Frank Rich: No One Listened to Gabrielle Giffords (New York Times)
In March 2010, few of our leaders wanted to see what Giffords saw - that the vandalism and the death threats were part of a tide of insurrectionism that had been rising since the final weeks of the 2008 campaign.
Destiny and Desire
In his new novel, Carlos Fuentes portrays Mexico in an age when power may have transcended politics. Anis Shivani reviews 'Destiny and Desire.'
Sanford Pinsker: 'Huckleberry Finn' Minus the Hurt (irascibleprofessor.com)
Professor Gribben, now an adjunct professor at Auburn University, is back on the hot seat again -- this time as the editor of a new version of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be published by New South Press. It replaces the word "nigger" in Twain's text with "slave." (Gribben's more sensitive, 21st century version also drops the word "injun" in favor of "Indian." )
The Karma Bum (The Morning News)
When Allen Ginsberg stayed with the family of a young TYLER STODDARD SMITH, the two played video games and read together. But the harmony was broken when the yoga began. It wouldn't be the last time.
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The Twist was a dance inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative.
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Marian was first, and correct, with:
The Twist
mj wrote:
Another childhood remembrance
I think it was the Twist. I don't think the Mashed Potato was spread very far (but a little thin) and the Pony never got out of the barn.
Alan J said:
The Twist
BttbB answered:
The Twist... and John Travolta did it the best I've ever seen in 'Pulp Fiction'...
Sandra in Bangor responded:
the twist!
STEPHEN F replied:
My guess would be the "Twist"
Adam answered:
The Twist, followed by 1000 imitators.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
The Twist
Barbara A., an old pal from the Pepperdine days (both LA & Heidelberg), wrote:
"The Twist" by Chubby Checker.
Randy ("If you got time to breathe, you got time for music." Briscoe Darling) replied:
The Twist! Hank Ballard recorded it first. Joey Dee and the Starlighters (with Joe Pesci on rhythm guitar) recorded the Peppermint Twist, and Chubby Checker (with apologies to Fats Domino) recorded the twist. The twist gets a mention of Shake A Tail Feather and Revolution Number 9, to name two.
Charlie responded:
The Twist, of course.
MAM wrote:
The Twist
Sally said:
My, my, I see I missed the Trivia Question yesterday - have I become too sophisticated for BCE?? And, I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to see how many of your reader's knew of the, "CHICKEN DANCE!" Really shocking, I am telling you!!
As for today, the dance must have been the "Twist!" It really was the rage a way back then!
Who didn't love Chubby a way back then??
PS: I AM JOKING ABOUT THE CHICKEN DANCE! Good job, readers!
joe replied:
This is a guess but was it "Do the Freddy" I saw them
on the Ed Sullivan show.
And, Joe S answered:
I was there. It's the Twist! Everyone thinks of Chubby Checker when they think of the twist, and I like Chubby Checker, but I really like
Joey Dee and The Starlighters the best
When I was 18 my high school senior class took a "Skip Trip" to New York, all 30 of us. Fantastic trip! We bought cigarettes for 50¢ a pack, only 30¢ a pack more than home. We bought coffee at a counter for 25¢ a cup, only 20¢ a cup more than home. ("Consider it rent on the stool kid.") I bought a tie at Tie City, all they sold were ties can you believe it? We had sandwiches and beer at Jack Dempsey's, no complaints. AND, AND, AND, we saw the Peppermint Lounge. It was noon and the place was empty, closed actually but the manager let us go inside and look. A lot smaller than it looked on TV. We were in New York, and we were in the Peppermint Lounge and we were "Big Stuff."
Another perfect summer day in the middle of winter.
Tonight, Tuesday:
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'NCIS', followed by a FRESH'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a FRESH'The Good Wife'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Betty White, Kim & Kourtney Kardashian, and the Script.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Larry King and Shannon Woodward.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Biggest Loser', followed by a FRESH'Parenthood'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Ashton Kutcher, Aubrey Plaza, Neon and Trees.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Steven Tyler, Olivia Munn, and Two Door Cinema Club.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 12/15/10) are Mike Vogel, Emek, and Interpol.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'No Ordinary Family', followed by a FRESH'V', then a FRESH'Detroit 1-8-7'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lawrence, and Andrew Norelli.
The CW offers a FRESH 2-hour 'Life Unexpected'.
Faux has a RERUN'Glee', followed by a FRESH'Rupert's Rip-Off'.
MY has 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', followed by another 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', then 'Don't Forget The Lyrics!', and another 'Don't Forget The Lyrics!'.
AMC offers the movie 'Tremors', followed by a RERUN'The Walking Dead', then another RERUN'The Walking Dead', and still another RERUN'The Walking Dead'
BBC -
[6:00 AM] BBC World News
[7:00 AM] BBC World News
[8:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Jennifer Saunders, Cyndi Lauper
[9:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 The Priory
[10:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 6 The Doctor's Daughter
[11:00 AM] The X-Files - Ep 11 Eve
[12:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 1
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 3 Walnut Tree
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Giuseppi's
[3:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 11 Combat
[4:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 11 Eve
[5:00 PM] Doctor Who - Ep 7 The Unicorn and The Wasp
[6:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 15 First Contact
[9:00 PM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 7 North African
[10:00 PM] Super Skinny Me
[11:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 15 First Contact
[12:00 AM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 7 North African
[1:00 AM] Super Skinny Me - Super Skinny Me
[2:00 AM] Ramsay's Best Restaurant - Ep 7 North African
[3:00 AM] Super Skinny Me - Super Skinny Me
[4:00 AM] Doctor Who - Ep 7 The Unicorn and The Wasp
[5:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
BravoRERUNs'The 68th Annual Golden Globes Awards', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH'The Fashion Show'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'George Lopez: America's Mexican', 'Tohs.0', another 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH'Tosh.0', then a FRESH'Onion SportsDome'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Cornel West.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Hancock', then a FRESH'Lights Out'.
History has 'Barbarians II', 'Modern Marvels', 'Top Gear', and 'Ax Men'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] The Grid
[6:15 AM] Invincible
[9:00 AM] Happy Here and Now
[11:00 AM] Where God Left His Shoes
[1:15 PM] Invincible
[4:00 PM] The Aviator
[7:30 PM] FX 2
[10:00 PM] Freaks and Geeks
[11:00 PM] The Larry Sanders Show
[11:30 PM] Unrest
[1:30 AM] FX 2
[4:00 AM] Undeclared
[4:30 AM] The Ben Stiller Show
[5:00 AM] Freaks and Geeks (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:20 AM] Mammoth
[8:30 AM] The Darjeeling Limited
[10:10 AM] The U.S. Vs. John Lennon
[11:55 AM] Mammoth
[2:05 PM] The Darjeeling Limited
[3:40 PM] The U.S. Vs. John Lennon
[5:25 PM] No One Knows About Persian Cats
[7:15 PM] Lady Chatterley
[10:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Baby On My Mind
[10:30 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Matchmaker Matchmaker
[11:00 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Flying Blind
[11:30 PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Great Expectations
[12:00 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Demands Dignity (Episode 5, Season 1)
[12:30 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Saves the Show (Episode 6, Season 1)
[1:00 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Gets a Very Special Episode (Episode 7, Season 1)
[1:30 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Relaxes in Palm Springs (Episode 8, Season 1)
[2:00 AM] THE COMEBACK - Valerie Hangs With the Cool Kids (Episode 9, Season 1)
[2:30 AM] Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980
[4:10 AM] No One Knows About Persian Cats
[6:00 AM] Pleasure Of Being Robbed (ALL TIMES EST)
TBS has a FRESH'Glory Daze'.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Jennifer Garner, Gabriel Iglesias, and Social Distortion.
Scheduled on a FRESHLopez Tonight are William H. Macy, Camille Grammer, and Cali Swag District.
Actor Steve Buscemi, right, and his wife Jo Andres arrive at the 2011 HBO Golden Globe Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
"The Kids Are All Right" won best comedy at the Golden Globes Sunday night -- but all female directors, including Lisa Cholodenko, were shut out of the Directors Guild feature film nominations.
And Mark Ruffalo is none too pleased.
"I would just like to say to the (motion picture) academy members: why don't you grow a pair and vote for Lisa Cholodenko as well!" Ruffalo said backstage at the Globes Sunday.
Annette Bening, who won best performance in a comedy, agreed with Ruffalo.
Returning Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais did indeed let it be known that he wasn't going to hold back in skewering Hollywood's most famous celebrities. And, in what will undoubtedly be his last hosting gig for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (and, who knows, maybe any Stateside awards) he didn't disappoint.
But in the process of making searingly funny jokes at more than just the obvious targets (Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, the HFPA itself), the heat he put into the punch lines might have made him more of the story than the actual winners.
And yet, it made for compelling -- if sometimes wince-inducing -- television. Given the staid lameness of most awards shows -- hello, Emmys -- at least he kept those who are not in the industry laughing uproariously. (His "I warned them" line came after a particularly funny joke about Hugh Hefner's new fiancee, complete with physical comedy and facial expressions).
Gervais's jokes were so incendiary that when he went missing during the second half of the show, the Twitterverse lit up with suggestions that he'd been fired backstage. Clearly, Gervais had done so much damage entertaining the viewers at home (or appalling them, depending on their belief in decorum), that he became the story of the night.
But if Gervais wasn't intending to come back, which is what he's said prior, he sure went out swinging, thanking all the right people -- the HFPA, NBC, the stars in the room for being good sports, then ending with, "And God, for making me an atheist."
Television personality Bill Maher, left, and Cara Santa Maria arrive at the 2011 HBO Golden Globe Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
Actress Daryl Hannah, an activist against child sex slavery, rode with police in Oregon over the weekend as they patrolled strip clubs and areas known for prostitution.
KGW reports Hannah was in Portland for a weekend conference against sex trafficking. She says she was shocked to learn a majority of the girls in the strip clubs are represented by pimps.
Hannah is supporting a bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden that would fund shelters for young women to help them escape sex trafficking.
The top cat at this year's Miss'd America pageant is the leopard print-clad Kitty Hiccups.
Hiccups, also known as 32-year-old David Hyland, was crowned the 2011 Miss'd America on Sunday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
The irreverent - and usually hilarious - drag-queen pageant began in 1993, always the day after the Miss America Pageant.
The popular fundraiser returned bigger and better last year after a 5-year absence. The Miss'd America pageant takes place on the same runway once used by the "real" beauty queens, who have since moved on to Las Vegas.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have added a second daughter to their family, born through a surrogate mother.
The couple announced Monday the arrival of Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, born on Dec. 28 at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital.
Kidman and Urban released a statement saying they are "truly blessed" and thanked everyone for their support, "our gestational carrier" in particular.
The couple also has a 2-year-old daughter, Sunday Rose. Kidman credited her first daughter's unexpected appearance to swimming in the waters of a small Australian Outback town during the filming of "Australia." She and six other women became pregnant after swimming in Kununurra.
U.S. acress Winona Ryder (R) and director Ron Howard pose for pictures during a photocall promoting the movie "The Dilemma" in Berlin, January17, 2011
Photo by Thomas Peter
Apple co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs announced he was taking another medical leave of absence on Monday, reviving questions about the future of the global technology powerhouse.
Jobs, 55, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2004 and a liver transplant in 2009, said he would continue as chief executive "and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company."
Wall Street was closed for a holiday but the surprise announcement that the iconic technology executive was facing renewed health issues sent Apple shares tumbling in Frankfurt, where they lost 6.57 percent to 243.10 euros.
Jobs, the Silicon Valley legend behind the Macintosh computer, iPod, iPhone and iPad, said chief operating officer Tim Cook would be "responsible for all of Apple's day to day operations" during his absence.
Actor Liam McIntyre will replace Andy Whitfield, who is battling cancer, on the U.S. cable series "Spartacus."
The series airs on U.S. cable network Starz, which made the announcement Monday.
McIntyre will play the Thracian warrior sold into slavery in the Roman Republic city of Capua.
"Since no one can really replace Andy, we realized that we should instead find an actor who can truly lead 'Spartacus' forward," said Starz president and CEO Chris Albrecht. "It was important to us to have Andy endorse the idea of recasting this part, which he did in the same heroic manner that he's dealt with his whole ordeal. And that, coupled with our fortune in finding a young actor with the gladiator credentials and the acting ability of Liam, makes it easier for us to keep this hit franchise going."
Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco poses beside 'La DS' at the Tate Modern gallery in central London January 17, 2011. The classic Citroen car was sliced into thirds and forms one piece of the major retrospective of Orozco's work which shows until the end of April.
Photo by Toby Melville
The 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline remains shut down as repair work continued to fix a leak.
The pipeline was shut down early Saturday to install a bypass pipe around the leak. The shutdown was only expected to last 36 hours, but the restart now is expected to take place early Monday.
Workers are installing a 157-foot pipe around the leak discovered more than a week ago at a booster pump at a station on the North Slope.
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. operates the pipeline and says sealing and draining the pipe is taking longer than expected.
William Chavarriaga, 49-year-old cleaner at the Olaya Herrera Airport, poses as a cartoon character "Popeye the Sailor" during an interview withlocal media in Medellin January 17, 2011. Chavarriaga, who looks like the character Popeye, said he has been entertaining his friends and colleagues from the past 30 years. He said he continues playing Popeye because he likes the attention.
Photo by Albeiro Lopera
Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper had to call the fire department Sunday night when a fire broke out at his mom's suburban Philadelphia home.
Four engines responded to the Jenkinton, Penn. house at 10:14 p.m., the dispatch supervisor tells The Hollywood Reporter. The actors were with several members of their family.
"It was not a very major fire," an official says. "We didn't have to use hoses. It was out within a few minutes. Pretty much the fireplace got a little out of control."
Added the Jenkintown Police Department supervisor, "No one was hurt. No one was transported to the hospital."
A model displays a creation by Japanese designer Keita Maruyama during the first day of the Hong Kong Fashion Week Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. The Hong Kong Fashion Week features about 2000 exhibitors from 27 countries and regions.
Photo by Vincent Yu
It's official: "Che bella giornata (What a Beautiful Day)," an unlikely comedy from television funnyman Checco Zalone, has passed Roberto Benigni's three-time Oscar winning "La vita e' bella (Life is Beautiful)" to set the all-time national earnings record for an Italian film.
According to the Italian press, "Che bella giornata" officially passed the previous record of 31.2 million ($41.8 million) in gross earnings some time during the matinee screenings on Sunday.
As of Monday morning, the film's earnings stood at 31.5 million ($42.2 million) and is likely to still grow for a while: the film is in only its second week of release.
"Che bella giornata," distributed by Medusa Films, tells the story of a security guard who still lives at home, played by Zalone, who draws the job of guarding the Madonnina, the statue on the top of Milan's Duomo Cathedral.
The federal government has spent millions of dollars to help farmers nationwide buy greenhouse-like structures called high tunnels that can add valuable weeks and even months to their growing seasons by protecting produce from chilly temperatures.
About $13 million has gone to more than 2,400 farmers in 43 states to help pay for the low-tech tunnels that look like a cross between Quonset huts and conventional greenhouses. The structures, also known as hoop houses, have been particularly beneficial in the north, where they allow farmers to plant as much as four weeks early and keep growing later in the fall.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture touts the tunnels as environmentally friendly and a way to help meet the demand for local and sustainable produce. Experts say high tunnels employ efficient drip irrigation systems and reduce pest problems, diseases and fertilizer costs.
High tunnels typically consist of a series of hoops covered with plastic that can be rolled up on the sides to allow air circulation. Prices vary by size, but they often cost just a few thousand dollars. The USDA does not keep statistics on their use or how much produce is grown in them.
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