Tech Buzz As you may have heard, a bunch of people just acquired Scrooge-McDuck quantities of cash thanks to this morning's Facebook IPO. So exactly who is walking around with an extra billion dollars in their bank account? Here's a visual breakdown of everyone who sold their shares today, and how much they made.
Music Buzz Today is Bono's birthday. In honor of him, please enjoy this 50 Shades of Grey inspired fanfic. (via 50shadesofbonoandedge.tumblr.com)
Culture Buzz He left this note in the guest book at Jerusalem's King David Hotel earlier this month. A spy there sends this image, with his sketch of “a dog called Hope.”
Celebrity Buzz Here are the top 10 unimpactful people off of GQ's list of the 25 Least Influential People of 2011. Notable mentions in the lower 15 include Gwyneth Paltrow and Arnold Schwarzenegger. For the full list and rationale, visit GQ.
Culture Buzz After going millions of dollars over budget, injuring scads of cast members, and firing Julie Taymor, the troubled and rejiggered Spider-Man musical officially debuted on Broadway. Is it a Bono-fied train wreck or a nerdy night of fun?
Celebrity Buzz Forbes released its list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, and Lady Gaga has dethroned Oprah. With great power ranking comes great responsibility, Gaga. Here's the rest of the top ten from the list. Their methodology takes into account yearly earnings (provided here), media coverage, net worth, city-states conquered, harem size, inseam measurement, etc. Full list at Forbes.
Emphasis on “attempts.” It turns into a LGBT Abbott and Costello routine. David Letterman is America's cranky, befuddled, yet well-intentioned grandpa.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-01-27...
Elevation Partners gets a nasty shakeup.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/poor_idea_bono_bsUz...
Nothing says, “Wipe out AIDS and poverty” like Band-Aids and a black-and-white cookie.
Yesterday, Bono unveiled a controversial 14 minute poem about Elvis on the UK's Radio 4. In the poem he drops the N-bomb and recites a bunch of risque metaphors like “Elvis the white n*gger ate at Burger King and just kept getting bigger.” The poem was actually written in 1994 and is called “American David.” It's set to Elvis' music and other sound clips from the past 50 years. It's pretty epic. Check out the entire clip in the links below.
Ah, it’s so refreshing to see Bono eff up. Check out this picture of Bono with two teenage girls in bikinis. The two 19-year-olds, American fashion student Andrea Feick and her British friend Hannah Emerson, met Bono in St. Tropez. Apparently Bono took a walk on the beach with his arm around one of the girls. More pictures at the source.