"Alonzo Mourning and I were the Grand Marshals at the Winterfest Boat Parade in Florida! It was pouring rain and we had to be on the front of the boat... what an adventure!! Despite the terrible rain, the parade was beautiful and really put me in the Christmas spirit! Rob came with me and we stayed at the amazing Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida."
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50, 000 Shoes in 50 Days

Guys, I have to tell you about 50000shoes.com. Soles 4 Souls, an amazing organization that helps provide shoes for people around the world who can't afford to buy their own, has set up a website where you can donate money to the cause! By donating just $5 you can sponsor two pairs of shoes to someone in need around the world!

Soles 4 Souls have already made a difference in many childrens' lives. One little girl, Maria, was so delighted with her new pair of shoes she didn’t want to take them out of the box because she didn't want to get them dirty. So adorable!!!!

We can all do something for someone else this holiday season, so please donate.
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British Lions rugby legend Gareth Thomas Come Out

Gareth Thomas is a sporting legend. He captained Wales in 2005 to their first Grand Slam victory since 1978. The same year he captained the British Lions tour of New Zealand.

With 100 caps to his name - more than any other player in Welsh history - he has one of the fiercest reputations on the field, and a row of missing front teeth to prove it.

At 6ft 3in and 16st of pure muscle, his masculinity has always been an absolute given.



As a young man he bonded with rugby mates in the pub over tales of sexual conquests, and flirted with pretty girls eager to bag a sporting hero.

After his marriage in 2002 to teenage sweetheart Jemma - the woman he called his 'rock' - he spoke movingly of their desire to become parents and the heartbreak of her suffering three miscarriages.

And if anyone dared to suggest he was anything other than 100 per cent straight, Gareth 'Alfie' Thomas was prepared to make them see the error of their ways. With his fists, if necessary.

But, as he admits in the Daily Mail today, it was all a pretence, a fragile artifice - and one which came crashing down around his ears on November 4, 2006, following a Wales game in Cardiff.

Breaking down in tears in the changing rooms of the Millennium Stadium, Gareth finally realised he could not go on living a lie. Keeping his true sexuality a secret was destroying him.



That secret, which he'd kept hidden his entire career, was - he admits now - 'like a tight knot in my stomach, always threatening to seep out'.

He says: 'I was like a ticking bomb. I thought I could suppress it, keep it locked away in some dark corner of myself, but I couldn't.

'It was who I was, and I just couldn't ignore it any more.

'I'd been through every emotion under the sun trying to deal with this.

'You wake up one morning thinking: "I can handle it. Everything is fine," and the next morning you don't want anyone to see your face, because you think that if people look at you, they will know.'

That summer, he had confessed the truth to his devastated wife Jemma, unable to cope with the guilt of deceiving her.

But even as their marriage crumbled, he'd somehow hoped to maintain his charade for the rest of the world.

'My life seemed to be falling apart. Jemma and I were splitting up, and I was scared of the future and being single again as a gay man,' says Gareth, 35.

'A coach named Scott Johnson, a great man, came up to me in the dressing room after the game for a chat and I just broke down in tears.

'He said: "What's up?" 'I said: "Me and Jemma have split," and he said: "Oh no, what's happened?" Then he said: "I know what's happened, I know what it is."'

Somehow, the coach had guessed.

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I looked up ticket prices for her tour, and they're charging $150 for good seats in small venues. Mimi done lost her mind if she thinks I'm gonna pay that to see her in a crappy theatre.

On a side note, does anyone even watch "Lopez Tonight"?? LOL

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UGH YOU GUYS. LOOK AT ALL THESE GREAT MOVIES THAT ARE COMING OUT. These are the Australian release dates for the movies I am totally hanging out for so far in the start of next year. Italicised ones are the ones I am SUPER stoked for.

Yes, yes I know, I bet you people in the USA will have seen half of them already. We don't often get release dates when you guys do.

2009 - December:
26th - Sherlock Holmes (2009)

2010 - January:
1st - The Lovely Bones (2009), The Princess and the Frog (2009)
7th - Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

2010 - February:
4th - The Hurt Locker (2008)
25th - A Single Man (2009)

2010 - March:
4th - Alice in Wonderland (2010)

2010 - April:
1st - Clash of the Titans (2010)
29th - Iron Man 2 (2010)

2010 - May:
13th - Robin Hood (2010)


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RUSTY AS ROBIN HOOD UNFFFF.

I'm sure there are a stack of movies in between all these ones that I will get spammed at on tumblr by my lovely tumblr friends and be all I HAVE TO SEE THIS RIGHT NOW AND BY "NOW" I MEAN "YESTERDAY" because tumblr is magic in my brainpan like that.

No, really. It's magic.

The one movie that is NOT on there because it doesn't have an Australian release date (yet?) is Legion, which stars Eleven Paul Bettany as the Archangel Michael and looks like it's going to be COMPLETELY RIDIC BUT AMAZING and also has Paul Bettany without a shirt and what the fuck he is hot, of course I want to wallow around in this shit. Give us a release date, imdb.com. >:(

And no, this doesn't really have anything to do with my new found love of Andrew-Lee Potts and Alice (picture was just pretty and kind of appropriate). It has everything to do with the fact that Tim Burton should have cast someone that WASN'T Johnny Depp. I was annoyed enough when it was first announced but now I've seen the trailers, I'm just plain pissed off. He's wrong. 'Johnny Depp as a weird character' is a character all on it's own these days.

And don't get me started on Helana Boner Carter. (I've called her that for years... no I won't stop)

Oh Tim Burton. Our illustrious love affair is over.

Whatever.

eta# Ok so I know I said that Andrew-Lee Potts has nothing to do with my dislike of Burton's casting choices and the movie in general. But as thefreshchuff just pointed out... he hasn't exactly helped either. lol

» Coolest major ever? Well, it appears as though I am officially a Sun Devil. I have to call my advisor on Monday (Assuming she's there) and discuss exactly what classes I need to register for. It doesn't look like my transferred credits have been updated yet, but I'm able to register for new classes via the website, which is actually kind of cool. ASU uses a shopping cart system, which allows you to easily chose and sort what classes you want to take; AIO always just assigned me the classes I needed for my major. It looks like online classes don't start until January 19, but I am so fucking anxious to get back to school. Awesome-sounding courses for my major available in the upcoming semester include Race and Gender in American Film and Signs of Aliens, which is described as "Introduces semiotics and cultural studies; looks at various meanings ascribed to the sign of the alien." Nng, yes please. Motherfuck me, I love my major.

» Much love for my peeps. I think I forgot to say this before, but thank you very much to everyone who left me such nice comments in the Holiday Love Meme. You guys made me feel great. ♥

» I call it "Sterling Cooper." I have a new LJ layout, huzzah. I loved Matthew Goode (You know I did), but the old design was very spring (Not surprising since I'd had it since last spring), so I wanted to update the overall tone, as well as move to something even less fannish. I really love the new layout; it puts me in mind of mid-century modern design, which I've lately come to realise I have a serious passion for.

» "Do we own Target?" I have been revisiting the relative plethora of Tony/Pepper fic I've got saved to memories (10! That's more than any other pairing!), and I think that Tony and Pepper Go to Target is still my favorite. Don't get me wrong, there's some really good smut in some of those stories, but my favorites are the ones that highlight their natural dynamic rather than smother it with porn.

» Fucking delightful, I say. Oh! Speaking of awesome fic: I have lately taken to reading Pinto RPF, god help me. The majority of Pinto fic seems to paint Chris Pine as a huge lush and Zach Quinto as somehow simultaneously scarily exacting and tremendously flaming (Which ends up a lot like a very, very gay version of Sylar more concerned with hair product than superpowers), but the good ones eschew the whole based more on characters than the actual guys shtick and the GREAT ones are filled with tremendously funny banter. My favorite thus far is Bitch, PLEASE (Adult-ish), which was part of the kink meme, and was inspired by this macro. It is rare that I read fic at all, and even more rare that I foist a fic upon Megan if she isn't into the pairing, but I insisted she read this one. She declared it "fucking delightful" and compared it to that Holy Grail of all fanfic, DRP. You don't get a much better rec than that, people.

"Southland" Screening Party w/ Actor Michael Cudlitz

Last season's most critically acclaimed police drama "Southland" is moving to TNT in 2010 and you can be one of the first to get a sneak peek at the explosive new season with a special preview screening! The event will be held at the Park Hyatt on January 7 with star Michael Cudlitz in attentance. Doors open at 6 p.m. and guests can enjoy complimentary beverages, appetizers and prizes before the show starts at 7 p.m. Cudlitz, who's gotten acclaim for his role as Officer John Cooper on the show, and has appeared in everything from "Lost" to the Bruce Willis film "Surrogates," will participate in a Q&A session with the audience after the show.
The event is free but you must RSVP by emailing your full name and number of guests to SouthlandDC@gmail.com, then print out the confirmation email and bring it the screening. Seating is first come-first served, so get there early!
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inglourious basterds. predestination does not allow an altering of history, try as you might; berlin after the war. shoshanna, hellstrom, shoshanna/hellstrom, shoshanna/fredrick. 5684 words. rated nc-17. AU.

notes: OH SHIT SON. so this actually happened? aka, this pairing ate my brain over the course of exam week and over the course of two days, despite being strung out and hungover post-finals, my brain threw up this? without question, this business would not have happened without the glorious endearlings. also, this is AU. big time AU. like, AU as in this darling trio ran off to Berlin post-war and stirred up some shit AU. that said, this is dark and filthy and strange, and i've managed to bastardize Inglourious Basterds, so go enjoy and be merry.

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Rufio announces they are recording their fourth studio album for release this Spring 2010. After a brief hiatus, the gifted shredders from Rancho Cucamonga, CA are back and loaded with fifteen new songs. During their "time off" , the guys found time to tour Brazil, Indonesia and look forward to expanding their global audience. The next year will include a full-time worldwide touring schedule in support of the release,

The four-piece will release the first new content in a few years with 'The Loneliest' EP available digitally January 19th, 2010.

"We want to give the fans a taste of what's to come," remarks Scott Sellers (singer/guitarist), "we banged them out in just a few days, but we're proud of the songwriting."

Lead guitarist Clark Domae added, "It's definitely the best content we've created and we're stoked to share it with the world."

Rufio will play their first U.S. show of 2010 at The Glasshouse in Pomona, CA on January 23, and a stop at the Clubhouse in Tempe, AZ on Feb 5th.

RUFIOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Update from Sara ::

Tegan and I are so excited to announce our support acts for the upcoming USA tour! Holly Miranda and Steel Train!

Holly and I once went to the museum of natural history in new york and she tried to explain to me the feeling of enchantment one gets from lying underneath the big whale. we are both virgos but apparently i am the type of virgo that is afraid of foot traffic and suspension cables snapping and accidental limb crushing in public spaces. (read: bummer)…but she’s a great sport and an incredible talent! check her out:

http://www.myspace.com/hollymiranda
http://www.hollymiranda.com/

Steel Train! Jack and I once discussed matters of the heart over plates of steaming corned beef and fries. there was a table of fascinating folks to engage with but we did our best impression of gossip girl and pretended no one else was in the restaurant. if the rest of the band has as much charm and kind heart-ed-ness as jack, you, the audience, should be prepared for a swoon fest. they are a terrific band and we are SO excited they are joining the tour!

http://www.myspace.com/steeltrain
http://www.steeltrain.net/

All dates here : http://teganandsara.com/



I FEEL WEIRD

PARIS — Lindsay’s in, Mounir’s out.



Despite widespread speculation to the contrary — and a scathing reaction to her first effort — Lindsay Lohan is continuing on at Ungaro as the fashion house’s artistic adviser, while the man who recruited her, company president Mounir Moufarrige, has resigned, WWD has learned.

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