• Nelson Foyle, 93, is believed to be Britain's longest-time patron of the same pub - the Dog and Gun in Salisbury, England - and fellow drinkers recently bought him an honorary "lordship" title to mark his 80th year on the establishment's barstools.
• An art collective in a Los Angeles storefront re-created, for a two-week run in January, a retro video store that featured only boxed VHS editions of the movie Jerry Maguire - about 14,000 copies.