Firm sells out of Turkey & Gravy flavour fizzy drink
NewMexiKen hopes this isn’t the next big fad from Seattle like Starbucks.
Day: January 15, 2004
When will they learn to keep their mouths shut?
From news reports
Michelle Wie, playing in a PGA Tour event at the age of 14, shot a 2-over 72 Thursday in the opening round of the Sony Open.
On the eve of the tournament, Stuart Appleby said he thought Wie would probably shoot two rounds in the 80s at the Waialae Country Club. Appleby, who won last week’s season-opening Mercedes Championship, bested Wie by a single shot in the opening round.
In stores February 10th
Norah Jones has a new album coming out, Feels Like Home.
Like the first album, Jones imbues the music on Feels Like Home with country, pop and jazz colors. Unlike the quiet, balladic mood of Come Away With Me (which she once characterized as “mellow”), Jones varied the tempo on the new album to reflect the evolution of her live performances. “I’m very proud of my first record, but I was ready for something a little different,” she says, then jokes, “This time it’s not quite as mellow. But it’s still pretty low-key.”
NPR’s All Songs Considered will let you listen to a track here.
The toys just keep on comin’
Walter Mossberg tells us about a “Gadget [that] Can Send Music on PC Around a House Without Lots of Wires.” It doesn’t sound like it’s quite perfected yet, but almost.
Of course, it’s not all that difficult to plug the iPod into the stereo, but wireless is just so cool.
Nominees for the 10th annual Screen Actors Guild awards
Movies:
Actor: Johnny Depp, “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”; Peter Dinklage, “The Station Agent”; Ben Kingsley, “House of Sand and Fog”; Bill Murray, “Lost in Translation”; Sean Penn, “Mystic River.”
Actress: Patricia Clarkson, “The Station Agent”; Diane Keaton, “Something’s Gotta Give”; Charlize Theron, “Monster”; Naomi Watts, “21 Grams”; Evan Rachel Wood, “thirteen.”
Supporting actor: Alec Baldwin, “The Cooler”; Chris Cooper, “Seabiscuit”; Benicio Del Toro, “21 Grams”; Tim Robbins, “Mystic River”; Ken Watanabe, “The Last Samurai.”
Supporting actress: Maria Bello, “The Cooler”; Keisha Castle-Hughes, “Whale Rider”; Patricia Clarkson, “Pieces of April”; Holly Hunter, “thirteen”; Renee Zellweger, “Cold Mountain.”
Cast performance: “In America,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” “Mystic River,” “Seabiscuit,” “The Station Agent.”
Television:
Actor in a TV movie or miniseries: Justin Kirk, “Angels in America,” HBO; Paul Newman, “Our Town,” Showtime; Al Pacino, “Angels in America,” HBO; Forest Whitaker, “Deacons for Defense,” Showtime; Jeffrey Wright, “Angels in America,” HBO.
Actress in a TV movie or miniseries: Anne Bancroft, “Tennessee Williams’ The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone,” Showtime; Helen Mirren, “Tennessee Williams’ The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone,” Showtime; Mary-Louise Parker, “Angels in America,” HBO; Meryl Streep, “Angels in America,” HBO; Emma Thompson, “Angels in America,” HBO.
Actor in a drama series: Peter Krause, “Six Feet Under,” HBO; Anthony LaPaglia, “Without a Trace,” CBS; Martin Sheen, “The West Wing,” NBC; Kiefer Sutherland, “24,” Fox; Treat Williams, “Everwood,” WB.
Actress in a drama series: Stockard Channing, “The West Wing,” NBC; Frances Conroy, “Six Feet Under,” HBO; Tyne Daly, “Judging Amy,” CBS; Jennifer Garner, “Alias,” ABC; Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: SVU,” NBC; Allison Janney, “The West Wing,” NBC.
Actor in a comedy series: Peter Boyle, “Everybody Loves Raymond,” CBS; Brad Garrett, “Everybody Loves Raymond,” CBS; Sean Hayes, “Will & Grace,” NBC; Ray Romano, “Everybody Loves Raymond,” CBS; Tony Shalhoub, “Monk,” USA.
Actress in a comedy series: Patricia Heaton, “Everybody Loves Raymond,” CBS; Lisa Kudrow, “Friends,” NBC; Debra Messing, “Will & Grace,” NBC; Megan Mullally, “Will & Grace,” NBC; Doris Roberts, “Everybody Loves Raymond,” CBS.
Ensemble in a drama series: “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS; “Law & Order,” NBC; “Six Feet Under,” HBO; “The West Wing,” NBC; “Without a Trace,” CBS.
Ensemble in a comedy series: “Everybody Loves Raymond,” CBS; “Frasier,” NBC; “Friends,” NBC; “Sex and the City,” HBO; “Will & Grace,” NBC.
If only it were this simple
From Shouts and Murmurs in The New Yorker the “Instructions to Everything”.
Let the kids pay for it
Even Andrew Sullivan has had enough.
LET THE KIDS PAY FOR IT: I’m talking about this $170 billion foray into space. After all, the next generation will be paying for a collapsed social security system, a bankrupted Medicare program, soaring interest on the public debt, as well as coughing up far higher taxes to keep some semblance of a government in operation. But, hey, the president needed another major distraction the week before the Iowa caucuses, and since he won’t be around to pick up the bill, why the hell not? Deficits don’t matter, after all. And what’s a few hundred billion dollars over the next few decades anyway? Chickenfeed for the big and bigger government now championed by the Republicans. This space initiative is, for me, the last fiscal straw. There comes a point at which the excuses for fiscal recklessness run out. The president campaigned in favor of the responsibility ethic. He has governed – in terms of guarding the nation’s finances – according to the motto: “If it feels good, do it.” I give up. Can’t they even pretend to give a damn?