Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir
Swapping out pfizer for amgen. Raytheon youll hear later today. The largest oil and gas company with one software play dropping a respected drug company for a descent biotech . Kicking a defense contractor to the curb for an industrial if it makes you scratch your head, youre not alone these changes had enormous impact the dow dipping 60 points and the s p dipped and nasdaq gained 6. 7 in all honesty, these moves made a lot of sense they bring the dow closer to the reality of the new cone economyt the memory of the old. Before i delve into each trade, there is an aspect of the dow like the king to the s p 500 Prime Minister same t simultaneously more prestigious. Only included the dow because i had old investors regarded as the most important benchmark we live in the efts of trillions of dollars and whatever name gets swapped in, there is a gigantic wave of buying and selling. The dow has little money invested in etfs its a big deal if you work for them because this is an exclusive clu
Book ian lee from the black, lagoon hollywood monsters and the lost legacy of Millicent Patrick. So i wrote a book called the lady from the black lagoon, hollywood monsters and the lost legacy of Millicent Patrick. Who the hell is Millicent Patrick . I like to describe her as the forest gum of the 19 fifties. Shes most noticeably designed the creature from the black lagoon, the pantheon of monsters. It was the last one to be included. Everyone has their own pantheon, you can come get me. Later in my opinion creature was the last. One she was one of disneys first female animators, shes an actress, she was an illustrator. Everything about Millicent Patrick was larger than, life the it has been the greatest honor of my life so far to tell you her story. If you read the book, you would know that there are pictures in there because Millicent Patrick lived in a very, visual cinematic life. I have a great treat for all of you. Ive got some photos that have never been seen before. I have hundr
From Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight join jimmy and his guests, tyler perry, maizy williams, musical guests Trevor Daniel and featuring the legendary roots crew and now, heres your host, Jimmy Fallon Jimmy great, hello thank you very much. Hi, everyone thank you. Thank you for tuning into the tonight show. My name is jimmy fallon. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Lets get to the news and jokes. Well, guys, the Democratic National convention is in full swing, and last night, joe biden became the official nominee. Check out the moment it happened [ applause ] all right hey, guys. How are you . Jimmy oh, yeah party at the Library Everybody knows tuesday night at the library is where its at ten seconds later, an old librarian marched over and said, in what world did you think that was okay . They popped streamers and blasted cool and the gang. It felt more like an awkward bar mitzvah. I feel bad for biden hes been in Public Of
Euphoria and in disappointment. And the child is creating monster swings like ive never seen before. The cramer covid19 index on the news the astrazeneca vaccine, the trial didnt produce something that would save us immediate immediately. The stock got hammered and the stocks that benefit from the pandemic surged. The dow advanced nine points and the s p gained 4 but the tech heavy nasdaq filled with cramer c covid names. Amazon went up tesla up 142 shopfy 81. Yeah, i didnt make up thats real thats real money. Or it can be in an x fund. Childish buying behavior but that doesnt mean its wrong there is a lot of money put to work every day based on coronavirus and that made the action binary and the vaccines take so long so it doesnt go by at home stock, go buy amazon like everybody else. What happened today . Consider the news about the as t as tra seven astrazeneca vaccine. Safety phase one it created a positive immune response meriting further study. These larger trials are happening n