An Education is a little sleeper of a movie that is up for three Academy Awards including best picture. This movie may not have gotten a nomination for best picture from the Academy if there had only been five nominees this year instead of ten; I however, have it solidly in my top five. This coming-of-age story is set in 1960′s London and stars Carey Mulligan (nominated for best actress) as Jenny. Jenny is every Read More…
Sarah Palin released her book, Going Rogue, this week to hoards of fans salivating for some “Sarah Speak”. Ms. Palin’s popularity it seems, has not waned since the 2008 presidential election. Why is Sarah so popular? Simply because she appeals to the “you can grow up and be president someday” in all of us. We were told as children, or told our children, that anything was possible with hard work–but not until the hockey mom Read More…