Andrew Tobias: The Apology
Congressman Grayson said on the House floor that the Republican health care plan was . . . "Don't get sick. And if you do get sick, die quickly." They demanded he apologize, and he did. It's the kind of apology Democrats should perhaps make more often: ...
Hold Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) & Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Accountable (actblue.com)
Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) & Olympia Snowe (R-ME) need to feel political pressure and pain. We're putting these hard-hitting ads on TV in Montana and Maine -- holding them accountable for voting against their constituents on the public option.
Scott Burns: A Yardstick for Mutual Fund Expenses
Whose money is it, anyway? In case you have forgotten, all that money in mutual funds belongs to you and me. It may be diminished, but what remains is still our money. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean we get the most reliable benefit from our money- income. Like the old divorce joke- "She got the mine and I got the shaft."-the financial services industry gets paid first, but we take the fall when markets collapse.
Julia Keller: Don't read that! The secret lives of book banners (Chicago Tribune)
My childhood was a bloodbath. The blood stayed safely confined within the covers of books, but still: I relished gore. I ate up stories of serial killers and ax murderers and remorseless poisoners. I couldn't get enough of gun-toting hoodlums.
"Generosity: An Enhancement" by Richard Powers: A review by John Domini
An international student is pleased that her professor doesn't consider himself religious. "Good," the young woman responds. "I'm nothing, either. I'm a Maghreb Algerian Kabyle Catholic Atheist French Canadian on a student visa."
Richard Dorment: What Is an Andy Warhol? (nybooks.com)
In his entertaining memoir Younger Brother, Younger Son (1997), Colin Clark, a son of the art historian Kenneth Clark, recounts a story from his time working as a production assistant on the film 'The Prince and the Showgirl.'
mj was first, and correct, with:
The title song was usually as far as I got
When surfing through. My curiosity was never peaked by the Wonder Years.
Charlie replied:
The Wonder Years
Alan J answered:
The Wonder Years
Baron Dave ("Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.) wrote:
Joe Cocker's version of "A Little Help From My Friends" was the theme to The Wonder Years. I never watched the show faithfully, even though I was the same age as Kevin Arnold. It was consistently good, and had one of the best finales of any show.
Related trivia question: What is the only showtune the Beatles ever covered? <~~~ Look - a bonus question!
Jim from CA, retired to ID replied:
The Wonder Years
And, Joe S said:
The Wonder Years
Winnie, all growed up!
My new sure-fire weight loss program; contract a life-threatening infection. The pounds melt off.
PS - I'm older than Joe Cocker
Beleaguered rapper Kanye West has canceled his upcoming winter tour, including a scheduled January concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills... Rumors have swirled for several days about the tour's fate, escalated by an MSNBC report that West would be seeking treatment for alcohol abuse...
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Ghost Whisperer', followed by a FRESH'Medium', then a FRESH'Numb3rs'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Larry David and Tom Russell.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Tim Gunn, Cathy Ladman, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Law & Order', followed by 'Dateline', then a FRESH'Leno' (Jenna Fischer).
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Joshua Bell with Tiempo Libre.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Drew Barrymore, Tim Schafer, and Universal Record Database.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Emmanuelle Chriqui and Yo La Tengo.
ABC gives up and has a RERUN'FlashForward', followed by a RERUN'the forgotten', then another unwatchable '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel Woody Harrelson, Whitney Port, and Shinedown.
The CW offers a FRESH'Smallville', followed by a RERUN'America's Next Top Model'.
Faux has a FRESH'Brothers', followed by a FRESH'Til Death', then a FRESH'Dollhouse'.
MY fills the night with a FRESH'WWE Friday Steroid SmackDown!'.
PLEASE check local PBS listings for a FRESH'Bill Moyers Journal', and a FRESH'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio'.
AMC offers the movie 'Analyze This', followed by the movie 'Field Of Dreams', then the movie 'For Love Of The Game'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 15 Ben Stiller, Ewan McGregor, Eminem, Charlotte Uhlenbroek
[1:00 PM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 1 Tom Cruise, Stephen Fry, Lee Evans, Franz Ferdinand
[2:00 PM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 1 Jamie Oliver, Ricky Gervais, Stuart Broad, Mika
[3:00 PM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 2 Barry Manilow, Alan Davies, Eva Mendes, Jamie T with Chakka Demus
[4:00 PM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 3 Sir David Attenborough, Eva Herzigova, Jay-Z, Peter Andre
[5:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 8
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 1 Bonapartes
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[9:00 PM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 4 Graham Norton, Armstrong & Miller, Shakira
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[12:00 AM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 4 Graham Norton, Armstrong & Miller, Shakira
[1:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[2:00 AM] Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 4 Graham Norton, Armstrong & Miller, Shakira
[3:00 AM] Skins - Ep 9 Katie & Emily
[4:00 AM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 16
[4:30 AM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 11
[5:00 AM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 17
[5:30 AM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 12
[6:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 20 Langford (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', still another 'Real Housewives Of OC', and the movie 'The First Wives Club'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', 'DL Hughley: Unapologetic', and 'Katt Williams: It's A Pimpin' Pimpin'.
HBO offers a FRESHReal Time with Bill Maher - scheduled guests
include
Thomas Friedman, Janeane Garofalo, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Richard Dawkins, Lisa Jackson.
FX has the movie 'Next', followed by the movie 'Ghost Rider', and 'That 70s Show'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', 'Nostradamus Effect', followed by a FRESH'Lock N' Load With R. Lee Ermey'.
IFC -
[6:10 AM] Newsfront
[8:00 AM] Separate Lies
[9:30 AM] American Splendor
[11:15 AM] Newsfront
[1:05 PM] Separate Lies
[2:35 PM] American Splendor
[4:25 PM] Newsfront
[6:15 PM] Manhattan
[8:00 PM] The Prisoner
[9:00 PM] The Prisoner
[10:00 PM] The Prisoner
[11:00 PM] Ideal
[11:30 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[12:00 AM] American Psycho
[1:45 AM] Awakening of the Beast
[3:25 AM] IFC Shorts
[4:00 AM] American Psycho
[5:45 AM] Ideal (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'The Mummy', followed by the SERIES PREMIERE'Stargate Universe' (part 1 of 2), then another FRESH'Stargate Universe' (part 2 of 2).
Sundance -
[04:50 AM] A Lost Man
[06:20 AM] The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes
[08:00 AM] Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964)
[09:45 AM] Right at Your Door
[11:25 AM] Chuck Close
[01:25 PM] The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes
[03:00 PM] Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964)
[04:45 PM] Right at Your Door
[06:20 PM] The Boss Of It All
[08:00 PM] Shameless Season 3: Episode 5
[09:00 PM] Only Human
[10:35 PM] Aloha, New York
[11:00 PM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Matchbox Twenty, The Script & Def Leppard
[12:00 AM] Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback
[01:45 AM] Christmas on Mars
[03:15 AM] One Missed Call 2
[05:05 AM] Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback (ALL TIMES EDT)
Actor Steve Martin waves at the conclusion of a rehearsal concert at the Largo at the Coronet theatre in Los Angeles September 30, 2009. Martin opens his tour at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco on October 3.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
"The Grapes of Wrath" was labeled vulgar and pornographic, a dangerous depiction of class hatred. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was removed from school classrooms and library shelves after its 1969 publication, deemed inappropriate for its depiction of author Maya Angelou's rape as an 8-year-old girl.
Then there's "Slaughterhouse Five," whose obscenities, violence and unpatriotic portrayal of World War II drew fire from worried parents and librarians.
Once silenced, the books were among more than a dozen given live readings Wednesday as part of a series of events marking Banned Books Week, an annual celebration by the American Library Association that runs through Saturday.
Lending their voices - literally - to the cause, 13 Vermont writers including Ron Powers, David Macaulay and Tom Bodett gathered in a steepled small-town church to read passages for a rapt crowd.
The Dalai Lama, right, places a scarf around the neck of actress Sandra Oh following his address to an audience of over 15,000 people in Calgary on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. The Dalai Lama is in Calgary on a two-day speaking tour. Oh was a host for the event.
Photo by Jeff McIntosh
David Letterman acknowledged on Thursday's show that he had sexual relationships with female employees and that someone tried to extort him over the affairs.
During the taping of his CBS late-night show in New York, Letterman discussed receiving a threat to either pay $2 million or risk the relationships being made public.
In a release from the show's producer, Letterman said he referred the matter to the Manhattan district attorney's office and that an investigation ended in an arrest Thursday. Letterman did not identify the person he said was arrested.
As part of the investigation, Letterman said he issued a "phony" $2 million check to the individual and the arrest followed - along with testimony by Letterman.
American TV viewers are seeing more gay, lesbian and transgender characters on their screens and story lines are better reflecting current issues in the gay community, according to a survey set for release on Thursday.
Characters like gay police officer John Cooper on NBC's "Southland" -- a rarity for a gritty crime drama -- and the gay parents of an adopted baby on the new ABC comedy "Modern Family" -- are sweeping away old TV stereotypes.
Some 44 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters make regular appearances in scripted shows on network and mainstream cable TV in the new 2009-10 television season, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), said in its annual "Where We Are on TV" report.
The 18 LGBT characters on major U.S. networks account for 3 percent of all scripted series in the prime-time TV schedule, up from 2.6 percent a year ago, the report said.
Comcast Corp. is in preliminary talks to take a 20 percent to 50 percent stake in NBC Universal and increase its ownership of the TV shows and movies it distributes to its cable subscribers.
General Electric Co., which owns 80 percent of NBC Universal, has been in talks with multiple parties, including Comcast, to unload part of the entertainment unit, according to people familiar with the negotiations. These people described the talks to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, confirming other reports, because the talks are still early.
Investors were already showing displeasure, knocking Comcast shares down more than 6 percent Thursday afternoon.
One key element is whether French conglomerate Vivendi SA decides to sell its 20 percent stake in NBC Universal. It has an annual window from Nov. 15 to Dec. 10 to unload the holdings, and its CEO has called the stake "non-core."
Wanda Jackson, a 71-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, performs at the dedication of Wanda Jackson Way in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.
The New York Philharmonic is postponing a planned trip to Cuba, citing U.S. travel restrictions that prevent patrons from going on the historic journey to the communist country.
The Philharmonic had received approval from federal agencies for its musicians and staff to go, but the U.S. Treasury Department determined that current regulations prevented patrons from accompanying them, a spokesman said Thursday.
About 150 people who agreed to cover the seven-digit cost of the Oct. 30-Nov. 2 trip had expressed interest in accompanying the orchestra, said Eric Latzky, the Philharmonic's vice president for communications.
"We have been told by officials at the Treasury Department that the current regulations governing travel to Cuba does not provide for this particular category of people," he said. "Without (their) support, this trip is not financially possible."
Los Angeles County's top prosecutor said Thursday that his office isn't persecuting Roman Polanski, but is merely trying to resolve a case delayed by the director's flight from the country in 1978.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley (R-Bad Haircut) declined to speculate on what sentence his office might seek if and when Polanski is returned to Los Angeles. The "Chinatown" director was arrested in Switzerland on Saturday and is challenging extradition to the United States.
Cooley deflected criticism that has been leveled by French officials and some of Hollywood's elite that continuing to press the case against Polanski is vindictive.
While Polanski's case has brought impassioned pleas for his release from French officials and Hollywood elite, California Gov. Arnold $chwarzenegger (R-Major Hypocrite) said he shouldn't expect special treatment. $chwarzenegger said Thursday on CNN that he was an admirer of Polanski's work, but believes the director's case should be treated the same as any other criminal matter.
Snoop Dogg poses at an event to celebrate the launch of the Adidas Originals by Originals David Beckham clothing line designed by James Bond, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
A judge cited national security concerns in ruling Wednesday that the CIA does not have to release hundreds of documents related to the destruction of videotapes of Sept. 11 detainee interrogations that used harsh methods.
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said he believed he had an obligation to let the CIA director decide what should be released when it pertains to methods used to make uncooperative detainees divulge information.
"The need to keep confidential just how the CIA and other government agencies obtained their information is manifest, and that has to do with the identities of the people who gave information and who were questioned to obtain information," the judge said from the bench.
He ruled after reviewing in private 65 of roughly 580 documents sought by the American Civil Liberties Union, including 53 field reports to CIA headquarters about interrogations.
Six months after actress Natasha Richardson died following a fall at the Mount Tremblant ski resort in Quebec, the company that operates the facility has announced helmet requirements at its North American resorts.
Vancouver-based Intrawest said Thursday it will recommend all skiers and snowboarders wear helmets when the ski season begins in a few weeks.
Richardson, the 45-year-old wife of actor Liam Neeson, died in March after falling during a skiing lesson and suffering a head injury at Mount Tremblant.
Intrawest operates nine ski resorts including Winter Park, Copper Mountain, and Steamboat Ski & Resort in Colorado; Stratton in Vermont; Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia; Mountain Creek in New Jersey; Mount Tremblant in Quebec; Panorama Mountain near Invermere, British Columbia; and Whistler Blackcomb, which will host alpine events for the 2010 Winter Games.
The front cover from Return to the Hundred Acre Wood is seen in this handout released to Reuters in London September 30, 2009. Egmont in Britain is releasing the first authorised sequel to A.A. Milne's classic children's stories in more than 80 years. Written by David Benedictus and illustrated by Mark Burgess, the book will hit shelves on Monday, October 5.
Photo by Mark Burgess
The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson can take the contractor of their high-end Sun Valley home back to arbitration over claims of shoddy workmanship.
The unanimous high court ruling handed down Wednesday came in a long-running battle between the couple and Storey Construction, the company they hired to build their sprawling villa in 2000.
Hanks and Wilson said they discovered defects in the construction that weren't immediately obvious and asked for arbitration of their claims. But Storey Construction said that since they had already gone to arbitration once, any additional claims were barred, and a lower court agreed.
The Supreme Court reversed that ruling, agreeing with the acting and film-producing couple that their contract with the company didn't prohibit additional arbitration over newly discovered defects.
The Empire State Building can be seen lit in red and yellow to honor the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in this photo looking north up Fifth Avenue Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 in New York. The color scheme has caused controversy among critics of the Communist government in China.
Photo by Jason DeCrow
The story of humankind is reaching back another million years as scientists learn more about "Ardi," a hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. The 110-pound, 4-foot female roamed forests a million years before the famous Lucy, long studied as the earliest skeleton of a human ancestor.
This older skeleton reverses the common wisdom of human evolution, said anthropologist C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University.
Rather than humans evolving from an ancient chimp-like creature, the new find provides evidence that chimps and humans evolved from some long-ago common ancestor - but each evolved and changed separately along the way.
A study of Ardi, under way since the first bones were discovered in 1994, indicates the species lived in the woodlands and could climb on all fours along tree branches, but the development of their arms and legs indicates they didn't spend much time in the trees. And they could walk upright, on two legs, when on the ground.
A group of Comon Cranes gather in dawn light, on their night-roost on a lake in the German state of Brandenburg, close to Berlin September 26, 2009. From September to November tens of thousands of Cranes use the rural area close to the German Capital for a stopover during their migration from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe to their wintering quarters in Spain. The agricultural plains surrounding Berlin are among the biggest Crane roosts in entire Europe with several tens of thousands birds gathering during the peak of migration between September and November.
Photo by Thomas Krumenacker
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