(PCM) On July 22 1941,The young woman living at Merwedeplein 39, in Amsterdam got married. Anne Frank (June 12, 1929-1945) can be seen leaning out of the window of her apartment to get a look at the bride and groom. At the time of her wedding, the bride lived on the second floor at Merwedeplein 39. The Anne Frank and her family lived at number 37, also on the second floor. It is the only time Anne Frank has ever been captured on film. Anne Frank died in March 1945 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Nazi Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945. The subject of a film based on her…Read more

(PCM) We gotta give them credit for trying, and it can’t hurt! The new Myspace launched June 12,2013, bringing the rebuilt platform out of beta and debuting a new mobile app available for free at the App Store today. Profiles from Classic Myspace have been upgraded to the new platform, so that members can log in using Classic Myspace, Facebook, or Twitter account credentials and access their content and connections easily. Built from the ground up using the latest technology, Myspace is designed to showcase creativity, foster collaboration, and promote discovery. New features and tools work seamlessly across desktop and mobile devices to provide an integrated and complementary experience. “The…Read more

(PCM) Johnny Cash (1932-2003) is best remembered internationally as an early rock and country music artist, but his influence just about everywhere – from rock and folk to blues and gospel. The Johnny Cash Forever® stamp is being issued this year as part of the exciting new Music Icons stamp series. His last music video, the haunting “Hurt,” originally performed by Nine Inch Nails, reportedly caused the songwriter Trent Reznor say “it isn’t mine anymore.” The limited-edition “Forever” postage, part of the Postal Service’s Music Icon series, will go on sale starting June 5 and feature several images of Cash, including this promotional shot for the 1963 release of Ring…Read more

(PCM) A 22-year-old Disneyland employee, Christian Barnes, has been arrested in connection with the detonation of a ice bomb in the park’s Toontown, Anaheim police said Wednesday. The dry ice pressure bomb exploded about 5:30 PM Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of several hundred people from the area for several hours. “We take matters like this very seriously and are working closely with local authorities,” Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown said in a statement. Barnes was an outdoor vending “cast member” and was booked on suspicion of possession of a destructive device and is being held in lieu of $1 million bail. No one was injured in the trash can explosion, but…Read more

(PCM) 300-plus Kate Bush lookalikes re-enacted her famous Wuthering Heights video in East Sussex, UK, near the University of Sussex on Saturday May 25th, setting a world record of sorts. In Stanmar Park, several hundred men and women wore long black wigs, red dresses, with matching red lipstick took over the park in an unusual display of performance/tribute art. “It was an unofficial record and as far as we know no one has attempted this before… We had approx 330 Bushes, which was totally incredible!,” Shambush said on their facebook page. Kate Bush, an 80s alt rock video and music pioneer, was well represented by her fans of her and…Read more

(PCM) There are two types of people in the world… those who refer to a type of online picture (gif) as a “Jif” with a sof “g” and those who pronounce it “Gif” with a hard “G.” GIF stands for ‘Graphics Interchange Format.’ Introduced by Compuserve in 1987, the format is limited to to 256 distinct colors, and can often seem a bit grainy, but can be used to make simple”moving” online picture like this: Steve Wilhite, caused a firestorm in late May, 2013 by saying “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations. They are wrong. It is a soft ‘g,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.” The inventor of the…Read more

(PCM) Milken Community High School (in Sherman Oaks, CA) senior Jake Davidson became a YouTube sensation with his March 16 video of him asking Upton to his prom while performing tasks including pushups, shaving and shampooing his hair to the tune over well over 2.5 million views. While disappointed that the Kate was unable to attend, he said “While I would have loved for Kate to come to my prom, I understand she is a very busy and in-demand professional. I am so grateful for Kate responding at all.” Kate Upton, after checking her schedule, was not able to accept senior Jake Davidson’s youtube invitation to his prom, but he…Read more

(CBS Houston/AP) – Barbara Garcia, a woman who thought she had lost it all found one of the things most precious to her while being interviewed on live television – her pet dog, buried alive under the rubble of her former home. Tornado survivor Barbara Garcia was relating her harrowing tale of survival to CBS News, recalling in a deliberate voice the details of feeling her house coming down around her as the storm wreaked havoc on the area. “I was sitting on the stool, holding my dog … this was the game plan all through the years … to go in that little bathroom,” she said, recalling to CBS…Read more

(PCM) At the 2013 Memorial Cup opening ceremonies, the crowd heard an unusual version of the United State’s national anthem. You can blame it on nerves, the excitement of singing before a large crowd or not spending enough time checking out the lyrics. Alexis Normand, a jazz and folk singer from Saskatoon, sang much of the admittedly difficult song fairly well, but mixed up some of the lyrics in the middle, and kept on going with random phrases from the American National anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner,” until the finish. The crowd cheered her attempt and she later tweeted an apology. It was pretty cool of the Canadian crowd to…Read more

Have you ever lied about your age? Is diseminating that knowlege online an invasion of privacy? Apparently not, according to the US Court system. A 41-year-old Texas actress, Junie Hoang (real name: Huong Hoang) sued IMDb (The Internet Movie Database), contending it invaded her privacy and harmed her career when it made her age widely known in 2011. It has been widely noted that Junie appeared in films like Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver and Hoodrats 2: Hoodrat Warriors, but to be fair, she has several dozen film appearances since the mid-1990s. Hoang, who has appeared in several low-budget horror movies and will be in an upcoming TV show,…Read more