THURSDAVE!

Today is International Skeptics Day. I don't believe it.

THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1962: Don Everly collapses from exhaustion during rehearsal for the Everly Brother's upcoming UK tour.
1963: Beatlemania begins in earnest after the Beatles appear on Sunday Night At The Palladium
1970: The ashes of Janis Joplin are scattered into the Pacific Ocean/
1990: Bob Dylan is invited to perform at the West Point US Military Academy.
1998: The box set The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert" is released.
2000: Don Henley is sued by a fan who claims the singer bashed her on the head with maracas after she tried to take his picture at an Arkansas concert.

NEW MOVIES IN THEATERS! New flicks to check out this weekend at the movin' picture show include The Accountant (R), Max Steel (PG-13) and Kevin Hart: What Now? (R). Click here to see what other movies hit the big screen tomorrow.

McCARTNEY SURPRISE! Paul McCartney is set to play again Saturday night at the Desert Trip Festival. But tonight he'll be performing for just a few dozen at the intimate Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace in nearby Pioneertown. As expected, fans are lining up for their $50 tickets. Get  the details.

DYLAN'S PRIZE! It was announced this morning in Stockholm, Sweden that Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Dylan was lauded "for having created new poetic expressions within the Great American song tradition." He also receives a tidy sum of about $900,000. Get the take.

THE COLORS OF WINE! If you are a connoisseur of wine, or even if you're just a pretender, check out a handy chart to identify the various colors of vino. Click here to impress your friends at your next party.