Hugh Jackman a departure from recent Oscar hosts - Yahoo! News.

LOS ANGELES – He sings, dances, acts on stage and screen, and he’s the “Sexiest Man Alive.” Hugh Jackman does everything but standup comedy — and that’s why the first-time Oscars host fulfills the academy’s promise to shake up the show in a way that’s as tough to predict as the winners.

Having Jackman host certainly fits with that theme.

Obama calls for Illinois governor to resign.

You know, I have to say, he should have already resigned. His resignation should have been immediate after he got arrested. It wasn’t a false arrest, he doesn’t even deny that he’s an idiot.

I just hope that it doesn’t come out that Obama had any part of the corruption. I don’t think that he was involved, but I’m afraid that he will be implicated since it was his former Senate seat that was suddenly for sale.

It’s sad what the world of politics has come to now. There is absolutely no excuse for it to be such a corrupted mess. But it does reinforce the point that there are problems with the government that need to be worked out. There needs to be a better system in place so that things like this don’t happen in the future.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, our government is one giant, screwed up, mess.

Singer-Songwriter Dan Fogelberg Dies
Dec 16, 7:47 PM (ET)

NEW YORK (AP) - Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits “Leader of the Band” and “Same Old Lang Syne” helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.

His death was announced Sunday in a statement by Anna Loynes of the Solters & Digney public relations agency, and was also posted on the singer’s Web site.
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