Did you notice a couple of empty seats at last night’s Academy Awards? Well, they were mine.
A dear friend with Hollywood connections arranged to get me into the Kodak Auditorium. But last minute something came up and I could not go. That’s not 100% true. It’s more like I had a conflict. Yesterday was […]
Oprah Winfrey thinks that by the year 2011 she will be sick of doing the Oprah Winfrey Show. Well, Oprah certainly doesn’t need to do it for the money. She is already high up on the list of richest people in the world and is certainly one of the richest women in the […]
May Department Stores will be acquired by Federated Department Stores according to the Wall Street Journal e-mail which reached me just minutes ago… So I guess they have the scoop. A quick search of Google news shows no other reports of the talks reaching a conclusion. However, the report apparently isn’t official as […]
Are Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s “The Gates,” in Central Park, a big fat nothing? That seems to be the suggestion of an article in the New Yorker, by Peter Schjeldahl. I admit, it is difficult for a cynical New Yorker to appreciate the hoopla. However, if the event does in fact bring in […]
Jane Paulie interviewed Paul Newman on her show. This was a rare appearence for the actor/philanthopist, who turned 80 last week. He rarely grants interviews, but his charitable food enterprises are growing and the product buyers are supporting charities while having yummy salsa, (that’s what I eat), salad dressing and pasta sauce. […]
A Thai resident tried to sell and smuggle 108 large dinosaur fossils and five boxes containing smaller pieces. He was arrested by undercover Thai police in his home in Bangkok. Piriya Wachachitphan, 25, sold more than 1,000 cultural artifacts, including Buddha images, worth more than $200,000, according to police. So if you […]
Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are reportedly banned from the Oscars. Several sites are quoting the same source that claims that the Academy Awards is worried about “downmarket scrum.” Well, I don’t even think the folks at the Academy use the word scrum regularly, so it sounds like a rumor to me. […]
HIV and the Black population, some unsettling news. A federal government study indicated that the prevalence of HIV infection in blacks ages 18 to 59 in 1991 was about five times higher than what was found in whites. In 2001, it had increased to 13 times that seen in whites. Black men ages 40 to […]
Aviator and Million Dollar Baby are top contenders for the best picture academy award. However, you never know what could happen. There have been upsets in the past. “Ray,” starring Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles is a great movie and also biographical, but Leo will likely sway the voters. DiCaprio seemed too […]
The judge presiding over the Michael Jackson child molestation case ruled a mistrial before the start of opening arguments.
Judge Rodney Melville ruled in favor of Jackson’s defense attorney’s claim that the panel of 4 men and 8 women was not a jury of the pop icon’speers.
The judge came to his conclusion after lengthy interviews […]