![]() ![]() Beastie Boys are a hip hop band from New York that formed back in 1981. It was the first rap album to reach number-one in the Billboard charts. “Licensed to Ill” is a 1986 studio album released by the Beastie Boys. 37 Rap group with the classic 1986 album “Licensed to Ill” … or a description of 17-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across? : BEASTIE BOYS The origin of the term is disputed, but one suggestion is that it derives from the practice of serving “highballs” in “tall” glasses. 33 Highball clinkers : ICEĪ highball is a mixed drink comprising a relatively small amount of alcoholic drink, mixed with a larger amount of non-alcoholic mixer. The lead roles in “Sleepless …” are played by Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The film’s storyline is based on the excellent 1957 movie “An Affair to Remember”, and there are numerous direct references to the Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr classic throughout the “remake”. “Sleepless in Seattle” is a lovely romantic comedy directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, released in 1993. And, did you know that Nora Ephron’s second marriage was to journalist Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame? She wrote an autobiographical novel based on her life with Bernstein, which deals in particular with Bernstein’s affair with the daughter of British Prime Minister James Callaghan. These would include some of my favorite movies of all time like “Sleepless in Seattle”, “You’ve Got Mail” and most recently, the wonderful “Julie & Julia”. ![]() Many of the movies that she wrote, she also directed. Nora Ephron had many talents, including writing film scripts and novels. 31 Ephron who directed “Sleepless in Seattle” : NORA Tiger’s father Earl Woods met his second wife Kultida Punsawad in 1966, while on a tour of duty with the US Army in Thailand. Golfer Tiger Woods’ real name is Eldrick Tont Woods. Ethel Percy Andrus in 1958 and is a successor to the National Retired Teachers Association, also founded by Andrus over ten years earlier. The name change reflects the current focus of the group on all Americans aged 50 or over, as opposed to just people who have retired. : RETĪARP is the official name now for the interest group that used to be called “The American Association of Retired Persons”. 23 What the “R” of AARP stands for: Abbr. Janney went on to play one of the moms on the sitcom “Mom”. 20 _ Janney, Oscar winner for “I, Tonya” : ALLISONĪllison Janney is a favorite actress of mine, and one who I first saw on “The West Wing” TV show. Wolf came with his family to live in the US, and he was raised in Buffalo, New York. He was born in Augsburg in Germany and was given the name “Wolf” in honor of his maternal grandfather. Wolf Blitzer is the son of Jewish refugees from Poland. 17 Longtime host of CNN’s “The Situation Room” : WOLF BLITZER For example, a picture of a “ewe” might represent the letter “U” or the pronoun “you”, a picture of an “oar” might represent the letter “R” or the conjunction “or”, and a picture of an “awl” might represent the word “all”. 5 In which pictures of a bill + gates = a noted business executive : REBUSĪ rebus is a puzzle that uses pictures to represent letters and groups of letters. It’s Internet slang used to describe online content that is best not viewed at work. The abbreviation “NSFW” stands for “not safe/suitable for work”. ![]() Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ : NSFW ![]()
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