Three Stars: Jung, Sadollah and a pair of bantamweights

The UFC's first trip to Seattle was successful, with several young, untested fighters showing they belonged in the Octagon. Who rose above the rest?

No. 1 star -- Chan Sung Jung: In their first bout, Jung and Leonard Garcia swung wildly at each other for three rounds. They created an exciting bout that will long be remembered as one of the WEC's best, but still ended up in a loss for Jung. He changed his plan this time, fighting a more calculated bout that ended with him slapping on twister submission. It was the first twister performed in the UFC, and it earned Jung at $55,000 Submission of the Night bonus.

No. 2 star -- Amir Sadollah: Since winning the seventh season of "The Ultimate Fighter," Sadollah has had an up-and-down tenure in the UFC, plagued with injuries, sickness and odd losses. None of those troubles were obvious on Saturday night, as he gave DaMarques Johnson an old-fashioned beating. In the second round, Sadollah inundated Johnson with elbows, causing Johnson to tap and earning Sadollah his second straight win.

No. 3 star -- Michael McDonald and Edwin Figueroa: Smaller weights are known for putting on a show, and McDonald and Figueroa delivered. McDonald won their three-round decision with a mix of strikes and submission attempts, but Figueroa won respect by standing through every strike and making it out of every sub attempt. They both won $55,000 for a Fight of the Night bonus.

Honorable mention -- Johny Hendricks: Unfortunately, the main event ran over time, so we didn't get to see Hendricks' knockout of T.J. Waldburger. A report from on-site described it:

Hendricks connected on two powerful left hands. The back-to-back blows sent Waldburger to the mat, and the ref halted the action before Hendricks could deliver any further punishment.

Hendricks earned the Knockout of the Night bonus, good for $55,000.

Who were your three stars? Tell us on Facebook or in the comments.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Three-Stars-Jung-Sadollah-and-a-pair-of-bantam?urn=mma-wp704

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New Virginia Beach Park in The Works

I just got word that Virginia Beach is building a new park at Williams Farm. Below is the full press release and information about the Design Workshop happening April 7th at Diamond Springs Elementary School. I just checked and it was roughly two years from the first design input day to the opening of Northside, so we won't likely be skating this park for a long time...

Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation will be hosting a Public Information Design Workshop for the new Williams Farm Skate Park, which is part of the Council-approved Williams Farm Recreation Center & Park project in the western Bayside area of Virginia Beach.

The purpose of the workshop is for the public to provide input into the design elements of the skate park, which will be sized approximately 20,000 square-feet, in-ground and concrete, with urban street plaza elements like steps and rails. Plans also include a vert ramp/bowl component and a flow park.

The meeting will be held at Diamond Springs Elementary School on Thursday, April 7, 2011 from 6 ? 8 pm, and is open to the public.

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Video Phone (Extended Remix)

• Artist: Lady Gaga
• Label: Columbia, Music World Music
• Director: Hype Williams
• Album: I Am...Sasha Fierce

Source: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=3061469&vid=455581

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Ke$ha's 'Blow' Director Addresses Lady Gaga 'Unicorn' Flap

Unicorn cameos in 'Born This Way' and 'Blow' videos is 'just weird coincidence,' Chris Marrs Piliero tells MTV News.
By Jocelyn Vena

Ke$ha in her video for "Blow"
Photo: RCA

The brand-new videos for Ke$ha's "Blow" and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" couldn't be more different. But fans on the Web have been comparing the clips, thanks to a special cameo the two videos have in common. With unicorns appearing in both "Blow" and "BTW," some Gaga fans are accusing the K-Dollar of stealing from their Mother Monster.

But MTV News spoke to "Blow" director Chris Marrs Piliero, who explained that it's pure coincidence his video and the Nick Knight-directed video both feature unicorns.

"It's very odd. It's one of those weird things, and I think a lot of people on the Internet don't grasp the sense of time [that goes into making videos]. Some Gaga fans, they don't realize that just because it was announced there might be a unicorn [in Gaga's video], it's like, we didn't film the video after that announcement," he said.

"It's like [the movies] 'Dante's Peak' and 'Volcano' and then there was 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact.' I don't know, I know when things like that happen when I was a part of the audience, I was like, 'That's weird and fishy,' but now being on the other side, it's just weird coincidences," he explained. "What are the odds of that?"

In fact, Piliero had a gut feeling that he should use unicorns many, many moons ago and he thought Ke$ha was the right artist to join with the mythological creatures onscreen.

"Ke$ha was looking to make kind of something different, a video that was cool and random, and I had this idea running in my head with just the idea of unicorns," he recalled. "If I massacred unicorns, they could bleed rainbows. I'm a fan of violence and I'm always trying to find a way to make it OK."

The rainbow-spewing unicorns weren't the only cameo that Piliero hoped to nab. He also wanted "Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek to appear in the clip. "He's such an awesome guy. He was down for it," he said. "He had seen the Black Keys video [I shot] and he was stoked on the idea. It was so much fun. He and Ke$ha kind of went for all the craziness. I think he has a fantastic comic side. He's good at being naturally funny. It's about the delivery."

Ke$ha, of course, was onboard for all the zaniness. "Before we started filming, we had quite a few talks. She was adamant you can't back away from the crazy; everything about the idea she loved and she enforced the fact that she wanted to embrace every aspect of it and really go for it," he recalled. "On set, she was having fun. She was like, 'I want to lick a unicorn.' It was rad working with her because there definitely wasn't a sense of her feeling awkward about stuff or detached; no ego. It felt like we had worked together before."

Which video do you prefer: "Blow" or "Born This Way"? Tell us in the comments!

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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659284/kesha-blow-unicorns.jhtml

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George Lopez Compares Kirstie Alley to a Pig

George Lopez may not be doing high kicks on Dancing With the Stars -- but he's proved that he can stoop to new lows. On Wednesday's episode of his TBS show Lopez Tonight, the comedian launched into a tasteless commentary on the season 12 premiere of Dancing With the Stars. He was harsh on all of the celebrity dancers, but Kirstie Alley got the worst of it. Watch the clip, below.

While footage of the show rolled behind him, Lopez, 49, mocked episode winner Ralph Macchio's hair loss, called Wendy Williams a man, and made a tasteless joke about Kendra Wilkinson and Hugh Hefner. Then he showed a clip of Alley, 60, calling her his "favorite female dancer" -- and comparing her, at length, to a pig.

"She did a nice job, her little hooves tapping away," said Lopez. "Before the show, she went to the market, and then she had roast beef and this is her going all the way home."

He then played a clip of a pig squealing in a Geico commercial. Classy.

Lopez's cracks about Alley are offensive in so many ways. For one, Lopez himself has a history of weight fluctuation -- talk about the pot calling the kettle chubby! Second, Alley has made no secret of the fact that she has a weight problem. Part of her motivation for going on DWTS in the first place is to lose some weight through exercise. Not to mention that she already lost 60 pounds before going on the show. And honestly, she looks pretty darn good -- not movie-star skinny, but svelte and curvy enough to rock that sequined dress. Plus, regardless of her weight, she was one of the best dancers out there. To focus on her health struggles when she's making a triumphant comeback? Not cool at all. And all this from a guy who starred in an America Ferrera movie called Real Women Have Curves!

Yet Alley, who is the first to joke about her own weight, doesn't seem to be too bothered by the comments. On Thursday, she struck back on Twitter, saying that Lopez was nothing but a mean drunk.

Don't worry about George's comments," the actress tweeted. "Just remember what happens to the big bad, drunk woolf...falls in a boiling pot of vodka. Piggy laughs."

Lopez has admitted to problems with alcohol in his past, so Kirstie's comment is a low blow -- but no lower than making fun of a woman's appearance to get a cheap laugh.

Lopez subsequently apologized to Alley, tweeting: "I misjudged the joke. No malice was intended and I apologize to Kirstie."

Alley is having none of it, however. She took to Twitter this morning with a response that referenced the kidney that Lopez's ex-wife Ann donated to him in 2005. "@georgelopez I don't need or want ur apology," she wrote. "I want your kidney dude..on behalf of ur X and all the women uv insulted...give it back." Ouch.

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Source: http://www.ivillage.com/george-lopez-compares-kirstie-alley-pig-0/1-a-334992

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