We need funny.We need it so extra very much super badly right now. What we don’t need any more of is sad or scary. Yet that’s what we are inundated with every morning as we slurp our lukewarm coffee while hunched over newspaper photos of angry or terrified faces reacting to crashing stock prices and foreclosed homes, and hear more pundits on TV blabbering on how to still … [Read more...] about Make Us Laugh
Don’t Mess with Texas
She’s been spoofed for her “Chicken of the Sea” comments: “Is it chicken, or is it tuna?” (Although it seems clear her “dumb blonde” act really was just an act.) She’s been dragged through the celebrity magazine circuit for her tumultuous love life (she’s currently dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, after dating singer John Mayer and after divorcing singer/actor Nick … [Read more...] about Don’t Mess with Texas
The Legend and the Beauty
At press time, Clint Eastwood was putting the finishing touches on his upcoming film,“Changeling,” starring Angelina Jolie. Jolie plays the part of a mother whose son is abducted, and then supposedly returned to her by the Los Angeles Police Department. When Jolie’s character, Christine Collins, protests that the boy who has been brought back to her is not her son, she is … [Read more...] about The Legend and the Beauty
Thanks for the Memories
On August 12, 2007, at the age of 82, singer, actor, legendary television personality and entrepreneur Merv Griffin passed away from cancer. But his legacy lives on. His newest show, “Crossroads,” launched in national syndication on September 10th, and his creations “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” are the two most popular television game shows ever. For 23 years, Griffin … [Read more...] about Thanks for the Memories
Magic Carpet Ride
Hanging on the colorfully painted walls of Tom O’Neal’s Carmel Valley studio are framed photographs of rock-and-roll legends. There are so many black-and-white images of famous faces and rock bands like Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell, Steppenwolf and The Mamas and The Papas, that it takes awhile to comprehend that O’Neal shot them all. … [Read more...] about Magic Carpet Ride