Jim Hightower: PLENTY OF AMERICAN JOBS - BUT NOT IN AMERICA
With unemployment and underemployment devastating millions of families in our country, perhaps you've assumed that U.S. corporations aren't hiring these days. Nonsense, they added 1.4 million jobs last year alone - overseas.
Gail Collins: Goodbye to a Guy Named Joe [Lieberman] (New York Times)
... he isn't really leaving. He's got two years of his term left, during which he will be looking for "new opportunities that will allow me to serve my country." Do you think that means something involving a large salary and a chance to make multitudinous TV appearances, or a Peace Corps stint in Burkina Faso? Let me see hands.
Froma Harrop: No Tears for Joe Lieberman (Creators Syndicate)
My eyes are dry as I ponder Joe Lieberman's decision to not seek re-election. Voices on the right regard Connecticut's independent senator as a victim of left-wing intolerance. I see him as a sanctimonious hypocrite, political opportunist and double-crosser. Guess I don't like him.
Gretchen Reynolds: Phys Ed: Brains and Brawn (New York Times)
The brain benefits from being used, so that, in a neat circle, resistance training may both demand and create additional brain circuitry. Imagine what someone like Einstein might have accomplished if he had occasionally gone to the gym.
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."
The Village People's YMCA is also a group dance with cheerleader-like choreography invented to fit the song. One of the phases involves moving arms to form the letters Y-M-C-A as they are sung in the chorus. Where did this dance originate?
The dance originated on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. During the January 6, 1979 episode, which featured the Village People as guests throughout the hour, the dance was performed by audience members while the group performed "YMCA." Clark then said to Willis that he would like to show him something. Clark again played the song with the audience doing the YMCA hand gestures. Willis immediately picked up on the dance and mimicked the hand movements back at the audience as other Village People members stared at him with puzzled looks. Clark then turned to Willis and said, "Victor, think you can work this dance into your routine?" Willis responded, "I think we're gonna have to."
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Jim from CA, retired to ID, was first, and correct, with:
The dance originated on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
Alan J said:
American Bandstand
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Adam answered:
The dance originated on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. During the January 6, 1979 episode
I never ceases to amaze me that one of the gayest songs by one of the gayest groups in the world is gleefully sung at the straightest of events.
Marian replied:
Bandstand
Sally said:
I think Dick Clark can take credit for the song, performed with the 'dance' first shown on his show, "American Bandstand."
Here ya go, gang - learn these moves so you too can look good at your next wedding reception - after the Polka Band performs. (I understand Polka is BIG up in Michigan!) If you have any energy left, you can finish up with the all time fav, the, "Bunny Hop!"
PS: JoeS, I can see you now at the, "Peppermint Lounge," wearing your, "Kiss me, I'm from Onekama" tee shirt, and using it as a pick up line. I'd have though you too cute for words!
Charlie answered:
Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
MAM wrote:
The dance originated on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, in 1979.
The dance was performed by audience members while the group performed "YMCA." Clark then said to Willis that he would like to show him something. Clark again played the song with the audience doing the YMCA hand gestures. Willis immediately picked up on the dance and mimicked the hand movements back at the audience as other Village People members stared at him with puzzled looks. Clark then turned to Willis and said, "Victor, think you can work this dance into your routine?" Willis responded, "I think we're gonna have to." . . . from Wikipedia
And, Joe S answered:
Dick Clark takes credit for his show American Bandstand being where the YMCA dance was originated. During the 1-6-1979 episode which featured the Village People as the guests throughout the hour, the dance is seen being done by audience members during the performance of YMCA and lead singer Victor Willis is seen practicing the dance himself at the beginning of the standard interview sequence.
All kidding aside, I'm pissed about Keith Olbermann getting the boot. I think this is just the first casualty in the Comcast takeover of NBC. I may not watch MSNBC anymore.
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by a RERUN'The Mentalist', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Chuck', followed by a RERUN'L&O: LA', then a RERUN'L&O: SVU'.
'SNL' is a RERUN, with Robert De Niro hosting, music by Diddy-Dirty Money'.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Wipeout', followed by the movie 'Blades Of Glory'.
The CW whores out for a paid informercial, followed by an old 'Family Guy', then an old 'American Dad', followed by another old 'American Dad'.
Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
AMC offers the movie 'Swordfish', followed by the movie 'Exit Wounds', then the movie 'True Lies'.
BBC -
[5:30 AM] Peep Show - Episode 2
[6:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 4 Jennifer Lopez, Alan Davies, Bens Brother
[7:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 2 The End of the World
[8:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 3 The Unquiet Dead
[9:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Trobiano's
[10:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 6 Clubway 41
[11:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 The Secret Garden
[12:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 The Fish and Anchor
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 7 North African
[2:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[3:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 5
[4:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 5 The Jersey Devil
[5:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 6 Shadows
[6:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 11 The Hunted
[7:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 12 The High Ground
[8:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 3
[9:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 4
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - 11 - Matt LeBlanc, Donald Sutherland, Mary Portas
[11:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 3
[12:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 4
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - 11 - Matt LeBlanc, Donald Sutherland, Mary Portas
[2:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 3
[3:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 4
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - 11 - Matt LeBlanc, Donald Sutherland, Mary Portas
[5:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 5 Brooke Shields, Kevin Bacon, Miranda Hart (ALL TIMES EST)
Comedy Central has the movie 'Scary Movie 4', 'Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat ... I'm Fluffy', 'Sinbad: Where U Been?', and 'George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano'.
FX has the movie 'The Punisher', '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', still another '2½ Me', and yet another '2½ Men'.
History has 'High Hitler', 'Third Reich', and more 'Third Reich'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] Wild Man Blues
[8:15 AM] The Three Stooges
[8:25 AM] The Three Stooges
[9:00 AM] The Three Stooges
[9:25 AM] The Three Stooges
[9:50 AM] The Three Stooges
[10:15 AM] Harlan County, U.S.A.
[12:30 PM] Che
[3:15 PM] Che
[6:00 PM] Good Guys Wear Black
[8:00 PM] Alien
[10:30 PM] Ginger Snaps
[12:45 AM] The Center of the World
[2:45 AM] Alien
[5:15 AM] The Grid
[5:30 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[7:20 AM] I'm Gonna Explode
[9:10 AM] Grizzly Man
[11:00 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Baby On My Mind
[11:30 AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Matchmaker Matchmaker
[12:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Flying Blind
[12:30 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Great Expectations
[1:00 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Demands Dignity (Episode 5, Season 1)
[1:30 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Saves the Show (Episode 6, Season 1)
[2:00 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Gets a Very Special Episode (Episode 7, Season 1)
[2:30 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Relaxes in Palm Springs (Episode 8, Season 1)
[3:00 PM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Hangs With the Cool Kids (Episode 9, Season 1)
[3:30 PM] The Tunnel Dwellers of New York
[4:30 PM] I'm Gonna Explode
[6:15 PM] Tenderness
[8:00 PM] Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
[9:25 PM] The Mozart of Pickpockets
[10:00 PM] The Ice Storm
[11:55 PM] Bitch
[12:05 AM] Drama/mex
[1:40 AM] Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
[3:05 AM] The Ice Storm
[5:00 AM] Drama/mex (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has fills the night with the mini-series 'Category 7: The End Of The World'.
Harry Belafonte, subject of the documentary film 'Sing Your Song,' poses with his wife Pamela at the premiere of the film on the opening night of the 2011Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
Keith Olbermann, MSNBC's most successful and controversial personality for his outspoken liberal prime-time program, gave an abrupt goodbye to viewers and said Friday was his last show.
It was not immediately known if he quit or was fired. Olbermann did not address the question, and MSNBC said only that they and Olbermann had ended their contract. He signed a four-year contract two years ago.
A spokesman said Phil Griffin, MSNBC's president, would not comment on Olbermann's exit. Spokesman Jeremy Gaines would say only that the acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast, which received regulatory approval this week, had nothing to do with the decision.
His exit was so sudden that MSNBC didn't have time to change its ads; a "Lean Forward" promotion for the network featuring Olbermann aired within a half-hour of his final goodbye.
Olbermann, before leaving the show with a final signature toss of his script toward the camera, thanked his audience for sticking with him and read a James Thurber poem.
A federal jury has sided with Bob Marley's family in ruling against a Nevada company accused of making and selling apparel featuring the reggae icon's image.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Friday that jurors ruled against AVELA and owner Leo Valencia, awarding $300,000 in damages to a company owned by Marley's family.
U.S. District Judge Philip Pro is expected to award more damages after determining how much profit was lost because of unfair competition.
A lawyer told the jury in Las Vegas that Bob Marley's children don't want to see the reggae legend portrayed as a bobblehead or a plush toy.
Radio show host Howard Stern and wife Beth attend a special screening of 'No Strings Attached' hosted by the Cinema Society on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini
Though Meryl Streep has won more Oscars for her dramatic roles, Forbes reports that over the last five years, her comedies -- "Mamma Mia," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Julie & Julia," "It's Complicated" -- have earned $1.3 billion at the box office worldwide.
Despite "Sex and the City 2" underperforming both commercially and critically, Sarah Jessica Parker ranked No. 2 with $916 million. (The SATC sequel may have earned $95 million in the U.S., but it raked in an impressive $193 million overseas.)
No. 3: Katherine Heigl, whose comedies have earned $773 million over the last five years. Though her recent big screen efforts have tanked ("Killers," "Life as We Know It"), she has a shot at a comeback with her next project, "One for the Money," based on the popular Janet Evanovich series of Stephanie Plum novels.
Cameron Diaz comes in fourth with $768 million (she'll test her comedic box office chops later this year when she debuts "Bad Teacher," costarring her ex Justin Timberlake).
The nation's labor unions saw another steep decline in membership last year, even as the economy showed signs of recovery and job losses slowed.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that unions lost 612,000 members in 2010, dropping the unionized share of the work force to 11.9 percent from 12.3 percent in 2009. That follows a loss of 771,000 workers in 2008, continuing a steady decline from the 1950s when more than a third of workers belonged to unions.
Union membership in the private sector fell from 7.2 percent to 6.9 percent, a low point not seen since the infancy of the labor movement in the 1930s. The steepest decline was seen in the construction industry, where unemployment remains around 20 percent.
Public employment unions saw a 1.2 percent decline, mostly from job cuts among state and local government workers. Those unions could see further declines this year, as states eliminate jobs in an effort to make up multibillion-dollar budget deficits.
Roger Ebert is debuting a facial prosthesis along with his new public television show on film criticism.
The veteran critic was left disfigured after surgeries for a cancerous growth in his salivary gland.
He wrote on his blog that he'll appear on his new "Ebert Presents at the Movies" in a prosthesis for his lower face and neck. Since the operations left him unable to speak, Ebert communicates through a voice in his laptop.
The 68-year-old Ebert says the prosthesis "will be a pleasant reminder of the person I was for 64 years."
Actor Don Cheadle poses for a portrait before the premiere of 'The Guard' during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Thursday, Jan. 20,2011.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
A stolen painting by French Impressionist Edgar Degas was formally returned to France at the residence of the French ambassador to the United States on Friday after it surfaced at an auction in New York.
The small painting "Blanchisseuses souffrant des dents," completed by Degas between 1870 and 1872, emerged in a Sotheby's auction 37 years after it was stolen from the Malraux Museum in Le Havre in Normandy.
The 6.25-inch by 8.5-inch piece is estimated to be worth between $350,000 and $450,000. The painting depicts the heads of two women and is known in English as "Laundry Women with Toothache."
The painting was consigned to the sale by Ronald Grelsamer, a well-known New York surgeon who said he had received the paining as a gift from his father. He and Sotheby's voluntarily surrendered the work after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency gave proof of the decades-ago theft.
The lawyer for a soldier suspected of passing classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks is alleging wrongdoing by his jailer.
David Coombs of Fall River, Mass., said Friday he has filed a complaint with the commander of the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va., where Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is being held, alleging a regulatory violation.
Coombs says Chief Warrant Officer 4 James Averhart abused his discretion by placing Manning on 24-hour suicide watch from Tuesday evening to Thursday afternoon over the recommendation of brig and defense psychiatrists.
Manning has been confined at least 23 hours day for nearly six months. His lawyer wants Manning's maximum-security status changed to medium-security.
Rush Limbaugh (R-Sex Tourist), the conservative radio host heard by millions of Americans, came under fire from Asian Americans after he mocked the way visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks.
The commentator lampooned Hu -- who he called the "ChiCom dictator" -- over his joint news conference Wednesday with US President Barack Obama that was marred by a delay in translation.
"He was speaking and they weren't translating. They normally translate every couple of words, but Hu Jintao was just going, 'ching chong, ching chong, chong,'" Limbaugh said, continuing his imitation at length.
Representative David Wu, the first Chinese American to serve in Congress and a member of Obama's Democratic Party, criticized Limbaugh for his "pathetic childishness."
If you've seen "The Fighter," you're likely familiar with the inspiring story of boxer Mickey Ward and great acting performances, particularly from Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo.
The super-catchy, definitely-funky guitar-and-horns riff that serves as the basis for the song, "How You Like Me Now?" played throughout the movie, might be on its way toward being the most litigated few notes of music...ever.
Before "The Fighter" featured the song "How You Like Me Now?" by the UK indie rock band The Heavy, the song served as the soundtrack to a commercial for Kia Motors that was run during last year's Super Bowl.
Drive-in Music Company, a small music publisher based in LA, heard the music and thought it sounded familiar.
In 1969, the funk band, Dyke & the Blazers, had its biggest hit, "Let a Woman Be a Woman And A Man Be A Man." The song was written by the band's front-man Arlester Christian. He assigned rights to the song to Drive-in Music Company. Two years later, Christian passed away.
The brother of Harry Potter actress Afshan Azad was jailed on Friday for six months for attacking his sister after discovering she was dating a non-Muslim.
Azad, 22, who played Padma Patil in the hit film franchise, feared for her life during the three-hour ordeal last year, Manchester Crown Court heard.
According to the Press Association, she was punched, dragged around by her hair and strangled by her brother Ashraf Azad, 28, who threatened to kill her after he found her talking on the phone to her Hindu boyfriend.
The assault occurred during a dispute at the family home in Longsight, Manchester, which also involved her mother and father. During the row she was branded a "slag" (slut) and a "prostitute" and told: "Marry a Muslim or you die!"
The actress, who now lives in London, had asked the court not to jail her older brother.
A Mexican actress has agreed to plead guilty to lying in an immigration proceeding and will avoid a retrial on charges that she engaged in a sham marriage to remain in the United States.
Fernanda Romero will acknowledge she made a false statement on an immigration form in December 2007, according to court records filed in Los Angeles.
Her husband, Kent Stuart Ross, also agreed to plead guilty to falsely stating on immigration forms that he and Romero were living together in 2005 and 2006.
Romero had small roles in several films, including "Drag Me to Hell," but is best known for her role in the Mexican soap opera "Eternamente Tuya."
Prosecutors are not seeking jail time for the couple, although it will be up to a judge to determine any punishment.
Inductee Diahann Carroll arrives at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 20th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Thursday,Jan. 20, 2011.
Photo by Matt Sayles
The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" has been sentenced in Massachusetts to four years in prison on drug and tax charges.
Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., was sentenced Friday in a Boston federal court for attempting to sell 2,000 oxycodone pills in October 2009 to a witness cooperating with the government.
Jasinski pleaded guilty in October to possession with attempt to distribute oxycodone and failure to file a tax return for 2008, the year he won the television show's $500,000 prize. The series features contestants who live under constant surveillance and vote weekly to evict each other.
Before changing his plea to guilty, Jasinski told a judge he was being treated for bipolar disorder and drug addiction.
Remember the woman who sued Warner Bros., actresses Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda over the 2005 film "Monster-In-Law?"
The woman, Sheri Gilbert, has been ordered to pay them nearly a million dollars for bringing a meritless lawsuit.
As a refresher, Gilbert claimed there was something strangely familiar about the grating mother-in-law portrayed in the film. She felt like she could predict what was going to happen from one scene to the next in the film. And she believed the script had similarities to the one she wrote about her own mother-in-law problems. She felt entitled to a piece of the $155 million the film made in worldwide box office.
Not only did Gilbert lose, with the judge finding "vast differences in characters, plot, mood and theme" from her script and the film's script, but her claims were deemed so unworthy and motivated by "bad faith" that the judge last month ordered Gilbert to pay the defendant's legal tab.
The case took two years to litigate and there were 649 docket entries. The 50+ defendants cumulatively spent 4,000 billable hours. It ended up adding up to a judgment that Gilbert should pay $894,983 to the defendants!
A Bonhams' employee poses with a Gibson Eric Clapton 'Beano' Les Paul guitar on display at the auction house in London, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. The guitarused by Clapton during his recording session of the 'Beano' album with John Mayall's Blues Breakers in April 1966, is to be auctioned in 'Eric Clapton's Guitars and Amps' sale on March 9 in New York with an estimated price of US$20,000 to 30,000 (12,562 to 18,843 pounds or 14,176 to 22,143 euro). The guitar auction is in aid of The Crossroads Centre, Antigua, the drug and alcohol rehabilation centre which Eric Clapton founded in 1998.
Photo by Sang Tan
Canada's broadcast regulator has jumped into the furor surrounding a Grammy Award-winning Dire Straits song from the 1980s, calling on an industry watchdog to reconsider its decision that the lyrics should be censored.
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) ruled that radio stations should cut the word "faggot" from the lyrics of "Money for Nothing" as the term was offensive to gay men.
The industry-sponsored agency made its ruling last week after a complaint to a radio station in Eastern Canada.
The federal broadcasting regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), asked the CBSC on Friday to revisit its ruling.
Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Jan. 10-16. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:
1. Bowl Championship Series: Auburn vs. Oregon (Monday, 8:33 p.m.), ESPN, 17.71 million homes, 27.31 million viewers.
2. "BCS Bowl Showcase" (Monday, 8:27 p.m.), ESPN, 10.92 million homes, 16.87 million viewers.
3. "BCS Bowl Studio" (Monday, 12:17 a.m.), ESPN, 8.25 million homes, 12.34 million viewers.
4. "BCS Bowl Studio" (Monday, 8 p.m.), ESPN, 7.7 million homes, 11.97 million viewers.
5. "Jersey Shore" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), MTV, 6.02 million homes, 8.56 million viewers.
6. "Suite Life on Deck" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 4.43 million homes, 7.1 million viewers.
7. "The Game" (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), BET, 4.42 million homes, 7.68 million viewers.
8. "Good Luck Charlie" (Sunday, 8:30 p.m.), Disney, 4.14 million homes, 6.65 million viewers.
9. "Hannah Montana Forever" (Sunday, 7 p.m.), Disney, 4.01 million homes, 6.17 million viewers.
10. "Sportscenter" (Monday, 12:31 a.m.), ESPN, 3.57 million homes, 4.77 million viewers.
11. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.5 million homes, 4.7 million viewers.
12. "Suite Life on Deck" (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 3.25 million homes, 5.23 million viewers.
13. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.13 million homes, 4.65 million viewers.
14. "NCIS" (Monday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.02 million homes, 4.1 million viewers.
15. "Suite Life on Deck" (Friday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 3.01 million homes, 4.06 million viewers.
Theoni V. Aldredge, an award-winning costume designer who created memorable outfits for more than 300 stage and film projects, including "Gypsy," "A Chorus Line," "Dreamgirls" and "42nd Street," has died. She was 78.
Her husband, actor Tom Aldredge, said she died Friday at a hospice in Connecticut.
She won three Tonys for "Annie," "Barnum" and "La Cage aux Folles" and an Oscar in 1975 for designing costumes for "The Great Gatsby," starring Robert Redford.
Aldredge, known for her ability to go from Las Vegas stage shows to opera, and to create everything from Elizabethan period costumes to contemporary street fashion, was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.
She was the principal designer for Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival for many years.
"Their families have been told" by British artist Annemarie Wright is seen at an art centre in London January 21, 2011. The artwork depicts former Prime Minister Tony 'The Poodle' Blair as a collection of names of those killed during the Iraq conflict.
Photo by Kieran Doherty
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