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ET breaks the news that comedian George Carlin has died from heart failure. The man who made famous the "seven words you can never say on television" passed away at 5:55 p.m. Sunday at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, his longtime publicist said. He was 71.

Carlin, who has had several heart attacks and a history of cardiac issues, went into the hospital this afternoon after complaining of heart problems. 

Carlin has more than 20 comedy albums, 14 HBO specials, numerous TV and movie roles, and three best-selling books to his credit. Last year, he celebrated his 50th year in show business, and he had just finished his last HBO special in March, "It’s Bad for Ya." 

http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/06/62841/index.html

I just saw him last night while watching Dogma on DVD

For those who don’t know, here’s a few movies he was in…

The American Film Institute (AFI) has selected the

top 10 movies

from 10 genres including mystery, animation, courtroom dramas, fantasy, science fiction, sports and westerns.

The top five films in each category were:

Courtroom drama

1. To Kill a Mocking Bird
2. 12 Angry Men
3. Kramer vs Kramer
4. The Verdict
5. A Few Good Men

Epic

1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Ben-Hur
3. Schindler’s List
4. Gone with the Wind
5. Spartacus

Science fiction

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
3. ET - The Extra Terrestrial
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still

Fantasy

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
3. It’s a Wonderful Life
4. King Kong
5. Miracle on 34th Street

Mystery

1. Vertigo
2. Chinatown
3. Rear Window
4. Laura
5. The Third Man

Sports

1. Raging Bull
2. Rocky
3. The Pride of the Yankees
4. Hoosiers
5. Bull Durham

Romantic comedies

1. City Lights
2. Annie Hall
3. It Happened One Night
4. Roman Holiday
5. The Philadephia Story

Animation

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Pinocchio
3. Bambi
4. The Lion King
5. Fantasia

Gangster

1. The Godfather
2. Goodfellas
3. The Godfather Part II
4. White Heat
5. Bonnie and Clyde

Western

1. The Searchers
2. High Noon
3. Shane
4. Unforgiven
5. Red River

CONSUMERS will be encouraged to cut power usage after the State Government announced a special day for unplugging all appliances.

Queensland Unplugged Day will be held on April 3, just days after Queenslanders are urged to turn off their lights for one hour for Earth Hour on March 29.

Household appliances cost Queensland millions of dollars in wasted power by using standby mode.

‘‘Standby power accounts for 4 per cent of the typical power bill,’’ Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation Andrew McNamara said today.

‘‘That might not sound like much, but if every household in Queensland turned off unnecessary standby power it would be a total saving in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking more than 130,000 cars off the road, showing how small changes can make a world of difference.

‘‘In dollar terms, that represents a saving of more than $74 million a year,’’ McNamara said.

Queensland Unplugged Day is part of the ClimateSmart Living campaign.

Three previous promotions in the Climatesmart campaign saw 77,054 people offer support.

Sign up for Unplugged Day at climatesmart.qld.gov.au.

What a great idea! Wish I had thought about that a week ago.. OH WAIT!!

In the winter of 2006, a strange phenomenon fell upon honeybee hives across the country. Without a trace, millions of bees vanished from their hives. A precious pollinator of fruits and vegetables, the disappearing bees left billions of dollars of crops at risk and threatened our food supply. The epidemic set researchers scrambling to discover why honeybees were dying in record numbers — and to stop the epidemic in its tracks before it spread further.

Silence of the bees.

So long and thanks for all the nectar?

Lopez gives birth to twins

US singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has given birth to twins – a boy and a girl – in a New York hospital.

I guess that makes her a Lopez dispenser?