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Posts Tagged ‘news’

it always happens in threes

Dudley Moore, Milton Berle and now the legend, Billy Wilder passes away.

denzel, halle and woody step on stage

i completely missed the oscars because of some volunteering i’m doing. it seems like maybe i should’ve taped it (if only for woody allen’s appearance). i was checking out all the winners and it looks like the academy read my beautiful mind.
the right leads won, all the technical awards matched my picks. i haven’t seen [...]

hollywood’s female food chain

interesting, the hollywood reporter’s Female Power 100 list came out last week. this is a list of the most influential female executives in the entertainment industry.
actress julia roberts is number 3, sherry lansing drops to number 2.
oh yeah, wonder-twin powers mary-kate & ashley olsen together are ranked number 100.

i care, do you?

observe world aids day.

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but there’s no haggling

cool site, giant robot opens a store on sawtelle blvd.(figures) which is also home to some of the on the west side of l.a.

go yanks

‘in praise of joe torre’ - a great article by one of the funniest sports writers, bill simmons. (the ‘billy baroo’ reference put me on the floor)
for the record, i have always been and always will be a yankees fan. end of story.

audio interview

for people like me in a far away country, this is why the web rocks.
‘fast food nation’ author, eric schlosser has a forty-three minute audio interview with the new york times.
it is also why i’ll keep saying nytimes.com is the best free content on the internet.

read or fly

choose one.
wow.

a bunch of idiots

this depresses me. how can these people call themselves americans, when they do the unthinkable?
i can’t believe this happened in san francisco!
these people are at the same level as the people responsible for last week. they are not americans, they’re not even human.

what’s for dinner?: VP cheney lets it flow

in one of the best interviews for ‘meet the press’, i’ve ever seen. VP dick cheney talks very candidly and for the first time about the events of 11th sept., the future and ‘the full wrath of the united states’.
discussing Osama bin Ladin…
MR. RUSSERT: You wouldn’t mind having his head on a platter?
VICE PRES. [...]

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