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Candie’s unveils Hayden Panettiere campaign with Giuliano Bekor shots

2008-07-18T02:28:33Z

I thought this was awesome news in that the photographer, Giuliano Bekor, shot regularly for Lucire. From the Lucire ‘Insider’ section. Giuliano Bekor, whose credits include numerous Lucire shoots, photographed Hayden Panettiere for her 2008 Ca...

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Gavin Newsom considers run for Calif. governor in ’10

2008-07-02T02:37:39Z

The Los Angeles Times believes San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is considering exploring running for California’s governor when Arnold Schwarzenegger’s term finishes in 2010. Gov Schwarzenegger cannot run again due to his state’s term limits. G...

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Life on Mars needs life

2008-06-21T03:06:29Z

I’ve rewatched the Life on Mars American pilot (the one which will not air) and it’s improved slightly on a second viewing, but not much. Some general comments: Colm Meaney as Capt Gene Hunt: Meaney is a terrific actor—he was brilliant in Layer ...

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A US Life on Mars (LA pilot) critique

2008-06-20T14:31:12Z

Life on Mars USA—well, let’s say it’s little wonder ABC wants it reshot and the leak is a great way to get comments from fans, many of whom have downloaded the unscreened pilot as made by David E. Kelley and directed by Thomas Schlamme. The st...

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I have read the judgement but my views aren’t changed

2008-05-28T06:35:09Z

Finally, I have read the judgement from California about gay marriage. It may be prudent to post a comment from an earlier post, in response to a commenter, Madonna. I should note that I am not part of a conspiracy behind an ‘anti-gay industry’ o...

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A follow-up on the gay marriage post

2008-05-28T05:55:00Z

The following is a comment in response to the exchange from my earlier blog post on gay marriage in California. I believe it is important (for my own ego!) to address charges that I am prejudiced against gays or am a bigot. It is a pity that whil...

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The gay marriage ﬂap in California summarized

2008-05-27T10:01:02Z

John Armor in the Sun–Sentinel gives an excellent summary of the controversial case in California over gay marriage, where judges have ignored the separation of powers, trying to create laws from the bench. He begins: The recent decision on gay m...

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Capt Kirk gets off a speeding ticket

2008-05-11T00:14:58Z

Just as I finished writing about Philip Glenister getting his driver off a ticket by acting as Gene Hunt, I surfed over to an article about Canadian actor William Shatner linked from the Daily Mail page I cited earlier: http://www.dailymail.co.uk...

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‘The Clintons are crooks’—just part of the noise

2008-03-27T21:51:24Z

Folks may recall the videos I posted about the possibility that Hillary Clinton committed a breach of electoral finance laws in 2000 a few weeks back. The following was Dugg today: ‘Paul v. Clinton: Experts Question Whether Clinton Campaign Fi...

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Have the Clintons committed election fraud?

2008-03-08T22:05:09Z

Before I begin, I should note that this story does not have a response from the Clintons directly, but it makes very disturbing viewing. As Peter Paul says in the first part, the case against the Clintons is proceeding, dealing with a massive ele...

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