• After the philosopher Socrates was found guilty by an Athenian court of doing such things as corrupting the youth of Athens, he was condemned to be executed by drinking poisonous hemlock. He did so, dying at age 70. Later, after Alexander the Great, the Macedonian conqueror of Athens, died, the Athenians rebelled against anyone who had been associated with Alexander. The philosopher Aristotle, a Macedonian and the author of such works as the Poetics and the Nicomachean Ethics, had been Alexander’s tutor when Alexander was young. Aristotle chose to go into exile, rather than staying in Athens, so he could prevent the Athenians from “sinning twice against philosophy.”
• F. Scott Fitzgerald was buried in the Rockville Union cemetery in Rockville, Maryland. He wanted to be buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery, but since he was not a practicing Catholic, his burial was not permitted there. Later, the Church changed its mind and allowed Mr. Fitzgerald to be buried at St. Mary’s. When Mr. Fitzgerald’s body was exhumed, the casket was opened to make sure it was his body. It was. He was wearing an instantly recognizable Brooks Brothers suit. The epitaph for Mr. Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, is taken from The Great Gatsby: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly back into the past.”
• John Kennedy Toole wrote a book titled A Confederacy of Dunces about a young man fighting against the absurdity so often found in this world. Mr. Toole tried to get his comic novel published, but he was unsuccessful and finally committed suicide in despair. Eventually, his mother succeeded in getting the book published, and it won a Pulitzer Prize. The title of Mr. Toole’s novel comes from these lines by satirist Jonathan Swift: “When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.”
• Obviously, writers consider writing important; otherwise, they would not do the hard work of writing. Julian Barnes, in his meditation on death titled Nothing to Be Frightened Of, tells a joke about a writer (himself) being told by his doctor that he is dying. The author asks how long he has left to live, and the doctor, understanding the question that lies behind the question that was specifically asked, replies, “I’d say about 200 pages — 250 pages if you are lucky or work fast.”
• Charles Dickens described Little Nell, a character that appeared in his novel The Little Curiosity Shop, as “a creature fresh from the hand of God.” Many, many people, including mature men, loved the character and were saddened when she, fictional though she was, died. Irish statesman Daniel O’Connell read the scene of Little Nell’s death while he was in a moving train, cried, “He should not have killed her!” — and threw the book out of a window.
• When Oscar Wilde was released from prison after serving two years, he went to Paris, where he saw a palm reader. She looked at his palm, inspected the line that indicated how long he would live, and then said, “By your line of life you died two years ago. I cannot explain the fact except by supposing that since then you have been living on the line of your imagination.”
• At the Players Club was a collection of plaster death masks, taken of the corpses of famous actors and playwrights, including Richard Brinsley Sheridan. An actress once said of Mr. Sheridan’s death mask, “Oh, he looks terrible.” Oliver Herford explained, “After all, my dear, he wasn’t very well when it was taken.”
• At Ferney, Voltaire had a church built. He also had a tomb for himself built, half in and half out of the church. That way, Voltaire explained, “The rascals will say that I’m neither in nor out.”
• While on his deathbed, Benjamin Disraeli carefully edited the proofs of one of his speeches, saying, “I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.”
Dame Lesley Lawson DBE (née Hornby; born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer, widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model during the swinging sixties in London.
Twiggy was initially known for her thin build (thus her nickname) and the androgynous appearance considered to result from her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair. She was named "The Face of 1966" by the Daily Express and voted British Woman of the Year. By 1967, she had modelled in France, Japan, and the US, and had landed on the covers of Vogue and The Tatler. Her fame had spread worldwide.
After modelling, Twiggy enjoyed a successful career as a screen, stage, and television actress. Her role in The Boy Friend (1971) brought her two Golden Globe Awards. In 1983 she made her Broadway debut in the musical My One and Only, for which she earned a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. She later hosted her own series, Twiggy's People, in which she interviewed celebrities; she also appeared as a judge on the reality show America's Next Top Model. Her 1998 autobiography Twiggy in Black and White entered the best-seller lists. Since 2005, she has modelled for Marks and Spencer, most recently to promote their recent rebranding, appearing in television advertisements and print media, alongside Myleene Klass, Erin O'Connor, Lily Cole, and others. In 2012, she worked alongside Marks & Spencer's designers to launch an exclusive clothing collection for the M&S Woman range.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Twiggy.
Billy in Cypress said:
Twiggy
mj wrote:
The bane of teenage girls for decades to come
Twiggy.
Randall answered:
TWIGGY
Jacqueline replied:
Twiggy
Dave responded:
Twiggy. I remember Twiggy but never knew her real name. Thin model.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
when skinny was beautiful.....Twiggy
Dave in Tucson wrote:
Guessing Dame Leslie Lawson DBE is professionally known as Twiggy.
Rosemary in Columbus said:
Twiggy
Michelle in AZ answered:
WAG: Twiggy
DJ Useo replied:
Twiggy. A Pal from the UK confirmed it for me, but that's who I was thinking it was. That name still strikes me as humorous. Very close to "sticky". lol
Deborah, the Master Gardener responded:
That’s Twiggy — I always envied her hair styles, and her thin physique; as a kid I was a little chubby and have always had large calves, and thought how much easier life would be if I was built like Twiggy. When I read in an interview that she had trouble putting on weight and always wanted a curvier figure. That gave this tween a new perspective.
Gorgeous day, crisp, sunny, low 60s, and we took our tandem bike out for a ride. We had 2 flats in the first 3 miles, and a 3rd about 20 miles later. Oy.
Barbara, of Peppy Tech fame said:
The answer is Twiggy.
Joe ( -- Vote Blue, No Matter Who -- ) wrote:
OMG, it's Twiggy. I didn't know that . I looked it up. I mean, I looked her up. I had no idea, no idea.
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CBS begins the night with a RERUN'MacGyver', followed by a FRESH'Undercover Boss', then a RERUN'Blue Bloods'.
Stephen Colbert is TBA.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 10/6/20) are Whoopi Goldberg and Bishop Briggs.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'The Blacklist', followed by 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon Post Malone, Phoebe Robinson, and 2 Chainz.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 11/2/20) are John Mulaney, Kristen Welker, and Tracy Chapman.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 1/21/20) is RuPaul.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Shark Tank', followed by '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 11/4/20) are Kerry Washington, Sen. Cory Booker, and Gregory Porter.
The CW offers a RERUN'iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 1'.
Faux fills the night with FRESH'WWE Friday Night SmackDown'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: CI', followed by another old 'L&O: CI'.
A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'Live Rescue'.
AMC offers the movie 'GoodFellas', followed by the movie 'My Cousin Vinny'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - EMISSARY
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - EMISSARY
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - A MAN ALONE
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - DEJA Q
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - YESTERDAY'S ENTERPRISE
[2:00PM] 2012
[5:30PM] THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
[8:30PM] GOLDFINGER
[11:00PM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
[12:00AM] THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
[3:00AM] GOLDFINGER
[5:30AM] HIDDEN HABITATS - SERENGETI (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has the movie 'Coyote Ugly', followed by the movie 'Coyote Ugly', again.
Comedy Central has an hour of old 'The Office', and 3 hours of 'Schitt's Creek'.
FX has the movie 'The Martian', followed by the movie 'The Martian', again.
History has 'Ancient Aliens', another 'Ancient Aliens', followed by a FRESH'Ancient Aliens', and another 'Ancient Aliens'.
IFC -
[6:00am] Annabelle
[8:15am] A Nightmare On Elm Street
[10:30am] Friday The 13th
[12:45pm] Friday The 13th, Part 2
[2:45pm] Friday The 13th - Part III
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[6:45pm] Friday The 13th
[9:00pm] Friday The 13th, Part 2
[11:00pm] Friday The 13th - Part III
[1:05am] Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
[3:10am] A Nightmare On Elm Street
[5:30am] Baroness Von Sketch Show - All I'm Saying Is Her Car Has Eyelashes (ALL TIMES ET)
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[6:15am - 12:30pm] the andy griffith show
[1:00pm - 2:00am] law & order
[3:00am] columbo
[5:15am] the andy griffith show
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SyFy has the movie 'Monster House', followed by the movie 'Pitch Black', then the movie 'The Last Witch Hunter'.
CBS News released the first excerpt of its interview with former President Barack Obama, his first TV sit-down before the publication of his memoir Promised Land next week.
Asked by Scott Pelley about President Donald Trump (R-Corrupt)’s refusal to concede and his claims of election fraud, Obama said, “I’m more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this fashion. It is one more step in delegitimizing not just the incoming Biden administration, but democracy generally. And that’s a dangerous path.”
Obama sat down with Pelley on Wednesday for an interview that will air on 60 Minutes on Sunday. The former president also spoke to Gayle King for an interview that will be shown on CBS Sunday Morning.
Obama suggested that Trump’s claims were not altogether surprising.
“They appear to be motivated– in part because– the president doesn’t like to lose and — never admits loss,” Obama said.
Donald Trump (R-Grifter) still thinks he can win this one. We're of course referring to the lawsuit that was filed against his presidential campaign for using the 1983 hit "Electric Avenue" in a campaign video. On Wednesday night, amid legal challenges around the nation focused on the results of voting, Trump also filed a dismissal motion in New York court with respect to the copyright case brought by Eddy Grant. The motion argues that Trump should escape the lawsuit on fair use grounds.
Unlike many past challenges to use of music by politicians, this controversy has nothing to do with what's played over the loudspeakers of a campaign rally. As such, Trump is unlikely to argue he had license to the song nor assert any fancy counterclaim premised on performance rights consent decrees.
Instead, Trump is actually trying a fairly straightforward defense even if other politicians have tried and failed here before.
His campaign argues that it was transformative to use the song over a cartoon version of Joe Biden driving an old-fashioned train car interspersed with his rival's speeches.
Trump shoots for a pretty liberal — yes, we'll use that word — reading of copyright fair use.
The slimmed down Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will include some of its traditional Broadway dazzle, with parade organizers announcing that four stage productions will be included in the broadcast event on NBC.
Performances by the casts of Hamilton, Mean Girls, Jagged Little Pill and Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations will be filmed prior to the Thanksgiving Day special but aired during the Nov. 26 parade. Rehearsals and taping are being conducted with adherence to COVID-19 safety guidelines, including social distancing and mask wearing (except when singing).
Those shows, along with all other Broadway productions, have been dark since the March pandemic shutdown. Other productions were invited to perform but logistics proved too difficult.
This year’s reimagined – and generously-defined – parade will include no audience crowds or even a parade route. Floats, the giant balloons and various performances will be staged within one 34th Street block near Macy’s flagship Herald Square store. The costs of staging and taping the Broadway performances will be paid by NBC.
In addition to the Broadway quartet, performers for this year’s holiday tradition will, according to NBC, include Radio City Rockettes, Dolly Parton, The Big Apple Circus, Lauren Alaina, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, Patti LaBelle, the cast and Muppets of Sesame Street, Leslie Odom Jr., Keke Palmer, Jordin Sparks and others.
The NFL has announced The Weeknd will perform during the Pepsi Super Bowl LV halftime show. The Super Bowl will air on CBS on Sunday, February 7, 2021. The league, The Weeknd and Roc Nation all shared the big news Thursday on Twitter.
In a statement obtained by CBS Sports, Roc Nation founder Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter said The Weeknd "has introduced a sound all his own."
In 2019 Jay-Z and Roc Nation, the rapper's entertainment and sports representation company, teamed up with the NFL for events and social activism. In addition to consulting on the Super Bowl halftime show, Roc Nation will work with the NFL to "strengthen community through music and the NFL's Inspire Change initiative," according to the Associated Press.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this NFL season has faced uncertainty. But the Super Bowl is planning to go on — at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The halftime show will look different than in years past, CBS Sports reports, and safety guidelines will be put in place for the entire event.
Elders at a Utah congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses allegedly forced a 15-year-old to listen to a recording of her rape over and over again for hours as part of a religious inquiry, a lawsuit before the Utah Supreme Court claims.
The church claims, and lower courts have ruled, that to hold them liable would violate the religious freedoms of the First Amendment of the US Constitution, since it involves weighing the appropriateness of religious conduct.
In duelling briefs, as well as oral arguments for the case on Monday (recordings of which are not yet available), the two sides wrestled over the meaning of this bedrock of American civil rights law.
Karra Porter, a lawyer representing the church, argued there was a difference between the government regulating physical harm and that of the facts in the case, according to the Desert News.
The suit, originally filed in 2016, argued that the leaders of a congregation in Roy, Utah, made the teen girl sit and listen to the recordings for hours in 2008 as part of a religious inquiry. The woman in question, now an adult in her 20s, said in court documents a fellow Jehovah’s Witness, age 18, bullied her and allegedly raped her three times, including one instance in which the man involved recorded the incident.
Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind is on sale to the highest bidder after a private collector released a treasure trove of Nasa images from spaceflight’s golden era for auction, including the only photograph taken of the first human walking on the moon.
The July 1969 snapshot is the highlight of the collection of 2,400 vintage images across 700 lots featured on the Christie’s of London website, including the first selfie from space by Armstrong’s Apollo 11 crewmate Buzz Aldrin and the epochal Earthrise photograph that captured the planet emerging above the moon’s horizon.
Bidding starts at £100 (about $132) for many of the photographs in the auction, which is being held online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Christie’s estimates that some of the better-known images will reach in excess of £50,000 ($66,000) individually.
Voyage to Another World: the Victor Martin-Malburet Photograph Collection is a chronological journey of humankind’s achievements in space beginning with the early days of rocketry in the 1940s to the first color photograph of Earth and the moon together in the same still image, taken from the Voyager 1 space probe in 1977.
Amassed by Martin-Malburet, a 39-year-old Frenchman who has been hoarding space images from his teen years when he had dreams of becoming an astronaut, parts of the collection have been displayed in various guises over the years.
It appeared in 1973, seemingly out of nowhere: a hole in the sea ice off the coast of Antarctica. But this was no ordinary hole. It was so big it could swallow California.
The mysterious opening remained in place for the following three winters. Then it seemed to largely disappear before emerging again in 2017, with a giant maw the size of Maine.
This giant hole with a sometimes state-sized appetite is what's called a polynya – an area of open water surrounded by sea ice, kind of like the opposite of an iceberg.
But the mysterious Weddell Polynya – occurring above the oceanic plateau of Maud Rise, in the Weddell Sea waters of the Southern Ocean – is a rather extreme example of this environmental phenomenon. Why it opens up so dramatically and yet so infrequently has long puzzled scientists.
Last year, researchers suggested that it required the coincidence of a range of climate anomalies all coming together at the same time for the Weddell Polynya to open up with such abandon.
An extremely rare, purple-pink diamond mined in Russia, which Sotheby's described as "a true wonder of nature", sold for 24.4 million Swiss francs ($26.6 million) on Wednesday, the auction house said.
Sotheby's had estimated that the flawless oval gem, "The Spirit of the Rose," could fetch $23 millon-$38 million at the Geneva sale.
Bidding opened at 16 million Swiss francs and climbed to the final hammer price of 21 million Swiss francs, plus commission. It was bought by a telephone bidder who chose to remain anonymous, Sotheby's said.
Jewellery expert Benoit Repellin, who led the sale, said it set a record for a diamond graded fancy vivid purple pink sold at auction. The stone weighing 14.83 carats was the largest pink diamond with that colour grading to go on the block.
The diamond was named after a ballet performed by the Ballets Russes and its legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in 1911.
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