Elvis gains posthumous income via hair sales
Keeping the cult of dead celebrities alive, an anonymous buyer purchased a single strand of Elvis Presleyโs hair for over $2,000 this week.
Even more disturbingly, a chunk of the Kingโs apparently precious locks went for $15,000 last month.
Should you wish to obtain your own piece of Elvisโ mane, his former barber has been selling off strands in a Memphis souvenir shop since 1977. Because thatโs not creepy at all.
-Sarah Murphy
Pooh troubles
Looks like thereโs a little trouble in the land of milk and honey. After almost 20 years, the estate of Stephen Slesinger โ the man who acquired rights to the lovable Winnie-the-Pooh characteries and stories by A.A. Milne over 80 years ago โ is still suing Disney for infringing on his rights.
The estateโs lawyers suggest Slesinger is rightfully owed millions in royalties. The case suggests Disney coupled Mickey Mouse franchise profits with that of Winnie-the-Pooh projects to hide its true revenues.
While a Los Angeles judge dismissed the case in 2004, lawyers raised it again last week. Talk about retroactive, considering Disney hasnโt made a decent Winnie-the-Pooh release for 20 years.
-Rebecca Vasluianu
Bob Dylanโs Yuletide release
Of the most unexpected things the king of grungy folk and rock-and-roll, Bob Dylan, could have done at this point in his life, releasing a Christmas album is probably among the strangest.
Garnering a variety of somewhat positive reviews from sources like pitchfork.com and the Rolling Stone, Christmas in the Heart is a 15-track full-length mix of traditional songs like โOโ Come All Ye Faithfulโ and new arrangements like โChristmas Islandโ, fearing a variety of artists like American songwriter Ray Evans.
Whatโs more, all of the profit from U.S. sales will go to the charity Feeding America.
Needless to say, hearing Dylanโs raspy vocals mixed with Nat King Cole staple โThe Christmas Songโ should be an interesting treat.
-Rebecca Vasluianu
Super Bowl goes geriatric for sixth year in a row
Itโs been revealed that The Who will be playing at this yearโs Super Bowl Halftime Show, following on the heels of performers like Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Tom Petty.
Perhaps itโs time the organizers find a headliner who doesnโt run the risk of keeling over and dying from old age in the middle of a sporting event.
And letโs try to ignore the irony that will ensue when Roger Daltrey proclaims โI hope I die before I get oldโ in the first verse of โMy Generationโ.
-Sarah Murphy