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William Hurt has died.
One of my favorite actors of all time. I can still quote almost all of BODY HEAT.
May the universe welcome you, William.

I was too young to watch Body Heat when it came out, but I loved him in Broadcast News.

MJ2004 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 1:22 am I was too young to watch Body Heat when it came out, but I loved him in Broadcast News.

Well worth the search. Him and Kathleen Turner really scorched on scene, and as a noir detective movie it is almost flawless. Ted Danson is brilliant in his role, and Mickey Rourke plays a small time thief to perfection.
It was just too steamy for any sort of awards.

Madeleine Albright has died.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics ... index.html

Ouch!

A sad day for American politics.
Biden has ordered the flag to be flown at half staff in all federal buildings. His popularity will drop two more points.

Why would doing that lower his popularity?

ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:18 pm Why would doing that lower his popularity?

Because that's generally how 25-30% of the U.S. population responds when Biden does anything.

Oh ok, thought there was some backstory I didn't know about.

Because of what Dry said. For some reason, the kneejerk reaction of all Americans when a president does something decent is to dislike him for that.
You would not know, you are Canadian!

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died after a long illness. He was 67.

He was one of my favorites. RIP.

I did not recognize him by name, and then I saw the picture. He was brilliant. Indeed, may the universe welcome him.

This clip takes five minutes of your time. Gottfried at his loony best.

That clip was great. The other "tribute" I saw online was from the roast of Hef a few weeks after 9/11.

He pivots during it to do a rendition of "The Aristocrats.". I won't post here because of how blue it was - but I will say the other comedians were rolling on the floor laughing - which is the true tribute to how masterful he was at his craft.