Controversy

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• Last Modern Warfare story of the day: game sparks MP battle!

  
  Technology: Games blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 138
  Tom Watson takes on Keith Vaz as modern warfare breaks out in parliament... I wasnt going to post about Modern Warfare 2 again today, but for goodness sake, I cant resist. This afternoon, Activisions hype monster, was the subject of an astonishing parliamentary face-off between Labour MPs Keith Vaz and Tom Watson. ...
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• 2PM’s Jaebeom is coming back!?

  
  allkpop — Authority: 613
  On the upcoming episode of MBCs Golden Fishery set to air on the 11th, JYP carefully brought up Jaebeom and hinted about his return to 2PM . JYP Entertainment stated: "We slightly touched upon Jaebeoms possible return, JYPs statement can be considered another step in that direction. But it is not set in ...
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• Killing In the Name Of

  
  0-60mag.com — Authority: 553
  Top Gear mixes comedy with automotive tomfoolery, which is what makes the show so entertaining to watch but yet it is still somewhat informative. After showing a spoof commercial depicting a gentleman blowing his brains out after losing money and a woman, the commercial argues that having a Volkswagen Scirocco TDi ...
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• Gay Slurs? Eh, She’s Just Being Miley. Or Is She?

  
  Flavorwire — Authority: 722
  Twitter and the blogosphere are starting to go abuzz with a video shot at a Miley Cyrus concert in Kentucky. In it, the pop star replaces a lyric from one of her songs with a gay slur. Innocent mistake? Or yet another example of this girls innate prejudices?This isnt the first time that Cyrus has been accused of being ...
  6 hours ago

• Gemma Ward to Quit Modeling Over Weight Gain Attacks

  
  StyleList Fashion Blog — Authority: 689
  Filed under: Fashion , News Gemma on the runway in early 2007 (left), and last week (right). Photos: Karl Prouse, Catwalking/Getty Images | Bauer-Griffin Catwalk cattiness has claimed a victim! Australian supermodel/ sometimes actress Gemma Ward is quitting the modeling business amidst criticism about ...
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• At Least He’s Still Got His Winning Smile: Check Out Sammy Sosa’s Shiny, New, Light-Colored Skin.

  
  Media Assassin — Authority: 122
  Oh, my goodness: What is happening to retired Chicago Cubs right-fielder Sammy Sosa’s face? According to NBC Washington , The above photo shows Sosa on the left at a May 2009 People Magazine event. The right is Sosa, who retired in 2007 with 609 career homers, earlier this week in Las Vegas for the Latin ...
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• Bulldog Bites: All is well, SEC’s top official says

  
  The Junkyard Blawg — Authority: 537
  Another week, another officiating controversy in the SEC (this time with LSU was on the short end), and it has the conference’s head of officiating, Georgia Tech grad Rogers Redding, sounding a bit like the Kevin Bacon character at the end of “Animal House.” Speaking to Florida Today, Redding maintained ...
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• Chiefs cut RB Johnson after suspension (AP)

  
  Sports & recreation - sports-rec.marc8.com — Authority: 459
  The Kansas City Chiefs have released troubled running back Larry Johnson. A two-paragraph statement from the team Monday simply listed Johnsons statistics and announced his release. Johnson was due to come off a two-week suspension Monday. Johnson apparently caused the Chiefs to run out of patience after his latest ...
  10 hours ago

• Chris Brown Wants Rihanna To Be Quiet, Says Assault Was “Private Matter”

  
  Sandra Rose — Authority: 644
  Reports are that convicted felon Chris Brown is now bitching and moaning about Rihanna’s much talked about sit-down interview with GMA’s Diane Sawyer last week.Chris Brown is now saying the night he beat Rihanna to within an inch of her life was a “private matter.”“While I respect Rihanna’s right to ...
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• Obama’s Frightening Insensitivity to the Fort Hood Massacre

  
  Sandra Rose — Authority: 644
  Over the last few months, Barack Obama’s apathetic, anti-American attitude has been put on display with alarming frequency.The president’s insensitivity to the plight of fellow Americans has become very evident in his words and actions. When a white police sergeant arrested one of Obama’s close friends back in ...
  11 hours ago

• "The Fourth Kind" sparks controversy – Stroud Courier (subscription)

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 455
  "The Fourth Kind" sparks controversyStroud Courier (subscription)As you can probably guess, the "fourth kind" of encounter is an actual alien abduction. So, what exactly is sparking the controversy with "The Fourth Kind? …and more »read the full article
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• Britney Spears Lip-Syncing Angers Aussies (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

  
  Bitten and Bound — Authority: 657
  Britney Spears performed at Burswood Dome in Perth, Australia on Friday night.  While well received by many, at least 100 angry concert-goers left in a huff because they weren’t happy with her set up, her disinterest or the fact that she wasn’t actually singing her songs. Wendy di Renzo paid $148 and was ...
  14 hours ago

• Avatar’s Budget is Almost $500 Million?! Can It Make a Profit?

  
  /Film — Authority: 766
  In the current economic climate, simply typing a sentence about a film that, including marketing costs, now tallies up to a reported half-a-billion dollars is surreal enough to put Dr. Evil on stun. That’s the unprecedented figure being batted around in a new NYT report about the financial realities that lie ...
  20 hours ago

• Halak’s agent tweets about Price’s stats

  
  The Hockey Writers — Authority: 610
  Carey Price Saturday night I was away from my twitter account and with a friend to watch the game between the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning and apparently I missed some interesting chatter. Seems as though Jaroslav Halak’s agent, Mr Walsh tweeted some stats on twitter which in and of itself is not ...
  22 hours ago

• Liar: A Review

  
  The New York Public Library blogs — Authority: 122
  Im not even sure where to start this review theres so much going on with this book. The plot in Justine Larbelestier s Liar (2009) is so intricate and crazy awesome that the author has asked readers to please not post spoilers in their reviews (I wouldnt know how to explain the spoilers even if I did want to ...
  22 hours ago

• Patent balance sheet at CSIR

  
  nanopolitan — Authority: 132
  Hidden in the Mint story about Shiva Ayyadurais travails at CSIR, there is this revealing statistic : Over the past 10 years, CSIR laboratories have been granted 5,014 patents in India and abroad. The money earned from these was Rs. 36.8 crore, but the cost of filing them was Rs. 228.64 crore, according to ...
  23 hours ago

• CreBeau calls SM Entertainment out on “groundless claims”

  
  allkpop — Authority: 613
  At the start of November, CreBeau , the company behind TVXQ members Jaejoong , Junsu and Yoochun s cosmetics line, spoke up against SM Entertainment . At that time, Kang Suk Won , the president of CreBeaus Korean branch WishopPlus Inc , threatened, "I will not hesitate to reveal the details of SME’s absurd ...
  23 hours ago

• Half Rubbish Half Brilliant!

  
  SalesBlogcast — Authority: 411
  A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article titled, “ Stop Selling Like You’re Walking On Egg Shells! ”  As usual, I received a number of great comments from readers.  Among those comments came one in particular that really stood out.  It said… “Half of what you say is complete rubbish and half is ...
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• Aeropodcast #107: Fourhman’s Homage to Keith “Pitapocket” Urban

  
  Aeropause Games — Authority: 439
  This week on the Aeropodcast, we talk about more of the controversy surrounding Infinity Ward and the decisions they have been making as of late.  We look at the whole “Friends Against Grenade Spam” and the consolification of the series on PC.  You can also hear Haygood go ballistic to the point of the censor ...
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• German Mag Claims Ubi Demanded Positive Review on Assassins Creed II [Rumor]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 820
  Computer Bild Spiele of Germany has, on its December cover, a blurb touting an " Assassins Creed 2 SKANDAL!" It alleges Ubisoft wanted a score of "very good" before it would turn over a review copy of the game. Says the publication: Our reviews are tough, but fair. We will not give up our independent scores for ...
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