On verge of state history, Oregon golfer loses state title to scorecard violation

Eugene (Ore.) Churchill High girls golfer Caroline Inglis was on the cusp of history. After winning the Oregon Scholastic Athletic Association Class 5A state tournament during each of her first three years, Inglis finished the final round of the 2012 state tournament with a 3-under-par 69, a score that completed a dominant performance that was nine shots better than anyone else in the tournament.

Churchill golfer Caroline Inglis after being disqualified for a scorecard violation — Portland Oregonian All Inglis had to do to ensure history would be made was sign her scorecard. As it turns out, that's precisely what got her in trouble.
As reported by the Portland Oregonian, Inglis' scorecard actually credited her with a 4-under-par 68 in the final round, one shot better than Inglis' actual score. The error was the result of Inglis' playing partner hastily crediting the Churchill senior with a par on the 18th hole when she actually hit a bogey, but by the time Inglis noticed her partner's mistake, she had already signed her scorecard.
That gave OSAA officials no choice but to disqualify their rightful champion, because the state championship tournament was played under official USGA rules which call for any players signing inaccurate scorecards to be thrown out of the event.
Inglis' disqualification thwarted what would have been rare history in the Pacific Northwest. Had Inglis' victory been confirmed, she would have become the first golfer of either sex to win four consecutive state titles. Ironically, the winner who took Inglis' place could achieve just such a feat now; Portland (Ore.) Summit High freshman Madison Odiorne was given state champion honors following Inglis' DQ.
"It doesn't really feel like a win, because I know Caroline really won the whole thing," Odiorne told the Oregonian.

Odiorne wasn't the only person who felt for Inglis' stunning loss. Wilsonville (Ore.) High senior Juhee Lee, who finished as the runner up to Inglis in all three of the seniors' previous state tournaments, also called the incident "unfortunate".
Those sentiments probably do little to comfort Inglis, who could at least take solace in knowing that she'll get a chance at even greater glory ahead at the University of Oregon, where she has signed to compete in golf.
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Brett Lawrie fires helmet at umpire before fan hurls beer in tantrum over strikes

Toronto Blue Jays slugger Brett Lawrie apologized later for his tantrum, and he seemed to mean it, but video of him slamming his batting helmet to the ground and it hitting umpire Bill Miller in the right hip is incriminating. Lawrie deserves a long suspension, and one is likely.

Adding to the miserable ending of Miller's night, a disgruntled fan in the stands at Rogers Centre tossed a mostly full cup of beer and hit Miller in the right shoulder (video swiped by Deadspin) as he walked off the field. No matter how poorly Miller might have called the final two pitches of Lawrie's at-bat — strike two appeared to catch even less of the zone than strike three — he doesn't deserve either reaction.
Umpires don't need the league to protect them from their own poor performance, but they do need protection from players and fans (or anyone) who flies off the handle. Miller seemed remarkably measured in his postgame comments:

''Upon seeing that he was ejected, he took several steps toward me and fired his helmet. It hit me in the right hip,'' Miller said.

''That's a bit extreme,'' Miller said.

It was, though Lawrie had stopped going berserk by the time reporters reached him:

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"That was not my intention at all,'' Lawrie said. ''I've never, ever done anything to go at an umpire before in my life, and I didn't mean to tonight. I apologize for that.

''It's just my passion for the game,'' he said. ''I wanted to help my teammates out as best I could. That's the pride I have in this game. I leave my emotions out on the field.''

Getting thrown out of a one-run game (Toronto lost to the Rays 4-3) and incurring a suspension from the league helps the Blue Jays, how, exactly? And since when is it cool to lose your cool? Lawrie sure didn't make it look like an accident when he stepped toward the umpire and threw down his helmet. Lawrie completely obliterated his own point — getting balls and strikes called correctly — by throwing a fit (and some equipment).
Blue Jays manager John Farrell, who also got ejected after going out to restrain Lawrie and to argue with Miller's calls, took more umbrage with the umpiring than his 22-year-old losing control.

''The bat was taken completely out of Brett's hands, not only the 3-1 pitch but the 3-2 pitch as well,'' Farrell said. ''Those are not strikes.''

That's the best lesson we can take from the game, eh? That when things don't go your way, just mindlessly rage against the machine. By that logic, Lawrie should share some of the blame for inciting the fan to throw the beer at the ump. (And maybe he should.)
At least by apologizing immediately, Lawrie should lessen the penalty that's coming. What will the MLB disciplinarian (Joe Torre) give him? Yadier Molina got five games for his spitting tirade at Rob Drake a season ago. Back in 2000, MLB suspended Carl Everett for 10 games for a head-butting quarrel with Ron Kulpa. When he was in the minor leagues, Delmon Young got 50 games for throwing his bat at an umpire. That was unquestionably intentional.
Lawrie should get at least 10 games.

Pregnant Snooki Gives Up Tanning!

Just like Jessica Simpson had to give up high heels during her third trimester, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is also making sacrifices for her baby-to-be.

"Whoa look at this non tan. #pregnantproblems," the pregnant Jersey Shore star, who is expecting her first child with fiance Jionni LaValle later this year, tweeted May 12. According to E! News, the 24-year-old hasn't gotten her fake and bake on since last August.
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"When I tan once, it stays forever," the reformed tanning fiend told the outlet. "I have that natural dark skin. Even if I didn't tan for two years, I would still be tan."
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Besides reaching for the bronzer instead of the tanning lotion, she also has strong opinions on Patricia Krentcil, the ultra-tan New Jersey woman now known as "Tanning Mom," who has been under fire after reportedly taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth.
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"That bitch is crazy… you are not supposed to take kids there," Polizzi told Extra last week.

This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Pregnant Snooki Gives Up Tanning!

Jessica Alba on ‘Dark Angel’ Days: ‘I Was Being Objectified’

Jessica Alba's name is always at the top of many best-dressed lists for her chic, seemingly-effortless style. But there was a time when she was more fashion victim than trendsetter. In the late '90s, the now-married mother of two dressed pretty provocatively, thanks in part to her sexy character on the Fox sci-fi drama, "Dark Angel" — but she insists it was all for the sake of ratings. Even though she was only 19 at the time, "everyone formed a strong opinion about me because of the way I was marketed," Alba reveals in the June issue of Marie Claire. "I was supposed to be sexy, this tough action girl. That's what people expected … I felt like I was being objectified, and it made me uncomfortable. I wanted to be chic and elegant!"

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The sexy trend that gives Alba the worst flashbacks? Super low-rise jeans. "That was a fashion faux pas for me in the '90s," she adds. "I never thought it was a good idea — every time you bent over, it was a problem. And now, with the kids, forget it, I'm always bending down."
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Indeed, her two kids with husband Cash Warren, daughters Honor, nearly 4, and Haven, 9 months, have inspired Alba's current fashion sense, which is usually more practical than cutting edge. "I'm not going to wear stilettos, for example," she says. "Even kitten heels are kind of pushing it during the day. On a day-to-day basis, I wear boots, ballet flats, and sneakers, but mostly boots. They're stable, easy to wear." Being a mom to two girls has also affected the fashion choices she makes. Alba says that she tries to not leave the house — or hit a red carpet — in something she would not want her own daughters wearing one day. "Now if I'm going to wear something short, it has to have a high neck," she adds.
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But one thing that remains a constant in her daily outfits is her personality. Alba says she tries to portray how she feels on the inside by what she wears on the outside. "I'm all about the fantasy aspect of fashion and getting dressed to express how I'm feeling," she tells W. "Some days I feel more tomboy, some days I feel more feminine, some days like a warrior, some days a little freer, like a hippie. You can embody a different persona in whatever you're wearing."

Historic diamond sold for $9.7 million at auction

GENEVA (AP) — Marie de Medici wore it at her coronation as Queen Consort of Henry IV in France in 1610, and now the Beau Sancy diamond is a lavish accessory owned by an anonymous bidder who paid $9.7 million for it at Sotheby's auction.

The spring auction season for jewelry and watches is upon Geneva, where elegant lakefront hotels fill with well-heeled buyers and bidders in a scene far removed from the debate over European austerity.
Five bidders fueled the price on Tuesday at the Sotheby's sale for the Beau Sancy, a 34.98 carat diamond that had passed among the royal families in France, England, Prussia and the Netherlands. It was sold by the Royal House of Prussia, the line of descendants that once ruled Prussia.
Another historical item, the Murat Tiara, sold for $3.87 million. The pearl-and-diamond tiara was created for the marriage of a prince whose ancestors included the husband of Caroline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister.
 A diamond brooch known as the "Bonnie Prince Charlie" sold for $968,085. The brooch features a yellow diamond once owned by Charles Edward Stuart, whose attempt to regain the British crown led to the Battle of Culloden in 1745.
 At a Christie's auction Monday to benefit 32 charities favored by the Lily Safra Foundation, Safra's donated jewelry fetched nearly $38 million in sales — almost double what was expected.
 The most expensive item there was a 32.08-carat Burmese ruby and diamond ring that sold for $6.7 million, a world record price for a ruby sold at auction. Eighteen jewels by the designer JAR collectively brought in $11.4 million.
 After the auction, the billionaire Lily Safra beamed as she won a standing ovation from the buyers and bidders she had come to thank.

 She later told reporters that selling a heap of jewels for charity — rather than keeping them unused in a vault — felt like one of the best things she'd ever done in her life.

No, side bangs will not give you a lazy eye

Call it the great one-day (we hope) lazy eye panic.
It started, apparently, with a story in the Australian tabloid Daily Telegraph, which quoted an Aussie eye doctor as indicting the hair-over-one-eye hairstyles of Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie (those of us into old movies prefer Veronica Lake), and countless emo boys and girls, as causing lazy eye, or amblyopia. 
Then the story made its way to The Huffington Post. By the time msnbc.com contacted Dr. Leonard Press, the New Jersey eye specialist who co-authored the clinical practice guidelines on amblyopia for the American Optometric Association, the assistant who picked up the phone said “You mean the hair-over-the-eyes thing?” Amblyopia, a condition of reduced vision in which the brain does not recognize some or all of the information the eye sees, is indeed a serious eye problem, he said, and one of the reasons it’s serious is that, if left untreated in children younger than 7 years old, a very concerted, sometimes difficult, effort has to be made to correct the lazy eye. That’s because after about age 7, the neural and optical mechanisms involved have been well established, and changing them is tough going.

That’s exactly the reason why Nicole Richie is safe.
“The story would only be true,” he explained, “if you had somebody young enough, and if that person never looked out of that eye -- if it was blocked 24-7. The reason it’s false is that you don’t have that constant deprivation.”

The visual system, Press said, “is so well-established” after childhood, that “combing your hair over your eye will not do anything to that system.”

So don’t worry all you emo boys and girls. By the time mother and father give in to whatever hairstyle you want, any eye problems won’t be the result of your comb-over. Laser lights, well, that could be another story.

Ignore the Time breastfeeding cover: Never ask if you’re ‘mom enough.’ Here’s how.

This is a health bulletin. A sober, alarmist one. Aimed squarely at moms who feel guilty about their choices.

There is a neurotoxin that every mother must avoid. It's omnipresent. It's stealthy. And it's been found in radioactively high doses on the much-discussed breastfeeding cover of Time, which asked, "Are You Mom Enough?"

It's resentment. Avoid the story and steer clear of the poison of resentment—toxic to your brain and heart, and those of your kids.
Make whatever choices you want about breastfeeding, baby-wearing and co-sleeping (the ostensible subjects of the Time cover story). But avoid resentment, which is far more deadly to mother and child alike than lead, BPA and certainly commercial infant formula.
A woman cannot live a life or raise a child in a cloud of resentment. Resentment is life-threatening. It's enfeebling. And it's everywhere.
So when the cover story of so estimable a magazine as Time—by chronicling the lengths some women go to be responsive to their infants—issues an invitation to resentment, mothers must refuse. For their health. For their children.
Here's a handy rule for avoiding resentment: If you hate doing something, you absolutely must not do it.
This means that if you despise, in your heart of hearts, cooking or singing lullabies or breastfeeding or playing Frisbee, you are forbidden to even think of doing those things. As much as your children or your spouse or your weekly news magazine harangue you, stand your ground. If you hate it, skip it.
If you loathe watching Pixar movies or sitting criss-cross-applesauce or driving to field hockey practice or making homemade Halloween costumes or drilling SAT vocabulary or reading "Barnyard Dance" aloud—you must avoid these things. Dream up a workaround. Get your mom, dad, neighbor, wet nurse, spouse or babysitter to do them. Outsourcing is a choice you can feel good about.
The perfect opportunity to prevent resentment is at the outset. Ask yourself, "Do I hate being with children?" If the answer is yes, don't have one!

However, if the answer is, "Maybe, but I love the moral and social status associated with being a mom"—then have a kid or two, but make a lot of money first so you can hire a full-time, highly qualified concierge to keep you from spending too much time with them. You and they will be better off.

If you hate missing a moment with your kids, don't. Stay home with your children and savor the milestones and the long days. If you hate sleeping without a little body to cuddle, don't: co-sleep! If you hate anyone in your sleeping space, um, don't co-sleep. For even one night.
And if you hate breastfeeding—if it feels to you as it did to my friend Nell's grandmother, like "getting your nipple caught in a door"—for the love of everything BLOW IT OFF. Especially if you feel pressure not to blow it off—because that way resentment lies.
Get into bottle brands and enjoy the wonder of letting someone else do night feeding; and not pumping; and not seeing your baby as a mean parasite. Moms I know who have wept with misery over breastfeeding say they never felt more connected to their child, or more relaxed, than when they gave the first formula bottle.

Once you refuse, as a mom, to do the things you hate—especially the ones Dr. Sears or your friends or your mother-in-law says are non-negotiable—you open up a big beautiful space to the do the things you love as a mother. As mother to two kids, ages 6 and 2, I found out a few years ago that I hated to play catch. But I love to roughhouse. I hate to play with Legos, but I love board games. I hate to make dinner, but I love to make breakfast.

I have hated, at various times, to wake up early, to go to baby birthdays, to play soccer and to wrestle with car seats, but I loved to nurse, to go to play dates, to play in the water, to trim nails, to read and to create contests.

I wouldn't have known about my child-rearing hates and loves until I had children. And I wouldn't have discovered the danger of resentment until I took parenting advice that went against my nature—and lived to resent it. Strict religious practice and dietary restrictions sounded OK when I heard the justifications, but I wasn't listening to my heart. They were just not for me.

So now I forgo what I don't like. And I definitely don't do many of the exotic, exhausting and just weird-sounding things advocated in Dr. Sears' "Baby Book." (Take your baby to work with you if you must work in the first year?!) On the other hand, I'm all for the people who do love Dr. Sears and his advice. As long as they love doing it. My parenting pastimes sound exotic, exhausting and just weird to many people too.

Mike McGrady, Known for a Literary Hoax, Dies at 78

Mike McGrady, a prizewinning reporter for Newsday who to his chagrin was best known as the mastermind of one of the juiciest literary hoaxes in America — the best-selling collaborative novel “Naked Came the Stranger,” whose publication in 1969 made “Peyton Place” look like a church picnic — died on Sunday in Shelton, Wash. He was 78 and lived in Lilliwaup, Wash.

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Mike McGrady in 1969.

The cause was pneumonia, said Harvey Aronson, who with Mr. McGrady was a co-editor of the novel, written by 25 Newsday journalists in an era when newsrooms were arguably more relaxed and inarguably more bibulous.

Intended to be a work of no redeeming social value and even less literary value, “Naked Came the Stranger” by all appearances succeeded estimably on both counts.

Originally issued by Lyle Stuart, an independent publisher known for subversive titles, the novel was a no-holds-barred chronicle of a suburban woman’s sexual liaisons, with each chapter recounting a different escapade:

She has sex with a mobster and sex with a rabbi. She has sex with a hippie and sex with at least one accountant. There is a scene involving a tollbooth, another involving ice cubes and still another featuring a Shetland pony.

The book’s cover — a nude woman seen from behind — left little to the imagination, as, in its way, did its prose:

“Ernie found what Cervantes and Milton had only sought. He thought the fillings in his teeth would melt.”

The purported author was Penelope Ashe, who as the jacket copy told it was a “demure Long Island housewife.” In reality, Mr. McGrady had dreamed up the book as ironic commentary on the public’s appetite for Jacqueline Susann and her ilk.

For interviews and public appearances, Mr. McGrady conscripted his sister-in-law Billie Young to pose as Mrs. Ashe.

“Naked Came the Stranger,” which remains in print, has sold about 400,000 copies, according to its current publisher, Barricade Books, which rereleased it in 2004.

That year, The Village Voice rapturously described the book as being “of such perfectly realized awfulness that it will suck your soul right out of your brainpan and through your mouth, and you will happily let it go.”

First published in summer 1969, “Naked Came the Stranger” quickly sold 20,000 copies. Later that summer, Mr. McGrady and his co-conspirators came clean, and news of the book’s genesis made headlines round the world. By the end of the year, the novel had spent 13 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.

“What has always worried me,” Mr. McGrady told Newsday in 1990, “are the 20,000 people who bought it before the hoax was exposed.”

Michael Robinson McGrady was born in New York City on Oct. 4, 1933. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale; in 1968 and 1969, he studied at Harvard as a Nieman fellow.

For Newsday, Mr. McGrady covered the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. His series of columns from the front, “A Dove in Vietnam,” won an Overseas Press Club Award in 1967 and was published as a book.

Mr. McGrady conceived “Naked Came the Stranger,” fittingly, in bed.

“It came after a night of reading ‘Valley of the Dolls,’ ” he later told Newsweek, “which I couldn’t put down because I was asleep.”

Surely, he reasoned, a newsroom full of journalism’s best and brightest could together produce something just as schlocky — and just as successful. He fired off a memo to his colleagues.

“As one of Newsday’s truly outstanding literary talents, you are hereby officially invited to become the co-author of a best-selling novel,” it read. “There will be an unremitting emphasis on sex. Also, true excellence in writing will be quickly blue-penciled into oblivion.”

Two dozen journalists — mostly men and a few women — signed on, each contributing a chapter. True to his word, Mr. McGrady rejected submissions that were too well written.

Among the contributors was Bob Greene, Newsday’s distinguished investigative reporter; Gene Goltz, a Pulitzer Prize winner; and George Vecsey, a sportswriter who went on to work for The Times.

Reviewing the novel in The Times before the hoax was divulged, Martin Levin wrote, “In the category of erotic fantasy, this one rates about a C,” a quotation that quickly found its way into the book’s print advertisements.

Neither Mr. McGrady nor his co-authors were involved in the cinematic adaptation of “Naked Came the Stranger,” a pornographic film released in 1975.

Mr. McGrady was later a film and restaurant critic for Newsday. His other books include two as-told-to memoirs by the pornographic film actress Linda Lovelace, “Ordeal” (1980) and “Out of Bondage” (1986), and an instructional manual, “Stranger Than Naked: Or, How to Write Dirty Books for Fun and Profit” (1970).

After an early marriage that was dissolved, Mr. McGrady wed Corinne Young. She survives him, along with two sons, Sean and Liam; a daughter, Siobhan Benoit; a brother, Seamus; and five grandchildren.

Also surviving is Mr. McGrady’s sister-in-law Billie, who went on to write books of her own under the name Penelope Ashe.

An American influx at Cannes' global glamour fest

CANNES, France (AP) — Despite the mood in Europe, don't expect any austerity at the Cannes Film Festival, the annual Cote d'Azur extravaganza where glamour is wrapped in world cinema fervor and gauzy Mediterranean sunshine.

Except for the Oscars, it's the flashiest red carpet in the world, a ruby staircase flanked by tuxedoed photographers — and a world away from financial turmoil.
Yet Cannes, the 65th edition of which starts Wednesday, fetes its directors as much as it does its stars. This year, there are plenty of both: esteemed international filmmakers like Abbas Kiarostami and Michael Haneke to big-name talent like Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman.
Among the 22 films in competition, there's a particularly large American contingent, starting with the opening night film, Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom." The movie about adolescent love on the run brings a few new actors (Bruce Willis, Edward Norton) into Anderson's carefully orchestrated world.
Later, there's David Cronenberg's Don DeLillo adaptation "Cosmopolis," starring Robert Pattinson, and Walter Salles' ("The Motorcycle Diaries") anticipated adaptation of Jack Kerouac's beloved "On the Road." That film, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, stars Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund, but has attracted more attention for its supporting roles, including Pattinson's "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart as Dean Moriarty's girlfriend.
There's also John Hillcoat's "Lawless," a Prohibition-era bootlegging tale starring Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy, and Andrew Dominick's "Killing Them Softly," a crime film starring Pitt as a Mob enforcer. The unusually large U.S. group is rounded out by Jeff Nichols' "Mud," with Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, and Lee Daniels' "Precious" follow up, "The Paperboy," a death row drama starring McConaughey, Zac Efron and Kidman.
"The Americans are coming!" heralds Daniels, whose "Precious" screened in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section.
That echoes the same sentiment of Cannes' artistic director Thierry Fremaux, who declared America cinema "back in full force" when announcing the lineup.
For Daniels, the festival is a comfortable place to premiere his latest.
"We get so caught up, as Americans, in a specific type of film experience that we forget that this is a small fraction of what cinema is about," he says. "It's OK to be odd. I remember when I was doing 'Precious,' everybody looking at me and scratching their heads like, 'What are you doing, really?' I remember feeling that I was odd, and I don't feel odd at Cannes."
Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" last won the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, the first American film to do so since Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" in 2004. Although the French silent film ode "The Artist" was bested by "Tree of Life" at Cannes, it went on to win best picture at the Academy Awards.
"The Artist" had been picked up for U.S. distribution ahead of Cannes by Harvey Weinstein, whose Weinstein Co. will release "Lawless" and "Killing Them Softly" this fall. He's frequently used Cannes as a place to both acquire and launch films.
"Cannes is a worldwide arena," says Weinstein. "It's just a great opportunity to launch something. The worldwide press is there and it commands worldwide attention. You get such a difference of opinion, and when it comes together as a consensus, you can really launch a movie like we did 'The Artist' last year."
Several films in competition will be looking for distribution, and some have already found it. "On the Road" was last week acquired by IFC Films and Sundance Selects with plans for a release late this year. In deals signed in hotel rooms and aboard yachts, many other films in various stages of production will be bought and sold. After a robust market in 2011, Weinstein — "a buyer and a seller" this year, he says — describes this year's market as "maybe stronger."
Other films will seek to benefit from the global convergence of media, like the upcoming DreamWorks animation blockbuster "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," which will screen out of competition, and "The Dictator," for which Sacha Baron Cohen is expected to make an in-character promotional appearance on the waterfront Wednesday. The festival will also host a fundraiser for several Haiti charities, including Sean Penn's.
Whereas Penn and Pitt are familiar favorites at Cannes, this year's festival includes a new crop of young actors seeking more adventurous work, including LaBeouf, Efron and Pattinson.
"When you fantasize about how the world views you as an actor, you're like, 'I want to be recognized at Cannes,'" says Pattinson, who has drawn high compliments from his director, Cronenberg, for his performance in "Cosmopolis."
Pattinson has previously been to Cannes to promote the "Twilight" film "New Moon" in 2009, but he's clearly thrilled to be a part of the main slate.
"Hopefully, people don't hate it," he says, alluding to Cannes' famously vocal audiences.
Newcomers, though, are outnumbered by veterans this year. More than two-thirds of the directors with films in competition have previously had films at the festival.
There are no women directors in competition this year, after four last year — an outcome that the feminist group La Barbe has condemned in an online petition.
Haneke, the Austrian director who won the Palme d'Or for "The White Ribbon" in 2009, returns with "Amour," about an octogenarian couple. The British filmmaker Ken Loach, winner of the Palme in 2006 for "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," is back with "The Angels' Share" — atypically for Loach, a comedy. The Iranian master Kiarostami, whose "Taste of Cherry" won the Palme in 1997, has the Tokyo drama "Like Someone in Love."
That also leaves international heavyweights Jacques Audiard ("Rust and Bone"), Cristian Mungiu ("Beyond the Hills"), Matteo Garrone ("Reality"), Hong Sang-soo ("In Another Country," Carlos Reygadas ("Post Tenebras Lux") and the 89-year-old Alain Resnais ("You Haven't Seen Anything Yet").
Several of the American films are international collaborations, helmed by filmmakers from Brazil (Salles), New Zealand (Dominik) and Australia (Hillcoat).
At Cannes, the context is always macro: all the world, all of cinema.

"It's great to have an American genre film in that kind of arena, where what you're coming to do is just share storytelling and the love of filmmaking as opposed to national boundaries," says Hillcoat. "That's what's really exciting about Cannes."

Kris Jenner Throws Kourtney Kardashian A Second Baby Shower

Lucky Kourtney Kardashian doesn’t get one, but TWO baby showers! After boyfriend Scott Disick threw her an East Coast bash, mama Kris Jenner‘s opened her Hidden Hills, Calif. home to celebrate the exciting arrival of the new baby girl. 
About 90 people came to the May 12 fete that was decked out with pink and white peonies, Dutch hydrangeas, and fresh sweet peas, according to a Life & Style Weekly report. Guests dined on sushi and little sandwiches.
“Kourtney’s shower was so nice!” an eyewitness told the magazine. “Her mom and sisters were there, of course. They talked, laughed, and played games…She seemed happy and excited earlier in the day before the shower. Her son, Mason, was there, too.”
Scott, however, was absent from the second shower as he had hosting duties at an Atlantic City club.
Kourtney, 33, received “numerous” presents for the new baby including a $349 video monitor set, car seat, embroidered bibs, and teething toys.
“At one point, a Toyota van drove up to the property and numerous people rushed over to the car to help a blond female carry a huge gift, in black-and-white wrapping paper and a big red bow, into the house,” said a second eyewitness in the report.

Khloe Kardashian: I’m Still Pressuring Lamar Odom To Do Reality TV

Even though Lamar Odom is training for the Olympic basketball team, Khloe Kardashian is still hopeful that Khloe & Lamar will go on.

“I understand people have to sell magazines, but I didn’t pull the plug on any show, it’s not ending. I just said I wanted the summer for ourselves and to be with family and spend time his kids,” Khloe said on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 14.  ”Tryouts are in the first week of July. They only take 12, but to be in the top 12 is like a Grammy nomination. I didn’t pull the plug, let’s just call it a hiatus.”
Hmm! The 27-year-old stopped by Jay Leno with sisters Kim and Kourtney and while we’re happy to hear that show could still have another season, Khloe should probably be more concerned about her husband’s career.

Basketball is Lamar’s talent and love! Khloe should be encouraging him to stay focused on the Olympics rather than pining over her almost-cancelled show.

Adam Lambert Calls His New Album a ‘Make-or-Break Thing for Me’

Adam Lambert's new album is called Trespassing, but he was certainly a welcome guest this morning on "Good Morning America." The entertainer, sporting a hair-raising 'do for his appearance, sang his new single, "Never Close Our Eyes," on the morning show in anticipation of the album going on sale Tuesday.

This is the second studio album for the "American Idol" vet, who wanted full creative control, so he executive produced it and also co-wrote many of the songs. "This is a big make-or-break thing for me, especially for someone who comes off of 'Idol,'" Lambert, 30, told Billboard. "I did have a hit, which was great. That was one big step. Now what? Is that going to be it? Am I a one-hit wonder? So I wanted to get really involved in the process to make sure I was doing everything I could to create a great album. And I think I did."
The singer said that Trespassing reflects the knowledge he's gained since being launched into the business following his star-making turn as a flamboyant showman during Season 8 of "Idol." "Going into album two, I know who I am as an artist now," he told Billboard. "The last time I felt like I had to do all this stuff to prove something. With [Trespassing] it's a bit more like, 'Oh, that's a dope song. That's a cool melody. That's a cool groove. That's a cool song.' Not, 'Look how high I can sing that note 30 or 40 times in one song.'"
Further, Trespassing will be more personal than Lambert's first album, For Your Entertainment, which was put together quickly following his "Idol" stint. "I wanted it to reflect my social scene, not just what I knew my fans were going through," Lambert told Billboard. "So I'm writing about my gay friends — you know, going out and getting laid. I'm in a relationship right now, so I'm exploring monogamy and a serious thing, which is really cool. But I was single before that and there's a lot of joy in that, too. So there are songs about going out and getting freaky."
As for that monogamous relationship, Lambert is dating Finnish "Big Brother" winner Sauli Koskinen. During a recent appearance on "Chelsea Lately," Lambert revealed, "We're super happy. I met him when I was out there [in Finland] doing a concert and … he's great. We're very happy. I've always been the single guy so I'm just like, 'Yes! I got a boyfriend!'"

While Koskinen has certainly inspired Lambert's new album, so has life. "I did write a couple about my boyfriend," he told the talk show host. "Some are real sexy, crazy while others are romantic. My whole thing is I write from my experiences. I write from a first-person perspective. But I'm trying to write music that anyone can related to. So, yeah, I'm the gay guy who was on 'American Idol' but I'm also the human guy who sings."

Kim Kardashian: Tanner Than New Jersey's Tan Mom?

 

Is Kim Kardashian trying to get in on the Tan Mom drama?

The reality star recently compared herself to the New Jersey mom who came under fire for taking her five-year-old daughter to a tanning salon.

Kim tweeted a photo of her seriously tan self and wrote, “The tannerexic mom has some serious competition!!! LOL.”

The resemblance between the two women is, uh, not exactly striking.

She quickly added, “Relax that's just a spray tan!!! It washed off & I'm back to my normal tan self! But how crazy does it look after being on for 8 hours!”

Perhaps Kim should be reminded that Tan Mom is one woman whose wrath you don't want to incite. After Jersey Shore’s Snooki dismissed the oh-so-tan-one, Tan Mom fired back by calling the pregnant star “disgusting” and “fake.” We can only imagine what she’d have to say about this tabloid-happy Kardashian sister.

 

Weird Sex in Snooki's New Book

Forget "50 Shades of Grey," Nicole Polozzi has been captivating the country with the humiliating side of sex for a few years now. Only instead of spanking, it's vomit, and instead of handcuffs it's flatulence.

At heart, Snooki is a fetishist. A real-down-and-dirty-advanced-placement-hardcore fetishist. When she first vomited during a hot tub make-out session in the early days of "Jersey Shore" we assumed it was something she regretted, until we got to know her. Now we know she's titillated by the sloppier moments of intimacy largely blotted out of romantic films, literature, and our personal memories. She loves a puke-infused smush, she relishes in a drunken fall that leaves her magpie exposed to strangers, and she gets off on sharing all the gag-worthy exploits with the public at large.

It's a give and take. We obviously like hearing about it. Her second novel, seriously called "Gorilla Beach," out May 15, is stamped with all the gross-out sex nuggets we've come to expect from our Snooki brand. (We've also come to expect she has ghostwriter.)

"Gorilla Beach" is about two hot meatballs, Gia and Bella, and their summer misadventures in southern Jersey. There's an Atlantic City poker heist, a tarot reader and some ESP thrown in the mix. But really, the best parts of the book are the counter-intuitive turn-ons, or Snooki fetishes. Here are some of them:

Turn-on 1: Wedgies. If you read this book you will learn that having your swimsuit stuck in your crack makes men dizzy with excitement. See Ponzi, a no good schemer with a thing for Gia and her ill-fitting swimwear.

"Many of the booties he'd beheld were bolder than this girl's. So why in the hell had he reacted so strongly? She seemed clueless of her wedgie. The black suit, the tanned sweetly rounded butt, and her adorable artlessness stuck him in a tender spot..."
Turn-on 2: Burps. It is totally possible to produce a sexually-charged burp. This happens during a dinner date between Gia and Ponzi.

"'You like your meat?' said Ponzi licking the corner of Gia's mouth. She burped lustily in agreement."
Turn-on 3: Food in your teeth. Men like Ponzi want to suck your leftovers from your gums.

"He pulled her in for a pouf-quaking kiss. Then he smacked his lips. 'I think I just sucked the last bite of lobster out of your teeth...maybe there's some steak in their too," he said coming in for another mackwich."
Turn-on 4: Zero foreplay. Contrary to popular belief, some women find it disrespectful for a man not to grind them immediately. After a night of courtship, our heroine Gia put it too Ponzi straight.

"I appreciate your being romantical and how much you love to make out. But if you really loved and respected me, you'd smush me raw tonight."
Turn-on 5: Weird Stalker Art. Will, an artist with an obsessive crush on Bella, reveals a series of paintings he's been working on in homage to his crush.

"He put her head on the body of a panther, an eagle, an exotic dancer with six gigantic boobs and in a crest of seafoam. Since she was thirteen, boys had been telling her she was beautiful but Will made her believe it...A little later Bella explains her affinity for Will this way: 'Your orgy scene scene really turned me on. That chick with six boobs...mad sexy.'
After reading "Gorilla Beach," I found something liberating in the whole Snooki persona, approximated for posterity as the book's protagonist, Gia. Yes Snooki drinks to much, and she pretends to be stupid because people find that endearing, and from what I've seen, she wouldn't be my first choice for a mom if I was currently implanted in her belly. But she's a realist who finds pleasure in the things that disgust the rest of us. So in a way, she's a radical free-thinker. If you've ever wondered what you can learn from Snooki, and you probably haven't, hear this now. Gross sex is good sex. Never be embarrassed. And it's okay if you need to vomit.

Rihanna Poses Topless in New Music Video.

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Rihanna shared sexy never-before-seen snapshots of herself getting ready for her animalistic music video, "Where Have You Been," on Facebook this weekend. RiRi's obviously not shy about showing off her hot bod! Plus, on Sunday Kim Kardashian tweeted an edgy pic from her Vogue Italia shoot, and Kylie and Kendall Jenner sported some rather controversial accessories on the red carpet Saturday night.

‘Modern Family’s’ Sarah Hyland Opens Up About Kidney Transplant

On "Modern Family," Sarah Hyland portrays Haley, a boy-crazy teen who's most worried about the relationship with her on-again, off-again boyfriend and whether she'll get into college. But in real life, the 21-year-old actress has quietly been dealing with a medical issue that make those problems seem, well, quite small. As she reveals exclusively to Seventeen magazine in a new interview, Hyland's fought a lifelong battle with kidney dysplasia, a condition in which a baby's kidneys don't develop properly in the womb. In early April, she received a kidney transplant from her father, actor Edward James Hyland. "I have a second chance at life, not a lot of people get that," she tells the mag in her first interview about the transplant.

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Hyland is particularly grateful for the lessons she's learned from all of this. The greatest, she says, are that "You know that family is always going to be there for you — no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin' kidney!" Hyland explains. "But it's also the families that you create outside of your family. And you really find out what kind of people you're friends with. It was just amazing, and it really opened my eyes to see who's there for me and who's not." Someone who's certainly been there for the New York City native in this particularly trying time is her boyfriend since 2009 that she now lives with, "High School Musical 3" actor Matt Prokop. "He helps me with my medication and takes me to doctor appointments and all the stuff that I need to do to take care of myself," Hyland notes. "Any other 21-year-old guy would not be there, I guarantee it. I am one of the luckiest people in the world to have him be there for me."

On "Modern Family," Sarah Hyland portrays Haley, a boy-crazy teen who's most worried about the relationship with her on-again, off-again boyfriend and whether she'll get into college. But in real life, the 21-year-old actress has quietly been dealing with a medical issue that make those problems seem, well, quite small. As she reveals exclusively to Seventeen magazine in a new interview, Hyland's fought a lifelong battle with kidney dysplasia, a condition in which a baby's kidneys don't develop properly in the womb. In early April, she received a kidney transplant from her father, actor Edward James Hyland. "I have a second chance at life, not a lot of people get that," she tells the mag in her first interview about the transplant.

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Hyland is particularly grateful for the lessons she's learned from all of this. The greatest, she says, are that "You know that family is always going to be there for you — no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin' kidney!" Hyland explains. "But it's also the families that you create outside of your family. And you really find out what kind of people you're friends with. It was just amazing, and it really opened my eyes to see who's there for me and who's not." Someone who's certainly been there for the New York City native in this particularly trying time is her boyfriend since 2009 that she now lives with, "High School Musical 3" actor Matt Prokop. "He helps me with my medication and takes me to doctor appointments and all the stuff that I need to do to take care of myself," Hyland notes. "Any other 21-year-old guy would not be there, I guarantee it. I am one of the luckiest people in the world to have him be there for me."





Since "Modern Family" wrapped for the season in March, Hyland's had a break — which is probably exactly what she needs after such an operation. Still, a few remnants of the episode linger. "My taste buds are really off right now because of the medication I'm on," she admits. "I'm usually obsessed with Arnold Palmers, but I don't really care for them right now. Everyone around me is like, 'whaaat?'" And, of course, there are the memories of all the support she received. "There are people who came out of the woodwork, not because it was 'oh hey, congratulations on your show winning an Emmy.' No it was, 'hey, I'm here for you.'"
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Now Hyland wants to be there for someone else. She's involved with George Lopez's Lopez Foundation, which offers assistance to "underprivileged children, adults, and military families confronting challenges in education and health," and is dedicated to "increasing community awareness about kidney disease and organ donation," according to its website. The foundation sends kids to camp, collects toys, and holds other events to raise money for the little ones. "I think it's really great," Hyland says, "because it gives kids opportunities they wouldn't normally have and I've had experiences like that in my life, so it's really close to my heart."

'Swamp People' cast member Mitchell Guist dies.

PIERRE PART, La. (AP) — A cast member of the reality TV show "Swamp People" died Monday, a Louisiana sheriff said.

Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack said Mitchell Guist was pronounced dead at a hospital. He had fallen while aboard his boat on the Intracoastal Waterway, near Pierre Part.
History, which produces the reality show with Original Media, said Guist would have turned 49 on Friday.
"We are extremely saddened to report that our friend and beloved member of the Swamp People family, Mitchell Guist, has passed away. ... Mitchell passed on the swamp, doing what he loved. We appreciate your respect for the Guist family's privacy and hope you join us in sending our thoughts and prayers to his brother, Glenn, and the rest of the Guist family," the network said in a statement.
Initial reports from deputies in neighboring St. Martin Parish are that Guist was traveling on the waterway around 9 a.m. when he fell, Waguespack said. The boat returned to a nearby landing in St. Martin and Guist was taken to a hospital. The cause of his fall is unclear, and there is no word yet on the official cause of death.
WAFB-TV reports 911 tapes were released later Monday, revealing the lengths people in the Belle River community went to try and revive Guist. Witnesses called the emergency response number and asked for ambulances or a helicopter.
"You say he's in cardiac arrest?" the dispatcher said on the call.
"Yes sir, we're blowing and pumping the guy's chest right now," the caller said. "It looks like he may have had a heart attack."

"Swamp People," on the History cable television channel, features residents of Louisiana's Atchafalaya swamp country during alligator hunting season.

Jessica Simpson Debuts Maternity Line.

When it comes to the world of fashion, there's not a lot Jessica Simpson hasn't conquered. Her Jessica Simpson Collection features shoes, jeans, dresses, swimwear, jewelry, handbags, perfume, and now ... maternity wear. The new mom, who gave birth to her baby girl Maxwell Drew Johnson on May 1, unveiled her Jessica Simpson Maternity line on Monday. The collection of tops, maxi dresses, denim, jackets, blazers, and sweaters will be available at 700 stores, including Destination Maternity, Motherhood Maternity, and Macy's, at prices beginning at $36 this fall.

Like the designs in her Jessica Simpson Collection, Simpson's maternity looks will be casual chic, featuring basics that can be dressed up or down and have a "vintage '70s feel," according to the press release. "Full of breezy, everyday pieces, the collection is aimed at the modern mom-to-be who wants to maintain her fashion edge throughout her pregnancy." Jessica added that, "I'm so excited to partner with Destination Maternity to design a collection of fashionable styles that make you look and feel great! You want to wear clothes that are flattering to your baby bump; you want to show your bump off." The 31-year-old first-time mom stayed stylish during her pregnancy, often donning sky-high heels and printed dresses that hugged her tummy.