Today is Eat What You Want Day and Twilight Zone Day.
THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1957 Buddy Holly & The Crickets audition for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts program and are rejected.
1963 The Beatles' first LP, "Please Please Me" reaches the top of the UK album chart.
1965 The Byrds make their TV debut on Hullabaloo.
1967 The Bee Gees made their debut on Top Of The Pops.
1970 The soundtrack L.P. to the original Woodstock festival was released.
1972 John Lennon appears on The Dick Cavett Show.
1981 Bob Marley died of a brain tumor at the age of 36.
1990 Ritchie Valens is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
IDOL JUDGE RUMOR! Could Kelly Clarkson be one of the judges with the return of American Idol? Nothing has been confirmed, but Ryan Seacrest says she'd be a fantastic judge. Meanwhile, Ryan Seacrest is seemly out of the running to host since he's the new co-host of Live With Kelly & Ryan in New York and Idol is taped in LA. Click here for more rampant rumor.
LENNON LETTER! A handwritten letter that John Lennon sent to a U.K. journalist in 1971, complaining about how Apple Records had handled his album Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins, is going on the auction block. As of Wednesday afternoon, the high bid was $15,700. It's estimated to sell for at least $20,000. Click here to do some bidding.
DYNASTY REBOOT! The CW has given the go-ahead for a revival of the 1980s primetime soap Dynasty. Elizabeth Gillies will star as Fallon Carrington in the reboot about feuding billionaire families, the Carringtons and the Colbys. The series is slated for the 2017-18 season. Get the details.
PREGNANT PIZZA PATRONS! A pizzeria in Charlotte, North Carolina has an item on its menu called the Buffalo Wing Pizza that is rumored to induce labor! The restaurant has seen a flood of expectant moms coming in to get a slice of "The Inducer" after a pregnant patron claimed that after eating the pizza, her water broke four hours later. Try a slice.
