We're trying to get word out on this protest video from Kris Kristofferson. It's for the song "In The News" which packs a pretty solid left wing punch.
zEN mAN (inspired by the phone call today from my official "Otter Spotter", Sharon......she said she had just seen this baby River Otter on our dock at Blue Lakes....we had been seeing shit with crayfish shells in it and little muddy web footed prints...and now we know there is a family living here at the Lake!)
Sir, can we do something easier? (guardian.co.uk)
Chemistry and physics departments are closing. The number of A-level science students is plummeting. Why doesn't anyone want to do the hard stuff any more, asks Emma Brockes - and does it matter if they don't?
Laughing in his grave (guardian.co.uk)
Loudmouth controversial stand-ups are everywhere. So why does a US comic who died 12 years ago still transfix the Fringe? Brian Logan on the legacy of Bill Hicks.
Lakshmi Chaudhry: Why Hemingway Is Chick-Lit (inthesetimes.com)
"When women stop reading, the novel will be dead," declared Ian McEwan in the Guardian last year. The British novelist reached this rather dire conclusion after venturing into a nearby park in an attempt to give away free novels.
Lakshmi Chaudhry: What Not to Watch (inthesetimes.com)
Everyone knows fashion is pain, but on television it also involves a generous dose of emotional abuse. Not content with tormenting women with double-zero-sized clothing, arthritis-inducing stilettos, and the self-inflicted wedgie that is the thong, fashion experts have found a way to increase the level of violence: The makeover show.
Beth Quinn: No golfing in the cemetery - or hunting, either (recordonline.com)
In Belmont, Mass., there is to be "No instructing persons in the use and operation of a motor vehicle" in the cemetery. I can only assume parents were bringing their teenagers out there for driving lessons on the theory that anyone the kids might hit was already dead anyway, so what was the harm?
The bulk of the nation (guardian.co.uk)
There are now more overweight people in the world than under-nourished. But however normal it has become to be heavy, no one is too fat to exercise, says Lucy Atkins
CBS fills the night with LIVE'NFL Preseason Football', then pads the left coast with local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Edward Norton and Greg Fitzsimmons.
On a RERUNCraig (from 7/31/06) are Andie MacDowell, Cirque du Soleil's KA, and Boyd Matson.
NBC starts the night with 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN'Las Vegas', then a RERUN'Law & Order'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 7/19/06) are Wanda Sykes, Kevin Connolly, and the Fray.
On a RERUNConan (from 3/1/06) are Gisele Bundchen, Bill Bellamy, and Belle and Sebastian.
On a RERUNCarson Daly (from 6/14/06) are Molly Sims, Anna Faris, Andrew Donnelly, and Feist.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a RECYCLED'Kyle XY', then the unwatchable '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Samuel L. Jackson, Elisha Cuthbert, and Cobra Starship.
The WB offers a RERUN'What I Like About You', followed by a RERUN'Twins', then a RERUN'reba', followed by a RERUN'Living With Fran'.
Faux fills the night with the movie 'Spider-Man'.
UPN here has FRESH'MLB Baseball', with the Mariners visiting the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Californica Angels.
PLEASE 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 'Crossing Jordan', 'American Justice', another 'American Justice', and still another 'American Justice'.
AMC offers the movie 'Red Corner', followed by the movie 'The Fly', then the movie 'The Fly II'.
BBC -
[2:00 pm] As Time Goes By - Episode 2;
[2:40 pm] Are You Being Served - A Bliss Girl;
[3:20 pm] Keeping Up Appearances - Episode 4;
[4:00 pm] The Avengers - Never, Never, Say Die;
[5:00 pm] Footballers Wives - Episode 2;
[6:00 pm] BBC World News;
[6:30 pm] Cash in the Attic - Episode 1;
[7:00 pm] The Benny Hill Show - Episode 31;
[8:00 pm] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 8;
[8:30 pm] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 6;
[9:00 pm] Kumars At No. 42 - George Hamilton;
[9:40 pm] Little Britain - Episode 2;
[10:00 pm] Jack Dee Live At The Apollo - Ep 2 Ardal O'Hanlon;
[11:00 pm] The World Stands Up - Episode 5;
[11:30 pm] The World Stands Up - Episode 6;
[12:00 am] Jack Dee Live At The Apollo - Ep 1 Joan Rivers;
[1:00 am] Kumars At No. 42 - George Hamilton;
[1:40 am] Little Britain - Episode 2;
[2:00 am] Jack Dee Live At The Apollo - Ep 2 Ardal O'Hanlon;
[3:00 am] I'm Alan Partridge - Ep. 1 A Room with Alan;
[3:40 am] I'm Alan Partridge - Ep. 2 Alan Attraction;
[4:20 am] I'm Alan Partridge - Ep. 3 Watership Alan;
[5:00 am] Bromwell High - Ep 1 Tolerance;
[5:30 am] Bromwell High - Ep 2 Police Story;
[6:00 am] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Queer Eye', 'Project Runway', and the movie 'To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Dirty Work', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', then a whole lof of 'South Park'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Countdown To Ground Zero', and 'Decoding The Past'.
IFC -
[06:00 AM] Passion In The Desert;
[07:35 AM] Trust;
[09:25 AM] Bullets Over Broadway;
[11:15 AM] At The IFC Center #16;
[11:15 AM] Coyote Beach;
[11:45 AM] The Last Days Of Chez Nous;
[01:30 PM] IFC Short Film Collection I: August;
[03:30 PM] Bullets Over Broadway;
[05:15 PM] At The IFC Center #16;
[05:45 PM] The Daytrippers;
[07:30 PM] Me Myself I;
[09:15 PM] The Brothers McMullen;
[11:00 PM] The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman #3;
[11:30 PM] The Business: Episode 3;
[12:00 AM] Night At The Golden Eagle;
[01:35 AM] The Henry Rollins Show #5;
[02:00 AM] The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman #3;
[02:30 AM] The Business: Episode 3;
[03:00 AM] Night At The Golden Eagle;
[04:35 AM] An Affair Of Love. (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Stargate SG-1', 'Stargate 200th', followed by a FRESH'Stargate SG-1', and a FRESH'Stargate Atlantis'.
Sundance -
[07:30 AM] 14 Million Dreams;
[08:30 AM] The White Balloon;
[10:00 AM] Oporto of My Childhood;
[11:05 AM] A Month by the Lake;
[12:45 PM] 14 Million Dreams;
[01:45 PM] Darwin's Nightmare;
[03:30 PM] The Apostle;
[05:45 PM] Femi Kuti, Live at the Shrine;
[07:25 PM] The Parole Officer;
[09:00 PM] Kath & Kim - Season 2: Obsession;
[09:30 PM] Harvie Krumpet;
[10:00 PM] Crooklyn;
[12:00 AM] Twin Town;
[01:40 AM] A Summer Dress;
[02:00 AM] Monkey Dust: Season 2: Episode 1;
[02:30 AM] Nowhere;
[04:00 AM] Millennium Mambo;
[05:45 AM] The Apostle. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Director Spike Lee arrives for the premiere of his film 'When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,' a documentary about the impact of Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans August 16, 2006.
Photo by Lee Celano
Movie stars enjoying the lavish gift bags handed out at this year's Oscars will get some decidedly unglamorous notices: don't forget to pay tax on the windfall.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in an accord with the IRS, agreed to pay taxes due on gift bags handed out through 2005.
But responsibility for paying taxes on this year's swag falls on the recipients.
The value of the gifts must be reported on a celebrity's tax return. That includes gift certificates or vouchers if they've been redeemed. The gifts count as income because the IRS does not believe they were given "solely out of affection, respect or similar impulses."
The NBC sitcom "Scrubs" will air a musical episode next year, according to Playbill. The Tony Award-winning composers of "Avenue Q" will write the songs.
Debra Fordham, a supervising producer for "Scrubs" told Playbill, "The general plot is that a woman comes into Sacred Heart, our hospital, complaining that she constantly hears music, yet all her tests come back normal. Is she just crazy? Or is something else going on?"
Fordham went on to say that Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx will write "the big opening number, the act break and the finale. The fourth one is a song about a stool sample!"
Actress Bette Midler arrives at the opening night of the musical 'Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me' Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006 in New York.
Photo by Diane Bondareff
Nobel laureate Günter Grass, who has been strongly criticized for his long-belated confession that he served in the notorious Waffen-SS during World War II, is still a "hero" in the eyes of his friend and fellow author John Irving.
"Grass remains a hero to me, both as a writer and as a moral compass; his courage, both as a writer and as a citizen of Germany, is exemplary, a courage heightened, not lessened, by his most recent revelation," Irving said Wednesday in an e-mail message sent to The Associated Press.
"The fulminating in the German media has been obnoxious. Grass is a daring writer, and he has always been a daring man."
British writer Salman Rushdie sprang to the defense of Günter Grass on Thursday after Germany's Nobel prize-winning author confessed he was once a teenage member of Hitler's Waffen SS.
"I feel that the outrage is a little bit manufactured," Rushdie said after Grass came under attack from German writers, literary critics, historians and politicians.
Rushdie said he was extremely shocked and disappointed by Grass' admission, "but there is no suggestion as far as I can see that he was ever involved in any kind of war crimes."
Attention Elvis impersonators: you may soon have a new way to make a living. Cirque du Soleil said on Thursday it plans to create a permanent Elvis Presley show for the CityCenter hotel/casino now under construction by MGM Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.
The "extravaganza" is expected to open along with the hotel in November 2009, according to Cirque du Soleil and CKX Inc., which owns the rights to Presley's name, likeness and music publishing.
CityCenter, which will include condominiums and retail space as well as hotels and a casino, is scheduled to open in 2009 on 66 acres between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo resorts.
Actor Jack Nicholson arrives for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual installation luncheon at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006. The HFPA, which holds the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 15, 2007, presents donations to entertainment-related charities and film schools during the annual installation luncheon.
Photo by Chris Carlson
Blondes may have more fun but redheads have more sex, according to new research in Germany.
The study by Hamburg Sex Researcher Professor Dr Werner Habermehl looked at the sex lives of hundreds of German women and compared them with their hair colour.
He said: "The sex lives of women with red hair were clearly more active than those with other hair colour, with more partners and having sex more often than the average. The research shows that the fiery redhead certainly lives up to her reputation."
Mel Gibson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge Thursday and was sentenced to three years' probation, the district attorney's office said.
Gibson did not appear but entered the plea through his attorney before Superior Court Judge Lawrence Mira, Deputy District Attorney Gina Satriano said in a statement.
Two counts in the original three-count complaint were dismissed, and Gibson volunteered to do public-service announcements on the hazards of drinking and driving, and to immediately enter rehabilitation, Satriano said.
The arraignment was originally scheduled for Sept. 28 but was moved up at the request of Gibson's attorney.
Actor Dustin Hoffman poses as he arrives for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual installation luncheon at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, August 17, 2006. The association, which presents the Golden Globe Awards each year, presented donations to entertainment-related charities and film schools during the luncheon.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Prosecutors on Thursday charged Oscar-nominated actor Haley Joel Osment, who famously saw dead people in 1999 hit movie "The Sixth Sense," with drunken driving and marijuana possession.
Osment, 18, faces up to six months in jail if convicted on the charges that arose after a car crash in suburban Los Angeles on July 20.
Prosecutors charged Osment with misdemeanor possession of marijuana while driving and with having a blood alcohol level higher than 0.08 percent, including a special allegation of having a level higher than 0.15 percent, said Deputy District Attorney Ed Green.
People on the Magic Mile ski lift at Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood are silhouetted against a scenic backdrop of low-lying clouds with Oregon's Mount Jefferson on the horizon near Government Camp, Ore., Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006. The lift is open all summer to take people well above timberine for hiking, sight-seeing, skiing and snowboarding.
Photo by Don Ryan
Sometimes the numbing effect of TV can be helpful. Especially if you're a kid being stuck with a needle at the hospital.
Researchers confirmed the distracting power of television - something parents have long known - when they found that children watching cartoons suffered less pain from a hypodermic needle than kids not watching TV.
Especially disturbing to the author of the scientific study was that the cartoons were even more comforting than Mom.
Kathy and Rick Hilton hold a poster of their daughter Paris as they pose for photographers during red-carpet arrivals to a party in New York celebrating the launch of Paris' debut album titled Paris, Thursday, Aug 17, 2006. Paris is on a mini tour promoting her album which is to be released on August 22nd.
Photo by Stuart Ramson
A rare portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, thought to have been painted in her lifetime, has gone on display at London's National Portrait Gallery -- but the oval miniature nearly did not see the light of day.
The world-famous museum bought the painting of the 16th century royal for 50 pounds in 1916 -- more than 2,000 pounds (2,950 euros, 3,800 dollars) in today's money -- only for it to be dismissed as a fake and left to gather dust.
It was only when the curator of 16th century collections, Tarnya Cooper, used X-ray technology to re-examine the painting that it was discovered the 18th century brushwork overpainted the original.
On closer inspection, the words "Maria Scotiae" -- "Mary of Scotland" -- were found on the wood, which was also analysed to determine its age; it came from a tree felled between 1560 and 1592.
Milton Kaye, a versatile pianist and arranger whose long career included stints in the NBC Symphony of the Air as well as children's television shows, has died in Manhattan. He was 97.
Kaye accompanied the violinist Jascha Heifetz during a tour of European war zones, wrote the theme music for the TV quiz show Concentration, and played in Arturo Toscanini's NBC Symphony of the Air. He worked on Big Top, a children's show, The Bell Telephone Hour, and played the organ on the 1950s children's The Rootie Kazootie Show.
He also introduced Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 to the United States in the 1930s.
Kaye played in numerous live concerts, as well as performed for television and radio throughout his career. He served as a musical director for shows on all three major networks. But much of his work, especially in his early years, was not preserved.
Kaye was born in Brooklyn on June 22, 1909, as Milton Jay Katz. He began showing a keen interest in music as a child, playing in concerts by the time he was eight. The talent ran in the family - his father, Berish, played at least five instruments.
A graduate of City College, Kaye also studied at the Institute of Musical Art, which preceded the Juilliard School. He also completed a program at Columbia University's Teachers College to please his father, who had tried to steer him away from music.
Shannon Bolin, his wife of 60 years, is his only close survivor. His daughter, Jeanne Fingerhut, died a decade ago.
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