“Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence, and police said drugs may have been a factor. He was 28. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let him know the masseuse had arrived found him dead at 3:26 p.m.”–from an Associated Press article
The Australian-born actor was nominated for an Oscar for Brokeback Mountain.
Torchwood–the complete first season–is having its DVD release for the United States on Jan. 22, 2008, says amazon.com .
A new DVD of Jane Austen’s Persuasion from BBC and Masterpiece Theatre is being released in the United States on January 15, 2008, says amazon.com.
A minute after the polls closed in New Hampshire, MSNBC is reporting that with 10% of the vote reported, Hillary Clinton has 38% of the vote, and Barack Obama 36%. It will be interesting to see whether those percentages change as the night goes along.
Well, Hillary Clinton came in third in the Iowa caucus polls. Her campaign dropped me as a friend at Facebook a few months ago. Was that simply a glitch or was it an indication that the campaign staff are arrogant and overconfident? I tend to think the latter, but of course I don’t know. She is going to need every single vote she can get, and if her staff think otherwise, they are very much mistaken.
