iHeartRadio Festival; Starbucks Trenta; Lindsay Lohan Broke?; Lady Gaga in Wheelchair; Boy Murders Parents Then Throws Party; Relaxation Drinks; $16 Mansion; Fake Apple Stores; Guess-the-Google; Rebecca Black’s New Video
Posted by Rebekah Lowe / Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
It’s been a hot second since my last pop culture post! I’ve been busy dodging the heat at my new neighborhood’s pool. Here’s what’s been going on in the world while I’ve been M.IA.
The iHeartRadio Music Festival was announced on July 11. I heard ads on HOT 99.5 and WMZQ that marketed it as ”the biggest live music event in radio history.” What this elusive event actually was stayed a secret until Ryan Seacrest gave the syndicated announcement that it was an “iHeartRadio Music Festival” featuring Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Steven Tyler, Black Eyed Peas, Kenny Chesney, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Carrie Underwood, Jane’s Addiction, Nicki Minaj, John Mayer, David Guetta, Rascal Flatts, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Sublime with Rome, Usher, Sting and more. *Gasp for air.* This event will take place on September 23 and 24 in Las Vegas. Now, I know what you’re thinking. ‘What do I care? I’m not going all the way to Vegas.’ Hold your horses. Let me get to the iHeartRadio part. The concert is going to be streamed live on iHeartRadio.com and via the iHeartRadio app, which will have a new version available for download just in time for the concert. I’ll be watching for sure! People who wanted to attend the concert in person were able to get pre-sale tickets by liking iHeartRadio’s Facebook page. Regular sale tickets were supposed to go on sale today, but they sold out within 10 minutes of the pre-sale starting! Ten minutes!
I don’t know if any of you have gotten a hold of a Starbucks trenta (31 oz. of caffeine-heaven) yet, but I recently found this infographic that shows the trenta is 16 ml. bigger than the average human stomach. The trenta sounds like a bad idea for car trips. I’ll stick with my grande iced caramel macchiato, thank you.
Here’s a game I stumbled upon yesterday. It’s called Guess-the-Google. It shows you a group of 16 photos, and you have 20 seconds to guess what word was Googled to get them to come up. It’s extremely addictive so watch out! I know what I’ll be doing this weekend.
A few more juicy tidbits for you:
Lindsay Lohan says she can’t pay for court-ordered counseling. Really?!
A 17-year-old Florida boy murders his parents at his house and then throws a party. So not OK.
Couple tries to sell their baby for $25 in Wal-Mart parking lot… They were on meth.
“Relaxation drinks” with melatonin may be the trend that kicks energy drinks to the curb.
And… don’t kill me, but I’ve got Rebecca Black’s new single “My Moment” for you here. I’d say it’s of slightly higher quality than “Friday.” Her voice is a tad bit less nasally and she does throw a few mediocre Britney Spears moves in there. Basically, the song tells everyone who made fun of her to look at her now. She’s “doing big things, things you never dreamed of.” Her mom is even in the music video. In summary, it’s kind of a song about the song. It scores low on my coolness scale, but apparently not everyone’s. The music video has been on YouTube for four days and already has almost 13 million views. Craziness!
Happy Friday Everyone!
-Rebekah Lowe
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