JANE E. BRODY: Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat (nytimes.com)
There was a time when red meat was a luxury for ordinary Americans, or was at least something special: cooking a roast for Sunday dinner, ordering a steak at a restaurant. Not anymore. Meat consumption has more than doubled in the United States in the last 50 years.
Roger Ebert: Hooray! Hooray! The first of May!
When April with its sweet showers brought flowers to the lawns of May and birds filled the air with melodies, Dan-Dan the Yo-Yo Man made his annual pilgrimage to our playground at St. Mary's School.
Tom Danehy: The city doesn't need nice leadership; it needs tough, smart, focused leadership (tucsonweekly.com)
After I wrote that first column about the firing, a woman came up to me at a ballgame and asked, "Are you the horrible person who wrote those awful things about the (City Council members)?" "I'm one of them," I said. "Well that's terrible," she continued. "How do you get away with writing things like that? You probably don't even know Karin Uhlich or Regina Romero. How can you call them 'dumb'?" I said, "Because the editor probably wouldn't have let me use 'f-in' ignorant.'"
Garrison Keillor: Retribution vs. restoration
I sat next to former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens at a Washington dinner years ago and found him unpleasant in a raspy, cartoonish way, but I was happy to see his conviction thrown out. A muddy case, a friend doing work on the senator's house perhaps in exchange for favors in Washington, and I say, have mercy. Let him go fishing in the cold, clear rivers of Alaska and examine his conscience, and let us all move on to something more promising.
"Politics in America today is identical to pro wrestling. And what I mean
by that is in front of the cameras and the public we all hate each other, I'm
gonna kick my opponent's butt, I'm gonna wail him from here to high-water and
beat the crap out of him, yet behind the scenes, we're all friends, going out to
dinner, it's all work, it's show biz, and that's what you have today in
politics, the Democrats and Republicans aren't really opposed to each other.
"
The 'First 100 Days - Pluses and Minuses' Edition...
Well, Poll-fans, President Obama, aka 'The Man', has reached the first 100 days of his administration. We might as well jump on the wagon with everyone who is evaluating his work and make an assessment of our own...
What are the Pluses and the Minuses of The Man's First Hundred days?
Today we're starting 2 book-giveaway contests, courtesy Hachette Books.
There will be 2 trivia questions every day - one will feature Asian heritage, and the other will focus on Latino book month.
The contests will run concurrently for at least 2 3 weeks, but may go longer.
There will be at least 2 winners, (1 per set of questions), per week.
At the conclusion of the giveaway, a prize will be awarded for tenacity.
You may only win once per giveaway.
Each winner will receive the whole set of five books for that giveaway.
Rules and/or format may be altered if necessary - I'm not psychic.
Who was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe?
Sessue Hayakawa (June 10, 1889 - November 23, 1973), was an Academy Award-nominated Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, German, and British films. Hayakawa was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe. Between the mid-1910s and the late 1920s, he was as well known as actors Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. He was one of the highest paid stars of his time; making $5,000 a week in 1915, and $2 million a year via his own production company during the 1920s. He starred in over 80 movies and has two films in the U.S. National Film Registry. His international stardom transitioned both silent films and talkies.
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With Valentino's death, who became the screen's leading Latin actor, as well as one of the great romantic lead actors of his day?
Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899 - October 30, 1968) was a Mexican actor who achieved fame as a "Latin lover" in silent films.
Born José Ramón Gil Samaniego in Durango, Mexico, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, to escape the Mexican Revolution. A second cousin of the mexican actresses Dolores del Río and Andrea Palma, he entered films in 1917 playing bit parts, and supplemented his income by working as a singing waiter. His friends, the actor and director Rex Ingram and his wife, the actress Alice Terry, began to promote him as a rival to Rudolph Valentino and Ingram suggested he change his name to "Novarro". From 1923, he began to play more prominent roles. His role in Scaramouche (1923), brought him his first major success.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Sessue Hayakawa
Ramon Novarro
Charlie answered:
I'm less sure of the first question than the second, but here goes.
#1. Who was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe?
The lovely Anna May Wong.
#2. With Valentino's death, who became the screen's leading Latin actor, as well as one of the great romantic lead actors of his day?
Ramón Novarro
Jim from CA responded:
1. Anna May Wong
2. Gilbert Roland
Sandra in Maine replied:
bruce lee and john gilbert
Tom B wrote:
Marty, you asked,"Who was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe?"
That depends on whether or not you count the Phillipines as part of Asia. If yes, I'd answer, "Keye Luke." If no, I'd have to go with Toshiro Mifune.
Then you asked, "With Valentino's death, who became the screen's leading Latin actor, as well as one of the great romantic lead actors of his day?"
My first choice is Jose Ferrer, born in Puerto Rico. Could also make an argument for Gilbert Roland, born in Mexico.
These are pretty open-ended questions. I'll just accept the decision of The Judges as final.
Sally said:
OMG, another contest. I just know the Professor (Charlie) is saddling up now, AWA the posse; Joe S, Marian the Librarian, and MAM all strapping on their sidearms with me clearly in sight... Scary, hee, hee, hee.
Okay, here we go: Sessue Hayakawa was the first and one of the few Asian (back then he was called, "Oriental") actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe. Between the mid-1910s and the late 1920s, he was as well known as actor Charlie Chaplin. But, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Colonel Saito in the film, "The Bridge on the River Kwai." Boy. do I remember that movie!
AND
With Valentino's death in 1926, Ramón Novarro became the screen's leading Latin actor. He was popular as a swashbuckler in action roles, and was also considered one of the great romantic lead actors of his day. Personally, I would have chosen Ricardo Montalban...
PS: Don't forget YOUR swag this time, Marty!
MAM replied:
Who was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe?
Sessue Hayakawa, best known to me in his role of Colonel Saito in the film 'The Bridge on the River Kwai.'
With Valentino's death, who became the screen's leading Latin actor, as well as one of the great romantic lead actors of his day?
Ramon Novarro, and I don't remember him at all!
The DC Madman nailed 'em both with:
Sessue Hayakawa
Ramón Novarro
Marian the Teacher answered:
Sessue Hayakawa
Ramon Novarro
And, Joe S wrote:
Sessue Hayakawa was an Academy Award-nominated Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, German, and British films. Hayakawa was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe
With Valentino's death, who became the screen's leading Latin actor, as well as one of the great romantic lead actors of his day?
Ramón Novarro, was a Mexican actor who achieved fame as a "Latin lover" in silent films. With Valentino's death in 1926, he became the screen's leading Latin actor.. He was popular as a swashbuckler in action roles, and was also considered one of the great romantic lead actors of his day.
For those keeping score:
Alan J A-1 | L-1
Charlie A-0 | L-1
DC Madman A-1 | A-1
Jim from CA A-0 | L-0
Joe S A-1 | L-1
Sally A-1 | L-1
MAM A-1 | L-1
Marian the Teacher A-1 | L-1
Sandra in Maine A-0 | L-0
Tom B A-0 | L-0
Alaska's only lottery like thing is about to pay out!!!...Ice is getting thin
Speaking of getting lucky, how about the $7,000,000 donation to UAA? Anonymous...
On a sad note I lost an
old friend in Togiak, I spent alot of time in his sweat lodge with him and a whole bunch of other goofy elders....Vodka, Sweat, Jump in snow...repeat! I worked in Togiak for over a year building a new village on the bluffs overlooking the old village which is slowly falling into Bristol Bay due to extreme winter storms that due to no icesheet to stop them hit the shore with a fury...OH, not because of global climate change...noooooooo
Ole.George gave me one of my favorite sayings..."Don't bother me Sun don't shine"
On a personal note I have given my 30 day notice to the Adelaide and in effect to Alaska...I will be purchasing a ticket back to Mass. in the next day or two...move back and fail Alaska date June 5th
We felt the earthquake but it wasn't much to get excited over.
Stuff just doesn't want to work the way it should so will finish loading the artwork in a bit.
Tonight, Saturday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Without A Trace', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', followed by a RERUN'Southland', then a RERUN'Law & Order'.
'SNL' is a RERUN with Tracy Morgan hosting, music by Kelly Clarkson.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban'.
The CW offers an old 'Friends', followed by another old 'Friends', then an old 'Sex In The City', followed by another old 'Sex In The City'.
Faux has 'Cops', another 'Cops', and an hour of local crap.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Say It Isn't So'.
A&E has the movie 'Die HardL With A Vengeance', followed by the movie 'True Lies'.
AMC offers the movie 'Joe Kidd', followed by the movie 'Escape From Alcatraz', then the movie 'Dirty Harry'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 13
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 14
[1:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 9
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Sebastian's
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 The Priory
[4:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 1
[5:00 PM] Top Gear: Best Of 06-07 - Episode 3
[6:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 6 The Doctor's Daughter
[7:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 7 The Unicorn and The Wasp
[8:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 6 Countrycide
[9:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 7 Greeks Bearing Gifts
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 7 Jimmy Carr
[11:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 6 Countrycide
[12:00 AM] Torchwood - Ep 7 Greeks Bearing Gifts
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 7 Jimmy Carr
[2:00 AM] Torchwood - Ep 6 Countrycide
[3:00 AM] Torchwood - Ep 7 Greeks Bearing Gifts
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 7 Jimmy Carr
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 13 Fry
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 14 Davies
[6:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 3 Playhouse (ALL TIMES EDT)
Comedy Central has the movie 'Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle', 'Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed', and 'Ron White: Behavioral Problems'.
FX has the movie 'Van Helsing', followed by the movie 'X2: X-Men United'
History has the movie 'Tombstone', followed by the movie 'Unforgiven'.
IFC -
[7:00 AM] IFC Short Film Showcase
[8:00 AM] The 47 Ronin, Part I
[10:00 AM] Spring Forward
[12:00 PM] Born Into Brothels
[1:30 PM] Roadside Prophets
[3:15 PM] Jinx
[3:30 PM] Spring Forward
[5:30 PM] Born Into Brothels
[7:00 PM] Z Rock
[7:30 PM] The IT Crowd
[8:00 PM] A Love Song for Bobby Long
[10:05 PM] Edmond
[11:30 PM] Mother Night
[1:30 AM] A Love Song for Bobby Long
[3:35 AM] Edmond
[5:00 AM] Spring Forward (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Beowulf', followed by the movie 'Bottom Feeder'.
Sundance -
[05:00 AM] Bright Future
[06:35 AM] Manda Bala
[08:00 AM] Iconoclasts - Season 1: Robert Redford on Paul Newman
[10:00 AM] Eileen Gray: Invitation to a Voyage
[11:00 AM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 1: Fuel
[11:30 AM] John Safran vs. God: Episode 3
[12:00 PM] Ladette to Lady - Season 3: Episode 1
[01:00 PM] The American Astronaut
[02:35 PM] Forty Shades of Blue
[04:30 PM] Manda Bala
[06:00 PM] Death to the Tinman
[06:20 PM] Day Night Day Night
[08:00 PM] Iconoclasts - Season 1: Robert Redford on Paul Newman
[09:00 PM] Ladette to Lady - Season 3: Episode 1
[10:00 PM] The King of Ping Pong
[11:50 PM] Bed Head
[12:00 AM] Colma: The Musical
[01:45 AM] Ghosts
[03:30 AM] Fido
[05:05 AM] Forty Shades of Blue (ALL TIMES EDT)
Cast member Leonard Nimoy, left, and his wife, Susan Bay, arrive at the premiere of 'Star Trek' in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 30, 2009.
Photo by Matt Sayles
Britain on Friday awarded the role of national poet laureate to Carol Ann Duffy - the first woman to hold a post that has been filled by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes.
Duffy, who once said "no self-respecting poet" should have to write verses about the wedding of Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son, will be expected to produce poems for royal weddings, funerals and other state occasions.
A witty and popular writer whose work is widely taught in British schools, Duffy is also the first openly gay laureate.
Duffy, 53, said she had thought "long and hard" before accepting the high-profile job, which has a 10-year term. She said she'd given the final decision to her 13-year-old daughter.
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall arrives at the William J. Clinton Foundation's Millennium Network Event in Los Angeles, California April 30, 2009.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
A photograph of The Beatles with signatures thought to have been forged by band member George Harrison has been sold at auction.
Andrew Bullock, of auctioneers Keys, said it was thought Harrison had copied the signatures of his fellow band members - Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon.
"We've sent it to a handwriting expert and it's just about 100% certain that they were done by George," he said.
"There are quite a few photographs in existence with autographs that were all signed by George. He got quite good at doing it.
When Emmylou Harris was a young girl trying to figure out whether she could have a career in music, she decided to seek advice from the wisest man she could think of - so she wrote a note to Pete Seeger.
She didn't know him, and he didn't know her: Seeger was already approaching legendary status, while she hadn't recorded a single tune. Yet, Harris was inspired by his integrity, and she'd learned to play the guitar by listening to his classic "Where Have All the Flowers Gone."
"I actually wrote him a letter, hand-printed, front and back, I don't know how many pages, saying I want to sing folk music, but I don't think I've suffered enough," she said, laughing. "He actually wrote me back ... basically saying life will catch up to me, and encouraged me to be bound for glory. Just hearing from him was one of the most amazing things that had ever happened to me, up to that point."
On Sunday, Harris will perform at Madison Square Garden in a tribute concert to Seeger on his 90th birthday. The event will also feature Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez and dozens of others.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton flips and catches the microphone after introducing recording artist Will.i.am on stage at the William J. Clinton Foundation's Millennium Network Event in Los Angeles, California April 30, 2009.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
Connecticut officials say a deal has been sealed to bring taping of the "Deal or No Deal" syndicated daily game show to their state starting this summer.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Endemol USA say the production company and NBC Universal Domestic TV Distribution have signed a lease for space at the Studios of Sonalysts Inc. in Waterford.
Thursday's announcement comes about six weeks after NBC Universal announced plans to relocate several shows, including the bawdy Jerry Springer talk show, to Stamford.
The "Deal of No Deal" show, launched in 2005, is currently taped in Culver City, Calif. Howie Mandel will continue as its host.
U.S. toymaker Hasbro Inc and Discovery Communications unveiled a joint venture on Thursday for a television network and website that will carry children's program-length commercials featuring brands like G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony.
The new network will replace the Discovery Kids Network and feature new content for Hasbro's brands and its existing collections as well as Discovery's own shows, such as "Hi-5" and "Bindi The Jungle Girl."
A name for the network, expected to debut in late 2010, is yet to be decided. It will continue to operate as Discovery Kids until the rebranding is complete.
The deal gives Hasbro, the No. 2 U.S. toymaker, a stronger foothold in the entertainment arena, where it already has a solid presence with toys tied to movie franchises like Iron Man and Star Wars.
Armed robbers stole two paintings from a Dutch museum on Friday, one of them a piece by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali, police said.
Several masked robbers walked into the Scheringa Museum for Realist Art in Spanbroek, a village north of Amsterdam, at around midday on Friday and took two paintings from the wall, threatening museum staff with a gun, police said in a statement.
The paintings taken were a 1941 Dali piece entitled 'Adolescence' and Polish art deco painter Tamara de Lempicka's 'La Musicienne', painted in 1929, which are both owned by the Dutch museum.
In this image provided by the Brandywine River Museum, a pen and ink drawing from the 'The Secrets: Volume One, The Other Statue' by artist Edward Gorey is shown. 'The exhibition Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey' at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa., is scheduled to run through May 17, 2009.
Photo by Edward Gorey
A few years ago, U2 guitarist The Edge went for a hike, and there in the golden hills overlooking Malibu's cerulean waters, he finally found what he was looking for.
The Edge and his wife, Morleigh Steinberg, bought 156 acres in Santa Monica Mountains and now want to build five mansions there, including their own dream home. From a distance, they say, their house will look like nothing more than scattered leaves on the ridgeline.
Nearby residents, however, haven't bought his green pitch and say The Edge is endangering the beauty of one of Southern California's most famous beachfront communities along with U2's globally conscious image.
The guitarist, who owns more than 400 acres in Malibu, declined a request for an interview but said in his prepared statement that his critics "don't have the facts or have ulterior motives."
A lawyer for one of O.J. Simpson's co-defendants in a robbery case says a judge has ordered more than $3,500 in restitution paid to a victim.
Lawyer John Moran Jr. says Judge Jackie Glass ended a hearing Thursday with instructions that the six convicted co-defendants pay $3,560 to collectibles dealer Bruce Fromong. Moran is the attorney for former Simpson pal Charles Ehrlich.
Glass previously ordered Simpson, Clarence "C.J." Stewart and four other men to pay Fromong's medical bills related to injuries he allegedly suffered when he was robbed in September 2007 in a hotel room.
Simpson and Stewart were convicted on kidnapping, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and conspiracy charges. The others pleaded guilty to felony charges.
The Green Fairy takes flight starting May 1, 2009, as authentic French absinthe Le Tourment Vert becomes the first absinthe in the sky serving cocktails on Virgin America.
Photo by Casey Rodgers
NBC Universal says Nora O'Brien, its executive in charge of drama programming, has died.
Spokesman Curt King says O'Brien died Wednesday after collapsing in Berkeley, Calif., on the set of a TV series in development for NBC.
The 44-year-old O'Brien had worked for six years at NBC Universal as an executive at the Sci Fi Channel and, most recently, as vice president of drama programming for the company's studio division.
O'Brien, who lived in Santa Monica, Calif., was a native of West Hartford, Conn.
Danny Gans, one of the most popular entertainers on the Las Vegas Strip for the last decade, died in his sleep. He was 52.
Gans was found dead early Friday morning by his wife, Julie, at their home in Henderson, said Wynn Resorts spokeswoman Jennifer Dunne.
Gans, who performed at The Mirage for more than eight years, moved to the Encore Theater in February. The electronic marquee in front of the Encore posted his picture and the message: "Our friend forever, Danny Gans. 1956-2009."
Gans did rapid-fire imitations of personalities ranging from Tony Bennett to Al Pacino to Sarah Vaughan.
He performed a one-man show, "Danny Gans on Broadway: The Man of Many Voices," in 1995 at the Neil Simon Theater in New York before returning to Las Vegas.
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