Why Does David Souter Hate America’s Capital?
Justice David Souter will retire from the Supreme Court when its current session ends in July.After his two decades on the Court, the news seems to be all about how much Souter hates Washington, D.C.
Biographies
Rock Hudson and Bea Arthur Sing About… What??
Well, it’s a weird one: The late Bea Arthur and actor Rock Hudson sing a Dixieland duet about drugs on an unidentified 1970s television show. Enjoy!
Google Salutes Samuel Morse
Nifty logo tribute from Google to Morse Code inventor Samuel Morse on his 218th birthday.
The Late Bea Arthur
Dead at 86. Everyone knows her big credits, but I didn’t know she was the original matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway. And — Fosse connection alert — her first husband produced All That Jazz.
Those Monkey-fighting Snakes!
A wonderfully cleaned-up version of Samuel L. Jackson’s famous line from the movie Snakes on a Plane:
Snoop Waxx
Rapper Snoop Dogg poses with his new wax replicant at Madame Tussaud’s in Las Vegas. (That’s the real item on the left.)More photos here.(Photo credit: Judy Eddy / WENN.com)
J.G. Ballard, 1930-2009
British writer J.G. Ballard has died at the age of 78.He wrote Empire of the Sun and Crash, both of which were made into movies. The Crash based on his book is the 1996 cars-n-sex one that starred Holly Hunter and James Spader, not the 2004 L.A. race relations one with Sandra Bullock and Don Cheadle.
Is This Cleopatra’s Tomb… and Nose?
Archaeologists in may have found the Egyptian tomb of Cleopatra — buried, perhaps, next to her lover Marc Antony.
Speaking of Paul Newman
Here’s an old film of Paul Newman, warning of the dangers of drugs. Specifically, pills — you know, bennies and goofballs and so on.Courtesy of The Smoking Gun.
Newman Makes the Connecticut Hall of Fame
Actor Paul Newman has been inducted into the Connecticut Hall of Fame.Other inductees include Jackie Robinson, Mark Twain and Katharine Hepburn.