Lythgoe on Antonella
Dirk
Antonella, just his opinion about her photos that have surfaced on the
web.
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Lythgoe told Entertainment Weekly that "'It's sad, isn't it, that your
best friends are the ones that come forward with information that will
go to Smoking Gun or put your photographs on the web?'' Since
Antonella Barba appears to be the victim of private pictures being
made public without her permission, American Idol producers might very
well treat it with more sympathy than past situations.
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I see big implications for AI and the entire free world on this Barba
issue. if Antonella is not removed, Pat Robertson, Falwell and the
moral majority will step in and put pressure on the President to call
an emergency meeting of Congress, to vote on a binding resolution to
bar "Antonella BJ Barba" from appearance on American Idol. If she does
appear, her entire image will have to be pixelated, but so far her
voice has come off as pixelated all by itself.
Obama will vote against her appearance, and Hillary will vote for her
appearance, making a comment about how "the President was wrong about
the war, and he's wrong about Barba -- she's a stunning girl and looks
good in everything she does." The "for Barba" vote will carry the
measure and the next AI episode will be viewed by over 117 million
people, with 300,000 right wingers protesting outside the studio.
Next episode to be simulcast world-wide and attracting two billion
viewers.
However, because of Hillary's vote, there will be a backlash in the
next months and Obama will win a landslide victory in the Democratic
primary. Hillary will lose, not only for her vote for Barba on
American Idol, but because of her attempt to bring forth measures that
would allow her to bend the age restriction and have Barba as her Vice
Presidential running mate.
Well, we all knew that AI was much more than a singing contest but if
it results in this, wouldn't it be something? Forget about AI.
Antonella for President!
Bob Rudd
calliope...@remove.gmail.com says...
> On Sat 24 Feb 2007 05:06:10p, Dirk wrote:
>
> > No this isn't about a new photo that surfaced of Lythgoe with
> > Antonella, just his opinion about her photos that have surfaced on the
> > web.
> > ----------------
> > Lythgoe told Entertainment Weekly that "'It's sad, isn't it, that your
> > best friends are the ones that come forward with information that will
> > go to Smoking Gun or put your photographs on the web?'' Since
> > Antonella Barba appears to be the victim of private pictures being
> > made public without her permission, American Idol producers might very
> > well treat it with more sympathy than past situations.
> > -------------
>
> but from what it says, I assume that the last sentence is not Lythgoe but
> your own commentary.
>
> I agree that it appears she's the latest victim of a 'friend' or
> 'boyfriend' using pictures taken of a private moment... I just don't
> understand how long it will take these people to learn you don't allow your
> picture to be taken in this situations.
>
> And a side note: his speaking out about them lends credence that the BJ
> pictures ARE really her, contrary to what several here have claimed were
> photoshopped pictures made to cause her grief and embarassment.
>
I cannot tell you how many times, I have told our interns that they
should be VERY careful about anything they place in MySpace etc. for
what it might mean to them in the future.
Dumb choices by kids...a category that can come back to haunt them 40
years down the road.
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I hope we can all be good neighbors online!
Itoshi
<calliope...@remove.gmail.com> wrote:
>And a side note: his speaking out about them lends credence that the BJ
>pictures ARE really her
No it doesn't. He was asked a question by an entertainment mag, and he
answered it. It's not like he called a press conference or a joint
session of Congress to "speak out" about them. Besides, it's more likely
that he was referring to the toilet photo, since that's the one that has
circulated the most, and it is unquestionably a picture of her.
I don't think the BJ photos look like her, but even if it is her, the
person who originally posted them committed an unconscionable invasion of
her privacy. For that reason alone, Antonella should not be punished for
them.
Barring any copyright or trademark infringement issues, the wet t-shirt
photos are fair game. I think they're Antonella, I think they're good
pictures, and I think there's nothing wrong with her posing for them and
then later being a competitor on American Idol. Nothing.
Giggles
"Itoshi" <ito...@no.spam.com> wrote in message
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I don't think I've seen all the pictures, but from what I've seen I see no
difference between them and what Frenchie Davis did. So if Antonella
doesn't get kicked off, I hope Frenchie sues the pants off of AI. What does
it matter who put the pictures on the net? What matters is they exist. Did
Antonella ever tell them that there might be some pictures turning up of her
acting like a complete whore before she auditioned? She should be kicked
off like all the rest who did not disclose their past stupidity. Fair is
fair.
JXStern
<calliope...@remove.gmail.com> wrote:
>> Never made a stupid mistake in your life Calliope? She is a college
>> student. Like many young college students, she makes stupid mistakes.
>> I know that I did when I was in college. I was just lucky that none of
>> them blew up in my face.
>
>OH I never said I didn't make a mistake. (Though you'd think since she's
>going to a religious college, she would be somewhat more chaste! LOL)
LOL is right.
Made plenty of mistakes, and still doing so,
J.
JXStern
>I see big implications for AI and the entire free world on this Barba
>issue. if Antonella is not removed, Pat Robertson, Falwell and the
>moral majority will step in and put pressure on the President to call
>an emergency meeting of Congress, to vote on a binding resolution to
>bar "Antonella BJ Barba" from appearance on American Idol. If she does
>appear, her entire image will have to be pixelated, but so far her
>voice has come off as pixelated all by itself.
LOL
More likely, 21,500 troops will be immediately surged into MySpace to
look for more hot chix pix.
J.
star...@yahoo.com
> Lythgoe told Entertainment Weekly that "'It's sad, isn't it, that your
> best friends are the ones that come forward with information that will
> go to Smoking Gun or put your photographs on the web?'' Since
> Antonella Barba appears to be the victim of private pictures being
> made public without her permission, American Idol producers might very
> well treat it with more sympathy than past situations.
Well, he'd be right if that's the appearance of what's going on. The
implication, otherwise, would be that anyone with an axe to grind on
any finalist could drudge up potentially disqualfiable material (if
such exists) and get them tossed.
So, all other things equal, Antonella probably would've been tossed,
from what I read here.
> I see big implications for AI and the entire free world on this Barba
> issue. if Antonella is not removed, Pat Robertson, Falwell and the
> moral majority will step in and put pressure on the President to call
> an emergency meeting of Congress, to vote on a binding resolution to
> bar "Antonella BJ Barba" from appearance on American Idol. If she does
> appear, her entire image will have to be pixelated, but so far her
> voice has come off as pixelated all by itself.
Well, not that far. Kinda reminds me of the last season of "Dancing
With the Stars" when Rep. Foley was trying to get Jerry Springer voted
off and a country singer voted _for_, until the latter had to drop out
because of an ugly divorce.
(tripe removed)
SantaSteeler
<star...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Bigolhomo
wrote:
You don't see a difference between somebody getting paid for, and
signing a model release form for, photos done for the explicit purpose
of going on an adult website vs. private photos that are leaked onto
the web without the consent of the person in the photos? Good fucking
lord.
--
Bigolhomo
Bob Rudd
calliope...@remove.gmail.com says...
> Hey, I'm bored today. I twisted my ankle this morning and so I'm stuck
> here with my computer and my foot up on a pillow.. <shrug>
>
"RICE", as you know. Now some prefer adding aspirin or ibuprofen, while
others use vintage single malt scotch...never at the same time,
though!!!!!
Bob Rudd
ito...@no.spam.com says...
> Barring any copyright or trademark infringement issues, the wet t-shirt
> photos are fair game. I think they're Antonella, I think they're good
> pictures, and I think there's nothing wrong with her posing for them and
> then later being a competitor on American Idol. Nothing.
>
I agree with you.
Bob Rudd
calliope...@remove.gmail.com says...
> On Sat 24 Feb 2007 06:04:26p, Bob Rudd wrote:
>
> > I cannot tell you how many times, I have told our interns that they
> > should be VERY careful about anything they place in MySpace etc. for
> > what it might mean to them in the future.
> >
> > Dumb choices by kids...a category that can come back to haunt them 40
> > years down the road.
>
> myspace and everyone of these kids should know that an employor is going to
> google their name to see what pops up.
>
> This kid is very lucky that his supervisor is not anti-gay nor did he
> really put much stock into some of his "I hate work" and "the first thing I
> think of when I wake up is should I call in sick today" comments.
>
> I've made it a point to remind my own two kids that even if they remove
> pictures or remove identifying information from one of these websites...
> that there are *other* companies that archive them, some daily, some
> hourly! This will allow future companies to search old websites for
> pictures of when they were foolish drunk &/or stoned or whatever. So,
> whatever they do today *can* be used against them in one way if it's logged
> on someone's webpage.
>
> I don't think a lot of young adults take this very seriously, though..
> until it's too late, anyway.
>
>
At our last Friday brown bag lunch (two weeks ago, I've been out of the
office this week), I had a conversation with several interns and new
hires. I mentioned that it will be in their time in leadership
positions when a serious Presidential candidate will be knocked out of
the race due to stuff they put up on a MySpace like page when (s)he was
20-30 years younger. I could tell they had not thought or considered
that and maybe even thought I was wrong (which I sometimes am, hehehe).
On this, I'm not and it will be in their laps, eventually.
Giggles
"Bigolhomo" <br...@whatever.com> wrote in message
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Nope. If you take those kinds of photos, you know they will end up on the
net. Nothing like that ever stays private. You can't trust anyone. The
moment you pose for those kinds of pictures, you have given permission to
share them with the world. At least Frenchie was smart enough to get paid
for hers.
Bigolhomo
wrote:
Well you're 100% wrong. There is a big difference.
--
Bigolhomo
Giggles
Nope. You are 100% wrong. There is no difference.
Sanna
> In article <Xns98E1BAF66...@207.217.125.201>,
> calliope...@remove.gmail.com says...
>> Hey, I'm bored today. I twisted my ankle this morning and so I'm
>> stuck here with my computer and my foot up on a pillow.. <shrug>
Yikes, I hope it's feeling better. Don't know how I missed seeing you post
this. :(
--
Sanna
>
> Thanks, I'm fine.. it was just my first day with my new feet :-P I
> have a tendency to walk in such a way that I twist my ankle more than
> I care to admit, for some reason.
>
> I was still sore yesterday, but today I'm mostly fine.
>
> Thanks :-)
I'm glad that you are doing better. I had a foot do that, kept twisting it
here and there and then finally, one day, it broke. Not fun. Are you
doing any ankle strengthening exercises or something?
--
daveparks
wrote:
I had the same thing happen to a twist-tie on a loaf of bread once; it
was quite unsettling.
You're not right, Sanna. Not right at all.
btw - Sorry about the "wheel" 'Calli', good to hear you're doing
better.
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