two wrote together. ("Payphone" was one of their collaborations.)

Omelio's skills eventually caught the attention of music industry mogul L.A. Reid, CEO of Epic Records. Omelio, who lives in New York City, is now working with Reid to write and produce more songs.

Ahead of the awards Sunday night, Omelio's parents took out an ad in the Pocono Record that encapsulates their feelings toward their son's success.

"Congratulations, Dan! You have shown by perseverance and by following your dreams that success can become a reality."ANDY ZALTZMAN’S RUGBY WORLD CUP

Stand-up comedian, Andy Zaltzman, reflects on the Rugby World Cup Final.

A Rugby World Cup Final for the Purists?

The 2015 Rugby World Cup final was, unquestionably, ‘one for the purists’. This curious phrase, for reasons which elude me, is generally applied in the realm of sports to a contest of mind-numbing, grinding tedium, as if only a superior plane of expertise and an innate knowledge of a labyrinthine law-book can truly allow proper appreciation of the well-hidden beauty of the patently awful.

Last Saturday, New Zealand and Australia gave the watching rugby world a final which was, objectively, one for the purists. And one for the novice rugby-watcher, the casual fan, the lifelong obsessive who just loves watching big people run around and smash into each