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Today - Friday, April 12, Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Ozzy
OZZY TO RECEIVE STAR ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
INVITES FANS TO ATTEND
Friday, April 12, Ozzy will receive his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in front of the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, 6780 Hollywood Boulevard at the corner of
Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Av. The ceremony will take place at 11:30am and Ozzy extends the invitation to all his fans to come down and share in the moment. Ozzy, the
family, and other luminaries will be there to drink in the occasion, so if you're in SoCal you can't dare miss this!
For more details, Ozzy.com
Hollywood Chamber Of Commerce 'Walk Of Fame' Site has a bit of info about it, too.
Woo-hoo! Road trip today!
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Had a cat problem tonight, and missed most of prime time. Ear mites, broken capillaries & a feral cat were involved. It wasn't pretty.
Don't think anyone will be calling anybody 'poopy-face' on Bill Maher tonight.
Tonight, Friday, it appears to be a fresh night on CBS with 'AFP: American Fighter Pilots' (if it airs, it will be the final episode until summer), 'First
Monday' and '48 Hours'.
- Scheduled on a fresh Dave (that is delayed 15 minutes for 'Masters Highlights') are Matthew McConaughey & John Witherspoon.
- Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Tim Robbins & Jamie Leigh Curtis.
On NBC, the evening starts fresh with 'Providence', then 'Dateline' and a rerun 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
- Scheduled on a fresh Jay is Kirsten Dunst.
- Scheduled on a fresh Conan are Samuel L. Jackson and Alanis Morissette.
ABC starts the evening with a so-called, but fresh, 'Funniest Home Videos' and follows it with 'An American Celebration At Ford's Theatre', where the
show isn't 'Our American Cousin', but an annual 'gala'. This is the show where the pResident 'waved' to Stevie Wonder. The show has been whittled down to an hour, and is
followed by '20/20' hosted by Barbara Walters & that guy who reminds me of the sea lions in Florence, OR.
- Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher is not known currently, and it will be starting late...like after 1am.
The WB is all fresh with 'Sabrina', 'Raising Dad', 'Reba' and 'Maybe It's Me'.
Faux has reruns on 'That 70's Show' and 'Grounded For Life'. Then, it's a fresh 'Dark Angel'.
UPN, locally, is pre-empted for more of Ruperts Doggers visiting the San Diego Padres.
A&E runs 'Shackleton', parts 1 & 2, back-to-back.
AMC has 'The Creature From The Black Lagoon', and later, for that Roger Corman fix, 'The Pit & The Pendulum', with Vincent Price. The first half is a bit weak, but, it ends in a damn fine manner!
TCM seems to also be celebrating cheesy Horror 'Classics'. '20 Million Miles To Earth', 'It! The Terror From Beyond Space', 'War Of The Planets' and 'Solaris'. A bit later, they start Saturday off with
the Marx Brothers in 'Animal Crackers'. Damn fine film for breakfast!
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Reader Comment
Person With An Opinion
Rosemulhol
Subj: (no subject)
Date: 4/11/02 8:18:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time
been a progressive since my age of reason- I'm 50. make my living playing around madison wi. and I have to get three things off my chest
1 the osbournes is the single worst waste of time that has ever scourged man pathetic beyond description
2 garbage's techno-pop is interesting and fun, but try mixing in a foo fighters album and read the liner lyric
3 al gore is a dead, straight-up, proto-type loser of the highest degree
OK, sure. We disagree, but that's fine.
1. 'The Osbournes' are not the single worst waste of time or tape. Other contenders would be 'OK Crackerby', 'Alan Thicke', 'Hee Haw Honeys', or
any episode of 'Crossing Over'
2. Garbage is interesting & fun. Probably will end up on a fast food commercial sooner rather than later.
3. Al Gore is a decent, honorable man. He didn't allow his daddy to get him in the National Guard, and he also completed his stint.
None of his children have a rap sheet.
Al Gore has no DUI arrests or convictions.
Al Gore's kids speak to him.
Al Gore has never 'choked' on a pretzel.
Al Gore won the popular vote.
Al Gore never knocked up a 15 year old & then insisted on an abortion.
If he's a 'proto-loser of the first degree,' who's sitting in our White House?
Reader Comment
Hmmmmm
Rosemulhol
Subj: (no subject)
Date: 4/11/02 9:10:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time
yeah, and one more thing- john stewart is areally cool person to be quoting in your main text [see- BARTCOP] 10 days ago stewart had one bill o'riley on his little nazi love fest. the pop idol and the old grey fox spinmeister committed a loving 69 for 12 excruciating minutes mtv boy had met his role model and it tasted GOOD
MAYBE IF YOU WEREN'T WATCHING OZZY AND THIS ABOMINABLE FARCE YOU WOULD BE HIP TO STEWART
I'm really confused now. First, you respond when I haven't.
Now, you're calling Jon Stewart a nazi in comparison to ''one bill o'riley'' - do you mean O'Reilly? O'Really? Considering O'Really a journalist is like considering Jeff Dahmer a surgeon.
It would be so much easier to translate your thoughts if they were completely formed.
But, I will gladly defer to your obviously greater knowledge regarding the full-spectrum of ejacular flavors.
All Jon Stewart Related
Lump O'Links
The Daily Show Home Page (at Comedy Central)
'Timewasters'....Lots Of RealVideo Clips Of 'The Daily Show'
Welcome to the Temple of Jon Stewart
Testifying Before Senate Panel
Sir Elton John
Pop star and AIDS activist Sir Elton John told a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday that the world's richest nation must do more to stop the world's worst epidemic.
The British singer-songwriter, whose AIDS foundation has funded $35 million of grass-roots treatment and prevention programs in 55 countries in the last decade, had
never addressed a political body before and he said in an interview before the hearing that he was quite nervous.
But he testified eloquently about the global scourge, which has already claimed some 25 million lives.
"This is the government of the richest nation in history and I'm here asking you for more money to stop the worst epidemic in history," he told the Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions committee.
Sir Elton John
Replacing Aaliyah In 'Matrix' Sequels
Nona Gaye
"Ali" starlet Nona Gaye, daughter of Motown legend Marvin Gaye, will fill the shoes of the late singer-actress Aaliyah in Warner Bros. Pictures' sequels to "The Matrix."
Gaye will portray Zee, a role that is introduced in the second film, "The Matrix Reloaded," and expands considerably in the third installment, "The Matrix
Revolutions." She will begin shooting in Sydney next week.
Gaye, who is the daughter of Marvin Gaye and released her own album in 1992, recently made her feature debut in "Ali" as Belinda Ali, the second wife of the boxing great.
Nona Gaye
Appearing On 'The West Wing'
Ford, Carter & Clinton
An unusual "West Wing" episode scheduled to air later this month includes interviews with three former Presidents and officials from every
recent administration - except the Bush White House.
But yesterday it was impossible to tell yet who snubbed whom.
NBC announced the special "West Wing" episode, airing April 24, that will mix episodic action from the series' three-year history and intercutting
them with real-life interviews with Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton about how the White House really operates.
Also included will be reminiscences from former West Wing staffers Henry Kissinger, Dee Dee Myers and Leon Panetta - who worked at the Clinton White House - and David Gergen.
Conspicuous in their absence was anyone from the current Administration.
Bad blood between the White House and the series appear to have begun last February, when Sorkin slammed Bush in a New Yorker magazine article - saying the
media was "waving pompoms" over the Bush Administration's war on terrorism.
Sorkin isn't the only one associated with "West Wing" who has been openly critical of President Bush. Martin Sheen, astaunch liberal personally and who stars
as President Josiah Bartlet in the series, is a loud and persistent critic of the President.
Ford, Carter & Clinton
Big Dog As Senior Advisor
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton will serve as a senior adviser to a pair of investment funds headed by a former grocery store magnate who is a friend of the former president.
Some of Clinton's new duties as counsel to the Yucaipa American Fund and the Yucaipa Corporate Initiatives Fund will include meeting with political
leaders and company heads in communities where the funds hope to invest. The funds specialize in lower-income urban and rural communities.
"We are proud that President Clinton will serve as a senior advisor to our firm," said Ron Burkle, managing partner of The Yucaipa Companies. "Much of what
we have accomplished and continue to pursue in our investment strategy matches the platform the President outlined while in office with his New Markets Initiative."
Clinton's staff confirmed the appointment in a statement released Wednesday.
Burkle would not disclose how much Clinton would be compensated for his services but said his pay would be based on the performance of the funds.
Bill Clinton
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio - what a concept!
Today, Friday, Erin is subbing for Dori Monson, from noon to 3pm (pst) on www.710kiro.com or www.kiro710.com (It's
a browser thing).
Erin will be on non-regulation hours Saturday from 11pm to 1am (pst)
and then regular hours Sunday, 9pm to 1am (pst).
And there's a chatroom, too!
For more details, visit Erin's fan page (courtesy of 14Dem), http://www.erinistas.com/, or to join her mailing list, drop a
note to erinistas@aol.com
Goofy & Proud Of It
Cameron Diaz
Actress Cameron Diaz said she isn't goofy just when the cameras are on — she's goofy in real life, too.
"I have pretty much behaved this way my entire life, which was probably more adoring (sic) when I was a a child than as an adult, when I'm sure it's
less attractive," Diaz said, laughing.
Her new movie, "The Sweetest Thing," co-stars Selma Blair and Christina Applegate and is a "raunchy, fun, screwball comedy," Diaz said.
In the movie, Diaz said she had a great film filming the montage of scenes where she did impressions of Madonna in "Desperately Seeking Susan," Olivia
Newton-John in "Grease" and other actresses.
Cameron Diaz
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
May 19th
NBC has confirmed its two-hour reunion special "The Cosby Show: A Look Back" will air from 9 to 11 p.m. on May 19 -- the final Sunday of the May ratings
"sweeps" and the 2001-02 season. It joins an already crowded battlefield for what's shaping up to be one of the most competitive nights of network
television in recent years.
In addition to "Cosby," the Sunday showdown features the two-hour series finale of Fox's "The X-Files," the two-hour season-ender of ABC's "The Practice"
and the three-hour wrap to the CBS reality smash "Survivor: Marquesas."
CBS long ago staked its claim to Sunday by announcing the "Survivor" finale would air on May 19. "The X-Files" and "The Practice" both air on Sundays, so
it's natural their finales would air as they are.
To boost chances for "X-Files," Fox will run the season finales of "The Simpsons" and "Malcolm in the Middle" from 7 to 8 p.m. as a lead-in to the Chris Carter sci-fi smash.
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Celebrating 75th Anniversary
NBC
Classic NBC television stars pose for a group photo in West Hollywood, Calif., Thursday, April 11, 2002, to celebrate NBC's 75th anniversary. From left are Kent McCord of
"Adam-12," Jack Klugman of "Quincy," Carl Reiner of "Your Show of Shows," James Sikking of "Hill Street Blues," Sid Ceasar of "Your Show of Shows," Peter Falk of "Columbo,"
Mr. T of "The A-Team," Ed McMahon of "The Tonight Show," Bonnie Bartlett and William Daniels of "St. Elsewhere."
Photo by Krista Niles
Changing Agents
Robin Williams
Michael Ovitz took another hit yesterday when Robin Williams bailed out of the dealmaker's Artists Management Group.
Ovitz set off a war in 1999 when he lured away Williams and his agent, Mike Menchel, from the Creative Artists Agency, which Ovitz used to run.
Williams' spokesman said that, although the funnyman "has had a long and productive relationship with Michael Ovitz and Mike Menchel, he is ready
to reunite with the resources of a full-service agency."
Robin Williams
Hosting New Game Show 'Russian Roulette'
Mark L. Walberg
Mark L. Walberg, host of Fox television's libido-charged "reality" series "Temptation Island," will be taking a spin on cable TV with the
Game Show Network's "Russian Roulette."
Walberg will emcee the new game show -- perfectly harmless, despite its deadly title -- which GSN has slated to debut June 3 at 11 p.m. The series
will air regularly Monday through Sunday at that hour.
The show tests contestants' knowledge, then offers an abrupt exit -- through the floor -- to those who do not make the grade.
Mark L. Walberg
Baby News
Geena Davis
Geena Davis has given birth to a girl -- a first child for the 46-year-old actress who married in 2001 for the fourth time.
Davis's spokesman said the baby was born on Wednesday at a Los Angeles area hospital. No further details were released. The Oscar-winning star
of "Accidental Tourist" married surgeon Rex Jarrahy last September after meeting him through mutual friends. She was previously married to
restaurant manager Richard Emmolo, actor Jeff Goldblum and director Renny Harlin.
Geena Davis
Wednesday
Day of Silence
At nearly 1,800 high schools and colleges nationwide, students chose not to speak in order to protest anti-gay bias in schools.
Wednesday's Day of Silence was meant to draw attention to the isolation that can drive gay students to higher rates of suicide and substance abuse.
"Today, a lot of people understood. They had more respect for the people being quiet," said Maria Hoose, 17, an Albany, N.Y., high school student who describes herself as bisexual.
The protest, in its seventh year, grew from 200 schools last year to 1,776 schools in 49 states this year under a new national organizer, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
The majority of students who participated were straight.
University of Virginia students organized the first Day of Silence in 1996. About 100 colleges nationwide participated in 1997, with high schools joining in 1998.
Day of Silence
Day of Silence
Baby News
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan's audience has grown by one - the singer has given birth to a baby girl.
McLachlan and her drummer-husband, Ashwin Sood, are the parents of India Ann Sushil Sood, their first child. She gave birth on Saturday in Vancouver, British
Columbia, according to a statement released Thursday by her label, Arista Records.
Sarah McLachlan
Turned Down $1 Billion Payday
Abba
Even though it would have meant $1 billion, an Abba reunion was not worth the pressure or the disappointed fans, according to former member Bjorn Ulvaeus.
Before it broke up in 1981, the Swedish supergroup was known for hits like "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance on Me" and "Waterloo."
Ulvaeus said the band was offered $1 billion to play 100 concerts. But he said it would have meant months of rehearsals for the four band members, and
he was afraid fans would walk away from the concerts upset.
"Every pop era needs to have a hate object. Because for some reason we were very uncool, not very image conscious, I think we became the ones," he said.
Abba
100th Episode Taped
'That 70's Show'
Cast members Don Stark, Kurtwood Smith, Debra Jo Rupp, Wilmer Valderrama, Laura Prepon, Danny Masterson, Topher Grace, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher (L-R) pose for
photographers during a celebration of "That '70s Show" 100th episode in Los Angeles April 10, 2002. The retro comedy television series will mark this milestone with
a special musical episode scheduled to air April 30 on FOX.
Photo by Jim Ruymen
Another Injury On 'Die Another Day' Set
Halle Berry
Halle Berry suffered an inflamed eye in an accident on the set of the latest James Bond film, the producers said Wednesday.
The wind blew dust into Berry's eye while she was filming an action sequence in Spain on Saturday, producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said in London.
The producers denied news reports that the 33-year-old actress had been hurt by debris from a smoke grenade.
"Die Another Day" is scheduled for release in Britain and the United States on Nov. 22.
Halle Berry
Thanks, Alex (again>!
Comedy Central Renews 2 Shows
'Geeks' & 'Glick'
Comedy Central has renewed two of its series, game show "Beat the Geeks" and Martin Short's celebrity interview comedy "Primetime Glick."
In addition, "Geeks" has a new host, and an interactive element will be added to the series when the next batch of shows debuts July 8. Blaine Capatch will
take over for J. Keith van Straaten as host.
The cable comedy channel has ordered 65 new episodes for the second cycle of "Beat the Geeks," which Fox Television Studios produces. The show features
contestants competing to answer trivia questions against three resident "geeks," who specialize in TV, movies and music, and a fourth expert who serves as "special guest geek."
Season three of "Primetime Glick," which stars Short as fictitious interviewer Jiminy Glick, will premiere in early 2003. Ten episodes of that show have been ordered.
'Geeks' & 'Glick'
Closing The Tribeca Film Festival
'Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones'
George Lucas has teamed with the Tribeca Film Festival and the Children's Aid Society to co-host the New York premiere of "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack
of the Clones," which will close the fest May 12.
The film, which opens in theaters May 16, will simultaneously premiere May 12 in 10 other cities across the United States and Canada.
The Tribeca Film Festival runs May 8-12.
'Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones'
'Tour of Seven Continents'
Buenos Aires
Hundreds of volunteers pose naked for New York based photographer Spencer Tunick at the site of the Obelisc in Buenos Aires, Saturday, April 6, 2002. Tunick shot the models
in Buenos Aires for his continuing project "Tour of Seven Continents."
Photo by Diego Giudice
''Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi'' in Japanese
'Spirited Away'
Entertainment giant The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday said it had acquired the U.S. rights to "Spirited Away," a movie by famed Japanese animator
Hayao Miyazaki that was Japan's highest-grossing film ever.
Disney said its rights under the deal cover the U.S. theatrical, home entertainment and television releases. It said it also acquired video
distribution rights in Japan, as well as theatrical, home entertainment and television rights in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and France.
The movie, called "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" in Japanese, has grossed 29.3 billion yen ($222 million) in Japan and won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
The U.S. theatrical release of "Spirited Away," which will be dubbed in English, is set for this fall, said Dick Cook, in one of his first major
announcements since being named chairman of Disney Studios two months ago.
'Spirited Away'
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed
Notorious B.I.G.
The family of the Notorious B.I.G. has sued the city of Los Angeles, alleging that the Police Department could have done more to prevent the rapper's 1997 murder.
The civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit names the city, Police Chief Bernard Parks, former Police Chief Willie Williams and others.
The Notorious B.I.G., whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was shot to death outside the Petersen Automotive Museum on March 9, 1997, after a
music industry party. No one has been arrested for the 24-year-old rapper's slaying.
Wallace was shot about six months after Tupac Shakur, one of Death Row's biggest stars, was killed in an unsolved Las Vegas drive-by shooting.
At the time, there was speculation that the killing resulted from a rivalry between East and West coast rappers.
Notorious B.I.G.
Still Seeking Volunteers
'The Osbournes'
Couple of nights ago, put up a page devoted to 'The Osbournes'
C'mon....send your thoughts, your impressions, your views, your favorite quotes...
Scroll down for lots of addys to pick from (or 'from which to pick', for the truly anal retentive).
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