Corey Feldman, one half of the two Coreys and frequent co-star of Corey Haim, blogged about the death of his friend and “brother” today.
The two 80s teen heartthrobs even co-starred in a reality show in 2007 on A&E, following the child stars as they struggled with their careers twenty years after their fame peaked. The show heavily focused on the contrast between Haim’s struggle with addiction and his more well-adjusted friend Feldman. In the post, Feldman says:
I was awakened at 8:30 this morning by my brother and sister knocking on my bedroom door. They informed me of the loss of my brother Corey Haim. My eyes weren’t even open all the way when the tears started streaming down my face. I am so sorry for Corey, his mother Judy, his family, my family, all of our fans, and of course my son who I will have to find a way to explain this to when he gets home from school. This is a tragic loss of a wonderful,beautiful,tormented soul, who will always be my brother,family, and best friend. We must all take this as a lesson in how we treat the people we share this world with while they are still here to make a difference. Please respect our families as we struggle and grieve through this difficult time. I hope the art Corey has left behind will be remembered as the passion of that for which he truly lived. ~ Corey
Haim’s death early this morning in Los Angeles isn’t the first big loss suffered by Feldman in the past year- the child star was notoriously close to pop star Michael Jackson at the height of Feldman’s career. Feldman blogged at length about the death of Jackson here.
In this weird video, a French comedienne transforms herself into Michael Jackson with just some mascara, lipstick, and scotch tape.
Is this Dutch Boy the new Michael Jackson? [ Ed Note : 1. No. 2. I'm well aware that we are all in a glass reality television house together and that stones should be very carefully handled in our place of residence, but Dutch reality television seems like it is a really weird kind of reality television.] ( Via .)
Yeah, they screwed it up again. While it's great that they included the biggies in the 'In Memoriam' tribute (Michael Jackson -- not a big movie star but he did 'The Wiz' and it would have been odd if they left him out, David Carradine, Patrick Swayze, Natasha Richardson), and film industry vets (Army Archerd, Horton Foote), they left out some people, too.
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Who Wants an iPad? The Young, the Social & the Pop-Culture Addicts http://bit.ly/buCjjK
Social media data company Rapleaf recently investigated the profiles of users who "fanned" the iPad on Facebook in order to get a better sense of the type of users who are interested in Apple's upcoming slate device. After analyzing the top three Facebook pages and their respective fanbases, Rapleaf discovered that there were some common themes among these users. The prospective iPad buyers on Facebook are young - much younger than the overall Facebook population, in fact. They're also fairly social, with nearly a third of the fans having over 300 friends. And finally, iPad fans are also very interested in other pop culture activities and themes including various celebs, brands and internet memes.
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To make these determinations, Rapleaf looked at the top three iPad fan pages on Facebook. At the time of their study, these were: The iPad (#1) (69,293 fans), The iPad (#2) (23,637 fans) and The iPad (#3) (5,009 fans).
There weren't any major variations in gender differences among the iPad fans. Although the second page skewed more female and the third page skewed more male, the overall numbers balanced out to a fairly even split.
However, when Rapleaf delved into the ages of the fans, they discovered that iPad fans were a lot younger than your typical Facebook user. While 61% of the U.S. Facebook market is under 35, nearly 50% of the iPad fans were between 18 and 25. You can see the differences between the pages and Facebook in general (U.S. only) plotted on the chart here.
Apple iPad fans are also rather social, with 33% having over 300 friends on Facebook and 8% with more than 500 friends. Additionally, perhaps due to their age, a lot of the iPad fans were fans of other pop culture themes like favorite celebs, brands and memes. By analyzing the top 100 other fan pages of these users, Rapleaf discovered interests like Starbucks, Megan Fox, Coca-Cola, Michael Jackson, YouTube, Will Smith, Twilight, Lady Gaga, pizza, and other various Facebook "memes" like "Pants on the Ground," random laughter, "I need a vacation" and "I really hate slow computers," (the last being a problem the iPad hopes to solve, incidentally).
What does this tell us about the market for Apple's new device? Mainly that it has a lot of youth appeal, apparently. While some have predicted the iPad is the sort of computer that your "mom" will use - implying that the iPad is a sort of computer for non-computer users - it appears that "mom" isn't actually a top demographic among the iPad's Facebook fans. But then again, you can't read too much into that finding - after all, "mom" (the older Facebook user) may not even know how to fan things on Facebook yet or she may simply not be interested in doing so. But the study does at least solidify that there is quite a bit of iPad interest out there among the youngest tech users, something that bodes well for the device's adoption.
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This woman nails her King Of Pop impression in the bathroom. [ Ed Note : This is pretty much what my morning routine is every day. Except minus the enthusiasm.] ( Via .)
The Oscars will air on ABC this Sunday, March 7, but if you’re really into movies (or at least celebrities and fashion), you’ll want to watch the red carpet and backstage coverage on the web too. To that end, we’ve found three live video streams that will accompany the awards ceremony.
There aren’t as many choices as there were last year, but we do have quality ones for backstage access and red carpet coverage. Though neither of them are streams of the actual ceremony, the appeal for a lot of folks is that peek into the lives of Hollywood’s top celebrities, and these livestreams will be at least as interesting as the ceremony itself to gossip and fashion addicts.
While you’re waiting for these streams to commence, you can also turn to social media to see who’s leading in Oscar buzz. If you know of any other great ways to keep up with the Oscars on the web, let us know in the comments.
ABC will do a live red carpet show from 3:00 to 5:00 PM PT (6:00 to 8:00 PM ET) at Oscar.com. ABC’s reporters will ask arriving celebrities questions submitted by Facebook users, and you’ll be able to chat with your Facebook friends about the event as it happens.
We’ve seen similar setups before. Facebook was integrated with CNN Live’s coverage of both Barack Obama’s inauguration and the Michael Jackson memorial service in 2009.
The coverage will continue with backstage cameras after the ceremony starts. There will also be a “Thank You Cam” on which award winners will share extended comments and thanks after they’ve left the stage. That way, even if they’re driven off stage by a swelling orchestra warning them that they’re in danger of cutting into advertiser time, they’ll still have a chance to thank everyone they know!
There’s no embeddable video yet, but if Oscar.com adds one we’ll add it to this page.
The AP and Livestream will also do live video coverage of celebrity arrivals on the red carpet via an embeddable video widget. The widget is called AP Live; it displays Twitter and Facebook updates about the Oscars, and you can update your own profiles without leaving the page.
You can watch AP Live at Livestream, Facebook, and a few other places, including AT&T Entertainment. Or you can watch it right here on Mashable, as it’s embedded above. Your call!
Finally, TVGuide.com will stream a live “fashion cam” from the red carpet beginning at 3:00 PM PT (6:00 PM ET). We haven’t been able to secure an embed code yet; we’ll add one when it’s available. Until then, you can watch TVGuide’s six-part Academy Awards preview video series.
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Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and is to stand trial for being responsible for the death of the King of Pop. Dr. Murray admitted to giving Michael Propofol, the powerful anesthetic that is usually administered by professionals in hospitals only, but it could very well be t... (read more)
The jury is still out on how Michael Jackson spent the last hours of his life, in the sense that nothing concrete has been made official, but VH1 has already aired its take on the events leading up to his death on June 25 last year. At this point in time, Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael’s personal physician is being trialed for involuntary manslaugh... (read more)
Yesterday, a tape appearing to be the conversation between a worker for the Los Angeles Fire Department and the UCLA hospital, announcing the imminent arrival at the hospital of the ambulance carrying the body of Michael Jackson popped up online. The recording was believed to be true, which meant it could be used in the case against Dr. Conrad Murray, who had gi... (read more)
The unjustly shuttered Captain EO 3D ride reopened in California yesterday, and people absolutely lost their shit. Fans waited overnight to catch a first glimpse of the George Lucas-produced extravaganza.
200 or so fans waited outside Disneyland Tuesday morning to check out the Michael Jackson attraction, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, produced by Lucas, and cost $30 million for 17 minutes of footage (these are 1986 dollars, mind you). The ride had been closed since 1997, awhen MJ's reputation had been marred by child molestation charges and the fact that he hadn't written a good song since 1991's "Remember The Time." The past didn't deter the Jackson fans Tuesday morning. They gleefully cheered The Glove One one as he defeated the evil Witch Queen (Anjelica Huston) using the power of dance and positive thinking.
If you couldn't make it out to Disneyland Tuesday, don't worry - we've got you covered. Here's the entirety of the Captain EO. Watch it in the comfort of your home with the 3D glasses you stole from Avatar.
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A tape appearing to contain the first time that Michael Jackson’s death was announced this summer has surfaced online, The Sun says. Whether the recording is genuine or a fake has not yet been determined, though, should it prove the former, it will weigh heavily in the trial against Jackson’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray, wh... (read more)
If you have a pair of hard-soled shoes, two pressure-sensitive LED tiles, and some baby mama drama from which you need to extricate yourself, let this Instructable be your guide and recreate the special-FX steps from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."
Admittedly, I'm not sure how easy it would be to do any sort of dancing with a gigantic LED tile attached to each foot. But when you're standing still, and being viewed from the knee down, you will be the spitting image of the King of Pop.
The Instructable covers all the bases, from assembling the light-up squares to spray-painting the shoes just so. Be forewarned, though, these imitation shoes will make you just as irresistible to women as Jackson was (circa 1983):
You will get a lot of attention from people, people will dance around you on the dance floor, and you will feel a bit shallow, but you love it!
The best chat up line possible is to ask someone to join you on your dance floor so they stand/dance on your tiles, which puts them basically on top of you. Enjoy! Do not use these shoes for evil!
So there it is, plain and simple: don't go around breaking young girls' hearts. [Instructables]
Captain EO was introduced to Disneyland parkgoers back in 1986. I remember it being one of the highlights of my Disneyland trips over the years and was pretty bummed when it was replaced by Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! Thankfully, I can now relive my childhood, since Michael Jackson and Captain EO are back in action!
Beginning today, the original 17-minute 3D musical is back on the screen in its "Tomorrowland" home at Disneyland. Catch Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston in this updated version (and throw down for some merch), which boasts a new 70mm print of the film (verses its original 35mm) and better sound quality thanks to some renovations to the theater. You'll still be sporting those red and blue 3D glasses instead of the fancy ones you got while seeing Avatar, but who cares? - it's Michael Jackson in 3D!
Check out the impressive graph recently posted on the Twitter blog. It shows the number of tweets per day starting with the service's launch in 2007 and ending in the present. Not only is there an enormous spike in tweets per day since just one year ago (when tweets per day totaled around 2.5 million), but the site is also close to reaching 50 million tweets per day - and this number does not include tweets classified as spam.
Of course, this just the average. Heavy news stories like Michael Jackson's death, awards shows like the Grammys, and events like the Super Bowl can equal 10s of thousands of tweets per minute (just check out this graph detailing this year's Super Bowl in tweets). Fifty million tweets per day equals roughly 600 per second. Take into account that every single posted tweet is saved and delivered to millions of followers and, well, let's just say I'm sure the engineers at Twitter HQ have no shortage of things to keep them busy!
TMZ was slapped by a lawsuit from a TV producer who claims they broadcast "confidential video footage stolen from and without consent of its owner," according to his complaint.
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