12 Celebrities Who Were Offered Large Sums to do Porn

By Yosef Solomon

It’s well documented that pornography can be quite profitable. For those producing, and in some case, for those staring in adult films especially. Adopting the “any press is good press mentality”, many celebrities have used sex tapes to boost their stardom. Others, as an inadvertent result of stardom, have been offered millions to star in pornographic media. The following are some of the most famous porn offers, and other porn-related situations involving celebrities. Some are hilarious and some are awesome (McCarty), but any case the fact that some of these propositions even exist, and there are markets for some of these hypothetical movies, proves to me that humankind still has a sense of humor.

Susan Boyle

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Thanks to YouTube, Susan Boyle became an overnight hit, around the world. Since her tryouts for the popular British reality show in April of 2009, she has become inundated with offers, from book deals to album contracts…to a starring role in… a porn film. Los Angeles-based adult entertainment company, Kick Ass Films, has reportedly offered her a contract worth over $1 million to lose her virginity on camera. “We want to get this movie shot and out while Susan has the world’s attention,” said Kick Ass Films’ executive Mark Kulkis to the New York Daily News. He concluded, “…besides, after 47 years of virginity, I’m sure Susan is also anxious to get something cracking as soon as possible.” There have been no reports confirming if Susan Boyle has yet to respond to the offer from Kick Ass Films.

OctoMom

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The media’s infatuation with the OctoMom seems to have wanes, but that doesn’t mean her willingness to exploit her children for money has diminished any. According to a press release on Vivid Entertainment’s website, Nadya Sulleman was offered $1 million and free health care for her and her children if she signs a contract with Vivid. Though the press release didn’t stipulate how many films she would be signed on for, it is understood be a multi-film deal. In response, OctoMom went on record at RadarOnline, by saying: “Those guys at Vivid Video must be nuts! Who wants to see me naked? Maybe in a year when the baby fat goes away.” I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

Spencer Pratt

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According to the print edition of InTouch Weekly, in late 2007, Gay porn producer, Michael Lucas offered douchebag extraordinaire (and “The Hills” co-star) Spencer Pratt a staring role in one of his porn movies. Lucas stated, “…[Pratt] was born to be in a gay-porn blockbuster. Lucas Entertainment would do anything to be able to center our next major all-male production on Spencer Pratt.” Spencer quickly declined the offer by reportedly saying, “…I think I will have to turn down this offer.”

Sarah Palin

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After Sarah Palin’s failed bid to become Vice President of the United States, Florida-based porn director, Cezar Capone was the first to offer her a job. As the self-proclaimed “King of All MILF Films,” Capone offered Palin $2 million dollars to star in one of his films. To sweeten the deal he also offered her husband a co-staring role for $100,000. Despite the fact this offer was sent to her office in Juneau, Alaska on November 6, 2008 the Palin Administration has yet to publicly decline. Interestingly, during the run-up to the 2008 election, Hustler Magazine released Nailin’ Palin, featuring a doppelganger of the Alaskan governor.

Ashley Alexandra Dupre

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In 2008, popular New York Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned from office after it was revealed he spent thousands of dollars cavorting with whores. Thanks to public profiles on MySpace, the media got wind of a prostitute Spitzer frequented. Within days of the story breaking, Dupre was all over the news. Subsequently, Girls Gone Wild founder, Joe Francis offered Dupre a deal worth $1 million to host one of his videos; he withdrew the offer when he found old videoo footage of her from 2003. According to Rueters, Dupre then filled a $10 million lawsuit against Joe Francis, but was later dropped. The reason why she dropped the lawsuit was explained in a statement by her lawyer, “Ms. Dupre wants to eliminate all negativity from her life and focus on the positive.”

Dupre also entertained a $1 million offer from Hustler, and a lucrative contract with Vivid entertainment, in which, executive Steven Hirsch was quoted to say, “…she could wind up being the highest paid actress in adult entertainment.” There have been no reports confirming if she has accepted any of these deals offered to her by the adult industry.

Carrie Prejean

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Vivid Entertainment CEO, Steven Hirsch, recently sent a personal letter to former Miss California. The letter acknowledged the controversy surrounding her personal beliefs, and topless photos that were leaked on the Internet. Hirsch wrote in his short address to Ms. Prejean, “…our studio is known for its high quality adult films and we are offering you up to $1-million to star in one of our upcoming movies.” Originally sent on May 5, 2009, Ms. Prejean has yet to formally reply to the offer.

Kim Kardashian

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Once word got out that Vivid Entertainment was going to distribute a sex tape of Kardashian and ex-boyfriend Ray J, Kardashian filled a lawsuit to halt its distribution. According to the L.A. Superior Court suit, Kardashian asked for unspecified damages, attorney fees and all profits from the sale of the tape. Because of the lawsuit, Vivid stalled distribution of the video. Vivid would eventually released the feature, and according to the New York Post, Kardashian dropped the lawsuit when she was offered a $5 million - most likely just to not get in the way of things.

Kevin Federline

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Kevin Federline has consistently and adamantly denied the existence of a sex tape between him and Britney Spears. The very rumor of this tape, however, prompted media mogul (and opportunistic sommabitch) Rupert Murdoch to offer a reported $50 million for it. According to MTV.com, David Hans Schmidt, who is known for brokering celeb sex-tape deals, has estimated this video (if it exists) would actually be worth around $200 million. According to a statement released by Federline’s lawyer, any rumors of his client’s involvement with a sex tape are “false and inaccurate.”

Kelli McCarty

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The former Miss USA-turned-soap star, shocked many when she gave up her daytime acting gig to pursue a career in the adult entertainment business. McCarty won the Miss USA crown in 1991, and following her win began a career acting in television sitcoms which eventually led to a recurring role on NBC’s “Passions.” After McCarty’s character was killed off in 2006, she began to explore other opportunities. According to the New York Daily News, McCarty said, “…I enjoy acting, and I really like sex … so this was the perfect opportunity to combine two of my passions.” McCarty’s first project with Vivid Entertainment is called Faithless, and it was released in February 2009. As could be imagined, it feaures the super-milfy McCarty and lots of soap opera-calibre acting.

Ray J

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Ray J commented in regards to his sex tape that was leaked: “It is what it is. Don’t hate on my hustle; this is America.” Following the leak of this above-mentioned video, both have become more successful than they were previous to its release: Ray J’s musical career has blossomed; and, they both have gone on to star in her own reality TV series’. Due to the success of the sex tape, Ray-J was also offered a four-feature deal by Vivid Entertainment to star in and direct films. There have been no reports whether Ray J has accepted the deal or not.

Tanya Harding

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Tanya Harding found infamy in her involvment of the beating of Nancy Kerrigan in 1994. Tanya Harding has remained a D-list celebrity ever since. Throughout her relationship with the media, Harding has been offered many deals, but none more lucrative than contracts with Playboy and Penthouse. Ironically after refusing the six figure deals, her ex-husband sold a sex tape of them for only a reported $15,000.

John Wayne Bobbit

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When John Wayne Bobbit famously had his penis sliced off, the last thing he was probably thinking about was a subsequent stint in adult film-making. Following that fateful incident with his now ex-wife (no shit, right) , Bobbit penned a million dollar contract with Liesure Time Communications to star in John Wayne Bobbit Uncut. Directed by Ron Jeremy, the film went onto sell very well despite its price tag of $69.99. After this debut, Bobbit went onto to star in two more porn movies throughout the mid 1990’s.

Then there’s this guy…

Dustin Diamond

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In 2007, controversy surrounded the release of a sex tape with Dustin Diamond engaged in a threesome. According to an entry on The Insider’s website, David Hans Schmidt spoke out against Diamond’s accusations that the tape was released without his permission. Schmidt said, “…Dustin was in on this deal from the start. He made this tape in a St. Louis hotel room with two girls last summer with the intention that I would sell it.” The controversy didn’t stop Diamond from promoting his performance by going on Howard Stern and MSNBC. The tape was finally released to sub-par reviews and less than stellar sales.

Oh and her magazine deal…

Paula Jones

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Paula Jones is one of many women in Bill Clinton’s past to accuse him of sexual harassment, and cash in on the fact that Clinton most likley made advances on every woman he came into contact with. Jones ‘lawsuit against Bill Clinton was initially dropped due to a lack of specified damages. She then later settled outside of court with the Clinton’s for a reported $850,000, of which she only saw $201,000. After the Clinton Scandal was settled, Jones accrued heavy legal fees and a large tax debt, and as a result, gladly took an offer to pose for Penthouse. According to an article in USA Today she also did the magazine spread for money and to invest in her kids future by paying for their college educations.

Cops Bust Bush's Favorite Chinese Guy, Find 24K Pot Plants

Westword.com — The Weeds-like drug ring bust was almost blown after an internal leak, and a prominent Chinese restaurant owner -- his food beloved by President Bush -- was implicated.

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James Cameron: The 3D Renaissance Has Arrived

James Cameron promos clips from sci-fi movie to exhibitors

By Carl DiOrio

James Cameron, left, and Sam Worthington on the set of "Avatar"

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AMSTERDAM -- "The future's so bright I gotta wear shades!" James Cameron cried Tuesday as he strode onto a stage -- with his 3-D glasses on -- to unveil the first publicly shown clips from his 3-D sci-fi actioner "Avatar."

The fittingly epic film promo literally added an extra dimension to Fox's presentation at the ongoing Cinema Expo.

"Avatar" actors Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana and Stephen Lang, pic producer Jon Landau, and Fox film chairman Jim Gianopulos also greeted the clearly wowed exhibs at the RAI convention center auditorium.

"Three years ago, I stood up here and said the 3-D renaissance is coming," Cameron said. "And from what we've seen in the business, we can now say it has arrived."

In introducing the 24-minute assemblage, Cameron said much of it came from the first third of the film but that there were also glimpses from unfinished portions of later battle scenes involving warring sides clashing over control of the fantasy world Pandora.

The filmmaker also said the action gets nonstop in the latter portions of the film, which throughout is populated by strange life-forms in a world of unprecedentedly rich fantasy elements. Worthington plays an avatar -- a remote-controlled character created by melding his crippled human form into a super-human being -- whose fate lies ultimately in doing battle with his own former race.

Fox made media covering the event agree not to report details of the "Avatar" images or to interview audience members for reactions. But from the sustained applause at the conclusion of the presentation, suffice to say Fox didn't hurt itself at the event.

A cinematic hybrid of CGI, motion-capture animation and live action, "Avatar" is Cameron's first dramatic feature since 1997's "Titanic." At that year's Cinema Expo, Cameron showed eight minutes of the effects-laden disaster drama before it rang up a still-record $1.84 billion worldwide boxoffice and copping Oscar's best pic statuette.

Cameron encouraged theater owners to add 3-D capability as quickly as possible. But acknowledging "Avatar" will have to play in a mix of conventional and extra-dimensional venues due to insufficient number of 3-D auditoriums, he added, "I just want to say that I think 'Avatar' is going to play great in 3-D, 2-D, any 'D.' "

"Avatar" is set to open around the world on Dec. 18, though it's become sport in Hollywood to speculate on whether the famously painstaking filmmaker will wrap the production in time. Cameron's high-profile promo appearance should go a long way toward soothing any anxieties.

"They wouldn't be doing this if it weren't coming out," a top distribution exec from a rival studio said.

Much of the technology used to capture actor performances was developed especially for "Avatar" and its effects crews at WETA Digital in New Zealand and Industrial Light + Magic in Northern California.

Before the "Avatar" presentation, international distribution co-presidents Tomas Jegeus and Paul Hanneman showed a reel of clips from other upcoming Fox pics. Those included first-quarter titles such as the family comedy "Tooth Fairy," starring Dwayne Johnson; Chris Columbus' family adventure "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" and Fox Searchlight's Mira Nair-helmed Amelia Earhart biopic "Amelia," starring Hilary Swank.

The studio also screened its 3-D three-quel "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs."

Also Tuesday, Sony screened the romantic comedy "The Ugly Truth," starring the notably not-ugly Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. Sony's worldwide distribution president Rory Bruer is making a first-time visit to Cinema Expo, grabbing some quality time with regional exhibs.

Elsewhere around the RAI, the confab's large trade-show floor opened with tire-kickers drawn by a Dolby-sponsored lunch mingling among more serious customers. Dolby is showcasing its latest digital servers and other d-cinema products.

Recession-impacted vendors sent fewer reps this year, but Disney's large exhibit promoting Tim Burton's live-action take on "Alice in Wonderland" -- set for release in March -- compensated nicely. The display included costumes, props, production designs and even an entire dining room set.

Steady floor traffic fluctuated only when events drew attendees elsewhere.

"It picked up after the movie screening let out," Imax rep Sandie Green noted.

Cinema Expo always boasts a few food-and-beverage exhibitors -- Polish popcorn purveyor PCO Group has a large space -- but most of the floor is taken up by tech companies. Among them: d-cinema vendors Barco, Christie and NEC, German audio-equipment marketer Ernemann and Milan-based film-projection specialist Cinnemecanica.

Sony Electronics mounted its usual large booth, staffed by reps from Sony's London offices. The company is touting tech and financial offerings for digital cinema as well as video displays for theater lobbies.

"We want to start a dialog with people we haven't met before and also reach agreements with some other people," Sony spokeswoman Elizabeth Pierce said.

Surfing in Gaza helps to keep tensions of war at bay

James Hider in Gaza City

It is not exactly the surfer’s dream scenario: the sea is flat and discoloured greenish-grey by the vast amounts of sewage seeping into it; the nearby fisherman’s wharf has been reinforced by the rubble of war-smashed buildings. Just beyond the horizon, Israeli gunboats prowl to make sure no one is trying to smuggle in weapons by sea.

But none of this is deterring Gaza’s small but dedicated community of surfers. In their rickety wooden lifeguard shack, Mohammed Abu Jayyab, 35, and Ahmed Abu Hasiera, 29, not only watch over the women swimming in their black robes and headscarves and the boys splashing in groups or the men washing their horses — they also keep a constant eye open for rising waves.

They started surfing a decade ago, inspired by television programmes they had seen about the sport. Ahmed brought back a cheap surfboard from Israel and by trial and error they learnt to ride the waves that rise in winter and high summer. After the Islamist group Hamas won the Palestinian elections in early 2006, Gaza was sealed off from the world and people increasingly turned to the sea for relaxation.

“There’s no other form of entertainment,” said Mohammed, a lean, blue-eyed man with a scrubby beard and baggy surfer shorts. “I feel when I’m surfing I’m free, but only for the moment when I’m riding the wave — then you forget all the other problems around you.”

The two men shared their single beaten-up board for years as the siege tightened and Israel launched deadly raids into Gaza, fighting Hamas and other militant groups firing rockets into southern Israel. Then, two years ago, their story was picked up by an American newspaper and was spotted by an elderly American who had introduced surfing to Israel half a century ago.

Don Paskowitz, a surfer from California, moved to Tel Aviv in 1956 and introduced what was then the eight-year-old Jewish state to the art of riding the waves.

In 2007, aged 86, he was inspired to repeat his mission in the besieged, war-torn slums of Gaza. He took a dozen surfboards down to the huge checkpoint in the fence surrounding the tiny enclave. After a certain amount of haggling, he was allowed to hand over the boards to Mohammed and Ahmed, who had gone to the other side to meet him.

From that moment, a loose organisation called Surfing 4 Peace grew, although because of the strict travel restrictions in and out of Gaza, neither Ahmed or Mohammed has ever been able to meet any of the Israeli surfers involved.

A few years ago, there were only two surfers in Gaza. Now there are at least 20, bobbing out at sea as bemused Gazans look on, some of them sitting in deckchairs by the water’s edge, smoking waterpipes.

Ahmed surfs whenever he can, although the ferocity of the fighting in Israel’s attack last January meant that he had to stay out of the water as Israeli gunboats fired from offshore into Gaza’s densely populated cities.

“Even in the war I’d come and sit and look at the sea. Immediately after the fighting I came back and surfed,” he smiled, recalling the moment in the classic war film Apocalypse Now when an American commander in Vietnam forces his men to surf in the midst of a battle, shouting: “Charlie don’t surf!”

The obvious question, then, was: does Hamas surf? “Hamas guys do surf,” said Ahmed, adding that so did members of Fatah, the rival faction, who fought and lost a bitter battle for control of Gaza in the summer of 2007.

“Americans have a war in Iraq and they play football with Iraqis. We are all Palestinian citizens, there’s no difference in surfing between Hamas and Fatah. In sports, there is no war.”

Where you been, dude?

— Angola’s 1,600 km coastline was thick with troops and peppered with landmines during a 40-year civil war. But after peace came in 2002 Angolans turned their coast, which they say offers world-class waves, into a new frontier for surfing and created a budding tourism industry

— Vietnam held its inaugural surfing contest in 1993 on China Beach, where American forces first landed in 1965. The competition brought together former foes from the Vietnam War

— Cuban surfers made their own surfboards from refrigerator insulation foam until a website, HavanaSurf, was set up to enable surfers from abroad to donate second-hand boards. Authorities remain suspicious; in 1994 a Cuban escaped to Florida on a windsurfing board

— Nachum Shifren wrote Surfing Rabbi: A Kabbalistic Quest for Soul after he became an expert surfer, lifeguard and triathlete, and “found God not in the synagogue, but in the majesty of Jewish mysticism and the vast power of the ocean”

— Australia has four Christian surf churches, where worshippers combine prayer with surfing

Sources: Reuters, Times database

Duped newscast airs ‘Lost’ scene as Flight 447’s last moments

In their rush to air exclusive photos of Flight 447’s destruction, no one in this newsroom stopped to ask the logical questions, such as: 1) How did the camera survive? and 2) Why are the photos in wide-screen format?

The answers, of course, are: 1) Because the footage is from Lost. And, 2) because the footage is from Lost.

The source material (starts at 8:05):

UPDATE: According to a Digg commenter (my high school Spanish wasn’t up to the task), the newscaster explains that the camera was destroyed, but the memory card was somehow recovered. ¡Que suerte!

Surfer Dogs! [PICS]

life.com — Surfer dogs catch a wave during the 4th Annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in Imperial Beach, Calif. The event included rounds for small dogs, large dogs, and tandem surfing, with each dog and/or team judged on confidence, the length of the ride, and overall surfing skills. here is amazing shots of these canine cuties hanging 10.

UK Folding Plug concept could flatten that bulky British adapter

by Tim Stevens

Of all the AC adapters stuffed into your personal item when globetrotting, the plug used in Merry Old England must surely be the most cumbersome -- its three copper prongs flung to the extremes of a giant block of plastic. That Victorian holdover gets a major re-do with this UK Folding Plug concept. The two horizontal prongs rotate themselves in-line with the top, vertical one, and the body of the adapter then folds in half, resulting in a thickness of about 1cm. Interestingly the plug would still work in either position, with a slimline power strip envisioned to accept three of these slender lovelies at once. It's positively brilliant, but is just a concept at this point, and while we don't have any news to pass along about its likelihood for production, surely some manufacturer will watch the video after the break and start churning these out by the millions.

[Via Pocket-lint]

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Michael Jackson's First Moonwalk, Billie Jean

youtube.com — It happened in 1983 at the Motown 25. For those in the audience that night they would see something they'd never forget, something that would change the destiny of Michael Jackson forever, the moonwalk.

Michael Jackson - Black Or White Official Music Video (Long High Quality Version)

A Commodore 64 on Your iPhone: An Exclusive Interview with Manomio

Posted by Michael Pinto

If you’re a retro computing fanboy like me on Saturday you were devastated to learn that Apple denied permission to the developer who created a Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone. Now normally this news wouldn’t surprise me, but what broke my fanboy heart is that the developer jumped through all the right hoops: Not only did they get a license from the owners of Commodore but they even got positive signals early on from Apple.

So after having my hopes crushed for reliving my 80s glory days on my iPhone I decided that I had to do something — so in the hopes of getting a second chance from Apple, here is our exclusive interview with Stuart Carnie the CTO of Manomio:

Who is the team behind Manomio and why did you start your company? We are a team of two, Stuart Carnie (CTO) and Brian Lyscarz (CEO). Brian contacted me after hearing about me porting a C64 to the iPhone back in May of 2008. Like myself, he shares a passion for retro gaming and also saw the opportunity the iPhone and App Store presented. To clarify, Retro gaming is largely an unfilled category on the App Store today (I’ve actually submitted a request to Apple to create a Retro category on the App Store). To back this up, according to a survey released by Solutions Research Group, 71% of buyers were male with an average age of 31 years. This could be considered a sweet spot for many retro games.

What first inspired you to create a C64 emulator for the iPhone? I grew up with the C64 (I’m 35 now), so partly for nostalgic reasons. I also wanted to learn the iPhone SDK and see just how capable the iPhone was as a portable computer.

How much effort went into the creating the C64 emulator? I actually had an initial version running within a few days, but it was a long way off looking like it does today. This is where Brian, and his aesthetic eye turned it into a ‘thing of beauty’. We’ve already had many compliments, including John Gruber regarding the ‘gorgeous UI’.

How did you go about getting permission from the current owners of the C64 and what was their initial reaction? We had removed the rough edges before we went to Commodore Gaming. They were very impressed with what we had achieved and naturally excited to join the iPhone ride. In the end, they directed us to Kiloo Aps, who holds the rights to mobile versions of the C64 brand.

Dear Steve Jobs: The hacker inside of you should let this happen!

Creating any application is a huge investment, did you take any precautions like talking to Apple in the early stages of development? Yes, we spoke to the Sr. Partnership Manager, iPod & iPhone, Apple Europe in the UK, who concluded that we were okay with our approach and that Apple was actually interested in our concept - the ability to purchase add-on content via the App Store to extend an existing application. Apple would still receive their 30% cut and users could buy officially licensed C64 titles. 3.0 was announced some time later, and ‘In-App’ purchases revealed, essentially approving our general approach.

Is there still any chance that you can still get the application approved by Apple? Yes, we do expect that some form of our application can be approved, given there are already many examples of emulators on the app store, such as Frotz, and according to toucharcade.com, Sonic the Hedgehog and Golden Axe.

And is there any way retro gaming iPhone fanboys can help you? They already are, by blogging, tweeting, commenting and posting news articles - someone at Apple is bound to see one of these and hopefully notify the right people. We’ve seen in the past that enough noise can make a difference, so we hope our story ends the same.

Below: If you’re any sort of retro gaming fanboy I dare you to watch this demo and not want a copy:

The New Acropolis Museum

nytimes.com — The new home for some of Athens most famous antiquities, one of the highest-profile cultural projects undertaken in Europe in this decade, is scheduled to open this weekend.

Click here for the gallery pics of the New Acropolis Museum

What Your Facial Hair Really Says About You

Your facial hair (or lack thereof) can say a lot about you, but sometimes there's a difference between what you think you're saying with it, and what it's actually telling people.

The Full Beard

What You Think It Says About You: I have written, or am currently writing three to four novels and or screenplays. I think deeply about things, and sometimes I'll just sit and read, because I like reading. Yeah, that's something I do. Is your unkempt hipster vagina moist yet? Plus, despite what my emo-swoop haircut may suggest, I'm comfortable with my masculinity.

What It Really Says About You: a)I never got laid in high school, and used to get the shit kicked out of me, then suddenly realized that if I grew a beard, it hid my nerdy face, b)I've gotten so much poontang in my life that I'm literally TIRED of banging chicks. Now in an effort to see how ridiculous I can make myself and still get laid, I'm growing this. or c)Don't open a package I might send to you, and stay the F off my lawn.

Good For: Lumberjacks, the Unemployed/Homeless, Pyschos, Hipsters

Sentence Heard From This Person: "You should listen to this NPR podcast I downloaded."

Who Sports It:

The Goatee

What You Think It Says About You: I'm a little bit straight-laced, and a little bit wild. I can get down to business, but I can also party hard, too. Whatever you want, I'm up for it.

What It Really Says About You: I can tell you who is going to go far in the NHL playoffs, and most likely, if I have sex with you, I'll leave my socks on. Also, I really want you to look at my mouth, so I circled it in hair.

Good For: Noah the Intern, Youth Group Ministers, Bikers

Sentence Heard From This Person: "Oh man, that shitter is going to remember me."

Who Sports It:

Mutton Chops

What You Think It Says About You: I'm some kind of artist who makes art that's creative, but also a little bit rebelious.

What It Really Says About You: Ask me about my rebelious, creative art!

Good For: Rock Stars, People with Adamantium Skeletons, Civil War Generals

Sentences Heard From This Person: "The best I can do is just express myself, and hope that it connects with someone, somewhere, and they feel what I feel. Pain."

Who Sports It:

Manicured Scruff

What You Think It Says About You: I'm a relaxed guy who definitely cares about keeping up my appearance, but I'm also relaxed...like I said before. You remember when I said I was relaxed, right? Because I did say that.

What It Really Says About You: Right now, this is the only thing I have in common with Jason Statham, but I'm working on that.

Good For: Construction Workers, Garbagemen, Homeless Guys Who Found a Razor in the Trash Yesterday

Sentences Heard From This Person: "We're sittin' there, and the client doesn't know WHAT the f*&k is going on, and all I can think about is, that new chick from accounting has some tits I'd love to smush my face in, you know what I'm saying?"

Who Sports It:

Clean Shaven

What You Think It Says About You: I care about my appearance, and I paid a lot of money for one of those five-blade razors, so I'm gonna get my money's worth.

What It Really Says About You: I am afraid to experiment with facial hair, because I have no idea what would happen. It might grow in all patchy and I'll look like the neighbor from The Burbs or something. It's better to just avoid it altogether.

Good For: Children, Women, The Terminally Ill

Sentence Heard From This Person: "I'd love to get coffee with you, I just have to finish some work. Shall we say Coffee Bean at 8:30? Tentatively?"

Who Sports It:

The Soul Patch

What You Think It Says About You: I'm hip with the youngsters of today. I understand their television programs, and their music, and their youtubes. I sent a text message yesterday, too. That's how hip I am!

What It Really Says About You: I'm playing in a 1998 high school baseball game tomorrow.

Good For: Ska Band Trombone Players, Beatknick Poets, Evil Alter-Egos

Sentence Heard From This Person: I just got a hold of this new Rob Thomas album, have you heard this guy? Great rythym."

Who Sports It:

The Chin Strap

What You Think It Says About You: I have the masculinity for a beard, but I'm also concerned about my appearance, and I take the time to make myself look good and manly. Plus, nobody else in my boy band has a beard like this.

What It Really Says About You: The name's Bag. Douche Bag.

Good For: Boy Band Members, White kids who somehow think black kids wear this facial hair, Asian Bad Guys

Sentence Heard From This Person: "You know, it's all 'bout music, you know, I'm just, you know, tryin' to feel what's inside me and express that shit, you know."

Who Sports It:

Texas strip club sues 14-year-old exotic dancer

By BRIAN CHASNOFF San Antonio Express-News

June 20, 2009, 7:19PM

A strip club that hired a 14-year-old as an exotic dancer is now suing the girl, saying the seventh-grader swindled them into breaking state law.

The San Antonio teen allegedly exposed her breasts while working at Cheetah Club in Corpus Christi, a violation of state law.

Alan Yaffe, the club’s attorney, said the club didn’t know the girl was a minor.

“She came (into the club) with 6-inch stiletto heels and a miniskirt and looked just like a model from a Miss America’s contest,” Yaffe said.

Yaffe also disputed the sequence of events that authorities say brought the 14-year-old girl to Club Cheetah, where she exposed her breasts — a violation of state law.

Police say Leslie Campbell, 48, kidnapped the teenager in San Antonio in March, took her to Corpus Christi, sexually assaulted her over the course of a week, gave her a false identification card and forced her to strip at the club.

Police say the girl, who has not been identified, escaped from Campbell’s home and has been reunited with her parents in San Antonio.

Campbell was arrested and remains in Nueces County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping.

Seeking damages

RJL Entertainment Inc., — which is doing business as “Cheetah Club,” according to tax records — filed the lawsuit last week.

The suit seeks unspecified damages from Campbell, the girl and her parents, as well as a declaration from a judge that it did not intend to hire a minor.

“We’re the victims here,” Yaffe said.

Authorities also arrested Jeffery Shawn Martinez, a manager at the club, on charges of employment harmful to a minor and sexual performance of a child. He was released on bail.

Martinez’s attorney, Fred Jimenez, said his client is not guilty.

“The minor walked in there with a fake ID and presented herself to be 22 years old,” Jimenez said. “She looks very mature.”

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Sgt. John Mann disagreed.

“I’ve seen this young lady’s picture, and I assure you she is a 14-year-old seventh-grader,” Mann said. “I personally think any reasonable and prudent person could tell you that is an underage girl.”

Mann said he expects his agency to take legal action against the club.

bchasnoff@express-news.net

Now We’re Talking: AIM With Push Support Hits The App Store

by MG Siegler

There’s been a lot of talk the past few days since the launch of the iPhone 3.0 software about the lack of Push Notification apps in the App Store. Well, today brings a big one: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM).

Instant messaging apps are perhaps the perfect use for Push Notification, which allows you to use such services without requiring that they be open at all time. In our test of the pre-release beta version of the AIM app with Push, the messages were sent almost instantaneously. In testing it out right now, it looks to be just as fast.

When you first fire up this new version of AIM, it asks you if you’d like to receive Push notifications. You can change this at any time in the settings. And you can also choose if you’d like the notifications to be brief (only say that you have a new IM), feature the sender’s name only, be normal size, or full size.

You can also set how you’d like Push messages to show up on your phone for each app in the device’s settings. You can have it pop up a message, play a sound, badge your icon or do any combination of those.

And Push works with both the free [iTunes link] and paid version [iTunes link] of the app. The $2.99 paid version removes all advertising.

Push is great for services like IM, but it doesn’t resolve the lack of iPhone background support for all apps. With Push you still can’t listen to Pandora while doing something else on the web, for example. I still believe it’s only a matter of time before we see some sort of third-party background task support as well.

Update: While users are reporting that they aren’t receiving notifications to update their apps yet, if you use the links above, it is the latest version with Push.

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The Aim iPhone App allows you to send and recieve messages of WiFI, EDGE, or 3G networks. Learn More

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Company:	Apple
Website:	apple.com/iphone
Launch Date:	January 1, 2007

Apple’s iPhone was introduced at MacWorld in January 2007 and officially went on sale June 29, 2007, selling 270,000 units within 2 days of launch. The phone (as well as its newer self, the… Learn More

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