Outrage, protests grow over shooting of unarmed Florida teen

trayvon martin was shot february 26 , 24 days later there is still no arrest. his mother says she cannot eat or sleep until zimmerman is behind bars . al sharpton is organizing a bill rally tomorrow night at the first shiloh baptist church in sanford. he is with us now. thank you for your time. what is the goal tomorrow?


>> i think we still must press for the arrest of this shooter. this man has not been arrest zd and almost a month now, coming up on a month.


>> a man that the police have 911 tapes where he says he was pursuing trayvon, and this man claims self defense when he was pursuing the victim. here is a man not even registered as a real watch person as you would call.


Members of Trayvon Martin's family plan to be among demonstrators in New York for a "Million Hoodie March," a reference to the attire the 17-year-old was wearing when he was shot.
"A black person in a hoodie isn't automatically suspicious. Let's put an end to racial profiling," the online protest page says.
More than 800,000 people have signed a petition on Change.org demanding the arrest of the shooter, George Zimmerman.
Martin was fatally shot February 26 while walking to the house of his father's fiancee in Sanford, Florida, after a trip to a convenience store. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch leader, said he shot the teen in self-defense.
Zimmerman has not been arrested or charged in the killing of the black teenager. A police report describes Zimmerman as a white male; his family says he is Hispanic.


people said they enhanced the tape and you have some who believe that they heard the racial slur . the bottom line , though, regarding evidence if the tape was edited, regardless of what words were there, that would be substantial. that is something that we saw in mississippi, other parts of this country, when police and authorities help in covering up if these allegations are true.


>> i think that's what is so chilling here, not only about the allegations of the tape but the whole case says we made a lot of progress in this country, but what does it say if we can put an african-american man in the white house and we can't walk an african- american child to the store to get skittles? i think that is what is really hit a lot of americans saying, wait a minute, we can't stand for this.


>> we know you will be in florida. we hope you can join us from there live as you will be with the family once again, and also tonight on politics nation reverend al will be joined by trayvon's parents tonight at 6 p.m . eastern time here on msnbc. thank you, sir.

KISS, Motley Crue to rock Tulsa this summer

The rockers will embark on a 40-plus city jaunt simply dubbed “THE TOUR” on July 20 in Manassas, Va., and visit Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood three dates later on July 24.


Tickets to the Lakewood date are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for $29 (lawn) and $29-$150 (reserved). Those with Citibank credit cards can get a jump on buying, starting at 2 p.m. Wednesday through www.citiprivatepass.com.


While the apparently never-retiring KISS (currently Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer) has toured in the past with fellow longhairs Poison (in 2003) and Skid Row (in 2001 for the, ahem, KISS “Farewell Tour”) and the original lineup of the Crue has also rocked stages with Poison (2011) and Aerosmith (2006), this unholy matrimony of fist-pumping glam rock is seen by many ‘80s rock fans as the ultimate pairing.


KISS and Motley Crue did share a stage in 1982 for the “Creatures of the Night Tour,” when the Crue was in its infancy and KISS was dealing with the departure of Ace Frehley and arrival of Vinnie Vincent.


Jul 20                     Bristow, VA                                        Jiffy Lube Live 
Jul 21                     Virginia Beach, VA                           Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach 
Jul 22                     Raleigh, NC                                         Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek 
Jul 24                     Atlanta, GA                                         Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood 
Jul 25                     Charlotte, NC                                    Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 
Jul 27                     West Palm Beach, FL                      Cruzan Amphitheater 
Jul 28                     Tampa, FL                                            1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre 
Jul 31                     Pelham, AL                                         Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 
Aug 3                     Houston, TX                                       Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 
Aug 4                     Dallas, TX                                             Gexa Energy Pavillion 
Aug 7                     Albuquerque, NM                           Hard Rock Casino Presents The Pavilion 
Aug 8                     Englewood, CO                                 Comfort Dental Amphitheatre 
Aug 10                  Phoenix, AZ                                        Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion 
Aug 11                  Las Vegas, NV                                    Mandalay Bay Arts Center 
Aug 12                  Chula Vista, CA                                  Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre 
Aug 14                  Irvine, CA                                            Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 
Aug 16                  Concord, CA                                       Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord 
Aug 18                  Auburn, WA                                       White River Amphitheatre 
Aug 19                  Ridgefield, WA                                  Sleep Country Amphitheater 
Aug 24                  Grand Junction, CO                         Rock Jam 
Aug 26       Tulsa, OK                       BOK Center (on-sale 3/30) 
Aug 27                  Maryland Heights, MO                  Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 
Aug 29                  Minneapolis, MN                             Minnesota State Fair (on-sale 3/31) 
Aug 31                  Cincinnati, OH                                    Riverbend MusicCenter 
Sep 1                     Noblesville, IN                                   Klipsch Music Center 
Sep 2                     Pittsburgh, PA                                   First Niagra Pavilion 
Sep 4                     Nashville, TN                                      Bridgestone Arena 
Sep 5                     Clarkston, MI                                     DTE Energy Music Theatre 
Sep 7                     Tinley Park, IL                                    First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 
Sep 8                     East Troy, WI                                      Alpine Valley Music Theatre 
Sep 11                   Allegan, MI                                         Allegan County Fair (on-sale 5/5) 
Sep 12                   Cleveland, OH                                   Blossom Music Center 
Sep 13                   Toronto, ON                                       Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 
Sep 15                   Darien Center, NY                           Darien Lake Performing Arts Center 
Sep 16                   Mansfield, MA                                  Comcast Center 
Sep 18                   Scranton, PA                                      Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain 
Sep 19                   Camden, NJ                                        Susquehanna Bank Center 
Sep 21                   Holmdel, NJ                                        PNC Bank Arts Center 
Sep 22                   Wantagh, NY                                      Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 
Sep 23                   Hartford, CT                                       Comcast Theatre 

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Three-Disc Combo Blu-ray/DVD) – Blu-ray

Backed by plenty of critical support and some modest commercial returns, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" gets launched on DVD and Blu-ray this week, looking to scoop up some of the adult demographic that missed it in theaters. Also hitting stores this week will be "The Muppets," the highly acclaimed family film starring Amy Adams and Jason Segel that was a solid success for Disney last November. Roman Polanski's star-studded satire "Carnage" is another title reaching the home market this week and Jonah Hill fans can check out screwball comedy "The Sitter." Thriller "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" gives adults another option and a new special edition Blu-ray set is launching this week for cult hit "Battle Royale."


Now near the top of the A-list, director David Fincher delved back into darker territory with his adaptation of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," a film that should remind audiences a lot more of "Seven" and "Fight Club" than "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." With an acclaimed performance from star Rooney Mara, "Dragon Tattoo" was mostly a hit with adult audiences when it reached theaters this past holiday season, though it didn't take off at the box office the way that Sony/Columbia had hoped. But even though "Dragon Tattoo" wasn't a runaway commercial hit, it still racked up a steady $229 million worldwide and announced a new action character that can carry a franchise.


Frode then calls Blomkvist to see if he’s interested in a job, doing an investigation of a cold case.  Blomkvist is taken to an isolated island owned by the Vanger family.  He’s asked by Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) to investigate the death of his grandniece Harriet who vanished from the island in the 1960s and was never seen again.  Harriet’s brother Martin (Stellan Skarsgard) now runs Vanger Enterprises. 
They have always presumed Harriet was dead but Henrik gets a birthday present mailed to him every year and it is something that only she knew.  He has assumed that these have come from her killer and has led to his obsession with finding out what happened to her.
Now the aging Henrik wants to have other eyes look over the case so that he might have a resolution before he dies.  Mikael moves into a guest house and begins his investigation.  His sleuthing will bring the case back to life but also put him on a collision course with Salander.  
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo comes from the hit book by the late Stieg Larsson, one of a trilogy of books he was tinkering with that were only found on his computer after his too soon death. 
They turned into an international hit and even into Swedish films.  It wasn’t too unexpected when Hollywood turned their attentions to them.  It did seem a bit odd since films had already been made and had a somewhat successful theatrical and home video release - but that didn’t seem to stop anyone. 
I will say that I found the original film excellent.  I’ve not found time to read the books but hope to one day, as well as watching the second and third Swedish films.  The initial thought was that why mess with a film that was great already, but in our age of remaking remakes I guess we should’ve just been happy that they were tackling more adult material instead of PG-13 hooey. 
I would say that both films are at least equal.  I can’t pick the winner in this race, but each has charms all its own.  Fincher’s certainly is glossier, but both feature fantastic performances.  It’s not just a matter of filming in English as Fincher puts his own spin on things. 

R. Kelly Releasing 'Trapped In The Closet' Series On IFC

Get ready for more drama from Sylvester, Twan and Pimp Lucius - R. Kelly is delivering more chapters of "Trapped in the Closet." 


The outrageous musical series started off as five videos for the R&B singer's dramatic cliffhanger songs in 2007. It quickly became a cult classic, and he added more chapters, put the accompanying videos on a DVD and also teamed up with IFC to premiere it.



For the next chapters, Kelly is teaming up with IFC again. He said in a statement Wednesday: "The Alien is back and It has brought friends along." 


There has been no date set for the video series as yet, but now's a better time than ever to revisit the previous clips, which rolled out from 2005 to 2007. The soap opera series began with a one night stand and wove into an extended tale of sex and lies, starring Kelly's alter ego Sylvester.


"When I first began experiencing the unknown journey of writing Trapped in the Closet I knew after the first chapter that I had tapped into something that was not of this earth," R. Kelly said in a statement. "Being the nosy person that I am, I more than anyone wanted to know what the second chapter would be. And now here we are at chapter 23, trapped in the million dollar question – what the hell is the package? Well, ladies and gentlemen, not only am I ready to reveal what the package is, but I have many more chapters to share."

El DeBarge at Key Club

 El DeBarge, singer of the '80s hit "Rhythm of the Night," was arrested in the Los Angeles area on Monday for possession for sale of narcotics, E! News has confirmed. 


DeBarge, who was recently videotaped having an emotional reunion with old pal Whitney Houston just days before her death, was booked and released on $30,000 bail and is due in court on April 9, according to the entertainment website.


The 50-year-old singer has been arrested several times for drug possession since 2001 (in 2008, he was sentenced to two years in prison for possession of crack and drug paraphernalia). 


Then again, Thursday’s performance, which lasted less than an hour, felt plenty volatile all by itself, with false song starts, a baffling dance contest and the temporary disappearance partway through of DeBarge, who tearfully retreated behind a curtain at the rear of the stage after singing “Rhythm of the Night.” (A handful of associates coaxed him back out.) So perhaps he was apologizing for more immediate craziness. “I’ve done a couple of no-shows, but I couldn’t do one in L.A.,” DeBarge said near the end of the concert, adding that he was suffering from the flu. “I promise I’ll make it up to you.”


What made this especially frustrating was how good DeBarge could be at the Key Club when he put his frazzled mind to it. Backed only by a drummer and the L.A. hip-hop veteran DJ Quik — the latter of whom sang a bit of Eddie Kendricks’ “Intimate Friends” during DeBarge’s unannounced intermission — the 50-year-old demonstrated how little age has coarsened his feather-light tone in “Stay With Me” and “Time Will Reveal.” His keyboard playing, too, remained nimble and expressive, particularly in a delicate reading of the title track from “Second Chance,” which he said had been one of Whitney Houston’s favorite songs.


It was easy to think of Houston throughout Thursday’s show, as DeBarge’s erratic behavior continued to draw focus away from his music. In “Rhythm of the Night” he spent an enormous amount of time selecting someone from the crowd to compare moves with a mohawked dancer he described as his protégé. And after “Time Will Reveal” he demanded, without apparent provocation, “Don’t feel sorry for me! We’re good!”


And yet just when you were wondering how much blearier things might become, DeBarge planted himself behind his keyboard at center stage and offered up a pair of tunes — first “All This Love,” then “I Like It” — that felt totally snapped-down, as though they were beamed in from some other show. “I Like It” was almost scarily intense, DeBarge’s eyes flashing with the kind of purpose he’d seemed incapable of earlier in the evening; DJ Quik looked on, seemingly impressed.

El DeBarge arrested in Encino on suspicion of drug possession

El DeBarge is racking up a bevy of greatest hits—on his sprawling rap sheet.


E! News has confirmed that the "Rhythm of the Night" singer (real name: Eldra DeBarge) was arrested in the Los Angeles area on Monday for possession for sale of narcotics, adding yet another notch to his long history of run-ins with the law.


Police confirm that DeBarge was arrested at 2 p.m. in Encino. No other details were available.


He was booked and released on a $30,000 bail and is due in court on April 9.


The singer, who was most recently spotted having an emotional reunion with old friend Whitney Houston at a Hollywood club just days before her death, has a troubled history with the law, and with drugs.


Undercover narcotics officers were conducting an investigation near White Oak Avenue and the 101 Freeway early Monday when they spotted the singer and another man acting suspiciously, said LAPD spokeswoman Norma Eisenman.


Officers recovered narcotics from an area where DeBarge had been standing, Eisenman said.


El DeBarge, best known for the Grammy-winning song "Rhythm of the Night" in the mid-1980s as part of his family's group DeBarge, was booked on suspicion of possession for sale of drugs.


The other man, Curtis Freeman, was arrested on suspicion of attempted drug possession.


DeBarge attorney Spencer Vodnoy said he was skeptical about the initial booking charge of possession for sale given his client's struggle with drug use.


"The DeBarge family is very close knit and have had their struggles with substance abuse," Vodnoy said. "They will do what they always have done, which is to support their sibling through this."

Spring Break Lessons From Hugh Hefner and Ted Turner

Michael Bay's decision to alter the mythology of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' is causing a commotion, Hugh Hefner's son, Martson, pleads no contest in battery case, Adam Levine in talks to join 'American Horror Story', Hilary Clinton joins in latest search for Amelia Earhart, and more. 


Director Michael Bay is retooling the backstory for the latest installment of the "Ninja Turtles" franchise.
Michael Bay revamping the mythology of'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'


Back in the 60s, there were not as many famous senior citizens in the public eye who had already traveled that playboy path. Young people back then wrongly assumed that they would find fulfillment in living with such reckless sexual abandon. Today however, we have many notable examples of old men who have spent their lives pursuing "tons of sex" with multiple partners. We also have many women who have been with those men for a brief time and seen how quickly their partner leaves them for the next "babe" he gets in his sights.


If this lifestyle was truly able to deliver the satisfaction it promises, then surely we would see it in the lives of Hugh Hefner and Ted Turner and their many female conquests. Today, Ted commands the attention of his four lovers (or his "lusters" if you will). He gives each woman one week of his time every month. How generous of him. Are the lucky ladies happy with the arrangement? "Sort of," said Ted. Sounds like Ted's spin rather than their honest assessment of the situation. Is Turner still lonely even in the midst of so many women? "Maybe a little," he admits. Now that sounds deeply fulfilling for everyone involved, doesn't it? Talk about "livin' the dream." Not exactly.

Kendra lands new WE reality show, 'Kendra On Top'

Congratulations to Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett on landing a new reality show on WEtv called 'Kendra On Top'! Kendra says she "parted ways" with E! Entertainment Television who aired her former reality programs, 'Kendra' and 'The Girls Next Door'. WE ordered 14 episodes of the show, the one-hour premiere and one-hour finale plus 12 half-hour episodes that start production this month. The show will focus on Kendra's life as a wife and mother and husband Hank's life after professional football. They will even show their precious son, Little Hank, 2, on his first day of preschool!


Yes, Kendra, 26, is returning to reality TV. And as she chatted with us on Monday, she giggled every time she said the name of the new show, Kendra On Top.


"Of course you can look at it however you want to look at it, but the reason we named it that was because everyone said, 'Kendra, you're the most fit, you're the best wife, you've got the best family.' Everyone's been saying those words to me so we summed it all up."


She adds, "You can take it and play with it and have fun with it. I'm OK with it, 'cuz I'm a free person, I'm open. That's the fun part of it, but the real meaning is where my life is now."


Even though she is still close friends with Hugh Hefner, Kendra has no plans to pose for Playboy again anytime soon. She is happy to stay focused on her life as a wife and mother. She says, "I felt like my life was injected with steroids. I'm bigger, I'm better. I'm the best person, the best parent. I want to be happier, more fulfilled." WEtv says that Kendra will also show how to be a mommy and a hottie at the same time! Kendra and Hank have already had publicity shots done for the new show. It starts production in Los Angeles this month.