Water cooler: Pop culture tidbits

President Barack Obama awards the 2013 National Medal of Arts to Linda Ronstadt during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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By JOHN PRZYBYS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

July 31, 2014 - 10:16 am

Here are a few pop culture tidbits that happened to catch our eye.

■ Nevada at least temporarily winds up with two Miss Nevada’s Outstanding Teen winners because of a reported scoring irregularity. It’s a beauty pageant. Nobody said there’d be math.

■ Police say a man charged with robbing the Bellagio spent more than $10,000 on hookers and shopping spree. It’s Las Vegas, so you were expecting a visit to Mom’s and a Wal-Mart run?

■ Members of boy band 5 Seconds of Summer prank fans by dressing in Target employee uniforms and hawking their albums. Hang on to those red shirts and khakis, guys.

■ President Obama confesses to having had a crush on Linda Ronstadt ▶ back in the day. Him and everybody else …

Contact reporter John Przybys at jprzybys@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0280.

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