BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 24 June, 2005
Friday
24 June, 2005
(Updated Daily)
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'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Jan Frel: How Walter Jones Grew a Conscience (AlterNet)
After some soul-searching about the war in Iraq, the North Carolina congressman made one of the most staggering political about-faces seen in Washington since George W. Bush took office.
Danny Schechter: The Unreported Vietnam-Iraq Parallel (www.commondreams.org)
There is a word missing in most of the coverage of Iraq. It's a ghost-laden word that conjures up distressing memories that Washington and most of our media prefer to keep in that proverbial "lock box," hidden away in dusty archives and footage libraries. The word is Vietnam.
Tim Rutten: Cable TV's crystal balls get cracked
If you hang around a courthouse long enough, one of the things you learn is that people willing to predict a jury's verdict are the sort who take stock tips from their barbers.
ANTHONY LEWIS: Guantánamo's Long Shadow (NY Times)
Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation observed what went on in Guantánamo. One reported on July 29, 2004: "On a couple of occasions, I entered interview rooms to find a detainee chained hand and foot in a fetal position to the floor, with no chair, food or water. Most times they had urinated or defecated on themselves and had been left there for 18, 24 hours or more."
MIKE SCHNEIDER: (Mrs. Jeb) Columba Bush says she's ashamed about run-in with U.S. Customs (Thursday, July 29, 1999, Associated Press)
ORLANDO - Florida's first lady said Wednesday she was ashamed about failing to declare $19,000 worth of clothes and jewelry she purchased on a Paris shopping spree last month.
9/11: Debunking The Myths (www.popularmechanics.com)
PM examines the evidence and consults the experts to refute the most persistent conspiracy theories of September
Terry Moran vs. Scott McClellan on 'Last Throes' of Insurgency in Iraq (Editor and Publisher)
Is there any idea how long a 'last throe' lasts for?
Danny Glover: Doing Something About Wal-Mart (AlterNet)
The renowned actor describes how Wal-Mart puts children around the world at risk -- and tells how we can help hold the megastore accountable.
Heifer.org
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THE LATEST RAINSTORM
LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION
WATER ON RED LEAVES
Zen Man
(in the wisteria on my back deck railing)
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Purple Gene Reviews
'Rear Window'
Purple Gene's review of the movie "Rear Window" (1954) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock:
I just dragged my Nikon digital D2H camera into my office and I was getting ready to download the images from my 1Gb card onto the computer… when I noticed that someone at TCM (Turner Classic Movies) decided to make it "Shutterbug Night" …a "Voyeur's delight"…alright….this kind of programming is really hilarious…catch this line-up:
"Picture Snatcher" (1933) ..Jimmy Cagney as a snappy newspaper PHOTOGRAPHER !
"I Love Melvin" (1953)..Donald O'Connor as a Look magazine PHOTOGRAPHER !
"Blowup" (1966)..David Hemmings as a London fashion PHOTOGRAPHER !
"Live a Little, Love a Little" (1968)..Elvis Presley as a Press PHOTOGRAPHER !
And Finally………………….
"Rear Window" (1954)..Jimmy Stewart as a Freelance PHOTOGRAPHER !
Being a PHOTOGRAPHER and a VOYEUR…..I decided to stick with "Rear Window"
L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries (James Stewart - "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" - "It's a Wonderful Life" - "Broken Arrow") is a professional PHOTOGRAPHER who breaks his leg getting an "action" shot at an auto race! So he gets stuck in his New York apartment, confined to wheel-chair. He starts to spend his time staring out his rear window into all the other apartments…..and there is a lot to look at. Besides the wanna be piano player (yes, of 'The Chipmunks' fame) and the lonely cat lover and the shapely dancer and the newly weds and the couple who sleep on the fire escape with their yapping dog …..there is the strange salesman with the nagging wheel-chair bound wife…..who disappears in the middle of the night…..
Jeff calls his high society model girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly - "High Noon" - "High Society" - "Princess Grace of Monaco") and his nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter - "Titanic" - "Pillow Talk" - "The Misfits") to come over and stare out the window with him…with a telephoto lens……
Things get stranger and stranger and Jeff gets more and more suspicious and then one night he sees the salesman dragging something out in a trunk (could it be the body).
This movie builds and builds at a beautiful pace as all the "apartment people" get caught up in the suspicion and intrigue…..
I often find myself peeking out my window at neighbors or passer bys and sometimes I feel a little dirty for secretly sneaking a look at people when I know they can't see me. I love to photograph subjects in action without them suspecting I am watching. "Rear Window" was a fitting Dénouement to "Shutterbug Night" ….
Purple Gene gives "Rear Window" 10 seedy clicks of the camera out of 10 for bringing out the Voyeur in me!
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Still sunny, but a bit cooler.
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'JAG', followed by another RERUN 'JAG', then a RERUN 'NUMB3RS'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Tim Robbins and Purina junior agility dog challenge.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Jeremy Piven, Melissa Bank, and Mike Jones.
NBC starts the night with a 2-hour 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN 'Law & Order #4: Trial By Lilith'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Ahnold 'Freshly Botoxed' $chwarzenegger (R - $pecial Intere$t $chlampe), Larry the Cable Guy and Black Eyed Peas.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Al Franken, Michael Vaccaro, and Fountains of Wayne.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Denis Leary, Bam Margera, Krump dancers from the movie "Rize", and Youth Group.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN '8 Simple Rules', followed by a RERUN 'Hope & Faith', then another RERUN 'Hope & Faith', followed by a RERUN 'Less Than Perfect', then '20/20'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel are Fred Willard, Seth MacFarlane, and Alex Borstein.
The WB offers a RERUN 'What I Like About You', followed by another RERUN 'What I Like About You', then a RERUN 'Reba', followed by a RERUN 'Living With Fran'.
Faux fills the night with the movie 'The One'.
UPN fills the night with the movie '2000 Miles To Graceland'.
Check local PBS listings for a FRESH 'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio', the MOST IMPORTANT program on over-the-air-TV.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Biography' (the Brady Bunch), and another 'Biography' (Ottis Toole).
AMC offers the movie 'The Real McCoy', followed by 'Celebrity Charades', then 'Movie Club', followed by the movie 'The Jewel Of The Nile'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 3;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - Goobye, Mr. Grainger;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 5;
[4pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The All-England Summarize Proust Competition;
[4:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The War Against Pornography;
[5:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Salad Days;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Chislett;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 10;
[8pm] 'The Avengers' - False Witness;
[9pm] 'The Avengers' - From Venus With Love;
[10pm] 'The Persuaders' - The Old, the New, and the Deadly;
[11pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 10;
[12am] 'The Avengers' - From Venus With Love;
[1am] 'The Persuaders' - The Old, the New, and the Deadly;
[2am] 'The Avengers' - False Witness;
[3am] 'The Avengers' - From Venus With Love;
[4am] 'The Persuaders' - The Old, the New, and the Deadly;
[5am] 'The Avengers' - False Witness;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Blow Out', 'Sports Kids Moms & Dads', and the movie 'Sling Blade'.
Comedy Central has 'Comedy Central Presents' (Gregg Rogell), 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Mitch Hedburg), still another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Stella), yet another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Daniel Tosh), and 'Jay Mohr: My Turn'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'The Last Days Of WWII', 'Mail Call', another 'Mail Call', and another 'Modern Marvels'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'Dawn Of The Dead' (1978);
[8:15AM] 'Dinner Rush' (2000);
[10AM] 'The Brother From Another Planet' (1984);
[12PM] 'Invincible' (2001);
[2:15PM] 'Dinner Rush' (2000);
[4PM] 'The Road Home' (2000);
[5:35PM] 'Invincible' (2001);
[8PM] 'Talk To Her';
[10PM] 'Dinner For Five #48' (2005);
[10:30PM] 'The Ultimate Film Fanatic #202' (2004);
[11PM] 'Dancing At The Blue Iguana' (2000);
[1AM] 'Dinner For Five #48' (2005);
[1:30AM] 'The Ultimate Film Fanatic #202' (2004);
[2AM] 'Dancing At The Blue Iguana' (2000);
[4:15AM] 'The Road Home' (2000). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Andromeda', 'Stargate SG-1', 'Stargate Atlantis', and 'Battlestar Galactica'.
Sundance -
[7AM] 'The Al Franken Show': (06/23/05);
[8AM] 'The Housekeeper';
[9:30AM] 'Terminal Bar';
[10AM] 'A Slipping-Down Life';
[11:50AM 'Loon Dreaming';
[12PM 'Hush!';
[2:15PM] 'The Damned and the Sacred';
[3:30PM] 'Purity';
[4:35PM] 'The Housekeeper';
[6PM] 'A Slipping-Down Life';
[8PM] 'Party Monster';
[9:45PM] 'La Cage Aux Folles';
[11:30PM] 'The Al Franken Show': (06/24/05);
[12:30AM] 'Dahmer';
[2:20AM] 'Bobbycrush';
[2:30AM] 'The Al Franken Show': (06/24/05);
[3:30AM] 'Go Fish';
[5AM] 'Wigstock: The Movie'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
TCM:
[6am] 'Follow Me Quietly' (1949);
[7am] 'A Lady Without Passport' (1950);
[8:30am] 'My Man And I' (1952);
[10:30am] 'Beyond A Reasonable Doubt' (1956);
[12pm] 'While The City Sleeps' (1956);
[2pm] 'Night Song' (1948);
[4pm] 'Horizontal Lieutenant' (1962);
[6pm] 'Advance To The Rear' (1964);
[8pm] 'Bordertown' (1935);
[9:45pm] 'The Caine Mutiny' (1954) [View Trailer];
[12am] 'A Few Good Men' (1992) [View Trailer];
[2:30am] 'Senso' (1954);
[4:30am] 'Rope!' (1948) [View Trailer]. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Saturday - 06/25
TCM:
[6am] 'On Borrowed Time' (1939);
[8am] 'Double Indemnity' (1944) [View Trailer];
[10am] 'Fastest Gun Alive' (1956);
[12pm] 'Escape From Fort Bravo' (1953);
[2pm] 'Support Your Local Sheriff' (1969) [View Trailer];
[4pm] 'Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool' (2004);
[5:30pm] 'The Magnificent Seven' (1960) [View Trailer];
[8pm] 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' (1928) SILENT ;
[9:15pm] 'The Adventures of Mark Twain' (1944);
[11:30pm ] 'Frankie and Johnny' (1966);
[1am] 'Show Boat' (1951) [View Trailer];
[3am] 'The River' (1937);
[3:45am] 'The Plow That Broke the Plains' (1936);
[4:15am] 'Intruder In The Dust' (1949). (ALL TIMES EDT)
TVLand has 2 hours of 'SCTV' at midnight (edt).
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
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Movie critic Roger Ebert stands on the star he was honored with on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood June 23, 2005. Ebert was the first movie critic to be honored with a Pulitzer Price for arts criticism in 1975.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
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Corporation for (Re)Public(can) Broadcasting
Patricia S. Harrison
The Corporation for (Re)Public(an) Broadcasting, already embroiled in controversy over allegations of a liberal-leaning bias in PBS programming, chose a former Republican Party co-chairman Thursday as its president and chief executive.
Patricia S. Harrison, the assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs, was selected following three days of closed-door meetings by the corporation's board of directors.
Democratic lawmakers last week urged the CPB to put off choosing a new president, citing concerns about political interference by the corporation's chairman, Kenneth Y. Tomlinson. A Republican, Tomlinson, has been critical of public affairs programming at PBS, alleging that it's too liberal.
The corporation, which was set up by Congress in 1967 to shield public broadcasting from political influence, funnels federal dollars to PBS, National Public Radio and hundreds of public radio and television stations.
Patricia S. Harrison
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Shed Light On Patriot Act
Librarians
The Bush administration says officials have not demanded records from libraries or bookstores, but the American Library Association says that's not the case
US law enforcement officials have made at least 200 formal and informal inquiries to libraries for information on reading material and other internal matters since October 2001, according to a new study that adds grist to the growing debate in Congress over the government's counterterrorism powers.
In some cases, agents used subpoenas or other formal demands to obtain information like lists of users checking out a book on Osama bin Laden. Other requests were informal -- and were sometimes turned down by librarians who chafed at the notion of turning over such material, said the American Library Association (ALA), which commissioned the study.
The association, which is pushing to scale back the government's powers to gain information from libraries, said its US$300,000 study was the first to examine a question that was central to a House of Representatives vote last week on the USA Patriot Act: how frequently federal, state and local agents are demanding records from libraries.
For the rest of an enlightening read, Librarians
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Actress and global ambassador for the YouthAIDS relief group, speaks at the National Press Club, Wednesday, June 22, 2005, in Washington. Judd spoke about the need for the U.S. and other countries to do more in the fight against the spread of AIDS.
Photo by Lawrence Jackson
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Reprieve For Big Bird
Public Broadcasting
Big Bird and National Public Radio won a reprieve Thursday as the House restored $100 million that had been proposed as a budget cut for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The 284-140 vote demonstrated the enduring political strength of public broadcasting, whose supporters rallied behind popular programs such as "Sesame Street," "Postcards From Buster" and "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer."
Public Broadcasting
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Embargo On Reviews
'War of the Worlds'
German film critics are up in arms over Paramount's worldwide embargo on reviews of Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" until the film's day-and-date release next Wednesday.
In an open letter, the German association of film critics called on its members to protest the "War of the Worlds" embargo by publicizing details of the studio's demands and criticizing the distributor's no-review policy. The association also called on its members to violate any future embargoes or to refuse to review films where an embargo is imposed.
Consumer press review embargoes are standard policy for all Paramount films in the U.S. (Trade reviews occasionally run earlier when the studio chooses to run so-called "quote ads" in its advertising.) The studio has extended that policy for "War of the Worlds," which is its largest ever worldwide day-and-date release.
'War of the Worlds'
No advance press, and the largest ever worldwide day-and-date release?
Sounds more like code for 'big stinker' - as in maximize profits on opening weekend because there ain't gonna be much demand in the following weeks.
Could it be the next 'Howard The Duck' or 'Battlefield Earth'?
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Turned Down By 'Live 8'
Motley Crue
Motley Crue is one of 65 bands that were reportedly turned down by organizers to appear at the July 2 Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park, according to The Scotsman. The show's promoter told the newspaper, "We simply don't have room for them." Along with the five previously announced shows in Philadelphia, London, Berlin, Paris and Rome, additional concerts in Toronto, Tokyo and Johannesburg were expected to be confirmed this past Friday (June 17).
The worldwide event will feature acts like Coldplay, Linkin Park, the Dave Matthews Band, Bon Jovi, the Cure, Elton John, Keane, the Killers, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Muse, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, REM, Snoop Dogg, Sting, U2, Snow Patrol, Brian Wilson, Crosby Stills and Nash, Faith Hill and event organizer Bob Geldof.
Motley Crue
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Former US President Jimmy Carter addresses the crowd at an event to celebrate the first Canadian-American Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Work Project in Windsor, Ont., Thursday, June 23, 2005. Carter also handed over the keys to brand new homes to six families on behalf of Habitat for Humanity.
Photo by Jason Kryk
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Illness Closes Broadway Show
James Earl Jones
The Broadway play "On Golden Pond" will close Sunday because star James Earl Jones is suffering from pneumonia.
Jones, 74, an accomplished stage actor and the voice of Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" movies, has been off the Tony Award-nominated New York production since June 15 and is not expected to make a full recovery until August, according to a statement.
James Earl Jones
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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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More EIB - Excrement In Broadcasting
WLTO-102.5 FM
A Lexington woman who says she was jilted by a WLTO-102.5 FM contest filed a lawsuit yesterday against Cumulus Media Inc., which owns Hot 102 and four other local stations.
The complaint, filed in Fayette Circuit Court, says the radio station and its Atlanta-based parent company breached a contract to pay $100,000 after a radio contest prize was revealed to be a caramel-filled candy bar, Nestle's 100 Grand, instead of cash.
On May 25, night host DJ Slick said he wanted to thank people who listened throughout the American Idol finale by sponsoring a contest to "win 100 grand." "No joke," the host's Web blog said of the contest.
FCC regulations say contest descriptions can't be false, misleading or deceptive and that stations must conduct the contests as advertised. Stations in El Paso, Texas, and Shreveport, La., have been fined for contests that told listeners they'd won cash prizes without specifying they were in Italian or Turkish lira, not U.S. dollars.
WLTO-102.5 FM
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U.S. actress Jo Anne Worley, wearing a pair of 'witches hands' gloves, poses during the Hollywood premiere of the Tony-winning stage musical 'Wicked' in Hollywood June 22, 2005. The play tells the untold story of the witches of Oz. Worley is best known for her role in the comedy television series 'Laugh In.'
Photo by Fred Prouser
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Filming Fee Hike
Hawaii
Hawaii's popularity as a film location is still growing. The hit ABC series "Lost" is boosting the profile of the state, which already has served as a location for Fox's "North Shore," NBC's "Hawaii" and the WB pilot "Rocky Point." Last year proved a record year for the islands, which attracted $161 million in direct production expenditures.
But a new move by the Honolulu City Council could threaten continued growth of this robust film scene.
The council has just unveiled a budget that levies a commercial filming fee of $300 a day (up from a nominal $10 a day) for major national and nonlocal film and TV filming in city parks or recreational facilities. (Honolulu's jurisdiction extends to the island of Oahu, where most of Hawaii's filming takes place.)
Hawaii
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French Genevieve Laporte speaks near her portrait drawn in 1951 by Picasso in Paris June 23, 2005. Genevieve Laporte's collection of 20 Picasso drawings will go on auction at Artcurial house on June 27, 2005 for an estimated value of 1.5 to 2 million euros ($1.8 - $2.4 million).
Photo by Philippe Wojazer
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Admits 'Poor Judgment'
Randy "Duke" Cunningham
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R - Dietician) said Thursday he showed poor judgment in selling his house to a defense contractor who later took a big loss on it. But the California Republican said he acted honestly and predicted an investigation would prove that.
It was his first public accounting of his relationship with defense contractor Mitchell Wade since news of the real estate deal surfaced nearly two weeks ago.
Wade paid $1.7 million in November 2003 for the 3,826-square-foot house in wealthy, seaside Del Mar, just north of San Diego. He put it back on the market soon after and eventually took a $700,000 loss when he resold it in October 2004. During that span, home prices in San Diego County rose an average of nearly 25 percent.
Meanwhile, Wade's little-known company, Washington, D.C.-based MZM Inc., was increasing its federal contracting business. In 2004, MZM tripled its revenue and nearly quadrupled its staff, according to the company's Web site.
Cunningham also contended he acted properly in living part time on Wade's boat, which is docked on the Potomac River in Washington.
Randy "Duke" Cunningham
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The sails of the Sydney Opera House is seen in the early morning sun June 22, 2005. Australian counter-terrorism officers raided four homes in the southern city of Melbourne after an investigation revealed Islamic extremists were planning to attack city landmarks, local media reported on Thursday.
Photo by Tim Wimborne
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Shuts Chat Rooms
Yahoo
Yahoo Inc, the most-used Internet site, has shut down all its user-created Internet chat rooms amid concerns that adults were using the sites to try to have sex with minors.
The giant Internet media company closed down those chat rooms and the ability to create new ones "in the past week," said Yahoo spokeswoman Mary Osako.
Chat rooms created and sponsored by Yahoo itself remain open, Osako said. The number of user-created chat rooms is variable at any given time and Yahoo does not track that figure, she said.
Yahoo
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A one-month-old Siberian lynx looks out from foliage at the San Diego Zoo June 22, 2005. Born on exhibit, the kitten had not been visible until this week, when it has become more mobile. The mother, Skyy, has been very protective of the kitten, not allowing zookeepers to examine its gender or even allowing the kitten to get far from her as it begins to explore its surroundings. Siberian lynx can weigh 40 to 80 pounds when full grown. Also known as the Eurasian lynx, this species can be found in Asia, Europe and former USSR.
Photo by Ken Bohn
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