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Nicolas Cage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola on January 7, 1964) is an American actor, producer and director, having appeared in over 60 films.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Nicolas Cage
Charlie wrote:
Very Easy -- Nicolas Cage.
mj responded:
That would be
Nic Cage, whose hair is a bird
Sally said:
Nicolas Cage was born Nicholas Kim Coppola on January 7, 1964.
Whatever...
(Never liked him, remember his 'wedding' to Lisa Maria Presley, because he loved Elvis?) Weird...
PS: @Dale of Diamond Springs, CA - that was interesting info about Muddy Waters. Somehow, I never connected him with Billy Graham. :)
PPS: 19 Cats Reading Books is hilarious!
John I from Hawaii, birthplace of Barrak Obama, says:
"Nicolas Cage." I liked him best in Raising Arizona.
Adam answered:
I know this one- Nicolas Cage. He could have traded completely on the family name (well, Francis Ford's, really), but he struck out in his own crazy direction.
'Vampire's Kiss' is awesome- you can just feel the crazy.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
Nicolas Cage
Marian resonded:
We missed the wind but had a tree snap off on it's base and cover our front lawn. It did miss the house. We are in London and flew out before the winds came. My guess at today's quiz is Nic Cage. Hope you didn't have any wind damage Marty. I heard from neighbors that my city declared a State of Emergency but they can't figure out why.
BttbB replied:
Know this one straight away... Nicolas Cage... I like his acting, muchly (I invented that word, but feel free to use it as you see fit)...
I especially enjoyed the weirdness of 'Face/Off' with Travolta. Ol' Nick does a great ne'er-do-well and rogue... I think an ideal role for him would be to do 'Professor Moriarity' in a Sherlock Holmes flic. He could do a Jack Abramoff type character, too, quite well if there's ever a movie based on that scoundrel.
MAM wrote:
Nicolas Cage
And, Joe S answered:
Nicolas Cage.
This is my favorite Nic Cage movie, Ghost Rider. Burning skull, hot bike and EVA MENDES! Movies don't get no better'n that.
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Amazing Race', then a FRESH'The Good Wife', followed by a FRESH'CSI: The 2nd One'.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'Sunday Night Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Once Upon A Time', then a FRESH'Desperate Housewives', followed by a FRESH'Pan Am'.
The CW here fills the night with what passes for local news and other fluffery.
Faux has a RERUN'Simpsons', followed by another RERUN'Simpsons', then a FRESH'Simpsons', followed by a FRESH'Allen Gregory', 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 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another old 'Big Bang Theory', then still another old 'Big Bang Theory', and yet another old 'Big Bang Theory'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Outlaw Josey Wales', followed by the movie 'Pale Rider', then a FRESH'Hell On Wheels'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] Top GearEpisode 1
[7:00AM] Top GearEpisode 2
[8:00AM] Top GearEpisode 3
[9:00AM] Animals: Inside the Fight for Life
[10:00AM] Search for Tigers
[10:30AM] A Penguin's Story
[11:00AM] 24 Hours in the ER-Episode 11
[12:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 1
[1:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 2
[2:00PM] Top Gear-Episode 3
[3:00PM] Top Gear Top 40-Episode 1
[4:00PM] Top Gear Top 40-Episode 2
[5:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 3 Momma Cherri's
[6:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 8 Sabatiello's
[7:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 9 Fiesta Sunrise
[8:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 10 Sante La Brea
[9:00PM] V for Vendetta
[12:00AM] V for Vendetta
[3:00AM] Would You Rather? with Graham Norton-Ep 1 - Cyndi Lauper, Christian Finnegan, Michelle Buteau, Joe Mande
[3:30AM] Would You Rather? with Graham Norton-Ep 2 - Stanley Tucci, Jordan Carlos, Scott Adsit, Sherrod Small
[4:00AM] Doctor Who-Ep 8 - Let's Kill Hitler
[5:00AM] Doctor Who-Ep 9 - Night Terrors (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', then the FRESH'Chef Roble & Co.'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Scary Movie 2', followed by the movie 'Dance Flick', 'Kevin Hart: I'm A Grown Little Man', followed by the FRESH'Carlos Mencia: New Territory'.
FX has the movie 'Ice Age: The Meltdown', followed by the movie 'Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs'.
History has 'IRT Deadliest Roads', 'American Pickers', followed by a FRESH'Real Deal', then another FRESH'Real Deal', then a FRESH'IRT Deadliest Roads'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Right at Your Door
[8:00AM] The Uninvited
[10:15AM] The Skeptic
[12:15PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[12:45PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[1:15PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[1:45PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:15PM] Right at Your Door
[4:15PM] The Uninvited
[6:30PM] The Escapist
[8:45PM] Chaos
[11:00PM] Onion News Network-Brooke vs. O'Brady
[11:30PM] Onion News Network
[12:00AM] Zodiac
[3:30AM] Mother Night (ALL TIMES EST)
[6:00A] Flight Of The Red Balloon
[8:00A] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Angelo Lambrou: Your Dream Turned Into My Nightmare
[9:00A] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Qristyl Frazier: Plus-Sexy (Episode 2, Season 2)
[10:00A] Love Lust & Comfort Food
[11:00A] Love Lust & Chocolate
[12:00P] Love Lust & Holiday Feasts
[1:00P] Love Lust & Breakfast
[2:00P] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Too Heavy, Too Hard, Too Fast
[3:00P] Robyn Hitchcock: Sex Food Death... and Insects
[4:00P] Flight Of The Red Balloon
[6:00P] 2001: A Space Odyssey
[8:30P] Five Fingers
[12:00A] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Pressure (Episode 13, Season 1)
[1:00A] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Too Heavy, Too Hard, Too Fast
[2:00A] Love Lust & Breakfast
[3:00A] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Qristyl Frazier: Plus-Sexy (Episode 2, Season 2)
[4:00A] LUDO BITES AMERICA: Redondo Beach (Episode 6, Season 1)
[5:00A] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Too Heavy, Too Hard, Too Fast (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull', followed by the FRESH'Neverland' (Part 1), then 'Neverland' (Part 1), again.
Actress and Kentucky native Ashley Judd cheers on her alma mater during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Kentucky and North Carolina in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011.
Photo by James Crisp
Garrison Keillor says he's reconsidering thoughts about retirement.
The host of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion" told the Sioux City Journal this week that he thought about quitting the show, but it panicked him and led to him "rethinking the whole brilliant idea."
He said the show is going well and he loves doing it, so why quit.
In March, Keillor had said in an interview for the AARP Bulletin that he planned to retire in the spring of 2013, but would have to find his replacement first.
Jazz musician and 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree Sonny Rollins, poses with Terri Hinter on the red carpet as they arrive for a gala dinner for the Kennedy Center Honorees at the U.S. State Department in Washington, December 3, 2011.
Photo by Mike Theiler
A million-dollar lawsuit by an actress who claims her job prospects were damaged when she was outed online as a 40-year-old has run smack into conventional wisdom: If Sandra Bullock, 47, and Helen Mirren, 66, are getting steady work, bias against older actresses surely must have vanished.
Film stars Meryl Streep, Halle Berry and Glenn Close are also members of the 40-plus and employed club. On TV, the majority of the "Desperate Housewives" female leads are nearing 50, while Emmy Award-winning Julianna Margulies of "The Good Wife" is 44.
But industry insiders and unions say star power obscures the ageism gap between high-profile performers and working stiffs - a unique aspect of Hollywood's division of the haves and have-nots.
Older actresses face more hiring hurdles than their male counterparts, according to employment statistics from SAG and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, as well as the experience of those on the front lines.
Women over 40 make up 24.3 percent of the U.S. population, the 2010 census found. In comparison, union casting analysis show actresses over 40 years old get 12.5 percent of roles for television and film. Men of that age are also about a quarter of the population but nearly equal their ranks in casting.
A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of Pakistan's feared and powerful intelligence agency on her arm has triggered fury across this conservative nation.
Veena Malik's photo on the website of FHM India, in advance of its publication in the magazine's December issue, has been lighting up social network websites since earlier this week.
Many here anticipate a backlash, as nationalists and Islamists regularly stage rallies against anything they deem an insult to Islam or to the national honor. India and Pakistan have fought three wars, and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency or ISI has been accused of sponsoring terrorist attacks inside India.
Malik has broken Pakistani religious and national taboos in the past. She is a target for conservative ire and a heroine to some Pakistani liberals.
In an interview with Pakistani Geo television broadcast Saturday, however, Malik said the nude photo was published in violation of her agreement with FHM India and she was considering legal action against the magazine.
Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep (L), who is one of the Kennedy Center Honorees, poses with husband Don Gummer (C) and daughter Grace as they arrive for a gala dinner for the 2011 Kennedy Center Honorees at the U.S. State Department in Washington, December 3, 2011.
Photo by Mike Theiler
Two self-described Disney "fanatics" have purchased a house in Utah modeled after the colorful home featured in the animated movie "Up."
Discovering the house in the Salt Lake City suburb of Herriman, Utah, was a dream come true for Clinton and Lynette Hamblin of Petaluma, Calif. The couple had been looking for a house with some of the same flourishes as the one in the movie, such as a multi-colored exterior or a blue kitchen with retro appliances.
They initially looked in California until they saw news reports about the house in Utah that included every possible detail from the movie and was even officially recognized as the "Up" house by Disney. Even more surprising was the $400,000 price tag, which was less than homes they looked at in California.
The house is modeled on its appearance early in the movie, when Carl and Ellie Frederickson are flush with the optimism of newlyweds. That was before infertility undid their hopes for a family and Ellie's death left Carl a curmudgeonly recluse who refuses to succumb to developers and sell his house.
A report given to a high-level advisory group in Saudi Arabia claims that allowing women in the kingdom to drive could encourage premarital sex, a rights activist said Saturday.
The ultraconservative stance suggests increasing pressure on King Abdullah to retain the kingdom's male-only driving rules despite international criticism.
Rights activist Waleed Abu Alkhair said the document by a well-known academic was sent to the all-male Shura Council, which advises the monarchy. The report by Kamal Subhi claims that allowing women to drive will threaten the country's traditions of virgin brides, he said. The suggestion is that driving will allow greater mixing of genders and could promote sex.
There was no official criticism or commentary on the scholar's views, and it was unclear whether they were solicited by the Shura Council or submitted independently. But social media sites were flooded with speculation that Saudi's traditional-minded clerics and others will fight hard against social changes suggested by the 87-year-old Abdullah.
In this image released by Disney, Cee Lo Green performs the song "This Christmas" while taping a segment for the "Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade" TV special at the Magic Kingdom park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. The special will air Christmas Day on ABC.
Photo by Mark Ashman
Police in Aspen say Charlie Sheen's ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, has been arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault and cocaine possession with intent to distribute.
Authorities say officers arrested Mueller early Saturday at a nightclub after a woman reported being assaulted by her.
Mueller posted $11,000 bond and was released from custody. She's scheduled in court Dec. 19. Aspen police spokeswoman Blair Weyer says additional details are not immediately available.
Sheen and Mueller divorced earlier this year, citing Christmas Day 2009 as the day of their breakup. Charlie Sheen was arrested in Aspen on that day on suspicion of assaulting Mueller. He completed his probation in that case last November.
By the time Arkansas authorities took country singer Mindy McCready's 5-year-old son from her and into custody on Friday evening, one thing had already become apparent to many in America: McCready's life has come to resemble a bad country song.
Since her emergence in the mid-1990s as a honey-voiced success story out of Nashville, McCready has been increasingly known for her personal foibles instead of her music.
Florida Department of Children and Families spokeswoman Terri Durdaller wrote in an email Saturday that her agency was working with Arkansas state officials to bring McCready's son, Zander, back to her legal guardian in Florida. His maternal grandmother has been Zander's guardian since 2007.
In Arkansas, Cleburne County Sheriff Marty Moss said Saturday that McCready didn't have permission to be in the unoccupied summer home where she was found Friday evening with her son. Authorities continue to investigate the matter, he said.
Singer, songwriter and 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree Neil Diamond blows a kiss to photographers on the red carpet as he arrives for a gala dinner for Kennedy Center Honorees at the U.S. State Department in Washington December 3, 2011.
Photo by Mike Theiler
Officials in Germany's western city of Koblenz say some 45,000 residents have to be evacuated as officials try to defuse a World War II era bomb discovered in the Rhine river.
City officials said Saturday the massive British 1.8 ton bomb will be defused early Sunday, requiring all residents within a radius of about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the bomb site to leave their homes for the day.
Officials say seven nursing homes, two hospitals and a prison are also being evacuated. Train and road traffic in the area, some 130 kilometers northwest of Frankfurt, will come to a halt.
The British bomb was found last week alongside a 275 pound bomb dropped there by U.S. forces during WWII, after Rhine's water level fell due to lack of rain.
Lanya Olmstead was born in Florida to a mother who immigrated from Taiwan and an American father of Norwegian ancestry. Ethnically, she considers herself half Taiwanese and half Norwegian. But when applying to Harvard, Olmstead checked only one box for her race: white.
"I didn't want to put 'Asian' down," Olmstead says, "because my mom told me there's discrimination against Asians in the application process."
For years, many Asian-Americans have been convinced that it's harder for them to gain admission to the nation's top colleges.
Studies show that Asian-Americans meet these colleges' admissions standards far out of proportion to their 6 percent representation in the U.S. population, and that they often need test scores hundreds of points higher than applicants from other ethnic groups to have an equal chance of admission. Critics say these numbers, along with the fact that some top colleges with race-blind admissions have double the Asian percentage of Ivy League schools, prove the existence of discrimination.
The way it works, the critics believe, is that Asian-Americans are evaluated not as individuals, but against the thousands of other ultra-achieving Asians who are stereotyped as boring academic robots.
A Christmas tree with words "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" in many languages is erected for the upcoming Christmas at Beirut Souks December 3, 2011.
Photo by Cynthia Karam
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