I The Behrend Beacon America, Britney fed up with K-Fed By Chris LaFuria editor in chief 11/10/06 Just when the world was fed up with celebrity user, and pop culture abusers. some silly supernatural being decides to deliver to the world the gilt of KeY in Federline, or, as most people have come to call him. "Mr. Britney Spews. - Blatantly coinciding yY ith the creepiness and ghoulishness of Halloween. Mr. Spears released his debut album Playing with Fir( on Oct. 31. After weeks of support and media preparation for its release, the album managed to sell 6,000 copies in its first week and landed at number 151 on the Billboard Top 200. Though not cited in Rriiney'v claim, some people speculate that the recent divorce between Federline and Spears may have come from the artist's lack of popularity and over-exertion in the party scene. While the album 's' as entirely ss ritten by Federline and mastered at the notorious Federline Records. musically and lyrically, the album may propel the self-proclaimed "America's Most Hated" to the top of the "Ex-Celebrity Husband" charts. Most of the con tent in Federline's lyrics are about the important things in his life such as a garage full of whips. smok ing weed and partying. Federline stuns the world with the profoundness of his lyrics, in which he compares himself to a popular deity and ranks his priorities. "Like Jesus in c‘ ery way / crucified every day" and "Fell in love with the herbs just like my wife - are only two short excerpts from the revealing diaries of a misunder stood drama king. Not only is his album racing up the charts like a '93 Eurovan, but his concert venue is bringing in about as many fans as the Penn State Behrend Lawn Darts team. At the prestigious Webster Hall in New York City, where the seating capacity is just over 1,500. K- Fed managed a whopping 300 fans in attendance -- 297 of them more than likely his Vernon network (they come with the phone). All jokes aside, the life of K-Fed, or the recently tagged Fed-Ex. took a turn for uncertainty after he allegedly received a text message from Brit. revealing the plans for a divorce. After two children and count less embarrassing media run-ins, the Spearses ended their two-year marriage due to what Britney claimed was, "Irreconcilable Differences.- According to a close friend of Spears. "She doesn't - taTIN wat t. .r• ' • z U A,I r titt4 F.44tr 3-week session May 14-June 1 lossiovi tWv2s \kalll I() (ll\ ()FCC KC \ in. hut if that's the hest thing for her chtidicti ',Hid for her ow n sanit. that's exactly what'.hell do The Lx-LFO hack-up dancer and former Shar Jacksou loser fathered two children NA ith Spears, Sean Preston in 2005 and JaN den James in 2006. After Brune \ riled papers for di \ orce. Fed-Ex counter-filed palm s„ittempting to gain sole custody of the children and ct. spousal support. According to TMZ.com, Spears is \\ \mg the right to spousal support after the tv.o established a stern prcnup. Sources say Spears may also mo c to have both parties pay their c 011? I fees . Whetha ow hate him or love him, the male Paris !Bon's album may surprise some people. Even with its cliche heats and less-than-enticing lyrics, there's a K-Fed can add di \ ()reed and broke to his résumé good chance K-Fed will reach the 10.000-album mark. Although his music will make rap fans cringe and critics reach deep into their think-tank of insults, the purpose behind Fed's album is what America y earns for -- pop icons to love and destroy. 44-. week session May 14-June 5 Late summer 3-week session July 30-August 17 There has always been, and most likely always will be one central question posed when Jim Carrey is cast in a role that is not in the genre of comedy: Can he actually act serious in a film? certainly can. Though Carrey proven himself as rm than adequate in serif roles in previous ye through films like Truman Show and the vi highly acclaimed in , movie Eternal Sunshiny the Spotless Mind, m, moviegoers still vi Carrey as a perennial fui man, and have a diffii time reconciling the that he is indeed a vi diverse actor that col almost even be put into same category as Joh, Depp or the extremely vi satile Ryan Reynolds. In The Number Carrey plays the aver American blue coil male,Walter Sparrow. is a professional dogcali er that becomes extreme enveloped in a novel ife be ;ht for hi - ..,V, ';',‘ Zot; it . - , :i,:0 . , w - ii,;' , 1 ,!, i' : :.t";?,,,izi ,ko - ~, a '' '' 1 , t . us wife bought for him on his birthday. This book is based on a man that becomes obsessed with the very mysterious traits and coincidences of the number 23. Sparrow finds that his life parallels greatly with the author of the novel and the film takes off from there. There are many twists and turns, and the ending is akin to those of the popular Saw movies in that it is nearly impossible to figure out until it is final ly explained to you at the conclusion of the movie. The film employs a masterful use of suspense, and is extremely unpredictable. 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