Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Big Foot Found or Big Foot Hoax?

Browsing through Google Trends today, I noticed one of the top searches was 'Big Foot Found'. The photo of the preserved bigfoot is not very impressive, I've seen this type of "big foot" costumes before, the flat rubbery face is a dead give away. The news and photos seem to come from searchforbigfoot.com (if you go there now, you'll get redirected to a completely irrelevant site full of ads). If you do a whois search on that domain name, you'll find that it's owned by a domain squatter ireit.com, a Houston based company that describes itself as "a next-generation Internet media company that acquires, develops and monetizes high-quality domain names and web properties." Sounds like an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) trick to increase traffic and more importantly get gullible people to link in to the site and increase its pagerank.

Look up Tom Biscardi Bigfoot scam for more insight.


Tuesday, August 12, 2008

George Bush buttslap at the Olympics

The picture says it all: President George W. Bush butt slaps US women's beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor at the Beijing Olympics. Okay, it was more like a pat on the back, but you got to admit that is a very awkward pose. Good job tabloid photographer man :)


Troy Beyer's new book EX-FREE


Troy Byer’s new book, EX- FREE, empowers female inmates to make positive changes for themsleves. “Much of the crime committed by women is done in the company of men,” Byer states, “We must get these women to think powerfully for themselves.”


Multi-talented Troy Beyer began her acting career with a role on the children?s program Sesame Street when she was just four years old. Born in New York City, she studied acting and psychobiology at City University's School for the Arts. After landing a bit part in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984), Beyer moved to Los Angeles, where she became a regular on ABC-TV?s hit night time soap Dynasty in 1986, playing Jackie Deveraux. She went on to earn ShoWest's Newcomer of the Year Award for her leading role in the feature Roof Tops (1989).
Since then Beyer has acted in features such as Weekend at Bernies II (1993), Eddie (1996) starring Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Altman?s The Gingerbread Man (1998) starring Kenneth Branagh and Robert Downey Jr., and John Q (2002) starring Denzel Washington.
But it was in 1997 that she put her writing skills to use, making her screenwriting debut with B*A*P*S*, starring Halle Berry. Unhappy with how her script had been changed during the course of filming, the following year she decided to direct her next screenplay, Let?s Talk About Sex (1998), also playing a starring role. Beyer made a trailer and took it to the Sundance Film Festival, where she handed it out to film executives. The film was quickly picked up by a prominent distributor. She next wrote and directed Love Don?t Cost a Thing (2003) for Warner Brothers, based on the hit 1987 movie Can?t Buy Me Love.
Filmography (director):
Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)Let's Talk About Sex (1998)
Filmography (actor):
A Light in the Darkness (2002)John Q (2002)Good Advice (2001)Let's Talk About Sex (1998)The Gingerbread Man (1998)B*A*P*S (1997)Eddie (1996)The Little Death (1995)Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)The Five Heartbeats (1991)The White Girl (1990)Rooftops (1989)Disorderlies (1987)

40 Year Old Virgin Shelley Malil Stabs Girlfriend



Shelley Malil, who played Haziz on ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin’, has been arrested for stabbing his girlfriend more than twenty times in San Marcos, CA. According to police, Malil found his girlfriend with another man in her home. In a fit of rage, he grabbed a knife and began attacking her. When her male companion tried to stop him, he was stabbed by Malil as well.



Shelley Malil has appeared in a number films and TV shows, his most memorable appearance was a supporting role as Haziz in 2005’s The 40 Year Old Virgin which starred Steve Carell as Andy Stitzer, a 40 year old man on a quest to get laid. Shelley Matthew Malil is an Indian American who emigrated from India to the United States in 1974. He has also appeared in shows like Scrubs, Reba, NYPD Blue, The West Wing and ER.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Preppie Killer Robert Chambers and the murder of Jennifer Levin





The name Robert Chambers AKA the "Preppie Killer" resurfaced into news headlines today as he and his girlfriend, Shawn Kovell, were arrested in their apartment for possession of cocaine and then selling it to undercover agents during a sting. Robert Chambers was prominently labelled the "Preppie Killer" in 1986 after he murdered his then girlfriend, Jennifer Levin, an 18-year-old graduate of the exclusive Baldwin School. Robert Chambers was labelled a preppie gone bad because he had attended well off schools such as were St. David's, Choate-Rosemary Hall, and Browning and Boston University. However, his drug habits led to a string of petty theft and credit card fraud which got him expelled. Tabloids at the time painted him as an innocent youth who was a victim of Levin’s desire for rough sex which got out of hand.


During the night of Jennifer Levin’s murder, Chamber’s broke up with his other girlfriend, Alex Kapp at Dorrian’s Red Hand bar. Chambers then left the bar with Jennifer and they eventually wound up in Central Park. According to Chamber’s confession later to investigators, he was forcefully raped by Jennifer when she demanded rough sex from him. Chambers claimed Levin tied his hands together with her panties and then played roughly with his gentiles. When Chambers broke free and pushed her off, that was when Jennifer Levin was killed. However, investigation of the Jennifer’s body showed that she had been strangled to death. Her bra and shirt were pushed up to above her shoulders and there were clear claw marks around her neck where she desperately tried to resist her attacker.

When police arrived at Robetr Chamber’s home, he had fresh claw marks on his face which he claimed were from his cat. Needless to say, the police did not believe in his forced rape story. Chamber’s weighed 220 lb, double of Jennifer Levin, and was 6’5” compared to Levin’s 5’4”.
Chambers received 15 years in jail.

Other memorable quotes from Robert Chambers:
“You fucking cowards, you should stick to niggers!” - when police handed him a summons
“That fucking bitch, why didn't she leave me alone?” – before he was booked for murder