’re able to help you out because we understand your lender.”

Mr. Soussana’s partners at FedMod, as the company is known, were also products of the formerly lucrative world of high-risk lending. The managing partner, Nabile Anz, known as Bill, previously co-owned Mortgage Link, a California subprime lender, now defunct, that once sold $30 million worth of loans a month.

Jeffrey Broughton, one of FedMod’s initial partners, served as director of business development at Pacific First Mortgage, a lender that extended so-called Alt-A mortgages for borrowers with tarnished credit for Countrywide Financial, which lost billions of dollars on bad mortgages before being rescued in an acquisition.

FedMod is but one example of how many of the same people who dispensed risky mortgages during the real estate bubble have reconstituted themselves into a new industry focused on selling loan modifications.

Despite making promises of relief to homeowners desperate to keep their homes, FedMod and other profit making loan modification firms often fail to deliver, according to a New York Times investigation based on interviews with scores of former employees and customers, more than 650 complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau, and documents filed by the Federal Trade Commission in a lawsuit against the company.

The suit, filed in California federal court, asserts that FedMod frequently exaggerated its rates of success, advised clients to stop making their mortgage payments, did little or nothing to modify loans and failed to promptly refund fees. The suit seeks an end to FedMod’s practices, and compensation for customers...

http://www.nytimes.com

Michael Steele vs. Obama

The head of the Republican party, Michael Steele, slammed President Barack Obama in a speech, over his proposed healthcare reform and handling of the auto industry.

Sony Angling To Get Jackson's Half Of Catalog

Michael Jackson

Pop singer, Michael Jackson, has not even been dead for a month and already Sony is angling to pry the other half of the music publishing catalog he co-owns with them, from his lifeless hands.

They seek to make an offer for it, while informing the press, their half is not for sale. Sony CEO, Satan incarnate, Howard Stringer, was busy responding to inquires about it at Camp Allen last week. Just pathetic.

To Mrs. Jackson and co.: do not sell it to Sony. They seek to buy you out at a discounted price, due to Jackson's untimely death, with the knowledge, the catalog is going to increase in value over time, leaving you, your son's children and his favorite charities, shortchanged.

Sony harassed, antagonized, abused, vilified, exploited and threatened your son during his life, in well documented incidents. They added to his pain. He fought tooth and nail to keep that catalog. Now that he has passed, they seek to do him this final injustice, trying to obtain the catalog for far less than it is worth.

Jackson Assets Draw the Gaze of Wall Street

Published: July 19, 2009 - ...Howard Stringer, top, Sony’s chief, and Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the head of Colony Capital, had deals with Michael Jackson.

A handful of major financial firms have made inquiries into buying the Jackson estate’s 50 percent share of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the company that controls most of the Beatles song catalog, according to people briefed on the matter...

“Sony/ATV’s really started to gain greater value in recent years,” said Barry Massarsky, a music industry consultant who has done work for Sony/ATV and its rivals. “I’m very bullish on its prospects.”

John G. Branca, the entertainment lawyer who structured Mr. Jackson’s initial purchase of the Beatles catalog and is now one of two executors of his estate, declined to comment by e-mail on Sunday, saying only that the Jackson stake in Sony/ATV “is not for sale.”...

Mijac has an estimated worth of $50 million to $100 million and is likely to grow with the pickup in album sales since his death...

It remains possible that Sony could seek to use its option, leaving the Jackson family with a 25 percent stake in the business. Some of the private equity firms have proposed teaming with Sony to buy the remaining stake from the family, these people said...

Speculation about the Jackson stake in Sony/ATV swirled at the Allen & Company retreat for media moguls in Sun Valley this month. Several attendees said Mr. Stringer had fielded inquiries into the possibility over dinner. Mr. Saban made an informal inquiry then, these people said.

The stake is likely to continue to grow in value, and some members of the Jackson family have pondered the merits of selling. Still others have proposed eventually cobbling together a consortium to buy out Sony’s share in the publisher.

http://www.nytimes.com

ESPN Star Illegally Videotaped Nude In Hotel Room Via Hidden Camera

Conduct Described As "Disturbing"

Erin Andrews

In what is a felony and massive civil rights violation, a depraved, deranged pervert, videotaped, ESPN anchor, Erin Andrews, in various states of undress, using a hidden camera illegally placed in her hotel room.

According to Warner Bros' celebrity blog TMZ, who knows all about this kind of thing, the footage reveals Andrews is unaware she is being illegally videotaped, whilst in various states of undress in her hotel room.

It is a terrible sign of the dark times and jaded society we live in, that anyone would seek to do such a sick and unconscionable thing.

It is an egregious, criminal violation of the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Code and not to mention, a disgrace. It speaks to severe mental illness, as it takes a very sick mind to come up with, then execute such shameful nastiness.

However, it is a form of mental illness that has reared its ugly head before, in sick Hollywood, of which the sports industry is apart, as a form of entertainment.

ESPN: "Erin has been grievously wronged. "Our people and resources are in full support of her as she deals with this abhorrent act."

Depraved Hollywood cults such as Madonna's Kabbalah and Scientology, specialize in this perverse nastiness that is a disgrace to the Constitution and human rights in America. It has singlehandedly set human rights in America back 300 years.

According to news reports, Andrews is going to sue regarding this incident. However, it should also be turned over to the federal authorities, as it is a nasty, criminal violation of the nation's privacy and decency laws.

This kind of social depravity belongs in prison, as left unchecked, it will go from illegally filming adults via hidden cameras, to preying on children.

Anybody nasty enough to do such a thing to a grown woman, psychologically has a voyeuristic mental disorder and will do the same to kids as well, believing they have gotten away with something.

Erin Andrews Nude Video Peddled for Profit

Posted Jul 20th 2009 10:45AM by TMZ Staff - Someone is trying to sell the secret videotape of ESPN's Erin Andrews and it's clear -- there's a pervert on the loose.

We will not publish the video nor did we purchase it. It's a clear invasion of privacy. But this is what we can tell you.

It appears the video was shot from some sort of spy cam. It looks as if someone drilled a small hole in her hotel room from an adjoining room.

The camera is clearly being operated by someone. It follows Erin as she moves about her room.

It looks like a high-end hotel, but Erin's people claim they have no idea where or when it was shot.

It's also clear Erin has absolutely no idea she's being videotaped.

http://www.tmz.com

Erin Andrews -- Clueless Over Nude Video

Posted Jul 20th 2009 10:21AM by TMZ Staff ...Meanwhile, Grossman has already released the following statement: "While alone in the privacy of her hotel room, Erin Andrews was surreptitiously videotaped without her knowledge or consent.

She was the victim of a crime and is taking action to protect herself and help ensure that others are not similarly violated in the future. Although the perpetrator or perpetrators of this criminal act have not yet been identified, when they are identified she intends to bring both civil and criminal charges against them and against anyone who has published the material.

We request respect of Erin's privacy at this time, while she and her representatives are working with the authorities."

It was not clear from the reports what hotel the video was filmed in or when it was made. The video has since been pulled from the Internet.

ESPN is also also furious about the situation, and released a statement of their own: "Erin has been grievously wronged. "Our people and resources are in full support of her as she deals with this abhorrent act."

http://www.tmz.com

Megan Fox Still With Brian Austin Green

Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox

Actress, Megan Fox, has bizarrely been behaving like a boyband member, in her attempts at hiding her relationship with boyfriend, Brian Austin Green, who she has been with for the past five years.

In launching herself as a sex symbol, she has pandered to male audiences, proclaiming herself bisexual and available. Yet, she is often seen in the company of the former 90210 actor Green.

Not to mention, her attempts at becoming the next Angelina Jolie, is actively irritating the actress, who deems the bid a bit too much and very overbearing.

Paris Hilton: Britney Spears Used Me

Britney Spears

Waster, Paris Hilton, really believes her own hype. She is publicly claiming, pop lip-syncer and fellow Kabbalah nutter, Britney Spears, used her for her so-called fame.

Oh please! Not to point out the obvious, but Spears is far more famous than Paris Hilton and both women's fame is actually notoriety, which is negative .

Paris Hilton

Yes, neither one of them can sing or dance, but Spears had previously sold millions of records, before her psychiatric meltdown and decent into schizophrenic madness.

Whereas Paris, who fancies herself an artiste, sold 2,000 copies of her debut CD in Britain, even with the benefit of Warner Music's extensive promotion and payola.

Paris Hilton Says Britney Spears Used Her

While sharing the hardships of celebrity life with her potential BFF’s on her Mtv reality show, Paris Hilton, broke down when she spoke about how Britney Spears used her for fame...

Britney, You know, like, I loved her like a sister, like, I really believed she was my friend and she just completely, like, used me, like, she didn’t even care about our friendship, like, all she cared about was making her music career.

Wow. Paris doesn’t normally come out and say this sort of stuff about other peeps to the press. Britney, just give the girl a call.

http://www.theinsider.com

Chris Brown's Apology Video Regarding Rihanna

Sony, singer Chris Brown, realizing his career is in the toilet, in spite of a recent guilty plea in criminal court, regarding beating up girlfriend, Rihanna, in a rage after she attacked him over a text message from another woman, issued an apology video today that was mostly geared towards music buying audiences.

He spoke from a prepared script, expressing his desire to get back in the good graces of those he has offended with his conduct.

Rihanna And Jay-Z Continue To Travel Together

...Without Wife Beyonce

Jay-Z Live Nation Deal Fell Through - Warner Bros To Release His New Flop

Ghetto-minded Beyonce and Jay-Z

Rapper and copyright infringer, Jay-Z, 40, who continues to rob his employees of their wages, forcing them to sue him, keeps travelling to numerous out of town destinations, without his wife, singer, Beyonce, 34, opting to take his mistress along, singer Rihanna, 21, along for the ride.

Jay-Z signed Rihanna as a teenager, began a sexual relationship with her then and it has not tapered off to this day, in spite of the fact, he married Beyonce a year ago.

Reports also surfaced, Jay-Z and Beyonce stayed in different hotels when they were in town for the BET awards, which were dedicated to the late singer, Michael Jackson. Such behavior is a sign of marriage problems.

Rihanna, not his wife, Beyonce, has accompanied him to California, Nevada and England on trips, to promote his awful new single and album. Another London jaunt is planned for this month, to meet with label bosses at Warner Music.

In the October 29. 2007 Judiciary Report article Madonna Live Nation Deal Explained, I referred to Live Nation as unwise for engaging in talks with deceitful artists such as Madonna, for album, touring and merchandising deals, as she, like Jay-Z, who I even mentioned in the same article, falsify and greatly inflate their weak sales across the board.

It is the only way they can remain famous, while their sales miserably flop. I also stated in the previous article, Live Nation did not do their homework and would get burned - so would their shareholders.

Shortly after said article, it was announced Jay-Z had procured a deal with Live Nation for $150,000,000, to encompass the release of his future albums, tours and merchandising.

However, of late, it is being said in the industry, the Live Nation deal has been scrapped, forcing Jay-Z to seek help from Sony, the label home to his wife, Beyonce and now Warner Music.

Another prophetic claim I made in that 2007 article has happened as well, where I stated regarding Madonna's then label, Warner Music, who refused to resign her, "I see that stock hitting the $3 per share realm in the future." Warner Music stock did drop to $3 per share a little over a year later in 2009.

Jay-Z takes no risks with new album

2009-07-19 15:30:02 - Rap superstar Jay-Z will hand deliver his new album to bosses at Atlantic Records in London - as he is terrified of the unheard material being leaked on the internet.

Rap superstar Jay-Z will hand deliver his new album to bosses at Atlantic Records in London - as he is terrified of the unheard material being leaked on the internet.

The hip-hop legend's highly-anticipated new disc, Blueprint 3, is set for release on 11 September (09).
But the Big Pimpin' hitmaker doesn't want to end up like stars such as Leona Lewis and Guns N' Roses, who have found their unreleased songs leaked online...

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Madonna Smirking In Wake Of Crew Deaths

Madonna

Depraved Madonna was snapped smirking for the cameras, while she went for a photo-op, visiting the hospital, where two of her tour crew members died last week and 8 remain seriously injured, after her shoddily made, cheap stage, collapsed on them.

Clearly, Madonna is not one to let the preventable deaths of two of her minions get her down or ruin a chance for some publicity, which she craves like a fiend. Such decorum would be too professional for the thieving underachiever.

Madonna visits victims of French stage accident

MARSEILLES, France — Madonna has visited some of the eight workers who were injured in an accident in which two more were killed while assembling a music stage for the singer in the French port of Marseilles.

Madonna's concert that was scheduled Sunday night in Marseilles was canceled after the accident Thursday at the Velodrome stadium. The roof of the stage collapsed while it was being built and crashed down on the workers...

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