Tuesday, 14 June 2016

One star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is under constant attack. Guess whose?

There was no prizes for guessing whose star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is being peed and pooped on.



The Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles is a popular destination for those who wish to pay tribute to their favorite celebrities, both past and present.

Around 2,500 star-shaped tiles line the famous walk and most celebrities really feel they have really made it, once their star is in place. Whether it’s Hollywood actors and actresses, film directors, famous musicians and sports stars – or even the popular Muppets as can be seen pictured above – everyone feels pretty darn good when their star is officially in place for everyone to see.

Of interest to note, when Muhammad Ali – the great heavyweight boxer who tragically left this world last week – was given the privilege of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he famously asked for his star to be mounted on the wall, rather than the pavement, so it wouldn’t be walked over by people who did not “respect him.” It turns out someone else should have thought ahead.

Donald Trump and the “Walk of Defacement”


It turns out there is yet another “celebrity” is probably now wishing he had done the same with his star, either very high up on the wall or on a high ceiling nearby, as people regularly deface this person’s star, publicly urinate on it or even get their dogs to have a well-timed poop on it.



You probably had the answer already, but that particular star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame belongs to none other than the Republican presidential hopeful himself, Donald Trump.

It seems resident and visitors to the famous spot have been making their own mark, so to speak, and posting images of The Donald’s infamous star on social media, either showing the defacement, or out and out urinating on the spot live on camera, as per this tweet: 



The defacement continues unchecked

It is unknown whether Donald Trump is aware of the attention his star of fame is drawing, but reportedly so far it has had a swastika painted on it, various curse words which are not suitable for publication, a “mute” symbol, and plenty of good old spit, urine and dog feces.



According to the Mirror Online this kind of thing is happening quite often, so it seems The Donald’s popularity is a tad lacking in West Hollywood, at least.



At least the whole thing is keeping the cleaners busy, trying to cope with the onslaught. There is reportedly a possibility that the star will be removed.

Photo via Flickr by Andy Nystrom/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Friday, 10 June 2016

Ron Howard to produce movie adaptation of Neal Stephenson's epic sci-fi novel 'Seveneves'

Ron Howard is heading back to space with a big-screen adaptation of Seveneves by author Neal Stephenson.

Howard has been up in orbit before, when he made the critically-acclaimed movie Apollo 13.


Published in 2015, Seveneves is an almost 900-page novel by the renowned science fiction author Neal Stephenson and follows a millennia-long struggle to preserve the human race after a cataclysmic disaster destroys our planet.

In the story, after the moon explodes without explanation and the lunar fragments (dubbed the "hard rain") threaten to totally wipe out Earth, people from every country in the world team up to preserve humankind by sending their best specimens out into orbit to a much-extended version of the International Space Station.



Five thousand years down the line, seven bloodlines of genetically altered humans (children of the last remaining women, the Seven Eves, hence the title) have now grown into billions of people, living out in space. They decide it's time to return to their ancestral home, Earth, where they get quite a few surprises.

The project will reunite Howard with Apollo 13 screenwriter Bill Broyles and Howard will also produce the film alongside Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer and Skydance’s David Ellison and Dana Goldberg.
Howard, who has recently directed In the Heart of the Sea and is involved in the upcoming Inferno, called the Seveneves project “a tremendous opportunity.” 
As someone who recently read the novel, the writer is in no uncertain terms excited about the project!

Source: Entertainment Weekly
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Wednesday, 8 June 2016

New Zealand TV presenters reduced to fit of giggles over penis-shaped cloud

Twister spotted in the sky looks quite rude - news anchors can't stop laughing

We have probably all seen "something" in the clouds, like the shape of animals or people, but New Zealand had something rather different in their skies recently that caused some consternation.

Reportedly that is a water spout up there in the sky and one Twitter user headed onto the social media platform to post an image of the unusual cloud formation:




A New Zealand news station happened upon the tweet and one weather presenter used the image on an early morning show and proceeded to point out the obvious. After describing it as a water spout which had appeared over the country, he said to his colleagues: "Take a step back. Is there anything else you see in this picture?"

Reportedly one other TV presenter berated him for drawing attention to the rather pornographic shape, saying, "You didn't have to say that. It's about as subtle as a sledgehammer, mate."

However, the other female presenter reportedly dissolved into a fit of giggles about the image, after which the weather presenter added: "There's a lot of detail!"

Now that's something to watch on TV while eating your breakfast!

Source: The Mirror

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