Daily summary of new genealogy queries posted on CousinConnect.com, for March 03, 2009: New Queries Posted: 139 Total Active Queries: 187775 Total Active Users: 191894 Yesterday's 139 new queries included the following surnames: ADEBIYI, ADOPTED PARENTS SURNAME CHAMPION, ANDERSON, ANNING, ARMSTRONG,...

In an effort to ease prison overcrowding, a panel of federal judges "tentatively ruled that California must release tens of thousands of inmates." (Please release Susan Atkins! Please release Susan Atkins! Please release Susan Atkins!) Though a hard number will be decided on later, the plan is to si...

By JULIETTE ROSSANT Time Out New York published an article last week entitled "Bitchin' Confidential" by Rebecca Flint Marx . She reported on the lack of coverage of women chefs by the food press. The article says that there is a glass ceiling for women in restaurants and that the press has been con...

              GLAD THAT'S SETTLED! - apparently over the years, Clint Eastwood has often been asked if he is the son of Stan Laurel ...                             .... so he decided to set the r...

Here is the complete list of winners of The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Leave your thoughts in the comments! Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Kate Winslet – The Reader Amy Adams – Doubt Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis – Doubt ...

Open Bar. Slavish appreciation of celebrity and the cult therein. The Golden Globes are not about who wins, really, but that doesn’t mean that I would ever miss an opportunity to complain about it. Watch as I discuss the television awards with a false sense of authority, write about the movie ...

Over the past few weeks we’ve beaten you to a pulp with lists. We laid down list after list in our 2008 Year in Review and even gave you Ten People to Watch in 2009. And while you might think that’s enough. That you never want to read another list from the staff of FSR again, we must dis...

In a BIG surprise, Hot Potato Mash was nominated for a Weblog Award -- Best Video Blog -- for a second consecutive year. My immediate joy in garnering the nomination, however, has quickly given way to embarrassment as my current vote tally barely registers. Thus, I encourage, no, implore, my humble ...

Updated December 31, 2008 MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES 1. I Am Legend ** 1/2 2. Atonement ** 1/2 / ***3. Enchanted **4. There Will Be Blood ***/ *** 1/2 5. Lars and the Real Girl ****6. Charlie Wilson's War ***7. Lady Chatterly ***8. American Ga...

After last year's debacle of the Golden Globes "press conference" during the writers' strike, this year has to be better, right? We shall see.... here's my take on the nominations, for now. HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION 2008 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NOMINATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 ...