His Side Of The Story

When rumors surfaced last week that Zac Brown had been caught up in a drug bust in South Florida, Zac took to Facebook to clarify the situation. TMZ reports that Brown was at a hotel party in Palm Beach on April 8 when police came in and arrested some of the partygoers for possession of marijuana and cocaine.In a Facebook message posted on Friday (4/15), Zac confirmed that he was in the hotel room but says he had nothing to do with the people who were busted with drugs. Zac said in the message, "My dad always said nothing good ever happens when you stay out late. It’s a lesson I learned the hard way last week, being in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Brown said he'd only been in the hotel room for a short time when police officers arrived and arrested two people for possession of drugs. He also said that he didn't know those people and had no idea they had drugs on them. Zac also made it clear that he fully cooperated with the authorities and is not part of any ongoing police investigation. Brown went on to say, "Everyone is responsible for their actions, and I regret using poor judgment and putting myself in that position."

According to the gossip site, police raided the room after a man was arrested in car outside the hotel with 30 grams of cocaine. After he was busted, the man told police that he had come there with two women who were inside the hotel room.

So Who Is This Lily Person?

You just can't turn on your television without seeing Lily chatting about AT&T, can you? You see her so much, it seems like she’s your next door neighbor. But what do you really know about her?

Lily’s real name is Milana Vayntrub and she is from the Republic of Uzbekistan. Milana’s family left their homeland because of religious persecution (they were Jewish in a country that was officially atheist) when she was two. It took a while, but the family finally made to the U.S. and settled in California. Milana began doing ads when she was five, and in 1995 had a guest spot on “ER” at the age of eight. She is a high school drop out but not for the reason you might think. She wanted to fast track her schooling, so she dropped out of high school when she was a sophomore, got her GED and went to the University of San Diego, where she got a degree in communication.

She did comedy with the comedy trupe the Upright Citizen’s Brigagde, and was featured on a YouTUbe channel as one of the co-creators of “Live Proude Girls.” She has also been on other television shows, including “Key and Peele,” “Californication” and “Silicon Valley.”

Remembering her family’s past, she started the “Can’t Do Nothing” movement, in order to get people to use social media to help crusade for the rights of refugees around the glove.

Fool Me Once....

This is the day made for Brad Paisley, who is well known for pranking his fellow entertainers who go out on the road with him. April 1, or April Fools Day, has a long history but no one seems to know the exact time that it was established. There are various stories that go with it. For instance, some folks believe it is celebrated in honor of the trickery Mother Nature plays on mankind during this time of the year with the weird weather patterns. You know, hot today, need a coat tomorrow!

The earliest known reference to April Fool’s Day is in Chaucer’s 1392 Nun’s Priest’s Tale, but it is rather vague and maybe not even on the first of April. Others say it has to do with the reformation of the calendar by Pope Gregory and the Gregorian calendar. The New Year would take place in April, not January as we celebrate it now. It is thought that those who continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1 were called April Fish, and pranks would be played on them.

In 1776 Britain, there is solid reference to April foolishness in an article in “Gentlemans Magazine.” There is reference to a custom of making fools of people on the first day of April, which apparently was the culmination of an eight-day feast and the beginning of a new year.

Whatever the origin, it’s a day to watch carefully everything that is said or done around you, as you may have to decide in a split second whether or not it is foolery or truth.

Do you have a great April Fools prank that you played on someone, or got pulled on you? Drop me a line: john@kicks1063.com