'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Comment
Re: West Wing & Law & Order
Thanks for the info. I thought it was my ultra right wing NBC station bowing to the conservatives here. Glad to know I didn't miss anything but upset to think that NBC caved to Bush and Co (I assume it was because of the subject matter). There was no mention of it on the Today Show interview this morning with the Law & Order creator. Funny how they just skipped over that.
jh
Thanks, jh -
I don't count on 'Today' for too much 'information' - besides, I hate 'perky' in the morning.
Reader Comment
RE: Wed's West Wing And Thursday Night NBC Line-up
Hey,
The reason NBC blew off new programming on Wednesday was Game 7 of the
Marlins-Cubs series. The New York Times is reporting that NBC will be repeating
the move on Thursday night because of Game 7 of the Red Sox-Yankees series.
Hope that helps,
Daniel in H-Town
Thanks, Daniel!
Reader Comment
Re: Missing West Wing
I would bet that they just didn't want to burn a fresh episode against the
baseball playoffs.
Steve
Thanks, Steve!
Reader Comment
Re: NBC's scheduling shuffle
Marty,
As to NBC's Wednesday -- and now Thursday -- switcheroo, I think the answer is simple. Fox has been drawing HUGE numbers with the Cubs and Yanks-Red Sox and the peacock didn't want to get its tail singed and waste new episodes of their hits.
Of course, as astute as you are of the Hollywood scene, you've probably already figured that out.
Tom B
Thanks Tom!
To be honest, this one threw me. Back when I was taking broadcasting classes at CSUN, the number 1 rule was TV's purpose is to SELL and entertainment is only packaging for commercials.
Who'da thunk the first network to place their 'News' department in the 'Entertainment' division would give up so easily.
How sad NBC has so little faith in their schedule.
Reader Request
Re: The Breast Cancer Site
The Breast Cancer Site needs help in October to reach a goal of funding
250 mammograms for women in need.
Simply visit The Breast Cancer Site at www.thebreastcancersite.com
every day and click on the pink
"Fund Free Mammograms" button to help fund free mammograms for women in
need.
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mammograms. You can click once per day in October (and beyond).
During October, the value of clicks on the button is DOUBLED, meaning your
click gives twice the usual amount of funding toward free mammograms.
Thanks, Marian!
from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
Reader Comment
Re: Jimi Hendrix & military service
Marty
If I recall correctly, Jimi Hendrix served proudly as a member of the
101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles, "Band of Brothers" fame, etc.), and
mentioned it fondly in an interview with Dick Cavett. I believe he
injured himself during parachute jump training (either a twisted or
broken ankle), which was a fairly common problem for airborne soldiers,
and enough to get you discharged from the Army.
He's a really unique American hero - is there any other example of a
"counterculture hippy" rockstar with an actual military background
(calling Ted Nugent, hello? hello?) ?
josh
Thanks, Josh!
Reader Comment
Re: Jimi Hendrix
Marty -
FYI, Jimi did not bail. He was in the 101st Airborne, and he got an
honorable medical discharge after shattering his ankle during a training
jump.
Hank
Thanks, Hank!
Did some digging, and came across
Jimi Hendrix ,In the early years,
My Son Jimi,
Hendrix biography, and
RollingStone.com - Jimi Hendrix Biography
for some info on Jimi's early history.
Also came across this -
Hendrix/Monkees tour. Ain't the 'net grand!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Foggy morning, sunny afternoon.
There was a 'Dean for President' table at the farmer's market, manned by a brave woman. Of course, we chatted. It's the first time I've seen a national candidate represented there.
Talked with dear old Dad. Seems there's a big family wedding in Maryland next month. My cousin Dennis has lived with Maria for over 30 years, and they've finally decided it's time to 'get that piece of paper.' Cousin George from Indiana, a
Methodist minister, will perform the ceremony. Being the oldest of the next generation, there's some pressure to attend.
Tonight, Friday, CBS starts the night with a FRESH 'Joan Of Arcadia', followed by a FRESH 'JAG', then a
FRESH 'The Handler'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Darrell Hammond and Radiohead. (RERUNs all next week)
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Jenny McCarthy and Jeremy Piven. (RERUNs all next week)
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH 'Miss Match', then 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' (don't know if it's FRESH or not).
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Will Ferrell, Joe Rogan, and Robert Randolph and the Family Band. (RERUNs all next week)
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Gina Gershon and Bela Fleck & the Fleckstones. (RERUNs all next week)
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Pat O'Brien, Jennifer Esposito, Rocco DiSpirito, Fountains of Wayne, Miri Ben-Ari, and Miller Lite Girls.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'George Lopez', followed by a FRESH 'Married To The Kellys', then a FRESH
'Hope & Faith', followed by a FRESH 'Bonnie', then '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel is this week's guest co-host Bob Odenkirk.
The WB offers a FRESH 'Reba', followed by a FRESH 'Like Family', then a FRESH 'Grounded For Life',
followed by a FRESH 'All About The Andersons'.
Faux has a FRESH 'Wanda', followed by a FRESH 'Luis', then a FRESH 'Boston Pubic'.
UPN has the movie 'Posse'.
Check local PBS listings for the best show on over-the-air-tv, 'NOW With Bill Moyers'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Poirot', and 'Meet The Royals'.
AMC offers the movie 'King Kong' (Jessica Lange version), followed by the movie 'The Hunter', then the movie 'They Live'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Hawkridge;
[7pm] 'Ground Force' - Edinburgh;
[7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Doncaster;
[8pm] 'At Home With the Braithwaites' - Episode 1;
[9pm] 'Office' - Episode 1;
[9:40pm] '3 Non-Blondes' - Episode 4;
[10:20pm] 'Manchild' - Episode 5;
[11pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Stephen Fry;
[11:30pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Joan Rivers, Mis-Teeq;
[12am] 'The Office' - Episode 1;
[12:40am] '3 Non-Blondes' - Episode 4;
[1:20am] 'Manchild' - Episode 5;
[2am] 'At Home With the Braithwaites' - Episode 1;
[3am] 'So Graham Norton' - Stephen Fry;
[3:30am] 'So Graham Norton' - Joan Rivers, Mis-Teeq;
[4am] 'The Office' - Episode 1;
[4:40am] '3 Non-Blondes' - Episode 4;
[5:20am] 'Manchild' - Episode 5; and
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Inside The Actor's Studio' (Dennis Quaid), followed by the movie 'Philadelphia', then the movie 'Eight Men Out'.
Don't forget 'K Street' on HBO.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Dead Men's Secrets', and 'The Face Of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich'.
SciFi has 'Stargate SG-1', 'Tremors: The Series', 'Stargate SG-1', 'Scare Tactic', and another 'Scare Tactic'.
TCM celebrates the incomparable Rita Hayworth (today would have been her
85th birthday) all day, then it's a night of cowboys & testosterone.
[6am] 'Susan And God' (1940);
[8am] 'Affectionately Yours' (1941);
[9:30am] 'Only Angels Have Wings' (1939);
[12pm] 'You'll Never Get Rich' (1941);
[1:30pm] 'Rita' (2003);
[2:30pm] 'You Were Never Lovelier' (1942);
[4:30pm] 'The Strawberry Blonde' (1941);
[6:15 pm] 'The Money Trap' (1966);
[8pm] 'Rio Bravo' (1959);
[10:30pm] 'The Gunfight At Dodge City' (1959);
[12am] 'Badman's Territory' (1946);
[2am] 'The Iron Crown' (1941); and
[4am] 'The Lion In Winter' (1968). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Paul Simon, right, and Art Garfunkel perform Thursday, Oct 16, 2003, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Simon and Garfunkel were kicking off a 40-date tour Thursday in Wilkes-Barre, their first since 1982-83.
Photo by Brad C Bower
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Bails Out Irish Child Abuse Group
U2
Irish rock band U2 has donated 40,000 euros (47,000 dollars) to bail out a cash-strapped support group for victims of sex abuse, a spokesman said.
Colm O'Gorman, founder of "One in Four", said U2 manager Paul McGuinness got in touch after hearing that the suport group would have to shut down because it had failed to secure additional state funding.
"We were staggered when we were contacted this morning by Paul McGuinness to tell us the band and himself were prepared to donate 40,000 euros to keep us running for at least a month as they put it, in an effort to allow the government to get their act together," O'Gorman said.
U2
Woman With An Opinion
Madeleine Albright
US resident George W. Bush's foreign policy "is not good for America, not good for the world," Madeleine Albright, the former US secretary of state under Bill Clinton's presidency, told French radio.
In an interview with the Europe 1 station Albright heavily criticised the actions of the Republican leadership that replaced the Democratic administration she worked for, and notably the "chaos" that reigns in Iraq.
"America is much stronger in a multilateral system, we must be on the same side, work with other people in the world. It shouldn't be America versus the others," Albright said, speaking in French.
"It's difficult to be in France and criticise my government. But I'm doing so because Bush and the people working for him have a foreign policy that is not good for America, not good for the world," she said.
For more, Madeleine Albright
California Cancer Benefit
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam will play a "mostly acoustic" show Oct. 28 at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, Calif.
All proceeds will benefit the Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. "It has been a great source of hope and treatment for some of our dear friends," frontman Eddie Vedder says in a statement. "We want to see it continue to be that for them and others."
Beginning at noon on Saturday (Oct. 18), tickets for the Santa Barbara benefit will be available only at the venue box office and Ticketmaster outlets in the area. If any tickets remain by 3 p.m., they will go on sale via Ticketmaster's nationwide phone and online systems.
Pearl Jam
Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of the Virgin Group of Companies, including Virgin Atlantic Airlines, wearing a CD player for underwear, poses with a model during a promotional launch of his latest U.S. company Virgin Pulse in New York on October 15, 2003. Virgin Pulse is a new line of personal electronic products initially consisting of 15 products including CD players, MP3 players.
Photo by Albert Ferreira
To Play '8 Simple Rules' Grandfather
James Garner
The producers of ABC's "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" have recruited one of television's most enduring stars, James Garner, to help shore up the series after the death of its lead actor, John Ritter, a network source said on Thursday.
Vowing to continue the series despite Ritter's shock death in September, ABC has asked Garner -- the former star of such hit series as "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files" -- to step in as father of newly widowed Cate Hennessy (played By Katey Sagal) and grandfather to her teenage children.
The series will return to production next week and plans to return in an hour-long show introducing Garner on Nov. 4. Millions tuned in for the final episodes that Ritter filmed which were shown after his death.
James Garner
New Orleans Voodoo Music Experience
Iggy & The Stooges
Iggy & the Stooges are the latest act to be added to the fifth annual Voodoo Music Experience.
The reunited Iggy Pop-fronted act will play Nov. 1 in the middle of the three-day event in New Orleans City Park. More than 80 acts will perform across three stages.
Iggy & The Stooges
Signed Copy of Sells for $44,000
'Ulysses'
A signed copy of James Joyce's literary classic "Ulysses" was sold at auction on Thursday for $44,000, at the low end of expectations.
James Cummins Bookseller, of Manhattan, outbid others for one of only 13 original signed copies left in private hands.
The first edition, limited issue was the treasured piece in a lot of 289 items of literature covering more than 200 years and featuring works from Wordsworth to Hemingway. The auction was held by Swann Galleries.
'Ulysses'
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
People for the American Way
Ben Affleck
Accepting an award from the liberal People for the American Way Foundation, Ben Affleck didn't use the f-word — as in fiancee — when referring to Jennifer Lopez.
"I only accept it in the hopes that the absurd amounts of publicity that I received lately, that as far as I can tell is chiefly because I have a pretty girlfriend, that's what I did, I am a champion of the American way with a pretty girlfriend — bring it on, paparazzi, news at 11 — in the hopes that some of that publicity might be pointed at something more significant, something more positive, productive and meaningful," Affleck said, according to an Associated Press Television News tape.
The actor made the remarks while accepting a Spirit of Liberty Award Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
Ben Affleck
This signed doodle by late actor John Ritter will be part of the Doodle for Hunger celebrity art auction to take place in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003, to support the Capuchin Food Pantries. Every week, the Pantries feed, clothe and shelter more than 1,000 underprivileged New Yorkers.
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Recovers from Liver Transplant
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician Jack Bruce, former bass player and vocalist with short-lived 1960s "supergroup" Cream, is recovering from a near-fatal liver transplant, his label said on Wednesday.
Bruce, 60, underwent the transplant in an English hospital on Sept. 19 after being diagnosed with liver cancer during the summer, Sanctuary Records said in a statement. He almost died after his body rejected the new liver, his kidneys failed and an infection set in.
"After being very critical for a period in which we almost lost him, Jack is now making a successful recovery," said the statement, attributed to Bruce's family.
Bruce is best known for his two-year stint in Cream, the groundbreaking blues-rock trio he formed in 1966 with guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker. With lyricist Pete Brown, Bruce co-wrote such hit singles as "I Feel Free" and "White Room."
Jack Bruce
Cancels L.A. Charity Appearance
Elton John
Pop superstar Elton John has abruptly backed out of a charity concert he was to co-headline on Thursday with former Beach Boy Brian Wilson, citing unspecified personal reasons for the cancellation.
The fifth annual benefit, called "An Evening with Friends of Brian Wilson," expects to raise about $500,000 for a foundation established in memory of Wilson's late brother and bandmate, Carl, who died of cancer in 1998.
Sir Elton, 56, had been slated to share the bill with Brian Wilson, Sugar Ray, the fledgling band In Bloom (formed by Wilson's nephew Justyn) and two other Wilsons unrelated to the Beach Boys, sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart.
Elton John
Event To Be Televised
Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute
The Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute concert set for Nov. 10 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium will be aired five days later on country-music cable station CMT. The two-hour edited broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Meanwhile, Rodney Crowell, Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt have signed on to perform at the event, which already boasts recently added artists John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, George Jones, Rosanne Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Hank Williams Jr., Sheryl Crow, Jack Clement, Steve Earle and Larry Gatlin.
Free tickets to the event will be distributed via a lottery. Fans wishing to attend should send a post card with a name, address, and daytime telephone number to: Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute, PO Box 20003, Nashville, TN 37202. Only one entry per person will be accepted and must be received by Oct. 26 at 11:59 p.m. ET. A random drawing will be held Oct. 27 with winners notified by phone. Each will receive two tickets to the concert.
Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute
Sotheby's Auction
Katharine Hepburn
Sotheby's announced that it would sell off property from the estate of the late Hollywood screen legend Katharine Hepburn at a special auction next year.
The auction house said the lots would include furniture, paintings and decorations from Hepburn's homes, as well as books from her personal library and a selection of clothing and accessories.
Also going under the hammer will be an "extraordinary collection" of Hepburn's own paintings and sketches, which have never been seen by the public.
Katharine Hepburn
Hobbit Trilogy Marathon
The Lord of the Rings
Echoing Gollum's covetous cries of "My precious!" fans of "The Lord of the Rings" are competing with one another over the precious few tickets to New Line Cinema's special marathon showing of the "Rings" trilogy, scheduled for Dec. 16.
Rabid fans lined up around blocks and jammed online sites last week to attempt to buy tickets to New Line's "Trilogy Tuesday." To promote the third film in the trilogy, "The Return of the King," which bows nationwide Dec. 17, New Line arranged for marathon public screenings in limited theaters Dec. 16, with showings of the extended versions of director Peter Jackson's "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers" to screen before the midnight debut of "King."
Tickets, which went on sale Oct. 9, ranged from $25-$49 each and drew so many fans that online ticketing sites became clogged, forcing theaters to open their box offices to handle the demand for what had been originally designed as an online promotion.
New Line has no plans to expand the promotion, even though that means it won't be able to please the trilogy's entire fan base.
The Lord of the Rings
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Guitarist Shot Outside Hollywood Club
Bruce Kulick
Former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick was shot in the leg and grazed by a bullet to the head on Thursday outside a popular West Hollywood nightclub when an angry patron started shooting into a crowd of 300 people, Los Angeles sheriff's deputies said.
Kulick, 49, was a short distance from the Rainbow Bar & Grill nightclub on Sunset Boulevard at about 1:20 a.m. PDT when he was hit in the leg and grazed in the head, a sheriff's spokesman said. He was treated at a hospital and released. Another man was shot in the foot, deputies said.
The New York-born Kulick performed with KISS from 1984 to 1995, leaving after the original members donned their black-and-white makeup to embark on a nostalgia tour.
Kulick has since released a solo album and performed with the band Union and 1970s rockers Grand Funk Railroad.
Bruce Kulick
Tourists watch the Perito Moreno Glacier in Santa Cruz province, Patagonian southern Argentina , some 3,200 kilometers, (2,000 miles) south of Buenos Aires, Thursday, Oct.16, 2003. A study suggests, that melting of glaciers in the Patagonian ice fields of southern Argentina and Chile has doubled in recent years, caused by higher temperatures, lower snowfall and a more rapid breaking of icebergs.
Photo by Natacha Pisarenko
Suing Clintons
Peter Paul
Hollywood producer Peter Paul has sued former President Bill Clinton, and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, contending the former first couple got him in trouble with federal authorities by failing to report his $2 million in-kind contributions to her Senate campaign.
Judicial Watch, which has sued the Clintons several times over alleged campaign finance violations, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Paul, who is in a federal detention facility in New York after being extradited from Brazil last month to face federal fraud charges.
In December 2001, a Los Angeles judge dismissed a similar lawsuit in which Paul sought damages and the return of stocks and cash he had pledged to Hillary Clinton's campaign.
A federal grand jury indicted Paul in 2001 on charges he manipulated the price of stock in his company, Stan Lee Media Inc., before dumping it and bilking investors out of $25 million. If he is convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines.
Peter Paul
Mexican Evangelists Pray
Marilyn Manson
Dozens of Bible-wielding Mexican evangelical Christians prayed for the soul of Marilyn Manson on Thursday in a protest against a planned concert by the shock rocker.
About 100 people sang hymns and prayed outside local government buildings in the center of the northern city of Monterrey, where Manson, infamous for ripping up Bibles and invoking Satan on stage, is to play on Nov. 5.
The group presented 3,000 signatures to the City Council this week asking it to halt the gig but Monterrey Mayor Felipe de Jesus Cantu said on Wednesday the Manson show would go ahead.
Marilyn Manson
A visitor looks at two portraits of Britain's Queen Elizabeth constructed from colored paper by London artist Hew Locke at the Frieze Art Fair in London, October 16, 2003. The fair is a major new international event including work from 124 galleries, from 16 different countries, showing work by 1,200 contemporary artists, housed in a specially constructed 11,000 square meter space in Regent's Park.
Photo by Lee Besford
Studios May Relent
Oscar Screeners
Hollywood's major film studios on Thursday signaled a willingness to ease their strict ban on Oscar screeners that has infuriated independent filmmakers, actors and actresses, industry sources said.
In a teleconference, top officials of the major studios and Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America, discussed the outcry from opponents that the ban created an unfair playing field in the Oscar race, and conceded there may be ways to rewrite it, one source said.
"Screeners" is an industry word used to describe videotapes and DVDs of movies mailed each year to voters for Oscars -- the U.S. film industry's top honors -- as well as other award groups and film critics at about this time.
They are used because so many films vie for awards that it is next to impossible to see them all in theaters. Screeners are especially important to low-budget and independent filmmakers who argue they cannot afford to rent theaters to screen their films for voters while the major studios can.
Oscar Screeners
Another Britcom For NBC
'The Office'
Hot British comedy "The Office" has set up a U.S. branch at NBC.
The network has committed to a pilot for a U.S. version of the acclaimed BBC show. "King of the Hill" co-creator Greg Daniels was tapped in August to adapt the cult sitcom for the American audience.
Like the original series, NBC's "Office" will chronicle in a mockumentary style the day-to-day goings-on of a group of quirky employees at a paper-supply company terrorized by a boss from hell, played in the British series by Ricky Gervais, co-creator of the series with Stephen Merchant.
'The Office'
Newest LA Attraction
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Diane Disney Miller can't suppress a chuckle when she reads news reports that her late mother donated more than $50 million to build the new Walt Disney Concert Hall because she loved classical music.
"That isn't true at all, and mother would be the first to scoff at it," says Miller, 69, the only living child of Walt and Lillian Disney. "Her favorite music was Lawrence Welk."
Walt Disney, who died in 1966 at age 65, had the greater appreciation for classical, as evidenced by his 1940 film, "Fantasia," which featured animation set to familiar compositions. Lillian Disney simply wanted an important city landmark to carry her husband's name, Miller said.
For a lot more, Walt Disney Concert Hall
An energetic male giraffe named Inzi Matu shows his delight in making his public debut at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, galloping throughout the Park's South African exhibit on October 16, 2003. Inzi Matu, which means, 'fly boy' in Swahili, was born on September 26, weighing 150 pounds and measuring 6 feet tall. Inzi Matu is a reticulated giraffe and in the wild they can be found in the regions of North Kenya and Somalia.
Photo by Ken Bohn
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