AP: NEW YORK (AP) – More Americans are Googling themselves – and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too. In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine. That is more than twice the … Read More
Review: New “Barney VI” Film Is A Dog
Ever since Barney Bush made his first Christmas movie, it has become an annual tradition to be enjoyed by an ever dwindling selective audience. In fact, the only people who are still interested in the "Barney" Christmas movies are probably the Bush family themselves. This year’s Barney movie, with the subtitle "Holiday In The National Parks", does nothing more than … Read More
“Woot” Is Now A Word
Not only that, it’s the "word of the year". (Last year’s "word of the year" was Stephen Colbert’s "truthiness"). It’s actually spelled with two zeroes instead of two os’, as in "w00t". "Woot" is an exclamation of joy or triumph, usually accompanied by a waving of the fist in the air. Although the article doesn’t mention it, I believe it … Read More
101 Christmas Specials Online …from Fanpop
This nice linkable compilation is from the folks at Fanpop. (Believe it or not, they have another list of 101 Christmas specials too!) The EssentialsI’m reposting these from last year’s list because these are the items most people want to see. If you can only watch a couple of holiday specials, these are the ones to watch. This is the … Read More
Rap Music Presented In Graphical Form
I guess I would find this page a lot funnier if I knew more about rap music. Still, these made me laugh:
That Ruins The Song For Me!
The Caroline of "Sweet Caroline" (the Neil Diamond song) is Caroline Kennedy, JFK’s daughter (who just turned 50, if you can believe that). Neil Diamond revealed this in a recent interview. By the way, the song has returned to the singles charts, due in large part to the Red Sox Nation (the song is played at every home game).
So Is It Governor Bon Jovi Or Just Governor Jovi?
I don’t buy it, but it’s fun to imagine: November 14, 2007 — JON Bon Jovi could be planning one day to run for governor of New Jersey.
Pop-Song Correspondences
From John Moe at McSweeney… A Letter to Elvis Presley From His Hound Dog Dear Elvis, You dick. You’ve put me in a no-win situation and I’m more than a little bit upset about it. You treat me like crap, you insult me, but yet I am, unavoidably, a hound dog and thus have no choice but to love you … Read More
Blog to Book to Big Screen: Julie & Julia
This book started as a blog back in 2002 (link to the blog’s first post here): Julie & Julia is the [true] story of Julie Powell’s attempt to revitalize her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I, in a period of 365 days. … Read More
Write That Novel!
November is National Novel Writing Month. Bet you didn’t know that. If you have a novel within you, or think you might, then Nanowrimo is for you: What: Writing one 50,000-word novel from scratch in a month’s time. Who: You! We can’t do this unless we have some other people trying it as well. Let’s write laughably awful yet lengthy … Read More
Britney Spears Quote Of The Day
She gave a rare interview to Ryan Seacrest: Spears was unclear when Seacrest asked how often she would see the boys. "That’s, like, all in the court," she said. "Stuff like that, my lawyers know all that stuff." And this: Seacrest apparently woke Spears up when he called her for the interview, and at times she didn’t seem to understand … Read More
“Lost” Actors: The Police Log
Michelle Rodriguez ("Ana Lucia Cortez"): DWI Cynthia Watros ("Libby"): DWI Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje ("Mr. Eko"): Traffic violation; disobeying a police officer Daniel Dae Kim ("Jin-Soo Kwon"): DWI
Marie Osmond Faints On “Dancing With The Stars”
In case you missed it…. She looked good though, huh?
Who Celebrities Support
Variety’s managing editor tells us the campaign contributions of big stars, broken down by fiscal quarter-years. Some snippets: George ClooneyQ2: Obama Barbra StreisandQ1: Clinton, Edwards, Obama Tobey MaguireQ1: ObamaQ2: Clinton Susan SarandonQ1: ObamaQ2: Obama (additional contribution)Q3: Richardson, Edwards Paul Newman06: DoddQ1: Dodd (additional contribution)Q2: Clinton, Obama, RichardsonQ3: Edwards Tom HanksQ1: ObamaQ2: Clinton Michael DouglasQ1: Obama, Dodd, Richardson, ClintonQ2: Richardson (additional … Read More
The New Star Trek Movie
Updated casting choices for the new Star Trek movie: Chris Pine (Just My Luck) will play a young Captain James T. Kirk and Karl Urban (Lord of the Rings) has been cast as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek movie for Paramount. …Just last week, Abrams cast John Cho (Harold and Kumar) as Sulu, Simon Pegg … Read More