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Wednesday
May042011

Who Was Osama Bin Laden? Not Your Average College Dropout

DateWednesday, May 4, 2011 at 12:23PM | AuthorMatthew Umstead |

Apparently, teens know little about Osama bin Laden (OBL).

But, news of his death has prompted a blitz of inquiries, according to Yahoo!.

Here are some fun -- or not so fun -- supposed claims about the hated, bearded one's personal life:

Birthplace: Riyahd, Saudi Arabia, March 10, 1957.

Deathplace: Compound in Abbottabad about two miles from a golf course. Residence was reportedly routinely stocked with Coke, Pepsi and Nestle products.

Parents: His father, who divorced his mother soon after he was born, was killed in a plane crash when an American pilot misjudged the landing in Saudi Arabia. (We doubt this helped bouy his love for Americans). 

Height and weight: He was approximately 6 feet 5 inches tall with a thin build, weighing in at about 165 pounds.

College: Reportedly dropped out of college where he studied economics and business administration, but also may have earned a degree or two later.

Sex Life: Supposedly fathered as many as 25 or 26 children with four different women, marrying the first wife at age 17.

Hobbies/Activities: Supposedly soft-spoken and mild-mannered, OBL reportedly wrote poetry and was involved in charitable work, but his main interest was interpreting the Quran and jihad.

We have four words: Freaking weird 'n' creepy.

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Tuesday
May032011

Spotted: Prince Charles Of Wales In DC ... At The Ghetto Farm

DateTuesday, May 3, 2011 at 5:55PM | AuthorKelly Ann Collins |


We thought we were going to a spring garden party with Prince Charles of Wales.

So, we got all dressed up in our high heels, spring dresses and bonnets.

Big mistake.

There was no garden party goin' on at the Common Good City Farm. There were no mint juleps. There was no high tea.

All we saw was a ghetto-fabulous farm and HRH, coughing in the dirt dust.

#royalpartyfoul

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Tuesday
May032011

What Do Washington Capitals Players Eat For Breakfast During Playoffs?

DateTuesday, May 3, 2011 at 4:56PM | AuthorJedidiah Dwyer |

Team Glittarazzi got the dish on the Washington Caps players' ideal playoff breakfast foods.

Watch the video to find out what Karl Alzner, John Carlson and Eric Fehr eat in the mornings to get them pumped before a big game! 

 

Matthew Umstead also contributed to this report

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Tuesday
May032011

Code Name For Killing Osama Bin Laden? 'Geronimo'

DateTuesday, May 3, 2011 at 4:31PM | AuthorKelly Ann Collins |

Note to our readers ...

If you hear the word "geronimo" -- and there are a bunch of Navy Seals around -- run for your lives.

Our sources tell us that "geronimo" was the code word that the CIA-led Navy Seals team used in the Osama Bin Laden slaying operation.

What did it mean? Kill.

We are also told that as soon as the Navy Seals had done the deed, they reported back, saying, "Geronimo EKIA."

EKIA means "Enemy Killed In Action."

If you ever hear that, and there are a bunch of Navy Seals around ... it means you were not the enemy.


Image: Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn as "Navy Seals"

Did you know? ... Geronimo (June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars.

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Tuesday
May032011

Gentleman, Think Your Stache Has What It Takes To Be 'Wahl Man of the Year?'

DateTuesday, May 3, 2011 at 4:11PM | AuthorBeatrice Livioco |

Did you know that 62% of men are sporting mustaches, beards and goatees?

Yes, according to an annual poll by Wahl Nation, at some point during the year, about six out of 10 men are sporting facial hair.

With celebs like Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Colin Farrell constantly rocking some scruff, it looks like the trend is catching on and men are getting more creative with their facial hair styles.

That's where the "Wahl Man of the Year" contest comes in.

To enter, contestants must submit a photo of their well-groomed face and will be judged by a panel of facial hair experts.

"This year we are looking for one man that shows excellence in facial hair prowess and grooming above everyone else," said Steve Yde, senior product manager, Wahl Nation.

Um, sure. How does someone become a "facial hair expert" anyway?

Sounds like this competition could get a little, uh, hairy.

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Tuesday
May032011

For Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Bin Laden's Death A Reason To Smile

DateTuesday, May 3, 2011 at 4:06PM | AuthorMatthew Umstead |

Rumor has it, Defense Secretary Robert Gates doesn't smile much, but at Monday's White House Medal of Honor ceremony for two fallen Korean War veterans, Bob beamed like a June bride.

Maybe the untimely death of the world's No. 1 villian Sunday had something to do with the glow? (Just a hunch.)

Bob's boss, President Obama, seemed no less pleased as well, seizing the opportunity to credit the "steadiness"of the Defense Secretary, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen and Vice-Chair Gen. Jim "Hoss" Cartwright.

"The world is safer; it is a better place because of the death of Osama bin Laden ... this is not in the script, but let me just acknowledge that without the leadership of Bob Gates, Mike Mullen, Hoss Cartwright, today and yesterday would not have happened."

It would be hard to argue with POTUS on that point.

In the Medal of Honor ceremony, POTUS says receipient Private First Class Anthony Kaho’ohanohano loved ocean swimming while growing up in Hawaii and basketball.

"Sounds like my kind of guy," Barack said prompting laughter from the press-jammed room.

The other MOH recipient, Private First Class Henry Svehla, grew up in New Jersey, loved fishing and the Jersey shore.

(But we doubt the latter was anything like the infamous MTV show.)

It was a touching ceremony. ...

Photo: Robert Gates by Matt Umstead, glittarazzi.com

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Tuesday
May032011

Osama Bin Laden News Crashes Newseum Website

DateTuesday, May 3, 2011 at 2:37PM | AuthorKelly Ann Collins |

Our friends at the Newseum had a little problem with their website Monday.

It crashed following the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death.

How?

The Newseum's website features the front pages of newspapers from around the world, so when people flocked to look at front page headlines about the evil man's death ... the whole thing went down.

The site was getting almost 3,000 visits per second when it crashed.

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Tuesday
May032011

Talib Kweli Performing In DC Tonight

DateTuesday, May 3, 2011 at 12:22PM | AuthorQuanicia Alston |

Brooklyn Rapper Talib Kweli is in town for a show at the Black Cat tonight.

You can expect him to perform songs from his his fifth solo album, Gutter Rainbows, which was released in January.

Opening for him is South African hip-hop artist Jean Grae.

Tonight, Black Cat ($20 in advance, $25 at the door), doors open 8 p.m. [more info]

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Monday
May022011

Sarah Palin vs. Snooki: Who Has The Hottest Orange Tan?

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 10:38PM | AuthorBeatrice Livioco |

 

She may "own" Alaska, but girlfriend apparently owns some spray tan, too.

Sarah Palin attended White House Correspondents' Dinner festivities this weekend and looked like her new mantra had changed from "Drill, Baby, Drill!" to GTL.

She looked so Jerseylicious, in fact, that we bet only Snooki could beat her in a tan-off.

Sarah, who appeared at a number of events -- including the Heroic Media fundraiser and MSNBC's after-party -- totally rocking her orange gams.

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Monday
May022011

New Restaurant Roundup: Our Weekly Eat-Tinerary? Paul USA, Toki Underground, Fiola

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 10:04PM | AuthorBeatrice Livioco |

Food is always a hot topic in the Team Glittarazzi newsroom and we only have Washington, D.C.'s blossoming food scene to blame.

Here's our dish on where we want to eat this week:

Paul USA: This French bakery/cafe opened their first U.S. flagship store today in Penn Quarter. With more than 500 locations worldwide, they are sure to bring some genuine patisserie flair to the District. You don't par le vous francais? No worries, you can order their preservative-free breads, macarons, turnovers and croissants in good ol' English. www.Paul-USA.com

Toki Underground: Plans for a Penn Quarter Wagamama fell through -- and we were seriously concerned about where we would get an authentic ramen fix downtown. Lucky for us, Toki Underground just opened in the Atlas District (a.k.a. H Street area) ready to serve up ramen and dumplings along with a wide variety of sakes and other Asian-inspired adult bevvies. www.TokiUnderground.com

Fiola: In probably one of the most anticipated openings in years, Fiola's chef, Fabio Trabocchi, returns to D.C. to put his twist on modern Italian fare. Pasta made fresh daily, regional wines and a bar menu of small plates come together for what's sure to be a winning combination for the former Maestro chef. www.FiolaDC.com

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Monday
May022011

Spotted: American Idol's David Cook At 'Race For Hope' in Washington, D.C.

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 9:58PM | AuthorBeatrice Livioco |

American Idol's David Cook was spotted at the 14th Annual "Race for Hope" Sunday morning in Washington, D.C.

In 2009, David's brother, Adam, passed away due to brain cancer.

David's team raised more than $110,000 towards brain tumor research (the race benefits ABC2).

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Monday
May022011

How Can We Keep Air Traffic Controllers Awake? Enquiring Minds Want To Know

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 8:55PM | AuthorStaff |

This is not about letting a sleeping dog lie -- at least not at the nearest airport near you.

But, now, since three air traffic controllers have been fired for sleeping on the job, people say crews should be allowed to take controlled naps during working hours to improve attentiveness.

Naps, schnapps. ... 

Team Glittarazzi hit the streets for some more creative suggestions.

At the top of our list? Blasting SiriusXM Radio's BPM channel in the air traffic control tower.

Caroline Andrews, Nicole Capo and Matthew Umstead contributed to this report.

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Monday
May022011

What's The Moo-tive?: Man In Cow Suit Buys Milk,Then Gives It Away

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 8:33PM | AuthorDave Odegard |

Meet Jonathan Payton.

Last Tuesday, the 18-year-old dressed in a cow costume and walked, on all fours, into a Wal-Mart in North Stafford, Va.

OK. There's nothing wrong with that, but it only gets weirder from there.

He then proceeded to load up a shopping cart with 26 gallons of milk, which amounted to about $92 worth of cow-juice. He then excited the store and attempted to give the milk away for free.

When security confronted Jonathan, he ran away. Police arrested him later at the McDonald's across the street, sans bovine outfit.
 

We don't know the exact reason behind Jonathan's "crime," but we're going to go with either performance art or drugs. (Probably both.)

Team Glittarazzi wonders ... Why arrest the cow if you can get the milk for free?

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Monday
May022011

Former Miss USA: TSA Patted Me Down And 'Touched My Vagina'

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 5:04PM | AuthorDave Odegard |

We're not anti-terrorism experts or anything -- but, you know who were pretty sure isn't carrying a bomb or a weapon onto a plane? Former Miss USA Susie Castillo.

Apparently, TSA agents of the Dallas Forth-Worth Airport thought otherwise and gave the 2002 Miss Massachusetts USA and 2003 Miss USA winner an enhanced pat down after she chose not go through the full body scanner out of fear of the effects of radiation.

Susie, who travels quite a bit, was no stranger to the enhanced pat down, but found this time it went too far and immediately recorded a video in the airport afterwards about what happened and uploaded it to YouTube.

A visibly upset Susie explains to the camera what happened when the the female TSA agent patted her down:

"The pat down was completely different than the one I got at LAX and I’m sure this woman was just doing her job, but she actually felt…touched my vagina."

Castillo adds later in the video (which you can catch below), "I completely feel violated."

Ugh! We bet.

 

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Monday
May022011

You Know It’s Ugly ... When They Turn Your Hat Into A Cupcake 

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 3:00PM | AuthorDave Odegard |

It seems that the real breakout star of the Royal Wedding wasn't any member of the wedding party, a random royal, or even a celebrity guest. It was a hat.

Yeah, that's right  ... a hat. Princess Beatrice of York's hat to be specific.

It's got its own Internet meme, and now, Wir Machen Cupcakes, a Munich-based bakery, has made the hat into a cupcake. (See pic, above.)

Now you that hat was a cultural phenomenon -- a freaking delicious cultural phenomenon.  

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Monday
May022011

Too Big Shoes: Sarah Palin Flip Flops Down Red Carpet At WHCD MSNBC After-Party

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 2:50PM | AuthorKelly Ann Collins |

After a careful examination of our White House Correspondents Dinner weekend pics, we realized that -- in addition to having sunburned legs -- Sarah Palin's shoes didn't fit.

In fact, her heels were about to fall off of her feet as she pranced down the MSNBC After-Party's red carpet.

(Not to mention that she was flaunting a black suit on the red carpet.)

Tsk, tsk! Sarah, any former Miss Wasilla would know better than that.

And so, we must award Sarah with this weekend's "Too Big Shoes" award.

 



Photos by John McLean, glittarazzi

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Monday
May022011

Skankiest Dressed: Model Chrissy Teigen Side Boobs White House Correspondents Dinner

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 2:30PM | AuthorKelly Ann Collins |

John Legend's girlfriend, Sports Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen -- who recently threw some hate Avril Lavigne's way -- rolled down the White House Correspondents Dinner red carpet flaunting way too much side boob.

This is why we've awarded her the weekend's "Skankiest Dressed" award.

Cover that flop up, Chrissy.

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Monday
May022011

Best Dressed: Bristol Palin Rocks It At White House Correspondents Dinner MSNBC After-Party 

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 2:20PM | AuthorKelly Ann Collins |


People are not being very nice about Bristol Palin's White House Correspondents Dinner dress, but Team Glittarazzi is giving her the "Best Dressed" award because we think she looks young, hip and hot. Go, Bristol! (P.S. The shoes are killer!)

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Monday
May022011

What's That In The Air? DC Gets An "F" For Air Quality

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 2:09PM | AuthorBeatrice Livioco |

Washington, D.C., is failing -- when it comes to ozone grade and particle pollution, according to a recent report by the American Lung Association., which ranks us No. 4 for highest ozone levels in the USA.

How can we improve our rating?

  • Minimize high-altitude flights. That means, more flights in our airspace in smaller (read: private) jets.
  • Chill out with the aerosol hair spray. We know this will be tough when you get invited to an 80s party, but we promise a good teasing comb will do the trick.

Well, at least it's a start, right?

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Monday
May022011

Rachel Maddow Bartends At MSNBC White House Correspondents Dinner After-Party

DateMonday, May 2, 2011 at 10:54AM | AuthorBeatrice Livioco |

MSNBC show host, Rachel Maddow, was spotted at the MSNBC White House Correspondent's Dinner afterparty Saturday night.

The soiree was held at the Embassy of Italy where Rachel even had her own bar!

In between making signature cocktails behind the counter, Rachel was found schmoozing and sipping bubbly amongst celebs such as Rihanna, Jay-Z and Cee Lo Green.

With all the celebs and journalists in town, we wonder who her nerd prom date was?

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