The Hurt Locker: 2009 Best Picture
“The Hurt Locker” won 6 Oscars out of its 9 nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow). https://youtu.be/Namu4nsd1gM The other Best Picture nominees...
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Final Jeopardy: 2014 Newsmakers (10-2-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/2/2014), in the category “2014 Newsmakers” was: Both making news in June, these two Davids with similar last names are Lebron’s new coach and Eric Cantor’s...
Letterman: Top 10 Offensive Jeopardy Categories
On Wednesday’s “Late Show”, David Letterman mocked the Jeopardy! category sexist flap over “What Women Want” (from the match on Monday 9/29) with his own list of the Top 10...
Hector Beltran Leyva, Most Wanted Mexican Druglord, Captured
Mexican authorities say they have captured one of their most-wanted drug traffickers, Beltran Lyva cartel leader Hector Beltran Leyva, in San Miguel de Allende. Beltran Leyva has been the leader...
Final Jeopardy: U.S. City Firsts (10/1/14)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/1/2014), in the category “U.S. City Firsts” was: Among its firsts are underwater auto tunnel to a foreign country & corporation to net more than 1...
Jeopardy Flap over What Women Want
So here it is, the category “What Women Want” from Monday’s game that set social media ablaze with objections that it was “horribly sexist”. Blue Nation Review even went so...
Slumdog Millionaire: 2008 Best Picture
“Slumdog Millionaire” won 8 Oscars out of its 10 nominations at the 81st Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Danny Boyle). The other Best Picture nominees were “The Curious...
List of Best Picture Oscar Winners (80s-2000s)
Here is a list of Best Picture Winners from the 1980s through the present. Find out a little bit about the Best Picture and other films from each year through...
Final Jeopardy: World Leaders (9-30-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (9/30/2014), in the category “World Leaders” was: He came to power 34 days before FDR & left it 19 days after him. New champ Elisa Korb...
Johnny Mathis at 79: New CD Set, Simpson’s Cameo
Singer Johnny Mathis began his career in music under most unusual circumstances. In 1956, right about the same time that he was offered the opportunity to become a professional singer,...
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