Watched it the other night, rented from Netflix. Shirley Temple has 2 Daddys! Standardized testing mocked! Buddy Ebsen dances at the Codfish Ball with Shirley Temple! A great film...which no doubt led to making Shirley Temple Black a great diplomat! From Wikipedia The peak of Black's diplomatic career came when she was United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992, and witnessed the...
Dylan Turner took his wife and 4-year-old daughter, Eva, to a Giants game, after which they wanted to try the Coke bottle slide. But it was crowded, and they decided to leave, via a staircase "littered with baseball detritus and generally dank and dirty,"...
Today’s blogging is strictly in commemoration of … Shirley Temple Black. The actress turned diplomat is 81. Shirley Temple was in approximately 50 films before she turned 18. She received a special juvenile Oscar in 1935. … Lee Majors. He’s 70. Soon the $6-million man will be found on eBay for [...]
I have always been mildly troubled by cupcakes. I understand their immediate attraction-- they're cute, individual packages of utensil-free eating. It's cake on-the-go for busy people who like such things. I had once thought they were adorable for (small) children's parties, but I am no longer convinced. I just don't care much for them. Not that they aren't occasionally delicious. I just don't like...
The president's rumored plan to appoint a wealthy fundraiser to an ambassadorship should renew the debate on whether foreign posts should be handed out to the highest bidder. If reports in this morning's Washington Post are true, President Obama...
Forest Whitaker will present Screen Actors Guild’s 45th Life Achievement Award to James Earl Jones at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, The ceremony will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. Whitaker joins a growing roster of actors who [...]
John Judis:I think it would have made most sense for Barack Obama to have appointed Caroline Kennedy a delegate to the United Nations in the manner of Shirley Temple Black or William F. Buckley. But I am not going berserk as my colleagues seem to be over the prospect that she will be appointed senator. The reason has to do, I suspect, with my understanding of political dynasties. There is a difference...
It's December 21 at 3pm. There are a million things left to do before the holiday hits: shopping, wrapping, baking, planning, screaming, etc. The stress is a nightmare. So let's talk about drinking,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
TCM creator Ted Turner sparked controversy when he started to colorize previously black-and-white films. Today, colorizing is being taken to a digital age. Is it right or wrong?
MY voting booth 6:30 a.m. had no long line. Fifteen minutes in and out. I stood with Chancellor and Mrs. Joel Klein - he had his cellphone, she had their shitzhu, Roger - and Jonathan Tisch, who said his son was upset because, three months shy of 18...
Showbiz talents who are also Democrats routinely raise money and campaign for political candidates -- but rarely run for public office themselves. So I've been watching with special interest Minnesota native son Al Franken's challenge for the U.S. Senate seat. FNow, for the first time, he's moved into his first solid lead over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, according to a [...]
In John McCaslin's column I found an account of Hollywood celebrities found to have donated to McCain: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnMcCaslin/2008/05/22/allys_birthday Among those opening checkbooks for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, according to Federal Election Commission filings, are Wilford Brimley, the mustached actor known for his Quaker Oats commercials and famous line, "It's...
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