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Reader Query
I was looking for SOMEONE who noticed that last night on Leno, Freddy Prinze
Jr was smashed. He was bad mouthing women in general and his fiancee in
particular. Made her sound like a total crazy bitch. I'm sure Sara
Michelle was absolutely thrilled by the performance.
~~ Pattie O'D
Thanks, Pattie. Even with the Olympics, NBC is still airing Leno repeats in
the middle of the night. Have made a note to watch for the repeat next Wednesday night.
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Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Question
Re: ''24''
Why is the Chaos household skipping "24" on Tuesdays? For my money (lol),
it's the most exciting hour of television presently on the air.
The format is creative, the acting, led by Kieffer Sutherland, is excellent,
and the layered plot, presented in multi-split screening, represents top
writing.
I admit it's a little too intense for the kid, but I hope you're not missing
this show. (The Golden Globes nominators didn't).
~~ Lar
Lar--
I guess the main reason we don't watch '24' is because it's on faux. Seriously.
It's one thing to watch it to placate the kid (and he does love his 'Simpsons'), but, I just
don't have the threshold for their bullshit interstitials anymore.
Besides, here in the LA-area, their anchor is John Beard. I'm so old I can remember when
he still had some credence and was a newsreader at KNBC. But, even then, his inability to pronounce the
letter ''L'' drove me up the wall. He's probably a very nice man, but, I prefer my news to be read by someone
who doesn't leave me trying to decode what he just said.
But, I will try it next week, regardless. Thanks, Larry. ; )
Reader Correction
''You Sir, Are Incorrect!''
'' taken from the Bartcop E page:
"ABC will stay true to "NYPD Blue" and prime-time show creators Steven Bochco and David Milch for yet another season, the
network said on Wednesday.
The decision to renew the show means it will be back for a 10th season this fall, making it one of the longest-running drama
series in prime time television. ''
That information is incorrect. Law and Order is the longest running drama in prime time, 12 seasons so far.
~~ Fushigidane1971
F-71, you are correct.
However, the source is noted at the end of the story. I didn't write it.
But, your point is more than valid. A quick trip to
imdb.com will pull up verification.
''Law & Order'' (1990)
''NYPD Blue'' (1993)
In doing the digging, though, I was reminded of Michael Moriarty originally
starring in 'Law & Order'. Way back when I was in college, I had a work study
program that put me on what was then the Burbank Studios lot. 'Report To The
Commissioner' was hoped to be a big hit in the making. It starred Michael
Moriarty.
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Tonight was flummoxed by CBS skewing its programming and putting CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation' on at 8 pm...Jeez, and then to follow it with 'Raymond' and 'King
of Queens'....Thankfully, the kid opted for 'Gargoyles' on the dismalchannel and
the 'Winnie The Pooh' special on ABC.
Tried to watch some of 'Regis', but I kept yelling at the TV, so I was encouraged to change
channels.
On 'Dave', Paul made sure every break had Waylon music.
Tonight, Friday, CBS starts the evening with '48 Hours', which features
a story on a Mark Fuhrman 'novel'. It is followed by the regurgitaion/tribute showing of
'The Odd Couple II'. Remember how great Walter & Jack were!
ABC throws away 2 hours with their so-called 'Funniest Home Videos', and 'Bloopers'.
They are followed by a John Stossel 'Special', 'The In-Crowd & Social Cruelty'. (Bet John's really
good at 'social cruelty').
The WB has a fresh night with 'Sabrina', 'Raising Dad', 'Reba', and
'Maybe It's Me'.
Faux has the 'TV Debut' of 'American Pie', which has had a shitload of trouble getting on air....between the
necessary editing & dub times...but, they got it Thursday, a couple of days late, and still a day early.
UPN has 'The Fifth Element'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
First Pickles, Now Mary Cheney's Dad
Jay Leno
A week after sharing laughs with first lady Laura Bush, late-night TV host Jay Leno will welcome Vice President Dick Cheney
to "The Tonight Show," but the comedian denies getting too cozy with the White House.
Leno said politicians of all stripes regularly appear on his show, and he never has felt that hosting a particular guest -- even
someone as powerful as the vice president -- would dull the edge of his political humor.
Cheney will appear next Tuesday at NBC Studios in Burbank, California for a special edition of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
highlighting the Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
The White House denied showing more love to Leno than to his CBS late-night New York-based rival, David Letterman, insisting the back-to-back
appearances by Mrs. Bush and the vice president on Leno's show was a mere coincidence of scheduling. Like Mrs. Bush earlier this week,
Cheney plans to be in California next week for a round of public appearances, White House spokeswoman Anne Womack said.
For his part, Leno describes himself as something of a political junky and sees no reason to pull his comic punches for fear of
offending powerful guests. He cited as an example a recent Cheney barb alluding to the role Enron executives played in advising
the vice president on the nation's energy policy.
Jay Leno
She Should Have Seen It Coming
Miss Cleo
Federal fraud fighters say Miss Cleo's psychic hot line should have seen it coming: a lawsuit accusing the service of rampant deception.
Describing the hot line as "permeated with fraud," the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it wants to shut down
Access Resource Services Inc. and Psychic Readers Network. The two companies in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., are behind the
telephone psychic reading service that on television and the Internet promises insights into love and money.
Florida authorities announced a separate lawsuit, challenging the service's spokeswoman, Youree Dell Harris, known as
"Miss Cleo," to prove that she really is a renowned shaman from Jamaica.
The FTC complaint, filed Wednesday in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida, accuses the service of misdeeds
including false promises of free psychic readings, tricky billing tactics to squeeze money out of consumers and unrelenting
and abusive telemarketing calls.
An average call costs more than $60, and nearly 6 million people have called the service. A telephone bill
running into the hundreds of dollars is the first sign for many callers that they are being charged.
The psychic service also allegedly violated telemarketing rules by harassing people and making calls to those who asked
to be on a "do not call" list, the FTC said.
Many consumers received up to 10 calls a day, usually automated messages telling them that "Miss Cleo had
a dream about them and they should call back."
She Should Have Seen It Coming
'Made To Order'
Valentine Bouquet?
A bouquet, made to an order from an unidentified person, of red roses decorated with pictures of U.S. President Bush,
Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden, Palestinian President Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon, is pictured at a flower
shop in Amman, on Valentine's Day Feb 14, 2002.
Photo by Ali Jarekji
Too Much ''Clutter''
Not Quite 'Complete Olympics'
If NBC's "Complete Olympics" don't seem to be all that complete, there's a reason. They aren't.
A lot of what's going on in Salt Lake City is being left out day after day, in part because of all the "clutter" mixed
in with actual coverage — about 17 percent more distractions than viewers are used to seeing in prime time.
"Clutter" is the term used by the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Association of National Advertisers
Inc. to refer to what they call "non-program material" — local or national commercials, network promos and anything else
on TV that's not really germane to the substance of the show.
Those associations sponsor a semiannual study to count "clutter," and the latest data were issued Thursday. One of the
findings: In prime time, the four major networks average 16 minutes, 8 seconds of "clutter" an hour.
NBC's Salt Lake City Olympics coverage is averaging nearly 19 minutes an hour of "clutter."
For the rest, Not Quite 'Complete Olympics'
Investing In The Future
Clinton Presidential Library
Black art galleries and African clothing boutiques are opening near the future site of Bill Clinton's presidential
library in the expectation that lots of black tourists will come to pay homage to the man once called "our first black president."
The library will not open until 2004, but the shops on President Clinton Avenue are already enjoying some success thanks
to a temporary exhibit of Clinton memorabilia and expansion of the city's River Market district.
In December, ground was broken on the complex, which will include a museum and academic center. The next day, a preview exhibit
opened nearby, bringing an increase in visitors black and white downtown.
Novelist Toni Morrison once referred to Clinton as the nation's first black president because of what many regard as his understanding
of the black condition and because of his upbringing. He grew up poor and was raised for a time by a single mother.
"We love him, we celebrate him, we just believe in him. He has always given African-Americans their just due," said the Rev. Arthur Hughes of West Helena.
Clinton Presidential Library
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New Movie Opening
Britney Spears
Britney Spears says that her first on-screen kiss in her new movie 'Crossroads' was nerve-wracking, but co-star
Anson Mount helped her get through it.
She said it was strange kissing him in front of so many people on the set, but Mount made her feel better about it.
"Crossroads" opens today.
Britney Spears
Hollywood Heavyweight
Joe Roth
Hollywood heavyweight Joe Roth's colorful past would make one heckuva movie. Growing up on Long Island, the Revolution
Studios boss' Communist parents were so opposed to his being required to pray in class that they enlisted the ACLU to
sue the school system. After a three-year court battle, the Supreme Court handed down its historic decision banning prayer
in public schools. As related in GQ magazine, the reviled Roths were deluged with death threats and even had a cross burned
on their lawn. Later, as a young Hollywood up-and-comer, Roth joined a cult that cleaned out his bank account and turned
his first wife, Mary, his best friend, and his brother, against him.
And today Roth's old boss at Disney, Michael Eisner,
is trashing him. "Joe has always been a media darling and says the right things," Eisner sniffs to GQ. "But no one ever
takes a look at what he actually does." Roth fires back, "I made a lot of money for Disney, and Michael knows it. I long
ago gave up trying to figure out why Michael Eisner says the things he does."
Joe Roth
Democratic Candidate In Ohio Gubernatorial
Tim Hagan
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tim Hagan was caught off-guard when his appearance on a radio show to talk about politics
turned into an X-rated event.
Hagan was a guest Tuesday on WMJI-FM when, midway through his appearance, the show shifted to its annual Breast Fest contest
comparing women from different Cleveland neighborhoods.
As Hagan sat with his radio hosts, five women paraded by to have their breasts judged.
"If I was looking for the 'Jerry Springer' vote, that's it," said Hagan, who left when the segment ended. "I could have
got up and made a scene. But what can I do? It was beyond my control."
Show producer Doc Thompson said Hagan's appearance at Breast Fest was coincidental. "It had nothing to do with Tim," he said.
Coincidence or not, Hagan was besieged by at least eight angry callers: His seven sisters and his wife, actress Kate Mulgrew.
Tim Hagan
The New 'Martini & Rossi' Woman
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow has cut back on alcohol as part of her strict macrobiotic diet, but it hasn't stopped her from pitching
booze to her foreign fans. The clean-living cutie recently shot ads for liquor giant Martini & Rossi that will air overseas,
reports msnbc.com's Jeanette Walls. "What is shocking is that Gwyneth is promoting something that she thinks is so unhealthy
that she won't use it herself," a source clucked to Walls. "That's hypocritical even by celebrities' standards."
Gwyneth Paltrow
The World's First Cloned Cat, And It's A Calico!
''cc:''
The world's first ever cloned cat, 'cc:', is seen at seven weeks old in this December 22, 2001 photo. The kitten is the
first successful product of a program aimed at letting people clone their beloved pets at Texas A&M University in College
Station. 'cc' joins a growing list of animals that have been cloned from adult cells, starting with Dolly the sheep and
now including pigs, goats, cattle, mice and an oxlike creature called a gaur.
Closet Door To Open (Officially) In April
Rosie O'Donnell
Magazine industry experts say Rosie O'Donnell could be imperiling the future of her Rosie magazine when she comes out
of the closet as a lesbian in her autobiography, "Find Me," due in late April.
Gruner+Jahr USA took a chance on O'Donnell last May, when moribund McCall's was converted into Rosie, to take advantage of
O'Donnell's top-rated TV show and the younger, wealthier, hipper readers she could attract.
But the German parent company had no idea Rosie would be dropping her TV show and going public about her sexuality before a year went by.
"This is not a Rock Hudson situation. Is anyone going to be surprised?" mused Steve Cohn, editor in chief of Media Industry
Newsletter. "Rosie has wisely come out one inch at a time. Most of her fans already know who she is."
Village Voice columnist Michael Musto recently noted, "For years, I've critiqued Rosie's ambiguous single-mom act and dissed her
claiming she wanted to protect her private life, while publicly detailing every burp and doodoo of her kids . . . Still, though
she's belated - and selling a book - she's definitely beloved, so bravo!"
Rosie O'Donnell
Mickey's Magix, Hunny Bs and Buzz Blasts
Kellogg & Disney
Kellogg, the country's No. 2 maker of breakfast cereal, unveiled on Wednesday three new cereals based on Disney characters
Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and Buzz Lightyear from "Toy Story."
The cereals -- Mickey's Magix, Hunny Bs and Buzz Blasts -- are the first products of a global marketing alliance between
Kellogg and media giant Walt Disney Co., said Kellogg Chief Executive Carlos Gutierrez at a press conference
held at the Disney Store in New York City.
"This is the first of a long-term partnership with Disney that spans many different products, including waffles, cookies
and crackers," Gutierrez told Reuters. "Our initial response to the Disney cereals has been outstanding. We believe the
product launch will give a boost to the category and cereal consumption in general."
Kellogg & Disney
'A Hopeless Romantic'
Fred Durst
He claims he "did it all for the [sex]," but Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst is nursing a lonely heart this Valentine's
Day. Durst, who has been linked with Playboy Playmates Jamie Bergman and Summer Altice, admits he's still searching for
that special someone. "I want everybody to be thinking I'm having the time of my life, but I'm single and miserable," Durst
moans. "I'm experiencing the best things in my life, with no one there to share them. I'm a hopeless romantic."
Fred Durst
Gone Flaccid
'Fornication Island'
Temptation is part of its name, but "Temptation Island" -- the racy Fox show that drew criticism and crowds last year
for its couple-testing agenda -- is tempting far fewer viewers in its second time around.
The show, which ends its second run at 9 p.m. EST on Thursday, is fast running out of steam, attracting far fewer
viewers in this year's extended 11-episode series over last year's seven-episode run.
In its first 10 airings that began on Jan. 10, the show attracted an average audience of 5.7 million viewers -- about
a third of the 16.7 million who watched each episode last year, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Figures for the finale won't be available until Friday, but chances are virtually nil they will match the 17.5 million
who tuned in to last year's final episode when all three remaining couples decided to stay together.
'Fornication Island'
New Series For faux
David E. Kelley
Producer David E. Kelley - the man behind "The Practice" and "Boston Public" - is getting ready a new series to replace
his other famous creation, wobbly "Ally McBeal," if necessary.
Fox has given Kelley the go-ahead to write and produce an as-yet-untitled hour about three female lawyers who live together
in a San Francisco loft - a show being described as "Sex in the City" meets "The Practice."
"Ally" got off to a rocky start for its fifth season and is widely believed to be a candidate for cancellation.
Kelley has been mulling the idea of a new series for several months and had pitched the idea of a family drama to Fox. After
talking it over, they ultimately decided on the female-trio idea.
No casting has been done yet and, if the show is picked up, it would not start until next fall.
Kelley, husband of actress Michelle Pfeiffer, has one of the best track records in television when it comes to launching new
shows. Nearly all his recent series have lasted several seasons, including "Picket Fences" and "Chicago Hope."
David E. Kelley
Hosting CBS Special ''9/11''
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro will serve as host of a CBS special on the World Trade Center attack, which will include exclusive footage
from inside the complex.
The two-hour program, "9/11," will air the night before the attack's six-month anniversary, at 9 p.m. Sunday, March 10. It's built
around video shot by French filmmakers Gedeon and Jule Naudet, who were shooting a documentary on firefighters. They captured the
only known footage of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center, which was widely seen.
After the second plane hit, they kept shooting — even inside the buildings for a while as the rescue operation was under way.
That footage has never been seen publicly.
Robert De Niro
Questions He Should Ask His Own Boss
O'Really
HBO's top programming executive found himself on the defensive this week when he came face to face with Bill O'Reilly in Hollywood.
The confrontation took place at a luncheon for TV industry insiders held Tuesday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and
sponsored by the Hollywood Radio and TV Society.
Calling HBO on the carpet for the extreme sex and violence seen on such series as "The Sopranos," which shocked viewers last
season with the brutal rape of Tony Soprano's psychiatrist and the beating death of a young prostitute, and "Sex and the City,"
which just this week included a controversial and explicit oral sex scene, O'Reilly asked Albrecht, "Are you going to just keep
ratcheting it up, or is there a line that you won't cross?"
Albrecht responded by saying the "real life" stuff he's seen on Fox News Channel is worse.
"I certainly think we're way below real life," Albrecht answered. "I would never want to go past real life. The stuff we see on your
channel is so unbelievably astonishing."
Later, O'Reilly returned to Albrecht just long enough to point out that, in O'Reilly's opinion, "The Godfather" already covered the same
territory as "The Sopranos" and did it with better taste too.
"Well," said Albrecht, "a horse's head in the bed at the time was pretty bold. I mean, now maybe it's passe."
"But the horse's head shot was about a second," O'Reilly countered. "It wasn't a guy with a baseball bat (beating) 15 times on some
girl's head. I just thought I'd point that out."
O'Really
Gee, we pay extra for HBO. It provides a choice, just like the choice I make every time I see O'Really & turn the channel.
Rupert Murdoch, O'Really's corporate master, did more to kill the 'Family Hour' than all the other networks combined. Congress enacted special legislation providing Rupert
(his first name is really Keith) American citizenship, reducing the standard residency requirement by years, so he could start buying up our media.
Funny that O'Really remembers the horse's head scene, but not the child rape that led up to it...
Wedding News
Thai Elephants
Asian elephants, Kuhcharat (R) and his 'bride' Numvhan, sit side by side during their 'wedding' ceremony as their
handlers look on at an elephant conservation park at the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya February 14, 2002.
The elephants were 'married' in a ceremony on Valentine's Day after which breeders hope they will mate.
Photo by Sukree Sukplang
55 Recordings Inducted
Grammy Hall of Fame
Recording classics ranging from Bob Dylan's first full-fledged rock album to Willie Nelson's breakthrough "Red Headed Stranger"
to Bing Crosby's "Swinging On a Star" were inducted on Thursday into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
The 15 albums and 40 singles bring to 585 the number of titles recognized since 1973 by the National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences for their enduring artistic quality and cultural influence.
"Highway 61 Revisited" marked Dylan's full-blown transformation from folk icon to rock troubadour, while "Read Headed Stranger"
made Nelson a star and helped launch the "outlaw" country movement that broke with Nashville's recording establishment.
Other entries, such as "Swinging on a Star," "What Kind of Fool Am I?" by Sammy Davis Jr. (1962) and the King Cole Trio's
rendition of "Route 66" (1946) became embedded in America's pop repertoire by virtue of sheer catchiness.
The earliest recording to make the list this year was Al Jolson's "Sonny Boy" from 1928. The most recent was Stevie Wonder's
1976 album "Songs in the Key of Life."
Still, the '60s account for the bulk of entries, including the Doors' seminal debut album, the pioneering self-titled release
from rock/jazz combo Blood, Sweat & Tears, folk legend Pete Seeger's plea for peace, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," and
Steppenwolf's ultimate paean to rebellion, "Born To Be Wild."
Other rock standards include Don McLean's lengthy and endlessly dissected Buddy Holly tribute "American Pie," Little Richard's
raucous "Lucille" and Janis Joplin's bluesy classic "Me and Bobby McGee."
Also making the cut were pop favorites such as Roy Orbison's "Crying" (1961), Johnny Mathis' "Misty," Elvis Presley's "Don't Be
Cruel" (1956), James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James" and "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.
Jazz was represented in swinging style by Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 recording of "How High the Moon" and the 1939 classic "Woodchopper's
Ball" by clarinetist Woody Herman and his Orchestra.
Rhythm and blues made the list with Ben E. King's "Spanish Harlem," Marvin Gaye's environmental lament "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology")
and Rufus Thomas' "Walking the Dog," which helped define Memphis soul and paved the way for funk.
On a classical note, the list includes album recordings of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" featuring violinist Louis Kaufman and the
live performance of legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz at Carnegie Hall in 1965, considered one of the most important "event" records
of the 20th century.
The Beatles remain one of the most honored acts in the Hall of Fame with another entry this year, 1966's haunting "Eleanor Rigby."
Grammy Hall of Fame
The Acting Class From Hell?
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando's "Lying for a Living" promised to be the greatest acting class ever. But even with guest lecturers such as Leonardo
DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Jon Voight, Nick Nolte, Edward James Olmos and Harry Dean Stanton, the L.A. workshop turned out to be more
like a bad episode of "The Jerry Springer Show."
Participants in the December tutorial knew they were in for something different when Brando, 77, showed up at one class wearing
a long blond wig and lipstick. Still, Brando hadn't planned on the screaming fight that caused his partner, "American History X"
director Tony Kaye, to quit the project after just three days.
Kaye, who was filming the two-week workshop for a DVD, tells us that trouble started on the first day, when he showed up
dressed as terrormaster Osama Bin Laden.
"Marlon called me to say this was his show, not mine," Kaye recalls. "Apparently, Jon Voight got upset with my costume."
Even the presence of Michael Jackson was uneventful — except when Jacko sneaked out to his limo and found Little Richard hiding in the back seat.
What pitted Kaye and Brando against each other were the ordinary people who had come to learn. Brando had insisted on having
nonactors — going so far as to invite a homeless man he found picking in the garbage outside the class.
The next day, actor and former Madonna boyfriend Tony Ward got up to defend Kaye. "Marlon told Tony Ward he should leave,"
says Kaye. "Some other actors I'd invited showed their solidarity with Tony by following him out. So I left, too. We continued
filming in the parking lot."
Kaye says he has since left Brando several messages, but hasn't heard back from him. He has heard from Brando's lawyers, who
want Kaye to hand over his footage of the class.
But he insists: "It was my camera and my tapes."
Marlon Brando
Sold For $140 Million
Dick Clark Productions
American pop icon Dick Clark on Thursday sold his television programming production company, maker of such shows as "Dick Clark's
New Year's Rockin Eve," and the "Golden Globe Awards," to private investors for $140 million, the company said on Thursday.
Clark will remain chairman and chief executive officer of Dick Clark Productions Inc. after the deal, which essentially takes
the company private and will alleviate some of the daily responsibilities for the 72-year-old Clark.
The investor group that agreed to buy Dick Clark Productions -- which was founded in 1957 -- is led by Mosaic Media, CDP Capital
Communications, the manager of Canada's largest pension fund with assets in excess of $70 billion, and television executive Jules Haimovitz.
One source familiar with the deal said it was prompted in part by Clark's desire to reduce his day-to-day responsibility for
the company.
Dick Clark Productions
A Little Background
''A Beautiful Mind''
"A Beautiful Mind" picked up eight Oscar nominations on Tuesday, but some in Hollywood are asking if the movie's script is as
beautiful as director Ron Howard might have you believe.
In 1996, "Mississippi Burning" screenwriter Chris Gerolmo wrote a screenplay for Howard's Imagine Entertainment called "Laws
of Madness." It was based on the true story of Michael Laudor, a schizophrenic whose father's love helped him overcome his
delusions and earn a law degree from Yale. Brad Pitt was set to star in the Universal picture, slated to have a $50 million budget.
But the project's Hollywood ending turned tragic in 1998. That's when Laudor stabbed and killed his pregnant fiancée, Caroline
Costello, in Hastings-on-Hudson. Howard and his producing partner, Brian Grazer, nixed the "Laws" script and bought the rights
to "A Beautiful Mind," Sylvia Nasar's bio of Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash and his battle with schizophrenia.
Anne Thompson reports on Premiere.com that some are now wondering whether Akiva Goldsman's "Beautiful Mind" script borrowed from "Laws."
''A Beautiful Mind''
Partaking Sacrament In Speeding Mercedes?
Marley Brothers
Police in north Florida arrested two sons of the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley on marijuana possession charges after finding several "big joints" in a car in which they were riding, officials said on Thursday.
Julian Ricardo Marley, 26, and Stephen Nesta Marley, 29, of Miami, were charged on Wednesday after police stopped a speeding
Mercedes-Benz on a highway near Tallahassee, the state capital, police said.
"I walked up to the driver's door and smelled a strong odor of marijuana," said Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Hugh Cutchen.
"In searching the vehicle we found eight big joints of marijuana."
One of the marijuana cigarettes was in a jacket owned by Julian Marley and the others were found under the passenger seat
where Stephen Marley was sitting, Cutchen said.
The brothers, who are reggae musicians and were returning home from a concert in New Orleans, posted bail and were released
from jail, Cutchen said.
Bob Marley, who died of cancer in 1981, was a marijuana user. Ganja, as it is known in his native Jamaica, is considered a
sacrament in the Rastafarian faith and Jamaican lawmakers are considering a move to decriminalize its use in small quantities.
Marley Brothers
Talking With Dead Brother?
Bruce Willis - 1
"Sixth Sense" star Bruce Willis says he hears dead people. After his brother, Robert, succumbed to cancer last June, Willis'
ex, Demi Moore, introduced him to a medium.
Willis recalls how, while keeping a bedside vigil, "I kept talking to [Robert] with the hope that he could hear me."
During a séance, Willis says, the medium took on Robert's voice and replied, "How could I not hear you when you talked so damn loud?"
"For the next five minutes, she talked as my brother, and tears rolled down my face," Willis tells Parade magazine. "Now
I know the switch is not turned off, that there is life after death."
Bruce Willis
Hasty Pudding's ''Man Of The Year''
Bruce Willis - 2
Actor Bruce Willis accepts the "Man of the Year" award from Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals group, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002,
in Cambridge, Mass. Hasty Pudding Theatricals is America's oldest undergraduate dramatic organization. It's best known for an
annual show and its "Man of the Year" and "Woman of the Year" awards to top entertainers.
Photo by Mike Mergen
Baby News
Jenny McCarthy
Actress Jenny McCarthy and director John Asher are expecting their first child in June.
The couple was married in September 1999.
McCarthy, 29, recently co-hosted the American Music Awards and will appear next in the feature film "The Perfect You."
Asher, 31, directed the Showtime series "Going to California," and the feature film "Diamonds," starring Kirk
Douglas and Dan Aykroyd.
Jenny McCarthy
Latest Wedding This Saturday
Joan Collins
Canny Joan Collins has been doing her best to confuse the paparazzi about where and when she'll marry young Percy Gibson.
Joan has sold the wedding rights to OK magazine for $500,000 and doesn't want any unauthorized pictures getting out. But
the invitations - royal purple with silver engraving - couldn't be delayed any longer, so now we have all the details. Joan
and Percy will be wed before 160 guests at London's Claridge Hotel Sunday. (Some people are making a big thing about whether
Joan's sister, Jackie, will attend.) On Saturday, Collins is giving a lunch at San Lorenzo for her New York guests, including
Blaine Trump, Ivana Trump (another maybe), Connie and Randy Jones, Nancy Holmes, Arlene Dahl and Mark Rosen, and Kenny J. Lane,
who tomorrow is attending the private funeral for his pal Princess Margaret at Windsor Castle.
Joan Collins
From The Rock Of Gibraltar
Ape's Eye View
Auf dem Panoramasitz: Ein Berberaffe sitzt am Donnerstag auf einer Kanone auf dem Felsen von Gibraltar. Eine Legende besagt,
dass Großbritannien Gibraltar an Spanien verlieren werde, wenn die Affen den Felsen verlassen. Daher werden die Affen auf
dem Felsen an der Südküste Spaniens gehegt und gepflegt.
Photo by Anton Meres
His Ultimate Hero?
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney's ultimate hero is ... the late fellow Beatle, John Lennon.
"I've got a few heroes, but if I really have to plump for one, well howsabouts .... John?" McCartney was quoted as saying
in a celebrity poll published in Wednesday's music magazine Mojo.
"But I have to add the reservation that it could also be the other Beatles — or Elvis. Or Little Richard. Or Nat King Cole."
Of Lennon, who was shot to death in 1980 outside his New York apartment building, McCartney reportedly said, "What
I admire in him was massive talent, great wit, courage and humor. He influenced me, very much so."
Paul McCartney
Fashion Week In NYC
Fall 2002
The fashion industry is finding it has some unlikely fans — amid some familiar faces — during New York Fashion Week.
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and the Rev. Al Sharpton were seated among those in the front row at runway
shows previewing fall 2002 collections.
Meanwhile, fashion-scene regular Kim Cattrall lamented that she's been able to attend only a handful of shows. She told
The Associated Press she's been too busy promoting the book she wrote with her husband, "Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm."
Jeter, Susan Sarandon and Ellen Barkin attended Diane von Furstenberg's show.
Angie Harmon, Cheryl Tiegs, Lisa Ling and Marcia Gay Harden have also been spotted at the designer previews, which
continue through Friday.
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