Archive for June, 2011
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s world-famous nuptials were only the beginning. The excitement is far from over – as summer 2011 is shaping up to be full of star-studded weddings. Read on (and check back) to find out all the details; who’s marrying who, what they’ll wear, and who’ll be there. Jesse’s romance with […]
June 17th, 2011 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off
Hugh Hefner‘s wedding to Crystal Harris is off, quite out of the blue. The wedding was supposed to be on Saturday but the 24 year-old ex playmate did a bunk after an apparent argument with her Playboy over the weekend. Hef tweeted a confirmation of the news writing: “The wedding is off. Crystal has had […]
June 15th, 2011 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off
“Obama is a one-term president” – Michele Bachmann declared at CNN’s Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, where she formally announced her candidacy. It was no big surprise to hear Bachmann, a U.S. Representative from Minnesota, announce her presidential campaign at last night’s Republican debate. Everyone knew she planned to run for the White House, […]
June 14th, 2011 | Posted in Politics | Comments Off
Parents have enough on their plate to have to worry about finding a super gift for the super dad in their life. Thankfully, an easy way to celebrate is to order Dad some flowers. Hop flowers, that is. At least, that’s the reasoning behind why the Samuel Adams gift basket is available at FromYouFlowers.com. But […]
June 13th, 2011 | Posted in Holidays | Comments Off
In April, people across the USA and the world celebrated the beauty of nature, our rivers and mountains, and wildlife. The original Earth Day was inspired by founder Gaylord Nelson (former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin) after witnessing the devastation of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. In that era of protests against […]
June 11th, 2011 | Posted in Festivals | Comments Off
Nashville. A man who was in the audience at a recent Tracy Morgan show in Nashville said that the well-known comedian and “30 Rock” actor went beserk when talking about how he’d treat a gay son: “I’d kill him.” Audience member Kevin Rogers, who is gay, wrote about the June 3 show on Facebook: “I’ve […]
June 10th, 2011 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off
With another year’s tribute to the best in country music having come to a close, the winners of the 2011 CMT Music Awards were named in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday night – June 8. The Kid Rock hosted event (which was held at Bridgestone Arena) saw Taylor Swift take home the top honor of Video […]
June 9th, 2011 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off
Social activist Anna Hazare took a more aggressive stand against the government on Wednesday as he observed his one-day fast against the police eviction of Baba Ramdev and his supporters from Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan festival grounds. Speaking at Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial to an assembly of mostly urban elites Mr. Hazare first condemned the incident on […]
June 8th, 2011 | Posted in Politics | Comments Off
All this summer, HBO is featuring documentary films in its line up, so all this summer, we’ll be reviewing them. On one hand, it makes complete sense to create a documentary about Bobby Fischer. He was a child prodigy, the world chess champion, and an insane person. All of those elements can add up to […]
June 7th, 2011 | Posted in Sports | Comments Off
Hollywood, CA, 06.05.11 – The show started badly with host Jason Sudeikis opening the 2011 MTV Movie Awards with a monologue featuring five Arnold Schwarzenegger jokes that would not have made the writer’s cut on Letterman, much less Leno. The show had its racy moments – even by MTV standards, whose are rather loose on […]
June 6th, 2011 | Posted in Celebrities | Comments Off