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Jodie Foster Speech At Golden Globes Awards 2013 – I Get It http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxEH1ufnSC0 I get Jodie Foster’s Golden Globes Awards speech, because it’s about turning 50, and not being old, losing people you love, and losing touch with what really matters most – all to be reminded of that when you hit 50. Jodie Foster, … Read more
The 70th Annual Golden Globes is underway on NBC, and as Christophe Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor Award for Django Unchained, a problem occurred with the GGA website: it crashed. Try to access a page, any page, and the result is a spinning, working blue circle on Firefox, and that means it’s working and … Read more
The New England Patriots are ahead of the Houston Texans 31 to 13 going into the 4th Quarter, and this lead looks like it’s going to hold, unlike the wild Seattle Seahawks v Atlanta Falcons game earlier. UPDATE: Pats’ scored again to make it 37 to 13 – a blow-out. The Pats are leading the … Read more
The reports were, via CNN and NBC, that 24 year old Ryan Lanza was the Sandy Hook Shooter. But now, within the last hour, it was revealed that Adam Lanza, the brother of Ryan Lanza, was the Sandy Hook School Shooter, and Ryan’s in police custody – that’s the term. I can’t find any reliable … Read more
UPDATE: RYAN LANZA NOT SHOOTER, ADAM LANZA SAID TO BE SHOOTER. a href=”http://zennie62blog.com/2012/12/14/ryan-lanza-facebook-video-photos-sandy-hook-shooter-99673/ryanlanza2012-nov/” rel=”attachment wp-att-24867″>According to Wolf Blitzer on CNN as this is blogged, the Sandy Hook Shooter’s name is Ryan Lanza. His Facebook page has been located which is where these photos are from. Ryan Lanza, according to his Facebook page, went to Quinnipiac … Read more
This is the latest news in this really awful American Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conneticut: 26 reported dead according to CNN, 18 of them children. Kids. In elementary school. So that means there are parents of 18 kids who have started their Friday morning with the news that their kids are … Read more
While CNN has not confirmed this, there are some reports that there are 27 who were injured, 20 killed, 10 children. The expected shooter’s body was found in the classroom, yet no one knows as of this writing how that shooter was killed. Moreover, it’s not known if there was another shooter and what happened … Read more
Twitter’s got “Sandy Hook” and “Connecticut” as two of the ten top trends as of this writing, and not for a good reason connected to a movie promotion – it’s yet another shooting. This one’s just a few days removed from the Sunday shopping center shooting in Portland, Oregon, and now we have to acknowledge … Read more
After some years in this business and two companies Sports Business Simulations and Zennie62Media (as well as involvement in another tech startup called Bartabber and another called MyPartnerInCrime.com), I realized I have more than a little advice to share. Those who may not know me would ask “Why should I pay attention to you?” Well, … Read more
Zennie62 vlogger Jessica Mann made her first vlog this week. A playful work about The Walking Dead. Here’s the video, followed by her commentary: Recently the Walking Dead has taken over! I ignored it for as long as I could but alas, it’s blood and guts won me over. As a self proclaimed gore hater … Read more
According to a study by HR&A Advisors, Airbnb, which bills itself as the “world’s leading marketplace for booking, discovering, and listing unique spaces around the world,” provides a major economic boost both to its users and the neighborhoods and cities where they visit and live. The study found that people who rent their homes on … Read more
When this blogger was first informed about Salon Editor-At-Large and MSNBC Contributor Joan Walsh’ book What’s The Matter With White People, the first thought was “What The F—?” Is Joan playing with the fire of white guilt or what? There are so many directions to go with that title that it made this one’s head … Read more
Kevin Clash, the Executive Producer for voice of Sesame Street’s Elmo (as well as Baby Sinclair, Clifford, Splinter and Hoots the Owl), was first accused of underage sex with a man when that person was 16, was now cleared by that same person. Leading this blogger to wonder if Mr. Clash is going to file … Read more
Dr. Paula Broadwell gave a speech at the University of Denver (where she’s an alum) on October 26th. The 41-minute speech has drawn attention because Broadwell, in responding to a direct question about Benghazi from a person in the audience, shared details on what the CIA was said to have done in taking prisoners that … Read more
Felix Baumgartner just completed the World’s Highest Jump from a point to a place on Earth. Called “Jump From The Edge Of Space,” Mr. Baumgartner and his staff described it this way: Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space that will try to surpass human limits that have existed for more … Read more
Were GOP operatives – people who either give money to or politically support the objectives of the Republican Party – the real people behind the making of the movie Innocence Of Muslims? Consider this: There’s mounting evidence to support this seemingly dramatic claim. First, Steve Klein. Mr. Klein is an outspoken Anti-Islam and Anti-Muslim insurance … Read more
Chris Stevens, the US Ambassador to Libya who was killed in a protest raid two days ago, was an alumnus of Cal Berkeley, an “Old Blue.” Regarding his passing, the AP reports: Ambassador Chris Stevens, 52, died as he and a group of embassy employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff as … Read more
Amanda Bynes is reportedly at it again – getting into car accidents. This time TMZ blogs that the sexy actress was accidentally running into cars again in Hollywood, and allegedly after some episode involving too much of some substance and driving on a suspended license (YIKES). But lest we get off the real track that … Read more
Good Social Media and restaurants involves a call-to-action. In other words, you have to use social media to get potential guests (note that I did not use the term “customers) to visit your eatery or shopping center. All too often a restaurant or retail marketing person will just stick a Twitter logo or a Facebook … Read more
6X7ATPAEYFWX Godzilla Producer Brian Rogers was kind enough to grant me this video interview at the Variety 3D Entertainment Summit in Universal City in 2010. At the time, the release date for Godzilla was to be 2012, but Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros, obviously careful not to rush the iconic movie monster into production and … Read more
Mitt Romney, the former Mass. Governor and current GOP Presidential Nominee, got no poll bump from picking Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. According to Reuters, a new poll reports that a whopping 51 percent had not changed their view of Mitt Romney. The survey size was a small one: 508 people. But it gave a signal … Read more
Charlie Sheen’s Twitter account, @CharlieSheen which this blogger reported as up-and-running again six hours ago, and after being closed since June, was at just over 4 million followers – now a refresh of the page reveals just 105 followers, which means Sheen’s lost a ton of them in the deactivation and has to play catch-up. … Read more
Charlie Sheen deactivated his Twitter account about two months ago, with his last tweet sent on June 12th, 2012. This one: Smoke’m if you got’m…instagr.am/p/Li5GpZP-5l/ — Charlie Sheen (@charliesheen) June 6, 2012 Well, Charlie Sheen’s twitter account is back and active, although he’s not issued a brand-new Twitter tweet as of this writing. He did … Read more
The Associated Press’ Borys Krawczeniuk, a writer with the Times Tribune of Scranton, Penn, called an obvious white supremacist group called the European American Action Coalition, a “white rights group” and for reasons not explained, and caused this blogger to look into his history for any signs of participation in such hate groups. On top … Read more
With Baltimore Ravens training camp less than two weeks away, the talk in Baltimore has turned to Ray Rice and his contract. The deadline is approaching fast, 4pm Monday, July 16 will be here very soon and fans are keeping their fingers crossed that Rice will sign a new deal before the deadline. Some have … Read more
This is to welcome two new Zennie62 bloggers, Faith D. Amato and Rachel Vermeulen, to Zennie62.com. Can’t wait to see what they do! Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” is the founder of Zennie62Media which consists of zennie62blog.com and a multimedia blog news aggregator and video network, and 78-blog network, with social media … Read more
Ok, real quick, I’m pissed off with ID-PR, the public relations firm WIRED hired to handle the promotions and booking for the WIRED Cafe at the Omni Hotel. Look, I don’t give a flying rats ass how many celebrities WIRED Cafe has, it’s plain wrong to 1) send me a press release asking for coverage … Read more
Morrie Turner, the legendary Oakland-born cartoonist of such popular titles as “WeePals” will be honored today at 2 PM in Room 6 A at Comic Con 2012 in San Diego (trip sponsored by Tout.com). Turner’s work spans 4 decades and he’s best known for bringing characters that had racially diverse friendships to the newspaper cartoon … Read more
Thanks to Barris Kustom Designs, the iconic builders of such television cars as The Monkees Monkiemobile, I had the chance to take my camcorder into the driver’s seat of the 1966 Batmobile. What an incredible, and incredibly restored car. More on it later, as I need to catch sleep, but it’s part of a giant … Read more
The City Of Oakland admits what many have known for months, and almost cost Oakland Mayor Jean Quan her job, a successful recall effort would have given her one of the shortest executive careers in public sector history. It caused a full-scale war pitting the Oakland Police against Occupy Oakland protestors and OPD or law … Read more
My friend Julie Buehler’s multimedia. She’s on USTREAM TV now here: Live stream by Ustream Also she’s on the radio at 1010 KXPS: http://bit.ly/NATc4I Or this link: http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v4/index.cfm?stationCallSign=KXPS Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” is the founder of Zennie62Media which consists of zennie62blog.com and a multimedia blog news aggregator and video network, and … Read more
Matt Cain has proven once again why The San Francisco Giants spent all of that money on him. Last night, and against the Houston Astros, the ace pitcher threw the SF Giants first perfect game in its storied history. Here’s Cain being mobbed by his teammates (photo courtesy of CBS Sports): Now, Matt Cain is … Read more
The Atlanta Social Madness Contest, the online Atlanta business social media measuring stick comparison game by the Atlanta Business Chronicle locally and Bizjournals nationally, and that has scores determined via a combination of votes, and Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin followers and activity, is being gamed. The problem this blogger noticed is based on the idea … Read more
Lucy Danziger, Editor-In-Chief Of Self Magazine, is buffed. In a Tout, a 15-second video that can be uploaded to your Tout stream, and Twitter and Facebook pages, Ms. Danziger shows us her well-muscled, sexy blonde self, using Rachael Leigh Cook, who plays FBI Agent Kate Moretti on the TNT Drama Perception, as a prop to … Read more
Gary Radnich. According to Blogger Richard Lieberman, Radnich, a long time San Francisco and Oakland sports and TV radio guy, and some guy who has the same name as the character from Nightmare On Elm Street, Freddy Krueger (no kidding), were talking about why they think the San Francisco Giants get more attention than the … Read more
