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Rare Audrey Hepburn Stamp Sold

May 27, 2009 | By Paul Hehn

In Germany somebody paid $93,800 for a rare postage stamp that shows Audrey Hepburn with a cigarette holder in her mouth.The stamp was printed in 2001 by Germany, but Hepburn’s son objected to the image of her smoking and didn’t give his permission so the stamps were destroyed. Most of them, anyway. They say an employee scampered off with some and used them as regular postage stamps. Since 2004 five of the stamps have been found.You can see the stamp in this exceedingly dull video from the Associated Press:

Happy Birthday, Dead Miles Davis

May 26, 2009 | By Paul Hehn

Miles Davis would have been 83 today, but he died in 1991.To honor the master trumpeter, we looked around and found this video of him playing that wild, ground-breaking piece “Bitches Brew”:

Farewell, T.I.

May 25, 2009 | By Paul Hehn

Just before heading to prison for a year (for trying to buy machine guns), rapper T.I. — born as Clifford Harris, Jr. — gave a concert at an Atlanta arena this weekend. There’s news and video about the event here.

Happy 150th, Sir Arthur!

May 22, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories, was born on this day in 1859.Given how charmingly ancient those stories seem now, it’s surprising to realize that it’s only 150 years since Doyle was born. He died in 1930 — the same year that Neil Armstrong and Clint Eastwood were born.

Zachary Quinto Movie

May 21, 2009 | By Paul Hehn

Actor Zachary Quinto, lately of the new Star Trek movie (he plays Mr. Spock), has this really cool video on his official site.

Sacagawea Gets Backup

May 21, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

There’s a new Native American backside to the Sacagawea dollar coins.

One-Upsmanship on the Crown

May 19, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

Prince Charles meets Chief Almir Narayamoga of the Amazon rainforest at the Google 2009 European Zeitgeist conference in London on 19 May 2009.

Jamie Foxx to Play Frank Sinatra?

May 18, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

Well, maybe. An “unnamed source” tells The Telegraph and Marie Claire UK that Jamie Foxx is “in the running” for the lead in a new Frank Sinatra biopic. (Martin Scorsese …..

Parliament’s 20 Most Bizarre Expenses

May 18, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

In case you haven’t been following the expense scandal in Britain, The Telegraph has a helpful guide to the craziest claims.

Whose Hair is Bigger?

May 17, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

Fuzzy, but worth it: Julia Roberts guest-stars with Don Johnson in a 1988 episode of Miami Vice.

Can It Really Be Only Five Years

May 17, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

…since Tony Randall died?Seems longer. Yasser Arafat and Captain Kangaroo passed out that same year.

Harriet Tubman’s Last Words Were Biblical

May 17, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

To the clergyman she said “Give my love to all the churches” and after a severe coughing spell she blurted out in a thick voice this farewell passage which she had learned from Matthew: “I go away to prepare a place for you, and where I am ye may be also.” So says the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, quoting an obituary in the Auburn (NY) Citizen.

Misspelling of the Day

May 17, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

theaodore kaecyndki(From yesterday’s Who2 user search logs.)

Steve Martin and A Guy in a Panther Costume

May 16, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

Comedian Steve Martin poses with a guy in a Pink Panther costume before a screening of Pink Panther 2 at the Berlin Film Festival on 13 February 2009. (Photo supplied by WENN.)One in our upcoming photo series of celebrities posing with people in animal costumes.

Jack Kerouac in the Catbird Seat

May 16, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

Wow! Beat author Jack Kerouac played elaborate fantasy baseball games of his own devising.By 1946, when Kerouac was 24, he had devised a set of cards with precise verbal descriptions of various outcomes (“slow roller to ss,” for example), depending on the skill levels of the pitcher and batter. The game could be played using cards alone, but Mr.

They Love Him in France

May 15, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

83-year-old Jerry Lewis on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday.

Derby-Winning Jockey “Basically a Hillbilly”

May 15, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

“He’s respected by everybody, but he’s basically a hillbilly… He’s not going to invent anything.”USA Today analyzes the brains of Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel before Saturday’s Preakness.

Farrah Fawcett “In Dying Days”

May 14, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

Reuters is now reporting that actress Farrah Fawcett is near death. (And involved in some kind of complicated lawsuit, it seems.)

Watching Angels & Demons is “like being waterboarded by exposition”

May 14, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

The Chicago Tribune doesn’t love it:Three years later the major players are back for more grandiloquent hackery. Hanks returns to the dullest role of his career, under the direction of Howard, who takes the material as seriously as a kidney stone on the way out.

Celebrity Photos Galore

May 6, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

We’ve got ’em!204 celebs and counting, from Bar Refaeli to Amelia Earhart to the always sexy Gordon Brown.(And R2-D2!)Thanks to Mike Duffy and Adam Duvander in the Who2 boiler room for making it all happen. And thanks to our new parters at WENN for providing the fascinating photos. We’ll be adding many more in the weeks to come.