This will get your weekend started with a nice beat. Guaranteed to be a big summer anthem, here’s Kylie Minogue’s next single, “All the Lovers.”
(Sexy snapshot from the music video shoot at left.)
Kylie’s back and her new album, Aphrodite, lands July. Until then, I’ll keep listening to this over and over on Youtube.
Dance, it’s all I want to do! Move your feet! Shake your hips! Toss your hair and have some fun this weekend, friends!
Facebook privacy (or lack thereof) is today’s buzz. Seems that if you’re on Facebook your information (both public and private might not be safe) given that you have to hassle through 50 settings with more than 170 options. It can make you cuckoo. Huffpost has posted a video of everything you need to know to control your privacy on Facebook in under 2 minutes. Highly recommended. Enjoy your dinner in private!
Greyson Chance, the 12-year-old who has become the overnight sensation thanks to his version of Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi. I think he’s… this year’s AMERICAN IDOL! In my opinion, he’s much more exciting than any of the final bunch. Here’s his appearance from today’s Ellen, in which Lady G calls in to congratulate him on his talent. This is the kind of thing that just makes you smile a happy smile.
My book, Quiet Hero, with Emmy award-winning TV host Rita Cosby hits bookshelves today. Do you ever truly know the mysteries that are your parents’ pasts? When Rita was 8 years old, she first noticed the scars etched across her father’s body, but was quickly told, “We don’t talk about it.” Four decades later, after her mother’s death, Rita discovered a tattered suitcase tucked away full of mementos, including an old Polish Resistance armband, rusted tags bearing a prisoner number, and an identity card for a POW named Ryszard Kossobudzki. These relics opened a new dialogue with her distant father and allowed Rita to embark upon the most amazing journey of her life. It is the story of war, of true heroism, and of a father and daughter finally coming to know each other. It is one of the most heartfelt books I’ve ever had the joy of working on. Reviewers are calling it “one of the best” books they’ve ever reviewed.
Buy it now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, or any of your local booksellers.
Heart disease is America’s leading cause of death. Butter, cheese, ice cream, French fries (the good things in life) are cloggers and clogged arteries = heart attack! Both my granddads had heart attacks, so I’m trying to lower my risk. Recently at dinner, my former building super Manuel and his wife gave me the Guatemalan secret for lower cholesterol: a tablespoon of uncooked oatmeal in a glass of water, cover overnight, drink it first thing every morning. I’ve been trying it. So far, no heart attack! I’ll keep you posted.
Since you’re going to hear about this exploitative version of Beyonce’s Single Ladies, I thought I’d post it and have a little discussion. There is no doubt that these 7-year-old girls are talented! What is questionable is why their parents would let them put on provocative stripper outfits and jiggle about?! It’s a little too JonBenet for me. Or is this the twenty-ten version of Elvis’s hip shaking? What do you think?
My uber talented friend Shelley Lewis is the executive producer of the new “Need to Know” on PBS, which premiered last Friday night. The show (and its accompanying website) will feature topics each week about which we all should be informed from the environment (oil spill!) to culture (Facebook privacy).
I enjoyed the feature on Emily Pilloton, the curator of the Design Revolution Road Show, who is touring the country with an Airstream packed with products designed to make the world a better place… genius items like “Adaptive Eyewear” (above), which allows people in developing countries to adjust their own prescriptions without the expensive services of an optometrist. Watch all the brilliant ideas to make the world better here.
This story has torn my heart out. And make me want to never fly Delta Airlines again. Consumerist is reporting that Josiah Allen was flying back with Mexico with his dog Paco on Delta. He made it. The dog didn’t. Somewhere south of the border, Delta lost his dog. Worse still, what they offered him? A $200 refund of his pet transportation fee! I would, I believe, be incarcerated for what I would have done next if Delta lost my dog.
UPDATE #1: Delta Offers $380 Plus 2 More $200 Vouchers For Lost Pooch
UPDATE #2: Delta spokesperson Susan Elliott says, “This is extremely rare for a situation like this to happen.” She says that they are going to be offering Josiah “additional compensation as well as our sincere apology.”
After the success of Betty White on SNL, there’s already a Facebook page called “Carol Burnett to Host SNL (PLEASE?)!” Its creator says that the divine Carol Burnett (one of my all-time favs) “would be an OUTSTANDING choice to host ‘SNL,’ ” adding, “Icing on the cake would be a cameo appearance by TIM CONWAY!” As of this moment, more than 34,000 fans (including me!) have signed the agreement.
But woe is us: the “SNL” season finale, hosted by Alec Baldwin, is on this Saturday, so this just gives me an excuse to post her classic, Went With the Wind. Enjoy!
Please welcome to the blog sixth-grader Greyson Michael Chance as he performs an unbelievably wonderful version of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” at Edmond’s Sixth Grade Festival. Watch the smiling, giggling gaggle of young girls surrounding him. They could definitely start a bad romance.
I’m inspired.
