W. C. Fields

Gig review: Madelaine Peyroux

Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH ****

Check That - Let's Look At Something Else (Vioxx and Fosamax)

Drug and Device Law (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

Yesterday we mentioned that Merck had won summary judgment in a consumer protection-type suit brought by the Texas Attorney General concerning Vioxx. We hoped for an "interesting opinion." Well, check that. We've now seen the order - and that's all there is (at least for now) - an order. Here it is , but it doesn't say much beyond the relief granted. We couldn't have done much with it any...

Spy (The Britannica Blog “Guide” to Careers)

Britannica Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Spy vs. Spy has long been synonymous with MAD magazine. The wordless cartoon, created in 1961 for MAD by famed Cuban cartoonist Antonio Prohias, who left Cuba for the United States when Castro came to power, was a classic reflection of Cold War sentiments, with each combatant reflecting a mirror image of the other in trying to up the ante and get the upper hand. Here's a nice animated collection of...

Prayers for blogger warrior Concrete Bob

SWAC Girl (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Shock this morning reading Concrete Bob's post at United Conservatives of Virginia. In his light-hearted way and after quoting W.C. Fields, he wrote: Short and sweet, I had a serious heart attack on Wednesday night. I'm in the hospital, hooked up to a bunch of tubes. I have had a catheterization done and a stint put in, but there is still some blockage. So next Wednesday the doctors are going to do...

W.C. Fields Estate Hits The Market

Curbed LA (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

"> " style="font-size: 9px; text-align: center;"> Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Earlier this year, Cecil B. De Mille's former property in Los Feliz hit the market at a jaw dropping $26 million . After a couple of pricechops, it was pulled from the market in June. Will W.C. Fields' former estate down the street fare any better? Owned by a studio exec...

Wetness Wouldn't Quit

Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

Aesthetically intriguing poster for Jim Sheridan's Brothers (Lionsgate, 12.4), noticed yesterday afternoon in Canal Street subway station. It would be awfully nice if Lionsgate would offer the courtesy of a screening or two sometime this month. From lobby of 28th floor Dolby screening room where Fox Searchlight's Crazy Heart screened yesterday morning. J train platform -- Friday, 11.13, 4:55 pm...

Method in the Madness

DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

Steve Sailer looks at Mad Men and its times. The real sex mismatch happened with the sexual revolution in the later 1960s, when a flood of Baby Boom babes born from 1946 onward came on the mating market and immediately set about stealing prosperous husbands away from their wives. Men, in the view of social commentators such [...]

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Waitress (The Britannica Blog “Guide” to Careers)

Britannica Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

A memorable scene from Jerry Lewis's Cracking Up (1982). Each Saturday we highlight a humorous and sometimes poignant video, interview, comic, or skit concerning different "careers," past and present. From W.C. Fields to Rowan Atkinson, from classic films and commercials to Monty Python ---all and everything will be tapped for this look each week at various professions and pastimes. Click...

No Cutting In

Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

If there's a line of at least five or six people waiting to use the one available bathroom, and if the person currently in the bathroom is either dying or giving birth or typing out the last chapter of a novel on his/her iPhone, then you know you're at a Starbucks....

Perils of the Press VII: Beaver Leaves Impression on Bell

JONATHAN TURLEY (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

CBS Correspondent Debbye Turner Bell has learned the wisdom of at least half of W.C. Fields warning “Never work with children or animals.” A beaver sprayed the reporter during a segment of The Early Show. This is not what journalism school trains you for at Northwestern or Columbia. For prior perils, click here. [...]

Through The Roof?

Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

Today's (11.12) tracking has Roland Emmerich's 2012 with an 87 total awareness, a 49 definite interest and 30 first choice-and-release. That means pretty damn big. Maybe tsunami level....

Bark

Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

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Veteran's Day

Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Food fair off Fifth Ave. on 56th or 55th. A guy selling hot sausage and onion sandwiches had the temerity to charge $10. I would have gone to $5 or $6 bucks in a stretch, but $10? Get outta town. Wednesday, 11.11., 11:0 am. 11.9, 10:55 pm 11.11, 10:45 am...

Mae West: Virgin Valley

Mae West (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

If you didn't catch MAE WEST and W.C. Fields last week in the desert, there will be a repeat of this treat in Mesquite this coming weekend. Sultry Lori Fjeld was buoyant in her boa as the blonde bombshell; W. C. Fields, in a dapper hat, came to life via comedian Ed MacKenzie. • • Reviewing the lively old-fashioned extravaganza that showcased local talent, Mesquite Goes Hollywood , David...

Observations

Defending the Truth (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

Observations Sometimes, when I lookat my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'