British writer J.G. Ballard has died at the age of 78.He wrote Empire of the Sun and Crash, both of which were made into movies. The Crash based on his book is the 1996 cars-n-sex one that starred Holly Hunter and James Spader, not the 2004 L.A. race relations one with Sandra Bullock and Don Cheadle.
Archaeologists in may have found the Egyptian tomb of Cleopatra — buried, perhaps, next to her lover Marc Antony.
Here’s an old film of Paul Newman, warning of the dangers of drugs. Specifically, pills — you know, bennies and goofballs and so on.Courtesy of The Smoking Gun.
Actor Paul Newman has been inducted into the Connecticut Hall of Fame.Other inductees include Jackie Robinson, Mark Twain and Katharine Hepburn.
Major league players — every one of them — wear #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson’s first major league game.
Minnesota’s comedian-politician Al Franken got more votes in his challenge for Senator Norm Coleman’s seat. That’s what a three-judge panel said yesterday. Read about it here.
This story is about comic books, the Canadian air force and the long-standing mystery of Dan Cooper, otherwise known as D.B. Cooper.
This is the first shot of the First Dog, Bo, according to The Los Angeles Times.
He’s named Bo.The identity of the first puppy — the one that the Washington press corps has been yelping about for months, the one President Obama has seemed to delight in dropping hints about — leaked out Saturday.
The Daily News says yes.The First Family will reportedly welcome a black Portuguese Water Dog puppy to the White House on Tuesday… The future First Dog is reportedly a 6-month-old male pup which was returned to a kennel by its first owners.[Update: It’s official!]