Trending Topics 6/20/11 - Giffords Visits Tucson, Netflix Outage
By: Lauren MacDonough
Updated: June 20, 2011
#5 - Amy Winehouse
The singer's comeback concert tour has been put on hold. The British pop singer canceled the next two performances of her European tour after being booed off the stage Saturday night in Serbia. Online videos show Winehouse staggering around the stage and stumbling through several songs. The singer had recently spent some time in rehab to get herself ready for the tour.
#4 - Debbie Reynolds
The actress auctioned off a number of dresses in her collection this weekend including the iconic pleated ivory dress that Marilyn Monroe wore. It sold for $4.6 million. "That is an iconic dress. Of all the costumes, that is the most, even though that is the most simple dress. It is the most famous in history. It has proven to be, I think, because of Marilyn being Marilyn." Monroe's red sequined dress from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" went for $1.2 million.
#3 - Netflix
The company suffered an outage Sunday night when it came to online streaming and ordering DVDs. Some users were concerned Netflix suffered a cyber attack but the company says it was a technical glitch. They say online streaming is now back up and running.
#2 - Obama Impersonator
It appears Republicans aren't even fans of what a President Obama impersonator has to say. Imitator Reggie Brown appeared at the Republican leadership conference in New Orleans Saturday. He joked about President Obama's birth certificate and his parents. But when Brown turned the jokes on Republican presidential candidates, he got booed. His mic was cut off and he was escorted off stage.
#1 - Gabrielle Giffords
The Congresswoman is now out of the hospital and she visited Tucson this weekend for the first time since the January shooting. Giffords spent Father's Day with her dad. She'd been recovering at a Houston hospital for the last 6 months. Her husband Mark Kelly told reporters, "She was a little apprehensive, she wanted to leave. But she was a little bit apprehensive, a little bit of a sad day, but she's happy to be here, she was really looking forward to getting back to Tucson." Giffords has around-the-clock care at home but doctors say she's doing well physically.
The singer's comeback concert tour has been put on hold. The British pop singer canceled the next two performances of her European tour after being booed off the stage Saturday night in Serbia. Online videos show Winehouse staggering around the stage and stumbling through several songs. The singer had recently spent some time in rehab to get herself ready for the tour.
#4 - Debbie Reynolds
The actress auctioned off a number of dresses in her collection this weekend including the iconic pleated ivory dress that Marilyn Monroe wore. It sold for $4.6 million. "That is an iconic dress. Of all the costumes, that is the most, even though that is the most simple dress. It is the most famous in history. It has proven to be, I think, because of Marilyn being Marilyn." Monroe's red sequined dress from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" went for $1.2 million.
#3 - Netflix
The company suffered an outage Sunday night when it came to online streaming and ordering DVDs. Some users were concerned Netflix suffered a cyber attack but the company says it was a technical glitch. They say online streaming is now back up and running.
#2 - Obama Impersonator
It appears Republicans aren't even fans of what a President Obama impersonator has to say. Imitator Reggie Brown appeared at the Republican leadership conference in New Orleans Saturday. He joked about President Obama's birth certificate and his parents. But when Brown turned the jokes on Republican presidential candidates, he got booed. His mic was cut off and he was escorted off stage.
#1 - Gabrielle Giffords
The Congresswoman is now out of the hospital and she visited Tucson this weekend for the first time since the January shooting. Giffords spent Father's Day with her dad. She'd been recovering at a Houston hospital for the last 6 months. Her husband Mark Kelly told reporters, "She was a little apprehensive, she wanted to leave. But she was a little bit apprehensive, a little bit of a sad day, but she's happy to be here, she was really looking forward to getting back to Tucson." Giffords has around-the-clock care at home but doctors say she's doing well physically.
