Today is the 12th Annual Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, held on the last Monday in January. Whether packing boxes for moving, or using bubble wrap to protect gifts, few can resist the allure of the “pop.”  Many people pop for fun, and many more pop to de-stress. In fact, 70% of American workers would take a pay cut to ensure that they would never be stressed out on the job again. Bubble wrap is easier to pop than to make. First, you need the right kind of film, and then suction is applied to a drum-covered layer of film with holes punched in. The film is then laminated to that…Read more

Donald Trump is considering building a private cemetery next  to his golf club in northern New Jersey. The Donald will reportedly be seeking state approval to put a 1.5 acre burial ground next to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ.  Club members pay as much as $300,000 in membership fees. The final resting place would be available to late members, with a section set aside for Trump and his kin. Members would also have the option of spreading their ashes on the course, with a permanent memorial placed in the cemetery. Trump first considered the cemetery in 2007, but opted not to pursue the building of a family mausoleum….Read more

Whether it’s on the big screen, the small screen or the streets of Hollywood, guy-love is everywhere these days. Sure, it’s great to catch up on which celebrities are dating, but just as much fun to see who they’re hanging out with and how well they’re getting along. Yes, we’re talking about the bromance. The term may be relatively new, but the sentiment isn’t. For decades, the entertainment industry has provided us with these intense and unique depictions of male friendship. Now, we’ve put together a list (in no particular order) of some of the best and most memorable bromances that we could find on any medium. If you can…Read more

  According to The Guinness Book of World Records, Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed literary character in film, the most portrayed detective, and one of the top 10 most portrayed characters in film, period. It is in the classic films of Holmes that the phrase, “Elementary my dear Watson” was coined (Fun Fact: this line is never actually said in the stories. The closest any dialogue comes to is Watson, “’Excellent,’ I cried. ‘Elementary,’ said he”) Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce not only did the famed radio stories together but they also did 14 movies from 1939-1946. Bruce was a consistent Watson, playing him as a good natured, bumbering…Read more

2012 is the Year of the Dragon, and will arrive on February 4, 2012. The Chinese New Year Day is January 23, 2012, the Lunar New Year of the Water Dragon, a once-in-a-60-yr occurance. The Year of the Dragon is considered to be the luckiest in the Chinese Zodiac. In contrast to the European dragon, the Chinese dragon symbolized power, strength and good luck. The dragon also has power over water, such as rainfall, hurricanes, etc. It is the only Chinese Zodiac sign that is a legendary animal. The dragon has been a symbol for the Emperor in many Chinese Dynasties, and the Imperial Throne was often referred to as…Read more

As I said last week Holmes was so powerful he could not be kept on paper so Doyle’s stories also became available in the mediums of theatre and radio. The radio dramas began with The Mercury Theatre on the Air starring Orson Welles which aired September 25, 1938. It was Orson Welles’s own adaptation of the playwright William Gillette’s story. In it we meet Sherlock Holmes’s most famous adversary, Professor Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime, a criminal to match Holmes’s intelligence and trickery. There have been many famous foil duos, Batman and the Joker, Snoopy and the Red Baron, well you can’t have Sherlock Holmes without Professor Moriarty. The radio…Read more

The most loved Kardashian, besides Bruce Jenner of course, is Mason Disick. Or, at least he is quickly becoming a highlight on the E! series Kourtney and Kim Take New York. Every time the toddler says something you can’t help but say, “Awwwwwwww.” Kourtney and Scott Disick’s baby boy has grown in front of our eyes since the first day he was born. Now the little guy just celebrated his second birthday, as Will Smith would say, in Wild Wild West-style. Mason’s big day as a cowboy was celebrated in Kris and Bruce Jenner’s Hidden Hills, Calif. home. Not only was there a cowboy hat-shaped birthday cake, pony rides, and…Read more

It may not be a federal holiday, but January 21 is still cause for celebration. It’s National Hugging Day! And, really, who doesn’t love a good hug? There are all kinds of hugs: the I’m-here-for-you hug, the so-nice-to-see-you hug, the thank-you hug… really, the possibilities are endless. So in the spirit of spreading the love, we’ve compiled a list of celebrities who we would use the “National Hugging Day” excuse on if we happened to run into them on the 21st. So while you get your arms prepped for all those hugs you’re about to give, check out who made our list and tell us who else would be on…Read more

Georgia mother, Chuntera Napier, was arrested for allowing her 10 yr-old son, Gaquan, to get a tattoo on his right arm in honor of his late brother, Malik. Malik, 12,  was killed two years ago by a teenage driver, and Gaquan was with him when the accident happened. Napier says her son asked her if he could get a tattoo to honor his brother, and she didn’t know how to refuse his request. She allowed him to get a tattoo with his brother’s name and former basketball number. (Napier has several tattoos of her own in memory of her late son). A 2010 Georgia law states that it is “unlawful…Read more

For the first time in seven years, the music industry’s premier event, the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, will have an official host. And, who better, really, than the one and only LL Cool J? The rapper, actor and (we’ll just say it) Renaissance man has hosted “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night” since its inception in December 2008, but this is his first time hosting the actual Awards broadcast. Obviously no stranger to the Grammy’s, LL is a two-time Grammy Award winner and in addition to hosting this year’s event, he will join the line-up of performances for the night, which already includes current Grammy…Read more