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It's on! Scorsese to direct "Sinatra."

Just in from Variety: Martin Scorsese will direct the biopic Sinatra for Universal Pictures and Mandalay Pictures. Universal and Mandalay have been quietly developing the project after securing the story rights and music rights from Frank Sinatra Enterprises, a process that took years. Now the question is: who'll play Frank?

via  usatoday.com

Kevin Spacey is too old to span the lifetime, though I bet he's lobbying for the role as I type this. I propose the obvious.

From my favorite Sinatra album, Live in Australia with the Red Norvo Quintet (1959):

Just One Of Those Things by Frank Sinatra  
(download)

I have to find a way to wake the dead because I want to go to this with my Dad. The man did not like to be woken up, but I know he'd make an exception for Sinatra or Nicklaus.

Frankie: The Original Original Gangsta.

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New "House Briefing Booth" absolves briefer of all sins, transfers guilt to briefee.

Pelosi not pictured.

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Real gangsta-ass chairmen don't talk much. All you hear is the sound of the votes cast.

Allapundit at HotAir makes the call - Michael Steele must go:

(Jay Cost) says it’s time, as does Ace, as do I. It’s one thing to be ineffective as chairman — losing NY-20, for instance, which wasn’t really his fault — but it’s another to beclown your way into becoming a national punchline.

Foretold:


Gangsta:

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Dude, I'm not sure you're doing it right.

At the moment of orgasm, women have no emotional feelings.

The Dutch scientists know where they can find me if they want to control for total manliness that will peg all emotional and physical mometers of any kind: in Sexytown, USA.

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New photos of flyby raise additional concerns.

From a different angle:

Note the "O" at bottom of aircraft.

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Speaker delivers unexpectedly harsh message at WHCD! #nerdprom #whcd

NERDS!

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David Gregory now in kitchen at WHCD preparing to serve up his famous specialty! #nerdprom

Mmmmm ... softballs!

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"The Best Political Team On The Web" heads to WHCD. #nerdprom

Watch the road, Webheads.

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"The Best Political Team on Television" poses for photo before WHCD. #nerdprom

Not right. Not left. Just flamboyant, and proud of it.

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Is there a more pleasingly strange music video on YouTube? No, there is not.


Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett). Excellent. He also does an amazing cover of Bloc Party's great song "This Modern Love."

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