FROM MTV MOVIES: As even Michael Bay has admitted, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" had almost nowhere to go but up after the writers' strike-affected, audience-alienating previous installment.
And insofar as Bay and company had something to prove — and to improve — this time around, they've succeeded. While "Dark of the Moon" isn't currently the highest rated film in the franchise, according to the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator, the general consensus among critics is that the new 3-D flick is best of the "Transformers" bunch.
That's not to suggest reviews have been universally positive; many have been as brutal to the film as the film's robots have been to certain American cities. Reviewers have taken issue with poor plotting, weak characters and brain-scrambling action set pieces. But then there are a slew of reviewers utterly onboard with what Bay has created, celebrating some of the finest 3-D visuals since "Avatar" and a story that is the most fully fleshed out of the series.
For those opinions and others, take a deep dive into the "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" reviews.
The Story "A sweet prologue (marred only by a phony-looking digital JFK) recounts the war for Cybertron and the real reason behind the U.S.-Soviet space race of the 1960s. Cut to the present where Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) struggles to find his first post-college job, while the Autobots led by Optimus Prime and the U.S. military's NEST team led by Lt. Col. Lennox (Josh Duhamel) work in tandem to take out the remaining Decepticons around the world. However, the evil 'bots eventually get the upper hand and begin an invasion to conquer the Earth with Chicago as Ground Zero in this final war between the Autobots/humans and Decepticons. There's more going on, but for the sake of spoilers we'll keep it at that. Transformers: Dark of the Moon definitely has more of a plot than either of its predecessors. There are genuine stakes this time." — Jim Vejvoda, IGN
Kat is such a beauty. Every once in a while I get to work with someone that really knows how to be in front of a camera. She was so easy to work with and was fun, fun, fun. Before I got to the shoot I watched her new video and got super excited to do something with a lot of energy. Kat brought it and gave me so much. I hope she blows up and is around for many years to come. Check out her performance on AOL that I shot here.
The decision to take me out on the road on Saturday morning was a last minute one. Anthony had planned to take the car for a trip up to Scooter HQ, but a glimpse of sunshine amongst the grey clouds made him think that perhaps it would be ok…..So Scooter Boy & Scooter Girl grabbed their gear, opened the garage and off we went….
It was perhaps 5-10 minutes down the road when it was blatantly obvious that the sunshine was gone, and the large black cloud that was hugging the coastline was actually heading north with us.
Unfortunately, clouds don’t stop for traffic lights, and so by the time we got to Tugun, the rain began to fall, and after staying ahead of it for a while, it caught up to us at Miami….and it stayed right above us for our journey up the highway.
For me there was no problem, it was my second chance for a wash during this week and I was fine……but for my passengers, they were only dry from the waist up. But despite the cold and wet conditions, they still arrived at Southport with smiles on their faces. Scootering (whether wet or dry) is still heaps of fun. So after getting some hot coffee, we headed to the shop.
And so I got my new headlight bulb (which was what I thought we were going to pick up)……but I think the purpose of the ride up was actually a chance to test ride my replacement…..the GP1-250 was there, and SB & SG wanted to have a go.
I wasn’t out on the ride with them, so I don’t know what it was like…..but the smiles on their faces when they returned was enough to make me think that they were impressed. Sadly I wasn’t able to provide the same level of performance for the journey home……but I did get them home, and yes it rained once again and they arrived home wet and cold…..
……but the good thing was, they were still smiling.
The next winner of Monaco’s Celebrity Pillion Passenger of the week has been a singer from age 2, was a swimmer and actor in high school, and after leaving college (after only three semesters), she decided to try out for television shows in LA.
195 rejections later, she was eventually cast in a musical.
In 2006 she auditioned for American Idol and was eventually the runner up in Series Five. Since then she has recorded her first solo album, and will have a second out by the end of 2008.
In 2007 she held the #2 spot on FHM Magazine’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World, she is Katherine McPhee.
A popular brunette in Hollywood would be Rachel Weisz. First noticed in the movie The Mummy, showing a fresh look with a touch of malice. As a brunette, she admits that love, how to choose different outfits to go with the color of your hair beautiful.
Here are some things that Rachel Weisz fashion watches.
1. She likes to experiment with colors. Brunettes have no reason to fear the turquoise tank or bright red jacket. There is not enough pigment in the hair to absorb all colors. Brunettes can wear black, white or anything else.
2. Take precautions in the use of colored ice. This is because the colors are very pale, ice may not be enough to compensate for the hair. You can always use these colors, but you can change colors, more pressure to choose.
3. Choose white to black in all cases. Because it is the color of your hair flatters effective.
4. Do not be afraid to use occasionally a scarf. Try using lunar tissues to break the color of your hair.
5. Make sure your clothes match ended. If your hair is brown or red tones of gold, then you should wear bright coral blush or bronze. Use a bright pink suit or berries to your makeup, if you have tons of ash in their hair.
If the look of Rachel Weisz, then all you do is raid your wardrobe record of all colors, and then fix their hair and wear a scarf because it’s true: brunettes get all the fun.
Since you are here – it means that you too also question the ‘death’ of Michael Jackson. The truth is that it was indeed staged, and Michael is STILL ALIVE.
Lets get to the facts – bottom line you will see is that THE STORY DOES NOT ADD UP:
1 – TMZ.com reported Michael Jackson’s death prior to UCLA – How did they know this?
2 – Check this photo out.
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It was taken while MJ was being resuscitated in the ambulance that transferred him from his house to UCLA. Note the ambulance mirrors below – they are tinted black. How did anyone take a picture through those tinted mirrors and see MJ so clearly?
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Why is it that there is only 1 (ONE) picture of MJ while he was being resuscitated??
3 – Look at this video of the ambulance leaving his residence – why on earth is the siren not on? Normally an ambulance with a patient loaded will turn the siren on – but no, this one even waits for the tourist bus to move first.
4 – Coroners reports suggested that Michael Jackson was bald, and only had ‘peach fuzz’ on his head. They even mentioned that the right side of his face had caved in and that he did not have a prominent nose bridge. Now look up at the image of MJ being resuscitated – clearly the right side of face is fine. He has ‘hair’ on his head and has his nose piece firmly in place. Now with resuscitation, one has to pinch the nose to provide mouth-to-mouth, but MJ’s nose piece is still intact in that picture. Also, his ribs were fractured from the resuscitation, but his wig still remained in place on his head? That is highly suspicious. Note that the right side of the face is in no way distorted, as the leaked coroners report had mentioned. Look at the pigmentation of skin – it looks completely healthy. Given that he had arrested about 40 minutes to 1 hour before that picture that picture was supposedly taken, his skin should have been darker and almost have a blue tone due to lack of oxygen, leading to cyanosis. This is note the case at all. Somehow, he even has his eye make-up on and intact – while his ribs supposedly were fractured from the CPR.
5 – The Jackson family refused to do an open-casket memorial service for Michael, because his face had suffered distortion and or injuries from the resuscitation. Now look at the picture above again, his face is completely fine. In fact, that is one of the most flattering pictures of Michael that I have seen. So why did they not due a an open casket memorial – because the body was simply not in the casket.
6 – Within a few hours of the cardiac arrest, Michael Jackson’s close staff personnel were fired. It seems like a very bizarre and prompt decision.
7 – Janet Jackson and the Jackson family removed Michael’s belongings from the house that he was renting in LA on June 27th. There are news clippings of this in youtube, where you can see that even bed sheets and blankets were removed from his house. The Jackson family stated that they were concerned that these would be stolen. However, the LAPD investigation into Jackson’s death resulting from drug overdose and possibility of homicide was launched on the 28th. At this point, his belongings from his rented house had already been removed by the Jackson’s. Despite this, the LAPD investigation contends that they found IV stands, IV bags, prescription medications and oxygen tanks. So if Michael’s belongings had already been removed, what exactly did the LAPD find and how do we know that these were firstly even present, and secondly if they had not been planted there aft the fact.
8 – Conrad Murray had been Michael’s doctor for 11 days, and was hired by AEG. A couple month’s prior to this, Michael had passed a 5 hour fitness test for insurance purposes, with a clean bill of health. So why exactly was a cardiologist hired for Michael, and that too only 11 days prior to his ‘death’. Conrad Murray was a ‘shady’ physician to begin with, he even had declared bankruptcy in the 90′s. His prior activity is certainly suspicious, and he of course makes an easy candidate to blame for Michael’s ‘death’. Also note that the heaps of drugs that the LAPD has supposedly located, must have been there prior to Conrad’s employment. Not only that, but to build an addiction and tolerance to them requires years, not just 11 days. So unfortunately Conrad is a poor physician who is practically being framed for a crime that does not exist. Michael was a close friend of physicians such as Deepak Chopra – so why would he settle for a shady doctor?
9- Michael wanted his children to have their own private lives – away from Media. However, in the months preceding his ‘death’, Michael decided to ‘unveil’ his children to the world. Why now???
10 – From December 2008 – February 2009, it was reported that Michael was suffering with serious skin infections that could lead to flesh eating bacteria, had emphysema, needed lung transplants, and had intestinal bleeding. It was even reported that Michael felt that he was going to die shortly. He was photographed on wheelchairs, and was at the point that he could not even walk. However, a couple months later – he rocked the world with news that he will be launching the O2 concerts. Not only that, but AEG released footage of him dancing on stage in perfect form, 2 days prior to his death. It is rumored that Michael used illness as a means of seeking media attention, something that he had learnt from Elizabeth Taylor. In fact, he even ‘collapsed’ prior to a concert – which was cancelled. In addition, he reportedly used illness as a means of not attending public events. How is this not different then?
11 – Look at this video where Michael’s ‘dead body’ was being transferred from UCLA to Coroners office:
As surprising as it seems, the body on the stretcher actually rises and moves. This is after the fact that rigor mortis should have set-in, leading to a very stiff body that would have been incapable of motion. Who is that on the stretcher? Crew in the helicopter reported that they were just moving the stretcher. However, the body actually moved relative to the straps of the stretcher.
12 – From the coroners office, Michael Jackson’s death certificate was not signed by a physician. Conrad Murray refused to sign it, as did the physicians at the coroners office – why not?? Michael Jackson Death Certificate
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13 – The entire Jackson family has not visibly shown that the news of Jackson’s death has caused them grief. The one attempt made was that by his daughter Paris – who really did not come across as being sincere. She has adamantly suggested that she wants to release an album soon, as wants to be like her father. She did cry during the memorial service, but that was momentary and soon after she was seen dancing and singing. His eldest son was too busy chewing gum and did not look hurt by the loss of his father. As Paris was making her speech, you can see that Janet actually smiled or looked like she was restraining laughter, prior to ‘comforting’ Paris.
14 – Upon finding out about the death of his son, Joe Jackson attended the BET awards and was interviewed by CNN. During this interview, Joe said that he was feeling fine and even went onto publicize his new record label. He displayed very little concern for the loss of his son. Now lets look at Jackson’s mother – Katherine. Video footage revealed that she was actually shopping at Target, just one day after the ‘death’ of her son.
15 – Why is it that none of Jackon’s close friends attended his funeral – ie. Elizabeth Taylor, his divorced wife Lisa Marie Presley, and not even Oprah Winfrey?
16 – AEG took out insurance policy covering the accidental death of Michael – not natural death. Within accidental death – death ensuing from overdose and drug abuse is covered. So when this insurance policy was being drafted, did AEG have a premonition that Michael would die within a few months from death possibly caused by prescription medications? Seems highly suspicious.
17 – For the O2 Concert – Michael repeatedly said ‘This is it – the final curtain call’, as well as ‘See you in July’. Ding ding – just before July, Michael suddenly ‘died’.
18 – While Larry King was visiting Michael’s room in Neverland, camera’s supposedly caught the ‘ghost’ of Michael.
It does look like Micheal’s shadow walking across the fireplace and into the wall. Michael was a billionaire, and even his personal trainer mentioned that Michael loved playing pranks. This projection of a ghost was most probably due to special effects – Michael must be enjoying this from wherever he is hiding.
19 – Michael was obsessed with mannequins, and had these placed all around his residences. He was a very lonely person who wanted to have people close to him in his life. The only thing that he could have were mannequins. There are reports that Michael’s staff contacted Gunther Von Hagens to have his body plastinated posthumous.
Was this only posthumous or did he have replicas of his body created? Michael’s trainer mentioned that Michael loved pulling pranks, such as sending mannequins in ambulances. How do we know that what has happened now is NOT a prank??
BOTTOM LINE:
Michael Jackson has repeatedly said that he wanted to live forever, he thought of himself as Peter Pan and lived in Neverland. Reports say that he even slept in a hyperbaric chamber to remain youthful. He was also a vegetarian and only had one meal a day, to extend his life. His close friend was Deepak Chopra, and Michael is known for having done yoga and meditation. Given all this, he was a health conscientious person. So why on Earth would he do a drug overdose and kill himself with prescription drugs?? The truth is that this was all set-up. In the months prior to his so called death, he repeatedly visited physicians for short bursts – a few minutes, and requested prescription medications. There were reports of drugs being confiscated from the Neverland ranch during a prior investigation, but these were just a few vials – nothing suggesting a problem with addiction. Lisa Marie Presley has said that Michael had told her exactly how he would die – years before. So this is something that Michael had been planning for a long time, he was just looking for the opportunity to pull it off. He tried to do that earlier this year with reports of him becoming bedridden and having to use wheel chairs and needing lung transplants, but the media and fans did not really respond to these reports. In fact, very little affection or interest was displayed by the general public. You also have to remember that although Michael said that he enjoyed his private life, he loved being in the spotlight. With his bipolar and eccentric nature, he wanted to know how the world would react to finding out that he had died. Michael wanted to see this first-hand, and Michael knew that he needed a bigger scheme to get the public’s attention that he was looking for.
AEG did not contract Michael for the 50 concerts, instead, the entire motive was to stage his death. This meant huge payoffs for Michael – and all his prior debt would be cleared. Look at the sales of his records now – the proceeds from these are being funneled to the Jackson family. Even the closing of his memorial stated that he was still alive, and La Toya said that he was watching it all.
Jackson wanted to live a life where he could enjoy the common aspects such ajjs walking outdoors and going shopping. He is known to have adorned many disguises – which he is probably hiding behind one currently. As to the body that was found at Michael’s house – it was probably that of his terminally ill imposter. Although Michael detests being in the public eye, he has grown so accustomed to it that he cannot live without it. This is something that he will realize while he is living under his new identity, and this need to be in the spotlight will lead him back in-front of the cameras shortly.
There are a lot of beautiful women all around the world. But, for a very long time, society considered white women as the ideal image of beauty. However, in the last few years the face of beauty has changed. Ethnic women are being more celebrated than ever.
I personally think beauty has a lot of faces and believe all women should embrace their own ethnicity. In celebration to all the different beautiful ethnicities in the world I started a monthly Global Beauty– A woman who is inspiring to women everywhere by doing her part in helping the world become a better place. That is the definition of a true Global Beauty.
Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai is an Indian Bollywood actress and former Miss World. Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world. Apart from acting in highly successful Bollywood films Aishwarya is the brand ambassador for The Eye Bank Association of India’s nationwide campaign to promote eye donation in India. She is also the brand ambassador for Pulse Polio. A campaign established by the Indian Government to eradicate the disease Polio in India.
In 2008 she along with her family laid the foundation of a special school for underprivileged girls in the Daulatpur village in India.
Not only is she beautiful, she has used her status to elevate the standard of life of those in need. Thus, making her a perfect example of a Global Beauty.
