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Mr. Trivia
THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION: What is the biggest card-giving holiday of the year? College student Jason Luna, 21, made trivia game-show history when he answered correctly (it’s Christmas) and became the first $1 million winner of the popular NBC show 1 vs. 100. A month after the show’s January 4 air date, Luna, from Mission Valley Heights, still hadn’t received his winnings (which he estimates to be $600,000 or $700,000, after taxes) but was making plans to spend some of his windfall.
“I’ve been looking at getting a new car——a Mini Cooper——and will probably go explore around Europe,” he says. “People think I am set for life and will retire to Hawaii or something, but it’s really not that much money.”
And the other million-dollar question? “I mentioned on the show that I didn’t have a girlfriend, and now people want to know if I get hit on a bunch,” says Luna, a senior at the University of California, Irvine. “Unfortunately, that hasn’t really happened yet.”
Luna, who describes himself as a “fledgling writer/actor/director type,” is hoping his 15 minutes of fame segues into a career in entertainment. Until then, don’t be surprised if you see him on an upcoming episode of Jeopardy!
On My Desk: Louis Spisto
AS CEO AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER of the Old Globe, Spisto oversees the theater’s year-round season of 15 plays and musicals (which attracts more than 250,000 attendees each year) and a budget of $20 million. He spearheaded the return of the Shakespeare Repertory Season and has brought to the Globe several new musicals, including the critically acclaimed A Catered Affair, the launch of the national tour of Tony Award–winning Avenue Q and the Broad way transfers Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life and the Twyla Tharp/Bob Dylan musical The Times They Are a-Changin’. Spisto also manages the Globe’s capital campaign to raise $75 million by the theater’s 75th anniversary in 2010. Launched in March 2006, the campaign has reached 75 percent of its goal.
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Reader Comments:
My thanks to the electronic media across the USA for publishing almost daily stories of killer cops like this thug.
Don't take my word for it. Google "police corruption USA" or some similar term and your eyes will be wide open.
Almost every day a cop is caught in the USA for felony violence including forced rape, murder, robbery, etc.
Most recently? An off duty career Los Angeles police officer was caught red handed in the act of residential burglary by the medical
physician who owned the home. She pepper sprayed him and he attempted to flee but was captured nearby.
A Lake County deputy sheriff (n.cal) was just arrested for sexual intercourse with a 14 year old girl. He was about age 45.
I can't recall the location, but another cop was just arrested after drinking in a bar and getting angry. He pulled out his gun and shot the man point blank over an argument.
Cops are only honest in Hollywood movies, people. The truth of life is that only borderline thugs with abnormal desires for power seek that badge.
Again. Google to see the DAILY stories in the media. You'll be amazed.
This dirty cop is only the tip of the iceberg. He got caught. AND HE NEEDS TO STAY IN PRISON WHERE HE BELONGS. Think about it. He was a killer. How many others did he kill and not get caught at. How many people did he send to prison on his lies?