Mr. Lombardi played twice with Obama during the campaign… The first time, in May 2008, came about by sheer happenstance. Lombardi was at the gym, and there was Obama, so Lombardi introduced himself.”Hey, listen,” Obama said, “I have members of my staff here, five or six guys, we wanna play full court, you go find a few guys.”
Singer and actor Harry Connick, Jr. was a guest judge for a talent contest on live television in Australia, part of the show Hey, Hey It’s Saturday, when he was startled by an act that was a “tribute” to Michael Jackson: the skit involved five white men in black face and afro wigs.
Here’s a gallery of amazing photos from Berlin, where they let France’s Royal de Luxe theater troupe crowd the streets with giant wooden marionettes.Courtesy of the Boston Globe.
Variety loves George Clooney’s new movie, Up In the Air.Clooney has scarcely ever been more magnetic onscreen than he is here as Ryan Bingham, a gun-for-hire who specializes in the dirty work some corporate bosses don’t like to do themselves, firing employees.
Vanity Fair has a nifty slideshow of its past photos of Penelope Cruz.
The latest news in the world of TV’s Dancing with the Stars (the on-air dancing competition that features F-list celebrities): Former U.S. congressman Tom DeLay, who went from Powerful Politician (during the the administration of President George W. Bush) to Ousted-and-Under-Indictment TV celebrity, has reportedly withdrawn from dance competition, due to stress fractures in his feet.
Popular Mechanics offers this nifty list of the Ten Fastest Land Speed Record vehicles, beginning with this beauty, the 999, by Henry Ford.
“The polls that I’ve seen ran about 80/20, Betty over Veronica, with Jughead continually coming in a strong third.”Archie seems to be solving his dilemma by marrying both girls. (The Times blames his polygamy on Robert Frost.)
In honor of what would have been Truman Capote’s 85th birthday (he died in 1984), here are a couple of video interviews from 1966, as he talks about working on In Cold Blood.In this video he tries to explain what he means by “non-fiction novel.”In this video he talks about what it was like to arrive in Kansas.
Coming in December is the new album by rap star Chamillionaire. He gave fans the opportunity to vote on the title, offering 10 candidates.The possible titles included Reverse Psychology, Back for Revenge and Karma. Chamillionaire also gives dictionary-style explanations for each title. Our favorite is for Wake Up Call: “A wake up call happens during the times when people are sleeping. You set a wake up call when its [sic] time to wake people up.”