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Levi Johnston, Fiancee Name Baby-to-Be after Italian Gun & Your Favorite Vodka Cocktail
Naming your new baby can be a daunting task. You want to pick a name that honors who they are and the life they will have. Or, you could choose a name that honors your favorite firearm instead. That’s the option that Levi Johnston (former fiancé of Bristol Palin and daddy to their 3-year-old son, Tripp) and his current fiancée, Sunny Oglesby, chose. The couple revealed that they would name their baby-on-board, Breeze Beretta (Beretta like the Italian handgun and Breeze like, I don’t know, his favorite stripper back in Alaska, perhaps). Like his first child, baby
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Wife vs. Girlfriend: Estate of Thomas Kinkade in Battle with Girlfriend Over Spilled Secrets
A battle is brewing between the family and personal assistant/girlfriend of the late Thomas Kinkade, your grandmother’s favorite painter. The disagreement boils down to statements that Kinkade’s girlfriend, Amy Pinto-Walsh, made to various media outlets, which the family alleges breaks a confidentiality agreement that Pinto-Walsh signed when she began working for the painter. Although Kinkade lived with Pinto-Walsh, he was still married but separated from his wife of 30 years, Nanette. In statements to local Northern California newspapers and the Los Gatos Patch, Kinkade’s girlfriend stated that Kinkade, who died April 6, had a heart condition and
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Follow or Be Followed: George Zimmerman Establishes Social Media Presence
George Zimmerman’s team, in a bid to get his story across without subjecting him to questions from the media, are establishing Facebook and Twitter accounts for Zimmerman, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. The Twitter account, which was opened on Thursday, already has 688 followers. His lawyers acknowledge that a defendant communicating to the world via social media is rather unusual, but feel the nature of the case and the coverage demands it. On Zimmerman’s website, gzlegalcase.com, defense lawyer Mark O’Mara said that “social media in this day and age
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There’s Always Hand Sanitizer: NYC Considers Happy Hour Special Ban
Happy hour is the salvation of many a worker who just spent the previous 8 thinking up a multitude of ways to do away with their coworkers. However, in NYC, that 3-for-1 margarita special could soon be a thing of the past. Looks like you’ll have to deal with your homicidal fantasies through healthier outlets. Have you considered pot? I heard of a guy in Germany who grows his own. According to the New York Post, the New York City Health Department is considering a ban on beer and liquor specials at bars and restaurants, effectively ending
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German Man Offers to Trade Pot for Cab Fare; Cabbie Prefers Money, Calls Police
Ever been short of cash and wonder how you’re going to get out of your predicament? Barter, perhaps? It worked for Peter Minuit, after all. He got the island of Manhattan for $24 worth of beads and cloth. Must be a sound strategy. So what do you do when you’re short on cab fare? You offer the driver marijuana, naturally. According to AFP (via Yahoo! News), a 30-year-old man in Munich was taken into police custody after he offered to pay for his fare with marijuana (Perhaps the quality was subpar). Authorities later went to his home
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Gingrich to End Campaign Wednesday. Campaign Stunned, May Seek Alimony
It’s been a good run but just like a wife who has turned 30, Newt Gingrich has decided to end his dead-end campaign for the Presidency. According to CNN, Gingrich will officially call the whole thing off on Wednesday at a campaign event in Washington, D.C. He is expected to endorse Mitt Romney. Gingrich entered the race last May but gained little traction. However, by December, his campaign had picked up momentum, bolstered by strong performances at several of the many, many, many GOP debates. But just like flavors-of-the-month Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, his numbers nosedived
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Cuba Libre: Cuban Actors Gone AWOL from Tribeca Festival Plan to Seek Asylum in the U.S.
A pair of Cuban actors who disappeared while traveling to the Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of their film have come out of hiding to declare that they are seeking asylum in the United States. Anailin de la Rua and Javier Nunez, two of the stars of Una Noche (One Night), reemerged on Friday night for a television interview on Miami’s Spanish language channel America TeVe. In a bit of life imitating art, Una Noche follows three Cuban teenagers who also attempt to leave Cuba for the United States, though by the much more treacherous means
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92-Year-Old Man Bootlegs 300,000 DVDs for Troops, MPAA Quietly Seethes
There exists a DVD bootlegger so brazen, so prolific that even the MPAA is loathe to do anything but nod in his direction and wish him the best. Who is this mastermind? According to The New York Times, his name Hyman Strachman, a 92-year-old World War II who over the course of the last eight years, has sent over 300,000 pirated DVDs to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. So how did the world’s unlikeliest pirate come to be? Struggling after the death of his wife in 2003, Big Hy (as he’s known to the soldiers) found a website
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Australian Official Leaves the Thinking to the Prime Minister
Having your own opinion is just exhausting. You have to do research, think about the research, and then tell someone your conclusions. Bill Shorten, an Australian official, decided to eliminate steps one and two and went straight for the “telling someone” part. In an interview with Australia’s Sky News, Shorten, speaking on a sexual harassment claim involving another government official, was asked his take on the Prime Minister’s remarks on the charges during a press conference. Shorten replied that he hadn’t seen the press conference but “I support whatever it is the Prime Minister said.” When pressed
