Pat O’Brien quits “The Insider”

Natalie Finn – eOnline

Natalie says:
“Pat O’Brien is hanging up his mic.

The longtime TV personality is leaving his post as a correspondent on the syndicated celebrity-gossip show The Insider after more than four years on the job…”

Was it just time to move on, or were there deeper reasons for his departure? Read on…

Click HERE for the full story.

If he DID leave for the reasons that are alluded to in the story, well, then I’d have to say I admire his decision and I wish more people in positions of influence would follow suit.

ROCK FOR LIFE DEMANDS APOLOGY AFTER MTV HOST TRASHES PURITY, CALLS PALIN PREGNANCY A ‘PR STUNT’

Press Release:

September 9, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. (8 September 2008)– Rock for Life, a national pro-life music and advocacy movement that promotes 832 bands, is demanding an apology from MTV Music Video Awards host Russell Brand for his sexist, judgmental and intolerant remarks.

Brand, a British comedian infamous for dressing up as Osama Bin Laden the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, hosted the 25th annual awards ceremony September 7.

Brand opened the show with a monologue that attacked the chastity promise of a Christian band, “The Jonas Brothers,” and called Bristol Palin’s pregnancy a “P.R. stunt”.

“Brand has been arrested 11 times, once for indecent exposure,” said Erik Whittington, director of Rock for Life. “He appears to care more about making crude jokes to gain attention than he does offending who choose to live a lifestyle different from his own lascivious past.”

The comedian spent much of his airtime advocating for candidates and making crude remarks about those who live chaste lives.

Brand on the Jonas Brother’s abstinence until marriage promise: “A little sex once and awhile never hurt anybody.”

Brand on Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol’s pregnancy: “I do feel a little bit sorry for her daughter, getting pregnant, poor kid. Is it a boy? Is it a girl? It’s a P.R. stunt. Come on. Be honest.”

“We demand Brand apologizes to the individuals and groups he purposefully offended,” Whittington said.
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(From the administrator)
This kind of intolerant vitriol should not be tolerated by either the Christian community or the network that hired Russell Brand. I do not know ONE WOMAN who would volunteer her body to incubate a baby for 9 months and then raise it for another 18 (or for a down-syndrome child, many times for life) on purpose as a PR stunt. Now that is probably the most sexist, asinine statement I’ve heard in a LONG time.

Brand himself has been in numerous scrapes with the law in the U.K., and has had serious drug and sexual addiction issues, including at least eleven charges of indecent public exposure. Apparently he has not learned the difference between “a little sex once in a while” and an addictive obsession with it… to the point of exposing himself to unwilling (and most likely disgusted) viewers.

Russell Brand obviously needs more professional help, starting with some manners classes.

Pink Floyd founding member Richard Wright dies

LONDON: Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

Pink Floyd’s spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member’s family did not want to give more details about his death.

For more on this story, go to:

Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies

Additional Resources on Richard Wright:

Richard Wright Wiki

The Wall Wiki

Dr. Dre’s son found dead in Los Angeles

Andre Young, Jr., the 20 year old son of Rapper Dr. Dre, was found dead by his mother in their Woodland Hills home Saturday.

An autopsy was performed Monday, but the county coroner, Lt. John Kades indicated Andre’s cause of death possibly wouldn’t be determined for weeks until toxicology tests are done.

Breaking News: Barenaked Singer Escapes Plane Crash

This just on the net:

This just hasn’t been the Barenaked Ladies’ year. First, cofounder Steven Page gets busted for drugs. Now this.

BNL’s lead singer and principal songwriter, Ed Robertson, and three others narrowly averted disaster Sunday, walking away unscathed from a float-plane crash near Bancroft, Ontario…

To read the rest of the story, Read Josh Grossberg’s Account HERE.

Dave Matthews Founding Band Member Dies at 46

Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore, one of the group’s founding members and a key part of its eclectic jazz-infused sound, died Tuesday from injuries he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident in June. He was 46.

You can find the rest of the story HERE.

You can also go to the Dave Matthews Band site from this tribute page (just click anywhere on the page to click through to the DMB site.)

Jerry Wexler, famed record producer, dies at 91

NEW YORK — Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, has died, says his co-author, David Ritz. He was 91.

Ritz, co-author of Wexler’s 1993 memoir, “Rhythm and the Blues,” said he died at his Sarasota, Fla., home at about 3:45 a.m. Friday. He had been ill for a couple of years with congenital heart disease.

Read the rest of the post HERE.