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Exclusive: Boy George Is Denied Visa + Pens Obama Song
Exclusive: Boy George Is Denied Visa + Pens Obama Song
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Boy George Denied Visa
Gothamist — ... , has been denied a Visa. He told Papermag: "I'm pretty devastated because I am so excited about this forthcoming tour and having my visa application denied seems unfair after I swept the streets of New York spotless. I committed a crime and I happily paid the consequences and I should be allowed to move on and get on with what I do best and that is performing and making people dance and cry!" Maybe the DoS can relocate their picnic to Hyde Park. ...

Boy George denied visa for tour, wrote Obama song
brooklynvegan — ... and I happily paid the consequences and I should be allowed to move on and get on with what I do best and that is performing and making people people dance and cry!" [Boy George to Paper Magazine] ...

Barred from the U.S.A.
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton — Looks like the tour may not go on! According to Paper magazine, U.S. customs has denied Boy George's visa into the country. Sadly, BG will probably miss the NYC's Department of Sanitation's Family Picnic as well! BG says, "I'm pretty devastated because I am so excited about this forthcoming tour and having my visa application denied seems unfair after I swept the streets of New York spotless. There are a number of public figures who are openly using drugs and they have no problem with immigration ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Safeguards America From Bald Guy with Street Sweeping Past
Jossip — ... Like the rapper M.I.A. before him, and like Martha Stewart to Britain, 80s icon and reformed criminal Boy George has been denied entry to the United States. Our very own Customs and Border Protection agency denied him a visa when he applied so he could perform a series of summer concerts. Says The Boy: “I’m pretty devastated because I am so excited about this forthcoming tour and having my visa application denied seems unfair after I swept the streets of New York spotless. There are a number of public figures who are openly using drugs and they have no problem with ...

Boy George Visa Denied
HollywoodGrind : Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors celebrity scandals Hollywood gossip blog — ... Boy George is crying a river now that his visa to the United States has been denied, which means his U.S. tour is cancelled. George told Paper magazine: ...

“Cynthia Nixon won’t wed until she can marry in New York” links
Cele|bitchy — - Cynthia Nixon isn’t planning to take the plunge until gay marriage is legal in New York [Dlisted] - Madonna took her kids; nannies; and bodygruads to the Yankee game yesterday - curiously, she forgot her husband [Lainey Gossip] - Jessica Alba, her husband Cash, their nanny, and newborn daughter Honor out and about [Fafarazzi] - The suave and sophisticated Blair Underwood was spotted at Disney’s WALL-E premiere with his sons and their friend this weekend, looking as fine as ever [Bossip] - ...

George Clinton Brings the Funk for Obama + More
Spinner — ... , who was denied a Visa to the U.S. and was forced to cancel his tour, penned a song for Barack Obama entitled (you guessed it) 'Yes We Can.' Hear it here . The ...

Just What Obama Needs: A Weird Boy George Video
Videogum — ... Earlier in the summer, Boy George released a song "for" Obama called "Yes, We Can." Nobody really noticed, but now there's an official video for the song, which is so weird and animated and nonsensical. It's mostly Boy George Boy George Boy George, with cameos by David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, Divine, a dancing Amy Winehouse, and I think the guy from the Insane Clown Posse? Basically, all the people you think of when you think of Barack Obama bringing change to America: ...

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