On this day in 1985….. The Coca-Cola Company introduced to the world a new flavored Coke known as Coca-Cola Cherry. Although Coca-Cola Cherry was introduced to test audiences at the World’s Fair in 1982, the cherry flavored soda didn’t hit the shelves until 1985. Coca-Cola Cherry was the third Coke variation, with regular Coke and Diet Coke coming before. Diet Cherry Coke came into the world in 1986; in 2005 the drink was renamed to Diet Coke Cherry. Image...  Read More »

Whaaa??? An infant boy married his neighbor’s dog in front of about 150 tribes people in an effort to prevent the child from being killed by wild animals. Yes, that’s what I said. The ritual was performed in hamlet in the state of Orissa’s Jajpur district after the boy, who isn’t even 2-years-old yet, grew a tooth on his upper gum. The Munda tribe, of which the boy is a member, sees the early growth of the tooth as a bad omen and believes it makes the...  Read More »

So it’s been a little over a week since Chris Brown allegedly beat the crap out of his girlfriend Rihanna. A few days ago Chris released a statement, which in my opinion, was a really lame apology – if you can even consider it an apology. To me it was just another Hollywood obligatory apology like the kind celebrities give when they’re arrested for DUI. I don’t know about you, but I consider beating a woman a little bigger of a deal than a DUI, and...  Read More »

Joaquin Phoenix appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman last night. And by appeared I mean Joaquin Phoenix sat there being weird while Dave tried to get the actor to actually answer a question. Phoenix was at the Ed Sullivan Theater to promote his new movie “Two Lovers” but in his messy black suit and tie with a heavy beard and black sunglasses, he seemed more interested in acting like Andy Kaufman than a talented actor. Letterman, being the professional...  Read More »

On this day in 1983….. Weird Al Yankovic’s first music video hit the airwaves. The video was for his song “Ricky” – a parody of Toni Basil’s “Mickey” – and poked fun at I Love Lucy, with Weird Al as Ricky and Tress MacNeille as Lucy. Weird Al Yankovic was born Alfred Matthew Yankovic on October 23, 1959 in Downey, CA. The only child of Nick and Mary Yankovic, Weird Al grew up in Lynwood where he went to Kindergarten early and skipped...  Read More »

Ok, so here it is. Finally! Since I had some things going on during the 2009 Grammy’s last Sunday night, I have turned to friends and others for their notes and opinions of the show. First up, notes from my wonderful friend I mentioned yesterday, in her own words….. U2 opened the show with an energy pumping performance. Whitney Houston came out to present R&B song of the year. She was looking as well as I remember her looking back in the late 80′s....  Read More »

Freestyle motocross champion Jeremy Lusk died of head injuries Tuesday as a result of an earlier crash; he was 24. Lusk was riding in the X-Knights event in Costa Rica when he attempted to do a Seatgrab Indian Backflip and lost control of his bike. After the crash Jeremy Lusk was taken to Calderon Hospital ICU in San Jose, Costa Rica where he was pronounced dead at 11:03pm. In the room with Jeremy when he died were his parents Chuck and Linda Lusk, his wife...  Read More »