Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Michael Weatherly Bids Hilarious, Heartfelt Farewell to NCIS

CBS viewers will not be without Michael Weatherly for very long.


Yes, the actor departed his role of Tony on NCIS Season 13 Episode 24, as the Special Agent learned that Ziva was dead and that he was a father and felt an understandable need to step away.


But Weatherly will star on the new drama Bull this fall… which just so happens to also be scheduled for Tuesday nights on CBS.



Still, after 13 years as Tony, Weatherly felt a need to thank fans personally for their passion and dedication, recording a hilarious video with the network in order to get his points across.


"I have experienced great joy, great sadness, great dislocation, confusion, anger and sometimes hunger on the set of NCIS," Weatherly says in the video below.


"But the one thing I"ve never felt was bored or that there was nobody watching because you have made this show the number one show in the world."


Mixing humor with true sentiment, the actor added:


“I want to say that wherever I go, whatever men’s room or restaurant or airport I find myself in, you’re there, too… you’re with me.


“Sometimes it’s appropriate, sometimes it’s not appropriate at all, but I always love it because I am the number one fan of NCIS. I know you guys share that, but I just want you to know that I have priority because I got there first.


"So I don’t want to get competitive about it, and I appreciate that you’re also fans, but I’m the first fan."



Along with this video, Weatherly shared a series of Tweets reaffirming his love for the NCIS fandom.


He also shared pictures from a special finale-night reunion with former on-screen love Cote de Pablo, who played Ziva and who left the show a couple years ago.



Watch Weatherly"s full message to fans below:


Michael weatherly bids hilarious heartfelt farewell to ncis fans

Kim Kardashian is a Dangerous Secret Agent, Iranian Government Claims

Kim Kardashian is many things mom, wife, entrepreneur, purveyor of nude bathroom selfies.



But is she also a sexy super-spy, like some combination of James Bond and the many women James Bond has had sex with?


Ha! No way in hell! But don’t tell that to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.


According to Vanity Fair, Iran believes that Kim is part of a covert mission to corrupt the youth of Iran and lead them to the 100% accurate conclusion that in today’s economy, a round ass you like to put on display is more valuable than talent or an education.


In a recent interview, Revolutionary Guard spokesman Mostafa Alizadeh makes the following hilarious accusation against Kim:


“Ms. Kim Kardashian is a popular fashion model so Instagram’s C.E.O. tells her, ‘Make this native,’” Alizadeh, told an Iranian news program this week.


“There is no doubt that financial support is involved as well. We are taking this very seriously.”


Yeah, we’re picturing it right now…


Top brass at Instagram pounding their fists on the desk of the war room:


“We need someone to sell sex on the Internet! Otherwise, Iran will continue to dominate the global marketplace. Get Kim Kardashian on the phone! We need that oiled-up ‘donk now more than ever.”



Apparently, the reason The Revolutionary Guard is targeting Kim and not the bajillion other people who post explicit photos online is because the Kardashians are of Armenian descent, which means…they’re hell-bent on destroying the cultural fabric of Iran?


Sure, why not.


Obviously, we’re making light of the accusations against Kim (because they’re freakin’ absurd), but for many like her who are living in Iran, the situation is no laughing matter.


The Revolutionary Guard claims to have rounded up 170 people for posting what they consider “illicit content” online.


29 have been accused of “promoting a culture of promiscuity” or “ridiculing religious values and beliefs,” and are now facing prosecution.


One prominent Iranian entertainer recently delivered a forced confession on live television.


It’s an unpleasant reminder that millions of people living in the Middle East still live in constant fear of their own governments.


We guess that’s why Kim supports the candidate with foreign policy experience, as opposed to the throbbing foreheav vein of American politics.


Guy Brilliantly Covers "Hello" As 30 Different Disney Characters

For those of you easily entranced by people speaking/singing as your favorite Disney character, well, you are in luck.


Impressionist Brian Hull used over thirty different characters from Disney and Pixar movies for a cover of Adele"s "Hello."


Hull kicked the song off as Olaf from Frozen, changing things up quickly as he impersonated Burt from Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast"s Gaston, and even some new faces from Zootopia.


This isn"t Hull"s first rodeo; in 2014 he covered Idina Menzel"s uber-popular single, "Let it Go" from Frozen, using over 21 different voices (since then, the video has racked up over 24 million views since then).


At the time, Hull was a 22-year-old vocal performance major at Dallas Baptist University.  He created the video and entered it into a contest to win a $ 100 Disney gift card.


“The night before I submitted my video, I was having second thoughts about how good it was, so I posted it to my Facebook, just so I could get honest feedback from my friends,” Hull told the Examiner back in 2014.



“The next thing I know, they shared it over 200 times and now, the video has over a half million views in a day and a half.” 


Hull put the video together with a little help from his friends, and a lot of encouragement from his mom ("she really pushed me to do it," he said).


“I’ve been doing impressions all my life, so I thought, ‘why not put it to work?’"


Hull wanted his work to stand out, and though it was a little more exhausting to impersonate so many characters in just one song, he believed it was worth it.


"With so many covers of "Let it Go" coming out, people may forget the original Disney magic that this song has, so what better way to preserve that magic with other Disney and Pixar characters singing the song!"


Give it a listen.  We"re pretty sure you"ll be hooked.


Guy covers hello as 30 different disney characters

Demi Lovato: I Used to Snort Cocaine ALL THE TIME!

Is there a more open and honest celebrity on the planet than Demi Lovato?


We’ll save you the trouble of racking your brain too hard…



The answer is no.


There is no more open and honest celebrity on the planet than Demi Lovato.


The singer spent several weeks in rehab toward the end of 2010 and has since made it her mission to help those who suffer from substance abuse or eating disorders or self-confidence problems.


Really, anything she dealt with back in the day.


As recently as this month, Lovato acknowledged that she’s bipolar.


Now, in a wide-ranging and revealing interview with Refinery 29, the singer opens up even more about her past.


Simply put, “I was a nightmare to work with,” the 23-year-old admits of her teenage years.


Indeed, while the public saw a sweet Disney persona after Lovato starred in Camp Rock, Lovato was cutting herself behind the scenes and throwing up after every meal.


At her lowest, Lovato admits, she “couldn’t go an hour without using cocaine.” 


Wow.


Yes, her family tried to intervene. But she wasn’t having it.


“‘Try to ground me – I pay your bills,"” Demi recalled telling her loved ones, adding:


“Prior to getting sober, I was one of those people who was like, I don’t give a f–k, whatever. And I used that as an excuse to do whatever I wanted.”



Finally, after punching a backup dancer, Lovato was faced with an intervention and convinced to enter rehab.


She stayed there for three months and it sounds as if she fell off the wagon a few times upon leaving.


Lovato confesses that she had to learn that she couldn’t attend parties afterward because they would serve as a “trigger” to her inner demons.


“I still have more things to prove – not just about the things I can do with my voice,” she says. “Some people think that because I’m young, I can’t stay sober. But these are things I want to prove to myself.”


It’s clear Lovato has come a very long way.


At one low point in time, she hated herself.


Now, when asked by Refinery 29 who she wants to be when she grows up, consider her response:


That’s easy. Me.