Gabourey Sidibe Interview: She's Fun
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The Who2 Blog February 2010
(Photo: Gabourey Sidibe at the NAACP Image Awards in 2010, by Nikki Nelson/WENN)
"The Moose Starts to Mingle..."
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First it was King Tut Thursday -- now here's Woody Allen Saturday. A funny routine from 1965 that begins with the unlikely (for Woody) phrase, "Um... I shot a moose once."
Read More »Oh, Apolo, Apolo, Apolo!
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Apolo Anton Ohno, come on, man: you shoved him. These things happen. Just own up, baby!
We're talking, of course, about the men's 500 meter short-track speed skating event on Friday night. Ohno finished second, but then was disqualified after judges ruled he had bumped Francois-Louis Tremblay on the final turn.
Read More »Happy Birthday, Johnny Cash!
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Today would have been the 78th birthday of singing legend Johnny Cash. He died in 2003 at the age of 71.
It's also the official release date of his latest record, American Recordings VI: Ain't No Grave.
Both National Public Radio and Rolling Stone magazine look back on his long career.
Read More »Saddam Hussein: How Social Networking Nabbed Him
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If you're a Saddam Hussein aficionado with a half-hour to kill, Slate has just published a fascinating five-part series titled "Searching for Saddam: How the U.S. military used social networking to capture the Iraqi dictator."
It's not about Facebook and Twitter, but about how the Army used similar theories of social networking to work their way through Saddam's tribal contacts and figure out his whereabouts.
Here's the series.
King Tut Thursday
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DNA research has given the experts some convincing evidence as to why King Tut died at the young age of 19.
The short answer is in-breeding and malaria.
King Tut's parents, they say, were brother and sister. On top of that, or maybe because of it, he had a degenerative bone disease. He also had a club foot and a cleft palate.
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Shepard Fairey Draws a Crowd
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Shepard Fairey has a new exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. Called "Supply and Demand," it runs through August 22nd and shows about 250 of his works.
DVD Review: 'Harvard Beats Yale 29-29'
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Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29
Documentary - 2008
Viewed on: Saturday night, 20 February 2010
Pre-movie meal: French onion soup, fries, and a Dr. Loosen Riesling
Guy Walks Into a Bar...
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A drunk was in front of a judge. The judge says "You've been brought here for drinking." The drunk says, "Okay, let's get started."
A man goes to a psychiatrist. The doctor says, "You're crazy." The man says, "I want a second opinion!" "Okay, you're ugly too!"
The food on the plane was fit for a king. "Here, King!"
Happy 12th deathday to the "king of the one-liners," Henny Youngman.