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...entertainment odds? It goes way back. I've been doing the Oscars for 15 years, and started offering odds on reality television shows with the first Survivor back in 2000. Now I do American Idol and Dancing With the Stars. I also give odds for the Westminster Kennel Club dog show and the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. A few years ago, I even hung odds on who was the Carver in that F/X show Nip/Tuck. That...
...down with the historian for a coffee chat about time travel and 18th-century debauchery. 1.Fifteen Minutes [FM]: How did you and Jane meet each other? Jill Lepore [JL]: We met in graduate school, we were both at Yale in the early nineties and we both had dogs. We met each other, I think, at the dog park. 2. FM: You two decided to write the novel as a birthday present for a friend? JL: He was actually our graduate student mentor at Yale, John Demos. When an academic retires, his graduate students usually hold a conference to celebrate...
...eradication teams tried to eliminate his set. Twice. Then the rains stopped. Poppies need water, and Barmak's hilltop had none. He dug a well. He brought in water tankers from 20 miles (30 km) away. Still, the crop failed, producing only a handful of limp blooms. Then a dog, specially trained for a key role in the movie, fell off a roof and died. (Read "Is the Taliban Stockpiling Opium...
...recent salmonella outbreak at the Peanut Corporation of America has led to the recall of more than 1,800 peanut-containing products, from off-brand dog biscuits to Trader Joe's vegan pad Thai, and sent sales of peanut butter plunging 25%, despite assurances that jars on supermarket shelves are not tainted. But the panic illustrates just how thoroughly the legume (Arachis hypogaea is, technically, not a nut), fashioned into a paste, has permeated the American diet. Spread on crackers, slathered on celery, melted with chocolate: peanut butter goes with almost anything...
...Slumdog Millionaire” for Best Picture. Another tie resulted in the ceremony’s sole video message, a joint acceptance speech by Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke, who were both chosen for best actor by the BSFC. Mickey Rourke clutched his small, sweater-clad dog to his chest as Penn expressed his gratitude for the award. “We want to thank you for being indecisive Irish men and women,” Penn said. “Discerning indecisiveness.” Following that surprise celebrity appearance was a screening of the BSFC?...