“A Good Advancement for the State”
“I feel great,” she said. “It was a smooth transition of power as it should be, and a good advancement for the state.”Sarah Palin, on her Sunday resignation as governor of Alaska.
Biographies
Book Review: ‘Duchess of Death’
2 billion copies sold worldwide.Affairs, betrayal, and heartbreak.Novels translated into 105 languages.A bizarre 11-day disappearance in 1926 that has never been explained.So reads the breathless back cover of Duchess of Death, the nifty new biography of Agatha Christie by Richard Hack.
Touché, Lobster!
I have entered the New Yorker’s cartoon caption contest almost weekly virtually since it began, and have never even been a finalist. Mark Twain advised: “Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you.
Meryl Streep Is Married to a Guy Named Donald J. Gummer?
Yes. Yes, she is.I am reminded, and it’s a stretch, of Judy Garland, whose real name was Frances E. Gumm. (Supposedly George Jessel suggested the name change.)Well, Mr. Gummer looks like a good egg. Dude is a sculptor.(Image from the 2004 Academy Awards courtesy of WENN.)
Attack of the 5’10” Woman
“Kourtney is 5’0″ and Kimberly is 5’2″, and I’m 5’10”. So, when I stand next to them everybody thinks I’m like 6’5″. They think I’m this big girl. When people meet me that’s the first thing they say, ‘Oh, you’re skinny. You’re just normal.” They meet Kourtney and Kim and they’re like, ‘You guys are midgets.'”
Transcript of President Obama’s Press Conference
So let me be clear: This isn’t about me. I have great health insurance, and so does every member of Congress.President Barack Obama, talking about health care reform on Wednesday night. Full transcript here.
Yo quiero paraÃso perrito!
Gidget, the Taco Bell chihuahua, has died.
Mary Ellen Mark Photos
This slide show from Vanity Fair is fun — photos by Mary Ellen Mark from behind the scenes of famous movie people. The photos include shots of stars like Jack Nicholson, Katharine Hepburn and (young) Sean Penn.
Chewbacca!
We recently profiled Peter Mayhew, the actor who appeared in the original Star Wars movies as the Wookiee good guy, Chewbacca. Yes, we should have profiled him years ago.This photo of some of the original cast members out of costume has been making the rounds lately, so we thought we’d share it along with Mayhew’s profile:
Rupert Grint, Good Sport
Here’s a delightful bit of fan appreciation from Japan, with Harry Potter star Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley in the movies) indulging a young interviewer: