Archive for the ‘ Politics & News ’ Category

Now that the dust has settled after Sunday night’s broadcast of the 2012 Golden Globe Awards, it’s time to reflect back on the best moments. When I say “best moments” I, of course, mean the funniest. Tearful acceptance speeches & emotional compliments are always a staple of a major awards show, but it’s the outrageous [...]

Heather Donahue, the lead female from the 1999 indie-flick turned blockbuster horror phenomenon ‘The Blair Witch Project’ has left the acting world and has settled down as the proprietor of a cannibis farm in northern California.  Apparently she decided that the world of low-budget horror flicks wasn’t exactly her calling card anymore, so she turned [...]

Brett Ratner‘s latest film ‘Tower Heist’ opened last Friday (Nov. 4th) in theaters, so of course he made the rounds and promoted his movie on a few talk shows and such.  On that day he stopped by G4′s ‘Attack of the Show‘ and made some rather poignant remarks about former co-host of that show, Olivia [...]

You Know What’s Cool? One Billion. The number is so big it is hard to think about ever seeing anything quite so large, let alone our company achieving something THAT BIG. Since launching at the end of 2008, we have achieved ONE BILLION LISTENS. Amazing. Hopefully along the way we’ve been able to bring you [...]

I was watching the news the other night when a segment caught my attention claiming that a “new study” suggests that SpongeBob Squarepants is bad for children of all ages, apparently because he doesn’t live in any kind of reality where there are consequences for physical actions such as breathing underwater, having porous skin that [...]

After years of speculation about his health problems amid public speculation, resourceful Apple CEO Steve Jobs has resigned from his position with the company and board of directors and immediately handed the reigns of control over to Tim Cook, chief operating officer, who was always his likely successor. While staunchly private about the true status [...]

My father was a frank and humorous man. It wasn’t until my teens that I realized many of his best fatherly advice was learned from late night action movies. So, I think the best way to pay homage to my own father is to share some of the advice he got in the middle of [...]

Each year, the White House Correspondents’ Association hosts a dinner honoring the members of the press corp. This past Saturday was no different, as politicians, journalists, and Hollywood icons came together to hear President Obama speak. Among the attendees were Barbara Walters, Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes, Stevie Wonder, George Lucas, Stephen Spielbeg, George Lucas, [...]

When New Yorkers looked outside their windows last week, they couldn’t believe their eyes.  Flying low and flanked by an F-16 fighter jet was a 747 airplane. As the two planes approached, they saw that the F-16 wasn’t trailing just any 747, but rather Air Force One and that it was heading right for Manhattan. [...]

Yesterday’s shoe-throwing event, now termed “shoegate” was a highlight in Bush’s remaining lame-duck presidency. Touted as one of the strongest insults in Arab culture because it signifies that the person is as low as the dirt underneath the sole of a shoe, the act spurred a wave of various reactions from around the world. However, [...]