Rapper M.I.A. accuses Beyoncé, Madonna and Rihanna of stealing her sound

British rapper M.I.A. believes a trio of pop heavyweights are stealing her music.

“I’m fine with Madonna or Beyoncé or Rihanna being inspired by my work, but I would like them to then go, ‘Yeah, this immigrant who came out of nowhere influenced us, so maybe not all of them are f--ing terrible,” she told Q magazine.

She continued: "They don’t even think like that. They go ‘Yeah, maybe me stealing the stuff says she’s all right. She should be thankful we’re stealing it.’ But sometimes you just think, ‘f--k, I have to pay some bills,’ you know?'”

The British rapper, born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, who is mostly known for her hit "Paper Planes” also suggested Bey had more assistance than most artists get.

“Beyonce comes from the school of Michael Jackson-ness. Where the family built an entire world to support you, from when you were a child. I never had that luxury," the singer, whose parents immigrated to England from Sri Lanka, said.

Fans on social media immediately slammed the "Bad Girls" performer on Twitter.

"For all we know Beyoncé Rihanna and Madonna still think "M.I.A." means "missing in action," one wrote

Another added, "M.I.A gone end up MIA if she don't leave Beyoncé name out her mouth."

The 41-year-old fired back and labeled her critics racist.

“Industry offended I offended Beyonce, then spent 6 months telling me they can't market brown >LOLZ.

Domino’s begins delivering pizza to customers’ homes with drones!

#Domino #Drones – Domino’s begins delivering pizza to customers’ homes with drones : Domino’s, one of the world’s largest pizza delivery firms, has been working with Australian company Flirtey on drone-based deliveries for some time. But it’s now started bringing pizza direct to paying customers with its autonomous aerial vehicles, in what it says are the first such commercial deliveries anywhere in the world.

Currently, only a select group of customers can get their pizzas delivered by drone in New Zealand, but the two companies say they plan to further expand availability of the unconventional delivery method, offering “increasing scale in the near future”.

Flirtey’s autonomous drone technology and “complex safety systems” have been combined with special Domino’s packaging to ensure that customers can expect their food to arrive safely in urban environments, with drones able to fly through “a variety of weather conditions and flight paths".

Domino’s Group CEO and Managing Director Don Mejj said:

• We are thrilled with the results of our trials, and look forward to expanding DRU Drone by Flirtey soon.
• We invested in this partnership, and technology, because we believe drone delivery will be an essential component of our pizza deliveries, so even more customers can receive the freshest, hottest pizza we can offer.

He added that, in the future, Domino’s hopes that “more customers can expect to receive a freshly-made order within our ultimate target of 10 minutes.” The autonomous Flirtey drone itself is made from a range of carbon fiber, aluminum and 3D printed components.

The drone lowers the pizza to its delivery destination via a tether, and Flirtey says that it has “built-in safety features such as low-battery return-to-safe-location programming and auto-return-home commands in case of low GPS signal or communication loss.”

Domino’s is no stranger to exploring the use of technology to improve its operations. Earlier this year, the company showed off a prototype delivery robot based on military technology. A few weeks later, Microsoft revealed the Domino’s Pizza Bot as part of its Bot Framework, allowing Domino’s customers to order pizza from a digital customer agent. Source: neowin

Bill Cosby delivered a legal blow - again

Bill Cosby's repeated efforts to get criminal sexual-assault charges against him thrown out were dealt another blow Wednesday, when a Pennsylvania judge denied two of his motions to dismiss. 

In documents filed in Montgomery County outside Philadelphia, Judge Steven O'Neill denied Cosby's motion to dismiss the charges based on "deprivation of due process rights."  Cosby argues his rights have been violated because a previous district attorney promised years ago he would not be prosecuted.  

O'Neill also denied Cosby's motion for a hearing during which his lawyers planned to question the "competency" of other women who have accused him of sexual assault over the last five decades. And O'Neill said no to Cosby's request for a behind-closed-doors hearing to question these potential witnesses. 

But Cosby's effort to suppress a damaging 2005 deposition, in which he acknowledged obtaining drugs to give to women he sought for sex, is still up in the air. O'Neill said in the documents filed Wednesday that his findings on that point will be issued in advance of more hearings in the Cosby case set for Dec. 13 and 14. 

Those hearings will also deal with the question of whether the 13 other accusers can testify at the trial. 

Cosby is charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault in connection with an encounter with former Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his house in suburban Philadelphia in 2004. Cosby says the encounter was consensual; Constand says he drugged her and molested her.

More than a decade later, five dozen other women have come forward to accuse Cosby of drugging and/or raping them in episodes dating back to the 1960s. District Attorney Kevin Steele, who filed the charges against Cosby in December 2015, wants to call up to 13 of these other accusers to testify at a trial next year to highlight Cosby's alleged prior history of bad acts.

Cosby's lawyers have been fighting to toss the charges for months in multiple hearings before O'Neill, the latest on Nov. 1 and 2. The 79-year-old former entertainment icon argues that the charges are too old, that he was promised protection from prosecution, that the testimony of other accusers would be prejudicial, and that his poor eyesight (he says he's blind) would make it impossible for him to recognize witnesses and remember events from decades past. 

None of his lawyers' arguments have been persuasive to O'Neill, who has set a trial for no later than June 2017.

Still pending is whether a deposition he agreed to give in a civil suit that Constand filed against him in 2005 can be used as evidence against him at the trial. Cosby's other accusers have said the deposition shows Cosby's alleged "pattern" in encounters with women he sought for sex.

Steele has cited the deposition, parts of which were released in the summer of 2015, as "new" evidence against Cosby that spurred the charges against him — the only criminal charges so far.

“The judge’s rulings today get us one step closer to presenting our evidence at trial and furthers our pursuit of justice for the victim in our case,” Steele said in a prepared statement.

Cosby's lead lawyer, Brian McMonagle, has yet responded to the judge's rulings. 

Cosby's lawyers say he's legally blind:

Rae Sremmurd Discuss #MannequinChallenge Success on ESPN's 'SportsCenter'

As the #MannequinChallenge continues to make a big impression on the pop culture world, Rae Sremmurd stopped by ESPN's SportsCenter on Monday to discuss the success that it's brought them. After joining the show's cast and crew for their own Mannequin Challenge to open the segment, Rae Sremmurd talked about how they got involved in the viral video craze.

"I was going through Twitter and I seen a video of little high schoolers doing a Mannequin Challenge and I thought it was cool. I brought it to everybody and was like 'We're gonna do one.' We did our video to 'Black Beatles' and made the freshest video ever and it just went crazy, dumb viral mannequin," said Slim Jxmmi. Swae Lee explained that he was impressed with the teens' unique idea. "I was like, man, that's creative. Gotta get that bread for it though," he said.

According to Jxmmi, capitalizing on the success won't be a problem for them. "I don't think Ear Drummers is going to escape the paycheck though. It's coming to us," he said. "Black Beatles" recently hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, so he's likely correct in that regard.
After being asked what their favorite versions of the challenge were, the pair expressed appreciation for the videos from the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders and Paul McCartney. There's been so many versions that they seem to have lost track, finding out on the air that Michelle Obama and LeBron James had done a version as well.

Dwayne Johnson Is People's First Non-White Sexiest Man Alive in 20 Years

It's always an honor for anyone to be named People's Sexiest Man Alive, but for Dwayne Johnson, it means a little more…

The half-Samoan, half-black actor is the first non-white male to receive the title since Denzel Washington in 1996—20 years ago!

Needless to say, Johnson is stoked about the opportunity and admitted he feels like he's reached a "pinnacle" point in his career. However, that's not to say he didn't struggle for many years in order to get here.

"When I was growing up here in Hawaii, I was like 13, 14 years old, I was doing a lot of things that I shouldn't have," he revealed to the publication. "I was getting arrested multiple times but at the same time, always very respectful to my teachers and elders. I was unsure of who I was and who I wanted to be."

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People's Sexiest Man Alive Through the Years

Johnson's family struggled financially when he was growing up, so he was determined to play football and help them afford a better life.

"I played football for 10 years with one goal, which was to play in the NFL, which meant we'd never be evicted again. It meant that I could buy my parents their first home, their cars, whatever they wanted."

However, he never ended up making it. "That failure was tough; that was a tough pill," he admitted.

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After that, the actor reevaluated his life with just a few dollars and some dreams.

"I literally looked in my wallet and I had a five, a one and change. So I rounded it up to seven. It was a real rock bottom for me and I didn't know how defining or how meaningful seven bucks would be only until years later in my life," he explained.

Shortly thereafter, he found himself transitioning into Hollywood and trying to make it in the WWE. "I was met with skepticism and some cynicism of where I came from and the world of wrestling. Because you've got to prove yourself," he said. "But there wasn't a blueprint for me to follow. It wasn't like, 'Oh, there's this half-Samoan, half-black wrestler and you just do it like him.'"

Today he's the highest paid actor, and he's glad no one paved his path for him. "What's even better is that no one did it before me," he added. "I've got to make up my own rules myself."

But he's not the only one who appreciates the hard work, heart and effort he put into building his empire...even Zac Efron is pumped for his Baywatch co-star.

"Your personality is the most attractive," Efron tweeted. "Underneath the rippling muscles is a caring heart. Congrats 2 the sexiest man alive- love you dawg."

Johnson responded, "Luv u back brotha and appreciate your kind words. For the record, your [bicep emoji] are 'rippling.' Mine are more in that jacked egg yolked space." 

LOL! We love the bromance.

Jackie Chan, 3 other Hollywood legends get Oscars at 2016 Governors Awards!

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 -- After nearly 60 years and 200 films, Jackie Chan "finally" won an Oscar -- an honorary one -- for his efforts, as did three Hollywood legends lesser known outside of Hollywood itself.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored Chan, film editor Anne Coates, documentary director Frederick Wiseman and casting director Lynn Stalmaster at the eighth annual Governors Awards in Los Angeles.

The event, named for the Academy's board of governors, who pick the nominees each year, is one of the earliest events of awards season in Hollywood. Last year's Governors Awards honored Spike Lee, Debbie Reynolds and Gena Rowlands.

Tom Hanks, Michelle Yeoh and Chris Tucker introduced Chan, calling him a cross between John Wayne and Buster Keaton for the combination of action hero and comedy that has made him a global movie star. Chan hadn't received an Oscar despite his accomplishments, which Hanks noted have "been for some reason, shall we say, historically underrepresented at the Oscars."

After receiving the award, Chan told the audience he'd once seen an Oscar at Sylvester Stallone's house, and "I touched it, kissed it, smelled it. I believe it still has my fingerprints."

"After 56 years in the film industry, making more than 200 films, breaking so many bones, finally this is mine," Chan said.

Coates, who has an Oscar for editing "Lawrence of Arabia," has been editing movies since the early 1950s. Her first movie was "The Pickwick Papers," and her credits include "The Elephant Man," "In The Line of Fire," "Striptease," "50 Shades of Grey" and "What About Bob?"

Stalmaster was introduced as "the master caster" by Jeff Bridges and is the first person to win an Oscar for casting films. He found the right actors for "West Side Story," "The Graduate," "Superman," Fiddler on the Roof" and "Harold and Maude," among a long list of others.

Wiseman was honored for his documentary work, which includes "Titicut Follies," a film about an insane asylum that Ben Kingsley said he watched while preparing for "Shutter Island," and "High School," about Northeast High in Philadelphia, which influenced Wes Anderson while he was working on "Rushmore."

Documentary film director Alex Gibney, who introduced him, said Wiseman's films offer a view of everyday people dealing with some level of success and any range of other issues -- which Wiseman said the documenting of is important for a full view of life while accepting his Oscar.

"I think it's as important to document kindness, civility and g

generosity of spirit as it is to show cruelty, banality and indifference," Wiseman said.

 BOY ARRESTED AT MARYLAND MALL FOR DRUG POSSESSION.

sorry guy! its just #mannequinchallenge