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Blagojevich and Company Indicted

As a former Chicagoan again none of this is news to me. It is more of a surprise in that action is actually being taken. Read the full story here!

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Happy Birthday to Debbie Reynolds & Rachel Maddow

Sony announced they plan on bringing back the Men in Black series. Maybe third time will be the charm. No word on if Tommy Lee Jones or Will Smith will be returning.

Someone at FOX leaked an almost full and complete copy of the upcoming X-Men prequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine on the internet. It is reported that it has already been downloaded about 750,000 times today alone. The only thing missing from the movie is a few special FX shots. Poor FOX.

Justin B. Smith a resident of Silver Springs, MD and a fellow blogger was recently interviews in Gay Life Baltimore’s GLBT newspaper. The interview discusses his Vlog about living with HIV.

After 72 years CBS has cancelled “The Guiding Light”. Now I am not a soap head, I had a brief flirtation with “All My Children” back in the mid 90’s but the Natalie got her sight back on Christmas day and…well I digress. I remember my Great Grandmothers soap line up and the Guiding Light was part of it. Makes me think of her so it’s worth a mention.

Back on the hometown front, Michael Jordan (who I don’t believe still lives in Chicago) has joined Mayor Richard Daley’s campaign to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago. I am still very much on the fence about this as I am not sure how it will affect residents in the long run.

And that is about it for today….Thank you all for checking in. I am calling a full lid for the day!

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The little black girl from the south side that grew up to be First Lady and met the Queen! Oh and the President!

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I have not spoken much about fashion since the Olympics, but I saw this UFO inspired picture and had to post it. Designer Jiang Zhou of the Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology

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Happy Birthday to Ewan McGregor and Christopher Walken…

Tomorrow will be the series finale of the American version of “Life on Mars”. When will Hollywood learn, stop trying to recreate success from British shows that are not reality based…your not brave enough!

Luann de Lesseps, the countess from "The Real Housewives of New York” got dumped by her husband “The Count”. Seems he feel in love with an Ethiopian beauty! She says she is going to keep her Countess title!

The Unemployment Olympics were held in New York on Tuesday. A laid-off computer programmer came up with the idea to lift spirits of the jobless with events including Pin the Blame on the Bosses, a telephone toss and a race to the unemployment office.

Facebook Inc. said its chief financial officer, Gideon Yu, is leaving the Internet Company and that it has begun searching for a replacement with experience at a public company. The move is the latest shakeup in the executive ranks of the closely held Palo Alto, Calif., company, whose employees and investors are anxious about Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's plans for the social-networking site.

Whoopi Goldberg will undergo therapy live on U.S. TV to cure her fear of flying.
The aviophobic actress hasn't flown for a decade, but an upcoming business commitment in London means she has to step on a plane once again.
Goldberg will undergo a special course on talk show The View tomorrow courtesy of Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson.

And that Ladies and Gentlemen will do it for us at Derrick’s Window. Were calling a full Lid. See you tomorrow!