So how is Alicia Keyes’ man, Swizz Beatz, tied to all this? Well he is the CEO.

The US Justice Dept. shut down the site and went after seven executives and software programmers and were indicted on racketeering and other charges. So far Swizz Beatz has not been charged with anything.

The charges state that it has caused $500 million in damages to copyright holders.

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• Vanessa Bryant shows again why it is worth getting cheated on–Bossip
• Kathy Griffin strips for Letterman–Seriously OMG
• Jersey Shore’s Sammi may pose for Playboy–Evilbeet
• Etta James passes away at 73.–JustJared
• Kenny G wife files for seperation–TMZ
• Robert Redford blasts Mitt Romney–Huff Po
• Dexter and ex-wife maybe getting back together–PopSugar
• What would Beavis and Butt-head look like in real life?–dlisted
• Two vagina’s can get you a million dollars if you fill them (site NSFW)–Mr.Skin
• Elizabeth Smart announces engagement–Radar
• Rihanna’s thong bikini–Egotastic
• Six from Blossom is having a baby–Eonline
• Jennifer Lopez gets her man candy a job on Idol–celebitchy

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The year was 2015 when Marty McFly got a pair of these. That is also the year that it will be priced to normal consumers. Hopefully by 2015 they can focus on much cooler things like hover boards. Now that is what I want.

The invites for the people to attend the auction contained the Back to the Future II and also a pair of Doc Brown’s sunglasses. The proceeds of the auction will go to Michael J Fox’s charity. Which I think is a great idea.

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• Breaking Dawn poster–JustJared
• Ashton Kutcher gets naked on Ellen show–PopSugar
• Mel Gibson making movie about Jewish hero–dlisted
• Jenelle Evans heading to court today–Radar
• Kate Bosworth keeps drunk dialing Alex Skarsgard–celebitchy
• Would you like Scweddy Balls ice cream?–Eonline

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Publishers Weekly reports NewSouth eliminated 219 uses of the word in the book.

“This is not an effort to render Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn colorblind,” said the Twain scholar who came up with the idea. “Race matters in these books. It’s a matter of how you express that in the 21st century.”

The publisher has decided to replace the “n-word” with “slave” and to some that may not be any better. A historical fact though, the word “slave” was not used much during the period. The “n-word” was used. So now you are making the kids ignorant on the past.

Another word that is being edited out that is not getting much attention is “injan.” The have decided to completely remove the word from the novel.

It makes me sad know our country is trying to censor us. What is next censorship to the internet like China? How about you just raise the age level of reading the book instead of making it available to middle schools and make it high school level.

I wonder if the middle school is still reading “The Indian in the Cupboard.” It was one of my favorite books, maybe NewSouth can take the word “indian” out and call the book “The Native American in the Cupboard.”

I would like to hear all of your thoughts.

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• Singer Gerry Rafferty dies–Eonline
• Fergie’s bikini body–celebslam
  
• Oh no Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal already split–JustJared
• Oh ya, Kellie Pickler got married too–INO
• Ryan Gosling tries to sing My Little Pony theme–dlisted
• Paz de la Huerta’s nice butt in ad(site NSFW)–DrunkenStepfather
• Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds together–celebitchy
• Montel Williams busted with potpipe at airport–Radar

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The newest member to join this pledge is Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is among 17 wealthy American families and individuals who have joined a promise to donate the bulk of their fortunes to charity, according to a group that supports the idea.

The Giving Pledge, the group founded by billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, said the additions bring the total number of wealthy American families taking the pledge to 57.

“People wait until late in their career to give back. But why wait when there is so much to be done?,” Zuckerberg said in a statement issued by The Giving Pledge. “With a generation of younger folks who have thrived on the success of their companies, there is a big opportunity for many of us to give back earlier in our lifetime and see the impact of our philanthropic efforts.”

Others joining The Giving Pledge in the announcement made late Wednesday include investor Carl Icahn, former junk bond investor Michael Milken, and America Online founder Steve Case and his wife, Jean.

“I’m delighted to welcome these 17 families into the Giving Pledge community,” said Buffett. “In just a few short months we’ve made good progress. The Giving Pledge has re-energized people thinking about philanthropy and I look forward to many more conversations with families who are truly fortunate, and whose generosity can and will change lives.”

They join a group that already included, besides Buffett and the Gates, Oracle (ORCL, Fortune 500) chairman Larry Ellison, David Rockefeller, CNN founder Ted Turner, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and “Star Wars” creator George Lucas.

It is pretty cool he is donating most of his money. Zuckerberg is currently worth 6.9 billion dollars and is only 26 years old. He will be getting so much more of that. I mean a 26 year old with that kind of money could be doing some crazy things with it. I know I would have some good fun, but that is tons of money and I know I would give a bit away too.

Afternoon Delight

• Tom Ford gives us his opinion on women–celebitchy
• Ben Harper and Laura Dern are trying to reconcile–dlisted
  
• Is Jennifer Aniston mad at Chelsea Handler?–Eonline
• Neve Campbell still got the sexy–Egotastic
• Reese Witherspoon on the cover of EW–JustJared
• Prince surprises the View–Bitten and Bound
• Dexter sings his favorite Christmas Carol–IDLYITW
• Julia Roberts gets mad and goes after photographer for her family–Radar

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Lee is this crazy environmentalist who has protested the Discovery Channel for years. I do too man, it is boring as shit. I just turn off the tv, does not mean I go and try to blow shit up. Supposedly Lee was arrested two years ago for a protest at the building. He has the craziest demands too.

He states that Discovery Channel does not really care about the planet. Lee wrote on his blog, “All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions. In those programs’ places, programs encouraging human sterilization and infertility must be pushed. All former pro-birth programs must now push in the direction of stopping human birth, not encouraging it.”

What a lunatic. I mean come on man, could you not think of anything better? Tell Discovery that you want to see more monkeys give the reach around in sex videos. Or maybe see the monkey fart in his hand and fall out of the tree. I mean come up with something better then some stupid bullshit of a reason to go blow a building up. I hope they get this guy and throw him in a damn pit with a bunch of horny badgers on lsd.

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The clothing store, Forever 21, is getting a lot of crap lately now that a video showing how their security staff takes care of things. In Hollywood Blvd. outlet, a undercover security guard tackles a deaf guy and puts him in a choke hold because he could not hear the metal detector go off.

You can see that the deaf guy was in a group of other deaf people and his one friend was trying to fight the security with him trying to show them the receipts of all the items purchased. They were told repeatedly he was deaf and continued to wrestle with him.

The man who recorded this stated this:

Staff must have seen them do something to suspect them of stealing, but that doesn’t have any support or facts. Before I started filming. The Big Black dude in Jeans who mighta been a store detective jumps and tackles the large hispanic deaf guy. from there I remembered my new phone and turned on the camera,

There was who looked to be the manager of XXI that said to turn off the camera because they didn’t want to get exposed for harassing and dealing with a situation that turned sour.

From there, you get to see the turn of events and then in the aftermath, the sorting out of exactly what happen. From what I saw that you guys can’t, the deaf guy in the white shirt was apparently assuring the store with receipts for what he was carrying.

This is a little too much in my opinion. The poor deaf guy probably had no clue why he was being tackled and that is why he kept on fighting. The security guard looks like a normal person with no identification. I know I would be scared crapless and fighting if some one was tackling me. I can see a huge lawsuit off of this one. I mean this guy could easily say he is traumatized. I know I would.

Morning Ketch-Up

• John McCain and Snooki twitpals–Bitten Bound
• Round One:Sofia Vergara vs Madonna…ding–IMO
• NBA Vet Earl Watson is scared of his crazy actress wife, Jennifer Freeman–Crunktastical
• Jennifer Aniston calls Bill O’Reilly out–dlisted
• Redmond O’Neal graduates from rehab–Eonline
• Daniel Radcliffe on the cover of EW–JustJared
• Freida Pinto and Dev Patel are fighting Hollywood stereotypes–PopSugar
• Nip Slips by the dozen:Aquilera, Rihanna, Spears, and Pamela–Cityrag
• Gays are aloud to marry again in California starting yesterday–Radar
• Shania Twain a candidate now for American Idol after JLO wants too much–celebitchy

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Sophia Bush was upset and wrote a letter to Urban Outfitter ranting and raving about a company trying to tell you to eat less so you can fit in their clothes.

Sophia Bush’s Blog stated:

Ladies! This is OUTRAGEOUS. I hope none of you will stand for being told such a thing, in such a way. Being healthy, eating right, and staying active is one thing. Being told to starve yourselves by a fashion company? Not cool.

Urban Outfitters does admittedly have at least some pretty cool clothes, but if you’re bigger than say a size 8 or are anything more than small-chested, good luck finding anything there to fit. I suppose that could be the message of their latest t-shirt, “Eat Less” and maybe you’ll be able to buy/wear our clothes.

Perhaps some of the American population could stand to take the shirt’s advice, but for those impressionable teens who shop at Urban Outfitters, it’s message is more pro-anorexia than anything, especially when worn by an emaciated model.

I have been a supporter of your store for many years, but now I’m through.

I am fortunate enough to star on a wonderful TV show called One Tree Hill. I play a fashion designer named Brooke Davis, who started a campaign on the show called “Zero Is Not A Size” and the outpouring of love and gratitude that came my way from girls and women ALL OVER THE WORLD who have body image issues brought me to tears.

To promote starvation? To promote anorexia, which leads to heart disease, bone density loss, and a slew of other health problems, not least of all psychological issues that NEVER go away? Shame on you. I will no longer be shopping at your stores. And I will encourage the tens of thousands of female supporters I have to do the same. I have fought to boycott BP. I never imagined I would also be boycotting affordable fashion.

You should issue a public apology, and make a hefty donation to a women’s organization that supports those stricken with eating disorders. I am sickened that anyone, on any board, in your gigantic company would have voted ‘yes’ on such a thing, let alone enough of you to manufacture an item with such a hurtful message. It’s like handing a suicidal person a loaded gun. You should know better.

I sincerely hope that next time you decide that making fun of serious issues is comedic, or ‘snarky in a cool way,’ that you rethink your decision.

With Sincerity but NO respect,

Sophia Bush

Here is my letter, in defense of all of us who have ever looked in a mirror and felt less than fabulous…

She is right. There is no reason for a clothing company to support anorexia. I mean look at the model, she looks coked up and anorexic. As a male I cannot stand clothing companies either. I am tall and average built. The problem with places like American Eagle and stuff like that is that their XL are actually mediums. It makes me sick. I can fit in XL or L in most places, then some of these places they are twice as small. It makes me sick and feel like crap.

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The two went on a tour at the beaches of Louisiana to see first hand the effects of the oil spill. Twittering about how it is a lot worse then what we all think. Austin Nichols posted these pics on his facebook.

The police told us we could not help with this VERY DANGEROUS clean up process. We needed Haz-Mat training. Do you see any Haz-Mat suits or respirators? Another interesting fact. They put ONE shovel full of sand in each bag and tied it off!!

The two’s twitter pages have been gaining a large amount of followers lately because of the BP oil spill and how they are trying to help. I have not heard of too many celebrities coming to the aid of this disaster, and it is great to see these two who have local ties helping out. If you would like to help and support these two you can donate at: Global Green

Morning Ketch-Up

• It’s so angry! Kesha Nip Slip(NSFW)–Celebnewswire
• Jade Jagger shows off her titty too(NSFW)–Drunken Stepfather
• Dallas Cowboys are going to win the Superbowl. Kim Kardashian pussy says so–ICYDK
• Red Carpet interviews from Eclipse Premiere, ahh Anna Kendrick–Eonline
• Upskirts everywhere in Tennis–Egotastic
• Sylvester Stallone wants Gotti role–TMZ
• Al Gore Accused of Sexual Assault–Superficial
• Piers Morgan wedding pictures–JustJared
• Lindsay Lohan’s “Inferno” script revealed, includes dog sex, beatings, and whorage–celebitchy

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Hulu has complained they have not made as much profit as they would like off of their television shows from advertising. Majority of the people who use Hulu are under the age of 35.

Hulu, this is why your business model is going to fail. People under 35 barely pay for music as it is, why would they pay for television. Secondly, I will go the the network’s website and watch the episodes for free before I would come to Hulu and pay. I enjoyed Hulu because it kept shows organized for me, but with high speed internet I am willing to take an extra 10 seconds to click to another page and watch it for free. Hulu should put up maybe one more ad before they try this method. This method is going to fail and Hulu will lose a lot of money. They will see that after 4 months that their profit has drastically dropped they will go back to the free model. You do not give away something for free and then charge people. That is not good business practice on Hulu’s part. If i’m paying $9.95 a month there better be no commercials either on any website or video i’m watching.

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• More girls come out about Steven Segel–CelebNewsWire
• Michael Lohan escorts police to Lindsay’s pad–Eonline
• The Restoration of Stephen Baldwin--Site
• Madonna looks like she wants this young boy–dlisted
• Jillian Michaels said she would adopt a child before ever letting her body go to wreck–Celebitchy
• Michael Lohan explains his actions for earlier–TMZ
• Gabourey Sidibe would so do Andy Samberg–JustJared
• I knew Bea Arthur wasn’t dead, instead she is doing PETA ads–Popeater
• For the ladies, Jake Gyllenhaal shirtless–PopSugar
• New True Blood Poster–PINK

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Spirit Airline is now charging you to take on carry-on bags now too. They are charging $25-$45 per a bag. Soon people will not be able to bring any clothes on their trips because of the large amount of charges. It is a shame that the airlines are becoming so greedy. The airline says if they charge this it will allow the ticket prices to be low, but what is the point when you automatically have to tack on an extra amount of money after you buy the ticket. Airlines have done worse since they have started these charges, and there is a reason for that. It is now cheaper to drive to destinations than it is to fly. Now Spirit is not the greediest airline, that will be going to an Ireland airline company. One airline is now going to be charging people to use the bathroom on the plane. You believe that? If you have to piss or shit, you are going to have to pay money. Who knows, maybe $5 to pee, and $15 to poop.

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