bronze zoo
daily dos
fri 11/20/2009
- Paleisthenewtan.com: that spray-on tan probably wasn't a good idea.
- Lil Wayne says he's "not into poetry" in the trailer for the new documentary The Carter. (via The Daily Swarm)
- Eating movie popcorn and soda while at the movies is like eating three burgers with 12 pats of butter in one sitting, according to a report by the non-profit Center for Science in the Public Interest.
- Current Cuban President Raul Castro has done nothing to improve the civil liberties of Cubans, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. Jose Miguel Vivanco of Human Rights Watch: "Cubans who dare to criticize the government live under constant fear since they know they could end up in prison just for expressing their opinion."
- Alicia Keys is a superhero with style in a new video, "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart." (via Concrete Loop)
- Students at UCLA and other University of California campuses are protesting a planned 32 percent hike in undergraduate fees. The fee hike increases the yearly cost of attending a University of California school to over $10,000 and does not include book or housing costs.
- Iconic TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey says "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will end in 2011, after 25 seasons on the air.
- Comedian Will Ferrell is the most "overpaid" actor in Hollywood, according to Forbes magazine. The magazine estimates that Ferrell only makes three dollars for every dollar he is paid. Shia LeBeouf was named most "underpaid" for making $160 for every dollar he earned.
get the ink off
daily dos
thu 11/19/2009
- In the future, we'll all drive electric cars that look like crabs. For the environment.
- Alcohol + dancing = quinceañera freestyle. (via Buzzfeed)
- You can now call Jenni Rivera "La Grandma de La Banda."
- 50 Cent says he has removed the tattoos on his arms so he won't have to spend hours in make-up while working as an actor: "My call time is four hours before the regular acting talent because of the tattoos."
- People magazine has named 46-year-old actor Johnny Depp the "Sexiest Man Alive" for the second time in his career.
- Kid Sister is all grown up in a new video, "Right Hand Hi."
- The Stupak-Pitts amendment to the coming health care reform legislation could eliminate health insurance coverage for abortion according to a study by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
happy daze
daily dos
wed 11/18/2009

(image by Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara via flickr)
- The Hollywood Reporter has named Eva Longoria its Philanthropist of the Year for her charity work and for being "one of the few Latinos so publicly to claim her heritage at the very height of her career."
- Beyonce and Lady Gaga play with guns in a new video, "Video Phone."
- Reverse remittances: Mexicans are starting to send money to unemployed relatives in the U.S. (via The Latin Americanist)
- A gay couple in Argentina could become the first same-sex couple to marry in Latin America. The couple, Alex Freyre and José María Di Bello, were granted a marriage license after a judge ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage violated Argentina’s constitution.
- Shoplifting is on the rise, and it's not just the poor who are stealing. Middle-class people around the world are shoplifting items like French cheeses, expensive makeup and clothing.
- This year's Army suicides are on track to surpass the number of troops killed this year in Iraq.
- Utah, Washington and Minnesota are the happiest states in the U.S., according to a study that measures education, wealth, emotional health and physical health by England's University of Cambridge. The least happy states in America are Mississippi, Kentucky and Virginia.
shak attack
daily dos
tue 11/17/2009
- Shakira shows off more weird dance moves in the new video, "Give It Up To Me," featuring Lil Wayne.
- Mattel's Twilight Barbie dolls: run your fingers over Taylor Lautner's abs again and again, and again.
- Nearly half of teens ages 12 through 17 say they've been in a car while the driver was texting, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
- T.I., who is currently in prison on weapons charges, says he's planning on marrying his girlfriend when he's released.
- Former WWE champ and current UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar is reportedly suffering from an intestinal disorder that will put his fighting career on hold. UFC President Dana White: "There's a possibility Lesnar will never fight again."
- Nearly one in seven families in the U.S. are having "difficulty putting enough food on the table at times during the year," according to a report by the U.S. Agriculture Department.
- Over four million dominoes were toppled for nearly two hours as a man named "Mr. Domino" – along with 90 others – broke the world record for toppling dominoes in Holland. (via Buzzfeed)
dial my heart
daily dos
mon 11/16/2009
- Beyonce and Lady GaGa trade duets: Telephone, which appears on GaGa's The Fame Monster and Video Phone, which appears on Beyonce's I Am… Sasha Fierce (Deluxe). (via Idolator)
- With unemployment the highest it has been in years, will people go out and shop on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year?
- Rihanna tells a German TV talk show host that she's a "horny chick."
- Morale among American troops stationed in Afghanistan is falling, according to a study by the Army. The study also found that at least half of the soldiers in Afghanistan have had difficulty getting care for their mental health issues.
- NASA says it has discovered water on the moon, which could help them gain a better understanding about how our solar system was created.
- NFL star Tony Gonzalez and his wife, October Gonzalez, join Christian Serratos of Twilight and go naked for PETA.
guilty
daily dos
fri 11/13/2009
- Can two divas share a mic? Paulina Rubio and Jenni Rivera give it a shot on "Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes." (via TV y Espectaculos)
- Facebook animations. (via Buzzfeed)
- Daddy Yankee says he wants to return to Guatemala to make up a cancelled concert there was scrapped due to fraud.
- The parents of "Balloon Boy," Richard and Mayumi Heene, are expected to plead guilty to creating a media hoax.
- Nearly five million copies of the new video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 were sold on the first day of its release, breaking a record previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV. The game is estimated to have made $310 million in the U.S. and U.K. alone.
- NASA: The world isn't ending in 2012.
- Business groups in Ciudad Juárez, México, are asking the United Nations to send peacekeeping troops, arguing the 5,000 Mexican troops stationed there are "not enough."
- Fernando Bermudez, a 40-year-old man from New York, has been declared innocent of the murder for which he was convicted 18 years ago. Bermudez, who has been in prison since the age of 22, will still face over two years in jail for a drug charge.
they said, we said
daily dos
thu 11/12/2009
- Representatives for Memo Ibarra and Omar Sanchez, who parted ways with Alacranes Musical, say the Urbina brothers are "deliberately lying" about legally winning the Alacranes name to "cause confusion and controversy."
- CNN news anchor Lou Dobbs, the conservative talking head known for his anti-immigrant stance, has resigned from his post to take on a "more activist role."
- ABC News profiles Johanna Orozco, a teenage girl who was shot in the face by her abusive boyfriend – and survived.
- Eating poorly is to blame for teen obesity and not a lack of exercise, according to a study in the health journal Obesity Reviews.
- Rihanna continues to show off some skin in the cover for her new single, "Hard," featuring Young Jeezy.
- Fast fingers: how do people count cash around the world?
- Wake up with Chamillionaire in a new video, "Good Morning."
- El Salvador is facing a food shortage after three days heavy rainstorms washed away crops that could have fed an estimated 10,000 people.
- Fútbol, haircuts and prayers: check out a photogallery of life inside the Bellavista jail in Colombia, which houses drug dealers, members of paramilitaries and corrupt politicians.
haus music
daily dos
wed 11/11/2009
- Lady Gaga is on fire, literally, in a new video, "Bad Romance."
- Did baseball player Sammy Sosa bleach his skin to look lighter?
- Who is taking the hardest hit in the recession? Young black men without a high school degree, according to The New York Times. (via Waxy)
- Are Colombia and Venezuela on the verge of war?
- New Moon vampire Christian Serratos, age 19, bares all for PETA.
- Former Miss California Carrie Prejean admits there is a video of her performing sexual acts for a long-distance boyfriend, but underscored that it is not a sex tape: "Did I think it would come back now and haunt me? No."
- Jay-Z says he might be ready to have a baby with Beyonce.
- Drinking and walking: a woman who had one too many almost gets hit by a train.
- Mexican newspaper El Universal is reporting that pop star Luis Miguel has officially tied the knot with his girlfriend, actress Aracely Arambula.
win win situation
daily dos
tue 11/10/2009
- Soldiers and civilian volunteers in El Salvador are looking for survivors of floods and landslides that have killed at least 130 people. Nearly three days of heavy rainstorms have left many in the Central American country without electricity or clean water.
- Trey Songz isn't one for modesty in a new video, "I Invented Sex." (via Concrete Loop)
- It's not just for kids: the Lego digital camera. (via Random Good Stuff)
- Where do they get those movie titles from?
- Babies learn how to cry in their mother's speaking accent while still in the womb, according to a report in the medical journal Current Biology.
branded
daily dos
mon 11/9/2009
- Katy Perry gets Russell Brand's name stitched on her butt.
- Wisin y Yandel can't resist a good fight: the reggaetón duo pose with UFC star Cain Velasquez during the Latin Grammys.
- Mars looks pretty weird. (via Waxy)
- University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely by her school after she was captured kicking, punching and violently pulling the hair of her opponents during a televised match. Lambert has apologized: "I let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation."
- Will Kobe Bryant and LeBron James join forces in 2010?

