Kanye West has announced plans to screen his new short art film Cruel Summer at Palm Beach, from the Cannes Film Festival on May 23. The short film is said to be inspired by his upcoming GOOD Music LP project, which has the same title. The new project has been headed by himself but backed by his new found creative firm Donda. 

Kanye is always one to push the boundaries, test unknown waters, and usually does with success. An example of this is the short film entitled Runaway, a 40 minute long short film based heavily on art. It melded ballerina’s with wildlife and hip hop music. The new short film is going to further test Kanye’s artistic talents as it is a 7 screen experience and is debuting in front of film critics, whilst runaway was debuted on MTV, a music television channel. 

Cruel Summer will remain open to the public for two days after its world premiere, and tickets for the film will be available for free on www.kanyewest.com. It will surely be a unique film experience, to add a second to Kanye’s collection, which goes with his numerous shoe designs and music awards. 

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The Daily Mail newspaper seem to have a Ph.D in football. They published an article on their website earlier criticizing Wayne Rooney for gambling in Las Vegas, stating that he should be focussing on the European Championships despite the fact he misses the first two games. 

They said: “Granted, Rooney will sit out the opening two matches in Poland and Ukraine through suspension, but these pictures do little to suggest the United striker is focused on the job this summer.”

They were critical of Rooney as the Germans, Dutch, French and Spanish have all already met up for pre-tournament training. Despite Rooney being England’s best player I don’t see what enjoying 1 beer during a night of gambling has to do with it as the rest of the England team haven’t begun pre-tournament preparations yet, and they’re actually playing in the first two games of the tournament. 

Not quite sure why the Daily Mail feels the need to speak negatively of England’s best players, but I’m not sure it will be beneficial come the Euros.

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An all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, Kylin Buffet, in Ocean Road, South Shields, is now charging customers £20 in ‘wastage’ if they leave food on their plates. One mother was furious when she had to pay the £20 after her and her 10 year old son and 6 year old niece left 2 onion rings, 1 piece of prawn toast and a single spring roll on their plates. Many customers have voiced their opinion on the policy, although the manager is standing by the policy. 

A Miss Clark said: ‘After we had our starters, we went up for our main course. But a member of staff came over and asked if we weren’t going to eat the food on our plates, and said we would have to pay an extra £20 to cover food wastage costs. I was furious and said we were already paying £18 for three meals, but the staff kept checking if we had eaten the food. In the end I wrapped it up in a serviette and put it into my bag when they weren’t looking, so it looked like we had eaten it.’ 

One can see the rational thinking behind the policy, as wasted food serves no purpose but to burn a hole into the pockets of the business and give the garbagemen more to deal with. This may teach people to not waste as much food, as at many of these buffets people place a ridiculous amount of food on their plate so as to save having to go back up to the table where the food is kept. Saying that, I give the restaurant less than a month. 

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Grease star Jeff Conaway’s former fiancee has said that John Travolta attempted to give Conaway oral sex while he was sleeping in his home in the 1990’s. She said that her partner was so upset with the incident it ended his long term friendship with the star. She says Conaway made the claim in a suicide note in 2006, before a failed bid to kill himself. He died last May from complications of pneumonia aged 60. 

She also said “Jeff told me that John and Kelly’s marriage was an arrangement. Jeff said that Kelly knows that John is gay, and that’s why she’s OK with it.’ 

Yesterday, another unnamed man made claims that Tavolta accosted him, making him the fifth man to make allegations about the star. The first two withdrew their lawsuits, whilst the third was named. Former massage therapist Luis Gonzalez said he spent an afternoon with the Pulp Fiction star at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Laguna Niguel, California, in 1997. Gonzalez said: “He’s a great kisser. I know because I had sex with him and he loved it.’ He also claimed that Travolta was ‘very experienced’ at gay sex. 

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The English football squad for Euro 2012 has been announced. Shock absentees include Rio Ferdinand, Adam Johnson, Peter Crouch and, in my opinion the best English right back, Micah Richards. Ferdinand was gutted to not have been chosen, although John Terry did and Ferdinand did mention not wanting to play with Terry after he racially abused his brother, Anton. Peter Crouch has the best goalscoring record, in a goals per games played ratio, for England ever. 

Here’s the full squad:

Goalkeepers: 

Joe Hart (Man City)

Robert Green (West Ham)

John Ruddy (Norwich)

Defenders:

Glen Johnson (Liverpool)

Phil Jones (Man United) 

John Terry (Chelsea)

Joleon Lescott (Man City)

Gary Cahill (Chelsea)

Ashley Cole (Chelsea)

Leighton Baines (Everton)

Midfielders:

Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

Stewart Downing (Liverpool)

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)

Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Gareth Barry (Man City)

Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

Scott Parker (Tottenham)

Ashley Young (Man United)

James Milner (Man City)

Strikers:

Wayne Rooney (Man United)

Danny Welbeck (Man United)

Andy Carroll (Liverpool)

Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)

My projected first XI:

Hart

Johnson       Terry        Cahill          Cole

Walcott         Parker      Gerrard       Young 

Rooney        Defoe

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Two armed police officers were caught driving along a restricted road... by electronically operated bollards. The bollards, which are designed to only let buses through, rose up under their unmarked BMW 530i. They smashed into their £30,000 patrol car in central Manchester, and were stuck their for two hours, enduring the laughter of passers-by. 

Both officers now face a carpeting from their superiors over their driving escapade amid fears the vehicle could be written off. Council bosses had previously warned that motorists who crash into the bollards could face legal action for causing damage under the Road Traffic Act. 

It is not known whether the two officers were following a bus when the accident occurred. The bollards are designed to lower only when buses and emergency vehicles trigger a sensor which lowers the posts, whilst the bollards rise again immediately after each vehicle has passed. 

One onlooker said: ‘The police officers were absolutely mortified at what happened and were clearly very embarrassed not least because shoppers and other onlookers were laughing at them. One old guy was giving them a lecture about driving properly in Manchester whilst another was shouting “karma” because he got fined the previous weeks for doing a U-turn.’ 

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Football bad boy, and cult figure, Joey Barton has made his opinionated views clear through the medium of twitter once again. Barton is a huge celebrity in the Twittersphere, if not an amazing footballer. This time his abuse has been hurled at BBC pundits Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker after they criticised his latest meltdown at the weekend. Barton has had a string of misdemeanours to his name both on and off the pitch and has served jail time. For a detailed description of what he did on the weekend check my earlier blog post. 

Barton’s currently on holiday with his family in Portugal, but faces a 10-match ban when he returns home and it seems as though his QPR career is over after boss Mark Hughes said his indiscipline was a step too far. 

The Twitter comments started after Shearer had said Barton was ‘never going to calm down’ on Match of the Day Sunday Night. Here are a string of Barton’s tweets, with some from Lineker:

@Joey7Barton: ‘Shearers still on my case...”I know I f*cked up Alan, thanks for stating the obvious.” ‘

@Joey7Barton: ‘Whilst were both stating the obvious about each other, can I just say for the record what a great player u were. Well better me...’

@Joey7Barton: ‘But I have better hair (which is not hard), wear well better shirts on TV and have a personality(something u lack).’

@Joey7Barton: ‘I really don’t like that prick, in fact I honestly despise him... Goodnight.’

@Joey7Barton: ‘I’d take it off Hansen and @GaryLineker but not from that bell, same fella that stamped on Neil Lennon,then threatened FA if they banned him’

@Joey7Barton: ‘...That he would retire from international football. No sorry, not having him, never have. Selfish, boring man him. He can do one...’

@Joey7Barton: ‘My favourite memory of him though is when he dropped his spuds when Keano put it on him. Goodnight Al, sleep well matey...’

@Joey7Barton: ‘With that my #shearerrant is over... Goodnight all xxxxxx’

@GaryLineker: ‘Hear @Joey7Barton had a dig at Shearer. Is this an attempt, I wonder, to deflect from the obvious and deserved criticisms coming his way?’

@Joey7Barton: ‘@GaryLineker no deflections here mate. Think the fact about 100m peole seen it will see to that. Just don’t like how he gets personal...’

@Gary Lineker: ‘@joey7barton Still raging then? Still kicking out? And still, presumably, misunderstood? But only by yourself I suspect.’

@Joey7Barton: ‘@GaryLineker do u wanna go there publicly “Mr Squeaky Clean” ? Think u should have a look in that vast closet of skeltons before u respond.’

@Joey7Barton: ‘@GaryLineker I know a lot about THAT side to u the people don’t and won’t bat an eye lid at exposing u. So mind ur manners Squeaky....’

@Joey7Barton: ‘@GaryLineker now back under your stone you odious little toad...’

BEEF

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Geordie Shore’s Vicky Pattison and Ricci Guarnaccio are now engaged after surprise proposal in Mexico. Ricci popped the question as the cast filmed the third series of the show in Cancun, Mexico. He asked her during an al fresco meal while filming scenes for the show. 

Talking about his decision to ask Vicky to marry him, 25 year old Ricci said; ‘When I came into the Geordie Shore house I had been single for a long time and certainly didn’t expect to fall in love - but that’s what happened. I couldn’t be happier with Vicky and know I want to spend the rest of my life with her.’

24 year old Vicky stated that: ‘i’m so excited to be engaged to Ricci. He’s an amazing person and I knew that as soon as he walked through the door and into the house, there was an instant connection between us. I’m very lucky to have found him.’ 

Ricci had got a plane to fly through the sky saying “Vicky, will you marry me?”. He presented her a stunning platinum diamond ring. 

No details have been released on the wedding, although speculation states that it will occur in 2014... if the relationship even makes it that far. 

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Doctors are currently testing a drug which they believe is able to stop alcohol making people drunk. They believe that if iomazenil is taken before drinking it might negate some of alcohol’s effects on the brain. Tests in a driving simulator will determine whether the drug makes volunteer drinkers safer behind the wheel after imbibing. 

The results of a pilot study suggest that those who take iomazenil are less likely to stray into the wrong lane and brake more quickly. The researchers from Yale University do not want the drug to allow people to drink more. They want it to be a remedy for heavy drinkers, as it would take the pleasure out of drinking. 

I personally don’t see the point. Why would someone drink alcohol without the intention of getting drunk. Drink juice instead. Or if you enjoy the taste of alcohol but don’t like being drunk then drink in moderation. 

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Manchester City won the Barclay’s Premier League title yesterday in dramatic fashion. Manchester United scored in the 20th minute against Sunderland to go 1-0 up and maintained this lead for the rest of the match. Manchester City were 1-0 at the interval. 

QPR struck back following a mistake by Lescott to make it 1-1. Shortly after QPR scored again to make the score 2-1. This would effectively give the title to United as City had to win the game. In the 90th+2’ minute Man City substitute equalised to make the score 2-2. Shortly after City scored through Sergio Aguero to win the game and the title. This marked the end of the most dramatic premier league season ever. United had thought they had it in the bag but City came through in the last minutes of the season. 

This was helped in part to QPR Captain Joey Barton’s red card dismissal midway through the second half. Barton retaliated to Carlos Tevez, who had punched Barton in the back of the head without the officials seeing. Barton consequently elbowed Tevez to the face. Following consulting with the linesman, the referee sent Barton off. Many players were in his face and on his way out he kicked Sergio Aguero, who was complaining to the referee, in the back of the leg. Following this second incident Vincent Kompany went over to confront Barton, who simply headbutted the City captain in the head. Approaching the tunnel former teammate Micah Richards jumped off the City bench and tried to help Barton calm down. This wasn’t helped by Mario Ballotelli running his mouth, and Barton tried to approach him although he was held back by multiple players. He is now facing a lengthy ban, which experts believe could be over 10 matches in length due to the number of incidents committed. 

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