Paul Krugman: Mooching Off Medicaid (New York Times)
So ignore all the talk about too much government spending and too much aid to moochers who don’t deserve it. As long as the spending ends up lining the right pockets, and the undeserving beneficiaries of public largess are politically connected corporations, conservatives with actual power seem to like Big Government just fine.
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a celebrated American actor, film director, producer, and writer, widely viewed as one of the best in his profession. Throughout his career, Jack Nicholson has portrayed unique and challenging roles; many of which include dark portrayals of neurotic and/or psychopathic characters. Nicholson's twelve Oscar nominations make him the most nominated male actor of all time.
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Marian was first, and correct, with:
I'm back!! Jack Nicholson
Alan J wrote:
Jack Nicholson
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Jack Nicholson
Adam answered:
Jack Nicholson.
Charlie replied:
Wasn't hard to guess - Jack Nicholson.
One he didn't win - it was a tough year:
Sally said:
With 12 Oscar nominations, Jack Nicholson is the most nominated male actor of all time.
Jack Nicholson - I remember when he used to be SUCH a heartthrob...
PS: Last night my daughter/gd and I went to see a touring New Orleans Jazz ensemble. The clarinet player was 80 years old. He sang, strutted, and man, could he blow that instrument! That renewed me, made me feel young! We love to take the kids to see live entertainment, not only to get them away from the electronics, but for the experience. I took mine, and it's fun to continue on with the circle of life.
Dale of Diamond Springs , working on Sunday, responded:
Of course It's Jack Nicholson. My favorite actor. Because he's Jack!!
"People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.
~ Jack Nicholson
BttbBob answered:
Jack Nicholson... the man is a thespian savant... none better, IMO. So much so that I'd have to spend a whole buncha time trying to decide which of his performances is my favorite.
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Memo to SallyP: I, too, am not a big 'Horror Movie' genre fan. Could be cuz when Hitchcock's "Psycho" came out in '60, my mother took me along to the theater to see it with her. I-kid-you-not. I was 7 years old (she was 26). She claims that she didn't really realize that it was as it was. I've teased her about it over the years (which pisses her off to no end, so I don't do it often and haven't in a while). I remember that I watched the whole thing without hiding my head or freaking out. The scenes I remember the most vividly? (besides the shower scene) is Lila discovering Norman's mother's body in the cellar and the cable pulling Marion's car from the swamp at the end. True story, I swear it...
MAM wrote:
Jack Nicholson ~ 12 nominations, and 3 Oscar wins, most recently in 1997 for AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'NCIS', followed by a FRESH'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a FRESH'Golden Boy'.
On a RERUNDave (from 1/16/13) are Kim & Kourtney Kardashian and Buddy Guy.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Larry King and Abbie Cornish.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'Betty White's Off Their Rockers', followed by another RERUN'Betty White's Off Their Rockers', then a FRESH'Go On', followed by a FRESH'The New Normal', then a FRESH'Smash'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 11/19/12) are Jennifer Lawrence, Phil & Willie Robertson, and Andy Grammar.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 1/31/13) are Channing Tatum, Megan Hilty, Tim Ferriss, and Graham Parker.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 2/4/13) are Nicholas Hoult, "365 Supers", and Curtis Peoples.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Celebrity Wife Swap', followed by a FRESH'The Taste', then a FRESH'Body Of Proof'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Zach Braff, Lauren Cohan, and Dave Grohl's Sound City Players featuring Rick Springfield, John Fogerty, Rick Nielsen, and Lee Ving & Krist Novoselic.
The CW offers a FRESH'Hart Of Dixie', followed by a FRESH'Cult'.
Faux fills the night with a FRESH'American Idol'.
MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
AMC offers the movie 'A Few Good Men', followed by the movie 'Gone In 60 Seconds', then the movie 'The Transporter'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] NO KITCHEN REQUIRED - Season 1 - Ep 2 - New Zealand
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 12 - Ep 3 - Robbie Williams, Darcey Bussell, Paul O'Grady, Felix Baumgartner
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 7 - Amy's Choice
[11:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 8 - The Hungry Earth
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Bonapartes
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 8 - La Gondola
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 6 - The Granary
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Seascape
[4:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 5 - J Willy's
[5:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 8 - Sabatiello's
[6:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 6 - Cafe Tavolini
[7:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 7 - Kingston Cafe
[8:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 1 - Blackberry's
[9:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 2 - Leone's
[10:00PM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 7 - Giant Malaysian Honey Bees NEW
[11:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 1 - Blackberry's
[12:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 2 - Leone's
[1:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 7 - Giant Malaysian Honey Bees
[2:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Bonapartes
[3:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 8 - La Gondola
[4:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 6 - The Granary
[5:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Seascape (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Vanderpump Rules', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', 'Millionaire Matchmaker', followed by a FRESH'Millionaire Matchmaker'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'The Jeselnik Offensive', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH'Tosh.0', then a FRESH'The Jeselnik Offensive'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Sandra Day O'Connor.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is James Franco.
FX has the movie 'The Waterboy', followed by a FRESH'The Ultimate Fighter', then a FRESH'Justified'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Top Gear', then a FRESH'Ultimate Soldier Challenge'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode
[7:15AM] Godsend
[9:30AM] Cassandra's Dream
[11:45AM] Chapter 27
[1:30PM] Godsend
[3:45PM] Cassandra's Dream
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Smunday
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Water Park
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Traffic Jam
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Halloween Approximately
[8:00PM] Thirteen
[10:15PM] Teeth
[12:15AM] Thirteen
[2:30AM] Teeth
[4:30AM] Action-Pilot
[5:00AM] Action-Re-enter the Dragon
[5:30AM] Portlandia-Blackout (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] The Art of the Steal
[7:45A] Wordplay
[9:15A] Flame & Citron
[11:35] AVive la Rose
[11:45] AThe Art of the Steal
[1:30P] Wordplay
[3:00P] Flame & Citron
[5:20P] The New Tenants
[5:45P] Away From Her
[7:45P] Le Divorce
[10:00P] The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
[11:45P] The Orgasm Diaries
[1:30A] When Will I Be Loved
[3:00A] The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
[4:45A] The Gift
[5:00A] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Self-Esteem (Episode 12, Season 1) (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has 'Face Off', another 'Face Off', followed by a FRESH'Face Off', then a FRESH'Robot Combat League'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Colin Farrell, Jenna Elfman, and Frightened Rabbit.
Former Current TV chief news officer and host Keith Olbermann is talking to the head honchos at ESPN, possibly about rejoining the sports news giant where he worked from 1992 to 1997. In fact, based on the details in a just published New York Times piece , the outspoken commentator has been exploring the idea of returning to ESPN for quite a while now.
A few months ago, Olbermann sat down to a very friendly dinner with ESPN president John Skipper at the Four Seasons. Skipper says Olbermann reached out about the dinner date, and it turned out to be a lot of fun. "I agreed to dinner with Keith because I assumed he'd be provocative and witty and fun to have dinner with, and he was indeed lots of fun. We talked sports and politics, and we had a nice chat. He is very interesting," said Skipper. The executive added, "Clearly he was looking to see if there was an entry point to come back."
It already looks like Keith and ESPN are burying the hatchet, though. Olbermann recently participated in an ESPN documentary about baseball cards. (Olbermann loves baseball cards.) Unnamed executives also told The Times that "Olbermann's representatives" had been contacting high-level people at the network in recent weeks about job possibilities. That said, Olbermann's people have apparently been contacting a lot of companies in the past few months and tried to find their boss a job.
So who knows how seriously to take the recent Olbermann-ESPN activity. Olbermann's currently wrapped up in a $70 million lawsuit against Current TV, where he held an ownership stake and the highest editorial position until it all fell apart in a very predictable little scandal. Depending on how that turns out, Olbermann might really need the money. His sunset photography doesn't quite scream "second career."
Supermodel and television host Heidi Klum said on Monday that she will be a new judge on the popular summer TV talent show "American's Got Talent."
Klum will be the fourth judge on the talent show created by British entertainment mogul Simon Cowell. She joins comedian Howie Mandel, radio "shock jock" Howard Stern and former Spice Girl Mel B on the show hosted by Nick Cannon.
NBC said last month that Mel B would replace Sharon Osbourne, who quit the show after her son Jack was dropped from another reality show by the network.
NBC is betting that Klum and Mel B will boost falling audiences for the summer show, which experienced record low numbers during the finale in September with less than 11 million viewers.
Sundance is coming to Los Angeles. The Sundance Institute will launch a four-day film festival in Hollywood this summer, an extension of the Sundance Film Festival's NEXT section.
That section of the Park City, Utah-based festival features films that take risks with visual and narrative style, defined by little more than their audacious filmmakers. It launched in 2010, and has been home to such projects as Craig Zobel's divisive thriller "Compliance," Mike Birbiglia's "Sleepwalk With Me" and Alexandre Moors' unreleased "Blue Caprice."
The new festival will feature unreleased films, panels, a shorts program and the annual ShortsLab: Los Angeles, a short filmmaking workshop. There is no lineup yet for this summer.
Running from August 8 to 11, NEXT Weekend will be headquartered at Sundance's own Sundance Sunset Cinemas in West Hollywood and will have additional screenings around the city at venues like the Museum of Contemporary Art and Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Sundance has already expanded to London.
The festivities will begin with an outdoor screening August 8 at the cemetery and end with screenings at venues across the city.
Those listening closely to the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live noticed a big omission from the NBC late-night telecast - announcer Don Pardo!
The announcer, who has been with the show since its inception in 1975, missed Saturday's show after recently suffering a broken hip, TMZ reports. Sources tell the site that Pardo, 95, is doing fine in his recovery.
After missing just one season (1981-1982), Pardo originally retired in 2004. However, NBC convinced him come back and he has been re-recording his parts from home in Arizona in recent years. He also used to announce for The Price is Right, Jeopardy! and the NBC Nightly News.
It is unknown how long Pardo will be out from the show. Saturday Night Live's next new episode, featuring Justin Timberlake as both host and musical guest, airs Saturday, March 9.
Moscow police interrupted a play featuring the trial of punk rockers Pussy Riot on Sunday and warned its Swiss director for violating visa rules, in what a government critic said was part of an anti-Western campaign.
Federal Migration Service officers delayed the performance of "Moscow Trials" at a theatre at Moscow's Sakharov center for an hour as they issued a verbal warning to director Milo Rau, according to news agency Interfax and website Publicpost.ru .
Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, a deputy prime minister from 1997 to 1998, said the raid on the theatre was part of an anti-Western drive fostered by President Vladimir Putin.
The migration officials raiding "Moscow Trials" were accompanied by Cossacks, a traditionalist group whose recent revival has been encouraged by Putin, according to Publicpost.ru and twitter reports from the scene.
How badly will casino mogul 's bribery admission hurt Republicans?
The gambling empire owned by the billionaire donor concedes that it "likely" broke the law by bribing Chinese officials
For the GOP, 79-year-old casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson is just about the most important donor this side of the Koch brothers, dishing out nearly $100 million to (mostly Republican) candidates during the 2012 elections. So the news that Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp. admitted in a regulatory filing that it "likely" violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing Chinese officials probably won't be greeted with smiles by GOP campaign managers.
Also problematic: This revelation comes amidst ongoing probes into the Adelson empire by the SEC, DOJ, and FBI.
How big of an issue is this for Republicans? Adelson was, after all, the man whom Mitt Romney publicly wooed after Newt Gingrich dropped out of the GOP race - despite receiving $21.5 million in Adelson super PAC money. But despite Adelson's very public backing of GOP candidates, as Ezra Klein points out, this would be a much bigger deal if Romney was sitting in the White House instead of chatting up Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.
Fox has ordered a second season of the new Kevin Bacon serial killer drama "The Following" and the freshman comedy "The Mindy Project," as well as new seasons of the sitcoms "New Girl" and "Raising Hope."
"New Girl" will return for a third season, and "Raising Hope" for a fourth.
Fox has had high hopes for "The Following," which has earned decent ratings since its much-hyped January debut. Network entertainment president Kevin Reilly has said he believes it could be an Emmy contender. Its second season, like its first, will be 15 episodes.
Fox is also currently negotiating for a fifth season of "Glee," which is expected to be announced soon.
Mongolian shaman Zorigtbaata, a cast member in the documentary "Mongolian Bling" by Australian Benj Binks, plays a drum at an undisclosed location, in this picture provided by "Mongolian Bling" and dated December 10, 2009. Born on the mean streets of U.S. cities and fanned by frustrated youth, rap and the hip-hop culture it extols are helping young Mongolians express the stresses of dealing with an increasingly urban society and all its woes. "Mongolian Bling", a 90-minute documentary, showcases how hip-hop has become a popular vehicle of expression for the nation's stress. Zorigtbaata plays traditional instruments as part of his religion, yet he also believes that because poetry and long tales have been a part of Mongolian music for generations, hip-hop can also be seen to fall within the scope of a Mongolian music tradition.
Photo by Benj Binks
Buzz-worthy reality shows are often a ticket to riches for cable networks, even when the shows seem to have little to do with the network's reason for being. So why shouldn't CNBC get in on the action?
The business network will try starting on Tuesday, when CNBC premieres "Treasure Detectives" and "The Car Chasers" in prime time. Some 7 to 10 nonfiction series are being developed for the evening hours when the Wall Street ticker goes quiet.
"Treasure Detectives" features British art appraiser Curtis Dowling, who uses careful scientific methods to determine whether a piece of valuable art is real or forged. "The Car Chasers" follows a Texas company that buys cars with intriguing histories, fixes them up and makes money on resales.
The two series represent CNBC's latest attempt to attract an audience after the business day. CNBC looks upon Nickelodeon as a model for building a separate, nostalgia-oriented Nick at Nite lineup for when children to go bed. CNBC primarily seeks the business audience during the day, but its business programming ends at 8 p.m. ET.
He was the Terminator, then a governor, and now Arnold $chwarzenegger is an editor.
The Los Angeles Times reports $chwarzenegger has been named executive editor of Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazines.
It's a position that the former Mr. Olympia held briefly 10 years ago, after winning California's gubernatorial recall election. After being criticized for potential conflict of interest, he quit the job.
A sadhu (Hindu holy man) smokes marijuana on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu March 4, 2013. Hindu holy men from Nepal and India come to this temple to take part in the Shivaratri festival, which this year falls on March 10. Celebrated by Hindu devotees all over the world, Shivaratri is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and holy men mark the occasion by praying, smoking marijuana or smearing their bodies with ashes.
Photo by Navesh Chitrakar
An Italian priest set fire to a photo of Pope Benedict during Sunday Mass in protest against his abdication, telling a shocked congregation that the former pontiff had abandoned his flock.
"It was wonderful," the Rev. Andrea Maggi from Santo Stefano Protomartire church in the small northern village of Castel Vittorio, told La Repubblica daily, defending his act.
He compared Benedict, who resigned as pope on Thursday, to Captain Francesco Schettino, who is accused of abandoning the Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off the Italian coast before all passengers were rescued.
Gian Stefano Orengo, mayor of the municipality in the northwestern Liguria region, told Italian radio the action had prompted half of the congregation to walk out.
"Before starting the homily, the priest took the photo of the pope and he said this is not a pope, this is not a shepherd, he abandoned his flock," Orengo said, adding that Maggi then used a candle flame set alight the photo of Benedict.
Researchers say they know how the Hindenburg airship came to its fiery end: static electricity.
Seventy-six years ago, the German dirigible was promoted as the future of trans-Atlantic flight, but instead it became the notorious poster child of air disasters.
As the hydrogen-filled blimp was landing in Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937, it suddenly burst into flames and crashed in front of shocked bystanders, killing 35 of the 100 passengers crew on board-and putting an end to the short-lived air travel program.
Now scientists who have been studying the circumstances that led to the Hindenburg's end say they know what happened.
In this Feb. 12, 2013 photo, an altar to La Sante Muerte run by Arely Vazquez Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant and transgender woman, is shown inside a Queens, NY apartment. La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. In addition to showing up at drug crime scenes, the once-underground icon has been spotted on passion candles in Richmond, Va. grocery stores. The folk saint's image can be seen inside New York City apartments, in Minneapolis religious shops and during art shows in Tucson, Ariz.
Photo by Russell Contreras
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