quote [ If Kelly’s feverish grin worried movie cops, it made him a kiddie-matinee favorite: he had a Bugs Bunny capacity for babushka drag while still exemplifying dance at its most he-mannish. ]

quote [ Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, has died.

A news release from the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office says that McCready, 37, was found dead Sunday afternoon with what appears to be a single, self-inflicted wound. ]

quote [ Iceland could become the first Western democracy to attempt censorship of the internet under radical proposals to block online pornography. ]

quote [ Far more controversial, though, is the fact that the nurses of the Third Reich were also called upon to assist with more “experimental” Nazi programs – like euthanizing the mentally handicapped and other “undesirables.” ]

quote [ Guessing at the lyrics of “American Pie” has been an indulgence of musical scholars and dilettantes for forty years now, and will be going on as long as a radio station, TV show, website, or movie plays the unforgettable tune. ]

quote [ Germany's Green Party is worried about the health risks of sex toys. Dildos and vibrators contain dangerously high levels of phthalates and other plasticizers, which can cause infertility and hormone imbalances, they claim. ]

quote [ The Star Wars creator has revealed that his new movie, Red Tails, will be his last big budget action-adventure and that from here on out he intends to focus on personal projects and experimental films.

"I'm retiring," Lucas tells the New York Times. "I'm moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff." ]

quote [ Two people, including a Virginia Tech police officer, were dead after a shooting incident on Virginia Tech's campus in Blacksburg on Thursday, the university said. ]

quote [ Soul singer Dobie Gray has passed away at age 71. ]

quote [ A fast-food worker whose run-in with two unruly customers was captured on cell phone video last month will not be indicted on assault charges, prosecutors said Saturday. ]