World's Most Powerful Celebrities

The Celebrity 100 is a measure of power based on money and fame. Earnings estimates, which include income from films, television shows, endorsements, books, and other entertainment ventures, are calculated between June 2009 and June 2010. This year’s top five celebrities are:

1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Beyonce Knowles
3. James Cameron
4. Lady Gaga
5. Tiger Woods

Take a look at the Forbes List and get additional information about elements in the ranking.

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/the-worlds-most-powerful-celebrities/43057?nc

Doo Wop Quiz

Doo Wop Quiz:  Thirty great memories about music that caused our parents and teachers grief!

Take the quiz and see how you score as a true ''Oldies Fan.''


1. When did ''Little Suzie'' finally wake up?

(a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock

(b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock

(c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock



2. ''Rock Around The Clock'' was used in what movie?

(a) Rebel Without A Cause

(b) Blackboard Jungle

(c) The Wild Ones



3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint?  Earth _____

(a) Angel

(b) Mother

(c) Worm



4. ''I found my thrill .. . ..'' where?

(a) Kansas City

(b) Heartbreak Hotel

(c) Blueberry Hill



5. ''Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream,'':

(a) Mr. Sandman

(b) Earth Angel

(c) Dream Lover



6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?

(a) Atlantic

(b) RCA

(c) Sun



7. He asked, ''Why's everybody always pickin' on me?'' Who was he?

(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

(b) Charlie Brown

(c) Buster Brown



8. In Bobby Darin's ''Mack The Knife,'' the one with the knife, was named:

(a) MacHeath

(b) MacCloud

(c) MacNamara



9. Name the song with ''A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom.''

(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly

(b) Be-Bop-A-Lula

(c) Tutti Fruitti



10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term ''Rock And Roll''?

(a) Dick Clark

(b) Wolfman Jack

(c) Alan Freed



11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:

(a) Little Richard

(b) Frank Paul Ankaie Lymon

(c) Tony Orlando



12. Paul Anka's ''Puppy Love'' is written to what star?

(a) Brenda Lee

(b) Connie Francis

(c) Annette Funicello



13. The Everly Brothers are . . ....

(a) Pete and Dick

(b) Don and Phil

(c) Bob and Bill



14. The Big Bopper's real name was:

(a) Jiles P. Richardson

(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.

(c) Marion Michael Morrison



15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr., started a small record company called...

(a) Decca

(b) Cameo

(c) Motown



16. Edd Brynes had a hit with ''Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb''. What TV show was he on?

(a) 77 Sunset Strip

(b) Hawaiian Eye

(c) Surfside Six



17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:

(a) Carol Lynley

(b) Sandra Dee

(c) Natalie Wood



18. They were a one hit wonder with ''Book Of Love'':

(a) The Penguins

(b) The Monotones

(c) The Moonglows



19. The Everly Brothers sang a song called ''Till I ______ You.''

(a) Loved

(b) Kissed

(c) Met



20. Chuck Berry sang ''Oh, ___________, why can't you be true?''

(a) Suzie Q

(b) Peggy Sue

(c) Maybelline

21. ''Wooly _______''

(a) Mammouth

(b) Bully

(c) Pully



22. ''I'm like a one-eyed cat . . . .."

(a) can't go into town no more

(b) sleepin' on a cold hard floor

(c) peepin' in a seafood store



23. ''Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do . . .. . ..''

(a) cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze

(b) cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

(c) cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready to cruise



24. ''They often call me Speedo, but my real name is . . . . . .''

(a) Mr. Earl

(b) Jackie Pearl

(c) Milton Berle



25. ''You're my Fanny and nobody else's .....''

(a) girl

(b) butt

(c) love



26. ''I want you to play with my . . . ''

(a) heart

(b) dreams

(c) ding a ling



27. ''Be Bop A Lula ....''

(a) she's got the rabies

(b) she's my baby.

(c) she loves me, maybe



28. ''Fine Love, Fine Kissing ....''

(a) right here

(b) fifty cents

(c) just for you



29. ''He wore black denim trousers and . . .''

(a) a pink carnation

(b) pink leotards

(c) motorcycle boots



30. ''I got a gal named . . .''

(a) Jenny Zamboni

(b) Gerri Mahoney

(c) Boney Maroney

In Memoriam-Mid Year 2010

The world has lost many notable people so far this year, including groundbreaking singer Lena Horne, Polish leader Lech Kaczynski, heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio and major league pitcher Jose Lima. Here are some talented and interesting stars that we will miss and will always remember:

Rue McClanahan
1934 - 2010

Rue McClanahan won an Emmy for her role as Southern belle Blanche Devereaux in the sitcom "The Golden Girls," an unlikely hit about four aging - and often eccentric -- women. The show, which also starred Beatrice Arthur, Betty White and Estelle Getty, lasted from 1985 - 92. McClanahan, who was married six times, died of a stroke June 3. She was 76.

Gary Coleman
1968-2010

Former child actor Gary Wayne Coleman was best known for his role as Arnold Jackson in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978 to 1986). He suffered from a congenital kidney disease, a side effect of which limited his growth. His later years were plagued by financial and legal problems. In 2006, Coleman married Shannon Price, whom he met on the set of the comedy "Church Ball."

John Forsythe
1918-2010

New Jersey-born actor John Forsythe is best known for his portrayal of Blake Carrington on the hit television show "Dynasty" from 1981 to 1989. He was also the voice of Charlie in the 1970s TV show "Charlie's Angels" and the more recent "Charlie's Angels" movies. He died April 1 of complications from pneumonia. He was 92.

Rush Limbaugh To Wed

Will the fourth time be the charm for Rush Limbaugh?


Limbaugh, 59, is set to marry 33-year-old girlfriend Kathryn Rogers on Saturday, June 5, at the talk radio star's palatial Florida beachfront property.

Although Limbaugh never seems at a loss for words, he's been uncharacteristically quiet about the pending nuptials. Fill-in hosts have taken over the show, with his website simply noting that "El Rushbo will be out until Tuesday, June 15th."

However, Limbaugh emailed a statement to his local paper, the Palm Beach Post. "We try to live our lives as normal people," he wrote. "We do NOT seek media attention, we do not want it, especially for this. It is very special, obviously, and we just don't want any media attention."

What a laugh! This from a loud mouth who holds nothing sacred...what a joke.  I don't remember ever hearing anything on Limbaugh's show that was positive or uplifting. Maybe mention of his own nuptials will turn the corner and change the toxic tone of his show.

'Treme'-New Orleans Revisited

I've been watching 'Treme', a HBO drama focusing on the trials and tribulations of New Orleans residents after Katrina. I enjoy the show and the music and highly recommend it. It’s a reminder to us all of how quickly we forget.


The Faubourg Tremé or as it is more frequently referred to, Tremé, is not only America's oldest black neighborhood but was the site of significant economic, cultural, political, social and legal events that have literally shaped the course of events in Black America for the past two centuries. Yet, few outside of New Orleans except for scholars and historians know its enormous importance to Americans of African descent.

'Treme' begins in fall 2005, three months after the devastation of Katrina. In interconnecting stories of several musicians and other locals, the show chronicles the rebuilding of a unique American city. Each episode exposes viewers to the aftermath of the disaster where love ones are missing, homes destroyed, insurance claims yet settled and misery abounds. People are scratching out a meager livelihood while uncertainty and frustration nips at their heels. Jobs are scarce, especially for those who desperately need work. The stories are a testimony to the enduring spirit of the people of New Orleans.

In one of the early episodes, I saw a video clip of then President Bush reassuring the citizens of New Orleans that they would not be forgotten. On the same day I viewed that message, I saw a live broadcast of President Obama reassuring Gulf Coast residents that they would not be forgotten, even after the press had moved on to other news stories. Ironic.

That same day, Chris Matthews took exception to those remarks about the press "moving on". Of course Matthews had expressed his displeasure with President Obama's "inadequate" response to the oil spill all week. He wanted to see some "fire" in the president's manner and tone. He appeared to appreciate Obama's statements that he took responsibility for everything related to the oil spill and that he was fully engaged in efforts to address the situation.

That issue aside, there's little follow up in today’s press about the current state of things in New Orleans or even Haiti for that matter. If history repeats itself, in time, life after the Gulf oil spill will be just another forgotten story. Unfortunately that's the way of the world.

Sources: New Orleans online.com; Wikipedia; HBO 'Treme'

Lena Horne Dies

Lena Horne, who died on May 9 aged 92, was a singer, actress, civil rights activist and, eventually, a show business phenomenon, after a career spanning more than 70 years.


Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born in a small Jewish hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30 1917. That summer saw 10,000 blacks marching down Fifth Avenue in protest against lynchings in the South .

Her father, Teddy (said to have connections with the gangster Dutch Schultz), walked out on his wife and child in 1920. Lena’s mother, Edna, moved to Harlem, where she joined the Lafayette Stock Company, a theatrical touring group promoting black artists, among them Paul Robeson.

Lena, meanwhile, was sent to live with her grandmother, Cora, a formidable matriarch and feminist known as “The Tiny Terror”. A disciplinarian, she insisted that her charge spoke “properly” and never used slang. Lena was sent to a private kindergarten, at which she was the only “colored” pupil. She often played with the children of Swedish immigrants, but was strictly forbidden to mix with the tenement Irish, who were frowned upon by middle-class blacks.

Later her mother retrieved her child and moved to Miami, where Lena’s schoolfriends made fun of her accent and her skin color, calling her a “little yellow bastard”.

In 1934 Lena was hired as a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, the most famous speakeasy in New York.

During her long career, she toured internationally, appearing several times at the London Palladium and the London Casino. She also recorded many albums, ranging from jazz and blues to Rodgers and Hart songs such as The Lady is a Tramp. Altogether she appeared in some 15 films, among them I Dood It (1943) and Ziegfeld Follies (1946). The last, Death of a Gunfighter, came out in 1969, after which she retired to Los Angeles to grow cacti.

In 1981 she returned to Broadway in a one-woman show, A Lady and her Music, which ran for two and a half years and for which she won a Tony Award.

Lena Horne had a son and a daughter by her first marriage. Her son predeceased her.