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The Money Case against Hollywood Blvd Characters

Eric Broze — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:33:23 +0000

I lived near Hollywood Blvd. for a few years and took pictures of the costumed characters whenever I had the chance. The LAPD has begun to crack down on these “performers” who have become very angry or agressive if an image was taken without paying. I for one, say good riddence.

Freddie Kruger sez: No money, no picture!

These costumed pan handlers are not typically employed, but have figured out a tax-free hustle. The “suggested donation” of 5 dollars per person in the photo results in a huge pile of cash for whomever decides to throw on a tattered costume and start hassling tourists. No permits or reciepts or business licences; smells like a scam to me.

Michael Myers sez: No money, no picture!

Of course lawsuits have already been filed and some appear to be fighting in court.

Here are the details of the suit:

The four plaintiffs were all arrested and taken into custody between June 2 and June 4. At this point, the great LAPD crackdown of spring 2010 had begun on Hollywood Boulevard. The suit notes “approximately one week earlier, on or around May 28, 2010, several characters on the Hollywood Boulevard were arrested, including an individual who wears a Bumblebee ‘Transformer’ costume.”

The three characters arrested on June 4 claim they were standing on a wide section of sidewalk and “did not solicit any tip, donation or other form of monetary or non-monetary payment” from anyone walking by (although some people did stop to take pictures). Ultimately, in all the cases discussed in the filing, charges were either never filed or later dropped.

Michael Myers sez: Cash Rules Everything Around Me.

Counting that cash.

Pirate exchanges small for large bills at a local vendor.

SuperGirl swoops in and saves the dough!

Many of the characters work as teams, holding money, watching backpacks, dealing with problem photographers and hustling tourists.

Batman is paying the Joker. WTF?

Now, some band together to look like fools at the “Town Hall of Injustice” Here is a trailer.

Several more posts with details of the bad costumes, unsafe practices and more to come. Feel free to comment below.

Hollywood Boulevard Superheroes Reunite For ‘Hall Of Injustice’ After LAPD Sweeps Them From The Street

Displaced Hollywood Boulevard Characters Sue City, LAPD

Denise Richards taken by Liar-Psychic John Edward

Eric Broze — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:48:50 +0000

Denise Richards has found a friend at the bottom of the celebrity barrel. According to IMDB, she has joined forces with professional liar and douche John Edward. Which seems to continue a long line of celebrities with psychic friends, such as Dionne Warwick, Nancy Reagan and Marilyn Monroe.

Actress Denise Richards credits a psychic connection with her late mother for inspiring her to host an upcoming TV series that links American families to their dead relatives.

The 38 year old has remained close to her mother Joni by getting regular readings from a psychic medium her mum befriended shortly before her 2007 death.

So, I guess her mother was not too bright, either.

And she jumped at the chance to work with famed psychic John Edward on his series Cross Country next month, as he travels across the U.S. and helps to connect lingering spirits with their loved ones.

Richards tells the New York Post, “I wanted to believe Mum was still around. I wanted a reading. I wanted to believe in some form of reincarnation. I need to think in whatever way I can that my mother is still with us… I desperately have wanted a message from my mother, and I want to hold onto anything which will make that happen. I’ve told her to stay in contact with me even if she has to talk to me only through (her psychic) Natalie.”

John Edwards saw this dunce coming. Hahaha.

America Doesn’t Need the Ray Comfort Press Release

Eric Broze — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:56:55 +0000

It looks like Ray Comfort is trying to get between everyone and their Calvins, while bashing both CBS and ABC for covering the story. Old Comfy put out a press release stating his disdain for sexually provocative advertising.

NEW YORK, June 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Calvin Klein has placed a new advertisement on a five-story billboard on a building in New York City, which shows half-naked teenagers lying on top of each other in sexually explicit positions.

“Calvin Klein not only reveals that it doesn’t care about the abuse of our women and children, they also show that they have no regard for what God says is right and wrong,” TV co-host and bestselling author Ray Comfort said.

According to Comfort, sex not only sells jeans, it gets massive free publicity on CBS. This week, The Early Show panned and zoomed in on the offensive billboard an amazing sixteen times, as the show’s host interviewed an expert on why she thought it was wrong to show such images in public. Ironically, the expert said that it wasn’t good for children to see such pictures.

He then goes on on a tirade about child abductions….

Comfort says that there is another reason why Calvin Klein should rethink the tone of its advertising. Presently there are 673,989 registered sex offenders in the United States [1] and hardly a day goes by when a child isn’t abducted, raped, or murdered.

Way to go, Ray. By that, I mean, way to to twist the story and scare people over an ad for jeans. But wait, this ego-maniac then has to make it all about him. The press release continues…

This isn’t the first time Comfort has spoken out against sexually explicit advertising. In April of 1999, ABC TV put up a racy billboard of a naked woman lying on her stomach in Comfort’s neighborhood in Southern California. The image had a small towel draped across her backside, in order to keep it legal. In response, Comfort purchased an 18-foot ladder, climbed up the billboard and stapled a huge orange blanket over the picture of the naked woman’s body.

So, 10 years ago Ray committed vandalism, cause he did not like a billboard? What’s next?

“I didn’t want some sexually depraved pervert getting off on ABC’s dirt, and raping and murdering my wife or daughter,” Comfort said.

Um… Ray, If the pervert got off on ABC’s programming, raping your family is not necessary. Then again, Ray is not known for thinking clearly.

Comfort then took a picture of the blanketed billboard and released it to the media, in the hope that ABC would take him to court for willful damage of their property. But they didn’t.

Fail. I cannot believe he was not prosecuted. C’mon [local police name here].

Comfort now has a message for Calvin Klein: “Don’t even think of bringing your dirt and dumping it in my neighborhood, because I will be up my ladder with a staple gun in hand before the glue on your smutty image is dry.”

I would like to see Ray try it on the 5 story image in New York. NYPD does not take to kindly to people attacking buildings.

Ray Comfort has debated atheistic evolution on ABC’s Nightline in 2007 and on the BBC earlier this year. He is the author of more than 60 books including “God Doesn’t Believe in Atheists,” “How to Know God Exists,” and “Evolution: the Fairy Tale for Grownups.” He is the publisher of “The Evidence Bible” and more recently, “The Atheist Bible (Unauthorized Version)” and, “The Charles Darwin Bible.” His booklet, “The Atheist Test” has sold over a million copies.

To be honest, “The Atheist Test” is sold in bulk. 100 copies for 12 bucks and handed out for free. Not really a best seller.

To interview Ray Comfort contact: M. Sliwa Public Relations, 973-272-2861, media@msliwa.com

U.S. Map of sex offenders: [1] http://cybertipline.com/en_US/documents/sex-offender-map.pdf

To end the press release, a scary link to sex offenders. Ray in not a class act.

I ran into a class from Ray’s ambassador alliance. Read about it here.