Tag Archives: development

Billy Mays cocaine use aided death – From Inside the Box – Zap2it

Billy Mays died of a heart attack, but it was brought on by cocaine use.

View post:
Billy Mays cocaine use aided death – From Inside the Box – Zap2it

Michael Cera’s Arrested Development

Paper Heart comes out in limited release today, with Michael Cera playing — surprise! — an awkward teenager in a twee comedy .

See the original post here:
Michael Cera’s Arrested Development

LeeLee Sobieski: Engaged to Adam Kimmel!

Actress Leelee Sobieski is engaged to menswear designer Adam Kimmel. Sobieski donned her marquise diamond engagement ring to the L.A. premiere of her latest flick, the Johnny Depp drama Public Enemies , in Los Angeles June 23

Read the original post:
LeeLee Sobieski: Engaged to Adam Kimmel!

Which site has the stupidest commenters on the web?

The original intent of the comments section–a place for readers to respond to content and start a dialog between author and audience–works fabulously in some circumstances. Some blogs have dozens of thoughtful, well reasoned comments cropping up at the bottom of each post.

See the article here:
Which site has the stupidest commenters on the web?

Never Piss Off David Letterman

John Michael Higgins isn’t a household name, but you’ve probably seen him acting in Christopher Guest films and/or as Wayne Jarvis on Arrested Development . He also portrayed Letterman in The Late Shift , something he says Letterman still hates him for.

Original post:
Never Piss Off David Letterman

It’s Not a Crippling Recession. It’s a Learning Experience!

It’s a good thing this epic recession is an opportunity to “reset” our culture, as Kurt Andersen tells us, or slough off the chains of corporatism, as per Douglas Rushkoff . Otherwise it would really suck for all the unemployed people. We haven’t read Andersen’s new book, called Reset , but we got a preview in his essay for Time a few months ago arguing that the economic mess that has one in eight Americans behind on their mortgage payments or in foreclosure is actually a good thing because it could herald a “rediscovery of the common good.” Rushkoff makes a similar, if larger, argument in Life, Inc

Here is the original post:
It’s Not a Crippling Recession. It’s a Learning Experience!

US officials confident of greater clean energy ties with China

Top US trade and energy officials said Thursday they were confident China and the United States would step up cooperation on climate change after meeting with Chinese leaders. US Trade Secretary Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, both ethnic Chinese, came to China seeking to open the Asian giant's markets to US green technology while urging Beijing to set hard targets on gas emissions. “Secretary Chu and I measured the success of this trip by answering the simple question of whether America and China can increase their cooperation in the development..

Read the original post:
US officials confident of greater clean energy ties with China