Fans of Matt Nathanson are in a frenzy over a certain lyric found in a song from Taylor’s latest album “Red.” In Taylor’s song “All Too Well,” the songstress sings “and I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to.” That’s great and all…but Matt Nathanson sang pretty much the exact same line nearly nine years ago in “I Saw.” Is this plagiarism? Was this an accident? Probably not. More importantly, DID THEY EVER DATE?! At least that would be somewhat reasonable explanation, wouldn’t it?
Whatever the case, Miss Swift is in some hot water right now and better explain herself…
Oh yeah…Matt Nathanson might not be that happy either.
Not even close to a wedding video this morning…but still important to watch. I can’t imagine what this would be like if it were in Seattle. It’s really just going too far and I think spreads unnecessary fear for everyone.
Sons of Anarchy actor Johnny Lewis was found dead yesterday and is also being considered a murder suspect. His body was found at the home of a 70-year old woman who he is also suspected of murdering. Johnny Lewis previously had roles on The OC (my favorite,) Criminal Minds (where he played a murderer,) and Quintuplets. I actually met him when I was 14 and have pictures with the guy!
Google goes to great lengths to protect all of us from inappropriate content on the web. I don’t know about all of you, but I am grateful that I don’t have to hold my breath when making a search on Google or YouTube for fear that I might come across something that will give me nightmares forever. Believe it or not, there is highly inappropriate content being spread across the web at all times including child pornography, fetishes, and intense violence or death. Why these things exist is beyond me, but I’m glad I don’t have to see it.
In order to make sure that we don’t accidentally stumble across these things, Google hires contractors to monitor the web content. Hooray. The bummer about this is that even though these contractors are doing a job that no one wants, Google refuses to hire them on as full-time employees and fails to provide them with the benefits needed to help support them when they are faced with psychological issues stemming from this position.
I found this interview with one former Google contractor interesting because even in this day and age, there is still a job for everything. There are glamorous jobs that everyone wants, but there are also jobs that no one wants, but still have to get done and it is these people that are constantly overlooked. To all of you, thank you for keeping us safe and thank you for shielding us from the dark side of human nature that exists.
Joseph Gordon Levitt for Playboy Magazine [Source]
Condé Nast lets you play model in their new video game, Fashion Hazard, available on both iPhone and the iPad. [Source]
Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas puts her hair in the hands of celeb stylist Ted Gibson. [Source]
Music
Spin Magazine has cancelled their Nov/Dec issue. [Source]
Record label, Fueled By Ramen, is raising money to support The Academy Is… band member Andrew Bishop Mrotek AKA The Butcher. Andrew was violently mugged at the end of July and has been in and out of the ER undergoing several surgeries. He is also without health care and FBR has said that any support that fans can provide will significantly help towards his bills. [Source]
Remember that brawl between Chris Brown and Drake not too long ago? The nightclub is allegedly suing them for $16 million. [Source]
Lady Gaga x Kendrick Lamar collaboration on the way! [Source]
The Jonas Brothers will come together again for a one-time concert. [Source] I want this.
Television
TLC taps into a new reality “looking for love” show called “Secret Princes.” [Source]
ABC’s Revenge has decided to make a re-cast decision for Emily’s mentor, Satoshi Takeda. [Source]
Teen Mom’s Farrah Abraham released a new music video. Apparently, auto tune is her best friend. [Source] Too awful to actually post the video on my blog
ABC Family has cancelled “Jane By Design.” [Source]
NBC’s ‘Tonight Show’ has laid off 20 employees. [Source]
Seattle
The city of Bremerton will re-name a street for Olympic gold medalist Nathan Adrian. [Source]
Amazon Local will begin delivering Capitol Hill’s Eltana bagels. [Source]
Other
Lauren Conrad made a huge mistake by releasing a new DIY video on her YouTube account today that showed her slicing up Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events and turning it into a storage project. Fans of the series were not very happy and her video has since been deleted. [Source]
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting divorced. Sad day.
But more importantly, the bullies involved in the Karen Klein bus incident have been suspended for a year! For those of you who don’t know, Karen Klein was a school bus monitor who was recently harassed by four 7th grade boys while on the job. The four boys would call her names, make threats at her, and tease her relentlessly. Video footage was shot of the incident and almost instantly went viral. From this, many rallied behind Klein and contributed to a fundraiser that amounted to over $650,000 to give Karen Klein the vacation that she deserved.
I am thrilled that action from the school was taken because I don’t know about you guys, but I’m a little bit tired of all these misconceptions surrounding bullying. There are those that say it doesn’t happen in school and that kids don’t tease each other, but no – there is proof now that it does happen and that kids are not only teasing each other, but bullying adults as well. Hate to break the news to you this way, but even after school is over, the bullying never really ends. It can happen in a workplace too.
Kudos to Karen Klein for being absolutely amazing.
For the past few months, rumors have been swirling around that Ann Curry would be leaving/be replaced as co-host on the Today show. I had hoped that it would not be true, but unfortunately – the news has been released today that tomorrow morning, Ann Curry will announce her departure.
Now, I don’t know if you know this about me, but I grow very attached to things – especially ones that are a constant in my life. Believe it or not, that would be Ann Curry y’all! I’ve been watching the Today show ever since I was a small child because it was the kind of programming I liked to watch right before I made it off to school. Ann Curry has been a part of the Today show since 1997 first as a news reporter and then as a co-host this past year. It’s been a long run for Curry, but it doesn’t end here as she has drafted up a new multi-year contract with NBC covering news and stepping in as an anchor on the Nightly News every so often.
- Will Jeopardy host, Alex Trabek, leave the show? I sure hope not. [Source]
- Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have joined The X Factor. [Source]
- The Jonas Brothers are getting a reality show on E! y’all! [Source]
Movies
- Twilight’s Kellan Lutz has just signed on to play Tarzan in the new animated film. [Source]
- And yet another trailer for The Amazing Spider Man.
- Outkast’s Andre 3000 will begin shooting for the Jimi Hendrix biopic next month. [Source]
Seattle
- The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) lineup is up! [Source]
- A new Seattle spot is opening up and it is dedicated to one of my favorite desserts – the Molten Chocolate Cake. Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery will open up later on this month. [Source]
Other
- Demi Moore has officially changed her Twitter handle. [Source]
- Jessica Simpson finally gave birth to a baby girl named Maxwell Drew Johnson.
- RIP to the Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Youch. He passed away Friday at age 47 after battling cancer for two years.
- Kings of Leon’s Jared Followill has proposed to model Martha Patterson. The two have been dating for only a few months. [Source]
- SNL’s Taran Killam and HIMYM’s Cobie Smulders will marry this September. [Source]
So this happened yesterday in Seattle…and I wasn’t happy y’all.
I’m all for peaceful protesting and freedom of expression and what not, but don’t you dare touch my Starbucks and Nordstrom. Just stop it. Seattle is known for being the number one hipster city in America right now not the number one city of crazies. Let’s keep it that way.
I actually am curious to see if anyone is still participating in the event tomorrow evening after all of the dramz. If you see it happening in your city, feel free to send pictures.
I’m pretty sure I haven’t heard anyone in Seattle talking about it the event unless it involved the scandal, but I guess we’ll see tomorrow!
