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Live Earth has to be the most fatuous fundraiser ever. Where is the money going?

 

Sorry if I sound like a heretic, but while I accept we shouldn’t deliberately pollute and do our best to recycle our rubbish, I don’t accept that ‘climate change’ is the biggest threat to the planet.

 

That would be global Islamist terrorism right now. Its stated intention is to kill us and destroy our way of life.

 

If rock singers and TV stars want to do something constructive, why don’t they have a series of shows against jihad?

 

Madonna could kick it off in Iran, but the bare flesh and conical bras would have to go. Graham Norton could host the Kabul concert, though he might be lucky to get out without having a brick wall pushed on top of him.

 

I’m sure rappers like Puff Doggy would go down a storm with the Wahabis in Saudi Arabia, given their mutual enthusiasm for women’s rights, homosexuality and drive-by executions.

 

Send the Spice Girls to Lahore. They’d look very fetching in designer burkas. The whole event could be beamed round the world by the BBC, being careful not to mention any connection between terrorism and Islam, perish the thought.

 

Of course, it ain’t gonna happen. They’d rather work themselves into a lather about the ozone layer than confront the number one clear and present danger to our lives.

How’s this for security.

James Hetfield, frontman of US metal rockers Metallica, was detained at a British Airport before his appearance at London’s Live Earth gig on Saturday.

According to British newspaper The Times, the rocker jetted into Luton airport ahead of Saturday’s Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium - where his legendary rock band was due to perform - but was halted by officials before he could leave the terminal.

The legendary frontman was then subjected to a brief line of questioning, after which security-conscious officials were left red-faced when Hetfield explained he was a member of a world-famous rock band.

The Times claims Hetfield’s friends blame his “Taleban-like beard” for the interrogation.

I’m not sure about that, since I don’t know many Taliban members with their arms full of tattoos. (Actually, I don’t know any Taliban members at all).

Meanwhile this man got in without any problems…and he probably actually belongs to the Taliban.

Israeli band Teapacks has been wiped off the Eurovision map.

The Israeli band Teapacks on Thursday evening failed to qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest finals, as it was not selected to go on in the contest’s semi-finals in Helsinki.

Teapacks, the Israeli entry for the song contest, sang its controversial song “Push the Button” in Helsinki Thursday in the Eurovision semifinals, which were broadcast in Israel on Channel 1.

Ten of the 20 finalists for the contest were selected Thursday, and the contest’s finals will be held on Saturday night.

Technical difficulties cast a shadow over Teapacks’ performance, as the broadcast cut out for five seconds and was replaced by a silent red screen, Israel Radio reported.

According to Israel Radio, the Israel Broadcast Authority’s delegation to the contest requested that the band either be allowed to perform the song again or be awarded additional points, to make up for the possible disadvantage created by the technical difficulty. The European Broadcasting Union denied the request.

In other words, it looks like someone pushed the wrong button.

Do you remember the Israeli band Teapacks, whose song Push the Button, warning about the dangers of nuclear war, was almost banned by Eurovision Song Contest organizers?

Well it seems this year’s Finnish hosts have decided to adopt a different approach to achieve the same result.

An Israeli band threatened to withdraw from the Eurovision song contest. Tea Packs, whose song “Push the Button” has stirred controversy with its allusions to nuclear war, complained over the weekend that the Finnish hosts of this year’s Eurovision were trying to change the performance.

“They changed the staging off-handedly,” Ma’ariv quoted singer Kobi Oz as saying. “They changed the background, deciding that it would be photographed with only one hand-held camera out of the 10 that exist, and made the colors softer.”

Oz threatened to withdraw from the contest, which takes place Thursday and Saturday in Helsinki, unless Tea Packs is legally required to show.”If we must appear, then as far as I am concerned we will perform nude,” he said.

And that might just be a scarier sight than last year’s winners, Lordi.

Question: Which famous songer-songwriter is referred to by some LA kindergarten kids  as “the weird man” who “sings scary songs.”

Clue: It is not Michael Jackson.

Answer:

Bob Dylan reportedly scared the children at his grandson’s kindergarten after treating the class to a live show.

The ‘It ‘Aint Me Babe’ singer has allegedly been dubbed the “weird man” by children in the class, in the Los Angeles suburb Calabas, where his son Jakob Dylan’s child attends.

A source told the New York Post newspaper: “The kids have been coming home and telling their parents about the weird man who keeps coming to class to sing scary songs on his guitar.

“He’s been visiting the school just for fun, but the kids don’t appreciate they are in the presence of a musical legend.

“They just think of him as the weird guitar guy.” Dylan is currently touring Europe on his ‘Never Ending Tour’.

Controversial US rapper Snoop Dogg is being denied entry to Australia after failing a character test, the federal government says.

 

The cancellation of the rapper, record producer and actor’s visa means he will not be able to appear at the MTV Australian Video Music Awards this weekend, as planned.

 

Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said Snoop Dogg was being issued with a notice of intention to cancel his visa after he failed to pass the requisite character test.

 

Snoop Dogg, 35, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, pleaded no contest to felony gun and drug charges in the US earlier this month.

 

“The reality is in relation to this man, that he was given a warning the last time, he has a whole string of convictions, and just two weeks ago I was told he was convicted on a number of charges again and sentenced to three years imprisonment on two, and three years imprisonment on another, with five years probation and a suspended sentence,” Mr Andrews told Macquarie Radio.

 

“He has been denied entry into the United Kingdom because he was caught with others causing affray at Heathrow Airport (in London)

 

“He doesn’t seem the sort of bloke we want in this country.”

Rapper 50 Cent seemingly has a case of the Micheal Richardsons.

Hip-hop artist 50 Cent added his two cents on the Tony Yayo assault case - and inserted his foot in his mouth at the same time.

Yayo, a member of 50 Cent’s notorious G-Unit crew, was arrested last week for allegedly attacking the 14-year-old son of music industry rival Jimmy (Henchmen) Rosemond last month in Manhattan.

50 Cent called into “Miss Jones in the Morning” on Hot 97 yesterday and said the 29-year-old Yayo’s troubles won’t hurt his crew.

But then he added, “Worry about the Je-Je-Je-Jew unit. They’re the real goon squad. When the lawyers come out, you’ll see what it is. I don’t pay nobody. I only pay the lawyers.”

Yeah, I know. He’s probably not anti-Semitic. Just loose with his mouth.

Father nose best:

Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine.

“The strangest thing I’ve tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father,” Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.

“He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn’t have cared,” he said. “… It went down pretty well, and I’m still alive.”

Update: Seems like Keith has a sense of humor. Color me surprised, since I wouldn’t have expected a sense of anything from one with so few remaining brain cells.

Looks like the Black Zionists Who Support Israel blog missed someone.

Israel Singer and Bobby Brown were fired Wednesday from their posts at the World Jewish Congress.

I’m guessing he wasn’t quite suited to the job. You know, his recent problems with the law, the not being Jewish part. It all added up.

Good luck, Bobby. I hope to see you back here real soon.

A movie about the less-than-spectacular career of disgraced pop duo Milli Vanilli is set to be produced.

 

Universal Pictures is developing the movie about the lip-synching combo, who lost their coveted Grammy for best new artist in 1990 when it emerged that they had never sung on their records, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reports.

 

The project will be written and directed by Jeff Nathanson, who previously wrote the Leonardo DiCaprio crime caper Catch Me If You Can.

 

He has secured the cooperation of Milli Vanilli alumnus Fabrice Morvan, who has been pursuing a comeback for years, as well as the estate of his colleague, Rob Pilatus, who died of a drug overdose in 1998.

 

“I’ve always been fascinated by the notion of fakes and frauds, and in this case, you had guys who pulled off the ultimate con, selling 30 million singles and 11 million albums and then becoming the biggest laughing-stocks of pop entertainment,” the paper quoted Nathanson as saying.

Britney Spears has received some stern words of advice from a celebrity Rabbi.

 

In an open letter to Britney, New York spiritual leader and author Rabbi Shmuley Botach shares tips including: “Once you become a parent, Britney, life gets really serious… We can all pretend that life is one big party devoid of responsibility.

 

“And rarely being home, or coming home drunk, or letting your kids see you in a degraded state, will permanently scar your kids.”

 

Shmuley continues, “Soon your boys will be surfing the Internet.

 

“They’ll see a lot of photos of you in poses that no son should ever see their own mother… Try and be home with your kids… Cover up… Limit the visits to the nightclubs.”

 

The spiritual leader ends his letter by saying, “I know you can get your life together, Britney.”

I guess Michael Jackson has not converted to Islam after all…well, not yet anyway.

Jermaine Jackson said on Monday he wants his brother Michael to convert to Islam; and he believes the reclusive superstar has given it serious thought.

“Michael, I feel, needs to become a Muslim because I think it’s a great protection for him from all the things that he’s been attacked with, which are false,” said the former Jackson Five singer who now lives in Bahrain.

“There’s a strength and protection there,” Jackson told BBC Asian Newtwork after finishing runner-up to Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty in the “Celebrity Big Brother” TV reality show that was marred by accusations of racist bullying.

Jackson said he believed his brother had given conversion “serious thought” during long spells in Bahrain.

“I was the reason why he had gone there because I wanted him to get out of America and just go somewhere it’s peaceful and quiet and people pray five times a day which is beautiful.”

Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges in June 2005.

He has said he plans to move to Europe in a bid to resurrect his musical career as the “King of Pop” and has indicated he will release a new album in 2007.

Jermaine Jackson said his faith helped keep him sane in the enclosed confines of the British reality TV program where the contestants are kept cooped up under 24-hour surveillance.

“If I didn’t have Allah and my prayer rug, I would not have survived and the reason why is because it kept me focused, it kept me calm,” he said.

If Jacko does convert, I am willing to bet he will become an Islamic fundamentalist: