You can only imagine my excitement when I discovered through Etsy’s blog, the Storque, that a fellow Etsy seller Maryam Henien (OSSMedicineJewelry) and bee enthusiast is making a documentary about honeybees, their disappearance, and their effect on the environment. You’ve got to watch this amazing trailer for the film, and please visit the website for the film. I’ve asked Maryam to keep me updated on the film’s progress - I can’t wait to see the finished result.
TMZ reports:
According to a police report filed by Roy Smith, Sting heard him singing at Molly’s Garden Restaurant back in 1977 (or 1978, Smith can’t quite remember), thought he was good, and asked him to hang out.
They stopped at a 7-Eleven for beer (Sting, at a 7-Eleven?) and hung out for hours in Sting’s basement. During that time, Smith told Sting about an ex-girlfriend of his named Roxanne, who was a prostitute. Smith also explained how after his father died, he wrote his mom messages, which he put in a bottle. Just like in the song! Oh, right …
Smith claims Sting agreed to give him royalties for the songs, but never did. Here is the best part — Smith claims Sting tried to contact him, through his mom, but she didn’t pass along the messages because she thought the real police were after her son!
Smith has contacted Sting’s lawyers, who deny all the allegations. He also filed a report with the Reno P.D. last month. The fuzz tells TMZ, “Initial review of the report indicates that the statute of limitations of any potential crime in this matter has expired. The alleged victim may have to pursue the matter through civil litigation.” Good luck.
According to the NY Post,
STING now owns more than $50 million worth of apartments on Central Park West. Public records show the musician has just paid $26.5 million for a 16th-floor apartment at 15 CPW in his given name, Gordon Sumner, reports The Post’s Braden Keil. He and wife Trudie Styler already own a place at 88 CPW that had been for sale at $24 million but that was taken off the market after their broker, Linda Stein, was murdered. The pop rocker has expressed his reluctance to leave the 18-room duplex co-op that he bought from Billy Joel in the 1980s. “I’m not sure I’m ready to sell,” he previously told The Post. “I’ve had a lot of inspiration here.”
I already knew that Sting owned property on Central Park West - years ago, back when TOS was a print ‘zine, someone told me a story about attending a fundraiser at Sting’s NYC apartment and how he stole one of Sting’s toothbrushes at said party.
Hey, I have an idea. Let’s plan this marathon route so that it passes by an apiary. You know, the bees won’t be disturbed by a bunch of people running by. They won’t sting them! You think it will motivate the runners to go faster? Good idea. They might need some added incentive by that point in the race.
“Thirty-two runners were stung by honey bees while taking part in a marathon event in Saga [Japan] on Sunday, local fire department officials said.
The runners were treated at a hospital, but their injuries are not serious, the officials said.
The 32 runners participating in the half-marathon race were attacked by a swarm of honey bees at around 10:50 a.m. Sunday when they were around the 11-kilometer point near an apiary, according to event organizers.”