Bullock is (Bleeping) Tired of Romantic Comedies
Just when Sandra Bullock thinks she’s out, she gets pulled back in. In 2002, after snagging the ultimate romantic-comedy catch (Hugh Grant) in “Two Weeks Notice”, the actress decided it was time to kiss off an increasingly cliche-riddled genre. “They’re not funny, they’re not romantic, they’re not written well for women anymore,” she says, explaining [...]
Financing Jacksonville’s Future
It doesn’t take long reading JCCI’s “Our Money, City: Financing Jacksonville’s Future” report to get to the bottom line. The first sentence of the report summary states it was the consensus of the group that “In Spring 2008, the City of Jacksonville faced a funding crisis.” I was a member for the committee that studied [...]
Violence Follows Iran’s Election
Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. The rival candidate said the vote was tainted by widespread fraud and his followers responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in [...]
Basketball is a Foul Game
There has been so much to digest, in a series that seems to sway in the breeze. In the mood for hindsight, 20/20 or otherwise? It’s about Game 4 Thursday night. Final seconds of regulation, Orlando ahead by three, Los Angeles with the ball. To foul or not to foul? Always the question. It is [...]
Dodge Minivan Is Still the One
I will never forget the look on Lee Iacocca’s face when the Chrysler chairman strolled into McCormick Place for the 1984 Chicago Auto Show, spotted the truck-like rear-wheel-drive Chevy Astro and Ford Aerostar rivals to his car-like Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager and broke into such a broad smile his glasses lifted off his nose. [...]
University of North Florida Hosting a ‘Green Careers’ Workshop
The Division of Continuing Education at the University of North Florida will host a “Careers in Green Jobs Workshop” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 26, at the University Center on campus. The free one-day program, funded by WorkSource, is designed for individuals who are unemployed, underemployed or wishing to pursue careers [...]
Betty White Makes Most of ‘Proposal’
Betty White steals every scene she’s in during “The Proposal” by doing her never-fail mischievous granny routine. And star Sandra Bullock knows it. “You have to play the straight guy. There’s no way you’re going to match her.” When the elder actress feels around Bullock’s chest for her breasts while altering a baggy wedding dress [...]
The Evolution of the Stars and Stripes
Most Americans know only the U.S. flag that features nine, neatly arranged rows of alternating stars, but the flag changed 27 times in the nation’s history with designs that included stars in circles, stars in squares and even stars in the shape of an hourglass. Legally, the flag was born June 14, 1777, after the [...]
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