Paul Krugman: The Texas Omen (New York Times)
These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New Jersey to Texas.
Jim Hightower: Can Ron Rein in the Fed?
The teabag-infused Republican takeover of the U.S. house has produced one big change that is already distressing GOP leaders, dismaying the Tea Party's corporate funders, and discombobulating the elite bankers at the Federal Reserve. The change is this: Ron Paul.
Froma Harrop: Immigration Reform No Place for Games (Creators Syndicate)
Consider this immigration case from Canada: Three years ago, a Mexican sister and brother moved illegally to Toronto. Brenda Garcia, 30, filed for refugee status, claiming fear of persecution back home for being lesbian. Her brother, 18-year-old Daniel Garcia, enrolled in a Toronto high school. Both said they might be killed upon returning to Mexico City.
James Blackshaw: 20 Questions (Popmatters.com)
Virtuoso guitarist James Blackshaw plugs in for the first time on his new album, All is Falling. He sits down for PopMatters 20 Questions.
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."
I read somewhere this past week that some manner of 'seer' has predicted that Michelle Obama will become pregnant this year. O-o-o-kay... Not sure how the Obamas feel about that, but I think it might give the White House a much needed PR boost... Anyway...
Shelley Winters topped things off as the abusive prostitute mom in A Patch of Blue (1965) who was not above pimping her own blind daughter (the late Elizabeth Hartman) for household money. The actress managed to place a second Oscar on her mantle for this riveting support work.
Shelley Winters is one of ten actresses to win an Academy Award for portraying a prostitute. The others in chronological order are Helen Hayes (The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)), Donna Reed (From Here to Eternity (1953)), Susan Hayward (I Want to Live! (1958)), Elizabeth Taylor (BUtterfield 8 (1960)), Shirley Jones (Elmer Gantry (1960)), Jane Fonda (Klute (1971)), Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite (1995)), Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential (1997)) and Charlize Theron (Monster (2003)).
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Ten
Marian responded:
12
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Jane Fonda in 'Klute' - 1971
Charlie replied:
There have been ten so far. Five Best Actress and five Supporting Actress.
Sally took the day off.
MAM wrote:
The number of actresses seems to differ with different interpretations of the definition of prostitute. But I am going to go with 11.
1. Janet Gaynor 1928 - Street Angel
2. Helen Hayes 1931 - The Sin of Madelon Claudet
3. Donna Reed 1953 - From Here to Eternity
4. Jo Van Fleet 1955 - East of Eden
5. Susan Hayward 1958 - I Want to Live!
6. Shirley Jones 1960 - Elmer Gantry
7. Elizabeth Taylor 1960 - Butterfield 8
8. Jane Fonda 1971 - Klute
9. Mira Sorvino 1995 - Mighty Aphrodite
10. Kim Basinger 1997 - L.A. Confidential
11. Charlize Theron 2003 - Monster
And, Joe S answered:
Ten
1 Janet Gaynor won the Best Actress award for her role as a poor prostitute in Street Angel (1927/28)
2 Helen Hayes won the Best Actress Oscar as a sacrificial, maternal streetwalker in The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931/32)
3 Judy Holliday won the Best Actress Oscar as a mistress and kept woman in Born Yesterday (1950)
4 Vivien Leigh won the Best Actress Oscar as a fallen woman in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
5 Joanne Woodward won the Best Actress Oscar as a multiple personality (with one sluttish member) in The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
6 Susan Hayward won the Best Actress Oscar as a deceitful party-girl prostitute in I Want to Live! (1958)
7 Elizabeth Taylor won the Best Actress Oscar as a high-class New York call girl who wants to straighten out her life in Butterfield 8 (1960)
8 Julie Christie won the Best Actress Oscar as an amoral model in Darling (1965)
9 Jane Fonda won the Best Actress Oscar as a fearful, bored, and victimized/stalked streetwalker in Klute (1971)
10 Charlize Theron won the Best Actress Oscar as a serial-killer prostitute in Monster (2003)
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Carla came home from the hospital today. When she was asked about her stay at the hospital she replied, "It was a cluster fuck." That seemed to satisfy everyone's curiosity and sum up everything nicely.
CBS begins the night with a (R) 'Blue Bloods', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', then '48 Hours'.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'NFL Playoffs', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
'SNL' is FRESH, with Jim Carrey hosting, music by The Black Keys.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Wipeout', followed by a RERUN'The Bachelor'.
The CW offers an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy', then an old 'American Dad', followed by another old 'American Dad'.
Faux fills the night with the movie 'Change Of Plans'.
MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
AMC offers the movie 'Legend Of The Lost', followed by the movie 'True Grit'.
BBC -
[6:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 10 Alicia Silverstone, Joan Rivers and The Freemasons
[7:00 AM] Doctor Who - 12 - The Pandorica Opens
[8:00 AM] Doctor Who - 13 - The Big Bang
[9:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 2 Momma Cherri's
[10:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Morgan's
[11:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 1 La Riviera
[12:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 10 Dillons
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 5 Thai
[2:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 4
[3:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[4:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 1 Pilot
[5:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 2 Deep Throat
[6:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 7 The Enemy
[7:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 8 The Price
[8:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 1
[9:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 2
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - 8 - Cher, Dawn French, The Script
[11:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 1
[12:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 2
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - 8 - Cher, Dawn French, The Script
[2:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 1
[3:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 2
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - 8 - Cher, Dawn French, The Script
[5:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 11 John Malkovich, Alan Davies and Sharleen Spiteri (ALL TIMES EST)
Comedy Central has the movie 'First Sunday', 'Ralphie May: Prime Cut', and 'Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles, Pt. 1'.
FX has the movie 'Jumper', '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', still another '2½ Men', and yet another '2½ Men'.
History has 'Ancient Aliens', 'Brad Meltzer's Decoded', another 'Brad Meltzer's Decoded', and 'The First 48'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] Being Julia
[8:15 AM] The Ben Stiller Show
[8:45 AM] The Three Stooges
[9:10 AM] The Three Stooges
[9:35 AM] The Three Stooges
[10:00 AM] The Three Stooges
[10:25 AM] The Three Stooges
[10:50 AM] The Three Stooges
[11:15 AM] The Valet
[1:00 PM] Being Julia
[3:15 PM] Beyond the Sea
[5:45 PM] Where God Left His Shoes
[8:00 PM] Gangs of New York
[11:30 PM] Sling Blade
[2:30 AM] Never Die Alone
[4:15 AM] The Valet (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:50 AM] A Little Trip To Heaven
[8:25 AM] The Tunnel Dwellers of New York
[9:25 AM] Summer Hours
[11:10 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Flying Blind
[11:40 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Great Expectations
[12:10 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Out of the Closet (Episode 7, Season 1)
[12:40 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Til Death Do Us Part (Episode 8, Season 1)
[1:10 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Gets a Magazine Cover (Episode 10, Season 1)
[1:45 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Gets a Magazine Cover (Episode 11, Season 1)
[2:15 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Shines Under Stress (Episode 12, Season 1)
[2:45 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Does Another Classic Leno (Episode 13, Season 1)
[3:15 PM] Worlds Apart
[5:15 PM] A Little Trip To Heaven
[6:50 PM] In A Day
[8:20 PM] The Dead Girl
[10:00 PM] Full Grown Men
[11:20 PM] Irina Palm
[1:05 AM] The Dead Girl
[2:45 AM] Full Grown Men
[4:05 AM] Irina Palm
[5:45 AM] In A Day (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Feardot.Com', followed by the movie 'Ghost Ship', and 'Ancient Aliens'.
Film critic Roger Ebert (L) and wife Chaz pose for a picture while walking the red carpet as they arrive for the world premiere of "The Dilemma"in Chicago January 6, 2011. The movie opens nationwide on January 14.
Photo by Frank Polich
The History Channel will not air a controversial miniseries it produced about the Kennedy family, saying the multimillion project that had become the network's most expensive on record did not fit the "History brand."
The eight-part series had already been completed, and starred Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes as President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie. But during its production, critics like former Kennedy administration aide Theodore Sorenson attacked the scripts as inaccurate. The role of producer Joel Surnow, a political conservative, also drew suspicion from fans of the Kennedy family.
"We have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand," the network said in a statement late Friday.
"We recognize historical fiction is an important medium for storytelling and commend all the hard work and passion that has gone into the making of the series, but ultimately deem this as the right programming decision for our network," History said in a statement.
Actor Alec Baldwin gestures while speaking before New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman takes the oath of office at a swearing-in ceremonyat City College Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 in New York.
Photo by Frank Franklin II
Michael Caine, already a British knight, is now a French commander too.
France's culture minister made the 77-year-old actor a commander of Arts and Letters, the highest rank in the French cultural order, in a ceremony Thursday.
Caine told The Associated Press in a mix of French and English that he fell in love with France in his youth and getting this award was like being recognized by his "fiancee."
Lady Gaga, right, talks about Polaroid's GL10 printer alongside company Chairman of the Board, Bobby Sager, at the Consumer Electronics Show Thursday,Jan. 6, 2011 in Las Vegas. The printer works off Blue Tooth technology and can print photos taken from a cell phone.
Photo by Julie Jacobson
The co-founder of a company that rents cameras and other gear to filmmakers will be recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the academy said Friday.
Denny Clairmont, co-founder of Clairmont Camera, will be awarded the John A. Bonner medal at next month's scientific and technical award ceremony.
The Academy said Clairmont Camera has fostered the exchange of ideas between camera users and manufacturers.
Among the 22 other scientific and technical award recipients also announced were Mark Noel and John Frazier for developing a winch system that allows cars and other heavy props to be flown on wires, and Eric Tabellion and Arnauld Lamorlette for the creation of a computer-generated illumination technique that was first used in "Shrek 2."
Rescued Chilean miner Edison Peña says he was living a dream as he toured the Graceland estate of his late idol, Elvis Presley.
Peña was known to belt out Elvis tunes underground to lift the spirits of 32 other miners while they were trapped for 69 days last year.
On Friday, he toured the Memphis home and grounds that are a magnet for Elvis fans worldwide. Peña shot video with his cell phone. He occasionally broke into song, including "Hound Dog" and "Blue Suede Shoes."
Peña's Graceland tour is part of a five-day visit to Memphis, which has included stops at a practice session of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies and a stay at the luxurious Peabody Hotel. It's paid for by mostly Memphis-area businesses and tourism groups.
Comedian Paul Reubens, also known as Pee-wee Herman, answers a question via satellite at the HBO panel for "The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway"during the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California January 7, 2011.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jones is back at his home just outside Nashville Thursday after being hospitalized overnight.
His publicist, Kirt Webster, tells The Associated Press that "George is home, resting and all is well." Webster says Jones feels fine and was even making football predictions.
The 79-year-old went in for an annual checkup Wednesday, and doctors required him to stay overnight to continue monitoring him. He underwent a number of tests and was cleared to leave the Nashville-area hospital.
A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling with copying the work of another author when writing "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
The estate of late author Adrian Jacobs had said that the plot of the book, the fourth of seven in the wildly successful series that has been turned into a multi-billion-dollar film franchise, copied parts of the plot of his book "Willy the Wizard," including a wizard contest, and that Rowling borrowed the idea of wizards traveling on trains.
Scholastic Corp, the U.S. publisher of the books, welcomed the move by judge Shira Scheindlin, quoting the judge as saying "...the contrast between the total concept and feel of the works is so stark that any serious comparison of the two strains credulity."
In October, a judge overseeing a similar plagiarism case at London's High Court said that the claims made by Paul Allen, trustee of Jacobs's estate, were "improbable," though he turned down an application by lawyers for Rowling and her British publisher for an immediate judgment dismissing the case.
China's super model Du Juan displays pieces of the Van Cleefs and Arpels' latest collection of jewelry entitled 'Les Voyages Extraordinaires' in Taipei,Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011.
Photo by Wally Santana
Just hours after taking control of the House, Republicans passed a sweeping set of rules promising transparency and reform.
But the new majority is already showing these promises aren't exactly set in stone.
After calling for bills to go through a regular committee process, the bill that would repeal the health care law will not go through a single committee. Despite promising a more open amendment process for bills, amendments for the health care repeal will be all but shut down. After calling for a strict committee attendance list to be posted online, Republicans backpedaled and ditched that from the rules. They promised constitutional citations for every bill but have yet to add that language to early bills.
Republicans say there are subtle reasons for these moves and that they certainly will follow their own rules throughout the 112th Congress. But the hedging on some promises shows just how hard it will be to always match the sharp rhetoric of the campaign with the ugly and complex work of running the House.
The promise of full debate in committees, for example, was inspired by Republican complaints that Democrats abused their power in bypassing regular debate. Republicans such as Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia and Rules Chairman David Dreier of California all have complained that Democrats in the last Congress didn't bring a single bill under a process called the open rule - a mechanism that allows for nearly unlimited amendments and debate. None of the bills that will be brought to the floor this week will be brought under open rules. When asked directly whether he would bring the repeal bill to the floor under an open rule, Cantor dodged the question.
Lucy Lawless, a cast member in the television series 'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena,' answers a reporter's question during the Starz Networks TelevisionCritics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., Friday, Jan. 7, 2011.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
A Las Vegas nightclub owned by actress Eva Longoria has filed for bankruptcy to remain operating while reorganizing nearly $5.7 million in debt.
Lawyers for Beso LLC said in a federal Chapter 11 filing on Thursday that they project losing more than $76,000 per month at the CityCenter restaurant and nightspot.
Lawyers say Beso owes nearly $1.8 million to CityCenter for its lease at the Crystals mall inside the resort complex.
CityCenter is owned jointly by MGM Resorts International and Dubai World.
Personal finance expert Suze Orman (L) poses wth her partner Kathy Travis at the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network launch cocktail reception for the TelevisionCritics Association Winter press tour in Pasadena, California January 6, 2011.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Newly discovered documents have revealed a bizarre footnote to the history of the Second World War: a Finnish mutt whose imitation of the Hitler salute enraged the Nazis so deeply that they started an obsessive campaign against the dog's owner.
Absurdly, a totalitarian state that dominated most of Europe was unable to do much about Jackie and his paw-raising parody of Germany's Fuehrer.
In the middle of World War II - months before Hitler ordered some 4.5 million troops to invade the Soviet Union - the Foreign Office in Berlin commanded its diplomats in the Nazi-friendly Nordic country to gather evidence on the dog, and even came up with plans to destroy the pharmaceutical wholesale company of its owner.
Historians had not been aware of the episode before some 30 files containing parts of the correspondence and diplomatic cables were recently found by a researcher at the political archives of the German Foreign Office.
The dog, Jackie, was a mutt owned by Tor Borg, a businessman from the Finnish city of Tampere. Borg's wife Josefine, a German citizen known for her anti-Nazi sentiments, dubbed the dog Hitler because of the strange way it raised its paw high in the air like Germans greeting the Fuehrer with a cry of "Heil Hitler!"
Villagers speed on horse back during Epiphany celebrations outside Harsova, Romania, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. As part of the local Epiphany customs, followingthe religious service, villagers get their horses blessed with the Holy water then compete in a race.
Photo by Vadim Ghirda
A team of divers say they've discovered the remains of the USS Revenge, a ship commanded by U.S. Navy hero Oliver Hazard Perry and wrecked off Rhode Island in 1811. Perry is known for defeating the British in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie off the shores of Ohio, Michigan and Ontario in the War of 1812 and for the line "I have met the enemy and they are ours." His battle flag bore the phrase "Don't give up the ship," and to this day is a symbol of the Navy.
The divers, Charles Buffum, a brewery owner from Stonington, Conn., and Craig Harger, a carbon dioxide salesman from Colchester, Conn., say the wreck changed the course of history because Perry likely would not have been sent to Lake Erie otherwise. Sunday is the 200th anniversary of the wreck.
Buffum said he's been interested in finding the remains of the Revenge ever since his mother several years ago gave him the book "Shipwrecks on the Shores of Westerly." The book includes Perry's account of the wreck, which happened when it hit a reef in a storm in heavy fog off Watch Hill in Westerly as Perry was bringing the ship from Newport to New London, Conn.
The two, along with a third man, Mike Fournier, set out to find it with the aid of a metal detector. After several dives, they came across a cannon, then another.
A man takes a photograph using a camera phone as he walks past an ice sculpture on a main street in the northern city of Harbin in Heilongjiang provinceJanuary 3, 2011. The sculpture is part of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival which will be officially launched on January 5.
Photo by David Gray
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