Especially for generations who were introduced to Ol’ Blue Eyes via Cannonball Run II, it’s easy to forget Sinatra could act, and in Suddenly, he does that quite well as John Baron, an assassin for hire who takes over a nice family’s home in the small town of the title in order to whack the […]
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Game Change
If Sen. McCain’s choice of the largely unknown Alaska Gov. Palin as his veep choice seemed out of nowhere then, there’s good reason: Because it pretty much was. McCain, here played by Ed Harris (Man on a Ledge), wanted Sen. Joe Lieberman, but was talked into someone “more transformative” by hired gun Steven Schmidt (Woody […]
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No party for third parties
Credit: Brad Gregg Nope. There’s also independents. And Von Hayek acolytes. And Ron Paul fans. And Ayn Rand devotees, or “Randroids,” as we called them in college (they were cool with it; libertarians have a great sense of humor). And your cabin-dwelling uncle who thinks the FDA is poisoning the water table. The Libertarian party […]
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Sing for your Santorum
It’s a far cry from Obama Girl. Twenty-year-old Camille Harris and her 18-year-old sister, Haley, strum and sway — in an apple-cheeked, completely wholesome sort of way, mind you — on YouTube through their tune, “Game On.” The gals, who go by the name First Love, say they wrote the ditty a couple of days […]
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Mitt money
Romney, who is considered by many as one of the top contenders for the Republican nomination, is scheduled to hold the fundraiser beginning at 8 a.m. Friday at the Jim Thorpe Association and Sports Hall of Fame, 4040 N. Lincoln Blvd. in Oklahoma City. The event’s host committee includes such names as former Gov. Frank […]