James Arness

James Arness, who appeared with Mr. Whitmore in the movies Battleground and Them!, said Mr. Whitmore was "an actor's actor," adding that "it was always a treat to work with him." The Asphalt Jungle, Them!, Kiss Me Kate, Battle Cry, Oklahoma!, Planet of the Apes, Tora! Tora! Tora! , The Shawshank Redemption and The Majestic were just some of the many movies Whitmore appeared in.

Whitmore played one of the police officers who found a young girl in deep shock wandering around in the New Mexico desert. They discover that she and her family were camping in the desert when a mutated giant ant attacked their camping trailer. Whitmore also played President Theodore Roosevelt in the play, "Bully" and was a spokesman for Miracle-Gro plant food for many years.

The star of one-man shows, including "Give 'Em Hell, Harry" (as in President Harry S Truman) and the science-fiction classic Them!, died at his home in Malibu of lung cancer. He was diagnosed with the disease a week before Thanksgiving. Monster Island News is dedicated to Sci Fi and Monster movie fans around the world. Inspired by the great pulp horror and monster movie magazines of the 1970s, like "Famous Monsters of Filmland" and "Starlog."

Joseph Prince

Joseph Prince, age 62, passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at Luther Hospital in Eau Claire. He was born Jan. 16, 1947, in Chippewa Falls to David J. and Mary M. (Sykora) Prince. He married Carolyn Gustafson on Aug. 3, 1968, in Hudson. Joe served in the Navy Seabees and was the owner of Colfax Auto Body Shop. He was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church where he served on the Parish Council.

A Mass of Christian burial will be on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Cook's Valley. Interment will be in the St. John's Church Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Olson Funeral Home in Bloomer where there will be a Christian wake service at 7:30 p.m. Friends and family may express online condolences at olsonfuneralhomebloomer.com

He is survived by his wife, Carolyn of Bloomer; three sons, Kenneth (Michelle) Prince of Rapid City, S.D., Nathan (Cindy Siemer) Prince of Colfax and Elijah (Amanda) Prince of Bloomer; one daughter, Catherine (Chris) Lenfestey of Eau Claire; five brothers, Mike (Michelle) of Racine, Pat of Bloomer, James (Carmen) of Chippewa Falls, Stan (Laurie) of Chippewa Falls and David (Tonya) of Chippewa Fall.

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards is the place for some pretty impressive team ups. Kanye West and Estelle, T.I. and Justin Timberlake, Chis Brown and Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus.The teen queens will duet together on Taylor’s song “15” which Cyrus calls “perfect for the Grammys.“The lyrics are very inspiring. A lot of girls are inspired by us, so this song is us giving our advice,” Miles told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS FM radio show.

Remember back in 2002 when virtually all Grammy pundits thought Alicia Keys would win best record for "Fallin'"? It was widely expected that she'd also win best song too. The two awards agree about 60% of the time. If those two Grammy categories split, pundits figured that Alicia Keys at least would keep best record and U2 would siphon off the song victory for "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of," which was Bono's lament of the suicide of his pal Michael Hutchence, late lead singer of INXS.

Most pundits (who forgot about the fuddy-duddy issue) predicted "Late Registration" would win best album in 2006, but, come on, Kanye West was too creepy and In-Yo-Face for the geezer Grammy voters, which swallowed Outkast when they had to because the duo was cool in a slick establishment way, not wacky like Kanye.Therefore, when you are looking over the top races, nix all of the hip-hoppers from your predix. Grammy voters think they already gave at the office.