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Dafoe Takes on Patriarchal Role in ‘Fireflies’

Willem Dafoe plays a father who’s tough on his son in the family drama ‘Fireflies in the Garden’ – which he co-stars with Julia Roberts and Ryan Reynolds. Dafoe says he character is throwback to an earlier time in America. (Oct. 13)

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Solyndra CEO Resigns, Major Backer Delinquent on Taxes; Will Media Report?

Two more shoes dropped in the Solyndra scandal today, but it remains to be seen their sound will stir the sleepy liberal lapdog media. Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison resigned last Friday, the Associated Press reported early this afternoon. Oh, and while the media of late have cheerleading the Democratic push for a new surtax on millionaires, don't expect the news media, particularly MSNBC, to note how a key Obama donor who pushed for the Solyndra loan has been delinquent on his federal taxes for years . As Washington Examiner's Mark Tapscott noted this morning :

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Last Man Standing

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Last Man Standing

6 AM in the booth and SIK is the last man standing Pop Evil “Last Man Standing” Ravens Kick off Party Baltimore, MD Last Man Standing Season 1 Episode 1 Pilot leffjakin says: Last Man Standing is a two-episode series created solely to air a backdoor pilot for a @ PFTompkins Chester McAllister sitcom, right?

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Michelle Dekraai

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Michelle Dekraai

I DON’T LOOK LIKE What I’ve Been Through! NEW 2011 SONG! PreZ Blackmon II ACAPELLA! BreakingBWnews says: Scott DeKraai Targeted Michelle DeKraai in Salon Meritage Shooting: LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A mugshot photo of Scott… http://t.co/LAzM2Mz2

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Saddam Hussein Lookalike Refuses to Make Sex Tapes, Suffers Assault

It’s apparently one of the less obvious perils of looking like a dictator. An Egyptian man who is a dead ringer for Saddam Hussein claims he was kidnapped and assaulted by a gang that wants him to play the Iraqi leader in pornographic videos, according to al-Ahram. It is believed that the tapes would then

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When you gotta go, you gotta go—even on Everest. And an environmental group says it’s high time the mountain has portable toilets. “Human waste is a problem,” explains the director of Eco Nepal, who thinks Everest would stay cleaner if the hordes of climbers who brave its slopes had…

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A plane carrying 32 passengers went down in Papua New Guinea today, and local villagers say just four people survived the crash. The Airlines PNG Dash 8, a twin-propeller plane, crashed en route from Lae to Madang, the AP reports; there was reportedly a violent storm going on at the…

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The Paris prosecutor’s office has dropped an investigation into a French writer’s claim that Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her for lack of sufficient proof. The prosecutor’s office said today that Strauss-Kahn admitted to sexual aggression against writer Tristane Banon but that it is too late to prosecute for that…

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Fear Rolls Down Street With 9-year-old Driver

A 9-year-old girl takes to the wheel in Colorado, with her mom in the car along with a 10-month old. The mother is now facing charges. (Oct. 13)

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Rajaratnam Gets 11 Years for Insider Trading

Raj Rajaratnam, a former billionaire described by the government as “the modern face of illegal insider trading” was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison, the longest insider trading sentence ever. (Oct. 13)

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