Barack Obama’s 2011 State of the Union Address: the Transcript
Here’s the text.Or try this clever video-with-highlighted-text feature from The NY Times.
Biographies
Jesse Eisenberg Biography, and His Sister the Pepsi Girl
Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg now has a brief biography at Who2. Eisenberg starred in the David Fincher movie The Social Network.Jesse Eisenberg plays Facebook fella Mark Zuckerberg. Eisenberg and Zuckerberg are not related. Their last names aren’t even the same. It just seems that way. In German, Eisenberg means “Iron Mountain,” but Zuckerberg means “Sugar Mountain.” Go look it up (I won’t).
Steve Prefontaine Would Be Only 60 Today
Wow: Oregon running legend Steve Prefontaine would be turning only 60 years old today. He was born on this day in 1951 and died in a car crash after a race at age 24.
Nuclear Bomb Interrupts ‘Spider-Man’ Rehearsal
The Onion has the story.They have had their share of problems, all right.(Hat tip: Ed Harlow)
Oscar Nominations 2011: The Biggies
Somewhere, King George VI is smiling.Oscar nominations for 2011 were released this morning, and The King’s Speech led the way with 12 overall nominations.
Jack LaLanne Wore Ballet Slippers
Yes those are ballet slippers you see on muscleman Jack LaLanne in the great old clips of his workout shows.His official blog addressed the topic in November:
From Hayley Mills to Hailee Steinfeld: Oscar Can’t Resist Young Women
Hailee Steinfeld, age 14, will be nominated for an Oscar tomorrow for True Grit, because she deserves it and because the Academy loves to nominate plucky youngsters.Yes, the Academy loves plucky. But it loves plucky young women just a little more than plucky young men.
Jack LaLanne Has Died at the Age of 96
Television pioneer and fitness preacher Jack LaLanne passed away Sunday in California. He was 96 years old.
Jack LaLanne was a fixture on morning TV for decades, doing push-ups and squat thrusts and telling viewers to eat right!, with a peppy, you-can-do-it delivery. His official site features several videos of classic episodes of The Jack LaLanne Show.
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Anthony Hopkins Will Play Alfred Hitchcock, Maybe
Anthony Hopkins is in talks to play director Alfred Hitchcock in the biopic Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, says the Hollywood Reporter
Where’s Buzz? Getting Smooched at the Golden Globes!
Buzz Aldrin gets a smooch from his wife Lois at a Golden Globes afterparty this week. One in a continuing