BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 29 July, 2011

Friday

29 July, 2011

(Updated Daily)

[1465 days in a row]



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Obama Reportedly Willing to Embrace a '14th Amendment Compromise'


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Tom Danehy: State Republicans are fighting the Independent Redistricting Commission-and the possibility of Democrats winning more races (Tucson Weekly)
Watch out, folks! Arizona's Republicans are on the warpath.


Roger Ebert: Clinging to the rear view mirror
Marshall McLuhan wrote much nonsense. Embedded in it I find startling insights that help explain my experiences. Consider the phrase "the medium is the message." These five words at a masterstroke explain the digital age we now occupy. One sign of a valuable insight is when it applies to developments its author could hardly have foreseen.


Connie Schultz: The Look of Love (Creators Syndicate)
As a Midwesterner who likes to brag about our heartland ways, it's rare for me to envy New Yorkers. This week, though, I'm as green as summer clover at the sight of all those beautiful same-sex couples exchanging vows in New York.


William Pannapacker: Overeducated, Underemployed?(Slate)
How to fix humanities grad school.


Bruce Bartlett: "Barack Obama: The Democrats' Richard Nixon?" (The Fiscal Times)
Conservatives will, of course, scoff at the idea of Obama being any sort of conservative, just as liberals scoffed at Nixon being any kind of liberal. But with the benefit of historical hindsight, it's now obvious that Nixon was indeed a moderate liberal in practice. ... It may take 20 years before Obama's basic conservatism is widely accepted as well, but it's a fact.


Susan Estrich: Stand By Your Man (Creators Syndicate)
I don't like the economy any more than the next person. I'm blessed to be secure, to be able to pay my bills and educate my kids, but believe me, that isn't true for many of the people around me, for family and friends. When unemployment is as high as it is, when housing prices have dropped as low as they have, no one is untouched. But that's not a reason to desert a president who has kept his promises and is struggling to secure a deal that will not betray those most in need.


Robert Reich: Vicious Cycles: Why Washington is About to Make the Jobs Crisis Worse
The only way out of the vicious economic cycle is for government to adopt an expansionary fiscal policy - spending more in the short term in order to make up for the shortfall in consumer demand. This would create jobs, which will put money in peoples' pockets, which they'd then spend, thereby persuading employers to do more hiring. The consequential job growth will also help reduce the long-term ratio of debt to GDP. It's a win-win.


Kenneth Thomas: Heritage Tries to Mislead Us on How Swell Poverty Is
Over the past 50 years, televisions have gotten a lot cheaper and college has gotten a lot more expensive. … if you're looking to live in a safe neighborhood with good public schools in a metropolitan area with decent job opportunities you're going to find that this is quite expensive. Health care has become incredibly expensive.


Jim Hightower: Corporate thieves fear public disclosure
Poor Halliburton. Poor ExxonMobil, Blackwater, Microsoft, and other huge corporations that get billions of dollars each year in lucrative contracts from our government.


Jeremy Stahl: "Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Creators of the Musical 'The Book of Mormon'" (Slate)
They reinvigorated Broadway: by taking musicals back to their roots (and making them more like 'South Park').


Bill Wyman: Amy Winehouse (Slate)
Why her music will last.


Hadley Freeman: Amy Winehouse's death was badly reported (Guardian)
There's a way to report celebrity deaths - and the way the media reported Amy Winehouse's death wasn't right.



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Trivia Question of the Day


Who was the inspiration for the character Sally Rogers, played by Rose Marie, on "The Dick Van Dyke Show"?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday



Closing credits on MTM Productions features a meowing kitten. What is the kitty's name?

   Mimsie                                                      Source



Mimsie the Cat (1968-1988) was the cat seen in the MTM Enterprises logo, in an apparent spoof of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's famed lion mascot, Leo. Mimsie (who was also known by the names "Dick Turpin" and "Dick Marino", despite being female) was owned by one of the staff members of the company though some sources say that she was owned by Moore herself.        Source






Jim from CA, retired to ID, was first, and correct, with:
   The cat's name was "Mimsie



Sally said:
   Closing credits on MTM Productions features a meowing kitten. The cat's name was "Mimsie."

  Mimsie fans...
  PS: MAM, thanks for the computer/storm info. While I always turn off TV/computer/AC during T-storms, I never thought about the power strip!




Charlie wrote:
   Mimsie

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Alan J responded:
   Mimsie the Cat



Adam answered:
   Mimsie. How adorable.



Marian said:
   Mimsie



MAM   wrote:
   'Mimsie' Mimsie the Cat (1968-1988) was the cat seen in the MTM Enterprises logo, in an apparent spoof of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's famed lion mascot, Leo. They went to a local animal shelter and selected this particular orange kitten because of its really loud mew.
  Mimsie, was adopted by one of the crew members and lived a long and happy life in San Bernardino.
  MTM Enterprises INC Logo
  PS Not Mimsie, but just as good a mew . . . Wowser!




And, Joe S     answered:
   Mimsie.
  After being an independent production company for many years, MTM was sold in 1990 to British production company TVS Entertainment, which was in turn acquired by Pat Robertson's International Family Entertainment in late 1992. IFE along with MTM was sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 1996. MTM ceased operations and was folded into 20th Century Fox Television on August 15, 1998 when The Family Channel became Fox Family.
  Being owned by Pat Robertson's company, Rupert Murdoch's company and then Fox took it's toll on poor Mimsie and she became quite unhinged. She tried to take out Rupert but was unsuccessful. She was mortally wounded in the gun battle. Poor Mimsie.



  




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3< 4 5 Caterpillars

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly

Gulf Fritillary butterfly


Here are today's pictures:

 
Caterpillar #1 - pupated (but not looking so good, but still alive)



 
Caterpillar #2 - pupated



 
Caterpillar #3



 
Caterpillar #4




Two-Fer - Caterpillars # 3 (bottom right) and #4 (top left)



 
Caterpillar #5 - the newest addition






Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Page




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Sick Days


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

FOR CONSERVATIVES STUPID IS A POLICY PRACTICE

STILL SHAKING HER POM POMS!

THE DEADBEAT REPUGS!

ANOTHER DEAD BEAT TEABAG REPUG ASSHOLE

CHINA PUTS US ON eBay

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

STOP THE OLIGARCHS OR BE A SERF. YOU MAKE THE CALL!

THE "CRAZY EYES" KILLING GROUND! MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON HER SHRIVELED EVIL SOUL

THE DISGUSTING WORLD OF MURDOCH

WHEN THIS HONKY ASSHOLE IS ROTTING IN HELL THEN I MAY BE OPEN TO THE ARGUMENT THAT THERE IS A GOD!

FRACK YOU!

"I WANNA KILL KILL KILL!

BONUS CLICK

THE REAL REASON

THE MURDOCHS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST!

STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Lovely marine layer hung around til mid-afternoon.



Tonight, Friday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'Flashpont', followed by a RERUN 'CSI: The 2nd One', then a RERUN 'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 3/3/11) are Robin Williams and Judy Greer.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Tim Gunn and Ted Alexandro.



NBC starts the night with a RERUN 'Who Do You Think You Are?', followed by 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Gillian Anderson, Aziz Ansari, and Kelly Rowland.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Brian Williams, Rashad Evans, Big Sean, and Ben E. King.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 5/9/11) are Walton Goggins, Dave MacDowell, and Soundtrack of Our Lives.



ABC opens the night with a RERUN 'Shark Tank', followed by 'Primetime: What Would You Do?', then '20/20'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 7/20/11) are John Stamos, Ashley Benson, and Owl City.



The CW offers a RERUN 'Nikita', followed by a RERUN 'Supernatural'.



Faux has a RERUN 'Bones', followed by a RERUN 'House'.



MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.



A&E has all 'Criminal Minds' all night.



AMC offers the movie 'Collateral Damage', followed by the movie 'The Matrix Reloaded'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [7:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [8:00 AM]   The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Duncan Bannatyne, Joan Rivers
 [9:00 AM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 1
 [10:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Momma Cherri's
 [11:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Black Pearl
 [12:00 PM]   Come Fly With Me - Episode 5
 [12:30 PM]   Come Fly With Me - Episode 6
 [1:00 PM]   The Inbetweeners - Episode 5
 [1:30 PM]   The Inbetweeners - Episode 6
 [2:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 7 Oscars
 [3:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 The Mixing Bowl
 [4:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 9 The Vengeance Factor
 [5:00 PM]   Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007) - Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
 [6:00 PM]   Doctor Who - Ep 1 Partners in Crime
 [7:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 10
 [8:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 2
 [9:00 PM]   The Crow - The Crow
 [11:00 PM]   The Crow - The Crow
 [1:00 AM]   The Inbetweeners - Episode 1
 [1:30 AM]   The Inbetweeners - Episode 2
 [2:00 AM]   The Inbetweeners - Episode 3
 [2:30 AM]   The Inbetweeners - Episode 4
 [3:00 AM]   The Inbetweeners - Episode 5
 [3:30 AM]   The Inbetweeners - Episode 6
 [4:00 AM]   The X-Files - Ep 8 Ice
 [5:00 AM]   The X-Files - Ep 9 Space    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Jerseylicious', 'Platinum Hit', followed by the movie 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days'.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Jim Gaffigan), another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Ron White), and 'Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat ... I'm Fluffy'.



FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Marley & Me', then the movie 'The Proposal'.



HBO offers a FRESH Bill Maher - guests include:
Top-of-show is Harry Markopolos.
Mid-show is Bryan Cranston.
Panel:   Margaret Hoover, Matt Kibbe, and Eliot Spitzer.



History has 'Modern Marvels', 'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH 'American Restoration', and another 'American Restoration'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   My Best Friend
 [8:00 AM]   Kinky Boots
 [10:15 AM]   Town & Country
 [12:30 PM]   My Best Friend
 [2:30 PM]   Kinky Boots
 [4:45 PM]   You Kill Me
 [6:45 PM]   Pulp Fiction
 [10:00 PM]   Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings
 [10:30 PM]   Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings
 [11:00 PM]   Young Broke and Beautiful
 [11:30 PM]   Open Water 2: Adrift
 [1:30 AM]   Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings
 [2:00 AM]   Young Broke and Beautiful
 [2:30 AM]   The Making Of: Transformation
 [2:35 AM]   Pulp Fiction
 [5:50 AM]   Advantage     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [7:00 AM]   Life In Flight
 [8:20 AM]   In A Day
 [9:50 AM]   Jellyfish
 [11:10 AM]   Life In Flight
 [12:30 PM]   In A Day
 [1:55 PM]   Jellyfish
 [3:15 PM]   Life In Flight
 [4:35 PM]   In A Day
 [6:00 PM]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Santa Fe (Episode 1, Season 1)
 [7:00 PM]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Omaha (Episode 2, Season 1)
 [8:00 PM]   MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Pressure (Episode 13, Season 1)
 [9:00 PM]   MY SO-CALLED LIFE - On the Wagon (Episode 14, Season 1)
 [10:00 PM]   Marie Antoinette
 [12:05 AM]   Havoc
 [1:35 AM]   Love Lust & Sex Symbols
 [2:35 AM]   ALL ON THE LINE - From A to Joe Zee (Episode 9, Season 1)
 [3:35 AM]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Santa Fe (Episode 1, Season 1)
 [4:35 AM]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Omaha (Episode 2, Season 1)
 [5:35 AM]   Love Lust & Sex Symbols     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Mega Fault', followed by a FRESH 'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH 'Haven'.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      No Time For Comedy (1940)
 [8:00 AM]      Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
 [10:00 AM]      Keeper Of The Flame (1942)
 [12:00 PM]      Boys' Ranch (1946)
 [2:00 PM]      Courage Of Lassie (1946)
 [4:00 PM]      Devotion (1946)
 [6:00 PM]      Cynthia (1947)
 [8:00 PM]      Under Mexicali Stars (1950)
 [9:15 PM]      The Last Musketeer (1952)
 [10:30 PM]      Two-Gun Man From Harlem (1938)
 [11:45 PM]      Harlem Rides the Range (1939)
 [12:45 AM]      In Old Santa Fe (1934)
 [2:00 AM]      Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
 [3:15 AM]      Tokyo Olympiad (1965)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Saturday  -  07/29/11

TCM:
 [6:15 AM]      The Courtship Of Andy Hardy (1942)
 [8:00 AM]      Rembrandt (1936)
 [9:30 AM]      Snowfire (1958)
 [11:00 AM]      The Fatal Minute (1937)
 [11:30 AM]      Juggernaut (1937)
 [12:00 PM]      Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)
 [1:30 PM]      Alexander The Great (1956)
 [4:00 PM]      Ivanhoe (1952)
 [6:00 PM]      Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
 [8:00 PM]      All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
 [10:30 PM]      Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
 [12:00 AM]      The Unfaithful (1947)
 [2:00 AM]      Johnny Belinda (1948)
 [4:00 AM]      Donovan's Brain (1953)
 [5:30 AM]      Panic on the Air (1936)     (ALL TIMES EST)







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U.S. director Woody Allen (L) and his wife Soon-Yi Previn walk at the end of the shooting of his movie "The Bop Decameron" at the Campo de' Fiori square in Rome July 28, 2011.
Photo by Remo Casilli

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Vidiot Speak

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Man With An Opinion

Harry Belafonte

Singer and activist Harry Belafonte says President Barack Obama and his "mission" have failed because of a lack of moral courage and vision.

The president is "not a stand-alone," Belafonte said Thursday. Regarding the debt-ceiling crisis, Belafonte said he would ask Congress, the president and other U.S. institutions of power "what happened to moral truth" and moral courage.

Belafonte made his remarks to the Television Critics Association while discussing "Sing Your Song," a documentary about him airing this autumn on HBO. The 84-year-old singer, known as the King of Calypso, has pushed for political and social change since the U.S. civil rights movement.

He hopes the documentary will illuminate a time when Americans faced problems and found the resources to face them, Belafonte said. "Sing Your Song" debuts Oct. 17.

Harry Belafonte

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Italian conductor and director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, center, poses with singers and actors of the opera Macbeth by Guiseppe Verdi, on his 70th birthday at the Salzburg music festival in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday July 28, 2011.
Photo by Kerstin Joensson

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Town Won't Name Bridge After

Kurt Cobain

The City Council in Aberdeen, Wash., voted 10-1 against a resolution to rename a bridge after the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.

Eight citizens and several council members spoke against renaming the bridge, which is unofficially named after pioneer Alexander Young.

KXRO reports the vote against the Cobain rename drew applause from the audience at Wednesday's council meeting. Some people were concerned about memorializing the grunge rock musician because of his drug use, suicide and negative comments about his hometown.

The council did vote to name a small body of land on the Wishkah River the Cobain Landing.

Kurt Cobain

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Wake-up Call


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Mano a Mano en El Bañno

Old Spice

The Old Spice Guy has won his hunk-off with Fabio.

Former football player Isaiah Mustafa has been lead spokesman for the Procter & Gamble Co. brand of men's body washes and deodorants for nearly two years, starring in a popular series of marketing campaigns relying heavily on YouTube, Twitter and other social media.

Now, he has held off a playful effort by the Italian model to become "the new Old Spice Guy."

In a series of videos culminating Thursday, the muscular pitchmen dueled in tongue-in-cheek challenges from one another and viewers. They held staring and whistling contests, bantered and gave advice on writing love letters and working out. P&G says Mustafa won based on consumer feedback such as "likes" and online comments.

They called the competition "Mano a Mano en El Bañno" (hand-to-hand in the bathroom).

Old Spice

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Author Thomas Keneally arrives for the premiere of "Eye of the Storm" in Sydney, Wednesday, July 27, 2011.
Photo by Rick Rycroft

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Von A-Hole's 25th Anniversary Billboard

Zsa Zsa

Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband is saying happy anniversary in a big way. Frederic Von Anhalt has taken out a billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles to celebrate the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. Beside the couple's wedding photo, it reads, "Prince Frederic & Princess Zsa Zsa 25 years and counting." It also includes Von Anhalt's website.

Gabor and Von Anhalt were married August 14, 1986.

He said the billboard is an anniversary gift for his ailing 94-year-old wife, who smiled when she saw a picture of it on TV.

Von Anhalt said he spent his "life savings" on the $68,000 billboard, which will be up for one month.

Zsa Zsa

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Jack Kirby Loses

Marvel

Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk can save the world from evil through superhuman feats, but it took a federal judge Thursday to decide who legally owns the rights to their lucrative characters.

U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that they and other Marvel Worldwide Inc. superheroes will remain the property of the company, despite claims by heirs to the artist who played a key role in creating them that they are entitled to the copyrights.

The Manhattan judge cited statements made by artist Jack Kirby before his 1994 death to support her finding that his creations must remain Marvel's property.

She noted that he said in a 1986 affidavit that he did his work at a time when it was common practice that vested ownership of his creations belonged to the company that paid him to draw. She said he also signed a written agreement in the spring of 1972, well after the creation of the characters, admitting that he was not entitled to retain ownership of the work.

Marvel filed a federal lawsuit in January 2010 seeking to invalidate 45 notices sent by Kirby's heirs to try to terminate Marvel's copyrights, effective on dates ranging from 2014 through 2019. The comics were published between 1958 and 1963. Those at issue in the case included The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, The Mighty Thor, Spider-Man, Iron Man, The X-Men, The Avengers, Ant-Man, Nick Fury and The Rawhide Kid.

Marvel

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People walk in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Jerash during the Jerash Festival July 27, 2011. The Jerash festival for culture and art is a celebration of both Jordanian and international culture featuring poetry recitals, gymnastic performances, dance, plays and comedy. Picture taken July 27, 2011.
Photo by /Muhammad Hamed

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Studios Win UK Case

Newzbin2

Hollywood film studios have won a court case in Britain blocking access to a website accused of flagrant infringement of copyright.

Justice Richard Arnold announced Thursday that he would issue an order which would compel BT PLC, the country's largest Internet service provider, to block access to the Newzbin2 website. The precise wording of the order will be subject to a further hearing in October.

The order was sought by six studios including Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures Corporation and Disney Enterprises. They were supported by recorded music, video gaming and publishing organizations.

The judge noted that the studios considered this to be a test case, and that if they won an order they would take similar action against other Internet service providers in the United Kingdom.

"The operators of the Newzbin2 website are unknown, but the operation appears to have moved offshore. It is thus effectively beyond the reach of this court," the judge said.

Newzbin2

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Just Like Old Times

Hollywood

Police in riot gear clashed with a crowd that became unruly outside a Hollywood film premiere Wednesday evening, throwing bottles and vandalizing cars and refusing orders to disperse after they were forced to leave an overcrowded theater, authorities said.

The chaos erupted around 5:40 p.m. after a Los Angeles Fire Department inspector determined Grauman's Chinese Theatre, where the film was screening, was overcrowded, department spokesman Brian Humphrey said.

Police estimated about 2,000 people were inside the theater to catch the premiere of a documentary about the Electric Daisy Carnival rave. An unknown number of people were pushed out into the streets, joining a growing crowd that may have been drawn to the event from a Twitter message by a popular DJ known as Kaskade who said there'd be a block party.

Officers ordered hundreds of people to disperse, but the crowd refused and began throwing objects, Officer Karen Rayner. Additional officers were called to the scene and were able to control the crowd several hours later.

A section of Hollywood Boulevard was shut down and a subway station under the famous theater and the next-door Hollywood & Highland entertainment complex was closed during the disturbance.

Hollywood

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A supporter of Peru's President-elect Ollanta Humala playa an Andean instruments outside Peru's Legislative Palace during Ollanta's swearing-in ceremony in Lima, Peru, Thursday July 28, 2011. The 49-year-old former army lieutenant colonel won office in a runoff last month.
Photo by Karel Navarro

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Slain Girl's Mom Targeted

Rupert

Britain's simmering phone hacking scandal erupted again Thursday as a charity founded by the mother of a murdered child said she was targeted by a detective who worked for the News of the World.

The charity, Phoenix Chief Advocates, said Glenn Mulcaire, a detective employed by the now-defunct tabloid, had the details of Sara Payne in his notes. Payne is the mother of 8-year-old Sarah Payne, whose murder by a pedophile in 2000 shocked Britain and was heavily covered by the News of the World.

The charity said in a statement that police had previously said Sara Payne's name was not on a list held by Mulcaire, who was jailed in 2007 for hacking into the voice mail messages of royal staff. But it said "it has now been confirmed by (police) that Sara's details are on his list."

The ongoing scandal over illegal eavesdropping has shaken Rupert Murdoch's global media empire, led to the resignation of top executives, including Murdoch protege Rebekah Brooks, and prompted the closure of the 168-year-old News of the World tabloid, which she once edited.

Rupert

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Pleads Guilty In Bar Scrap

Paz de la Huerta

Actress Paz de la Huerta admitted Thursday that she harassed a reality TV figure in a confrontation that authorities said was laced with ill will about their respective claims to fame.

"I'm extremely glad this is over," the "Boardwalk Empire" actress said after acknowledging in court that she threatened to hit Samantha Swetra in March at a bar at a chic Manhattan hotel.

De la Huerta pleaded guilty to harassment, a violation that is akin to a traffic ticket. Her plea deal calls for a day of community service and 12 weeks of alcohol counseling.

While the criminal case is ending, de la Huerta still faces a lawsuit from Swetra, a fashion buyer who appeared on the MTV reality series "The City." Swetra's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, said she would continue "to pursue the case vigorously."

Paz de la Huerta

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The herd of ponies makes their way towards shore during the Chincoteague Wild Pony Swim on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The ponies swim from Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge to Chincoteague Island, Va., to be sold at auction to benefit the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company.
Photo by Brad Vest)

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Deadbeat Dad Tea-Bagger

Rep. Joe Walsh

Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, the tea party-backed Republican who squeaked into office last year by vowing to bring fiscal responsibility to Washington and who has been one of President Barack Obama's most outspoken critics during the standoff over the debt ceiling, is being sued for more than $100,000 in unpaid child support, a newspaper reported.

The freshman congressman's ex-wife, Laura Walsh, filed the claim against him in December as part of their divorce case, saying he owed $117,437 to her and their three children, the Chicago Sun-Times reported in a story published Wednesday. She contends that Walsh loaned his own campaign $35,000 and took international vacations but said he couldn't afford child support payments because he was between jobs or out of work.

Walsh, whose campaign was marked by allegations of financial mismanagement, said he thought he and his ex-wife were coming to an agreement on the money owed, according to a February court filing. And in the statement, he said he has been "trying to resolve this issue since January in a court of law ..."

The congressman's alleged financial problems made headlines while he was campaigning last year, when former campaign field director Richard Cape claimed he would "spend, spend, spend uncontrollably." His campaign manager quit and sued for $20,000 in nonpayment, and two other staffers who quit accused him of not properly disclosing a 2008 home foreclosure and traffic citations to the public, taking their grievances public. Walsh also bounced checks, including one to a Republican fundraiser.

Rep. Joe Walsh

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Tweet. Tweet.

Hugh Hefner

Playboy accuses ex of lying about sex LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playboy founder Hugh Hefner says his former fiance is lying about their sex life, or lack of it.

Crystal Harris, 25, who ditched Hefner, 85, five days before their June wedding, told radio show host Howard Stern this week that sex with the Playboy magazine mogul "lasted like two seconds" and that she had never seen him naked.

"Crystal lied about our relationship on Howard Stern but I don't know why," Hefner said in a Twitter message on Tuesday. The remark, which was re-tweeted by some fans, has since been removed from his account.

"Crystal convinced me that she adored me. That was the first lie," Hefner said in response to a tweet from a fan. And he told another: "I feel sorry for Crystal. She seems lost."

Harris also claimed that she and Hefner only had sex once in their two-year relationship, that she had never seen him naked and that Hefner was more into "couch cuddling and movie nights" than sex.

Hugh Hefner

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A suricate or meerkat is seen in its enclosure at the zoo in Dortmund, Germany, Thursday, July 28, 2011.
Photo by Martin Meissner

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