Study: Stay-at-home moms dominate social media
Mothers with children at home are more likely to use social media than any other average person, according to a national study released Wednesday.
The Retail Advertising and Marketing Association study showed that more than 60 percent of stay-at-home moms are more likely to use Facebook, more than 42 percent are more likely to use MySpace and nearly 17 percent are more likely to use Twitter. That’s compared to average adults – 50 percent of which use Facebook, 34 percent that use MySpace and 15 percent that use Twitter. ● More from: Denver Business Journal:
Fall 2009 movie preview
You haven’t seen the Best Picture of 2009.
That’s because most of the likely contenders won’t be released until the next three months. Routinely, fall and winter are filled with the kind of “prestige” pictures that win Oscars and make Top 10 lists. ● More from: Sioux City Journal
Aurora neighbors planning cleanup, motel owner responds
Neighbors from Fremont, Aurora and Wallingford are planning a cleanup of Aurora Avenue North on Sunday morning, rain or shine.
The hour-long effort starts at 10 a.m. on the west side of the pedestrian bridge and Aurora and North 41st Street. Organizers are providing gloves and trash bags. ● More from: blog.seattlepi.com
Angels woo Jake Locker; he focuses on Washington-USC game
The Washington quarterback got a $300,000 bonus even though he hasn’t played baseball in more than two years. He tops the Pac-10 in passing and total offense, and Pete Carroll sings his praises. ● More from: latimes.com
Rolling Stone reviews Pearl Jam’s ‘Backspacer’; tour opens Monday
Rolling Stone has posted one of the first national reviews of Pearl Jam’s ninth studio album, “Backspacer,” due Sunday from the band’s own MonkeyWrench Records. ● More from: GeneStout.com
Is there something fishy about Ivar’s latest stunt?
He has been called the greatest self-promoter in the history of Seattle.
And now, more than 24 years after he died at age 79, Ivar Haglund apparently has managed one more fantastic stunt.
Underwater billboards that date to around 1954. ● More from: Seattle Times Newspaper
Charlize Theron: Her 5 best — and 5 worst — movies
She’s so gorgeous that she’s easy to take even in bad movies … and there have been more than a few of those in her career. But Charlize Theron just keeps getting more and more interesting as a performer, because now, as a producer of some of her own films, she’s breaking free of the pretty-girl ghetto to latch onto some genuinely meaty roles. This fall we’ll see her in The Burning Plain (which she also executive produced) as a woman haunted by her difficult childhood, and as the unnamed Wife in the postapocalyptic The Road. Good times. ● More from: seattlepi.com
With Contract Negotiations at Impasse, N.B.A. Locks Out Its Referees
The N.B.A. locked out its referees on Friday, virtually ensuring that the league will use replacement officials when it opens the preseason in two weeks. ● More from: NYTimes.com
Department of Licensing suggests going online to renew
Every month in this state, 45,000 people stand in line to renew their driver’s license. Here’s the rub: About 10,000 of them don’t have to. ● More from: Seattle Times Newspaper
Dinner with ex-Alaskan gov Sarah Palin goes for $63,500 on eBay
Will moose be on the menu?
An Alabama woman won dinner with Sarah Palin in an eBay auction Friday night for $63,500. ● More from: nydailynews.com
