While the online and offline world are buzzing over Miley Cyrus' VMA performance, I wonder where everyone has been for the last year. The performance by Hannah Montana’s alter ego was shocking - and not in a good way - but it was not too far off with what is already all over the web. Twerking has joined modern pop culture talk and videos all over the web, as evidenced with my … [Read more...]
Gullivers Travels The Movie, An Adventure For The Whole Family
Last Thursday I traveled to LA for a press event I had been looking forward to for quite some time: a screening of the movie Gullivers Travels with the opportunity to interview three of the movie's fabulous stars: Jack Black, Emily Blunt and Jason Segel. While I was waiting to board the plane I received a phone call from my tween, middle school son. He told me a few kids … [Read more...]
Dr Frank Ryan, Texting While Driving and The Microdermabrasion That Will Never Be
While I may be a techie, I am also obsessed with celebrity news. I try to explain it to my friends that reading the crazy trials and tribulations of celebrity life is a great escape from the stress of my own daily life. But while the celebrities all seem to be doing some type of nip, tuck, needle prick and hair extension, my biggest spurge is a facial now and then. But just … [Read more...]
Grammys Tech: Stephen Colbert and the Apple iPad, Imogen Heap and the “Twitdress”
First I saw many other tech journalists that had access to hands on demo's of the Apple iPad during the press event. I was happy and content to crawl the web and do my own post about the features of the Apple iPad from that information. Even though I am a tech blogger, I was happy to wait until the Apple iPad came out to test drive it for myself at the Apple Store. Then I … [Read more...]
Yahoo Shine’s Rock Mama Meets Rick Springfield
Charlene Prince Birkeland is a writer for the Parenting channel at Yahoo's Shine, but best of all is a real rock mama. She goes to guitar camp, she knows all about music. For years she has been a big fan of Rick Springfield, going anywhere to see him in concert. So you can imagine how excited she was to have the chance to interview and GET A GUITAR LESSON from him... Here is … [Read more...]