Bi-Winning

Why Did Teddi Mellencamp from ‘RHOBH’ Cringe When She Said ‘Winning’ and Thanked Charlie Sheen?

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During the season premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Teddi Mellencamp was joking around with the women when they were discussing what kind of booze they imbibed during their early days.

Mellencamp told the women she and her friends used to drink Boones Farm wine. Then she clinked glasses with Erica Girardi and said, “Winning!” The women fell silent as the camera panned over to Camille Grammar who low key rolled her eyes.

New Real Housewife Denise Richards was in the group, which is why everyone froze. Her ex-husband Charlie Sheen went through a bizarre binge where he used the term “winning” more than often. Richards laughed and it put the women at ease. During her confessional, Mellencamp said, “Who knew saying the word, ‘winning’ would make me look like a loser,” she said. “Thanks, Charlie.”

What happened with the tiger’s blood?

Cast member Lisa Rinna says in a confessional interview that Sheen had tiger’s blood or was drinking tiger’s blood–she wasn’t exactly sure. Back in 2011 Sheen exhibited some pretty bizarre behavior, most of which he blames on “tiger’s blood.”

Tiger’s blood, according to Esquire is actually the name of an anabolic steroid aimed at muscle building. When Access Hollywood asked him about it he said, “I don’t know. It’s blood that flows through me that I can feel.”

Years later, Sheen admits it was, indeed the tiger’s blood that contributed to his insane behavior. The tiger’s blood Sheen took was in the form of testosterone cream, according to US Weekly.  He overdid the cream in order to keep his libido cranked up. “It metabolizes into basically a roid rage,” he said. “The whole odyssey, that was basically an accidental roid rage. But there’s some good quotes that came out of it, right? There’s a few fun moments. So bizarre. It’s so bizarre.”

So what’s with the winning?

Sheen went rogue during a 20111 interview with news program 20/20. “They can’t process me because it doesn’t make sense because I’m not normal and they’re normal,” Sheen said, CBS News recounts. At the time, Sheen was also living with two young women who he referred to as goddesses.

During his interview, he acted irrationally saying his behavior is based on passion. He seemed to answer questions with another question. When interviewer Andrea Canning remarked that some people thought Sheen might be bipolar he said instead he was “Bi-winning. I win here, I win there…now what?”

Sheen continued to spiral during the interview. He said that another caller comes in through his caller I.D. with the word, “winning!” Sheen also danced around questions about when last he took drugs. He ultimately said he did not remember.

‘Winning’ became a top buzzphrase

Mellencamp is like many people who picked up on the phrase “winning.” Time deemed the term as one of the top buzzphrases of 2011. “Once upon a time, the verb win meant ‘to be victorious.’ But Sheen constantly used the word during his slow, painful walk off the sanity plank — styling himself as a ‘winner’ and his lifestyle choices as ‘winning’ as he spoke of his ‘warlock brain’ and ‘tiger blood.’

Sheen famously tweeted simply, “#winning” in March 2011. The tweet received more than 10,000 retweets although Sheen had literally just joined Twitter at the time.

Most recently, Sheen told Inside Edition he is clean and sober. “I just woke up one day and said, ‘Yeah, it’s time. It’s time,'” he said. “I got tired of apologizing for things I couldn’t remember doing.” He’s been clean for approximately 14 months and adds his family connections are stronger and better as a result.

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What The iPad 2 Announcement Needs In Order To Be Bi-Winning

We’re now just hours away from the unveiling of Apple’s next big thing at an event in San Francisco. And while Apple hasn’t officially stated what they’d be showing off tomorrow, a picture has been worth a thousand words. Right on the invite to the event is the tease of an iPad covered by the date, which probably not coincidentally prominently displays a big “2”.

So what should we expect? And what does the iPad 2 actually need in order to please the masses?

The locks at this point seem to be a faster processor (probably a custom dual-core ARM chip, perhaps the “A5”), a front-facing camera, a better speaker, a thinner build, a lighter weight, and a new built-in Verizon 3G option (alongside the AT&T option).

The good bets include a back camera, an anti-glare screen, a new material for the shell, and more RAM.

And the wildcards include a DisplayPort/Thunderbolt output, a different starting price point, and maybe even a white color option.

The one thing clearly missing from that list is a “Retina Display”. That’s not coming tomorrow. This rumor has been debunked quite a bit recently after reports to the contrary started appearing months ago. About a month ago, a good source told us not to expect this in iPad 2 — the same source that pointed to another iPad version launching in the fall.

But the lack of a Retina Display will not harm the iPad 2. Even if it just has the “locks” listed above, Apple is going to sell a ton of units. And if it dips into the “good bets” as well, it will sell even more. The fact of the matter is that over a year after the unveiling of the first iPad, the device had no real competition.

The only thing that remotely resembles a competitor out there right now is the Xoom. And if people are actually buying it in any sort of meaningful quantity, they curiously don’t seem to be talking about it.

But more Honeycomb-powered Android tablets are approaching. And Apple knows that they can’t rest on their laurels. The iPad 2 announcement may not need to be a blow-out blockbuster, but it needs to be rock-solid.

Actually, the more interesting aspect of tomorrow may be on the software side of things. Apple is probably going to unveil iOS 4.3 tomorrow as the shipping software for the new device. But again, it’s unlikely to be a huge upgrade. We’ve already seen some of the cooler, tucked away possibilities in iOS 4.3 (like new gestures), but those may or may not remain in the background for now.

More likely are other, more mature features. We do know that several publishers are likely to be on hand for the event tomorrow. And you can bet Apple is going to talk a bit more about the in-app subscription service that should be baked into iOS 4.3. Don’t be surprised if we hear something about iBooks and Random House too.

And there may be a wild card on the iOS side of things as well. Earlier today, Business Insider reported on some vague rumors about a new “social app” that could launch alongside the iPad 2. They were sure to make it clear that these were very much rumors. But curiously enough, we’ve heard something similar from one of our own sources.

Our source isn’t too firm on details either, but they suggest that Apple may have something new to show off tomorrow, and it may be around the location space. Early looks at the code in iOS 4.3 suggested a feature called “Find My Friends” may be a location-based network for people, similar to the “Find My iPhone” feature for Apple devices. But another source thinks it may be more along the lines of “Find My Kids” — as in a tool for parents to remotely monitor their children when they’re away.

You may think that such a new location service would be tied into MobileMe, but remember that Apple took steps with iOS 4.2 to separate “Find My iPhone” from MobileMe. And that may matter because another source says a MobileMe upgrade isn’t a part of tomorrow’s event. That may seem odd given the disappearing MobileMe boxes from store shelves, but that’s what we’re hearing right now.

There are also other whispers out there of different social elements being worked on for iOS as well, such as simple photo-sharing. But the latest word there is that this is unlikely to be ready for tomorrow’s event.

Still, the “one more thing” moment tomorrow could well be a first glimpse of iOS 5 (following a timeline we predicted a couple months ago). Apple has traditionally held events to walk developers through the latest version of the iOS software in the spring before a summer launch. But Apple may indeed kill two birds with one stone here.

If that’s the case, we may hear about some various advanced things that Apple has been working on for the new mobile OS. What kinds of things? Hard to say. But improvements in social, notifications, and a wide-range of new APIs all seem to be good guesses at this point. Oh — and the cloud.

Other questions that will likely have to wait for a few more hours include when the iPad 2 will go on sale — maybe as soon as this week or next week? And what will happen to the iPad 1 — price cut or end-of-life? And what about this guy — will he be there/on stage?

Stay tuned. We’ll shortly know if the iPad 2 is bi-winning or not.

TV Guide Network Is "Bi-Winning" With New Programming Lineup to Include Classic Sitcom, "Spin City"

TV Guide Network Is "Bi-Winning" With New Programming Lineup to Include Classic Sitcom, "Spin City"

"Spin City" Will Air On TV Guide Network Monday, April 18th

LOS ANGELES (April 13, 2011) - TV Guide Network is shaking up its programming with the classic sitcom, Spin City, which starred Charlie Sheen. On Monday, April 18th from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., TV Guide Network will air the "Sheen seasons" of the political satire sitcom. Season five and six will continue to air in marathon form every Saturday (with the exception of April 30th due to Royal programming) from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., engaging new and long-time fans.

"There's absolutely no doubt that Charlie Sheen has been the man to watch the last few months," said Diane Robina, TV Guide Network's Executive Vice President, Programming and Marketing. "We're also thrilled to be airing one of Charlie's best roles on the fan-loved sitcom, Spin City. The series captured the perfect formula for the classic sitcom, and we're excited to introduce a whole new generation to the show."

Spin City ran for six seasons from September 17, 1996 until April 30, 2002 on ABC. The series starred Michael J. Fox as Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty, with Charlie Sheen taking over Fox's role as new Deputy Mayor Charlie Crawford. The cast also starred Richard Kind as Press Secretary Paul Lassiter, Alan Ruck as Chief of Staff Stuart Bondek, Michael Boatman as Head of Minority Affairs Carter Heywood, and Heather Locklear as Mayor Winston's campaign manager, Caitlin Moore.

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