Nathan Lane visits with Ellen today. Here’s a snippet.
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Whitney Houston, Iconic Pop Star, Dies at 48ABC News – 9 hours agoWhitney Houston, the iconic American singer whose battles with drugs, alcohol and ex-husband Bobby Brown marred her star power, died on Saturday.
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Jennifer Hudson to pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston at the …TheCelebrityCafe.com – 117 related articles
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Whitney Houston, Iconic Pop Star, Dies at 48 – ABC News
abcnews.go.com › Entertainment1 hour ago – Whitney Houston, the iconic American singer whose battles with drugs, alcohol and ex-husband Bobby Brown marred her star power, died on …
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Iconic Whitney Houston dies at 48 – The China Post
www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/…/Iconic-Whitney.htmWhitney Houston, who ruled as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice was ravaged by drug use and her regal image was ruined by erratic …
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Whitney Houston 1963-2012: The Iconic Singer’s Life and Career in …
www.hollywoodreporter.com/…/whitney-houston-death-grammys-pi…12 hours ago – Browse the Whitney Houston 1963-2012: The Iconic Singer’s Life and Career in Pictures gallery on The Hollywood Reporter.
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Whitney Houston Remembered: 10 Iconic Moments (Video) – The …
www.hollywoodreporter.com/…/whitney-houston-death-iconic-mom…19 hours ago – The legendary singer was pronounced dead at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at 3:55 p.m. PST. THR remembers Houston with …
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Whitney Houston Dies, Her Iconic Style Remembered (PHOTOS)
www.huffingtonpost.com/…/whitney-houston-style_n_1271166.html18 hours ago – Whitney Houston Dies, Her Iconic Style Remembered (PHOTOS). Whitney Houston Style. Huffington Post Julee Wilson First Posted: …
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Whitney Houston, Iconic Pop Star, Dies at 48 – Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com/whitney-houston-iconic-pop-star-dies-48-0143187…From Yahoo! News: Whitney Houston Struggled with Drugs and Alcohol.
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Troubled iconic singer Whitney Houston dies age 48
www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/…/Story/STIStory_765804.html6 hours ago – LOS ANGELES (AP) – Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop musics queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, …
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Iconic Singer Whitney Houston Found Dead in … – Black Enterprise
www.blackenterprise.com/…/iconic-singer-whitney-houston-found-d…20 hours ago – On the eve of music’s biggest night, the Grammy Awards, the music industry loses one of its icons: Whitney Houston.
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Whitney Houston, iconic pop star, dies at 48 | WHAS11.com Louisville
www.whas11.com/…/Whitney-Houston-superstar-of-records-films-di…21 hours ago – Whitney Houston, the iconic American singer whose battles with drugs, alcohol and ex-husband Bobby Brown marred her star power, has died.
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ICONIC WHITNEY HOUSTON STILL GOT IT
join.crazyfruits.net › … › WORLD NEWS AND SPORTS FROM SKY9 posts - 6 authors - Jan 29Whitney Houston is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning American R&B/pop singer, actress, former fashion model, record and movie producer.
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This curious headline greeted AOL mail users this morning.
Right.
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The Kardashianification of speech among young women was analyzed on the “Today” show today.
Linguistics experts are unsure what the long-term effects will be… but in the short-term, it will be annoying.
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When an annoying catchphrase gets its own kitteh meme, it’s time for me to rip on it.
And so I find myself today in the unenviable conundrum of having to disabuse people of the notion of using the horrid, pseudo-philosophical “It is what it is,” a bit of non-conversational drivel that has become the “go to” answer of competitors, executives, lowly office workers and wannabe urban Lamas who can’t think of anything better to say, but hope to sound like they’ve undergone some type of enlightened group training… perhaps for clowns.
It seems that folks are saying “It is what it is” as a kind of lackadaisical shrug; an acknowledgment that they can’t or won’t do anything because there’s nothing to be done. One just has to take it, or follow orders, or give up. It’s the reverse of the 1970s mantra “Question Authority,” from an era when asking questions and striving for change was considered part of one’s responsibility to society and country. John Kennedy’s call to “Ask not…” has become simply, “Don’t ask.”
One isn’t being Zen-like by saying “It is what it is,” one is being lemming-like, marching into the murky acceptance of things the way they are, abandoning any hope of real change, improvement or, heaven forbid, problem solving. This mindset is perhaps being fueled by the economy, and nobody wanting to speak up for fear they’ll be canned. It’s downright un-American. Would Jimmy Stewart have said “It Is What It Is” to the people of Bedford Falls? No, he told old Potter to stick it.
This isn’t to say that there aren’t things that one must accept in life, and there is a time to know what’s important to fight for and what isn’t. But when everything becomes a shrug and a wink, then the next thing you know, they’re at your door asking if you’d like to take a train ride someplace nice… like Buchenwald.
Yeah, I always come back to the Holocaust. I am what I am.
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The car wash machine near Pasadena City College… where I assure you, nothing unusual is going on.
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Katie Couric, who can’t pronounce “ing,” announced that she’s leaving her anchor chair at CBS, joining the ranks of the disappeared… like the Easter Bunny, who won’t be seen for another year.
Hello, I must be go-een.
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Yes, we all know what you’re saying. Please stop asking.
Thanks,
Chexy
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Not everything is iconic! Stop saying and writing that! My nerves!
“Iconic” is the go-to word for people who have no other way to describe something — they think that if something is familiar, it is therefore iconic. It is not. Not everyone who is familiar is an icon. Being known does not make one iconic. Dying does not make one an icon… or a legend.
Things rarely become instantly iconic… time has to test them. A landmark is a landmark, it’s not necessarily iconic. A national symbol is a national symbol, not necessarily iconic. Something that’s familiar is not iconic just because it’s familiar! Stop!
Take a look at some of the 27,000 times “iconic” has been used in recent news stories.
Macmillan says an icon is “someone who is very famous and who people think represents a particular idea,” while iconic means “relating to or having the characteristics of an icon.”
Saying “iconic” does not make you sound smarter… it usually has the opposite effect.
And while you’re at it, stop saying “newest,” “like,” “so” and “not so much.”
Thank you, and have a nice day.
Your Chexy
Jackson art by Paul Bedard
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