Paul Constant: "Guardians of the Galaxy: Your New Han Solo Is a Talking Raccoon" (Stranger)
Let's hear it for the cinematic asshole. The last couple decades of filmmaking-by-committee has all but banished the lovable rogue from the blockbuster lexicon. International audiences, conventional wisdom goes, can't understand heroes and villains unless they're clearly delineated as such.
Jennifer Kitchen: Shakespeare plays key role in teaching children to take creative leaps (The Conversation)
… the publication of Cambridge academic Rex Gibson's Teaching Shakespeare in 1998 has led to a focus on bringing the plays alive as theatrical performances. Gibson argued that if we treat Shakespeare's plays as scripts to be performed, then students are able to actively interpret a text in ways that are relevant to them.
Henry Rollins: Las Vegas Is Out of Ideas (LA Weekly)
I'm in Las Vegas. I will be in and out of the city for several days. Before anything else, the heat. It is incredible. Walking around in 106-degree air makes you question your sanity. Yet here we are out in it - that is to say, myself and countless other insaniacs. We pack the sidewalks, cause lines in large restaurants, drink, yell, gamble, etc.
Thing T. Thing, often referred to as just Thing (it's also stated the T. stands for "Thing"), was a fictional character in the cartoon The Addams Family. Thing was originally portrayed as a whole person (always seen in the background watching the family, but never getting noticed or shown fully), but was changed to a disembodied hand for the television series.
In the 1960s television series, Thing-strictly speaking, a disembodied forearm, since he occasionally emerged from his box at near-elbow length-was usually played by Ted Cassidy, who also played the lugubrious butler Lurch, although the two characters occasionally appeared in the same scene (in which case Thing would be played by a crew member, notably assistant director Jack Voglin). Thing customarily emerged from a series of boxes, one in each room in the Addams' mansion, and the mailbox outside. He occasionally emerged from behind a curtain, within a plant pot, or elsewhere.
On the 1960s TV series, two similar hands were introduced in the episode "Morticia Meets Royalty":
Lady Fingers: a female "handmaiden" who was the servant of Cousin Millie, also known as Princess Millicent von Schlepp. When Millicent came to visit, Thing and Lady Fingers fell in love. Lady Fingers later returned in the 1977 Addams Family Halloween special and the 1998 series revival.
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Charlie was first, and correct, with:
Lady Fingers
Alan J wrote:
Lady Fingers
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Lady Fingers: a female "handmaiden" who was the servant of Cousin Millie, also known as Princess Millicent von Schlepp. When Millicent came to visit, Thing and Lady Fingers fell in love
Deborah replied:
I think that's Lady Fingers.
Adam answered:
Lady Fingers
Dale of Diamond Springy Norcali, took the day off.
Marian responded:
Lady Fingers
DJ Useo said:
Her name was "Lady Fingers".
From what I can gather, It was Carolyn Jones' hand playing her.
Most of the time Thing was portrayed by Ted Cassidy.
MAM wrote:
Lady Fingers ~ Meets Thing while she and Lady Pretensia are staying with the Addams family. Lady Fingers and Thing quickly fall in love.
Lady Pretensia
Left Handed Lois Of Oregon answered:
The one and only love of Thing's life was the beautiful and
refined Lady Fingers, who, sadly, left poor Thing when she
discovered he was a cross dresser (see insert: Michael
Jackson Glove) and ran away with the Hamburger Helper
Helping Hand, who was much more manly despite the fact his
middle finger was missing. The moral of the story; In this
life, you can only depend on your own right hand.
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CBS opens the night with a RERUN'2 Broke Girls', followed by a RERUN'Mom', then a RERUN'Mike & Molly', followed by a RERUN'2½ Men', then a FRESH'Under The Dome'.
On a RERUNDave (from 6/18/14) are Dana Carvey, Ellie Kemper, and Sam Smith.
On a RERUNCraig (from 4/30/14) is Jim Gaffigan.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Running Wild With Bear Grylls', followed by a FRESH'American Ninja Warrior'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Katie Holmes, Chris Hardwick, and OneRepublic.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Jeff Bridges, Riki Lindhome & Kate Micucci, and Strand of Oaks.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 6/3/14) are Aisha Tyler, Deap Vally, and Tokyo Police Club.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Bachelor In Paradise', then a FRESH'Mistresses'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 7/23/14) are Gordon Ramsay, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Common.
The CW offers a RERUN'Whose Line Is It Anyway?', followed by another RERUN'Whose Line Is It Anyway?', then a RERUN'Arrow'.
On a RERUNArsenio Hall (from 4/9/14) are Tracy Morgan, Nick Cannon, and Ernestine Johnson.
Faux has a FRESH'MasterChef', followed by a FRESH'Hotel Hell'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'Storage Wars', 'Wahlburgers', and another 'Wahlburgers'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Fugitive', followed by the movie 'Air Force One'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 8 - Let's Kill Hitler
[9:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 6 - Ep 9 - Night Terrors
[10:00AM] TORCHWOOD - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Countrycide
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 23 - Rightful Heir
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 24 - Second Chances
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 2 - Giuseppi's
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 3 - Ep 2 - Revisited: The Fenwick Arms
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 8 - Lido Di Manhattan Beach
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 5
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 6
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 18 - Episode 4
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF AUSTRALIA-Episode 2
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF AUSTRALIA-Episode 1
[9:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF AUSTRALIA-Episode 3 NEW
[10:00PM] TOP GEAR: TOP FAILS-Volume 1
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR: TOP FAILS-Volume 2
[12:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF AUSTRALIA-Episode 3
[1:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 18 - Episode 4
[2:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF AUSTRALIA-Episode 2
[3:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF AUSTRALIA-Episode 1
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 5
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 6 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC', then a FRESH'Jersey Belle'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama' another 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', still another South Park', and yet another 'South Park'.
On a RERUNJon Stewart (from 7/28/14) is Sonia Nazario.
On a RERUNColbert Report (from 7/31/14) is Campbell Brown.
FX has the movie '21 Jump Street', followed by a FRESH'Partners', then another FRESH'Partners', followed by a FRESH'Anger Management', then another FRESH'Anger Management'.
History has 'American Restoration', 2½ hours of old 'Pawn Stars', 'Counting Cars', and another 'Counting Cars'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] WHITEST KIDS U'KNOW
[6:15AM] THE THREE STOOGES-FIDDLERS THREE
[6:40AM] THE THREE STOOGES-GENTS WITHOUT CENTS
[7:05AM] THE THREE STOOGES-GRIPS, GRUNTS AND GROANS
[7:30AM] BATMAN-THE JOKER TRUMPS AN ACE
[8:00AM] BATMAN-BATMAN SETS THE PACE
[8:30AM] MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE-PEARL HARBOR
[9:00AM] MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE-KITTY'S BACK
[9:30AM] ESCAPE FROM L.A.
[11:45AM] DEUCES WILD
[1:45PM] ESCAPE FROM L.A.
[4:00PM] BATMAN-THE PENGUIN'S NEST
[4:30PM] BATMAN-THE BIRD'S LAST JEST
[5:00PM] BATMAN-THE CAT'S MEOW
[5:30PM] BATMAN-THE BATS KOW TOW
[6:00PM] THE MARINE 2
[8:00PM] CONAN THE BARBARIAN
[10:45PM] CONAN THE DESTROYER
[1:00AM] CONAN THE BARBARIAN
[3:45AM] CONAN THE DESTROYER (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] The Clearing
[8:00AM] Light Sleeper
[10:15AM] Annie Hall
[12:15PM] The Mission
[3:00PM] Law & Order-Panic
[4:00PM] Law & Order-Fools for Love
[5:00PM] Law & Order-Trade This
[6:00PM] Law & Order-Black, White and Blue
[7:00PM] Law & Order-Mega
[8:00PM] Law & Order-Surrender Dorothy
[9:00PM] Law & Order-Untitled
[10:00PM] Law & Order-Narcosis
[11:00PM] The Approval Matrix-Golden Age of TV
[11:30PM] Law & Order-High & Low
[12:30AM] Law & Order-Stiff
[1:30AM] The Approval Matrix-Golden Age of TV
[2:00AM] Law & Order-Vaya con Dios
[3:00AM] The Apostle (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Matrix Revolution', followed by the movie 'Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Will Arnett, Anna Camp, and Benjamin Booker.
Comedian George Wallace walked the Ford blue carpet at the 2014 Neighborhood Awards held at the Philips Arena on SAturday, August 9, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.
Photo by Dan Harr
The dog days of August are pretty much the slowest time of year for sports in America. Football is a month away, and there's only so much to say about baseball, which means sports talk hosts often have to reach to fill their airtime. But it's never a great idea to reveal on-air that you once smacked your girlfriend. The New York Daily News reports that's just what ESPN-LA Radio host and SportsNation co-anchor Max Kellerman did this week, and the Worldwide Leader apparently has suspended him. ESPN isn't confirming or denying the suspension; the paper reported that the sports giant issued in a statement saying, "Max Kellerman will return to ESPN-LA Radio and SportsNation on Thursday." But if true, it would be ESPN's second sit-down of an employee in two weeks over comments tied to NFL running back Ray Rice's two-game ban for domestic violence.
Kellerman's remarks didn't even come during his own radio show. He was talking with the hosts of his lead-in program Mason & Ireland on Monday when he recalled a fight with his then-girlfriend (now wife) during their college years, according to the Daily News. Kellerman, who co-hosts the daily afternoon-drive program Max & Marcellus on ESPN O&O KSPN, said he and the woman were drunk and she slapped him, so he slapped her back. He quickly added that he and his wife have been happily married for 20 years.
Inappropriate remarks aside, the real issue seems to be that Kellerman ignored a warning from ESPN brass that the Rice topic is decidedly touchy. "My understanding is that it was part of a larger conversation ESPN had with all its on-air people," a radio insider told the Daily News. "Kellerman obviously didn't pay attention."
This all comes in the wake of ESPN suspending commentator Stephen A. Smith for his on-air remarks about domestic violence. "There's never an excuse to put your hands on a woman," the often-polarizing analyst said July 25 on the network's First Take. But later he added: "We also have to make sure that we learn as much as we can about elements of provocation." It kinda went downhill from there.
Israeli-Argentine conductor Daniel Barenboim acknowledges the audience during a free concert with his West-Eastern Divan orchestra, which includes Arab and Israeli musicians, in Buenos Aires, August 10, 2014.
Photo by Marcos Brindicci
It seems some popular Disney superheroes may have a new enemy on their hands: Amazon.com.
This week, Amazon customers found themselves out of luck when trying to pre-order certain Walt Disney Company movies on DVD or Blu-Ray. The films include "Muppets Most Wanted," "Maleficent," "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."
Though we don't know exactly what the apparent dispute between Amazon and Disney is about, the technology blog Re/code reported that Amazon cut off Warner Bros. from its huge and loyal customer base in order to wrangle more favorable contract terms from the movie studio. In that case, Amazon won, as it usually does.
A century ago, British soldiers marched off to fight in World War I to a cheerful, bittersweet tune urging them to "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile!"
Now veterans, military families and serving soldiers have taken to the choir stands to give the hit song a new life and to mark 100 years since the start of the Great War.
A choir organized by a British military charity braved torrential rains to perform the song Sunday in central London, launching a new recording of what Aubrey Powell, the grandson of the original's co-composer George Powell, described as "the viral hit of WWI."
"Pack Up Your Troubles" was a widely-known music-hall style tune used to boost morale and a sense of unity among troops and on the home front.
Clarinetist Sol Yaged, 91, comedian Fyvush Finkel, 91 and composer Irving Fields, 99, left to right, pose for photos after a rehearsal at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, in New York, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014.
Photo by Richard Drew
Candlestick Park, San Francisco's cold and windy workhorse stadium, is closing after more than a half-century of hosting sports, concerts and other events. Over the years, the park was home field for the Giants and 49ers and the site of some of their greatest triumphs.
But the "Stick" was also a fierce place, where whipping winds and fog from San Francisco Bay often made for chilly conditions for fans and players. The city-owned stadium is now set to be demolished for a planned housing, retail and entertainment development. Here are 10 defining moments in its history:
BEATLES LAST LIVE CONCERT
- The Beatles held their last live concert at Candlestick in 1966. Paul McCartney apologized to the crowd for the weather, noting it was "a bit chilly."
THE FINALE
- Nearly 50 years after the Beatles' last live concert, Paul McCartney will take the stage for Candlestick's final event. His "Farewell to Candlestick Park!" performance is scheduled for August 14.
Marc Emery will be flown to Detroit Tuesday afternoon and enter Canada the same day according to Jodie Emery, who is making plans to receive her husband five years after he entered a U.S. prison.
Emery is scheduled to be welcomed to Canada by his friends and supporters at the Windsor City Hall Plaza before flying to Toronto.
The 56-year-old Vancouver resident has vowed political revenge against the Conservative government, who he blames for his incarceration, and says he plans to campaign against them in next year's general election.
Emery was extradited to Seattle in May 2010, when he pleaded guilty to selling marijuana seeds from Canada to American customers before serving his time in several U.S. corrections' facilities.
Eddie Lavertt, lead singer of the O'Jays, walked the Ford blue carpet at the 2014 Neighborhood Awards held at the Philips Arena on Saturday, August 9, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.
Photo by Dan Harr
On the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation, only a narrow majority of Americans still think Watergate was a very serious matter and nearly half think the scandal was "just politics."
According to a new national poll by CNN/ORC International, just 51 percent of Americans consider the events of Watergate and Nixon's resignation to be a "serious matter," while 46 percent consider it to be "just politics" when pollsters asked the following question:
Now thinking for a moment about the Watergate affair during President Richard Nixon's administration. It has now been 40 years since Nixon resigned as president. Which of these two statements comes closest to your own point of view about Watergate - it was a very serious matter because it revealed corruption in the Nixon administration or it was just politics - the kind of thing that both parties engage in?
The data show that there is also something of a generational divide. Responders in the 18-34 demographic said "just politics" 52 percent of the time, while only 46 percent of those who were 65 or older thought so.
Even though nearly half of Americans say Watergate was "just politics," the poll also indicates that trust in government has been on a steady decline since the scandal and is now at an all-time low.
An overwhelming majority of Americans do not trust the government: 76 percent say that the government can be trusted "only some of the time" and 10 percent say the government can "never" be trusted.
Actor Richard Kind supports the #LetsGetHerToCamp campaign with Nestle Crunch Girl Scout Candy Bars at a Teen Choice Awards gift suite on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 in Los Angeles. To help send girls to Girl Scout camp visit NestleCrunch.com/LetsGetHerToCamp by August 31.
Photo by Casey Rodgers
Major League Baseball cannot hide behind its antitrust exemption to fend off a lawsuit from fans who say the league unjustly dictates television markets for its ballclubs, a judge says.
U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin's ruling came after two lawsuits were brought by fans against MLB and the National Hockey League to stop their strict control over television broadcast rights.
The judge wrote that exceptions to antitrust laws are to be construed narrowly and noted that the U.S. Supreme Court has ''expressly questioned the validity and logic of the baseball exemption and declined to extend it to other sports.''
Thus, she said, she was declining to apply the exemption to ''a subject that is not central to the business of baseball, and that Congress did not intend to exempt - namely baseball's contracts for television broadcasting rights.''
In this Saturday Aug. 9, 2014 photo, students from Tagou martial arts school held by cable wires perform during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province. The Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games will be held from August 16 to 28 in Nanjing and the slogan is "Share the Games, Share our Dreams".
The much-debated Keystone XL pipeline could produce four times more global warming pollution than the State Department calculated earlier this year, a new study concludes.
The U.S. estimates didn't take into account that the added oil from the pipeline would drop prices by about $3 a barrel, spurring consumption that would create more pollution, the researchers said.
Outside experts not connected to the study gave it mixed reviews. The American Petroleum Institute found the study to be irrelevant because regardless of the pipeline, the tar sands will be developed and oil will be shipped by railroad if not by pipeline, spokeswoman Sabrina Fang said.
The researchers estimate that the proposed pipeline, which would carry oil from tar sands in western Canada to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast, would increase world greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 121 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.
Musashino Art University student Kana Ogawara displays body paintings by Hikaru Cho on her hands at an art event in Tokyo, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014.
Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" sliced off $65 million at the weekend box office.
Paramount Pictures' comic-book adaptation featuring Megan Fox alongside computer-generated renditions of the pizza-eating, sewer-dwelling superheroes lunged into first place in its debut weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The action film's totally tubular result prompted the studio to announce plans Sunday for a sequel set for June 3, 2016.
Marvel Studios' "Guardians of the Galaxy" slid into second place in its second weekend with $41.5 million, bringing its total domestic haul to $175.9 million. The total worldwide box office for the cosmic romp starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista as members of an intergalactic band of do-gooders stands at $313.2 million. Marvel and "Guardians" distributor Disney revealed last month at San Diego Comic-Con that a follow-up is planned for 2017.
The Warner Bros. disaster film "Into the Storm" touched down in third place with $18 million, while the Disney culinary drama "The Hundred-Foot Journey," starring Helen Mirren, arrived in fourth place with $11.1 million. Universal's dance sequel "Step Up All In" popped up in sixth place with $6.5 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday.
1. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," $65 million ($28.7 million international).
2. "Guardians of the Galaxy," $41.5 million ($40.1 million international).
3. "Into the Storm," $18 million ($8.3 million international).
4. "The Hundred-Foot Journey," $11.1 million.
5. "Lucy," $9.3 million ($21 million international).
6. "Step Up All In," $6.5 million ($6.5 million international).
7. "Hercules," $5.7 million ($7.2 million international).
8. "Get on Up," $5 million.
9. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," $4.4 million ($29.5 million international).
10. "Planes: Fire & Rescue," $2.4 million ($3.5 million international).
A young seal is fed a fish at the seal station in Friedrichskoog, northern Germany, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. The Seal Center Friedrichskoog is the only authorized shelter for abandoned or sick seals in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. The rearing and rehabilitation of seal pups are main aspects of the work during the summer. At the moment the first seals are being brought back to their natural habitat.
Photo by Daniel Reinhardt
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