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Matt Harding likes to boogie around the world

‘Hi, I’m Matt and I dance badly all over the world,’ sounds like a confession at a therapy group. In fact, it’s an introduction to a man whose spent 14 months travelling the globe – doing what app­ears to be the funky chicken. Matt Harding, a self-confessed ‘deadbeat’ boogied with thousands of people in 42 countries from Iceland to Papua New Guinea.

Set to a feel-good soundtrack, he jigs with crabs, lemurs and on his own – but also with others and even astronauts in zero gravity.

The 31-year-old said: ‘It makes people want to travel but it also shows them just how big the world is. They’re more aware of how connected we all are on this planet.’

It all began when Mr Harding, originally from Connecticut, res­igned from his job as a video game designer in 2003 and went to Asia.

During the trip a fellow traveller first filmed him dancing.

‘They were standing around taking pictures in Hanoi and his friend said, “Hey, why don’t you stand over there and do that dance. I’ll record it,”’ says his website, wherethehellismatt.com.

So Mr Harding made some video postcards and put them online. The popularity grew and grew.

He caught the attention of a chewing gum company, which paid for him to dance his way around the world.

The traveller’s website adds: ‘It’s actually the only dance Matt does. He does it badly. This turned out to be a very good idea.’

Watch Matt throw some shapes below….

written by Pinewood Design \\ tags: dance, Matt Harding, youtube

When is a natural disaster a good thing? When the afflicted country commits human rights violations — at least according to Sharon Stone.

Stone gave an interview while on the red carpet at Cannes this weekend in which — after recounting all of China’s atrocities — Stone made her comments:”I’m not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else,”  she wondered, “And then all this earthquake and stuff happened and I thought, ‘Is that karma?’ When you are not nice that bad things happen to you.”
But Stone added she “cried” after the Tibetan Foundation asked her to help quake victims.Stone, 50, said: “They wanted to go and be helpful, and that made me cry.

“It was a big lesson to me that sometimes you have to learn to put your head down and be of service even to people who aren’t nice to you.” 

 Sharon Stone’s cold blooded speech about China earthquake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYoZEn9vlzE

 

 

some major Beijing department stores had removed advertisements for cosmetic and couture giant Christian Dior, which feature Stone’s image. All her movies DVD been removed as well.

 

UME Cineplex chain which has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, China’s biggest urban movie markets, vowed not to show Stone’s films in their theatres.

And now, cosmetic giant ‘Christian Dior’ has released an apology statement from the actress, at the same time as announcing her dismissal from its campaign in the country. 

Last year when she went to China to collect money she did not mention anything about Tibetan, The Epicenter, Wenchuan county is located in Aba autonomy region, Sichuan province. The population of “Tibetan Chinese” living in Aba autonomy region is “52.9%”, qiang Chinese is 17.7%, hui Chinese is 3.2%, and Han Chinese is 26.6%. She is a perfect friend of Dailai, as they share common characters like selfish, cold-blooded and hypocritical. So are those Dalai’s followers in Hollywood.

what a stupid, ignorant, selfish, ridiclous, despicable thing to say. YOu mean like AIDS was Gods payback to Gays? So are all the quakes, fires, droughts and mudslides in California Karma too? Did she also mean the 911 tragedy was karma to U.S. as well? She’ll be haunted by 60,000 souls for her insult. over 60,000 victims could become your cold bloody karma.

The earthquake struck south-west China on 12 May, leaving 68,109 people dead, with another 19,851 still missing.

written by Pinewood Design \\ tags: Chinese, earthquake, Karma, Sharon Stone

 BIG Brother is coming back and it’s going to be bigger, sexier and sillier than ever. They claimed.

BIG BROTHER 9 start date confirmed: 5th June
Seems they were afraid of Britain’s got Talent so its starting a little later this year but its been confirmed for 5th June!!!!

New BBLB Presenters Announced

It’s now a case of “little brother and little sister” with George Lamb and Zezi set to take the reigns of the ultimate BB fan show this summer.

E4 have started airing the first advert for BB spin-off show Big Brother’s Little Brother. The advert features the new hosts George Lamb and Zezi Ifore in an army training camp.

Here is the advert for your viewing pleasure:

New pics of the BBLB presenters are out - here’s George

Zezi is announced as one of the new presenters of Big Brother’s Little Brother

………………….YAWN…

I myself don’t find BB entertaining as it use to be, but that’s just my opinion. If the programme this year reverts to its “back to basics” policy I would consider watching it from time to time. I have seen in the news that a contestant’s cousin from a few years back — “Get Grace Out”s cousin.. She’s supposed to be making claims that she’s a bigger bitch than Grace…..— is being held in reserve for this years show, or may even be a contestant already. So as things stand there not really looking far and wide or using a cross section of society already, so it would seem that the show is doomed to failure. If channel 4 cant go out amongst the general public to source contestants, how close are we really to having “ normal” people in the house.
All the house mates will be mildly attractive, or have slept with a football player, be a stripper, be mid way through some surgical operation to change there gender, will come out regarding there sexuality, during a task , or will be down right obnoxious, just to get attention and a good newspaper deal when they get thrown out
Dull is not good TV, but channel 4 need to find that fine line between good and down right stupid, because they no they need big personalities to make everyone watch

Still I’ll give it a try before I crucify it, will see you all on launch night!

First sight of BB9 house:

Related Post:
Who’ll be sitting in this BB9 Diary Room chair?
UK Big Brother 9 mad House Unveiled

written by Pinewood Design \\ tags: 9, BB9, BBLB, BIG, BROTHER, George Lamb, Presenter, UK, Zezi

1. Russia: Dima Bilan - “Believe”

2. Ukraine: Ani Lorak - “Shady Lady”

3. Greece: Kalomira - “Secret Combination”

4. Armenia: Sirusho - “Qele Qele” (Come on, come on)

5. Norway: Maria - “Hold On Be Strong”

written by Pinewood Design \\ tags: 2008, Contest, Eurovision, Final, song, Top, videos

Russian singer Dima Bilan has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Bilan is one of Russia’s biggest pop stars and his heartfelt ballad Believe, produced by US R&B star Timbaland, gave Russia its first ever Eurovision win.

 Abraham received six points from San Marino - who were taking part for the first time - and eight from Ireland.

Ukraine’s Ani Lorak came second with her energetic disco track Shady Lady, followed by Greece with upbeat pop song Secret Combination by Kalomira.

But British talent show runner-up Andy Abraham came last with his song Even If, gaining just 14 points.

Germany and Poland also received 14 points each, but they officially finished above the UK because their top scores in a single round were higher.

Dima Bilan won with a stage show that included Olympic figure skating champion Evgeni Plushenko performing on a small ice circle.

Bilan is a well-known performer throughout Russia and beyond, having been named best artist at the country’s MTV Awards for the past three years in a row.

He took part in Eurovision in 2006, finishing second behind Finnish rock monsters Lordi.

He has recorded an album in English with Timbaland, including a duet with Canadian singer Nelly Furtado, and hopes to use it to break into the international market later this year.

This year’s other entrants included Latvian pirates, a Finnish heavy rock group, a 75-year-old Croatian rapper and French dance musician Sebastian Tellier, who has worked with Daft Punk and Air.

Swedish singer Charlotte Perrelli, who won the event in 1999, was another hot tip and was picked as the winner in a Europe-wide BBC poll before the event.

But she failed to become the first female singer to win the contest twice.

The show was opened in front of 20,000 fans at the Belgrade Arena by last year’s winner Marija Serifovic.

The 20 countries that came through the semi-finals joined hosts Serbia plus the UK, France, Germany and Spain - the contest’s four biggest backers.

 EUROVISION TOP FIVE

1. Russia: 272 points
2. Ukraine (above): 230
3. Greece: 218
4. Armenia: 199
5. Norway: 182

UK EUROVISION 2008 Big Loser ANDY ABRAHAM “EVEN IF”

UK has a massive music background still it fails on eurovision. how come? I have to say this is slightly better than the shite we’ve had the past few years. But still shit. I don’t like Dima’s song too much, but Schooh last year and now this… we need someone like westlife to step up!

And, Sir Terry Wogan (who has been Eurovision commentator for more than 30 years) said he may quit as the BBC’s Eurovision commentator, what a sad news! He should shut up and disappear from TV at least 10 yrs ago! He said: “Andy Abraham gave, I think, the performance of his life with a song that certainly deserved far more points …”. Really? Maybe binman Andy just not talent enough to  deserve more points, he shouldnt been choosen at the first place. This 43-year-old ex-dustman could put the best of us to sleep. He is a joke, I really think my local council need him more than national TV. This “Even If” really embarrassing - like something from the early 80s, definitely your time, unfortunately, its overed.

Then, Sir Terry Wogan added: “Indeed, western European participants have to decide whether they want to take part from here on in because their prospects are poor.”  Come on, Sir, theres nothing about western European, those Eastern they love western European, they just dont like UK, UK only. I do  agreed it become neigbour selections, but look at us, we even cant get vote from our neigbour, because we r America’s bitch, because we have many arrogant, ignorant, stupid people here, like you Sir Terry Wogan.

Lets watch last 2 yrs entries again, Sir Terry Wogan, do you really think these shit deserved top 10?
UK’s trash entry for Eurovision 2007, Scooch - Flying The Flag:

UK’s trash entry for Eurovision 2006, Daz Sampson - Teenage Life:

 

Stop complian that its all about political, I dont buy it, If we still want play this game, it s time start taking Eurovision more ­seriously, but we need to go that extra distance like France, whose entry is by ­legitimate dance star ­Sebastien Tellier. Daft Punk have produced it, that’s how serious Le Frogs are. Maybe we could send a genuinely good artist with a decent song, instead of trying to second guess what we reckon the suckers in ­Europe will fall for.

And lets see Sir Terry Wogan announced wrong winner of Eurovision UK 2007, Wogan you bloated, talentless idiot!

 

More Eurovision:

Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final Top 5 (videos)

Dima Bilan — The winner of THE 2008 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (Photos)

Eurovision Song Contest Belgrade 2008 Final Tonight

written by Pinewood Design \\ tags: BBC, Daz Sampson, DIMA BILAN, Eurovision, Flying The Flag, POP STAR, RUSSIAN, Scooch, Sir, Teenage Life, Terry, Wogan

 

Location	Serbia
Host Broadcaster	RTS
Venue	Belgrade Arena
Participants	25
Voting method	Citizens of each country vote by telephone or SMS. The country’s 10 favourites are awarded 12, 10, then 8 through 1 points based on votes. All 45 countries present their awarded points, totalling to determine the winner.
EBU Scrutineer	Svante Stockselius
Executive Producer	Sandra Šuša

Bookmakers have dubbed Abraham the UK’s worst ever entrant, with odds of 66-1 to win, which it says is its worst ever.
Wogan recently said Abraham’s song was “the best UK entry for a while”. But he added: “If we finish nowhere again, I worry that disenchantment might take hold. “Eurovision is such silly fun, and I love doing it, but if the enthusiasm isn’t there… “This year is pretty crucial for me. Eurovision without Royaume-Uni would be unfortunate.”
Eurovision has become known for bad taste in music, bizarre performances and political voting.

But the Danish director of Eurovision TV, the Swiss-based company which produces the competition, complained that Wogan does not treat the show with enough respect.

Bjorn Erichsen suggested that Wogan’s wry observations were making Eurovision look “ridiculous”.

He said earlier this month: “Terry Wogan is a problem because he makes it ridiculous. I know he is very popular, and maybe that is the reason why a lot of people watch. But one day he will have to retire and the BBC will have to find someone else.

“It will be interesting to see if that attitude changes.”

—- From LondonPaper

 

We’re not supposed to laugh at Eurovision anymore. But…

Andy Abraham, the UK entry, God help us all…

Sebastien Tellier of France. He is this year’s ‘cool’ entrant. You can tell this because he looks like a tramp.

Some kind of GMTV/10,000 BC hybrid from Estonia’s Kreisiraadio.

Azerbaijan’s Elnur & Samir. Cannot WAIT for this lot - they are clearly all bonkers.

Ireland’s eliminated entry, Dustin the Turkey. WTF! ..Er, are those Aztecs?

Maria of Norway. Nice dress, shame about the five pounds of lip gloss.

Sirusho of Armenia actually looking rather good. How annoyingly un-Eurovision of her.

Dima Bilan of Russia looking pleasingly horrendous.

Hind of The Netherlands taking cues from Bucks Fizz

Now-obligatory Finnish death metal courtesy of Terasbetoni. The flames!

The frankly terrifying Laka of Bosnia & Herzegovina. And we thought Eurobeat was a parody…

Laka of Bosnia & Herzegovina

None-more-orange Isis Gee of Poland waving to her make-up artist

Isis Gee of Poland, presumably recreating Splash

Rebeka Dremelj of Slovenia making bold fashion choices

Dustin the Turkey. Are we surprised he didn’t get through? Bless.

Is that Philip Schofield? No, it’s Elnur & Samir of Azerbaijan

Elnur & Samir of Azerbaijan. Clearly insane. Cannot wait.

Philip Schofield going bonkers. Oh hang on, it’s Elnur & Samir of Azerbaijan

Blazin’ Squad? No, Boaz of Israel

Ishtar of Belgium, channelling a Chupa Chups lollipop

It’s a human hanging basket! Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the semi-finals

Kalomira of Greece presumably took inspiration from a football match

Faux Shakira! It’s Gissela of Andora

Sham on Ireland again!!

Another faux Shakira! Kalomira of Greece

Tereza Kerndlova of Czech Republic. We’ll look that good in hotpants one day, but we probs won’t go on Eurovision

 

More Eurovision:

Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final Top 5 (videos)

Dima Bilan — The winner of THE 2008 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (Photos)

RUSSIAN POP STAR DIMA BILAN WINS THE 2008 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

written by Pinewood Design \\ tags: 2008, Andy Abraham, Belgrade, Contest, Eurovision, Final, song

Prepare your ears. This isn’t a joke. this is Lilo’s single, Bossy. Apparently it’s about her bedroom manner. Also not a joke.

written by Pinewood Design \\ tags: Bossy, hollywood celebrities singing, Lindsay Lohan

Hahaah! He didn´t do the full monty!

written by Pinewood Design \\ tags: striptease, Tube, video

Meet the UK’s new TV Gladiators!!!

 Sky One I Gladiators Ready, Exclusive pre-view

Sky One | Gladiators Ready! New UK Series (May 2008)

Meet Tempest!

Meet Spartan!

Meet Inferno!

Meet Oblivion!

written by Pinewood Design \\ tags: 2008, bodybuilder, Enigma, Entertainment, Gladiators, Ice, Inferno, muscle, News, Oblivion, series, sexy, Sky One, Spartan, Tempest, tv, UK

Accompanying video to Nick Paumgarten’s piece “Up and Then Down” from the April 21st issue of The New Yorker. Footage of Nicholas White trapped in an elevator in the McGraw-Hill Building.

Music: “The Storm Begins,” by Jennifer Haines.

TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR FOR 41 HOURS

The longest smoke break of Nicholas White’s life began at around eleven o’clock on a Friday night in October, 1999. White, a thirty-four-year-old production manager at Business Week, working late on a special supplement, had just watched the Braves beat the Mets on a television in the office pantry. Now he wanted a cigarette. He told a colleague he’d be right back and, leaving behind his jacket, headed downstairs.

The magazine’s offices were on the forty-third floor of the McGraw-Hill Building, an unadorned tower added to Rockefeller Center in 1972. When White finished his cigarette, he returned to the lobby and, waved along by a janitor buffing the terrazzo floors, got into Car No. 30 and pressed the button marked 43. The car accelerated. It was an express elevator, with no stops below the thirty-ninth floor, and the building was deserted. But after a moment White felt a jolt. The lights went out and immediately flashed on again. And then the elevator stopped.

The control panel made a beep, and White waited a moment, expecting a voice to offer information or instructions. None came. He pressed the intercom button, but there was no response. He hit it again, and then began pacing around the elevator. After a time, he pressed the emergency button, setting off an alarm bell, mounted on the roof of the elevator car, but he could tell that its range was limited. Still, he rang it a few more times and eventually pulled the button out, so that th