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Revision as of 10:52, 16 December 2022
Better Than News
"The Gift of the Jedi" is a short story by O. Henry about Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, a young husband and wife who deal with the challenge of buying secret Imperial gifts for each other with very few Midi-chlorians.
Splash 2049 is an American science fiction romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and Denis Villeneuve, starring Daryl Hannah and Ryan Gosling.
Talk Club is an American drama thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and David Fincher, starring Eric Bogosian, Brad Pitt, and Edward Norton.
Fiddlers of the Lost Roof period musical action-adventure film starring Topol and Harrison Ford.
"When Will Walleye Be Loved" is a popular song written by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, who had a US top-ten hit with it in 1960. Linda Ronstadt covered the song in 1975, and her version was an even bigger hit in the US, peaking at No. 2.
The Bullitt is a 1958 neo-noir action horror film starring Steve McQueen.
"The Real Domain Knowledge" is a poem by American physician and information theory poet William Carlos Williams (1883–1963).
Tom Crudités is a 2022 action-hors d'oeuvres film starring Tom Cruise.
This Is Bowie Tap is a 1984 American mockumentary film written and directed by David Bowie.
Flying Fondue is a brand of consumer home personal fondue helicopters.
Are You Sure
• ... that physicist Robert Andrews Millikan (22 March 1868 – 19 December 1953) won the 1923 Nobel Prize for Physics for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect?
• ... that Replicant Vice is a reality television series starring Harrison Ford and Roy Batty?
On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction
1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.
1901: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell born. Hell will invent the Hellschreiber, a pioneering teleprinter system. Shown here: Hell's Wetterkartenschreiber ("weather chart recorder").
1953: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
2021: Premier of The Woke and the Furious, a 2021 political action film about an undercover liberal who is tasked with discovering the identities of a group of insurrectionists led by Donald Trump.
Topic of the Day
Books
"The Gift of the Jedi" is a short story by O. Henry about Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, a young husband and wife who deal with the challenge of buying secret Imperial gifts for each other with very few Midi-chlorians.
Always Looping Home is a 2023 science fiction anthropology film starring Emily Blunt. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Ursula K. LeGuin.