Archive for July 22nd, 2008

7.22.08- Terrence’s Apology

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

7.22.08- Jackson Boobgate Over

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

janetjackson150.jpgFour years after Janet Jackson’s right breast found itself  popping out in front of an entire Super Bowl television audience, the courtroom drama is finally over.

According to E!, a federal appeals court threw out the $550,000 indecency fine against CBS Corp. heavily lead by watchdog group the Parents Television Council.

During the 2004 performance with Justin Timberlake, Janet’s boob – with a star shaped pasty covering her nipple — was flashed to 90 million viewers as Justin sang, “Gonna have you naked by the end of this song.”

He later famously referred to the incident as a “wardrobe malfunction,” but the FCC didn’t buy it and hit the network and its affiliates with the huge fine.

A three-judge panel overturned the fine though, saying the FCC had overreacted and ignored its 30-year practice of only fining for indecent programming that is “pervasive as to amount to ’shock treatment’ for the audience.”

The Parents Television Council is infuriated by the decision.

“While we are not surprised that the legal venue hand-picked by CBS would rule in favor of the network, the court’s opinion goes beyond judicial activism; it borders on judicial stupidity,” said Tim Winter, president of the PTC. “If a striptease during the Super Bowl in front of 90 million people— including millions of children—doesn’t fit the parameters of broadcast indecency, then what does?”

7.22.08- Rick Ross WAS Prison Guard

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Rick RossDespite his own denial, which you can witness here, it turns out Rick Ross WAS in fact an officer with theFlorida Department of Corrections.

Ross, real name William Leonard Roberts, worked as a prison guard for 18 months beginning in December of 1995 according to website TheSmokingGun.com who received verification of his employment from Jo Ellyn Rackleff, a DoC spokesperson. The rapper’s social security number is identical to that of the jail guard.