BartCop Entertainment Archives - Monday, 29 April, 2013

Monday

29 April, 2013

(Updated Daily)

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Barbara Bush Disses The 'Four Families,' in Favor of The 'Five Families'


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Marc Dion: Social Media Is Crap Journalism (Creators Syndicate)
What's wrong with social media as a news source? It's wrong two-thirds of the time, it can be manipulated by a homeless guy using a free computer in the public library, it's dripping with agendas, it passes rumors around like an STD in a bathhouse and, quite frankly, because social media is so "user friendly," it's used by a giant number of dumbasses who are thrilled they can now play reporter.


Paul Krugman: The Ignoramus Strategy (New York Times)
A while back Noah Smith described one common strategy for arguing against Keynesian economics, and yours truly in particular: "Relentlessly pretend to be an ignorant simpleton." Of course, as always, this strategy is most effective if you aren't pretending, and really are an ignorant simpleton.


Lucy Mangan: the game of the name (Guardian)
'I've always needed to decide what I am. And for most of my life I have been a Miss.'


Mason Currey: Are Starving Artists Better Artists? (Slate)
If all of this makes the life of the artist sound awfully repetitive and dull-well, that's sort of the point. For many artists, deciding what to eat is just one more distraction from the work. If you want to devote hours of intense focus to your art, something else in your life has got to take a backseat, and all too often it is lunch.


Rosanna Greenstreet: "Q&A: Will.i.am" (Guardian)
'What song would I like played at my funeral? There would be no music.'


David Cantwell: The True Genius of George Jones (Slate)
What Jones made sure we heard in his recordings was emotional presence.


Lucy Mangan: "The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett" (Guardian)
It is easy to forget that childhood, when you are in the midst of it, is a strange and cacophonous world, a welter of accidental errors, new instructions and computations, divided loyalties, unsuspected patches of ignorance and embarrassment lying in wait round every corner. In the garden, away from prying eyes, there is peace, solitude, a chance for things to grow, stretch and unfurl at their natural pace.


What I'm really thinking: the postie (Guardian)
'It's pretty obvious you're living beyond your means.'


Oliver Burkeman: "This column will change your life: can you ever know your luck?" (Guardian)
'Luck is that aspect of events that you can't influence. If you can influence it, then it's not luck.'



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Trivia Question of the Day


Who is the only recording artist to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both an instrumentalist and vocalist?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


What was the only album to displace The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band from its 15-week reign at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart?


      Ode to Billie Joe                                                      Source


Ode to Billie Joe is Bobbie Gentry's debut album, released in 1967. It was produced by Kelly Gordon and arranged by Jimmie Haskel and Shorty Rogers. It was the only album to displace The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band from its 15-week reign at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart.        Source






Charlie was first, and correct, with:
   I don't know the album, but the song is undeniably a classic.
  It's Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billy Joe




Alan J replied:
   Ode To Billie Joe, by Bobbie Gentry



Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   Ode to Billie Joe



Sally said:
   "Ode to Billie Joe" was Bobbie Gentry's debut album, released in 1967 and the only album to displace The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" from its 15-week reign at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart.

  Painful to even remember - SO bad...
  Beautiful and sunny for a busy day. My little morning care girl is making her First Communion (complete with white dress - yes, they still do that) and tonight my granddaughther has her piano recital. Ah the rewards of old age, LOL!




Adam answered:
   Ode to Billy Joe.



Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, took the day off.
  



MAM   wrote:
   Ode to Billie Joe ~ Bobbie Gentry's debut album, released in 1967.




Marian responded:
   Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billie Joe in 1967



BttbBob   answered:
   Tough, tough question. I thought very hard, but couldn't decide ('67 being so very long ago, dontcha know?). Anyway, and shockingly I find, it is Bobbie Gentry's album "Ode to Billy Joe". I liked and still like that song. I hear it played occasionally in my local chain drugstore in the afternoon when their canned music is primarily 'oldies' targeted at oldsters. I usually sing along quietly. That song is a musical cultural icon, IMO. Worthy of a Bob Dylan parody "Answer to Ode" (it's been said that he only did so with songs he liked such as his "4th Time Around" was of The Beatles, "Norwegian Wood"). Gentry won three Grammy's for the song and it has sold 3 million copies...
  Not too shabby for a Mississippi Delta girl...
  Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (Smothers Brothers '67) - YouTube
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  Happy Birthday this day to:
       Jerry Seinfeld (58) (SallyP's favorite sitcom star - Har!)
       Daniel Day Lewis (55) Two time Best Actor Oscar winner. A serious guy...
       Michelle Pfeiffer (54) Memorable as Tony Montana's "Elvira" in "Scarface"...
       Uma Thurman (42) Who can forget her... Dancing at Jack Rabbit Slim's - Pulp Fiction (5/12) Movie CLIP (1994) HD - YouTube (Not me...)
       Carnie Wilson (44) of the 90's Pop group Wilson Phillips. Oh, and daughter of "The Beach Boys" Brian Wilson... (I like this tune...) [ The Dream is still Alive "Wilson Phillips" 1990 - Video - YouTube ]
       Kate Mulgrew (57) She captained the "Star Trek: Voyager". Quite well, too...
       Tommy James (65) He of the Shondells... [ Tommy James & The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion Roulette (HQ) - YouTube ]
  Born this day:
       Celeste Holm (1917-2012) Stage and screen star. Inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1992.
       Tammi Terrell (1945-1970) Motown singer who had a brief, but great career. Succumbed to a brain tumor at the age of 24... [ MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL "Ain't no Mountain High Enough" - YouTube ]
  April 29 Birthdays - Celebrities Born April 29 | Famous Birthdays
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  So, Dubya has a library. Will there be a video exhibit of him reading My Pet Goat - YouTube? Somehow, I don't think so...




And, Joe S     said:
   Ode to Billie Joe is Bobbie Gentry's debut album, released in 1967. It was produced by Kelly Gordon and arranged by Jimmie Haskel and Shorty Rogers. It was the only album to displace The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band from its 15-week reign at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart.
  I never, ever, would have guessed that.
  Happy birthday Willie



  

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


"OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE, WHEN FIRST WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE"

THE POETRY OF ORDINARY TIME

THE RIGHT WING NEWS BUSINESS MODEL IS "LYING."

THE LAST COWBOY! R.I.P. BUCK

THE JOURNALISTIC 'WHORE HOUSE' WITH VALET PARKING

STOP KILLING THE "BEAUTIFUL DOG."

"UN" ACCEPTABLE!

THE "KOCH WHORES" AND OTHER CRIMINALS

THE NEWS THAT GOES UNREPORTED

THE GUN NUTS MAKE A POETIC STATEMENT

"JIMMY CROW" CAN'T DANCE

THEY ARE OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS

GOING FOR A BIKE RIDE

STILL "IGGY" AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!

CONSERVATIVES HATE CARTOONS

"...AN ENDLESS STRING OF ENTERTAINING BRAIN TURDS FOR THE CROWD."






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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and breezy.



Tonight, Monday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH 'Rules Of Engagement', then a FRESH 2 Broke Girls', followed by a FRESH 'Mike & Molly', then a FRESH 'Hawaii Five-0'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Nada Bakos and Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Mary McCormack and Jim O'Heir.



NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'The Voice', followed by a FRESH 'Revolution'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Ben Kingsley, Larry the Cable Guy, and the Band Perry.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Rebel Wilson, Anthony Bourdain, the latest "Celebrity Apprentice" castoff, and Retta.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Georges St. Pierre, Awkward Black Girl, and Glossary.



ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH 'Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Martin Short, Leah Remini, and Zac Brown Band.



The CW offers a FRESH 'Oh Sit', followed by a FRESH '90210'.



Faux has a FRESH 'Bones', followed by a FRESH 'The Following'.



MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.



A&E has 'Criminal Minds', 'Bates Motel', another 'Bates Motel', followed by a FRESH 'Bates Motel'.



AMC offers the movie 'Marked For Death', followed by the movie 'Godzilla'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 10 - Ep 1 - Kate Winslet, Rob Brydon, Jamie Bell, Noah and the Whale
 [9:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 10 - Ep 2 - James McAvoy, Joanna Lumley, Nancy Dell'Olio, John Bishop, Arctic Monkeys
 [10:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 9 - Cold Blood1
 [1:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Vincent and The Doctor
 [12:00PM]   MERLIN - Season 2 - Ep 7 - The Witchfinder
 [1:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED US - eason 2 - Ep 2 - Handlebar, Casa Roma, The Black Pearl
 [2:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 5 - Burger Kitchen, Part 1
 [3:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 6 - Burger Kitchen, Part 2
 [4:00PM]   TOP GEAR TOP 40-Episode 1
 [5:00PM]   TOP GEAR TOP 40-Episode 2
 [6:00PM]   TOP GEAR TOP 40-Episode 3
 [7:00PM]   TOP GEAR TOP 40-Episode 4
 [8:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 12-13-Episode 2
 [9:00PM]   TOP GEAR TOP 40-Episode 1
 [10:00PM]   JAMES MAY'S MAN LAB - Season 2 - Episode 3 NEW
 [11:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 12-13-Episode 2
 [12:00AM]   TOP GEAR TOP 40-Episode 2
 [1:00AM]   JAMES MAY'S MAN LAB - Season 2 - Episode 3
 [2:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 12-13-Episode 2
 [3:00AM]   TOP GEAR TOP 40-Episode 2
 [4:00AM]   TOP GEAR TOP 40-Episode 3
 [5:00AM]   TOP GEAR TOP 40-Episode 4    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by the movie 'The Queen Of Versailles'.



Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Key & Peele', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', still another 'Futurama', 'South Park', and another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Jon Hamm.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report are Iggy & the Stooges.



FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'.



History has all 'American Pickers' all night.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Lethal Weapon 4
 [8:45AM]    Escape From L.A.
 [11:00AM]    The Substitute
 [1:00PM]    Dark Floors
 [2:45PM]    The Exorcism of Emily Rose
 [5:15PM]    The Core
 [8:00PM]    Silent Hill
 [10:45PM]    The Hills Have Eyes
 [1:00AM]    Silent Hill
 [3:45AM]    Borderland    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
 [7:30AM]    The Big Kahuna
 [9:15AM]    Joshua
 [11:15AM]    Stolen
 [1:00PM]    The Big Kahuna
 [2:45PM]    Joshua
 [4:45PM]    French Roast
 [4:55PM]    The Border
 [6:45PM]    A Few Good Men
 [9:00PM]    Rectify-Sexual Peeling
 [10:00PM]    Rectify-Modern Times
 [11:00PM]    Breaking Bad-Over
 [12:00AM]    Breaking Bad-Mandala
 [1:00AM]    Rectify-Modern Times
 [2:00AM]    A Few Good Men
 [4:15AM]    Bunny and the Bull    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Scorpion King', 'Defiance', followed by a FRESH 'Defiance', then a FRESH 'Warehouse 13'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Brad Garrett, Amy Schumer, and Old Crow Medicine Show.



TCM spends the night saluting actor Richard Carlson.
 [6:00 AM]      Eyes In The Night (1942)
 [7:15 AM]      Kid Glove Killer (1942)
 [8:30 AM]      Little Mister Jim (1946)
 [10:15 AM]      Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
 [12:30 PM]      The Snake Pit (1948)
 [2:30 PM]      High Society (1956)
 [4:30 PM]      Doctor, You've Got To Be Kidding! (1967)
 [6:15 PM]      Bittersweet Love (1976)
 [8:00 PM]      It Came From Outer Space (1953)
 [9:30 PM]      The Magnetic Monster (1953)
 [11:00 PM]      Riders To The Stars (1954)
 [12:30 AM]      The Power (1968)
 [2:30 AM]      Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
 [4:00 AM]      Tormented (1960)

 [5:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #13 (1955)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Tuesday   -  04/30/13

TCM spends the night with Glenn Ford.
 [6:00 AM]      The Southerner (1945)
 [7:45 AM]      The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
 [10:00 AM]      The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946)
 [12:00 PM]      The White Tower (1950)
 [1:45 PM]      The Prowler (1951)
 [3:30 PM]      Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
 [4:45 PM]      Big Leaguer (1953)
 [6:00 PM]      The Angry Hills (1959)
 [8:00 PM]      Stolen Life (1946)
 [10:00 PM]      The Loves of Carmen (1948)
 [12:00 AM]      The Undercover Man (1949)
 [1:30 AM]      Babies For Sale (1940)
 [2:45 AM]      Framed (1947)
 [4:15 AM]      Gilda (1946)
    (ALL TIMES EST)




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Actress and singer Barbra Streisand (L) and husband, actor James Brolin arrive at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington April 27, 2013.
Photo by Kevin Lamarque

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Dark Roasted Blend: The Golden Age of Cigar Box Art

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Helen Mirren Reigns

Olivier Awards

Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the London stage at the Olivier Awards Sunday, while compelling, canine-titled teen drama "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" emerged as best in show with seven trophies.

Mirren, 67, was a popular and expected best actress choice for her regal yet vulnerable Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience," Peter Morgan's behind-palace-doors drama about the relationship between Britain's queen and its prime ministers.

The actress, who won an Academy Award in 2007 for playing Britain's monarch in "The Queen," quipped that it was 87-year-old Elizabeth who deserved an award, "for the most consistent and committed performance of the 20th century, and probably the 21st century."

Founded in 1976, the Oliviers have been laying on the glitz in recent years, with glossy ceremonies modeled on Broadway's Tony Awards.

"Downton Abbey" actor Hugh Bonneville and West End star Sheridan Smith - an Olivier winner in 2011 and 2012 - hosted a sparky ceremony that included performances by "Glee" star Matthew Morrison, Tony-winning "Wicked" diva Idina Menzel and 60s songstress Petula Clark.

Olivier Awards

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Actor Michael J. Fox (R) and his wife Tracy Pollan arrive on the red carpet at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, April 27, 2013.
Photo by Jonathan Ernst

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10 Dangerous Drugs Once Marketed as Medicine

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$20 Tickets

Rolling Stones

For one night only, the Rolling Stones were an up-and-coming band again.

The legendary group rocked a small club in Los Angeles on Saturday night for a minuscule crowd compared to the thousands set to see them launch their "50 and Counting" anniversary tour a week later on May 3 at the Staples Center.

The band kicked off Saturday's hush-hush 90-minute concert at the Echoplex in the hip Echo Park neighborhood with "You Got Me Rocking" before catapulting into a mix of new and old material, as well as their bluesy covers of classics from Otis Redding ("That's How Strong My Love Is"), Chuck Berry ("Little Queenie") and The Temptations ("Just My Imagination").

Jagger, who ditched a black-and-white track jacket emblazoned with the band's logo after the first few songs, worked the crowd into a singalong frenzy with "Miss You," complete with a harmonica solo from the strutting frontman.

Tickets to the Echoplex concert were sold earlier in the day for $20 each - a fraction of what tickets to the tour cost.

Rolling Stones

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Handwritten Ledger Online

F. Scott Fitzgerald

An intriguing peek into the daily scribbles and life of author F. Scott Fitzgerald is now available online, just weeks before the opening of the movie "The Great Gatsby."

Researchers from the University of South Carolina's Thomas Cooper Library put a digital version of the famed author's handwritten financial ledger on their website last week, making it available for the first time for all readers, students and scholars.

"This is a record of everything Fitzgerald wrote, and what he did with it, in his own hand," said Elizabeth Sudduth, director of the Ernest F. Hollings Library and Rare Books Collection.

During a recent visit to the library's below-ground rare-book vault, Sudduth took the original 200-page book out of its clamshell protective cover. The ledger's yellowed pages - with Fitzgerald's elegant, measured cursive strokes - are a throwback to life before computer spreadsheets. The ledger shows Fitzgerald's tally of earnings from his works, the most famous of which is the novel "The Great Gatsby." The ledger lists his many short stories, books, and adaptations for stage and screen.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Late-night television host and comedian Conan O'Brien speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Saturday, April 27, 2013, in Washington.
Photo by Carolyn Kaster

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Sci-fi illustrations by Shusei Nagaoka ~ Pink Tentacle

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Wedding News

Prieto - Jordan

Michael Jordan got married over the weekend in front of a few hundred of his family and closest friends.

The Charlotte Bobcats owner exchanged vows with 35-year-old former model Yvette Prieto on Saturday in Palm Beach, Fla., Jordan's manager Estee Portnoy told The Associated Press Sunday

The wedding took place at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea with nearly 300 guests in attendance, including Tiger Woods, Patrick Ewing, Spike Lee and Ahmad Rashad.

The ceremony was followed by a reception at the Bear's Club in Jupiter, Fla., a luxurious private golf club designed by Jack Nicklaus. Jordan, 50, owns a home near the course.

Prieto - Jordan

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Wake-up Call


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Problem With Paid Sick Time

Disney

Representatives of a national organization of mothers were prevented on Thursday from delivering a petition to Walt Disney World accusing it of trying to block laws that would require companies to provide paid sick leave for employees.

"They were turned away and security was called," Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director of MomsRising, told Reuters on Friday.

MomsRising got involved after the Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported that Disney, along with the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Darden Restaurants Inc , which owns the Red Lobster and Olive Garden chains, helped draft a bill currently before the Florida legislature to ban local communities from enacting their own paid sick time rules.

The proposed state law follows a grassroots campaign in Orange County, Disney's home, to place a referendum about paid sick leave on the ballot. Supporters collected more than 50,000 signatures to place the issue on the November 2012 ballot. But county commissioners by a 4-3 vote blocked the measure from getting on the ballot.

In what came to be called "textgate," some county commissioners were found to be texting with lobbyists - including Disney lobbyists - before the vote and during the meeting.

Disney

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Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (L), U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), the first openly gay U.S. Senator in history, and comedienne Amy Poehler (R) pose together at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington April 27, 2013.
Photo by Kevin Lamarque

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Paintings by Arturo Samaniego | Amusing Planet

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Raises $2M On Kickstarter In 3 Days

Zach Braff

Zach Braff has met his goal on Kickstarter, raising $2 million in three days to fund his follow-up to "Garden State."

The actor-director's crowd-funding campaign follows Rob Thomas' wildly successful use of Kickstarter to finance a movie of the defunct TV series "Veronica Mars." Thomas pulled in $2 million in less than a day, eventually gathering more than $5.7 million in 30 days.

But some observers have criticized Hollywood stars for using the Kickstarter website to dip into the pockets of their loyal fans. Braff has said this is the only way for him to direct his first film since "Garden State" with final cut and his desired casting.

After passing his goal Saturday, the "Scrubs" star said on Twitter: "I will not let you down. Let's go make a killer movie."

Zach Braff

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Actor Patrick Stewart attends the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington April 27, 2013.
Photo by Kevin Lamarque

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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake? | Collectors Weekly

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30th Anniversary 'King of Comedy'

Jerry Lewis

The Tribeca Film Festival has ended on a royal note with Jerry Lewis showing up at the 30th anniversary screening of "The King of Comedy."

The 87-year-old comedian-actor walked out to thunderous applause after the screening Saturday, joining co-star Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese.

Lewis answered questions about the making of the film and he brought the audience to laughter with a tale about a guy he met on a subway train.

In the movie, Lewis plays a talk show host kidnapped by a deranged comedian played by De Niro.

Jerry Lewis

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Actress Sharon Stone arrives on the red carpet at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 27, 2013.
Photo by Jonathan Ernst

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The 8 Types of Shovels Everyone Should Know

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Musical Heading To Broadway

'Rocky'

It's been a knockout in Germany. Now Sylvester Stallone hopes a musical based on his beloved boxing film "Rocky" will also be a hit on Broadway.

Producers said Sunday they plan to get "Rocky" up and punching at the Winter Garden by February following a successful debut in Hamburg last fall.

Based on the Oscar-winning 1976 film, the musical features a score by "Ragtime" veterans Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and a story by Thomas Meehan, who wrote "The Producers" and "Hairspray."

Originally written in English but translated into German for its world premiere and billed as "Rocky: Das Musical," the show is produced by Stallone and Stage Entertainment USA.

'Rocky'

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Actress Sofia Vergara smiles on the red carpet at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, April 27, 2013.
Photo by Jonathan Ernst

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Play Black Sabbath Music to Make Your Plants Grow - Neatorama

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3 Generations Coming To Auction

Wyeths

American realist painter Andrew Wyeth left an indelible impression on Eric Sambol after a museum class trip in the 1970s.

Many years later, the New Jersey businessman was able to acquire a work by Wyeth. It was the beginning of a collection that gradually expanded to include Wyeth's equally famous father, the great classic novel illustrator N.C. Wyeth, and his son, Jamie Wyeth.

Sambol is now parting with 13 of his Wyeths - six by Andrew, six by Jamie, and one by N.C. Christie's auction house, which is selling the works May 23, says it is one of the largest collections of Wyeths it has ever sold.

The most expensive piece in the auction is Andrew Wyeth's "Rocky Hill," a watercolor of the artist's beloved dog, Nell, seated in the woods - a frequent subject of the artist's paintings. It's estimated to sell for $1.8 million to $2.4 million.

Wyeths

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Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her husband comedian Brad Hall arrive on the red carpet at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, April 27, 2013.
Photo by Jonathan Ernst

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Bourton-on-the-Water: Entire Village Placed on Special Architectural or Historic Interest List ~ Kuriositas

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Gold-Bedecked Skeleton

The Beaker People

More than 4,000 years ago, a woman, perhaps an ancient queen, was carefully laid to rest outside of modern-day London, ornamented with beads of gold strung around her neck and a large drinking cup placed at her hip. Archaeologists have just uncovered her grave at a quarry that lies between Windsor Castle and Heathrow airport.

The gold ornaments suggest the woman was important, possibly of the elite and even a princess or queen, the excavators said.

The woman's bones have been degraded by acid in the soil, making radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis impossible. Nonetheless, excavators believe she was at least 35 years old when she died sometime between 2500 B.C. and 2200 B.C., around the era Stonehenge was constructed.

The woman was adorned with a necklace that had tube-shaped beads fashioned out of sheet gold and black disks of lignite, a dark, coal-like material similar to jet. Though her clothing long ago disintegrated, amber buttons and fasteners were scattered across the woman's body in a row, hinting at how she may have been dressed.

The excavation team believes she belonged to the Beaker people, a widespread Neolithic culture that gets its name from the shape of the ceramic pots they left behind. Beaker remains have been found across Europe, but few in Britain have been found with gold ornaments and most contain male skeletons, excavators say.

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Science fiction enthusiasts Anne Clothier (L) and Gail Tomlinson, dressed as Andorians from Star Trek, pose for a photograph outside the 12th annual Sci-Fi London festival in east London April 28, 2013. The international festival of science fiction and fantasy film runs from April 30-May 6.
Photo by Suzanne Plunkett

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Weekend Box Office

'Iron Man 3'

"Iron Man 3" was the heavy-lifter at theaters with a colossal overseas debut that overshadowed a gang of mercenary bodybuilders in a sleepy pre-summer weekend at the domestic box office.

The Marvel Studios superhero sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. got a head-start on its domestic launch next Friday with a $195.3 million opening in 42 overseas markets, distributor Disney reported Sunday.

Director Michael Bay's "Pain & Gain," a true-crime tale of bodybuilders on the make, muscled into first-place domestically with a $20 million debut.

The Paramount release starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie knocked off Tom Cruise's sci-fi adventure "Oblivion" after a week in the No. 1 spot. Universal's "Oblivion" slipped to second-place with $17.4 million, raising its domestic total to $64.7 million.

Lionsgate's all-star nuptial comedy "The Big Wedding" tanked at No. 4 with just $7.5 million. The ensemble cast includes Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams, Susan Sarandon and Katherine Heigl, but the movie was almost universally trashed by critics and held little interest for audiences.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

    1. "Pain & Gain," $20 million.
    2. "Oblivion," $17.4 million ($12.8 million international).
    3. "42," $10.7 million.
    4. "The Big Wedding," $7.5 million.
    5. "The Croods," $6.6 million ($13.1 million international).
    6. "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," $3.6 million ($10.2 million international).
    7. "Scary Movie 5," $3.5 million ($6.7 million international).
    8. "Olympus Has Fallen," $2.8 million ($4.2 million international).
    9. "The Place Beyond the Pines," $2.7 million ($1.1 million international).
   10. "Jurassic Park" in 3-D, $2.3 million ($410,000 international).

'Iron Man 3'

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In Memory

Mary Thom

Renowned feminist and former women's magazine editor Mary Thom was killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend in Yonkers, New York, friends and colleagues said.

Thom, 68, a former editor of Ms. Magazine, crashed her motorcycle on the Saw Mill Parkway on Friday evening, said Eleanor Smeal, publisher of Ms. Magazine and a close friend of Thom.

An accomplished author, editor and journalist, Thom devoted her career to giving voice to women's rights issues in books, magazine columns and through her work within the women's movement, which mourned the loss over the weekend.

"We, who are Mary's friends and family haven't absorbed her loss yet: it's too sudden,'' said actress Jane Fonda and feminist authors Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan, three co-founders of the Women's Media Center, in a statement.

Thom, an Akron, Ohio, native, spent more than a quarter century at Ms. Magazine and wrote a book about working her way from an entry level research position to executive editor in "Inside Ms.: 25 Years of the Magazine and the Feminist Movement," according to Smeal.

Thom also edited a book of letters sent to the magazine during the publication's formative years between 1972-1987.

Thom was an avid motorcycle enthusiast who never owned a car and had been riding for four decades, her nephew Thom Loubet told the Journal News newspaper in Westchester, New York.

She was a top editor at the Women's Media Center at the time of her death, Smeal said.

Mary Thom

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Giant pandas rest on a tree at a "panda kindergarten", a refuge for baby pandas, inside Bifengxia giant panda base in Ya'an, Sichuan province April 26, 2013, after an earthquake hit Lushan on April 20, some 20 miles (32 km) away. According to local reports, more than half of the pandas in Bifengxia were resettled from Wolong panda base after an 7.9 earthquake in 2008 killed nearly 70,000 people.

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