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I totally agree with you. How can you take anything she says seriously now (not that we did before), without thinking "if you lied then, are you lying now?"

A Math Makeover OMG! Actress and mathematician Danica McKellar wants girls to know that being good at numbers is cool. By Peg Tyre Newsweek Aug. 6, 2007 issue - When you think about what young Hollywood actresses get up to in their spare time these days, you're likely to envision wild parties, rehab or jail. When Danica McKellar, Winnie on the '90s hit television show "The Wonder Years," isn't on set, though, she's writing. No tell-all bio here. She's penned a book aimed at helping young girls survive—and even thrive—in math class. "When girls see the antics of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, they think that being fun and glamorous also means being dumb and irresponsible," says McKellar. "But I want to show them that being smart is cool. Being good at math is cool. And not only that, it can help them get what they want out of life." To that end, her book, titled "Math Doesn't Suck," uses cutesy graphics and teen-magazine staples like personality quizzes, horoscopes and straight-from-the-mall examples to spell out often confusing concepts like reciprocal fractions and prime factorization. It also contains syrupy dollops of just-between-us-girls encouragement, three miniprofiles of drop-dead-gorgeous mathematicians, as well as practical tips for avoiding sloppy mistakes on homework, overcoming test-day brain freeze and suggestions on what to do when algebra gets you down. (Hint: don't be afraid to sound dumb in class. Go ahead and ask.) McKellar, once America's best-known middle schooler, says her book reflects her own real-life struggles with the subject. "I was good at math in elementary school, and then around seventh grade the work got harder and I hit a rough patch," say McKellar, who is now 32. Fortunately, a patient, funny teacher got her back on track by using visual imagery and real-life examples she could relate to. With her newfound confidence, McKellar aced the subject straight through high school. But she didn't stop there. In between acting gigs, she enrolled as a film major at UCLA. But after taking a college-level math course she realized, "I really was good at this!" She changed her major to math. "I thought it was just for nerdy white guys, but it's not. It turns out lots of different kinds of people like math," she says. She graduated with high honors in 1998. Around that time, she also became the only television actress in America to coauthor a groundbreaking mathematical physics theorem; it was published in the Journal of Physics and bears her name (the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem). These days, acting is her first love, but she still reads math textbooks in her spare time and answers math problems on her fan Web site.

He better cough up some big money otherwise his life will be all over the tabloids (not that it isn't already )

Just my 2 cents worth: Remember the line from Devils Wear Prada where Tucci's character talks about the magazine not just being a magazine, but being a "source of hope." Thats why magazines do it and why people continue to buy them. Yes, we are comforted in knowing that people are just like us, but part of us also wants the glamour and the hype and the hope of perfection. Its why Julia, Faith, Nicole, etc all get airbrushed, its why most movies stars are studs, etc, or why Martha Stewart, Sandra Lee and Rachel Ray pitch the idea that you can have the perfect home and why Cosmo, Maxim, Playboy tell you how to have the perfect sex. We have enough cellulite, stretch marks, saggy boobs burnt TV dinners and have-sex-and-rollover-and-go-to sleep in our everyday lives, that we don't need it in our fantasy life. Not saying its not superficial and petty, just offering it up as an explanation why people can't "get past it."

Maybe maybe not. If knew she was on the wagon, he should not have offered and replied to her rquest. Granted she was a grown woman, but he may have facilitated the downfall. While he could not have foreseen the consequences, he would have been a better human being to have stayed away from the situation. Misery loves company and he got some.

Don't necessarily agree with Jon's methods but if true, Dick may have deserved it. I don't think "disgusting human being" begins to cover it.

Who she was to them or what they were to her?

Good for them for trying to discuss the issue with candor.

Photoshopped maybe?

When I grow up I want to be Helen Mirren. She just seems too cool for the room.

Burt Reynolds circa the Playgirl pic.

Sure, why not? Whatever floats your boat, its what floated Nic's.

What about the guy who played 'Minnie Me"

Yeah I do. I think it brings home that old saying, "If I knew then what I know now. . . . ."

I'm sorry, but Antonio fucks that? Yikes.

Okay: What's wrong with the story above. You all get three guesses

Just as an interesting aside, one of the morning radio shows I listen to here in LA had a "gossip" person on their show who indicated that Rosie was always in for one year. She took the View gig as a way to get her name back out there. She was shopping a show at some convention for industry types back in January.

My neighbor has a puppy he's giving away (FREE!). It's a Dachshund, it's house broken, and it's great with kids. He's giving it away because his wife says the dog 'stares' at her when she is undressing and that gives her the 'Heebie Jeebies'. I think she is just weird ! If you're interested, or know someone who is, let me know. Here's a picture of the dog.

She looks good with/out make-up. I think I hate her.

Ah Bullshit! The court would have ordered the test in a contested matter anyway. If they accepted the word of everyone who came into court, thousands of men would be tagged, unjustly, for child support. While I give Kudos to Chris for stating that he would support the child if it was his, here again, there would not be much choice. If he is father, he is going to get tagged, willingly or not.

Any 1950's film noir movie. Technicolor just seems to take away from the ambiance of the whole effort. Any scary movie that Roddy McDowell was in (or Planet of the Apes for that matter).

Technical nit pick -- Rome burned. Other than that he may be right. He's actually right. Rome burned (but wasn't completely destroyed) during the reign of Emperior Nero--but it survived enough to rise from the ashes and flourish until the late 5th century AD when the Barbarians took over (later they were conquered and Ancient Rome became the Holy Roman Empire in which Christianity predominated and was the official religion but I'm jumping ahead). Willis is referring to the fall of Rome (before the Barbarians and before Charlemagne and company). Well, fuck me. I would go back and delete my post, but you have already quoted me. As you can see, I paid a great deal of attention in my ancient history/civilization class (oh yes, I did attend. scary isn't it?) :ph34r:

Technical nit pick -- Rome burned. Other than that he may be right.

Interesting. Any one want to take any bets that Heather wins here, the publicize up the wazoo in England to promote their show, which of course she will be on. I wonder what they mean by "great reaction." Do they mean from the judges or the American public?

I can so relate to that. Wow. Before I came to this board, I never knew that I was a ButtaWallet Ho or closet anorexic. :ph34r: I love you guys.