Oops! Kanye West New Album Not That Great

A few days ago, Kanye said his new album Waves formerly known as Swish will be the 'greatest album of all time. Erm, insiders aren't so sure...

From Page Six

Our source, who has heard tracks from “Waves,” tells us West shouldn’t be so cocky: “It’s not the greatest album ever made. The people he’s getting feedback from are not the same as when he’d go to Jay Z to get feedback. Now, it’s from Kris Jenner. The stuff he’s done lately is dumbed down because of the Kardashians, but he’s still brilliant"

BuzzCanadaLive Year In Review 2014

The Liberals lead in year-end polls

Three new polls show the Liberals under Justin Trudeau, right, still leading the Conservatives and Stephen Harper, left, and Tom Mulcair's NDP - but the polls don't agree on the strength of that lead. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press photos)

Éric Grenier, CBC News
A flurry of federal polls over the last few days has painted a picture of Canada's political landscape as the year comes to an end. However, what that picture shows is up for interpretation.

Three polls, all conducted in early December, have been published in the last week. The first, by Léger and published by Le Devoir, a Montreal French-language daily, on Saturday pegged the Liberal support at 38 per cent of decided voters, followed by the Conservatives at 32 per cent and the New Democrats at 19 per cent.

Two polls published on Monday — an EKOS Research survey published by iPolitics and a Forum Research poll published by the Toronto Star — also each gave the Liberals a lead, but of wildly differing magnitudes.

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Walmart Blames Tracy Morgan For The Accident That Nearly Ended His Life

Ever since the horrific six-vehicle crash that took the life of comedian Jimmy Mack and nearly killedTracy Morgan, we’ve been cautiously and optimistically following Morgan recovery. When last we checked in, comedian Neal Brennan offered a funny anecdote that indicated Morgan is — at least on the humor side — back to his old self.

Which brings us to the inevitably icky part of the saga: the legal proceedings. Morgan sued Walmart back in July, claiming their driver, Kevin Roper, was doing 65 MPH in a 45 MPH zone and had been awake for more than 24 hours (and driving for more than nine consecutive hours) when he slammed one of the company’s trucks into the back of Morgan’s limousine.

Yesterday, Walmart finally fired back, essentially claiming that everything would be okay if Tracy and his friends had just buckled up:

Sun Media Apologies To Justin Trudeau For Offensive Rant

Sun Media Corp. is apologizing to Justin Trudeau for a rant against the Liberal leader by on-air personality Ezra Levant.

"It is the view of Sun News that this segment was in poor taste and should not have been aired. We understand why many viewers found both the content and language of this segment to be offensive," according to a statement posted on its website.

"We apologize to Mr. Trudeau, his family and to our viewers."

Levant made no mention of the subject in the opening monologue of his 8 p.m. ET Sun News Network show.

"We accept Sun News' apology," Trudeau's spokeswoman Kate Purchase said in an emailed statement.

"We look forward to Sun News journalists resuming participation in Mr. Trudeau's press conferences."

The Sun News Network host was in hot water for an on-air tirade over a photo of Trudeau kissing a Toronto-area bride on the cheek as her bridesmaids looked on.

Amber Rose Speak Up “I Would Never Cheat on My Husband”

We were all shocked yesterday when Amber Rose filed for divorce from her husband of 1 year, Wiz Khalifa; and there have been so many speculations about the reason behind it.

 

Some of the most common ones have been;

- Amber Rose has been secretly dating Nick Cannon as the pair have been working on a movie together; and Amber recently stated that Nick makes her laugh all day.

 

- Another speculated cause is that Wiz refused to take Amber along with him on tour because he was having something on the side. Wiz however claims he wanted her to stay at home and take care of their 1-year-old son Sebastian.

 

Well, Amber isn’t taking a back seat to all the rumors as she took to her Twitter page today to debunk some rumors. She tweeted saying;

 

“Please stop with the fake stories,” she began. “I would never ever ever cheat on my husband in a million years I think u guys know this….”

 

She continued, “Unfortunately now my ex-husband can’t say the same…I’m devastated and crushed but my main focus is Sebastian. Thank u all for the support in this difficult time.”

British Singer Marianne Faithfull Calls Miley And Rihanna 'Whores'

British singer Marianne Faithfull most likely won't be on the Christmas lists of Miley Cyrus or Rihanna anytime soon after bashing both pop stars in a recent television interview.

The Independent reports Faithfull -- in an interview promoting her upcoming album Give My Love To London -- slammed both artists for their public image.

"I think they are completely rubbishy sluts actually," Faithfull told ITV when asked about young pop stars "like Miley Cyrus and Rihanna and the way they dress.

"I've no idea what they think. I cannot understand that way of thinking. That they want to be so much in the music business that they're prepared to make complete fools of themselves. I'm amazed."

Faithfull, who hours earlier released the Nick Cave-written song "Late Victorian Holocaust," also spoke recently regarding the death of The Doors singer Jim Morrison and how she recently accused former boyfriend Jean de Breteuil of accidentally killing him.

Scottish Independence | After vote to stay in UK, Scots must heal divide

Following a long night that brought floods of relief for some and bitter disappointment for others, Scotland awoke with a hangover Friday after voting to reject independence.

Now, the task was to heal the divide - and use the energy the referendum unleashed to hold London politicians to promises of more powers for Scotland.

The result - 55 percent to 45 percent - was more decisive than pollsters had foreseen and prompted Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who led the unsuccessful Yes campaign, to resign.
But it meant almost half of Scotland's more than 5 million people woke up in a country, the United Kingdom, that they wished to leave.

Queen Elizabeth II, who has kept out of the political debate, said Friday that "all of us throughout the United Kingdom will respect" the result.

In a statement from her Scottish home at Balmoral castle, the monarch said "despite the range of views that have been expressed, we have in common an enduring love of Scotland, which is one of the things that helps to unite us all."

Still, Yes supporters have first to get over their bitter disappointment.

"This time, I thought my vote would count for something," said truck driver Calum Noble, 25, his voice cracking with emotion as a drizzly mist enveloped the Scottish city of Glasgow.

"I wanted a better country, but it's all been for nothing. I don't believe we will get any of the things the London politicians promised."

Salmond's impassioned plea to launch a new nation fell short, with Scots choosing instead the security of remaining in union with England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Yet the independence drive tapped a wellspring of youth and energy that campaigners vowed would endure.

NFL | The Real Reason Women Like Ray Rice's Wife Janay Stay

Ethlie Ann Vare  - I usually tune out when the newscast segues into sports, because there's only so much space in my skull, but this particular story was at the intersection of sports and gender politics, so I listened. The commentator was outraged about the brief, two-game suspension of Ravens' running back Ray Rice received after he beat his then-fiancée unconscious -- on camera -- in a casino elevator. You get a five-game suspension for smoking a joint, he gasped, and that stuff's practically legal!

I don't care about the length of the suspension nor do I give a crap about the Ravens (they're from Baltimore, apparently). What I noticed was the then-fiancée part. "Well, at least she had the brains to walk out before he beat her to death," I thought. Then I heard the reason that she's his then-fiancée: Not because she left him, but because she married him the day after a grand jury indicted him on charges of aggravated assault. Janay Palmer -- her name is rarely mentioned in all these Ray Rice stories; it's Janay -- is his then-fiancée only because she's his now-wife.

Why, then, does an abused woman stay with her abuser? I don't speak to this as a family court judge, or a social worker, or a marriage and family counselor. I speak as a woman whose first husband beat her black and blue, and who nonetheless stayed with him until we were forcibly separated by the State of California, because men and women go to different jails.

Queen Comments on Scottish Referendum

The Queen made a rare intervention on the political stage when she expressed the hope that voters will "think very carefully about the future" before the Scottish independence referendum on Thursday.

As David Cameron prepares to issue a warning in Scotland that a vote for independence will lead to a permanent split from the UK, campaigners for the union welcomed the Queen's remarks as a reminder of the monumental decision facing voters in Scotland.

The comments by the Queen came as she left Crathie Kirk near her Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire after the Sunday morning service. The Queen told a well-wisher: "Well, I hope people will think very carefully about the future."

The Queen's remarks were interpreted by no campaigners as helpful to their cause. They were seen to tally with a warning the prime minister will deliver in Scotland on Monday, on his final visit north of the border before Thursday's vote, that a vote for independence would lead to an irrevocable break with the UK.

Minnesota Vikings | 'We Made A Mistake' Bringing Back Adrain Peterson

Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson was declared out, back in, then out again as he faces a felony child-abuse charge in Texas.

This time, he could be gone for the season.

"We made a mistake," Vikings owner Zygi Wilf said, "and we needed to get this right."

Vikings executives emerged Wednesday from a late-night deliberation to voice regret of their initial decision to let Peterson play this week after sitting him for a game once he was charged with injuring his 4-year-old son by spanking him with a wooden switch. Now Peterson is back on paid leave through a special roster exemption granted by the NFL, the same protocol cited by the Carolina Panthers as they sat defensive end Greg Hardy a few hours later while he deals with his own domestic violence case.

"We will support Adrian during this legal and personal process, but we firmly believe this is the right decision," said Wilf, the team's co-owner with younger brother Mark Wilf.

Financial Stress Involved If You Are One of the Striking B.C. Teachers

Jim Iker, president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, offers up praise for his union’s 40,000 members who have been on the picket lines since mid-June without strike pay.

“You have given up so much for your students and the future of B.C.’s education system,” he said Friday in an address to his members. “All British Columbians owe you their gratitude.”

The teachers have been offered similar words of solidarity and encouragement from others in the labour movement, but a pat on the back doesn’t pay the rent, and it is likely that teachers have already lost more money than they can hope to recoup by holding out. Mr. Iker’s words reflect that reality.

As he delivered his speech, the average B.C. public school teacher had already lost at least $6,000 in pay in this dispute.

For Surrey school teacher Jim McMurtry, the financial cost is wearing, but he’s also upset by the price that students are paying in lost class time.

“I feel like a soldier in the trenches of the First World War, congratulated for making a sacrifice I was duped into making,” he said.

It is never easy for a union member to offer a dissenting voice in the midst of a strike and he chose his words carefully: “This war over control of the B.C. education system has left me $14,000 poorer, owing in part to the cancellation of my summer-school job, and closed schools for half a million children for three months. Like all wars, it has stopped being about who is right but who is left – left with any public credibility.”

Apple Is Done Trying To Sell Cheap Phones

The iPhone is back to being expensive.

Last year, Apple debuted a "cheap" iPhone, releasing a less pricey, plastic version to compete in emerging markets like Asia. But the iPhone 5C, as it was called, flopped.

The move was surprising. "Apple is a company that doesn’t do 'cheap,'" Ken Segall, an author and former ad executive who was on the team that developed the name "iMac," wrote last winter after reports that the 5C wasn't selling as well as Apple had hoped.

This year, Apple not only didn't "do cheap" -- it raised prices even further. The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 starts at $199, the same price Apple's premium phone has started at each year (with a two-year contract) since 2008. But the huge, 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus starts at $299.

These phones give people more for their money -- including new features and better memory, cameras and processing power. Apple does this with every release. But unlike last year, $199 is the minimum amount customers will need to shell out for the newest toy.

Canada Has Dutch Disease, Bank Of America Declares

Canada's reliance on oil is "unambiguously good" for the country as a whole — not just the West — Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney said Friday in a speech that called for more pipelines and dismissed fears about so-called Dutch disease.

Rather than blame high-priced oil and other commodity exports for the decline in manufacturing, central Canada should seize more of the bounty by building pipelines and refineries to where the markets are in Ontario and Quebec.

"Higher commodity prices are unambiguously good for Canada," Carney told a conference of business leaders and international policy-makers in Calgary.

"The strength of the Canadian resource sector is a reflection of success, not a harbinger of failure."
Canadians should find new ways to take advantage, said Carney. He points out that eastern Canadian consumers are importing oil at prices that average $35 a barrel more than what western heavy oil producers receive.

"New energy infrastructure — pipelines and refineries — could bring more of the benefits of the commodity boom to more of the country," he said.

The central bank governor has spoken out before against critics of Canada's dependence on natural resources, particularly as rising demand from emerging markets in Asia have caused prices to rise, and the Canadian dollar to climb to and past parity with the U.S. The flip-side has been that manufacturers have found it difficult to cope in foreign markets, a phenomenon dubbed as Dutch disease.

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair this year blamed the dynamic for the decline in central Canada's manufacturing sector, since their exports have become uncompetitive in global markets.

Justin Bieber Go Gaga, Undresses to Cheers and Boos

Justin Bieber ripped off all his clothes, except for his Calvin Klein boxers, during Tuesday night's "Fashion Rocks" event in Brooklyn -- but flashing his bod and ego nearly backfired.

Biebs was on stage with model Lara Stone to introduce Rita Ora, when he decided to strip down. You can hear boos start to rain down at first, but the more naked he got ... the more the screaming chicks started to win out.

Justin tweeted after the show, "Grandma always said kill 'em with kindness...and then strip on live national tv. Lol."

Thanks for nothing, Granny.

Ray Rice's Wife Breaks Silence Following Release of Elevator Video, Defends Him

This is the problem with some domestic violence victims. They stay with abusive men and worse still excuse their behavour. A day after a video showing how her husband punched, knocked her out and dragged her from an elevator was released,  Janay Rice took to instagram to address the issue, defending her husband and calling out the media.

Her husband, former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, did not only lose his job after the video was released, there's a petition to ban him from the NFL and possibly arrest him.

Janay talks about how the release of the video has practically ruined their lives. 

I woke up this morning feeling like I had a horrible nightmare, feeling like I'm mourning the death of my closest friend. But to have to accept the fact that it's reality is a nightmare in itself. No one knows the pain that the media and unwanted options from the public has caused my family. To make us relive a moment in our lives that we regret every day is a horrible thing. To take something away from the man I love that he has worked his ass of for all his life just to gain ratings is horrific. This is our life! What don't you all get. If your intentions were to hurt us, embarrass us, make us feel alone, take all happiness away, you've succeeded on so many levels. Just know we will continue to grow and show the world what real love is! Ravensnation we love you!"

Apple says its systems not to blame for celebrity photo breach

Jennifer Lawrence, best supporting actress nominee for her role in 'American Hustle,' arrives at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014.

The week before a crucial launch of its new iPhone, Apple Inc said intimate photos of celebrities including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence were leaked online through the apparent hacking of individual iCloud accounts.

Apple rushed to restore confidence in its systems' security, saying the celebrity photo scandal that also ensnared swimsuit model Kate Upton, actress Kirsten Dunst and possibly dozens more was the result of targeted attacks on accounts storing personal data and not a direct breach of Apple systems.
"We have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions,

"We have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions, a practice that has become all too common on the Internet," Apple said in a statement.

"None of the cases we have investigated has resulted from any breach in any of Apple's systems including iCloud or Find My iPhone."

The celebrity hacking that came to light over the long Labor Day weekend nevertheless ranks among the highest-profile public fiascos for Apple in recent years.

Apple's iCloud service allows users to store photos and other content and access it from any Apple device. Security in the cloud has been a paramount concern in past years, but that has not stopped the rapid adoption of services that offer reams of storage and management of data and content off smartphones and computers.

Regardless of how the leaking of nude celebrity photos actually happened, the timing could not have been worse for Apple as it prepares to launch a new iPhone next week.

It also underscored the longer-term risks for mobile users as smartphones increasingly become the repository for far more sensitive healthcare, banking and personal data.

Due To iCloud Hacking, Apple's Drop Below $100 Costs Investors $26.1bn

Lines may be forming for Apple's latest gadget, but investors couldn't run away fast enough Wednesday.

Following news of the latest security attack of Apple's iCloud service over the weekend and news of a smartphone partnership between Samsung and Facebook (FB), Apple's AAPL shares were under major pressure.

Shares of Apple Wednesday fell $4.36, or 4.2%, to $98.94. That's the biggest dollar decline by Apple since it lost $6.19, or 8%, to $71.17 on a split-adjusted basis on Jan. 28, 2014, according to data from Yahoo Finance. Since Apple is the most valuable U.S. company, with a market value of more than $618 billion, Wednesday's decline cost investors $26.1 billion.

To put the day's decline in perspective, the market value lost in Apple in one day exceeds the entire value of more than half the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500. For instance, the entire company Marriott International (MAR) is valued at $20.2 billion.

Apple's decline even pushed the entire broad Standard & Poor's 500 into the red. The decline in Apple stock shaved 2.97 points off the S&P 500. Had Apple been unchanged, the S&P 500 would have been up 1.41 points. Instead, the S&P 500 fell 1.56 points to 2000.72.