Flash mobs are generally groups of people who gather in one place for a spontaneous performance of sorts.  This movement has its roots in Manhattan.  It was started in 2003 by Harper Magazine’s senior editor, Bill Wasik. Though essentially harmless, flash mobs have caused some disturbance and required police attention.  Basically, they’re supposed to be fun events where a group of people suddenly start dancing as featured in TV shows like Glee, Modern Family and even Oprah. However, there are some places that prohibit flash mobs due to public safety concerns.  The biggest flash mob was a pillow fight flash mob which happened on March 22, 2008 which over 20 cities across the world participated in.

There’s no doubt that Madonna or Madonna Louise Ciccone is the Pop Queen and number one female pop icon.  The 53 year old Michigan native was the most controversial singer-dancer-actress of the last three decades. She has sold over three hundred million records worldwide. Guinness Book of World Records also certifies that she’s the top-selling female artist of all time and she’s not yet about done. During the early part of her career, the influence Marilyn Monroe was very pronounced.  However, in her following projects, Madonna proved herself to be an original. She’s certifiably the queen of reinvention with her ever changing looks and musical style. Madonna has branched out of music and movies and is now a successful author and fashion designer.

Two and a Half Men was perhaps one of the most talked about sitcoms for the first half of 2011.  The CBS comedy sitcom with Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones had delayed shooting schedules for the last three years due to Sheen’s legal woes. For a time it seemed like he would be coming back to reprise his role but his fight with the show’s producer, Chuck Lorre sealed the end of their working relationship. With Charlie Sheen being fired from the show, nobody was sure about the fate of the award-winning comedy sitcom. In May, it was revealed that Ashton Kutcher will be replacing Sheen.  Kutcher will not be playing the role of Charlie Harper, instead he will introduced as a new occupant named Walden Schmidt. It’s been reported that the character Sheen played will die a tragic death to usher in the role that Kutcher will play.

NCIS is a drama series that features a fictional criminal investigative team led by Special Agent Jethro Gibbs who’s played by Mark Harmon.  The team always works on major criminal offenses within the navy. This series produced by Donald Bellisario is a spin-off of JAG which was also produced by him.  NCIS is supposedly based in Washington but the series is actually shot in Santa Clarita, California. The current investigative team is composed of Gibbs, Anthony Dinozzo(played by Michael Weatherly), Ziva David(played by Cote de Pablo) and Timothy McGee(played by Bellisario’s stepson, Sean Murray). NCIS has been shown on CBS since it first came out in September 2003.  It will return for its ninth season in September.

It has already been six successful seasons and we still have no idea who the ‘mother’ is. How I Met Your Mother is a CBS sitcom that features the lives of five friends based in New York. Josh Radnor, Alyson Hannigan, Cobie Smulders, Jason Segel and Neil Patrick Harris star in the show.  HIMYM show always begins with a narration by the character, Ted Moseby played by Josh Radnor.  However, Radnor does not do the narration, Bob Saget does. In the season six finale, Ted revealed that he met the mother of his children at Barney Stinson’s (played by Neil Patrick Harris) wedding. Season seven will start showing with back-to-back episodes on September 19^th .

HBO series, True Blood will be returning to the small screen to satisfy the vampire fix of today’s audience.  This series which is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris has won numerous awards since it first came out.  It enjoys being the most widely watched HBO series since The Sopranos. True Blood stars married couple, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer who play the lead characters, Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton. Alan Ball, the creator and producer of the series said he didn’t make a conscious effort not to cast Americans In this series, it just turned out that way. In True Blood, a lot of the initial beliefs about vampires have been altered, like vampires when killed explode instead of turning into dust and they have to be invited first into a home to be able to enter it.

It’s safe to claim that one of the foundations of the rock n’ roll scene is British band, The Rolling Stones.  Frontman, Mick Jagger will always be one of the unforgettable faces of the music scene.  Jagger was born in Dartford, Kent, England in 1943 to a middle class family. Though he was always into singing, he initially just wanted to become either a journalist or a politician.  He studied business at the London School of Economics around the same time his childhood friend, Keith Richards and Brian Jones were starting a rhythm and blues band. Jagger is a huge fan of American band, The Beach Boys and said that “I Get Around” is one of the best songs he’s ever heard in his life.  He sidelines these days as a producer and he’s the founder of Jagged Films.

Everybody was wondering about the young and smouldering blonde, best actress nominee at this year’s Academy Awards. Jennifer Lawrence is the latest buzz in Hollywood for her Oscar-nominated performance in the movie, Winter Bone.  The Kentucky native who finished high school two years early to pursue acting was discovered at the age of fourteen during a trip to New York.  She then began playing small roles on TV.  Her biggest break, Winter Bone required her to learn how to skin squirrels which she confessed she was ready for because she was intensely drawn to the story. For 2012, she will star in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  Lawrence will play the lead character, Katniss Everdeen.

Who cares if the latest Star Trek movie had hottie, Chris Pine? Trekkies will always have William Shatner as the only Captain Kirk in their minds.  Comic conventions go crazy the moment Mr. Shatner makes an appearance, that’s how deeply his image as Captain Kirk is carved in the heads of Star Trek fanatics.  Though Shatner has certainly moved on from his Star Trek role, even winning Emmy awards for other works, he still indulges Star Trek fans by making appearances at conventions. He also wrote fiction novels of Star Trek like The Ashes of Eden and Avenger. He also lent his voice to the Star Trek video game. He remains friends with Leonard Nimoy who played Spock in Star Trek.

This year’s People Magazine’s Most Beautiful Person, Jennifer Lopez does not seem to be suffering from her recent split from husband, Marc Anthony.  The strong Puerto-Rican-American actress, singer, dancer and business mogul is showing the world that she can do it all.  Lopez is hands-on with her twins, Emme and Max, reported a close friend, while Marc Anthony is said to be ‘over it.’  Lopez was certainly not happy with the attitude of her husband and this is reported to be one of the main reasons for the split.  This year revived Lopez’s career with her judging stint on American Idol and also the release of her newest album. Currently, Lopez is busy with promotions of her latest album, Love?, which spawned the dance hit, On the Floor.  She is also set to appear in the next season of Glee. This busy mother will certainly have no trouble providing a luxurious life to her twins even without a man beside her.