Archive for the 'Entertainment' Category

North Korean Officials Deny Leader Kim Is Seriously Ill.”–Yahoo headline, 9/10/2008

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

 
By using Kolchak’s Abbott & Costello observation…
 
Then who is he?
 
No, Hu is in charge of China?
 
But he’s not ill?

Who knows?

I would imagine he does.

Excuse me, but I couldn’t find this place in the AAA, Mobil or even the Lonely Planet guides.

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Nabatiye Journal
Hezbollah Shrine to Terrorist Suspect Enthralls Lebanese Children

Bryan Denton for The New York Times is the photographer of the real pictures.
New York Times
By ROBERT F. WORTH
Published: September 2, 2008
NABATIYE, Lebanon — The children crowd forward around the glass case, eager for a glimpse of the martyr’s bloodstained clothes. His belt is here, and the […]

We couldn’t use Barbra Streisand after hearing rumors that she would demand that no seal look her in the eye.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Bush Seeks to Limit Species Law
Plan to Help Speed
Some Development
Draws Activists’ Ire
By STEPHEN POWER
WALL STREET JOURNAL
August 12, 2008; Page A3
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is proposing to reduce the environmental reviews federal agencies must undertake as part of the Endangered Species Act.
The proposal could speed up commercial development, but environmentalists said the changes could threaten […]

Court Throws Out Super Bowl Fine–New York Times headline 7/21/2008

Monday, July 21st, 2008

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US Court of Appeals or Star Chamber 

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By ANAHAD O’CONNOR
Published: July 22, 2008
In a decision that clears CBS of any wrongdoing for airing the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that featured Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction,” a federal appeals court overturned the $550,000 fine that the Federal Communications Commission levied against the station, calling the fine […]

Miley Cyrus (15): It ‘Still Hurts’ to Think About Vanity Fair Shoot–FOX NEWS

Friday, June 27th, 2008

June 27, 2008
When was that…April, May? In human years it ’s almost 16 months ago.

Today, Yahoo Games has a feature on the biggest busts in video game history. While I know little about the subject, I read somewhere that this game was knocking at the sub-basement door.

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

STAR CHAMBER TUNA

The object of this game is to prepare casseroles, sandwiches, salads and surprises before the six dolphins caught in the tuna fisherman’s net perish. As a tie in with the Gluttony Channel, a fully-functioning Nimitz class aircraft carrier cyber-galley is available to the players, but Chinese submarines are on the prowl to end […]

New Duck-Billed Dino Discovered in Mexico–headline Live Science

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

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Andrea Thompson
LiveScience Staff Writer
LiveScience.com1 hour, 57 minutes ago
A new species of duck-billed dinosaur unearthed in Mexico is helping scientists fill in gaps in the fossil record of the Age of Dinosaurs.
The creature, dubbed Velafrons coahuilensis, was a massive plant-eater belonging to a larger group of duck-billed dinosaurs called hadrosaurs.
The dino’s species name comes from the […]

TOM BROKAW DANCES ON ELLEN–headline Huffington Post.com

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

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Images: (Riverdance) chroniclejournal.com; (Brokaw) images.usatoday.com;(Ellen Degeneres) i.yimg.com via tv.yahoo.com

Crude? Maybe…Heavy-handed? Probably…Accurate? Yes!!

Monday, October 8th, 2007

I don’t recall much of a theater-run for this film.
Cable and DVD seem to be its fate.
Will it’s success be that of THUNDER ROAD–
the ruler of the drive-ins for two decades?

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While somewhat dark, this film cast a positive glow on contemporary America. The movie gives us 500 years for almost total social disintegration–a […]

Last year’s edition featured Corn Squids.

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

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Image: via the timesonline.typepad.com