Eric Florack on December 25th, 2008

The Amazing Eartha KittEartha Kitt, we hear by way of the AFP, has passed on:

NEW YORK (AFP) — Eartha Kitt, the versatile US singer and actress whose sultry voice and sensuality made her an international star with a career spanning six

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Eric Florack on December 23rd, 2008

I noted the other day in the Ramble about how Tom Cruise  and his new film weren’t doing so well with the critics. But it’s worse than that. Far, far worse.

And what the hell is Pierce Brosnan  doing in

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Eric Florack on December 19th, 2008

The LA TimesMajel Barrett Roddenberry / Feb. 23, 1932 - December 18, 2008 is reporting:

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and an actress whose longtime association with the “Star Trek” franchise included playing Nurse Christine Chapel in the original series, died early Thursday morning.

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Eric Florack on December 12th, 2008

You know, there are some things I can’t get my mind around. A pinup, for example, at age 85.

OK, she hasn’t done any of that in years, I know. And we’re all headed in the same direction, I know

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Eric Florack on November 22nd, 2008

We’ve been told often enough that what happens in film, and on TV, is disconnected from reality. So, too, it appears, are the actors, themselves.

LOS ANGELES -(AP)- The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to

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Eric Florack on October 20th, 2008

Reports are that “Mr. Blackwell” has died at age 86… a poetic age to pass on at, I guess.

This is the guy that brought a little humility to hollywood types….

Madonna: “The Bare-Bottomed Bore of Babylon.”
Barbra Streisand: “She

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Eric Florack on September 27th, 2008

CNN is reporting:

Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut.

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davidl on August 6th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleB.J’s fall from gtace, Los Angelos Times:

‘I am not a racist,’ ex-President Bill Clinton asserts
Former presidents get a whole lot of leeway in what they say in public. But former President Bill Clinton just violated one

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davidl on July 23rd, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleWarren Jeffs indited (Associated Press):

ELDORADO, Texas – A grand jury on Tuesday indicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and five other members of a sect raided in April

If the People of Texas prevail chalk it up to

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Eric Florack on June 18th, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Dancer and actress Cyd Charisse, whose legs were insured for a million dollars in the heyday of the Hollywood musical, died at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, her agent said. She was 87.

Scott

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Eric Florack on May 5th, 2008

Noted a resturant review over the weekend in the New York Times… and wouldn’t have said much at all, except that it got so bad with it’s left-leaning, that even left leaner, Ezra Klein can’t stand it anymore.  Yes,

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Eric Florack on April 18th, 2008

Well, it’s about time you figured this one out, Bill. Jimmy Doohan’s dislike of the man is Trek legend, and it appears that only Shattner never knew about all this.

Self-centered, are we?

Sheesh.

Addenudum: (David L)

As a recovering

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President George W. Bush is a foul-mouthed, reformed drunk obsessed with baseball, Saddam Hussein and a conflicted relationship with his dad. Or at least that’s how he’s portrayed in the script for Oliver Stone’s upcoming feature “W.”But how accurate is

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davidl on February 4th, 2008

Britney SpearsWell I suppose her two children might miss her.  Provided that is that they have any good memories of her.  If there is anythiong we anything need less than another doper is a celebrity doper.  National Enquirer:

Britney Spears

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Eric Florack on January 24th, 2008

And so why would Soros be trying to move us toward Democrats here in the US?

Jawa has the answer:

During an interview with the BBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, billionaire leftist George Soros weighed in

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