Mel Gibson Steps Out with New Girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by Gouda in Entertainment, News, Scoopage
Mel Gibson made his first public appearance with his new girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva last night at the movie premiere of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” in Los Angeles. News broke a few weeks ago that Gibson was splitting with his wife of 28 years, and rumors are swirling that Grigorieva is pregnant, which would be the reason his [...]
Brooke Hogan Dating Yannique Barker aka “Stack$”
Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Gouda in Entertainment, Scoopage
Well, she’s a special one, that “mini-Hulk” Brooke Hogan. And now she’s got a special someone in her life, rapper “Stack$” aka Yannique Barker. Look at that lil’ guy! It’s got to be hard to date when you look exactly like your parents, who are look more like cartoon characters than humans. So congrats, Brooke [...]
Mark “The Bird” Fidrych Dead at 54
Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Gouda in Entertainment, Sports
Mark “the Bird” Fidrych, former pro baseball pitcher, was found dead Monday at his farm in Northborough, Massachusetts. Fidrych was the American League rookie of the year in 1976 and was with the Detroit Tigers for his entire five year career. Fidrych acquired the nickname “the Bird” because of his resemblance to the Big [...]
The Turing Test; Or, Are You Smarter than a Robot?
Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by Monteray Jack in News, Tech
The Turing Test is a benchmark that measures a robot’s abillity to think and act like a human. Unlike beating a Russian in chess, a robot passes the elusive Turing Test by carrying on a successful conversation with a human. If the robot is able to fool the human into thinking he/she is speaking to [...]
Artists Lobby for Livenation Merger
Posted on 14. Mar, 2009 by Monteray Jack in Business, News
The looming merger between Ticketmaster and Livenation has gained the cachet of artists such as Seal, Journey, and the Smashing Pumpkins, who all wrote letters to congress in support of the merger. It should be noted that all of these musicians are managed by Hank Azzof, who also happens to be CEO of Livenation. This [...]
Diggnation, ‘Twitter Intruder’ a Publicity Stunt
Posted on 12. Mar, 2009 by Monteray Jack in Entertainment
Last night, Twitter user Dave Prager wrote on the popular social networking site that a ‘random dude’ had just walked into his bathroom. “I can’t believe I’m tweeting about it while he’s still in there,” added Prager. Fellow twitter users encouraged him to confront the man. Prager then set up a web cam so that [...]
UConn Stays Perfect
Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Monteray Jack in News, Sports
The UConn Huskies ladies’ basketball program defeated the fifth-ranked Louisville Cardinals last night to capture the Big East title and improve to 33-0. Afterwards, the team eschewed the usual net-trimming ceremony in favor of graciously accepting their plaques and dancing among themselves. The message was clear: we’ll save the mopish sentiment for after we win the Big One. Assistant Coach Shea Ralph’s [...]
Who is Dennis Radesky?
Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Monteray Jack in Dis & Dat
The end credits of last night’s “Law and Order: SVU” set off a google-blitzkrieg as people scrambled to find out just who the hell Dennis Radesky is and why the episode was dedicated to him. So let’s put this one to bed: Radesky was a transportation co-captain (i.e. Teamster driver) who recently passed away. His [...]
Jimmy Fallon’s First Night Out
Posted on 02. Mar, 2009 by Gouda in Dis & Dat, Entertainment, Lifestyle
I am on Twitter; I’ll admit it. So when Jimmy Fallon entered the Twitter race not too long ago, I followed his somewhat emotional journey for the show that debuted tonight. And I was more than pleased with the results. Provided with an extremely talented writing and blog staff, Fallon is bound to encounter [...]
State of Independence- MLK “I Have a Dream” Full Text
Posted on 19. Jan, 2009 by Brie in Entertainment, News, Video
Today, January 19th, 2009 is Martin Luther King Day. MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech is one of the most famous speeches in History. How amazing that we can celebrate this holiday right before the inauguration of our 44th President elect, African American, Barack Obama. I’m not certain we have come full circle but this [...]
