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'Taking the Stage': What Time and Channel is it on Tonight?

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Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America is sure to be one of the entertainment highlights leading up to MLK Day. The two-hour program hosted by Tom Hanks airs tonight, January 12, on ABC at 9.pm. EST andfeatures a who's-who in entertainment list of performers and presenters.

The program which was attended by President Obama and the First Lady, will feature a variety of musical performances including hip-hop, pop, rock and r&b. Iconic African American musicians from Stevie Wonder to Usher were present for the taping of the special last September that marked the opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

ABC's official synopsis of the program reads:

World-renowned dignitaries, athletes and artists from around the globe will come together for the program at Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Designed to explore and celebrate African American contributions to the global landscape, the program will feature new film footage of iconic items from the museum's collections – items ranging from a plane used to train the famed Tuskegee airmen for World War II combat duty to a bible owned by Nat Turner. The film is accompanied by music, dance and dramatic readings by a wide range of stage and screen actors.

If picking a white dude like Tom Hanks to host a TV special celebrating African American culture seems like an out of left field choice, you're not alone. The pick also had the actor, asking ‘Why me? Are you sure you want me there?'” Hanks told ABC about the special. “I’m here by invitation. I’m honored and thrilled to accept it.”

The full list of performers and presenters will include:

Angela Bassett

Dave Chappelle

Chuck D.

Doug E. Fresh

Savion Glover

Tom Hanks

Samuel L. Jackson

Quincy Jones

Rashida Jones

Elijah Kelley

Janelle Monae

Jada Pinkett Smith

Will Smith

Octavia Spencer

Chris Tucker

Jesse Williams

Oprah Winfrey

Patti Austin

Christina Aguilera

Alvin Ailey Dancers

Jon Batiste

Shirley Caesar

Chloe x Halle

Stevie Wonder

Gary Clark Jr.

Common

Cynthia Erivo

Fantasia

Jamie Foxx

Robert Glasper

Dave Grohl with Trouble Funk

Herbie Hancock

Gladys Knight

John Legend

Mary J. Blige

Mary Mary

Donnie McClurkin

NeYo

Usher

Time: 9 p.m. EST

Channel: ABC

(And no you didn't just scroll down too fast, Beyonce is not on the list.)


I don't care what we're celebrating as long as it involves wine.

Sunny Obama bit a White House guest on the face. Sadly, it wasn't Trump.

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Hm, this isn't great—one of the Obama family's two dogs, Sunny, bit a friend of Malia on the face on Monday. TMZ reports that during the 18-year-old woman's visit to the White House, she leaned down to kiss Sunny, and the dog surprised her by biting her cheek, bad enough that she needed stitches.

Yup, that's gonna leave a mark.

The woman posted pictures of her wound on Snapchat, as well as her trip to see the Obama family doctor, Dr. Ronny Jackson. She'll be fine, but she will most likely have a small scar, which she's understandably not very happy about.

It's just a tiny wound, though.

Sunny, like the other first dog, Bo, is a Portugese Water Dog, and this is definitely out of character for the breed. But chances are the dog is very confused and stressed by all the packing the Obamas must be doing, in preparation for leaving the White House (nooooooo) after residing there for eight years. That kind of thing can be hard on family pets, who don't understand what this "moving" is all about.

Sunny. #12DaysOfTakeovers

A photo posted by First Lady Michelle Obama (@michelleobama) on

On the other hand, maybe Sunny had just learned about Donald Trump moving in, and was upset. (Psst…wrong white person, Sunny!)

Hey, at least Sunny is in a good position to earn a presidential pardon.

Anna Faris says you should never date men in one of these professions.

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Anna Faris is a wise woman and we should all hold her advice in high regard. Faris was on Conan Wednesday night to promote her new book, Unqualified, and offered viewers some advice on love and dating. Specifically, she has a list of professions she is convinced no one should ever date.

Here are the professions Anna Faris says to stay away from: magicians, chefs, athletes, musicians, comedians, and.... actors?

If you have one of these jobs, I''m sorry to say that Anna Faris will not be dating you. Unless, of course, you are Chris Pratt, who seems to have somehow managed to hide the fact that he's an actor from his wife all these years.

Shhhh, no one tell Anna that her husband is a huge movie star.

Just kidding, she knows. And she acknowledges that she broke her own rules with that one. Things seem to be working out okay for them though.

Dr. Pimple Popper shares the tense yet hypnotic removal of a juicy zit on someone's eyelid.

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If you love Dr. Pimple Popper's eyelid extractions, you know you're a true popaholic. After all, it's hard not to cringe when you see someone take a blade to the millimeter-thin skin covering some poor schmuck's wet, tender eyeball. But if you can handle the stress, you're rewarded with some truly spectacular pops. Take this juicy milium on a patient's eyelid, for example. It's a good one, but you might want to belt down a shot of whiskey before watching it get popped.

If you got through it, congratulations. You're One Of Us.

Australian TV host’s behind-the-scenes meltdown over a guest’s shirt is very Regina George.

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Enjoy a good, old-fashioned catfight behind the scenes of Australian TV. Host Amber Sherlock insists that all-white is not alright (something you'd never hear on Fox News) making guest Julie Snook acquire a jacket to cover up her way-to-pale blue. It is a matter of utmost importance.

It's the Mean Girls 2 Lindsay Lohan's been dreaming about.

In addition to providing some Real Housewives-level intrigue, the unaired clip is an insight to how things look off-air:

...and on.

Next time I go on Australian TV, remind me to ask Amber Sherlock what color she's wearing so I can wear the one directly across on the color wheel.

This girl has six identical doppelgängers and none of them are related. Thank you, internet.

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This is Santana Gutierrez, a 17-year-old college student from San Diego. She's cooler than us, and not just because she graduated high school at 16.

Santana was at the mall back in September when this happened:

That's Santana on the right and her "literal doppelgänger​," Isobel, on the left.

WTF?! is right. These two look like identical twins. But Santana swore they're not related.

She was really weirded out, understandably.

But the story gets even f*cking weirder. Because the photo went viral on Twitter, and as it turns out, she has more than one doppelgänger.

Good question, Yung Hollywood. Because there are FIVE more, and counting:

Two of her doppelgängers are celebs, includingAuli'iCravalho, who is the voice of Disney's Moana:

And Samantha Boscarino, who I had to Google because I'm old. Turns out she's "known for her role as Molly on the Nickelodeon series How to Rock":

In total, the internet found SIX WOMEN who look nearly identical to Santana:

And people are losing their minds.

A lot of people referenced Orphan Black, a sci-fi show about human cloning.

The show found out about the bizarre coincidence, and even offered to help bring the women together via "clone phone."

Someone thought they should start a cult.

Or just throw a giant party:

This isn't the first time the internet has helped people find their clones, like these blonde strangers who who traveled across the globe to meet each other. And some lucky people find them organically, like these guys who were seated next to each other on a plane.

THANK YOU, INTERNET.

Here's why women in New Delhi are now allowed to carry 'small knives' on the city's metro.

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Women in India's capital of New Delhi are now allowed to travel with "a small knife for self-protection" on the city's metro, according to the Hindustan Times.

Apparently, the city's police force are so tired of confiscating these types of weapons—knives up to four inches long—each day, they've decided to just allow them.

"World over it is a practice that only items that can cause mass destruction are not allowed," said an official. "We carried a review and found that with these items, passengers' safety is not in danger."

Although the city officials and the Hindustan Times make no connection between this development and a terrible incident in Bangalore, India on New Year's Eve, it's difficult not to draw a line between the allegations of sexual assault on a massive scale and the decision to let women take protection into their own hands when in public.

Opinion has been mixed regarding the development:

The Delhi metro already offers a women-only car in a city that's notorious for failing to guarantee women's safety.


Man's hair-raising story reveals exactly why you should never, ever tase yourself, bro.

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Today in bad decisions that did not end well: a man named Tony Welch decided to get something "a little different" as a gift for his wife, Dana. I would've suggested an exotic pet, like a parakeet or a pigmy goat.

But no, he went with a "tiny" "pocket-sized" taser purchased at a gun show. How romantic!

But before giving it to his wife, he decided to "test out" the "toy" on a "flesh & blood moving target." His first thought was his cat. And thank god he went with himself instead, or this story would be even more horrifying than it already is.

In gory and hilarious detail, Welch shared the entire story on Facebook and Imgur, as a warning to "all males" (maybe he knows that no woman would ever do this, and he's probably right):

TESTICLES NOWHERE TO BE FOUND!?

The story is not even over yet.

Luckily the story has a happy ending... for the wife.

Point taken, Tony. I will never, ever test out even the tiniest of tasers on myself or anyone else. In fact I hope to never even be in close proximity to a taser in my entire life after reading this story.

So, thank you for the warning. I'm sorry you got tased, bro. And I hope you find your testicles. Did you check under the couch cushions?

May you not be unexpectedly tagged in any photos this Throwback Thursday

Camila Cabello reveals she felt that the members of Fifth Harmony were overly sexualized.

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Camila Cabello revealed some of the conflicts she had with the group's management while a member of Fifth Harmony in an interview with Lena Dunham that appeared in Lenny Letter earlier this week. Namely, she felt that she and the other members of the group, who were all 15 when they started, were sexualized in a way that she was not comfortable with, Us Weekly reports.

"Unfortunately, sex sells. There's definitely been times where there's stuff that I have not been comfortable with and I've had to put my foot down," Cabello, who left Fifth Harmony in December to pursue a solo career, told Dunham. "I feel like it's been tricky because we've had to grow into ourselves while being in front of the world and while making songs that did have a lot of sexual undertones."

The sexualization of young, female pop stars is nothing new, but it's more shocking to hear Cabello speak out against the treatment of the group since the rest of them are still performing members. In fact, they'll be performing for the very first time as a quartet at the 2017 People's Choice Awards on January 18. Are they feeling the same way as Cabello, but have yet to step away from the group, and are thus unable to speak out?

The celebrity machine is built around the fact that viewers are easily manipulated into forgetting that stars are people. But Cavallo, who is only 19 now, speaks to the vulnerability of childhood that reminds us that these girls who might never miss a beat or fail to hit the note aren't pop robots. "You remember that time when you first got your period, or when your boobs started coming in, that you were like, 'This is weird.' You have to grow into yourself." Now, imagine doing that while the world is watching, and they want you to be sexy.

The truth is that most of the time managers don't have the best interest of the young performers at heart, adopting a "well, they signed on for this" attitude. And it's particularly worse for young women. "Especially with being in a girl group, there's been a lot of times where people have tried to sexualize us to just get more attention." Hopefully now that she's a solo artist, Cavallo will have more ownership over her image, but that won't stop the world from wanting to turn young women into sex icons.

Anthony Weiner moved in with his mom.

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Anthony Weiner has turned to the only woman who wouldn't send him packing if he turned up at her doorstep: his own mother.

"He and Huma continue to co-parent their son. He is spending a lot of time at their apartment, and lives the rest of the time with his mother," one source told Page Six. Weiner, once a congressmen for New York, has destroyed his own reputation by sexting multiple women over the course of the last five years. Most recently, he had lengthy sexual conversations with a 15-year-old girl. This was the final straw for his wife Huma Abedin, who decided to separate from her husband after the incident.

At what point is a mother allowed to disown her son? Not yet, apparently. Maybe she will have him doing some chores around the house. One can only hope she has taken away his cell phone privileges. It would be nice if we could all take solace in the comfort of knowing that Anthony Weiner would never hold public office again, but with Trump dealing with a golden showers scandal the week before he takes the white house, it's hard to say if there are any rules anymore. Here is a highly prophetic text from 2013:

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

Who will Trump give the Medal Of Freedom to?

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Today Obama surprised Joe Biden with the presidential version of a BFF charm bracelet, the Medal of Freedom, because apparently the Obamas love to make everyone cry. The award, the highest civilian honor in the U.S., came on the heels of a week that has included Obama's farewell speech in his hometown of Chicago, and Michelle surprising her fans IRL for a bit with Jimmy Fallon. They are trying to kill us with feelings.

But amidst our farewells to the Obamas, fear of the future has crept in as well. It's hard to watch such genuine moments of love an hope and not try to imagine what the farewell speech of our current President-elect will be like. I definitely can't imagine Trump or Pence ever feeling comfortable enough with their masculinity that they're vulnerable enough to cry in public, on national television. Especially because they are robots in human suits currently on a mission to explode our brains.

So, who will Trump dish the Medal of Freedom out to? Twitter has some pretty good guesses. (Hint: it's mostly himself.)

May your Friday the 13th be less terrifying than election day.

Jimmy Fallon shared everyone's #ResolutionFails and it’s still January.

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We are only almost halfway through January, but already the burgeoning hopes of new beginnings for 2017 have started to fade. Sure, it is easy to resolve to turn over a new leaf in the excitement of leaving 2016 behind, but when it comes down to actually doing the work and making changes, it is much easier to be your old, lazy self. Good news is that you are definitely not the only one who has already abandoned their resolution, as made evident by Jimmy Fallon's hashtag game, #resolutionfails.

See, don't feel so bad about already canceling that gym membership even though we are only 13 days into 2017. Next year let's make resolutions we can actually keep, like eating more donuts or taking more naps.

What's your #resolutionfail?


Dwayne Johnson goes a little wild roasting Tom Brady for his terrible Rock impression.

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On Tuesday, Deflategate star Tom Brady released a much-maligned video promoting his brand of pajamas. The video got a lot of attention for what is being widely referred to as his terrible impression of Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock.

Hey Rock, how's the sleep life nowadays??

Posted by Tom Brady on Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Like any YouTube star, Johnson rushed to release his own real-time video reaction to Tom Brady's clip.

And not only does The Rock do some great film study ("you're sitting on some rocks, which I guess is supposed to be profound because my name's the Rock") but he also shares some interesting anecdotes about his own take on sleepwear.

"I sleep in the buff... The peniasaurus has got to roam!"

Gross, Rock!

The Bush sisters wrote a beautiful letter to Sasha and Malia Obama as they prepare to leave the White House.

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Former first daughters Jenna Bush-Hager and Barbara Bush wrote a touching letter to Sasha and Malia Obama as they prepare to move out of their home of eight years. The Bush twins, who first visited the White House in 1989 when their grandfather George H.W. Bush was elected President, know better than anyone what it feels like to transition out of life at the nation's most famous address. The letter was published by Time.

The letter began with the Bush girls reflecting on the time they first met the Obama sisters back in 2008. Their father was just elected, and the twins wanted to give Sasha and Malia an official tour of their new home.

The four of us wandered the majestic halls of the house you had no choice but to move in to. When you slid down the banister of the solarium, just as we had done as 8-year-olds and again as 20-year-olds chasing our youth, your joy and laughter were contagious.

The letter goes on to discuss all the amazing things Sasha and Malia have done while their father served as commander-in-chief.

You attended state dinners, hiked in national parks, met international leaders and managed to laugh at your dad’s jokes during the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon, all while being kids, attending school and making friends. We have watched you grow from girls to impressive young women with grace and ease.

Obligatory GIF of Sasha & Malia humoring their dad at the turkey pardon.

Jenna and Barbara advised the Obama sisters to keep in contact with those who they have met while living in the White House— be it florists, teachers or the secret service who kept them safe for the past eight years. They also poked a bit of fun at themselves by telling them to enjoy college as much as they did (Jenna and Barbara both were arrested for alcohol-related charges twice within 5 weeks in 2001). Malia Obama is set to attend Harvard, her parent's alma mater, in the Fall.

Enjoy college. As most of the world knows, we did. And you won’t have the weight of the world on your young shoulders anymore. Explore your passions. Learn who you are. Make mistakes—you are allowed to. Continue to surround yourself with loyal friends who know you, adore you and will fiercely protect you. Those who judge you don’t love you, and their voices shouldn’t hold weight. Rather, it’s your own hearts that matter.

Happy Father's Day to two great ones.

A photo posted by jennabhager (@jennabhager) on

The Bush sisters urged Sasha and Malia to take what they've learned over the last eight years and to use it to make a positive change in the world. After all, if there is anyone who understands what it means to be a former-first kid, it's the Bush girls.

You have lived through the unbelievable pressure of the White House. You have listened to harsh criticism of your parents by people who had never even met them. You stood by as your precious parents were reduced to headlines. Your parents, who put you first and who not only showed you but gave you the world. As always, they will be rooting for you as you begin your next chapter. And so will we.

And we will, too!

To read their lovely letter in full, click here.

Russian journalist gives advice to 'doomed' American journalists: 'Welcome to the era of bullsh*t.'

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After President-elect Donald Trump's press conference on Wednesday (his first since the election), Russian journalist Alexey Kovalev wrote some advice to his "doomed" American colleagues, warning them, "Welcome to the era of bullshit." Kovalev has a good deal of experience working under an authoritarian leader—he's been covering Russia's president, Vladimir Putin.

Kovalev's post on blogging site Medium begins,

Congratulations, US media! You’ve just covered your first press conference of an authoritarian leader with a massive ego and a deep disdain for your trade and everything you hold dear. We in Russia have been doing it for 12 years now — with a short hiatus when our leader wasn’t technically our leader — so quite a few things during Donald Trump’s press conference rang my bells.

Under a heading reading, "Welcome to the era of bullshit," Kovalev writes,

Facts don’t matter. You can’t hurt this man with facts or reason. He’ll always outmaneuver you. He’ll always wriggle out of whatever carefully crafted verbal trap you lay for him. Whatever he says, you won’t be able to challenge him. He always comes with a bag of meaningless factoids (Putin likes to drown questions he doesn’t like in dull, unverifiable stats, figures and percentages), platitudes, false moral equivalences and straight, undiluted bullshit. He knows it’s a one-way communication, not an interview. You can’t follow up on your questions or challenge him. So he can throw whatever he wants at you in response, and you’ll just have to swallow it.

Well, that certainly sounds familiar to any journalist who's tried to get a straight answer out of Trump.

Kovalev explained,

This man owns you. He understands perfectly well that he is the news. You can’t ignore him. You’re always playing by his rules — which he can change at any time without any notice. You can’t — in Putin’s case — campaign to vote him out of office. Your readership is dwindling because ad budgets are shrinking — while his ratings are soaring, and if you want to keep your publication afloat, you’ll have to report on everything that man says as soon as he says it, without any analysis or fact-checking, because 1) his fans will not care if he lies to their faces; 2) while you’re busy picking his lies apart, he’ll spit out another mountain of bullshit and you’ll be buried under it.

Yikes. Stay strong, America. It's going to be a long four years.

Someone realized the one hilarious similarity between meerkats and sorority girls.

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A tweeter named Kevin Bergbauer, whose bio identifies him as a current college student/frat kid, made a truly remarkable connection and blasted it into the internet for confirmation.

"Is it just me or do sorority girls pose exactly like meerkats for pictures?

The tweet quickly went viral because, as many sorority girls would answer, "I mean, yeah."

It's uncanny.

And lest you think frat boys are left out of the equation—nah. They're prairie dogs.

Bryan Cranston brings Walter White intensity to Kanye West lyrics in James Corden's soap opera.

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In the latest episode of The Bold and the Lyrical, the anthology series that brought us such gems as Academy Award winner Julianne Moore's impassioned readings of Taylor Swift, a wedding unfolds to the words of Kanye West.

While a Kanye West-inspired soap opera is still nowhere near as dramatic as his real life. Cranston and Jessica Biel are bound 2 falling in love in a beautiful wedding until a sophisticated sweatervested James Corden bursts in with “Let’s have a toast for the douchebags!”

No one man should have all that power.

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