“Don’t Mess With Grant!”
Ohio fans of President Ulysses S. Grant are fighting back against the proposal to put Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill.
Biographies
Burt Reynolds Says No to Drugs
Anyone familiar with the personal history of actor Burt Reynolds will read “Burt Reynolds says no to drugs” and think “uh…again?”
Just last year Reynolds was in rehab for an addiction to prescription pain killers.
Archie Adds Openly Gay Character; Moose Remains in Closet
“Archie Comics announced Thursday that Riverdale High will enroll its first openly gay character in September. The character, a blond newbie named Kevin Keller, will debut in No.
Leonard Nimoy: I Am No Longer Spock. For Reals This Time.
“Taxi!”Leonard Nimoy says that he will no longer play Mr. Spock, and good luck to him with that.Not that we doubt his good intentions, and they seem very good indeed:
The Royal Heave-Ho
Camilla Parker-Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, is wheeled to the stage on Thursday for the launch of British Food Fortnight 2010. The Duchess broke
her leg earlier this month “whilst hillwalking in Scotland.”(Photo Pool/Anwar Hussein Collection/WENN.com)
Roger Ebert is Not Loving ‘The Backup Plan’
The movie deals with artificial insemination, romance, sex and organic goat cheese, which are promising areas for investigation, but it’s so watered-down, it approaches homeopathy.Roger Ebert chuckles over The Backup Plan, the new Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy.Speaking of Nuts the terrier (as Ebert does), Lopez posed with him on the red carpet at the LA premiere this week.
Robots Can’t Placekick Worth Beans
Veteran NFL kicker Joe Nedney took on a robot this week for the placekicking championship of the world. Nedney is 234 pounds and 77 inches tall. The robot, Ziggy, is an intimidating 340 pounds and 14 inches.Who prevailed? Let’s go to the tape.
Charles Mingus Weird Nightmare
In honor of the birth anniversary of bandleader Charlie Mingus, here are clips from the Ray Davies (of The Kinks) documentary, Charles Mingus Weird Nightmare.To see Davies talk about the film and to see more segments, go to Weird Davies Nightmare.
It’s Bettie Page’s Birthday
Today Bettie Page was born in Nashville in 1923. A pin-up queen from “men’s magazines” of the 1950s, Page’s distinctive look is now what most people imagine when they think of that era of striptease burlesque. Page retired long ago and died in 2008.
To hear an audio interview with Page from 2007, go to this video (it includes a slideshow of typical Bettie Page poses).
James Mason at Last!
James Mason (center) with Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and Martin Landauin the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock thriller North By NorthwestEditor Paul Hehn has just profiled actor James Mason, and thank heavens. He’s a great one.