The Pop Culture of Gus Lequerica

New Colombian pop sensation VRIAN is promoting his debut album “Yo Quiero” through the coast and through the major cities of the country. Here is a photo of Vrian and famed Colombian journalist Juan Gossain

Not to her career we know that she’s over but to her looks, what happened to the beautiful redhead? That one time looked normal and not like a clone of Meg Ryan.

According to TMZ the investigation of the murder of singer Michael Jackson will be finalized next week and all the evidence points exclusively to Doctor Conrad Murray, the former physician who was the live-in doctor of Michael Jackson and the LAPD is ready to present the case against Doctor Murray.

After all the evidence analyzed and the forensic reports cited the cause of death as murder it seems everything will be turning more nastier to Doctor Conrad, at least there is some justice after all.

What thing former president Bill Clinton and David Letterman may have in common? A possible affair with their interns, juicy; according to the celebrity new site tmz.com a woman by the name Holly Hester who was an intern in the Letterman show and one of the people who was close to Letterman himself during the 90’s dated her and according to Holly they dated in a set of secret dates up until Dave told her that it was enough because of their age difference but the best part of this it was that Dave “dated” Holly while he was with his longtime partner and then wife Regina Lasko. Man! If all these is true, why then celebrities tend to forget that their life is almost equally and maybe more as public as politician.

Letterman at least you confessed and let’s hope this don’t put strings on your actual marriage, because trust is the main key of a relation.

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!.

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. 

La música hecha y creada por los jóvenes cartageneros, que alguna vez soñaron con cantar y se lanzaron a la aventura, hoy materializan el sueño y su talento es reconocido en los Premios de la Revista Shock 2009.

Siete grupos de la ciudad están nominados entre las 22 categorías que resalta a lo mejor de la música colombiana. Ellos son: Dragón y Caballero, Neotrópico, Jerau, Frankie Jazz, Rioba, David Milán y la cuota folclórica con Totó La Momposina.
Lo mejor es que ninguno compite entre sí. Cada artista o grupo está nominado en categorías diferentes, mostrando la variedad de la música que se hace en la ciudad.
Esta sería la octava entrega de los galardones a lo mejor de la música colombiana que se realizará el próximo siete de octubre en el Palacio de los Deportes de Bogotá.

El jurado será el propio público, pues desde el pasado fin de semana, a través de la página web www.premiosshock.com.co, podrán votar por sus artistas nominados favoritos.
Los Premios Shock no podían ser ajenos al reciente fallecimiento del Rey del Pop, Michael Jackson, por lo que el show central estará dedicado a él.

Dragón y Caballero están nominados en tres categorías: Mejor Artista o Agrupación Urban Style, Mejor Canción Radio por “Fruta Prohibida” y Mejor Álbum del Año con “Se siente bien”.

Neotrópico está nominado en la categoría Mejor Artista o Agrupación Pura Sabrosura con el primer álbum “El trópico nunca sonó igual”, que contiene éxitos como “Sube y baja”, “Candelilla” o “Pedacito de cielo”. “El simple hecho de la nominación ya es un triunfo”, expresa Roberto López, vocalista y compositor de la agrupación, quien no oculta su emoción porque este año los grupos y movimientos cartageneros están pisando fuerte en la música colombiana.

Gerardo Rodríguez “Jerau” también concursa en la categoría Mejor Artista o Agrupación Tropical Pop, mientras que la agrupación Rioba, compite en la categoría Mejor Artista o Agrupación vuelta a Rockombia.

En la categoría Mejor Artista o Agrupación Rock, el grupo Frankie Jazz es la cuota cartagenera, de la mano del vocalista José Vergara.

Como Mejor Nuevo Artista o Agrupación, el cartagenero David Milán ocupa una nominación con su álbum “Corazón a mil”. “Siempre es un honor estar nominado en los premios nacionales y más aún, cuando los premios son un reconocimiento del público”, expresa el cantante.

Totó La Momposina, oriunda de Talaigua, corregimiento de Mompox, está nominada en la categoría Mejor Disco de Folclor.

Entre los artistas nacionales nominados, la contienda está entre la música pop de la caleña Fanny Lu y el vallenato de Silvestre Dangond, con cuatro nominaciones cada uno.

This what happens when Strawberry Shortcake decides to keeping it real goes wrong.

Check Zach Quinto interview made by the Comic Book Resources, it’s really cool.

Zachary Quinto Official Website - Blog - VIDEO: ZQ interviewed by Comic Book Resources

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As we previously mentioned, photographer Annie Leibovitz has been having some major financial woes.

She was recently sued by Art Capital Group for failing to cooperate in the selling of her assets to pay off a $24 million loan, but luckily for her they have withdrawn the lawsuit.

Leibovitz and Art Capital have come to a mutual agreement in which the photographer has purchased back the rights “to act as the exclusive agent in any sale of her fine art, intellectual property and real estate assets.” In return, Art Capital has agreed to extend the deadline for loan repayment.

We don’t know how much she paid, but it must be a pretty sizable amount if the bank is being generous with the deadline. Although they haven’t stated when the new deadline is, so it’s unknown how much time Annie has to pay her debt in a near future.

Leibovitz maybe begged to not lose her intelectual property and she said:

“In these challenging times I am appreciative to Art Capital for all they have done to resolve this matter and for their cooperation and continued support.”

You were lucky this time and maybe it’s better if you start selling your homes to pay for your debts, I mean if one home is ok for an average person why the hell you need four?

Hot Mess, The Modern Yoko, Singer, wacktress and front lady of the band Hole Courtney Love has been giving the developers of Guitar Hero a really hard time since her late husband Kurt Cobain image was used to create an avatar in one of the newest incarnations of the game and she thought the image of her late husband was used without permission but then she was wrong and the guys from Activision did get the permits to use Nirvana and Cobain’s image to create the virtual Kurt.

Now Courtney is bitching about another issue she don’t like the songs that were used with Cobain’s image but that is the less data of this interesting story, the two survivors of Nirvana Dave Grohl and Krist are appealing to Activision because according to the permits the image of Cobain was going to be used only with two songs of the group and not the 83 songs that compose the entire game; and well Courtney, in her busy schedule her free time has been complaining twittering about the entire situation.

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I rarely speak bad against my home city but at least the concert of Placido Domingo held in Cartagena went well but he was amazed by the city in fact he was amazed by the touristic zone and the old city, the classical facade when important people go to Cartagena de Indias they just see 1% of the city and not the real city which is immerse in an ocean of poverty and desperation for many people because they’ll see the same thing over and over and dreaming of becoming someone beyond their status is something that they can dream off but in reality is another story, is quite a complex story difficult to understand except if you have live it.

No doubt that Cartagena is magical, I miss the sunsets and I dream of the beaches, I dream of the stories that the city has to tell every night before I go to bed but the reality of the city is quite different from what it’s show in the media and I even compare it with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories because it has a few elements that you will see in the game and you wont think it you will see the elements in reality. Like the hegemony of the families in the politic circles, the mafia, the common criminality, the irrespective for your fellow men and woman and many more issues; I can keep all night long speaking about those pieces of information that are seen in the day of Cartagena because it could take me a while to finish them, but it’s true Cartageneros should learn to love more their city and accept the changes that could improve the city because there is potential but is a potential that goes wasted due the reason that the folk are happy with the status quo but at least some people like Confenalco Philarmonic, regional groups and anonymous individuals are trying to make a difference without doing violent acts.

At least Judith Pinedo (the actual mayor) showed Placido a more real side of the city and not the paradise that it’s shown on the travel brochures, he was mesmerized not because of the beauty of the old city or the fictitious beauty of the beach side, Placido was enchanted with the indomitable spirit of the younger generations of Cartageneros and that art isn’t lost in the city and it’s true the beauty of Cartagena de Indias doesn’t lay in the romanced stone it is in the smile and spirit of fight of her people.