Entertainment
Oh, so that’s Ludacris
Ludacris has a new album coming out this week titled Battle of the Sexes. Many of the lyrics and some of the song titles are a little too strong for this mostly G-rated blog, but there’s still a few things I can tell you about the guy whose name you know but aren’t sure why. [...]
Oscars Preview
While most of you us only saw a couple of the TEN movies nominated this year, it never stops us from making the Academy Awards a major Dinner Topic when the time to dole out the statues arrives. Tonight, expect much of the same – safe rehearsed jokes, polite speeches thanking scores of people we’ve [...]
RickRolled for internet newbies
I’ve been waiting a long time for this Dinner Topic, and finally I have a reason to include it. The original video used to “RickRoll” people for years has been taken off of YouTube for the old standby of “terms of use violation.” There are still plenty of videos floating around the internet for which to [...]
Kick Buttowski – new Disney show
Today, while I celebrate President’s Day by donning a stove top Abe Lincoln hat and shop for half-priced mattresses, I turn the Dinner Topics reigns over to my daughter, Nicole. Her topic of choice is the new animated Disney show, Kick Buttowski. Without further adieu, here is her entry:
Kick Buttowski is a hilarious new Disney [...]
Oscar Nominations, Ten for Best Picture
Oscar nominations were announced today, and while the popular categories will lead most headlines, here’s a couple tidbits to know when talking up the films, actors, and directors later today:
The Academy doubled the amount of nominees for Best Picture from 5 to 10 for the first time since the 1943 Academy Awards, hoping to spark [...]
Pink at the Grammys
The Grammy Awards were last night, and this time around, most of the awards were handed out before the broadcast began, leaving just nine awards and a slew of performances remaining for television viewers. Last year, I explained away some of the confusion between Record of the Year and Song of the Year, so this [...]
Apple’s new tablet is called… the iPad
In geeky gadget circles, Apple’s tablet has been hyped for months (years, by some) with speculation about it’s name, the operating system it will use, how it will get us to Mars quicker, etc. As a Dinner Topics reader, though, you just want to know what it does, what it costs, and well… what it [...]
American Idol, age limits, and some pants on the ground
By now, you’ve probably heard or seen the oddly infectious song “Pants on the Ground” by American Idolcontestant Larry Platt. If not, the video is below. What you need to know is that American Idol has an age restriction. Only contestants between the ages of 16 and 28 may participate, but Mr. Platt looked every [...]
