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☆ Valerie Bertinelli says Eddie Van Halen was ‘not a soulmate’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Valerie Bertinelli is getting real about her relationship with late rocker Eddie Van Halen. The actress and culinary TV show host reflected on their time together in a video shared on Instagram. She said watching their son, Wolfgang Van Halen, in an episode of “Behind the Music” was “not easy.”“I’d stopped it many times because it was just too brutal to watch for many reasons. I made a lot of mistakes.”Bertinelli had a tumultuous marriage to Van Halen from 1981 to 2007, in part due to his substance abuse problems. Van Halen was married to actress Janie Liszewski from 2009 until his death.

Persons: Valerie Bertinelli, Eddie Van Halen, Wolfgang Van Halen, “ I’d, ”, ” Bertinelli, Van Halen, Wolfie, Tom Vitale, Mike Goodnough, Janie Liszewski Organizations: CNN

☆ Best and Worst Moments From the 2024 Oscars
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Fittingly for an Academy Awards celebrating 2023, the year of “Barbenheimer,” the movies that made up that phenomenon commanded our attention on Sunday night, too. Most Charming Performance: Ryan Gosling, ‘I’m Just Ken’America’s No. 1 Ken, the “Barbie” star Ryan Gosling — who was also nominated for best supporting actor and presented a tribute to stunt performers with Emily Blunt — brought the house down with his performance of “I’m Just Ken,” one of two nominated “Barbie” songs. Gosling roamed into the audience, getting Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, America Ferrera and Emma Stone briefly on mic. If the Oscars wanted a viral video moment, they sure got it (even though it had been announced in advance).

Persons: “, Ryan Gosling, Ken, ”, “ Barbie, Oppenheimer ”, ‘ I’m, Ken ’ America’s, Barbie, Ryan Gosling —, Emily Blunt —, “ I’m, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben, Adir, Scott Evans, Ncuti, Gosling, Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, America Ferrera, Emma Stone, Mark Ronson, Wolfgang Van Halen, — Alissa Wilkinson Organizations: Hollywood Locations: tuxes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New Jersey came to the West Coast to kick off Grammy Awards weekend, with native sons Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen teaming up. Bon Jovi hailed Springsteen as “my hero, my friend, my mentor” to a crowd of 2,000 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Instead of performing at the end of the evening as is traditional for the honoree, Bon Jovi got the nearly three-hour show going. Comedian Jim Gaffigan hosted and relentlessly mocked Bon Jovi for his big hair and penchant for wearing short-shorts in the 1980s. “Livin' On a Prayer” became an all-star finale, with Bon Jovi joined onstage by the other performers for a singalong.

Persons: Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Springsteen, ”, Jovi, Dorothea, Paul McCartney, Nancy, Robert Kraft, Rita Wilson, Adele, “, he’d, ” Melissa Etheridge, Larkin Poe, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, ” Pat Monahan, Shania Twain, Jason Isbell, Damiano David of Måneskin, Van Halen, Sammy Hager, Orianthi, Wolfgang Van Halen, ” Brandy Clark, Jim Gaffigan, Gaffigan, Jack Daniels, “ Livin, Kraft, I’ve Organizations: ANGELES, —, Los Angeles Convention, New England Patriots, “, Treaty, Sunday, Food Bank, Foundation, District of Columbia Locations: — New Jersey, West, New Jersey

☆ Fox News host Greg Gutfeld bizarrely calls a teacher accused of having sex with 16-year-old student 'heroic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld bizarrely praised a female teacher accused of having sex with a teen student. Gutfeld lauded the educator as "heroic" on-air and said he "would have died" to be in a situation like that. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld bizarrely praised a female California teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student as "heroic" on-air, and added that he "would have died" to be in a situation like that. During the segment on Fox News, Gutfeld said, "A 16-year-old boy with like a hot teacher. The Fox News host went on to say: "Am I right to say it's an unfair comparison to do the female-to-male teacher?

☆ Kurt Cobain's smashed Fender guitar sells for almost $600,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Kurt Cobain's smashed Fender Stratocaster guitar sold at auction for $595,900, more than 10 times its original estimate. The Nirvana frontman's iconic left-handed electric guitar was smashed while the grunge pioneers were making their seminal Nevermind album in the early 1990s. Reassembled but unplayable, it was expected to sell for between $60,000 and $80,000 at the Julien's auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York over the weekend. According to Julien's Auctions, Cobain gave the guitar to Lanegan during Nirvana's Nevermind tour in 1992. The guitar Cobain played during a legendary live acoustic concert on MTV Unplugged in 1993, just five months before his death, was sold two years ago for $6 million.

☆ Eddie Van Halen's iconic 'Hot for Teacher' guitar just sold for millions at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Eddie Van Halen's iconic "Hot for Teacher" guitar sold for nearly $4 million at auction this week. Van Halen died in 2020 from cancer. The winning bidder will receive the guitar's original case, along with the straight jacket and white gloves Van Halen wore in the video, a letter from the instrument's creator Paul Unkert, and a signed photo of Van Halen. "The 'Hot For Teacher' Van Halen [guitar] was built by me at the Kramer Green Grove Road Plant in Neptune, NJ around 1982-1985/ #CO176. In 2020, Van Halen died at the age of 65 from cancer, and he's widely regarded as an innovator of guitar-playing.

☆ $30 million of Funko Pop! toys get thrown in the trash
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Thirty million dollars worth of Funko (FNKO) Pop! figures – those big-headed, vinyl pop-culture dolls – will soon make their way into the hands of a new collector: The garbage collector. Funko said in its fourth quarter earnings report that a combination of waning demand for the toys and a surplus of inventory is creating financial trouble for the company. Funko was holding onto about $246.4 million worth of dolls at the end of 2022. The company reported a total loss of $47 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.

☆ Valerie Bertinelli celebrates her divorce becoming official
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Valerie Bertinelli is now “happily divorced.”The actress and Food Network star posted a video Tuesday on her verified Twitter account in which she celebrated of her divorce from Tom Vitale being finalized. In the video, Bertinelli said she was at the airport heading to see her son Wolfgang Van Halen and had just received the call from her attorney that her divorce paperwork had been signed and was being filed. “Happily divorced. It’s finally over.”The tweet accompanying the video reads, “11.22.22 second best day of my life.”Bertinelli married Vitale on New Year’s Day 2011 and filed for divorce in May 2022. She posted on her verified Instagram account in September that she was listing a few items from January 2011 on the luxury consignment site The RealReal.

☆ Actress Valerie Bertinelli 'becomes' Elon Musk, trolling the billionaire on Twitter to prove a point about blue check verification system
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Valerie Bertinelli posed as Elon Musk on Twitter this weekend to show flaws in his newly proposed verification system. After changing her display name, she posted dozens of tweets in support of Democratic candidates. Several celebrities — including Shonda Rhimes and Sara Bareilles — have expressed plans to leave Twitter since Musk took over, citing concern with his leadership. "The blue checkmark simply meant your identity was verified," Bertinelli wrote on Twitter after changing her name. As "Elon Musk," she posted hashtags like #VoteBlueToProtectYourRights and shared tweets supporting gubernatorial contenders Gretchen Whitmore in Michigan and Beto O'Rourke in Texas, among others.

☆ В США умер легендарный рок-гитарист Эдди Ван Хален
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-07 | by ( ) newsmd.md time to read: 1 min

"Мне не верится, что приходится это писать, но мой отец, Эдвард Людовик ван Хален, проиграл свою долгую и тяжелую битву с раком горла. Это произошло сегодня утром", - написал в "Твиттере" сын музыканта Вольф. "Мое сердце разбито, и я не думаю, что смогу полностью восстановиться от этой потери. Я очень люблю тебя, папа", - написал он.Группа Van Halen начала играть под этом названием в 1974 году. В 1980-е Van Halen были пионерами тяжелого рока, их шоу как правило сопровождались яркими светошумовыми представлениями, а сами музыканты, выходили на сцену в яркой одежде и с начесами - это течение стало известно как глэм-рок.На счету Van Halen несколько премий "Грэмми".

Persons: Эдвард Людовик ван Хален, Вольф Organizations: Твиттер

George Hood, în vârstă de 62 de ani, a stabilit recordul mondial Guinness în Chicago, devenind bărbatul care a păstrat cel mai îndelungat timp această poziție. Hood a depășit vechiul record, de 8 ore și 1 minut, stabilit în 2016 de către Mao Widong, citează Digi24. Hood a anunțat că nu va mai încerca să stabilească un nou record. George Hood a început să încerce această poziție în 2011 și s-a antrenat și 7 ore în fiecare zi. Pe tot parcursul evenimentului, Hood a ascultat muzică rock, printre care Van Halen, Montley Crue și Deep Purple.

Persons: George Hood, Hood, Mao, Van Organizations: Guinness, Planking, Deep Purple Locations: Chicago, Van Halen, Montley

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