Five-time Oscar winning film composer John Barry has died at the age of 77. Click here to read about his life and to see which films he scored.
Apparently Lindsay Lohan was out at dinner the other night and ran into some of the cast of Glee. The episode making fun of Lindsay’s trips to rehab came up. The cast apologized to her and said they didn’t mean to hurt her feelings. Lindsay accepted their apology. (See, I have a problem with this. If you have been to rehab over 9 times, which Lindsay has, you shouldn’t be upset when people talk about it. You should grow up and get better. But that is just my opinion.)
Speaking of rehab… apparently Charlie Sheen decided against going to rehab and instead got a sobriety coach. He plans to “stick it out” at home.
Us Weekly is claiming that Halle Berry was forced to pull out of the upcoming movie New Year’s Eve so that she could battle in court over custody of Nahla. Her ex Gabriel Aubry is claiming that because of her work schedule, Halle is an unfit mother. (Get over yourself Gabriel!)
George W. Bush’s daughter Barbara Bush has joined her mother, and other Republican wives and daughters, and supports marriage equality. “How is two people, who love each, wanting to build a life together a bad thing?”
After a long battle with suicide attempts and a diagnois of bipolar disorder, Scottish world cycling champion Graeme Obree recently decided to come out and told his family, including his wife. He said that his family has been real supportive. “They know how hard it has been for me, especially for the last 7 years. But they are behind him and love me and that is all I can ask for.”
T-Pain showed off his new tattoo online yesterday. It says “You Don’t Have To like Me,” bearing an image of Facebook’s Like button. “I think this tatt is pretty sweet, unless facebook shuts down.”
Adam Potter, a 35-year-old mountain climber, fell 1,000 feet after he lost his footing near the summit of Shurr Choinnich Mor in Scotland. Not only did he survive the fall, but when rescuers found him, he was “standing up and reading a map.” The rescuers say that he was “shaking from extreme emotional shock” but only suffered superficial cuts and bruises.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
TV/Movies/Music
Katy Perry is on fire. Her California Dreams tour went on sale in several places and the tickets sold out in minutes.
Apparently in Miley Cyrus’ upcoming movie, her character smokes pot. Well, since the real-life mess of her smoking a bong and it going public, the producers have decided to cut that scene out of the movie.
According to Popeater.com, Katie Couric is trying to be the next Oprah. Apparently she is secretly planning on leaving CBS Evening News to launch an Oprah-type talk show.
Justin Bieber’s character on CSI will be back on February 17th. Apparently this will be his last appearance on the show because his character is going to be killed.
Brooke Shields is putting together a one-woman cabaret show that will center around her life as a child star and growing up into a working actor. The musical revue will be called In My Life and will incorporate popular songs and show tunes. It is playing at Feinstien’s here in NYC from today until Feb 10th.
Google has created a work-around for Egyptians cut off from the internet. The company has teamed up with Twitter and a company called SayNow to create a speak-to-tweet service. People just need to call +16504194196 or +390662207294 and leave a message. The service will then tweet the message using the hashtag #egypt.
According to a new poll, Wendy’s is the best burger chain. The poll surveyed thousands of people and they gave 61% favorable rating to Wendy’s. McDonald’s got 56% and Burger King got 51%. (See, for actual burgers I love Burger King and for chicken sandwiches I love Wendy’s)
The cereal brands at your grocery stores may soon be shouting and dancing at you courtesy of a new technology called eCoupling. An electric induction strip under the boxes powers the animation and records inventory levels as items are removed.
Speaking of fast food… Boston Market has added to their menu gluten-free chicken gravy. While the gravy is still pretty fatty, the number of carbs have dropped.
A British company is selling condoms with a picture of Prince William and Kate Middleton on the box. They are called “Crowne Jewels.” The box reads, “Combining the strength of a Prince and yielding the sensitivity of a Princess-to-be, Crowne Jewels condoms promise a royal union of pleasure.” LOL!
Stargazers now have their Graceland. The Channel Island of Sark, located 80 miles south of England, has been designated as the world’s first dark-sky island. Dark-sky communities are places with very little to no light pollution. As a result, the stars are far easier to see and more fun to look at. According to a buzzy article from SPACE.com, Sark is just 4.5 square miles and has "no public street lighting, no paved roads, and no cars." In other words, save for the occasional flashlight or matchstick, there aren't a lot of things to interfere with the nighttime display, which includes "meteors streaking overhead and countless stars on display."
Apparently in Miley Cyrus’ upcoming movie, her character smokes pot. Well, since the real-life mess of her smoking a bong and it going public, the producers have decided to cut that scene out of the movie.
According to Popeater.com, Katie Couric is trying to be the next Oprah. Apparently she is secretly planning on leaving CBS Evening News to launch an Oprah-type talk show.
Justin Bieber’s character on CSI will be back on February 17th. Apparently this will be his last appearance on the show because his character is going to be killed.
Brooke Shields is putting together a one-woman cabaret show that will center around her life as a child star and growing up into a working actor. The musical revue will be called In My Life and will incorporate popular songs and show tunes. It is playing at Feinstien’s here in NYC from today until Feb 10th.
Google has created a work-around for Egyptians cut off from the internet. The company has teamed up with Twitter and a company called SayNow to create a speak-to-tweet service. People just need to call +16504194196 or +390662207294 and leave a message. The service will then tweet the message using the hashtag #egypt.
According to a new poll, Wendy’s is the best burger chain. The poll surveyed thousands of people and they gave 61% favorable rating to Wendy’s. McDonald’s got 56% and Burger King got 51%. (See, for actual burgers I love Burger King and for chicken sandwiches I love Wendy’s)
The cereal brands at your grocery stores may soon be shouting and dancing at you courtesy of a new technology called eCoupling. An electric induction strip under the boxes powers the animation and records inventory levels as items are removed.
Speaking of fast food… Boston Market has added to their menu gluten-free chicken gravy. While the gravy is still pretty fatty, the number of carbs have dropped.
A British company is selling condoms with a picture of Prince William and Kate Middleton on the box. They are called “Crowne Jewels.” The box reads, “Combining the strength of a Prince and yielding the sensitivity of a Princess-to-be, Crowne Jewels condoms promise a royal union of pleasure.” LOL!
Stargazers now have their Graceland. The Channel Island of Sark, located 80 miles south of England, has been designated as the world’s first dark-sky island. Dark-sky communities are places with very little to no light pollution. As a result, the stars are far easier to see and more fun to look at. According to a buzzy article from SPACE.com, Sark is just 4.5 square miles and has "no public street lighting, no paved roads, and no cars." In other words, save for the occasional flashlight or matchstick, there aren't a lot of things to interfere with the nighttime display, which includes "meteors streaking overhead and countless stars on display."
Legal Issues and Politics
A federal judge in Florida has struck down the health care law’s requirement that all Americans buy health insurance and questioned the constitutionality of the entire health care law. (So it is totally legal and fair to require people to carry auto insurance, but not health insurance). So now we have two district judges that say it is unconstitutional and two district judges that say it is.
Eight couples in England (four same-sex, four straight) have filed a challenger to Britain’s marriage and civil partnership laws with the European Court of Human Rights. All eight couples have received letters of refusal when they filed for their marriage or civil partnership. “Since there is no difference in the rights and responsibilities involved in gay marriages and heterosexual civil partnerships, there is no justification for having two mutually exclusive and discriminatory systems.”
Illegal gun sales continue in Arizona. Gothamist reports that “one investigator was able to pay cash for a .9 mm semiautomatic even after telling the seller he probably wouldn’t pass a background check. Instead of refusing the sale, as required by federal law, the gun peddler pockets the $500 and directs his shady customer toward the tent with the cheap ammunition.”
Infamous British anti-gay activist Stephen Green, who BBC interviewed about Elton John’s son to get “an constructive opposing view,” has been divorced by his wife because he’s been beating her with a piece of wood! “Caroline Green was often punished by her husband for failing to be a dutiful, compliant wife but his final act of violence against was all the more chilling because it was coldly premeditated. He made a list of her failings, tied her to a chair, and then proceeded to beat her with a sort of witch’s broom.” Caroline Green also says that he has raped her saying that she “has to obey him.” One time she had severe back pain and that apparently wasn’t a good enough excuse. “I still remember the pain. It was worse they childbirth or when I broke my leg.” Caroline also claims that their son had to be hospitalized after a beating he received. (So homosexuality is wrong and should be criminalized, and in Stephen’s opinion punishable by death, but it is okay to beat the crap out of your wife and kid)
The LGBT activism group One Colorado and a coalition of gay-friendly faith leaders, unions and education groups launched a campaign to legalize civil unions in Colorado.
Representative Randy Forbes (R-VA) introduced a House resolution for the “United States of America to recognize that this is a Judeo-Christian nation.” He wants “In God We Trust” plastered on “all public buildings, public schools and other government institutions.” The resolution has 24 House cosponsors, including two Democrats.
Eight couples in England (four same-sex, four straight) have filed a challenger to Britain’s marriage and civil partnership laws with the European Court of Human Rights. All eight couples have received letters of refusal when they filed for their marriage or civil partnership. “Since there is no difference in the rights and responsibilities involved in gay marriages and heterosexual civil partnerships, there is no justification for having two mutually exclusive and discriminatory systems.”
Illegal gun sales continue in Arizona. Gothamist reports that “one investigator was able to pay cash for a .9 mm semiautomatic even after telling the seller he probably wouldn’t pass a background check. Instead of refusing the sale, as required by federal law, the gun peddler pockets the $500 and directs his shady customer toward the tent with the cheap ammunition.”
Infamous British anti-gay activist Stephen Green, who BBC interviewed about Elton John’s son to get “an constructive opposing view,” has been divorced by his wife because he’s been beating her with a piece of wood! “Caroline Green was often punished by her husband for failing to be a dutiful, compliant wife but his final act of violence against was all the more chilling because it was coldly premeditated. He made a list of her failings, tied her to a chair, and then proceeded to beat her with a sort of witch’s broom.” Caroline Green also says that he has raped her saying that she “has to obey him.” One time she had severe back pain and that apparently wasn’t a good enough excuse. “I still remember the pain. It was worse they childbirth or when I broke my leg.” Caroline also claims that their son had to be hospitalized after a beating he received. (So homosexuality is wrong and should be criminalized, and in Stephen’s opinion punishable by death, but it is okay to beat the crap out of your wife and kid)
The LGBT activism group One Colorado and a coalition of gay-friendly faith leaders, unions and education groups launched a campaign to legalize civil unions in Colorado.
Representative Randy Forbes (R-VA) introduced a House resolution for the “United States of America to recognize that this is a Judeo-Christian nation.” He wants “In God We Trust” plastered on “all public buildings, public schools and other government institutions.” The resolution has 24 House cosponsors, including two Democrats.
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