- Shia LaBeouf (actor, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Transformers movies,Disturbia, Bobby) (26)
- Adrienne Barbeau (actress, Carol on TV’s Maude) (67)
- Chad Everett (actor, Medical Center‘s Dr. Joe Gannon) (76)
- Joe Montana (NFL Hall Of Fame quarterback) (56)
- Gene Wilder (actor, The Producers, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles,Young Frankenstein) (79)
- Peter Dinklage (actor and “small person,” Nip/Tuck, The Station Agent, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) (43)
- Joshua Jackson (actor, Fringe, the Mighty Ducks movies, Dawson’s Creek‘s Pacey, Cruel Intentions) (34)
- Hugh Laurie (actor, House M.D.) (53)
- Ray Nagin (mayor of New Orleans) (56)
- Greta Van Susteren (Fox News Channel host) (58)
- Henry Hill (Mafia turncoat, story was told in the movie Goodfellas) (69)
- Frank Beard (drummer, ZZ Top) (63)
- Donnie Van Zant (singer-guitarist, 38 Special, Van Zant, brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie and Johnny Van Zant) (60)
Month: June 2012
June 11
1910, Undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau is born. He dies in 1997.
1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first Triple Crown winner.
1938, Johnny Vander Meer pitched the first of his two consecutive no-hitters as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Braves 3-0.
1959, the U.S. Postmaster General banned the novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover from the mail. His edict was overruled by the Court of Appeals in 1960.
1963, Buddhist monk Quang Duc set himself on fire on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.
1966, “Paint It, Black” by the Rolling Stones hits Number One on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1966, “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?” by the Lovin’ Spoonful peaks at Number Two on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks. That same day, Daydream peaks at Number 10 on the album chart.
1966, “I Am A Rock” by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at Number Three on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1972, the controversial X-rated film Deep Throat opened.
1977, Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown.
1977, The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl by the Beatles peaks at Number Two on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1978, the John Travolta – Olivia Newton-John film Grease opened in movie theaters.
1979, Actor John Wayne (The Quiet Man, How The West Was Won, The Sons Of Katie Elder, The Green Berets, True Grit) dies at age 72.
1982, Steven Spielberg’s ET – The Extraterrestrial opened.
1986, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Pennsylvania law restricting abortion and reaffirmed its 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion.
1990, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting desecration of the American flag.
1999, Actor DeForest Kelley (Star Trek‘s Dr. McCoy) dies at age 79.
2001, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is executed.
2002, Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are married at Ireland’s Castle Leslie in Glaslough, County Monaghan. They later divorce.
2002, American Idol premieres.
1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first Triple Crown winner.
1938, Johnny Vander Meer pitched the first of his two consecutive no-hitters as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Braves 3-0.
1959, the U.S. Postmaster General banned the novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover from the mail. His edict was overruled by the Court of Appeals in 1960.
1963, Buddhist monk Quang Duc set himself on fire on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.
1966, “Paint It, Black” by the Rolling Stones hits Number One on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1966, “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?” by the Lovin’ Spoonful peaks at Number Two on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks. That same day, Daydream peaks at Number 10 on the album chart.
1966, “I Am A Rock” by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at Number Three on the pop chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1972, the controversial X-rated film Deep Throat opened.
1977, Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown.
1977, The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl by the Beatles peaks at Number Two on the album chart, where it stays for two weeks.
1978, the John Travolta – Olivia Newton-John film Grease opened in movie theaters.
1979, Actor John Wayne (The Quiet Man, How The West Was Won, The Sons Of Katie Elder, The Green Berets, True Grit) dies at age 72.
1982, Steven Spielberg’s ET – The Extraterrestrial opened.
1986, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Pennsylvania law restricting abortion and reaffirmed its 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion.
1990, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting desecration of the American flag.
1999, Actor DeForest Kelley (Star Trek‘s Dr. McCoy) dies at age 79.
2001, Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is executed.
2002, Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are married at Ireland’s Castle Leslie in Glaslough, County Monaghan. They later divorce.
2002, American Idol premieres.
June 11
WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP
The family film Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, the third movie in the animated franchise, debuted in first place at the weekend box office with $60.4 million. In the film, the zoo animals are still trying to get back to New York, but their journey takes them to a traveling circus in Europe. Voice starring are Ben Stiller,Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwinner, Sacha Baron Cohen, Martin Short and Frances McDormand.
Also with a big opening in second place was the sci-fi film Prometheus, from director Ridley Scott, which made $50 million. The film, an offshoot of 1979’s classic movie Alien, follows a team of explorers who travel to deep space, where they must fight a battle against aliens to save the future of the human race. Starring are Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce and Logan Marshall-Green.
- Last week’s top movie, Snow White & the Huntsman, fell to third place.
THIS WEEKEND’S TOP TEN MOVIES — JUNE 8-10
- Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, $60.4 million
- Prometheus, $50 million
- Snow White & the Huntsman, $23 million
- Men in Black 3, $13.5 million
- The Avengers, $10.8 million
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, $3.2 million
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting, $2.7 million
- Battleship, $2.3 million
- The Dictator, $2.2 million
- Moonrise Kingdom, $1.6 million
MADONNA SHOWS HER NIPPLE: At Madonna’s Istanbul concert last week, she reportedly decided to pull out her entire boob after doing a mini strip tease on stage. Reportedly, video is available of the incident and Madonna, 53, was not shy at all.
AMY WINEHOUSE STATUE: Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch, is hoping to commemorate his daughter with a statue that will reportedly be placed somewhere near her home in Camden Town. According to Perez Hilton, the statue will reportedly be made of bronze. Mitch said, “It will be bronze, lifesize, and on the first-floor balcony next to the Roundhouse bar… What we’d like to have is Amy leaning over the balcony and looking, and perhaps pointing, towards Camden Town from Chalk Farm Road.”
ONE DIRECTION NUMBER ONE: One Direction’s DVD, Up All Night: The Live Tour DVD is reportedly sweeping the world. The movie has scored the top spot in 25 countries, including Canada and the UK. According to Perez Hilton, the boys couldn’t be happier. Niall Horan said, “We’re blown away by the success of the DVD all around the world and want to thank everyone who has gone out and bought it, the support means so much to us. It was lots of fun filming the concert for the DVD, so we’re chuffed all the fans love it so much.”
‘JERSEY SHORE’S’ DEENA ARRESTED: Deena Cortese apparently wanted to contribute to the Jersey Shore scandal tally of the past week. After news broke that her castmates got into a major bar brawl and nude pictures of Snooki surfaced online — Deena was arrested for being drunk in public. GossipCop.com reported that the reality star was picked up by police in Seaside Heights on Sunday after “appearing highly intoxicated” and taken away in handcuffs. The formal cause of the arrest was “disorderly conduct.”TOMMY CHONG DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER: Tommy Chong — half of the famous Cheech and Chong duo — has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The comedian told CNN that he received the diagnosis a month ago — and while he plans on using cannabis to treat the illness, he maintains it was not a cause. Chong explained that he began having prostate-related problems during a three-year period when he was drug free. He said, “I know it had nothing to do with cannabis. Cannabis is a cure.”
JENNY MCCARTHY DIDN’T WAX FOR PLAYBOY: Jenny McCarthy says that she went au natural “down there” for her soon-to-be released Playboy spread. When asked if it was difficult to show off everything on her body, Jenny told the Today show, “What’s everything? I mean I grew out a bush so nobody sees anything.” When asked why she would strip down again at age 39, Jenny said, “I figured [I’d do it] one more time before everything really falls apart. Why not? And [my son] Evan’s tuition was really expensive this year.”
ROBERT DE NIRO’S APARTMENT CATCHES ON FIRE: Robert De Niro’s New York City apartment was damaged by a fire on Friday. Starpulse.com reported that firefighters were called to the apartment and managed to quickly put out the flames. De Niro was reportedly out of the country at the time and no injuries were reported.
JOSH DALLAS OUT OF ‘THOR’ SEQUEL: Josh Dallas is being dropped from the upcoming Thorsequel. The actor, who played Fandral in the original, told EW.com, “I’m bummed about it because I had such a great experience and great time making the first film and was really excited about coming back,” adding that scheduling is to blame. THR.com speculates that Zachary Levi in the running to take over the role.
‘CAR TALK’ GUYS CALLING IT QUITS: Tom and Ray Magliozzi are ending their popular NPR show Car Talk. The brothers have been giving comical auto advice for 25 years, but as older brother Tom is now 74 — they say it’s time to stop recording new episodes. However, NPR says that repurposed episodes will continue to air every week with material from the show’s archives.
JOEY LAWRENCE STRIPS FOR CHIPPENDALES: Joey Lawrence is making sure that his image doesn’t get too wholesome while he stars on the ABC Family Channel sitcom Melissa & Joey. Peoplemagazine reported that the former Blossom star performed on Friday with the legendary male review Chippendales in Las Vegas. Lawrence will be appearing nearly nude in the show for a limited engagement that runs until June 24th.
Sunday’s Final Scores
INTERLEAGUE
N-Y Yankees 5 N-Y Mets 4
Tampa Bay 4 Miami 2
Pittsburgh 3 Kansas City 2
Baltimore 5 Philadelphia 4, 10 Innings
Toronto 12 Atlanta 4
Washington 4 Boston 3
Chi Cubs 8 Minnesota 2
Houston 11 Chi White Sox 9
Cleveland 4 St. Louis 1
L.A. Angels 10 Colorado 8
Texas 5 San Francisco 0
L.A. Dodgers 8 Seattle 2
Arizona 4 Oakland 3
Detroit 7 Cincinnati 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 6 San Diego 5
The Weekend That Was (June 9-10)
Away from your TV this weekend? Here’s what you missed in the world of sports…
-The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals to earn their second consecutive trip to the NBA Finals. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh combined to score 28 consecutive points for their team in the fourth quarter to lift the Heat to victory and complete their comeback from being down in the series, three games to two. The Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder open the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. You’ll be able to hear all that action on ESPN Radio 1410.
-The New Jersey Devils knocked off the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final to keep the series alive. The Devils have won two straight games after falling behind three games to none. Game six is Monday night in Los Angeles.
-Union Rags won the Belmont Stakes, a race that had much less at stake when Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner I’ll Have Another withdrew from the race with an injury.
-Manny Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight title to Timothy Bradley Jr. in a highly controversial split decision. Two officials had scored the fight 115-133 in favor of Bradley. The third judge had the fight 115-113 in favor of Pacquiao.
First Nationals Place Fourth, Two Jr. Belles Teams Win Titles at Weekend Tourneys
The North Platte First Nationals took home fourth place at the Kwik Stop Tournament in North Platte over the weekend. They wrapped up the weekend with a 17-1 loss to Hays, Kansas. The First Nationals went 2-2 in the tournament and now sit at 11-9 on the season. In softball action, the North Platte Junior Belles 16 and under and 10 and under teams won championships at the Buffalo Bill Softball Tournament over the weekend. The 16s beat the Colorado Rage 6-5 in 8 innings. The 10s topped the Colorado Adrenaline 10-2.
Angels Finish Off Sweep as Rockies Starting Pitching Implodes Again
In another old-fashioned Coors Field slugfest, the Colorado Rockies came up short in a 10-8 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon. Rockies starting pitcher Christian Friedrich was shelled, putting his team in a 6-1 hole after an inning and a half and allowing a total of nine runs in his four innings of work. The Rockies tied the game in their half of the second on a three-run home run by Tyler Colvin and a two-run jack from Carlos Gonzalez. But a three-run homer by Mark Trumbo in the fourth gave the Angels the lead back for good. Marco Scutaro’s RBI single in the ninth inning helped the Rockies get the tying run to the plate, but the rally died soon after. The Rockies have now lost five straight games and are 0-6 in interleague play. They are off tonight before welcoming the Oakland A’s to town for a three-game set starting Tuesday night.
CWS: Five Teams, Including Surprising Sea Wolves, Punch Tickets to Omaha
The eight-team field for the College World Series in Omaha contains one of the most unlikely Cinderellas of all time. The Stony Brook Sea Wolves, a fourth-seed in regional play out of the America East Conference, stunned LSU 7-2 in the third game of their best of three super-regional in Baton Rouge to advance to the College World Series for the first time. Also booking trips to Omaha this weekend were Arizona, Florida State, UCLA, and Florida. The final three spots will be decided today.
Huskers Finish With Five All-Americans at NCAA Outdoor Track Championships
(Nebraska Sports Information)
The Nebraska track and field team completed competition at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday as Luke Pinkelman, a senior from Cozad, came away with a third-place finish in the men’s shot put.
As the Huskers opened the NCAA Championships with a national champion and three All-Americans in the discus on Wednesday, it was only fitting for Nebraska to close the championships with a third-place finish in the men’s shot put and another All-America honor.
In the team standings, the Husker men finished tied for 11th with 20 total points, the best outdoor finish for the Huskers since the men posted a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 2003. The women finished with one point in the team standings (t-63rd).
The Huskers closed the NCAA Championships with a solid showing as Nebraska came away with five first-team All-America accolades and one NCAA title.
Lincoln County Raceway Results – Dillenburg, Nichols, Stout, Martin and Sabala Take Checkereds
The point standings in each of the five IMCA divisions at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte, Nebraska are tight as we near the halfway point of the 2012 campaign. The trip to the winners circle on Saturday night by Andrew Dillenburg, Mike Nichols, Shane Stout, Anthony Martin and Jose Sabala had a definite impact on the current point’s races in each division.
Starting on the pole position and winning from the pole position during a fast- paced IMCA Modifieds feature was Andrew Dillenburg of North Platte. Dillenburg built comfortable leads with clean air in front of him each lap, as he lead every lap of the feature to pick-up the checkered flag win. Heat race winner Ronnie Wallace of McCook, Nebraska showed great patience on the oval, as he was able to secure third place at the conclusion of lap four and with less than five laps remaining was able to move into the runner-up position, where he would have to settle, as he ran out of laps to catch up to Dillenburg. Recovering quite nicely from an early lap spin, Maxwell, Nebraska’s Charley Brown charged back into contention and finished third overall. Battling back-and-forth throughout the feature contest for top five positions were Dave Pedersen of Brady, Nebraska and Zach Schultz of North Platte, who finished fourth and fifth respectively when the checkered flags flew.
The IMCA Stock Cars division, labeled as the class ‘too tough to tame’, held up to their billing on Saturday in North Platte. Kent Lower of North Platte took the early lead and would lead the opening five laps of the Feature, before being passed by fellow North Platte hotshoe Mikey Dancer, who led laps six and seven. Dancer was looking to build on his lead, but suffered a flat tire wheeling and dealing through lap traffic and had to relinquish his lead to the current second place car piloted by Maywood, Nebraska’s Casey Werkmeister who then led lap eight. Soon thereafter Werkmeister fell back to the runner-up position when Mike Nichols of Harlan, Iowa; took over the front runner position on lap nine until the final checkered flags were unfurled and flexed. Feature runner-up Casey Werkmeister and Mikey Dancer were victorious in the early heat race action in the IMCA Stock Car division. Tightening up his belts and leaning on the wheel, Kyle Werkmeister of Maywood was able to recover from an early setback to run to the front and earn a spot on the podium at third place overall. Staying out of trouble and running consistent laps was the formula for success for Casey Woken of Ogallala,
Nebraska. Woken crossed the finish line in fourth place, taking home elite accolades. Early leader Kent Lower held on and was within contention with the leaders to earn a top five finish to round out the top five overall in the IMCA Stock Car Feature.
Grabbing the lead at the end of the fifth lap and holding onto the lead for the next 15 laps resulted in an IMCA Northern Sport Mod Feature win for North Platte’s Shane Stout. Stout was consistent in holding his line throughout the feature to hold off the hard charging Bryan Herrick of Curtis, Nebraska. Herrick started in the fifth row of the feature and drove his way to a runner-up finish. Also coming from deep in the starting grid to notch a podium finish was Rodger Morash of North Platte finishing third overall as he found the racing groove that worked best for him during the final laps to make the final passes into the top three positions. Rounding out the top five placers in the Northern Sport Mod Feature were the duo of Dillon Schultz and Don Fair, both of North Platte. Schultz was able to win the drag race out of corner number four to take home the fourth place accolades, Fair was fifth overall. In early IMCA Northern Sport Mod action, Robby Kosmacek and Corey Cruzan were heat race winners on Saturday.
Dueling for the win in the IMCA Hobby Stock Feature on Saturday Night creating the thunder and lightning were Wilcox, Nebraska’s Anthony Martin and Brady Weinman of Arnold, Nebraska. Martin and Weinman won the heat race battles earlier in the program in the Hobby Stock division. Taking the early lead and looking to run off and hide with only open track in front of him was Weinman during the initial laps, as he held a commanding lead for the first six completed laps. As a result of caution flags, the field of Hobby Stock competitors was bunched on the restart, and Weinman would feel pressure from Anthony Martin very soon, as he took over the lead on lap seven and never looked back picking up yet another Feature win in his Big Daddy Chassis Hobby Stock. Weinman pushed the pace for the remainder of the contest, with Martin in his sights, but wasn’t able to pass the Wilcox Wheelman and had to settle for runner-up accolades. Running the high groove and ducking to the low groove when needed, Holyoke, Colorado’s Ron Edge was third overall. Earning top five finishes for the efforts on the oval at Lincoln County Raceway was Chuck Ledbetter of Loomis, Nebraska and
Benkelman’s Austin Davis crossing the finish line in fourth and fifth, respectively.
North Platte’s Jose Sabala continued his dominance in the IMCA Sport Compacts division with another Feature win on Saturday night in North Platte.