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Olivia Newton John's Iconic Leather Jacket From Grease Sold For $234K At Auction, You Won't Believe What Happened Next

A superfan of the classic 1978 movie musical  Grease  starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta recently purchased the iconic leather jacket that Newton-John wore at the end of the film for $234,200 at auction. But, instead of keeping it in his collection of memorabilia, the anonymous billionaire surprised Newton-John by giving it to her. According to  TooFab , the fan bought the jacket at a charity event last month that benefitted the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Center. And, this past weekend, he surprised the Grammy-winner by returning it “ to its rightful owner.”  Olivia Newton John's Iconic Leather Jacket From Grease Sold For $234K At Auction, You Won't Believe What Happened Next . In a video posted by Julien’s Auctions, the man surprised Newton-John with the leather jacket, but his face is blurred out so he can remain anonymous. “The odds of beating recurring cancer using the newest emerging therapies is 1,000 fold greater than someone appear
Nintendo took the path Xbox, and PlayStation followed when they started offering a paid subscription service for online playing on the Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo Switch Online service provides a plethora of services like cloud saves and the rest. Still, the real fun comes from a massive library of NES and Super NES games available via emulator apps meant for that very reason. Also, Nintendo Online Switch NES and Super NES emulation come with some whistles and extra bells. So what does that mean? For instance, players can rewind or suspend the current states to give themselves extra chances of getting past those QWERTY challenges. Also, Nintendo offers the ‘SP’ versions of games, which provide players extra leg on any competition.  Update: Nintendo Switch Online Adds Six Games: Star Fox 2, Super Punch-Out And Others To Their NES And Super NES Library . When they first started, the first batch of NES games was joined by other titles each month. As a way to celebrate their first a

Halo: Reach Has A Strangely Successful Launch As Other Developers Look On In Amazement

With the state of games in the modern era, titles that launch into rabidly-hyped crowds without everything crashing down deserve just as much of a nod as those that amusingly crash and burn.  Some have reported audio issues due to audio drivers apparently being radically different than they were a decade ago, but by and large, everyone can log in. Everyone can play the game.  It’s almost astonishing that the number one selling game on Steam somehow has the ability to handle the load of everyone logging in at once.  Halo: Reach Has A Strangely Successful Launch As Other Developers Look On In Amazement . Ubisoft must be beside themselves right now in both awe and stupor, considering that their last couple of game launches were not only impossible to log into but actually brought the entirety of the uPlay store down as well.  Anyone that hadn’t already logged into a game for their initial launch was unable to play it during most of their recent hyped-up launches; uPlay crashed for  T

Taylor Swift Documentary 'Miss Americana' to Open Sundance Film Festival

Taylor Swift  is ready to give people a glimpse into her life in her upcoming Netflix original documentary  Taylor Swift: Miss Americana , set to debut at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 23, 2020, the streaming service announced Wednesday.  The new doc, directed by Emmy winner Lana Wilson and produced by Academy Award winner Morgan Nevill, is described as a "raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time." Throughout the documentary, the audience will get an inside look at the singer's "transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice."  Taylor Swift Documentary To Come To Sundance Film Festival In 2020 Before Netflix Release . Academy Award winner Morgan Neville ( Won’t You Be My Neighbor? ), Academy Award winner Caitrin Rogers  (20 Feet From Stardom, The Music of Strangers ), and Christine O’Malley ( Wordpl