Naya Rivera Apologizes for White People Showering Comment: "It Was ...

Who knew showering was such a hot-button topic? After inciting controversy on Tuesday, Jan. 13, with her remark that showering daily is "such a white people thing," Naya Rivera attempted to wash away some of her bad karma with an apology.

The Glee star, 28, returned to the scene of the crime The View as a guest host on Wednesday, Jan. 14, and offered a mea culpa to viewers who took offense to her previous comments.

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"Showering. Biggest topic in pop culture today, in my opinion. Thanks to me, unfortunately," she quipped during the show's Hot Topics segment. "Yesterday, we were talking about a study that says you're supposed to shower once or twice every three days. I had an opinion on it that was supposed to be a joke. Apparently it didn't go over so well."

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(That might be an understatement. Viewers took Rivera to task for the offhand remark, sharing their own opinions of her opinion on Twitter. "When YOU tell the world YOU shower every 3 days that says more about YOU not us Naya Rivera," one person wrote, adding that "some things are better left unsaid.")

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Rivera claimed on Wednesday that she was kidding at the time, saying, "It was supposed to be a joke, but I apologize if anyone was offended." She went on to quote some of the tweets she'd received, including one from user @retiredfilth that said, "Now white people gonna think we don't shower cuz of Naya Rivera."

The View co-host Nicolle Wallace, for one, said the actress deserved a break. "Back off of Naya," Wallace told viewers. "She's very clean."

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Fellow co-host Rosie O'Donnell piped in, too, saying she'd read something about how "doctors say that you should take a bath" anyway. "Thank you, that's what I do," she quipped.

Guest host Samantha Ponder was appalled. "No. A bath? You sit in your own filth when you take a bath!" she protested, prompting Wallace to joke, "Oh my G*d, you're gonna be in trouble now, too!"

Source: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/naya-rivera-apologizes-for-shower-comment-says-it-was-a-joke-2015141

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Hasbro Reveals Avengers: Age of Ultron Toys

Toy lines are great for catching a glimpse at future blockbusters, and Hasbro doesnt disappoint in Yahoo!s preview of their Avengers: Age of Ultron line, which gives us a detailed look at what Ultron, his sub-Ultron minions, War Machine, and Avengers Tower (might) look like in the anticipated sequel. Were particularly excited about the Avengers Tower playset, which includes a Hulk containment room as well as places for several characters to park their rides, and harkens back to playsets of old. Check out all the pics in our gallery below!

Avengers: Age of Ultron is the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earths Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

Marvels Avengers: Age of Ultron stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill and Stellan Skarsgrd as Erik Selvig, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain h**l-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision.

Written and directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvels Avengers: Age of Ultron is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series The Avengers, first published in 1963. Louis DEsposito, Alan Fine, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham, Patricia Whitcher, Stan Lee and Jon Favreau serve as executive producers. Marvels Avengers: Age of Ultron opens in theaters on May 1, 2015.

Source: http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/399485-hasbro-reveals-avengers-age-of-ultron-toys

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No, You Can't Have That Gorgeous Shade Of Ford GT Blue

Besides being amazeballs, the three Ford performance cars that dropped in Detroit yesterday the Ford GT, the Mustang GT350R, and the 2017 Raptor all had one thing in common: a very lovely shade of blue paint. Want it on your Fiesta ST? You can't have it. Sorry.

Our friends over at Road & Track write that this color, known as Liquid Blue and the designated color of the Ford Performance lineup, is not a production paint color. Lame! Sad face! Angry noises! WHARRGARBL INTERNET COMMENTING!

Ford explained to us that "Liquid Blue" is a show-car color only, and that it's actually multiple layers of paint on the display cars. Now, Ford also said that in the past, special show colors have made the transition to the production-car pallette, but right now Liquid Blue isn't in the running.

The pub does note that if you really love Liquid Blue, you can email Ford (I think it's Ford@Hotmail.com) and ask real nicely for it. Maybe then they'll change their minds and make it available to the public.

Come on, Ford, give us the paint. It's not like we're asking for something totally outrageous and unreasonable, like a Lincoln that isn't lame.

Source: http://jalopnik.com/no-you-cant-have-that-gorgeous-shade-of-ford-gt-blue-1679302070

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'Parks and Recreation': What the Cast Will Miss About Their Characters

AsParks and Recreation begins its farewell season on NBC, its not just the fans who have to come to terms with the shows end. Its also the cast.

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Leave it to Jerry to sum it up best: I think most of us have always been very very appreciative of this job, but even more so than ever now, says Jim OHeir.

With the show coming to a close, Variety asked the stars of Parks and Recreations final season what theyll miss most about their characters.

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Amy Poehler (Leslie Knope)I had the greatest job because I would go in in the morning and basically my job as Leslie was to stand in front of all of my friends and tell them how wonderful they were. And also tell them the plans for the day. It combined two things I really enjoy: telling my friends how much I love them and also telling them what to do.

Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson)Ive never had a role where they let me be so silent. Ive been angling for it my whole life and everyone keeps saying, Talk faster! Why are you taking a pause? For some reason these writers said, We think its funny when you just make a face. Hopefully Ive opened the door so others in the future will let me be silent.

Jim OHeir (Jerry Gergich)Jerry can put a smile on his face after horribly embarrassing moments. He still somehow can just walk away fine. I dont do that in life, I get p****d. Jerry also doesnt have road rage, I have crazy road rage.

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Aubrey Plaza (April Ludgate)Its really nice to have a gig where you can show up in the morning and be in a terrible mood or hungover or tired and be able to deliver your lines just so, and not have to do anything. Hating everyone is a quality I will miss in April Ludgate. You dont get that in a lot of characters.

Retta (Donna Meagle)Everyone always says to me I dont get a lot to say, but when I get to say something it has an impact. (Donna) has a moral code and shes loyal. Even though she can be put off, she always still cares.

Adam Scott (Ben Wyatt)Mike (Schur) and I didnt know each other at all when I started on the show. I felt like he was using some special powers to get inside my brain because I immediately connected with the character and what he was writing. It just felt so right and it never wavered.

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Aziz Ansari (Tom Haverford)(Tom) was such a silly, fun character to play. It was always fun to pick his clothes with the costume department, just deciding what he would wear.

Chris Pratt (Andy Dwyer)Im not gonna miss anything about the character so much because I can always just watch it on TV if I want to. The thing Ill miss the most is the creative, ad-libby, improvisational looseness to this process with this specific, exceptional, and wonderfully talented group of comedians. Thats what Im gonna miss, being in the heat of the moment and sparring back and forth.

Source: http://variety.com/2015/tv/spotlight/parks-and-recreation-what-the-cast-will-miss-about-their-characters-1201402864/

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Charlie Hebdo mocks Muhammad, #JeSuisCharlie on comeback cover

PARIS Since Charlie Hebdo lost eight staff members in a terrorist attack last week, millions of people have declared their support to the French satirical magazine with the slogan Je Suis Charlie.

Now the often-caustic publication, faced with the challenge of reconciling its new status as a cause clbre with its reflex to mock, ridicule and offend, is putting a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover of what is likely to be their most-read issue ever.

Distributors said Monday they were preparing to print as many as three million copies of Wednesdays issue, 50 times the normal circulation. That is raising pressure on a small outlet known for skewering all forms of authority including some that have rushed to its defense.

Last weeks attack has turned Charlie Hebdo into an emblem for freedom of expression. Millions of people took to the streets on Sunday across France, chanting the magazines name. Production of the issue itself has become a media event, with other journalists gathering at the offices of left-wing daily Libration, which has hosted Charlie Hebdo since the attack.

Its been extremely moving and also hypocritical, said Laurent Lger, a reporter for the magazine who survived the shooting. All of a sudden, we are supported by the entire world. Whereas for years we were completely alone.

Charlie Hebdo isnt pulling any punches. The caricature of Muhammad on the cover is the same transgression that one of the alleged assailants in last weeks attack said had motivated the killings. This time he is carrying a sign saying Je Suis Charlie under the headline All is forgiven.

Another target for this weeks issue is likely to be Sundays solidarity march in France, surviving staff members said. The massive rally became a magnet for French and international political figures that have been a mainstay in Charlie Hebdos pages. Attendees included dignitaries from Turkey, Egypt, and Russia, countries that it has criticized for curbing free speech.

All those dictators at a march celebrating liberty, Lger said. We of course are going to continue the mockery. Well see if it makes them jump.

An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com

Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/charlie-hebdo-mocks-muhammad-jesuischarlie-on-comeback-cover-2015-01-13

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Those sparkling moments at the Golden Globes

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Photo: Paul Drinkwater / Associated PressIn this image released by NBC, Tiny Fey, from left, Margaret Cho, and Amy Poehler speak at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)

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BEVERLY HILLS A look at events as they unfolded during Sunday nights Golden Globe Awards:

Taking a chat break: For TV viewers, commercials are a chance to hit the fridge or pay even closer attention to their smartphones.

In the Golden Globes ballroom, theyre schmooze opportunities.

Among those taking impromptu meetings was George Clooney, who with his new wife, Amal, at his side and a Je suis Charlie button prominently on his lapel, chatted up former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, now head of the Motion Picture Industry Association.

Other confabs: Jane Fonda and Robert Duvall, and the sibling duo Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal.

And lets not overlook the three-way bromance: Jake Gyllenhaal hugging Mark Ruffalo hugging Matthew McConaughey.

Fact-checking movies: Between Selma, Foxcatcher and The Imitation Game, there has been no shortage of criticism over the historical accuracy of fact-based films this awards season.

Jessica Chastain is no stranger to this scrutiny.

The actress, nominated for a Golden Globe for her supporting turn in A Most Violent Year, recalled the intense scrutiny her film Zero Dark Thirty came under a few years ago, specifically over how accurate her portrayal of the woman who tracked down Osama bin Laden was.

To be honest, it makes me really sad, Chastain said on the Globes red carpet. We dont make documentaries. Were supposed to hold a mirror up to society, tell us where weve been in our history, where we are today and where were going in our future. That means we have a take on it, we get to comment on that.

Poehler, Fey take on North Korea: North Korea wasnt spared a lampooning from Golden Globes co-hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey in their riotous opening duologue at this years Golden Globes.

Neither was the movie that aroused North Koreas wrath.

Poehler said the countrys demand that The Interview not be shown ended up forcing us to pretend we wanted to see it.

Fey added that North Koreas reaction to The Interview (the country said it considered the movie an act of war) was not the worst review the film got either.

Getting the Entourage back together: Before the other big-name celebrities arrived at the Golden Globes, Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier and other stars of the HBO show Entourage put in a little work.

Co-stars Kevin Dillon and Kevin Connolly appeared to be shooting scenes for the upcoming Entourage movie. Between takes, they chatted and joked while other members of the production worked.

Just before their other acting friends and colleagues arrived to walk the red carpet for real, the Entourage group called things a wrap.

Out of the way theres a show to watch: Perennial It Girls Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon crammed in as much catching-up as possible during a Golden Globes commercial break.

But when a loudspeaker announcement boomed over the ballroom that only 30 seconds remained before the show returned live, the guy who plays Iron Man in the movies wasnt shy about telling them to wrap it up.

Sorry, ladies, may I please get to my seat? said Robert Downey Jr.

Witherspoon blushed and stepped aside, then joked to Aniston, So rude, that one. So rude.

All dressed up and time to go: With minutes to go before the Golden Globes got under way, the place to be was the womens restroom line, which snaked out the door.

The queue included Julianna Margulies and Claire Danes, who complimented each others gowns as they waited patiently.

Here we are, all dressed up, Frances McDormand said wryly as she brushed by them on her way to the ceremony.

Quotable: Im not much of a drinker, so Im going to eat seven pounds of pork. Billy Bob Thornton, describing how h**l celebrate his best supporting actor win for Fargo

There are thousands of people I would like to say thank you to. If I took the time to say thank you to everyone that I would honestly like to thank, Richard Linklater would have to make the movie and it would be 12 years long. J.K. Simmons, accepting his Golden Globe for best actor in a supporting role, motion picture, for Whiplash.

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Those-sparkling-moments-at-the-Golden-Globes-6008826.php

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Caribbean Images TV salutes the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Caribbean Images TV is holding its MLK Award Dinner Dance its annual tribute to he Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18 at the Adria Hotels Conference Center, 220-33 Northern Blvd., in Bayside, Queens, starting at 7 p.m.

Celebrating the life and legacy of late civil rights leader, the 19th annual event will also pay tribute to a number of individuals and institutions.

Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Queens), Kings County Democratic Club Chairman Frank Seddio, attorney Maiaklovsky Preval, and the Haitian American Nurses Associations Greater N.Y. will receive the 2015 Leadership Awards. And 2015 Outstanding Community Service Awards will go to Monica Sanchez, CEO of the Caricom Corp., presenter of the Miss Caricom (Caribbean Community of Nations) pageant and the Global Network for Progress charity for underprivileged Haitian children.

Performing artists for the affair include Mario De Volcy, Buyu Abroise, the Caribbean Dance Troupe and DJ Esalar. Tickets are $90 per person. For information and tickets, call (718) 525-0114, (917) 468-5219 or email peterpouchon@gmail.com.

CARIB ARTISTS IN '30 PLUS 30' GROUP SHOW

Barbados-born artist Carlton Murrell and Jamaica-born painter Lester Gunter known for their works that capture the beauty of their respective Caribbean homelands are two of 15 artists taking part in the 30 Plus 30 Equals 60 exhibition, coming to the Skylight Gallery at the Center for Art and Culture in Brooklyns Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp., starting Jan. 17.

The works of Murrell and Gunter will be joined in the exhibition by creations from artists Che Baraka, Tim Davis, Larry Shawn Gray, Jimmy James Greene, Linda Hiwot, Antionette Simmons Hodges, Al Johnson, Ted Lawton, Cheryl Miller, Deborah Shedrick, Deborah Singletary, Brian Williams and Ken Wright.

The 30 Plus 30 Equals 60 exhibition produced by art enthusiast and gallery owner Linda Sutton Jones runs through Feb. 14. For information, send email to lindasartdreams@gmail.com or calling (202) 498-5052.

CARIB FOOD-BEVERAGE BOOST

A new partnership to boost Caribbean economies by increasing agricultural and agri-business exports is placing the Caribbean food and beverage industry in a bright international spotlight.

We believe the Caribbean food industry can become a world leader in promoting innovative business models, said Basil Springer, director of the U.S.-based Global Business Innovation Corp. (GBIC) and spokesman for the initiative, which kicks off with meetings in the region Jan. 12-14.

The Caribbean Food Business Innovation Revolution session will be held in Trinidad and Tobago, presented by GBIC), a firm of Caribbean, American and Brazilian partners, with support from based exporTT the National Export Facilitation Organization of Trinidad and Tobago.

Springer explained that the Caribbean Food Business Innovation Revolution is centered on a three-pronged, coordinated approach governmental investment in manufacturers to boost economic growth, the business communitys investment in manufacturers and the manufacturers support.

The GBIC team includes Guyanese-American Owen Carryl, a product and technology development executive and innovation strategist who previously served in executive leadership positions with Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo.

For more information, contact Springer at basilgf@caribsurf.com, or Crisen Maharaj at cmaharaj@exportt.co.tt.

MARTINICAN AMONG PARIS VICTIMS

While the world mourns victims of last weeks terror attacks at France, residents of Martinique are grieving for Clarissa Jean-Philippe, the unarmed Martinique-born French policewoman who was believed to be killed by terrorists.

Clarissa Jean-Philippe who was new to the police force was shot and killed Jan. 8 in a Paris suburb. Authorities believe Amedy Coulibaly and Hayat Boumeddiene suspects in the hostage-seize in a Jewish grocery in France were connected to the killing of Jean-Philippe, who was attacked while responding to a traffic accident.

Coulibaly was killed at grocery and Boumeddiene is being sought.

The municipal policewoman cut down this morning was a credit to the nation, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said last week of Jean-Philippe.

The Jewish grocery attack took place after two terrorists killed staffers at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris and fatally shot two police officers. The two Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi were later killed in a battle with law enforcement authorities.

jmccallister@nydailynews.com

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/caribbean-images-tv-salutes-rev-martin-luther-king-jr-article-1.2074687

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