Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Lottery fever is sweeping the country! In a matter of days, the Mega Millions jackpot exploded from $550 to $636 million — and that money pot is still growing! It is now nearing the all time Mega Millions record of $656 million — won by a group of players on March 30, 2012. As part of the new rules […]
Monday, December 16, 2013
Two major movie stars are being remembered today, after both passed away over the weekend. Oscar-winning actress, Joan Fontaine, reportedly died “peacefully” in her sleep at her Carmel, California home yesterday at the age of 96. Fontaine was the younger sister of actress Olivia de Haviland. Fontaine appeared in more than 30 films, many of them classics, like “Rebecca” (1940) […]
Sunday, December 15, 2013
The sun is really going to be shining in the Media City on this Sunday. Yesterday, the high reached the low 70s — today weather watchers say it could get into the low 80s in Burbank! We will have several warm days — before the cold weather returns just in time to kick off winter, which officially begins on […]
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Today is the big delivery day for the annual Holiday Basket Program — designed to provide some holiday cheer for hundreds of needy families with school age children in Burbank. A team of diligent volunteers and organizers worked for several hours late yesterday, building and stocking baskets for 600 families in the auditorium at George Washington Elementary School on North […]
Friday, December 13, 2013
A lot of folks feeling lucky on this Friday the 13th and many of them are buying Mega Millions lottery tickets. A short time ago, the double-M jackpot leaped from $400-to-$425 million. The question now is how rich will this money pot get before the draw closes tonight at 7:45 p.m.? More here.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Disney makes a big commitment to help typhoon victims in the Philippines, while new figures are out today on the human toll of that disaster. The government in the Philippines has upped the death toll from 4-to-6,000 and the number of missing to nearly 1,800. Typhoon Haiyan, considered one of the most powerful storms to ever make land, flattened or […]
Friday, December 13, 2013
Money, money, money!!! The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is filled with tons of it — at least $400 million. This is the second largest Mega Millions jackpot in history. It has reportedly sparked lottery fever, from coast to coast, with long lines of ticket buyers.This money pot has been growing since October first. Since then, the jackpot has rolled […]
Thursday, December 12, 2013
A lot of chatter in the entertainment biz about the 2014 Golden Globe Awards nominations, which came out this morning. These awards are consider a good barometer of who has the best chance for Oscar gold. The brutal historical drama, “12 Years a Slave” and the con artists drama/comedy, “American Hustle,” each picked up seven nominations to lead the […]
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
If you’re goals in the new year includes finding a new gig, you might want to check out the Employees’ Choice Awards. For the past six years, the online jobs website, Glassdoor, has been surveying employees on the best places to work in the country. The 2014 list for large companies is out and three social media heavy hitters, Twitter, […]
