WOODSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to publicist Cheryl Kagan. She was 85. Temple, known in private life
Was it a snowflake or an Olympic ring? Were DMX and Zimmerman really going to fight? What did the SEC defensive player of the year just say? It was a wild weekend that you could have missed if you blinked.
People had to bundle up when the Winter Olympics were in Utah and Vancouver, but there is not much cold in Sochi, Russia for the 2014 games. Sochi is where many Russian leaders escape to enjoy the sun and where
In Common Core and other federal education matters, no name stirs up more controversy than inBloom, the 2013 nonprofit rebrandedfrom predecessor Smart Learning Collaboration (SLC). Originally launched with nine states on board, inBloom has been accused of everything from collecting to tracking
Yesterday was a banner day for Democrats on Twitter, apparently. As I previously noted, an official WH Twitter account linked to an obscene anti-GOP Twitter troll (to help them make the case that fewer workers in the full-time workforce is
While the wheels of the Wendy Davis campaign continue to spin in place, her likely Republican opponent, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, unveiled his new anti-crime program targeting sexual predators, child pornographers, and those who engage in human trafficking. The “Securing
Salon.com is a reliably left-wing media outlet given to regular outbreaks of radical pique that earn top billing on MSNBC’s prime-time panels. Yet even a hawkish outlet like Salon can go too far. On Sunday, Salon’s Jesse Myerson published an
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Teaser Trailer Cannot tell you how much I miss being excited about new movies… This looks like a cross between a middle school play and a video game…. — — “6 Movies We’re Looking Forward To.”
‘Monument’ Trouble: Clooney Is No Cary Grant But He Could Have Been Greg Bautzer For nearly fifty years, until his death in 1987, Greg Bautzer was one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. The self-made mover and shaker was
In response to FAA Stops Beer Drone Delivery: Maybe the FAA is on to something here. When Skynet takes over, do you really want the Hunter-Killer bots luring us out of hiding with six-packs? Because that would totally work. Especially
Port Authority Chairman David Samson is currently one of twenty facing subpoenas from the New Jersey legislature over the closing of lanes on the George Washington Bridge to Fort Lee. He is also being probed, the Bergen Record reports, for
Last September in North London, a 61-year-old IT worker allegedly went looking for love in all the wrong places. So wrong in fact, that he wound up in Wood Green crown court in front of jury that reportedly was less
After broadcasting for less than a year, the Fusion cable network has decided to go in different direction with its coverage of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Instead of talking heads and scowling journalists, the pop culture
Jeff Zucker, CNN’s newest chief, thinks that breaking news isn’t enough for the nation’s first all news cable network and is defending his turn toward entertainment, docu-series and coverage of Justin Bieber. During his keynote address to the RealScreen Summit
Last year, the depth of frustration with New York’s Common Core burst into the public when parents and teachers confronted State Education Commissioner John King in Poughkeepsie, NY, with their concerns and difficulties. Nobody is happy about it – not the
My colleague John Nolte has observed that former Gov. Mike Huckabee was “obviously trying to make a point about how Democrats view women,” not attacking women, in his recent comments to the Republican National Committee. National Review’s Charles C. W.
Last week, I spent a very enjoyable hour with my friend Barry Ritholtz, an American author, newspaper columnist, blogger, equities analyst, CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and guest commentator on Bloomberg Television. He is just starting a new radio program
An Afghan school considered unsafe and unusable for students five years after foreign contractors began to build it will continue to absorb U.S. taxpayer funds, according to a government audit. Although the facility was deemed unsafe after one Iraqi and
Since Duck Dynasty premiered a few weeks ago the media seems to be obsessed with whether they’ve kept up their high ratings from the previous season. From NY Daily News: Wednesday night’s episode of A&E’s hit reality series drew 6.65
If you want journalists to mock you, say aloud that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has “an unknown incidence” among football players and that “a cause and effect relationship has not yet been demonstrated between CTE and concussions or exposure to
1. Netflix Streaming’s World Domination Marches On There is no way for me to prove this because all the old sites I used to write for have been pulled off the web, but before there was a Netflix Streaming I
HBO earned plenty of critical huzzahs for its new gay-themed drama Looking. The reviews didn’t convince viewers to check out the pay channel’s latest offering, though. The dramedy drew 338,000 viewers during its 10:30 p.m. EST debut slot despite all
Mark Duplass may not be a household name, but in indie film circles he’s practically a legend. The prolific actor/director/screenwriter is connected to some of the buzzier films in independent cinema, including The Puffy Chair, Humpday and Baghead, and he
Netflix and fellow streaming-based services enjoyed a subscriber boost over an 18-month span, while premium cable channels suffered a combined 6 percent drop. Coincidence? Trend? Or are the two unrelated? Variety posts those numbers while asking if the figures tell
Amazon is watching you and shipping your next package…even if you didn’t order it. The Seattle, Washington retailer has just obtained a patent that they call “anticipatory shipping,” which targets customers based on their historical shopping trends. This new software
