From her potential American Idol judgeship to her recent Super Bowl appearance alongside Madonna, everything’s coming up Nicki Minaj lately. Now she’s taking advantage of her clout by endorsing Mitt Romney for President, apparently? On a guest verse on Lil Wayne’s mixtape Dedication 4, Nicki Minaj raps that she’s going to vote for Mitt Romney. […]
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Organic Food No More Nutritious Than Regular
Posted 9/04/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganOne of the tips to be healthy is to grow your own garden. Getting a lot of fresh organic vegetables has to be good for you, right? Well, while vegetables are good for you and gardens are the hot trend in restaurants, the organic status of said veggies might not make a difference in terms […]
Read »Michael Clarke Duncan Dead At 54
Posted 9/04/2012 5:30 am by Ron HoganWhen you’re 6’5 and 300 pounds of bald giant, it’s easy to be intimidating but hard to be lovable. Michael Clarke Duncan, the versatile actor who shot to fame as John Coffey (Coffee like the drink) in The Green Mile was on-screen. On July 13, Duncan had a heart attack, and according to sources, never […]
Read »Happy Labor Day From PopFi!
Posted 9/03/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganSince PopFi started, there have been 6124 posts written, not counting this one anyway. That is a whole lot of writing, you guys. I couldn’t begin to tell you how many posts I’ve written personally of those 6125, but I’m pretty sure it’s a whole lot. So I’m giving myself the day off. It’s Labor […]
Read »Two Fatal Fan Falls In Two Days
Posted 9/01/2012 8:00 am by Ron HoganFootball is a dangerous sport. No, not for the players, although they can get injured pretty easily in the process of playing their game. It’s the fans that are in danger. Over the last two days, two different fans have fallen to their deaths. On Thursday night at the NFL preseason football game between the […]
Read »“The Hobbit” Series Gets Release Dates, Titles
Posted 9/01/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganAfter a war with the acting union, conflicts over shooting locations, and the incredible difficulty of finding the right lead actor to carry multiple movies that cost hundreds of millions of dollars, the first trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released to great fanfare. So great was the fan fare that Peter Jackson, […]
Read »Brazil Unites Trio In Civil Union
Posted 9/01/2012 7:00 am by Ron Hogana model relationship, in more ways than one. They share a bank account. They’re all stable professionals in their 30’s. They live together in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They want legal protection in case of separation, injury, or other calamity. There’s just one problem with this union: there’s three of them. A trio of two women […]
Read »New Kindle “Paperwhite” Coming Next Week?
Posted 8/31/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganThere’s a special event coming from Amazon. On September 6, the company has scheduled some sort of press conference/PR event in Los Angeles. The rumors are flying as to what it might mean, but here’s a good guess. A revamped Kindle Touch with a brand-new display, integrated lighting, a new color scheme, and more. Bolstering […]
Read »“Jersey Shore” Ending After Sixth Season
Posted 8/31/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganThe more things change, the more they stay the same. The sixth season of Jersey Shore is coming to MTV, and with it an announcement that is both surprising and unsurprising. The sixth season of Jersey Shore will be the show’s last. Citing rising cost of production and cast contracts and declining ratings, MTV has […]
Read »Blue Moon Coming Tonight; Next One Is 2015
Posted 8/31/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganThe lunar cycle is 29.5 days. That means it takes nearly a month for the moon to go from full to full again. That’s why, generally, you only get one full moon a month. When a full moon happens twice in a month, that second full moon is known as a blue moon. Apparently, the […]
Read »Clint Eastwood, The Republican Convention, And The Chair
Posted 8/31/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganLast night, the Republicans promised a surprise to help close their convention in Tampa, Florida. That surprise was the Invisible Barack Obama. Or, rather, an empty chair, which Clint Eastwood lectured for 10 minutes in a speech right before Mitt Romney came out to accept the Republican nomination for President. The speech was funny, biting, […]
Read »Andy Roddick To Retire After US Open
Posted 8/31/2012 5:30 am by Ron HoganIn 2003, Andy Roddick won his first and only Grand Slam tournament: the US Open. That was the best year of Roddick’s career, as he won a major tournament, hit number one in the world, and generally played up to his considerable potential. Since then, Roddick has made major finals, but has never been able […]
Read »The 2012 NFL Season Will Kick Off With Replacement Refs
Posted 8/30/2012 8:00 am by Ron HoganOne of the most difficult jobs has to be officiating professional sports. First of all, you get all the terrible travel of being an athlete, but not the first-class planes, fancy locker rooms, and millions of dollars. Then, giant muscle-head men yell at you for doing your job, millionaires critize you in front of millions, […]
Read »Adele’s Secret Marriage
Posted 8/30/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganFamous for her weepy love songs, which netted singer Adele more Grammys than you’d believe, the British songbird with the big voice is now looking for a new reason to sing the blues. Adele is no longer suffering from the broken heart which fueled her hit albums; instead, she’s basking in the glow of pregnancy […]
Read »Roger Clemens To Make Second Start For Sugar Land
Posted 8/30/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganThe Rocket has a little more gas in the tank, it appears. The 50-year-old pitcher Roger Clemens made a comeback appearance with the Sugar Land Skeeters and was impressive, throwing 3 1/2 scoreless innings and striking out two in a game against the Bridgeport Bluefish. Well, that one taste of baseball wasn’t enough, apparently. Roger […]
Read »Drought Causes Shortage At Cow Chip Throwing Festival
Posted 8/30/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganThroughout the United States, drought conditions are causing lots of problems for farmers. The land is dry, the crops aren’t growing like they should, and you’re either irrigating and pumping in water or you’re suffering the consequences. An unusual event in Wisconsin is facing an even more unusual shortage of supplies. A cow chip shortage […]
Read »Cat Videos Get Their Own Film Festival
Posted 8/30/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganIt’s a widely known fact that cats are the rock stars of the Internet. Cat videos are everywhere, and if you can catch your cat doing something funny, like playing Slinky on the stairs, then you too can find yourself at the center of a viral sensation. However, even if you can’t operate a Blu-ray […]
Read »Obama Hits Reddit For An AMA
Posted 8/30/2012 5:30 am by Ron HoganWhat would you do if you could ask the sitting President of the United States–or any former POTUS, for that matter–absolutely anything you wanted? Well, for about 30 minutes, Obama gave himself over to the wolves of Reddit. That’s right, Reddit, the place where Rickrolls became a thing and where you find celebrities pimping movies […]
Read »Jil Sander’s Fashionable $290 Paper Bag
Posted 8/29/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganHigh fashion is a very weird thing to people like me. For every high fashion trend, there’s something that mixes the high and the low: The Friday the 13th hoodie from Marc Ecko and the Snuggie at Fashion Week, for example. Well, Jil Sander is taking this mixture of high fashion and low culture to […]
Read »Man Killed While Pretending To Be Bigfoot
Posted 8/29/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganSomeone alert the Darwin Awards: the competition is over and we have a winner for 2012. No matter what else might happen this year, I think this is a strong candidate for dumbest criminal of the year. Prankster Randy Lee Tenley, 44, was walking through the southbound lane of US Highway 93 in Kalispell, Montana, […]
Read »Flight Attendant’s 63-Year Career Is A Guinness Record
Posted 8/29/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganIf all his travel miles counted, 83-year-old Ron Akana would have racked up 200 million frequent flier miles. Alas, it is not the case for him; as it turns out, flight attendants don’t get credit for work miles, but they can qualify for the Guinness World Records book. With his final flight shift, a Denver […]
Read »Obama Doubles US Gas Mileage Standards
Posted 8/29/2012 5:30 am by Ron HoganPrepare to spend less time at the gas station, if the US federal government has anything to do about it. President Obama has doubled the fuel mileage goals for America’s automotive fleet from 27.3 miles per gallon to 54.5 miles per gallon. According to the 2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy, which the 13 major auto makers […]
Read »Pot Use Linked To 8-Point IQ Drop In Teens
Posted 8/28/2012 8:00 am by Ron HoganThere have been some very dumb criminals chronicled on the pages of PopFi over the years, and they share a common thread: pot use. From the prisoner who used the Bible as rolling papers to the guy with the pot baggie stuck to his forehead, pot and dumb people go hand in hand. According to […]
Read »GM Suspends Chevy Volt Production
Posted 8/28/2012 7:30 am by Ron HoganThe Chevy Volt has had some high highs and low lows during its time in production. General Motors’ extended range electric car has proven to be a hit with critics and awards for its innovative electric/gas hybrid technology, but just because people like it doesn’t mean people are buying it. Volt production has been suspended […]
Read »KTLA News Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing
Posted 8/28/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganEvery day above the streets of Los Angeles, news helicopters from every local network take to the air to capture high-speed chases, police pursuits, and more mundane events like traffic jams. Most of the time, these helicopters simply cover the news, but one helicopter over the streets of Hollywood made the news. Fox affiliate KTLA’s […]
Read »Flight of the Conchords Release New Charity Single
Posted 8/28/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganIt’s been a long time since there has been any new magic from Flight of the Conchords. The New Zealand-based comedy duo of Bret McKenzie and Jermaine Clement shot to fame thanks to their hilarious novelty songs, their brilliant television series on HBO, and their great music videos, concert tours, and general hilariousness. That’s a […]
Read »Will.i.am To Be The First Musician On Mars
Posted 8/28/2012 6:00 am by Ron HoganThe Mars rover Curiosity is creating history as we speak in its travels on the red planet. However, just because Curiosity is on Mars, that doesn’t mean it is able to escape the inexplicably popular Black Eyed Peas (the band, not the food). As it turns out, Curiosity is going to play a part in […]
Read »Hurricane Isaac Aims For New Orleans
Posted 8/28/2012 5:30 am by Ron HoganSeven years ago about this time, New Orleans and the surrounding Gulf Coast area were hunkering down and preparing for a hurricane. That hurricane was Katrina, which killed 1800 people in the city of New Orleans alone as the storm overwhelmed the city’s levee system. Now, New Orleans is preparing for another hurricane. Hurricane Isaac […]
Read »Porsche Debuts All-Wheel-Drive 911 Carrera 4
Posted 8/27/2012 7:00 am by Ron HoganWhen it comes to the most luxurious of luxury automobiles, it’s Porsche or nothing for a lot of drivers. A Porsche is a sign that you’ve made it, and some people will do anything for a Porsche if only to say they had one for a little while. Porsche has unveiled the 2013 model of […]
Read »Lydia Ko: Youngest LPGA Tournament Winner Ever
Posted 8/27/2012 6:30 am by Ron HoganLydia Ko is an unusual girl. Born in South Korea, she grew up in New Zealand and took to golf at a young age. At age 14, she won the New South Wales Open, making her the youngest ever until the slightly younger Brooke Henderson won a Canadian Women’s Tour event in Quebec. Nonplussed, Lydia […]
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