Over the past few months of the derby, my Oscarologist pal Tariq Khan shared his views on Kate Winslet and Amy Adams with Gold Derby readers. Now he pipes in with some devilishly fun thoughts on how Meryl Streep might have won best actress at the Oscars. Words below are Tariq's. Poor Meryl Streep . ...

Cheryl Holdridge 1944-2009 ‘Mouseketeer Cheryl’ Cheryl Holdridge was an actress best known for being one of the original Mickey Mouse Club cast members.   The 64 year old died on January 5, 2009 of lung cancer. Mouseketeer Cheryl joined the original Mickey Mouse Club in the spring of 19...

I'm late with this list this year. I had it mostly finished last Saturday, when I had some kind of computer glitch and it wiped out most of it. Here is a partial list of famous people who left us in 2008. This list comes from Who's Alive and Who's Dead. Visit the website here. Or join the Yahoo! gro...

For many disturbing reasons—personal, financial and global—I unequivocally declare 2008 one of the most miserably catastrophic years within memory. With a new government promising a new strategy of reform and change, I join the rest of the world in a new thing called hope. But before we dust off...

Freddie Hubbard 1938-2008 Famed jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles, was a talented musician and band leader.  His long time manager Dave Weiss has issued a statement indicating that Hubbard died at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Ange...

Ellie Nesker shot and killed her son’s accused molester, Daniel Driver, in a Sonora, California courtroom during his trial in 1993.    Driver was accused of raping four boys at a christian camp when they were 6-7 years old. Fearing the twice-convicted molester would walk free, she pulled a ...

Ellie Nesker shot and killed her son’s accused molester, Daniel Driver , in a Sonora, California courtroom during his trial in 1993.    Driver was accused of raping four boys at a christian camp when they were 6-7 years old. Fearing the twice-convicted molester would walk free, she pulled a...

Bernard Madoff Photo His Ponzi Scheme Bilked Villehuchet out of $1.4 Billion Thierry de la Villehucket, 65, was found dead in  his New York office early Tuesday morning.  Police were called to his Madison Avenue office about 7:50 a.m. according to New York Police spokeswoman Doris Otero.   The bu...

       This article jumped out at me from the headlines the other day.       Seems after 28 years in a coma, Sunny von Bulow had the sheet of finality pulled over her head.       I'm simply fascinated...

I received my Harpers Weekly Review email this morning and as always it contains a ton of interesting info in just a couple of paragraphs.  To give you an idea of how they do it I've included one paragraph below and put in bold what I found to be the most interesting item: It was reported that Bara...