10 facts about Rachel Weisz

10 facts about Rachel Weisz10 facts about

  1- Divorced her husband for Daniel Craig of James Bond fame
 2-Born March 7 1970
 3-Played Evy Carnahan-P'Connell in The Mummy & The Mummy Returns which also starred WWE Wrestling Star The Rock and Brendan Fraser
 4-Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Constant Gardner in 2005
 5-Born in Westminster, London, England
 6-Will star as Libby Attenton in Dream House in 2011
 7-Will Star as May in Unbound Captives in 2012
 8-Attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge
 9-Her sister Minnie is an artist
 10-Was in Season 22 of the Simpsons -Episode How Munched is that Birdie In the Window as Dr. Thurston

Regis Philbin Announces Retirement

Regis Philbin announces retirement today, June 18th 2011, saying "This is my last year on the show."  He indicated that it would be late summer or fall before the end came, and no word on whether or not they will try to get a new Regis with Kelly.  Regis Francis Xavier Philbin has been hosting talk and game shows since the 1950's.   He is sometimes called the Hardest Working Man in Show Business.    He is the Guinness world record holder for most time in front of a television camera.  He went to Notre Dame and always talked of his love for the Fighting Irish on the show.  Perhaps his biggest claim to fame was when the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire enjoyed HUGE ratings in 1999.  He was also the original of America's Got Talent before being replaced by Jerry Springer. Regis will be irreplaceable on American  TV. 

Dancing Penguins Happy Feet for Real

I saw this viral video for just a few seconds on the NBC Nightly News and then I had a tough time finding it on Youtube when searching for " penguin dancing video like happy feet. "  Eventually I found it on Huffington Post, but in case you were looking for it, here is the real life Happy Feet ...not Robin Williams but still pretty awesome. 

NPR humor ...the tea party could be making pina coladas ?

A little NPR humor:
While Obama is in India, the Indian security detail is removing all coconuts from trees around where he will be so one doesn’t fall out of a tree and hit him.   One would think that that the chances are pretty low that this would happen, but one would also have thought the tea party would not do as much damage to him either …but speaking of nuts falling out of trees.

AMY AND TINA TOGETHER AGAIN ?>??

Amy Poehler is going to host the first show of the 36th season of Saturday Night Live.  She has done so much that was hilarious, but nothing funnier than when the first time she and Tina Fey did Hillary Clinton  and Sarah Palin.  Here is the transcript of that moment.  What a great show SNL always is.

Wizard Of Oz Fun Fact

Did you know?In the movie The Wizard Of Oz, Toto the dogs salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland was $500 a week.

Mountain Man ...a group with No Men .. making beautiful, a capella music

 If you have been looking for a next big thing in Music, consider MOUNTAIN MAN.  The debut CD is called "Made The Harbor" and their sound has been featured at Wilco's Solid Sound Festival.  A group of women who met  at Bennington College and found that the three of them had a mutual love of  harmony. The only instrumentation you will hear is an occasional acoustic guitar.  Watch out for Mountain Man, who will get as much buzz from their talent as their unusual name