Pain and Gain is the latest film by acclaimed director Michael Bay which stars Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie. This is Bay’s version of a low-budget style indie film despite showing off big muscles and ammo on view. The action-comedy tale is based on the true story of a group of personal trainers in Miami back in the 90′s.
The story was inspired by real-life troubles they experienced, kidnapping, extortion and murder after chasing an American dream that went terribly wrong. The film features a lot of violence that include shooting, chasing, fighting, and torture, as well as gratuitous sex and sexism, and drug use.
So this film is not your typical wholesome action-comedy flick, so parents should be wary of allowing their children to see this.
Dr Sally Cockburn is the host of Talking Health podcast, which covers different topics on health, nutrition, and fitness.
In this episode, Cockburn is joined by her guests in a discussion on treating various illnesses. You may have done the following: tablets, exercise, surgery, injections, etc. but have you considered creative therapy? You may not realize it, but creative hobbies like drawing, painting, writing, and sculpting can be healing by putting you in a positive state of mind. In fact, creative therapy is now being used in mainstream medicine treatment.
Rapper Chris Kelly of the 90’s group Kriss Kross died from a drug overdose. According to reports, he was found at his Atlanta home unresponsive and unconscious then transported to Atlanta Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. He was 34 years old.
Investigation by authorities claims that it could be a possible drug overdose, concluding that Kelly died by taking a fatal mixture of cocaine and heroine. The autopsy will be performed on Thursday.
Kriss Kross, composed of of Chris Kelley and Chris Smith, were discovered by Jermaine Dupri, the producer responsible for their smash hit Jump. The song made it to the top of Hot 100 for at least eight weeks which no other rap song had reigned that long in the charts.
They’ve made a big name back then, appearing in Michael Jackson’s music video of Jam and went on tour with the King of Pop for his Dangerous World Tour.
Kelly had a history of substance abuse according to his uncle.
For the next episode of Oprah Winfrey’s Oprah’s Next Chapter, she snagged an interview with NBA player Jason Collins, who made a big announcement that he’s gay. This will be the first time the cager will be interviewed after coming out.
Along with Jason are other members of his family that include twin brother and former NBA player himself Jarron Collins, their parents Portia and Paul Collins, sister-in-law Elsa Collins and aunt Teri Jackson, a San Francisco Superior Court Judge and the first member of the family that he came out to.
Jason Collins, a 12-year veteran who recently played for the Washington Wizards, became the first active American male professional athlete to announce that he’s gay. His followers in Twitter has skyrocketed from 3,500 to more than 98,000 after the announcement. Ellen DeGeneres calls him ‘brave’ while U.S. President Barack Obama has called him with his support.
Multiple-award winning blog travel This Week in Travel Podcast is hosted by Gary Arndt, who is in Ucon on this episode. With him are Chris Christensen, Jen Leo and travel writer Tim Leffel from PracticalTravelGear.com, PerceptiveTravel.com and WorldsCheapestDestinations.com.
The opening discussion is about the show winning an award as they finished 2nd last year, the upcoming merger of American and US Airways. American Airways had issues dealing with their unions and bankruptcy. If it’s a pretty done deal, there will be less competition. They also talked about other airline mergers happened previously. United Airways, an airline that doesn’t have WiFi, is finally adding it to their international flights.
They also talked about other people’s travel like going to Europe, weird stories from UK wherein a pilot got locked out from the cockpit of a plane while his co-pilot was sleeping, a woman who ended up driving 900 miles instead of 90 miles due to GPS error. The RFID ‘magic bracelets’ that is set to transform Disney theme park experience, and Wikivoyage, Wikipedia’s take on the travel industry which aims to offer in-depth travel information that’s updated fast.
Move over Sir Ian McKellen, as we might have a new Gandalf for the upcoming sequel of The Hobbit. Willie Nelson dropped by at Conan o’ Brien’s late-night show and brought in a clip of his audition reel for Peter Jackson, hoping he would be able to steal the role of the legendary wizard Gandalf from the esteemed actor.
Nelson nailed his lines, such as “You shall not pass an unlit joint that’s just not cool” and “That giant flaming eye is freaking me the fuck out!” Michah Nelson (who acted as Bilbo Baggins) did a little musical as well, performing “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Orcs.”
At the end of the reel, Nelson left a message to Peter Jackson that he can hire him, then fire that Ian McKellen guy, who is a great actor anyway, but screw that, since he’s the iconic Willie Nelson. Now if that ain’t going to work, then he can also do the role of Magneto.
Body by Bate is a podcast established by brothers Colin, Adam, Peter and Devon sharing their experiences on tracking down their progress to get fit and healthy. They discuss their successes and challenges in this podcast.
Devon and Adam, both personal trainers, teach you different programs depending on what you want to achieve, ranging from extreme weight loss to muscle gain, to marathon training, etc.
They have a 90-day health and fitness challenge podcast and this episode is the 89th day of the challenge. In the chat is Devon who discusses his biggest challenges to date, gaining ten pounds of muscle, finishing week 6 on his Occam program protocol, and more.
The Smart Passive Income podcast is hosted by Pat Flynn who makes a living on the internet. In episode 20 of the podcast, Pat is joined by good friend Chris Ducker from Virtual Business Lifestyle, where he shares his expertise in outsourcing.
Through outsourcing, you can take your business to the next level if you’re able to find the right people to hire and know how to communicate with them in a more efficient way.
The two talk about what virtual assistants can do to your online business, how it automates the marketing process, where to find a good virtual assistant, finding quality people to work for you, how much it will cost you to have assistant and pay him/her for 40 hours a week, the tools you need to make sure you’re getting the most, and a lot more. Listen to the podcast episode here.
Chris Brown has a new toy, a hot customized Lamborghini! Brown’s car gets pimped at West Coast Customs and it looks similar to a Hot Wheels car. Painted in electric shades of blue with yellow, red and white plus matching sky blue rims, it definitely is a head-turner as it reminds you of those die-cast car models.
The car, according to a spokesperson at local dealership, costs approximately $120,000. This doesn’t even cover the costs of customization.
Brown’s Lambo is a two-seater model and has a 493 horsepower V-10 engine which can go from 0-60 miles an hour in 3.7 seconds.
The hiphop/rnb artist is known to own high-end sports cars. He also has a Porsche which costs an estimate of $200,000 which got crashed in an attempt to avoid the paparazzi. With this hot car, expect Rihanna to be seen inside it soon.
Reese Witherspoon was arrested after arguing with a police officer who stopped her husband James Toth, on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. The award-winning actress allegedly threatened the Georgia state trooper that he was going to be on national news after he handcuffed her for disorderly conduct at Atlanta’s Peachtree Road on Friday morning.
That didn’t stop Trooper First Class J. Pyland from arresting her with dialogue worthy of a film script. After that, Witherspoon has then issued a formal apology that includes a statement that speaks to her husband’s DUI charge.
Since then, the incident has spurred parodies on late-night TV, such as with Jimmy Kimmel and Jay Leno’s shows. Watch Leno’s monologue at his show.
