| GRAND Magazine Celebrates its Second Anniversary and Welcomes Magazine Designer Roger Black to its Design Team | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:43:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | GRAND Media, LLC announced today the addition of magazine designer Roger Black to its GRAND Magazine design team. Mr. Black has transformed publications such as Esquire, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, and many other prestigious publications. "Roger took an interest in our magazine because he sees its potential," said Christine Crosby, CEO/Publisher of GRAND Media. "This September, GRAND Magazine celebrated its second anniversary, and is securely into its third year of publication. Media Planners are now coming to us. In order to manage the projected tripling of our circulation over the next three years, we have hired four more independent sales people situated on both coasts and in the Midwest, have expanded our editorial team - and now with Roger Black as our Design Consultant, I think we're ready to offer advertisers choice real estate." Major advertisers already on board include Babies "R" Us, Mattel, GlaxoSmithKline, Marriott Vacation Club, Liberty Medical, Packet 8, Nordic Naturals and Old Orchard.... | |
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| | | Tony Danza Seperates From Wife | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 1:41:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | Tony Danza is having a bad year. After bitterly bidding his daytime show goodbye earlier this year, he maybe saying farewell to his 20 year old marriage.According to a National Enquirer report (and we know how reliable they are), it was the stress of losing his syndicated talk show after only two years that contributed to end of his relationship with wife Tracy.Danza's rep announced the couple's seperation on E! News.See the complete story here.For more entertainment news and celebrity gossip, visit Seriously?Jessica Hendrick is a writer based in Austin, TX who specializes in celebrity commentary and entertainment news reporting. Visit her blog at http://seriously-questionmark.blogspot.com.Contact her via email at: jhendrick1@austin.rr.com .... | |
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| | | The Strokes Start Work on Second Album | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 7:17:14 AM by Blog57 Team | | It's been about six months since The Strokes got any attention on the Pitchfork newswire. That's probably because we could give a shit about Fab Moretti's relationship with rumored ex-crackhead turned most homely Charlie's Angel (though, let's face it, that's still hot) Drew Barrymore, and we wouldn't dare name them the "Band of the Year" in an annum when they didn't even release an album (ahem, Spin). But, we got something this time. The Strokes are holed up in their hometown of NYC with the aim to avoid letting the hype from Is This It become "that was all we had." Bassist Nikolai Fraiture told the NME late last year that The Strokes were considering trading in their All-Stars for penny loafers: "The writing is much more sophisticated and our performance and our musical ability is much better than the first recording." Aiding in the process of putting hair on the band members' respective chests is Radiohead knob massager Nigel Godrich, who the band are trying out for a little test drive of sorts.... | |
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| | | Blood stimulates mosquito hormones | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:10:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | QUESTION: How much blood can an average size mosquito draw from you? ANSWER: You may find this hard to believe, but only female mosquitoes bite. The blood they draw from you stimulates hormones that produce eggs. While a mosquito takes just 0.001 milliliter to 0.01 milliliter of blood per bite, she may take blood from several people before she is full. So the blood you saw on your arm may be from your husband, too. Q: Whatever happened to Kordell Stewart, quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers? He went to college in Colorado. A: The Baltimore Ravens cut the quarterback once known as "Slash" from their roster last year. He had not thrown a pass since 2003, when he was with the Chicago Bears. Stewart has not appeared in interviews since he was cut.... | |
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| | | Tony Danza's Marriage on the Rocks | | Posted Tuesday, October 03, 2006 3:11:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Tony Danza and his wife, Tracy, announced Thursday that they are separating after 20 years of marriage, the actor's rep, Jill Fritzo, told E! News. They have two teenage daughters, Emily and Katie. Danza also has a son, Marc, from his first marriage and became a grandfather last year when Marc and wife Julie welcomed a son, Nicholas. Marc broke the pregnancy news to his proud pop during a cooking segment on Danza's eponymous syndicated talk show, which ended its two-year run in May. Per a report in the National Enquirer, it was stress over the cancellation of the show that contributed to the breakup of Danza's marriage. Before taking on his breakout role of boxer and cabbie Tony Banta on Taxi in 1978, Danza himself was a professional boxer, fighting under the moniker "Dangerous" Tony Danza.... | |
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| | | Idols back at the Arena | | Posted Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:22:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | The American Idols Live tour is back at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport Saturday night at 7 and, even though it was listed as a sellout, tickets ($39.75-$72.50) may be released to the public. Check for availability through all Ticketmaster outlets or by phone at 368-1000 (Bridgeport) or 624-0033 (New Haven). Katharine McPhee, who missed the first visit because of a voice ailment, will be part of this show, which also will feature Ace Young, Bucky Covington, Chris Daughtry, Elliot Yamin, Kellie Pickler, Lisa Tucker, Mandisa, Paris Bennett and, of course, winner Taylor Hicks. Hicks' former bandmates now perform as The Little Memphis Blues Orchestra and the group will be at the Daniel Street nightclub in Milford Saturday night at 10 with tickets $15 in advance and $20 at the door.... | |
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| | | WHAT IS THE BEST TERM YOU HAVE HEARD FOR A CRAZY SEX ACT OR ... | | Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 5:25:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Angry Pirate: during anal sex, you pull out and draw angry eyebrows \ / with your dirty dick. Then cum in her eye and kick her in the shin. If done properly, she will be angry and hopping around on one leg with her eye squinted. German Plunger: one girl sucking your balls while the other gives you head. Barberspank: the act of rubbing one out under the cape while getting a haircut. The Helicopter: the girl lies face down with her ass raised, the guy penetrates and tries to balance his stomach on her ass with his legs stretched into the air behind him. Like a helicopter. Icing the funcakes: cumming on the breasts of your partner. Steaming Teakettle: simultaniously giving a Cleveland Steamer (shit on the chest), teabagging and pissing in their mouth.... | |
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| | | CARING AMERICANS: Siblings honored for cell phones for troops idea | | Posted Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:19:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | NORWELL - Brittany and Robbie Bergquist of Norwell will be inducted into the Hall of Fame for Caring Americans at a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in October.Brittany, 15, and Robbie, 14, will be recognized for their efforts on behalf of Cell Phones for Soldiers, an organization they founded to help U.S. soldiers overseas keep in touch with their families.The organization has raised more than $1 million and sent more than 80,000 telephone calling cards to troops stationed in the Middle East since its foundation in 2004.The Bergquists will be honored as two of the 2006 National Caring Award Young Adult winners at the National Caring Awards ceremony in Baltimore after their induction into the Hall of Fame for Caring Americans on Oct. 17.The awards will be presented by the Caring Institute, founded in 1985 to promote the values of caring, integrity and public service.Brittany and Robbie were inspired to create Cell Phones for Soldiers in April 2004 after reading about a soldier from Natick who ran up a $7,624 phone bill calling his family from Iraq.With help from their family, they collect used and donated cell phones and sold them to a processing center in Florida.... | |
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| | | Jack Hicks: No fact is too obscure for these players | | Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 5:45:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | That's ditto for the 100 or so people who turn out most Thursdays for Team Trivia competition at the Indigo restaurant, Fort Mitchell. From retired waitresses to engineers and all sorts of occupations in between, these people test themselves on a range of questions that would boggle the most nimble of minds. Try this one: What seismic valley runs from the Sinai Peninsula to Mozambique? No problem, decided Mary Kay Bohman, of Mount Lookout, who is a teacher. Her specialty is science, and the answer is the Great Rift Valley. The trivia buffs compete as teams, and team members have their areas of expertise. Bohman's group calls itself the A-Team, and its specialists include her husband, Bill, history and English; Jeanine Flick, science; Mike Bonvillian, engineering; and wife Martha Bonvillian, history and literature.... | |
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| | | Digest | | Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:16:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | Some are kooks, others zealots, a few just smitten with the fringe. Primetime: The Outsiders (10p.m.-11 p.m., WMAR, Channel 2) looks at people who've chosen individuality over all else. Tonight's subjects include Timothy Treadwell, who lived freely among huge bears, then got too close to the table at dinner time. .... | |
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