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A seething, cursing and furious Mel Gibson rips into Oksana Grigorieva during a jealous rant about her ex-lover, former James Bond star Timothy Dalton.
It’s captured on new audio obtained and released exclusively by RadarOnline.com. This is Number 7 in the headline-making series of tapes that have featured Gibson spewing racist insults, threats, profane tirades and more.
Dalton is the father of Oksana’s 12-year-old son Alexander (nickname Sascha) and has been emotionally supporting her through her ordeal with Gibson, visiting her as recently as this past weekend.
In the new tape, furious Mel says: “Did you get my last message about me being a bad father, and Tim being a great dad now?”
Oksana, who does not fight back on the new tape, utters a barely audible “no,” as Gibson continues to rant, hurling some of the most hateful language yet captured on audio.
“You didn’t hear that one?” Mel continues. “Well, you should go and f*ck him (Dalton), you know, you fickle c*nt because I don’t care.”
Gibson’s anger builds and he obscenely tells Oksana to go have sex with someone else in front of her son.
WARNING: This audio contains graphic and profane language. It has been left unedited so that the full impact of Mel’s rant can be heard. RadarOnline.com has not altered this tape in any way.
“The game’s over,” Mel yells. “Okay. The game’s over. Let the new games begin so you can get it on with anybody else and your son can watch it.
“What is it? Number 45 he’s going to have to look at? F*cking good.”
After that repulsive diatribe, Gibson then tells her: “I’m so f*cking sorry I had a child with you.”
Consistent with the other conversations released exclusively by RadarOnline.com, Gibson heaps profanity and verbal abuse on Oksana, again telling her that she’s used him.
“I despise you,” he says with fury in his voice. “I don’t want you back. You have proven yourself to me. You’re not the f*cking woman I want.
“You’re a f*cking fake. You’re a f*cking sham. You don’t know what the f*ck it means to make a man happy. You didn’t make me f*cking happy., I couldn’t make you happy with the BEST I DID FOR ANYBODY, EVER! EVER,” he yells. “You f*cking glum c*nt!”
The tape was recorded by Oksana in February as their relationship was imploding. As RadarOnline.com reported exclusively on Sunday, the couple held a tree-planting ceremony on Feb. 18 in honor of their daughter Lucia but things went badly wrong when Mel flew into a jealous rage and accused Oksana of “smiling too much” at one of the workers. At approximately 6 pm Oksana left Mel’s Malibu mansion – for good.
On this newly released tape, Mel refers to the incident and yells: “You didn’t f*cking crack a smile with the tree ceremony up there, NOTHING! What the f*ck do I have to do. And remember whose f*cking roof you’re under! You ingrate b*tch!”
Mel attempted to quit smoking several times during his relationship with Oksana and often used that as an excuse for his abusive behavior. While this new argument is taking place he makes reference to his attempt to quit smoking.
With Oksana silent, Mel yells: “You f*cking ruined me!
“You f*cking ingrate! I’m so mad! I’m so angry! And this is NOT the nicotine, this is the truth! You f*cking don’t love me one bit and you know it, you using b*tch.”
Mel and Oksana’s brutal battle is at the center of three investigations. The LA County Sheriff’s Department is looking into charges that Mel beat Oksana on January 6. She has strong evidence supporting her injuries, which included damaged front teeth and a concussion.
The Department of Children and Family Services is also looking into the situation. Mel claims Oksana shook the baby, which she denies. But Oksana said that Mel punched her in the mouth and the temple while she was holding the baby.
And the custody battle is being fought in closed-door courtrooms with a judge holding much evidence under seal.
Gibson denies hitting Oksana and his lawyers claim she tried to extort him. The Sheriff’s Department is looking into that as part of their investigation.
Oksana walked away from a $15 million mediation-brokered settlement in May.
The tapes released exclusively by RadarOnline.com contain racist rants by Gibson and out-of-control profane outbursts that have shocked listeners.
At one point the Oscar-winner tells Oksana that she “f*cking deserved it” after she says he hit her.
The couple was together for three years.
A website offering soldiers a chance to talk live via streaming video with their families back home or giving politicians live, unfiltered access to their constituents might seem destined for a niche existence, but try telling that to John Ham.
The former U.S. Army commander, who co-founded his Ustream service in 2006 as a live Web service for the military, has stars in his eyes. Hollywood stars.
By courting the world of entertainment, Ustream has grown far beyond Ham's original projections.
The audience for most shows is still small, with the most popular averaging 1 million to 2 million viewers. And Ustream has yet to make a profit. But Ham might be onto something. He has quietly raised $90 million to invest in live webcasting. Ustream competitor Livestream has raised $13 million, according to CEO Max Haot.
The money is going for "growth" in entertainment, Ham, 32, says, in an interview at his offices here, and expansion into Asia. "This is a huge race and a big opportunity for us. We want to lead and win in the live video market."
For starters, he doubled his workforce to 150 in the past six months, hiring mostly engineers and advertising sales staff. He opened an office in Los Angeles and is persuading Hollywood to use Ustream for premieres of movie events. The films The Killers, Avatar and Disney's Alice in Wonderland showed their red-carpet events live on Ustream. The service shared ad revenue with the studios.
Viewership for the "live on the Net" websites, dominated by Ustream, Justin.tv and Livestream, has grown substantially over the past year. Ustream averages 47 million viewers monthly, compared with 17 million for Justin.tv and 15 million for Livestream, measurement service Quantcast says.
The YouTube factor
The one big potential stumbling block for all of them is YouTube, which dominates online video with 144 million visitors monthly. YouTube is known for clips but has been expanding into complete shows. Of late, it has experimented with live webcasts of concerts and sporting and political events. Tech analysts speculate that YouTube will soon join the live movement.
Ham isn't worried. If that happens, he says, "It will grow the overall pie for live video. And we're positioned to be the primary beneficiary of that."
After a stint in the U.S. Army, Ham and co-founder Brad Hunstable returned in 2006 from South Korea, where they were stationed, with their idea for a service that would let soldiers talk to their loved ones, live. They wanted an alternative to webcams — something that requires only a computer and an Internet connection. They teamed with Budapest-based Gyula Feher, which developed the site, and went live in 2007. (Two-thirds of the Ustream staff are still based in Budapest.)
Ustream began gaining audience among the military, its desired base, but it quickly grew to teens, businesses (especially radio stations) and politicians. President Obama used Ustream during his campaign, and the live webcast of his inauguration remains Ustream's most-watched event, garnering 3.8 million viewers.
Gen Isayama, a partner at DCM, a Silicon Valley venture-capital firm, which has invested $11 million in Ustream, says high-profile events, such as movie premieres and award preshows, boost Ustream's audience and attract advertisers. He says most of Ustream's undisclosed ad revenue comes from the big shows.
"There's only a certain amount of airtime you can promote to, on television," says Bill Bradford, a senior vice president at Fox Broadcasting, which is using Ustream for coverage of celebrity arrivals at the upcoming Teen Choice Awards on Aug. 8, the night before the show airs on TV. "But the Internet is wide open. We want to take advantage of it."
James McQuivey, an analyst at market tracker Forrester Research, believes that if Ustream keeps its costs down, enough people with non-prime-time interests will stop by Ustream to make it a viable business. "This is a great way to get niche products out there."
But Dan Rayburn, an analyst at rival researcher Frost & Sullivan, doubts live webcasting will ever turn a big profit. "The biggest challenge they have is the business model," he says. "The ad revenue just isn't there to support it." He thinks the most likely way investors will get their money back is by selling to a big media company. "That's got to be the goal, because they're not going to make $90 million back in advertising," he says.
Isayama, who sits on the Ustream board, is optimistic. "There are enough live events waiting to be monetized," he says, if you add up all the niche programming out there, from conferences and lectures to small performances by jazz artists who can't get TV time. "We can create a triple-digit business."
And with $90 million to play with, "It's good to have a big war chest in the bank, to jump on opportunities when they arrive," he adds.
Not a bad showing at the stampede this year, as usual there where lots of pretty girls and families out for the 10 day event.
I took a short video with my LG phone's video camera (claims to shoot HD) and im quite impressed with the output although i personally
suck at shooting video (note the black screen toward the beginning) but all in al with a little more practice i'm sure i'll be able to take much clearer
vids next time. The big feature missing is a stabilizer but over all it's a pretty useful cam to have on me at all time.
We’ve collected 10 hilarious Old Spice Guy video responses right here to celebrate one of the most popular social media campaigns of all time.
Among the fantastic responses: a marriage proposal, an attempt to woo a TV star, and all sorts of geek in-jokes. Enjoy. And we know you’ll fill us in if you think we omitted your favorite!
In case you’ve been missing out, here’s the scoop: The Old Spice deodorant company signed up former NFL wide receiver and all-around preposterously sexy dude Isaiah Mustafa to make a series of funny TV commercials pointing out that if only men would wear Old Spice, they could be as awesome as he.
Later, the campaign reached epic proportions when Mustafa began responding to Twitter fans and bloggers with personalized video messages on YouTube . He made countless responses before throwing in the literal towel in favor of a chainsaw and a giant fish. Yep, you read that right!
Mustafa may have stepped away from his online role as the Old Spice Guy, but he left behind a huge library of hilarious videos addressed to bloggers, celebrities and plain Joe and Jane fans. We recommend watching them all when you have time, but this list will start you off with the very best of the best. Deeper cuts are your discretion.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao
Don't hold your breath for the "Fight of the Century." The most anticipated fight to never happen won't happen again this year. Perhaps it never will. Ever.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., one of the craftiest defensive boxers in the history of the sport, has decided not to risk his undefeated record against Manny Pacquiao, the relentless Filipino fighter who has won an unprecedented seven world championships in seven different weight classes. They have never met in the ring and the sport and industry of boxing desperately wanted a gigantic moneymaker and potentially gargantuan showdown.
Fans demanded a fight. The rapper Snoop Dogg made a video pleading with the men to rumble in the ring. Michael Wilbon, a host on an ESPN commentary show, said Mayweather would be a "coward" if he didn't face Pacquiao. So, after about eight months of fits, feints, lawsuits and non-starters, the Filipino's promoter Bob Arum gave Mayweather an arbitrary two-week deadline to approve and sign the contract or he would start negotiating with other fighters. The deadline was midnight on Friday, July 16. The potential purse was $40 million — each.
How could the fight not happen? It's never a fair fight when boxing people and logic go toe-to-toe: logic inevitably gets knocked to the canvas. Shortly after Friday passed into Saturday in Las Vegas, a weary Arum relayed the depressing news to a handful of bleary-eyed journalists. "Floyd, for whatever reason, didn't want to commit," Arum said. More accurately, he said, Mayweather had chosen to ignore the proposed contract and hadn't communicated with anyone. Or could it be that Mayweather just didn't like the unilateral nature Arum and the Pacquiao camp had taken the so-called negotiations?
The two best boxers in the world have enough personality and back-story to transcend their blood sport. Pacquiao, who grew up in a cardboard shack, sings and cuts platinum-selling albums despite having a high-pitched squeal of a voice, was just elected to the Filipino Congress. Mayweather enjoys trash talking, hanging out with rap artists, and was a contestant on the reality show Dancing With the Stars. He calls himself "Money" and carries thousands of dollars of cash in his pockets.
As good as they are in the ring, Pacquiao and Mayweather have proved to be laughably inept at actually holding a prize fight. And fans and boxing insiders are afraid the constant build-up and let-downs for the so-called "Fight of the Century" are black eyes for a sport that has seen its audience erode. Some say last night's announcement of a non-event may be the most embarrassing thing for the sport since Mike Tyson bit off Evander Holyfield's ear in a 1997 fight — though that was painful as well as shameful.
This week's ridiculous Pacquiao-Mayweather non-starter is only the latest in a series. The men were supposed to go at each other earlier this year, but the fight negotiations broke down after Mayweather insisted on Olympic style random blood-testing. He said he was crusading for more stringent drug tests as a way to clean up the sweet science. But many people believe the blood-testing requirement was simply a way for him to duck the PacMan and preserve his perfect record, which Mayweather is supremely proud of.
Pacquiao, who is very superstitious and claims to get weak when he gives blood close to a fight, refused Mayweather's testing regime and said that his opponent didn't have the right to create his own set of rules. Then the Filipino, who has never tested positive for using performance-enhancing drugs, sued Mayweather alleging that he made false and defamatory statements. Pacquiao's entourage started wearing T-shirts that said, "100 Percent God, No Steroids." Disgusted with each other, both men fought other opponents this spring, winning decisively in fights that weren't exactly spellbinders.
Early this summer their representatives went to the negotiating table to see if they could line up a fight on November 13. A strict gag order was issued so insults weren't reproduced in the media. Arum worked through Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, who acted as a mediator and communicated with the Mayweather camp. Arum wouldn't reveal the exact terms, but he says the blood-testing issue was settled. Sources say that Pacquiao was willing to overcome his fear of blood testing so he could have a chance to beat-up his arch-nemesis. "We want to knock this bum out," says Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer. When he shadow boxes in the gym, Pacquiao says he pretends he is fighting Mayweather.
But Mayweather wouldn't play and didn't bother to call by the deadline set by Arum. In fact, the usually loquacious Mayweather probably wasn't even listening. (He didn't respond to phone calls from TIME as well.) He has good reasons for not getting into the weeds of a PR campaign right now. His uncle and trainer Roger Mayweather will go on trial early on Aug. 2 on charges of assaulting and choking a female boxer. The elder Mayweather has pleaded not guilty but could face up to 16 years in prison. He has always been a seminal influence on his nephew.
"I understand Floyd's position, regarding Roger," said Arum. "I can understand Floyd delaying until there is a resolution of the Roger situation. I don't think you guys should be too harsh on Floyd." But when asked to speculate on why Mayweather wouldn't even bother to call him and explain his reasons for bowing out of the fight of the century? "I can't figure it out," Arum admitted.
As a good showman, Arum used the occasion to talk about what's up next for Pacquiao. He said he would talk with his fighter to figure out who he wanted to meet next: the Mexican-American Antonio Margarito or a rematch with the Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, whom he defeated in a spectacular battle in November 2009. If he fights Margarito, the bout will probably be held in Las Vegas or Monterrey, Mexico. If he fights Cotto, the fight will be held in Vegas or at Dallas' Cowboy Stadium.
Arum said the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight could still happen this year if Mayweather suddenly emerged, but it would be more likely that it happens next year, if ever. But interest in the mega-fight might evaporate if the men drag it out much longer, testing the patience of beleaguered and disappearing boxing fans. And the greatest fight ever might just turn into the biggest farce in the sport's history.
Cheech and Chong have got some pretty blunt advice for Prime Minister Stephen Harper when it comes to Canada's marijuana's laws.
"Wise up, you douchebag," Cheech Marin says with some glee when asked what he'd tell the prime minister.
Chong, who hails from Edmonton, nods in agreement.
The team of tokers is miffed that Canadian authorities, after nearly decriminalizing pot a few years ago, have made a 180-degree policy shift which culminated in a rash of recent marijuana arrests.
"I would tell Stephen Harper to let go of George Bush's butt," Chong chimes in. "Your head's too far up there. Get your head out of his butt. He's gone. George is gone. He's history, Stephen.
"In fact, turn it over to other people who care about more important things."
A spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office was not immediately available to comment.
Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong, who have grown from a stoner counterculture act when they started in 1970s, are cultural icons when it comes to doper humour.
Besides performing live, the duo have released several comedy albums and films and appeared in numerous TV shows. Marin was a regular in the cop drama "Nash Bridges" while Chong had a recurring role on the comedy "That '70s Show."
They went their separate ways in the 1980s, with reports of friction between them, but returned to working together on a variety of projects, including their current tour, in the late 1990s.
Needless to say, they are unabashed advocates of legal marijuana.
Cheech and Chong were in Montreal where they hosted a show last week at the Just For Laughs Festival, doing some of their fabled bits. It's their only Canadian date for now.
In an interview with The Canadian Press, they were more than happy to hold forth on their favoured herb.
"The trouble with the law is that pot is quasi-legal," ventured Cheech, whose father was a Los Angeles police officer for 30 years.
"It's a grey area. You don't know if it's legal or isn't legal. It's like being quasi-pregnant. Either you're pregnant or you're not."
Marijuana for medicinal use has been allowed in Canada for nearly a decade and was nearly decriminalized by Parliament seven years ago. After taking office in 2006, the Conservatives announced they would not revive a Liberal bill to reform marijuana laws.
Last month, police arrested 35 people in raids on clubs in Quebec which supply visitors with marijuana, ostensibly as therapeutic treatment for certain medical conditions. A club in Toronto was also raided two months ago.
Chong sported a T-shirt emblazoned with the face of British Columbia pot activist Marc Emery, who now faces five years in a U.S. prison after being deported from Canada earlier this year. Chong said he wasn't surprised Emery was deported.
"I'm insulted. As a Canadian I'm insulted that Harper would go to that length."
He said marijuana has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries. Cheech's grandmother used it for arthritis and his wife used a hemp-based cream.
"It's a political football that the Conservatives jump all over," Chong said of the marijuana debate.
Health Canada says there are definite distinctions between regulated medicinal marijuana and street use.
"Health Canada does not advocate the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana remains an illegal and controlled substance, similar to other controlled products," spokesman Gary Holub said in an email. "Unlawful possession is a criminal offence."
Cheech, who is now 64, and Chong, 72, both got turned on to pot when they were young.
"It was like a really hush-hush thing," Cheech said of the era. "My roommate turned me on and it was like, 'Wow, how soon can I quit my job?' "
Chong said he got high when he was 18. A jazz bass player handed him a marijuana cigarette and a Lenny Bruce record — and the rest is history.
"Lenny Bruce got me into comedy so really the pot and Lenny together is why we're here now."
He said smoking pot wasn't a big deal then because many people didn't recognize the smell.
"I remember someone asked us what kind of tobacco that was," he said of one time when he imbided during a visit to Kelowna, B.C. "After we stopped laughing for a half-hour we told them it was Italian."
But pot has landed Chong behind bars. He served nine months in 2003 for selling pot pipes.
Cheech and Chong enjoy the comedians that have imitated their act over the years but they take pride in their originality.
Cheech says they always reflected the mainstream "middle-of-the-road dopers."
Chong agreed.
"I think what made us was the fact that back in the day people would talk about stoners. We were the stoners — so much so I ended up going to jail because I was such a good actor they believed that's who I really was."
The 2010 World Cup has pitted the best football teams against each other with star players proud to wear their country’s colours. But as the tournament continues, the number of high-paid superstars still playing has dwindled. Of the top 10 paid footballers, only one made the finals.
Here is the list of the best paid World Cup players and how they faired.
10. Xavi, Spain - $12.4 millionXavi, short for Xavier Hernandez I Creus, started with Barcelona at age 11. And has never left. He was voted best player at UEFA Euro 2008. Internationally, the midfielder was the captain of winning team at 1999 FIFA U-20 and the runners up at the Olympics in Sydney the next year. He has not missed a major international tournament since his first for Spain in 2000.World Cup stats: 0 goals, team in finals against Netherlands
9. Steven Gerrard, England - $13.1 millionGerrard has only ever played for Liverpool – and England. In 2005, he led Liverpool’s surprise UEFA Champions League win. Known as Captain Fantastic, his career high scoring of 24 goals came in 2008/2009 season leading up to a runners-up spot in the Premier League. For that effort, he was voted the English Football Writers’ Player of the Year. The midfielder, who has more than 80 international caps, says despite England’s poor showing, he wants to keep playing for his country.World Cup stats: 1 goal, team eliminated by Germany in Round of
8. John Terry, England - $14.6 millionTerry has spent his whole career with Chelsea where, as captain, he led them to two Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, the defender scored 8 goals and was voted English football’s player of the year. Internationally, he has played more than 50 games for England, becoming captain in 2005. The captaincy was taken from him this year after a much-publicized scandal. World Cup stats: 1 shot, 242 passes, team eliminated by Germany
7. Samuel Eto’o, Cameroon - $18.1Perhaps it is appropriate that the only African in the list of highest paid World Cup players is also the most decorated African footballer. Eto’o was signed to Real Madrid’s youth club at 15. After a series of moves, he hit his stride in Barcelona where the club won two UEFA Champions League titles as well as numerous Spanish titles. He is now playing with Inter Milan. Internationally, he helped Cameroon win the CAF African Cup of Nations twice and the Olympic gold in Syndney. He has also been named African Player of the Year three times and is the all-time leading scorer on the national team.World Cup stats: 2 goals, team did not win a game, eliminated
6. Frank Lampard, England - $18.7 millionFrom a family with deep roots in English football, Lampard is considered one of the best scoring midfielders. He has scored more than 20 goals in each of the last five seasons with Chelsea. In 2005, he helped his club end a 50-year drought of English titles. Internationally, he has scored 20 goals in 82 games and was the leading scorer through England’s qualifying games for South Africa.World Cup stats: 0 goals, 16 shots, team eliminated by Germany
5. Carlos Tevez, Argentina - $20.3 millionGrowing up in a tough suburb of Buenos Aires, Tevez learned to fight for his success. Playing with the Sao Paulo Corinthians, he scored 31 goals in 47 games and helped them win the Brazilian league championship. After rescuing West Ham United’s season in 2006, he went to Manchester United and, after two years, to Manchester City. In his first season he scored more than 20 goals. Internationally, the 26 year old was the top scorer for the Olympic champion team in Athens in 2004.World Cup stats: 2 goals, team eliminated by Germany in quarter-finals
4. Thierry Henry, France - $23.5 millionAt 33, Henry is coming to the end of a brilliant career. His Barcelona club has confirmed that he is leaving this year and is expected to move to North America and play in Major League Soccer. The highlight of his club career was eight years spent playing with Arsenal where was the team captain, the leading goal scorer and voted the best player in the club’s history. With Henry, they won two league titles, three FA Cups and a trip to the Champions League finals. When wearing France’s colours, he became the country’s all-time leading scorer and helped propel the home team to the World Cup title in 1998.World Cup stats: 0 goals, played 53 minutes during 2 games, team eliminated after first stage
3. Kaka, Brazil - $24.7 millionKaka, whose rarely used full name is Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, began playing football at eight and signed his first professional contract at 15. In 2007, he won the Ballon d’Or as the top European footballer and the FIFA World Player of the Year. The same year, his club, AC Milan, won the Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup. He currently plays for Real Madrid. The midfielder played for the Brazilian World Cup champions in 2002 and, in the lead up to the 2010 tournament, won the Adidas Golden Ball award and man of the match during the finals of FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009. World Cup stats: 0 goals, team eliminated by Netherlands in quarter-finals
2. Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal - $39.4 millionPerhaps second in name recognition only to David Beckham, Ronaldo supplements his hefty contract with sponsorship deals starting with Nike. This enviable situation was created by Ronaldo’s play on the pitch, which is described as graceful and almost ballet-like. He was named FIFA player of the year in 2008 while playing for Manchester United. The next year he moved to Real Madrid. Well-established as a superstar, Ronaldo has not been able to bring his club success to the international stage. An image of him in tears was a hallmark of Portugal’s defeat on home soil to Greece in the UEFA Euro in 2004.World Cup stats: 1 goal, team eliminated by Spain in round of 16
1. Lionel Messi, Argentina - $43.3 millionAt only 5 foot, 6 inches, Messi is small, but packs quite a punch. Praised for his wondrous left foot and incredible technique, Messi was the highest paid and certainly considered the best player at the World Cup. Since 2008, the 23-year-old star has helped Barcelona win numerous club titles including two UEFA Champions leagues and one FIFA Club World Cup crown. In 2009, he was named FIFA World Player. On the international scene, he led Argentina to a victory at the FIFA U-20 in 2005 and an Olympic gold in Beijing. World Cup stats: 0 goals, team eliminated by Germany in quarter-finals
In another disturbing leaked audiotape of Mel Gibson, the 54-year-old actor threatens to kill his now ex-girlfriend Oksana Girgorieva twice AND admits to punching her in the face.
The eight-minute rant is more shocking and offensive than the last — Mel is breathing heavily and is so frustrated he can barely talk. He truly sounds like a mad man.
“You need a f*cking bat in the side of the head. Alright, how about that?” the Braveheart actor says at one point.
Oksana remains fairly calm and and threatens, “You’re gonna answer one day, boy, you’re gonna answer.”
Later, Mel threatens to kill the mother of his 10-month-old daughter, Lucia, again, yelling, “Threaten ya? I’ll put you in a f *ckin rose garden you c*nt! You understand that? Because I’m capable of it. You understand that?”
When Oksana questions him about punching her in the face and knocking out her teeth, Mel admits he did it, screaming, “Oh, you’re all angry now! You know what, you f* cking deserved it!”
Mel is currently under investigation by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. for child endangerment, domestic abuse and gun charges. Could this new tape lead to criminal assault charges?
Remember "Paranormal Activity"? The fake-u-mentary horror flick filmed for no budget and no-name actors that scared the living daylights out of anyone who watched it?
Well, now there's a sequel coming out. The trailer for "Paranormal Activity 2" is playing before the 'tween favorite, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."
At least, it was until some Cinemark theaters in Texas pulled it due to complaints that it was creeping out the kids who came to watch a vampire-werewolf love triangle - but left with nightmares.
The fear factor doesn't seem to be holding anyone back on the Web. Searches for the movie on Yahoo! are scary high: Lookups on "paranormal activity 2 trailer" levitated almost 900% in just one day, and searches for "paranormal activity 2" shot up over 1,500%.
The trailer is admittedly creepy. It's got that black-and white security-cam view while everyone is sleeping - or supposed to be asleep - just like first movie. There's a barking dog, a baby, and the sound of footsteps...OK, maybe it's a little scary.
Of course, a fright fest is the point of a horror movie - and like they say, there is no such thing as bad publicity, right? In fact, some blogs have suggested that a movie trailer too terrifying for theaters is probably the best kind of marketing you can hope for. Truly petrifying? Or planned promotion? Watch the trailer and decide for yourself.
Spain's captain Iker Casillas (C) lifts the World Cup trophy after the 2010 World Cup final soccer match between Netherlands and Spain at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg July 11, 2010.
In the 116th minute, they finally found their famous passing touch, Cesc Fabregas releasing Andres Iniesta at the corner of the net. Iniesta, who has quietly been Spain’s best player here, speared the ball into the Dutch goal.
Netherlands loses another heartbreaking final, the third in their history. Spain wins its first, and after winning the European championship two years ago, firmly establishes them as a dynastic champion.
Rivers of ink were spilled in the lead-up about the skill of these two sides. It vanished between writing and doing. The much-talked about midfield battle didn’t materialze, since both sides decide to skip that third of the game altogether, choosing instead to hoof in forward hopefully.
Again and again, men hit the deck, spiked or hip checked by their opponents. Cards flew, giving the game the illusion of incident. By the end, 14 yellows were shown, and one man – Holland’s John Heitinga – sent off.
The most exciting thing that happened was the appearance of Nelson Mandela, looking chipper as he made a 60-second pre-match circuit of the field on the back of a golf cart. An army medic trailed close behind him, highlighting the frailty of the 92-year-old South African icon.
From that emotional high, it was a long, quick journey into the doldrums.
There was one man on the field who moved with real purpose. Sadly, he was an anonymous pitch invader who somehow snuck by security and nearly had his mitts on the World Cup trophy, sitting on a podium near the touchline, before anyone noticed him. In a preview of things to come, he was roughly clotheslined by a FIFA official and then carried squirming off the field by stewards.
When the embarrassing incident took place, the teams were already lined up in the tunnel, waiting to take the field. They all shuffled over politely to let the struggling fool by. It must have decided them on the night’s tactics – studs up and angry.
There were a few half chances in the first 45 minutes, with Spain marginally assuming the upper hand.
In the 62nd minute, Arjen Robben was sent in alone – a genuine goal-scoring chance!
Up in the crowd, neighbours nudged neighbours out of their stuperous state, since Robben had half the distance of the field to cover.
Spanish keeper Iker Casillas guessed wrong, but Robben snapped the ball off Casillas’ trailing foot.
Just in case Robben felt bad, Spain’s David Villa repaid the favour ten minutes later. The ball was ripped across the face of goal, pingponged through the legs of Dutch defender John Heitinga and ended up sitting on Villa’s foot, with only the goalie to beat.
The most dangerous attacker here suddenly looked very nervy, as he thwacked the ball off goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.
Perhaps sensing that they might be at this all night, the pace quickened. The stunned Dutch and Spanish fans, who’d spent the last hour cursing themselves for forking out big Euros for a last-minute, 11-hour flight, found their voice.
Still, nobody wanted to win it.
Spain’s Sergio Ramos had an open header directly in front of the Dutch goal but it slid off his noggin and over the bar. We don’t want to say ‘hair gel’, but … hair gel.
Robben tried it again on another breakaway. This time he ended up steering the ball into Casillas’ hand. After his second screw up, he tore after referee Howard Webb, showing twice the speed he had in the build-up play. He earned a yellow for his trouble, and the growing scorn of the football-watching world.
Inevitably, it went to extra time where the Dutch became very Dutch – each man trying to do it by himself – while the Spaniards could not tap into their inner-Spanishness – their control continuously letting them down at the crucial moment.
It was bungling stuff, but at least it had become watchable.
Of course, it’s hard to fault either team. World Cup finals are famously tedious affairs, and this one was no more so than the France-Italy clash of four years ago. But for those who came all this way, let’s hope they favour quantity over quality.
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