To love another person is to see the face of God. [from Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables"] IT’S TREMENDOUS to read that “Les Misérables” is doing well at the box office. It’s a tough musical in all respects, some say it’s also great. Hugh Jackman’s spellbinding, not to mention Oscar calibre performance, is spectacular, with Anne [...]
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Tweet of the Day: Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hefner
Happy New Year from Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hefner! twitter.com/hughhefner/sta… — Hugh Hefner (@hughhefner) January 1, 2013 Hugh Hefner is a married man. The 86-year-old Playboy mogul married 26-year-old Playmate Crystal Harris on New Year’s Eve – Entertainment Weekly JUST IMAGINE if the genders were reversed, a rich old broad marrying a young, hot guy. [...]
Adam Lanza’s “Prepper” Mother Warned Former Babysitter, Meanwhile NRA Goes on Lockdown
A man who says he once babysat for Newtown, Conn., gunman Adam Lanza says he recalls Lanza’s mother warning him never to turn his back on the boy – not even to go to the bathroom. [CBS News] ANYONE HAVING a child in the house who is this mentally unstable and dangerous, but also owns [...]
It’s Christmastime. Find Joy and Heal. [Obama's Full Remarks - Video]
“I want to talk to the White House. I know that they can’t give me an answer tonight, but I want to know what they’re going to do. I need to know what they’re going to do.” – Rep. Carolyn McCarthy GOD HAD nothing to do with the Connecticut school massacre and religion wouldn’t have [...]
News Desk: 20 Children Shot Dead in Connecticut Elementary School Carnage — So When Will Obama and Politicians Confront Gun Lobby? [Video - Updated]
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity News CBS News is reporting that at least 27 people are dead, including 20 students, after a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The gunman is among the dead. CBS [...]
Hillary Clinton and 2016, the Waiting Begins [Video]
“Nobody interacts with Hillary Clinton like she’s fading off into the sunset.” – Philippe Reines, Clinton’s State Department spokesman DO YOU care what’s being said about Secretary Clinton and 2016? I wonder how many people want to read analysis and the obligatory compulsory coverage about the never ending speculation of what can’t possibly known today. [...]
Chris Christie’s Weight Is a Presidential Health Issue
“That’s ridiculous,” said Christie. “I mean, that’s ridiculous. I don’t know what the basis for that is.” [ABC News] GOVERNOR CHRIS Christie is wrong. What’s worse is that he appears to be in denial, too. His weight is an issue when considering him for the presidency and voters are right to consider it as one. [...]
Chasing Ice: Going Over the Climate Change Cliff Looks Like This (VIDEO)
Human beings seem to have an infinite capacity to accept word spins and tricks and diversions, like “fiscal cliff,” for example, while having an equally unlimited capacity to turn facts into fantasies and myths, like “climate change.” I think it has something to do with comfort zones, not wanting to take responsibility for needed changes, [...]
Brad Pitt a Good Sport After Getting Panned for Chanel Ad [Video]
CHANEL PICKED Pitt to represent “the perspective of a man on the most feminine fragrance of all time.” What he didn’t bargain for are the reviews. “I’ve been overseas, so I’ve been blissfully protected [from the backlash],” Pitt said. “I haven’t [seen the parodies], but I say absolutely fair play, fair play.” [Huffington Post] If [...]
Buzzfeed: Chinese Website Hails Kim Jong-Un as The Onion’s Sexiest Man Alive
THIS IS one of those classic cultural, political and media collisions that makes my day. From Zeke Miller: China’s Communist Party newspaper, People’s Daily, congratulates the North Korean leader on being named the sexiest man alive by the the satirical American publication. Seriously. Buzzfeed has a screen capture of the Chinese newspaper text. It doesn’t [...]
Showbiz Beat: Larry Hagman Passes, Made “J.R.” an ’80s Icon
In his memoir, Hello Darlin’, Mr. Hagman said, “Ronald Reagan was campaigning against Jimmy Carter, American hostages were being held in Iran, Polish shipyard workers were on strike, and all anyone wanted to know was, who shot J.R.?” [Dallas News] NO ONE represented the good old excess of the 1980s better than “J.R. Ewing” in [...]
The Sexist Confederate War on Susan Rice
THE CONFEDERACY lives in the 21st century Republican party and segments of the American right, which many progressives have argued for a long time; they may not be the largest contingent, but they’re the loudest and most troublesome for conservatives clawing their way to relevancy in the wake of the 2012 election. The confederate right [...]
News Desk: How ‘Little Guys’ Try to Compete on Black Friday
Black Friday: Boutiques open at midnight? How ‘little guys’ try to compete. (via The Christian Science Monitor) From midnight on Thanksgiving night until 3 a.m., Julia Dvir’s store, “The Closet,” will further discount her jewelry, hats, belts, and purses (already 40-60 percent off). Located just 80 yards up the Fashion Square Mall from Macy’s, the [...]
News Desk: Jailed Pussy Riot Member ‘Moved to Safety’
Jailed Pussy Riot member ‘moved to safety’ (via AFP) One of the jailed members of Russia’s punk band Pussy Riot was moved out of her quarters in her prison camp after complaining of poor relations with other prisoners, the prison service said Friday. Maria Alyokhina, 24, who is serving her two-year sentence for the group’s [...]
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Legacy it Left Behind [Videos]
THE ASSASSINATION of John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the beginning of the shredding of government trust in the modern era. On this Thanksgiving Day, with all the news swirling around Benghazi, our secret drone wars and our fetish for the “zipless coup,” the legacy of Kennedy’s murder and the doubt and distrust of our government is [...]
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