Actors Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush talk about ‘The King’s Speech’ – a portrait of stammering monarch King George VI preparing for war. The movie has already picked up Oscar buzz. (Oct. 20)
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Heavy rain in Thailand and Vietnam kills over 70 and leaves thousands either stranded or homeless. (Oct. 20)
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Though John Legend was advised not to record with the Roots, he’s happy to take the risk on their collaborative CD ‘Wake Up!’ Legend and Roots drummer ?uestlove also talk about meeting each other in the 1990′s. (Oct. 20)
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has released an anti-bullying message, after a recent spat of suicides among young Americans. Clinton urged young people to ‘hang in there and ask for help’ if they feel bullied. (Oct. 20)
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It’s been 25 years since Darius Rucker started his music career with Hootie and the Blowfish, and now he’s out with his sophomore country album, “Charleston, SC 1966.” (Oct. 20)
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A new ‘Sesame Street’ video – featuring a Muppet singing about her hair to teach kids about self-esteem and ethnic pride – has gone viral on the Internet. (Oct. 20)
Continue reading …Screen Grabs: Dell Streak recruited into NCIS:LA for some undercover duty, fights evil Adamo XPS
October 20, 2010 No Comment
Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com . Dell’s product placement deal with CBS apparently doesn’t stipulate whether its gadgets will be used for good or evil, as illustrated by their cameo appearances on the network’s NCIS:LA crime drama. In last night’s episode, lead do-gooder Special Agent Callen is seen preparing a Streak tabletphone for some audio recording action before a meeting with the baddies — who in turn whip out an Adamo XPS (yes, it’s still alive !) to seal a deal for some ultra-advanced weaponry. Yep, it’s a non-stop clich
Continue reading …Coons, who is running against Christine O’Donnell for Senate in Delaware, has been relatively free of scrutiny from the same press that dissects everything O’Donnell says or does. however, others not in the mainstream media have been doing a little background checking: NEWS: Chris Coons Was Sued Three Times In 2007 For Retaliating Against Public Employees For Their Political Views Funny, I don’t remember hearing about this even once in
Continue reading …CBS ‘Political Analysis’ Showcases Democratic Demagoguery About Nazi Republicans
October 20, 2010 No Comment
A month ago, CBS News hired ex-Bill Clinton and Al Gore campaign operative Jamal Simmons, a self-described “strong supporter of Barack Obama's campaign,” as political analyst, and Tuesday night the CBS Evening News paired him with the more sober in-house analyst John Dickerson. As a result, viewers heard a rational look at the political landscape from Dickerson paired with Democratic talking points, in the guise of political analysis, from Simmons, but not balanced by any GOP veteran tearing down Democrats. Simmons turned polls showing impending big Democratic losses into a way to deliver anti-Republican demagoguery, as he charged “voters are starting to figure out that if Republicans win, they're going to cut, you know, 21 percent out of education and borrow $700 billion from the Chinese to give tax cuts to rich people, and most voters don't want to do that.” After Katie Couric raised, as controversial, Christine O’Donnell’s accurate contention “separation of church and state” is not in the Constitution, Simmons took the opportunity to deride Republican candidates: “If you look around the country, not just Christine O'Donnell but Sharron Angle out in
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The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called Anita Hill to ask her to apologize for accusing the justice of sexually harassing her. Hill made the accusation during Thomas’ confirmation hearing. (Oct. 20)
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