Shannon Tweed

Gene Simmons proposes to Shannon Tweed, partner split after 28 years

The marriage proposal seen in previews for Tuesday night's finale of the A&E's "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" may be moot, according to rocker Simmons' longtime partner, Shannon Tweed, who says their 28-year relationship is over. "You're seeing this happy family but in my heart, I am dying," Tweed recently told People magazine.

The proposal -- in which Kiss bassist Simmons, 61, told 1982 Playboy Playmate of the Year Tweed, 54, "I come with so much baggage, but you're the only friend I've got, you're the only one I've ever loved" -- was taped months ago. Tweed told People that since then, she has moved from their Los Angeles home and there was "slim chance" for a reconciliation. "I need some sort of commitment," she said.

Blush

The Blush expansion can proceed; appeal vowed

An Allegheny County judge's decision will allow expansion of a Downtown strip club to move forward over objections of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Pittsburgh Public Schools as they appeal a zoning decision.

Common Pleas Judge Joseph M. James on Thursday denied a request to stay the June decision of the city's Zoning Board of Adjustment that would allow Blush, 135 Ninth St., to expand into a vacant building at the corner of Ninth Street and Penn Avenue. The Pittsburgh School for the Creative and Performing Arts is near the club.

Delorean

BACK TO THE FUTURE actors and screen-used Delorean appear at San Diego Comic-Con

The DeLorean DMC-12 is a sports car that was originally manufactured in Dunmurry, a suburb of the Belfast, Northern Ireland by John DeLorean's DeLorean Motor Company for the American market in 1981–1982. It is most commonly known simply as the DeLorean, as it was the only model ever produced by the company. The DMC-12 features gull-wing doors with a fiberglass "underbody", to which non-structural brushed stainless steel panels are affixed. A modified version of the car became iconic for its appearance as a time machine in the Back to the Future film franchise.

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now on TCM

“Apocalypse Now is not about Vietnam; it is Vietnam,” writer-director Francis Ford Coppola said of his infamous war epic in 1979, year of the film’s original release. “And the way we made it was very much like the way the Americans were in Vietnam. We had access to too much money, too much equipment; and little by little we went insane.”

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium Exhibits New Ocean Species in the California

California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium reopened its Outer Bay galleries as The Open Sea exhibit early in July that showcases migrations of ocean animals across the Pacific and constant motion of life in the open ocean.

“The Open Sea galleries bring our visitors into the heart of this extraordinary environment through transformed live exhibits, new multimedia experiences and surprising artistic elements,” Senior Exhibit Developer Jaci Tomulonis, said in a statement.