STATEMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO
As I reflected on the choices that I had before me last night, I just could not bring myself to tell an entire group of people in our community that they were less important, less worthy and less deserving of the rights and responsibilities of marriage -- than anyone else -- simply because of their sexual orientation.
Nat Hentoff: Free-Speech-Free Zones (commondreams.org)
White House advance-team staff members ordered the young couple to remove or cover their shirts or leave the event. Since they were on public property and were not being disruptive, the Ranks refused, pointing out that they were within their First Amendment rights of free speech. ... Because of the ACLU lawsuit, appropriate action in accord with the Bill of Rights has been taken. Last month, the U.S. government settled the lawsuit, paying the Ranks $80,000 plus mediation costs, but admits no wrongdoing. Criminal charges against them have been dismissed, and the temporary suspension of Nicole Rank from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where she works, was lifted.
Kurt Andersen: Who's Your Daddy Now? (nymag.com)
All that needs to happen for the partisan rebranding to complete itself is for the independent-minded middle third of the electorate to be convinced, once and for all, that they can really trust Democratic leaders to do whatever's necessary to keep us safe. ... A majority may have come to see the old daddy party as half-assed and reckless, but in this jihadi era, they need to feel in their gut that the Democrats are Jodie Foster mommies, shrewd and steely and perfectly willing to kill bad guys.
Richard Roeper: Coffee, tea, or how 'bout a decent outfit? (suntimes.com)
Perhaps Southwest Airlines should consider changing its slogan from, "You are now free to move about the country," to, "You are not free to wear that sexy outfit. Or even a semi-sexy outfit. Or even attire worn by millions of women every day.
Soul survivor (guardian.co.uk)
His film career may have stalled lately, but Dan Aykroyd still has his eyes on the stars. He's an avid UFO-spotter, believes in alien abductions and thinks extraterrestrials are visiting the Lake District. Emine Saner has a close encounter with the Blues Brother.
You've come a long way baybee from being born William Jonathan Drayton Jr in Long Island to Rappin' early as MC DJ Flavor Flav…to hooking up with Chuck D at Adelphi U. to form the iconic and conscious Rap group "Public Enemy"….to hangin' a huge clock around your neck with Viking horns….performing the song "He Got Game" for the Spike Lee movie of the same title…to hooking up with Brigitte Nielsen on VH1's "The Surreal Life"….to getting your own show with Brig called "Strange Love"…to becoming the "ugly black "Batchelor" on your own show "Flavor of Love"….where beautiful women do the most insane shit to "get with" Flav….all the way to tonight's……
Roast of Flavor Flav
So Flav gets limo time with Chuck D. and arrives at his roast in full regalia….little does he know who's there to Roast him….first he has to go through the audience and past "Flav's Ho's"
Alexis Chyna Jessica Saaphyri Luenell Spinderella
Bootz (winner of Flavor of Love # 1)
Deelishis (winner of Flavor of Love # 2)
And…………………………Ron Jeremy (the "hedgehog" of Porn)
The Roast started off with Kimmel and Carrot Top slicing and cutting the "ugly and talent less little motherfucker" to pieces.
Then Ice T and Patton proceeded to pick the bones of the totally humiliated Flav.
Up steps the 6'1" Brigitte Nielsen - ex-paramour who talks about how small Flav's dick really is.
Then Lisa Lampanelli stands up and grabs the mike……"If Flav were any smaller and darker, Brad and Angelina would try to adopt him…."
Finally…..Snoop Dogg….and he's prepared a rap ditty for the little fella….
"The haters got the nerve to come up here and dis' Me…
But I'm an original..and Flav is extra crispy..
He's dried out, ashy and wishes he was taller
Flav…you look like one of my "blunts"…except smaller..
I was talking to him back stage…said "damn your breath is smelly..
He said.."pardon me Dogg…I just got through E#?ing Lisa Lamponelli…"
Holy shit, what a way to go. Everyone on stage got mugged and the little fucker with the gold crown and big clock…felt all the LOVE!
Purple Gene gives "The Roast of Flavor Flav" 7 nasty ass filthy below the belt blasts of sick humor out of 10 for actually causing me …to slap my knee. Personally, I hate this kind of insipid, stupid and inane shit…..but there was nothing else on !
Still sunny and cooler than seasonal. The frustrated-comedians-masquerading-as-local-TV-weathercasters are predicting rain!
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Ghost Whisperer', followed by a RERUN'The Unit', then a RERUN'NUMB3RS'.
On a RERUNDave (from 8/22/07) are Richard Gere, Tom Dreesen, and Velvet Revolver.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Terrence Howard, Jennifer Westfeldt, and Zap Mama.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'1 Vs. 100', followed by a RERUN'Las Vegas', then a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno (R-Enabler) are Hugh Laurie, Sherri Shepherd, and the Editors.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Meredith Vieira, Steven Wright, and Ben Harper.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson Daly are Jon Hamm and Ingrid Michaelson.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by '20/20', then another '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Ty Pennington and Barry Manilow.
The CW fills the night with a FRESH'WWE Friday Night Steroid SmackDown!'.
Faux has a FRESH'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', followed by a FRESH'Nashville'.
MY has the movie 'Crazy In Alabama'.
PLEASE check local PBS listings for a FRESH'Bill Moyers Journal', and a FRESH'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio'.
A&E has'CSI: The 2nd One', another 'CSI: The 2nd One', still another 'CSI: The 2nd One', and 'Intervention'.
AMC offers the movie 'Torn Curtain', followed by the movie 'The Trouble With Harry', then the movie 'Family Plot'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 9;
[1:00 PM] Everything Must Go - Episode 20;
[1:30 PM] Everything Must Go - Episode 1;
[2:00 PM] The Weakest Link - Episode 1;
[3:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 2;
[3:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3;
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 2;
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 3;
[5:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Glasshouse;
[6:00 PM] My Family - Ep 7 My Fair Charlady;
[6:30 PM] My Family - Ep 8 The Mouthtrap;
[7:00 PM] BBC World News;
[7:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4;
[8:00 PM] The Office - Episode 1;
[8:40 PM] Little Britain - Episode 7;
[9:20 PM] Absolutely Fabulous - Ep. 1 Hospital;
[10:00 PM] Coupling - Ep. 6 Gotcha;
[10:40 PM] The Catherine Tate Show - Episode 3;
[11:00 PM] The Office - Episode 1;
[11:40 PM] Little Britain - Episode 7;
[12:20 AM] Absolutely Fabulous - Ep. 1 Hospital;
[1:00 AM] Coupling - Ep. 6 Gotcha;
[1:40 AM] The Catherine Tate Show - Episode 3;
[2:00 AM] The Weakest Link - Episode 2;
[3:00 AM] Hollyoaks - Episode 15;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Episode 4;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 12 Ardingly 26;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 24 Ardingly 66;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 20 Burrows;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 21 Hayes: Barbour;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has the movie 'Eddie Murphy: Raw', followed by the movie 'Days Of Thunder', then the movie 'Days Of Thunder', again.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Mind Of Mencia', another 'Mind Of Mencia', 'Comedy Central Presents', and another 'Comedy Central Presents'.
HBO offers a FRESHReal Time with Bill Maher - scheduled guests
include Rob Thomas, Salman Rushdie, and Janeane Garofalo. Plus, via satellite, terrorism expert Michael Scheuer and environmentalist/author Bjorn Lomborg.
FX has the movie 'Just Married', followed by the movie 'The New Guy', 'That 70s Show', and another 'That 70s Show'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', 'Human Weapon', and another 'Human Weapon'.
IFC -
[06:15 AM] George Washington;
[07:55 AM] Dinner Rush;
[09:40 AM] Danny Deckchair;
[11:25 AM] George Washington;
[01:00 PM] IFC Short Film Showcase;
[02:00 PM] Dinner Rush;
[03:45 PM] Danny Deckchair;
[05:35 PM] George Washington;
[07:15 PM] Action Indies: Extraordinary Location Scouts - Presented by Land Rover;
[07:45 PM] Reefer Madness;
[09:00 PM] Party Monster;
[10:45 PM] Media Lab Results;
[11:00 PM] The Henry Rollins Show #302: Ben Stiller/Ryan Adams;
[11:30 PM] Samurai 7 Episode #13: The Attack;
[12:00 AM] Alone in the Dark;
[01:40 AM] American Pimp;
[03:15 AM] Alone in the Dark;
[04:50 AM] IFC News Special;
[05:00 AM] The Henry Rollins Show #302: Ben Stiller/Ryan Adams;
[05:30 AM] Samurai 7 Episode #13: The Attack. (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Stargate SG-1', followed by a FRESH'Doctor Who', then a FRESH'Flash Gordon', and a FRESH'Painkiller Jane'.
Sundance -
[05:00 AM] The Syrian Bride;
[07:00 AM] In Short: Festival 7;
[07:00 AM] Before Dawn;
[08:00 AM] Frankie Starlight;
[10:00 AM] Build;
[10:00 AM] Art from the Arctic;
[11:00 AM] Recycle;
[11:00 AM] Build;
[12:00 PM] The Galindez File;
[02:00 PM] Frankie Starlight;
[04:00 PM] Before Dawn;
[04:00 PM] The Mighty Celt;
[06:00 PM] Chapter 5. A weak case;
[06:00 PM] Chapter 6. The prosecution's revenge;
[08:00 PM] The Galindez File;
[10:00 PM] 100 Mile Rule;
[12:00 AM] The Public Eye;
[01:00 AM] The Act;
[02:00 AM] Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol & Madeleine Peyroux;
[03:00 AM] A Fond Kiss;
[04:00 AM] The Mighty Celt. (ALL TIMES EDT)
British musician Paul McCartney reacts as he watches the Adidas by Stella McCartney Spring/Summer 2008 collection during London Fashion Week, London, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007.
Photo by Sang Tan
"I'll never retire!" exclaimed an effervescent Dolly Parton, sporting a new upswept hairdo, as she presided at a Music Row event on Thursday recognizing country music's most neglected talent -- the songwriter.
"When my time comes, I hope I fall dead in the middle of the stage and I hope it's to a song I wrote," the 61-year-old Parton said, whose new hairstyle has her platinum hair piled high.
The occasion at Curb Records' studios marked the announcement of a partnership between the independent label and Belmont University to house the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inside the Curb building. The planned facility will also cater to students aspiring to music careers.
Her ankle-twisting antics in "Misery" earned her an Oscar. Now Kathy Bates is being recognized for her 35-year career in entertainment with the Mary Pickford Award.
The International Press Academy will present Bates with its highest honor at the 12th annual Satellite Awards dinner Dec. 16 in Beverly Hills.
Bates, 59, demonstrates "complete and total dedication to the roles she has chosen," IPA President Mirjana Van Blaricom said in a statement Wednesday. "She embodies a genuine reflection of the best performers who have made the entertainment industry what it is today."
Eartha Kitt arrives to the launch party of 'Unforgivable Woman', the first woman's scent released under the Sean John name, New York, Wednesday, Sept., 19, 2007.
Photo by Stuart Ramson
The former Los Angeles home of author Charles Bukowski was a step closer on Thursday to being designated as a historic-cultural monument.
The Cultural Heritage Commission agreed to tour the Hollywood bungalow and residential complex where the writer lived from 1963 to 1972 before making a final determination.
Located at 5124 W. DeLongpre Ave., Bukowski's former home and three other bungalows around a courtyard were built between 1922 and 1926.
Bukowski lived on DeLongpre Avenue when he finished his first novel, "Post Office." He died in San Pedro in 1994.
Jimmy Kimmel will return for his fourth turn as host of the American Music Awards. "My intent is to break Glen Campbell's all-time record of five. And his hip," Kimmel, 39, said in a statement released Wednesday by Dick Clark Productions.
The 35th annual American Music Awards will be held at the new Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE.
The show, which honors popular music based on record sales and radio play, will be broadcast live Nov. 18 on ABC, which also airs Kimmel's late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
Viacom Inc's MTV will launch a new Internet social network sponsored by foundations operated by the founders of Microsoft and AOL to encourage youth activism.
The site, Think.MTV.com, is designed to be a resource for social and political issues, aiming to inform as well as let users connect with other like-minded people on issues from the environment to sexual health and discrimination.
It will let users create pages, as on other online social networks Facebook and MySpace, and upload photos and videos, some of which may be aired on MTV's online or cable network.
The site is backed by funding from AOL founder Steve Case's Case Foundation, Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates's Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Goldhirsh Foundation and MCJ Foundation.
New York Yankees reliever Edwar Ramirez, left, greets Puerto Rican singer Jose Feliciano after Feliciano sang the national anthem before the Yankees baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007.
Photo by Kathy Willens
Zsa Zsa Gabor's lawsuit against her daughter over family money has been dismissed.
An attorney representing Gabor and her ninth husband, Frederic Von Anhalt, voluntarily moved to dismiss the case, according to lawyers for both sides.
Gabor and her husband sued Francesca Hilton in 2005, claiming she forged Gabor's signature to take out a loan on Gabor's $14 million Bel Air home. They claim Hilton stole $2 million from that transaction to buy herself a home and invest in a phantom company in New York.
The actor who played Eddie Haskell on TV's "Leave It to Beaver" is suing the Screen Actors Guild, claiming the union is sitting on $8.1 million it collected from foreign royalties and should distribute to actors.
Ken Osmond filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court accusing SAG of unjust enrichment and violations of the state's business code. The lawsuit seeks class-action status on behalf of at least 30,000 actors and others.
Osmond contends that since at least 1996, SAG has collected royalties for use of TV and movie productions outside the United States in the form of levies for video rentals, private copying, cable transmissions and other uses of the productions.
Osmond claims SAG collected the funding on behalf of himself and other actors without obtaining their permission and without telling them it had done so. The lawsuit also contends that the guild has collected more than $8 million but paid out only about $250,000.
Actor Dorothee Hartinger performs on stage with a mask of U.S. resident George W Bush during a dress rehearsal of Feridun Zaimoglu's and Guenther Senkel's "Schwarze Jungfrauen" (Black Virgins) at Vienna's Kasino theatre September 20, 2007. The play is directed by Lars Ole Walburg and will have its first premiere on September 22.
Photo by Herwig Prammer
A judge has ruled that Rod Stewart's son can stand trial on charges stemming from an alleged assault on a couple outside a party in the Hollywood Hills.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Julius M. Title acknowledged that witnesses for the prosecution and defense offered conflicting testimony Wednesday, but said there was sufficient evidence to allow the case against Sean Stewart to proceed.
Stewart, 27, one of the stars of the A&E reality show "Sons of Hollywood," pleaded not guilty in June to three felony counts, including assault with a deadly weapon. He remains free on bail.
Snoop Dogg pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of felony possession of a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to 160 hours of community service and three years probation, his attorney said.
Snoop Dogg, 35, was arrested in September 2006 after the discovery of a collapsible baton in his computer bag at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
His attorney, Donald Etra, said the felony conviction would be reduced to a misdemeanor after one year if Snoop Dogg does not violate the law.
This Frank Sinatra isn't the "Chairman of the Board" - but he is running for a spot on the board of supervisors in the Pittsburgh suburb of Moon Township.
Frank W. Sinatra Jr., 38, realizes he has the kind of name recognition that most political candidates would die for.
Residents of this township about 10 miles west of Pittsburgh are sometimes ho-hum when he knocks on their door to campaign for votes - until they hear his name, Sinatra said.
"I had a person offer to buy me some color contacts because I have brown eyes," Sinatra said, referring to the late singer's nickname Ol' Blue Eyes.
Sinatra is a Democrat and small business owner. He and three other candidates are running for spots on township's three-member board of supervisors.
A DJ performs at a party in a illuminated former power plant during the 'Popkomm' international music trade fair in Berlin September 20, 2007.
Photo by Hannibal Hanschke
A judge let The Game go free Thursday on a charge that he impersonated a police officer. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Marc Whiten gave the West Coast rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, a conditional discharge, meaning that if he isn't arrested again within six months, the misdemeanor charge will be dismissed and the case file sealed.
Taylor was arrested Nov. 16, 2006, after he told a cab driver that he was an undercover police officer and directed him to run several red lights, police said after the rapper's arrest.
Taylor, 27, of Glendale, Calif., had hailed the livery cab shortly after appearing on CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman." The cab driver drove about 13 blocks before he was pulled over, police said at the time.
Taylor, who has a large "LA" tattooed on the right side of his face and a teardrop under his left eye, said the cab driver noticed they were being followed and asked who was in the car.
He said he told the driver they were the hip-hop police, and the driver decided on his own to run the red lights.
In a cavern under a remote Arctic mountain, Norway will soon begin squirreling away the world's crop seeds in case of disaster.
Dynamited out of a mountainside on Spitsbergen island around 1,000 km (600 miles) from the North Pole, the store has been called a doomsday vault or a Noah's Ark of the plant kingdom.
It is the brainchild of a soft-spoken academic from Tennessee who is passionate about securing food for the masses, and will back up seed stores around the world that are vulnerable to loss through war or disaster.
The aim is to preserve genetic diversity, needed by plant breeders in the future to produce varieties able to adapt to challenges like climate change.
A Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) is seen drinking nectar from a Lantana blossom near East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas, on Monday Sept. 17, 2007.
Photo by Dr. Scott M. Lieberman
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