The Who2 Blog May 2008 | Who2 Biographies

McClellan on Countdown

posted 30 May 2008 - 4:55am | by Mr. Holznagel

The Baltimore Sun has the complete (and lengthy) transcript of Scott McClellan's interview with Keith Olbermann on the MSNBC show Countdown last night.

Harvey Korman, 1927-2008

posted 30 May 2008 - 4:23am | by Mr. Holznagel

Rough week for stars of the 1960s. First it was Dick Martin and Sydney Pollack; now Harvey Korman has died at age 81.

The LA Times, quoting Korman's daughter, says the actor died of "complications from an abdominal aortic aneurysm that ruptured four months ago."

Siegried and Roy and Cindy

posted 28 May 2008 - 6:22pm | by Mr. Holznagel

Gossipeuse Cindy Adams can be insufferable, but she has a touching report today after flying Austrian Airlines (first class, she points out) with entertainers Siegfried and Roy.

"The way I play now, I don't really consider it golf."

posted 28 May 2008 - 11:40am | by Mr. Holznagel

Colorful Sporting News article today about golf great Jack Nicklaus. He's still frank 'n feisty.

McClellan Likes, Admires, Hammers Bush

posted 28 May 2008 - 4:47am | by Mr. Holznagel

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan has a new book coming out Monday, titled What Happened.

The website Politico got its hands on an accidental early copy, and broke the story yesterday that McClellan's book has some not-so-nice things to say about George W. Bush.

Stone to China: Bad Karma

posted 28 May 2008 - 4:26am | by Mr. Holznagel

Sharon Stone has a way of keeping herself interesting. Sometimes it's by wearing a leopard-print dress, and sometimes it's by insulting China.

Obituary First Lines: Dick Martin

posted 27 May 2008 - 4:33am | by Mr. Holznagel

TV comedy star Dick Martin has died at age 83. Here's how some major news outlets are summing up his life.

"Dick Martin, co-host of 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In,' which popularized the phrase, 'Sock it to me'..." -Bloomberg News

"Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In' took television by storm in the 1960s..." -The Associated Press

Sydney Pollack Dies of Cancer

posted 26 May 2008 - 6:41pm | by Mr. Holznagel

Whoa! Film director Sydney Pollack has died of cancer. He was a very young 73.

Pollack won Oscars for directing and producing Out of Africa in 1985. And he made the comedy hit Tootsie (with Dustin Hoffman dressed as a woman) in 1982.

High Dive With a Twist

posted 26 May 2008 - 4:27am | by Mr. Holznagel

The Naked Cowboy

posted 25 May 2008 - 11:20am | by Mr. Holznagel

The Naked Cowboy is in Ohio this weekend, appearing at the Taste of Cincinnati festival.

He seems to be a complex figure. We can report from personal observation that the Cowboy has tattoos on each shoulder: Jesus on the left and Satan on the right.