What doctors won't do (Guardian)
From steroids to sleeping tablets, IVF to the flu jab - doctors reveal the treatments they would avoid.
John Streamas: The Bloated Syllabus (Irascible Professor)
I am now old enough to remember courses that had no syllabus. One was a course in the intellectual history of modern Europe. On the first day the professor walked into the room, laced his fingers, surveyed his students, said that this would be a good group, then told us that, though this was a history course, we would read novels. He ticked off the names of these novels and told us why we would read them.
Marc Dion: America Thursday Afternoon (Creators Syndicate)
We were all supposed to work harder, to stop being "pampered" by unions and OSHA and 40-hour week laws, and we were all supposed to be "happy just to have a job." And we did, and we are. And we're stinkin' poor. Because it didn't work.
Roger Ebert: "'Speed 3'--Winner of my 1999 contest"
No favorable review I've ever written has inspired more disbelief than my three stars for "Speed 2." Even its star, Sandra Bullock, started mentioning in interviews her disgust with herself for agreeing to star in it. It's frequently cited as an example of what a lousy critic I am.
Jack Gilford (July 25, 1908 - June 4, 1990) was an American actor on Broadway, films and television.
Gilford was born Jacob Aaron Gellman on the lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, and grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Gilford was discovered working in a pharmacy by his mentor Milton Berle. While working in amateur theater, he competed with other talented youngsters, including a young Jackie Gleason. He started doing imitations and impersonations. He developed some unique impressions that became his trademarks - most notably, one of "split pea soup coming to a furious boil" using only his face. Other unusual impressions he created were a fluorescent light going on in a dark room, John D. Rockefeller Sr. imitating Jimmy Durante, and impressions of animals.
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Jack Gilford
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Jack Gilford - I remember him from the old Cracker Jack commercials.
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Jack Gilford.
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Jack Giflord
Sally said:
The Split Soup guy was Jack Gilford who was a character actor in cinema and on Broadway back in the day...
Jack and costars...
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@JoeS, only 300 photos of Wallace? U'R slipping... Just joking, I am waiting to see how he's grown! :)
Wallace and Grandpa S...
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It's Jack Gifford
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Jack Gilford (July 25, 1908 - June 4, 1990)
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Jack Gilford, that would be... very truly, a comedic savant as ever was...
... that was born to it - a natural, as it were. Plus, by all accounts he was a very nice guy, so much the better. I would have loved to have had an uncle just like him. What fun that would have been, eh?
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Musing Moment - So, it's Inauguration Day... Well, looking back to four years ago, things today aren't quite what I thought, or hoped, they'd be... Am I expecting to much? I don't think so. So, here's to better days ahead (Sip o' tea taken. Bigelow's 'Constant Comment', dontcha know) and... as I always say... (with mug held high) "Don't let the bastards get ya down!" (Right, Boss?)
And, Joe S answered:
Jack Gilford. Hmmmm, still don't know him. Oh well, I can't know everything.
Welcome back BadtotheboneBob! Hope you're doing well.
By the way I can't decide which 400 photos of Wallace's birthday party to send. I'll try again later.
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a RERUN'Big Bang Theory', then a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', followed by a FRESH'Mike & Molly', then a FRESH'Hawaii Five-0'.
On a RERUNDave (from 12/13/12) are Jamie Foxx, Julie Chen, and DIIV.
On a RERUNCraig (from 12/10/12) are Kristen Stewart, and Sloane Crosley.
NBC begins fills the night with the FRESH'NBC News Special: 2nd Inauguration Of Barack Obama'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Sally Field, Michael Kosta, and Lord Huron.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 1/3/13) are Michael Bloomberg, NeNe Leakes, and T.I.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 12/13/12) are Dave Zirin, Bre Pettis, and the Jezabels.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Bachelor', followed by a FRESH'Castle'.
Jimmy Kimmel (from 1/9/13) are Ryan Gosling and Brad Paisley.
The CW offers a FRESH'The Carrie Diaries', followed by a FRESH'90210'.
Faux has a FRESH'Bones', followed by a FRESH'The Following'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Hoarders', another 'Hoarders', followed by a FRESH'Hoarders', then a FRESH'Intervention'.
AMC offers the movie 'Gone In 60 Seconds', followed by the movie 'Gone In 60 Seconds', again.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] CHEETAHS: FAST TRACK TO FREEDOM
[9:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 10 - Ep 8 - Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Eddie Izzard, Rebecca Ferguson, Alesha Dixon
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 3 - Ep 5 - Evolution Of The Daleks
[11:00AM] RIPPER STREET-Season 1 - Ep 1 - I Need Light
[12:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Stuntman
[1:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 2 - Cabbie/Comedian
[2:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 3 - American Bullfighter/Paddle Boarder
[3:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 4 - IndyCar Pit Crew
[4:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 5 - Harlem Barber/Test Pilot
[5:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE - Season 2 - Ep 6 - Cattle Rancher
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 1
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 2
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 3
[9:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 4
[10:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 5
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 6
[12:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 1
[1:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 2
[2:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 3
[3:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 4
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 5
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 17 - Episode 6 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', then a FRESH'Vanderpump Rules'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', still another 'South Park', 'Brickleberry', and 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Ta-Nehisi Coates.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Easy A', then the movie 'Easy A', again.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', and another 'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Whisker Wars-America's Beardsman
[6:30AM] Whisker Wars-The Beard Circuit
[7:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[7:15AM] Idiocracy
[9:00AM] Cassandra's Dream
[11:15AM] Affliction
[1:45PM] Five Minutes of Heaven
[3:45PM] Cassandra's Dream
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Cliques
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Monkey
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Zoo
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Humilithon
[8:00PM] Friday the 13th Part 3
[10:00PM] Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
[12:30AM] Bachelor Party
[2:45AM] The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
[5:00AM] Freaks and Geeks-Noshing and Moshing (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] FREAKS AND GEEKS - Tricks and Treats (Episode 3, Season 1)
[7:00A] Summer Hours
[9:00A] Wassup Rockers
[10:45A] French Roast
[11:00A] Summer Hours
[1:00P] Monsoon Wedding
[3:00P] FREAKS AND GEEKS - Tricks and Treats (Episode 3, Season 1)
[4:00P] The Lady and the Reaper
[4:15P] Wassup Rockers
[6:00P] Ghost World
[8:00P] Joshua
[10:00P] THE STAIRCASE - A Striking Coincidence (Episode 3, Season 1)
[11:00P] Buena Vista Social Club
[1:00A] THE STAIRCASE - A Striking Coincidence (Episode 3, Season 1)
[2:00A] Joshua
[4:00A] Buena Vista Social Club (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Star Trek: Generations', followed by a FRESH'Continuum', then a FRESH'Being Human', followed by a FRESH'Lost Girl'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Timothy Olyphant, Busy Philipps, and Coheed & Cambria.
From left, Timothy B. Schmit, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh of The Eagles pose together after a news conference at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in Park City, Utah. The documentary film "The History of The Eagles Part 1" is being shown at the festival.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
Actress-turned-activist Eva Longoria says Republicans have a moral, political and economic duty to compromise on immigration.
Longoria is credited with helping bring Hispanic support to President Barack Obama. She says everyone should be, quote, "engaged in a level that would affect policy" because "that's how our government is set up."
Hispanics voted 7 to 1 for Obama over his challenger, Republican Mitt Romney. Analysts say that while immigration is not the top issue for Hispanic voters, many were turned off by Republicans' hard-line stance on the issue.
George Barris (2nd R) cheers as his original Batmobile was sold for $4,200,000 during the Barrett-Jackson collectors car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona January 19, 2013.
Photo by Joshua Lott
Veteran ABC newswoman Barbara Walters has fallen at an inauguration party at an ambassador's home in Washington and has been hospitalized.
Walters, 83, fell Saturday night on a step at the residence of Britain's ambassador to the United States, Peter Westmacott, ABC News spokesman Jeffrey Schneider said. The fall left Walters with a cut on her forehead, he said.
Walters, out of an abundance of caution, went to a hospital for treatment of the cut and for a full examination, Schneider said on Sunday. She was alert and was "telling everyone what to do, which we all take as a very positive sign," he said.
It was unclear when Walters might be released from the hospital, which ABC didn't identify.
Anna Deavere Smith has won one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the arts.
The committee that awards the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize announced Friday that the actress and playwright known for pioneering a form of theatrical journalism is this year's winner.
The Gish Prize, now in its 19th year, recognizes leading artists in such fields as drama, music and dance, as well as literature. Smith joins past winners including Bob Dylan, Arthur Miller, Chinua Achebe and Robert Redford. The prize, from silent film stars Dorothy and Lillian Gish, comes with $300,000.
Smith creates one-woman documentary-style works such as "Fires in the Mirror" about a 1991 riot in New York and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," about the 1992 Rodney King case. She recently tackled health care in "Let Me Down Easy."
As an actress, Smith has appeared on TV in "Nurse Jackie" and "The West Wing" and in films including "The American President," ''The Human Stain," ''Life Support" and "Rachel Getting Married."
Panamanian musician Ruben Blades gestures as he performs during the closure of Panama Jazz Festival in Panama City January 19, 2013. The festival was held from January 14 to 19.
Photo by Carlos Jasso
A trove of memorabilia from Studio 54 is going up for bid in an auction that is resurrecting those long-ago nights at the iconic 1970s clubhouse with a legacy greater than its lifespan.
Mementos kept by the late Studio 54 co-owner Steve Rubell, including paparazzi photographs, letters and artwork once belonging to the New York club's A-list guests, are being auctioned off Saturday in West Palm Beach.
The items give a fascinating glimpse of life at 54: photographer Fran Lebowitz shoulder-to-shoulder with pop artist Andy Warhol. A stone-faced Frank Sinatra staring off in the distance. Diana Ross, arms flailing on the dance floor. Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Cher - and on and on and on.
Rubell's partner, Bill Hamilton, finally decided to part with the treasures, more than 23 years after Rubell's death at the age of 45. The boxes of newspaper clippings, photographs and everything else had spent decades in their apartment on West 55th Street in Manhattan, where Hamilton still lives.
Giving up the items was hard, said Hamilton, who was too young to ever enjoy Studio 54 himself. He decided to auction them, in part, because he got married last year and wanted to shed some of his possessions. But as he took a final look at the photos, he was reminded of Rubell's generosity and how much fun he helped create.
Just in time for inauguration coverage, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R-Liar) has joined CBS News as a contributor.
Rice, who served as secretary of state during resident George W. Bush's second term, made her debut on "Face the Nation" Sunday and will be included in inauguration coverage on Monday.
Rice was the first African-American woman to serve as secretary of state, following Colin Powell in the office. She was Bush's national security adviser during his first term and worked on the National Security Council under his father, President George H.W. Bush.
As secretary of state, Rice warned of weapons of mass destruction in pressing for war in Iraq that killed more than 4,400 Americans. No weapons of mass destruction were found.
More recently, Rice was part of the team offering Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney general strategy and advice on foreign policy.
Performers throw flour as they act in a play in Pingyao, Shanxi province, January 20, 2013. Shanxi people are famous for their passion and loyalty for food made of flour. The drama represents the history of a famous family-owned traditional banking institution in Shanxi.
Photo by Jon Woo
Rick Santorum on Sunday accused President Obama of being a "sore winner" in his dealings with Republicans.
"That's the problem with this administration. They don't - they're not very gracious winners. And I always said, you know, there's one thing worse than a sore loser, and that's a sore winner. And the president's a sore winner," Santorum told me during our Powerhouse Roundtable on "This Week." "He could get something done on deficits and entitlements, but he's got to move his people to do that, instead of forcing Republicans always to come his way. And that's the problem."
He also said there is real opportunity to achieve bi-partisan immigration reform.
Santorum advised Congressional Republicans to stand their ground against Obama's gun proposals.
"I think we should stick to our guns," Santorum said.
Stacey Darling loves watching family movies at the Ellsworth Air Force Base theater in South Dakota because it's so much more affordable than taking her three children to the multiplex in nearby Rapid City.
Darling, whose husband is an airman, has been catching second-run films on base for about 2 1/2 years, and was there Saturday for the theater's last showing - a screening of the animated movie "Hotel Transylvania." The movie theater is among 60 around the globe run by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service that is screening its last picture show amid the industry's conversion to digital projection.
Darling said she wishes she could go to the theater even more now that her husband, Senior Master Sgt. David Darling, has deployed to southwest Asia.
It's just not cost effective for the exchange service to invest the $120,000 per theater needed to convert from 35 millimeter film to the new format at the theaters that are being closed, said spokesman Judd Anstey. Sixty theaters will make the upgrade.
An image of Child Jesus dressed as "Batman" is carried in a parade during the annual Santo Nino (Child Jesus) Festival at a church in Manila January 20, 2013.
Photo by Cheryl Ravelo
A long-delayed restoration of the Colosseum's only intact internal passageway has yielded ancient traces of red, black, green and blue frescoes - as well as graffiti and drawings of phallic symbols - indicating that the arena where gladiators fought was far more colorful than previously thought.
Officials unveiled the discoveries Friday and said the passageway - between the second and third levels of the 1st Century Colosseum - would open to the public starting this summer, after the €80,000 ($100,000) restoration is completed.
The frescoes were hidden under centuries of calcified rock and grime, and were revealed during a cleaning and restoration project over the last two months. The traces confirmed that while the Colosseum today is a fairly monochrome gray travertine rock, red brick and moss-covered marble, in its day its interior halls were a rich and expensive Technicolor.
While intriguing, none of the fragments restored so far rival the gorgeous frescoes found in other nearby ruins of the Roman Forum, such as the 6th century biblical scenes in the Santa Maria Antiqua church. But officials stressed that they are nevertheless remarkable because they give a very different impression of what the Colosseum must have looked like in its heyday.
Colosseum director Rosella Rea said less than 1 percent of the painted surfaces of the Colosseum remain. And while the exposed seating area was covered in white marble, "the insides, the galleries, all the corridors and transverse hallways were completely colored."
Jessica Chastain easily outmuscled Arnold $chwarzenegger (R-Family Values) and Mark Wahlberg over the weekend, topping the box office with both her supernatural horror film "Mama" and the Oscar-nominated Osama bin Laden hunt thriller "Zero Dark Thirty."
"Mama" opened well above expectations with a box-office topping $28.1 million for Universal Pictures, according to studio estimates Sunday. Chastain also held the second spot with "Zero Dark Thirty," for which she's nominated by the Academy Awards for best actress. In its second week of wide release, "Zero Dark Thirty" took in $17.6 million.
Schwarzenegger's post-governorship comeback got off to a terrible start. His action flick "The Last Stand" opened with just $6.3 million for Lionsgate, one of the worst debuts for the brawny 65-year-old star. The film came in 10th.
The Oscar-nominated "Django Unchained," meanwhile, became the director's biggest box-office hit in its fourth week. The Weinstein Co. release surpassed his previous film, "Inglourious Basterds," by adding $8.2 million for a domestic total of $138.4 million. But it did exceptional business internationally, taking in $48.1 million and proving that Tarantino's Spaghetti Western set in the antebellum South had tremendous appeal worldwide.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Tuesday.
1. "Mama," $28.1 million.
2. "Zero Dark Thirty," $17.6 million. ($770,000 international.)
3. "Silver Linings Playbook," $11.4 million. ($700,000 international.)
4. "Gangster Squad," $9.1 million. ($5.7 million international.)
5. "Broken City," $9 million.
6. "A Haunted House," $8.3 million. ($1.6 million international.)
7. "Django Unchained," $8.2 million. ($48.1 million international.)
8. "Les Miserables," $7.8 million. ($19.4 million international.)
9. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," $6.4 million. ($13.2 million international.)
10. "The Last Stand," $6.3 million. ($1.3 million international.)
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