The Pope was knocked down by a woman at the start of the service in St Peter's Basilica.

The woman, who is reported to be mentally unstable, jumped the security barriers as Benedict XVI entered the basilica, causing the pontiff to fall.

The Pope appeared to be unhurt and recovered to lead the Mass.

These pictures taken by a witness show the moment the incident happened.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8430406.stm


In another article it said she just wanted to hug him. That was a failure.

The Aquabats have given the world their very own Christmas gift with 2 free holiday songs.

The first is a cover of Lyndsey Buckingham's "Holiday Road." The second is entitled "Santa Claus Party" and was produced by the Vandal's own Warren Fitzgerald.

Both songs can be downloaded for free at the band's website (http://www.theaquabats.com/news) or the above links.

THE CAT WITH TWO HEADS !

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen do some last minute Christmas shopping in West Hollywood. They first stopped by "Craig Evan Small" jewelry store then went to Maxfield clothing store. Mary-Kate drove her sister in a black Porsche..



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Alkaline Trio have announced their upcoming tour dates with Cursive.

The six week run is in support of their upcoming album, This Addiction, due out February 23, 2010. It's their first since Agony & Irony in 2008.

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From Angels and Airwaves frontman Tom DeLonge:

Thank you all for your patience.......Here is the first song off our new album LOVE....it is called Hallucinations...

As every song on the album deals with the agony and adventure of the word 'Love"....Hallucinations gives the hope that any dream, image or intuition can inspire a change in the way one can see the world around him....

This is only the first song....not indicative of the sound or direction we undertook on this album, or should i say journey....it is but one ingredient of the whole

I am thankful for this year to come....as it is the most creative I have ever been....and as well the most free

I do know that our band is a different one....a spiritual and ambitious group of grown-up boys....from punks to story tellers...to maybe salesmen at times....but we believe in what we do....and that is what we hope you can feel.....

Thank you...and prepare for our greatest work yet-

LOVE the album 2/14/10
&
LOVE the Motion Picture 'coming soon '

http://modlife.com/angelsandairwaves/download

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Lady GaGa performed at the Nokia Theatre in LA rockin this crazy get up with the most exaggerated shoulder pads we’ve ever seen. She celebrated her album’s eight million worldwide sales at the concert as well. GaGa is definitely killin the music game right now.

( More flicks of our favorite hermaphy under the hood... )

Christina Aguilera takes her adorable son, Max Bratman, 23 months, to pick up pet supplies at the Petco store on Thursday afternoon (December 24) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Joining the pair for the Christmas Eve excursion was Christina’s husband Jordan Bratman. The family picked up festive plush toys for their pet pooch!

Max is wearing a cute pair of Thomas the Tank Engine rain boots!


( Adorableness here )

Source: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/12/24/christina-aguilera-max-bratman-petco/

LOS ANGELES -- A couple in Los Angeles is suing Gene Simmons, saying they were assaulted by the KISS bassist.

Nathan Marlowe and his wife Cynthia Manzo say Simmons attacked them, threatened them and took their video camera at The Grove mall on Saturday after they were filming him.

The complaint says Marlowe asked Simmons for his view on monogamy, and Simmons then told him to get his shot and leave.

The rocker then allegedly lunged at Marlowe, taking the video camera. He turned on Manzo, the couple says, when she tried to get the camera back.

The couple is seeking damages of more than $25,000 for civil claims of assault, battery and infliction of emotional distress.

The couple also sought a restraining order against Simmons on Wednesday, but that was denied.

Simmons has not been arrested and no charges have been filed.

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TEAM DEMON | gtfo celebrity chasers

A little birdie told me you nerds wanted a FFAXmas Eve post



( HO HO HO )

Michael Jackson. He invented Thriller.

Michael Joseph Jackson, a celebrity pop star, was born on August 29, 1958. He died unexpectedly on June 25, 2009 at the age of 50.

Between 1993 and 1994 and separately between 2004 and 2005, Mr. Jackson was investigated by California law enforcement agencies for possible child molestation. He was acquitted of all such charges. The FBI provided technical and investigative assistance to these agencies during the cases. The Bureau also investigated threats made against Mr. Jackson and others by an individual who was later imprisoned for these crimes.

This release consists of seven separate files, as described below:
( *RELEASES FILES & WHITE DOVES* )

For the tl;dr crowd:


5:24-End

Q:What do you want people to know now now that these pages, now that these investigations have been released? What do you want the people to know about it?

A: Very interesting Robin. In all of these pages, 100's of pages, many many hours of investigation, going to the Philippines, going to Chicago, going all over the country, there's not one scrap of evidence that Michael Jackson ever harmed a child, did anything wrong, committed any crime. It's almost a vindication when you look at this. The FBI looked at all of these matters and said "there's nothing here," and I think that's the most startling thing which I've seen.

♥ RIP

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Edit---
If you are interested in all the fuckery that went on during the '05 trial, Aphrodite Jones has transformed her book "Michael Jackson Conspiracy" into a documentary for tv.

The one hour docu-show on Michael Jackson will air during the new series called 'True Crime'," April 2010 on a new Discovery channel called Investigation Discovery

You can bring home the latest season of one of the most compelling TV dramas of all time on both formats this March. Mad Men: Season 3 will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 23, 2010. The four-disc DVD set and three-disc BD set will include all 13 episodes of this latest season, with the DVD set priced at $49.98 SRP and the BD set priced at $49.99 SRP. We don't have any cover art images as of yet, but we'll be sure to update this story as soon as we have the new images. The series stars Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser and January Jones.

Returning for its third season, the two-time Golden Globe-winning series for Best TV drama burst with one scandalous surprise after another. Jon Hamm and the rest of the award-winning ensemble continue to captivate us as they contend with a world on the brink. Welcome to Mad Men - a shocking portrait of a time that was anything but onnicent. Nothing is as sexy. Nothing is as provacative. Nothing is as it seems. Mad Men: Where the Truth Lies.

Special Features:
-Feature-length audio commentaries with cast and crew
-"Medgar Evers: The Patriarch. The Activist. The Hero": this documentary explores the intimate details of the life of a Civil Rights Pioneer who believed in a better way of life for all through equality and the end of segregation.
-"Up In Smoke": a visual depiction of the juxtaposition between the world of advertising and big tobacco, during the 40s, 50s, early 60s and today.
-"We Shall Overcome: The March on Washington": Dr. King's speech accompanied by images detailing the historical moment when over 250,000 people came together for the March on Washington.
-"Mad Men Illustrated": Dyna Moe invites you to scroll through the slightly "animated" photo gallery of the Mad Men Illustrations accompanied with commentary from the illustrator extraordinaire.
-"Flashback 1963": An interactive look at the events and themes that defined the year

"well, you know what they say: the medium is the message"

Here is Tennant on the Christmas version of QI where the topic for this episode is "Groovy"!



( Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night! )

(As of yet Tennant Hamlet hasn't been posted on Youtube but when it is I will post it for you. (Unless someone finds it before I can!))

Turkey and Cranberry Source

Here's something Nicolas Cage didn't want for Christmas: Another multimillion dollar lawsuit.

Cage, 45, who says he's facing financial ruin after allegedly being duped by his former accountant, is being sued by a real estate company who says he failed to repay more than $5 million in loans.

Lawyers for Red Curb Investments also allege the actor, his former accountant and a mortgage broker defrauded them by not disclosing Cage's true financial picture, including his $6.3 million tax debt.

"[Our client] was assured that Cage had substantial assets consisting of high-end residential property, yachts, airplanes, antiques, custom automobiles, jewelry, furs ... to assure repayment of the [loan]," the lawsuit reads. "[But] the values of Cage's assets were grossly exaggerated."

Marty Singer, Cage's lawyer, tells PEOPLE: "Any claims that Nic Cage engaged in fraud or wrongful conduct is absurd and ridiculous."

All told, Red Curb is seeking at least $36.7 million for the original loan amounts, interest, damages, attorney fees and other costs.

Earlier this month, Christina Fulton, the mother of Cage's 18-year-old son, sued Cage for fraud for $13 million. He's also locked in a legal battle with his former accountant, who blames Cage's financial collapse on the actor's "compulsive, self-destructive spending."

Cage also faces another lawsuit filed by a bank which claims the actor failed to repay a $2 million loan that was extended this past August.



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Poor guy, more and more people just keep coming after his negative amount of money

"Twelve Days of Christmas" with THE MUPPETS and legendary Root Band



( I don't care what anybody says / More Christmas-y music stuff )

Note to mods: I changed the post a bit so THE MUPPETS would appear before the cut.

THE MUPPETS, drunkenness and SNL.

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Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter from Athens, Ga., beloved by fans and critics for his disarmingly open songs about mortality and pain, is in a coma, his family has confirmed. They did not say what caused the coma.

News about Mr. Chesnutt’s condition spread through the Internet on Wednesday through posts on Twitter by the singer Kristin Hersh, who has played with him.

Mr. Chesnutt, 45, has been in a wheelchair since a car accident when he was 18, and was discovered in the late 1980s by Michael Stipe of R.E.M., who produced his first two albums. Since then Mr. Chesnutt has released at least a dozen more albums, including two this year, “At the Cut” and “Skitter on Take-Off.”

In a review of a recent concert in New York, Jon Pareles noted that Mr. Chesnutt’s songs contemplate “not just mortality but also the broader inevitability of collapse and decay.”


Some relevant entries from Kristin's Twitter:

yeah, i can tell you what i know, but no one knows much: another suicide attempt, looks bad, coma--if he survives, there may be brain damage about 9 hours ago from web

this time, it's real scary: *this* time, he left a note, *this* time, he asked them to call me about 8 hours ago from web

Added some more relevant entries from her twitter:

my friend, kevin, and i are trying to figure out how many people we've kept from *hitting* vic over the years...(hint: we're still counting) about 4 hours ago from Echofon

a few x-mas eves ago, i was wrapping gifts on the floor of my practice space when vic called-we talked for 3 hours-vic: "we're f'in fragile" about 1 hour ago from web

NY Times Article

Kristin Hersh's Twitter



EDIT 2: Rumor is that he passed. :( :(
@chunklet RIP Vic Chesnutt. You're gonna be sorely missed, you fucker.
(this is from henry owings' twitter)

Miley's New Boyfriend -- History of Violence

Miley Cyrus' new boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth, isn't just another pretty face -- dude has a bit of a punch to him.

Just a few months ago -- before he and Miley hooked up -- 19-year-old Liam (in the gray striped shirt) and his brother ("Star Trek" actor Chris Hemsworth) got into a full-on fistfight with some random dude after an event in Hollywood.

We're told it all went down after the brothers -- who are currently featured in Vanity Fair -- engaged in some late-night smack talk with the random guy. The brothers approached the dude -- and suddenly a 2-on-1 brawl broke out.

We're told event security broke up the fight -- and managed to separate everyone before cops were needed.

Hope Miley's into bad boys.

SOURCE: tmz

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This is going to turn into a Kate Hate post, but I don't care! Anyone seeing Nine tomorrow?

Since everyone keeps asking - it says "tie me to the bedpost".



From Malissa: Nick, Joe, Kevin Sr, Denise & Maya were shopping around NorthPark Center in Dallas, TX on Wednesday. They went into a lot of stores including Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren, Gamestop and The Finish Line. After the mall, Nick drove Joe & Maya to Guitar Center.

Nick showed the true meaning of Christmas when he purchased an electric guitar, gig bag & amp for a kid inside the store. I told Nick how amazing he was for doing that for some random kid. What an awesome Christmas present for just being at the right place at the right time!

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