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		<title>Our Top 5 Paparazzi Beatdowns -- How Does Lily Allen's Rate?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look, Lily, we like you. I mean, we really like you. But if you're trying to impress us by pounding on British paparazzo, even ones that bump into your car, well, it's not going to work. See, we've been around the block a few times, and we know a good pap punch-out when we see [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/bands/a/allen_lilly/la_021809/140x105.jpg" alt="Lily Allen" class="thumbnailmain" />Look, Lily, <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/06/04/an-open-letter-to-the-haters-lily-allen-ideal-girlfriend/">we like you</a>. I mean, <a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/02/12/lily-allen-you-should-date-our-producer/">we <i>really</i> like you</a>. But if you're trying to impress us by <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1606940/20090313/allen__lily.jhtml">pounding on British paparazzo</a>, even ones that bump into your car, well, it's not going to work. See, we've been around the block a few times, and we know a good pap punch-out when we see one.</p>
<p>In fact, your latest "incident" doesn't even crack our list of the Best Paparazzi Beatdowns &#8212; yes, we keep lists about things like this &#8212; if only because, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4982396/Lily-Allen-lashes-out-at-photographer-after-car-shunted.html" target="_new">based on the photo we saw</a>, your right cross didn't actually <i>connect</i> with the photographer's face. (Nice form, though.) So, if you're looking to win your way into our hearts &#8212; and make our next list &#8212; well, then perhaps you should read on, and take notes.</p>
<p>Remember, practice makes make perfect, and since those paparazzi aren't going anywhere, we figure that with a little coaching, you'll make our list in no time. So for future reference, Lily, here's our list of the five greatest celeb-on-pap beatdowns in history.</p>
<p><b>#5: The Bj&#246;rk Bangkok Beatdown</b><br />
In 1996, Icelandic ingenue Bj&#246;rk arrived at Bangkok's Don Muang Airport after a long flight, looking frazzled and on-edge. As she pushed her way past photographers, one female reporter snickered, "Welcome to Bangkok!," which sent B into a rage. She pounced on the unsuspecting woman, throwing haymakers and grabbing at her hair. The two spilled to the ground, the reporter squealed, and the incident has since become a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYyyqIZTvYY">viral sensation</a>. Bj&#246;rk would later apologize, but early last year, she reportedly went after another paparazzo, <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&#038;objectid=10486682" target="_new">tearing his shirt in half</a> at an airport in New Zealand.</p>
<p><b>#4: Chris Martin</b><br />
Seriously, who knew the curly-headed Coldplay frontman was a badass? In early 2008, Martin went off the deep end when photographers attempted to snap pics of him and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow leaving a hospital in New York. After one particularly snarky pop offered him congratulations (it was rumored that Paltrow was pregnant, hence the hospital visit) Martin reportedly shoved the man to the ground, swore at him, snatched his camera and told him to <a href="http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2008/01/17/Chris_Martin_in_paparazzi_dust-up/UPI-57501200600368/">"have some respect."</a> Of course, as he tried to get into a waiting car with the camera, a <i>second</i> photographer intervened, calling Martin "a jerk" and said (in the thickest New Jersey accent imaginable), "You give [the camera] back to him, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvsoqT0Oq4">this door's getting broken</a>." Sometimes, you sort of root for the celebs ...</p>
<p><b>#3: Kanye West's LAX Meltdown</b><br />
In September 2008, Kanye West took exception to some overzealous paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport, so the MC and his bodyguard expressed their displeasure by snatching some paps' equipment and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEgTE2qcIgg" target="_new">rather gleefully smashing it</a>. West and his bodyguard were <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1594592/20080911/west_kanye.jhtml">arrested</a> on charges of felony vandalism, though those <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1595767/20080926/west_kanye.jhtml">charges were later reduced</a> when it was revealed that the equipment was not valuable enough to warrant a felony charge. Still, West got significantly more gangster in just about everybody's book.</p>
<p><b>#2: Bald Britney's Umbrella Attack</b><br />
Ah, the halcyon days of 2007 ... The image of a newly-shorn Britney Spears, dressed in shorts and a white hoodie, her eyes wide and manic, wailing on a photographer's SUV with an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTBbHMEs0Uw">umbrella has become iconic</a>, which is a pretty sad comment on our society. It was one of the lowest points in a very low period for the pop star, but happily both Britney <i>and</i> the Ford Explorer survived the ordeal, and have since moved on to bigger and better things.</p>
<p><b>#1: Sean Penn, The Living Legend</b><br />
Sure, he's mellowed a bit over the past few years, but in the '80s, Penn was so well-known for his punch-ups with paparazzi that scuffles between celebs and photographers became known as "doing a Sean Penn." There were his memorable brawls with photogs when he was dating and married to Madonna, but the incident that made him a legend occurred in Macao in 1986, when he discovered a photographer hiding in his hotel room. Penn reportedly flipped out, grabbed the pap and hung him by his ankles off a ninth-floor balcony. He was arrested and charged with <i>attempted murder</i> before later being acquitted.</p>
<p>You've got a long way to go, Lily!</p>


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		<title>Sigur Ros Rock Out With Bjork On A Sunlit Night In Iceland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Christopher "CJ" Smith
Hot off the heels of the release of their fifth album Me&#240; Su&#240; &#237; Eyrum Vi&#240; spilum endalaust (which will debut at #15 on next week's Billboard albums chart), Icelandic post-rock heroes Sigur R&#243;s joined forces this past weekend with Iceland's other big musical export, Bj&#246;rk, for a concert to promote environmental [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hot off the heels of the release of their fifth album <I>Me&#240; Su&#240; &#237; Eyrum Vi&#240; spilum endalaust</I> (which will debut at #15 on next week's <i>Billboard</i> albums chart), Icelandic post-rock heroes <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/sigur_ros/artist.jhtml">Sigur R&#243;s</a> joined forces this past weekend with Iceland's other big musical export, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bjork/artist.jhtml">Bj&#246;rk</a>, for a concert to promote environmental awareness in Iceland and the rest of the world.</p>
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<p>MTV News' <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/correspondents/stolz/">Kim Stolz</a> and I went to check out the beautiful landscapes (and people!), wonderful food and drink (lamb and fish galore!) and, of course, all the festivities surrounding the show.</p>
<p>More than 10 percent of Iceland's population of 300,000 turned out for what was a beautifully crisp, cool and blustery June day. The sun may set but darkness never comes during the 24/7 daylight summertime, so we were strangely treated to full sets of music from the artists during full-on sunlight, even though it was 11 p.m. by the time the show ended.</p>
<p>Sigur R&#243;s were again joined by the horns that accompanied them on their recent North American tour &#8212; turning their older, more melancholy songs into jubilant celebrations. The band is at the top of their game, surpassing even the heights reached during their 2002 tour. They have solidified into one of the world's finest groups. It almost seems unfair to compare other artists' live shows to the Icelandic titans: With 14 or so players on stage blasting post-rock, they recall Godspeed You! Black Emperor, another post-rock legend, except with much more rousing results.</p>
<p>The highlight of the set came when Bj&#246;rk joined the group for the new single, "Gobbledigook," which found the cast of musicians spilling onto all sections of the stage, jubilantly singing the choruses and banging on drums.</p>
<p>Bj&#246;rk's set was more or less the same set she's been playing since the release of 2007's <I>Volta,</I> with her full Icelandic choir and horn section filling in the flourishes. She's cancelled a few dates recently because of vocal issues, but she seemed to be able to belt out most of the parts (she shied away from some high notes, but not much was lost in translation there). The crowd went wild for the older songs, but one can't escape the feeling that she's striving to stay relevant.</p>
<p>All in all, it was an experience to behold &#8212; never-ending sunlight, great food, beautiful sights and sprawling crowds cheering on their hometown heroes &#8212; and all for a <a href="http://www.natturan.is" target="_blank">great cause</a>.</p>


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