Most of us have heard the story of Tiger Woods and his car accident and there do seem to be some open quesions. The official version is that he drove his Escalade into a tree and that his wife used a golf club to smash out the back window and then dragged him to safety. The problem with that story is that she weighs about 125 lbs and he weighs about 185. He’s also several inches taller than her. And most...

TMV is educational, too. So as many TMV readers head back to work, here’s a special lesson 4 U: By the way, do you know the name of the man who did the voice for the classic Disney cartoon character Jiminey Cricket? If not you are not alone and he came to a sad end; Here’s Cliff Edwards doing the ORIGINAL version of “Singing in the Rain” from a sound film made 80 years ago:

Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura is back in the news as he prepares to launch a new show on the Tru-TV network. It’s going to be all about conspiracy theories and dark, shady government secrets.This has prompted a few interviews, such as this one in the LA Times, and as always, the big man has some eyebrow raising stories to share. One of them concerned the shelving of his old show on MSNBC, which...

You might remember that when ABC’s Good Morning America canceled Adam Lambert’s planned performance appearance for his racy American Music Awards routine last Sunday, the CBS “Early Show” hastily arranged an interview. The taped intro to that appearance then caused its own brouhaha because CBS blurred the AMA footage of Lambert kissing his male keyboardist, but then went on moments later to show...

If you think your family is a bit OCD or hard line, check this out. Thanksgiving

I still continue to visit art galleries and museums in New Delhi and Chandigarh (or wherever I am in the world) as a matter of habit. I am one of those ‘art for art’s sake’ type. I am neither an art expert or a buyer. But I do discover vibrational links with certain works/creations of art, and feel very comfortable in the company of artists. So the following information about art/commerce/recession...

Yet another reality show wannabe stunt: In a statement to The New York Times on Thursday, Bravo said that Half Yard Productions, the producers for the series “The Real Housewives of D.C.,” was under the impression that Michaele and Tarek Salahi, two polo-playing devotees of Washington’s social swirl and on-line social networks alike, had been invited to the biggest and most exclusive soiree to take place...

I’d like to think I am one of very, very few customers who bought both Going Rogue and Eating Animals as part of the same order from Amazon. What could be more inconsistent than buying an anti-factory farming polemic and the autobiography of a woman who asserts that every animal has place — right next to your mashed potatoes? What will Amazon now recommend for me? Books on cognitive dissonance? Anyhow,...

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I enjoy emotional music.  In fact, I’m a sucker for a good soundtrack.  The plot, acting, and special effects might stink to high heaven, but if the movie is scored by John Williams I’ll let it slide.  My cynicism is no match for an evocative weepy violin crescendo.  Consequently, I’ve teared up at the climax of some really awful films. My wife enjoys exploiting this weakness in me for her own bemusement. ...

A Jane Goodall Thanksgiving by Michael Winship Give thanks. Because this isn’t one of those Thanksgiving lists of things for which we should be grateful — although health, family,friends, laughter, etc., would certainly all be on mine. And Jane Goodall. Yes, that Jane Goodall, the woman we all grew up with watching those National Geographic specials on TV as she communed with the chimpanzees...

OBAMA, HU JINTAO AND NEWLY-APPOINTED E.U. PRESIDENT, HERMAN VAN ROMPUY Continuing with our theme tonight about whether the ‘China Model’ is a sound replacement for one that marries political and economic freedom, this article by the editor in chief of France’s La Tribune is skeptical of Beijing’s chances. Contrary to the Saudi article we posted earlier headlined ‘China Model’...

I have been reading, online, a book called Time and Change, by John Burroughs, the enormously gifted naturalist and writer. I am reading the book at Book Glutton, a marvelous site I discovered not long ago where you can upload and read public domain books in a special “reader” the site’s founders developed.

The closing performance of last night’s American Music Awards is generating quite the buzz today — and if he subscribes to the “any publicity is good publicity” theory, then Adam Lambert must be positively ecstatic this morning. Last night, though, he was on the defensive. “I do feel like there’s a bit of a double standard in the entertainment community, on television, on...

SNL offers this movie trailer preview on Sarah Palin’s 2012 election as President:

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Now that she has smooched you-know-who this week, the talented Ms. Winfrey is ready to end the talk show that made her a billionaire and start the next phase of her life as a media mogul with a cable channel aptly named OWN. Like the would-be VP but for much longer and in a far different way, Oprah has been a phenomenon, rising from the depths of poverty to become an American icon with empathy, intelligence...

The great American composer Cole Porter also knew how to perform and sell his own songs. Here he is singing one of his clever “list lyric” songs, “You’re the Top,” composed for the 1934 Broadway show “Anything Goes.” This You Tube has a great “visual guide” to his list lyric. Enjoy:

“The Oprah Winfrey Show” will end in 2011 as she prepares to start a cable channel of her own. Media Decoder: A spokeswoman for Ms. Winfrey’s production company, Harpo, confirmed Thursday evening that Ms. Winfrey would make an announcement on her show on Friday. The plans were first reported by WABC, the ABC station in New York City. “The sun will set on the Oprah show as its 25th season draws...

There’s the cliched phrase: “It’s like watching a train wreck.” In “Terror in Mumbai,” which airs tonight 8 pm ET/PT on HBO, you get to see what no documentary has shown before: a “360 degree view” of a multi-pronged terrorist act, seen partly and genuinely from the terrorists point view. The reason: “Terror in Mumbai” uses actual cell phone instructional...

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“I don’t think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear I’m gay… I’ve been living in Los Angeles for eight years as a gay man. I’ve been at clubs drunk making out with somebody in the corner. I’m proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It’s just another part of me.” That from Adam Lambert in a Rolling Stone cover story interview shortly after he was named the American...

And who better to extricate us (for a while) from the name-calling of modern politics than the Three Stooges (who now seem civilized in comparison): FOOTNOTE: A lot of their work is available on DVD.

A “dog warning card” arrived with my mail today. Thanks to a New Jersey branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, you can see the form online. The form provides invaluable advice, such as “Do not deliver mail if you feel endangered by an animal.” For a better understanding of the threats faced by America’s letter carriers, I recommend the following passage from The...

By Walter Brasch It wasn’t unusual that Rush Limbaugh went ballistic on his show, Nov. 13. He does that several times a day. It wasn’t unusual that he mixed a few facts with opinion and outright lies in his three-hour daily show. Fact checking for the man who calls himself “America’s Truth Detector” is as rare as union organizers working for Walmart. What is unusual is that...