Sideshow: Foo Fighters make the Earth move

December 16, 2011|By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer

How loved, worshipped, and adulated are the Foo Fighters? The alterna.rock outfit, founded by Nirvana veteran Dave Grohl, inspires such ecstasy in their fans, such fits of transcendent stomping that their concert Tuesday in Auckland, New Zealand, inspired actual, measurable geological tremors in Gaia, our Mother Earth's crust, says the Hollywood Reporter.

We're talkin' shakin' and rollin' ('n' of course rockin') of the sort caused by volcanic events.

A strong low frequency of tremors was detected more than a mile away from the show, which was packed with 50,000 fans.

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Who fascinates Barbara Walters?

Lindsay Lohan is not fascinating.

But Kim Kardashian, Eric Stonestreet, and Steve Jobs most certainly are. Fact, they're supertastically fascinating, decrees one of the business' most sought-after confessors, Barbara Walters.

Walters, who presented her findings on an ABC News special Wednesday night, is most impressed with Jobs, who tops her list.

The Apple founder, who died in October at 56, transformed the face of computing, friends and colleagues tell Walters.

"He wanted things insanely great and would take or accept nothing less than that," said Disney president and chief executive officer Bob Iger. "His enthusiasm was unbelievably evident, visceral."

Walters' show features chats with other fascinators, including Kris Jenner and her daughters Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim Kardashian. Walters notes that they make millions, yet, as she puts it, "forgive me, but you don't have any talent." (One for Babs!) Other notables include Herman Cain, Simon Cowell, Katy Perry, Derek Jeter, and Modern Family's Stonestreet.

 

Hubby: Giuliana Rancic doing well

Good news for Giuliana Rancic fans. E!News' bubbly personality, who recently announced she has breast cancer, was in great spirits Thursday morning after undergoing a successful double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery Wednesday night.

"Her surgery lasted about four hours and the doctors were very pleased with the result," husband Bill Rancic told E!News. "She had a little bit of pain through the night, but is feeling much better this morning and was cracking jokes." Giuliana is touched by the many tweets she has received from fans, he adds.

 

A billion dollars for Facebook?

Is Facebook making too much money? (Can you ever make too much money? A question for the ages.)

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