TYNE DALY ROCKS NJ LAST NIGHT

 



THE INCOMPARABLE TYNE DALY GRACED US WITH HER WIT LAST NIGHT AT THE GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.

THE SERIES IS CALLED "CONVERSATIONS WITH..."
( BY  ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DAVID SAINT), AND CAN TYNE DALY CONVERSE!
SHE WAS DELIGHTFUL, A TRUE RECONTEUR AND UPROARIOUSLY FUNNY-SHE DIDN'T MISS A BEAT!

I GOT LUCKY BEING IN ROW B CENTER FOR SO MANY REASONS (THE OBVIOUS BEING THAT I WAS ALMOST ON DALY'S LAP-LOL)
SECONDLY, SITTING IN THE  SEAT NEXT TO ME  WAS A BEAUTIFUL REDHEADED YOUNG WOMAN. TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER MS. DALY IN "CAGNEY & LACEY" -AND DARE I SAY, EVEN A WEE TOO YOUNG FOR WANTING TO WATCH THE MATURE THEMED  TV SHOW  MS. DALY WAS IN  LAST, "JUDGING AMY".  I WAS CURIOUS TO PICK HER BRAIN. MY CURIOSITY PEAKED BECAUSE IT WAS A SEA OF WHITE , GRAY & BLUE HAIRED FOLK-THE MEDIAN AGE BEING 60.

SHE DID REMEMBER HER FROM "JUDGING AMY" BUT SHE WAS ALSO GETTING AN ACTING DEGREE FROM NEARBY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. THIS WAS PART OF HER STUDIES. I  REASSURED HER SHE HAD CHOSEN A GREAT ACTOR TO OBSERVE SINCE DALY HAD WORKED IN EVERY MEDIUM.

I'VE NEVER BEEN SO RIGHT. HEARING TYNE DALY RECOUNT HER ACTING HISTORY WAS A MAJOR EDUCATION TO US ALL IN ATTENDANCE. SHE MADE THE OTHERWISE LACKLUSTER INTERVIEWER METAPHORICALLY DISAPPEAR--SHE HAD FULL CONTROL OF THE STAGE & KNEW HER AUDIENCE. I GET THE FEELING BEING "ON" IS PART OF HER MAKE-UP WITHOUT PRETENSE OR EGO.

DALY'S WARMTH MADE ONE FEEL LIKE SHE WAS TALKING TO US AT SOME INTIMATE DINNER PARTY AND NOT A THEATER. IT'S THIS  UNPRETENTIOUS WARMTH THAT SEEPS THROUGH ALL HER CHARACTERS-ESPECIALLY IN HER TONY AWARD WINNING PERFORMANCE AS MAMA ROSE IN "GYPSY" ( MY FAVORITE ROSE TO DATE-I SAW IT , TRANSFIXED, TWICE- I STILL PREFER THE SOUNDTRACK TO ANY OTHER).

BESIDES A TONY SHE HAS A TON OF EMMYS & OTHER ACCOLADES.

"CONVERSATIONS WITH..." ALLOWS  A Q& A. SEGMENT- ONE GUESS WHO ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS?

I ASKED WHY WITH ALL THIS WIT & HUMOR SHE WASN'T THINKING OF DOING A ONE WOMAN SHOW, I EVEN GAVE HER A WORKING TITLE "AFTER ROSE"-SHE CHUCKLED, I , ON THE OTHER HAND, WET  MY PANTS! TO PARAPHRASE SHE SAYS SHE'S A WORKER AMONG WORKERS LIKE HER PARENTS WERE (BOTH WERE ACTORS-HER DAD WAS JAMES DALY FROM THE SERIES, "MEDICAL CENTER".  HER MOTHER ACTED TILL SHE BECAME A STAY AT HOME MOM). WE ALL KNOW HER SUPREMELY HANDSOME BROTHER, JIM DALY FROM "WINGS" AND OTHER WORKS-OF WHICH SHE LOVINGLY SPOKE AS WELL- "JIMMY TO HER.
SHE SAYS SHE DOES LOVE TO LAUGH & MAKE OTHERS LAUGH AND CASUALLY REFERRED TO HERSELF AS A "LAUGH WHORE"--BRILLIANT. SHE LIKES INTERACTING WITH OTHER ACTORS , IT'S HER COMFORT LEVEL

MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME "TYNE". SHE SAYS IT'S A FAMILY NAME & SHE IS ONE OF ONLY TWO TYNES (OFFERING A BRIEF LORE ABOUT THE ORIGIN SHE'S HEARD FROM HER FAMILY).
SHE MADE ME HOWL WHEN SHE SAID, "MY FIRST NAME IS ELLEN BUT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CALL ME ELLEN IS THE I R S.

KUDOS TO A MAGNIFICENT LADY WHO I THOUGHT I COULDN'T LOVE MORE--BUT I DO!

DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASION 16

UPDATE: APRIL 1, 2013---I'M TEAM PICKLER , SANDAYA OR INGO

MONDAY MARCH 18 8 PM

 50/50 ON  LIKING THE SELECTION--DOROTHY HAMILL? SCORE! LET'S ALL RELIVE HER HAIRCUT (AND DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT!)

AND ANDY DICK  WILL BRING THE CRAY-CRAY TO THIS SEASON---LOL


I STILL LOVE WYNONNA JUDD!--HER BEST QUOTETO DATE:
 "I'VE IT'S NOT ONE THING IT'S YOUR MOTHER"---lololol

THE LIST:

Wynonna Judd, country music superstar (pro partner: Tony Dovolani)
D.L. Hughley, comedian and TV star (pro partner: Cheryl Burke)
Jacoby Jones, Baltimore Ravens star (pro partner: Karina Smirnoff)
Lisa Vanderpump, RHOBH star (pro partner: Gleb Savchenko)
Andy Dick, comedian (pro partner: Sharna Burgess)
Victor Ortiz, boxer (pro partner: Lindsay Arnold)
Zendaya, “Shake It Up!” (pro partner: Val Chmerkovskiy)
Aly Raisman, Olympic gymnast (pro partner: Mark Ballas)
Ingo Rademacher, soap star (pro partner: Kym Johnson)
Kellie Pickler, American Idol finalist (pro partner: Derek Hough)
Dorothy Hamill, former figure skater (pro partner: Tristan MacManus)

  COMMENTS???????????

 SIDEBAR:

Maksim Chmerkovskiy isn't returning to "Dancing With the Stars" this season.

Rumors have been swirling around Maks for a while -- is he quitting? Was he fired? 

WHO CARES???I DON'T!!!

-HE'S NASTY TO HIS PARTNERS/NOT A TEAM PLAYER & HIS MOVES ARE ALL PREDICTABLE--BYE BYE DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOUR SPANDEX BOTTOM! (NOW HIS BROTHER, VAL, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS A GENTLEMAN/GORGEOUS & REALLY, REALLY CREATIVE IN ALL HIS DANCES)

NEW DRUG FOR BREAST CANCER

 



CNN) -- A drug that presents a new way to knock out cancer cells was approved Friday to treat patients with a certain type of late-stage metastatic breast cancer.

The drug, referred to as T-DM1 during clinical research, will now be known by the brand name Kadcyla, the Food and Drug Administration said in its approval announcement. It's a new therapy for women with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Kadcyla is a combination of the targeted drug trastuzumab -- better known by the brand name Herceptin -- and a powerful chemotherapy drug called DM1. It's designed to work when Herceptin alone can no longer keep cancer in check.

DM1 is too toxic to deliver directly into a patient's bloodstream, like other chemotherapy drugs. The Herceptin part of the new drug homes in on cancer cells, sparing other healthy cells, and delivers DM1 into the cell..."

REMEMBER BREAST CANCER IS FOUND IN MANY MEN AS WELL...

C. EVERETT KOOP DIES--96

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies at age 96

1-STOP SMOKING (the labels against the dangers of smoking on side of packs today are his acheviement)

2-LET'S TALK ABOUT AIDS/HIV (one of the first people to have an open dialogue w/ the world about it)

 R I P--long life--great legacy...

FROM CNN ONLINE:

"Koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

He was outspoken on controversial public health issues and did much to raise the profile the office of the surgeon general.

He died peacefully at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College said in a news release announcing his death.

Koop known for anti-smoking campaign

Photos: People we lost in 2013

 

"Dr. Koop did more than take care of his individual patients -- he taught all of us about critical health issues that affect our larger society," said Dartmouth President Carol L. Folt. "Through that knowledge, he empowered each of us to improve our own well-being and quality of life. Dr. Koop's commitment to education allowed him to do something most physicians can only dream of: improving the health of millions of people worldwide."

Koop, called "Chick" by his friends, was perhaps best known for his work around HIV/AIDS. He wrote a brochure about the disease that was sent to 107 million households in the United States in 1988. It was the largest public health mailing ever, according to a biography of Koop on a website of the surgeon general.

Koop was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Dartmouth, Weill Cornell Medical College and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

He was the author of more than 200 articles and books, and the recipient of various awards. In 1991, Koop won an Emmy for a five-part series on health care reform, Dartmouth said. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995..."

Cuban President Raul Castro says he'll leave in 2018...

GOOD  RIDDANCE TO "RED" RUBBISH!

 

"Havana (CNN) -- Cuban President Raul Castro said Sunday that he would step down from power in 2018, when his second term as president is set to end.

"I would like to make clear ... this will be my last term," he said during a nationally televised speech at the end of a session of the country's National Assembly.

The announcement came shortly after lawmakers re-elected Castro to a second five-year term. Last year, Castro said that Cuban officials, including the president, should be limited to two terms in office.

He was officially elected president of the island nation in 2008. In 2018, he will be 86..."

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 Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, 52 will probably be president.-putting him next in line to succeed the Castros. In my opinion, as long as the Castros are alive they will be using Diaz as their marionette anyway--pulling all the strings!

Get your passports & investments ready Americans--China, Italy, Spain & France already have their investments there. (See a GREAT article on CUBA in "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS' NOV. 2012  issue)


MIGUEL DIAZ-CANEL BERMUDEZ:


 

TRAGEDY AT THEATER FOR DOWN SYNDROME BOY

ELEVEN DOLLARS

"On January 14, 2013, a young man with Down Syndrome went with his companion to see Zero Dark Thirty at the Regal Cinema in Frederick, MD. At the end of the movie, apparently because he wanted to see it again, he refused to get out of his seat. A Regal employee, rather than allowing him to stay and dealing with the situation later with his parents and the companion, called not one, not two, but three off duty Frederick County police officers who were working security for the theater at the time.

According to published reports, when the officers/ security guards asked him to leave, he mouthed off at them and "resisted arrest". Those of you who know my son Landon can visualize what this would look like. In response, the officers wrestled him to the ground where he asphyxiated in handcuffs. The handcuffs were removed and EMS called and according to the police news release he later died at hospital. I don't know how that reconciles with the coroner's finding of asphyxiation which I thought was pretty immediate.

The price of a ticket at the cinema is between $9 and $11. The additional cost to Regal of allowing him to watch the movie again was ZERO. But instead a beloved young man died on the floor of a movie theater in his neighborhood at the hands of people he was taught would protect him.

The police officers remain on duty and were allowed to invoke their rights as police officers not to provide statements even though they were not on duty or performing official duties at the time. They were security guards in police uniforms.

The county police are investigating and the story has received local news coverage. Please share this everywhere both to ensure justice but also to raise public awareness..."

ELEVEN DOLLARS

 (Edited by Nathan): http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/autopsy-finds-that-md-man-with-down-syndrome-died-of-asphyxia-while-in-police-custody/2013/02/15/4d752304-77ab-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.htm

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--WHAT ARE WE BECOMING AS A SOCIETY? 

--MY HEART IS HEAVY. 

--MY INSIDES ARE TORN.

--WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! 

--DO NOT ABUSE POWER!!!

--THINK ABOUT US AS HUMANS- NOT A PIECE OF FURNITURE WHICH "YOU" DETERMINE TO REMOVE!!!

--WTF????????????????????????????? 

--LET'S BE KIND TO EACH OTHER ..

Clive Davis Comes Out as Bisexual

"Clive Davis has had a legendary professional career in the music business. Now, at 80, he is making an intimate personal revelation – that he is bisexual.

The longtime record producer, who was married and divorced twice, has spent the past 20 years in relationships with two men – a doctor for 13 years, and an unnamed partner for the past seven – he reveals in a new memoir, The Sound Track of My Life..."

LEGEND MAKER/HUMANITARIAN/VISIONARY/GENTLEMAN/CANDID/FELLOW ALUMNI OF NYU@ TISCH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS...

KUDOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



OFTEN DUBBED;
 "THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN EARS"




"Clive Davis (born April 4, 1932) is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer.^[1]
From 1967 to 1973, Davis was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975 through 2000 until founding J Records. From 2002 until April 2008, Davis was the Chairman and CEO of the RCA Music Group (which included RCA Records, J Records and Arista Records), Chairman and CEO of J Records, and Chairman and CEO of BMG North America. Currently Davis is the Chief Creative Officer of Sony Music Entertainment.^[2] He currently plays a part in the careers of Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow, Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis and Jennifer Hudson. Davis is credited with bringing Whitney Houston to prominence.
Clive Davis is an alumnus of New York University, and the recorded music division of its Tisch School for the Arts is named after him..." (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)