Trying to follow (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
A friend mentioned this book and I thought I’d probably be worth my while to pick it up and give it a read. So, I grabbed Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors, by Bill Cosby, from the library and gave it a quick read. It was decent, but I’m not sure [...]
Comedy Central Insider (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Bo Burnham interview. [New York Daily News] Gingerbread Colbert. [No Fact Zone] 13-year-old stand-up to play Edinburgh Fest. [Punchline] Another day, another monkey on the lam. [HuffPo] Five best Will Ferrell songs. [Yahoo! News] The old grey lady discovers Tim...
Advice Goddess Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Bill Cosby Wakes Up Black America Others, like NPR's Juan Williams, follow, in this City Journal piece by editor Myron Magnet, author of The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass . Here's the problem: With a 50 percent high school dropout rate and a 70 percent illegitimacy rate, with African-Americans committing half the nation's murders though only 13 percent of the...
Drudge Retort (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Friday, July 18, 2008House Will Investigate Bush's 'Imperial Presidency'Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) announced Thursday that the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing July 25 examining "the imperial presidency of George W. Bush and possible legal responses."Posted by SanAntonioRogue at 09:34 AM | 12 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | ShareThisIDEAS TO FUEL OUR FUTURE At a...
BlogXilla.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lisa Bonet, Daughters Zoe Kravitz & Lola were spotted out and about looks like Lisa is on the way to starting her own Cosby Family. Yet 19 year old Zoe was allowed into a gin mill and promised she wouldn’t drink the juice… so she just smoked up a storm to and irked everyone. Oh [...]
Pop Candy (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... have a shot at winning, too.)The includes expected fare like SeinfeldThe Mary Tyler Moore Show The Cosby Show, but what could really make people gasp is if the controversial Scientology episode of South Park prevailed.Thanks to Pop reader Ryan, aka , for the tip. The Emmys air Sept. 21 on ABC.Posted at 03:46 PM/ET,
NESW Sports (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... was pounded by the US Olympic Basketball Team < Awful Announcing Chris Mottram sits down with Will Leitch < The Sporting Blog… The interview is a really good read. What is the fruitiest Olympic Sport < Simon on Sports Top 12 Reasons that Phillies fans are losing it! < Epic Carnival Who is the one man that can stop Usain Bolt? < World of Isaac The Difference between Chinese and American Indian...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... football I'd probably have given up on sports.by on 0 recs I think I like that better than Bill Cosby eating a giant ice cream cone.by on 0 recs looks like?If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.by on 0 recs No, it’s the one I picked.by on 0 recs I’d know that if I had them on.If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.by on 0 recs...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
You may remember her as Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show and A Different World . Now you can call her Maya on the US version of Life on Mars . She'll be playing the girlfriend of the show's hero, which, in the BBC version, is a very small role. I'd have to assume the role has been expanded for the US version. For those of you still sticking with Galactica , here's some interesting news. Sci...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... Arbor, Mich., native has been interested in fashion since elementary school."I was wearing a Bill Cosby sweater since second grade, because 'The Cosby Show' was hot, and I was like, 'These sweaters are awesome,' " he remembers.As he got older, pants became an issue. A triathlete and avid runner, Spaly had trouble finding stylish pants that fit his muscular thighs and trim middle."I'd...
markstorer.com (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
At least officially, that is. Peanut is a Disney Channel fan and while we’re actually not always OK with what’s on there, by and large, we let her watch a few of the shows. Her favorite from the time it began was “That’s So Raven.” It stars the little wagette from the Cosby [...]
POE News (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Bernie Mac wanted to be like Bill Cosby: He wanted to make his mother laugh.The actor-comedian, who told jokes on train platforms and plugged away for decades before coming into the spotlight on his own Fox sitcom, the Ocean's movies and more, died today—one week after it was learned he'd been hospitalized with pneumonia.He was 50.
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
... “Tap Root Manuscript,” Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Green River” and “The Best of Bill Cosby” on the shelf in my bedroom. I played those four records over and over, committing them to memory, getting the grooves down. “Shaft” had the most groove, of course. So much so that I envisioned it as the music I’d play if I ever got some time alone with a certain girl. In the fall of 1971, that...
MTV News (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Every week on "Run's House," shows MTV viewers that he is hip-hop's version of Bill Cosby, teaching his kids the facts of life. Now, the Run-DMC rapper is ready to take his family-values message to the streets: He and wife Justine Simmons co-authored the book "Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America's Parents." "I think you need to be familiar with your family and know what's going on...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
... was a result of their " moral poverty .") Steele can be acerbic at times, much like his peer Bill Cosby. Their style often taints the substance of their message. I'd prefer to see the public messengers of personal responsibility be academics like John McWhorter and leaders like Obama, who are from a younger generation that absorbed the best of both sides of the race debate. Thus, I agree...
