He is best known as a deadpan comic actor, the star of the very funny 1980 movie "Airplane!" and of the equally funny "Naked Gun" series of movies.
Reports the Associated Press -- "Three teenage boys who spent 50 days adrift in a tiny boat in the South Pacific walked ashore on shaky legs Friday after their chance rescue -- celebrated on their home island hundreds of miles (kilometers) away as a miracle that brought them back from the dead ... The boys (are) recovering from their ordeal in a military hospital."
In many cities, in many lands, it is the time for the lighting of the Christmas Tee, and in the city of London, it is time for the lighting of the Kissmass Tree. The Kissmass Tree?
From ITN News -- "Couples in London's Covent Garden can use their passion to ignite the lights on the Kissmass -- Christmas - Tree -- by creating a circuit that lights up over 50,000 lights on a Christmas tree. It lights up when people close the circuit with a kiss." See th video.
An interesting item appeared on the net this morning --
ITN News reported that in Norway, in the city of Bergen, school children have built the world's largest gingerbread village. It's been dubbed the "world's sweetest village."
The village has a model train that runs its way through it. It has " hundreds of houses and other structures, " and "features an oil rig -- a common sight off the coast of Norway."
The gingerbread village is put on display annually. This is the twentieth year.
The Cookie Monster, the little bug-eyed monster, whose claim to fame is that he loves cookies and has been on the PBS children's show, Sesame Street, for years and years, wants to host on Saturday Night Live? This monster has put out an audition video. See the video.
Not unexpected -- A lot of former Sesame Street watchers are trying to help the dude get the gig. They are twittering like crazy. They must think the Cookie Monster is the new Betty White, and have joined in the craven Internet campaign to lobby the SNL suits to give the cookie eating fiend his big night time break.
Okay, his audition video has laughs -- But!
If you’ve got a squinky surplus in your house, or if your child is gifted duplicates, here are some ideas for what to do with them.
10. Re-Gift
If it’s the exact same set your child has, just leave it sealed and wrap it to give to another child.
9. Donate
Young Mr.Bieber four wins, includes the top prize, Entertainer of the Year. In addition to winning the top prize he won for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Male and Favorite Pop/Rock Album for "My World 2.0." . This was his time in the American Music Awards balloting.
The BBC promo is to get Dr. Who fans to - donate money for the BBC annual Children in Need drive that benefits disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. It's Christmas time. Yes, Christmas begins in November before Thanksgivings these days. As a Dr Who fan in America, I doubt if the good doctor would mind, if we Americans donated to an American charity helping our kids in need.
Tonight on television, on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams program, Brian Williams could barely sit in his chair. He was in danger of floating off into happy fluffy land. During this week of royal hype in the English speaking world, following the announcement of the Prince William of Wales and the Miss. Kate Middleton's marriage, Mr. Williams finds himself with a scoop -- a snoop scoop -- which is of interest in England, America, and in the Commonwealth countries.
No the scoop has nothing to do with this marriage, but with that marriage. The marriage five or so odd years ago between Prince Charles and the then Lady Camilla, the present Duchess of Cornwall.
Ms Clayburgh was a stage and screen actress. Her best known movie is the 1978 film An Unmarried Woman, which brought her an Oscar nomination. She played "women who were confident and capable yet not completely flawless."
It’s once time to get your bacon on. Or down the hatch. Whatever that means, anyway.
