Larry Chen: 2,000km Walk to Save a Son's Life (english.cri.cn)
A Mother's love is the sweetest and most delicate of all, something that science is unable to fully explain. It consists of deep devotion, sacrifice and pain, endless and enduring. Chen Yurong, a 55-year-old Chinese mother, has displayed all of these qualities. She has been walking 10 kilometers everyday for seven months in order to donate a liver transplant to save her son's life. In doing so, she was recently chosen by China Central Television as one of the "Top Ten People Who Inspired China in 2009."
Susan Estrich: Bill Daley (Creators Syndicate)
For a while there, I was worried that Barack Obama might actually be content to be a one-term president so long as he could say he accomplished what he set out to do. I'm not worried anymore. Not after Thursday's announcement that William Daley will be the new chief of staff.
Mark Shields: This Time, Washington -- and the President -- Are Really 'Out of Touch'! (Creators Syndicate)
It has always bothered me during our endless national campaigns when congressional candidates spend millions of dollars and years of their lives trying to persuade voters that he or she, the candidate, loathes Washington, D.C. (my adopted hometown of 45 years) and the federal government more than his or her opponent does.
Andrew Tobias: What They're Not Telling You
"I don't think anybody in this town believes that repealing Obamacare is going to increase the deficit." That was House Speaker John Boehner yesterday, reacting to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimate that repealing the health care bill would increase the deficit - and by $200 billion, no less.
"The Petting Zoo" by Jim Carroll: A review by Nancy Rommelmann
With the posthumous publication of 'The Petting Zoo,' the novel he had been writing for nearly 20 years, we see the price Carroll paid for his genius and fame, as well as how seriously he took his responsibilities as the poet, the person who translates pain and beauty for the rest of us.
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...
Baron Dave ("Maybe that's what bothers me: Hollywood has sunk to the level of Congress." -- James Spader as Alan Shore, Boston Legal) was first, and correct, with:
Somehow, that can only be Marilyn Monroe. Those Army types are sticklers for ID. (I wonder how much today's TSA agents would pay to pay to be on duty when she goes through the scanners...)
mj wrote:
Simple
Mrs. Dimaggio, at that time, was Marilyn Monroe.
Alan J said:
Marilyn Monroe
David W replied:
Only one I could think of would be Marilyn Monroe
DanD answered:
That's easy! On of my relative Irish babes by (an earlier) marriage
(ne-James Dougherty) who then married Simon and Garfunkle's iconic Joe
DiMaggio! Let us all give an Elton John, teary-eyed applause for
Marilyn Monroe.
Adam wrote:
Marilyn Monroe, of course. Unless it was Barbie Benton...
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Marilyn Monroe
Marian responded:
Marilyn Monroe
Tom Loud )O( Yer Friendly Neighborhood Folksinger
(Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. … [T]hose who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. -- C.S. Lewis) replied:
Mrs Norma Jean DiMaggio was perhaps better known as Marilyn Monroe.
George M answered:
I believe that the entertainer identified by the USO as, at the time, Norma Jean DiMaggio, was in fact Marilyn Monroe - she was married to baseball great Joe DiMaggio at the time.
Charlie replied:
In 1954 it was:
Norma Jean DiMaggio!
Who legally took the name Marilyn Monroe.in 1956
Sally said:
Well, NYC may have escaped the bulk of this snowstorm, by we here in northern NJ (up on the Palisades) sure did not. It snowed all day, that wet heavy snow that's so fun to shovel. Then, I had to go out in it for a meeting, and just didn't feel like getting online by the time I got home. (I must be getting old!)
Marilyn Monroe was the USO Entertainer who's USO Identification Card listed her name as "Norma Jean DiMaggio."
PS: Sorry if my photo yesterday offended you, Paul in Seattle, but I don't see well, and all those British dandies look the same to me, hahaha!
PPS: Carla's home, hurray!! (Loved her salty description of her stay in hospital...)
BttbB replied:
Too easy... Marilyn 'Sugar Kane' Monroe... "It's not how long it takes, it's who's taking you"... She liked it hot... Me, too...
MAM wrote:
Marilyn Monroe
And, Joe S answered:
I'm not even going to Google this. Who else could it be but Marilyn Monroe?
I can't tell you how sick I am over our national tragedy that this attack represents.
Gabby Giffords has been one of the few voices for moderation/ centrism in our politically fractured State; this is senseless.
Some semblance of order in the collective thought processes that define American political thought may yet come from this; even wild hope that the Becks/Limbaughs/Hannitys might admit complicity by fomenting violence; as ye reap, so shall ye sow.
Do some remember that great movie "The Fisher King"? The plot revolved around a loose-lipped shock-jock who gave relationship advice on-air to a deranged shooter to just "suck-it-up" and take care of his tormenters. The result was a massacre in a crowded restaurant. The rest of the movie examines the mental deterioration of the egocentric radio host as he realizes his own role in the tragedy.
Wouldn't ya like to see some of his latter-day descendents acknowledge some guilt here?
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'CSI: The 2nd One', then a FRESH'Undercover Boss', followed by a RERUN'Criminal Minds'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by the SERIES PREMIERE'The Cape'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH'Desperate Housewives', followed by a FRESH'Brothers & Sistes'.
The CW offers an old 'Friends', followed by another old 'Friends', then the movie 'King Arthur'.
Faux has 'America Idol: Welcome Home', followed by a RERUN'Simpsons', then a FRESH'Simpsons', followed by the SERIES PREMIERE'Bob's Burgers', then a FRESH'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH'Cleveland Show'.
MY has an old 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another old 'How I Met Your Mother', then an old 'The Closer', followed by another old 'The Closer'.
A&E has all 'Dog The Tancredo-Loving Racist Bounty Hunter' all night.
AMC offers the movie 'Wyatt Earp', followed by the movie 'Exit Wounds'.
BBC -
[6:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 12 James Nesbitt, Catherine Tate and The Kooks
[7:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 10 Dillons
[8:00 AM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 5 Thai
[9:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 4
[10:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[11:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[12:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 4
[1:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 1 Pilot
[2:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 2 Deep Throat
[3:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 7 The Enemy
[4:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 8 The Price
[5:00 PM] The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
[6:00 PM] All About Apes
[7:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[8:00 PM] Thunderball
[11:00 PM] Thunderball
[2:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 4
[3:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[4:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[5:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 4 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', still another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Atlanta'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Mr. Woodcock', 'Ralphie May: Prime Cut', 'Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious', and 'Louis C.K: Hilarious'.
FX has the movie 'Hellboy', followed by the movie 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army', then the movie 'Hellboy II; The Golden Army', again.
History has 'Top Gear', 'Ax Men', followed by a FRESH'Ax Men', then a FRESH'Top Gear'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] Where God Left His Shoes
[8:15 AM] The Heroic Trio
[10:00 AM] Passion in the Desert
[12:00 PM] Where God Left His Shoes
[2:15 PM] The Heroic Trio
[4:00 PM] Jackie Chan's Project A
[6:00 PM] Bend It Like Beckham
[8:30 PM] The Aviator
[12:00 AM] Freaks and Geeks
[1:00 AM] Undeclared
[1:30 AM] Mr. Show With Bob and David
[2:00 AM] Bend It Like Beckham
[4:30 AM] Freaks and Geeks
[5:30 AM] Undeclared (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[7:15 AM] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[8:25 AM] The Mozart of Pickpockets
[9:00 AM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet
[9:30 AM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet
[10:00 AM] Flow: For The Love Of Water
[11:30 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Flying Blind
[12:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Great Expectations
[12:30 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Out of the Closet (Episode 7, Season 1)
[1:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Til Death Do Us Part (Episode 8, Season 1)
[1:30 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Gets a Magazine Cover (Episode 10, Season 1)
[2:05 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Gets a Magazine Cover (Episode 11, Season 1)
[2:35 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Shines Under Stress (Episode 12, Season 1)
[3:05 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Does Another Classic Leno (Episode 13, Season 1)
[3:35 PM] Treeless Mountain
[5:05 PM] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[6:20 PM] The U.S. Vs. John Lennon
[8:05 PM] A Few Days In September
[10:00 PM] Tenderness
[11:45 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Flying Blind
[12:15 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Great Expectations
[12:45 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Out of the Closet (Episode 7, Season 1)
[1:15 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Til Death Do Us Part (Episode 8, Season 1)
[1:45 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Gets a Magazine Cover (Episode 10, Season 1)
[2:20 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Gets a Magazine Cover (Episode 11, Season 1)
[2:50 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Shines Under Stress (Episode 12, Season 1)
[3:20 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Does Another Classic Leno (Episode 13, Season 1)
[3:50 AM] New Boy
[4:05 AM] A Few Days In September
[6:00 AM] The U.S. Vs. John Lennon (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Star Trek: Generations', followed by the movie 'Star Trek: Nemesis'.
American Actor and activist, George Clooney, conducts an interview in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. He is flanked by John Prendergast, left, an American analyst of African conflicts and the director of the ENOUGH campaign. Clooney is visiting southern Sudan in a bid to draw attention to the situation as southern Sudanese prepare to vote in an independence referendum that will determine whether the region secedes from the north to form the world's newest country. Seven days of voting in the referendum is set to commence Sunday morning.
Photo by Pete Muller
Facebook film "The Social Network" continued its winning ways during Hollywood's awards season on Saturday as the National Society of Film Critics named it best movie of 2010 and gave awards to its director, star and screenwriter.
The wins bolster the movie's claim to being a front-runner for Academy Awards after already sweeping best picture honors from several other critics groups including those in New York, Los Angeles and Boston.
The National Society of Film critics also named Jesse Eisenberg best actor in the role of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, David Fincher best director, and writer Aaron Sorkin claimed best screenplay.
Giovanna Mezzogiorno was named best actress for "Vincere," in which she plays Mussolini's lover during his early years.
British artist Amy Winehouse performs during her show in Florianopolis, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. Winehouse played new material for the first timein nearly five years at her comeback show in Brazil.
Photo by Nabor Goulart
Spain's leading broadcaster said Saturday it will no longer show the country's centuries-old tradition of bullfighting in order to protect children from viewing violence.
Spain's state network, RTVE, lists its new ban on transmitting bullfighting programs under a chapter called "Violence with animals" in its latest stylebook and says it "will not broadcast bullfighting."
Spain has seen a fierce debate over the blood-soaked pageant that has fascinated artists and writers such as Goya, Hemingway and Pablo Picasso.
In July, the influential northeastern region of Catalonia became the second Spanish region to ban bullfighting, joining the Canary Islands, which outlawed the practice in 1991.
News organizations had the most influence on the top Twitter topics in 2010 but some celebrities were not far behind, according to new research.
Alok Choudhary, the chair of the electrical engineering and computer science department at Northwestern University in Illinois, and his team analyzed the biggest trends on Twitter last year.
They found that the Gulf oil spill, the earthquake in Haiti and the Chilean mine rescue were among the top events on Twitter and that singer Lady Gaga, actor Mel Gibson and pop idol Justin Bieber were the most tweeted about people.
NPR News, The New York Times, Times.com and The Wall Street Journal were often the top influencers on politics and world events, but actor Adam Lambert, comedian Conan O'Brien and singer Ricky Martin also had an impact.
But in tragic situations celebrities can reign on Twitter.
More than 8 million viewers watched Snooki and company return to "Jersey Shore."
The third season premiere of the MTV reality TV series was the most watched series telecast in the cable network's history, MTV announced Friday. The network said 8.45 million total viewers tuned in to the show, which chronicles the carryings-on of a group of hard-partying, 20- and 30-somethings at a beach house on the Seaside Heights, N.J., boardwalk.
An actor with ties to another prominent New Jersey series, James Gandolfini of "The Sopranos," flashed a look of distaste when he was asked at a news conference in Pasadena whether he watched "Jersey Shore."
A U.S. court has ordered Twitter to hand over details of the accounts of WikiLeaks and several supporters as part of a criminal investigation into the release of hundreds of thousands of confidential documents.
The December 14 subpoena obtained by the U.S. Department of Justice and published by online magazine Salon.com on Friday said the records sought from the microblogging website were "relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation."
It ordered Twitter to provide account information on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army intelligence analyst suspected of leaking Pentagon documents made public last year by WikiLeaks.
The information sought by the government includes all connection records and session times, IP addresses used to access Twitter, email and residential addresses plus billing records and details of bank accounts and credit cards.
The subpoena included the accounts of WikiLeaks supporters Jacob Appelbaum, Rop Gonggrijp and Birgitta Jonsdottir, a former WikiLeaks volunteer and member of Iceland's parliament.
Writer and executive producer George R. R. Martin answers a question at the HBO panel for the television series "Game of Thrones" during theTelevision Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California January 7, 2011.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
After the History channel said it would not air a controversial miniseries on the Kennedy family, producers were already seeking another television home.
The Showtime pay cable network has been approached to air the eight-part series, a spokesman said on Saturday. Eight years ago, Showtime aired a movie about President Reagan that CBS had made but decided not to broadcast when it faced pressure from some of that former president's family.
The multi-million dollar miniseries, which stars Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes as John and Jackie Kennedy, was History's most expensive project ever. But the network issued a statement late Friday saying that after watching the finished product, "we have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand."
Producers have sold the rights to air the series in other countries, including Canada. The producers, Muse Entertainment and Asylum, said in a statement they were confident U.S. television viewers would have a chance to see the series.
The undated photo taken from a book on the history of Finnish Tamro Group shows Tor Borg and his dog Jackie. The dog was dubbed Hitler by Borg's wife asit raised its paw for the Nazi salute. The Nazis started an investigation against the dog's owner, a 41-year-old wholesale merchant in Finland. In the middle of World War II, the Foreign Office in Berlin commanded its diplomats in the Nazi-friendly Nordic country to gather evidence against the Hitler-saluting hound and forged plans to destroy the dog owner's existence.
A celebrity Portuguese television journalist was found castrated and bludgeoned to death in a New York City hotel, and his companion, a male model who had recently been a contestant on a Portuguese reality TV show, was in police custody Saturday.
The journalist, 65-year-old Carlos Castro, had arrived in the U.S. in late December in the company of his young boyfriend, the model Renato Seabra, to see some Broadway shows and spend New Year's Eve in Times Square, according to a family friend.
Seabra was a contestant last year on a Portuguese TV show called "A Procura Do Sonho," or "Pursuit of a Dream," which hunts for modeling talent.
He didn't win the show but did get a modeling contract with an agency founded by fashion designer Fatima Lopes, who developed the show and was a judge on it.
Castro, who also was a columnist in Portugal, was admired there for his bravery in coming out as a gay man and "revealing the feminine side of his personality," said Rui Pedro Tendinha, a film critic who knew Castro.
Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Wednesday, Jan. 5,2011.
In this photograph taken by AP Images for Panasonic, Darth Vader arrives to help announce the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray at the Panasonic CES 2011 booth in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
Southwestern Pennsylvania residents are rallying in support of a hometown victim of budget cuts -- the local police dog.
Officials in Jefferson Hills cut the funding for the canine program that supported Fritz, who rode in a patrol car with a handler and visited schools in campaigns to combat drug abuse.
The canine program cost about $7,000 a year but the handler earned as much as $30,000 extra for having the dog, said Police Chief Jack Maple. The canine program shut down in December.
But residents started raising money to revive the canine program after last month's closing, and dozens of Fritz supporters attended a council meeting this week to encourage officials to reinstate the 5-year-old German Shepherd.
More than 700 people have joined a Facebook group called "Save Jefferson Hills K-9 Program."
In this photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a pair of brown bears wrestle in the snowfall at the Bronx Zoo in New York, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. The Wildlife Conservation Society, who manages the Bronx Zoo, rescued the two bears in 2010 after they were orphaned in Alaska.
Photo by Julie Larsen Maher
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