Researchers at Microsoft studied records of 30 billion electronic conversations among 180 million people in various countries, according to the Washington Post.
The news will come as no surprise to film buffs who for years have been playing the parlour game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, in which they link other actors to Bacon in six films or fewer. In other words, putting fractions to one side, you are linked by a string of seven or fewer acquaintances to Madonna, the Dalai Lama and the Queen. By studying billions of electronic messages, they worked out that any two strangers are, on average, distanced by precisely 6.6 degrees of separation. The theory of six degrees of separation contends that, because we are all linked by chains of acquaintance, you are just six introductions away from any other person on the planet.īut yesterday researchers announced the theory was right - nearly.
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He also participates, as voter and nominator, in the annual Connecticut Critic's Circle Awards, a noteworthy awards event, which honors and celebrates the best in professional theater in the state.In a world of 6.6 billion people, it does seem hard to believe. In September, 2018, he became a member of the prestigious Connecticut Critic's Circle. He has been interviewed by "The London Times," "Entertainment Tonight," "WTNH/Channel 8," "The Guardian" and "The New York Times." Jim is an international/national/ regional entertainment critic and features writer who has written for several major newspapers and magazines and has interviewed hundreds of celebrities including Hugh Grant, Leonardo Di Caprio, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Bette Davis, Faith Hill, Kate Winslet, Kevin Bacon, Laura Linney, Bryan Cranston, Candice Bergen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Scott Thomas, Burt Lancaster, Mel Gibson, Linda Gray, Westlife, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters, Diane Lane, Betty Buckley, Tom Cruise, Kurt Russell, Nathan Lane, Natalie Portman, Julie Andrews, Mia Farrow, Glenda Jackson, Dylan McDermott, Linda Eder, Sam Waterston, Joan Collins, Shirley MacLaine, Linda Evans, Robert Wagner, Susan Lucci, Olivia Newton John, Angela Lansbury, among others. "Much later in life, he told me that he was afraid I wouldn't make it, and he didn't want me to relive his first years again, which were very difficult."Īfter doing several college plays at the University of Southern California, Thomas was discovered by Mike Nichols who cast her as Corrie in the London production of Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park." What she does remember was that her father was very much concerned about the whole idea of her becoming a professional actress. "He would have helped me," she recalls, "but I didn't want that." "With all this laughing, what you're actually seeing is a slice of your own life and the fact that you'd probably do the same thing as Ouisa."īeing the daughter of television star Danny Thomas, the actress says didn't exactly open doors when she decided to enter the business as a teenager.
"There's more laughs in this play than any comedy you'll see," she says."You've never heard so much laughing."Īs she tells it, that's because John Guare is a genius. Thomas quickly points out that "Six Degrees of Separation" is really a comedy. "But as the story develops, we see that he's just someone who wants to get to know them because he wants to belong to a family and a better class of people." "Ouisa and her husband are the couple he scams," she explains.
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