15-Year-Old Austin Mahone in the recording studio - 2012
Well, you can’t say we didn’t see this one coming.
Teen singing sensation and YouTube star Austin Mahone is getting ready to take the world by storm and it seems things are already in motion to make that happen.
A couple of weeks ago, Austin tweeted to his almost 650k followers that he had hired a management company to help him with his career.
Austin Mahone in his Bruno Mars cover music video - 2012
These types of career managers can help mold everything from image, dress, style, song selections, shows and performance scheduling, book and magazine deals, and just about every aspect of promotion and booking – as well as helping to find a record label to represent and produce an album.
But the big news came last week when Austin let the world now he was moving to Miami Florida!
That’s a huge step for Mahone and signals that a record deal is not far off. And to make life even better for Austin, he just got his braces off last week and that paves the way for more magazine photos and a big league promotional push.
Not that his braces held him back, but with them removed it is now clear sailing into a record deal.
One music industry insider says,
“Everything is now falling into place for Austin Mahone. The management team, his move to Miami Florida, his age, his looks, and his growing fan base is something that the industry could only turn a blind eye to for so long. The next step is a record deal, song selection, original composition and a debut album. Mahone is a complete package now.”
Indeed, Austin has already started to score some big gigs and later this month will be performing at the Philly Springle Ball 2012 concert – a venue usually reserved for veteran musicians.
All you have to do is view Austin's YouTube channel to see why he has become as popular as he has with his fans.
Justin Bieber getting slimed at the 2012 Kids Choice Awards
Last night was the 2012 Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards and there was more green slime than any other previous award show.
Hosted by Will Smith, Bieber walked away with the coveted “Blimp” award for best male singer, and Nicki Minaj gave an impressive, but lip synched, performance dressed in, well, we’re not sure…
But the highlight of the night was a surprise last minute appearance by Justin Bieber – and did he get slimmed!
Watch Will Smith and Justin Bieber getting slimed!
Bieber went up on stage to talk to Will and was held down while both Smith and Bieber were slimed beyond belief.
Bieber is now back at work on his upcoming album “Believe” and just released his new single “Boyfriend” last week and it has already topped number one on iTunes.
Justin Bieber's new $6 Million Mansion in California
On the day that pop singer Justin Bieber’s new single “Boyfriend” hit number one on iTunes he was also bidding on a new mansion in Calabasas California.
The word got out last month that Bieber was looking to buy a new house near Los Angeles for himself – and another one for his mother Pattie Mallette.
At one point he was looking at the mansion “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher was renting but it appears that Bieber passed on that bachelor pad.
Here are some pictures of the house Bieber just purchased:
As you can imagine, this house boasts a large swimming pool, separate guest house, four fireplaces, and Justin plans to install all the latest electronic gadgets, a private movie theater, and a kick butt game room for the boys.
TMZ is reporting that the seller was asking around $7 Million and Bieber put in an offer for around $5.5 Million.
What’s a couple million between friends right?
The Daily Mail is confirming the two parties agreed on a $6 Million price tag.
Justin STILL needs to find a new pad for his mother Pattie!
Kim Kardashian walks away after getting flour bombed
It’s not all love and glory in the world of celebrity Hollywood and high fashion.
Reality star Kim Kardashian was flour bombed by a woman while walking the red carpet in Los Angeles Thursday night.
Kardashian was at the event promoting her new perfume “True Reflection”.
The bombing run was caught on tape and you can see a humiliated Kardashian walking away from the crowd only to return minutes later all cleaned up and refreshed.
In an effort to bring as much attention as possible to the incident, Kim’s staff called the Fire department just to make sure the white powdery substance was not anthrax, cocaine, or something more sinister than plain old everyday flour.
"Kim was giving an interview when a young Asian ran from the press line onto the carpet and said something to her and dumped the flour over her head."
The woman tried to run away, but Kardashian's assistant held her down until security arrived to take her away.
Kim Kardashian covered in flour
A press release from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department later said Kardashian did not want to press charges but a non-criminal battery report was filed. The attacker was later released.
A new round of disgust is running rampant on the internet as the tabloid magazine National Enquirer has decided to lead this month’s edition with a picture of a Whitney Houston casket photo showing the deceased singer in her coffin.
But should anyone really be surprised?
Several news organizations have criticized the magazine saying it is in bad taste and is not showing the family the privacy they have requested.
The cover photo shows Houston in her open casket during her memorial service.
Whitney Houston Death Photo on Enquirer Cover
The controversy erupted when the National Enquirer purchased a photo from somebody on the “inside” and chose to run it on the cover of their current edition.
News organizations across the country are hearing that fans are angry and feel the casket picture is in bad taste and the tabloid is simply trying to cause controversy to sell magazines.
This is how things work in Hollywood – nothing is sacred and everything is open for exploitation if money is involved.
The National Inquirer has run death photos of Elvis, John Lennon, James Brown, Michael Jackson, and others.
Celebrity death photos are commonly in high demand and will sell to the highest bidder.
“Home Alone” movie star Macaulay Culkin was spotted by ET in New York recently looking like he just crawled out of a local meth lab.
Culkin, 31, was photographed while holding a Red Bull energy drink while he stopped to have his picture taken with a fan.
Macaulay Culkin In New York
Culkin became famous for his role in “Uncle Buck” and for portraying young Kevin McCallister in the “Home Alone” movie franchise.
Macaulay also starred in the New York club scene flick “Party Monster” playing young gay club hopper Michael Alig.
Culkin also dated Mila Kunis for several years.
Culkin in Party Monster
It is rumored that Culkin will star in the 2012 Martin J. Thomas military comedy “Service Man” – an uplifting military action comedy drama made in the style of the 1980's feel good movies.
Culkin has been busted for possession of pot before and has admitted to being a hermit and not leaving his New York apartment for weeks at a time.
Let’s hope this is just a momentary blip of slothism…
But now, the Dreamland Wax Museum in Brazil has done the unthinkable – it has released a wax figure of Justin Bieber that looks NOTHING, and we mean NOTHING like the pop singer.
In fact, this is one of those situations that make you scratch your head and wonder what in the world they were thinking.
Here it is – the NON Bieber wax figure that is supposed to be a splitting image of the Biebs:
Just twenty four hours into the Mariah Yeater and Justin Bieber baby drama the story is not going away.
Los Angeles police have now said that they are looking into the fact that Bieber’s accuser, now 20-year-old Mariah Yeater, may have engaged in statutory rape with the then 16-year-old singer.
Yeater says she hooked up with JB in a private bathroom last year and had sex at the Staples Center after one of his concerts.
She claims in court documents that Bieber whisked her into a private bathroom and the two engaged in consensual sex that left her pregnant with now three month old Tristyn Anthony Markhouse Yeater.
California says it is a crime for an adult to have sex with anyone under eighteen years old. If the offender is no more than three years older than the victim it would result in a conviction of a misdemeanor charge punishable by up to a year in jail.
Mariah Yeater
Yeater has filed a paternity suit in California demanding Bieber take a blood and DNA test, and a court date of December 15th has been scheduled to hash out the details of what happens next.
Yeater is suing for $12,000 per month to cover child support for their son. She also told police,
“The intercourse only lasted about 30 seconds and Justin did not want to wear a condom. He apologized for his lack of stamina afterwards and then I was whisked away and I never saw him again. I tried to contact him through normal channels but nobody ever got back to me so I felt I had to go public.”
“These accusations are malicious, defamatory and demonstrably false. We will vigorously pursue all available legal remedies to defend and protect Justin against these allegations.”
But there are some people out there that believe this is all a big hoax, a joke, a ruse, a con job, a Bieber baby scam.
They say the story was devised long ago as a way to keep Bieber’s name in the news during his Christmas album release and help bolster his masculinity in a growing crowd of fans that are starting to believe the whole Selena Gomez girlfriend thing is a big fraud and Bieber is, well… less than manly.
The Bieb’s DID appear on the “Today” show Friday morning to try and crush the rumors by saying,
"I'd just like to say basically that none of those allegations are, like, true. I know that I'm going to be a target, but I'm, like, never going to be a victim. It's, like, crazy, every night after the show I've gone right from the stage right to my car, so it's, like, crazy that some people want to make up such false allegations. To set the record straight, none of it is true."
Bieber told Matt Lauer, “I don’t know that women and I have never met her.”
But that didn’t keep the late night comedy world from taking a stab at the humorous aspect of the story.
In fact, Jimmy Fallon did a parody of the singers hit song “Baby” to explain to his fans what had happened.
We love it when Jimmy does a musical parody and this one will become a classic.
Funny stuff.
We have all seen how Justin and Selena Gomez act around each other – particularly their weekend romp in Hawaii earlier this year where photos emerged of Bieber grabbing Selena’s butt and the two sucking face in every photo.
Major News outlets around the world are reporting that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi had been found – and killed.
A spokesman for the Transitional National Council has confirmed to news organizations that Gadhafi is dead and has released a photo of the dead leader being moved by soldiers.
Muammar Qaddafi had ruled Libya for 42 years and had been involved in a bitter war for the last eight months.
Muammar Qaddafi Death Photo
Soldiers say they found Gadhafi hiding in a sewer drain after he fled the house they were searching.
He was killed by TNC fighters after a brief struggle.
United States news outlets while not confirming, are reporting his death.
There has been no word yet from President Obama, Congress, The Pentagon, or any National Security agency, but comments are expected soon.
For months you have been asking for a page of shirtless Austin Mahone pictures so we figured we would put one up for you die hard super fans and Mahomies.
We even added an extra video of Austin on the beach surfing and acting like a goof!
We searched the world and assembled what we thought were the best photos of Austin Mahone shirtless while at the beach, at the pool, or just hanging out around town having fun.
For those of you who don’t know that much about Austin, here is a little background on him with thoughts about his music, YouTube Channel, and social media strategy:
Now that you know who he is, you should know that Mahone is poised to be the next big thing on the teen music scene.
In fact, as of August 2012 Austin had signed a record deal with Chase Universal Republic Records that shoud put between $3 and $4 million dollars in his pocket!
On the eve of leaving for Mexico to kick off the next leg of his My World South American Concert Tour, Justin Bieber took some time earlier this week to reunite with his divorced Father, Jeremy Bieber, his little sister Jazzy and brother Jaxon.
Jazzy, now three years old, lives with Justin’s Dad in Canada and doesn’t get a lot of opportunities to see her big brother. Jazzy has a younger brother named Jaxon who was born last year.
But this week the three reunited and took the opportunity to snap a few family photos to share with the world.
Justin and Jazzy Bieber enjoy breakfast at Waffle House
Justin And Jaxon Bieber share a tender moment
Jeremy, Justin and Jazzy shopping at Walmart
Justin and Jazzy catch some zzz's before leaving on tour
Justin and Selena Gomez with their "Extended" family
In addition to the family pictures, Jazzy is now the proud owner of her very own twitter account.
Jazzy’s twitter account can be found at @JazzyKBiebz, and while she has not tweeted anything yet has over 100,000 followers.
And that is not going over very well with @Justins_Cat, a twitter account setup by “Spaz” – Justin Bieber’s pet cat who has taken to twitter to share funny pictures, stories, and inside information about all things Justin.
For now the entire Bieber family is on their way to Mexico to kick of the next leg of Justin’s tour and will hit up Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
There is nothing like being honored by the city you were born in.
And in Stratford Ontario that honor has been bestowed on their hometown boy Justin Bieber.
Millions of people have seen the video of Justin outside the Avon Theater in Stratford, and Bieber himself recalls making thousands of dollars playing on the steps for visitors in town for the world famous Shakespeare Festival.
Last week, the Mayor and City Council of Stratford unveiled a Hollywood type star outside the Avon to honor Bieber’s contributions.
Justin Bieber's Star in Stratford
Bieber on the steps of the Avon Theater 4 Years Ago
Bieber tweeted,
"Woke up today and got an email about this star in front of the place I used to busk in my hometown. DREAM BIG and thank you."
The star has Bieber's name and the words “Recording Artist” engraved and is set in the concrete just feet away from where the World famous teenager used to play for money.
Video of JB sitting on the steps of the Avon was also shown in his 3D movie “Never Say Never” and you can watch him going to town in the following video.
Stratford is a small town of less than 30,000 people and to have a celebrity like the Bieb’s is a huge deal for the city.
Everyday funnyman Jonah Hill impressed viewers tonight at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The star of Get Him to the Greek, How to Train Your Dragon, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Strange Wilderness, Superbad, and Knocked Up appeared on stage to present an award but was obviously missing something.
About 100 pounds.
Seems Jonah has dropped a considerable amount of weight and is looking quite dapper these days – and he still has the funny!
Just check out the photo below to see the difference a year can make.
Update: Steve Jobs died October 05, 2011 from his cancer. RIP Steve, you changed the world and we will miss you.
Original Post:
Earlier this week when Apple CEO Steve Jobs tendered his resignation letter to the board of directors at Apple he said the day had come where he could no longer do his job.
Jobs has been on a “Medical” leave since January and has not been seen or photographed in public for the last six months.
Today, photos of an emaciated Steve Jobs surfaced that unfortunately tell his story of pancreatic cancer and the resulting treatments.
The photos are shocking and show just how far along Steve’s illness has progressed.
Believe me, I have been around many terminal patients and when they get to this stage it is just a matter of time before they pass away.
That will be the next Steve Jobs headline.
So sad.
I suspect with Steve’s high IQ and great wisdom there must also be a healthy dose of pragmatism as well.
We really debated long and hard before writing this story and publishing these pictures. But the Bible says God gives us the sick to humble the healthy, and He gives us the poor to humble the rich.
Somehow, we pray that whatever message this post can send will be sent - and you will hear it in your own way, for your own needs.
God speed Steve Jobs.
You changed the World and that’s more than I can say I’ve done…
Business tycoon, Virgin CEO, and billionaire Richard Branson lost one of his huge mansions on his private “Necker Island” in the Caribbean yesterday.
A fire started as a result of Hurricane Irene that is churning in the gulf and heading toward Florida and the east coast of the United States.
The mansion was considered a total loss and no injuries were reported.
Authorities said a lightning strike sparked the blaze that burned the mansion to the ground and that there were 20 guests, including his mother, in the house and on the property at the time.
In a dramatic twist that could only be created in Hollywood, actress Kate Winslet was visiting the property with her two children when the fire erupted, and she single handedly saved Branson’s 90-year-old mother from certain death by carrying her to safety.
Branson told reporters,
“We had a really bad tropical storm with winds up to 90mph. A big lightning storm came around 4am and hit one of the main houses. The fire took hold incredibly quickly, with flames 100 feet high. It ripped through the house very quickly. It was Kate who carried my mother to safety. My Mom is 90 years-old and Kate swept her up in her arms and got them out of the house as fast as possible.”
Sir Richard purchased the island, called Necker Island, in 1979 for about $250,000 and then spent tens of millions of dollars building fantastic mansions, pools, spas, and VIP areas for his friends and family.
The island and structures are used throughout the year by some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and business tycoons and rents for $35,000 per day.
Branson has vowed to rebuild saying,
“We want to rebuild the house as soon as we can. We have a wonderful staff here and we want them to stay and work. We’ll all stay here for the time being. There’s a lot of damage and we won’t be able to put it back together again right away. It was a beautiful house.”
Until the main VIP house is rebuilt guests will have to find comfort in one of the other six mansions scattered around the island.
Sir Richard Branson's Mansion on Necker Island
The tropical storm that caused the lightning strike has since turned into a category 3 hurricane named Irene and is heading for the East coast of the United States threatening not only Florida but the entire coast as she heads towards the Carolina’s.
