Archive for December, 2011

There were a number of celebrity deaths in 2011, but the following were also significant contributers to Pop Culture. Elizabeth Taylor 2/27/32-3/23/11 One of the world’s most famous actresses, her award-winning performances in films and her scandalous personal life made…Read more

Various and diverse issues seem to find their way onto California ballots. The June 2012 presidential primary ballot will be no different, when Los Angeles residents will be asked to weigh in as to whether porn actors should be required…Read more

Cheetah, the chimpanzee who starred alongside Maureen O’Sullivan and Johnny Weissmuller in “Tarzan and His Mate” and “Tarzan the Ape Man” in 1932 and 1934, died on Saturday after suffering from Kidney failure at the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm…Read more

The original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story was written as a giveaway for the Montgomery Ward department stores by Robert L. May in 1939. In 1949, May’s story was made into a song by Johnny Marks, who also wrote ‘Rockin’…Read more

Contrary to what you may have heard, rocker Jon Bon Jovi is alive and well, although still in New Jersey. The rumor that he was found dead in a Asbury Park hotel was untrue. No coma, no cardiac arrest, but…Read more

Disney has announced their newest animated princess, the lavender-gowned Sofia, who will star in her own animated television show and movie that will debut in fall 2012, with the tv series following in the spring of 2013. Despite the frilly…Read more

The Wet Bandits or the Sticky Bandits? Either way Marve and Harry never could get the whole robbery thing down in the classic Home Alone movies. Home Alone became one of the best Christmas movies of all time with Kevin…Read more

For the last several decades, the most famous Christmas Tree in America has been the Rockefeller Christmas Tree in New York City. The first tree was placed by workers while it was still under construction, but the first official tree…Read more

A Mythbusters experiment was a complete misfire Tuesday, when a 30-lb cannonball ripped through the walls of a California home before coming to rest inside a minivan. The experiment was conducted by Toni Bellici, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara. They…Read more

Jerry Sandusky, the former defensive coordinator at Penn State University, has been arrested again because of nine new sexual assault chargers from two additional accusers. Sandusky was removed from his Pennsylvania home earlier today and was transferred to Pennsylvania county…Read more