7 Hollywood Stars You Didn’t Know Were Veterans
You’ve seen them on the big screen, but it may surprise you to know these Hollywood stars actually spent years of their life serving in the the U.S. armed forces. Check out these seven actors you may not know are military veterans.
Ice-T: Originally one of the pioneering “gangsta hip hop emcees,” Ice-T (born Tracy Marrow) joined the Army after leaving Crenshaw High School in 1979. While stationed in Hawaii, he reportedly bought his first audio equipment to begin pursuing his work in music. After 4 years of service, he returned to civilian life and soon released his debut album Rhyme Pays, the first hip-hop album to carry an explicit content sticker. Much later in life, he would transition into an acting career in movies and tv, gaining notoriety as NYPD police officer in the television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Gene Wilder: It may be hard to imagine “Willie Wonka” serving in the military, but Wilder did in fact serve a short time in the U.S. Army after being drafted in 1956. After completing recruit training, Wilder was assigned to the medical corps and sent to Fort Sam Houston for training; he would later serve as a paramedic in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at Valley Forge Army Hospital. After being discharged in 1957, Wilder went on to a highly successful acting career, nominated for two Academy Awards (one for his role in The Producers and one for his work on the screenplay for Young Frankenstein).
Bea Arthur: Arthur was already 5’9” by the time she was 12 years old, and had a big personality to match her stature, being named “wittiest girl” in her school. Before entering what would be a very successful acting career, Arthur served 30 months in the Marine Corps during WWII as a typist and truck driver. After returning to civilian life, she would receive two Emmys, one for her role as Maude Findlay on All in the Family, and one for her role as Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls. She also won a Tony for her performance as Vera Charles in the original cast of the musical Mame.
Chuck Norris: Star of action films and a strew of Internet memes about toughness, Chuck Norris joined the Air Force after graduating from high school and served in Korea. When he returned, he began to seriously pursue martial arts, becoming an instructor to many famous students, including Steve McQueen (also a veteran), McQueen would encourage him to explore acting, and Norris took his advice. He would go on to find success in many movie and television roles, including The Way of the Dragon in which he starred with Bruce Lee, and the tv series, Walker, Texas Ranger.
Rob Riggle: You may recognize Riggle from his comedic performances on the The Daily Show, The Hangover, The Other Guys. and other similar comedies. Often portraying a loud, brash bully, this actor actually holds an esteemed background in military service as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps. He served in Liberia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, earning more than 19 medals and ribbons for heroism in combat, including the Combat Action Ribbon. In 2007, Riggle traveled to Iraq to report for The Daily Show as well as to entertain the troops as part of the USO. He retired from the Marine Corps in 2013 after 23 years of service.
Mr. T: Whether you remember him from “The A-Team,” professional wrestling, or even a voiceover in “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” the distinctive voice, gold chains, and muscle-bound physique are synonymous with his name. Born Laurence Tureaud on the south side of Chicago, he built up his body to survive in a rough neighborhood. In 1975, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he received a letter of recommendation by his drill sergeant and was named “Top Trainee of the Cycle" from more than 6,000 troops. His physical strength served him well during service; he once had to complete a punishment given by a platoon sergeant by chopping down trees. The sergeant neglected to tell Tureaud how many trees to chop, however, and was shocked to return and find Tureaud had chopped more than 70 trees in around 3.5 hours.
Drew Carey: Funnyman and host of the new The Price is Right, Carey reportedly started his stand-up career during his time in the Marine Corps Reserves. Carey served six years then moved to Las Vegas, where, on the advice of a DJ friend, went to the pubic library to check out books on how to write jokes. He would go on to win an open mic contest and appear on Star Search and The Johnny Carson Show. After a successful career as a stand-up comedian, Carey gained widespread popularity with his sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and later serving as host of the Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Written by: Megan Hammons


Yes, the Tony Awards has a knitting story too. Amazing. The Tonys seem like they are all just about glitz, glitter, dumb songs, and ridiculously elaborate choreography. That’s all true. Certainly the awards telecast last night, with the funny Neil Patrick Harris hosting, was just full of it. However, it turns out that among the many artists nominated, there is a talented knitter. John Glover (above), a nominee for Best Featured Actor in the play Waiting For Godot is also into knitting. He didn’t win the Tony, but he certainly won me over. The Tony winners are here.


I’m not going to lie, I was glad to find this story, with the hope of sharing a scratchcard jackpot story with you all!
However, my joy was short lived when I read the full story, but it’s worth a read nonetheless.
Read on to find out the story of the Hereford Music star!
The lucky scratchcard winner is Stephen Powell from Hereford.
The story starts when he won a jackpot on a £2 scratchcard that was given to him as a birthday gift from work colleagues.
The thing is, he only won £100…
After initially mistaking the win for just £2, he left it in his wallet for months before going to claim his winnings.
Upon cashing it in, he soon realised that he was actually 50 times richer than he thought.To celebrate his win, he went to his local music store and bought a guitar.
Stephen said quoted as saying;
“I thought I had only won £2 and it stayed in my wallet for months before I went to get another one. It transpired that I’d actually won £100 and I went straight to Music Plus and bough a new guitar.”Stephen Powell, Scratchcard Winner
After purchasing his new instrument, Stephen went out and recorded a music video for his own songs, using his own mobile and computer.
So, obviously, we went and found his youtube channel, and you can see his latest release below:
So, not only has Stephen managed to launch his new music career, he’s even been lucky enough to be featured on our site.
Not bad for a £100 jackpot win, right?!


I know, I’m a little late to this party of appreciation of marvellous wonder that went down at Cannes but better late than never.
Aishwarya Rai is definitely topping every single chart and fashion billboard. She should just be the poster girl for Cannes. How stunning is this Michael Cinco dress? All the Cinderella vibes!
After Aishwarya, the next one to always watch out for is Sonam Kapoor. Always impeccably dressed- she was a STUNNER in the Elie Saab gown!
And then this little moment between Bella Hadid and her dad was just too sweet. And the fact that she is looking gorgeous just adds more to it!
First time at Cannes, and Deepika Padukone nailed it!
Aryate Hargate pretty much stole the show with her pink Zuhair Murad number!
Minus the popup socks, this outfit was pretty brilliant on Kendall Jenner.
Nobody is talking about Elizabeth Olsen, but I really liked what she wore to the Cannes!
Elle Fanning looks too pretty to be real!
Now this is what the train of your dress should look like! Elle Fanning picked well!
A little different- but Emily knows how to wow!


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Pilar Bayona López de Ansó was
born in Saragossa, Spain, on September the 16th, 1897. She was the daughter of
Julio and Sara. Julio, who was also born in Saragossa, was a professor of
exact sciences, and her mother, Sara, was born in Cariñena, her family
home being in Cosuenda.
From a very early age Pilar Bayona showed an exceptional talent for
music, and started to receive piano and music lessons from the brother and
and Ángeles Sirvent, both Catalan students of Malats, living
in Saragossa. Her first public performance was at the tender age of five
at a charity event sponsored by H.R.H. King Alfonso XIII. After
participating in other similar events she made her
at the age of ten in the Philharmonic Society, sharing the programme with
the Ballo quartet.
1912 she had already started her career as a concert pianist, becoming
more and more well known nationally. Between 1912 and 1920 her
performances, both in recital and in orchestra, brought her into contact,
which later led to friendship, with composers and conductors of that era,
such as Villa, Bretón,
Turina, Adolfo Salazar, Oscar Esplá, Jesús Guridi, López
Chavarri, and other artists such as the violinist
Manén -with whom she toured around several Spanish cities-,
Her friendships with
Buñuel (a Julio Bayona’s mathematics student) and with
José Camón Aznar also date from this period.
In 1914 she performed at the Palace for H.R.H.S. the
Princesses Isabel and Paz.
In view of her young age, her performances in the early years made her
very popular, and she appeared frequently in the newspapers and magazines
of that time, such as "El Bretoniano", "Blanco y
Negro", "Correspondencia", "Lira
Española", "La Linterna", "Pluma
Aragonesa". She was also the subject of interviews and poems from
writers such as
Poncela, Cistué de Castro...
From the very begining she showed an interest in
contemporary music, and included works by Falla, Albéniz, Usandizaga,
Esplá, Ravel, Debussy, in her performances.
She began her friendship with
Eduardo del Pueyo and Luis
Galve, who, at that time, had their first appearance in Saragossa, as
pianists. This friendship was to last forever.
Over the next ten years, she began to travel abroad,
and in 1924 she went to Germany, and had one performance in Stuttgart and
where the programmes were already a complete representation of the most
recent and interesting Spanish music: not only Albéniz, Granados and
Falla, but also including Usandizaga, P.J. Antonio de San Sebastián,
Halffter, Mompou and Esplá. Her interest in popularizing contemporary
Spanish music continued, and "Concierto Valenciano" by
López Chavarri, is premiered by Pilar Bayona in 1928, and works by
the Turolense composer Mingote were included in her repertoire.
In her devotion to popularize the new music she did not
limit herself to only Spanish compositions but in her programmes one could
find first auditions by Tchaikowsky, Brahms, Balakireff, Moussorgsky,
Ravel, Debussy, Martinu and Tansman.
New friendships were founded, and so she came to know Joaquín Rodrigo,
Halffter, Fernando Remacha and Gaspar Cassadó, who gave
signed scores of their works to her. At the same time she came to know
Ravel, in 1924 in Madrid, and
later when the french composer visited Saragossa on tour.
She also met José Zamora who presented her with one of
his modernist drawings.
During the thirties she continued her concert activities. Worth mentioning
was her outstanding performance in Madrid with
Martínez Ensemble, premiering the Turina piano quartet, and
her participation in Saragossa at a charity event along with the famous
Fleta and others.
Her fame and popularity continued to increase, and
Ciria portrayed her in oils twice, and in Seville she was
Lafita and in Saragossa by
Pérez Baylo; Honorio García Condoy made a bust of her, and
Seral y Casas dedicated a poem to her in his book "Poemas del
amor violento" edited in 1933, and spoke about her performances
in "Noreste" Magazine.
In 1936 she spent some time in Madrid where she went to study
piano at the Residencia de Estudiantes (Students Hall). There she met with
friends such as Luis Buñuel, Rafael Sánchez Ventura, Adolfo Salazar,
Bello, Honorio García Condoy,
García Lorca, Juan Vicens, Acario Cotapos, etc., who assembled to
hear her play. She also attended a dinner to pay homage to Hernando
Viñes. García Lorca gave her an autographed copy of the first edition of
"Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías".
Matilde Salvador gave copies of her compositios to her, and she was sent a
copy of "Sonatas de El Escorial" by Rodolfo Halffter.
In 1937 the Bayona family moved from No. 12 San Miguel st. to No. 8 Paseo
de la Independencia. This home became the central meeting point for her
intellectual friends and for other musicians who happened to be passing
In 1938 she participated at the inauguration of
Saragossa, and from that moment on -until the time of her death-
she collaborated with periodic chamber music concerts (together with
Joaquín Roig, José Calavia, Agustín Serrano and Gálvez Bellido, and other
aragonese musicians such as Jaria, Enciso, Rey, etc.) and
piano solos, which covered a wide variety of all music from all ages.
During the forties, apart from her concerts in Spanish cities, she also
played in France, Portugal and Morocco. In her interpretations accompanied
by orchestra, she collaborated with conductors such as Fernández Arbós,
Arámbarri, Toldrá, Surinach, Candael and Granero.
In Saragossa she maintained close contact with the intellectual
group of that era.
Juan Pérez Páramo, Federico Torralba, Julián Gállego, Eduardo
Fauquié, etc. They visited her regularly and came to listen to her on
One of these friends, José Mª García Gil, was to marry María de Ávila
-the ballerina who later became an excellent ballet teacher-, and a great
friendship was born between her and Pilar Bayona.
To this group we can also add
Eduardo Cirlot, who was doing his military service in Saragossa
for two years. It was Cirlot who dedicated to Pilar a sonet, another poem
about Scriabine, and in 1942 a book of poems called "Pájaros
tristes" which had been inspired by her interpretation of this
Ravelian work (Oiseaux tristes). All this documents are unique and
Every year after 1945 she participated in summer courses at the University
of Saragossa in Jaca (a village in Huesca, N.E. Spain) with a musical week
that included various concerts/conferences in collaboration with Federico
Sopeña or Dolores Palá. This participation was to continue until her
During those years, composers like Joaquín Rodrigo, Salvador Bacarisse,
Manuel Palau, and Vicente Asencio gave some signed copies of their works
to her. Martínez Chumillas dedicated his first piece of work "Letargo"
to Pilar. In 1946 she paid homage to José and
Literary authors such as Ricardo Gullón, Comín Gargallo and
dedicated copies of their books to Pilar.
The fifties decade marked the peak of her pianistic career, giving many
concerts at this time. From 1950 until 1957 there were 149 concerts (in
Saragossa seven different concerts were played in 1951). There was already
clear recognition of her activity to popularize and perform contemporary
Spanish music, and more than 38 composers (a total of some 80 different
works) sent her copies of their compositions.
In 1950 the musical society "Sansueña" was created in
Saragossa. Besides the opening concert dedicated to Falla, she repeatedly
performed with monographic programmes dedicated to Bach, Ravel, Albéniz
Esplá, playing for the first time "Sonata Española"
and "La Sierra", by the latter composer.
In 1953 she performed for H.R.H. Queen of Bulgaria, and in 1955 she was
awarded the title of Hija Predilecta de Zaragoza (an award bestowed on
Saragossa’s most famous sons and daughters).
Over those years she played the entire Albéniz "Iberia" on
four occasions. In 1955, following a suggestion by Alexis Weissenberg, who
was familiar with her interpretation of this work, a French recording
company invited her to record the "Iberia" suite,
although only seven of the twelve pieces were edited.
In 1956 she performed in Alicante playing for the first time ever
"Fantasía Homenaje a Walt Disney" by
Guridi, and the following day she interpreted the first
audition "Sonata del Sur" by Esplá.
She also performed in concert with
In September 1957 the Pablo Sarasate Music Academy was founded in
Pamplona, and she participated in the opening events with a series of
concerts, together with other acts under the guidance of
Remacha, P. Samuel Rubio and Ricardo Urgoiti. Remacha requested
her services as a teacher and from then on she gave classes at this
In 1957 and ‘58 she recorded two records for Hispavox which were
dedicated to the music by Esplá and Guridi.
During this time she received works by Esplá, Moreno Gans, Luis de Pablo
Rodrigo. One of Rodrigo’s works "Sonatas de Castilla
(nº 5)" is a piece dedicated to Pilar Bayona herself.
She maintained her friendship with the intellectuals of Aragón, and so
Manuel Derqui dedicated one of his stories to her, Luis García-Abrines
dedicated to Pilar and to Adolfo Salazar a facsimile edition of "Instrucción
de Música sobre la guitarra española" by Gaspar Sanz, and
Julián Gállego gave her a copy of "Fedra", a piece of work
which received the A.Balaguer theatre price.
Aranda painted a portrait of her in watercolours.
Then, she moved to an apartment in Paseo de las Damas together with her
From 1960 to 1969 she continued doing concerts all over Spain and Morocco,
In Málaga, in 1961, she played for the first time "Rapsodia de Estella" by Remacha, with Frübeck de Burgos
In 1964, the City Hall of Saragossa named a street after Pilar Bayona. The
same year she was appointed teacher of virtuosity at the Saragossa Music
Academy, a position she held until her death.
In 1960, ’64, ’65 y ’68 she recorded different musical programmes
for Spanish T.V.
The Fernando el Católico Institution awarded her the San Jorge Price in
1968. In this same year on two occasions she performed in Madrid: in March
she gave a concert at the Ministry of Tourism, which was recorded live by
Radio National, and was later edited in microgroove, and awarded the
Ministry of Cultura award. In May she performed a concert with a talk by Federico
Sopeña to celebrate the 100 years of Granados.
During these years on several occasions she also played in Madrid, in the
Romantic Museum. She performed programmes of great interest, based on
authors such as Debussy, Schumann, Albéniz, etc.
For two years she participated in the summer courses at the University of
Palencia did a drawing of her.
Joaquín Broto dedicated a piece scored for piano to her, which she
performed for the first time at a concert in Barbastro.
In May 1969 she joined The Royal Academy of Noble and Fine Arts of San
During the last decade of her life in the 70’s, She continued her
occupation as a pianist, with tours in more than twenty Spanish cities.
In Saragossa she began her annual participation in cultural events run by
the Council, with a series of concerts which enjoyed great popularity and
had a large audience. In the sixth series she performed with orchestra lead
by Spiteri, and in the seventh Eduardo del Pueyo and Luis Galve also
In 1970 She participated in a ceremony of San Fernando Academy in Madrid
where she played by conference of Esplá.
She stayed in touch with contemporary musicians, and continued to receive
scores by Javier Alfonso, and Antón Roch, who dedicated one of his works
("Praeludium") to her.
In 1972 the Spanish Musical Week was celebrated in Saragossa. Among the
acts there was a Pilar Bayona contest, and a concert paying homage to
Falla to his one hundredth aniversary, with Frübeck.
She always attended the acts that were related to her friends, and thus in
1974 she performed in the acts to honor Oscar Esplá which were organized
by the Urbis Club. She also performed in other acts honouring Vicente
Aleixandre programmed by the New York University of Spain, in 1978.
In 1975 she was named "Hija adoptiva de Cosuenda" (local birth
place of her mother’s family) and they renamed the street where her
family lived "Pilar Bayona".
In 1976 she interpreted "Noches en los Jardines de España"
by Falla with the Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Ernesto Halffter.
In January 1979 she played in Saragossa for the Caja de Ahorros de la
Inmaculada , and in June at Calibo and at the Association of Architects.
In November she began to prepare enthusiastically a course of twenty
concerts for BUP and COU (High School) students, sponsored by the Juan
March Foundation. She also gave another recital at the Inmaculada Bank,
which sadly would be her last ever concert. A little over a month later, on
thirteenth, she was hit by a car and died from her


LAPF Investment Awards 2019
We are delighted to announce that Alexander Armstrong will be the host of the 2019 LAPF Investments Awards.
Alexander is an actor, writer, and one of the most accomplished, recognisable hosts in the country. He is one half of Armstrong & Miller, writing and starring in the comedy sketch show with fellow actor and university friend, Ben Miller. He is also the co-host of the hugely popular quiz Pointless and a regular guest presenter of Have I Got News For You.
Other TV credits include the dramas Life Begins and Mutual Friends and an appearance in Dr Who. He’s played the animal-hating vet in Beast, and David Cameron in The Trial of Tony Blair. He has also appeared in Saxondale with Steve Coogan, and provided the voice for Dangermouse in the return of the children’s favourite.
Alexander has chaired Channel 4’s The Best of the Worst, and Don’t Call Me Stupid. He’s explored the history of Naples, Florence and Venice in Italy’s Invisible Cities, and frequently pops up on Radio 4. He has also turned his hand to singing, producing two albums of popular classics and taking them on tour with a live orchestra, as well as a recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf.
The LAPF Investments Awards were established in 2015 in order to celebrate outstanding achievement in the LGPS. Over the years, an award from LAPF Investments Awards has come to be recognised as mark of excellence in the field of pensions provision in the LGPS.
Following the outstanding success of the 2018 awards, we are delighted to announce that the 2019 LAPF Investments Awards will be held at 8 Northumberland Avenue in London on the 19th September.
Featuring a judging panel composed of some of the most-respected names in the industry, the awards are designed to recognise the best in the UK public sector arena and are a great way to celebrate achievement within the LGPS. We are delighted to say that with strong attendance from many of the most senior figures in the UK pensions industry, these awards have already become a “must attend” event in the LGPS calendar.Host for the 2018 evening, Fiona Bruce, was hugely entertaining and her approach really helped make the evening special.


This is one of the saddest, and certainly strangest, things I’ve come across since this blog started.
Yvette Vickers, seen above with Rory Calhoun in The Saga Of Hemp Brown (1958), was found dead in her Benedict Canyon home. She’d been dead for months. The Los Angeles Times article can be found here.
She was known for her appearances in Playboy and B pictures like Attack Of The Giant Leeches (1959). She also had a great part in Hud (1963).
Thanks, and kudos, to Stephen Bowie who tracked down the real year Miss Vickers was born.


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10 Strange Facts You Need to Know About Taylor Swift & More
By Jordan Hicks on 2016-12-10
Listen to her songs and you know more about her love life than perhaps even her boyfriends did, but how much do you know about the lady herself? Follow me on a short review of some secret facts about Taylor Swift.
Listen to her songs and you know more about her love life than perhaps even her boyfriends did, but how much do you know about the lady herself? Perhaps you know she’s a loved musician, an awarded writer and producer, but do you know her first job? Details about her family? How her fears or influences? Or even how many awards she’s got? Well keep reading cause below you’ll find the answers to all these and more you might not have expected.
1. Reason for the Name
Taylor Swift got her name from her mother, who apparently believed her daughter was to have a future in business and wanted it to be unclear from the card whether Taylor was a male and female, thereby giving her a leg-up on anyone she had not already met in person.
2. Her Grandmother’s Profession
Taylor isn’t the only talent in the family. Her mother’s mother, Majorie Finlay was an accomplished opera singer and apparently where Taylor gets her good looks as well. They could easily be sisters looking at images of them at the same age. “I can remember her singing, the thrill of it,” Swift said. “She was one of my first inspirations.The people around me provided all the inspiration I needed. Everything I wrote (at that time) came from that experience, what I observed happening around me.”
3. Dad’s Business Acumen
Maybe her mom thought she would go into business because Taylor’s father was a businessman already. Her dad, whom isn’t often seen in the the Taylor media, is apparently the more whimsical dreamer between Taylor’s parents. He was so sure of his daughter’s talent that he became an early investor in her record company, Big Machine Records, purchasing three percent of the company. Scott Brochette, the label’s head finds Scott Swift very supportive, but adds that it was purely Taylor’s talent that resulted in her success, in case anyone chose to think otherwise.
4. Taylor’s First Job Involved Bugs
Scott Swift’s business is where Taylor had her first job, it helped that they lived there too. The Swift family owns a Christmas tree farm in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Taylor, being too small to help secure trees to the roofs of cars was placed in charge of knocking the praying mantis pods out of the trees before loading. "I forgot to check one time and they hatched all over these people’s house. And there were hundreds of thousands of them," Swift told Jay Leno in 2008. "And they had little kids, and they couldn’t kill them because that’d be a bad Christmas.”
5. Competitive Jockey
You read that right. Taylor’s family also owned a shetland pony and several quarter horses and she learned English Riding as a child. She even competed in horse shows and riding competitions.
6. Love of Reading
Apparently Taylor shares more than her dreamer mentality with her father, its possible he is also the root of her love of reading. Swift enjoyed the works of Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss growing but has since taken a fondness for mysteries in recent years. Her favorites are Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. She remains a fan of anything written from a child’s perspective as well, but has listed her favorite books as To Kill a Mocking Bird and The Hunger Games series. She must have been very excited to have two of her songs features in the 2012 film adaptation; “Safe & Sound” and “Eyes Open.”
7. Poetry Award
Taylor isn’t just a bibliophile, she’s a writer as well. She writes about boys mostly in songs, but she’s also a poet. In the fourth grade, she wrote a poem titled “Monster in My Closet” that won a national poetry competition. “There’s a monster in my closet and I don’t know what to do / Have you ever seen him? / Has he ever pounced on you?” You can see the beginnings of her lyrical style in the works here, where later the monster would be a man she warned women to stay away from.
Taylor has written more lengthy works as well. Including spending an entire summer at the age of 12 writing a 350-page novel which has yet to see the light of day. She says its finished and ready for print, but has yet to indicate an intent to publish it. She has indicated that one day she intends to write an autobiography about her experiences throughout her life. “Years from now it would be cool to write a book about all the crazy stuff and the insane things I’ve gotten to do. My life moves so fast, I have to write it all down, otherwise I can’t remember where I was yesterday. I will write my biography for sure.”
9. Fear of Tattoos
Perhaps it’s because she reads so much and her favorite quotes change so often that gives her a fear of the permanence of tattoos. She says she couldn’t possibly commit to just one saying or symbol for the rest of her life but if she did it would likely be the “13” she’s been known to draw on her hand for live shows. It’s her lucky number after all.
10. Nearly Blind
It may come as a surprise after reading how how active she was in horse riding and how much she loves to read that Taylor is nearly blind. She wears contacts instead of her prescription glasses usually but thats because she hates her glasses so much, but thats on her. “So I have these huge glasses that I wear that are the ugliest pair of glasses you’ll ever see in your life,” she told Just Jared. “But they were the ones in the glasses store that no one was going to buy. They were in the corner, they’re all dusty. I’m like, ‘no one is going to buy those, and they’re so ugly.’ So I had to buy them.” Ironically, the large glasses she wears in a couple of her videos are not her own glasses as some fans thought.
Bonus 1: Influences
Everyone seems to know that Taylor Swift is a devotee of Britney Spears, but she has more influences than that. She’s said it was a LeAnn Rimes concert which convinced her to move to Nashville at a young age to begin her music career. She also lists Faith Hill, Shania Twain, and the Dixie Chicks as important influences. Likewise, she learned to make a statement with her music from the likes of Natalie Maines and company. When it comes to fashion inspiration, its no short list either including Francoise Hardy, Jane Birkin, Audrey Hepburn, and Brigitte Bardot which explains her signature retro 30’s style, red lipstick and thick mascara.
Bonus 2: Number of Awards
To date in 2016, Taylor Swift has been nominated for 572 awards and has won a total of 275 awards including Grammys, American Music Awards, Country Music Awards, and two Golden Globe nominations. She is the second person, and first woman, to receive the Country Music Association’s Pinnacle Award. And she made country music history by selling more digital downloads than any other county artist ever; 20 million hits worldwide. She is also the only artist in the history of music to have an album hit 1 million 1st Week sales figure three times with Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), and 1989 (2014).


Rocky Marciano was born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, September 1, 1923, in Brockton Massachusetts, and died August 31, 1969. Marciano was an American boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from 1952 to 1956, and ranked by many boxing historians as one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. Marciano is known as "The Brockton Blockbuster" and "The Rock from Brockton". Famous for his relentless boxing style, an incredible stamina, ferocious punching power, and his "cast iron chin".
Marciano is the only person to hold the heavyweight title without a single tie or single defeat during his entire professional boxing career. Marciano defended his title six times and retired with a record of 49-0. This is a record that still stands to this day. For a man of just 190 pounds, his knockout percentage is the highest in heavyweight history, at 87.75.
Marciano entered the world of television after his retirement. He first appeared in the Combat! episode "Masquerade" and then hosted a boxing show on TV in 1961. On the eve of his 46th birthday, August 31, 1969, Marciano was a passenger in a small private Cessna 172, headed to Des Moines, Iowa, when the plane crashed, instantly killing Marciano.


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The Light of the Sun is the fourth studio album by American singer Jill Scott. It was recorded . In The New York Times, Jon Pareles praised Scott's "proudly and forthrightly feminine" themes and said the songs are "springy with a sense of . Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for The Light of the Jill Scott has been through many changes since 's The Real Thing: Words Scott expresses spoken and sung gratitude for and about her new baby, . 21 Jun The Light of the Sun feels like the sort of album made by someone who's busy doing something else: in Jill Scott's case her acting, bringing up.
12 Jun Jill Scott's new album, The Light of the Sun, comes out June "I gotta do what I gotta do, son," Jill Scott says on "Le BOOM Vent Suite," a. Jill Scott - Making You Wait w/Lyrics from Light of the Sun Jill Scott previews Light of the Sun album Jill Scott - Le Boom Vent Suite Jill Scott. 21 Jun Metacritic Music Reviews, The Light of the Sun by Jill Scott, The Philadelphia native releases her fourth studio album of soulful pop and R&B. The New York Times. Jun 20, The intimate and the instructive are.
24 Jun Jill Scott's warm womanliness makes her new album a must-hear, says Caroline Sullivan. 20 Apr Jill Scott Wows at 'The Light of the Sun' Private Live Session in L.A. Though it's been a minute since Scott released a new album, the. 6 Jul The Billboard charts are now officially impossible to predict. Jill Scott hadn't released a new album in nearly four years. She had parted ways. 27 Jun Jill Scott represents the modern thinking woman's evolved boho grit and dreams. Not one to buy into the fairy tales, she refuses to surrender the. 21 Jun It's been nearly four years since R&B singer Jill Scott graced us with a new album . Her fourth studio venture is finally here, and is garnering.


If you watched Filipino comedy flicks in the late ’80s and early ’90s, you’d know who Rene Requiestas is. He was the ultimate sidekick, one of the actors who made toilet humor a popular form of comedy in the Philippines.
Born on January 22, 1957, Rene came from humble beginnings. He sold cigarettes on the street before being discovered by a talent scout from Regal Films. He starred in popular comedy movies such as Starzan (1989, a Tarzan parody) opposite Joey De Leon, Pido Dida (1990) opposite Kris Aquino, and Michael and Madonna (1990) opposite Manilyn Reynes.
Although his rising showbiz career helped him get out of poverty, he mismanaged his finances somewhere along the way and couldn’t control his drinking and smoking. He succumbed to tuberculosis on July 24, 1993.
To commemorate his death anniversary, here is his famous toothless grin and gaunt appearance forever captured on cement. Filipino artist Paolo Icasas started working on his first Rene Requiestas gargoyle early this year as a fun project. “I just want people to smile when they see this,” he said. The first set of Rene gargoyles were molded from plaster of Paris, but Paolo decided to upgrade to cement.
Each Rene Requiestas gargoyle costs ₱580 and you can purchase them from Happy Days stores:


I haven’t even read the book A MILLION LITTLE PIECES — and to think it was on my list of books I was dying to get my hands on!
Let me tell you my story about this book. I’m one of those people who absolutely love OPRAH WINFREY. I do not catch her show religiously but I do watch when I can. I try to read her magazine although I don’t buy it every month. (It’s also a favorite gift to friends when I think of giving single copy prints on occasion.) During one of the few shows I managed to watch, Oprah announced her Book Club pick of the Month which is the best endorsement any written work can get because those she picks shoot straight up the bestseller list. It was even so dramatic an announcement because the author’s mother was in the audience although she had no idea Oprah was picking her son’s book, so when Oprah announced it, she screamed and totally lost it out of sheer joy.
It’s supposed to be a very searing and brutally honest account of a person who wallowed in addiction and recovered with such aplomb and drama that the book was just a book you had to read.
Then came the question on veracity of the things accounted in the book. After Oprah had so dramatically endorsed the book, James Frey, the author, guested in her show and recounted his “experiences”, leaving without a doubt in people’s minds that indeed, it was a memoir. Frey guested in Larry King’s show and said the same thing, and Oprah even called in to give her endorsement anew.
The criticisms never stopped coming, and the accusation of the book actually being a work of fiction just wouldn’t stop. This morning, I tuned in to one of the news programs where they were talking to a writer from one of the major dailies here in New York and the topic was Oprah’s withdrawal of her endorsement because Frey and his publishers owned up to the fact that the book was embellished and not all accounts were true. (I had a feeling about this when they mentioned that one claim of Frey was having gone through a root canal without anesthesia.. hindi ka ba naman maloka!)
Oprah Tells Frey He ‘Betrayed’ Readers
Thursday January 26 4:50 PM ET on Yahoo
In a stunning switch from dismissive to disgusted, Oprah Winfrey took on one of her chosen authors, James Frey, accusing him on live television of lying about “A Million Little Pieces” and letting down the many fans of his memoir of addiction and recovery.
“I feel duped,” she said Thursday on her syndicated talk show. “But more importantly, I feel that you betrayed millions of readers.”
(Please click on the article title to get the full text from Yahoo News)
Poor Oprah.. I feel for her because the woman is just so magnanimous about her good will.. no wonder she is so blessed — but to be duped and used like she was, even the richest woman in America must hurt a lot.
I will still read the book but I feel rather dejected after sympathizing with Oprah’s disappointment. It can wait. Frey, I believe, is still a good writer — so good that people actually almost believed his fiction was non-fiction.


People have been debating about who Pablo is referring to in Kanye West's new album The Life of Pablo. It turns out Pablo is actually St. Paul the Apostle. This is evidenced by multiple things.
All memes are wrong... The Life of Paul... The life of Pablo... Ultralight beams... Moms dads daughters sons stand up...— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
So, Kanye West is saying that people have been wrong- The Life of Pablo is actually about Paul the Apostle.
Kanye West's first song on The Life of Pablo is "Ultralight Beam". This song draws parallels between himself and St. Paul. For example, the name "Ultralight Beam" refers to when St. Paul (Saul at the time) was blinded by a light beam while journeying to Damascus to persecute Christians. He was blinded for three days, and after that time, he dedicated his life to serving God.
The outro to the song is spoken by Kirk Franklin, a gospel musician. He says
"Father, this prayer is for everyone that feels they're not good enough. This prayer's for everybody that feels like they're too messed up. For everyone that feels they've said "I'm sorry" too many times. You can never go too far when you can't come back home again. That's why I need...
Faith, more, safe, war
So, he's saying that just because someone has a flaw, it doesn't mean that God won't accept them. Paul persecuted Christians, and later he became one of the most influential Christian figures.
Wolves compares Kanye and Kim to Joseph and Mary. In the song, he says
I said baby what if you was clubbin'
Thuggin', hustlin' before you met your husband?
Then I said, "What if Mary was in the club
When she met Joseph around hella thugs?
He's saying that although Mary is no religiously just, she was once immoral, flawed, and imperfect. Christianity is a major motif in his new album, and to have the album about St. Paul, who Kanye feels he mirrors, demonstrates his ardent Christian faith.


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Ras Shorty I, formerly Lord Shorty Born Garfield Blackman, has long be thought of as the king or founding father of soca. He performed as a successful Calypso artist for many years. He was one of the first artists to incorporate Indian style of music into Soca and Calypso tunes.
His music career which started in the mid 1960’s, gave him a number of hits over the years as his pushed the boundaries and experimented with different styles. He was a tall man standing at six foot three, giving unique and memorable performances. In the early Eighties, he changed his name from Lord Shorty to Ras Shorty I delivered a new style of music called Jamoo.
He died in the summer of 2000


M’Baye Niang (AC Milan) becomes rapper: here’s his first video
Unbelievable, but true. M’Baye Niang, french striker of AC Milan, is a well-known music fan. Those who follow him on social media have noticed as often, in his post, there are references to rap music, but few people actually expected a featuring with a professional rapper as Mikamikaz.
In the video below you can see Niang and Mikamikaz singing and dancing to the rhythm of the song, entitled “l’antidote”, in a villa with swimming pool. The rapper is dedicated to the verses, while Niang (unfortunately) only sing the chorus.
Now we expect a hit of international success!


KRISTOF SCHREUF was the singer of the band KOLOSSALE JUGEND. His German lyrics are still a source of astonishment to this day. Then came BRÜLLEN. And now comes KRISTOF SCHREUFs solo debut Bourgeois with Guitar. Here is SCHREUF as hes never been heard before. And dash modesty! These 12 songs knock off the proverbial socks. KRISTOF SCHREUF has lifted words from a handful of pop, rock and disco songs and given them a new home, re-potted them so to speak in the garden of his melodies.


Jimi Hendrix did not die of a heroin overdose. However, the circumstances surrounding Hendrix's death are extremely sketchy. Hendrix was one of the four musicians who died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971 — including Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones — … He was 27. “Did Bob Marley Or Jimi Hendrix Die From Toenail Fungus” Nail Fungus Fingernail Recovery Time Ozonated Sunflower Oil For Toenail Fungus Toe Nail Fungus From Unsafe Clipping. It’s easy to assume the cocktail of drugs Hendrix consumed throughout his life led to his premature death. Long story short it was a hit orchestrated by a angered manager Jimi Hendrix's former London flat reopened to visitors last month. Mr. Hendrix later married Ayako "June" Hendrix, but remained close to his eldest son until Jimi Hendrix's death Sept. 18, 1970, at age 27 of a drug overdose. The song is - Purple Haze. If you don't really know, please don't answer. 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Maybe the funniest thing you’ll see all year!
AEG Presents announced The LIT AF Tour, hosted by Martin Lawrence, will embark on another nationwide tour in 2020. Michael Blackson, Lil Duval, and Bruce Bruce will join Martin Lawrence in Raleigh.
“Martin has proven to be a real touring force over the last years selling out marquee arenas across the country. His enduring film and TV resume is timeless and it has been such a pleasure and honor to work with one of the most legendary comedy forces in the business,” says Jesse Stoll, Senior Talent Buyer for AEG Presents. “Following on the heels of Bad Boys For Life, he is bringing some of his biggest and baddest friends on the road continuing the LIT AF brand and bracing the world for a killer comedy explosion!”
“Being on the road with this group of funny AF comedians is a blast,” says Lawrence. “Bringing the tour back out on the road is always exciting, no two shows are the same and we all bring something different to the party.”
The epic LIT AF Tour hosted by Martin Lawrence has announced a list of 2020 dates and special guests. The comedic legend will hit venues across the country next year and he’s inviting a group of his “funny AF” friends. Special tour guests include Rickey Smiley, Lil Duval, Lil Rel, Hannibal Burress, Adele Givens, DeRay Davis, and Michael Blackson.
The list of LIT AF 2020 tour dates kicks off on January 31, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Tickets). The tour will stop at major U.S. cities including Norfolk (Tickets), Birmingham (Tickets), Raleigh (Tickets), Columbus (Tickets), Detroit (Tickets), Las Vegas (Tickets), and more.
Presales for select shows start on Nov. 20 and tickets for all shows will go on sale to the general public on Nov. 22 (Tickets). Premium seating options and a limited number of VIP Packages will be available to purchase for select shows.
The VIP Meet & Greet Package includes a VIP Meet & Greet experience with Martin Lawrence, a Premium Seat in the first five rows, a Professional Photo with Martin Lawrence, Souvenir VIP Laminate, Personalized VIP Tour T-Shirt, Limited Edition tour poster, and exclusive VIP Merchandise Items. The VIP Merchandise Package includes Premium Floor Seating in the First 15 rows, Souvenir VIP Laminate, Personalized VIP Tour T-Shirt, Limited Edition tour poster, exclusive VIP merchandise item.
Martin Lawrence’s fans know and love him in all his laugh-out-loud forums. From his famous fictional film roles such as Big Momma in the “Big Momma” film series and Detective Marcus Bennett in the “Bad Boys” franchise to headlining his own side-splitting comedy specials, Lawrence has been making audiences laugh for over 30 years.
Earlier this year, Lawrence joined a host of famous actors including Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Buffett, Isla Fisher, and Zac Efron in the stoner comedy “Beach Bum.” In 2020, he’s slated to reprise his beloved Marcus Bennett role for “Bad Boys for Life.”
There’s nothing quite like seeing Lawrence deliver his critically acclaimed comedy live. Audiences across the country continue to fill venues to watch him hit his comedic stride in the LIT AF Tour. Above all, Lawrence loves to get his live audiences to crack up laughing. Fans and critics alike agree that the award-winning comedian does it with LIT AF ease. If you’re looking for a night out filled with nonstop laughs, catch Lawrence and his pals for LIT AF at a venue near you next year.
*lineup subject to change
LIT AF Tour Hosted by Martin Lawrence
PNC ArenaPNC Arena
1400 Edwards Mill Road
Date Feb 15, 2020
Time 7:30 PM


Posted on February 28, 2009 at 11:07pm
(CNN) -- Paul Harvey, the legendary radio host whose career sharing "the rest of the story" with listeners spanned more than 70 years, has died, according to ABC Radio Networks.
Paul Harvey received the Medal of Freedom from President Bush in 2005.
He was 90.
Harvey died at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, where he kept a winter home, said Louis Adams, a spokesman for the networks. He was surrounded by family members when he died, Adams… Continue


In Memory of Will Aldis ’70
WILL ALDIS ’70, formerly known as William Porter, of Los Angeles, California, died Dec. 3, 2019. At Ripon, he majored in English and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He received a master’s degree in education from the Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He was an actor, screenwriter and director, best known for “Back to School” (1986) with Rodney Dangerfield, “Stealing Home” (1988) with Jody Foster and Mark Harmon, “Avenging Angelo” (2002) with Sylvester Stallone and Madeleine Stowe, “Black Cadillac” (2003) with Randy Quaid; and the cult classic “Clifford” (1994) with Martin Short. His novels include Lily Wyatt, The Rascal Prince and Owen Nobody. He taught screenwriting at the Art Institute of Santa Monica and was a passionate Chicago Cubs’ fan. Survivors include his wife, Miriam Flynn; one son and one daughter.


Into 2009, Miley Cyrus and you can Liam Hemsworth famously came across once the toddlers towards the put of your relationship flick "The last Song." What unfolded after that is a genuine-lifetime love, you to way more tumultuous and you can consuming than anything Nicholas Sets off has actually actually ever authored.
Although development out of Miley's rebound relationship that have Kaitlynn Cater features stuck of a lot from the shock, Miley is certainly discover in the her need for females. Actually, she showed up because the queer years ago, arguably before it became mainstream to confirm particularly recommendations.
Even in the event you will never know-all which is went down typically, let us glance at Miley's personal journey within the taking the lady sex.
Pre-2009: Also throughout their Disney Channel age, Miley's matchmaking was already and then make swells. She and you can Nick Jonas was in fact brand new It Couple of brand new teenage industries in their Disney months, and allegedly briefly resigned soon prior to she satisfied Liam. After she and Nick broke up, Miley is actually 15 when she first started relationship an excellent 20-year-old singer called Justin Gaston.
2009 - 2014: Miley and you may Liam satisfy, belong like, day, break up, day, break up, date again, and also in , Miley denies that the relationship try of, however, by the Sep, it is definitely of.
2014 - 2015: This really is a two-12 months period of relatively partners statements in the Miley's relationship life, and you may centered on their quotes to come, we can guess and here she individually become relationship both group.
Weeks later, she informed Elle, "I am really unlock about this; I'm pansexual
pictures of herself locking mouth which have a lady within a celebration. However, the new salacious photos don't very spark any relationship hearsay; her under consideration was model Frankie Rayder, now forty two, just who .
: Because the speculation climbed, the fresh new recently-unmarried artist (she and Patrick Schwarzenegger got dated then broke up) said she'd held it's place in relationships that were not "straight" otherwise "heterosexual."
: Throughout the a job interview in the long run, Miley shown she'd already dated both males and females. She readily accepted that there had been advantages and disadvantages: Men "forced me to feel just like I had becoming a femme-robot, and this I am not. Then when i try which have a woman, I decided, 'Oh s--t, she'll you prefer someone to include the woman, thus I'll should have which macho opportunity.' And this did not feel right both."
She then mentioned that watching other people's a lot of time-identity heterosexual relationship usually applied their the wrong way: "Basically fall under a much relationship, that is great-however, I'm not going to be which have f---ing slob males who're viewing porn, making almost all their girls be unattractive."
Here in 2019, celebrities are pretty open about their sexual fluidity: Julianne Hough has just told you this woman is "perhaps not upright"; Paris Jackson, Tessa Thompson and you may Lauren Jauregui have likewise verbal candidly towards topic
: The latest gradual re-development regarding Miley and Liam as the several. A while within the 2016 it get engaged once more. But not, she continues to speak candidly regarding their queer term.
: The discharge off Miley's track "She is Perhaps not Him" reveals their inner challenge between desire a relationship that have a female while you are she is however crazy about a man. A keen excerpt in the lyrics: "There's absolutely no almost every other lady that looks eg ya, darling / Those individuals vision, you to definitely tongue, those people pearly whites, one to deal with, you to definitely human body / Although we now have gone to star / However no chance you could potentially bring their lay."
: Miley several times claims throughout some interviews you to having a wedding doesn't negate the truth that this woman is pansexual. A couple months in advance of news of the separated goes societal, Miley says you to sure, she actually is "in a good hetero relationships, but I nevertheless am most sexually drawn to lady.”


People around the world watched Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton get married. The ___1______ wedding broke records for live streaming on the Internet. William Arthur Philip Louis, to my ____2_____ husband, to have and to hold from this day forward ... "
Hats were a big fashion ____3_____. Many of those invited wore them.
Kate's sister, Philippa, was her maid of honor. William's brother, Harry, was his best man.
Westminster Abbey was where the ___4______ for William's mother took place after Diana died in a car crash in nineteen ninety-seven.
Bahrain's crown prince was invited but decided not to attend because of ___5____ in his country.
After the ceremony, the royal _____6___ traveled to Buckingham Palace. Crowds cheered when the newlyweds appeared on a balcony and shared a short ____7____ kiss, and then a longer one.
His father, Prince Charles, is first in line to become king. William, as the older son, is second in line. Kate would not become queen, _____________________8___________________
There was a big celebration at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. That was where William and Kate____________9_______________.
Many Americans woke up before sunrise to watch the wedding. And thousands of people traveled to Britain to join the celebration, including this Australian woman.
Key to the Royal Wedding Draws a Worldwide Crowd
8. however, since she is not in the royal blood line.
9. first met as art history students in two thousand one
10. We're all part of history. It's just a wonderful experience.


Even Mark Wahlberg can feel the burn, or in this case, the freeze of his workouts, and get unmotivated. Known for his regimented fitness schedule, Wahlberg, 52, recently admitted that there are times when he doesn’t want to go through his arduous workout routine.
“I feel it more often than you think,” he told People magazine. Beginning his day around 4 a.m. with a cold plunge, Wahlberg says once he’s through, he’s ready to rock and roll.
“I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m awake, I’m alive.’ We’re a go right after that,” Wahlberg shared. “So I just go and I do the work.”
Famous for his intense fitness regimen, actor Mark Wahlberg admits that even he struggles with his early wake up calls. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)
In November, Wahlberg spoke with Fox News Digital about his routine and why he likes the cold plunge. “In the morning, especially in Vegas, it get’s pretty cold. This morning it was in the 40s and the water is 40-something degrees. But when you get out, the feeling that you have, it’s pretty good,” he said.
“It’s definitely something I look forward to. Not necessarily the getting in, but the feeling I have after.”
WATCH: MARK WAHLBERG EXPLAINS WHY HE STARTS HIS DAY WITH A COLD PLUNGE
That motivation often fuels “The Family Plan” actor to try harder, even on the days when he plans to take it easy. “I start out sluggish and the next thing you know I’ve ramped it up to a 12 and I got the best workout that I’ve had in a long time,” he admitted to People.
“I don’t want to miss something because if, God forbid, I kind of cut corners, don’t show up, don’t put the work in and I don’t get the results that I want, I know why. I don’t want to live with that regret,” he said. “I always feel better after and I just go and get it in.”
Mark Wahlberg is pictured getting a workout in. (Getty Images)
That mentality is something Wahlberg doesn’t reserve for only the gym.
“The hard work that I’ve put in has always been a reason why I have success. …So I attribute to that and my faith and the amount of effort that I’ve put into everything. So why would I do anything different?”
Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Story tips can be sent to email@example.com.


In 1973, Mariah Carey was three years old and learning to sing by practicing Verdi’s Rigoletto in Huntington, Long Island. Jon Kane was eleven and sitting on his front porch in Pittsburgh with his hand wrapped in an Ace bandage. In East Bruinswick, New Jersey, “Johnny” was still three years away from being born. Mariah would grow up to become the bestselling female vocalist of the millenium, Jon would become a ski-racer, then a DJ, then a film editor, and Johnny would become a junkie.
Anyone who has ever done heroin will tell you it is the world’s most beautiful feeling, but most people prefer to listen to Mariah Carey. That’s why Jon Kane met Mariah, in 1998, and why, thirteen years later, over 60% of readers on the opticnerve™ blog voted to hear a story about a famous singer instead of a junkie. (We don’t have a childhood photo for “Johnny,” but that doesn’t matter. His story ends here.)
It was 1998 and Jon was filming a series of promotional spots for VH1: Behind the Music. Earlier in the year, he had interviewed Jewel in Alaska surrounded by her close family and organized a surprise reunion between John Cougar Mellencamp and some of his long lost childhood friends. When Jon’s not beating them at arm wrestling, he likes to film his celebrity subjects off their guard.
Mariah Carey feels most at home in water. At least, that’s what she had her people tell Jon Kane. That’s why he arranged to shoot her in a rooftop pool.
Jon was to meet Mariah at 8:00 PM in Manhattan, the day after his second daughter was born. The hotel rooftop was cleared of civilians and the lights and equipment set up. Nine o’clock passed, then ten, then midnight. Finally, at two in the morning, Mariah—along with an entourage of twenty— made her entrance. They had come from a night on the town and the atmosphere was festive, if unprofessional. Mariah was in what Jon would describe delicately as “a party kind of mood.”
She was wearing a one-piece bathing suit and jeweled stiletto heels and armed with an uncompromising manager and an exacting contract. “You can’t get her hair wet,” everyone kept saying. Jon tried to film Mariah on an inflatable raft but that didn’t work. She was unfocused; her entourage was noisy; it was three in the morning; it was getting later.
Finally Jon put his foot down and insisted that everyone leave. Except for Mariah and her manager, everyone did. And then, very quickly, they captured the intimate scene you see here.
Jon didn’t say anything when Mariah dipped her head in the water, but he did ask her about those shoes. “It’s fine,” she said.
Then everybody went home: Jon to his new baby girl, Mariah to her mysterious dreams. “Johnny” was somewhere in New Jersey, asleep on a doorstep, his story erased before it had ever been told.


When you look at the about three of images, Barker and you can Kardashian went give-in-give using stone-inspired appears. New Poosh maker used a T-clothing with a photograph regarding Hawkins with the front if you’re Barker dressed in an excellent Judas Priest shirt.
Regarding comments, Barker thanked Kardashian to own their own help. “Thanks for joining me personally into the a these types of a new nights ??,” the guy penned. “I like you my wife.”
Kardashian chatted about altering their unique last label to Barker whenever you are searching to the Now. “It actually was confirmed. It actually was just a given,” the facts tell you celebrity told Hoda Kotb, adding you to definitely this woman is made Kardashian their particular middle title.
She proceeded to talk about her connection with Barker, claiming, “When it’s right, it’s best,” and you can additional one to “collaborating and you will instance, staying the newest communication open” has actually assisted their combined relatives.
: Kourtney Kardashian shows she and Travis Barker “got a break” out-of IVF
Regarding the second bout of year 2 of your own Kardashians, Kris and you may boyfriend Corey Enjoy confronted with Kardashian and you will Barker to own eating in which it chatted about brand new couple’s virility excursion. “The proceedings with the scrambled eggs?” Kris questioned their child.
Inside an excellent confessional, Kardashian chatted about the fresh couple’s fertility techniques. “Shortly after eight days of our IVF [in-vitro fertilization] travel, we grabbed a rest and you may planned to is one thing naturally,” she said. “New doctors got informed you that people continue to have particular extremely good-appearing hair follicles and that it is a knowledgeable obtained viewed.”
“Men and women inside it, in addition to all of our absolute medical professionals, sensed we wish to provide it with an additional attempt that have a keen IVF retrieval,” she afterwards proceeded. “And thus i did one finally egg retrieval and we also are merely wishing into the genetic assessment abilities, it makes they so you can an embryo.”
Kardashian as well as advised Kris and you can Play you are Pai women to “everything’s most of the a and better than just it is ever before already been. We are only prepared into comparison.”
: Kourtney Kardashian and you can Travis Barker still are now living in separate households immediately following getting married
When you’re emailing Amanda Hirsch with the Perhaps not Skinny Although not Pounds podcast, Kardashian common you to she and you may Barker, who happen to live an excellent take off out of one another, has but really in order to combine its houses.
“We are regarding the put where we are figuring out ideas on how to merge all of our homes and you may our very own kids, and you may what life turns out now,” she said. “Most of the time, the audience is getting the items in position. I perform household members food all of the Sunday night together with the kids on his home.”
“I get right up in the half a dozen was and i carpool each morning, i then wade to his family and now have a beneficial matcha, he has it in a position for me, so we keeps matcha, chat, spend time and also make together, and then we start our very own day,” she informed me, incorporating that Barker comes to their own house every night, regardless of the.
Cohabitation often means lose – and one thing the happy couple are unable to seem to acknowledge is the temperatures of the house. Kardashian loves “becoming enjoying,” when you’re Barker are “with the cooling and you will freezing.”
: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker celebrate one-seasons anniversary from wedding
It has been one year because Barker proposed to help you Kardashian in the midst of an effective water regarding purple flowers on a seashore from inside the Montecito, California.
: Kourtney Kardashian and you can Travis Barker dress-up while the Fiance out-of Chucky letters to possess Halloween night
To possess Halloween night, the fresh newlyweds chose to dress up because the a unique set of lovebirds – Chucky and you may Tiffany Valentine. Kardashian’s costume outfit provided a white wedding gown and you may veil, a black colored leather jacket and you may an artificial Chucky tattoo. Barker, who carried a phony knife, searched identical to the new horror symbol for the overalls and you will an effective striped shirt.


In the space of just over a year the great-grandson of a petroleum magnate has gone from (wealthy) obscurity to (wealthy) Hollywood star material. He’s shared the screen with Leo DiCaprio – his right hand man in the decidedly laborious J. Edgar – Hammer’s performance a standout in a rather underwhelming and overlong effort. He’s about to star opposite Julie Roberts in the upcoming Mirror Mirror and will be alongside Johnny Depp as the Lone Ranger to Depp’s Tonto in Gore Verbinski’s adaptation of said cowboy hero. But Armand Douglas Hammer is something of a throwback.
There’s an Errol Flynn square-jawed matinee idol quality to Hammer. At six foot five inches he’s the physique and look to hark back to a very traditional, secure, kind of leading man material. There is undoubted screen presence. Think Gregory peck meets Charlton Heston. But bar a couple of TV appearances (among them Desperate Housewives & Arrested Development trivia fans) and a few minor movies, actual acting roles have been few and far between.
His breakout performance as the twin “Winklevii” antagonists of David Fincher’s smashing Facebook genesis movie The Social Network was notable for displaying both acting chops and technical stamina. Each scene played out to multiple takes as one half of the brotherly machine before changing clothes and hairstyle to play the other opposite a body double – don’t you just love CGI?
Strangely he didn’t go to college. Dropping out at the eleventh grade to pursue an acting career – the perks of a comfortable “safety net” you might say. He has admitted to parental grilling on his career choice, with Macaulay Culkin as unwitting enabler, “Specifically it was Home Alone; I dreamed I was the kid in the house with the blowtorch and the B.B. Gun and the whole thing. So I guess I owe my entire career to Macaulay Culkin.”
His breakthrough role as the entitled Winklevoss twins could be said to mirror his own life, but this is something he has tackled in interviews, noting their sense of “entitlement” despite his own similar background. He calls himself “fortunate”, admits his family is “affluent”, but says money has never been an answer in itself for him.
In many respects fine and personally challenging words. But now that Armie Hammer finds himself at the start of a career he’s worked towards, rather than an inherited life of trust-fund playgrounds or foundation overseeing, it will be interesting to see if he can relegate his blue-blooded aura to supporting player in his own story. It’s early days but with two standout back-to-back roles and an atypical early life of privilege, there is a certain fascination in the unfolding of his path through Hollywood. Will he indie it up alá Gosling, run against his pretty boy image alá mid-late 90s Pitt, or indulge in Romcom whimsy until our heads explode alá Mcconaughey. Just don’t fall into the Brendan Fraser trap. Godspeed Armie.


Since achieving mainstream success as an Executive Producer, Writer, and Star of NBC’s The Office , B.J. Novak has done anything but rest on his laurels. In the years since, Novak, who began his career as a stand-up comedian, has added Best-Selling Author and App Developer to his résumé, cementing himself as a multi-talented pioneer and authority on turning raw creativity into bonafide success.
Relying on his diverse skill set, Novak has also garnered acclaim on the lecture circuit. He encourages listeners of all ages and backgrounds to embrace the unknown by breaking out of established formats and modes of thinking, while emphasizing the inherent importance of approaching every endeavor with a sense of humor. Whether demonstrating how corporations can apply the collaborative, improvisational spirit of The Office’s writing room to their teams, fostering college students’ creativity with a writing workshop, or discussing the importance of authenticity with Silicon Valley power players, B.J. Novak delivers concrete takeaways to myriad audiences with humility, warmth, and unforgettable wit.
B.J. Novak is a writer, actor, and comedian best known for his work on NBC’s Emmy Award winning comedy The Office. In addition to starring as Ryan, Novak was a Co-Executive Producer for the series and wrote many of the show’s most memorable episodes, including “Diversity Day,” “Sexual Harassment,” “The Fire,” “Initiation,” “Safety Training,” “Local Ad,” and “Happy Hour.”
First known to television audiences for his performances on the MTV series Punk’d, Novak has appeared in motion pictures such as Unaccompanied Minors, Reign Over Me, The Internship, Knocked Up, The Smurfs, and Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. He played composer Robert B. Sherman in Saving Mr. Banks, Alistair Smythe in The Amazing Spider Man 2, and had a supporting role in the 2016 film The Founder, which featured Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc.
On April 11, 2013, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf announced it had signed a two- book deal with Novak, with the first book slated to be a fictional collection of stories. On February 4, 2014 a book of 22 stories entitled One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories was published and spent 6 weeks on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers List. Novak also signed a deal with Penguin’s children’s books label and wrote the title The Book With No Pictures, which was released in September 2014 and spent two full years on the New York Times Picture Books list, with 34 of those weeks charting the book as the #1 seller in the country.
As a stand up comedian, Novak was named one of Variety’s “Ten Comics To Watch” in 2004 and has since performed on Comedy Central, Late Night with Conan O’ Brien, and has headlined numerous colleges, theaters, and comedy clubs in recent years, including sold- out runs at Caroline’s on Broadway and the Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles. He was also a regular at the “Comedy Death Ray” stand-up show at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles. In November 2008, his show “B.J. Novak & Friends” at Town Hall served as the closing night of the New York Comedy Festival.


Chloe Collins is currently an independent songwriter and artist based in Nashville, TN. When I say songwriter, I’m talking about major song placements in shows like Heartland and Nashville on ABC. What really kickstarted her fast paced career, however, was the push behind her #TikToks. Collins had no problems cold calling and reaching out to music supervisors until something clicked and people took a chance on her and her music. It would be a cold opening as simple as, “I think my song would be great on your show!” Chloe also mentioned to us that the worst thing people can say is no or just not open a LinkedIn message, so WHY NOT?
With almost 100,000 followers on #TikTok, Chloe has been cultivating a unique following and audience with her music. What she posts on her #TikTok are songs she’s written inspired by the television show, “Criminal Minds.” Right now, one of her songs she wrote about two characters on the show, has been climbing the Music Row charts. Her music paints you a story you will most likely never forget. She’s sweet yet haunting with her lyrics and her amazing vocals are effortless.
Those who are against #TikTok and social media might never experience building a unique fan base such as Chloe Collins. Because of social media and her aggressive marketing tactics, she has made herself into a successful business woman and artist. We can’t walk into a record company or publishing company anymore and hand them a CD of a few songs to pitch. Most companies look at independent artists and songwriters who they see potential in and who else sees potential in that artist.
Being a full time student and artist might seem like a lot of leg work, and it is. Chloe Collins puts 100% into everything she does and she does not cut corners. Collins has been playing some live rounds here in Nashville as well as working on pushing her music to sync and television deals. All the while going to classes and doing homework. Her entire marketing and management team is just her right now, and I think that‘s perfectly fine. No one should be hiring a manager or paying a team without having a steady source of income first. If you can do everything yourself without getting overwhelmed, you don’t need to pay someone else’s yet to do that for you. Chloe is in full control of her videos, music and content. She connects with fans during live streams as well as responding to their comments and messages over social media.
Chloe Collins is being intentional with her music, her career and how she interacts with fans. This is why she has a fan base that will always keep coming back to her page. She’s authentic and in general a NICE person. Now I know that doesn’t sound descriptive, but I believe that being a nice person in this industry can be hard to come by. Chloe is not in a personal pursuit to further herself and crushing anyone in her way. She is caring with the people she interacts with and does not put herself on a high pedestal, even with her monumental accomplishments.
LISTEN TO HER LATEST RELEASE—Red Looks Good On Me—HERE
FOLLOW CHLOE’S LINKTREE HERE—https://linktr.ee/chloecollinsmus


But if Palin is readying her best Tina Fey impression, nobody close to her is giving any hints.
Neither the campaign nor NBC would confirm the report when asked by FOX News.
Palin was asked Tuesday by reporters whether she wanted to give Fey, who has parodied Palin -- some say impeccably -- on the late-night comedy show ever since she was tapped as the Republican vice presidential nominee, a "taste of her own medicine." She seemed to relish the thought.
"I would love to," Palin said, laughing. "I love her. She's a hoot and she's so talented and it would be fun to either imitate her or keep on giving her more material and keep her in business."
FOX News' Shushannah Walshe contributed to this report.
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BOSS Awards 2018
Thursday 29 November 2018
Tower Guoman Hotel, London
6.15pm – late
BOSS is thrilled to announce that Jo Caulfield will be the host for the BOSS Awards on 29 November at the Tower Guoman Hotel, central London.
Jo Caulfield is a stand-up comedian, host, and comedy writer. Not only has she been the regular warm-up performer for Have I Got News For You for many years, she has also appeared as a guest on the show, as well as on Mock The Week and Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
BOSS is thrilled that Caulfield will be hosting the awards, promising to make it an entertaining night to remember.
Tickets are selling fast – don’t forget to book your places for the BOSS Awards next month!
The night promises to be a glittering and glamorous chance to celebrate your business’ achievements, forge new business relationships and hear relevant insights from the industry stars. Learn tips and tricks to help improve your business, boost staff morale at the after-party of the year and introduce your brand to more valuable contacts than ever before.
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The Legend of Crawford and Davis (Or the Legend of Davis and Crawford)
By Cristina Miller
Golden Age of Hollywood. When men were men and women were shady, undercover harridans giving each other side-eye as they sipped Gibson martinis at the Copa Club. No side-eye burned more than that shared between Ruth Elizabeth Davis and Lucille Fay La Sueur, also known as the iconic Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
The rivalry is legendary, still being written and spoken about today, culminating currently with the premiere of the FX anthology series Feud by Ryan Murphy. It is a story filled with clichés fit for the front page of any flimsy, floppy tabloid: adultery, shady machinations, stolen roles and missed opportunities, all soaked in liquor and tears. It is in the pages of these flimsy, floppy tabloids that the story begins.
The origin of their storied rivalry begins with the theme of upstaging. In the early 1930’s, Davis was an up and coming starlet as Crawford was an established actress since her onscreen debut in 1925. They have yet to meet in person but those tabloids would forever unite them into prosperity. With buzz surrounding her first headlining role in the 1933 comedy Ex-Lady, Davis was ready for stardom. A publicity campaign was even in place from Warner Brothers Studios to introduce their newest ingénue. Hollywood and the nation were going to explode with news of Davis’ arrival into the cinematic universe, that is, until Crawford announced her divorce from her first husband. On. The. Same. Day. Davis’ day in the sun would have to wait as talk of her headlining role and her movie became a blip on the Hollywood radar. Ex-Lady was pulled out of movie houses after a week due to dismal tickets sales.
Then we come to another humiliating blow to Davis’ steely reserve in the form of Franchot Tone. In 1935, Davis and Tone starred together in Dangerous, a drama in which they played lovers. Davis fell hard for her co-star but Tone would not reciprocate as he announced his engagement to, yes, you’ve guessed it, Joan Crawford, during filming. Tone eventually became Crawford’s second husband. Although Davis won an Oscar for her role as Joyce in Dangerous, she was once again overshadowed by her most ruthless rival. This event was one that Davis never forgave her for.
As whispers and hisses resonated throughout the studio commissaries and newsstands about these two women and their war between them, by the 1940’s, there was a possibility of an olive branch being extended. Crawford, after years on contract with MGM Studios, signed on to the roster of Warner Brothers, Davis’ studio for about ten years at this time. Joan insisted, upon her move to her new digs on the lot, on having her dressing room close to Bette’s. She sent her cinema sister many gifts and bouquets of flowers as a way to bury any sort of animosity for past grievances. These offerings were promptly returned.
Even their films roles were fuel for their disdain for one another, becoming opportunities of one-up(wo)manship. Mildred Pierce, the film noir that won Crawford her one and only Oscar for Best Actress, was actually a role that Davis passed on in 1945. Michael Curitz, the director was hesitant on hiring Joan for his main character, dead-set on having Bette be his Mildred. He relented only when he saw Joan’s screen test. Another example is that of The Star, a romantic drama written by a former close friend of Joan’s. Davis signed on to portray a has-been actress falling from the favor of Hollywood. The prospect of playing such a character was perhaps extremely attractive and she relished the role with gusto. Crawford presumably was not very amused.
The centerpiece of the beef between these two culminated in what was to be their only movie together, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. The 1962 psychological thriller about two sisters -- one a successful actress; the other, a former child star --is loved by both critics and fans alike. For myself, it is a favorite of my brother and mine, as some of the lines we blurt out at each other once in a while. It is, as stated in a 2017 Harper’s Bazaar article, “...remembered most powerfully as a public document of their real-life rivalry”. The film could be viewed with fresh eyes with no knowledge of their past history outside but it is much more delicious to digest knowing that Davis wanted to beat the stuffing out of Crawford.
As the years went by and the 60’s gave way to the 70’s, the two broads came to respect each other as icons of the Golden Age of Tinsletown. When Crawford finally was laid to rest in May of 1977, Davis was supposedly quoted as saying, “You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” Davis would outlive Crawford by twelve years, joining Joan in that Chi Chi Club in the sky in October of 1989.
Joan and Bette. Bette and Joan: Shall they both rest in paradise throwing side-eye at each other for all of eternity.


Poor Palin. Looks like she has caused a lot of trouble for her favorite little retail store in Anchorage, Out of the Closet. Her remark in a recent interview was noticed by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation who has used the mark ‘Out of the Closet’ since 1990 for its non-profit retail stores, and received a federal trademark in 1997. Gosh darn, looks like another infringement case!
If the store folds due to litigation fees and the bad economy, where will Palin buy her Escada and St. John when she’s back in Anchorage after November 4th?
$2,500 Valentino jacket worn at the Republican National Convention