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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Dennis Hopper: 12 Key Films
Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper | Dennis Hopper: 12 Key Films | Photo 1 of 13 | EW.com: "From his directorial debut in ''Easy Rider'' to unforgettable performances in ''Rebel Without a Cause,'' ''Apocalypse Now,'' and ''Blue Velvet,'' a look at the unpredictable, unparalleled career of a Hollywood legend"
Dennis Hopper: 12 Key Films
Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper | Dennis Hopper: 12 Key Films | Photo 1 of 13 | EW.com: "From his directorial debut in ''Easy Rider'' to unforgettable performances in ''Rebel Without a Cause,'' ''Apocalypse Now,'' and ''Blue Velvet,'' a look at the unpredictable, unparalleled career of a Hollywood legend"
Dennis Hopper, R. I. P.
Dennis Hopper dies at 74 - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety: "Dennis Hopper, a perennial Hollywood bad boy whose groundbreaking 1969 biker pic 'Easy Rider' came to define the youth film market, died Saturday.
The actor, who appeared frail and gaunt at the March 2010 unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, had been battling prostate cancer."
The actor, who appeared frail and gaunt at the March 2010 unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, had been battling prostate cancer."
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
One foot out of the grave | News.com.au: "A US teenager was arrested Friday morning after he was found carrying a foot stolen from a Jewish cemetery.
Police, who arrived at the scene at 3:30am local time after being called by a witness, said 18-year-old Daniel Wayne Staley approached them carrying the foot in a bag, The Dallas Morning News reported.
“I dug it up from a nearby grave and took it from a Jew girl just because I wanted a foot,” Staley said, according to a police report."
Police, who arrived at the scene at 3:30am local time after being called by a witness, said 18-year-old Daniel Wayne Staley approached them carrying the foot in a bag, The Dallas Morning News reported.
“I dug it up from a nearby grave and took it from a Jew girl just because I wanted a foot,” Staley said, according to a police report."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
The Quartzsite Trip -- William Hogan
A friend of mine recommended this book to me. I'd never heard of it, but it seems to be a cult favorite. I'm glad I found about about it and got a chance to read it because I found it to be an enjoyable change of pace.Every year P. J. Cooper, an English teacher in Los Angeles, takes 30 of his senior students on a trip to Quartzsite, Arizona. No one knows how or why Cooper chooses the ones who get to go, but everyone considers it an honor to be included. This book tells the story of the trip in 1962, "the last good year."
There's a lot going on. It's a coming-of-age novel, a road novel, a nostalgia trip (first published in 1980, and even more nostalgic now), and more. If you're around the right age, you'll find a lot to remember and identify with. It's written in an unusual style, with the kind of repetition of certain words and phrases that will either grow on you or put you off. I thought it was quite effective. It's hilarious and touching. Highly recommended.
Friday, May 28, 2010
North Pole Chicken Killer
North Pole chicken killer: "At some point before Monday morning, someone entered that chicken coop, a fenced-in area the size of a large bedroom, and selected 26 of those chickens for death. They ripped each of those chicken's heads off. Then they carefully arranged the dead chickens in the shape of a lollipop, with 19 headless chickens in a line and seven headless chickens in the circle at the end. They took the heads with them when they left."
Hat tip to Mark Harris.
You Expected Him to Rob a Bank?
Wash. police: 'Drugstore Cowboy' author busted - MSN Movies News: "Police in Washington state say the man who wrote 'Drugstore Cowboy' has been arrested in yet another pharmacy robbery."
Hat tip to David Cranmer.
Gary Coleman, R. I. P.
Remembering Gary Coleman, dead at 42 | Comments Blog | Los Angeles Times: "Actor Gary Coleman died Friday at the age of 42. The 'Diff'rent Strokes' star had suffered a brain hemorrhage and died in a Utah hospital."
Spoilers Galore if You Haven't Seen the Shows
20 WTF TV Character Deaths - Mania.com: "Listed below are the Top 20 Characters on Television Whose Deaths You Didn’t See Coming."
Texas Would Lead the Way if These Weren't Alphabetically Arranged
50 Stupid Laws From 50 States: "Laws are made to function a seemingly healthy community in a stable and disciplined fashion. However, when some of those laws become increasingly absurd, that you giggle your way through even reading them, one wonders what the law makers were thinking while coming up with such classical dumbness. Here we have gathered for you at least one dumb law from a state each."
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