Can old kids learn new tricks?

Yes, it's true; at least, according to the rumors. After 14 years of "Hangin' Tough" without each other, the group that started the boy band phenomena could be reuniting. New Kids On The Block, or NKOTB as they were better known, despite the greater difficulty in remembering the acronym, paved the way for boys bands like NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, bringing together rap and pop to heart-aching teenage girls across the country. I recall my older sister's love for the 5-boy group: the posters; the tapes; the backwards hats and baggy shirts. I also recall that these "kids" were, in fact, kids at the time of their march into fame.

So, why the comeback now? MTV attempted to reunite the boys back in 1999, which was more appropriate given the boy-band era, but now most of the members are in their late 30s.

The time spent between their split and today leaves very little to be excited about. After a couple of failed solo attempts and rumors of continuing tensions between old members, what are these old kids striving for? If there is a reunion in the works, I suggest the kids get a new name, perhaps "Old Kids New Tricks." I also suggest a reality check and a music lesson as they are introduced to a new age of music, without arm swinging and head tilting. I'm not saying they don't stand a chance, but the track record is against them. Case and point: just about every other boy-band who has attempted a come-back. Watch out married men, your wives may be getting a case of the 80s as the "New Kids" bring themselves back together; then again, I think we should all be careful, and maybe buy some new ear plugs.

Mary-Kate Olsen called before 911??

Shocking as it was to hear about the tragic death of 28-year-old actor Heath Ledger, it could quite possibly be more shocking to hear that the masseuse who discovered his unconscious body made several phone calls to actress Mary-Kate Olsen before calling an ambulance.

It may be understandable that the masseuse was not originally aware that the young actor was either dead or dying when she first discovered him, but she made a total of four phone calls to Olsen. Now I don't know about anybody else, but I have never heard of a close relationship between Olsen and Ledger while he was alive. If anyone were to have received a phone call, I would have expected the ex-fiance and mother-of-his-child Michelle Williams. True, she was overseas, but she probably would have done more from where she was than Olsen did.

Why would the masseuse, who has been identified as a woman named Diana Wolozin, call anybody not directly related to the actor? In fact, if she suspected something to be wrong with a cold-to-the-touch, unconscious man surrounded by bottles of prescription pills, why would she not call 911? A normal human being could be expected to panic under circumstances like these, however, to wait so long to call an ambulance is not normal and should be investigated. I'm wondering what Olsen and Wolozin were discussing that did not involve the words "ambulance", "pills" and "possibly dead."

While officials have reported that the phone calls play no significant role in their investigation of Ledger's death, I can't help but believe that it is the closet clue they have to solving the bizarre events leading up to the death of the up-and-coming heartthrob. The masseuse isn't even legally licensed, if that weren't suspicious enough. A licensed technician must have training in CPR, something the 911 operator had to instruct Wolozin on. If officials aren't looking into the fact that Wolozin waited so long to call 911, maybe they should investigate the reasons as to why Olsen didn't call 911 herself. The actress instead sent her personal guards over to Ledger's apartment. If the Ledger and Olsen were so close, then she should have gone over there herself. Could it have saved Ledger's life? I guess we will never know.