Designer John Galliano... Guilty

Galliano not guilty of any fashion fines, but guilty of hate crimes according to Forbes. The former Dior designer to the stars and others who can afford it, was convicted of making racist remarks and anti-Semetic comments today in a Paris court. He was fined $8,500 (which is 6,000 euros), one symbolic euro ($1.40 - talk about assault) to each plantiff and 16,500 euros ($23,200) for court costs. Now the 6,000 euros he was fined is a conditional fine. If John is not found guilty of any crimes for five years in France, that fine is suspended.

Backstory:
On a couple different occassions, John assaulted some people. On February 24th 2011, he was arrested and accused of assaulting two people at a french cafe. On Oct 8th 2010, he allegedly (at the time) verbally attacked a 40 year old woman also at the same french cafe, La Perle. The conviction and fines are a result of these actions.

He also loves Hitler.

Kanye West: He Has No Where Else For His Foot To Go

What's the 'ole saying? He put his foot in his mouth. We don't think he has any place else for said foot to go. Once again, Kanye West says something that creates a media fire storm, especially in an industry where a lot of Jews are present. At this point, he has to know, unless he doesn't want to be talked about, mentioning Hitler and people looking at him like he's Hitler, is probably not a good idea. If the majority of people weren't thinking of Kanye as Hitler, they might start now. Do we at rant and roast think he meant anything by it? No.

This past Saturday, West performed at the Big Chill music festival in England. He spoke to the crowd about some of the hard times he has endured from being misunderstood. He is quoted as ranting, "I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I'm f**king insane ... like I'm Hitler." He went on to say, "Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much f**king going on in music right now and somebody has to make a f**king difference."

Well, Kanye wants to be the MJ of music and we love Michael Jordan but honestly, the last time we saw MJ he looked like this:

That's some stache. Looks a little like someone else's dont you think?

This is a long video and he does clear up a few things from the past, however if you want to get straight to the Hitler reference, it's at the 6:42 mark and Michael Jordan is at 7:18.

(Video courtesy: rocnationuk)