After many years of watching the Academy Awards, including having parties and pools on the results, I wasn’t going to watch the 2011 proceedings. I already knew (or thought I did) who was going to win, and Anne Hathaway and James Franco are fine actors, but I didn’t have much hope for their hosting. But […]

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Billy Ray Cyrus in an interview published in the upcoming issue of GQ Magazine says the Disney TV show “Hannah Montana” destroyed his family, causing his divorce and sending daughter Miley Cyrus spinning out of control. Cyrus said he wished the show that launched his daughter to pop stardom had never happened. “I hate to […]

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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who has regularly brutalized the English language, amusing and embarrassing audiences for decades, announced that he has retained an agency to book him for speeches nationally and internationally after he leaves office in May. According to the Chicago Tribune, Daley has signed with the Harry Walker Agency, a company that sets […]

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I got a lot of positive feedback on my comments about the hyper-driven act of the “Chicken Little” weathercasters. Last week, they were right for once, calling correctly the 20 inch snowfall here in Chicago. And while we are in the middle of an Arctic blast of cold weather, the hyperbole is out in force […]

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After the Bulls and many other teams were stiffed when LeBron James and the other two amigos took the mega-millions from the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls needed to make a splash on the free agent market, and they did, signing Carlos Boozer. So far, Boozer’s time with the Bulls has been limited by numerous […]

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After the Bulls and many other teams were stiffed when LeBron James and the other two amigos took the mega-millions from the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls needed to make a splash on the free agent market, and they did, signing Carlos Boozer. So far, Boozer’s time with the Bulls has been limited by numerous […]

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I’m a bad guy. When I heard that singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett fell off a concert stage during a show in Sydney, Australia and was admitted to a hospital, I could only think that he walked off the stage in a coma induced by his music.

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