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Jessie J Inspired By London Marathon Runners

Posted on April 21, 2013 by popdirt
Jessie J mug

Jessie J checked in with her Twitter followers (@JessieJ) on Sunday, reacting to today’s London Marathon, the first major marathon since Monday’s terrorism marred Boston Marathon, where three people died and more than one hundred injured in twin bombings. The pop star, who still is having issues related to her broken foot sustained in 2011 while rehearsing at the Capital Radio Summertime Ball, writes:

I am so inspired by everyone who runs the marathon. The dedication and passion and to all of those raising money for a charity of their choice. Absolutely incredible, I hope one day my foot lets me do it. Good luck to everyone. My thoughts and love are with you x

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Pop Artists React To Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Capture

Posted on April 20, 2013 by popdirt
Blake Lewis

Pop artists turned to Twitter to react to the news that 19 year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of Cambridge, MA was apprehended on Friday following the Boston Marathon bombing and the death of his brother and co-conspirator in the terrorist plot, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Among the messages celebrating the news and congratulating the law enforcement that brought Tsarnaev to justice:

GavinDeGraw (@GavinDeGraw): Got that LOSER !!! Great job to the Boston Police!!

Kris Allen (@KrisAllen): Came off stage to hear they got the 2nd suspect in the Boston bombings. Glad to hear that. Hopefully there is some peace for Boston tonight.

Kevin Jonas (@kevinjonas): I knew Boston was a tough town but this was other level! #bostonstrong great work everyone involved you were in our prayers

Blake Lewis (@BlakeLewis): So glad Boston has found there suspect. This week has been stressful and I’m blessed to be alive. Don’t take anything for granted and live!

Hilary Duff red lipsHilary Duff (@HilaryDuff): WAY TO GO all law enforcement agencies aiding #Boston proud to be an American! Prayers and love for Boston

Ingrid Michaelson (@ingridmusic): I can not stop watching CNN even though no new info has come since the arrest. I can not stop.

Kelly Clarkson (@kelly_clarkson): Well I have been in the middle of nowhere hunting with Brandon and we came back to civilization and there is all this news about the Boston Marathon tragedy. What is happening to America? I don’t get it? It’s so upsetting. My thoughts and prayers go out to Boston and everyone affected by this tragedy. #letsgetridofthecrazypeople

Paula Abdul (@PaulaAbdul): THANK YOU Boston law enforcement and emergency services for your courage and unstoppable determination. #BostonStrong

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Twitter Notices Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Looks Like Nick Jonas

Posted on April 19, 2013 by popdirt
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Nick Jonas look-alike?

People following the hunt and eventual arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston, MA area have noticed that the terrorist from Chechnya who planted a pressure cooker bomb at the finish line of the Boston Marathon bares some resemblance to Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. Dozens of Tweets compared the bomb wielding killer to the pop singer, which was a common theme during a prior manhunt on the other side of the United States in February, when Tweets were sent to LL Cool J warning the Los Angeles based rapper to stay inside due to his uncanny resemblance to Chris Dorner. Among the Tweets observing the celebrity look-alike circumstance:

nojan (@ihatenojan): not trying to be funny but this dude kinda looks like Nick Jonas

Annie Apple (@SurvivinAmerica): Someone tell Nick Jonas to stay indoors. This 19 year old suspect looks like his twin.

RJ (@RandJob12): And he looks like Nick Jonas mixed with a lesbian

Lilly Valentin (@lillianyv): He looks like a young Nick Jonas. and when I say “he” you all know who I’m talking about.

Allie (@louistomlimpson): MY MOM JUST SAID ONE OF THE BOSTON BOMBERS LOOKS LIKE NICK JONAS I CHOKED

Amanda (@LovaticLovexx): Dzhokhar Tsarnaev looks like 2009 Nick Jonas on crack…. Sorry Nick

Wanderlust (@genmusgrave): but what I have noticed is one of the brothers that caused the bombing looks like Nick Jonas sorry not sorry

Zach Clapper (@ZachClapper): The guy on the loose looks like a cross between Nick Jonas and Happy Gilmore’s caddy

Valentina Portela (@ValentinaAP217): Does any one else think that Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev looks like if Nick Jonas and Nat Wolf had a gay baby?

Jenny (@howyoudoinjenny): That Jahar guy is so hot he kinda looks like Nick Jonas..his brothers quite handsome too…just a shame they’re fu**ing lunatics

megan+emily (@idklilo): @kaynewesticle there’s nothing wrong with saying he’s cute he looks like Nick Jonas

Ross Heiman (@RossHeiman): This Boston bomber doucher looks like Nick Jonas minus the charm…

heather smith (@heyyyheather): My mom just said the Boston bombing suspect looks like Nick Jonas oh my god what #NONONONO

Iesha. (@fvckontario): The suspect looks like a mixture between Luke Brooks and Nick Jonas?

@RavingStratford: HE LOOKS LIKE A MIX OF JAI, NICK JONAS, AND ALEX FROM THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND BYE

JACKI (@jacki_hughes): “@taylormckay: this jahar character looks like an uglier version of a Jonas brother #JustMyOpinionThough” THAT’S WHAT I SAID! Nick Jonas!!

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Pop Stars React To Boston Marathon Explosions

Posted on April 15, 2013 by popdirt
Blake Lewis on Boston Marathon explosions

Pop artists are reacting on Twitter to the devastating news of two bomb explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, with reports of two deaths and dozens of injuries following the blasts. Included in the celebrity responses were reactions of Mika, who had been at that very location on Sunday, and marathon runner Ellie Goulding.

Ricky Martin (@ricky_martin): My heart goes out to all the victims of the explosion at the finish line. #bostonmarathon

Ayla Brown (@AylaBrown): Holy crap. #PrayersForBoston OMG

Blake Lewis (@BlakeLewis): Sending all my love and positivity to the people in The Boston Marathon bombing. This is just ridiculous.

P!nk (@Pink): Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the explosions in Boston.

Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding): Just heard about Boston Marathon. God I hope everyone’s ok… Awesome show in Helsinki but I couldn’t stop thinking about what happened in Boston. Fu**, why. Once again, anger and sadness

Bridgit MendlerBridgit Mendler (@bridgitmendler): Praying for those at the boson marathon today

Ingrid Michaelson (@ingridmusic): Boston oh my god.

Kate Voegele (@katevoegele): Thoughts and prayers are with Boston right now. So scary. #bostonmarathon

Backstreet Boys (@backstreetboys): We’re sending our thoughts and prayers to everyone in Boston today #PrayForBoston

Shane Harper (@TheShaneHarper): so sad… #prayingforBoston

Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow): I am just sickened to hear about the news in #Boston. My heart and prayers go out to everyone affected by this tragedy.

Drew Seeley (@drewseeley): God bless everyone affected by the Boston marathon bombs today. I’m just sick to my stomach. Just why?! I want to have faith in mankind.

Lindsay Lohan prays for Boston Marathon victimsLindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan): Sending prayers to everyone who was/is at the #bostonmarathon

Brian Mcfadden (@BrianMcFadden): lots of innocent decent people running the Boston marathon and lots for charity…. an understandable target? Fu**ing crazy sick bastards. Your bomb sends us all a clear message… you are cowards.

Jared Evan (@JaredEvan): I was just in Boston. The fact that this can happen unexpectedly is scary. What the fuck. Pray for those.

Rachael Yamagata (@rachaelyamagata): Love to Boston….

tristanprettyman (@tprettyman): Sending you all my love Boston. All my love, and prayers.

Kevin Jonas (@kevinjonas): Prayers go out to everyone in Boston. We all love you and we are praying for you

Nadine Coyle (@NadineCoyleNow): Life is so precious. I love you! Tell someone you love how much. Who knows when we will just have to say it to the sky hoping they hear. Xx

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Justin Bieber Takes Heat On Twitter For Anne Frank Comment

Posted on April 15, 2013 by popdirt
Justin Bieber performs live

Justin Bieber has been receiving a mountain of criticism and sarcastic responses after his visit to the Anne Frank House on Friday in the Netherlands, where the Canadian pop singer said, “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a Belieber.”

Abraham Foxman, who is the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, came to the defense of Bieber and explained he was told by a tour guide that Anne Frank was a fan of celebrities and pop culture before entering the house and had no issue with Bieber’s guestbook comments. “I don’t see anything wrong with it,” he said.

Among the comments on Twitter reacting to the headline:

Darth Vader (@DepressedDarth): If Anne Frank was a Belieber, I bet her diary would have been a lot less interesting.

Prince Charles (@Charles_HRH): Justin Bieber hopes Anne Frank would’ve been a Belieber. Didn’t the poor girl suffer enough?

Caprice Crane (@capricecrane): Justin Bieber thinks Anne Frank would have been a “Belieber.” Shame those annoying Nazis had to get in the way of that.

Jenny Johnson (@JennyJohnsonHi5): If Anne Frank wasn’t so preoccupied with documenting her experience of being hunted down by Nazis she would’ve totally been a Belieber.

Adam Hills (@adamhillscomedy): Justin Bieber hopes Anne Frank would have been a Belieber. Coincidentally, I’ve always hoped someone would lock him in an attic.

Adolf Hitler (@DictatorHitler): I saved Anne Frank from becoming a Belieber tho

Jim Norton (@JimNorton): Justin Bieber visited Anne Frank’s house and wrote, ‘hopefully she’d have been a Belieber’. Anne Frank said she’d have chosen the Holocaust.

Korey Kuhl (@koreykuhl): I always pictured Anne Frank as more of a Directioner than a Belieber.

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Ashley Tisdale Does ‘Scary Movie 5′ Themed Twitter Q&A

Posted on April 15, 2013 by popdirt
Ashley Tisdale in the living room

Ashley Tisdale did a ‘Scary Movie 5′ themed Q&A with her Twitter followers (@ashleytisdale). Among the questions for the 27-year-old, who stars as “Jody Sanders” in the film with Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan, were:

Looove doing comedy :) RT @Maggh_ just with the trailer I laughed, you didn’t have problems filming? Comedy must be hard, xoxo #scarymovie5

Everyone was soo great 2 wrk w/! RT @connorstroup who did you enjoy working with the most in Scary Movie 5 #ScaryMovie5

Thank you!! I’m feelin it for sure RT @krizthiantizzie Love your new hair color, you look BEAUTIFUL #ScaryMovie5

Chocolate, what’s yours? RT @aboutdemilovato #scarymovie5 What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? I love you!!

Who says I stopped? ;) RT @fckstizz do you miss singing? #scarymovie5 love you xo

Big fan of ‘Heart Attack’! RT @whydemi favorite Demi’s song? #scarymovie5

Love it! Pizza is my fave :) RT @martina_1D do you like Italian food? #ScaryMovie5

Everyone was great! :) RT @imthevideogurl how’s it like working with Charlie and Lindsay? Are they crazy and funny as it seems? #ScaryMovie5

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Charlie Sheen Tells Lindsay Lohan: Rehab Sucks

Posted on April 15, 2013 by popdirt
Lindsay Lohan and guitar

Charlie Sheen spoke with E! on the red carpet of the ‘Scary Movie 5′ premiere the other night, where his late arriving (as usual) co-star Lindsay Lohan was the topic of conversation. The troubled starlet is preparing for her court-mandated rehab stint, which she has to begin by May 2nd.

Asked about what he thought about her latest visit to a facility that will try to help Lohan’s addictions, Sheen, who has had plenty of experience himself with the experience, told Ken Baker, “It’s not my journey, you know. I don’t believe in rehab. I believe in detox, not rehab. But she’ll be all right.”

Offering advice for LiLo during her stay, Sheen suggested, “Bring a book, ’cause those places suck.”

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Lindsay Lohan Pregnant Or April Fooling Twitter?

Posted on April 2, 2013 by popdirt
Lindsay Lohan big eyelashes

Lindsay Lohan is causing chaos on Twitter (@lindsaylohan) after tweeting an hour ago a brief message that many are speculating is a late arriving April Fool’s joke. The three words in question:

It’s official. Pregnant…

After posting the message, Lohan responded to a sarcastic tweet sent her way from a female:

@XANAXDREAMS: “@lindsaylohan: Its official. Pregnant…” I’m not paying child support bb sry bye

@lindsaylohan: @XANAXDREAMS thanks dad - you do look like a man a bit

Among the reactions to the announcement:

@Savan_Kotecha: Lindsay Lohan just tweeted she’s pregnant….then, the new Pope quit.

@Momfia: Lindsay Lohan tweeted she’s pregnant, which is great because now she’ll have someone to get drunk with

@bettydrapers: Lindsay Lohan drops the bomb on April 2nd. She can’t even accomplish April fools well this poor girl

@weird4 Lindsay Lohan is pregnant and Charlie Sheen is the father.

@oneofthosefaces: I’m not touching this Lindsay Lohan pregnancy thing. But if it’s Max off of TW’s baby that’s going to be one HELL of an E! show am I right?

@jonathankruayai: @lindsaylohan …. Is Samantha Ronson the dad? Lol

@lindsaylohan: God, please let Charlie Sheen be the father…Klepto Ninja Tiger Blood!

@lolwhatismylife: “@lindsaylohan: Its official. Pregnant…” Am i the only person in the world hoping it’s Max’s baby yes yes I am because she is my childhood hero

@wowlovely_tw 1h: @lindsaylohan wot @MaxTheWanted I’ll pray for lord any times I can please tell me wasn’t you or I will cut my arms and legs

Update: Yes, it was a late arriving April fool’s prank from LiLo:

April Fools. Where’s everyone’s sense of humor?

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Ed Sheeran Gets A Sword From ‘The Hobbit’, Courtesy Peter Jackson

Posted on March 31, 2013 by popdirt
Ed Sheeran wearing a hoodie

Ed Sheeran appeared on ‘Live! with Kelly and Michael’ the other day to talk about his encounter with director Sir Peter Jackson during a visit to New Zealand in early March, where Jackson left the singer songwriter with a unique souvenir from the filmmaker’s ‘The Hobbit’ franchise. Ed also performed ‘Lego House’ and ‘The A Team’.

“That was probably the coolest day of my career. Like when musicians meet other musicians, there’s always that bit of like, ‘Oh, cool,’ but you never really get starstruck that much. But meeting Peter Jackson was probably the coolest thing,” Ed told Kelly’s fill-in host Erin Andrews and Michael Strahan. “He took us out for dinner, gave me a sword, which was cool. It’s a real sword, it was one of the props (from ‘The Hobbit’)… I gave him a guitar. Well, I gave his daughter (Katie) a guitar.”

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Miley Cyrus Denies Meeting Up With Nick Jonas

Posted on March 31, 2013 by popdirt
Miley Cyrus earrings

Miley Cyrus turned to Twitter (@MileyCyrus) to angrily deny reports that she was seen out at Patys Restaurant with her former boyfriend Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers at a home near the former ‘Hannah Montana’ star’s home in Toluca Lake. Miley posted the following message before later deleting it:

I literally haven’t seen Nick Jonas in years. Don’t believe everything you read folks

Look at my profile pic. Look at my finger. Idiots. I couldn’t have “ran” into anyone because I haven’t went to eat out in public in weeks because of the amount of paparazzi outside my house.

Miley then added:

FOCUSED ON MUSIC & MUSIC ALONE.

The supposed Nick and Miley sighting follows reports that she and fiance Liam Hemsworth had split up, as the pair haven’t been seen out together in months.

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