Elizabeth Taylor Dead

Wow. This is a big one. A real legend in the eyes of Hollywood and the public at large, Elizabeth Taylor has died at 79 years old. She's always been around. A two-time Academy Award winner for her classic performances in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Butterfield 8. She made other classics such as Father of the Bride, National Velvet, A Place in the Sun, Giant and of course, Cleopatra.



This is going to keep the entertainment media busy for a while.

Knut, the Globally-Loved Polar Bear Dies at Four

Knut, the world-famous polar bear, collapsed and died in front of 600 visitors at Berlin Zoo yesterday afternoon.
'He was by himself in his compound, he was in the water, and then he was dead,' said Mr Kloes. ' He was not sick, we don't know why he died."

This sucks.

Fans pay tribute...

UPDATE: Autopsy (necropsy) reveals brain anomalies tied to death.

Hollywood Legend Jane Russel Dies at 89

Hollywood legend and 40s -50s pin-up girl, Jane Russel has died of respiratory failure at her home in Santa Maria.

For Those Who Care

I don't watch the Oscars anymore, save for checking in to see if someone who I feel deserving to win a little golden statuette actually does, I just can't stand the soapbox speeches and the patting on the back of Tinseltown elitists who, contrary to what they would have you believe, couldn't care less about you, me and anyone or anything outside of their ivory towers.

But, just in case your wondering, here are the winners of the 2011 Academy Awards. I will not critique any of these performances, since I have not seen any of them, which as usual is par for the course until about four to six months after the fact.