The Pop Culture of Gus Lequerica

Only in America if you are the only child of a famous couple, go from girl to boy and get paid in the process to tell your story. According to a reliable source from a famous editorial house Chaz Bono signed a delicious six figure deal to tell his story from going to female to male and according to TMZ.com the book it’s going to be called “Coming Clean” and it’s going to be released in the spring of 2011.

Actress, auteur, nut job and spokesperson Suzanne Somers should learn to keep her mouth shut and focus on selling products, looking pretty and not giving advices that chemotherapy is wrong; Suzanne statement came because she believes that Patrick Swayze would be alive today if he used an alternative method to threat the cancer that cost the actor’s life; Suzanne said “Why couldn’t they have built him nutritionally and gotten rid of the toxins of his body?”. Suzanne leave the treatments and medical opinion for the doctors and trained professional, you are just another pretty blond who speak too much and think too little. 

Check out the promo video of rising star in the junior league in Cartagena, Colombia Nabonasar Martinez. Really cool that more talent like Edgar Renteria is being produced in the country. The video that you are going to see below was produced in Cartagena de India’s - Colombia and you have to know that Nabo’s first language is not  English but Spanish; Nabo’s facebook is here.

This is kind of interesting and yet another dull note extracted from entertainment journalist who can make a little incident something really nasty; in the latest Kanye West Watergate it seem to be that people don’t even like to eat or order something with Kanye’s face in their menu, it seems to be the clients of Wolfgang Puck restaurant can’t tolerate to eat in front of Kanye even before his scandal with the sweet Taylor Swift because they feel a little bit grossed out by this dubious man. Youch Kanye!

According to tmz.com LeeAnn Rimes hit and run incident had been closed and will not be facing criminal charges because of the incident in Brentwood after she had an altercation with her boytoy boyfriend actor Edie Cibrian and after that she took a car that wasn’t her and well everyone knows the rest of the story but at least opposite to Hale Berry she was friendly with the cops and to her luck the car was insurance so there wasn’t any major dramas after the incident.. but LeeAnne was involved in another fender bender except this time she was being chased by the paparazzi and she pulled a Lindsay Lohan by crashing with another car but at least for LeeAnn the police decided to close the case because they decided there wasn’t any crime to charge the singer. 

Check out Adam’s new video We’re All Gonna Die, if you want to say hello to Adam you can check his Myspace and send the cheers.

The Hall Effect is a Colombian rock band that appeared in the mid of the summer of 2006; singing primary in English in a country where English is just a second language and Spanish is spoken by the majority but soon after their debut the voice started to run into different parts of the country and soon everyone was speaking about The Hall Effect as one of the best bands in the past 10 years of the country; but the new wave of indie bands in the country which is similar as the movement that was given in Seattle, Washington during the 90 which bands like Nirvana appeared in the music scene and probably the story it’s just repeating itself in a new country.

Here is the band biography taken from their Myspace :The Hall Effect exploded onto the Colombian rock scene in 2006. A four piece indie band, their compelling fusion of rocking riffs and sonic inventiveness, soon gained a fervent following amongst fans and key media.

The Hall Effect are:
Oscar - vocals
Charry - guitar
Douglas - bass
Andres - drums

The band, who sing in English, released their debut album, ‘Aim at Me’, in 2007, on their own independent label. The singles, ‘Become’, ‘Aim At Me’, ‘Unpure’ and ‘Trip Dog’ were heavily rotated at radio. MTV was an early supporter of The Hall Effect with the result that the video for ‘Aim At Me’ reached the number 1 spot in Latin America. Because of that although they sing in english, MTV nominated them in 2007 as BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST.

The Hall Effect are widely hailed as one of the best live rock acts on the continent, and it was no great surprise that they were asked to support international superstars Muse and Gwen Stefani. The band have won numerous awards, “best rock band”, “best album”, “best video”, among many others….

The Hall Effect have international ambitions which has brought them to London. For the next 6 months they are working with Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera on their international debut album:

Phil Manzanera: “For the last 20 years I’ve been producing the cream of rock artists from Spain and South America, and so when I heard The Hall Effect I knew that they had something special. The fact that they sing in English, have great songs, and are brilliant musicians, made this project an exciting challenge. And of course there is the fact that they are from Colombia, myself being half Colombian!”

Like the Aerosmith song Dude She looks Like A Lady happened in real life when  Runner Gold Medalist Caster Semenya proved to be an hermaphrodite, then war came and people started to ask if she was worthy to compete in the women category due the male characteristics she has; and even so far because of her gender condition and the discrimination Carter has suffered due her victory. People like Magic Johnson and the President of the Athelics of South Africa Leonard Chuene have expressed disconfort toward the reaction of the people because Caster Semenya won fair and square. The IAAF’s handling of the case has spurred many negative reactions. A number of athletes, including retired sprinter Michael Johnson, have criticised the organization for its response to the incident.Prominent South African civic leaders, commentators, politicians, and activists have characterized the controversy as racist, as well as an affront to Semenya’s privacy and human rights.

The IAAF said it only made the gender test public after it had already been reported in the media, denying charges of racism and expressing regret of “the allegations being made about the reasons for which these tests are being conducted.” The federation also explained that the motivation for the test was not suspected cheating but a desire to determine if she has a “rare medical condition” giving her an unfair competitive advantage. The president of the IAAF stated that the case could have been handled with more sensitivity. On 7 September 2009, Wilfred Daniels, a manager for middle distance, resigned. According to Daniels, he resigned because he and other officials failed to tell Semenya she was being subjected to tests to determine her sex.

Speaking about the gender row in an interview with the South African magazine YOU Semenya later said, “I see it all as a joke, it doesn’t upset me. God made me the way I am and I accept myself.” Semenya also took part in a makeover with the magazine.

The Times reported IAAF general secretary Pierre Weiss remarking that, “It is clear that she is a woman but maybe not 100 percent.

One phrase: Stop discrimination!.

After watching America’s Got Talent (twice) on in my TIVO and the other on the net I saw many good things and a good way to what it seemed to be the worst season of the show; so far to make the “chicken guy” the final winner. Really the guy only won because they are trying to recreate with Barbara Padilla what Britain’s Got Talent had with Susan Boyle, which they made the runner up an international super star and is true check out Susan over Diversity? Have you ever heard of Diversity after the show ended? I haven’t and soon Kevin Skinner is going to be forgotten because we have to be sincere the guy can’t sustain a show in Las Vegas as Barbara Padilla, Grandma Lee or The Fab Five can. Probably it was better that Kevin should was in the top ten finalist but not as the winner but it was something that we saw coming based on the probability that most of the audience that watch that show loves Country music just take a quick look at Taylor Ware one of the first contestants of the show and also one of the first musicians to sing Country; but Kevin wasn’t the biggest moment of the night it was Susan Boyle, people tuned the show to see Susan Boyle and in the mean time before Susan came Shakira, which gave an Ashlee Simpson performance because she lipsinck during her performance and clearly when she is reciting the verses she delays for a couple of seconds and you can clearly see her saying the word She Wolf after the track said it; just check the video below.

Golden Girl in real life and fiction Betty White is going to receive a S.A.G. Lifetime Achievement in January of 2010, and she truly deserves it (I hope the award don’t end as a posthumous award) because of her amazing trajectory over 40 years of career and for her lovable character “Rose Nylund”.

S.A.G. President Alan Rosenberg said “Whether creating some of television’s most indelible characters, plunging into film roles with joyous gusto or perfecting the art of the quip as a television panelists and host, Betty White has entertained audiences with her impeccable comic timing and remarkable with for more than 60 years. Her lifelong devotion to the welfare of animals, manifest in her work as an author, producer and philanthropist, is further evidence of her tremendous humanity and meaningful contributions in so many important areas. Screen Actors Guild is honored to celebrate Betty White’s extraordinary achievements over the course of an exemplary life.”

Wise words Mr. Rosenberg and luck Miss Betty.

Check out Zachary Quinto and Rachel Harris project, Hostage: A Love Story alternative poster where it was made to promote the outtakes of the hilarious clip that appeared a few weeks ago on the website Funny Or Die; if you want to check the outtakes clip, click here and you will be redirected to Zachary’s official website. 

With all the political and social progress in Europe maybe Ukraine didn’t noticed that in almost the rest of the countries of Europe gay and lesbian can adopt but it seems Ukraine is one of the few exception because if you are gay and/or single and above 45 years old you can’t adopt so ask that to Sir Elton John who wanted to adopt an Ukrainian 2 years old boy named Levi who is HIV positive, which the singer met in a visit to the country a few months ago and was enchanted with the little champion.

But, Ukraine authorities as soon knew that Elton is a gay man decided to negate the adoption process because he is gay, above 45 and in Ukraine civil unions between to people of the same sex aren’t recognized at all thus by consequence they can’t adopt or have the same privileges they have in countries such as United Kingdom or the Netherlands and even an undeveloped country as Colombia in South America recognize same civil unions (under certain jurisdiction) so I guess at the end the Ukrainian Officers decided that it was better for an HIV positive boy to live and die in an orphanage rather to be place with a loving couple who could made his last years more easy and joyful only because the people that wanted to adopted him were two men. Shame on you Ukraine!.