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Holy hell, what are the producers of One Life to Live smoking?

Snoop Dogg not only made an appearance on the show today, he remixed the intro and even gave a performance. I’m down with Snoop, but I’m sorry, I just ain’t feelin’ it! Of course, I don’t watch soap operas anymore, and haven’t since my long lost high school days. But regardless, this is the ultimate in selling out, wouldn’t you say?

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Britain really, really doesn’t want Snoop Dogg in their country.

Britain’s Border Agency said Friday it would appeal a court’s decision to reverse an earlier ruling that had banned Snoop Dogg from entering the country after the rapper and his entourage started a fight at Heathrow Airport in April 2006.

He and five others were arrested at Heathrow on charges of violent disorder for instigating a brawl in a nearby duty-free shop after their 30-person posse was denied entry into British Airways’ first-class lounge because not everyone in the group was holding first-class tickets. Seven officers were injured in the melee.

I’m sure it all seemed very cute and unimportant at the time, but Britain didn’t feel that way. They banned Snoop from entering the country, and it meant he had to cancel a British Isles tour with Diddy, so now he’s looking to make it all better.

“Snoop and his team are mystified at the decision and are hoping that the British government will reconsider this decision,” says his rep. “He has asked how he can help rectify the situation and would happily talk to and give assurances to the officials.”

Snoop is also currently banned from Australia, where their prime minister said that “he doesn’t seem the sort of bloke we want in this country.”

Heh. It does kind of seem like Britain’s making an unfair example of him, but I can’t say I blame them. Like, it’s neither cute nor badass to start fist fights in international airports in a post-9/11 world. You have to be pretty fucking dumb to pull that crap. Save that shit for the playground, boys.

Like even this photo — which was taken at his album release party in late March — kind of pisses me off. I know you have a reputation to protect, Snoop, but you also have children of your own, and you’re actively glorifying gun violence by wearing that necklace. I know you rap about much worse shit, and you absolutely have that right, in much the same way you absolutely have the right to wear that necklace, but really? Do you have to? You’re 36 years old now. Doesn’t it ever just get exhausting to define yourself with violence?

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I loved Snoop Dogg’s interview on The View this morning.

He’s one tall mofo! When he comes out he towers over all the women. Snoop looked pretty dapper too.

Worth watching.

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Apparently David Beckham is quite the humanitarian. Though he’s most famous for being married to Posh… and something about football… he’s actually been a UNICEF ambassador for seven years. Who knew? He and Posh also have their own charity, but supposedly they don’t do it for publicity, which is why the rest of us haven’t heard much about it. Beckham hasn’t done a lot of UNICEF stuff lately, so he decided to go to Sierra Leone to draw attention to the impoverished country, which has the highest rate of child deaths in the world.

“We can’t turn a blind eye to the tens of thousands of young children who die every day in the developing world mostly from causes that are preventable,” added the father-of-three. “In Sierra Leone, one in four children dies before reaching their fifth birthday — it’s shocking and tragic especially when the solutions are simple,” said Beckham.

Measures that could be taken to tackle the problem include vaccinating against measles or using a mosquito net to reduce the chances of getting malaria. “Saving these children’s lives is a top priority for UNICEF and as an ambassador I hope I can help to draw attention to this issue across the world,” said the LA Galaxy star, who spent four days in Sierra Leone.

[From the Agence France-Presse]

Though I’m always a little skeptical when celebrities suddenly become do-gooders, it appears David Beckham has being one for quite some time. He’s just been fairly quiet about it, and actually focuses on the cause, and not attaching his name to it. Beckham said the only reason he’s doing so much publicity for UNICEF and Sierra Leone is because his role for the agency is to bring attention and publicity to the problem.

In absolutely ridiculous David Beckham gossip, supposedly he will be joining good friend Snoop Dogg and rapping on one of Snoop’s upcoming tracks. David Beckham might be rapping with Snoop Dogg on a new track if rumours are anything to go by. The BFFs have so far designed a slipper together. So the next logical step is rap.

The source says: “Snoop thought it’d be a laugh and David is going to give it a real go. They are huge names so the song’s bound to be a hit - even if it’s no good.”

[From Angry Ape]

Even if it’s no good? Well at least they’re keeping their expectations low. Expect an update with a complete denial by one of their reps in the next three hours.

Picture note by Jaybird: David Beckham is shown at his youth soccer clinic on 8/17/07. Images thanks to PR Photos.

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“I’m still trying to find a Johnny Cash (song) I can have fun with. To me, Johnny Cash is a rapper. His shit was dope, a lot of rappers don’t know that. ‘A Boy Named Sue’ sounds gangster.”

- Snoop Dogg wants to do a cover of a Johnny Cash song on his next album

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I have a bizarre love/hate relationship with Snoop Dogg. Since I was thirteen, I’ve had random frightening nightmares with him in it. Once he was shooting rubber bullets at me off Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles. Another time he was following me through this weird maze of rope bridges in the jungle. In the most recent one, he was dancing naked around a funeral pyre with these bizarre sticks in his hair. For whatever reason, Snoop is clearly deeply entrenched in my subconscious. And that scares the crap out of me. He’s been tried for murder a couple of times, rape once, and more drug and weapons charges than you can shake a stick at. Yet he’s also a family man who does a lot of volunteer work in his community, founded and coaches a youth football league, and sponsors their annual Super Bowl, called the Snooper Bowl. And just coming up with such a great name as Snooper Bowl makes me like him so much that I can pretty much overlook all the other stuff. Which doesn’t speak highly of me, I know.

I am opposed to reality television in all forms, and have only watched the tiny bit I have for work. Yes dear readers, I subject myself to that unmitigated crap solely for your benefit. That’s a lotta love right there. But I have to say, I’m really excited for Snoop’s new reality show on E! “Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood.” Apparently we will see Snoop in his natural habitat, see what kind of a dad he is, and get to watch part of the Snooper Bowl.

Us: E! is touting your family as including your “surprisingly unaffected” children. Are you worried that they’ll become divas with all the cameras around?
SD: Well, they might, but I just feel like they’re kids. [Viewers] get a chance to see kids who have a celebrity as a father just dealing with life and them becoming celebrities as well, because that’s what the camera brings. Now they have cameras in front of them, so I’m pretty sure their lifestyles will change, but for the most part my sons are not affected. My daughter really loves me in front of the camera.

Us: You coach your youngest son’s football team and have developed a related charity, right?
SD: We won our Super Bowl game last Sunday! I got 32 kids on my team – the Pomona Steelers - and the Snoop Youth Football League has 2,500 kids, 2,000 football players and 500 cheerleaders.

Us: In the show’s second episode, David Beckham helps teach you and your boys the “other football.”
SD: Yeah! He’s gonna show the fellas how to expand and do something outside the box. We’re so used to American sports - baseball, basketball, football - I wanted my kids to see something other than that: Futbol!

Us: With so many other celebrity families on reality shows, how do “The Doggs” fit in?
SD: This ain’t the Huxtables! We’re a black family with money, but we don’t do it like that.

Us: What do you think viewers will enjoy most?
SD: The camaraderie between me, my kids and my wife. It ain’t made up. A lot of times you can see these TV shows and you can just see the fakeness.

[From Us Weekly]

I think the fakeness is one of the 88 reasons I generally can’t watch reality TV. Plus I really like a traditional sitcom with a laugh track. That way I can be told when to think something’s funny. I don’t want to tax my brain too hard. Snoop really does come across as a family man. It’s interesting to see how much people change in ten years time. I really doubt anyone thought he’d be a devoted father of three the first time they heard “Gin & Juice.” Which, interestingly enough, I can rap all the words to. You know you just started respecting me more. Maybe someday Snoop will ask me to be a guest star. And I can tell him to get the hell out of my subconscious. Or dance naked around a fire, whatever.

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Few things in life piss me off more than really bad Italian food. And apparently that’s the one thing Amy Winehouse and I have in common… well that and unnecessarily big hair. Before her disastrous performance at the MTV Europe Awards last week, Snoop Dogg, the show’s host, decided to pay a visit to Amy. Snoop is nothing if not polite that way. When he got there, he witnessed a scene so bizarre that it freaked even him out – and you know Snoop has seen some crazy shiznit in his day. Amy was throwing spaghetti bolognese all over the walls of her dressing room, cutting up the rug, and hurling whatever she could get her hands on. Which leaves me to wonder: diva, or drugs? Or a diva on drugs?

Amy Winehouse went on the warpath before the MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich last week and caused thousands of pounds’ worth of damage to her dressing room. The Camden caner was armed and dangerous - with a plate of spaghetti bolognese that she picked up and threw over the walls. Angry Amy lobbed anything she could get her hands on - fruit, tables and chairs. And then she turned on the rug in her dressing room at the Olympiahalle, and cut it to shreds.

Legendary party king Snoop Dogg, who had dropped in to visit the beehive-haired diva before the show, was shell-shocked at the carnage. A member of his entourage told me: “An hour and a half before the show, Snoop said he wanted to see Amy. When we got there, she was in a right state. Everyone, including her management, just stood there as she lobbed spaghetti up the walls. It went on for about five minutes - with her kicking the walls and throwing whatever she could get her hands on - even the tables and the chairs. Then she started cutting up the rug. Snoop was just standing there open-mouthed. He was pretty freaked out by it and didn’t want to hang out with her after that.”

[From the Mirror]

When you’re too crazy for Snoop Dogg, you’re too crazy to live. I had a lot of evidence prior to this that Amy Winehouse was likely going to end up dead by the end of the year. I mean she’s got to be the most self-destructive celebrity of the last twenty years, and often makes Britney Spears look like a kitten. Britney has yet to go running through the streets in bloody ballet shoes with cuts on her face… that I know of. Even after overdosing and walking out of rehab, Amy is still having drug dealers bring packages to the windows of her apartment – with paparazzi around. All those things made me worry for her. But Snoop Dogg thinking you’re crazy messed up? Thinking you’re so mental he doesn’t even want to hang out with you and snort a little blow? That’s practically like a psychiatrist saying you’re as good as dead.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Wino accepting her award at the MTV Europe Awards on November 1st. Header is Snoop Dogg hosting the event. Images thanks to WENN.

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San Francisco is a quirky city. It’s liberal, it’s fun, it’s weird, and it works. But Mayor Gavin Newsom sometimes seems like he’s a little off his rocker. He’s really forward thinking, which is great. He’s done a lot for gay rights, and participates in the gay pride parade every year. Wikipedia notes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom#Same-sex_marriage], “He caused a major uproar in 2004 when he issued a directive to the city-county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Newsom claimed the California Constitution’s equal protection clause as his authority to do so, and decided to perform the marriages after attending President Bush’s State of the Union address.” But sometimes he does less-than-intelligent things too. Like cheating on his uber-hot wife, CNN legal correspondent Kimberly Guilfoyle with his deputy chief of staff’s wife. Or “accidentally” proclaiming February 23, 2007 Colt Studio Day, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the gay pornography studio. As a result of that little mishap, the local officials had to impose much stricter rules regarding proclamations in an attempt to reign in Newsom. You can see how honoring gay porn could be bad politically.

For some reason that’s beyond me, Newsom decided it would be appropriate to honor Snoop Dogg and give him an award at the Exotic Erotic Ball. Apparently he’s been stopped… just in the nick of time.

The mayor of San Francisco has changed his mind about honoring rapper Snoop Dogg, after local officials imposed tighter rules regarding proclamations.

Snoop Dogg — real name Calvin Broadus — was due to be presented with a proclamation by a representative from Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Office of Criminal Justice during the rapper’s performance at the Exotic Erotic Ball on Friday.

But the honor was withdrawn on Wednesday after new legislation was brought in to prevent a repeat of a previous incident, in which Mayor Newsom accidentally proclaimed February 23 Colt Studio Day, celebrating the 40th anniversary of a local gay pornography studio.

The Colt Studio announcement caused outrage in the local community earlier this year, and the local authorities hope to avoid further criticism for honoring a celebrity known for his advocacy of marijuana and allegiance with the Los Angeles gang the Crips.

But Howard Mauskopf, producer of the Exotic Erotic Ball, is not happy with the retraction.

He tells AllHipHop.com, “All we can really do is roll our eyes. What you have here is a Mayor who I think means to do the right thing, but ended up getting fried in the national press.

“Instead of him standing up for the community, he kowtowed to the Bill O’Reilly’s of the world and instituted a stricter policy. So when it reached a final decision for this proclamation to be reviewed by this new committee, they felt it was too commercial because of the Ball’s sexual nature and Snoop’s past.”

Outspoken talkshow host O’Reilly has previously called for a boycott of rap music because of the presence of allegedly misogynistic lyrics.

[From the San Francisco Gate]

I’m still left pretty unclear about exactly what Snoop’s done that they felt needed honoring. Congrats, you haven’t been accused of murder this year? I think when you get to the point that you’re randomly honoring Snoop Dogg, your political career isn’t heading in the direction you hoped for.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Snoop at the 2007 VH1 Hip Hop Honors on October 4th. Images thanks to PR Photos.

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Well it’s not quite as undignified as Naomi Campbell having to work with the department of sanitation, but Snoop will be doing some community service too – and his will also involve a little toilet time. Snoop will be raking leaves, cleaning toilets, and picking up litter around Orange County parks for 20 days. Who knew the penalty for felonies was so light these days? And doesn’t Snoop have a wee bit of a prior record?

“Snoop Dogg will spend his 160 hours of community service cleaning up an Orange County park, after pleading guilty last month to a felony weapons charge. Snoop’s chores will include ‘raking leaves, washing cars, cleaning toilets (and) picking up litter,’ according to The Orange County Register. The name of the park was not released, in an attempt to keep fans at bay. It is also unclear when he will begin. Andre Manssourian, a deputy district attorney in Orange County, said he expects Snoop will do a fine job. ‘My understanding is that he chose this [work],’ he said. ‘I look forward to his hours of community service [to] help maintain Orange County and keep it beautiful.’

“Snoop’s attorney, Donald Etra, says his client wants to pay his debt and get on with things. ‘He will do whatever it takes,’ Etra said. ‘He will be making the park a better place for Orange County.’ Etra added that Snoop (real name: Calvin Broadus) does not see the work as menial. ‘Snoop has never pretended to be other than a man of the people,’ he said. The 35-year-old rap star was arrested in September 2006 while trying to board a plane with a 20-inch collapsible baton in a computer bag. Last month he pleaded guilty to felony possession of a deadly weapon.”

[From People]

I wonder if they went a little lighter on him because the deadly weapon wasn’t the scariest of deadly weapons. Although to be fair I’m pretty sure that’s my classification and not a legal standard. Snoop is just a bundle of contradictions. He does all these scary things and has been charged with murder and assorted high-level crimes and crazy drug use in the past, and yet he also has a great charity to get kids involved with sports instead of gangs, and annually hosts the “Snooperbowl” football game for kids. And just the name Snooperbowl makes me have a fondness for Snoop Dogg that I can’t explain.

Snoop’s lawyer makes it sound like he’s pretty down-to-earth about his community service. It’s hard to know if that’s true – a good lawyer can certainly make it sound that way – but it also doesn’t sound like he’ll be pulling a Michelle Rodriguez and bitching about every second he has to do something for someone else, either. Now that he’s the ripe old age of 36 (as of October 20th) maybe he’ll be ready to settle down, carry a few less concealed weapons, and get back to making music.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Snoop at the 2007 VH1 Hip Hop Honors on October 4th. Images thanks to PR Photos.