Molly Ivins: 'Blessed stubbornness' (smirkingchimp.com)
I am writing about the most extraordinary book by the most extraordinary woman, and I would have interviewed her at length, except she's going to be arrested if she ever sets foot back in our home state.
Andrew Weil: Age successfully, and gracefully (usatoday.com)
Q: Your book is full of recommendations on how to age successfully. If you had 30 seconds in an elevator to give someone advice on what to do to age successfully, what would you tell them?
A: Learn the principles of healthy eating, increase physical activity, learn to breathe properly, try to learn another language, spend more time in the company of people who have lifestyle habits you want to develop, and think about the rewards that aging can bring.
"So, does anybody remember how President Bush survived the Valerie Wilson scandal?"
"Oh! Oh! Mr. Kotter! Mr. Kotter! I know, Mr. Kotter. President Bush nominated Patrick Fitzgerald to the Supreme Court, thereby bolloxing the investigation into his aides."
"Arnold, you doofus, President Bush didn't have AIDS."
"Not AIDS, Vinnie. Aides. It's spelled with an E."
"Huh, huh. Mr. Kotter. AIDS is spelled with an A. You ain't foolin' me."
"Sheesh! Anyway, Arnold. President Bush didn't nominate Patrick Fitzgerald, although he probably should have. That would have been a brilliant stroke. You ought to consider politics Arnold. You'd be good at it."
"Gee, tanks Mr. Kotter. My mother says I should be so lucky."
"What about me, Mr. Kotter? You think I'd make a good president?"
"Vinnie, you'd have made an admirable president. Only you ended up becoming a Scientologist."
"What's wrong wid dat?"
"Nothing, if you plan to become president of Alpha Centauri."
"Really? So, is that, like, in the United States or what?"
"You should have run in 2000, Vinnie. You'd have been a shoe-in."
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Ghost Whisperer', followed by a RERUN'Threshold', then a RERUN'NUMB3RS'.
On a RERUNDave (from 10/6/05) are Jon Stewart and David Gray.
On a RERUNCraig (from 9/26/05) are Danny Bonaduce, Diane Farr, and Shaggy.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'special' - 'Tom Brokaw: In God They Trust', followed by a FRESH'Three Wishes', then a RERUN'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'.
On a RERUNJay Leno (R 9/21/05) are Chris Rock, Sandra Oh, and O.A.R.
On a RERUNConan (from 7/15/05) are Owen Wilson, Caroline Rhea, and the Wallflowers.
On a RERUNCarson Daly (from 9/23/05) are Donald Trump, Jenny McCarthy, and OK Go.
ABC opens the night with a RERUN'supernanny', followed by a FRESH'Hope & Faith', then a FRESH'Hot Properties', followed by '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Donnie Wahlberg and R. Kelly.
The WB offers a FRESH'What I Like About You', followed by a RERUN'What I Like About You', then a FRESH'Reba', followed by a FRESH'Twins'.
Faux has a FRESH'Bernie Mac', followed by a FRESH'Malcolm', then a FRESH'Killer Instinct'.
UPN fills the night with 'WWE Friday Night SmackDown!'.
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', 'The Secret Life Of Vampires', and 'Biography' (Stephen King).
AMC offers the movie 'Carrie', followed by the movie 'Exorcist II: The Heretic', then the movie 'Exorcist III'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Spam;
[2:40 pm] 'Little Britain' - Episode 1;
[3:20pm] 'Little Britain' - Episode 2;
[4pm] 'Jonathan Creek' - The Omega Man;
[5pm] 'Monarch of the Glen' - Episode 1;
[6pm] 'BBC World News' - BBC World News;
[6:30pm] 'House Invaders' - Swindon A;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 45;
[8pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 4;
[9pm] 'My Family - Series 4' - Episode 4;
[9:40pm] 'The Robinsons' - Series 1 - Episode 5;
[10:20 pm] 'Kumars at No. 42' - Stephen Fry;
[11:00 pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Spam;
[11:40 pm] 'The Office' - Episode 3;
[12:20 am] 'The Office' - Episode 4;
[1am] 'My Family' - Series 4 - Episode 4;
[1:40am] 'The Robinsons' - Series 1 - Episode 5;
[2:20am] 'Kumars at No. 42' - Stephen Fry;
[3am] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Court in the Act;
[3:40am] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Ism Ism Ism;
[4:20am] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Fly on the Wall;
[5am] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 1;
[5:30am] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 2;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Rosie O'Donnell), followed by the movie 'The Fly' (Jeff Goldblum version), then the movie 'Wes Craven's New Nightmare'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Showbiz Show With David Spade', 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Gregg Rogell), another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Jim Gaffigan), still another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Ron White), and yet another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Brian Regan).
HBO offers a FRESHReal Time with Bill Maher - scheduled guests include Richard Clarke, Helen Thomas, Billy Connolly, Tony Snow and Nadira Hira.
History has 'Plumbing: Arteries of Civilization', 'History's Mysteries', another 'History's Mysteries', 'Mail Call', and another 'Mail Call'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'Under Suspicion (2000);
[8AM] 'Wild Man Blues (1997);
[10AM] 'Amateur (1994);
[11:45AM] 'IFC in Theaters (2005);
[12PM] 'Unhook The Stars (1996);
[1:45PM] 'IFC October Short Film Collection II (2005);
[3:45PM] 'Amateur (1994);
[5:30PM] 'The Festival #4 (2005);
[6PM] 'At The IFC Center (2005);
[6:30PM] 'Wild Man Blues (1997);
[8:25PM] 'Cecil B. Demented (2000);
[10PM] 'Hopeless Pictures #2 (2005);
[10:15PM] 'Greg the Bunny #11: "Martian Serum 7 From Mars" (2005);
[10:30PM] 'The Festival #5 (2005);
[11PM] 'Blood Simple (1984);
[12:45AM] 'IFC in Theaters (2005);
[1AM] 'Hopeless Pictures #2 (2005);
[1:15AM] 'Greg the Bunny #11: "Martian Serum 7 From Mars" (2005);
[1:30AM] 'The Festival #5 (2005);
[2AM] 'Blood Simple (1984);
[3:45AM] 'IFC in Theaters (2005);
[4AM] 'Hopeless Pictures #2 (2005);
[4:15AM] 'Greg the Bunny #11: "Martian Serum 7 From Mars" (2005);
[4:30AM] 'The Festival #5 (2005);
[5AM] 'IFC October Short Film Showcase (2005). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Route 666', followed by the movie 'Resident Evil'.
Sundance -
[6:05AM] 'Cheech & Chong: Get Out of My Room;
[7AM] 'The Al Franken Show: (10/27/05);
[8AM] 'Oleanna;
[9:30AM] 'Noi albinoi;
[11AM] 'The Al Franken Show: (10/27/05);
[12PM] 'Karmen Gei;
[1:30PM] 'Cheech & Chong: Get Out of My Room;
[2:30PM] 'Butterfly;
[4PM] 'Cry Funny Happy;
[5:35PM] 'Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill;
[6PM] 'TransGeneration: Episode 6;
[6:30PM] 'No Problem;
[7PM] 'A Fond Kiss;
[8:45PM] 'The Critical Path;
[9PM] 'Where The Buffalo Roam;
[10:40PM] 'Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill;
[11PM] 'I Am NOT an ANIMAL: My Fair Mare;
[11:30PM] 'The Al Franken Show: (10/28/05);
[12:30AM] 'AKA;
[2:30AM] 'The Al Franken Show: (10/28/05);
[3:25AM] 'A Fond Kiss;
[5:10AM] 'Where The Buffalo. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Recording artists Snoop Dogg, left, and Geroge Clinton, right, perform during the 25 Strong: BET Silver Anniversary Special taping, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Photo by Danny Moloshok
Elvis Presley tops the annual Forbes list of celebrities who are the top moneymakers from beyond the grave. The singer, who died in 1977, made an estimated $45 million in the past year.
Cartoonist Charles Schulz (2000) is next on the list with $35 million, followed by musician John Lennon (1980), who raked in $22 million.
Artist Andy Warhol's (1987) take was $16 million, "Cat in the Hat" author Dr. Seuss (1991) made $10 million, followed by actor Marlon Brando (2004) with $9 million.
Actress Marilyn Monroe (1962) and "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien (1973) are tied with $8 million apiece. George Harrison (2001), Johnny Cash (2003), and Irving Berlin (1989) finished in a three-way tie, with each musician bringing in $7 million.
Carol White of Minneapolis stands silently as dozens gather at the Minnesota Capitol for a candlelight vigil marking the 2,000th U.S. military death in Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, in St. Paul, Minn. The toll of U.S. military members who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003 climbed to 2,001 Wednesday after reaching the milestone of 2,000 a day earlier, according to an Associated Press count.
Photo by Craig Lassig
ABC:
-Commander in Chief: full-season renewal.
-Freddie: expected full-season renewal.
-Hot Properties: on the fence.
-Invasion: full-season renewal.
-Night Stalker: waiting for the axe to swing.
CBS:
-Close To Home: on the fence.
-Criminal Minds: full season renewal.
-Ghost Whisperer: full season renewal.
-How I Met Your Mother: full season renewal.
-Out Of Practice: three additional scripts ordered.
-Threshold: three additional scripts ordered.
NBC:
-The Apprentice: Martha Stewart: on the fence.
-E-Ring: three additional scripts ordered.
-Inconceivable: canceled.
-My Name Is Earl: full season renewal.
-Surface: full season renewal.
-Three Wishes: expected full-season renewal.
Fox:
-Bones: full season renewal.
-Head Cases: canceled.
-Killer Instinct: waiting for the axe to swing.
-Kitchen Confidential: waiting for the axe to swing.
-Prison Break: full season renewal.
-Reunion: on the fence.
-The War at Home: full season renewal.
UPN:
-Everybody Hates Chris: full season renewal.
-Love, Inc.: on the fence.
-Sex, Love & Secrets: canceled.
WB:
-Just Legal: canceled.
-Related: on the fence.
-Supernatural: full season renewal.
-Twins: on the fence
Last year, he won one. This year, Samuel L. Jackson will host the Spike TV Video Game Awards.
The 56-year-old actor, who won a VGA for voicing "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," will host the Nov. 18 awards show at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. The show will air Dec. 10 on Spike TV.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vin Diesel, The Rock, Missy Elliot, Snoop Dogg and Ozzy Osbourne are among those set to appear at the third annual awards event.
The Metropolitan Opera has established the Beverly Sills Artist Award, a prize worth $50,000 for young opera singers.
The annual award, intended to aid career development, will be given to U.S. singers between ages 25 and 40 who have already appeared in featured solo roles with the opera company.
The award will be funded by Agnes Varis, a managing director on the Met board, and her husband, Karl Leichtman.
First Lady of California Maria Shriver (C) is joined by actress Jane Fonda (L) and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women and Families in Long Beach, California October 27, 2005. The conference celebrates the contributions of women and was attended by more than 11,000 women.
Photo by Susan Goldman
Judi Dench, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in 1998's "Shakespeare in Love," is now a Companion of Honor.
She received the honor from Queen Elizabeth II during a ceremony Wednesday at Buckingham Palace. The honor recognizes service of national importance and is limited to a select group of 65 people at any one time.
A booking agent who cheated Magic Johnson, Andy Rooney and dozens of other celebrities out of their speaking fees was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison.
Alan Walker showed no emotion as he was sentenced in U.S. District Court. But earlier, he tearfully told Judge Colleen McMahon, "As poor as my conduct was, it really is not who I am and how I've lived most of my life."
Walker, president of Program Corp. of America, was convicted in April of 60 counts of fraud and one of conspiracy. Among the witnesses against him were Johnson, Rooney, James Earl Jones and Erin Brockovich.
Liza Minelli smiles for photographers as she enters the Princess Grace awards, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005 in New York. The Princess Grace Foundation-USA Awards gala was created in memory of Princess Grace of Monaco to help aspiring artists realize their dreams of careers in the performing arts.
Photo by Kathy Willens
B-list Hollywood celebrities from "it" girl Paris Hilton to actor Tom Sizemore are finding that, far from being a kiss of death, the release of their home-made sex videos can be a big career boost.
While "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson and her rocker husband Tommy Lee fought tooth and nail to keep their sex romps private, they inadvertently launched a new trend that some lesser stars are now happy to feed as celebrity nookie becomes a growing niche in the X-rated movie industry.
Gone are the days when actors feared that photographs in flagrante delicto could ruin their careers, as did screen heartthrob Rob Lowe when he was filmed cavorting with an underage girl in 1988.
The company of legendary US director George Lucas, creator of the "Star Wars" saga, launched an animation studio in Singapore to produce television shows and feature films for the global market.
Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, financially backed by the Singapore government to boost the island's multimedia industry, will take part in the development of a TV spinoff from Star Wars.
"Our first series - a TV adventure titled Clone Wars, based on the time between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith - is already in active development and we hope to see it on the air in 2007."
Three of the original Madame Tussauds waxwork heads from left of: George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr used on the cover of the Beatles' Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album and an early waxwork head of Paul McCartney, center right, are seen at the Music Legends Auction at Madame Tussauds in London, Thursday, Oct 27, 2005. They sold for a bid of 70,000 (US$ 125,000; euro 103,000). The original Diana Dors waxwork, top right, also used in the album cover was sold for a bid of 12,000 (US$21,000; euro 17,000).
Photo by Sang Tan
Everyone knows about the Somme and Verdun. But the eastern front of World War I was deadly as well. Now, a blogger in Estonia has placed over 120 photos, most of them previously unpublished, on the Web.
The famous, bloody battlefields of World War I were in "the West" -- meaning west of Germany -- but not everyone died in the trenches of Belgium and France. German soldiers marched east, too, through land that now lies in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and Russia. A German blogger in Estonia named Jens-Olaf Walter has posted a Flickr series of remarkable and mostly unpublished photographs from this "forgotten front" of the Great War, once the property of a single (unnamed) German officer. Trenches, corpses, gunfire, peasants, mosques and farm villages all rise like fading ghosts from the photos.
George Takei is recognized around the world as Mr. Hikaru Sulu, a character he played on three seasons of the TV show Star Trek and in six subsequent films. Takei's portrayal of Sulu is a watershed moment in television history-never had an Asian-American actor played such a prominent role in the national media, certainly not without a marginalizing accent or stereotypical job as a chef or servant or cook. In fact, Takei's clear, booming voice and perfectly enunciated English as he helmed the U.S.S. Enterprise, flew in the face of traditional Asian male stereotypes prevalent even up to that time on TV and in film.
What many may not know is that Takei, 68, has been a passionate activist for civil-rights and a community leader for many years. He is chairman emeritus of the board of trustees of the Japanese American National Museum, is on the advisory committee of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, and even ran for L.A. City Council in 1973, losing by only a small margin. An L.A. native, he was appointed to the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District by former L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley, and to the board of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission by President Bill Clinton.
The BlueGene/L supercomputer is presented to the media at the Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, October 27, 2005. The BlueGene/L is the world's fastest supercomputer and will be used to ensure U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile is safe and reliable without testing. The BlueGene/L computer made by IBM can perform a record 280.6 trillion operations per second.
Photo by Kimberly White
Although both marijuana and tobacco smoke are packed with cancer-causing chemicals, other qualities of marijuana seem to keep it from promoting lung cancer, according to a new report.
The difference rests in the often opposing actions of the nicotine in tobacco and the active ingredient, THC, in marijuana, says Dr. Robert Melamede of the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs.
Whereas nicotine has several effects that promote lung and other types of cancer, THC acts in ways that counter the cancer-causing chemicals in marijuana smoke, Melamede explained in an interview with Reuters Health.
Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Oct. 17-23. Each ratings point represents 1,102,000 households. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.
1. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.0, 3.34 million homes.
2. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 2.9, 3.19 million homes.
3. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.8, 3.13 million homes.
4. Movie: "Twitches" (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 2.7, 2.94 million homes.
5. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Sunday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.92 million homes.
6. "Laguna Beach" (Monday, 10 p.m.), MTV, 2.6, 2.88 million homes.
7. "Nip/Tuck" (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), FX, 2.5, 2.72 million homes.
8. "Law & Order: SVU" (Saturday, 10 p.m.), USA, 2.5, 2.71 million homes.
9. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.68 million homes.
10. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.63 million homes.
11. Movie: "Casper Meets Wendy" (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 2.4, 2.6 million homes.
12. Movie: "Twitches" (Thursday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 2.3, 2.57 million homes.
13. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.3, 2.55 million homes.
14. Movie: "The Little Vampire" (Monday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 2.3, 2.54 million homes.
15. "NFL Prime Time" (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), ESPN, 2.3, 2.52 million homes.
The San Diego Zoos 12-week-old giant panda cub is photographed during her weekly health examination October 26, 2005. The unnamed female cub now has three incisors visible, weighing 7.98 pounds (3.6 kg) and measuring two feet (0.6 metres) from her nose to the tip of her tail.
Photo by Ken Bohn
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