<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Popular Culture Blog</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/</link><description>From movie and television reviews to quirky things in the news, Marjorie has something to say about it here at the Families.com Popular Culture Blog.</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:47:24 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:47:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Oprah Is Calling It Quits</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/oprah-is-calling-it-quits</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/oprah-is-calling-it-quits</guid><description><![CDATA[Before you get the hanky out, know that Oprah calling it quits with her highly successful, long running daytime talk show is about like Jay Leno leaving "The Tonight Show."  By the time it actually happens, we will probably have forgotten it is happening or be well over the shock of her leaving.]]></description></item><item><title>Randy Quaid's Legal Woes</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/randy-quaids-legal-woes</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:12:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/randy-quaids-legal-woes</guid><description><![CDATA[Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have been accused of leaving a San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif. without paying his bill.  

I love Quaid's Cousin Eddie character from the National Lampoon Vacation movies.]]></description></item><item><title>Are Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Secretly Married?</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/are-nicole-richie-and-joel-madden-secretly-married</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:53:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/are-nicole-richie-and-joel-madden-secretly-married</guid><description><![CDATA[Nicole Richie and Joel Madden just added another bundle of joy to their expanding family, but are they secretly married?]]></description></item><item><title>Jon Gosselins Mantrums and Michael Jackson's Millions</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/jon-gosselins-mantrums-and-michael-jacksons-millions</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:52:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/jon-gosselins-mantrums-and-michael-jacksons-millions</guid><description><![CDATA[Not only does Jon Gosselin have soon to be ex-wife problems (with his babies mama Kate), but he also apparently has current girlfriend problems.]]></description></item><item><title>Andrew Lloyd Webber Diagnosed with Cancer and Morrissey Collapses</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/andrew-lloyd-webber-diagnosed-with-cancer-and-morrissey-collapses</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:37:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/andrew-lloyd-webber-diagnosed-with-cancer-and-morrissey-collapses</guid><description><![CDATA[It has been a tough week for a few celebrities.  Musical legend Andrew Lloyd Webber was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this week.]]></description></item><item><title>Pirates Attack French Navy</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/pirates-attack-french-navy</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:52:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/pirates-attack-french-navy</guid><description><![CDATA[You have probably read the stupid criminal stories before.  You know, like the bank robber that writes his hold up note on his deposit slip that contains all of his personal information.  Today, I read an international stupid criminal headline on Yahoo...]]></description></item><item><title>TLC Drops Jon and Will Ferrell to be a Dad Again</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/tlc-drops-jon-and-will-ferrell-to-be-a-dad-again</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:23:55 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/tlc-drops-jon-and-will-ferrell-to-be-a-dad-again</guid><description><![CDATA[It probably comes as no surprise that TLC announce this week that they dropped Jon Gosselin from the "Jon &amp; Kate Plus 8" show.  When the show starts up again on November 2, it will simply be known as "Kate Plus 8.]]></description></item><item><title>Marriages, Babies, and a Shocking Claim</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/marriages-babies-and-a-shocking-claim</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:14:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/marriages-babies-and-a-shocking-claim</guid><description><![CDATA[I have a bit of catching up to do with pop culture events.  First, the marriages - actress Zoey Deschanel and Death Cab for Cutie lead singer Ben Gibbard married last Saturday.  The couple, who got engaged last year, wed in Seattle.

Waiting until this Sunday for her big day is Khloe Kardashian.]]></description></item><item><title>Patrick Swayze Dies at 57</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/patrick-swayze-dies-at-57</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:14:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/patrick-swayze-dies-at-57</guid><description><![CDATA[This is the blog I had dreaded doing.  I knew it was coming, but I also knew that the day it happened, I would be really sad.  When someone lives a long life, you can always say, well, they lived a long life.  In cases like DJ AM, you wonder if survivor guilt drove him back to his addiction.]]></description></item><item><title>Kanye West Apologies for VMA Outburst</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/kanye-west-apologies-for-vma-outburst</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:13:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/kanye-west-apologies-for-vma-outburst</guid><description><![CDATA[Ah, what is a music ceremony without Kanye West acting up?  It all started in 2004, when he lost the AMA Best New Artist award to Gretchen Wilson.]]></description></item><item><title>Nicole Richie Gives Birth and Ellen DeGeneres Replaces Paula Abdul</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/nicole-richie-gives-birth-and-ellen-degeneres-replaces-paula-abdul</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:01:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/nicole-richie-gives-birth-and-ellen-degeneres-replaces-paula-abdul</guid><description><![CDATA[Just five day's after attending her ex-fiance DJ AM's funeral, Nicole Richie gave birth to her second child.  She and Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden welcomed son Sparrow James Midnight Madden into the world on September 9th.  The baby weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces.]]></description></item><item><title>The Latest on the Gosselins and Michael Jackson</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/the-latest-on-the-gosselins-and-michael-jackson</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:15:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/the-latest-on-the-gosselins-and-michael-jackson</guid><description><![CDATA[It seems that lately two things dominate the pop culture news - Jon and Kate Gosselin and Michael Jackson.  Never mind that Jackson is dead and Jon and Kate are divorcing, they still somehow manage to stay at the top of the news headlines.]]></description></item><item><title>The Pop Culture Week in Review - September 5, 2009</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/the-pop-culture-week-in-review-september-5-2009</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:56:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/the-pop-culture-week-in-review-september-5-2009</guid><description><![CDATA[As we all get ready to head into a long Labor Day weekend, I am going to take time to review the pop culture events that happened over the last week.

Two celebrities were buried this weekend.  Michael Jackson's body finally got to its eternal resting place after almost 10 weeks.]]></description></item><item><title>DJ AM Dead at 36</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/dj-am-dead-at-36</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:44:35 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/dj-am-dead-at-36</guid><description><![CDATA[I came home from a night out with friends and read the headline that DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) was found dead in his Manhattan apartment.  Friends reported not hearing from him for two days and police broke the door down to find his lifeless body.]]></description></item><item><title>Writer Dominick Dunne Dead at 83</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/writer-dominick-dunne-dead-at-83</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:47:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/writer-dominick-dunne-dead-at-83</guid><description><![CDATA[While the country is still recovering from the death of the Lion of the Senate, Ted Kennedy, another celebrity died without much fanfare.  Writer Dominick Dunne passed away yesterday at the age of 83 from bladder cancer.]]></description></item><item><title>Ted Kennedy Dead at 77</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/ted-kennedy-dead-at-77</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:23:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/ted-kennedy-dead-at-77</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow, how do you even start a blog about someone like Ted Kennedy, who passed away yesterday at the age of 77 from brain cancer?  He' served nine terms as a senator for the state of Massachusetts.]]></description></item><item><title>The Divorcing and Recently Divorced</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/the-divorcing-and-recently-divorced</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:22:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/the-divorcing-and-recently-divorced</guid><description><![CDATA[Robin Wright Penn and Sean Penn have announced they are divorcing.  No, really, this time they are...well, maybe.

The couple has filed for divorce three times in the past.]]></description></item><item><title>Latest Michael Jackson News</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/latest-michael-jackson-news</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:58:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/latest-michael-jackson-news</guid><description><![CDATA[In case you haven't heard already, the deceased superstar Michael Jackson is to be buried on what would have been his 51st birthday, August 29th.  He will be buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale.]]></description></item><item><title>Top 10 Pop Culture News Items of the Week</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/top-10-pop-culture-news-items-of-the-week</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:01:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/top-10-pop-culture-news-items-of-the-week</guid><description><![CDATA[10.  Celebrity Pregnancies

The Hollywood baby boom continues!  Reality star Kourtney Kardashian announced this week that she is pregnant with her first child, due in December.  Also announcing her first pregnancy was "The Office" star Amy Ryan, who is expecting with her fiancÃ© Eric Slovin.

9.]]></description></item><item><title>Director John Hughes Dies at 59</title><link>http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/director-john-hughes-dies-at-59</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:50:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://popular-culture.families.com/blog/director-john-hughes-dies-at-59</guid><description><![CDATA[Director/writer John Hughes never won an Oscar.  In fact, he never came close - he was never nominated for an Oscar.  Or, a Golden Globe for that matter.  Or much of anything.  The only award I could find on the Internet Movie Database was the ShoWest Producer of the Year award in 1991.]]></description></item></channel></rss>