The last few months have been pretty crazy for young Hollywood. So, not to be out done by the younger generation, the post-40 crowd is doing their part to keep up with all the pregnancies, engagements, and divorces going around… Sean Penn, 47, and his wife of 11 years, Robin Wright Penn are getting divorced. – Celebrity Trashcan Nicole Kidman, 40, and husband Keith Urban are expecting a child. – Right Celebrity Eddie Murphy,... 

This is my “depressed stance.” When you’re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you’ll start to feel better. If you’re going to get any joy out of being depressed, you’ve got to stand like this. ~Charlie Brown Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy. ~Robert Anthony Those... 

UPDATE: Winning speeches were selected on February 22, 2007. …so many worthy entries that picking just one winner seemed as churlish as Judi Dench’s role in Notes on a Scandal. So the staff at NPR.org picked five winners, along with a few runners-up, and recorded them reading their entries. … winners captured the spirit of the nominees’ characters, if not always their accents. The speeches were limited to 200 words,... 

Today is Martin Luther King Day. I wish the non-violent revolutionary was still here on Earth. We could really use him right about now. What would he have to say? About the war in Iraq? About sex on TV? About all the race related violence that is sadly still prevalent? …Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light...