Rick Norsigian is my kind of garage sale shopper. He bought a collection of 65 glass negatives at a garage sale for $45. Today, his find–a never before seen collection of photographs by Ansel Adams–will go on display in California. They are estimated to be worth $200 million!!! Pardon me while I run out to [...]

Los Lobos, the band that brought the world La Bamba (you’ll know it when you hear it, even if you didn’t know the actual title) is back for more. The Chicano rock band is scheduled to release a new album on August 3. Los Lobos has been performing since the 70′s, but they’ve embraced the [...]

Come fall, I’m wearing Betty. Yep, Betty White is branching out into fashion. Women’s Wear Daily is saying the uber-star is launching a line of T-shirts and hoodies in August featuring her smiling face. Targeting the digital generation, the $48 hoodies (what a bargain!) feature washable earbuds and a jack to plug into iPods. Portions [...]

Proving that there’s a buyer for everything… a 1954 x-ray taken of Marilyn Monroe’s chest sold for a whopping $45,000 in a heated auction at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas! The 1954 X-ray was estimated to have a maximum selling price of $1,200! According to the President/CEO of Julien’s Auction, then 28-year-old Monroe was supposedly [...]

The Yankees’ iconic owner George Steinbrenner died this early this morning from a heart attack. Steinbrenner bought the Yankees in 1973, then a slightly pathetic excuse for a baseball team, and turned them into the sports powerhouse they are today. Whether you’re a Yankee or Mets (or, okay, Phillies) fan, join the baseball world in [...]

It has been 65 years since LIFE’s Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped the photograph of a sailor planting a kiss on the lips of a nurse in Times Square. The August 14, 1945 photograph (shortly after the Japanese surrender effectively ended World War II) has become one of the most famous photographs ever made. The image is [...]

As much as I wish I could do this, I sort of don’t. Watching this video of Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman sing (yes, sing) Flight of the Bumblebee actually makes my voice box hurt. Learning to play the original on the piano seems like a much more attainable goal, right? Sure.

After having some trouble with being herself, Macy Gray is back. It’s been ten years since her hit “I Try” and since leaving her record label and starting all over as a new artist, Gray’s newest album, The Sellout, is ready. The album won’t be released until June 22, but you can listen to the [...]

The sports world lost a major icon this week. John Wooden, former UCLA basketball coach, died on Friday at 99. The coach became an American sports icon in his 27 years at UCLA as he took the Bruins through 10 national titles. He was the first person to be inducted in to the Hall of [...]

We’ve all heard President Obama refer to his daughters, Sasha and Malia almost as many times as we’ve seen him pull that oh-so endearing “Change” face. New York Magazine has put together this hilarious slideshow of Obama referring to the girls’ clever antics, from Malia’s demands to “plug the hole, Daddy!”, and, when he received [...]