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New Shakespeare Lost Play: Double Falsehood
A little-known 18th century play called “Double Falsehood,” which contains sword fights, violent sexual assault and a terrible ending, has been propelled into the literary spotlight today, when it was apparently claimed as a lost Shakespeare play.
Save The Hollywood Sign: Billboard company offers solution
I am sure most of you will agree that Hollywood would not be the same with out the Hollywood sign. But unfortunately unless the LA billboard company can save the property beside the Hollywood sign, Hollywood will never be the same again.
Phantom Sequel: Love Never Dies savaged by Critics
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical “Love Never Dies” – which is the sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera” – hasn’t even premiered yet, but it’s already been slated by online viewers. The attacks have been popping up all over the Internet, since the previews began last month.
International Women’s Day: A little history and thought
Today is March 8th 2010, and it’s a special day that is probably being celebrated all over the world, in many different ways. Now if you are one of the many people that have been left wondering why today is special, it’s because today is International Women’s Day.
Seaworld 911 Call Released: ‘Send The Paramedics’
According to a recent report over at news.sky.com, the emergency calls which were made by workers at the SeaWorld center where trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed by a killer whale recently have now reportedly been released by officials.
Brides-to-be and how a fake show signed people up
According to a recent news article at guardian.co.uk, scammers set up a website that advertised a fake bridal show that they billed as the “biggest and most extravagant” recently, and then used it to steal from thousands of brides-to-be and their vendors.
Seaworld Trainer’s Funeral: Dawn Brancheau laid to rest
Last week we brought you the sad news of the death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau, who was killed by a killer whale at the Orlando, Florida Park last Wednesday. And according to a report at examiner.com, Dawn was laid to rest in Chicago yesterday.
Free Pancakes At iHop 2010: National Pancake Day
I don’t know what it is these days, but there appears to be more and more national days being invented for one thing or another. We have already seen the likes of National Popcorn Day, and we’ve even seen National Cupcake Day as well.
Rare 1938 Superman Comic Sells for $1 Million
A rare copy of the very first comic book to feature Superman sold for a whopping $1 million yesterday, breaking the previous sale record for a comic book. According to a report at guardian.co.uk, the 1938 edition of Action Comics No1 was sold by a private seller, to a private buyer.
Nepal’s Shortest Man and Guinness Book of Records
An 18-year old man who is only 56cm tall has left his home country of Nepal recently, in his quest to be recognised as the world’s shortest man. According to stuff.co.nz, Khagendra Thapa Magar is on his way to Europe, to campaign for the Guinness World Record title.
Abbey Road Not For Sale: EMI confirms revitalization
Following on from our story earlier that Andrew Lloyd Webber was interested in buying the iconic Abbey Road recording studios in North London; it now appears that they are not for sale. The music label that owns them EMI, have announced today that they are not for sale.
Vasectomy and March Madness NCAA
It really isn’t long now, until the 2010 NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament starts. And according to a recent report at msn.foxsports.com, a suburban Chicago urology practice have decided to use the March Madness tournament time, for their vasectomy ad campaign.
Abbey Road Studios Goes Up for Sale
According to a recent report over at monstersandcritics.com, the famous Abbey Road and EMI studio, which was the iconic Beatles stomping ground throughout the 1960’s, has been put up for sale recently, by the debt struggling EMI.
The Hollywood Sign is being rebranded
When the residents of Los Angeles look out at their famous skyline today, they will probably need to take a second look in disbelief. And the reason for this is that the famous Hollywood sign is being rebranded – yes that’s right rebranded!
Super Bowl 2011
Now that we have just seen the 2010 Super Bowl game take place yesterday, the focus will now shift to the preparations for the Super Bowl events in 2011. And it appears that the focus has already shifted, for people in the Dallas Area.