Confusable Names
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TV star Vanessa Minnillo and TV star Alyssa Milano.
The Who2 Blog January 2009
Serena Williams Conquers Australia Again
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Serena Williams has won her fourth Austalian Open title. She walloped Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3.
Read More »Which Is the Best Best Picture Ever?
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Newsday is holding a vote.
First they're weeding it down decade by decade -- then those winners, plus a few wildcards, go head to head for the title of Best Best Picture of All Time.
Here were my votes:
Read More »What's the First Thing You Do When You Fire a Governor?
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Take down the tollway signs.
Oren Lavie's Marvelous Video
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"Her Morning Elegance," by new-music hipster Oren Lavie. Nice!
Read More »Some (Presidents) Like It Hot
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"He's from Hawaii, O.K.? He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there."
Obama advisor David Axelrod on his boss's Oval Office habits.
Read More »The Chronicles of John Updike
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Author John Updike has died at age 76. (Of lung cancer, in a hospice in Massachusetts.)
Obituary lede writers agree: Updike was all about the chronicles.
Who Should Play Rod Blagojevich?
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In a TV movie, that is. The NY Daily News has suggestions.
(Javier Bardem seems like a stretch.)
Read our profile onRod Blagojevich for more details.
How Many People Does It Take to Deliver Octuplets?
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46. (Plus the mother.)
And she's planning to breastfeed them all.
[Update: Fertility experts are "rattled."]
Sherlock Holmes Was Not Really a Cocaine Addict
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When did the detective's use of cocaine become more talked about than his violin playing?
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