Did New Orleans Catastrophe Have to Happen?
This piece in Editor & Publisher details the drastic cuts in New Orleans hurricane protection projects that were made to make room for tax cuts for the rich and the war in Iraq.
Annalee Newitz: Can't Kill P2P (AlterNet)
People want to get their music online, and currently P2P is the best way to get it -- not because it's free, but because it's there.
Gregg Shapiro: Interview with Homocore's Ken Knox (afterelton.com)
Writers David Ciminelli and Ken Knox apparently share my fondness for queer rockers as they illustrate with their book Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Rock (Alyson Book, 2005, $15.95).
Normally I watch a movie, bad or good, for the Characters, Script or Cinematography! But I had to watch "Rancho Deluxe" because my ex-girlfriend was in it. That's right….back in 1967 …before my first (of four) of my highly successful marriages…I had a girlfriend named Charlene Dallas…..we were going to run away together to France on a tramp steamer and go to the University there…hell… we even had tickets ….Well she had to run off to Atlantic City and become Miss America (She was Miss California at the time) and I fell in love with my best friends girl..Heidi and we got married… I still wonder how she's doing…..After she took over her Miss America duties she got into the movie business…."Cops and Robbers" - "The Great Bank Hoax" - "Criminal Act" and later I heard she became the model who turned Door # 2 on the "Lets Make a Deal" with Monty Hall…….OH WELL…. Let's see how she does as Laura Beige in "Rancho Deluxe"……
Jack and Cecil had kidnapped one of John Brown's prize "Stud" bulls and were holding it for ransom!!!!!! So they call in the "Cattle Detective" Henry Beige (Slim Pickins - "Dr. Strangelove" - "One-Eyed Jacks" (a great western with Brando) - "Tom Horn" ( a great western with Steve McQueen)) and his cute and quirky clean cut niece Laura Beige (Charlene Dallas) who may be more than his niece and is actually is a dirty double dealin' doubles drinkin' double crossin' beauty (I thought so). You get truck chases, shoot outs, sex in the attic and a big bellowing bull
I hate to admit it but you also get cheesy characters, a really sketchy script and pretty shitty cinematography…..all for the price of seeing your old girlfriend……..
Purple Gene gives "Rancho Deluxe" 5 flattened cow turds out of 10 for stinking up the screen but….Charlene…if you're out there…..give me a holler!
The kid went with his pal & family to the King Tut exhibit up in LA.
They had a great time, but bemoaned the crowds - and how expensive everything was.
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with '60 Minutes II', followed by a FRESH'The Cut', then a RERUN'NUMB3RS'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Stephen Colbert, Heloise, and Black Eyed Peas.
On a RERUNCraig are Jane Kaczmarek, John Carroll Lynch, and Greg Proops.
NBC starts the night with a 2-hour 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN'Crossing Jordan'.
On a RERUNJay Leno (from 8/2/05) are Kate Hudson, Nicky, Tommy & Roger Hayden, and Faith Hill.
On a RERUNConan O'Brien (from 6/14/05) are Rudolph Giuliani, Colin Quinn, and Bloc Party.
On a RERUNCarson Daly (from 4/22/05) are Jessica Alba, Alicia Witt, Mitch Fatel, and the Allman Brothers Band.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'Supernanny', followed by a RERUN'Hope & Faith', then a RERUN'Less Than Perfect', followed by '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Sarah Silverman, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain.
The WB offers a RERUN'What I Like About You', followed by a RERUN'Blue Collar TV', then a RERUN'Reba', followed by another RERUN'What I Like About You'.
Faux has a RERUN'Bernie Mac', followed by another RERUN'Bernie Mac', then a RERUN'Arrested Development', followed by another RERUN'Arrested Development'.
UPN fills the night with the movie 'The Real Cancun'.
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 'American Justice', 'Biography' (Cher), another 'Biography' (Paula Abdul), and still another 'Biography' (Ed Gein).
AMC offers the movie 'Firefox', followed by the movie 'The Faculty', then the movie 'Carrie'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'I'm Alan Partridge' - Series 1;
[2:40pm] 'Coupling' - Sex, Death and Nudity;
[3:20pm] 'Blackadder' - Amy & Amiability;
[4pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Attila the Hun Show;
[4:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Archeology Today;
[5:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Morris;
[7:00 pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 5;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 5;
Hours missing from BBC website.
[12am] 'Murder in Mind' - Stalkers;
[1am] 'The Avengers' - Wish You Were Here;
[2am] 'The Avengers' - Killer;
[3am] 'Murder in Mind' - Stalkers;
[4am] 'The Avengers' - Wish You Were Here;
[5am] 'The Avengers' - Killer;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has a FRESH'Situation: Comedy', followed by the movie 'Waterworld', then the movie 'Waterworld', again.
Comedy Central has 'Distraction', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Jimmy Carr), an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Premium Blend', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Sue Murphy), another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Demetri Martin), still another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Lynne Koplitz), and yet another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Vanessa Hollingshead).
HBO has a FRESHReal Time with Bill Maher - scheduled guests include Bradley Whitford, Michael Eric Dyson, and Dr. Mary Frances Berry. Plus, via satellite, columnist Fareed Zakaria
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Three Wars Of The Battleship Missouri', followed by a FRESH'Modern Marvels', 'Mail Call', and another 'Mail Call'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'Malena' (2000);
[7:45AM] 'At the IFC Center' (2005);
[8:15AM] 'Stardust Memories' (1980);
[9:45AM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[10AM] 'Chi Girl' (1999);
[11:30AM] 'At the IFC Center' (2005);
[12PM] 'Kicked In The Head' (1997);
[1:45PM] 'IFC September Short Film Collection I' (2005);
[3:45PM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[4PM] 'Chi Girl' (1999);
[5:30PM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[5:45PM] 'Kicked In The Head' (1997);
[7:30PM] Short: 'Shame No More' (1999);
[7:45PM] 'At the IFC Center' (2005);
[8:15PM] 'Committed' (2000);
[10PM] 'Hopeless Pictures #3' (2005);
[10:20PM] 'Greg the Bunny #3: "Easy Rider"' (2005);
[10:30PM] 'The Festival #3' (2005);
[11PM] 'Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead' (1995);
[1AM] 'Hopeless Pictures #3' (2005);
[1:20AM] 'Greg the Bunny #3: "Easy Rider"' (2005);
[1:30AM] 'The Festival #3' (2005);
[2AM] 'Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead' (1995);
[4AM] 'Hopeless Pictures #3' (2005);
[4:20AM] 'Greg the Bunny #3: "Easy Rider"' (2005);
[4:30AM] 'The Festival #3' (2005);
[5AM] 'IFC September Short Film Showcase' (2005). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Firefly', followed by six (6) episodes of 'Stargate SG-1'.
Sundance -
[7AM] 'The Al Franken Show': (08/12/05);
[8AM] 'The Battle Of Algiers';
[10:05AM] 'Gotham Fish Tales';
[11:30AM] 'Funny Ha Ha';
[1:05PM] 'Monster Road';
[2:30PM] 'Riot On Sunset Strip';
[4PM] 'Hermitage-niks': A Passion for the Hermitage: Episode 4 - Silent Sabotage;
[4:30PM] 'The Battle Of Algiers';
[6:45PM] 'Ready To Wear' (Pret-a-Porter);
[9PM] 'Smoke';
[11PM] 'Gravel';
[11:20PM] 'Fake Clouds';
[11:30PM] 'The Al Franken Show': (08/15/05);
[12:30AM] 'Die Mommie Die!';
[2AM] 'Gravel';
[2:20AM] 'Press Any Button';
[2:30AM] 'The Al Franken Show': (08/15/05);
[3:30AM] 'The Company Of Wolves';
[5:15AM] 'Smoke'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Actor-comedian Chris Rock, left, and Russell Simmons, chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, put their heads together during a press conference, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in New York, to announce a telethon to raise financial aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The prime-time telethon is Friday, Sept. 9 on BET which is partnering with the National Urban League, American Red Cross and Hip-Hop Summit Action Network and will feature numerous celebrities.
Photo by Diane Bondareff
Hurricane Katrina telethons reminiscent of benefits for tsunami and 9/11 victims will feature artists including Wynton Marsalis and Green Day, while Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day fundraiser also will join in.
Lewis said his telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association would include celebrity appeals for hurricane relief. MDA will donate $1 million as well to help victims in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, he said.
Additionally, "A Concert for Hurricane Relief" will air on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC at 8 p.m. EDT Friday, NBC Universal Television Group announced Wednesday.
The hourlong special, hosted by Matt Lauer in New York, is scheduled to include performances by Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr. and Tim McGraw, all with ties to the affected areas, NBC said. Leonardo DiCaprio and other celebrities are expected to participate.
Another aid effort was announced by MTV Networks, starting with a Saturday, Sept. 10, music special airing on MTV, VH1 and CMT and intended to raise funds for the American Red Cross and other organizations.
Besides Green Day, scheduled performers include Ludacris, Gretchen Wilson, Usher, Alicia Keys, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews Band, Rob Thomas, David Banner and Linkin Park's Chester Bennington.
Fats Domino apparently rode out the hurricane in his New Orleans home and was rescued by boat from his flooded neighborhood, his daughter Karen Domino White said Thursday.
The 77-year-old R&B legend had been reported missing Thursday by his longtime agent, Al Embry, and his niece, Checquoline Davis.
White said late Thursday that she saw a photograph of her father that had been taken Monday by the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The photo showed Domino, whose real name is Antoine Domino, in jeans and a blue-striped shirt being helped off a boat by rescuers.
White said she has been unable to speak to Domino and had no information on his wife, Rosemary, or any other family members in the flooded city.
Patti LaBelle performs during a tribute to the band Destiny's Child at the World Music Awards on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Mark J. Terrill
CBGB's owner Hilly Kristal, sitting at his usual perch Thursday inside the Bowery's renowned nightclub, offered twin observations: He's got no lease, and no intention of quietly surrendering his club.
"It's a fight, a hard fight, and we're going to keep fighting," said the bearded 72-year-old patriarch of the club where the Ramones and Talking Heads found a home. "We think we have a chance of coming out on top."
Kristal spoke just a few hours after the club's lease with the Bowery Residents' Committee expired at midnight Wednesday. Muzzy Rosenblatt, executive director of the nonprofit homeless services agency, decided against renewing the club's lease after a contentious five-year battle over the monthly $19,000 rent. The group houses 250 homeless people above the club. CBGB is its lone commercial tenant.
A scholarship in memory of Fred Rogers, who produced and hosted the acclaimed PBS children's program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," was given to its inaugural recipient, a University of California film student.
Michelle Lyn Banta, a graduate student at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, received $10,000 to support her study in children's media and further "the values and principles of Rogers' work," the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said.
Banta also will have the opportunity to work with a mentor from the academy's children's programming group during the school year.
Often called "the bloviator" by the rightwing rabies radio crowd for spewing hot air on a variety of topics from politics to the environment, actor Alec Baldwin blew into town on Thursday to announce his support for an offshore wind park being pitched by the Long Island Power Authority.
Baldwin, who grew up in Massapequa, has recorded radio spots stressing the need to reduce Long Island's dependence on fossil fuels by adopting clean alternative energy sources, including the wind park.
Other supporters include Phillipe Cousteau, the grandson of marine scientist Jacques Cousteau.
A documentary about John Lennon's transformation into an antiwar activist has started preproduction, and aims to reach theaters next year, distributor Lions Gate Films said Wednesday.
The release of "The U.S. vs. John Lennon" will coincide with the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle being granted permanent residency in the United States despite the best efforts of the U.S. government.
The film, which will center on Lennon's life from 1966-76, has received support and cooperation from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. It will be cowritten, directed and produced by David Leaf ("Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile") and John Scheinfeld (the recently completed "Who Is Harry Nilsson (and Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?").
Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, standing, and state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, watch as the votes are counted on for Leno's same-sex marriage bill during the Senate session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005. Handing gay rights advocates a major victory, the California Senate approved legislation Thursday that would legalize same-sex marriages in the United States' most populous state. Kuehl, one of six gay members of the state Legislature, told the chamber that gay couples have the same hopes for their relationships as heterosexual couples.
Photo by Rich Pedroncelli
"A Marxist Perspective on 'Darkness on the Edge of Town"' and "The Boss and the Bible" are among the academic papers to be presented when a New Jersey university hosts an academic symposium devoted entirely to Bruce Springsteen.
More than 150 papers by academics from across the United States, Sweden, Canada, Italy and Britain will be presented at the symposium, dissecting everything from the singer's patriotism to his ruminations of the working man.
Titled "Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium" it will take place at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey from September 9-11 and will not be restricted to academics.
NBC News has sent private security personnel to the increasingly dicey Gulf Coast region to help keep its employees safe while covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The private security officers, usually former soldiers or police, are licensed to carry firearms and are trained to keep the situation under control so that journalists can do their jobs safely. That's becoming increasingly difficult in New Orleans and in Gulfport, Miss., where there aren't enough police or National Guardsmen to keep the streets safe.
It's not unusual for networks to hire security forces. Armed personnel accompany news crews in Iraq and Afghanistan; they've been used domestically for situations like the Los Angeles riots in 1992, when dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured. But NBC News is the first to publicly acknowledge that it had taken such a step.
Other networks either declined to discuss security or said the situation hadn't risen to that level yet. But late Wednesday, CBS News had been advised by New Orleans police to leave its location after a special "48 Hours" because it couldn't guarantee the crew's safety after dark.
Telma Hopkins (L), Tony Orlando (C) and Joyce Vincent (R) of Tony Orlando & Dawn arrive for a reunion concert at The Grove shopping mall in Los Angeles August 31, 2005. The concert by the U.S. band, popular in 1970's, was part of the premiere of the DVD collection 'Tony Orlando & Dawn- The Ultimate Collection.'
Photo by Lee Celano
This season's "College GameDay" on ESPN will feature entertainer Nick Lachey providing features as a regular contributor, including onsite appearances.
Host Chris Fowler and analysts Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit will return for their 10th season together when the program airs Sept. 3. In addition to Lachey, Desmond Howard, a 1991 Heisman Trophy winner with Michigan and 1997 Super Bowl MVP with Green Bay, will join as a weekly contributor, providing analysis and features.
Japan's maestro Seiji Ozawa (R) and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich smile after a rehearsal with the Saito Kien Orchestra in Matsumoto, Japan September 1, 2005. The tousle-headed maestro, who turned 70 on Thursday, became music director of the Vienna State Opera in 2002 after almost three decades in a similar job at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ozawa spends most of his year conducting the best-known musicians in the United States and Europe.
Photo by Toshiyuki Aizawa
Legendary rockers the Rolling Stones will reportedly tackle the role of headliner at American football's Super Bowl championship halftime show February 5 in Detroit, Michigan.
The Detroit Free Press, citing sources close to the band, said that to promote the appearance, sexagenarian rocker Mick Jagger filmed a series of clips along with the band, including a teaser for the Super Bowl show.
A bakery worker displays bread that resemble body parts in Ratchaburi province, 100 km (62 miles) west of Bangkok, September 1, 2005. The owner of the bakery shop made the bread to reflect the Buddhist philosophy of 'Do not believe in what you see, and what you see might not be true as you thought.' Although these bread are not for sale, the owner said he will continue making them.
Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom
Hollywood producer Saul Zaentz and New Line Cinema have reached a settlement over Zaentz's claim he was owed an additional $20 million in royalties from the "Lord of the Rings" films.
The out-of-court settlement was reached earlier this month and details were not released. Neither side would comment, except to confirm that the matter had been resolved.
Zaentz had held the rights to the J.R.R. Tolkien story since 1976 and said he optioned them for a percentage of the profits from the Peter Jackson movies, which grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide.
His company has already been paid $168 million in royalties from the three films, according to the trade newspaper Variety.
Anzac, a baby Ring-tailed possum is held up by his keeper during a photocall at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005. A baby boom coupled with warm weather prompted the zoo to show off a selection of baby animals, some who are being hand reared and requiring round-the-clock care.
Photo by Mark Baker
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