New Profile: Wyclef Jean
We’ve just posted a new profile of Wyclef Jean — hip-hop star, producer, former member of the Fugees, and now candidate for president of Haiti.
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Sylvester Stallone Loves Lots of Hugging
A few days ago we asked the musical question, “Why does Sly Stallone have a plastic bear dangling from his cell phone?”
Headline of the Day
“Serial Stabbing Suspect a ‘Gentle Giant’ But With a History of Violence.”ABC News on murder suspect Elias Abuelazam.Alternate headline: “Big Ol’ Teddy Bear of a Man Also Liked to Stab People.”
When ‘Cathy’ Met Kasdan (and Nixon)
Things we didn’t know about the retiring Cathy Guisewite, courtesy of Wikipedia:
Tiger Woods Fan Goes Over the Top
Can’t resist pointing out this photo by Matt Sullivan for Reuters, taken during practice for this week’s PGA Championships. The tournament is in Wisconsin — hence the cheese head atop the tiger. (That is, atop the tiger with giant biceps and claws holding a golf ball on a tee. Atop a baseball cap.)
‘Cathy’ Comic Strip Ends After 34 Years
This career has been a miracle – it let me turn every anxiety into art, be paid for it and connect in such a deep way with millions of other women.Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite says it all about her comic strip, Cathy, which will end on October 3rd.
Zsa Zsa is Up and Flirting
“When she starts flirting, she is in good shape.”Zsa Zsa Gabor is out of the hospital, says her husband.
Google Doodle Salutes ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Now, that’s a pretty cool Google Doodle. The Wizard of Oz was released on 12 August 1939, making it (as the Google Doodle points out) 71 years old today. The premiere was at the Strand Theater in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Why Oconomowoc?
Barack Obama With an NFL Jersey
Because we just like photos of presidents getting sports jerseys. That’s Super Bowl-winning quarterback Drew Brees on the left, with other members of the New Orleans Saints in the background. Barack Obama is the 44th U.S. president.
Former Senator Ted Stevens Killed in Plane Crash
[Update 2: It’s official: Stevens was indeed killed in the Alaska plane crash, according to family spokesman Mitch Rose. The website NASA Watch says that former NASA chief Sean O’Keefe was also on board, but survived.]