A somewhat common sight in Brooklyn

Emma Stone is set to star in the upcoming Woody Allen movie Magic in the Moonlight.

She may have gotten special attention here for her role introducing Diane Keaton at the 2014 Golden Globes, where Keaton accepted a Cecil B. DeMille award on behalf of Allen.

Diane Keaton has starred in a number of beloved Woody Allen movies, most famously Annie Hall, for which she won an Oscar for her performance.

She probably got called out so hard here in part due to her recent, somewhat rambling, acceptance speech at the Golden Globes (where she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille award on behalf of Allen).

Obama is vowing to ‘act alone’ and issue Executive Orders if/when Congress refuses to act. He seems to be suggesting this approach will apply mostly to his domestic/economic agenda, which is interesting since Presidents are typically given more leeway by the courts to exercise unilateral executive power over foreign affairs.

Everyone always says they prefer Congressional action to unilateral Executive Orders. For example, Rahm Emmanuel told the New York Times:

There is nothing like legislation

But then naturally he backs up the President:

But given the challenges that are mounting, the country cannot afford Congress to go M.I.A.

Take a video tour of an Apollo Command Module below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fs8gkiap6U

Young companies don’t always appoint any outside directors (non-founder, non-VC). Some folks see this as a mistake, since bringing outside directors in early is an opportunity to maintain some balance if VCs start to outnumber founders on the board.

A very legitimate fear. An Apollo space capsule reentering the Earth’s atmosphere likely faced temperatures (on the surface of its heat shield) in excess of 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (~1,648 Celsius!)

Flash Gordon was the hero of science-fiction comic first published in 1934. The character has been the subject of numerous TV and movie adaptations over the years.

His boots look roughly like this:

The “Mr. Kennedy” referred to here is of course the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy.

JFK famously first announced the goal of landing an American on the moon in a speech before Congress in 1961:

First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.

Kennedy’s dream was realized, albeit after his death, when Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface on July 21, 1969.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZb2mqId0A