I never watched “The Office.” I picked up through pop culture osmosis what Dunder Mifflin was, and I already know about Pam and Jim because GIFs, but I just never caught up with it. My nephew (who is 12) is a huge fan of the show. He’s watched every season, like, four times. So I […]
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It’s absolutely shocking to me that 1990 was more than 30 years ago. It feels like yesterday, especially when I hear these five songs, my personal top songs of 1990. I’m pretty sure that year was when I first signed up for Columbia House and ordered my 12 cassette tapes for a penny. No. 1
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Fast food crosses international lines, the NFL’s biggest game features an unlikely hero and an indie band breaks big. Do you remember what was going on 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week? Find out in this week’s decades of trivia quiz! In the News Jan. 31, 1990 Golden arches were apparently a match
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Brad Pitt won a SAG award on Sunday, and he’s basically a lock to win Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars. YAY! He should have won for “Moneyball.” I love Brad Pitt, and I think it’s totally fitting that he’s about to win his first acting statue for a supporting role in “Once Upon a
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I’m working on a new trivia book that is all about ’90s movies. It might be my favorite decade of filmmaking, and that includes all the cheesy garbage. But one movie that is most certainly not cheesy garbage is “L.A. Confidential.” Based on a James Ellroy novel, the 1997 classic stars Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger,
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The stars were out on Sunday, kicking off award season and prompting this star-themed trivia quiz. I’m still catching up on all the Golden Globes coverage from Sunday night’s awards. One of my favorite sites, Lainey Gossip, has awesome coverage, including this insightful take from Duana that is a dress review on its face but
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A Central American country goes through an upheaval, a kids’ movie reigns at the box office, and a pop star bursts on the scene. Do you remember what was going on 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week? Find out in this week’s decades of trivia quiz! In the News January 3, 1990 Following
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Billboard released its list of the biggest songs of 2019, and I’m ashamed to admit I’ve only heard about 1/5 of them. Someone once said that no new music will ever be as good at what you listened to when you were a teenager. Given that my teenage years were filled with Green Day, Smashing
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A new bike and skate park just opened in my neighborhood. It’s constantly packed with kids on bikes, “Stranger Things” style. They’re pretty boss dirt bikes with the pegs on the back wheels for doing tricks, which I always wanted but never had. At this point, I’d probably break something if I tried them. All
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“Top Gun: Maverick” comes out this week. Actual photo of me at the movie theater: JETS. JETS. JETS. I am absolutely on the on-ramp of the highway to the danger zone. Tom Cruise may be a loon, but his filmography fills me with endless joy, so I can’t ever quit him. And he keeps kicking
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