Ken & Tawinee

Kurt’s Blog: Really HBO? That’s Your Iowa Solution?

(the above photo is a fantastic Drake Relays alumni button from this past weekend)

So, at the end of Season 3 of HBO’s “Girls“….Hannah was accepted to the University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop. Very cool…but then Iowa said, thanks, but no thanks. HBO’s solution? Well, we’ll just film it in Staten Island…and call it Iowa. Not that it matters…but I looked at the two school side-by-side…and they don’t resemble each other at all. Not that it matters for the audience, but we in Iowa will know, right?

So the rumors are that Miranda Kerr & Justin Bieber hooked up….and now Selena Gomez & Orlando Bloom are hooking up? That’s just weird right? Revenge hook-up?

Craig Ferguson is leaving Late Late Night…which is a bummer. I hear he’s very good, and it’s astounding that I’ve never seen one episode of his.

RIP DJ EZ Rock

I think it’s high time that I start getting into “Orange is the New Black“.

The Frozen obsession continues…thank you to my wife & kids for my belated bday present

olaf

By the way…do you know what turned 20 years old yesterday?

This…

One of the best rap songs ever. I remember buying the “Above the Rim” soundtrack on cassette…and not enjoying the first 3 songs at all…and then, out of nowhere…boom…that 4th track. “Regulate“. RIP Nate Dogg.

 

AWESOME is as AWESOME does!

What's Hot on STAR

Vote for Des Moines’ People’s Choice

Vote for your favorite local businesses in over 200 categories in Des Moines’ People’s Choice, presented by VanDerGinst Law!

How to Listen

Listen to STAR 102.5 on your streaming device

Text Club

Text STAR to 515-280-1025 to join the STAR 102.5 Text Club!

What Happened?

Hear the latest dates-gone-wrong stories with “What Happened?” Presented by Pure Salon

Recent Headlines

2 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

Thousands of fans gather as BTS launches world tour in South Korea

A huge crowd of BTS fans packed into a stadium near Seoul on Thursday to see the K-pop supergroup kick off their long-awaited world tour.

2 hours ago in Entertainment, Music

Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley lead 2026 ACM Awards nominations dominated by women

Megan Moroney leads the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards with nine nominations. That includes a first-time nomination for the top prize of the night, entertainer of the year, as well as director and artist-songwriter of the year. She's also received her third consecutive nominations for female artist and visual media of the year.