It's New Year's Eve once again and time for the annual ball drop in Times Square. This New Year's eve tradition is New York goes back 100 years and getting more popular each time especially through the internet. Millions around the wall now watch the Times Square Ball Drop on the web. But nothing is more special than watching it live in New York.
Live streaming coverage of New Year's Eve 2010 from NYC is available
below, thanks to the official stream from Times Square. Just minutes before midnight Eastern Time, you can tune in to watch the ball drop live, ushering in the new year. The event starts at 5:55 PM ET up to 1:00 AM of 2011 and includes performances from some of the biggest stars in the entertainment industry as well as interviews with many more who join the Times Square New Year's Eve event every year.
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The win streak of the UConn women's basketball team is gone. Stanford has ended Connecticut's win streak at 90. After several near misses against the Huskies, the Stanford women's basketball team finally beat UConn. Connecticut’s remarkable run is over, a 90-game winning streak stopped by an inspired Stanford squad determined to protect its own impressive mark: 52 straight home wins at Maples Pavilion.
How did the Stanford women's basketball team do it? They had a blazing start. The ninth-ranked Cardinals took the lead from the opening tip, firing their guns, and kept firm hold of the lead until the final buzzer of a 71-59 victory. It was an early 13-point lead that inspired the Cardinal, and set the pace throughout the game.
The Stanford women's basketball team had almost beaten the Huskies before - one in the Final Four, another that cost the Cardinal the 2010 NCAA title. This time, the Cardinal made sure they were going to win.
Who will win the 2011 Fiesta Bowl? Will it be the Oklahoma Sooners or the Connecticut Huskies? The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl 2011 will be played on Saturday, January 1, at the University of Phoenix Stadium at 8:30 PM ET. LIVE Coverage will be brought to us via ESPN. 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game, which was started in 1971 at Sun Devil Stadium.
The Oklahoma Sooners are favored to win the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. However, the Sooners have not been very lucky in this championship. Despite this being their fifth Fiesta Bowl appearance and their third in the last five years, the Fiesta Bowl has not been kind to the Sooners, who have not won in the bowl since 1976. They lost in their last Fiesta Bowl appearance to West Virginia.
For the Connecticut Huskies, meanwhile, there is nothing to lose. This is the first Fiesta Bowl appearance by the Huskies, as well as their first overall BCS bowl.
While many still prefer Auld Lang Syne as their new year anthem, some have picked a more modern new year song, albeit a more somber one. It's Just Another New Year's Eve by Barry Manilow is this song. Released in 1977, It's Just Another New Year's Eve is one of Manilow's hits and a song that we'll remember him with.
Don't look so sad, it's not so bad you know.
It's just another night, that's all it is, It's not the first, it's not the worst you know, We've come through all the rest, we'll get through this.
We've made mistakes, but we've made good friends too. Remember all the nights we spent with them? And all our plans, who says they can't come true? Tonight's another chance to start again.
It's just another New Year's Eve, Another night like all the rest. It's just another New Year's Eve, Let's make it the best. It's just another New Year's Eve, It's just another Auld Lang Syne, But when we're through this New Year You'll see, WE'LL be just fine.
We're not alone, we've got the world you know. And it won't let us down, just wait and see. And we'll grow old, but think how wise we'll grow. There's more you know, it's only New Year's Eve.
It's just another New Year's Eve, Another night like all the rest. It's just another New Year's Eve, Let's make it the best. It's just another New Year's Eve, It's just another Auld Lang Syne, But when we're through this New Year You'll see, WE'LL be just fine.
The new year is almost here, and in a few hours, the Times Square Ball Drop will start the 2011 new year countdown. There's nothing like the excitement of welcoming the new year in Times Square, with thousands of people crammed to watch the ball drop as 2010 bids farewell. But not everybody can be there to watch the countdown.
This year, a virtual Times Square Ball drop is available - the Time Square Ball Drop App specifically designed for Apple and Android mobile devices. The Times Square
Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, organizers of Times Square New Year’s Eve event, have partnered with Toshiba and Livestream to come up with this app. Now, users can simulate the feeling of being there for this traditional new year's eve event.
The app is free and is compatible with the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android devices. The Times Square Ball App will feature the live, six-and-a-half-hour, commercial-free mobile stream coverage of New Year’s Eve in Times Square powered by Livestream. So what are you waiting for? Download the free app now just in time for the new year's eve event. The Times Square Ball app is now available at the Android Market and the Apple App Store.
The crippling blizzard that hit the northeastern United States happened just four days ago, and now there's a short film about it being hailed as Academy Award material. How was it made so fast? That's just what renowned film critic Roger Ebert asked when he saw Idiot with a Tripod, the short film by Jamie Stuart. Ebert could not believe Stuart came up with Idiot with a Tripod (aka Man in a Blizzard) so quickly, and with such excellent quality. Now Roger Ebert thinks Jamie Stuart's short film is
Oscar-worthy, an Academy Award contender in the Live-Action Short category.
The story goes that Jamie Stuart broke out with a camera (a Canon 7D) and a tripod once the storm started battering his area - Astoria, Queens. He captured the blizzard as it started, and how the people struggled and coped with it. It's a short, vivid account of the beauty and wrath of nature. Jamie Stuart edited his work using Final Cut Pro and sent a copy of Idiot with a Tripod to Roger Ebert.
Now, Idiot with a Tripod is being viewed everywhere as word spread about its quality - thanks to Roger Ebert. Will Idiot with a Tripod win an Oscar in the Live-Action Short category? Let's wait and see.
The New Year's Eve Ball Drop in Times Square is an annual tradition. But there's a new ball drop that hope to start a tradition of its own. The Nicole Polizzi, aka Snooki, ball drop. Jersey Shore star Snooki will be placed inside a giant ball and dropped as the new year is counted down!
The ball drop featuring Snooki was originally planned in Times Square. But organizers of the original event turned it down, citing that the request
"came too late and was too impractical to fit in to our outdoor events." Not to mention that the Snooki ball drop is a publicity stunt trying to ride on the popularity of the Times Square event for more media mileage. (And it's in bad taste as well, as is almost everything about the reality star!)
But fans of Snooki (all six of you) should not worry. The event has been rescued. The ball drop will push through in Jersey. Seaside Heights, New Jersey to be exact, the original setting for the hit reality show. You watch Snooki drop inside the ball in New Jersey, LIVE on MTV's New Year's Bash 2011, on December 31, beginning at 10:30 PM EST.
Another new track from Eminem - Syllables. This time, Eminem collaborates with Jay Z, 50 Cent, Dr Dre, Stat Quo and Ca$hi$. Quite a formidable ensemble right there! Syllables leaked online a couple of days ago but what so interesting about it is that the effort was recorded in 2007, and yet nobody has heard it before. The song was set to be featured on one of Eminem's LPs or Dr. Dre's highly anticipated Detox album.
[Eminem] If we gotta dumb down our style and ABC it then so be it cause nowadays these kids, jeez don’t give a sh-t bout lyrics all they wanna hear is a beat and thats it long as they can go to the club and get blitz pick up some chicks and get some digits and the DJ’s playing them hits oh this my jam, this my sh-t we don't know a word to a verse, all we know is the chorus cause the chorus repeats the same four words for us and the songs ginormous, the whole formula’s switched cause we don’t know anymore, what are hits is it the beat, is it the rap is it a finger snap or the same 808 clap and how do we adapt and get TRL votes when 13 year olds control the remote and Ashley’s got a brand new nose we gotta put some new em-phasis on our syly-lables
[Jay-Z] If the emphasis on the compact disc isn’t the beat than I’m gon feature EM and get rich and let Dre mix the sh-t and drive off in the Range Ro cause everywhere I go they love the bling bling flow bang bang look at the way my chain glow the ring on my fing’ cost Jermaine a lot of dough, oh the f-ck am I busting my brain for? its just the way the game go, oh, it takes 2 to tango you call this a lame flow you bought the sh-t I guess you to blame too I just found the angle no more reality flow I’m tryna time my album dropping with a reality show cock the Mac 11 in front of Hot 97 and call my publicist tell her we impressed heaven no one gives a sh-t except some kids who just got into sex on the internet so you want the chat room or the house of Malibu Em? Your emphasis is on the wrong syly-lable
[Dr Dre] They said 30′s the new 20 funny, must mean 40′s the new 30 interesting cause ever since then it’s been innocence an extension for veteran rappers that are better than half of the sh-t coming out right now its all trash the torch is gonna burn out before it gets passed Jay said it’s his last and 50 and Em then what? Detox drops what we got then so now our whole camps is running around scrambling over what to do gambling every time we put a record out just looking for that hook
[Eminem] (Wait Dre look) Shorty I love you and you love me too we were meant to be cause shorty you love me and I love you too and I promise I’ll be true to you
[50 Cent] Go shorty, its your birthday you made it just in time to hear my wordplay its the kid that flip flows who used to flip O’s and run G for days used to see how I get hoes I’m international, I get my d-ck licked round the globe I’m sick right into show, riding on lolo’s puffing on coco, my bitch in Manolo’s don’t f-ck with the dodo’s, I sling for dumb hoes I playing, I aint got time to joke, joke you f-ck around, you could get your -ss smoked look, its not a game, me B, I aint playing beep behind me player, so you here anyway you don’t hear what I’m saying me fin-nini-na fee-fi-dididee-yay just give me my check and I’ll be on my way sunny bunny money and funny you aint even listening and I just took your money
[Stat Quo] There once was a time everywhere he turned shady aftermath was all ya heard but they say 50 sang too much and Em got soft and they say Dre just fell the f-ck off well f-ck the f-ck offs all y’all eat soft, be mad, we bad fresh up outta the vault, oh! new syllables eat ball, ya f-cks off’s your house, your bitch I’m getting sucked off East, south, Midwest, even up north falling victim to wax, spitting, bring out the white chalk all for the gingerbread, we get it and get lost catch me if you can, I’m running past while y’all walk
[Ca$hi$] Shady made me for bringing it back for the history of rap it’s gone with a snap, a sneer and a clap what happened to just spittin about living in the muthaf-cking city you at in the grimiest condition, I breath in drama King Mathers and Cash me, thats freak karma I’m everything, anything, you could never be its a hitting, rhyme in the month deep I speak with a piece, no peace on my mind I repeat every evil deed done of mine no rest contest, contract to sign by blood I’m in this squad for life hear out my wind pipes and I just chime I’m the reason you guys won’t say that line I’m crazy renegade like Em and Jay-Z I’m Rosemary’s baby
[Eminem] Shorty I love you and you love me too we were meant to be cause shorty you love me and I love you too and I promise I’ll be true to you
[Talking] It is not about lyrics anymore, It is not about lyrics anymore its about a hot beat, a hot beat its about a hot beat, a hot beat a hot hot hot beat and a catchy hook a hot hot hot beat and a catchy hook nobody gives a damn about them syllables, sillyle-ables, whatever they are I don’t care if you gotta rhyme smo, joe, toe and glow now get out there and sell some God-damn records
This is probably the most touching lyrics from Eminem. DIFFICULT is a song about Proof, Eminem's best best and D12 member who was killed in a Detroit nightclub in 2006. Eminem has openly said that his friend Proof's death was one of the most devastating moments of his life and, listening to DIFFICULT and its lyrics, you can feel Eminem's loss.
"Everyone else is just trying to pick up the pieces/ Man, how could you
touch so many f---ing lives and just leave us?" he raps. "They say grievance has its way of affecting everyone different/ If it's true, how the f--- I'm supposed to get over you?"
In between verses, you can almost feel the emotion Slim Shady was going through singing this song. It even sounds as if it is not a break between verses but Eminem choking up.
Difficult LYRICS by Emimen
They ask me am I ok. They ask me if I’m happy Are they asking me that because of the sh-t that's been thrown at me or am I just a little snappy and they genuinely care Doody, most of my life its just been me and you there and I continuously stare at pictures of you I never got to say I love you as much as I wanted to but I do yeah I say it now and you can’t hear me what the f-ck good does that do me now but somehow I know you’re near me in presence or I went and drop some presents off to ease it to them two little beautiful boys of yours to try to ease their minds a little and dawg you’ll never believe this but Sharonda actually talks to me now Jesus and everyone else is just tryna pick up the pieces man how you touch so many f-cking lives and just leave us they say grievance has a way of affecting everyone different if its true, how the f-ck am I supposed to get over you difficult as it sounds
Doody, that's what we call each other I don’t know where it came from but it just stuck with us we was always brothers never thought about each others skin colors til one day we was walking up the block in the summer it was like 90 degrees, I was catching a sun burn tryna walk under the trees just to give me some comfort I’m moaning I just wanna get home when I look over and his shirt is off I’m like you gon fry and like “No I wont, I’m black stupid black people they got melatonin in their skin, we don’t burn” meanwhile, my face is glowing and I felt like I’m on fire and the entire time you’re just laughing at me and snapping at me with your shirt, bastard and I still have to get you back for that sh-t and by the way them playboy rings my mother stole from you well Nate finally got em back sh-t it must have been at least 16 years ago well I put em in your cask-owww moving past it, it still aint registered yet but you can bet you’re legacy they’ll never forget the motor city mo-town hip hop vet, hip hop shop, dreads it don’t stop there yeah, as difficult as it sounds
and this may sound a little strange but I’mma tell it I found that jacket that you left at my wedding and I picked it up to smell it I wrapped it up in plastic until I put it in glass and hang up in the hallway so I can always look at it and as for all of me and D12 we feel like f-ck rap it feels like our General just f-cking died in our lap we shut off all our pages, all our cell numbers is changed our two-ways are in the trash so some cats will have to find a new way and I know that it feels like the dreams will die with you today but the truth is there all still here and you aint purple gang, you gotta pressing on don’t ever give up the dream dog I got love for you all and Doody, it’s true you bought people together who never woulda been in the same room if it wasn’t for you you were the peacemaker Doody I know sometimes you were moody but you hated confrontation and truly hated the feuding but you were down for yours whenever it came to scrapping if it had to happen, it had to happen believe me, I know you’re the one who taught me to throw them balls back on Dresden from making cars to paint balling getting arrested to sitting across from each other in cells laughing and jesting they tried to hit us for 5 years for that, no question I guess them hookers and bums that we shot up didn’t show up for court so we got off on a technicality, left sweating me, you and whats his face I forgot his f-cking name shame he even came to your funeral he betrayed our team and if I see him again I’ma punch him in the f-cking face and that's on Hallie Jade, Whitney Lane and Alaina’s name I let the pistol bang once just to leak a shot in the air for you and pour some liquor out for you with Obie in the parking lot of 54 just before we were supposed to get in cars to come and see you once more difficult as it sounds
It's been a while since Justin Timberlake came out with an album. But that does not mean he doesn't go to the studio to hit some notes in collaboration with friends or on his own. One new song from these recording sessions has come out. Take You Down (lyrics below), Justin Timberlake's latest recording, has been leaked online. No word from Timberlake if Take You Down is actually a single for an upcoming album or just a demo cut. Nevertheless, fans of JT are lapping it up.
The complete lyrics of Take You Down is not yet available. That is still a work in progress. However, here is one of the verses of Take You Down courtesy of MTV:
I've seen my magic What's your looks and your religion? And I want you to understand that I can make you feel better So it's me and you, my place, sexiness all day I'mma do whatever you like, if you cater to me all night, girl
Check this page regularly for the complete lyrics to be posted here soon.
Update: Posted below is the complete LYRICS of TAKE YOU DOWN:
All the girls say oho, oh, oh, oh, oho Hear me cause I can
I've seen your sexy walking, I've seen you're playing nice You nodes that I'm watching but girl I ain't no lie Let me get that drink now for you I'm keeping fill tonight A little secret for you I'm chill maybe for midnight You think I feel enchanted but I don't Right now I'm working my magic on a Do ya, come do your thang, do ya, come do your thang, do ya, come do your thang And now take it to the end of the night Oho, oho, oho, get your glass, drink it up Oho, oho, oho, get your glass, drink it up Wait a minute now I'm gonna take down down, I'm gonna take you down, down I'm gonna take you down, down, I'm gonna take you down, And I'm gonna take it down
You know I like it boy, au, you know I like it boy, au, you know I like it boy, au You know I like it, like it, lick it
I've seen my magic work you're loosing your religion, and I Want you to understand that I can make you feel better So it's me and you my place sexiness all day I'ma do all whatever you like, like, if you gave it to me all night girl You think I feel enchanted but I don't Right now I'm working my magic on a So what you gonna do girl? So what you gonna do girl? So what you gonna do girl? Are you read for this? So what you gonna do girl? Do your thang, do ya
Uu, you know I like it boy, au, you know I like it boy, au I'ma give it to you girl, you know I like it boy Oho, oho, oho, get your glass, drink it up Oho, oho, oho, get your glass, drink it up Oho, oho, oho, get your glass, drink it up, drink it up, wait a minute now I'm gonna take down down, I'm gonna take you down, down I'm gonna take you down, down, I'm gonna take you down, Give you F, give you F, give you F, give you F, give you F, give you F, give you F Give you, yeah, Give you F, give it to me, give it to me, I want the love liquor, now lick it Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me, I want the love liquor, now lick it.
Who will win the 2011 Rose Bowl? Will it be the TCU Horned Frogs or the Wisconsin Badgers? The game will be televised LIVE on ESPN with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio. Live overage begins at 1:30 PM (PST) with kickoff at 2:10 PM (PST). The TCU Horned Frogs are favored to win the Rose Bowl 2011.
The Rose Bowl Tournament is traditionally a championship between the
Pac 10 and Big 10 conference champions, unless one of them ends up playing in the BCS National Championship Game. That is the case this year as the Pac 10 champions Oregon Ducks goes to the BCS National Championship Game 2011. As a result, the Rose Bowl was forced to select the non-automatic qualifying team, the TCU Horned Frogs, to face the Big Ten Champion, the Wisconsin Badgers.
TCU is undefeated this season but did not make it to the BCS Championship Game. Will TCU keep their undefeated streak alive in their first ever Rose Bowl appearance? Or will the Badgers finish with their eighth straight win? Who will come out on top in the 2011 Rose Bowl? This will be Wisconsin's seventh Rose Bowl appearance and their first since the 1999 season. The team has won 3 previous games and is making its ninth consecutive bowl appearance.
New Year's eve is only a few hours away. And the drink of choice for New Year (and other parties) is Jello shots. Rumored to be invented by someone to get around a no-alcohol rule at work, Jello shots have become such a popular treat these days. So how do you prepare it? And what is the Jello shot recipe?
No recipe is needed for this one. Preparing Jello shots is easy - just
follow the instructions on the box and substitute alcohol, vodka is preferred, for water. And voila, you've got the drink to liven up your New Year's eve party. Just pour the mixture into your mold - muffin tins, small cups, or even ice trays - and you're done.
News just in - A Delta Airlines plane has made an emergency landing at Colorado Springs airport. Reports say the Delta flight had engine trouble. More than 200 people were on the plane and they were quickly evacuated after fire broke out after the emergency landing. The passengers were evacuated to the tarmac as emergency crews arrived. Reports further say two passengers had been taken to hospital for treatment. The injuries were sustained on the slide while evacuation from the airplane.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has scored a triple whammy for 2011. First, when Facebook reached 550 millions members. Second, being named TIME Person of the Year for 2011. And third, and probably the biggest one of all, Facebook is the number 1 visited website on the web. In fact, it has beaten Google!
Facebook is the most visited website on the web according to Hitwise
which says Facebook "accounted for 8.93 percent of all US visits between January and November 2010." The social media giant was third last year behind Google and Yahoo Mail. In 2008, it ranked ninth on Hitwise's list, trailing Google, MySpace, and eBay. What a jump it had this year!
For 2010, Facebook accounted for 8.93 of all US visits while Google made up 7.19 percent of visits and Yahoo! Mail ranked third with 3.52 percent of visits. Yahoo! claimed 3.30 percent of visits, and YouTube 2.65 percent.
This is a gem! The Digital Story of Nativity details the birth of Jesus if this happened today, with Mary receiving the Angel Gabriel's message on her iPhone, she telling Joseph about her pregnancy via Gmail, Joseph checking the route to Bethlehem through GPS and booking an inn online, then posting baby Jesus' pic on Facebook, etc. You get the picture. Just watch the viral video below and see the genius at Excentric, a small Portuguese ad agency, at
Less than 48 hours to go before the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade 2011 in Pasadena, California. Right now, organizers, participants and volunteers are busy preparing their floats for the Rose Parade, aka Pasadena Rose Parade. As always, the event will be made up of grand colorful floats, marching bands and equestrians. Posted below is the list of participants this year. New floats joining the 2011 Rose Parade are: Beverly Hills Tournament of Roses Committee, Cunard Line, Discover
Financial Services, Dole, City of Glendale, CA, Los Angeles County Firemen’s Benefit & Welfar: Never Forget 9/11 “Remember, Reflect, Renew”, UNO 40th Anniversary, Messina Wildlife Management, Namco Bandai Games Inc., Quikrete Cement & Concrete Products, Saving America’s Mustangs Foundation, Shriner’s Hospitals For Children, and US Bank.
Tournament of Roses 2011 Parade Floats
* City of Alhambra * Alzheimer’s Association& Pfizer * American Honda * Anheuser-Busch, Inc. * Bayer Advanced * Beverly Hills Tournament of Roses Committee * Burbank Tournament of Roses Association * Cal Poly University, Pomona & San Luis Obispo * China Airlines * Cunard Line * Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Pet Food, Inc. * Discover Financial Services * Dole * Donate Life * Downey Rose Float Association * City Duarte/City of Hope * Farmers Insurance * City of Glendale * HGTV * Kaiser Permanente * Kiwanis International * La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association * Lions Clubs * City of Los Angeles, California * Los Angeles Count Fireman’s Benefit & Welfare Association, Never Forget 9/11 * Lutheran Laymen’s League * Macy’s Queen’s Float * Messina Wildlife Management * NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. * Odd Fellows & Rebekahs * The Quikrete Companies * RFD-TV * The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation * Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO, participating university (University of Wisconsin) * Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO, participating university (Texas Christian Unversity) * Rotary International * Saving America’s Mustangs * Shriners Hospitals for Children * Sierra Madre Rose Float Association * City of South Pasadena * City of Torrance * Trader Joe’s * UNO® * US Bank * West Covina Rose Float Foundation * Western Asset
2011 Tournament of Roses Parade Marching Bands Participating
* Albertville High School – Albertville, AL * All Birdville High Schools representing Birdville, Haltom and Richland High Schools of North Richland Hills, TX * Banda Musical Delfines – Xalapa, Veracruz (Mexico) * Cal Fire Pipes and Drums – Sacramento, CA * The Pipes & Drums of CA Prof. Firefighters – Sacramento, CA * Central Carroll High School – Carrollton, GA * Downingtown High School East and West Campus – Downingtown, PA * Lindbergh High School – St. Louis, MO * Londonderry High School – Londonderry, NH * Los Angeles Unified School District All District Honor Band – Los Angeles, CA * North Carolina Central University – Durham, NC * North Japan Honor Green Band – Japan * Owasso High School – Owasso, OK * Pasadena City College Honor Band & Herald Trumpets – Pasadena, CA * Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band * Southwest Dekalb High School – Decatur, GA * United States Marines Corps West Coast Composite Band * Upland High School – Upland, CA * Western Carolina University – Cullowhee, NC * Wyoming All State – WY * Rose Bowl Participating University Band (TBD) * Rose Bowl Participating University Band (TBD)
2011 Rose Parade Equestrian Teams
* 1st Calvary Fort Hood * All American Cowgirl Chicks * Benny Martinez Family * California State Firefighters’ Association * Cowgirls Historical Foundation * Equine Extremist with Tommie Turvey * Giddy Up Gals Drill Team * Kern County Sheriffs Mounted Posse * Long Beach Mounted Police * Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament * New Buffalo Soldiers * Region One Arabians * Saving America’s Mustangs Foundation * Scripps Miramar Saddlebreds * Southern California Peruvian Paso Horse Club * Spirit of the West Riders * The Shire Riders * United States Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard * Valley Hunt Club * Victorian Roses Ladies Riding Society * Wells Fargo * Wild West Willie (combined with Kern County Sheriffs Mounted Posse )
It's finally here. The most watched event of New Year Year's Day, with an audience in the tens of millions worldwide eagerly awaiting to see the latest floats and pageantry from Pasadena, California. It's no other than the Tournament of Roses Parade 2011. Watch the Rose Parade 2011 live online on January 1, 2011 and see the colorful floats and marching bands participating.
The Tournament of Roses Parade, better known as the Rose Parade or the Pasadena Rose Parade, is America's New Year Celebration, a festival of flowers, music and equestrians and a college football game on New Year's Day. For 2011, the theme is “Building Dreams, Friendships & Memories” presented by Honda with celebrity chef Paula Deen as Grand Marshal.
The 2011 Rose Queen is Evanne Elizabeth Friedmann, a 17 year old La Canada High School student. Chosen together with Evanne and gracing this year's Pasadena Rose Parade is her court of princesses: Tatyane Anaid Berrios, 17, Arcadia High School; Sarah Christine Fredrickson, 17, Maranatha High School; Jessica Michelle Montoya, 17, Flintridge Preparatory School; Tenaya Miyoko Senzaki, 17, Pasadena High School; Kathryn Morris Thomson, 17, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy and Michelle Kaye Washington, 18, Pasadena City College.
Watch the Rose Bowl Parade 2011 live online stream video - Watch the Rose Bowl Parade 2011 live online video stream and see the beautiful pageantry and tradition of magnificent floral floats, high stepping equestrians and spirited marching bands. Online viewing will be available at the ABC website. Or you may catch it through the live feeds of justin.tv. You can watch the 2011 Rose Parade Live Stream on KTLA.com or Ustream.tv.
Was this music video leak intentional or not? Days before its intended release, Kanye West's Monster music video has hit the web. Monster is one of Kanye West's singles from his highly successful album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Monster also features Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver.
The leaked music video of Monster is obviously not the finished version
- it's a rough cut and the synchronization is bad, but you can tell that it is going to be an epic video. We've been treated to a "the making of" version of Monster a couple of weeks ago, and that that whetted our appetite for the real thing. Though this leaked version of Monster is still not it, it's good enough for now.
Due to the content of the music video, it cannot be posted on this site. However, a quick search at YouTube will yield the Monster video I am talking about.
[Bon Iver] I shoot the lights out Hide til its bright out Whoa, just another lonely night Are you willing to sacrifice your life?
[Rick Ross] Bitch I’m a monster no good blood sucker fat muthaf-cker now look who’s in trouble as you run through my jungle all you hear is rumbles Kanye West sample, here’s one for example
[Kanye West - Chorus] Gossip gossip n-ggas just stop it everybody know (I’m a muthaf-cking monster) I’ma need to see your f-cking hands at the concert I’ma need to see your f-cking hands at the concert profit profit, n-gga I got it everybody know I’m a muthaf-cking monster I’ma need to see your f-cking hands at the concert I’ma need to see your f-cking hands at the ….
The best living or dead hands down huh? less talk more head right now huh? and my eyes more red than the devil is and I’m bout to take it to another level bitch there you go again, aint nobody as cold as this do the rap and the track triple double no assist but my only focus is staying on some bogus sh-t argue with my older bitch acting like I owe her sh-t I heard the people sayin raps are gettin trap mayne bought the chain that always give me back pain f-ckin up my money so yeh I had to act sane Chi n-gga but these hoes love my accent she came up to me and said this the number 2 if you wanna make it number one your number 2 now this that goose an’ malibu I call it Malibooya God damn Yeezy How I hit em with the new style know that muthaf-cker well, what you gon do now whatever ever I wanna do, gosh its cool now nah gonna do, uhh its a new now think yo muthaf-cker really reall need to cool down cause you will never get on top off this so mommy best advice is to get on top of this have you ever had sex with a pharoah I put the p-ssy in a sarcophagus now she claiming I bruise her esophagus head of the class and she just want a swallowship I’m living the future so the presence is my past my presence is a present kiss my ass
[Kanye West - Chorus]
[Jay-Z] Sasquatch, Godzilla, King Kong Lochness, Goblin, Ghoul, a zombie with no conscience question what do all these things have in common everybody knows I’m a muthaf-cking monster conquer, stomp ya, stop your silly nonsense none of you n-ggas know where the swamp is none of you n-ggas have seen the carnage that I’ve seen I still here fiends scream in my dream murder murder in black convertibles I kill a block I murder avenues rape and pillage a village, women and children everybody wanna know what my achilles heel is LOVE I dont get enough of it all I get is these vampires and blood suckers all I see is these n-ggas I’ve made millionnaires milling about, spilling there feelings in the air (shot at Beanie?) all I see is these fake f-cks with no fangs tryna draw blood with my ice cold veins I smell a massacre seems to be the only way to back you bastards up
[Chorus]
[Nicki Minaj] Pull up in the monster automobile gangster with a bad b-tch that came from Sri Lanka yeah I’m in that Tonka, colour of Willy Wonka you could be the King but watch the Queen conquer ok first things first I’ll eat your brains then I’mma start rocking gold teeth and fangs cause that’s what a muthaf-cking monster do hairdresser from Milan, thats the monster do monster Giuseppe heel that’s the monster shoe Young Money is the roster and the monster crew and I’m all up all up all up in the bank with the funny face and if I’m fake I aint notice cause my money aint let me get this straight wait I’m the rookie but my features and my shows ten times your pay? 50k for a verse, no album out! yeah my money’s so tall that my barbie’s gotta climb it hotter than a middle eastern climate find it Tony Matterhorn dutty wine it while it, nicki on them titties when I sign it how these n-ggas so one-track minded but really really I don’t give a F-U-C-K forget barbie f-ck nicki she’s fake she’s on a diet but my pockets eating cheese cake and I’ll say bride of Chucky is Child’s play just killed another career it’s a mild day besides ‘Ye they can’t stand besides me I think me, you and Am [Amber Rose] should menage friday pink wig thick ass give em whip lash I think big get cash make em blink fast now look at what you just saw I think this is what you live for aaaahhh, I’m a muthaf-cking monster!
[Bon Iver] I-I crossed the line-line and I’ll-I’ll let God decide-cide I-I wouldn’t last these shows so I-I am headed home (repeated) [End]
The annual New Year countdown and ball drop in Times Square, can anything be more exciting? Now on its 103nd year, the dropping of the giant crystal ball high above Times Square will again attract hundreds of thousands of revelers, eager to participate in the countdown to welcome the 2011. People have come from all over the United States and all over the world, for this experience.
For those of you planning to join the hundreds of thousands who will welcome 2011 in Times Square, better be prepared for the cold weather. Moreover, it is advisable to go there early to get a good vantage point. Revelers from all over New York usually come early to reserve the choice spots along Broadway, from 43rd Street to 50th Street, and along Seventh Avenue, up to 59th Street. Also, try to get there before 6 PM to see the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball raised to the top of the 77-foot flagpole at One Times Square and lit. At exactly 11:59 p.m. EST, the Ball will make its 60-second descent down the flagpole to signal the start of the New Year.
For those of us who don't have a chance to go to New York to watch this tradition LIVE, there are several choices. One is to tune in to any of the major television networks. They will all cover this event as there is no exclusive carrier of the Times Square New Year ball drop. The most famous of these coverages is, of course, the other American New Year's Eve tradition, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on ABC. The show centers around the New Year countdown and the dropping of the ball, after which musical number from the biggest names in the industry will be showcased.
Another option is to watch the 2011 Times Square countdown online. There are several websites that will feature live video streaming of the event. One such site is livevideo.com. They carried the event LIVE last year so I'm expecting them to do the same this year. You may also check this page for such videos as I will post a copy at the earliest possible time.
Watch the 2011 New Year's Eve countdown live online. Watch the Ball Drop in Times Square live online in NYC through livevideo.com.
UPDATE: Here is the LIVE VIDEO FEED from Times Square for the 2011 New Year's Eve Countdown and Ball Drop event:
Animal Services came to the rescue of a poor German Shepherd in Desert Hot Springs, California. The German Shepherd named Rebel, got his head stuck inside a hole in an 18-inch thick wall. Animal Services found Rebel whimpering and helpless. He must have been stuck in that hole for quite some time. But if he found a way to get his head in, there must be a way out.
"My initial reaction was, 'Wow, how?d he get in there?'" said Riverside County Animal Services Sergeant James Huffman. "And why is there a hole that big in the wall?"
After checking that Rebel could breathe comfortably, the officers then proceeded with the rescue. "One officer worked the dog?s head from one side of the wall, while the other officer worked the dog?s body on the other side," said a statement by the Department of Animal Services in Riverside County.
And after 30 minutes of trying, the German Shepherd was free. (Photo below via AFP)
The Queen is now a great grandmother. A baby girl born to Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn is the Queen's first great grandchild. The baby girl, who is 12th in line to the British throne, was born in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Her name is yet to be confirmed. Peter Phillips is the eldest grandson of Queen Elizabeth II. He is the son of Princess Anne and her former husband, Mark Phillips. He does not have a royal title because Princess Anne turned down the Queen's offer of honors for both her
children. Earlier this month, his sister, Zara Phillips, announced her engagement to the rugby player Mike Tindall.
Here is the statement of Buckingham Palace announcing the birth of the Queen's first great grandchild: "The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Autumn's family have been informed and are delighted with the news."
With the new year only a couple of days away, many of us are on the lookout for lucky charms to welcome 2011. Many people believe lucky charms work, and help in bringing prosperity to their lives especially at the onset of the new year. One popular charm at this time of the year is the lucky bamboo, a short green shrub with stems that can be twisted to form decorative shapes and figures. Bamboo has always been believed to be lucky by Asians, and it is one plant most associated with feng shui.
However, it is not actually a bamboo but a resilient member of the lily family that grows in the dark, tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia and Africa.
Posted below is a short instructional video about the lucky bamboo and how to plant it. You can also check out this site to care for your lucky bamboo.
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