- Those on either side of the Tim Tebow debate can find an ample number of reasons to either love or hate the much-feted Denver Broncos quarterback and his response in the face of a rather unique situation involving one of the biggest attention whores in Hollywood is no different. With fame comes the requisite chorus line of skanks and groupies wanting to join the party and for the devoutly Christian, über-conservative Tebow, that poses an interesting conundrum. What does he do when skanked-up hotties begin throwing themselves at him and more specifically, what does he do when it’s über-skank Kim Kardashian, she of the infamous sex tape, Playboy spread and two failed marriages? The answer, it seems, is politely declined. Shortly after deflecting a special invitation from Katy Perry’s parents to speak at their church and also start dating their trashy daughter, Tebow became the target of Kardashian’s affections. She reportedly has a huge crush on the professed virgin who is saving himself for marriage even though she is a devout narcissist who has made a sex tape and proudly displays her life for the world on a crappy reality show. Seeking her next sports star to garner headlines, er, share her love after her destined-for-eternity marriage to marginal NBAer Kris Humphries tapped out after 72 days, Kardashian apparently feels Tebow mania is what she wants. Unfortunately for her, Tebow is immune to her charms and when Kardashian tried to land a date with him, he said no. Add that to a string of failures for Kardashian since her divorce from Humphries, as ratings for her flagship reality show, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” are down 14 percent, and she had lost several endorsement deals. She’s seeing her 15 minutes wind down and dating Tebow would pump life into her faltering image. Either Tebow is smart enough to realize this or he is genuinely not interested in her, because he knows about her interest and isn't taking the bait. “Tim’s been made aware of Kim’s crush, and although flattered, he’s not interested,” a source said. Those who love Tebow will undoubtedly praise him for sticking to his values and not associating with a skank like Kardashian, while his haters will bash him for turning down a hottie most of them would give anything to hook up with. In other words, more of the same……….
- FEMEN is at it again. Known almost entirely as the Ukrainian hotties who show up at various political events or to support specific causes and take off their tops to get their message across, they bring joy to one and all while accomplishing very little in the way of affecting actual change. Even perpetually neutral (and awesome) Switzerland is not immune to the bare-chested rage of FEMEN, as was demonstrated Saturday when three of the group’s members were detained while trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland, to call attention to the needs of the world's poor. Reaching the heavily guarded Swiss resort town of Davos is a challenge in an of itself, but the determined ladies of FEMEN would not be denied. They reached the entrance to the complex where the World Economic Forum takes place every year and despite temperatures around freezing in the snow-filled town, they took off their tops and tried to climb a fence before being detained. When their doffed their threads, the women revealed messages painted on their bodies. "Crisis! Made in Davos," read one message painted across a protester's torso. Other protestors - who kept their clothes on - carried signs that read "Poor, because of you" and "Gangsters party in Davos." Technically, it should have been “gangstas,” but it’s the thought that counts. Davos police spokesman Thomas Hobi confirmed that the three women were held at the police station during the day and were released later Saturday. "We came here to Switzerland to Davos to explain the position of all poor people of the world, to explain that we are poor because of these rich people who now sit in the building," said protestor Inna Schewcenko. Denouncing FEMEN’s protest as a waste of time would be a mistake, however. One look at the attention the trio of topless women received versus the attention paid to a small group of protesters from the Occupy movement who are camped in igloos in Davos to call for more help for the needy illustrates this point perfectly. Half-naked chicks draw eyeballs, even if no one is listening to what they actually have to say……….
- Liam Neeson remains very good at kicking asses and moviegoers remain interested in seeing him do so. The targets of his rage may have changed from sleazy criminals who abducted his daughter in Paris to carnivorous wolves on the side of a mountain, but Neeson’s “The Grey” still fought its way to the top spot at the box office in its debut weekend with $20 million. That allowed it to best “Underworld: Awakening,” which dropped one spot in its second weekend, made an additional $12.5 million and has scored $45.1 million cumulatively in domestic earnings thus far. Katherine Heigl’s “One for the Money” overcame its incredibly transparent and clichéd premise and poor screenwriting to land in third place in its debut weekend with $11.7 million. The insanely over-promoted “Red Tails” fell two spots to fourth in its second weekend after raking in $10.4 million to raise its two-week total to $33.7 million. Another movie that has been used to bludgeon potential viewers over the head with incessant ads is “Man on a Ledge,” which finished off the top five in its first weekend on the (relative) strength of $8.3 million in domestic earnings. “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” continued to be critically acclaimed and commercially uninspiring with $7.1 million and a sixth-place result for the weekend. Through six weeks of mostly limited release, the film has earned just $21.1 million. Another critically praised movie was right on its heels as George Clooney’s “The Descendents” jumped back into the top 10 on the strength of the proverbial “Oscar buzz” and made $6.6 million to elevate its 11-week tally to $58.8 million. “Contraband” was the eighth-highest earner for the weekend and its $6.5 million was nearly enough to edge out “The Descendents,” but not quite. After three weeks, “Contraband” has banked $56.4 million. Disney’s revived, three-dimensional version of “Beauty and the Beast” made $5.4 million to secure ninth place and the spy thriller “Haywire” wrapped up the top 10 with $4 million. “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol” (No. 11), “Joyful Noise” (No. 13), “The Iron Lady” (No. 14) and “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” (No. 15) all dropped out from last week’s top 10…………
- Prepare for days of whining, bemoaning and lamenting from your social media-dependent friends and family members, which by this point is just about everyone you know or associate with in any capacity. Any time Facebook makes a change, be it major or minor, the hordes who use the site for free and rely on it as their stalking/interaction/connectivity tool for the world beyond their computer screen or smartphone react angrily. “Don’t you dare change the site I use for free and that you run as a business and get rich off of!” they shout. That will surely happen as Facebook expands its virtual scrapbook feature, Timeline. In addition to being able to share current and past Facebook activities with people who mostly could not care less about either, users will also be able to share what they are doing elsewhere on the Web thanks to the new Timeline Apps feature, which allows a new set of apps to grab and post activity from other websites and services into a person’s Facebook Timeline. Installing the Words With Friends app means a person’s Words With Friends account activity appears in Facebook to be ignored by that individual’s 447 digital friends. The new feature debuts with just 80 apps available, but among them are big names like Hulu, Yahoo! News, eBay, Zynga, Rotten Tomatoes and TripAdvisor. Favorite music services Spotify, Rhapsody and iHeartRadio are also on board, as are USA Today + Me, BuzzFeed, The Daily, Yahoo! News, Washington Post Social Reader, Ticketmaster and Hulu. Before installing Timeline apps, Facebook users must visit the Timeline Apps page to find apps they want to use. Each app has an install page to explain what it does an allow users to adjust their privacy settings. Some apps then allow a person to turn on the "post to Timeline" feature right from the app install page, but others force users to enable from within their Facebook Account Settings. Either way, users need to go to Account Settings >Apps to manage all their apps and from there, the magic happens. Let the bitching begin…………
- Every now and then, Congress gets some truly wacky ideas inside its collective legislative head. For example, Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Mark Pryor of Arkansas feel like impaired driving is a major issue. That may not seem noteworthy because who among us doesn’t know what a hazard drunk drivers are? Except that Schumer and Pryor aren't looking to target drunks who stumble out of the local watering hole or house party at 3 a.m. and climb behind the wheel of their old Dodge pickup truck for the drive home. They believe the federal government should help police departments nationwide obtain the tools and training needed to attack a rising menace of driving under the influence of drugs. The two senators have proposed that federal funding in a pending transportation funding bill be used for research and to train police on how to identify and police drivers who are baked, stoned, peaking, high, coked out or otherwise adversely affected by an illegal narcotic of some sort. "Cops need a Breathalyzer-like technology that works to identify drug-impaired drivers on-the-spot — before they cause irreparable harm," Schumer said. "With the explosive growth of prescription drug abuse it's vital that local law enforcement have the tools and training they need to identify those driving under the influence of narcotics to get them off the road." In explaining the rationale for their idea, the two senators explained that police have no equipment and few have any training in identifying drugged drivers because those drivers typically do not show the same outward signs of intoxication as drunken drivers do. According to Schumer, drugged driving arrests have risen 35 percent in New York since 2001. He also cited a 2009 federal report in which 10.5 million Americans acknowledged that they had driven under the influence of drugs. That number seems a bit high because let’s face it, most stoners are not getting up off the couch for anything other than a kitchen run for another box of Pop Tarts. Schumer would have everyone get worked up over the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 2007 roadside survey in which more than 16 percent of weekend and night-time drivers tested positive for illegal drugs. Those people just might be taking drugs to cope with the presence of overbearing civil servants like you, Chuck………
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