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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the 2009 Oscars, and Lois and Buzz Aldrin at the G’day USA event in Hollywood this past weekend.
Houston, we have a problem.
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One of the best young people I know, John-Clark Levin, and his friend Joe Luchsinger are about to shake hands in Times Square. For a long time. They’ll be competing against teams from around the world on January 14.
Levin has broken the longest handshake Guinness record twice; in May 2009 and October 2009. The two will shake to benefit Teach for America (USA), an innovative program which brings outstanding recent college graduates to teach in some of the nation’s most disadvantaged schools. Event details here. (And please share this on your Facebook page using the handy button at the bottom.)
John-Clark has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Claremont Independent and won the prestigious 2010 Eric Breindel Award for collegiate journalism, which included a writing internship at the Wall Street Journal, writing for their Op-Ed pages.
A native of Ojai, California, Levin is majoring in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics and Linguistics at Claremont McKenna College. He has talked of a career as a spiritual leader.
Luchsinger is a Physics, Neuroscience and Psychology major at Baldwin-Wallace University. He performs neuroscience research as a Senior Associate at the Baldwin-Wallace neuroscience lab. He has performed lung research at the Columbus Children’s Hospital for the past two years and recently participated in an archaeological dig in southern Ohio. A native of Bexley, Ohio, Luchsinger is an avid athlete, focusing on strength training and extreme sports, such as mountain climbing, skydiving and scuba diving.
Make a pledge today, won’t you? Thanks! Shake!
The competition serves to raise funds and awareness for causes such as the Teach for America, the Auckland Down Syndrome Association and the Women’s Foundation of Nepal. The last team still shaking wins a majority of the proceeds of the event for the charity it’s competing for. That’s where you come in. Donate, cheer them on and spread the word. By pledging only $1 per hour that the shake goes on, you can help to bring books to girls in the Himalayas and hope to America’s inner city youth. Let your friends know that you are supporting this. They can watch the event live at shakinghistory.com from anywhere in the world.
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A rainy November chill was sent packing last night when Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attended the The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala at Royal Albert Hall, brolly and all.
Clad in a shapeless black jacket and floral diamond choker to offset her glittering dental work, the flower of royal gorgeousness cleared the London dampness with her twinkling mug. How devastating to weather is her weathered beauty! How could mere toil create this living paean to the wonders of distillation?
Even her hair, typically so crisp and demented, seems to be tamed to a silky repose by the sheer shockwave of her boozy gentility. O, Duchess!
Indigo/Getty
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Here is some Jersey Shore footage that won’t damage your brain.
I always wanted a black wool bathing suit.
(Watch in full screen mode for best experience.)
via Shorpy
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Al Jazeera has announced that they’ll now be broadcasting on Britain’s Freeview free digital platform, making the UK its biggest English-speaking market for free TV! You’ll be able to watch all of your favorite shows like:
“American Infidel” with Imam Seacrest”
“The Real Housewives of King Abdullah”
“Dancing with the Scarves”
“Live with Ahmed and Ahmed”
“Everybody Hates Jews”
“Law & Order: What’s That?”
“Dora the Western Whore”
“Ghee”
“Diners, Drive-Ins and Stonings”
“How I Bought Your Mother”
“So You Think You Can Vote?”
“30 Rocks at Habib’s Wife”
“Are You Smarter Than a Terrorist?”
“Arabia’s Next Top Martyr”
“Project Burka”
“Two and a Half Muslims”
“The Paula Abdul Show”
“Iraqi Shore”
“7th Heaven with 100 Virgins”
“Allah in the Family” (repeats)
“The Camel Whisperer” (canceled)
“The Price is Death” (with Drew Carey)
“It’s Always Sunny in Abu Dhabi”
“Ugly Bathsheba”
“As the World Turns Against Us”
“Muhammad XY”
“The Young and the Restless and Easily Brainwashed”
“Really Mad Men”
“Desperate Housewives”
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And people say my place is a little busy!
That’s Betty Deuce, receiving credentials from the Rwandan High Commissioner (and he’d have to be high to be wearing that!) Ernest Rwamucyo, in her parlor at Buckingham Palace today.
I do hope she accepts them, because they look so fabulous together; like Laura Ashley meets Robert Rauschenberg at Hearst Castle. They look as though they’re about to break into song and dance! He’s even got a cane!
(click pic for a better look)
Katie Collins – WPA Pool/Getty Images
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Actor Zac Efron and his hair appeared at the St. Jude Children’s Hospital’s “Estrellas Por La Vida” gala on Tuesday, to help provide plastic surgery to children who will never be as beautiful as he is.
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
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The Twitter whale has just killed Kim Kardashian in Miami.
Kardashian had just tweeted: “Just finished QVC now hoping on a jet to Miami! Shoot tomorrow super early! I need a spray tan when I land and must go see Mason!”
This pic was taken just before the attack, in which the whale grabbed her ponytail and pulled her under.
The whale communicated through tweeters that it could no longer stand her vapidity (that’s right, the whale said ‘vapidity’) and horrible spelling, with words like “hoping” to mean “hopping.”
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“I really like that “Keep Young and Beautiful” song, my dear.”
“Do you think I can get MY hair to look like that?”
Betty Deuce met Annie Lennox at a Buckingham Palace reception in preparation for the visit of the South African president. That’s Business Secretary Lord Mandelson in the back.
Here’s the 1933 original with Eddy Cantor. See if you can spot the young Lucille Ball in the first closeup.
Dominic Lipinski/WPA Pool/Getty Images
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The enormous Club Milwaukean.
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"If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.”
--Jimmy Buffett
