November 13, 2012 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Ian Fleming's flamboyant, Martini loving, womanizing super spy James Bond.
The latest installment in the 007 Saga, Skyfall, raked in nearly $88 million over the week
If its portrait of him is accurate, then Abraham Lincoln would have loved Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln.' The film is exactly like the man at its center: thoughtful and talkative, equally adept at spinning tales and navigating the murky waters of backroom politics. It suggests that well before Ronald Reagan, our 16th President was truly our nation's Great Communicator.
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Bonnie Raitt
Age: 63
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter and Musician
Known For: Combining blues, rock, folk and country on songs such as 'Nick of Time,' 'Something to Talk About,' 'Love Sneakin' Up on You,' and the beautiful ballad 'I Can't Make You Love Me,' her prowess as a slide-guitar player, and being a nine-time Grammy winner and antiwar activist
Movies allow us to experience life through another person's eyes. Video games allow us to experience life through another person's eyes -- and to control their decisions. We spend hours upon hours with these video game characters, until we feel like we know them; Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, their adventures are so memorable, and their personalities so vivid that they almost seem alive. But of course their adventures and their personalities are all predetermined by programming, and they remain forever trapped by their unbreakable directives. If these characters weren't just a series of electronic impulses and computer code, it would be a tragic existence.
That, essentially, is the premise of 'Wreck-It Ralph,' a manic children's film about the souls of video game avatars. Made by Disney, it greatly resembles the premise of Disney's (and Pixar's) modern classic 'Toy Story,' in which toys are revealed to have lives and thoughts of their own when no one's around to play with them. Here we learn that when a suburban arcade shuts down for the night, the characters inside all the games cross over into each other's universes to socialize.
The 1998 comedy 'Heathers' was a pretty unique film. A wicked satire, it managed to successfully lampoon the sensitive topic of teen suicide, among other highly politically incorrect plot lines.
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Jenny McCarthy
Age: 40
Occupation: Model, Actress and Activist
Known For: Being 1993's Playmate of the Year, hosting the MTV game show 'Singled Out,' a long former relationship with Jim Carrey, and being an outspoken opponent of vaccines because she believes they can cause autism
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Dan Rather
Age: 81
Occupation: Television Journalist
Known For: Anchoring the 'CBS Evening News' for 24 years, contributing to '60 Minutes,' and being the current managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine 'Dan Rather Reports'
Shakespeare described the "witching hour" as a time "when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out." Spooky! Equally esteemed author Washington Irving described Halloween night in his classic 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' as a setting full of "fearful shapes and shadows...amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night." Kids all across the country describe it as the night when the entire world gives them all the candy they can eat until they either pass out or develop early on-set diabetes.
Halloween is just around the corner. So if you don't have a costume yet and $500,000 to spare, we've got one that's sure to have everyone at your party talking about you. That's also assuming that it's in your size.
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Age: 65
Occupation: Politician and Diplomat
Known For: Currently serving as the U.S. Secretary of State, being a former senator from New York, serving as the first lady when her husband Bill Clinton was president, and being one of the most forgiving wives in history
October 25, 2012 Sometimes when we post on our website, the subject matter might not be very 'personal' to us: stories about movies/Hollywood or television shows or Honey Boo-Boo - we are just posting it because we think it might be of interest to you.
And then, sometimes, we get stories like this one:
