- Sometimes
he likes to smoke chron, sometimes he likes to deliver great rhymes and other
times he likes to channel his inner dork by auditioning for a role in the next
chapter of the biggest sci-fi franchise of all-time. Kid Cudi, a.k.a. Cleveland
native and rap star Scott Mescudi, appears to be both an aspiring actor and a
bit of a space dork, as evidenced by his revelation that he was under
consideration for a role in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” JJ
Abrams' film is the seventh installment of the franchise and Mescudi revealed
on Twitter that he auditioned for a part in the film, which is due out in
December. “I auditioned!! That whole
experience alone was WILD. Happy I was able to get in the room and try!
Blessed!” Mescudi tweeted in response to a fan suggesting that he should have a
role in the movie. Those who know his resume know that Mescudi has done a bit
of acting already, appearing in this year's “Entourage” movie and 2013's “Need For Speed.” He uses his real
name instead of his stage name from acting and has since he scored a part in
the critically acclaimed HBO series “How
To Make It In America.” Even without Mescudi, “The Force Awakens”
will have a litany of star power, including Oscar
Isaac, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow and Andy
Serkis, all of whom will be joined by three cast members back from the original
Star Wars films, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. The story is set
30 years after the events of “Return
Of The Jedi” and Abrams penned the script alongside “Toy Story 3” writer
Michael Arndt and Star Wars
veteran Lawrence Kasdan………..
- Hey
Syrian refugees, how does a trip to South America sound? Ordinarily, jumping
from your continent to another - Europe - and then making a second continental
jump across the Atlantic Ocean to a place where you don’t speak the language or
know the culture is a big ask, but when your other option is staying in a place
where you’re just as likely to be bombed or massacred as you are to live past
the age of 40, it’s not so bad. The entire continent of Europe seems to be
fighting internally about what the do with the slew of Syrian refugees
streaming across its borders, so maybe Chile can take some of the weight off
those shoulders. President Michelle Bachelet says Chile will welcome "an
important number" of Syrian refugees and while that is a very vague
promise, it’s still promising something and that’s great. Bachelet spoke during
a religious ceremony and initially, she didn’t specify the country of origin of
the refugees Chile would accept. Her foreign ministry later confirmed that Chile
would receive Syrians fleeing the civil war in the largest refugee crisis since
World War II, explaining in a statement that the government is fast-tracking
measures to issue visas so Syrian families can enter the country as soon as
possible. According to el president, Chile will take in the refugees because
she believes it is a tragedy affecting all of humanity. Chile isn't the first
South American nation to take Syrian refugees, as Uruguay accepted 42 of them
in October 2014. Hilariously, most of those refugees now want to leave, saying
the country is too expensive and they cannot find jobs. They are protesting
outside Montevideo's presidential building, showing a shocking lack of
gratitude and making one wonder if maybe their unappreciative asses should be
air-dropped right in the middle of the Syrian war zone to see how they like it……….
- Their
numbers may be small and their names mostly unrecognized, but that doesn’t make
the small group of players who have decided to walk away from the NFL any less
significant. The biggest name to date is former San Francisco 49ers linebacker
Chris Borland, who had a stellar rookie season only to quit football out of
concerns for his health due to concussions, as well as other major issues
surrounding his well-being. Add Adrian Coxson, who was taken off the Green Bay
Packers' practice field in an ambulance on Aug. 1, to the club. Coxson announced
his retirement from football, saying the "next hit to my head could
possibly kill me or be life-damaging." Before leaving football, Coxson was
a rookie wide receiver taken to the hospital for more tests after experiencing
severe dizziness on the third day of training camp and later diagnosed with a
Grade 3 concussion. "I'm retiring because I'm still having symptoms, and
my health is more important to me than the game of football," Coxson said.
"It's been recommended to me by two neurologists and two doctors to retire
from football. This last [hit to my head] could be life-damaging. It has taken
a great toll on me.” It’s a decision worthy of applause and even though you can
argue that this isn't a future Hall of Famer making eight figures annually, taking
an injury settlement with the Packers and a $5,000 signing bonus received as an
undrafted free agent out of Stony Brook and leaving is still a bold move. Coxson's
agent, Jonathan Herbst, isn't angry about losing a client and says he believes
Coxson is making the right choice. The odds are high that Coxson won't be the
only one making such a choice in the immediate future and it may not be that
long before the next shoe drops………..
- What’s
the best way to survive a Taser blast from the cops without ending up as a
convulsing mess on the sidewalk? An idealist might argue that the best method
of ducking this painful experience is merely avoiding committing any crimes
and/or complying promptly with any orders given by police should you encounter
them for any reason, but that person would be a sucker. No, there is a far more
interesting way to prepare yourself to have dozens of volts of electricity sent
coursing through your body and that method was demonstrated recently by a
Washington, D.C. man who ended up in a bit of a kerfuffle with police at a
McDonald’s in Riverdale Park, Maryland. Marcus
Moycherielli of Washington was the reason police were called to the restaurant
on account of him throwing chairs and acting an awful lot like someone who was
hallucinating due to some sort of illegal substance within his body. Riverdale
Park Police Chief David Morris said officers encountered the raging Moycherielli
and did what officers in such cases normally do: make contact with the person,
attempt to talk them down from whatever high they’re on and if all else fails,
subdue the person using non-lethal force. In this case, the first round of
force was pepper spray, but that wasn’t enough to take down a man apparently on
PCP. From there, Moycherielli was blasted with several rounds of shocks from a
stun gun and it was only after multiple Taser blasts that he finally went down.
Morris says that the man had minor injuries and that officers arguably saved
his life, along with providing an epic story of drug-addled boldness for all to
enjoy. In the end, Moycherielli was taken into custody and was charged by
criminal summons with assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Quite a
night and if we’re lucky, his antics were at a McDonald’s with its own
playground filled with children who got to witness the first drug-fueled
rampage of their young lives………
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