You may know you're getting up in years when the music that had a major impact on your generation and your own little life is deemed historically significant.
That's what the Library of Congress is saying about Tupac and R.E.M. So thanks, Library of Congress. Because you know this is really all about my mortality.
Who doesn't know this famous photograph of an American soldier kissing a nurse in New York's Times Square? The photo, V-J Day in Times Square (aka VJ Day, among other names), was taken on Victory Over Japan Day on August 14, 1945 and grew to iconic proportions after being published in LIFE Magazine.
Edith Shain, the nurse in the photo, passed away on Sunday, June 20 in Los Angeles at the age of 92.
No doubt you've read the gossip about the recent goings-on with Jeremy London. Homegirl has gotten himself into a hot mess of an intricate situation that seems to have been devised by the writers of Six Feet Under, a four year old and a Choose Your Own Adventure book with half the pages missing.
So, Jeremy London. Aside from him being in the center of a riveting bad-accident-scene-type story, who the eff is Jeremy London?
A group of scientists at a genetics firm have plans to analyze Ozzy Osbourne's genetic code purportedly to better understand how drugs are absorbed into the body. Osbourne was chosen for this project because of his notoriously excessive abuses and seemingly miraculous survival.
Who'd have thunk it? Either I am getting old or pop culture just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
Thundercats, ho! Thundercats are go! Cartoon Network has announced that it has commissioned a new version of 1980s animated series Thundercats. Mrow! Or something.
If you thought the crown should go to Betty White, what with all the Betty White love-o-palooza happening these days, you'd be wrong. Tina Fey, ladies and gentlemen. Tina Fey. Yeah, suck it, nerds.
The actor is prepared to walk away from a hefty payday because of a dispute with the studio over who should direct -- he'd rather not make the film at all if it means compromising his artistic vision.
This all sounds fantastic until you find out just what movie and directors we're talking about here.
Robert Munsch, bestselling children's author and storyteller, revealed he is four months clean after battling cocaine and alcohol addictions. Turns out one of my childhood heroes is not just a genius - he's human, too.
An Andy Warhol self-portrait sold for $32.5 million at an auction in New York this weekend - more than twice the expected auction price. The guys at Sotheby's said cha-ching!
A self portrait.
I loves me a good imposter story: Guerdwich Montimere, a 22-year-old former basketball player at Fort Lauderdale's Dillard High School was also, until recently, a 16-year-old high school basketball player named Jerry Joseph at Permian High School in Odessa, Texas.
Dear Mr. Rooney,
Can I call you Andy? Will you rant on 60 Minutes for five minutes about how the "kids these days" don't have any respect for their elders? I would love it if you'd rant about me, can we make this happen?
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