Tom Bosley: Happy Days Star Dies At 83

Tom Bosley, Happy Days, star dies at 83 and just two days after the passing of Barbara Billingsley, the star of Leave It To Beaver. According to TMZ.com, Tom Bosley was suffering from lung cancer and his death came from a staph infection related to it.

The Chicago-born Tom Bosley will always be remembered as Howard Cunningham, America's Father, as much as Barbara Billingsley was America's Mother in her day. Happy Days created a number of stars who are household names today: Tom Bosley, Ron Howard, and Henry Winkler foremost of all. People Magazine reports that Henry Winkler, who played The Fonz, sadly told listeners at Los Angeles's KNX-1070 News Radio, "I'm in shock, I really am. I spoke to him just a few weeks ago and he seemed to be getting his strength back."

Ron Howard, who played Richie Cunningham, Bosley's on screen son, told People Magazine that Bosley was a "wonderful Happy Days dad" who was "A great father and husband, and a wonderful artist, Tom led by example, and made us all laugh while he was doing it. My last conversations with Tom reflected the love of life and peace of mind that he always maintained throughout his full and rewarding life."

The show aired between 1974 and 1984, for ten years, and came to define the American Culture of the day. It went from being considered a conservative show to one that loosened up with the more socially-liberal 80s. But Tom Bosley's character always remained true to his principals.

Heidi Montag "Not Addicted" To Plastic Surgery, Pushes Pre-Boob Job Video,

Heidi Montag's Boob Comes Out (Pacific Coast News) 

Singer, Actress, Dancer, and Would-Be Reality TV Show Star Heidi Montag says she's not addicted to plastic surgery. This is the wake of her ten boob-job surgery fixes by the late Dr. Frank Ryan. But why this is news today is weird because Montag had the surgery done a while ago, not recently. Still, a couple of news and blog sites are wondering if Heidi Montag is addicted to surgery.

That would not be the case if Montag had another plastic surgery treatment done this week or this month. But she did not.

All of this is media created to take advantage of the name draw that Heidi Montag is online. Blame MetroNY.com's Jen Locker for that. What's wrong with Heidi Montag getting attention for her boobs.

Meanwhile, on the subject of boobs, Montag used Twitter to promote videos of her pre-boob-job singing self online. The one problem with the videos like the one above is the closeup on her eyes. It makes her look like a drug addict, because her eyes are darker than they should be and look just terrible up close.

Instead of using Twitter to promote those videos, Heidi needs to have post-boob videos done of herself and relax using the eye makeup.  Or, maybe she's gotten better at using it.  Whatever the case, photos, like the one in this post, do reveal a better looking Heidi Montag.

Chilean Miners Cartel, iPod Gifts, Queen Presented With Souvenir Rock

Chilean Miners cartel gets tested.

After their successful and historic rescue from a mine 2,700 feet below the surface of the Earth, the 33 Chilean Miners find their cartel is being tested.

The Chilean Miners took a pact not to talk about what happened those 17 days they were trapped before they were first discovered.   It makes you wonder what happened down there, and ask if they can not only do that, but share equally in the profits they get from their new stardom.

Steve Jobs Gives Miners iPods

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has given $100 iPod Touches as gifts to each of the 33 Chilean Miners.  It's the first major large gift given to the group of survivors since they returned to normal life.   The next question is what will the Chilean Miners do with the iPods.

The Queen Gets A Chilean Miners Rock

Chilean President Sebastain Pinera visited The Queen Of England to deliver a souvenir rock from the Chilean Miners ordeal. According to the Telegraph UK, the Billionaire and his wife Cecilia Morel visited Buckingham Palace and reportedly told the Queen about the tragedy.  The President then presented the rock on a specially-made black box.

The rock was brought up by Chilean Miner Mario Sepulveda, who had it in a bag with what's said to be a dozen rocks. When he got out of the Fenix capsule, Sepulveda handed them out to a number of individuals, including President Pinera.

The Queen's meeting with President Pinera was a private one between equals as heads of state. The two talked for over 40 minutes. Then President Pinera was presented with an autographed photo of the Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh.

Later in the day, President Pinera gave Prime Minister David Cameron a souvenir rock.

Taylor Swift's song to John Mayer

Taylor Swift previously wrote and sang a song about Kanye West (and he returned the favor) at the Video Music Awards, and Swift has decided write a song about another celebrity - John Mayer. Swift is on a roll with her songs of dedication about well known celebrities - she even has one about Taylor Lautner.

In Swift's new song "Dear John," it is quite obvious that the song is dedicated to Mayer (wonder if he'll write one back). Mayer used to be thought of in a more positive light, but then he started tweeting & talking about his sex life with the high profile celebrities that he dated. Mayer has proven that he isn't the sweet guy that he portrays himself to be in his songs like "Your Body is a Wonderland."

Yahoo! Music includes an interview with Swift where she tells Chris Willman:

"Every single song is like a roadmap to what that relationship stood for, with little markers that maybe everyone won't know, but there are things that were little nuances of the relationship, little hints. And every single song is like that. Everyone will know, so I don't really have to send out emails on this one."

"Dear John" is more of a confrontation than a dedication.

Mayer bragged about hooking up with Swift back in January 2010 - according to the not-always-reliable InTouch Weekly. The tabloid must have had something right since Swift clearly fights back. The two did spend time and dinner together when at the recording studio, but after the rumors of the hook up Mayer's retort was, "How do you think it went?"

"Dear John" is about an older man, and if there were any questions as to whether or not Mayer and Swift truly did hook up or not - Swift exploits herself on this one.

The song is over six minutes long.
The official lyrics and song in its entirety has not yet been released, but the lyrics that have been made public are:

Dear John
I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young
To be messed with
The girl in the dress
Cried the whole way home
I should've known.




My mother accused me of losing my mind
But I swore I was fine...
"You'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand
And I'll look back in regret I ignored what they said
'Run as fast as you can'

Maybe Mayer can make a cameo in the music video.


By Nikky Raney
Journalist & Blogger

ESPN's Lindsay Mccormick, Not Jenn Starger, With Jets Mark Sanchez?

Lindsay Mccormick, a New York sports reporter and ESPN Personality, and not Jenn Starger with New York Jets Quarterback Mark Sanchez? Interesting, but who's Lindsay Mccormick and what about Jamie-Lynn Sigler, the former star of The Sopranos who was linked to Mark for much of the year?  Moreover, has Mark met Jenn Starger, who's part of the Brett Favre Sex Scandal?

Lindsay Mccormick is a "reporter and college football analyst from Houston, Texas," according to her website LindsayMcCormick.com. The Long Island Press describes "Lind Mc" as a New York sideline reporter who's rumored to be dating Mark Sanchez.  But her website has more about her ESPN Personality work, than "New York" sports reporter work. She's been on ESPN.com's Streak for The Cash, ESPN.com's College Pick'em, and MTV-U's The Dean's List.

New York Post Page Six broke the story, but it's source is not known. In other words, just what happened that caused the source to think Lindsay Mccormick and Mark Sanchez were dating is not known. The title is that Sanchez made a pass for Mccormick, and that he "has eyes" for her. Moreover it reads that they have been "seeing each other" for a few weeks now.

But Mccormick told NY Post Page Six this:

"I have known Mark for a number of months, and he is an acquaintance/friend, and anything reported as more than that would be false. Not to mention, I would never hear the end of the smack talk from my dad, who is a diehard Texans fan .¤.¤. So, as an avid sports fan, let’s allow Mark to place the focus where it should be — on the Green Bay defense"

According to The NY Post, Mark Sanchez has been "linked" with Jennifer Mueller, a USC track star from New Jersey; bartender and model Ariana Madix, 21, supermodel Hilary Rhoda and actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who's he's most recently reported to have been dating.

As for Mccormick, she does get around New York, though in a less obvious way than Sanchez. Her Facebook page reports that on July 27th she was making her comic debut at the Gotham Comedy Club.

Crystal Cathedral files bankruptcy

The Crystal Cathedral Ministries filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, October 18, 2010. The cathedral owes unsecured creditors over 7 million dollars, according to The Seattle Times online.

The Southern California church was founded by Robert H. Schuller, a popular television evangelist. The Seattle Times includes a statement issued by the church's leader, Senior Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman which explains that the cathedral had no choice but to file bankruptcy after creditors chose to file lawsuits and refused to extend a moratorium to allow continued talks about a payment plan.

The Orange County Register reports that Jim Penner, a church board member, says that the church's debt is at 44 million dollars - which is a much higher number that what the Seattle Times reported.

A very popular program that takes place in the cathedral is "Hour of Power." The show has since had to cut its air time, send home its orchestra and professional choir singers; the choir is now composed of church volunteers.

The Orange County Register includes an interview with Kristina Oliver, who supplied the church with many props and such for the yearly Christmas pageant. Oliver is still waiting to get paid from the church. She was less than thrilled with Penner's attempts at negotiation saying:

"He offered to pay us 100 percent over the next 12 years. What kind of an offer is that?"


Crystal Cathedral's web site has a press release that asks members to donate money to help pay for the debt.

A follow up post will be made when more information is released.

By Nikky Raney
Journalist & Blogger

Tylenol recall

U.S. News online reports in its health section that there has been a Tylenol recall as of Monday, October 18; the report states that nearly 128 thousand bottles of Tylenol eight-hour caplets included chemical combinations producing a mold-like odor.

US Post Today online said that the chemicals causing these smells were called 2,4,6-tribomoanisole. The company Johnson and Johnson has issued several recalls in 2010 throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

The recalled pills with the unusual odor when taken caused nausea, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea.

By Nikky Raney
Journalist & Blogger