May 25, 2013

Edited ‘Django’ Flops in Return to China Movie Theaters

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*Quentin Tarantino‘s “Django Unchained” re-opened in China yesterday to disappointing numbers after it was snatched suddenly from the country’s theaters last month. Some “minor changes” were made, according to Shanghai’s UME Cineplex. According to Deadline.com, the edited version is three minutes shorter, with nudity scenes omitted. As previously reported, the film in its original cut [...]




‘Django Unchained’ Red Tape Worked Out in China

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*Chinese moviegoers will soon be able to see “Django Unchained,” but it won’t be the same version that was mysteriously pulled from theaters two weeks ago. Sony Pictures announced today that Quentin Tarantino’s freed-slave drama would be back in Chinese theaters on May 12, reports the Los Angeles Times. “There is tremendous excitement, anticipation and [...]




Dedicated Chinese Reporter Covers Massive Earthquake in Her Wedding Dress (Video)

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*Saturday, the Sichuan Province in southwest China was the location of a massive earthquake that displaced thousands and killed nearly 200 people. The event, like the Boston Marathon bombing, sent people into a frenzy and willing to do whatever they could for their fellow man. One reporter was en route to her wedding when the [...]




China Pulled ‘Django’ Over Kerry Washington’s Nudity?

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*Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained,” once bound for China and then abruptly pulled from theaters, could still get a chance to roll out in the world’s second-largest movie market. The mainland Chinese publicists working on behalf of Sony China, the film’s distributor, have reiterated that work is now underway with government authorities to facilitate its release [...]




‘Django’ Pulled from Theaters in China for ‘Tech Problems’

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*Quentin Tarantino’s violent slave-revenge drama “Django Unchained” was yanked out of Chinese theaters on its opening day Thursday, with the importer blaming an unspecified technical problem. The rare suspension order by China Film Group Corp. has already lead to suspicion that the Hollywood film could have run afoul of Chinese censors despite weeks of promotion [...]




African Family Opens First Black Hair Care Salon in Beijing (Video)

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*Black women in the military and/or military wives stationed throughout the world often complain about the lack of availability for their hair care products and/or salons. But, there’s one country that has opened up to the idea, you just gotta get stationed there. But for those that are stationed in Beijing, China, they don’t have [...]




Man Sues Wife for Being Ugly…and Wins?!

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*We’ve heard it all with this story. The buck stops here. We have no way of knowing how it’s possible that someone could go as far as to actually sue someone for being, ummmmm, let’s say, beautifully challenged. Now, in the case of a man suing a woman for formerly being a man, that would [...]




Keri Hilson Vomits, Passes Out on Plane; Tweets About It

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*Keri Hilson says she fell ill during a flight on Friday and blames lack of sleep for the health scare. The singer has been in China this week, and was on a flight back to the States when she apparently began vomiting and passed out. The 29 year old tweeted this morning: “Sure hope my [...]




Chrysler Executive Tweets to Donald Trump He’s ‘Full of….’

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*Well it seems that we’re not the only ones that think Donald Trump needs to stick to his casinos and hotels because everything else is a major fail. He is clueless on any issues that affect the common man and tries to get the country revved up with rhetoric that appears to even infuriate his [...]




China’s Basketball Grandma Goes from Destitute to ‘China’s Internet Darling’ (Video)

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*Some of our elderly are so strong we actually look forward to growing old. They are the reason we have the sayings “50 is the new 30″ and so on. They use their old school rules with the new school look and are a force to be reckoned with. Zhu Shumei is a Chinese, 76-year old grandmother [...]




Romney ‘Firing of PBS’ During Debate Causes Tweet from Big Bird

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*The presidential debate was not the greatest for President Obama, but as a good Facebook friend told me “every long distance runner knows you don’t sprint out of the gate.” Obama is using a technique I grew up with called “slow walkin’ a motha.” He will get his opportunity later, but he didn’t want to [...]




Bizarro News: Man’s Penis Stolen While He Sleeps?!

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*The Lorena Bobbitt story is infamous for the diabolical nature of her crime. Everyone, even women, cringe at the thought of what she did to her husband. Not only did she chop off his penis, but she drove down the road and threw it in a field. John Bobbitt knew immediately that she had cut [...]




Man Saves the Day on Chinese University Campus with Flying Kung Fu Kick (Video)

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*Chinese Theater used to come on late at night and the next day everyone would break out with their best kung-fu moves. In the 70′s, you would swear every black man had a class. It got so bad at one point that Bruce Lee’s black canvas kung fu shoes were a top seller. This era [...]




President Obama Hits Mitt Romney in the Pockets with New Ad (Video)

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*If you hadn’t noticed, the campaign trail is heating up! There have been attacks on both camps and, to be honest, none really more damaging than the other. But no one can call the President a pacifist this time around. He’s hitting back and keeping it on voters’ minds that Romney is out of touch. [...]




Chinese Zombie Attack: Man Tries To Eat Woman’s Face

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*The cannibal attacks continue. And now they are happening overseas, according to the New York Daily News. A drunken man identified as “Dong” ran into a road near a bus station at around 2 p.m. and jumped in front of a woman’s car, the Shanghai Daily’s website reported police saying When the woman, identified as [...]