Best Scott Brown Headline of the Day
“Scott Brown Wins Mass. Race, Giving GOP 41-59 Majority in the Senate”- The Village Voice
Biographies
Buzz Aldrin 80th Birthday – PHOTOS
Buzz Aldrin — moon-walking hero and one of our favorite astronauts — was born on this day in New Jersey in 1930.A few birthday photos from his Apollo 11 days:
Erich Segal, ‘Love Story’ Author, Dead at 72
“What do you say about a 72 year-old man who died? That he was beautiful? Or brilliant?”Who knew Segal was a professor of classics at Oxford, or that he was the son of an Orthodox rabbi, or that he knew Ali McGraw from their days at Harvard and Wellesley?
William S. Burroughs’s Stuff: Photos
From the portfolio of photographer Peter Ross, a gallery of photos of various items that belonged to the late writer William S. Burroughs.
Mr. Quincy Jones Politely Directs Your Attention Elsewhere
Musical genius Quincy Jones likes to point while being photographed.
Conan O’Brien Deal With NBC ‘Expected Soon’
ABC News says that NBC and Conan are “on the cusp of an agreement.”And they add something new:
‘Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains’ – A Who2 Review
Movie Review: Stranded: I’ve Come from a Plane that Crashed in the MountainsViewed on: A late Saturday afternoon in Cincinnati, OhioPre-movie meal: Dewey’s Pizza (half ‘Bronx Bomber’ and half ‘Socrates’ Revenge’) and a pint of Dewey’s house aleWe saw ‘Avatar’ in 3-D at a 1:00 show at the local theater. Then, buzzed from the wild visuals, we came home and saw this DVD that’s at the other end of the movie-experience spectrum.
Werner Herzog Interprets ‘Curious George’
Werner Herzog interprets Curious George:
Conan O’Brien: The End of the Horny Manatee?
The network owns the intellectual property behind such popular O’Brien characters as Pimpbot 5000 and Conando, as well as recurring segments such as In the Year 3000 and Desk Driving. Sources involved in the settlement negotiations say NBC is keeping the copyrighted and trademarked elements of O’Brien’s shows as part of the deal. That means the bits and characters will likely never be seen after O’Brien’s “Tonight” ends its run January 22.
Devil to Pat Robertson: Haiti ‘Not How I Roll’
Earlier we noted Pat Robertson’s claim that the people had made a deal with the devil.Now Satan is having his say:”When I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth — glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven’t you seen ‘Crossroads’? Or ‘Damn Yankees?’