Our Interview With Boy George

Have I mentioned lately how much I love my job? 

Well, I love my job. 

One amazing Friday while I was filling in on Morning Rocks for Darren McPeake I had the opportunity to interview Boy George with co-host John Helm. 

What an amazingly gracious guy. I must say, I was so nervous to talk to the iconic Boy George (even over the phone) but he was amazingly easy to talk to and so humble.

Here is our chat with the one and only Boy George:

Later tonight I will add our chat with Marc Vedo!

First Looks At Baby North West and Kanye West's Interview On Kris

Keeping it in the family, Kanye West visited the Kris show today and talked about being a 'musical genius' and a new dad. Kris of course is Kris Kardashian Jenner, the mother of Kanye's boo Kim Kardashian. During Kanye's visit he offered up the first photos of baby North West, his precious two month old daughter. 

When you read what he says in the Rolling Stone article it comes off as 50% ramblings of a egocentric maniac, 49% I better do this interview or this crazy lady (mother of my baby's Mama is going to kill me) and 1% man changed by love and a new baby . But, watching the videos is completely different. I judged all this self promotion (for both Kris and Kanye) as a all you can eat buffet to feed their egos, but in the videos of the interview Kanye actually comes off more like a cuddly teddy bear (not unlike the bear blasting off into new adventures on the cover of Graduation). 

Here is an a quote from the Rolling Stone article, quoting Kanye on the Kris show.

"The only thing I want to do in life is help people, and that's what's so disturbing about being written up in society as being some type of enemy. The last thing I would want to happen to my daughter is some crazy drunk black guy in a leather shirt to come up and cut her off at an awards show."

If you want to let Kanye finish you can read the rest of the article on Rolling Stone. Or check out the YouTube video. Both are posted below.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kanye-wests-10-best-quotes-on-kris-jenners-talk-show-20130823

Where Are They Now: Jonathan Lipnicki

So… today while researching my ‘All Request 90s Nooner’ radio show today I stumbled upon a photo of a young actor from the 90s I completely forgot about. I was reading “30 Ads You Haven’t Seen In Forever” on BuzzFeed.com and was blown away when I remembered young Jonathan Lipnicki pictured in his ‘Got Milk’ ad.

The name Jonathan Lipnicki may not be familiar, but I am sure you recognize that wide-eyed gent on the right who stole hearts in Jerry Maguire (1996). He was the adorable Ray Boyd, Renée Zellweger’s adorable little boy that Jerry (Tom Cruise) grew to love.

I would have been 7 years old when this movie came out and even as a kid I knew this kid was adorable. Which is weird, because I am only a year older than Lipnicki and I definitely felt MUCH older than his character, it is kind of weird.

Anyways, back to the point; as adult Lipnicki blew me away. When I googled his name to see what he is up to these days I was baffled by what was before my eyes…

Now that you’ve seen what flabbergasted me I am sure you understand my reaction. I was at a complete loss for words. Little Jonny Lipnicki is now one very shredded young man. In between reps Jonathon Lipnicki continues to act (and wrestle apparently).For more on Jonathan Lipnicki visit: http://www.jonathanlipnicki.com/

To check out “30 Ads You Haven’t Seen In Forever”on BuzzFeed.com click here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/ads-you-havent-seen-in-forever

The real question (maybe the only real question here) remains: Who thought it was a good idea to let seven year old Kate watch R-rated Jerry Maguire? I wasn’t even allowed to watch the Simpsons until sixth grade!

*Sorry boys, I could not find a contemporary photo of Jono with his shirt on... my bad? 

New #RoyalBaby! What He Shouldn't Be Named...

Today we saw our first glimpse of the future King of England. Well as long as there is not a Zombie apocalypse in the near future, I think the end of days is more likely right now than abolishing the monarchy. At this fever pitch in popularity, office pools everywhere are paying up the correct bets on the date and gender of the baby; only one thing is uncertain... the little guy's name. 

Fortunately, I think the Duke and Duchess are the most level headed of the new-celebrity parents out there. Though the baby may have a dozen names and titles, a royal mouthful, they will all be traditional (I'm guessing). Boring in comparison in comparison with his pint-sized contemporaries like Ace Knute, North West and Blue Ivy; our new prince will have the name Albert amongst others (my mother guesses).

In honor of the hottest topic on earth right now, the '#RoyalBaby' here is a list of children that probably wish their parents would have stuck to a traditional name. 

When I started this post I thought it would just be a fun little post, but this long list of celebrities with odd baby names took WAY longer to research than I thought it would!

-Moon Unit Zappa, daughter of Frank Zappa.

-Kal-El (after Superman's birthname) Coppola Cage, son of Nicolis Cage

-Maple Sylvie, daughter of Jason Bateman

-Zuma Nesta Rock and Kingston James McGregor, sons of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale

-Moroccan Scott Cannon, son of Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey

-Memphis Eve, daughter of the ever-pretentious Bono

-Ever Gabo, daughter of Milla Jovovich

-Moxie Crime-Fighter Jillette, daughter of Penn Jillette

- Destry Allyn Spielberg, daughter of Stephen Spielberg

-Sagemoon Blood, son of Sylvester Stallone

- Kyd , son of David Duchovny

-Reignbeau and Freedom Rhames, daughter and son of Vig Rhames

- Harlow Winter Kate and James Midnight Madden, daughter and son of Nicole Ritchie and Joel Madden

-Audio Science, son of Shannyn Sossamon

-Sailor Lee, daughter of Christie Brinkley

-Daughters: Zahara Marley and Shiloh Nouvel. Sons: Maddox Chivan Thornton and Pax Thien. Parents: (you guessed it) Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

-Daughters Poppy Honey, Daisy Boo and Petal Blossom Rainbow. Son: Buddy Bear.  Children of celeb-chef Jamie Oliver

-Banjo Patrick, son of Rachel Griffiths

-Egypt Daoud Ibarr Dean, son of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz

-Tennessee James, son of Reese Witherspoon

-Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee, son of Jason Lee

-Blue Ivy, daughter of Beyonce and Jay Z (duh!)

-Bronx Mowgli Wentz, son of Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz

-Antonio Kamakanaalohamaikalani Harvey Sabato III, son of Antonio Sabato.

-Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, daughter of Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet,.

-Rainbow Aurora, daughter of Holly Madison

-Breeze Beretta, daughter of Levi Johnson

-North West, daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian

-Ace Knute, son of Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson

-Jermajesty Jermaine Jackson and Jaafar Jeremiah Jackson, (I think you can see what they were going for with this one) sons of Jermaine LaJuane Jackson

- Destiny Hope Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus.

From A to F-listers, apparently stars like to give their kids unique names. I didn’t include some of the easy ones, like ‘Apple’ because honestly I think that is a cool name and really what is so weird about it? If you can think of any genuinely strange ones I missed on my list feel free to give me a shout @katebruce on Twitter or kate@mountainfm.net. 

I am really hoping forward William and Kate will be the King and Queen of normal and boring with a traditional English name… like George.