Nominees for the MTV movie awards announced...
"Superbad" led all flicks as nominations were announced Tuesday morning (May 6) for the 17th Annual MTV Movie Awards, which will be broadcast live Sunday, June 1, from the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California. The raunchy teen comedy scored noms for Best Movie; Best Comedic Performance (Jonah Hill); and three bids in the Best Newcomer category, for Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Michael Cera.
You're not seeing double: The "Arrested Development" actor also picked up a Best Male Performance nomination for "Juno." The critical fave about a pregnant teen is also up for Best Movie, Best Female Performance for star Ellen Page and Best Kiss (for the pair's smooch at the end). And that's the truth, honest to blog.
Rounding out the nominees for Best Movie are "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," "I Am Legend," "Transformers" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." At last year's ceremony "Transformers" won the award for Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet, while "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" walked away with the Golden Popcorn for Best Movie.
Will Captain Jack get to take home another prize on Movie Awards night? Johnny Depp's take on the seafaring scallywag is once again nominated for Best Comedic Performance. He took down Davy Jones no problem, but he'll have to raise the Skull and Crossbones to take down his competition in this category, including Hill, Adam Sandler ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry"), Seth Rogen ("Knocked Up") and Amy Adams ("Enchanted").
The enchanting Adams, meanwhile, proves that fairy tales really do come true, with a record-tying three individual nominations. Aside from her nod for Best Comedic Performance, the newest Disney princess boasts nominations for Best Female Performance and Best Kiss (with Patrick Dempsey). To be crowned Queen of the Ball for the former, however, she'll have to beat out Keira Knightley ("Pirates of the Caribbean"), Katherine Heigl ("Knocked Up"), Page and Jessica Biel ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry"). Hey, if the glass slipper fits.
The wicked stepmother isn't around this year to put a damper on the fun, but there will be plenty of meanies anyway, as five of the biz's baddest show up to fight for Best Villain. The frightful five are Depp, for his role as the bereaved barber in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; Angelina Jolie, for her, um, "graphic" take on Grendel's mother in "Beowulf"; Topher Grace, for his role as Venom in "Spider-Man 3"; Oscar winner Javier Bardem for the coin-flipping assassin with the silly haircut in "No Country for Old Men"; and Denzel Washington for his take on drug lord Frank Lucas in "American Gangster."
Washington is also nominated for the same role in the category of Best Male Performance. Aside from Cera, other nominees in the category include Will Smith ("I Am Legend"), Matt Damon ("The Bourne Ultimatum") and Shia LaBeouf ("Transformers").
Between "Transformers," "Surf's Up" and "Disturbia," it was a big year for LaBeouf, but not as big as it was for the nominees in the category of Breakthrough Performance, all of whom catapulted into the mainstream. Zac Efron and Nikki Blonsky ("Hairspray"), Megan Fox ("Transformers"), Chris Brown ("This Christmas") and Seth Rogen ("Knocked Up") join the "Superbad" three.
It'll be a fight to the finish, but nothing like the kind of brawls that are nominated this year in the category of Best Fight, which include Damon vs. Joey Asah, for their rooftop rumble in "The Bourne Ultimatum"; Tobey Maguire vs. James Franco, for their superhero smackdown in "Spider-Man 3"; Hayden Christensen vs. Jamie Bell for the global grudge match in "Jumper"; Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan vs. Sun Ming Ming for their behemoth beating in "Rush Hour 3"; and Alien vs. Predator for their whoever-wins-we-lose grapple in "AvP: Requiem."
If only they could kiss and make up, like the nominees for Best Kiss, including LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer ("Disturbia"), Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman ("Step Up 2: The Streets"), Adams and Dempsey, Page and Cera, and Daniel Radcliffe and Katie Leung ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix").
In a new category this year, five films are nominated as the Best Summer Movie So Far. They are "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," "Sex and the City: The Movie," "Speed Racer," "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" and "Iron Man."
The destiny of the awards lies in the hands of the viewers: Fans can vote by visiting MovieAwards.MTV.com before May 23 to support their favorite nominees in each category. Fans can also go online to vote for the user-generated category, Best Movie Spoof, where viewers have the opportunity to submit their own original movie shorts parodying films from the past year. MTV has partnered with UGC video sites, including Photobucket, MySpace, Daily Motion, Break, Buzznet, Heavy and FunnyorDie to give anyone and everyone with a creative vision their chance to shine in a celeb-filled arena. Finalists for the Best Movie Spoof will be flown to Los Angeles to attend the awards, where one will be crowned the winner.
The always-irreverent awards show will be hosted by comedian Mike Myers for a second year, after his 1997 stint as Movie Awards MC. The show will be executive-produced by Emmy-winning producer Mark Burnett.
Performers and presenters will be announced soon!
The MTV Movie Awards will air live on MTV on Sunday, June 1. All the latest updates on nominees, presenters, performers, voting, contests and much more can be found on MovieAwards.MTV.com. And check out Movies.MTV.com for the latest movie news, trailers, photos and more!
Tulane Fraternity Suspended, 8 Arrested After 'Hell Night' Hazing Incident NEW ORLEANS — Ten Tulane University fraternity members faced felony charges Wednesday and the school suspended Pi Kappa Alpha following accusations that the group burned pledges with hot water and pepper spray during a "hell night" initiation.
The fraternity members face felony battery charges — punishable by up to 15 years in prison — in an alleged hazing incident in which two pledges received second- and third-degree burns from boiling water and crab boil being poured on their bodies.
"The two students were treated at a local hospital for severe burns that occurred during the hazing," Officer Gary Flot, a New Orleans police spokesman, said in a news release.
A Tulane spokesman refused to comment on the allegations or the status of the students on Wednesday, but the school issued a news release saying it had suspended its chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and would investigate.
"This fraternity is no longer a recognized fraternity at Tulane," the school's news release said. "The university has zero tolerance for any type of hazing or other incident which can potentially endanger the well being of any student."
Eight of the fraternity members had turned themselves in to New Orleans police by Wednesday. They were booked with aggravated second-degree battery.
Two others were still being sought.
The pledges were scalded with hot crab boil and pepper spray late April 26 or early April 26 to see who could stand the most pain, Frank D'Amico Jr., an attorney for one of the victims, told WWL-TV.
D'Amico did not return calls from The Associated Press.
Two of the victims had second- and third-degree burns to various parts of the body and were treated at Touro Hospital. A Pi Kappa Alpha national spokesman said Wednesday the fraternity would have a statement later.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354455,00.html
Canadians Protesting
Jamaican Laws on homosexuality...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced that the island's buggery laws will not be repealed, despite enormous international pressure.
Egale Canada, a human rights group based in Toronto, Canada, recently announced its intention to call for a tourism boycott of the island, as well as a ban on the country's goods and services. The group issued a May 12 ultimatum on the Jamaican Government and threatened to make a public announcement five days later, encouraging the ban if its demands were not met.
The group appealed for the production of public service announcements denouncing homophobia/transphobia, called for a national homophobia/transphobia education campaign and lobbied for the abolition of the buggery law and any other law that stigmatises or criminalises consensual same-sex acts.
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) had expressed concern about the threats, and added that the Canadian market was a particularly viable one. Wayne Cummings, head of the JHTA, told THE STAR in an earlier interview, "They are a very forward-thinking, liberal country, and I'm sure there may be some credibility to the argument that they could affect us."
Ignoring the issue
However, Prime Minister Golding, speaking at his post-budget press briefing at Jamaica House yesterday, said he has seen nothing yet to cause him to consider a review of the buggery laws. The prime minister, who has been accused of ignoring the issue by the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG), said: "There is a road down which I'm not going to allow this country to go under my leadership."
He also voiced his opposition to same-sex marriages. "There are people who use the same philosophical kind of basis to seek, for example, legislative changes to redefine marriage so that marriage in law must mean something different from what marriage is now. Once we embark on that express way I am not certain at what point we are going to get off."
He continued, "As far as this prime minister is concerned, marriage means a union sanctified and endorsed by law between a man and a woman. And I don't want to speak with any ambiguity about where this yah prime minister rest."
Havin' a big ass will
keep ya from getting diabetes!
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
They said subcutaneous fat, or fat that collects under the skin, helped to improve sensitivity to the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar.
Mice that got transplants of this type of fat deep into their abdomens lost weight and their fat cells shrank, even though they made no changes in their diet or activity levels.
"It was a surprising result," said Dr. Ronald Kahn of Harvard Medical School in Boston, whose study appears in the journal Cell Metabolism.
"We actually found it had a beneficial effect, and it was especially true when you put it inside the abdomen," Kahn said in a telephone interview.
Kahn said he started the study to find out why fat located in different parts of the body seems to have different risks of metabolic disease such as diabetes.
Researchers have known for some time that fat that collects in the abdomen -- known as visceral fat -- can raise a person's risk of diabetes and heart disease, while people with pear-shaped bodies, with fat deposits in the buttocks and hips, are less prone to these disorders.
Now it turns out that subcutaneous fat -- fat found just under the skin -- may be actively protecting people from metabolic disease.
Kahn and colleagues conducted a series of experiments on mice where they transplanted subcutaneous fat from donor mice into the bellies and under the skin of mice.
Mice that got subcutaneous fat transplanted into their bellies started to slim down after several weeks, and they also showed improved blood sugar and insulin levels compared to mice that underwent a sham procedure.
"What we found was that when we put it in either place, there was some improvement in metabolism," Kahn said.
"I think it's an important result because not only does it say that not all fat is bad, but I think it points to a special aspect of fat where we need to do more research," he said.
Kahn's team is working to find the substances produced in subcutaneous fat that provide the benefit with the hope of developing a drug that might copy this effect. Although fat is known to produce several hormones, Kahn said none of the known hormones appeared to be involved in this process.
"If we can capture those (substances), we might have an opportunity to convert them into drugs or use them as guides to help develop drugs," he said.
(Editing by Maggie Fox and Doina Chiacu)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/fat_diabetes_dcI can't help myself!!!! I mean every time I see the damn commercial I fall out laughing!
