Amazon Buys Lucille Ball Biopic Starring Cate Blanchett
The project attracted Blanchett and Sorkin two years ago. “Lucy and Desi” will center on Ball’s 20-year marriage to Desi Arnaz. She eloped with the Cuban bandleader in 1940, and the two created the massively successful sitcom “I Love Lucy” in 1951 through their Desilu Productions. She won four Emmys for the role.
Lucille Ball? That Lucille Ball? Cate Blanchett is pretty enough to play Ethel Mertz. Maybe
First genetically engineered salmon sold in Canada
The fish, a variety of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), is engineered to grow faster than its non-genetically modified counterpart, reaching market size in roughly half the time — about 18 months. AquaBounty sold its first commercial batch at market price: US$5.30 per pound ($11.70 per kilogram), says Ron Stotish, the company’s chief executive. He would not disclose who bought it.
Darwin worshipers hardest hit
Who would be willing to fly in a pilotless plane? Hardly anyone.
UBS estimates the industry could save $35 billion and pass the savings along to passengers through lower fares if airlines could operate pilotless planes. The technology to do so could be developed by 2025, according to the report.
"And pass the savings along to passengers." Pull the other one. It has bells on
15 of Robert Mitchum's Wittiest Quotes
"I have two acting styles: with and without a horse."
All I know is that The Yakuza is a criminally underrated movie
Is the stock market going to crash?
No one knows for sure, but there are indicators that can help us guess. We can chart these indicators to give us the illusion of foresight.
According to David Stockman, the market will crash every day for 36 years and counting
Which country has the highest IQ? What is the average IQ of your country? Here is the average IQ of more than 80 countries.
Richard and Tatu argues that differences in national income are correlated with differences in the average national intelligence quotient (IQ). They further argue that differences in average national IQs constitute one important factor, but not the only one, contributing to differences in national wealth and rates of economic growth.
No one brings the potato salad to the Mensa meetings in Equatorial Guinea
A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy (from 2003)
So email doesn't necessarily support social patterns, group patterns, although it can. Ditto a weblog. If I'm Glenn Reynolds, and I'm publishing something with Comments Off and reaching a million users a month, that's really broadcast. It's interesting that I can do it as a single individual, but the pattern is closer to MSNBC than it is to a conversation.
Poor Glenn. What did he ever do to this guy to get compared to MSNBC? Shoot his dog?
The BSBFB Hereby Testifies That People Are, Indeed, Awesome
This video compilation is awesome. The awesome screen capture on this awesome video is awesome, but not nearly as awesome as the awesome video clip it’s so awesomely standing in for.
I remember the good old days when we called it "gnarly" instead of "awesome"
5 Offbeat Landmarks on the Road From LAX to Pasadena
If you’re heading east on the 105 freeway to go from LAX to Pasadena, it’s just a few miles to the Beach Boys Historic Landmark in Hawthorne, California. It’s near the freeway at 3701 W. 119th Street. The monument marks the site of the childhood home of Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, the core members of the Beach Boys.
I remember the good old days when surfing was gnarly
The dos and don'ts of taking your clothes off on French beaches
France is world famous for its nudist beaches and its topless sunbathers but there are some rules or customs you need to abide by when it comes to taking your clothes off this summer. Here's what you need to know about dropping your top (or bottoms) on French beaches.
I think I'm supposed to warn you there's some naked people if you follow the hyperlink. The way the internet is going, pretty soon we'll have to warn you when there aren't naked people at the link
Swedish writer wanted by Turkey arrested in Spain
Swedish-Turkish writer Hamza Yalcin, 59, was arrested while holidaying in Spain, after Turkey accused him of plotting terror acts against the country, according to reports.
You have to admit, that headline is right up there with Headless Body In Topless Bar.
Copenhagen Police extend stop-and-search zone
The ordinances (called visitationszoner in Danish) allow police to stop anyone within a predetermined area and search them for weapons without having probable cause. Copenhagen Police’s zone, set up last month, covered areas of Nørrebro, Husum, Brønshøj and Tingbjerg, where several shootings and stabbings have occurred in recent weeks.
Wow. That kind of fascist policing wouldn't fly in an enlightened country like the USA. And shootings and stabbings in Denmark? Must be fake news
Netflix’s Latest Hit Series Is a Boring, Soothing Japanese Reality Show
The premise is familiar: Six young strangers live in a house—the first one’s located in Tokyo—and interact as relationships form. That’s where comparisons to American reality TV basically end. Terrace House is different from other reality shows in almost every way.
Who could have predicted that Japanese youngsters would be better behaved than Americans?
Why Germans need far less supervision at work than Americans
The results of the research showed that on average German firms had 26 employees per supervisor. In Switzerland this ratio was 13.6 to one, in the UK it was 10.3 to one, and US firms had 7.1 workers for every superior.
They're just following orders from fewer people
Don Baylor, who won MVP with Angels and World Series with Twins, dies at 68
Baylor played for the Orioles, Athletics, Angels, Yankees, Red Sox and Twins over a 19-year career. He was an All-Star and the MVP winner with the Angels in 1979, when he led the majors in RBIs and runs and also set career highs in home runs and hits.
Don Baylor was a blast to watch. He'd stand in one batters box and lean over the other one. RIP, big fella
