children went to sleep Wednesday night with visions of shredded cheese dancing in their heads. Shopkeepers decorated windows with designer pizza boxes and cutters. Adults everywhere will be leaving pizza parlors with arms straining under the weight of dozens of pies to be given as gifts.
Thank you to the good people of Dewey"s Pizzain Lakewood (8516 Detroit Ave.) for letting us observe the magic of their kitchen in motion, making pizzas for the good boys and girls on this, the most magic of days.
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Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Sarah Hyland and boyfriend Dominic Sherwood celebrated two special occasions this week.
The 26-year-old American actress dedicated a sweet post to the 27-year-old English actor Tuesday on Instagram to mark their second anniversary as a couple.
"Happy 2 year to my #1 @domsherwood (I wrote a sappy thing for your birthday so... yeah)," she captioned a photo of herself with the Shadowhunters star.
Hyland had shared a black and white snapshot and a loving message to Sherwood to celebrate his birthday the day previous.
""The best thing to hold onto in life is each other" Happy Birthday @domsherwood," she wrote.
"Thank you for inspiring me on a daily basis to be a better person. To not take things too seriously. And to remember the little things. You"re my rock," the modern family star added.
hyland and Sherwood were first linked in January 2015 after co-starring in the 2014 movie Vampire Academy. The actress couldn"t help but gush about her beau to E! News in April 2015 following word Sherwood was cast in Shadowhunters.
"He"s amazing," she said. "He"s an amazing person. We became such good things on Vampire Academy. I"m so happy for him. It"s an amazing thing."
Hyland plays Haley Dunphy on Modern Family, which airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. Sherwood portrays Jace Wayland on Shadowhunters, which premiered a second season on Freeform in January.
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This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the death of Texas native Anna Nicole Smith, who captured the heart of America with her beautiful looks and the rags-to-riches tale of a dirt-poor small-town girlturned superstar.
NEW YORK FEBRUARY 12: Anna Nicole Smith walks the runway at the Heatherette fashion show on February 12, 2004 during Olympus 2004 Fashion Week, in New York City. (Photo by Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)
On Tuesday,Buzzfeed published a profile detailing the late American icons rise to fame and the subsequent destruction of her image, her life and her health. Here area few Texas highlights from the profile on Smith, who was born in Houston and raised in Mexia.
the high-fashion look didnt count for much in Mexia, or even in Dallasor Houston, and Vickie Lynn needed a body that would help her survive the world she lived in, and maybe even escape it.
Born Vickie Lynn Hogan, the models 6-foot figure and stunning looks were too much for the small town (Mexias population was only about 6,000 in the 1960s, when Smith was born). So she left Mexia when she was 18, a single mother recently divorced from her allegedly abusive husband, and she headed to Houston.
Though inescapably connected with a commodity drawn up from deep in the ground, Houston belongs to the ocean.
The profile details a part of the Lone Star State many Texans know well: Dry farmland giving way to pink skies and sudden downpours all-too-common on the land along the Gulf Coast.
Buzzfeed writes:
Its a port city, and like all port cities, it is a place of transformation: a place where the skyline can change seemingly overnight, where fortunes can be won and lost in an instant, and where the people who kept you down all your life cant keep you down anymore, because you can become whatever you say you are or at least whatever the city will pay you to be.
In Houston, Smith still going by Vickie Lynn found jobs at Walmart and Red Lobster in the mid-1980s.
Houston was the implant capital of America
Now heres a today I learned story you can tell your friends about.
Silicone breast implants were invented in 1961 by two surgeons from Baylor University, and according to Buzzfeed, theywere one of Houstons hottest commodities in the 1980s, almost as synonymous with Texas-sized dreams and desires as the lasso was.
However, Houston also later became the implant-related lawsuit capital of the world in the early 1990s, as women sued manufacturers for faulty implants.
she became anna nicole smith while dancing at a Houston strip club
After realizing Walmart and Red Lobster couldnt pay the bills, Smithtook a job dancing at the Executive Suite, a strip club near Houston Intercontinental Airport.
Buzzfeed reports the businessmen who frequented the club didnt much care for Smiths body, as she was both too big and too small for the business of seduction.
So Smith saved her money to get breast implants and buy herself the body of Anna Nicole Smith, saying goodbye to Vickie Lynn and landing a job at Ricks, the legendary Houston strip club that some claimed had singlehandedly popularized the silicone implant, Buzzfeed writes.
She met J. Howard Marshall while dancing at Ricks in 1988. Marshall, an elderly man who had gotten rich on the East Texas oil boom of the early 20th century, would later become Smiths husband.
Read the rest of the profile, which goes into detail about Smiths professional life, her personal relationships and her ties to her Texas family.
MLS SOCCER: MEXICO VS. ICELAND MARK RALSTON/Getty ImagesRob BlanchetteFeatured ColumnistFebruary 8, 2017
Mexico meet Iceland in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, as the two nations face off in friendly competition on Wednesday.
El Tri have provided a strong squad for their first contest of 2017 against one of the surprise packages of UEFA Euro 2016.
Heimir Hallgrimsson"s men have achieved astonishing success in the past two years, and despite being one of Europe"s smallest nations, they pack a serious punch as they box well above their weight class.
Venue:Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada, United States
TV: Univision Deportes USA
Stream:Univision NOW
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Giovani dos Santos andRafa Marquez both make the trip to Las Vegas for the Mexicans.
Iceland have had phenomenal success in recent times and will be a serious threat to Mexico in the United States.
Despite the match being played on neutral territory, the encounter will feel like a home match for the Mexicans, as many of their fans will likely populate the stands.
a packed calendar awaiting them, with theConfederations Cup, Gold Cup and World Cup qualifiers all to come for El Tri.
Tom Marshallof ESPN FC reported managerJuan Carlos Osorio has opted for a largely experienced squad for the friendly but has called up Monterrey stopper Hugo Gonzalez, America defender Edson Alvarez and Atlas" Luis Reyes into his setup for the first time.
The match falls outside of an official FIFA international date, meaning European clubs do not have to release their players for the game, according to Marshall.
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Gilbert Manzano of theLas Vegas Review-Journalreported the contest could have a record attendance for a soccer match in Las Vegas after 22,000 tickets were sold at theSam Boyd Stadium, according to Gabriel Gabor,who represents the communications department of Major League Soccer.
Gabor said:"We are on our way to one of the largest soccer crowds in the history of the city."
The record is 29,152, which was set in 2012 when Cristiano Ronaldo"s Real Madrid took on Santos Laguna.
Discussing Mexico"s options for the starting XI in Nevada,Marshallsaid he feltAlan Mendoza should be given a shot:
Mendoza is Mexican, left-footed and playing regular first-division football. That trio of attributes immediately catapults him into national team contention given that so few other players combine them. The fact that the versatile Mendoza has been playing at full-back -- a problem position for El Tri -- only strengthens his case.
The contest will give both teams the chance to test their options ahead of the upcoming international matches scheduled for major tournaments.
Dos Santos has continued to impress during his spell in the Major League Soccer with L.A. Galaxy, andOsorio is likely to look towards the 27-year-old for inspiration in this match and for the campaign ahead.
Details of Charles Oakley"s incident at MSG | Clippers vs Knicks | Feb 8, 2017 | 2016-17 NBA Season
Charles Oakley was arrested at Madison Square Garden in the first quarter of the Knicks-Clippers game for yelling at James Dolan and then fighting security.
Oakley is well-known as a terrifying man, in the sense that he could probably beat up G*d if he wanted to. During his NBA career, he was a feared enforcer who got into a multitude of fights.
After his arrest, I wondered if theres ever a situation that would call for someone to engage Oakley willingly, and how desperate it has to be for a human being to make such a bad decision. Heres what I came up with:
You come home from work and the gym. Youve spent the last two hours doing one or two reps at a machine before spending the rest of the time on your phone, so obviously youre tired. You go to turn on the lights only to find out that the bulb went out. Centennial Light, my a*s, you mumble.
And thats when you notice a very large figure seated in your living room chair.
Before you can ask who he is and what hes doing in your house, he addresses you.
Ive been expecting you, he says. He sounds like Carmelo Anthony, so you reply, Wait, Carmelo Anthony?
He darts up. No, Im not Carmelo Anthony! Im and then theres an awkward silence between the two of you as he tries to think of a code name. Never mind who I am! The point is that I have your wife and kids and the only way that youre getting them back is if you bring me Phil Jacksons Book of Zen before midnight. Otherwise ...
Immediately you have a lot of questions, like what is going on? and why that book? and of course, what wife and kids?
He says that once he has that book, Jackson will be powerless and he can defeat him. He tells you that the book is in Jacksons office in Madison Square Garden and that its being guarded day and night by Charles Oakley. You will have to defeat him in hand-to-hand combat to get it.
Charles Oakley? you ask incredulously. Youre crazy, Im not doing that. He once took someones baby out of a mans hands before he slapped him.
The shadowy figure then tells you that if you dont complete the mission, youll never save your parents, which is odd because he supposedly had your wife and kids; but before you can gather more, hes gone. Just like Carmelo Anthony to disappear when you need him.
Anyways, you get in your car and begin driving to Madison Square Garden. It suddenly starts snowing hard, which is odd considering that climate change is a Chinese hoax. As you contemplate this at a stop light, a bewildered man rambling about a unicorn runs right past your car. You look closer and notice that the man looks just like a disheveled Derrick Rose. Whatever, theres no time for that. Your parents and/or wife and kids need you.
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When you arrive at MSG, Joakim Noah is there waiting for you. He tells you that before you can get to Oakley, you will need to defeat him and a few others.
Im sworn to defend Phil Jackson at any cost, he says. Its written in my $72 million contract.
He slowly lunges at you, but before he can reach you, his body breaks down and disintegrates into dust. Somehow he manages to miss a layup in the process.
You run into three people next. They all look alike. You really cant tell them apart. They start beating you up. Badly. I mean elbows and everything. Its awful actually, youre not even fighting back. Then it hits you not just their boots to your face, but who they are and how to defeat them. They are the Plumlee brothers and you need to point out which one is Marshall for it to end. Emboldened, you pull out your phone and hold it up in the air. A video of Blake Griffin continuously posterizing Marshall starts playing and you notice one of them wince at the sight. To him you whisper, Cody Zeller is better than youll ever be.
A tear rolls down his eye, and Marshall collapses into the arms of his brothers, who take him away.
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Its almost midnight now and you run towards Jacksons office. Two James Dolans appear in your path. They speak in unison: One of us always lies and the other always tells the truth. Before you can go inside and face charles oakley, you must point out which one of us is the liar and which one is honest based on our following declarations.
The first says: The Knicks will be relevant in five years.
The second says: The Knicks will be relevant in 10 years.
You think about the current job of the Phil Jackson regime, about the Linsanity period, the Mike Woodson era, the collapse of the Amare Stoudemire and Anthony duo, Mike DAntoni and J.R. Smith, their attempt at wooing LeBron James, losing by 50 points to Dallas, selecting Jordan Hill eighth in the draft, Isiah Thomas as President and the fact they havent won a championship since 1973. Its a trick question.
The Knicks will never be relevant again, you proclaim. They will hit a new rock bottom every year.
The Dolans nod to each other and smile. They open the door.
Inside you see the gray, but still very large and intimidating Oakley. Like, hes pretty big. Hes scary as h**l. As you go to explain to him that you need the book to save your parents and the wife and kids you never knew you had, he grabs you by the neck, lifts you off the ground with one arm and slaps you continuously with the other hand until you pass out from the pain.
You wake up outside on the ground. A large, bald man is standing over you. As your senses come to you, you realize that its Charles Barkley. Theres never a time where you should try to fight Oakley. Leave that man alone, he says. He starts laughing derisively, calls you turrible and walks off.
