The most searched word on Google is usually related to pop culture: A new video game, a movie star or a pop princess.
At this very moment Eliza Dushku is the most searched for name on Google, she is the star in the upcoming movie "DollHouse"
The show will premiere Friday, February 13 on FOX.
She is part of an underground group whose memories get erased after each secret assignment.
Eliza plays Echo, a woman who lives as a doll for an illegal organization that wipes out the personalities of their dolls and rents them out to their customers, after imprinting the dolls with whatever personality the customer desires.
She was co-star along with Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine and Rachel Taylor in Bottle Shock, a drama about Napa valley wine. The movie is directed by Randall Miller, who helmed Nobel Son. On August 26, 2007, Dushku signed a development deal with Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox. Under the pact, the network and the studio will develop projects tailor-made for the actress. They also will approach her with existing pitches and scripts.
It was announced on October 31 that Dushku had lured Joss Whedon, famous for creating the Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly series, back to TV, as they agreed to create a new show called Dollhouse. Dushku will play the main character 'Echo' and serve as a producer on the show, which will air on Fox during the 2008-09 TV Season. In an interview, Dushku talked about how Dollhouse, and her reconnection with Whedon came about:
“ I invited Joss Whedon to lunch after I did the business deal and decided that Fox, we'd had a cool relationship in the past and I wanted to do something else and I wanted to get back into a television show. I had him on the brain for sure but I hadn't called him yet, but I sort of took a leap of faith and set things up with Fox and then called Joss. We went to a four-hour lunch where I just sort of used my womanly wiles. No, we've become such good friends, kind of like brother and sister and kind of like he was my watcher, my handler from when I first moved out to L.A. when I was 17 and I was a little bit of a wild child. He's watched me and helped me and taught me over the years. I told him how bad I wanted and needed him back and he accepted and here we are. ”
Personal life
Dushku currently resides in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California.
She has stated that she dated Major League Baseball player Brad Penny.
In late 2008, Dushku broke up with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane; she is currently dating Los Angeles party promoter and DJ Brent Bolthouse.
Dushku is the CEO of her production company Boston Diva and serves as a producer on her yet-to-be-released Fox sci-fi series, Dollhouse. She is an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox.
Throughout her career, Dushku had refused to appear in nude scenes, saying that people have "a better chance of seeing God than seeing me naked."
Eliza will basically be playing a new character each week, ranging from a cold-hearted assassin to a very expensive wedding date. Whether Dollhouse becomes a cult-classic or another Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer is all up to her acting ability.
Good luck to her.
Gabby
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Rosie Ruiz Vivas ~ Marathon runner
Rosie Ruiz Vivas
(born 1953, Havana, Cuba) is an infamous Cuban American
Marathon runner who on April 21, 1980 ostensibly came in as the first place
female competitor in the 84th Boston Marathon, but who was later stripped of her
title when it was found that she had cheated.
The race
Ruiz completed the marathon with a record time of 2:31:56. However, race
officials determined that she had not completed the entire 26.2-mile course, but
had registered for the race and later jumped in from the crowd and sprinted to
the finish.
There was suspicion from the beginning, as no one had seen her running earlier
in the race, she did not appear in videotape footage, and some members of the
crowd reported witnessing her run into the race in the last mile. In addition,
her time of 2:31:56 was an unusual improvement, more than 25 minutes ahead of
her reported time in the New York City Marathon six months earlier. When asked
by a reporter why she didn't seem fatigued after the grueling race, she said, "I
got up with a lot of energy this morning." Soon, race officials learned that
Ruiz had possibly cheated in the New York marathon in order to qualify for the
Boston Marathon.
Freelance photographer Susan Morrow reported meeting her on the subway during
the New York race and accompanying her from the subway to the race. She lost
touch with Ruiz after that, but came forward when the news of Ruiz's dubious
Boston win broke. According to Morrow, she met Ruiz on the subway and together
they walked a distance to the finishing area, where Ruiz identified herself as
an injured runner. She was escorted to a first aid station and volunteers marked
her down as having completed the marathon, thus qualifying her for the Boston
Marathon.
Eventually, race officials decided to strip Ruiz of her Boston Marathon title
and named Jacqueline Gareau of Montreal, Canada the women's winner, with a time
of 2:34:28.
New York Marathon director Fred Lebow had rescinded Ruiz's 1979 finish earlier
that week, determining that Ruiz had not completed her first marathon, either.
Aftermath
Jacqueline Gareau was awarded a winner's medal at a press conference over a week
after the marathon. Her medal was bigger than the one that Ruiz had originally
received, equal in size to the larger men's medal. (Since the 1980 race, women
and men have been awarded medals equal in size.) In 2005, Gareau served as Grand
Marshal of the Boston Marathon, and in a special ceremony was allowed to
recreate her finish and break the tape.
As a result of the scandal, the Boston Marathon and several other races
instituted a number of safeguards against cheating that are still used today.
These include extensive video surveillance and the transponder timing RFID
system that monitors electronically when runners arrive at various checkpoints
on the course. These techniques have been used to identify other would-be
cheaters, notably "Jean's Marines", a group of charity runners who were caught
cutting the course during the 2005 Marine Corps Marathon.
Regards,
Gabby
(born 1953, Havana, Cuba) is an infamous Cuban American
Marathon runner who on April 21, 1980 ostensibly came in as the first place
female competitor in the 84th Boston Marathon, but who was later stripped of her
title when it was found that she had cheated.
The race
Ruiz completed the marathon with a record time of 2:31:56. However, race
officials determined that she had not completed the entire 26.2-mile course, but
had registered for the race and later jumped in from the crowd and sprinted to
the finish.
There was suspicion from the beginning, as no one had seen her running earlier
in the race, she did not appear in videotape footage, and some members of the
crowd reported witnessing her run into the race in the last mile. In addition,
her time of 2:31:56 was an unusual improvement, more than 25 minutes ahead of
her reported time in the New York City Marathon six months earlier. When asked
by a reporter why she didn't seem fatigued after the grueling race, she said, "I
got up with a lot of energy this morning." Soon, race officials learned that
Ruiz had possibly cheated in the New York marathon in order to qualify for the
Boston Marathon.
Freelance photographer Susan Morrow reported meeting her on the subway during
the New York race and accompanying her from the subway to the race. She lost
touch with Ruiz after that, but came forward when the news of Ruiz's dubious
Boston win broke. According to Morrow, she met Ruiz on the subway and together
they walked a distance to the finishing area, where Ruiz identified herself as
an injured runner. She was escorted to a first aid station and volunteers marked
her down as having completed the marathon, thus qualifying her for the Boston
Marathon.
Eventually, race officials decided to strip Ruiz of her Boston Marathon title
and named Jacqueline Gareau of Montreal, Canada the women's winner, with a time
of 2:34:28.
New York Marathon director Fred Lebow had rescinded Ruiz's 1979 finish earlier
that week, determining that Ruiz had not completed her first marathon, either.
Aftermath
Jacqueline Gareau was awarded a winner's medal at a press conference over a week
after the marathon. Her medal was bigger than the one that Ruiz had originally
received, equal in size to the larger men's medal. (Since the 1980 race, women
and men have been awarded medals equal in size.) In 2005, Gareau served as Grand
Marshal of the Boston Marathon, and in a special ceremony was allowed to
recreate her finish and break the tape.
As a result of the scandal, the Boston Marathon and several other races
instituted a number of safeguards against cheating that are still used today.
These include extensive video surveillance and the transponder timing RFID
system that monitors electronically when runners arrive at various checkpoints
on the course. These techniques have been used to identify other would-be
cheaters, notably "Jean's Marines", a group of charity runners who were caught
cutting the course during the 2005 Marine Corps Marathon.
Regards,
Gabby
Barak Obama and The Economy
One of the keywords that has been way up on Google search
leader board is the word "Stimulus"
Are we headed in the right direction?
Will the stimulus do the trick and give a long
lasting boost to the economy or will it be short lived?
Is there going to be funds for the school systems.
There is no support at all coming from the Republicans,
apparently the attempt to reach across party lines is not
working very good.
They must have a reason for not giving full support.
Seems to be a lot of wheeling and dealing going on "Politics As Usual" I Guess. construction.
Read the full story on the Stimulus Plan from the Vancouver SunBest to all,
Gabby
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