Watch: The Trailer for 'An Honest Liar - The Story of the Amazing James Randi,'

You need to have a lot of gall or a lot of merit to call yourself "amazing." James Randi has both. In the late 1940s he began performing magic under the name of The Amazing Randi. By the early 1960s, Randi had become a television celebrity, a sort of mid-20th Century version of David Blaine, only not pretentious. What separated him from throngs of other magicians, illusionists and the likes was Randi's refusal to claim that any of his gifts were mystical. His own active skepticism made him a star, his tact essentially being to tell audiences, "Look, what I'm about to do isn't real," and then deliver a trick so meticulously designed that it still impressed the very people he just told he was about to lie to.
What makes Randi even more impressive, however, is that his skepticism extends far beyond his own performances. These days he's best known for the James Randi Educational Foundation, which offers a $1,000,000 prize to anyone who claims to have paranormal abilities and who is willing to submit their powers to his strict scientific tests. He regularly challenges well-known mediums like Sylvia Browne and John Edward to take the test, but to this day none have accepted his invitation; and of the lesser-known psychics who have, none have passed the test.
Randi is already no stranger to film and television, but now Justin Weinstein and Tyler Meason, two of the filmmakers behind Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey and Sons of Perdition respectively, are making a documentary about the man, appropriately titled An Honest Liar: The Story of the Amazing James Randi. The film will not only dive into his past and talk to other fellow expert skeptics like Adam Savage, Bill Nye, Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Penn and Teller, but it will also serve to document Randi's next grand debunking as he plans and assembles, "an Ocean’s Eleven-type team for a carefully orchestrated exposure of a fraudulent religious organization."
Sounds pretty great, no? Check out the Work-In-Progress trailer below and then head to AnHonestLiar.com for more info and to donate to the production.

Malaysia Bans Erykah Badu's Concert Over Allah tattoos

South East-Asian country ,Malaysia on Tuesday banned a planned concert by American singer Erykah badu after a photograph appeared showing the Grammy-winning singer with the Arabic word for Allah written on her body.
The popular singer was scheduled to perform Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur, but some Muslim groups said Badu was an unsuitable role model for young Malaysians after seeing a publicity photo of her with what appeared to be temporary tattoos of the word Allah on her bare shoulders.
A government committee that monitors concerts decided to forbid Badu's show because she has "offended the religious sensitivities" of Muslims by posing with such tattoos, an Information Ministry official .
The 41-year-old, Dallas-born singer had already arrived in Malaysia. "She can remain here as a tourist but will not be allowed to perform", the official said.
Information Minister Dr.Rais Yatim confirmed the decision on his Twitter account

Jim Jones Arrested & Released Again For Driving With Suspended License ( is the illuminati after him or the long arm of the law)

Only three days after being arrested for a brawl at a casino in Connecticut, rapper Jim Jones was arrested yet again today, this time for driving with a suspended license.

3m360 reports that he was pulled over in New York City earlier today and was arrested for driving with a suspended license, but he has since been released.

2012 Academy Award Winners

We've listed the 2012 Academy Award nominees below, with the winners highlighted in gold. Please keep refreshing this list as we'll be updating it in real time throughout the Oscar ceremony.

The 2012 Academy Award Winners



Best Picture

THE ARTIST

THE DESCENDANTS
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
THE HELP
HUGO
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MONEYBALL
THE TREE OF LIFE
WAR HORSE



Directing

THE ARTIST – Michel Hazanavicius

THE DESCENDANTS – Alexander Payne
HUGO – Martin Scorsese
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – Woody Allen
THE TREE OF LIFE – Terrence Malick

Actor in a Leading Role

Demian Bichir – A BETTER LIFE
George Clooney – THE DESCENDANTS
Jean Dujardin – THE ARTIST
Gary Oldman – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Brad Pitt – MONEYBALL

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh – MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Jonah Hill – MONEYBALL
Nick Nolte – WARRIOR
Christopher Plummer – BEGINNERS
Max von Sydow – EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close – ALBERT NOBBS
Viola Davis – THE HELP
Rooney Mara – THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Meryl Streep – THE IRON LADY
Michelle Williams – MY WEEK WITH MARILYN


Actress in a Supporting Role

Berenice Bejo – THE ARTIST
Jessica Chastain – THE HELP
Melissa McCarthy – BRIDESMAIDS
Janet McTeer – ALBERT NOBBS
Octavia Spencer – THE HELP


Animated Feature Film

A CAT IN PARIS – Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
CHICO & RITA – Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
KUNG FU PANDA 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
PUSS IN BOOTS – Chris Miller
RANGO – Gore Verbinski



Art Direction

THE ARTIST – Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 – Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
HUGO – Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – Anne Seibel, Helene Dubreuil
WAR HORSE – Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

Cinematography

THE ARTIST – Guillaume Schiffman
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Jeff Cronenweth
HUGO – Robert Richardson
THE TREE OF LIFE – Emmanuel Lubezki
WAR HORSE – Janusz Kaminski



Costume Design

ANONYMOUS – Lisy Christl
THE ARTIST – Mark Bridges
HUGO – Sandy Powell
JANE EYRE – Michael O’Connor
W.E. – Arianne Phillips


Documentary (Feature)

HELL AND BACK AGAIN – Danfung Dennis, Mike Lerner
IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT – Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman
PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY – Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
PINA – Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
UNDEFEATED – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT – Robin Fryday, Gail Dolgin
GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS – Rebecca Cammisa, Julie Anderson
INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD – James Spione
SAVING FACE – Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM – Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen


Film Editing

THE ARTIST – Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
THE DESCENDANTS – Kevin Tent
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
HUGO – Thelma Schoonmaker
MONEYBALL – Christopher Tellefsen


Foreign Language Film

BULLHEAD – Belgium
FOOTNOTE – Israel
IN DARKNESS – Poland
MONSIEUR LAZHAR – Canada
A SEPARATION – Iran



Makeup

ALBERT NOBBS – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, Matthew W. Mungle
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
THE IRON LADY – Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland



Music (Original Score)

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN – John Williams
THE ARTIST – Ludovic Bource

HUGO – Howard Shore
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Alberto Iglesias
WAR HORSE – John Williams



Music (Original Song)

Man or Muppet (THE MUPPETS) – Bret McKenzie
Real in Rio (RIO) – Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett



Short Film (Animated)

DIMANCHE/SUNDAY – Patrick Doyon
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE – William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
LA LUNA – Enrico Casarosa
A MORNING STROLL – Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
WILD LIFE – Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby


Short Film (Live Action)

PENTECOST – Peter McDonald, Eimear O’Kane
RAJU – Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren
THE SHORE – Terry George, Oorlagh George
TIME FREAK – Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey
TUBA ATLANTIC – Hallvar Witzo

Sound Editing

DRIVE – Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Ren Klyce
HUGO – Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON – Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
WAR HORSE – Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson
HUGO – Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
MONEYBALL – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco, Ed Novick
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin
WAR HORSE – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson


Visual Effects

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson
HUGO – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning
REAL STEEL – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, John Frazier


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

THE DESCENDANTS – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
HUGO – John Logan
THE IDES OF MARCH – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
MONEYBALL – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

THE ARTIST – Michel Hazanavicius
BRIDESMAIDS – Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
MARGIN CALL – J.C. Chandor
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – Woody Allen
A SEPARATION – Asghar Farhadi

Jay Z, Kanye West To Auction Off ‘Otis’ Maybach (for charity or illuminati?)

Hip hop heavyweights and joint collaborators on the ‘Watch The Throne‘ album, Jay Z and Kanye West are set to auction off the ‘re-modelled’ Maybach car used in their breath-taking 2011 ‘Otis‘ music video.
The $350,000 luxury vehicle which was famously de-constructed in the Spike Jonze-directed video is expected to be sold off at Phillips de Pury auction house on Thursday, March 8, 2012.Proceeds from the sale are expected to go towards funding a Save the Children charity foundation. Auctioneers hope to fetch about a hundred thousand dollars from the sale.
Simon de Pury, chairman of Phillips de Pury & Company, states ‘Jay-Z and Kanye West are towering figures in contemporary culture … Their video for ‘Otis’ became an instant classic. The Maybach they have transformed for it has the starring role.‘
Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children went on to state that money brought in from the auction will benefit families in East Africa.
‘The funds raised from auctioning off the ‘Otis’ car are greatly needed to help sustain families over the next several months. We are grateful to Jay-Z and Kanye West for offering up pop culture history to do good for children in Africa.‘
Funds from the sale of the car are estimated to feed more than 4,300 children in the ‘Horn of Africa’.

5 Signs that Blue Ivy is the Antichrist

Babyonce, aka real name: Blue Ivy, has been hailed as the second coming — at least in the music world. The combination of Jay-Z’s swagger and Beyonce’s bootylicious dancing (yes, I did just pull all of you back to 2000 – I may have watched the “Bootylicious” music video a few days ago) in one tiny, adorable package could be dangerous. However, I do hope she was born doing the “Single Babies Ladies” dance.

Either way, we here at CollegeCandy have started having our suspicions about her — from her overhyped birth to the expulsion of other families from the NICU, we can’t help but wonder…are these signs that is Blue Ivy a tiny, very talented Damien? Check out the gallery to see my reasons why!




5. Performing other acts of evil
Blocking parents from the NICU for security, potentially smuggling in a surrogate, and generally being holier-than-thou about the whole pregnancy have created a series of "well that's kind of mean and unnecessary" comments on all Babyonce posts. While right now everything is on her parents, I'm terrified for Blue Ivy's evil future.



4. Performing counterfeit miracles
That is, pretending to perform miracles, but really just letting luck, or money, take over things. This is probably the place where I would mention the fake surrogate and Beyonce's "back and better than ever" body that will be in the tabloids within a few months. I'll just let you read between the lines.


3. Arrogance
Basically, the "I'm better than you" vibe is playing hard through all these signs. When it comes to this, arrogance of the "I'm not just better than you, I'm going to rule over you and destroy the world" variety is present. I'm officially terrified of a baby.
2. Opposes those who are worshipped
We all know that Blue Ivy is going to rebel hardcore against her parents - the creme de la creme of the music industry - but she's probably going to try to overthrow the government too. Y'all watch yourselves


1. Sitting In the Temple
In Biblical language, this is a way of saying "Living in a palace and lording over us." Which, let's just say, Blue Ivy's mom and pop are more guilty of this than her (I mean, she is only a few days old), but what's she gonna learn, huh? She's better than all those other NICU babies? Um, yeah, actually.

THE 84TH ACADEMY AWARDS

Tina Fey: Nice dress. Not as crazy about it as the commentators are. Maybe if it was a different color ... like red or coral


Octiva spencer best supporting actress she won


Viola Davis - Nominee, Best Actress (The Help) - I don't know how I feel about this dress though.


Brad pitt and angelina jolie The couple we just love to hate. Why are they working so well together? They're supposed to be miserable together while Jennifer Aniston is laughing her heart out. *


Rooney Mara - Best Actress Nominee (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) - Really liked her in the movie


George Clooney and his girlfriend, Stacy Kiebler. I don't feel bad that he didn't win the Oscar. His girlfriend already looks like a trophy anyway. That's a compliment by the way.


Jessica Chastain ... they said her dress is special. Oh, well


Michelle Williams - Nominee, Best Actress (My Night With Marilyn). She did not win. Better luck next time


Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz: Whose butt senior pass? I vote for J LO


When Octavia won. Awwwwwwww. One of my favorite moments for sure



Meryl Streep - Best Actress (Iron Lady). This was her 17th nomination and her 3rd dress though.