Hot weather, ornery cows and an inane presidential campaign – latimes.com
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Double Take ‘Toons: Hot Tempers : NPR
Recent heat waves sweeping the nation have many pundits talking about whether extreme temperatures can be attributed to human-caused global warming. Steve Greenberg thinks we ignore our impact on the climate at our own peril, but Chip Bok has a different theory for the higher temperatures. Double Take ‘Toons: Hot Tempers …
Celeb birthdays for June 16, 2012
Actor Bill Cobbs is 77. Country singer Billy “Crash” Craddock is 73. Songwriter Lamont Dozier is 71. Singer Eddie Levert of The O’Jays is 70. Actress Joan Van Ark is 69. Singer James Smith of The Stylistics is 62. Singer Gino Vannelli is 60. Actress Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne,” ”Norm”) is …
Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, Dies at 63 | Entertainment | TIME.com
(NEW YORK) — Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as “Last Dance,” ”Love to Love You Baby” and “Bad Girls” became the soundtrack for a glittery age of sex, drugs, dance and flashy clothes, has died. She was 63. Her family released a statement Thursday saying Summer died …
Zac Efron Is Apparently Something of a Bra Opening Expert
Zac Efron & Taylor Schilling on Hot30 Countdown – YouTube.
Celeb birthdays for March 5, 2012
Actor James Noble (“Benson”) is 90. Actor James B. Sikking (“Hill Street Blues,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.”) is 78. Actor Dean Stockwell is 76. Actor Fred Williamson is 74. Actor Michael Warren (“Soul Food,” “Hill Street Blues”) is 66. Actor-singer Eddie Hodges is 65. Singer Eddy Grant is 64. Keyboardist Alan …
Wendy’s outlines airier, modern restaurant look
NEW YORK (AP) — Wendy’s Co. is betting that a sleek new look for its restaurants, coupled with a revamped menu featuring its new premium Dave’s Hot `N Juicy burger, will rejuvenate its image as a higher-end fast food chain. The Dublin, Ohio-based company plans to make its airy new …
Chef Yannick Alléno and His Parisian Hot Dog – NYTimes.com
DESPITE having three Michelin stars at his restaurant in the Meurice hotel, Yannick Alléno considers himself a man of the people. His parents owned a modest bistro in a Paris suburb, where they served croque-monsieurs and sliced ham on buttered baguettes. “I was born behind the counter,” he said. …
Ben Gazzara, Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81 – NYTimes.com
Ben Gazzara, an intense actor whose long career included playing Brick in the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway, roles in influential films by John Cassavetes and work with several generations of top Hollywood directors, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 81. The cause was pancreatic …
Celeb birthdays for Jan. 3, 2012
Record producer George Martin is 86. Actor Robert Loggia is 82. Actor Dabney Coleman is 80. Singer Stephen Stills is 67. Bassist John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin is 66. Actress Victoria Principal is 62. Actor Mel Gibson is 56. Jazz saxophonist James Carter is 43. Actor Jason Marsden (“Ally …
Roman Abramovich hires Red Hot Chili Peppers for exclusive £5m News Year’s Eve party – Telegraph
It is perhaps the most coveted party invitation of the year, with the likes of Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas and Prince providing entertainment for a carefully-selected few. This year Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Russian oligarch, plans to eclipse his previous New Year’s Eve celebrations by spending more than £5 …
Celeb birthdays for Dec. 23, 2011
Actor Frederic Forrest (“Lonesome Dove”) is 75. Actor James Stacy (“Lancer”) is 75. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) is 71. Drummer Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly is 70. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer (“The Simpsons”) is 68. Actress Susan Lucci (“All My Children”) is 65. Guitarist Dave Murray of Iron …