The Who2 Blog

Woody Allen was born as Allen Stewart Konigsberg on this day in 1935. (Just a few weeks after Luciano Pavarotti!)

It will be announced today, says The Washington Post.[Update: Now confirmed.]Clinton will be the third woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, after Madeleine Albright (1997-2001) and Condoleezza Rice (2005-present).

How concrete feels after you jet-pack across a 1053-foot-deep gorge.

Minnesota Public Radio has an enlightening display of challenged ballots from the Al Franken-Norm Coleman Senate recount.Included is a Coleman voter who also wrote in “Bachmen” (or “Bad men”?) and a Franken voter who wrote in “Lizard People.”(Lizardy hat tip: Swampland.)

Headline of the day.

Delware Governor Ruth Ann Minner has named Ted Kaufman to fill the Senate seat of Joe Biden.Kaufman is a longtime aide to Biden. He’ll serve until 2010, when a special election will determine who will hold the seat for the remaining four years of Biden’s term.

Ridley [Scott] is now officially attached to direct this collaboration between Universal and the games manufacturer Hasbro – Hasbro! Jesus wept! – and according to the Hollywood Reporter is planning to give it “a futuristic sheen along the lines of his iconic Blade Runner”. Really? Really?

Sasha and Malia Obama will attend Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C., the Obama family has announced.

Ms. Kurkova has not spoken publicly about how she came to have a smooth navel, and all her agent will say is “she’s not an alien.”The BBC has the scoop.