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Madame Sarkozy Carla Bruni "Raphael "

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Uploaded by on Sep 14, 2008

Well, the week started with British comedian Russell Brand simultaneously alienating fans of John McCain, the Jonas Brothers, purity rings, and Jordin Sparks at the 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards. But personally, we were more annoyed with all the propaganda surrounding the VMAs' supposed comeback queen, Britney Spears. All we heard during the week leading up to the awards (and in a series of VMA promos starring Britney, Russell, and a 900-pound elephant) was hype, hype, hype about how Britney would be opening the show. But then all she did was sleepwalk through a teleprompter-assisted skit with Jonah Hill and then introduce an awesome performance by Rihanna. Delivering an awesome performance herself would have made for the ultimate Britney comeback, of course...but after last year's Britney debacle, we assume MTV didn't want to take any chances.

Then later in the night, Britters won her first MoonMen ever--three of them, for the little-seen "Piece Of Me"--a PR stunt that was obviously just a make-good peace offering from MTV's execs (after Britney's disastrous "Gimme More" performance at the 2007 VMAs nearly ruined her career). It was sort of the VMA equivalent of giving Whoopi Goldberg an Academy Award for Ghost when she should have won one for The Color Purple, or giving Charlie Chaplin an honorary Oscar to apologize for his blacklisting from Hollywood for decades. Just a little apology gesture, that's all it was. But hey, maybe her VMA victory is another sign of the alleged "Britney Spears Comeback" we've been hearing about for, um, five years now.

Last Sunday's VMAs concluded with a rather sedate and uneventful performance by Kanye West--surprising, since he won nothing this year again, and he was so mouthy about being shut out at last year's VMAs (he'd threatened never to attend the awards again). But four days after this week's Video Music Awards, Kanye was back to being his old cranky self. Thursday morning at the Los Angeles International Airport--yes, on September 11th, no less--the famously ornery rapper and his bodyguard were arrested after getting into an altercation with the paparazzi in Terminal 4. According to TMZ, Kanye allegedly confronted a photographer trying to snap a pic of his shuttershaded mug, grabbing the guy's $10,000 camera and smashing it on the ground. A struggle then broke out between Kanye, the bodyguard, and a TMZ videographer who was capturing the whole photographer incident on camera. This resulted in the TMZ employee's video camera being smashed to bits as well. It reportedly took eight LAX police officers to stop the fight and apprehend Kanye, who was then placed in handcuffs and taken into custody along with his bodyguard.

Many witnesses claim it was Kanye who started the entire brawl, according to TMZ. But don't you worry, concerned readers: It's been reported that, as of this writing, Kanye will be released in time to catch another flight to his original destination, Honolulu. Phew! That's justice for you...

Another big assault that took place this week involved another famously surly star, Noel Gallagher of Oasis. The Britpop guitarist was shockingly attacked onstage in Toronto--and no, readers, the culprit was not his Glastonbury Festival nemesis Jay-Z, but some 47-year-old miscreant named Daniel Sullivan. Daniel bumrushed the stage while Oasis were playing Canada's V Festival and pushed Noel from behind, causing bruises to Noel's ribs and hips. As a result, Oasis had to postpone their gigs this week in London, Ontario and New York City, so the elder Gallagher brother could recover. Meanwhile, Daniel Sullivan is scheduled to appear in court on assault charges on October 24. You know, if Daniel had pushed Noel during some filler song off, say, Standing On The Shoulder [sic] Of Giants, he might have had a good defense here--but his attack occurred during the Oasis classic "Morning Glory," so we say the judge ought to throw the book at him!

But hey, at least Oasis have the solace of knowing that their music soundtracked Russell Brand's grand entrance on the VMAs. That was the first time Noel Gallagher had been played on MTV since 1997, seriously. So Oasis had some good news this week.

Other '90s acts were in the news this week, for reasons both good and bad. Metallica returned with Death Magnetic, their first album in five years that has been widely heralded as a return to form after the much-derided St. Anger; Lilith Fair pioneer Sarah McLachlan announced her divorce from her husband of 11 years; and R&B star Usher revealed that his wife Tameka Foster is pregnant with their second child. We send our congratulations to Metallica and Usher, and our condolences to Sarah.

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  • I just noticed she had a nose job...

  • i adore her voice

  • S3x and the City 2 is so great I just saw it at NowSatc(.)tk Its so great

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    UFC Fight Night 20, along with more!

    Re: Madame Sarkozy Carla Bruni "Raphael " by jaellezane17

  • She's good, but tis a shame she is lip syncing. and, dude, what the hell is with your tags????!!!!!

  • WOW SHE'S GOOD :)

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