Today Jennifer Lawrence will do the honor of announcing the nominees for the 84th anual Academy Awards. Cue drum roll. If you are movie buff or just like the glitz and glam of the Oscars, today is not a day to miss, after all how are you going make your very own Oscar Bingo Cards [...]
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Celebrate This: Chinese New Year
If you know anything about Chinese New Year, you know that it's one of the biggest celebrations of the year, filled with tons of food, traditional music, parades, and of course, fireworks. A fifteen day-long celebration, Chinese New Year honors the first day on the lunar calendar, and begins on the new moon. This year [...]
Celebrate This: National Popcorn Day
Today we celebrate the lesser of the many evils that snack world has to offer. In the land of greasy potato chips, artificial cheese flavorings, and sugary cookies, popcorn reigns supreme, and is only as simple or decadent as you want it to be. A movie just isn't a movie without a big bowl (or [...]
Celebrate This: Winnie the Pooh Day
Today we celebrate the birth of A.A Milne, creator of the Hundred Acre Woods and the lovable, inspiring animals who inhabit it. Whether you grew up reading the Winnie the Pooh series, watching Welcome to Pooh Corner, or humming along to the Disney films, it's difficult to imagine a childhood without that silly old bear, and [...]
Celebrate This: Happy Birthday, Betty White!
Next time you find yourself grumbling and mumbling about your age and how you're "getting along in the years" think of Betty White, everyone's favorite Golden Girl, who turns a landmark 90 today. Miss White has most recently become a symbol of vitality and in her every move seems to proclaim that 90 is the [...]
Celebrate This: Golden Globes Recap
Last night's Golden Globe Award ceremony was an upbeat, good humored event, with a descent turn out aside from the well missed Ryan Gossling, to whom many mournful tweets were dedicated. A lighthearted, warm-up for the Academy Awards in February, the Golden Globes combines tongue-in-cheek humor (Ricky Gervais, I'm looking at you) with elegance for an event [...]
Celebrate This: Stick to Your Resolution Day
Now's around that time when we either make or break our resolutions for the new year. Those of us still going strong, keep both eyes on the prize and never look back, while the rest of us shrug it off and hope that maybe next year will deliver us willpower on a silver platter. For [...]
Celebrate This: Milk Day
If you're like me and you often find yourself longing for past that you were never a part of—days when a trip to the movies could be payed in change, juice was actually made with fruit, and milk came fresh at your doorstep every morning without fail. That last one is something I've dwelled on [...]
Celebrate This: National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
Life is all about balance—the good and the bad; the yin and the yang, it's hard to appreciate or understand one without the other. As in life taste, especially when it comes to a well-rounded dish, is about balancing flavors, textures and even color to create something of curiosity for all five sense. Enter in bittersweet [...]
Celebrate This: Elvis’ Birthday
If the King were alive and kickin' he would've turned 77 years old yesterday. Yep, January 9th is the birthday and the date on which we celebrate the continuing legacy of Elvis Presley. The obvious choice for a celebration might be to fly on down to Graceland and party 'til you drop, but who has [...]
