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
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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
Carrey's performance is aided by a great script
written by Hollywood newcomer Fernley Phillips,
and it's extremely difficult not to take the ordinar
ily hilarious actor very, very seriously. At the
commencement of the movie, Carrey is sarcastic
and catches a few laughs from the audience and
this use of his sense of humor helps the audience
to relate to Carrey as he usually is, and to become
more used to his character. It also helps the audi
ence to become even more involved and sympa-
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thetic of Caney's character when he begins to fall
into his downward spiral and becomes, for lack of
a better word, insane.
This movie was very original and both the plot
and production were very good. It actually
reminded me of movies that have been put into the
film noir category because it gave off a very grim
mood throughout the movie and seemed as though
it was always extremely dark. This fit very well
with the mop ie, though, and it was tastefully done
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into the theater kind of skeptical as to whether or
not they could make a movie solely based on a
number, but soon into the movie I was completely
hooked," said Smith. "Throughout the entire
movie I was trying to guess how it would end, but
when the movie finally did come to an end it was
one of the most shocking endings that I have seen
in a long time."
The Number 23 is easily the best movie that I
have seen so far this year and this movie should
serve as the final hush to the probing questions
about Carrey's adequacy as a diverse and serious
actor. It is a movie that is definitely worth seeing
and I regretably disagree with Peter Travers, the
movie guru who critiques films for Rolling Stone.
Travers awarded only one star, and bashed the
movie pretty heavily, putting it in his "Bomb
Squad" category of terrible movies released in
2007. I would have given this movie three stars,
and justifiably so.
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