Paul Krugman: Notes to Commenters (New York Times)
4. Get your insults right. There is, I believe, a fair bit of evidence against the hypothesis that I'm stupid. What you mean to say is that I'm evil.
Mark Segal: Mr. President, Washington and Franklin thank you (Outword Magazine)
[Ben] Franklin learned of a Prussian military genius, Lt. Gen. Friederich von Steuben, who'd had a string of successes with numerous armies across Europe. There was one problem: Various kingdoms of Europe had asked von Steuben to depart because of his "affections for members of his own sex."
Roger Ebert: Review of "My Dog Tulip" (4 stars)
My Dog Tulip" is the story of a man who finds love only once in his life, for 15 perfect years. It is the love of a dog. It may be the only love he is capable of experiencing.
Joe Queenan: Dear Hollywood: We Want Our $2 Schlock! (Wall Street Journal)
Hollywood is cracking down hard on Netflix. Really hard. Industry bigwigs worry that Netflix is cannibalizing their sales by charging too little for DVD rentals and streaming films. Netflix cut itself a nice deal with the studios when it was still in its infancy, but now, Barron's reports, its cost of acquiring content could rise more than 120%.
David Bruce has 39 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $39 you can buy 9,750 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," and "Maximum Cool."
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The name of the Partridges' home town was San Pueblo, California.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
San Pueblo
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
San Pueblo
Adam answered:
The family lived in San Pueblo, a small fictional town in Northern California.
Sally said:
The Partridge Family's hometown, is a fictional town named, "San Pueblo," and it is supposed to be set in sunny Southern California - coincidentally, very near where Marty lives.... Hummmm.
698 Sycamore Road, San Pueblo, CA.
PS: Okay, before the Detroit mob comes here to "twist my arm": B2BB, will you please reconsider continuing the BCE Poll, "Pretty Please with strawberries and whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles on top," huh??
Amen...
Charlie responded:
The Partridges lived in San Pueblo, a small fictional town in Northern California.
BttbB wrote:
San Pueblo, California... and I loathed, loathed I say, the faux Hippy-ness of that teeny-bopper Bubble-gum music show... Blech! In 1970 it was Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love' etc that I was listening to, not that insipid 'I think I Love You' that David Cassidy tried to pass off as 'rock' music. C'mon! Perry Como covered that song! (As suitable punishment, David should have to endure eternity touring British punk-rock clubs opening for The Sex Pistols)
MAM wrote:
San Pueblo, California, a fictional town located somewhere near the San Francisco Bay area.
And, Joe S answered:
San Pueblo, CA, the Partridge Family's hometown, is a fictional town and does not actually exist. But, it is supposed to be set in sunny Southern California. See? I never would have gotten this question right on my own. I'm proud to say I've never watched, not even one episode of the Partridge Family. The music sucked, it still sucks, if I ever heard it on the radio I changed stations.
Danny Bonaduce
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Medium', followed by a FRESH'CSI: The 3rd One', then a RERUN'The Mentalist'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Joan Rivers, Jeff Caldwell, and Wintersleep.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Paul Giamatti and Piper Perabo.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'Minute To Win It', followed by 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Michael Douglas, Julie Scardina, and Randy Rogers Band.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Candice Bergen and Colin Jost.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 12/9/10) are Henry Rollins, Andrew Zuckerman, and Two Door Cinema Club.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Supernanny', followed by 'Primetime: What Would You Do?', then '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 1/5/11) are Simon Baker, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, and Lloyd Banks.
The CW offers a RERUN'Smallville', followed by a RERUN'Supernatural'.
Faux has a RERUN'Kitchen Nightmares', followed by another RERUN'Kitchen Nightmares'.
MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Abyss', followed by the movie 'The Day The Earth Stood Still'
BBC -
[6:00 AM] BBC World News
[7:00 AM] BBC World News
[8:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 1 Eddie Izzard, Harry Shearer
[9:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place
[10:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 5 The Poison Sky
[11:00 AM] The X-Files - Ep 10 Fallen Angel
[12:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 7
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - US - Episode 2
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 1 La Parra de Burriana
[3:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 10 Out Of Time
[4:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 10 Fallen Angel
[5:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 6 The Doctor's Daughter
[6:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 1
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 13 The Wounded
[9:00 PM] Law & Order: UK - Ep 1 Broken
[10:00 PM] Law & Order: UK - Ep 13 Honor Bound
[11:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 13 The Wounded
[12:00 AM] Law & Order: UK - Ep 1 Broken
[1:00 AM] Law & Order: UK - Ep 13 Honor Bound
[2:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 5 The Poison Sky
[3:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 6 The Doctor's Daughter
[4:00 AM] Peep Show - Episode 3
[4:30 AM] Peep Show - Episode 4
[5:00 AM] Peep Show - Episode 5
[5:30 AM] Peep Show - Episode 6 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has the movie 'A Few Good Men', followed by the movie 'Jerry Maguire', then the movie 'Jerry Maguire', again.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Ryan Stout), another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Rachel Feinstein), and 'Whitney Cummings: Money Shot'.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Eagle Eye', then the movie 'Hitman'.
HBO offers the SEASON PREMIEREBill Maher - guests include:
Elizabeth Warren, Martin Short, James Carville, Mike Murphy, and Chrystia Freeland.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', followed by a FRESH'Modern Marvels', 'American Restoration', and another 'American Restoration'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] Where God Left His Shoes
[8:15 AM] The Grid
[8:30 AM] Che
[11:15 AM] Che
[2:00PM] The Heroic Trio
[3:45 PM] The Gate
[5:30 PM] The Order
[7:45 PM] To Die For
[10:00 PM] Arrested Development
[10:30 PM] Arrested Development
[11:00 PM] Mr. Show With Bob and David
[11:35 PM] The Devil's Rejects
[1:50 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:05 AM] The Larry Sanders Show
[2:40 AM] The Larry Sanders Show
[3:15 AM] The Larry Sanders Show
[3:50 AM] Mr. Show With Bob and David
[4:25 AM] The Ben Stiller Show
[4:55 AM] The Larry Sanders Show
[5:30 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[7:30 AM] Summer Hours
[9:15 AM] In A Day
[10:40 AM] Oss 117: Cairo - Nest Of Spies
[12:15 PM] Alexander The Last
[1:30 PM] In A Day
[3:00 PM] Oss 117: Cairo - Nest Of Spies
[4:40 PM] Alexander The Last
[5:55 PM] THE COMEBACK - The Comeback (Episode 1, Season 1)
[6:30 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Triumphs at the Upfronts (Episode 2, Season 1)
[7:00 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Bonds With the Cast (Episode 3, Season 1)
[7:30 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Stands Up for Aunt Sassy (Episode 4, Season 1)
[8:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - The Perfect Couple
[8:30 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Three's a Crowd
[9:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Baby On My Mind
[9:30 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Matchmaker Matchmaker
[10:00 PM] Tokyo!
[11:50 PM] Engine 371
[12:00 AM] Inland Empire
[3:05 AM] Irina Palm
[4:45 AM] Tokyo! (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Star Trek: VI: The Undiscovered Country', followed by a FRESH'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH'Merlin'.
Actress Daryl Hannah participates in a candlelight vigil in support of tree-sitters who are attempting to keep oak trees from being felled in Arcadia,Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Los Angeles County public works officials say the trees covering 11 acres in foothills above the city of Arcadia must be cleared away for a public works project.
Photo by Matt Sayles
The clue: It's the size of 10 refrigerators, has access to the equivalent of 200 million pages of information and knows how to answer in the form of a question.
The correct response: "What is the computer IBM developed to become a `Jeopardy!' whiz?"
Watson, which IBM claims as a profound advance in artificial intelligence, edged out game-show champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on Thursday in its first public test, a short practice round ahead of a million-dollar tournament that will be televised next month.
Later, the human contestants made jokes about the "Terminator" movies and robots from the future. Indeed, four questions into the round you had to wonder if the rise of the machines was already upon us - in a trivial sense at least.
British actor Colin Firth, who stars in 'The King's Speech,' waves during dedication ceremonies for his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los AngelesThursday, Jan. 13, 2011.
Photo by Reed Saxon
The longtime partner of Stieg Larsson says she could finish a fourth volume in the phenomenal Millennium series left incomplete by the Swedish novelist's sudden death, if she secures the rights.
In a 160-page memoir to be published in France, Sweden and Norway next Wednesday, Eva Gabrielsson casts new light on the creation of the crime series that has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.
Larsson, 50, died of a heart attack in November 2004, before the publication of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest", all centering his anti-heroine, the punk computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.
Gabrielsson, Larsson's partner for 32 years, has been locked in a dispute with his family over his inheritance. The journalist-turned-novelist died without a will, and the couple never had children.
"She is not fighting to recover money, but to obtain moral rights on Millennium and all the political writings of her companion," said a spokesman for her French publisher, Actes Sud.
Kiefer Sutherland and two-time Academy Award nominee John Hurt are teaming up for "The Confession," a new scripted Web action series, Digital Broadcasting Group announced Thursday.
The ten 5-minute episodes in which Sutherland plays a hitman who talks to a priest (Hurt) about why his victims deserved to die -- will air on HULU.com in March, and be distributed across DBG.
Sutherland is executive producing the series, which marks his first endeavor in web development.
"This experience that is 'The Confession' has taken everything I have learned over the last 25 years from storytelling to acting and challenged it in a way like no other experience that I've had," Sutherland said in a statement. "From five to seven minute episodes, to creating a character that I believe is edgy enough to stand out and make an impression in the vast Internet. In short, I'm having a blast."
Cast member Zoe Saldana poses at the premiere of the film "Burning Palms" at the Arclight theatre in Hollywood, California, January 12, 2011.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
Journalists can lose their privilege to shield notes and film from others' scrutiny if they fail to maintain their independence, an appeals court said Thursday as it upheld a judge's decision to force a filmmaker to release outtakes from his documentary about a legal dispute between Chevron and Ecuadoreans.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said because filmmaker Joe Berlinger allowed lawyers for the Ecuadorean plaintiffs to influence the film's production, he gave up his protections before Chevron asked for the 600 hours of raw footage used to make his 2009 documentary "Crude." Berlinger has since turned over large amounts of film.
A three-judge panel of the appeals court said it could not conclude that Judge Lewis A. Kaplan erred when he reasoned that Berlinger gave up his journalist privilege by agreeing to make changes to the documentary at the insistence of the plaintiffs' lawyers, who had asked the filmmaker in 2005 to create the film.
"Berlinger failed to carry his burden of showing that he collected information for the purpose of independent reporting and commentary," the appeals court said.
Still, the appeals court said in its written ruling that the privilege shields journalists from most efforts to force the release of film or notes. But it said a journalist must maintain control of a story.
Actress Sheree Wilson poses at the premiere of the film "Burning Palms" at the Arclight theatre in Hollywood, California, January 12, 2011.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
Canadian radio station have been warned to censor the 1985 Dire Straits hit "Money for Nothing," after a complaint that the lyrics of the Grammy Award-winning song were derogatory to gay men.
A St. John's, Newfoundland, station should have edited the song to remove the word "faggot" because it violates Canada's human rights standards, according to ruling this week by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
A unnamed listener to OZ FM in the Atlantic Coast province complained to the industry watchdog last year after hearing the song, which features Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler and fellow rock star Sting.
The council said it realized Dire Straits uses the word sarcastically, and its use might have been acceptable in 1985 when the best-selling "Brothers in Arms" album was released, but said it was now inappropriate.
Who will replace Steve Carell on "The Office" and can the comedy stay afloat without its star? What does the departure of Skeet Ulrich mean for "Law & Order: Los Angeles"? Can NBC take advantage of its phenomenal football ratings to develop some new hits?
Due to NBC Universal's still-pending purchase by Comcast, such questions were left hanging on Thursday.
Caught in the middle, NBC chose not to make an executive available to talk about the network's programming during a twice-annual meeting with the Television Critics Association, a group of reporters from all over the country that cover the industry.
Federal regulators still haven't approved the Comcast-NBC Universal merger, so Bob Greenblatt, who's been designated the new NBC entertainment chairman, isn't officially on the job yet.
British actress Helena Bonham Carter departs Heathrow Airport in London Thursday Jan. 13, 2011, enroute for Los Angeles and the Golden Globe Awards which will be held on Sunday.
Actor Peter Fonda discovered a dead man slumped in his car after an apparent suicide, officials said on Thursday.
Fonda, best known as the star of 1969's "Easy Rider" and the son of Hollywood legend Henry Fonda, found the body on Wednesday afternoon in a section of west Los Angeles and called police.
"It appears to be an apparent suicide," said Los Angeles County Coroner investigator Brian Elias. He added that an autopsy was pending and the man appeared to be in his 50s.
Ailing R&B singer Etta James is gravely ill and her husband of 41 years is seeking a California court order to control more than $1 million of her money.
The 72-year-old singer is best known for the 1961 hit "At Last." Court documents show she lives in the Woodcrest area of Riverside County, has been diagnosed with dementia and is undergoing treatment for leukemia.
The Riverside Press-Enterprise says a court hearing Friday will consider a bid by husband Artis Mills to control her finances.
She earlier gave power of attorney to sons Donto James and Sametto James, and Donto's wife Christy, in February 2008. Mills is challenging the power of attorney.
A man looks up at one of the 10 giant bronze sculptures entitled 'Nuestros silencios' or ' Our silences' by Mexican artisan Rivelino inVictoria Tower Gardens, next to the Houses of Parliament in London January 13, 2011. The sculptures are touring Europe to recognise the bicentenary of Mexican Independence in 1810.
Photo by Luke MacGregor
The Broadway production of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," plagued by financial problems and injuries including a stunt man's 30-foot fall after his safety harness malfunctioned, has delayed its opening night for a third time.
Producers said Thursday they need another month to fine-tune aspects of the show, including a new ending. Lead producer Michael Cohl promised this is "the final postponement."
The show originally was scheduled to open Dec. 21. It was postponed to Jan. 11 and then to Feb. 7. Now the opening moves to March 15.
The $65 million show has become noted for its problems. On the first night of previews, two actors were left dangling from cables over the audience for a few minutes.
Actor Kelsey Grammer said on Thursday he hopes to marry for the fourth time in February.
But his estranged wife Camille isn't so sure, and she has filed court papers opposing a quickie divorce to their 13-year marriage.
The former "Frasier" star, said in July that he was divorcing his wife, a former Playboy model and dancer who at the time was filming reality TV show "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills".
In court papers obtained on Thursday by celebrity website TMZ.com, she claimed that Grammer wanted a fast decision "solely for the reason that he intends to remarry as soon as possible."
A man runs after taking a holy dip at Sangam ahead of Magh Mela, a month-long Hindu festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 13, 2011.The festival is an annual religious event held during the Hindu month of Magh, when thousands of Hindu devotees take a holy dip in the waters of the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati.
Photo by Jitendra Prakash
Mattel Inc and MGA Entertainment Inc are set for a repeat of their court battle, a fight over a doll franchise that has lost some of its luster since the bitter trade secrets case began.
The legal skirmish over who owns the pouty-lipped Bratz dolls has been raging since 2004. Barbie-maker Mattel accuses MGA of hiring away a Mattel employee who had come up with the original Bratz sketches while still working for Mattel.
A Southern California jury awarded Mattel $100 million in 2008, and a U.S. District Court judge then transferred the Bratz trademark portfolio to Mattel. But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out that result last year, paving the way for another months-long trial.
Jury selection in the new trial is scheduled to begin in Orange County on Thursday, and opening statements are set for January 18.
At this point, the Bratz brand -- once valued at about $1 billion -- is viewed by industry analysts as far less valuable than when the litigation started.
From the sublime to the silly, artwork, furniture and memorabilia owned by Dennis Hopper was auctioned off in New York this week.
Typical was an Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong which the actor shot two bullets through and still fetched $302,500.
The two-day sale at Christie's, which ended on Wednesday and combined with a November auction of Hopper's most valuable art work, totaled more than $14.7 million including the auction house's commission.
The Warhol, which set a new auction record for a single print from the pop artist's iconic Mao series, soared to more than 10 times its high pre-sale estimate, while another Warhol screenprint of Marilyn Monroe from 1967 fetched $206,500, about four times the estimate.
A male Giant Anteater pup clings to his mother after being born December 23, 2010 at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna in this handout photo released January 11, 2011. This is the first time a giant anteater was born in Sweden, said Parken Zoo's chief zoologist Helena Olsson. Found in the wild in Central and South America, the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) feeds mainly on ants and termites and can eat up to 30,000 insects a day.
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