BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 1 January, 2012

Sunday

1 January, 2012

(Updated Daily)

[96 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Andrew Tobias: My All-Time Favorite Species
Nothing matters more in guiding the species to a sustainable future than who runs the show. Just imagine how different things would have been if Gore had been president for eight years instead of Bush. If McCain/Palin had set the agenda these last three years instead of Obama/Biden. Or how different they will be if Romney/Bachmann, working with Rove, Scalia, Limbaugh, Boehner, Bork, and McConnell, get to set the agenda going forward.


Mark Shields: In Defense of Iowa (Creators Syndicate)
Of the 50 states, Iowa has the second-lowest murder rate, the fifth-lowest rate of motor vehicle thefts, a poverty rate 36 percent lower than the nation's at large and the U.S.'s third-lowest divorce rate.


T.R. Hummer: The Mystery of Vachel Lindsay (Slate)
How did the most visible poet in America-and a father of the Beats-become nearly forgotten?


Mark Coker: Amazon Aims to Empty Competitor Shelves of Indie Ebooks (Huffington Post)
Amazon [has] launched a broadside against competing ebook retailers when it introduced a new program that requires authors to remove their books from competing retailers.


Roger Ebert's Journal: "A Journey to the Center of the Mind"
Spoilers abound. I watched Robert Zemeckis's "Contact" again a couple of weeks ago, so I could add it to the Great Movies Collection. In 1997 I had some questions, but this time it was even more clear that the movie ends in enigma and paradox. Like many movies, that has little bearing on its effect.


ROGER EBERT: "Contact" (1997; A Great Movie)
Contact is streaming on Netflix Instant. "Contact" is a film that takes place at the intersection of science, politics and faith. Those are three subjects that don't always fit easily together.


ROGER EBERT: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962; A Great Movie)
John Ford and John Wayne together created much of the mythology of the Old West we carry in our minds. Beginning with "Stagecoach" (1939), continuing from 1948 through 1950 with the Cavalry Trilogy ("Fort Apache," "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and "Rio Grande"), and finally to 1962 and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," together in 10 features they largely formed the templates of the Hollywood Western. Of these "Liberty Valance" was the most pensive and thoughtful.


Henry Rollins: My Travels With Dinosaur Jr. (LA Weekly)
I am on the road with Dinosaur Jr., the mighty trio from the great state of Massachusetts. They're in the middle of a week of shows that feature them playing their breakout 1988 album, 'Bug.'



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Trivia Question of the Day


What country is the largest producer of hazelnuts (or filberts, as JoeS & B2tbBob prefer)?

                                  



Send your answer to Marty






Trivia Question from Yesterday


Who claimed to produce "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven"?


   Guy Lombardo & The Royal Canadians                                                      Source



Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902 - November 5, 1977) was a Canadian-American bandleader and violinist.

Forming "The Royal Canadians" in 1924 with his brothers Carmen, Lebert, and Victor and other musicians from his hometown, Lombardo led the group to international success, billing themselves as creating "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven."        Source







Marian was first, and correct, with:
   Guy Lombardo, and Happy New Year to all of you



Alan J said:
   Guy Lombardo



Leo in Maryland wrote:
   Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians



BttbB responded:
   Guy Lombardo... who also was into some pretty sweet racing boats. The Guy Lombardo Story
  He was a well known and frequent visitor around here for his partnership with one of our local legends, Les Staudacher, who was a renowned boat builder, racing and otherwise. Guy and Les teamed up to make the first jet-powered aluminum hulled race boat (ALCOA sponsored) to attempt to break the world water speed record.
   Guy Lombardo, Les Staudacher and the Tempo Alcoa

   Les was test driving the boat in this photo. Alas, though, it was all for naught...
     
Lombardo's Jet Craft Explodes, Sinks in Bay City, Mich., June 1 [1960] (UPI) - A jet-powered hydroplane, built specifically in an effort to crack the world speed record, exploded and sank in twelve feet of water in Saginaw Bay today. The thirty-one-foot craft, the Tempo-Alcoa, owned by Guy Lombardo, the bandleader, and the Aluminum Company of America, was being operated by remote-radio controls at the time of the accident. No one was aboard and there were no injuries.The boat, estimated to cost $300,000, was built and designed by Les Staudacher... He said it was speeding along at a "little under 200 miles an hour" when the accident occurred... He said he believed the boat struck some debris in the bay.
  Lombardo had previously purchased boats from Les and raced them up and down the Saginaw River which is large enough for ship traffic from the bay through Bay City and down to Saginaw 20 miles away. Bay City hosts yearly the 'River Roar' boat races and is a favorite on the circuit I've read. The races are held on a stretch of the river that runs through downtown between two draw bridges.




Jim from Ca, retired to ID, said:
   George Burns



Adam answered:
   Band Leader Guy Lombardo. I think the band is actually producing the music...
  Happy New Year everyone!




Sally said:
  
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!!

  I knew the answer to this trivia question right off the bat! Band leader Guy Lombardo and his "Royal Canadians" DID produce, "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven!"
  Not only did I listen to his band bringing in the the New Year for years - long before Dick Clark - but, I actually met him in his brother's home on Long Island!
  My grandmother lived across the Lagoon from Guy's brother, and on several occasions we went to his home to celebrate New Year's Eve with the huge Lombardo family. Since the brother also played in the band at the Roosevelt Grill in NYC, his wife, sister's, and non-band member brother's, and their families, neighbors, and friends gathered together to celebrate the night in the brother's home! (Grandma had showbiz connections, she had danced on Broadway in her youth.)
  As a youngster, I bedded down in a bedroom, shared by several Lombardo kids, and slept through the festivities. When older, I too, listened to his famous "Auld Lang Syne" played on the radio, "Live from the Roosevelt Grill," and later on watched it on TV. Around 3 AM, the brother and other band members (a couple of times, Guy himself) rolled in, tired, but not too much to share stories of the night in the city! You see, the family was not into heavy boozing, and partying in the city, they wanted to be with their family and friends...
  As the kids grew up, they moved away, and I am sure I saw the wives, etc., in the audience on TV - but what wonderful folks were they, and what good memories I have of those days... Dick Clark never replaced him in my past, even though I was a big time Rock 'n Roller...

  Happy New Year, Marty,
  PS: I sure wish Dick Clark would have the good taste to retire gracefully - it is long overdue...




Charlie replied:
   Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.

  Though I must say my taste in music doesn't run toward "sweet."
  Happy New Year to Marty and all the regulars!




MAM   wrote:
   Guy Lombardo leader of the Royal Canadian Orchestra

  PS A Happy New Year to all the E-Page readers!




And, Joe S     answered:
   Gylum Bardo.
  Peace, Love, Happiness and Justice from Carla and Joe



  



Way back on December 31, 1978, I was working at KTVA, channel 11, in Anchorage, and one of the evening's highlights was CBS's traditional airing of Guy Lombardo's New Year's Eve program.
Since Guy died 5 November, 1977, it seemed rather morbid to be welcoming the New Year with a dead guy.

Pat, Mike, Marty & Stan - KTVA, channel 11, Anchorage, AK - 1979 - State of the art Master Control.  Photo courtesy Rich 'Cheech' Marino

Pat, Mike, Marty & Stan - KTVA, Channel 11, Anchorage, AK
State of the art for the 49th state - 1979





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Sick Days


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Pepper Spray




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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WILL THE REPUGS FINALLY SETTLE ON THIS TWINKIE?

STILL STUPID AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

SPONGE NEWT SQUARE HEAD SHEDS A TEAR

DON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM JUST CHANGE THE SUBJECT!

'REMOVE THE STONE FROM THE TOP OF MOST ARMED CONFLICTS AROUND THE WORLD AND UNDERNEATH, AMONG THE DIRT AND WORMS, YOU WILL FIND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.'

WHO PULLS THE "KILL CHAIN?"

"FOUR-ON-THE-FLOOR!"

HAPPY NEW YEAR SERFS!

'HATERS' OF THE WORLD UNITE!

RON PAUL SUPPORTERS GET READY TO VOTE

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODY!

OCCUPY "NEW YEARS!"

NASCAR IS JUST A SPORT FOR MEN WITH SMALL DICKS WHO LIKE BIG CARS

"WELCOME THE STRANGER." FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE! DON'T MISS IT!

THE "SYSTEM" IS EVERYWHERE. OCCUPY THE WORLD! DON'T MISS IT!

THE SUNDAY FUNNIES

THE BEST OF "SUNDAY FUNNIES" IN 2011



SOCIALISM YOU CAN BELIEVE IN






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and warmer than seasonal. Ahhhhh.



Tonight, Sunday:

CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a RERUN 'Unforgettable', then a RERUN 'The Good Wife', followed by a RERUN '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 RERUN 'Once Upon A Time', followed by another RERUN 'Once Upon A Time', then still another RERUN 'Once Upon A Time', followed by yet another RERUN 'Once Upon A Time'.



The CW fills the night with what passes for local news and other fluffery.



Faux has a RERUN 'Simpsons', followed by another RERUN 'Simpsons', then still another RERUN 'Simpsons', followed by a RERUN 'Cleveland Show', then a RERUN 'Family Guy', followed by a RERUN 'American Dad'.



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', followed by yet another 'Big Bang Theory'.



A&E has all 'Storage Wars' all night.



AMC offers all 'Hell On Wheels' all night.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   Top Gear-Episode 8 (80 min)
 [7:20AM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 1-Ep. 1 Fashion
 [8:00AM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 1-Ep. 2 Fat
 [8:40AM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 1-Ep. 3 Week in Provence
 [9:20AM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 1-Ep. 4 Iso Tank
 [10:00AM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 1Ep. 5 Magazine
 [10:40AM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 1-Ep. 6 Birthday
 [11:20AM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 2-Ep. 1 Hospital
 [12:00PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 2-Ep. 2 Death
 [12:40PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 2-Ep. 3 Morocco
 [1:20PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 2-Ep. 4 New Best Friend
 [2:00PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 2-Ep. 5 Poor
 [2:40PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 2-Ep.6 Birth
 [3:20PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3-Ep. 1 Door Handle
 [4:00PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3-Ep. 2 Happy New Year
 [4:40PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3-Ep. 3 Sex
 [5:20PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3-Ep. 4 Jealous
 [6:00PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3-Ep. 5 Fear
 [6:40PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3-Ep. 6 The End
 [7:20PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 4-Ep.1 Parralox
 [8:00PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 4-Ep.2 Fish Farm
 [8:40PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 4-Ep.3 Paris
 [9:20PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 4-Ep.4 Donkey
 [10:00PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 4-Ep.5 Small Opening
 [10:40PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 4-Ep.6 Menopause
 [11:20PM]   Absolutely Fabulous - Series 3-Ep. 2 Happy New Year
 [12:00AM]   Bad Lieutenant
 [2:00AM]   The Boondock Saints
 [4:15AM]   The Deaths of Ian Stone    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', still another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH 'Chef Roblé & Co.'.



Comedy Central has the movie 'Office Space', followed by the movie 'Employee Of The Month', and 'Tosh.0'.



FX has the movie 'What Happens In Vegas', followed by the movie 'Step Brothers'.



History has all 'Pawn Stars' all night.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]   Onion News Network-Year in Review
 [6:30AM]   A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
 [8:45AM]   Daltry Calhoun
 [10:45AM]   Portlandia-Farm
 [11:15AM]   Portlandia-A Song For Portlandia
 [11:45AM]   Portlandia-Aimee
 [12:15PM]   Portlandia-Mayor Is Missing
 [1:15PM]   Portlandia-Blunderbuss
 [1:45PM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret-What Can Only Be Considered a Dreadful Day for Todd
 [2:15PM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret-In Which Claims Are Made and a Journey Ensues
 [3:15PM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret-A Plan Is Hatched and a Date Is Not a Date
 [3:45PM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret-The Snooker Player, The Black Canadian, The Turkish Terrorist and the Peanut
 [4:15PM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret-In Which Brent Wilts Arrives and Things Take a Turn for the Worse
 [4:45PM]   Portlandia-Blunderbuss
 [5:15PM]   Portlandia-Baseball
 [5:45PM]   Portlandia-Farm
 [6:15PM]   Portlandia-A Song For Portlandia
 [7:15PM]   Portlandia-Aimee
 [7:45PM]   The Boondock Saints
 [10:00PM]   Inside Portlandia
 [10:30PM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret-In Which Brent Wilts Arrives and Things Take a Turn for the Worse
 [11:00PM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret-Where Todd and Brent Misjudge the Mood of a Solemn Day
 [11:30PM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret-What Can Only Be Considered a Dreadful Day for Todd     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00A]   ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Aysha Saeed
 [7:00A]   Beautiful Losers
 [9:00A]   The End Of The Line
 [10:00A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Naughty or Nice? (Nashville)
 [10:30A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Let's Get This Party Started (Nashville)
 [11:00A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Too Heavy, Too Hard, Too Fast (Nashville)
 [11:30A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Dealing with Some Demons (Nashville)
 [12:00P]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - The Sex Video (Nashville)
 [12:30P]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - He Sucks Me In
 [1:00P]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Clean, Sexy & Classy (Nashville)
 [1:30P]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Train Wreck (Nashville)
 [2:00P]   THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally
 [2:30P]   THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Back to the Future's Lea Thompson & The Breakfast Club's Anthony Michael Hall (Episode 5, Season 1)
 [3:00P]   Isabella Rossellini: My Wild Life
 [4:00P]   Worlds Apart
 [6:00P]   Wendy & Lucy
 [7:25P]   A Christmas Tale
 [12:15A]   MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Betrayal (Episode 17, Season 1)
 [1:15A]   THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally
 [1:45A]   THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Back to the Future's Lea Thompson & The Breakfast Club's Anthony Michael Hall (Episode 5, Season 1)
 [2:15A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Clean, Sexy & Classy (Nashville)
 [2:45A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Train Wreck (Nashville)
 [3:15A]   ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Aysha Saeed
 [4:15A]   Wendy & Lucy
 [5:40A]   Miracle Fish     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy continues with their traditional 'Twilight Zone' marathon.



TCM:
 [6:15 AM]      King Kong (1933)
 [8:15 AM]      Swing Time (1936)
 [10:15 AM]      Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
 [12:45 PM]      The Searchers (1956)
 [3:00 PM]      In Cold Blood (1967)
 [5:30 PM]      Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
 [8:00 PM]      Lover Come Back (1961)
 [10:00 PM]      That Funny Feeling (1965)
 [12:00 AM]      The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)     SILENT 
 [2:00 AM]      Love On The Run (1979)
 [4:00 AM]      Holiday Camp (1947)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Monday   -  01/02/12

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      The Beginning Or The End (1947)
 [8:00 AM]      A Stolen Life (1946)
 [10:00 AM]      Roughly Speaking (1945)
 [12:00 PM]      The Time Of Your Life (1948)
 [2:00 PM]      So Well Remembered (1947)
 [4:00 PM]      The Corn Is Green (1945)
 [6:00 PM]      Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
 [8:00 PM]      Portrait of Jennie (1948)
 [9:30 PM]      The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
 [11:15 PM]      The Steel Trap (1952)
 [1:00 AM]      Niagara (1952)
 [2:45 AM]      Lydia (1941)
 [4:30 AM]      That Uncertain Feeling (1941)     (ALL TIMES EST)



TNT has a FRESH 'Leverage'




Antenna TV

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV





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Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi greets visitors at a short film festival titled 'The Art of Freedom' at Taw Win Center shopping mall on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. Artists in Myanmar are testing new freedoms through films shown at a festival that for the first time in the country's recent history were not censored. "The Art of Freedom Film Festival" began screening films on Saturday that were not approved by the strict Film Censorship Board. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win

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Vidiot Speak

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The Best And Worst Of Everything In 2011: A Mega, Meta Mashup | Fast Company

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Less Gushing This Time

Hollywood

Hollywood loves the Next Big Thing, and four years ago, that was Barack Obama, the equivalent of a breakout movie star.

"He is 'The One,'" said Oprah Winfrey, his biggest and most influential celebrity champion.

Halle Berry said she'd "collect paper cups off the ground to make his pathway clear." Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am chimed in with the famous " Yes We Can " video.

But you can't be the Next Big Thing twice and as a new election year dawns, there's clearly a different mood in heavily Democratic Hollywood.

That means less gushing, not to mention snippets of criticism, most prominently from actor Matt Damon, who campaigned for Obama last time but now makes no secret of his disillusionment.

Hollywood

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Actress Meg Ryan, left, talks with performer John Mellencamp during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game between Indiana and Ohio State, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana won 74-70.
Photo by Darron Cummings

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The 25 Most Powerful Songs of the Past 25 Years - Mental Floss

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2011's Highest-Grossing Tour

U2

U2 is No. 1 when it comes to touring. The band had the highest-grossing tour both in North America and worldwide in 2011.

Bono, the Edge and company grossed $156 million in North America on the strength of 1.7 million tickets sold, according to Pollstar, which covers the concert industry. They grossed $231.9 million worldwide off 2.39 million tickets.

Rounding out the top five highest-grossing touring acts in North America were Taylor Swift ($97.7 million), Kenny Chesney ($84.6 million), Lady Gaga ($63.7 million) and Bon Jovi ($57.1 million).

As for the worldwide top five, U2 were followed by the reunited Take That ($224 million), Bon Jovi ($148.8 million), Swift ($104.2 million) and Roger Waters ($103.6 million). Tickets on U2's 360 Degrees tour sold for an average of $97.15 worldwide and $91.67 in North America.

The year's top 25 biggest tours grossed a combined $2.1 billion worldwide, which is roughly the same as in 2010. In North America, there was a 4 percent dip among the top 25, which grossed $1.19 billion.

U2

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Wake-up Call


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Celebrities Should Temper Comments

Twitter

Celebrities may resist the urge to send a stream of consciousness on Twitter in the new year, after famous people tweeted their way into trouble on everything from boxer briefs to breast-feeding in 2011.

NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne became the latest celebrity to blunder on Twitter, when he recently had to apologize for a tweet critical of public breast-feeding.

But Kahne has been far from alone in discovering Twitter's pitfalls. The year 2011 saw Congressman Anthony Weiner resign in a scandal that began with an errant tweet, and the musings of Hollywood stars such as the tech savvy Ashton Kutcher and comic Gilbert Gottfried generated public controversy.

As a result of those and other scandals, 2011 may be seen as a turning point when more celebrities and politicians saw the dangers of Twitter and quit sending unfiltered messages, pop culture experts said.

The public already knows speeches and even snappy quips from public figures are often scripted, so fans are likely to understand if the handlers of celebrities play a larger role in managing their Twitter accounts.

Twitter

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Actress Ashley Judd watches the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Kentucky and Louisville in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. Kentucky won 69-62.
Photo by James Crisp

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Top 7 Coolest Real Spies | Luxury safes provider celebrates all things worth protecting

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Wedding News

Jeff Dunham

Comedian and hugely successful ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is set to marry his girlfriend of two years, fitness model Audrey Murdick. He announced the news last night onstage in Columbus, OH at the Nationwide Arena, telling his fans he popped the question to Murdick on Christmas Day.

Dunham, 49, then reconfirmed his intentions today on Twitter, excitedly writing about his 31-year-old bride to be: "Hey everyone! On Christmas Day, @AudreyMurdick & I got engaged! Big date TBA…"

Soon after, Murdick made her own announcement: "… @JeffDunham and I got engaged!! Yay!! Big date TBA. I'm so happy & excited…"

This will be Dunham's second bride. He split from wife Paige Brown after 14 years of marriage and began dating Murdick in 2009, who is also his nutritionist. Dunham has three daughters - Bree, Ashlyn and Kenna - from his first marriage.

The news of his engagement to Murdick caps off yet another giant year for the comedian. In September, his fourth comedy special Controlled Chaos premiered to 5.5 million viewers on Comedy Central, which made it the highest-rated stand-up special of the year. And just last month, Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy premiered on the Biography Channel to 1.2 million viewers, making it the most-watched telecast for the network of all time.

Jeff Dunham


The bride-to-be's mother was one of my old school pals, and she's aces in my book.
By that standard, her daughter ranks a royal flush (or better).
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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Gas & Other Fuels

US Exports

For the first time, the top export of the United States, the world's biggest gas guzzler, is - wait for it - fuel.

Measured in dollars, the nation is on pace this year to ship more gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel than any other single export, according to U.S. Census data going back to 1990. It will also be the first year in more than 60 that America has been a net exporter of these fuels.

Just how big of a shift is this? A decade ago, fuel wasn't even among the top 25 exports. And for the last five years, America's top export was aircraft.

The trend is significant because for decades the U.S. has relied on huge imports of fuel from Europe in order to meet demand. It only reinforced the image of America as an energy hog. And up until a few years ago, whenever gasoline prices climbed, there were complaints in Congress that U.S. refiners were not growing quickly enough to satisfy domestic demand; that controversy would appear to be over.

Still, the U.S. is nowhere close to energy independence. America is still the world's largest importer of crude oil. From January to October, the country imported 2.7 billion barrels of oil worth roughly $280 billion.

US Exports

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Actor Will Ferrell sits with his son, Magnus, as they watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Denver Nuggets in their NBA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Mark J. Terrill

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Palermo's Chinese Palace | For 91 Days in Palermo - Travel Blog

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Scrapping Climate Change Chapter

Noot

GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said Thursday he's axing a chapter on climate change from his forthcoming book - though the intended author of the section said that was news to her, according to National Journal .

The Los Angeles Times reported earlier this month the book will more or less be a sequel to the former House Speaker's 2007 book, "A Contract with the Earth," describing it as a "collection of essays by various businesspeople and scientists." The Times said it would include a chapter on climate change by Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech who has said there is "no debate" about the reality of climate change and "the fact that humans are the primary cause."

A woman expressed concern to Gingrich about the chapter during an Iowa campaign stop Thursday, saying she'd heard Rush Limbaugh talking about it on his radio program.

That's not going to be in the book," Gingrich said to her in a video of the exchange. "We didn't know that they were doing that - we told them to kill it."

In 2008, Gingrich appeared in a now-infamous ad with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying the two agree "our country must take action to address climate change." He has since called it "the dumbest single thing I've done" in recent years.

Noot

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Buddhist monks remove the shoes of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as he arrives to pay obeisance at the Mahabodhi temple, believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, India, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. The Dalai Lama is in Bodhgaya for the Kalachakra festival, the most important ritual of the Mahayana sect of traditional Buddhists, that begins Dec. 31.
Photo by Altaf Qadri

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Szopka Competition in Krakow, Poland | Oddity Central

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Bugs Resistant To Genetically Modified

Corn

One of the nation's most widely planted crops - a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide - may be losing its effectiveness because a major pest appears to be developing resistance more quickly than scientists expected.

The U.S. food supply is not in any immediate danger because the problem remains isolated. But scientists fear potentially risky farming practices could be blunting the hybrid's sophisticated weaponry.

When it was introduced in 2003, so-called Bt corn seemed like the answer to farmers' dreams: It would allow growers to bring in bountiful harvests using fewer chemicals because the corn naturally produces a toxin that poisons western corn rootworms. The hybrid was such a swift success that it and similar varieties now account for 65 percent of all U.S. corn acres - grain that ends up in thousands of everyday foods such as cereal, sweeteners and cooking oil.

Corn

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Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon atop the hill of the Acropolis during New Year's day celebrations in Athens January 1, 2012.
Photo by John Kolesidis

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25 Heartbreaking Photos Of Christmas Trees Discarded On The Sidewalk

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Crack Cocaine Ended 16-Day Marriage

Sinead O'Connor

Sinead O'Connor is wasting no time elaborating on the reasons why she broke up with her husband after 16 days of marriage. One of them? Crack cocaine.

The Irish songstress previously revealed she and fourth husband Barry Herridge went on a search for marijuana on the night of their wedding in Las Vegas.

It seems the singer's decision to bring her new husband, a drug-abuse counselor, along for a marijuana search in a seedy portion of Las Vegas on the night of their wedding wasn't such a great call.

Elaborating on the "wild ride," she told British tabloid The Sun: "We ended up in a cab in some place that was quite dangerous. I wasn't scared -- but a drugs counselor. What was I thinking?

"Then I was handed a load of crack," she added. "Barry was very frightened -- that kind of messed everything up a bit, really."

Sinead O'Connor

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Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Hundred thousands of people celebrated the beginning of the New Year 2012 in Germany's capital.
Photo by Michael Sohn

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Wal-Mart + $1M Bill

North Carolina

Police say a North Carolina man insisted his million-dollar note was real when he was buying $476 worth of items at a Walmart.

Investigators told the Winston-Salem Journal that 53-year-old Michael Fuller tried to buy a vacuum cleaner, a microwave oven and other items. Store employees called police after his insistence that the bill was legit, and Fuller was arrested.

The largest bill in circulation is $100. The government stopped making bills of up to $10,000 in 1969.

Fuller was charged with attempting to obtain property by false pretense and uttering a forged instrument. He is in jail on a $17,500 bond, and it isn't clear if he has an attorney. He is scheduled to be in


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The saddest thing I've ever heard on an airplane - The Oatmeal

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A sea lion wears a pair of glasses with "2012" pasted on it, ahead of the upcoming new year, at a zoo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, December 29, 2011.

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