Thieves suspected of stealing Florida horses for human consumption – LINK
Rare Otter Attack Seriously Injures Montana Woman: ‘I Have Lost Almost Half of My Right Ear’ – LINK
Bear breaks into Colorado woman’s home, attacks her in middle of night – LINK
Rat Encounter Leaves Man Shrieking Like a Girl – LINK
Green Day posted a video on Instagram that featured a demo version of “When I Come Around” and used the #Dookie30 hashtag. The band wrote in the caption, “Sign up for the mailing list so ya don’t miss a thing.”
Aerosmith have started rehearsing for their Peace Out farewell tour, which starts on September 2nd in Philadelphia. Despite all the original members still being alive, they’ll be without drummer Joey Kramer, who will “focus his full attention on his family and health.” His tech John Douglas will once again man the kit. 20 years ago, Aerosmith was considering replacing Steven Tyler – one of the people that could have fronted the band was Chris Daughtry.
Deftones are bringing back their Dia De Los Deftones festival for a fourth time. It’s set for the area around Petco Park in San Diego on November 4th. The lineup features 100 gecs, Knocked Loose, Doechii, Pinback, Pieri, Rile and Capra. Tickets go on sale Friday – LINK
We talked in Sports yesterday about the Michael Oher and how the Blind Side movie has more to its story than we were originally shown, allegedly. Now people are calling out Sandra Bullock to return her Oscar for “The Blind Side” . . . One guy said, quote, “Sandra Bullock should give her Oscar back. She knows she didn’t deserve that [crap]!” Another said, quote, “For some reason, the whole blind side was fake thing makes me just hate Sandra Bullock.” But film critic Richard Roeper injected some SANITY into the debate, saying, quote, “Sandra Bullock starred in the fictionalized adaptation of ‘The Blind Side’. It is totally misguided and unfair to assign blame to her for the new and deeply disturbing allegations about the real-life story.” – LINK
Meanwhile: The Tuohy family says Michael Oher tried to shake them down for $15 million, saying he’d go public if they didn’t pay up. They also say they hope to reconcile with Michael, but will not hesitate to defend themselves.
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are offering a one-night stay at their beach house in Santa Barbara on Airbnb. They even promise to, quote, “be there to greet you upon arrival.” Booking opens today at 12:00 p.m – LINK
The Motion Picture Academy Museum Gala will carry on with the blessing of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA unions currently on strike. This year’s honorees include Meryl Streep – for the Icon Award for her significant global cultural impact, Michael B. Jordan will receive Vantage Award for his effort to challenge narratives in the industry, Oprah Winfrey gets the Pillar Award for her support of the Academy Museum, and Sofia Coppola will get the Visionary Award for her innovations in film. The fundraiser takes place on October 14th – LINK
A list of the funniest movie performances of this century includes Owen Wilson in “Zoolander” . . . Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids” . . . and Ryan Reynolds in “Deadpool”. AVClub.com put together a list of the 38 funniest movie performances of the 21st century – LINK
Here are 20, in no particular order:
- Owen Wilsonin “Zoolander” (2001)
- Jon Hederin “Napoleon Dynamite” (2004)
- Will Ferrellin “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” (2004)
- Channing Tatumin “21 Jump Street” (2012)
- Melissa McCarthyin “Bridesmaids” (2011)
- Ryan Goslingin “Barbie” (2023)
- Tom Cruisein “Tropic Thunder” (2008)
- Ryan Reynoldsin “Deadpool” (2016)
- John C. Reillyin “Step Brothers” (2008)
- Ben Stillerin “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” (2004)
- Jennifer Anistonin “Horrible Bosses” (2011)
- Danny McBridein “This Is the End”(2013)
- Eddie Murphyin “Shrek 2” (2004)
- Tiffany Haddishin “Girls Trip” (2017)
- Rebel Wilsonin “Pitch Perfect” (2012)
- Steve Carellin “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (2005)
- Will Arnettin “The Lego Movie” (2014)
- Sacha Baron Cohenin “Borat” (2006)
- Zach Galifianakisin “The Hangover” (2009)
20. Ken Jeong in “Knocked Up” (2007)
Evanna Lynch is 32. Luna Lovegood in the “Harry Potter” films.
Rumer Willis is 35. “Dancing with the Stars” winner. She’s the oldest and naughtiest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.
Cristin Milioti is 38. Tracy, the Mother on “How I Met Your Mother”.
Vanessa Carlton is 43. Biggest Hit: “A Thousand Miles“.
Steve Carell is 61. Michael Scott on “The Office”, and the voice of Gru in the “Despicable Me” movies.
Madonna is 65.
Angela Bassett is 65. Queen Mother Ramonda in “Black Panther”, Sergeant Athena Grant on “9-1-1”, and CIA Director Erica Sloane in “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”.
Tim Farriss from INXS is 66. “The One Thing“, “New Sensation“, “What You Need“, “Devil Inside“, “Disappear“, “Original Sin“, “Mystify“, “Suicide Blonde“, “Never Tear Us Apart“.
James Cameron is 69. Writer and director of “Avatar”, “Titanic”, “Terminator” and “The Abyss”. He also created “Dark Angel”.
Kathie Lee Gifford is 70.
Reginald VelJohnson is 71. Sergeant Al Powell in “Die Hard” and “Die Hard 2”, Detective David Sutton in “Turner & Hooch”, Carl Winslow on “Family Matters”.
Julie Newmar is 90. The original Catwoman.
Holly Michaels
Today’s birthday girl has been in 412 fine films, including:
– Babysit My Ass 4
– Boobzilla 4
– Erotic Massage Stories 1 & 4
– Gettin’ jolly with Holly
– Huge Asses 4
– Not So Happy Ending
– Seduced by Mommy 3
– Size Does Matter 3 & 4
– And who can forget her role in 2011’s Moms Pimp Their Daughters 2
Holly Michaels is 33 years old
On their way to a possible series sweep the Cardinals got a 6-2 victory against the Athletics last night at Busch Stadium. Dakota Hudson improved to 4-0 this season. Nolan Arenado — got his 25th homerun of the season — and Jordan Walker and Tommy Edman homered as well. Arenado had four of the Cardinals’ 14 hits. Powerful start from lineup, steady start by Dakota Hudson carry Cardinals over Oakland – LINK
Jorge Soler, Luis Arraez, and Josh Bell went back-to-back-to-back for Miami tonight. It’s just the second time it’s happened in Marlins franchise history. In 1998, Derrek Lee, Cliff Floyd, and Kevin Orie did it in the 9th inning to spark a 6-run comeback against the Cardinals.
Jamie Rivers will replace Darren Pang — who early this summer took an offer to move to the Chicago Blackhawks’ television team.
Rivers, a former Blues defenseman, has been in the rotation of BSM’s Blues studio analysts for nearly a decade and had 27 appearances last season. He also filled in on games over the previous two years when Pang was doing national broadcasting assignments on TNT —. As we all know, Rivers co-hosts the popular “The Fast Lane” show with Anthony Stalter that airs from 2-6 p.m. weekdays on sports-talk station 101ESPN — the flagship of the Blues’ radio network. Rivers now is set to work with longtime BSM Blues play-by-play announcer John Kelly in a the lead game-commentator role,
Rodion Amirov, the No. 15 overall selection in the first round of the 2020 NHL Draft, has died, his agent Dan Milstein announced Monday.
Amirov, a native of Russia, was only 21 years old. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in February 2022 and had been battling the disease ever since. The Maple Leafs who selected him in that draft also acknowledged is sad passing.
CBC senior wide receiver Jeremiah McClellan has received offers from 43 NCAA Division I schools and 41 came from Power Five Conferences. He narrowed his choices to Ohio State, Oregon and Missouri earlier this month before announcing his much anticipated choice. Due to a strong relationship he developed with the coaches… McClellan gave a verbal commitment to ….. Ohio State University in front of family and friends at CBC. Congrats to Jeremiah. CBC receiver Jeremiah McClellan announces commitment to Ohio State (stltoday.com)