Monday, February 20, 2017

MONDAVE!

The answer to today's Moxie's Flashback Pop Quiz is: Champagne and Beer.

Today is Presidents' Day. It's also Cherry Pie Day, Hoodie Hoo Day and Love Your Pet Day.

THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1960 Jimi Hendrix made his stage debut at a show at a Seattle high school.
1974 Cher files for divorce after ten years of marriage to Sonny Bono.
1976 Kiss had their footprints implanted on the pavement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
1991 Bob McBride, lead singer of the group Lighthouse, dies at the age of 51.
2003 100 people died after pyrotechnics ignited a club during a Great White performance.
2016 A lock of John Lennon's hair, cut from his head in 1966 for his role in the film How I Won the War, sold at auction for $35,000.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE! It seems that people can't get enough of the Lego Batman movie as it held on to the top spot for a second week in a row. Meanwhile, the highest debuting movie of the week was The Great Wall landing in the #3 spot after Fifty Shades of Darker, which held on to #2. Click here for the rest of the rankings.

GAGA'S RECORD PERFORMANCE! The NFL is claiming that Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime performance was the most-watched musical event OF ALL TIME. They say that when you add up 118 million TV viewers, as well as the NFL's digital platforms, including Twitter, You Tube, NFL.com and NFL Mobile, the show reached more than 150 million unique people. Unfortunately, I missed it. Get the stats.

TOMMY JAMES HALL OF FAME! Tommy James is among the 15 people who will be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame this year. He will also perform at the event. Other celebrities who will be inducted include Connie Francis, actor Ray Liotta, Kelly Ripa, and Connie Chung. Get the details.