The UFC rising star being hailed as “The Next Jon Jones” says he’s sick and tired of it … and wants everyone to know he’s an original. We got undefeated 185-pounder Israel Adesanya before his second UFC fight this Saturday on FOX … and he…
Showing posts with label Comparisons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comparisons. Show all posts
Friday, April 13, 2018
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Johnny Manziel Speaks Out on Colin Kaepernick Comparisons and Controversy
Johnny Manziel’s had it with the controversy over his quest to return to the NFL being compared to Colin Kaepernick’s situation, and he’s speaking out in favor of Kaep … and himself. The former Browns QB says he’s tired of the anger people have…
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Taylor Swift Video Director: Enough with the Beyonce Comparisons!
We’re guessing this hasn’t exactly been the return Taylor Swift envisioned.
First, the singer was criticized for a drawn out tease of her new album, taking three days on Instagram to share various snake-themed videos that got kind of old and obvious right away.
Then, Swift released “Look at What You Made Me Do,” her first single in years.
And people HATED it.
Then, Swift teased the music video that will debut during tonight’s MTV VMAS…
… and a certain segment of the population really let her have it.
Based on Swift’s all-black outfit and the alignment of her backup dances, Taylor is accused of copying Beyonce.
Members of the passionate Beyhive think Swift stole her look and portions of the music video from Beyonce’s “Formation” performance at the Super Bowl and from her video for the track “Lemonade.”
“Lemonade and Minute Maid,” one Internet user wrote rather harshly, while others offered critiques such as the following:
On Friday night, however, Joseph Kahn came to Swift’s defense.
The Grammy-winning director behind Swift’s “Bad Blood” video, as well as Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” and “Jumpin Jumpin,” Tweeted his reaction to fan speculation that Tay was making like Bey.
“I’ve worked with Beyoncé a few times,” Kahn wrote. “She’s an amazing person. The #LWYMMDvideo is not in her art space. Love and respect to Bey.”
Interesting take and perspective, right?
The shot of Swift and her male dancers all lined up in an elegant ballroom is the one that has Beyonce fans must upset.
“Beyonce played on being a plantation owner in Formation & now that Taylor Swift is ripping from it she’s trying to be one too,” wrote one critic on social media.
And others have been ripping Swift for the way she launched her comeback, for the single itself and then for the video.
“The song is a poor man’s Britney, the video’s gonna be a poor man’s Beyonce,” explained another hater. “Taylor Swift wants to be anyone but Taylor Swift.”
Ouch.
We’ll get a chance to view the entire video on Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards.
It’s probably best to withhold judgment until then.
“There’s something to that ‘Formation’ shot I painted out and you haven’t seen yet,” Kahn added on Twitter, teasing the video’s upcoming premiere and writing:
“Stay tuned Sunday #LWYMMDvideo #SneakyAsian.”
We’ll be doing that for sure.
Will you?!?
Friday, March 11, 2016
Sarah Silverman Poses as Hitler to Discuss Trump Comparisons: WATCH!
Now that the primary elections are well underway and Trump is actually still in the lead, people are getting scared.
So scared, in fact, that they"re comparing him to the scariest of the scary monsters in all of history: Adolf Hitler.
Everyone from Louis CK to Bill Maher to Glenn Beck has likened the GOP front runner to the World War 2 dictator, with the former only half-joking when he said, "Hitler was just some hilarious and refreshing dude with a weird comb over who would say anything at all."
In light of the recent controversy, Conan O"Brien invited Hitler himself – okay, it"s really Sarah Silverman playing Hitler – on his show to address the comparisons.
She hilariously comes out clad in full Nazi regalia and naturally greets the audience with the infamous Hitler salute.
Conan goes straight in and asks what he thinks about the unfavorable comparisons to Trump.
"Don"t get me wrong, Conan, I agree with a lot he says, a lot," Silverman"s Hitler says. "Like, 90 percent of what he says, I"m like, this guy gets it!"
"But it"s just – I don"t like the way he says it, it"s just, it"s crass."
She then brings up the other most talked-about issue of the recent Republican debates – Trump"s penis size.
"What kind of person talks about his penis size on national television?" she says. "Oh, yeah, I"m so sure Donald Trump has a big penis. I famously have a micropenis – that"s what makes a tyrant!"
Silverman, who is famous for her comic persona as a Jewish-American princess, actually portrays Hitler as a lovable little asshole compared to Trump, and it"s freaking hysterical.
(We"re sure Kanye West is secretly seething behind his wife"s back about the impersonation.)
As for the rest of you, watch and enjoy!
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