BY Christopher Roy Correa,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
Travel: 51% off Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel in Mauna Kea
Here’s a dream Hawai’i deal for you. This “2 for 1 Rooms Promotion” is a bargain.Reserve a room at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel at Mauna Kea at the published room rate and receive the second room FREE when you book the 2 For 1 Promotion. The Mauna Kea has enjoyed a $150 million renovation, cementing it as a landmark of luxury on the Big Island’s golden Kohala Coast. The legendary Mauna Kea Golf Course, updated to current USGA standards of play, the spa treatments, the top-tier restaurant – it’s aloha at its best.
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BY Christopher Roy Correa,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
Speaking of Casey Kasem, anyone ever wonder who he’s married to? She’s instantly recognizable, but you definitely don’t know her name. Meet Jean Kasem, better known as Loretta Tortelli, wife of Nick Tortelli (played by Dan Hedaya) on Cheers. She also had a brief cameo as “Tall Woman at Party.” But what’s she been up to lately? Well, according to my research, she owns and operates (and even designs for) the Little Miss Liberty Round Crib Company, which produces designer round and heart-shaped cribs and bedding.
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BY Christopher Roy Correa,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
Are you one of those people who leave the butter out overnight, or for days at a time, to ensure its suppleness? Afraid of losing freshness? Here’s a spreadable, safe solution. The Butter Bell swallows a whole stick of softened butter (that you did leave on the counter, but only for an hour or so) and preserves it in its most convenient state.
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BY Christopher Roy Correa,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
Casey Kasem, the Wayne State University and Detroit Northwestern grad who made broadcasting history as the voice behind “American Top 40” when it launched on the radio July 4, 1970, has hosted his final countdown. He told listeners that his Saturday broadcast of spin-off “American Top 20” was his last.
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BY Christopher Roy Correa,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
How do you make money with newspapers anymore? Especially when your print version’s chief competition is your online iteration. The New York Times may have the answer for that: They’re calling it charging. That’s right. In order to turn a profit on their free daily Web content (which, of course, mirrors their pay-for-play newsstand copy), the Old Gray lady may begin establishing subscriptions and charging for unique readership. It’s considering a $5 monthly fee for access to its namesake newspaper’s Web site.
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BY Christopher Roy Correa,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
Marshmallow fans, take note. Those who wait breathlessly for the Easter season to roll around so they can stuff their faces with Peeps candy will soon have the chance to do it year round in Washington, D.C. Just Born Inc. announced that it will open its first retail store, called Peeps & Co., at the National Harbor. The Bethlehem, Pa.-based makers of the chick-shaped treat, as well as brands such as Mike and Ike and Hot Tamales, will set up shop in the center of the development. The store is expected to open this fall.
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BY Kelly Taylor,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
While John Yoo, the author of a series of controversial memos narrowing the definition of torture, has managed to find employment with a number of institutions, fellow administration alum Alberto Gonzales has managed to land his first post-Bush administration job this week, teaching political science at Texas Tech. Though their employers may be happy to host such bold-faced names, there are some in the international human rights community that would like to see their professor’s plush offices swapped out for prison cells. In March, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón opened an investigation into the roles of six key Bush administration figures, alleging their use of torture on detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
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BY Virginette Acacio,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
Courtesy of Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Stuck for a gift idea for a jet-setting friend? Do they happen to also like flashy nights in seriously sexy hotels? If so, problem solved. Mr & Mrs Smith have just launched their stylish new Get A Room! gift cards, which can be used to book stays at any of the boutique hotels in their 500-strong worldwide collection. From boutique boltholes in Bali, city-chic designer dens in London, to their newly launched collection of America’s finest luxury stays, Mr & Mrs Smith cover all bases with their ever-expanding hand-picked hotel selection.
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BY Robert Haynes-Peterson,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
Writers, musicians and artists, like real humans, take things personally from time to time. Unlike your average Angry Old Coot, they often do more than pen a rambling letter to the editor: Tommy Tutone asked Jenny not to lose that 8675309 number; Michelelangelo’s Sistine Chapel fresco is filled with little personal digs targeting his skeezy benefactor Pope Julius the II; Incensed at snotty door treatment at the now defunct Level V club and lounge in the Meatpacking District, I vowed to write bad reviews of their crappy bar whenever possible (I won that one). Now Dave Carroll of the Canadian pop-folk duo Sons of Maxwell has exacted his revenge on United Airlines, who the frontman’s $3,500 Taylor Guitar.
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BY Robert Haynes-Peterson,
Thursday Jul. 09, 2009
It’s always shocking to me to find out there’s a real person behind a brand name: A real “Sara Lee,” a real “Colonel Sanders,” a real “Captain Morgan.” Now it turns out, not only was there a real “Oscar Mayer” (as in my bologna having a first name), but he is D-E-A-D at 95, as reported this week by the Associated Press. Of course, the poor bastard had the bad luck to pass on to that big deli counter in the sky the day before Michael Jackson’s funeral and tribute concert, when an atom bomb could have been dropped on Disneyland and no one would have noticed.
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BY Robert Haynes-Peterson,
Wednesday Jul. 08, 2009
One of the gimmicks I truly appreciate on the reality competition show So You Think You Can Dance is that, until the last few rounds, the judges actually get to decide who gets booted each week (from a “bottom three” collection determined by an audience vote). After all, how many Taylor Hicks’s have to beat out how many Chris Daughtry’s before we realize America doesn’t know best on “American Idol?” Populist vote is based on pomp and circumstance, and there is something to the power of reverse psychology websites like VoteForTheWorst.com (which claims success in pushing the big-haired Sanjaya on Season Six Idol fans for far too many episodes).
So why, following last week’s surprising popular vote when the Dynamic Dancing Duo Kupono and Kayla were voted into “Dance’s” Bottom Three despite (or perhaps because of) an innovative, critically admired contemporary dance piece, do I feel like the judges were abusing their powers this week?
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BY Christopher Roy Correa,
Wednesday Jul. 08, 2009
Listen to the rainbow! Japan-based Elecom announced the Soundblack an iPod dock connector/speaker that brings to mind Legos and Skittles. Choose between 10 colors. These little darlins are so clever, we can’t believe we didn’t think of them ourselves. Pre-order them now (the company is already taking calls for the candy-colored amps). They’re almost Warholian, aren’t they? And priced around $42, they’re ideal little extras for kids, smaller spaces and, down the road, stocking stuffers. These are a guaranteed hit.
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BY Virginette Acacio,
Wednesday Jul. 08, 2009
Never again endure ridicule whilst singing your off-key version of Careless Whisper. PBS has recently put on a short documentary on Auto-Tune; a specialized software that is now heavily used in the recording industry to streamline a singer’s pitch levels to correspond with correct vibrations in the musical scale. In other words: it doesn’t make you sound like a couple of cats pummeling a goose.
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BY Elena Radicati,
Wednesday Jul. 08, 2009
For those who’ve been following the show since its first tantalizing previews, it seemed that the latest episode of NYC Prep was finally bringing all the answers you’d been waiting for, from addressing PC’s ambiguous sexuality to explaining the dramatic glimpses of Kelli at a funeral that had been hyped beyond belief. Yet, Bravo managed to blunder their way through one and all.
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BY Christopher Roy Correa,
Wednesday Jul. 08, 2009
Oil tycoon (which always makes us think of Yosemite Sam for some reason) T. Boone Pickens’s step back from his plan to build the world’s largest wind farm in Texas shows how a brutal recession can blow one’s mind. (Sorry.) Or rather, how it can take the wind out of one’s sails. (Sorry.) Anyhow, it’s vastly altered the way the United States invests in renewable energy.
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