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Thanks, again, Tim!
Review for 2/20
Black Adder
Alas, all good things must come to an end. Edmond is being totally cast
down. To have any chance at the throne he's got to find the evilist men in
the kingdom and try to seize power.
This is the last episode of the first
series and while not the funniest it ties up the loose historical ends in
nice but bloody style. If only the Bush dynasty played as nasty with each
other, we'd be rid of them in no time.
The BBC will take a break before starting the best series of the group
overall. Blackadder returns in the court of the Virgin Queen on March 12.
The first episode has Blackadder falling in love with his new houseboy
"Bob". Somebody better warn John Ashcroft.
(See listings for BBC America below)
Thanks, Mr. Hawke!
Thanks, Jose!
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Cloudy, but no rain.
The kid made me watch a commercial for 'Quiznos' (sp?), a sandwich chain - he wanted to know if the characters were pieces of talking cat poop.
Told him I didn't think so, but liked his interpretation.
Hit the farmer's market - strawberries and asparagus were the highlights.
Today was day 133 in the local grocery strike/lock out, and it's all about health insurance. The grocery clerks are canaries in our national coal mine.
Tonight, Friday, CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'Joan Of Arcadia', followed by a FRESH 'JAG', then a
RERUN 'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Amber Tamblyn and Richard Lewis.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Charlie Sheen, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model May Andersen, and RZA.
NBC starts the night with a 2-hour 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH 'Third Watch'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay is Hollywood Animals.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Walter Cronkite, Fred Armisen, and Ben Harper.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Dave Chappelle, Krista Allen, Corey Greenberg, French Kicks, Steve Byrne, and Kanye West.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'George Lopez', followed by a FRESH 'Married To The Kellys', then a FRESH
'Hope & Faith', followed by a FRESH 'Bonnie', then '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel is Frankie Muniz.
The WB offers a FRESH 'Reba', followed by a FRESH 'What I Like About You', then an hour-long FRESH 'Grounded For Life'.
Faux has 'Round 2' of 'The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee', followed by 'Man Vs. Beast 2'.
UPN has the movie 'Chill Factor'.
PLEASE check local PBS listing for 'NOW With Bill Moyers', the BEST show on over-the-air-TV!
A&E has 'American Justice', followed by the movie 'The Usual Suspects', then 'Airline', and another 'Airline'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Undefeated', followed by the movie 'Mimic', then the movie 'The Funhouse'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Chislett;
[7pm] 'House Invaders' - Swindon;
[7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Cardington;
[8pm] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Kids Today;
[8:40pm] 'Blackadder' - The Black Seal;
[9:20pm] 'The Office' - Episode 6;
[10pm] 'At Home With The Braithwaites' - Episode 5;
[11pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Trinny and Susannah;
[11:30pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Christian Slater;
[12am] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Kids Today;
[12:40am] 'Blackadder' - The Black Seal;
[1:20am] 'The Office' - Episode 6;
[2am] 'At Home With The Braithwaites' - Episode 5;
[3am] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Kids Today;
[3:40am] 'Blackadder' - The Black Seal;
[4:20am] 'The Office' - Episode 6;
[5am] 'At Home With The Braithwaites' - Episode 5;
[6am] 'BBC World'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Jay Leno), followed by 'Queer Eye', another 'Queer Eye', then still another 'Queer Eye', and yet another 'Queer Eye'.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Comedy Central Presents' (the Amazing Jonathan), another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Joey Kola), 'Premium Blend' (Al Madrigal, Andre Kelley, & Melanie Reno), 'Comedy Central Presents' (Eddie Gossling), and another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Jimmy Shubert).
HBO has a FRESH 'Real Time With Bill Maher' (just hope he ain't pimping the abominable lying skank, Ann Coulter - the 'woman' who, by comparison, makes Paris Hilton virginal, Bill O'Really honorable, and the little boy who cried wolf a paragon of veracity).
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Dead Men's Secrets', 'The Face Of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich', and 'History's Mysteries' (Hitler & the occult).
SciFi has 'Tremors: The Series', followed by another 'Tremors: The Series', then 'Stargate SG-1', and 'Code Name: Eternity'.
TCM - Day 20 of '31 Days of Oscar™', where every movie is either an Oscar™ winner or nominee.
[6am] 'Sweet Bird Of Youth' (1962);
[8am] 'Topkapi' (1964);
[10am] 'The Subject Was Roses' (1968);
[12pm] 'A Thousand Clowns' (1965);
[2pm] 'The Sunshine Boys' (1975);
[4pm] 'Mister Roberts' (1955);
[6pm] 'Johnny Eager' (1942);
[8pm] 'The Big Country' (1958);
[11pm] 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (1948);
[1:30am] 'A Fish Called Wanda' (1988);
[3:30am] 'Lust For Life' (1956). (ALL TIMES EST)
Frank Pierson, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, cheers while holding an Oscar statuette after United Airlines transported the 50 Oscars statuettes from Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport for the 76th Academy Awards Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004. The Oscar ceremony will be held Sunday, Feb. 29 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Damian Dovarganes
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
To Leave PBS
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers, whose weekly magazine "Now" on PBS has capped a 30-year career in TV journalism, is leaving the broadcast after the November elections.
His next venture: Writing a long-proposed book about Lyndon Johnson, whom he served before and during Johnson's presidency.
"It isn't because I feel old," Moyers, 69, told The Associated Press of his decision, which he made official Thursday. "It's because I feel compelled to do something else now, that only I can do — which is that book."
The veteran journalist said he had pondered the new course for some time, and originally considered stepping down in June, when he turns 70. Instead, he will scale back his duties after that, but stay on through the presidential race.
Airing Friday nights at 8:30 p.m. EST on most PBS stations, "Now" is a diverse mix of reports and in-studio interviews whose aim, in Moyers' words, "is to tell stories nobody else is telling and put on people who have no forum elsewhere."
Bill Moyers
www.pbs.org/now
Designer's New Muse
Hillary Clinton
Designer Marc Jacobs, known for using "Lost in Translation" director Sofia Coppola to sell his line of casual chic clothing and accessories, has found new inspiration in an unlikely place: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Jacobs has designed a series of T-shirts with a print of the New York senator's smiling face superimposed on colors ranging from hot pink to dark brown, vaguely reminiscent of Andy Warhol's iconic series of Marilyn Monroe prints.
Friends of Hillary announced Wednesday it is selling the shirts over its Web site. They also are for sale in Marc Jacobs' Manhattan boutiques.
Hillary Clinton
Friends of Hillary
Television's Dr. Phil McGraw meets his match--Dr. Feel-- a new Sesame Street Muppet, who will be making his national debut during a segment on the syndicated talk show on Friday, February 20. Elmo, Big Bird and Zoe introduced Dr. Feel to his namesake last week on the set of the 'Dr. Phil Show ' in Los Angeles last week. Dr. Feel was created by Sesame Workshop for a parody segment to air during the upcoming 35th 'birthday' season of Sesame Street, premiering on April 5, 2004 on PBS Kids.
Photo by Craig Mathew
Departing Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor Daniel Barenboim said on Thursday he will leave the Chicago Symphony Orchestra after his contract ends in 2006, concluding a sometimes difficult tenure with one of the leading U.S. orchestras.
The globe-trotting Barenboim, 61, succeeded the late Sir Georg Solti as the leader of Chicago's famed orchestra in 1991, but sometimes disappointed local audiences and could not match the popularity of the fiery Solti.
Barenboim took on additional responsibilities as music director of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin in 1992. He also maintains relationships with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in Germany.
In recent years, Barenboim grew close to Palestinian writer Edward Said and the two collaborated on a project to bring Jewish and Arab musicians together. He shocked Israeli listeners at a 2001 concert by performing works by one of his -- and Adolf Hitler's -- favorite composers, Richard Wagner.
Daniel Barenboim
Home May Become Landmark
Beach Boys
Landmark status could be given to the site where Beach Boys brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson grew up to proselytize California surf, sun and cars.
The Wilsons grew up in a house at 3701 W. 119th St., which was demolished in the mid-1980s to make way for the Century (105) Freeway. The landmark status application for the site, now occupied by a freeway wall, was submitted by Harry Jarnagan, 50, of Tracy.
The absence of a structure at the Hawthorne site doesn't weigh against the application, she said. If Jarnagan's application is approved, the former Wilson home site will be identified by a standard, cream-colored California State Landmark sign with the state's bear logo.
Jarnagan's application included maps, historical information on the site and the band, and letters of endorsement from state Librarian Kevin Starr, music icon Dick Clark, the president of the Beach Boys fan club, the city of Hawthorne, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Maxine Waters, state Sen. Ed Vincent and Assemblyman Jerome Horton, among others.
Beach Boys
Leno's New Announcer
'Stuttering' John Melendez
Jay Leno's new announcer on NBC's The Tonight Show will be "Stuttering" John Melendez from Howard Stern's radio show, a spokeswoman said.
Melendez will start March 29, replacing Edd Hall, who's leaving the show after 12 years to concentrate on doing movies. He is working with a speech coach to control his stutter, a Tonight Show spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Besides announcing, Melendez will be in sketches and will go out on interviews. Melendez is famous for embarrassing the people he talks to, but he won't be doing that sort of interview for Leno, the spokeswoman said.
'Stuttering' John Melendez
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Fears May Never Perform Again
Ozzy Osbourne
Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne said on Thursday he fears he may not be able to perform again after an accident on an all-terrain vehicle late last year that left him in a coma for eight days.
"In my left shoulder I have a piece of metal approximately that long, that deep and screws in," Osbourne said in an interview with ABC's Primetime television show, to be broadcast on Thursday evening. "And I'm really frightened that I won't be able to perform again 'cause that's the love of my life."
Ozzy Osbourne
Women wearing masks march at the Dietfurt street carnival February 19, 2004. The 'women's carnival' ('Weiberfastnacht') began on Thursday, marking the start of the German street festival, ahead of processions on Rose Monday.
Photo by Michaela Rehle
Joins Hendrix Road Show
Mike McCready
Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has been added to the kick-off show of a three-date tour celebrating the legacy of Jimi Hendrix.
The Feb. 22 gig in Seattle will also feature Buddy Guy (electric and acoustic), as well as appearances by Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Living Color, Jerry Cantrell, Indigenous, Kid Rock guitarist Kenny Olson, Hubert Sumlin, Earth Wind & Fire's Sheldon Reynolds, Eric Gales and Double Trouble's Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon.
Former Hendrix sidemen Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox will appear at all three shows (also Feb. 24 in Portland and Feb. 26 in San Francisco), as will Bad Company vocalist Paul Rodgers.
Mike McCready
For O'Donnell Or Publisher
No Damages
The judge in the contract dispute between comedian Rosie O'Donnell and her ex-publisher over the folding of "Rosie" magazine said on Thursday neither side was entitled to damages and that each should pay their own legal fees.
On Thursday Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Ira Gammerman said, "both sides breached the agreement between the parties and neither was entitled to damages or attorneys' fees," according to a statement released by the publisher.
No Damages
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
'Comfort Women' Outraged
South Korean Apology
The South Korean publisher behind a plan to sell erotic photographs depicting Asian sex slaves who served Japanese soldiers during World War Two has publicly burned the images in a bid to quell a firestorm of protests.
The saga began with a plan by Netian Entertainment to sell on the Internet semi-nude photographs and a video of actress and former Miss Korea Lee Seung-yeon posing submissively in wartime brothel garb under the theme of "comfort women".
"Comfort women" is the Japanese euphemism for the estimated 200,000 mostly Korean women who were conscripted to serve in battle zone brothels across Asia run by Japan's government during the war.
Facing protests by surviving sex slaves, the 35-year-old Lee visited the residence of seven of the elderly women and tearfully apologised on her knees.
The women rejected Lee's apology, gave her a stern history lecture and told her they would accept her apology only when the photos were destroyed. One of the pictures showed Lee cowering before a male model dressed as a Japanese soldier.
Netian Entertainment head Park Ji-woo, who directed the project held a news conference on Thursday at which he showed photos shot in the Philippines in an effort to demonstrate what he said was the "sincerity" behind the project.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," said Park, crouched on his knees as he burned sheets of photographs. He had shaved his head on Monday in a traditional show of repentance.
South Korean Apology
Joaosinho Trinta, theme director for the Grande Rio samba school, speaks with journalists in front of a Kama Sutra float in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004. The Brazilian group agreed Thursday to tone down its sexually explicit displays for the city's famed Carnival parade after prosecutors threatened to ban the floats.
Photo by Renzo Gostoli
Fire Wrecks Music Collection
St. Petersburg
A Russian collection of rare sheet music was badly damaged on Thursday as firefighters fought a blaze in the historic St. Petersburg library that houses it.
Rescuers stood by to move the collection, which includes rare editions of Beethoven sonatas and etudes by Carl Czerny, but city officials decided against hauling the fragile paper out into the street while water was sprayed onto the fire.
The roof of the building was badly damaged in the fire. The three-story mansion was built in 1839 as a church for Dutch immigrants to the city. It was turned into a library in 1936.
St. Petersburg
Go From Trash to Treasure
Historic Letters
An 11-year-old girl who was handed a metal box found discarded on the street soon discovered that it contained a collection of presidential autographs and letters, including those of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and Herbert Hoover.
A curious Lindsay Perry-Alves researched the three presidents and two first ladies and presented her findings, along with the autographs and letters, to her fifth-grade class in Gloucester.
On Wednesday, Lindsay and her mom, Cynthia Alves, returned the inadvertently discarded collection to its rightful owner, whom they located after their story was published in a local newspaper.
"I was a little shocked that we had thrown them out. I'm thrilled to get them back," said Jennifer Schick, of Salem.
Schick's grandmother, Jacqueline Meldrum, began writing to the living presidents and first ladies in 1957, asking for their autographs for a scrapbook she was making for her two daughters.
For more, Historic Letters
'Unlucky' Souvenirs Returned
Uluru
To the unwary Englishman it was just a harmless little red pebble, picked up as a souvenir at the base of Uluru, the immense monolith in the central Australian desert once known as Ayers Rock.
"But since then, my wife has had a stroke and things have worked out terribly for my children -- we have had nothing but bad luck," he wrote when he sent the pebble back halfway around the world to its rightful home.
This was just one of hundreds of rocks returned to the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park during the past decade, many with similar tales of woe linked by tourists to their decision to take home a souvenir from the sacred Aboriginal site.
Among the packages arriving almost daily at the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park office, 275 miles south west of the town of Alice Springs, was a piece of rock weighing nine kg (20 lbs) that was returned by a German tourist.
For the rest, Uluru
A Great Read
Mel Gibson
By Brian Phillips
Mel Gibson probably isn't anti-Semitic.
But he is one thing for sure: a religious zealot hell-bent on making a movie that will surely fan the flames of religious intolerance.
His film, The Passion, comes out Feb. 25, but there's already controversy swirling around it.
But when you take into account Gibson's old-school Catholicism, and realize the impact this movie will directly have on the Christian community, the effect could be disastrous.
Why does his rare form of Catholicism matter?
It affects his view of history. And he's trying to tell an historic tale.
But his idea of "history" is different from most people's.
Gibson is one of only 100,000 or so Catholics who reject the decrees of the Second Vatican Council.
To read the rest, Mel Gibson
In Memory
Sybil Brand
Sybil Brand, a philanthropist whose efforts to provide better conditions for women inmates led to creation of a jail bearing her name, died Tuesday. She was believed to be 104.
Brand died Tuesday night at her Beverly Hills home, said Paul Byrne, a friend of 34 years.
Brand told Byrne that she was born May 8, 1899, in Chicago, Byrne said. However, the date of her birth could not immediately be confirmed.
The daughter of wealthy Chicago stockbroker Arthur W. Morris, Brand went to California with her family at age 2. She spent her life working on behalf of charities, including the American Cancer Society, the Braille Institute and the March of Dimes.
Her involvement with jail reform came in 1945 when she was named to Los Angeles County's Public Welfare Commission. She volunteered to oversee the jails and was shocked when she visited the women's floor of a jail in the old Hall of Justice. Some women in the overcrowded facility slept on the floor and insects were crawling over them.
Brand fought hard for a 1960 bond measure that raised $8 million to build a new women's jail and several other jails. Completed in 1963, the women's detention center was dedicated in her honor as the Sybil Brand Institute for Women. It operated until 1997 when it was closed for renovation.
She was married to Harry Brand, late publicity director for 20th Century Fox.
Sybil Brand
A picture released by Britain's Environment Agency February 19, 2004, shows a South American Piranha that has been fished from London's River Thames. The 4 inch-long Red Bellied Piranha was dropped this week by a passing seagull onto the deck of a boat whose task is to oxygenate the river. It is thought the fish had probably been released into the river, which is too cold to support piranhas, and then floated dead to the surface before being picked up by a seagull.
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