L T PLEADS GUILTY

Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor reportedly pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors Thursday in connection to his arrest earlier this year, but will avoid jail time.

The New York Daily News reported that Taylor, 51, pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute, and will face six years of probation. The paper also reported that he will need to register as a sex offender.

In July, Taylor pleaded not guilty to charges that included third-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child. He had been arrested in May by police investigating a reported rape at a Holiday Inn in Montebello, New York, and was alleged to have paid for sex with a 16-year-old girl.

In a federal case against the girl's supposed pimp, court papers state that Taylor admitted to sex acts with the girl, but was informed she was 19.

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KANYE'S NEW WATCH

Tiret has a nice little thing going for itself when it comes to high-status celebs who want some of them, on their wrist. I previously wrote about a watch that Tiret made for Usher here. The same concept (but done differently) was applied to a watch for musician Kanye West. You have the same oblong "Second Chance" watch case design, in 18k yellow gold. Coming with a gold bracelet or reptile strap, Kanye seems to be enjoying his (as he seems to wear it a lot). 

The watch dial features two Swiss quartz chronograph movements. So you have two times, two chronographs, etc... The real allure is in all the jewel work. Tiret claims it took them over five months to create the dial. The dial itself is in gold toned mother-of-pearl, with a combo of white, yellow, brown, and black diamonds. The bezel is lined with very large diamonds as well. The watch is said to have a total of about 8 carats of stones. Kayne's face has been immortalized on the dial - complete with sunglasses. Retail price for this is said to be about $180,000, and is custom made specially for each client. 
I like Kanye and I like watches but not this.


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I NEED THIS REMOTE

With Motorola’s R331 rechargeable remote you’ll never have to search for replacement batteries, or even the remote itself, ever again. It comes with a dock for charging its internal battery, so every once in a while you just need to remember to use it to keep the remote working. And if your remote has gone MIA in the living room or wherever you use it, the dock has an audible find function making it easy to locate as long as it hasn’t left your home. The R331 is designed to be a replacement for the standard remote included with Motorola’s VIP Set-top box.
I need this like yesturday.


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MYSPACE IS DONE

This week MYSPACE has fired 47% of it’s staff (500 people) and rumors are News Corp. is preparing to sell the company.  Here’s what CEO Mike Jones had to say about the possible end of an era:

“Today’s tough but necessary changes were taken in order to provide the company with a clear path for sustained growth and profitability,” Jones said in the statement. “These changes were purely driven by issues related to our legacy business, and in no way reflect the performance of the new product.”

After the restructuring, MySpace will be put up for sale, All Things D, a website owned by New York-based News Corp., reported yesterday. The business will be offered to private equity firms and possibly to Yahoo! Inc., the website said.

In a few more years Facebook will be gone as well mark my words.

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CHECK OUT THIS CRAZY STUFF

Would you do any of these things. Not me.


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REAL LIFE SUPERHERO GETS HIS REAL NOSE BROKEN

In a scene right out of the movie "Defendor". a Seattle crime fighting "super hero" Phoenix Jones saw a fight over the weekend and went to break it up. And just like Woody Harrelson's character in 'Defendor', Phoenix Jones got his ass mopped and dropped, ending up with a broken nose.

But the caped crusader has no intention of ending his mission of crime fighting even though he got his ass kicked.

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WEEKEND WRAP UP: SNOW IS ALL OVER THE PLACE, TRUE GRIT IS THE TRUE CHAMP

We just had a winter storm here in Atlanta. orry for the slow blog post but had computer and internet issues during this storm . I will get better soon.
Here is the rest of the post.


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True Grit won at the box office over the weekend. I probably won't see it because I hate westerns, but here are the totals.


Weekend Box Office Actuals (U.S.)
Jan 7 - 9 weekend


1 2 True Grit Paramount Pictures $14,605,135 TOTAL: $110,035,157
2 1 Little Fockers N/A $13,487,245 TOTAL: $123,687,760
3 - Season of the Witch Relativity Media $10,612,375 TOTAL: $10,612,375
4 3 TRON: Legacy N/A $10,090,002 TOTAL: $148,212,420
5 9 Black Swan Fox Searchlight Pictures $8,113,011 TOTAL: $61,218,504
6 42 Country Strong Screen Gems $7,326,165 TOTAL: $7,463,454
7 6 The Fighter Paramount Pictures $7,001,504 TOTAL: $57,845,946
8 4 Yogi Bear N/A $6,641,250 TOTAL: $75,436,771
9 10 The King's Speech The Weinstein Company $6,414,407 TOTAL: $32,896,665
10 7 Tangled Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $5,111,098 TOTAL: $175,779,496

Raw footage of raging water taking parked cars downstream after massive flood in Queensland, Australia
And I though we had it bad here in Atlanta.

Check out some of the luxury vehicles that made their debut at this years Detroit Auto Show. Please give me one of each.