Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Pop Clips » 15 Sept 09

The Killer of Annie Le is due to be arrested this morning, they say...

Even the President thinks Kanye West is ... During a CNBC interview on Monday, President Barack Obama called hip-hop artist Kanye West a “jackass” over his behavior at the MTV Video Music Awards. Obama’s colorful remark was actually made in an off-the-record portion of the interview that was tweeted — and then deleted — by ABC News reporter Terry Moran. :::MoRe::: --- President Barack Obama is considering a visit to upstate New York... right here in the Capital Region!

via Miss Info's blog::: Video: Kanye tells Jay Leno, “I need to take time off and figure out how to…improve” - (Props to MrWorldPremiere) Mikey: Ye had some heartfelt words and apologies to Taylor Swift and the rest of world ...

I think we're up to something like 3, maybe 4 "apologies" now? Kanye took to his blog for a second time to apologize to Taylor Swift in a short, oddly lower-case entry re: intruding on Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. Here is the Janet Jackson 2009 VMA performance video!

Also still in the spotlight: Joe Wilson, the Republican Congressman from South Carolina who is at the center of Washington's latest brouhaha for shouting "you lie" at President Barack Obama during the president's health reform speech before a joint session of Congress.

Dallas Penn::: SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE! - The 2009 NFL season has kicked off in glorious fashion.


via Global Voices::: Joel Martinsen from DANWEI translated a blog post by Liu Xiaoyuan verifying the fact that Ai Weiwei, a prominent artist and activist in China, has been hospitalized for cranial surgery related to a scuffle with police in Chengdu a month ago. Ai Weiwei's blog has his latest photos taken from the hospital in Germany after the surgery.

The year of death takes another celeb: RIP Patrick Swayze, who died Monday after a long battle with cancer. He was 57.Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January 2008. His publicist says he died with his family at his side. Here's a clip from Roadhouse

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