For 40 years Michael Jackson was the King of Pop: he was the consummate entertainer and one of the best selling artists of the last century. While we cannot ignore the strange behavior, the court cases and his ever changing appearance, Michael Jackson's legacy as an artist will be his music and his performances. Unlike many singers, his musical influence spread worldwide with fans not only in the US, but also as far apart as Europe, Asia and South America. His music was influential at a tim... Read Full Story

Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds came to my attention around ten years ago when he was starring as Berg in an almost forgotten sitcom called "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place". Since then, I haven't caught much of his acting work - until recently, when he had a role in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" alongside Hugh Jackman, and now the upcoming romantic comedy "The Proposal" with Sandra Bullock. What really caught my attention was his photo shoot for the magazine "Entertainment Weekly" - and parti... Read Full Story

You've seen them - those wonderful posters that speak volumes, but to which only YOU can give your personal voice. Whether they be children, animals or situations, each of the ten poster prints I have gathered here are crying out for a great caption. I, therefore, ask you to take a peak - like the black cat to the left - and give each picture your best shot! Read Full Story

Alexander Rybak (born May 13, 1986) is the 23-year-old violinist and singer who has taken Europe by storm, following his victory for Norway at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. His song "Fairytale" ran away with the competition, gaining the most votes in any Eurovision Song Contest, by scoring 387 points from the 42 participating countries. In the meantime, as you explore this page, I hope you will find out more about Alexander Rybak. You can watch his videos, download his Eurovis... Read Full Story

Grady Sizemore (born August 2, 1982) of the Cleveland Indians graduated from Cascade High School in Everett, Washington, in 2000. A high school star in football, basketball and baseball, Sizemore signed a letter of intent to play football and baseball at the University of Washington. However, the Montreal Expos selected Sizemore in the third round of the 2000 draft. The team offered him a $2 million signing bonus to lure him away from college. Sizemore signed and almost immediately began his... Read Full Story

There's a new kid on the search engine block called Stumpedia. It's unique approach is that it is a human powered search engine which allows users to submit sites along with matching keywords and phrases, which can then be rated and ranked by its own registered community. You can find out more about Stumpedia here The purpose of this lens is to bring together all those Squidoo Lensmasters who have created a profile at Stumpedia, so that we can all see at a glance who's creating ... Read Full Story

To most people in the United States the Eurovision Song Contest means nothing. But across Europe, mention the word Eurovision and most everybody knows what you’re talking about - and has an opinion about it! Well, it’s that time of year again, and today marks the week of Eurovision. Because so many countries now participate - 42 this year - the event has been divided into two semi-finals, with the Grand Final this Saturday, May 16. As I’ve already created a couple of lenses ... Read Full Story

Jade Ewen (born January 24, 1988) is a British singer and actress, who has recently been selected to sing for the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow. She is professionally known as Jade and will be singing "It's My Time", a song composed by Sir Anthony Lloyd-Webber and Diane Warren, and will be joined on stage at the Contest by Lloyd-Webber. Read Full Story

The Giant Squid Challenge has now been underway for a week, and I thought I would take this opportunity to thank the six courageous souls who made the daunting decision to join my Team - JustBon’s Blue Ribbon Squids (aka as The Dark Side, apparently). Here they are: Intuitive athomemomblog WindyWinters MsSnow4a marsha32 genglo I also want to send my very best wishes to them in their quest to become Giants or Giant 100 members. When their new lenses are published, I hope others will visi... Read Full Story

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