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On Monday’s broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show, the highest-rated talk radio show in the country, Rush Limbaugh called First Lady Michelle Obama a hypocrite after she reportedly ate “pickled pumpkin salad with arugula and a braised ancho-chile short rib with hominy wild mushrooms and sauteed kale” while on vacation in Vail, Colorado, with daughters Malia and Sasha over the President’s Day weekend.
Limbaugh explained:
Michelle My Belle, minus the husband, took the kids out to Vail on a ski vacation, and they were spotted eating and they were feasting on ribs, ribs that were 1,575 calories per serving with 141 grams of fat per serving. Now I’m sure some of you members of the new castrati: “This is typical of what you do Mr. Limbaugh, you take an isolated, once in a lifetime experience, and try to say that she’s a hypocrite.” She is a hypocrite. Leaders are supposed to be leaders. If we’re supposed to go out and eat nothing — if we’re supposed to eat roots, and berries and tree bark and so show us how. And if it’s supposed to make us fit, if it’s supposed to make us healthier, show us how.
In addition to disrespecting the First Lady by calling her a hypocrite and showing a blatant disregard for “the husband” perhaps better known as the President of the United States Barack Obama, Limbaugh went on to say “our First Lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, or of a woman Alex Rodriguez might date every six months or what have you”.
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French fashion magazine L’Officiel asked Beyonce to grace the cover of its March issue, celebrating its 90th anniversary as well as her African roots…in blackface.
L’Officiel issued the following statement:
“The Fashion magazine is about to celebrate its 90th birthday. To celebrate this anniversary, the festivities start with the March issue, with Beyoncé on the cover. She agreed to pose for an incredible fashion shoot, with the theme of African Queen, paying a tribute to the legendary Fela Kuti. Far from the glamorous Sasha Fierce, the beauty posed for the magazine with amazing fashion designers clothes, but also in a dress created by her mother. [It is] A return to her African roots, as you can see on the picture, on which her face was voluntarily darkened. All the pictures will be available in the collector edition, on sell at the end of this month.”
How do you feel about Bey donning blackface?
View a behind the scenes video below.
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Record executive, and the man many say is responsible for Jay-Z’s business success, Steve Stoute took out a full page ad in Sunday’s New York Times to lash out at the GRAMMYs and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences because they “have clearly lost touch with contemporary popular culture”.
Stoute cites the recent snub of Justin Bieber for Best New Artist and Eminem and Kanye West being overlooked for Albums of the Year, 2001 and 2008, respectively, as examples.
Read Stoute’s letter in its entirety below, and share your thoughts in the comments section.
Over the course of my 20-year history as an executive in the music business and as the owner of a firm that specializes in in-culture advertising, I have come to the conclusion that the Grammy Awards have clearly lost touch with contemporary popular culture. My being a music fan has left me with an even greater and deeper sense of dismay — so much so that I feel compelled to write this letter. Where I think that the Grammys fail stems from two key sources: (1) over-zealousness to produce a popular show that is at odds with its own system of voting and (2) fundamental disrespect of cultural shifts as being viable and artistic.
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Kelis makes her way through Perth Airport Sunday (February 20) with her 1-year-old son, Knight, following her appearance at the Good Vibrations Festival over the weekend. Her ex-husband, Nas, who also performed at the event, was also spotted at the airport.
( Photos: FLYNET )
