Stone to China: Bad Karma
Sharon Stone has a way of keeping herself interesting. Sometimes it’s by wearing a leopard-print dress, and sometimes it’s by insulting China.
Biographies
Obituary First Lines: Dick Martin
TV comedy star Dick Martin has died at age 83. Here’s how some major news outlets are summing up his life.”Dick Martin, co-host of ‘Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,’ which popularized the phrase, ‘Sock it to me’…” -Bloomberg News “Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose ‘Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In’ took television by storm in the 1960s…” -The Associated Press
Sydney Pollack Dies of Cancer
Whoa! Film director Sydney Pollack has died of cancer. He was a very young 73.Pollack won Oscars for directing and producing Out of Africa in 1985. And he made the comedy hit Tootsie (with Dustin Hoffman dressed as a woman) in 1982.
The Naked Cowboy
The Naked Cowboy is in Ohio this weekend, appearing at the Taste of Cincinnati festival.He seems to be a complex figure. We can report from personal observation that the Cowboy has tattoos on each shoulder: Jesus on the left and Satan on the right.
Laugh-In’s Dick Martin Dies at Age 86
Dick Martin, co-host of the groundbreaking TV show Laugh-In, has died at age 86.The cause was respiratory failure, says The New York Times.
Don’t Mess With Keith Richards
This clip has been around awhile, it seems, but we just spotted it for the first time: Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards dealing with a fan who charges onstage.
Is Spielberg Obsessed With Fractured Families?
Is film director Steven Spielberg obsessed with “the repairing of the fractured family”? So says Chicago Tribune pop critic Mark Cano:
Drew Carey is 50!
We’re not sure if that’s surprisingly old or surprisingly young. (He is hosting The Price is Right, after all.)Drew Carey was born in Cleveland in 1958. (As an aside: that was just a few days before Annette Bening was born in Topeka.)
Gapper: George Gershwin
Last month’s gapper was a famous painter. This month it’s a famous composer: George Gershwin.