A remake of the ’80s classic Steel Magnolias featuring an all-black cast is reportedly on the fast track to becoming a reality. Cue the debate! The original Steel Magnolias, about a group of Southern women who spend a lot of time in a beauty parlor, came out in 1989 boasting an ensemble that pretty much
Continue reading …Rallying Behind the Squirrel: St. Louis Baseball Fans Embrace a New Mascot
October 12, 2011 No CommentDuring the first round the playoffs, when the St. Louis Cardinals faced the Philadelphia Phillies, a squirrel ran across the field at Busch Stadium twice in the same game, even distracting Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt. Then a squirrel showed up at a later away game, when the Cardinals played in Philadelphia. Ever since then, fans in
Continue reading …“I am bringing #Gilad #Shalit home !” This sentence, awaited by millions for more than five years, was posted on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Twitter account, after the Shalit swap deal was approved by the Israeli cabinet, and following some earlier, less dramatic tweets on the subject. “This is a difficult decision to make, but a leadership is examined in moments like these, in its …
Continue reading …“I am bringing #Gilad #Shalit home !” This sentence, awaited by millions for more than five years, was posted on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Twitter account, after the Shalit swap deal was approved by the Israeli cabinet, and following some earlier, less dramatic tweets on the subject. “This is a difficult decision to make, but a leadership is examined in moments like these, in its …
Continue reading …Javier Bardem has a pretty good hit rate as a bad guy: the last time the Spanish actor “did” evil, it won him an Oscar for No Country for Old Men. Will he now be the man who kills off James Bond for good? (Probably not.) The 42-year-old Javier Bardem has revealed that he’s to take
Continue reading …Wednesday’s links get hyper by talking about sugary cereals and Halloween trick-or-treating. Talking Points: Let’s be honest — you didn’t watch the GOP debate last night. Don’t worry, we slogged through it. Here’s what you missed. (Swampland) Buzz Box: Boxed wine companies really, really want you to try them out. But can they get consumers
Continue reading …(CNN) – Herman Cain’s “9-9-9″ tax plan, the focal point of Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate, drew ire from Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday morning. Biden said the proposal would unduly hurt the middle class in America. “That’s standing on its head what Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican, had in mind when he proposed a national
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We know eating a very healthy diet appears to make heart disease less likely, but now that even goes for people whose genes put them at a higher-than-normal risk of heart trouble, according to a new study.
Continue reading …We know eating a very healthy diet appears to make heart disease less likely, but now that even goes for people whose genes put them at a higher-than-normal risk of heart trouble, according to a new study.
Continue reading …(CNN) – GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain said Tuesday that many liberal Democrats in the black community are “racist” for questioning his political ambitions as a black conservative Republican. “A lot of these liberal, leftist folk in this country, that are black, they’re more racist than the white people that they’re claiming to be racist,”
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