BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 1 July, 2005
Friday
1 July, 2005
(Updated Daily)
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'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Reader Suggestion
Get Busy - Get Involved
1. Go to this website (need acrobat) www.usmilitary.about.com/library/pdf/enlistment.pdf
2. Print copies of the DD Form 4/1 (it's what's used to enlist).
3. Walk through a large parking lot, looking for cars with Bush/Cheney bumperstickers.
4. Fold a copy of the form and put it under the windshield.
5. Chuckle.
Print a bunch and visit a fundamentalist church this Fourth of July Weekend!
m&s
Moosie, you're the best!
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CRUISIN' AT SIXTY
THEN I SAW ALL THE BRAKELIGHTS
GODDAM TRAFFIC JAM
Zen Man
(in the middle of 101 south in San Rafael)
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Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Silja J.A. Talvi: Torture Fatigue (In These Times)
"The Christian in me says it's wrong," Army Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr. said of torturing prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. "But the corrections officer in me says I love to make a grown man piss himself."
Adam Werbach: Environmentalism is dead. What's next? (In These Times)
The loss of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is yet one more piece of evidence that environmentalism, as a political movement, is exhausted. The signs of environmentalism's death are all around us.
Rebecca Romani: The 'Leave My Child Alone' Movement (Left Turn. Posted on Alternet)
Main Street Moms are mad about military recruiting at high schools and they're becoming a force to reckon with.
Kelpie Wilson: Exponential Enrons Ahead (TruthOut.org. on Alternet)
A little-discussed section of the Bush energy bill will drive public utilities out of business, letting oil giants like Halliburton control your electricity.
Same-sex marriage law passes 158-133 (CBC News)
Supported by most members of the Liberals, the Bloc Québécois and the NDP, the legislation passed easily, making Canada only the third country in the world, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to officially recognize same-sex marriage.
ROGER EBERT: War of the Worlds (2 stars; thumbs down)
"War of the Worlds" is a big, clunky movie containing some sensational sights but lacking the zest and joyous energy we expect from Steven Spielberg.
Freeway Blogger Summer of Truth Instructions
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Humor
'Mommie, can I have a Republican?'
"Mommie, can I have a Republican?"
No, for the last time.
"But you said if I got an A in math I could have one."
No, I only said we would talk about it. You know how messy they are.
And they breed like rats! I blame their owners.
"Tommy has one."
Well, his parents are rich. We can't afford a Republican. If you got
an A in math, you should be able to figure that out.
"I'll have it fixed so it can't breed. I'll use my paper route money
to pay for it."
You should save your paper route money for more important things. Like college.
"I know where you could get a Republican really REALLY cheap!"
Well, it must be old, or diseased, or something else. Republicans are
always expensive. I just don't have the money right now.
"No, there's one on eBay! He's like, a California congressman, or something."
Oh dear. Is he white?
"Duh-uh! He's like, after all, a Republican!"
It's not Cunningham, is it? [dear God NO]
"Yeah, CunningHam, IgnorantHam, StupidHam, like, whatEVERRR... He's
always for sale, and really cheap."
Well, why hasn't someone bought him by now? If he's such a bargain.
"They have bought him, many times. According to the feedback section
of eBay, everyone who owns him is completely satisfied."
Welll... are you sure this is the kind of pet you want? Republicans
need constant care. They are emotionally very needy. You would have
to stroke it and tell it everything is OK, even if it isn't.
But that's the easy part - Republicans love being lied to. You would
also have to learn its simple language, like "traditional family
values," "free speech," and "religious freedom." Those terms mean the
exact opposite of what you think they mean, when you are talking to a
Republican. Are you ready for that?
"Zzzzzzzz...."
Didn't think so. Dream well, my sweetie...
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Comment From Mr. Hawk
Re: BBC America
Marty, you ran an article about BBC American wanting to enhance its appeal.
If they were serious the first thing they should do is run the new Dr Who in
prime time. If the 1996 movie was a fair test they would have 3 million
viewers every time. Hey, that would beat out Fox News any day of they week.
~ Mr. Hawk
"You sick....twisted......bastards!"
Randi Rhodes
Thanks, Mr. Hawk!
The kid seconds your suggestion!
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Selected Readings
That Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Lovely overcast morning, followed by a mild, sunny afternoon.
This Sunday night at 9pm (pdt) I'll be a guest on the
Erin Hart Show on
KIRO in Seattle - audio streams live online.
And, you can call in, too!
Also, Erin Hart
is filling in again for Jay Marvin on Air America
in Boulder, CO on July 5th from 4am to 9am (pdt) - I'll be an early morning guest there, too.
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'Child Prodigies', followed by a RERUN 'JAG', then a RERUN 'NUMB3RS'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Summer Toy Demonstration, Michael Chiklis, and Gary Mule Deer.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Tom Bergeron, special effects makeup guru Greg Nicotero, and Ian Bagg.
NBC starts the night with a 2-hour 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN 'Law & Order #4 - Trial By Lilith'.
On a RERUN Leno (from 5/25/05) are Russell Crowe, Brady Barr with animals, and Nelly.
On a RERUN Conan (from 4/15/05) are Jeff Goldblum, Damon Dash, and Le Tigre.
On a RERUN Carson Daly (from 6/3/05) are Elizabeth Hurley, Maloof Brothers, Russ Meneve, and Martha Wainwright.
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 (from 6/16/05) are Evander Holyfield, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Majestik Magnificent.
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 'Cats & Dogs'.
UPN fills the night with the movie 'Harvard Man'.
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' (George Carlin), another 'Biography' (Jeff Foxworthy), and yet another 'Biography' (Ailene Wournos).
AMC offers the movie 'Easy Rider', followed by the movie 'In The Heat Of The Night', then 'Movie Club', and the movie 'Stephen King's Silver Bullet'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 1;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - Shedding The Load;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 4;
[4pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Cycling Tour;
[4:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Nude Man;
[5:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Henry Tripshaw's Disease;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Finch;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 15;
[8pm] 'The Saint' - Vendetta For a Saint;
[10pm] 'The Saint' - Fiction Makers;
[12am] 'The Saint' - Vendetta For a Saint;
[2am] 'The Saint' - Fiction Makers;
[4am] 'The Saint' - Vendetta For a Saint;
[6am] 'BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Queer Eye', 'Being Bobby Brown', another 'Being Bobby Brown', 'Hit Me Baby One More Time', and another 'Hit Me Baby One More Time'.
Comedy Central has 'Comedy Central Presents' (Jimmy Pardo), 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Gabriel Iglesias), 'Premium Blend', and 'The Original Latin Kings Of Comedy'.
History has 'American Revolution', 'UFO Files', 'Modern Marvels', 'Mail Call', and another 'Mail Call'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'IFC July Short Film Collection I' (2005);
[8AM] 'This is Not a Film' (2003);
[9:30AM] 'Invincible' (2001);
[11:45AM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[12PM] 'The Legend of 1900' (1998);
[2:15PM] 'This is Not a Film' (2003);
[3:45PM] 'IFC July Short Film Collection I' (2005);
[5:45PM] 'The Legend of 1900' (1998);
[8PM] 'The Ice Storm' (1997);
[10PM] 'Dinner For Five #40' (2005);
[10:30PM] 'Henry's Film Corner #108' (2005);
[11PM] 'The Grifters' (1990);
[1AM] 'Dinner For Five #40' (2005);
[1:30AM] 'Henry's Film Corner #108' (2005);
[2AM] 'The Grifters' (1990);
[4AM] 'The Ice Storm' (1997);
[5:30AM] 'Henry's Film Corner #108' (2005). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Gargantus', followed by the movie 'Dinocroc'.
Sundance -
[7AM] 'The Al Franken Show': (06/09/05);
[8AM] 'Mondo Plympton';
[9AM] 'Security, Colorado';
[10:35AM] 'Bartleby';
[12PM] 'Anatomy of a Scene: Stander';
[12:30PM] 'In Rwanda we say...The family that does not speak dies';
[1:30PM] 'Cul de Sac: A Suburban War Story';
[2:30PM] 'Mondo Plympton';
[3:30PM] 'Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train';
[4:50PM] 'Neo-Noir';
[5PM] 'Security, Colorado';
[6:35PM] 'Bartleby';
[8PM] 'Black Robe';
[10PM] 'The Hanging Garden';
[11:30PM] 'The Al Franken Show': (06/10/05);
[12:30AM] 'Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary';
[1:50AM] 'Neo-Noir';
[2AM] 'Anatomy of a Scene: Stander';
[3:30AM] 'Betty';
[5:10AM] 'Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
TCM celebrates the 89th birthday of the ageless
Olivia de Havilland all day.
[6am] 'It's Love I'm After' (1937);
[8am] 'The Charge Of The Light Brigade' (1936);
[10am] 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex' (1939);
[12pm] 'Dodge City' (1939);
[2pm] 'The Male Animal' (1942);
[4pm] 'The Heiress' (1949);
[6pm] 'Light In The Piazza' (1962);
[8pm] 'The First Auto' (1927) SILENT ;
[9:30pm] 'Speedy' (1928) SILENT ;
[11pm] 'Excuse My Dust' (1951);
[12:30am] 'The Magnificent Ambersons' (1942) [View Trailer];
[2am] 'Closely Watched Trains' (1967) [AKA: 'Ostre sledované vlaky'];
[3:45am] 'Hangmen Also Die' (1943). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Saturday - 07/02
TCM:
[6am] 'Larceny, Inc.' (1942);
[8am] 'While The City Sleeps' (1956);
[10am] 'The Oklahoma Kid' (1939) [View Trailer];
[11:30am] 'Cartoon Alley #8' (2005);
[12pm] 'Action In The North Atlantic' (1943);
[2:15pm] 'Casablanca' (1942) [View Trailer];
[4pm] 'Fort Apache' (1948) [View Trailer];
[6:15pm] 'She Wore A Yellow Ribbon' (1949) [View Trailer];
[8pm] 'White Heat' (1949);
[10pm] 'The Sea Wolf' (1941);
[11:30pm] 'Dark Victory' (1939) [View Trailer];
[1:30am] 'We Are Not Alone' (1939);
[3:30am] 'The Good Earth' (1937). (ALL TIMES EDT)
TVLand offers 'SCTV' - 3 of them - at 12:30am (edt).
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
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Actress Hayley Mills clutches a photo of her late father, Sir John Mills, at his memorial service at St Martins in the Fields church in London, Thursday June 30, 2005. Mills, who graced stage and screen for more than 60 years, died in his home in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, at the age of 97. The actor, who appeared in over 100 classic British films, died in April following a short illness.
Photo by Stefan Rousseau
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Wedding/Baby News
Garner - Affleck
After months of speculation, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have tied the knot - and she's pregnant.
Representatives for both actors confirmed the marriage to The Associated Press on Thursday. Their publicists, Ken Sunshine and Nicole King, also confirmed that Garner is pregnant with her first child.
The confirmation came after Us Weekly reported that Affleck, 32, and Garner, 33, were wed Wednesday at the Parrot Cay resort in the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos. The National Enquirer also released photos it claimed showed Garner arriving on the islands with her "Alias" co-star Victor Garber.
Garner - Affleck
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A pair of workers stand atop the landmark globe on the roof of the building housing the Seattle Post-Intelligencer during maintenance work Thursday, June 30, 2005, in Seattle. The state Supreme Court earlier on Thursday dealt rival newspaper The Seattle Times a major victory in its efforts to end a joint operating agreement with the P-I, a ruling that could lead to the P-I's closure, though more legal battles remain.
Photo by Elaine Thompson
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Warner Bros. To Pay $17.5 Settlement
'Dukes of Hazzard'
Hollywood's Warner Bros. studios will pay 17.5 million dollars to settle a breach of copyright lawsuit that threatened to block the release of its "Dukes of Hazzard" movie, reports said.
The 11th-hour agreement by the movie powerhouse to fork out the huge sum to film producer Robert Clark came after a judge barred the studio from releasing its 55-million-dollar movie on August 13 unless the case was settled, industry publications said.
Clark had claimed that Warners had infringed on the copyright of his obscure 1974 film "Moonrunners," which became the basis of the hit Warner television series, "The Dukes of Hazzard," which led to the upcoming feature.
Under an injunction issued last week by US federal Judge Gary Allen Feess, all copies of Warner's new movie would have been impounded pending the settlement of the case, according to Daily Variety.
'Dukes of Hazzard'
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Still Singing
The Jordanaires
"I'm on a small label right now making some noise," said the brash, dark-haired kid. "But if I get a recording contract with a major company, I want you to back me up."
The year was 1955. The little-known youngster was Elvis Presley, making a backstage pitch to Gordon Stoker, whose Jordanaires quartet had just finished backing up Eddy Arnold at a show in Memphis.
"Nobody had heard of Elvis Presley," Stoker, now 80, recalled recently, "but apparently he was impressed with our rendition of 'Peace in the Valley' because his first love was always gospel, you know. He had listened to us on the Grand Ole Opry where we were the first white quartet to sing spirituals and his music was influenced by that too."
The collaboration took off and the Jordanaires ultimately sang back-up on some of Elvis' biggest hits including "Don't Be Cruel" and "Jailhouse Rock."
Although they are hardly household names themselves, they have recorded with an estimated 2,500 different artists and have sung on more Top 10 records than any other vocal group in history, culminating in record sales of more than $2.6 billion.
For a lot more, The Jordanaires
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Image provided by the National Gallery of Art shows Winslow Homer's watercolor on wove paper 'Blackboard.' Celebrating the Fourth of July, the National Gallery of Art has mounted its first show in a decade on Winslow Homer, often called the greatest American artist of the 1800s, and his portrayals of changing American life.
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Auction Nets $2.4 Million
Marlon Brando
Hollywood legend Marlon Brando's personal effects were auctioned on Thursday in a sale that raised more than $2.4 million.
Fans and collectors flocked to Christie's salesroom and telephone bidders called in from around the world during the 6 1/2 hour auction. The final tally for the 320 items sold was well above the presale estimate of about $1 million.
Many of the lots featured scripts, pictures, clothing and other materials from Brando's movies. His annotated script from "The Godfather" collected $312,800 -- a record for an auctioned film script -- and far surpassed the $10,000-$15,000 estimate.
A note from "The Godfather" author Mario Puzo appealing to Brando to take the starring role garnered $132,000, much more than the anticipated $800-$1,200. And a telegram to Marilyn Monroe when she was hospitalized for depression sold for $36,000. It was predicted to fetch between $300 and $500.
A 1959-dated letter from Martin Luther King Jr. asking for Brando's help with the youth march for integrated schools was sold for $11,000, nearly three times its pre-auction estimate.
Marlon Brando
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Big Pussy In Court Again
Vincent Pastore
Big Pussy purred his way through another courtroom appearance. Vincent Pastore, who played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on HBO's "The Sopranos," appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday, quietly facing a judge who presided over a plea offer in the actor's alleged assault on his former girlfriend.
Pastore is free without bail. He has pleaded not guilty to four misdemeanors - two counts of assault and one count each of attempted assault and harassment from an alleged attack in Little Italy in May.
The plea would entail 10 days of community service and participation in a domestic abuse program. Pastore also must respect a court order of protection for Lisa Regina, his 44-year-old ex-girlfriend.
Vincent Pastore
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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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Bahrain Vacation
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson, acquitted this month of child sex abuse charges, turned up in the Gulf Arab country of Bahrain on a private visit to "relax," a Bahraini official said on Thursday.
"He (Jackson) is here in Bahrain on a friendly visit, to relax and enjoy the hospitality of Bahrain. He is a long time friend of the (royal) family," the official, who requested anonymity, told Reuters.
Jackson was flown to Bahrain on Wednesday on a private jet from Los Angeles and will stay for a few days at an undisclosed residence, the official said.
Michael Jackson
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A diner eats ice cream at a toilet-themed restaurant in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung June 29, 2005. The Martun, or toilet in Chinese, restaurant in the southern port city of Kaohsiung boasts lengthy queues on weekends as diners wait for a toilet seat in its brightly coloured tile interior. Food arrives in bowls shaped like Western-style toilets or Asian-style 'squat pots'. Picture taken June 29, 2005.
Photo by David Lin
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Single Wave Record
So Cal Surfers
Forty Southern California surfers on Wednesday set aside the sport's long-standing tradition of not sharing waves for what they claimed as a world record for the number of surfers riding a single wave.
The surfers, who ranged in age from 13 to 64, broke the previous record set by 38 Australians in 2002. The California group spent an hour and a half in the cool water off South Carlsbad State Beach, where dozens of onlookers cheered them on.
Three judges counted standing surfers along a stretch of coast. Others videotaped the winning wave to verify the group's success. All the surfers had to stand up and stay up for five seconds, simultaneously, organizers said.
So Cal Surfers
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A series of five stamps was released for general use on Wenesday June 29, 2005 issued by the Mexican government depicting an exaggerated black cartoon character known as Memin Pinguin, a child character from a comic book started in the 1940s that is still published in Mexico. The release comes just weeks after Mexican president Vicente Fox riled many by saying that Mexican migrants take jobs in the United States that 'not even blacks' want.
Photo by Dario Lopez-Mills
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646 Pounds!
Giant Catfish
Fishermen in northern Thailand have caught the biggest catfish on record -- a 646-pound (293-kg) giant the size of a grizzly bear -- and eaten it, the WWF and the National Geographic Society said on Wednesday.
The giant catfish, believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever found, was caught along the Mekong River, home to more species of massive fish than any river on Earth.
Local environmentalists and government officials tried to negotiate the release of the fish so it could continue its spawning migration in the far north of Thailand but the adult male died and was eaten in a remote village, it said.
Giant Catfish
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Two-week-old Sri Lankan Albino cobras move at the National Zoological Gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 29, 2005. In April 2005, a female albino cobra laid 20 eggs. 13 snakes emerged from the eggs on June 16, 2005, zoo officials said.
Photo by Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi
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