Brady Proposes to Bundchen for Sixth Time
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen are engaged yet again. Fox Sports has decreed it.
Biographies
Obituary First Lines: Harold Pinter
Playwright Harold Pinter has died after a long battle with throat cancer.
Remembering Harold Pinter: The Nobel Lecture
Direct invasion of a sovereign state has never in fact been America’s favoured method. In the main, it has preferred what it has described as ‘low intensity conflict’. Low intensity conflict means that thousands of people die but slower than if you dropped a bomb on them in one fell swoop. It means that you infect the heart of the country, that you establish a malignant growth and watch the gangrene bloom.
Somehow or Other, Lance Armstrong Is Having Another Baby
Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong has announced that his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, is expecting a child in June of 2009.
“Internet Flooded With Shoe-Throwing Games”
Courtesy of Muntadhar al-Zaidi.The best title so far: Sock and Awe.
Cavalcade of Shirtless Presidents!
Perhaps you’ve seen the remarkable photo of president-elect Barack Ab-ama, shirtless in Hawaii.The Huffington Post has now created a lovely slideshow of Other Shirtless Presidents.
Timothy Geithner, Younger By a Whisker
We’ve just posted a new profile of Timothy Geithner, nominee for Secretary of the Treasury under Barack Obama.Trivia tidbit: Both were born in August of 1961. Geithner on the 18th and Obama on the 4th.
“The Best Basketball-Playing Cabinet In American History”
So says Obama.He could have dunked on James Madison, at least.
Madeleine Albright’s Birth Name — Update!
After our earlier puzzlement over the birth name of Madeleine Albright, we wrote to the offices of her consulting firm, The Albright Group, asking for help.That letter has now been answered politely by Jen Friedman, director of communications. She writes:
Crime and Birthday Notes from LA
A hooded burglar stole $2 million in jewels from Paris Hilton’s bedroom on Friday morning.Luckily, when the burglars broke in at 5 a.m., Paris wasn’t home.