Zooey Deschanel: we knew she was in a band of sorts, but we haven’t really been thinking of her that way. Yet there she was this weekend at the Coachella Music Festival, snapping her fingers and fronting the band She & Him. Good for her. Nice dress.More photos of Zooey Deschanel from the same event:
And a pretty nice guy. The pride of the Grant High Generals!
At last! The U.S. Supreme Court has updated its fusty old website with a new SCOTUS 2.0 edition.
“I mean, he’s a sex machine. Why don’t we just admit it? It’s running on kerosene, but still.” Joy Behar’s unlikely take on eight-times-married Larry King. Meanwhile, ABC News struggles …..
From LIFE magazine’s archives, here’s a gallery of photos most of us haven’t seen before of that brainy feller Albert Einstein.And don’t worry, he’s not shirtless in all of them (unlike that show-offy beefcake Stephen Hawking).
The BBC on the crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski:”The crew was
aware of the inevitability of the coming catastrophe, if only due to the
plane shaking after the wings hit the trees – which we are certain
happened.”
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama paid $1.8 million in taxes this year on a gross adjusted income of $5.5 million. (Most of the dough came from book sales, and it boiled down to $4.98 million in final taxable income.)Toss in the $1.4 million he earned for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and Barack Obama is your first Six Million Dollar President!
We chanced upon this brief — very brief — clip from Portland, Oregon, where Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser are filming a medical drama called Extraordinary Measures.
There he is, running through a home improvement store, right near Portland Meadows, where they still run the ponies for a crowd of about a dozen or two.
According to this story in People magazine, a new album is due to be released in May by two of the three Dixie Chicks.
Lead singer Natalie Maines sat out as sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire recorded an album as Court Yard Hounds. On May 4th they’re releasing an album of the same name, and that link to the People article will take you to where you can hear a sample song, the single “I Miss You.”
We snagged this photo from this bit on the Huffington Post.It’s super-old, short movie star Al Pacino with a woman described as his girlfriend. Keep that woman away from Larry King, Al!
Greta Garbo, the Swedish siren of the 1930s, died on this day in 1990 after 49 years in retirement. She’d be 104 years old if she were still alive and paying taxes today.
TV talk show host Larry King has filed for divorce from his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick. Irreconcilable differences, claims the NY Daily News. The National Enquirer says trouble has been …..
Today is the birthday of cartoonist Daniel Clowes (rhymes with “rose”). He drew Ghost World and David Boring and Art School Confidential. Below are two parts of a BBC documentary on modern cartoonists, and Clowes is the focus.
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden visited Haiti yesterday. Photos follow:
We almost missed Jack Chick’s birthday — April 13th. He turned 86. Chick is the man behind Chick Publications, Christian comic tracts that have been around since 1970. The kind of little comic you might find at a bus station or in a laundromat, Chick’s publications are moral lessons meant to educate readers about the power of Jesus, and, more often than not, the terrors that await you if you don’t accept Jesus as your personal savior.
Mia Sara has been at the top of our search list the last two days, apparently due to a rush of online searches for “where is Mia Sara?” We can’t figure out the reason — she doesn’t seem to be in the news. It’s one of life’s mysteries.
A clerk remembers retiring Justice John Paul Stevens: During William Rehnquist’s tenure as chief justice, a lawyer was
arguing in the court for the first time. When asked a question by
Justice Anthony Kennedy, the nervous lawyer started her response with,
“Well, Judge –Chief Justice Rehnquist interrupted her. “That’s
Justice Kennedy,” he said.
TV By the Numbers likes Conan O’Brien’s move to TBS.Ken Tucker concurs, with a few jabs at Conan’s fan base.
“What a Wonderful World,” reimagined.
It was just a matter of time until someone wrote the Great American
Musical about credit default swaps. With a shove
from This American Life, we have the first song, penned by Robert Lopez
of Avenue Q: “Bet Against the American Dream.”