Bing Crosby: As Popular As Quintuplet Diapers
How popular was crooner Bing Crosby in his day?
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That Uberdontic Amy Adams Smile
Amy Adams‘s special gift is that she can smile like this and still look just swell. Adams was arriving at Monday night’s LA premiere of Julie and Julia. Her co-star …..
Happy 85th Birthday, Black Dahlia
Elizabeth Short, the ill-fated “Black Dahlia,” would have been 85 today. She was only 22 when she died in January of 1947 — the same month that Al Capone passed out.
A Salute from Private Babe Ruth (Really!)
Given the normal image of Babe Ruth as a hard-drinking, skirt-chasing home run machine — and given that he played major league baseball from ages 19 through 40 — this …..
Happy 80th Birthday, Jackie Kennedy
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis would have turned 80 years old today. She was born on 28 July 1929, and was only 64 when she died in May of 1994. (By comparision, actress Dakota Fanning was born in 1994.)We’ve just added new photos of Mrs. Kennedy for the birthday — including this swell 1963 shot with the family dogs.
Awkward Photos With People in Animal Suits
Reese Witherspoon at the London premiere of Monsters vs. Aliens in March of this year. More Witherspoon photos here.(Credit: Zibi / WENN)
“Why Do You Hate Budweiser?”
Analyzing the beer selection for this week’s Obama-Crowley-Gates drinking session.
“A Good Advancement for the State”
“I feel great,” she said. “It was a smooth transition of power as it should be, and a good advancement for the state.”Sarah Palin, on her Sunday resignation as governor of Alaska.
Book Review: ‘Duchess of Death’
2 billion copies sold worldwide.Affairs, betrayal, and heartbreak.Novels translated into 105 languages.A bizarre 11-day disappearance in 1926 that has never been explained.So reads the breathless back cover of Duchess of Death, the nifty new biography of Agatha Christie by Richard Hack.
Touché, Lobster!
I have entered the New Yorker’s cartoon caption contest almost weekly virtually since it began, and have never even been a finalist. Mark Twain advised: “Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you.
Meryl Streep Is Married to a Guy Named Donald J. Gummer?
Yes. Yes, she is.I am reminded, and it’s a stretch, of Judy Garland, whose real name was Frances E. Gumm. (Supposedly George Jessel suggested the name change.)Well, Mr. Gummer looks like a good egg. Dude is a sculptor.(Image from the 2004 Academy Awards courtesy of WENN.)
Attack of the 5’10” Woman
“Kourtney is 5’0″ and Kimberly is 5’2″, and I’m 5’10”. So, when I stand next to them everybody thinks I’m like 6’5″. They think I’m this big girl. When people meet me that’s the first thing they say, ‘Oh, you’re skinny. You’re just normal.” They meet Kourtney and Kim and they’re like, ‘You guys are midgets.'”
Transcript of President Obama’s Press Conference
So let me be clear: This isn’t about me. I have great health insurance, and so does every member of Congress.President Barack Obama, talking about health care reform on Wednesday night. Full transcript here.
Yo quiero paraÃso perrito!
Gidget, the Taco Bell chihuahua, has died.
Mary Ellen Mark Photos
This slide show from Vanity Fair is fun — photos by Mary Ellen Mark from behind the scenes of famous movie people. The photos include shots of stars like Jack Nicholson, Katharine Hepburn and (young) Sean Penn.
Chewbacca!
We recently profiled Peter Mayhew, the actor who appeared in the original Star Wars movies as the Wookiee good guy, Chewbacca. Yes, we should have profiled him years ago.This photo of some of the original cast members out of costume has been making the rounds lately, so we thought we’d share it along with Mayhew’s profile:
Rupert Grint, Good Sport
Here’s a delightful bit of fan appreciation from Japan, with Harry Potter star Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley in the movies) indulging a young interviewer:
Beastie Boy MCA’s Bad News
Adam Yauch, aka MCA of the Beastie Boys announces on their YouTube channel that he has a form of cancer:
July 20th, 1969
Wonderful panorama here.
The ‘Viscount of Vapidness’
Hee!For those who aren’t in the know, Seacrest is much more than just a fey TV personality with no discernible talent. But as famed TV critic Tom Shales wrote in a great piece called “Ryan Seacrest Inc”, Ryan is trying to mimic Rupert Murdoch.