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Madoff Sentenced To Maximum 150 Years In Prison
Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from hundreds of investors over decades in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin called the scope of the fraud "staggering" and gave the 71-year-old financier the maximum sentence allowed, ensuring Madoff would live out his days behind bars.Medical Miracles
Window washer in coma after falling 47 Stories woke up on Christmas day
Alcides Moreno, 37, fell 47 stories from a New York skyscraper when a freak accident sent his window-washing platform plunging to the concrete pavement. The accident killed his brother, who was working on the same scaffolding platform, and left Moreno is such a bad state that doctors couldn't risk moving him to an operating room. Instead, they operated on him in the emergency room, leaving him in a vegetative state for nearly three weeks.
Chapter 96
She was here – finally here – the little one who looked like my dad and my brother initially. Hands and feet were like my dad’s, even the chin and the expression – it was as if my dad had been born, again. The eyes were a mixture between Salah’s and mine, the nose was really Salah’s.At the Madoff Hearing: A Guilty Plea, but No Catharsis
By ALEX ALTMAN Alex Altman – Thu Mar 12, 5:50 pm ET If the victims of Bernard Madoff were looking for catharsis in the court of U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, they got nothing close to it. Several of them had gathered in the large, packed courtroom in Lower Manhattan for Madoff's hearing Thursday morning, but Chin issued instructions that victims could speak only if they wanted to object to Madoff's pleading guilty to 11 counts of fraud.Why Does Colbert Have Fans on the Right & the Left?
By Lee Drutman, Miller-McCune.com http://www.alternet.org/story/137918/ ------------------------------------- So ... Stephen Colbert doesn't really mean all those wacky liberal-bashing things he says, does he? Comedy Central's The Colbert Report is obviously a parody of a wing-nut right-wing talk show.Kirk Douglas
object width="425" height="344"> Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch December 9, 1916) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and film producer known for his cleft chin, his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as "sons of bitches". He is the father of Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas. He was #17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time.Great article on Kate Winslet!
November 3, 2008
Two years ago, at 31, Kate Winslet became the youngest actress ever to earn five Oscar nominations. This go-round, either of her two new movies—Revolutionary Road, which re-unites her with Leonardo DiCaprio, or The Reader—could put a statue in her hands. Winslet talks about having been a fat girl, getting checked out by the moms at her kids’ school, and going one-on-one with DiCaprio for her husband, director Sam Mendes.
20 Questions With Brooks & Dunn
http://www.cmt.com/news/20-questions/1492751/20-questions-with-brooks.jhtml Brooks & Dunn are marking another milestone in their career with the release of The Greatest Hits Collection II, with memorable tunes like "Ain't Nothing Bout You," "Only in America" and "Red Dirt Road." Here, they answer fan questions about moving the CMA Awards to New York City, Kix Brooks' unfortunate consequences of a donkey race and why Ronnie Dunn is going to wear fishnet stockings the next time he's in New Orleans. 1.Ten great way to celebrate the end of summer
The days are already getting shorter, and, before you know it, you’ll be reaching for a sweater instead of your flip-flops. So while lightning bugs still flicker in the dusk, make some time to savor some sweet summery activities. 1.Brad has Angie on the brain at TIFF, as told by Lainey.
Nobody says it better than Lainey, do I'll let her do all the talking -- behold, her account of Brad Pitt at TIFF.
Via LaineyGossip.com:
There were probably close to 100 reporters and stringers in Toronto this weekend with only one assignment: to trail Brad Pitt. Where he went, what he’s doing, who he’s with.
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