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Taylor Swift Out, Nicki Minaj No & Kim Kardashian Shocked: Celebrity Gossip

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First up for this week’s celebrity gossip is Taylor Swift’s recent date night in Manhattan with new boyfriend Calvin Harris. The couple was spotted dining at an upscale Italian restaurant in NYC’s Little Italy and strolling the streets of Manhattan arm in arm.

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With her personal life on the upswing, Taylor has many blessings to count these days as she also made the Forbes list of the top 100 most powerful woman. At the age of 25 she is the youngest woman ever to appear on this Forbe’s list.

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In more couples gossip off and on couple Katy Perry and Jon Mayer reportedly headed to Disneyland together over the weekend. They dined at Club 44 an exclusive Disneyland restaurant that caters mainly to celebrities and other rich folks. Though the couple won’t publically state whether or not they are dating again they have been spotted out together on several occasions over the past few months.

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Kiera Knightley and husband James Righton became first time parents this week with the birth of their baby, whose gender and name have not been revealed to the public as of yet. Nevertheless, congrats to the happy couple!

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Meek Mill, who has been romantically linked to Nicki Minaj, is denying rumors that the two are engaged to be married. The rumors started after Mill gifted Minaj with a 15 karat diamond ring, which he swears is not an engagement ring. Mill has said that it is too soon for the couple to contemplate marriage because they are still getting to know each other.

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This past weekend’s F1 Grand Prix race was attended by Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and two of their friends. Though the race car driver they were rooting for did not win the Instagram pictures the girls posted from the race showed them enjoying themselves anyway.

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Rose Byrne, who co-stars in the upcoming Spy with Melissa McCarthy, recently said in a magazine interview that she enjoys working with Bobby Cannavale, her live in boyfriend. She said she felt making a movie is consuming and she enjoyed being able to share the experience with her boyfriend.

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The TLC network has come under fire for airing a marathon of 19 Kids and Counting after the recent revelation that Josh Duggar molested little girls in the past. Though Duggar released a public apology many viewers still felt the marathon should have been pulled in the wake of this news. The network has since publically apologized for not doing so.

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In a recent interview with Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush, Kim Kardashian stated that she didn’t understand why people would follow her on social media only to bash her. I say you reap what you sow and I can’t see one redeeming quality that Kim Kardashian has. I mean, she hooked up with Kanye West and that should tell you all you need to know about her.

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In other Kim/Kanye news the couple took to social media to send each other happy anniversary wishes as, by some miracle, they actually made it to their first wedding anniversary which is surprising since she’s a Kardashian and he’s just Kanye West. Anyway, Kanye tweeted to Kim that she is the girl of his dreams and that he loves her and their daughter so much.

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These Kardashians are always into something, as Kylie and Kendall are celebrating the launch of their clothing line, which consists of styles inspired by the fashion of Morocco. The clothing line is sold exclusively at Pac Sun stores across the country. Summer weight dresses and tops are featured as part of the clothing line.

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Proving some good can come from celebrities using social media Eva Mendes is receiving praise for a selfie she posted on her Instagram in which she thanked people for helping to support the family of Andrew Wilson Wratten, a baby stricken with Neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer. Mendes also stated on her Instagram post that she was going to autograph a t-shirt and send it to the first person who made a donation to the child’s family within 48 hours of her post.

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Speaking of selfies, over the weekend, the Rock (or Dwayne Johnson, if you really want to call him that,) set a new world record for the highest number of selfies anyone has ever taken within a three minute time period, with 105 pictures of his gorgeous face. This world record was broken at the London premiere of San Andreas.

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The first very short leg of Mariah Carey’s Las Vegas residency has come to an end and, despite having had to cancel one of her first ever residency shows due to vocal cord issues, she was showered with letters and gifts from her fans to congratulate her on the show’s success. To thank everyone Mariah took to her Instagram account and posted a video thanking them and telling them how much fun she has already had with her Las Vegas residency.

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After having recently called off her wedding Bristol Palin took to her blog this week to ask her fans and readers for prayers for her and her family. She said that everyone was hurting and that she trusted God’s plan for her life. Bristol announced that she and her baby son are rebuilding their lives in their home state of Alaska.

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Though as a former Victoria’s Secret Angel, Karlie Kross is used to living a glamorous lifestyle, earlier this week she donned a St. Louis Cardinal shirt and threw out the first pitch at their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. She had the pitch caught on camera and posted the picture to her Instagram account stating that nothing she had ever done before had made her more nervous. On the more glamorous side of life, Karlie Kross also recently made an appearance at an AIDS Gala held in Cannes last week.

That’s it for this week’s celebrity gossip. Check back next week to see what your favorite stars are doing.

Blackhawks vs Ducks Game 7 Decider: 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

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The Chicago Blackhawks staved off elimination on Wednesday night with a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in game six of their best-of-seven series. The result sets up a game seven in the Western Conference Finals, a decider that will be played on Saturday night from Anaheim, California.

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Game five was a bit of a see-saw affair as the Blackhawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second period. They appeared good for the win until Anaheim answered back in the fairly late-going of the second and then again in the early parts of the third. But Chicago would stop any ideas of a comeback in game six with two late third period goals that served to seal the deal and force a one-and-done situation this weekend.

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Goal scorers for Chicago were Brandon Saad, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane, and Andrew Shaw (2). Goal scorers for Anaheim were Patrick Maroon and Clayton Stoner.

The Ducks, a team who did not face a significant challenge in the opening two rounds of the 2015 NHL playoffs, are now in unchartered territory. Anaheim opened with a sweep of the Winnipeg Jets and continued their success in the second round, eliminating the Calgary Flames in five games. However, in the ‘hawks, Anaheim have found a worthy challenger, one with enough seasoned veterans to steal a game seven on the road.

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The Blackhawks, like Anaheim, have not faced a game-seven situation in the 2015 NHL playoffs. However with skaters Duncan Keith, Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, and Jonathan Toews Chicago has no shortage of experience in the post-season. Much is made about home-ice advantage in a game seven situation however much could be made about veteran leadership as well. Chicago boasts tons of it and they are not likely to be phased heading into the Honda Center on Saturday night.

According to Toews: “Again, we can resort to our experience in (high-pressure) situations and just feel confident. We’re going to go work. Fate’s on our side. We’ll find a way to make things happen.”

Anaheim can boast veteran leadership as well with Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf. However if it comes down to who is between the pipes then you would go with Chicago in game seven – despite the setting in Anaheim.

The ‘hawks have Corey Crawford, a netminder with now 69 appearances in NHL post-season games. He’s been stingy in the clutch before, he has ample playoff experience, and in recent playoff seasons he has not made many crucial mistakes.

With Frederik Andersen, Anaheim has a reliable goalie but one that’s still unproven in the pressure-filled situations. He let in four goals on just 22 shots in game six and that’s going to put him under the gun in game seven.

Between he and Crawford I truly think it will be the former who has the shaky legs when the final game of the Western Conference playoffs starts.

Prediction: Chicago wins game seven.

Top 10 Worst Serie A Soccer Player Signings 2015

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Serie A Soccer isn’t immune from the fact that there will be those horrible signings that looked so promising at the beginning of the season. This season of Serie A was no different as we take a look at 10 of the worst signings in Italy.

Xherdan Shaqiri worst serie a soccer signing 2015

 

Xherdan Shaqiri

The talented Swiss forward wanted game time at Bayern Munich but didn’t find any. He soon joined Inter Milan in January for a fee of 15 million euros and hasn’t really impressed. With just two goals in 18 appearances, many would have expected better even if Shaqiri claims he needs more time to adapt.

Alessandro Matri worst serie a soccer signing 2015

Alessandro Matri

Returning to Juventus on a loan, despite an important goal in the Coppa Italia against Fiorentina, the Italian has been a disappointment and his lack of games means that it won’t be surprising to see him return to Milan.

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Suso

Definitely one of the most bizarre moves, Suso joined from Liverpool and hasn’t exactly done anything of note. It says a lot that his few appearances for the Rossoneri show why Liverpool were ready to let go of a once talented prospect on a permanent move.

Juan Iturbe worst serie a soccer signing 2015

Juan Iturb

Signing for Roma for a fee of €22 million, quite simply more was expected from Iturbe who has only scored three goals in 34 games in all competitions this season.

However, he is 21-years-old and can only get better next season.

Marco Borriello worst serie a soccer signings

Marco Borriello

Brought in to replace Matri, the 32-year-old has been anything but an inspired signing with no goals in eight games for

Fernando Torres worst serie a soccer signing 2015

Fernando Torres

After his performances for Chelsea, one wondered why on Earth Milan would loan him in especially as a replacement for Mario Balotelli.

With just one goal in 10 appearances, enough was clearly enough within a few months.

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Victor Ibarbo

Brought on loan from Cagliari to add firepower to Roma’s attack, the Colombian has failed to register a goal for the club despite appearing in eight league games.

Seydou Doumbia worst serie a soccer signing 2015

Seydou Doumbia

One of the most efficient and devastating strikers in the Russian league, Doumbia was another player brought in for a fee of £15.8 million to bring Roma more goals.

That’s not been the case however as the Ivorian has been limited to substitute appearances, scoring just two goals in 11 games so far for the Giallorossi.

Lukas Podolski worst serie a soccer signing 2015

Lukas Podolski

On loan from Arsenal, it took Podolski 14 games to score his first goal for Roberto Mancini’s side.

Voted the second biggest flop signing in a poll by Gazzetta dello Sport, with just one goal and two assists in 16 games, it’s no wonder that Podolski is rumoured to be wanting a return to London.

Alessio Cerci worst serie a soccer signing 2015

Alessio Cerci

Voted the biggest flop signing in a poll by Gazzetta dello Sport, Cerci has a nightmare season so far. Signing for Atletico Madrid last summer, he barely got any game time and went on loan to AC Milan in exchange for Fernando Torres going the other way.

A return to Serie A didn’t help as he’s found himself on the bench again as his performances have been dreadful, leading to Milan wanting to reportedly send him back despite his loan ending only at the end of next season.

Running Out of Places to Kick Ass

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File-sharing sites have been changing domain names lately due to crackdowns on piracy for which these sites are known for. Kickass Torrents is currently kicking ass in the Isle of Man, a British crown dependency between Ireland and Great Britain, after changing domains yet again. The Isle of Man has its own laws and legislation whose laws has yet to catch up on the validity of this popular file sharing site. Torrent sites known for copyright violations such as Kickass Torrents and The Pirate Bay have slowly been losing favor with their host countries. Their domains continue to be sized and removed forcing them to move to countries with outdated or delayed copyright laws.

But according to Kickass Torrents, currently the top file sharing site since the seizure of The Pirate Bay last December, the move is just a routine activity. Two probable reasons for which, is one, to avoid immediate legal issues with its host and country and two, to reset Google search results. In Google, search results that lead to Kickass files, result in DMCA Copyright notices and their links get broken. After moving, Kickass torrents also regains its top spot in search results after Google lowers the site’s priority in its current domain. Three, the move unblocks them in countries where the torrent site is banned.

But there’s not too many places the site can move around to as countries gradually update their copyright laws to include peer-to-peer sharing, time and space will soon run out for Kickass torrents and other of its kind unless a new method of sharing becomes available or if they implement Project Morpheus to become basically immortal. Kickass Torrents can also get by with changing their site name as well as domain to easily gain registration.

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Cut Off One Domain, Two More Shall Take Its Place

In related news, soon after the surrender of The Pirate Bay domains in Sweden, the file-sharing site announced several other domain names, namely GS, LA, VG, AM, MD and GD. And to prove a point, they changed their logo which does look cooler. The pirate ship is still there but in the background is the mythical monster, the Hydra, with a domain extension over each head. The site even goes as far as to sarcastically mock Swedish prosecutor Frederick Ingblad.

“Congratulations to Prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad. Two years hard work to get us to change two little letters at a cost of $20,000 per letter…”

“He could have given us $35,000 and we would have left the domain, thus saving the Swedish tax payer $5,000. All he had to do was ask nicely,”

Just goes to show it’s tough to keep a good pirate down. Just like Marvel’s HYDRA organization whose terrifying motto is ‘cut off one head, and two more shall take its place’. Pirate Bay is back with a vengeance since its seizure last December resulting in a two-month hiatus and the loss of its .se domain a week ago, totally severing its association with being a Swedish site.

According to Torrentfreak, these domains are operative so file-seekers will have no problem looking for what they need whether it’s legal or not. This is an opportunity for downloaders where the Pirate Bay is blocked by their ISPs by domain name. Countries and internet providers that block file-sharing sites now have more domain names to contend with and more for each one taken down. As long as the Pirate Bay isn’t taken down as a whole, founders, operators and even followers, the Piratebay will keep on sailing, now with a monstrous companion like The Flying Dutchman.

Google Seeks to Stop Patent Trolls by Ruling Them All

Google is much into experiments. Not surprising from a company led by engineers. It’s experimenting into driverless cars, Wi-Fi via balloons, investing in small companies and now, the company is into patent clearance; a project it calls, Patent Purchase Promotion. The company did experiment with a small Linux-based mobile operating system with much success and now its experiments with a browser-based operating system has borne fruit. Now Google is all over the place throwing stuff around hoping something will stick. It worked before and it will work again. After all, as one leader of another ‘organization’ would say, “Discovery requires experimentation.”

The word patent has been thrown around the past few years especially between tech giants Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Google and others. Patents, which are supposed to protect its owners’ rights to their innovative products or ideas as well as enable them to license out those ideas, are now used in unscrupulous ways to damage the competition, to derail their progress and to earn a few bucks along the way. There are unscrupulous entities that purchase patents just to sue the pants of someone else who has a similar idea. These entities are called patent trolls. A sleazy, monopolistic and non-progressive practice.

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To curb this practice, Google seeks to subvert the patent office and become the new patent keeper and regulator to ensure patents and intellectual properties actually perform by keeping patent trolls away. It’s still an experiment but Google has a lot of money to throw around. Unlike the US Patent and Trademark Office, Google’s program would be fast, simple, and easy to use.

“…By simplifying the process and having a concentrated submission window, we can focus our efforts into quickly evaluating patent assets and getting responses back to potential sellers quickly,” — Allen Lo, deputy general counsel for patents.

The idea has similarities to Google for Entrepreneurs wherein Google invests or aids in the investments to innovative entrepreneurs and startups which is actually like the show, Shark Tank, but with less teeth. The program was implemented last May 8 and finished a few days ago, May 22. There’s no telling yet how many patents were actually sold to the company as they’ve yet to evaluate which patents to keep by June 26. Google promises fair treatment to patent sellers as they’re automatically granted a license to practice their invention. What will happen to the patents sold? Simply put, whatever Google seems fit as per their FAQ:

Question: What does Google intend to do with the patents it purchases?

Answer: Google maintains a large patent portfolio. Any patents purchased by Google through this program will join our portfolio and can be used by Google in all the normal ways that patents can be used (e​.g.,​ we can license them to others, etc.).

Which leads to another question: What’s to stop Google from being patent troll king, if they’re not trolling already? How would they troll patent owners? By undervaluing the patent, but that would be between Google’s and the owners’ lawyers. No doubt they’d try to devalue patents as much as possible but they’re rumored to be ready to buy patents for as much as a billion. Google did encourage sellers to get legal assistance before selling, which is a good sign. The search giant did imply that they don’t plan on becoming a non-performing entity, which is another word for patent troll like an ant lion waiting for an infringer. A good patent is ripe for licensing and they intend to do just that— but still sue the pants off anyone they catch for infringement.

The company still considers this project as an experiment but will keep the patents of course. To their credit, it’s a novel experiment intended to clean up the patent market where more than 60 percent of patent lawsuits were initiated by patent trolls. However, this project also has the potential to be monopolistic in itself. Many flock to where the process is easier and Google no doubt has the money. Google would probably end up owning a huge chunk of US patents. Whether it succeeds or not is anyone’s guess at this point, but we can always count on the government to control emerging evil empires, right?

Obama’s Goat Deal For Malia & French Montana Skimps On Chinx: Celebrity Gossip

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It’s hump day beautiful people and the gossip in the land of the rich and famous does not stop. President Obama‘s daugher Malia is already getting wooed for marriage with interesting gifts and French Montana cheaps out on Chinx Drugz funeral.

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Love is in the air for Nia Long

It is always so refreshing and just plain sweet when I see people find love. Not just the love that says yes it is official we love each other, but the kind that screams I am IN love and I want to be with you for the rest of my life.

Nia Long just joined the ranks of the countless 40 something year old women who have taken the plunge into matrimony well past the traditional time frames of society’s expectations. Yes, she will be taking the walk down the aisle sometime soon in the near future as she recently became engaged to her longtime boyfriend Ime Udoka (a former NBA player and San Antonio Spurs assistant coach).

The two have been together (in some form or fashion) for about five years now and they have a 3-year-old son together.

Long has been outspoken in the past about how she feels when it comes to being a successful woman who is still unmarried at the age of 44.

“I think that women who are extremely driven to success, ambitious, I think they get to a point in their lives where they’re like, ‘Uh oh. I am 30-something years old, and I don’t have a husband and I don’t have children yet and what does that mean?”

Well it’s good to see that she is finally taking the plunge.

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Obama’s Daughter Offered Marriage “Proposal” by Kenyan Lawyer

You just can’t get around how some people do things in other parts of the world. You know here in America, we meet, court, commit, get engaged then get married. In other places they exchange livestock for young girls’ hands in marriage. Someone needs to tell one Kenyan lawyer that here in the land of the free and home of the brave, especially when it comes to the first daughters, it just doesn’t go down like that.

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President Obama was offered 50 cows 70 sheep and 30 goats by Felix Kiprono for 16 year old Malia to be his wife. And get this, he said that he got interested in her in 2008 (um she was 9 or 10 years old) when her father was running for office the first time. That is disgusting. This grown ass man preying on a 10 year old girl.

Then… are you ready for it… this fool said that he only has eyes for her because he plans to marry her. Furthermore, he is in total denial that shit just doesn’t work like that here.

“As a matter of fact, I haven’t dated anyone since and promise to be faithful to her. I have shared this with my family and they are willing to help me raise the bride price.”

I know that this may be how it is done in Kenya and that makes it even more said that young girls have to go through this kind of thing. Once more, he hopes that president Obama will bring her with him on his first presidential visit to Kenya in July.

Apart of me wants to say don’t take her but the IDGAF part is saying screw him, and make sure snipers are posted.

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Chinx Drugz Family Starts Go Fund Me Campaign to Raise Money for His Funeral

How in the hell, if you are rapper or apart of the crew of a famous (albeit asshole) rapper’s crew, you don’t have any money for your family to bury your ass?

It is reported that Chinx Drugz family started a Go Fund Me Campaign to help cover his funeral expenses. Why? Where the hell is French Montana and why can’t he bank roll the funeral? Why the hell did Chinx Drugz a.k.a. Lionel Pickens, not have the fucking money in some bank account left over for his family to pay for his funeral? Why do these rappers live the fucking lifestyle that they do which obviously doesn’t allow for “incidentals” like being shot in a drive by and having a funeral?

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I have not liked French Montana since he complained about not “having time for this” when a fan was killed after one of his concerts. He is not the greatest of rappers and he is just an all around ass. When fans called him out on it, he said something about having to address negativity during a time of grief. Fool your whole gimmick is centered on negativity so don’t even try to pull that fucking card.

I am just so over him and famous people in general like him. Whenever his lame music comes on the radio, I turn that shit off. I can’t support selfish, fake ass, non-rapping niggas.

LeBron James Advances to his Fifth Consecutive NBA Finals

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Despite their 3-0 lead on the Atlanta Hawks, the Cleveland Cavaliers played like a team on the brink of elimination Tuesday night in Game 4. The Cavs jumped out to a double-digit lead pretty quickly, and by the 2nd quarter the lead was in the 20s.

Apparently the Hawks accepted their fate after 114-111 OT loss in Game 3. The final score was 118-88 Cavs, but even the 30 point blowout score only partially explains just how one-sided this game was.

LeBron James finished 23 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists in the game, once again showing off his brilliance on the box score in addition to the highlight reel. In fact, The King came within three assists of being the first player ever to average a triple-double over an entire playoff series. In the Eastern Conference Finals. Against the top seed. Three assists.

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He could have easily gotten those three too, but he sat out the majority of the fourth quarter with his team nursing a huge lead.

With this victory, LeBron will be advancing to his fifth-consecutive NBA Finals, and his second-overall with the Cavs with the first one coming back in 2007 against the San Antonio Spurs. The Cavs were swept in that series; however, the LeBron leading that team was much younger and inexperienced.

Fast-forward eight years. The 30-year-old LeBron James that is leading this Cavaliers team now knows what it takes to win it all—in fact, he has two championships under his belt now with the help of Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, and the Miami Heat. In 2007, it was a boy leading boys. Now he’s a man trying to finish what he started all those years ago.

No matter who takes the court against him when the Finals start June 4th, that will be the main story line.

“I can’t guarantee you we’ll win [in the Finals],” said James in his postgame interview following the sweep of the Hawks. “I guarantee you we’ll play our asses off.”

Once again, it’s all eyes on LeBron James in June. Just the way he likes it.

Raven-Symoné Is Our Fault & THE VIEW Will Monetize It

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There’s much talk going around about former child star Raven-Symoné becoming a regular host on ABC’s won’t-die- at-any-cost-talk-show The View. It’s cringe worthy for me to think that this air-head could be getting more time on air to spew her nonsense, but it looks like there are many people that want to see her every day of the week.

“She was interesting and provocative,” the ABC insider said. “Raven would be great as a regular host.” That statement says it all. It’s not that Symone is interesting because there are young black women who have far more to offer the female audience than she does. It’s the fact that she’s controversial and we like talking about all of the dumb things she says on regular basis.

So wait, are we to blame for the sudden relevance of Raven-Symoné? Sadly, yes we are. The View has been waning in rating numbers for years and years now, bringing on a host that says the stupidest things while keeping people talking is just what the doctor ordered. It’s not hard to roll your eyes and blabber about the time Symone said she was from “every continent in Africa” or the fact that she thought when a TV show host called Michelle Obama an Ape, it wasn’t a bad thing! She even went back and said Michelle didn’t look like an ape, but a cat!

With every blog post posted, magazine article written and moments happening around the water cooler, Raven-Symoné crept her way back in to being a household home name. Gone are the days of her being a well-adjusted childhood star we could all respect. Now, she’s a black woman who actually let the world know she thought that one of the fiercest black women of all time (Harriet Tubman) should not be placed on the $20 bill.

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I never really understood the point in round table shows like The View. There are way less annoying ways to get your Hollywood gossip like People Magazine. Even though they’re becoming increasingly unpopular, they don’t look like they’re going away anytime soon.

It’s sad that The View isn’t giving another young, intelligent, black woman the chance to shine on television. As far as I’m concerned though, she’s an embarrassment. The only way to keep someone like her off your television every day is to either turn the channel or stop talking about her. It’s almost impossible to do of course, but the alternative is so much worse. I don’t think it will be long before she gets a regular spot on the Talk Show and we will be full of ridiculous things to gossip about once again because she’s setting out to become like that wacky aunt we’ve all had who says things that just make us shake our head.

For those thinking that The View won’t be bringing her onboard, I can tell you already that you are very wrong. The number speak for themselves and when Raven-Symoné co-hosted the show, the ratings shot through the roof easily beating “The Talk” by fifty percent which is the show ABC wants to beat.

If you remember when “The Talk” first appeared, Barbara Walters and the gang then poo-poohed CBS for ripping them off, but that rip-off show is now stealing ABC’s daytime viewers and ad dollars for that time slow. You can be sure Raven-Symoné’s agent is fielding calls from both networks as “The Talk” would be wise to grab her just for those numbers. Naturally, she’ll wear out her welcome with viewers, but that would be after several season of major ad money pouring in.

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Houston or Golden State: 2015 NBA Finals

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The Cleveland Cavaliers, following a sweep in the Eastern Conference Finals of the Atlanta Hawks, are back in the 2015 NBA Finals for the first time since the 2006/07 season. The Cavs, lead by Lebron James, still await the winner of the Western Conference Finals between Golden State and Houston.

The Cavs completed a sweep of the Hawks on Tuesday night in front of a home crowd at Quicken Loans Arena. James, in a game that saw a lot of minutes go to bench players, lead all scorers with 23 points on 10 of 20 shooting. James also had nine rebounds (all defensive) and seven assists for what was a near double-double.

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Cleveland’s well-rounded offensive attack featured five other players besides James scoring in double digits. Those players included Tristan Thompson (16) and J.R. Smith (18), two players that posted a double-double with 11 and 10 rebounds respectively.

Atlanta, despite enjoying a season to be remembered for their franchise, exited the post-season without much of a fight. Perhaps the Hawks were deflated after losing Kyle Korver to injury or perhaps Atlanta didn’t see much hope in coming back from 0-3. However in dropping a 30-point decision (118-88) the Hawks clearly limped out of the post-season and into the off-season.

The Cavaliers, a franchise that has never won the NBA championship, did exactly what they needed to do in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavaliers, despite qualifying for the championship series, are considered underdogs to win the championship at the moment. Betting odds still favor the Golden State Warriors (bet365) however, thanks to the sweep, the Cavs can now sit back for a bit and hope that the Western Conference Finals are lengthy.

Golden State currently lead that series 3-1 over Houston with game five coming from Oakland on Wednesday night. The Warriors, playing from home, are current heavy favorites to win that game (ie. -700 bet365). Even though the Rockets have proven to be a very difficult out this post-season, it appears as though Wednesday night will be their curtain call.

On head-to-heads Cleveland and Golden State are 1-1 against each other from the past regular season. Each team won when hosting the other so perhaps home court advantage will be something to cherish in the 2015 NBA Finals. Importantly, should Golden State eliminate Houston as anticipated, that advantage will belong to the Warriors.

For those wondering when Cleveland plays next, according to an article at NBA.com, June 4th is when the finals will begin with “no move-up” date.

 

Curvy Diva Girl Takes On Raven-Symoné, Bye Girl: For the Record

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When you are rich and famous, you can get away with a lot of stuff. From your antics to your life style, people can say what they want to say but you know, hey… you got money and they don’t so it really doesn’t matter what they say. Right?

I want to say such is the case with child star turned uneducated adult Raven-Symoné but I honestly don’t think that her fame and money has anything to do with the way that she thinks. And it is obvious that the way she thinks in in total opposition to a lot of people’s views.

Let’ me break it down a little bit for you before I really get into the meat of my opinion. Raven-Symoné is black. Because she is black, the black community expects her to “act black” by supporting the things that we go through. Does this mean she turns a blind eye to the behaviors of some in the community? No. But it does mean that she acts like she understand and cares about the struggle that we as a community go through and have our community back.

So what is the issue with Raven-Symoné? Well, here is my issue with her. I don’t understand how she can say that things that she says and not think twice about what just came out of her mouth. In the past year, she has made some comments that reveal ignorance and downright stupidity on her part. And I that is my biggest issue. She has no filter. What makes matters worst is that it has been reported that she may be getting a permanent position on “The View.” You mean people are actually going to give her a daily platform to spew her mistruths and misunderstandings? Why?

Is it because her comments against black people or let me try to be somewhat politically correct here, her comments offering a different opinion about black people are in line with a greater agenda. I mean, believe it or not, there are people who believe that the white man run media tries everything in its power to paint black people in the worst light possible. And what better way to do so than to use a young, black woman well known throughout the global world.

Another notion that is very possible as to why people keep letting her say the shit that she does is because they are making fun of her and making fun of her is making fun of people like her.

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I am not sure what she brings to the table that makes “The View” or anyone want to make her a permanent fixture in their television line up. Aside from her comments about black people, Michelle Obama and Harriet Tubman being on the twenty dollar bill, she just doesn’t seem to be very bright.

When asked about her comments concerning her blackness she says:

“I never said I wasn’t black, I said I wasn’t African American — to me, that’s a difference.”

Hmmm okay, I can kind of understand that one. Some people prefer to just be called black rather than African American. But it was her next comment that just to it to the realm of, “you have got to be kidding me.”

“Thank you to ancestry.com for sending me my DNA test… “I am from every continent in Africa except for one and I’m also from every continent in Europe except for one…”

When I heard her say this I paused for a second. First of all, it’s country not continent. Secondly, how the hell are you from EVERY country in Africa and Europe? Either you have no idea how many there are or yet again, you got that wrong. This is what I am talking about here. How can she not know which one is which and once more, how can people keep giving her space to make these kinds of mistakes.

Maybe all of this due is due the fact that she grew up so fast. I mean, she first appeared on The Cosby Show in 1989 at the tender age that being around children her own age affords her. When you grow up famous from a very young age, sometimes you are immune to certain topics and conversations that you don’t really come into knowledge about until you are older. That can cause you to form biased, unlearned opinions about very important and controversial situations that you don’t have a realistic understanding of.

My last thought on all of this has to do with Bill Cosby. I wonder, with all of the allegations that have come up against him involving sexual misconduct, is Raven Symone a victim of his actions? Many times when people have experienced some kind of sexual abuse, they don’t always know how to handle it and thus, their behaviors and actions are not always in sync with that of a normal cohesively acting adult. Perhaps, and of course I am just speculating here, she went so long hiding something that may have happened to her that her brain finally just clicked and we have what we have today.

Regardless of what it is that makes her act how she does, someone close to her needs to pull Raven to the side and have a nice, long conversation with her about thinking before she speaks and maybe it wouldn’t hurt to give her a geography lesson too.

Rangers Put A Crimp On Lightning: 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

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The Tampa Bay Lightning locker room couldn’t have been that great of a place to be on Tuesday night following game six of the 2015 Eastern Conference Finals. The Lightning entered the game poised to qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals however, thanks to a 7-3 loss, TB are now in grave danger of being eliminated from the post-season later this week.

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Game six between Tampa Bay and the New York Rangers will probably be remembered for a wonky third period that featured a ton of scoring. The two teams came out of the second intermission with just one goal between them as New York lead 2-1.

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However the hinges came off of the Lightning defense early in the third. New York rattled off three quick goals from J.T. Miller, James Sheppard, and Derick Brassard in the opening seven minutes and change of the final frame.

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Tampa Bay, it should be pointed out, did NOTt give up despite falling behind 5-1. In fact TB coach Jon Cooper pulled the goalie with a full five minutes to go in an effort to make the final minutes interesting. However two third period goals from Nikita Kucherov were nothing but academic as the Rangers pulled even in the series at 3-3.

The Lightning now find themselves in a very precarious situation. Arguably they had to approach game six as a must-win situation against a very dangerous Rangers team. However if Tampa Bay did have that approach in game six then perhaps they should pretend game seven is a preseason game instead of a true must-win.

new york rangers vs tampa bay lightning 2015 stanley cup playoffs

Before game seven, Ben Bishop will need to regroup after getting chased from game six. The Lightning will have to forget about the chance they squandered on home ice and they will have to ignore the fact that the Rangers are proving themselves to be a dependable bet in the clutch.

New York are now 4-0 in the post-season when facing elimination and they will surely have full confidence on Friday night at Madison Square Garden (8pm ET).

Anaheim Ducks & Tampa Bay Ready To Collide: 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

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The Anaheim Ducks and the Tampa Bay Lightning are both on the verge of making it to the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Finals following action over the last two days. On Sunday, Tampa Bay defeated the New York Rangers 2-0 to pull ahead 3-2 in the eastern conference finals. Then on Monday night, in a classic, Anaheim defeated Chicago 5-4 to take the same slim margin in the western conference finals.

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The Lightning claimed game five with a sound defensive performance on Sunday. Ben Bishop made 26 saves to guarantee the Lightning of victory while Steven Stamkos, despite not scoring in the opening round of the playoffs, had a goal and an assist. Should the Lightning win on Tuesday then they would return to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since winning them in 2004 over the Calgary Flames.

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However the Rangers are definitely a team who have shown some resilience in the 2015 post-season. After falling behind the Washington Capitals in round two, New York rallied to a game seven overtime win. Accordingly, the Rangers are not likely to just roll over and die because they’re facing elimination.

Furthermore, if Tampa Bay do not win game six then they would be facing a road game-seven, a scenario few NHL teams survive in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Much appears to be hinging on Tuesday night’s game, one that starts at 8pm ET.

jonathan toews stanley cup playoffs 2015

In the west, Anaheim nearly lost game five despite holding a late two-goal lead. Jonathan Toews lit the lamp twice in the dying minutes of the third period to give his side some hope of stealing home ice advantage again. Both of Toews’ goals came with the extra attacker on in what was truly both an improbable and, for Anaheim’s fans, a deflating comeback.

However Anaheim’s Matt Beleskey did not wait very long before ending the game in the overtime session. With his seventh goal of the post-season he scored at the 45-second mark of overtime.

Anaheim, with the game five win, are guaranteed a chance to close out at home in game seven, if needed. But they could close out the series in Chicago in game six on Wednesday night as the ‘hawks will be on the brink in their own rink.

Regarding the Ducks, they certainly have to like the situation they are in – not just in the western conference finals but in the post-season overall. Heading into the respective conference finals, the Rangers were the team considered the favorites to win the Stanley Cup. However if New York should falter then Anaheim would be looking at a home series in the Stanley Cup finals against a team, Tampa Bay, that should probably be judged as not quite as talented.

Accordingly, at the moment the Ducks are considered Cup favorites with odds of +137 (WilliamHill) in the outright winner’s market. Their ideal situation would be to close out the series in Chicago on Wednesday and then face the Lightning in the finals.