It is also the eighth day of my Christmas vacation. I thought this week would be easier to narrow the stories down to five, because we’re at the part of the year where all the news sites and publications are posted year in review pieces and listicles to fill the gap for all the contributors taking time for the holidays. But even with that, I still had a bunch to sort through.
Welcome to my Friday Five: Only the top five (IMHO) stories of the week and videos (plus notable obituaries and a recap of my posts).
Stories of the Week:
A New Species of Giant Octopus Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight.
From Minneapolis to New York City, nation faces frigid New Year’s Eve and start to 2018.
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Retain Most Admired Titles.
4 positive political moments for the LGBTQ community that somehow got past Trump.
Ten Federal Judges Have Now Rejected Trump’s Transgender Military Ban.
In Memoriam:
Rose Marie, ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ Star, Dies at 94. Rose Marie’s character on the Dick Van Dyke Show, Sally Rogers, was my favorite back in the day.
I missed this op-ed Rose Marie penned earlier this month, even though I’ve been following her on Twitter: ‘Dick Van Dyke’ Star Rose Marie: What Happened When I Publicly Shamed My Harasser (Guest Column).
Rose Marie and her 90 years in show biz are saluted in documentary ‘Wait for Your Laugh’. “Baby Rose Marie was a child star before Shirley Temple was born, sang for Al Capone, opened the first big casino in Las Vegas for Bugsy Siegel and changed the world by playing a female writer on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” when women didn’t work on TV. Spanning vaudeville, radio, Broadway, film, television and more, this new documentary tells the story of the longest active career in entertainment, but it also looks at what it was like to be a female performer in the 20th century, how to work through periods of extreme personal heartbreak, as well as, how Rose Marie and her fellow nonagenarians Dick Van Dyke, Carl Reiner and Peter Marshall still have the drive to create today.”
Things I wrote:
Words and Images: untreatable case of I don’t give a sh*t.
Videos!
Sam Smith – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas in the Live Lounge:
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December 2017! Best News Bloopers & Amazing Reporter Fails 2017 !! Funny video:
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Remembering Colo the first gorilla was born in a zoo, 1956–2017:
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THE CHRISTMAS OLYMPIC CHALLENGE | TWERK OFF ft. Matty Lee | Tom Daley:
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New Year’s Eve – Lea Michele “Auld Lang Syne”:
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