Black jack - THE RAZZ: JACK’S D-MAIL
‘Blaggards’ of the year
Last year at this time, I suggested we should all go looking for new language oddities, instead of boring ourselves silly with the same old usage arguments. Some of you must have agreed: the less/fewer debate dropped off the complaint charts in 2006, and only one e-mail all year mentioned “fingernails on a blackboard.”
Source: www.boston.com
Douglas Rees is Post-Gazette “Performer of the Year”
The decision came down to two actors most often known for their comedy but excelling in 2006 in darker roles — Douglas Rees, a long-time Pittsburgher now working out of New York, and Simon Bradbury, an Anglo-Canadian who was yearlong guest artist at Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre.
Source: www.post-gazette.com
The big picture
It’s not just telephones, banking, publishing, cars and the stock market that have changed dramatically in the past 20 years a full generation by some reckoning. The art museum has too. Nobody understands this better than Peter Morrin, who has spent the last 20 years at Louisville’s Speed Art Museum and who has decided to step down as executive director.
Source: www.courier-journal.com
What was hot in Hollywood for 2006
Births, deaths, marriages and scandals - what was hot in Hollywood this year Hollywood went baby crazy this year with Gwen Stefani, Rachel Weisz, Britney Spears, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anna Nicole Smith and Heidi Klum all popping out sprogs and looking fabulous again just days later.
Source: tvnz.co.nz
