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You just can’t pigeonhole Billy Bob Thornton. Think about the movie roles he’s most famous for and see what, if any, connection there is: Carl in Sling Blade; Hank Grotowski in Monster’s Ball; Morris Buttermaker in Bad News Bears; Coach Gaines in Friday Night Lights, and my favorite, Willy in Bad Santa. Who would figure that the guy who portrayed so many varied and somewhat disturbed characters had a musical soul too? But last fall, Billy Bob Thornton’s fourth CD, Beautiful Door, was released. It’s a collection of original, contemporary songs with a touch of country, all written and sung by Thornton. He also is the drummer on the album’s tracks. And just like his choices as an actor, no two songs on the album are easily matched and categorized. You’ll recognize his deep voice instantly on the somber opening ballad, “It’s Just Me,” but be surprised that it’s also him on the rockin’ “Hope for Glory.”
The Daily Cartoonist (TDC), launched in 2005, is one of the fastest growing news blogs for professional cartoonists. While it has primarily focused on newspaper cartooning (comic strips and editorial cartooning), it has coverage has grown to include webcomics, movies and animation, and magazine gag cartoonists. Alan Gardner and I am the writer and editor of TDC. He put himself through college as an editorial cartoonist for his college papers as well as The Herald Journal - a daily paper in Northern Utah.
While promoting OJ in the years following the former NFL MVP’s acquittal, Norman Pardo sat side by side with him as he rode in parades, cut grand-opening ribbons, headlined at nightclubs, appeared on live radio shows and signed sports memorabilia in cities throughout America. Pardo also logged hundreds of hours in planes, limos, hotel rooms, bars and restaurants with OJ. And during each leg of their tours, he had his video camera trained on OJ, capturing more than 70 hours of documentary footage – most all of which has never been seen. blogtalkradio.com/normanpardo