Fox Searchlight Buys Helen Hunt Movie “The Surrogate”
“The Surrogate,” a drama starring Helen Hunt and John Hawkes as a man who hires a professional sex surrogate, has sold to Fox Searchlight for $6 million in the largest acquisition of the Sundance Film Festival so far, TheWrap has confirmed.
Obama to unveil new economic blueprint at State of the Union
U.S. President Barack Obama will unveil a new economic blueprint during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, addressing a key issue as he faces a contentious re-election bid later this year.
Bad News for Giants’ Season Ticket Holders
Less than an hour after advancing to the Super Bowl, the New York Giants started delivering the bad news to many of their non-club season ticket holders.
Critter Talk: Inspiration in Action
Just down the road from me in Loveland, CO resides the headquarters for Heska Corporation. Heska makes diagnostic tests and other such things for the veterinary market, but that’s not why I mention them today.
Stop Obama from Weakening Endangered Species Act
The Obama government is now accepting comments on a draft policy that would sharply limit the number of species given protection under the Endangered Species Act. The policy in question is a Bush-era throwback that ignores entire populations of imperiled species.
A Death in Arkansas
Ken Aden is running for congress as a Democrat in Arkansas. Aden’s campaign manager, Jake Burris lives in Pope County, a highly conservative area in Central Arkansas. Sunday evening, as Burris and his children returned to their Russellville home, they found something horrific.
Mitt Romney’s Fifteen Percent
The four remaining Republican presidential candidates debated in Florida Monday evening, although only two of them really spoke. Those two were Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Mitt attacked Newt, Newt attacked Mitt, both accused the other of lying, it was extremely boring. Until Mitt Romney told America that he has a 15% tax rate.
Massive solar explosion causes aircraft to reroute
An immense blast of plasma spewed late Sunday night from the sun led to the strongest radiation storm bombarding our planet since 2005, and a rare warning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency — and even a plan to redirect certain high-flying airplanes.
Do pro-lifers spay or neuter their pets?
We get story ideas from the usual places: television, radio, You Tube, visions received after eating funky mushrooms (that may only be Collin) and from reader emails. Mad Mike himself shared an email with me where a curious question was raised: do pro-lifers spay and/or neuter their pets?
Deepak Chopra thinks physicists stole quantum from him
Deepak Chopra is a name that causes exasperated sighs from the scientifically literate whenever it is heard. He is one of the most profitable names in the world of newage (rhymes with sewage) and his ability to misuse words is legendary.