German Drama The White Ribbon Takes Top Cannes Prize


Updated 05/26/09 7:13 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 3 comments

German Drama The White Ribbon Takes Top Cannes Prize

At the end of this year's Cannes Film Festival, the competition's top prize, the Palme d'Or, was handed to Austrian director Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon, a black-and-white drama set in northern Germany during the years before World War I. One viewer describes the film as "[i]mpeccably made with hypnotic skill and control," with a story that is "as disturbing underneath as it is seemingly Read more

Cranberry Sauce Sour Cream Muffins


Updated 12/01/11 5:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Cranberry Sauce Sour Cream Muffins

It seems we're all about ways to use up cranberries and cranberry sauce over here. FreshTart has provided us with a great way to use up leftover Thanksgiving cranberry sauce. The result is seriously mouthwatering muffins. As I mentioned below, I had the pleasure of chatting all things leftovers on Saturday morning, on the Fresh & Local radio show, with host Susan Berkson and Mike Madison of Read more

Polygamous Sect Leader Warren Jeffs Gets Life For "Marrying" a Dozen Child Brides


Updated 08/09/11 11:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Warren Jeffs Gets Life in Prison For Marrying Child Brides

If the affable stars of Sister Wives make polygamy seem appealing, Warren Jeffs makes it look like a nightmare. Last week a jury convicted the 55-year-old leader and self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and today Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison for aggravated sexual assault with a child and 20 years for sexual assault of a child. In Read more