A Brief History On June 10, 2016, 22 year old internet singing sensation Christina Grimmie was shot to death at an autograph signing after a concert in Orlando, Florida. The beautiful Grimmie rode her beautiful voice to third place on the 6th season of the television singing contest, The Voice. Digging Deeper A 27 year old Florida man, James Loibl, shot the singer 3 times before being tackled by Grimmie’s brother. Loibl then shot and killed himself during the struggle, his motives unknown at the time of this article. Grimmie had won a variety of music industry awards and had…
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A Brief History Based on the British equivalent of the real life Amityville Horror referred to as the Enfield Poltergeist, the major motion picture The Conjuring 2 is set to open on Friday, June 10, 2016. Digging Deeper Having seen an advance screening (“screaming?”) of the film, we can assure ghost movie buffs of a solid treat with high production value. The casting, acting, and special effects are up to high industry standards, and the serious attempt to portray much of what happened during the real events in a run down section of Enfield, England from 1977 to 1979 give…
A Brief History Internet backyard fighting sensation Kimbo Slice has been reported to have died at age 42 on June 6, 2016. Slice was taken to his local hospital earlier today where he expired a short time later of an undisclosed condition. Slice, born Kevin Ferguson in 1974 in The Bahamas grew up in Florida where he starred as a high school football player, good enough to get scholarship offers and ultimately a tryout with the Miami Dolphins. Digging Deeper Massively muscular and intimidating in appearance, Slice worked as a bouncer and bodyguard/driver before gaining fame as a backyard fighter…
A Brief History Commonly referred to as the best all around player in the NBA, Lebron James is proud of his hometown of Akron, Ohio and is widely known as a product of the Rubber City. What you may not know, is that his arch nemesis of the past two seasons, the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry is also from Akron, born 3 years after James in the same hospital! The two players have so many records and accolades we cannot even include them all here. Digging Deeper The Warriors beat an injury riddled Cleveland Cavaliers team for the 2014-2015…
A Brief History On June 5, 1956, the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, introduced what would become his top selling hit, “Hound Dog,” on The Milton Berle Show, an early television favorite. Digging Deeper Elvis’s performance included exaggerated gyrations that drove the girls in the audience wild, and enraged parents and prudes across the country. By this time Elvis had a number 1 hit with “Heartbreak Hotel” and was touring, continuing to draw animosity from the conservative media and prompting the Catholic Church (La Crosse, Wisconsin diocese) to contact J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI about Elvis being a threat…