Erwin Schrodinger +50 Years
Happy 50th deathday to you, genius physicist Erwin Schrödinger. You died on this day in 1961.
Biographies
Mila Kunis Joins Famous Cartoon Voices
Actress Mila Kunis is now gracing movie screens everywhere as Natalie Portman’s rival-slash-costar in the dance-horror-dance movie Black Swan.She’s come a long way from playing Jackie in That 70s Show. And good for her. Because she must be a trooper to have voiced the character of Meg Griffin in Seth MacFarlane’s comedy cartoon Family Guy.
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Biography
Who2 now has a profile of the Japanese-Engish novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.
He’s the guy who wrote The Remains of the Day, one of the most heart-breaking books I’ve ever read. It’s good. I’ve never seen the movie all the way through, however, because I’m not one for those kinds of movies, the ones about stuffy English manners and unrequited love.
I can thoroughly enjoy books like that, but when it comes to movies, I have an automatic Homer Simpson reaction: BOR-RING!!
Tom Brady May Talk To You While Passing
“He can be talking throughout a play, the play can be actually running and he could be talking to you. He is on top of it. I remember a play we had and he was talking to me during the play and he had the ball in his hands, he was about to throw and he was talking to me about something that was going on.””…Sometimes a play might be designed for me to stay and block but he might tell me to ‘go ahead on and go,’ so, I go [out for a pass].”
Pete Postlethwaite, Nice Guy
“Pete taught for a brief period at my (convent!) school in Manchester. He
was quite uncomfortable at times to be surrounded by hormonal teenage
girls, but we all adored him! We all wrote ‘I love Pete Pos’ on our
white gym shoes.”The BBC has posted fans’ warm reminiscences of actor Peter Postlethwaite, who has died of testicular cancer at age 64.
Zsa Zsa Gabor Follows in the Footstep of Sarah Bernhardt
Zsa Zsa Gabor is losing a leg.
Jim Bakker is 71 and Selling Some Crazy, Crazy Junk
Jeepers, Jim Bakker.The disgraced TV evangelist turns 71 today. He’s been back on the air since 2006 with a religious show based in Branson, Missouri.
Michelle Obama is Not Pregnant
And she’s not snowboarding, either.
The Big Big Birthdays of 2011
Happy New Year from Who2! And an early ‘happy birthday’ to these famous people who celebrate landmark birthdays in 2011.300 YearsPhilosopher DAVID HUME was born on April 26th, 1711. He wrangled with Rousseau and argued that experience and observation must be the foundation of human knowledge. 200 Years
Billy the Kid Does NOT Get a Pardon
Billy the Kid will not receive a pardon from Gov. Bill Richardson on Richardson’s last day in office.The New Mexico governor made his decision public today, after much outside speculation and derision. (The full text of his announcement is reprinted below.) Money quote: