Paw Prints Newsblog

by Aubrey Walford

Tis the season to be with family, but in the movie 4 Christmases, Kate (Reese Witherspoon) and Brad (Vince Vaughn) would rather spend their holidays far, far away from their families. Every Christmas, the unmarried couple leaves their hometown of San Fransisco to spend their holiday in some place tropical. But for this Christmas, the fog has rolled in and Kate and Brad are forced to spend Christmas with their families. Because both of their parents are divorced,  they have four celebrations, when originally they didn’t want to go to one.
This is an extremely hysterical movie that reminds its characters along with its viewers of the importance of family, especially around the holidays. So this holiday season, get your family to gether and watch 4 Christmases.

by April Ball

Tiger Woods was recently rumored to have cheated on his wife with Rachel Uchitel, a New York nightclub hostess.  She has denied having an affair with Woods. Last week, the National Enquirer published a story saying the world’s number one golfer had been seeing Uchitel.  They were recently together in Melbourne, coincidently where Woods won the Australian Masters.
On top of this, Tiger Woods also crashed his SUV into a tree in central Florida.  He was taken to the hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.  He hit a fire hydrant and then a tree.  Tiger’s wife heard the accident and immediately ran outside her home and used a golf club to break the window of the SUV and pull Woods from the vehicle.  Then she rendered first aid.
After Woods crashed his car outside his home early last week, he has been faced with a lot negative publicity, and this allegation only adds fuel to the fire.  Though all of this turmoil Tiger’s three major sponsors, Nike, Gatorade, and EA Sports have said they support and are committed to the golfer.  They said they have no plans to change their marketing campaigns because of the incidents; however, AT&T declined to comment.

by Lauren Brown

As the world continues to become more technologically advanced, it’s no wonder that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace are becoming more popular. Although they have a mandatory age of 13, researchers have found that younger kids are faking their ages in order to have access to these sites. But is this really good for children? Some scientists worry that pre-adolescent use of the sites, which some therapists have linked to Internet addiction among adults, could be damaging to children’s relationships and brains. But many other experts say there’s not any solid research to back that up and that most children seem to use social-media sites in moderation and in positive ways. Adults are concerned that with all this online talk, face-to-face interaction skills will suffer. In surveys, though, it was found that the people they talk to online are the ones they socialize with in person. Many believe that because children today have spent their whole lives on computers, their brains are better adapted than those of adults to integrate online activities with their offline lives. Many parents worry that younger users of social sites could be targets for online predators. While there are some concerns that kids aren’t mature enough to make good decisions about their privacy, most are savvy enough by their early teens to know what, and who, to avoid. Younger children, though, may need more parental supervision. There is no way to know for sure if the long term effects of social networking sights will be bad or good because there is no control group to compare to. It’s extremely difficult to find a group of children that do not use the computer.

by Mallory Stratton

NASA said last Friday it had discovered a significant amount of water on the moon, opening up the idea of a lunar space station. On October 9, they intentionally crashed the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, into the shadowed region of Cabeus Crater near the moon’s south pole. After the satellite landed, a rocket flew out to measure the amount of water exposed and provide other data. The $79 million mission was to determine the presence of water on the moon; however, other finds are expected once more studying is done. Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington, said the latest discovery also could unlock the mysteries of the solar system. Sources for the water could include solar winds, comets, giant molecular clouds or even internal activity in the planet itself. Wargo said that the Earth may also have a role. At the end of their statement, NASA said, “In addition, water and other compounds represent potential resources that could sustain future lunar exploration.”

The second movie is out in theaters, ladies and gentlemen! For all you Twilight fans, here’s a review. For all you Team-Edward’s, he’s back again with his death-white skin and handsome features. But for all you Team-Jacob’s, he’s back from the first movie, with a total new look of a taller, more built body. But enough about the leading male roles. The story begins where the last one left off, except it’s Bella’s birthday, and the story picks up right when she gets a bloody paper-cut when opening a present in a household full of vampires. With her “delicious” blood’s smell in the air, the plot thickens. Edward realizes how much danger he’s putting Bella in by having her so intimately connected with a family of blood-suckers such as the Cullens. He and his family decide to leave Forks, Washington, in the hopes that Bella can have a better life without her true love.
After months of depression and solitude, Bella finds herself in search of fun and happiness, especially with her worried father wanting to send her to live with her mother in Jacksonville, Florida. She decides to chance an outing with a disconnected friend from her high school, even though she stopped talking to that group of friends right when her depressed state of mind began. When her and her chatty friend Jessica go to Port Angeles, a group of bikers nearby began cat-calling to them. Even though they should probably walk away, Bella stares at them for a long time, thinking about the time Edward saved her from being attacked by a group of guys in the first movie. And as she begins to walk down memory lane, a sort of aura of Edward appears in front of her, and it tells her to walk away. But against what her mind has decided would be his wishes, she walks up to the bikers, talks to one of them, and gets on the bike. With the adrenaline rush of zooming off on the back of some strange guy’s bike, she keeps seeing Edward, who keeps telling her to stop. She then decides that she needs an adrenaline rush to see Edward. Even if it’s not really him, she’ll do anything to retain any piece of his love in her mind.
With this new discovery, Bella decides to resourcefully uses her friend Jacob’s mechanical skills to help her rebuild two old motorcycles she saved from the junkyard. And by spending so much time with Jacob working on the bikes, she forms a friendly attachment to him because his presence and friendship starts to fill the empty whole in her chest where her heart used to be when she was with Edward.
The story continues, but it leaves out tons of information about Jacob’s story-line and how his life is affected by the old Quillette legends that seemingly are coming true. Bella is in danger again with the return of Victoria, and an attempted-adrenaline rush by Bella leaves the Cullens to believe she has possibly committed suicide. That fact leads Edward to end his life because to him, a world without his love Bella is a world not worth living in. When Edward attempts to commit suicide-by-vampire in Italy where the Volturi clan live, Bella travels there with Alice to stop Edward and become reunited with him once again, leaving Jacob and her feelings for him behind in Forks.
The movie was made with a lot of shortcuts between the real story in the book, but it was made well considering it had only about two hours to get the New Moon novel into one movie. Go see it for yourselves; you don’t want to miss wolves the size of a bear and those strangely beautiful vampires we all know and love– and how they end up changing Bella’s life as she enters the age of 18.

by Lindsey Baty
For the second time, Adam Lambert, former American Idol contestant, has had his appearance on ABC canceled. On Lambert’s Twitter account he wrote, “Yes, sadly friends, ABC has canceled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE, don’t blame them. It’s the FCC heat.” Lambert’s vigorous American Music Awards performance had given the FCC and the network thousands of complaints from their viewers. They thought that Lambert’s homo-erotic gyrations was indubitably inappropriate for TV. After Lambert’s performance, ABC canceled his apparence on “Good Morning America” and said that his style was not suited for a morning show. Lambert thought of this as a compliment and took it in good humor. After this happened, Lambert was looking forward to a gig on NBC and New Year’s possibilities. Lambert Tweeted, “I AM doing Leno, though. And looking into something for NYE. It’ll all blow over. Let’s focus on being positive! ”

Adam Lambert is known as an openly-gay American Idol star. He hasn’t yet considered ABC caving into homophobia and doesn’t want to listen to the advice from a British actor Rupert Everett. Everett told the British newspaper that he wished he would have never publicly came out. Everett claimed, “The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn’t work, and you’re going to hit a brick wall at some point. You’re going to manage to make it roll for a certain amount of time, but at the first sign of failure, they’ll cut you right off.” After this Everette added, “Honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out.”

by Nick Lane

Third Man Records is releasing old White Stripes recordings through their website if you subscribe to their feature called “The Vault.”
One of the upcoming offerings is a record containing alternate versions of the White Stripes 1998 debut 7” with the songs “Let’s Shake Hands” and the B-Side, “Look Me Over Closely.” This is the first time ever that the band has released any outtakes from any past recordings throughout their 10-year career. Platinum subscribers to the Vault also get a double-LP live album from Jack White’s other band the Raconteurs. They also receive a Dead Weather screen print, Jack White’s other band. Subscriptions to the Vault are open through October 22.

by Nick Lane
Jerry Fuchs, drummer for bands such as: !!!, the Juan Maclean, Turning Machine, and Maserati died Saturday, November 9th, after falling down a Brooklyn elevator shaft. He was 34-years-old. According to the Post, Fuchs was at a benefit party in Williamsburg when he and a friend were stuck in an elevator between floors. They opened the elevator doors and attempted to jump across to the nearest floor. Fuchs friend made it, but he did not. On Juan Maclean’s website he wrote, “Jerry was one of my best and most loyal friends. He was hands-down the best drummer I have ever played with or seen for that matter.” On the Maserati website they stated, “”We are humbled to have been able to create music with you for all these years, Jerry. You will be missed more than words can express. We love you, bro.”

by Haley Neal

Ever want to live in the house of a famous person? Well, now is your chance-if you happen to have $15 million lying around somewhere.
The recession is obviously starting to effect everyone, even those living lives of luxury and lavishness. Stars are now beginning to trade in their 32-room homes for something a little more inexpensive, and some are even selling at half the price they bought it! Two stars in particular, Eddie Murphy and Nicolas Cage, are now slashing prices! Murphy’s 32-room home in Englewood, NJ, is reported as being dropped from $30 million to $15; Cage’s homes are available starting at around $3 million and are each up for auction. So millionaires: Here’s your chance to acquire another mansion, castle, or personal playground!

by Nick Lane

In an interview with lead singer of The Strokes, Julian Casablanca shared, “I’m done with the predictions. We’re supposed to get back
together in January but don’t hold me to that.” The Strokes announced their first live show since October 2006. They are headlining this summer’s Isle of Wight Fest in England. Other acts include Jay-Z, Blondie, and Orbital. The festival and the Strokes first show since 2006 will be on June 11-13.