Howard stern defends anti-fat/showbiz tirade on 'precious' star
news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/1025988/howard-stern-defends-vicious-attack-on-precious-star
No surprises from him here. =/
Howard Stern has defended his fierce attack on Precious star Gabourey Sidibe, after describing the budding actress as "the most enormous, fat black chick I've ever seen".
The US radio host first ridiculed Sidibe during his Sirius satellite show on Monday (local time) while discussing the Oscars award ceremony the previous night.
"Everyone's pretending she's a part of show business and she's never going to be in another movie," Stern said.
"She should have gotten the Best Actress award because she's never going to have another shot."
Sidibe, 27, earned an Oscar nomination for her acting debut in Precious, the story of an abused teenager struggling to grow up in Harlem.
Even Oprah Winfrey, who gave effusive praise to Sidibe on her talkshow, came in for drubbing.
"Oprah's another liar, a filthy liar," Stern said.
"She's telling an enormous woman the size of a planet that she's going to have a career."
Sidibe is actually already committed to a few acting projects. She will appear opposite Laura Linney in the TV series The C Word and her next big-screen role will be in the drama Yelling to the Sky.
Stern defended his ribald comments on his radio show this morning, claiming he meant to draw attention to obesity in the US.
The US radio host first ridiculed Sidibe during his Sirius satellite show on Monday (local time) while discussing the Oscars award ceremony the previous night.
"Everyone's pretending she's a part of show business and she's never going to be in another movie," Stern said.
"She should have gotten the Best Actress award because she's never going to have another shot."
Sidibe, 27, earned an Oscar nomination for her acting debut in Precious, the story of an abused teenager struggling to grow up in Harlem.
Even Oprah Winfrey, who gave effusive praise to Sidibe on her talkshow, came in for drubbing.
"Oprah's another liar, a filthy liar," Stern said.
"She's telling an enormous woman the size of a planet that she's going to have a career."
Sidibe is actually already committed to a few acting projects. She will appear opposite Laura Linney in the TV series The C Word and her next big-screen role will be in the drama Yelling to the Sky.
Stern defended his ribald comments on his radio show this morning, claiming he meant to draw attention to obesity in the US.
No surprises from him here. =/
15 years
Your star sign
Forest wrote
The sun sign isn't everything though. Got to count in the ascendant, what sign is in the moon and - yeah.
The sun sign isn't everything though. Got to count in the ascendant, what sign is in the moon and - yeah.
Yes!
Well, overall I think the Sun sign is still the most important since it flavours everything about a person, but everything else tweaks a person a bit.Ascendant: This flavours the person's exterior, their physical appearance, how they appear to others, the impression they give to others, like the shell of a Jaffa.
Moon: This flavours a persons emotions.
Mercury: This flavours a person's communication and methods of communicating.
Venus: This flavours a person's romantic feelings and how they romance.
Mars: This flavours a person's temper and sexual nature, and their drives and passions in general.
So, for example, while a person might be like a Cancerian, they could have the outwards impression and looks of an Aries, the emotions of a Taurus, the communication of a Gemini, the romantic nature of a Leo, and the temper, passion, and sexual drive of a Scorpio. Though Cancer will flow through all of these, being the Sun Sign. In this way, everyone is ultimately an individual, though we will share more than a few things with others of our Sun Sign.
The outer planets aren't as important in defining a person's personality as all of these. Also, given their slow orbit many people share them, so they affect generations more than individuals, you might say, so I don't pay as much heed to them, though they can be interesting to look into sometimes.
15 years
Your star sign
Sagittarius, and on the Capricorn cusp too. The latter's influence is rather obvious on me, being rather less jovial and outgoing than the usual Sagittarius, with a more... serious, cynical and refined nature, though make no mistake, I am quite the warm, truthful and sometimes mischievous animal lover.
I guess you could say I'm 2/3's Sagittarius, 1/3 Capricorn, perhaps.
I guess you could say I'm 2/3's Sagittarius, 1/3 Capricorn, perhaps.
15 years
Beautifulpeople website culls 'fatties'
news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/990642/beautiful-people-website-culls-fatties
Again... not surprising, and tiresome.
A social networking site that will only let you join if you’re good-looking has culled thousands of members for getting fat over Christmas.
BeautifulPeople.com's strict ban on "ugly people" was extended to exclude over 5000 members who had posted photos of themselves on the site after gaining weight, the BBC has reported.
Applicants the Danish-based site are voted in based on their looks after sending in photographs of themselves to be judged by existing members.
Vigilant users of the site had reported the chubbier members of the site to recommend their exclusion from the site of 550,000.
"As a business, we mourn the loss of any member, but the fact remains that our members demand the high standard of beauty be upheld," site founder Robert Hintze said.
"Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded."
The culled members were told they could reapply for membership after they had lost their extra holiday weight. They were also given details on boot camp training to help lose the pounds.
Most of banished members were from the UK, US and Canada, the site announced.
BeautifulPeople.com's strict ban on "ugly people" was extended to exclude over 5000 members who had posted photos of themselves on the site after gaining weight, the BBC has reported.
Applicants the Danish-based site are voted in based on their looks after sending in photographs of themselves to be judged by existing members.
Vigilant users of the site had reported the chubbier members of the site to recommend their exclusion from the site of 550,000.
"As a business, we mourn the loss of any member, but the fact remains that our members demand the high standard of beauty be upheld," site founder Robert Hintze said.
"Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded."
The culled members were told they could reapply for membership after they had lost their extra holiday weight. They were also given details on boot camp training to help lose the pounds.
Most of banished members were from the UK, US and Canada, the site announced.
Again... not surprising, and tiresome.
15 years
