BartCop Entertainment Archives - Monday, 16 November, 2015

Monday

16 November, 2015

(Updated Daily)

[1509 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

HENRY ROLLINS: LET'S INVADE CANADA (LA Weekly)
Give me a minute before I explain to you that our invasion and occupation of Canada is a mission that cannot wait. Operation Maple Dawn Cobra Thunder must go hot ASAP.


Scott Burns: The Missing Bullet Holes Problem (AssetBuilder)
An anecdote from World War II tells us a lot about why most of what passes for investment data is wrong.


David Weigel: It's Insane, This Guy's Sketch (Slate)
The anti-nostalgic joys of With Bob and David.


Chuck Norris: News About Food Consumption Trends You Won't Find Depressing (Creators Syndicate)
New research analyzing 26 studies conducted in Europe, involving 150,278 people, is further proof that there is definitely something to the notion of a connection between food and mood.


Lucy Mangan: A constitutional crisis is coming, we just need to be patient (Telegraph)
The EU situation is ripe for a constitutional crisis, or there's always the chance that the Prince of Wales could go rogue.


Robbie Collin: "Donald Sutherland: 'I hadn't even heard of The Hunger Games'" (Telegraph)
How the rabble-rousing rebel hero of Seventies film became the terrifying despot of 'Mockingjay.'


Robbie Collin: "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 review: 'scorchingly tense'" (Telegraph)
After the subterranean sluggishness of the last film, too thinly spun out from the first third of Suzanne Collins's final book, Mockingjay - Part 2 returns the series to its characteristic high gear.


Suzanne Moore: Don't think you're superior to me because you're not on Facebook (The Guardian)
It's time to understand that social media, for all its performance aspect, isn't the binary opposite to real life. It is real life.



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Trivia Question of the Day


At 101, this charter member of Orson Welles and John Houseman's Mercury Theatre is the is the oldest working Hollywood actor. What is his name?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Invented by Robert Welch, this candy on a stick was originally called the Papa Sucker. By what name is it known today?


       Sugar Daddy                                                      Source


Sugar Daddy is a candy bar on a stick manufactured by Tootsie Roll Industries. A bite-sized candy based on the Sugar Daddy is marketed under the name Sugar Babies.

Sugar Daddy was invented in 1925 by a chocolate salesman named Robert Welch at the James O. Welch Company. Sugar Daddy was originally called the Papa Sucker. The name was changed to Sugar Daddy in 1932. Sugar Babies were introduced three years later, in 1935.        Source







Randall was first and correct with:
   the Sugar Daddy





Alan J wrote:
   Sugar Daddy.



Stephen F said:
   Sugar Daddy



Adam answered:
   Be careful what you Google with this one...The Sugar Daddy.



Deborah replied:
   Robert Welch's candy on a stick was known as the Sugar Daddy. I recall ingesting dozens throughout my childhood, most of them with a chocolate coating. Cheap treats, they were.
  Rain for the 3rd Sunday in a row. No outside bike ride for me - will spend an hour or so on the trainer while the storms blow and pour. Bring it, Ma Nature!




Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   Sugar Daddy



Marian said:
   sugar daddy



MAM   wrote:
   Sugar Daddy ~ Large caramel slab on a stick. Suckers that last a loooooong time.



   I see Little Ricky Santorum in the e-page in the picture ' Operation Enema'.




Joe S     answered:
   This Sugar Daddy


  Named after this Sugar Daddy.




Lois Of ORegon replied:
   Oh, I remember that! It makes a GREAT temporary filling!





DJ Useo took the day off.
  



Dale of Diamond Springy, Norfallcali took the day off.
  



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Charlie took the day off.
  



Sally has retired, but still pays attention.
  



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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


'Pastafarian' Wins Right to Wear Spaghetti Strainer in Driver's License Photo | Westford, MA Patch



The New York Times Fires Two Veteran Editors



You're Getting Ripped Off By Forced Mandatory Arbitration -- Here's How to Stop It | Al Franken



Poorest town in poorest state: segregation is gone but so are the jobs | US news | The Guardian



Hundreds of Mormons quit church in Utah in protest at same-sex policy | World news | The Guardian



What bottled water costs the environment -- and your health - AOL



520-Million-Year-Old Brains Preserved in Fool's Gold - NBC News



Why aren't the Republicans serious about the presidential race?



Burt Reynolds: 'If you met me in 1978, I'm really sorry' | New York Post



There Is Only One Way to Defeat ISIS
    All pols should read this!



Thanks, Michelle!


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from Marc Perkel

Patriot Act

Patriot Act NSA Spying Unconstitutional Section 215 National Security Letters Must End

My name is Marc Perkel and I have decided to announce that I will not comply with the so called "Patriot Act" laws requiring me to disclose information about my customers. If I receive a national security letter I will immediately photograph it, post it online everywhere I can, and then make a video of me burning it. I will then await my arrest. If you want to put me in jail then come get me mother fucker.

Come Get Me Mother Fucker | Putting and end to NSA government Spying




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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


IN MEMORIAM.

THE REPUGS ARE SCARED SHITLESS!

MY GOD IS BETTER THAN YOUR GOD!

FOR THE LOVE OF A DOG.

"MISTER PEABODY'S COAL TRAIN HAS HAULED IT AWAY"






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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Mostly overcast and windy, but no rain.


Added another new over-the-air channel, Heroes and Icons.



Tonight, Monday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Supergirl', followed by a FRESH 'Scorpion', then a FRESH 'NCIS: The Expendable One'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Stephen Colbert are Bill Maher, Capt. Florent Groberg, Shepard Fairey, and the Acro-Cats.
Scheduled on a FRESH James Corden, OBE, are Natalie Dormer, Ty Burrell, and Jeezy.



NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'The Voice', followed by a FRESH 'Blindspot'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Cate Blanchett, Anthony Mackie, Tinashe, and John Pizzarelli.
Scheduled on a FRESH Seth Meyers are Seth Rogen, Leslie Odom Jr., Travis Scott, and Emily Armstrong.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Judah Friedlander, Heartless Bastards, and John Florence.



ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH 'Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Liam Hemsworth, Tracee Ellis Ross, Mash-Up Monday with Jewel and the Gang.



The CW offers a FRESH 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend', followed by a FRESH 'Jane The Virgin'.



Faux has a FRESH 'Gotham', followed by a FRESH 'Minority Report'.



MY has 'TMZ (Not So) Live', followed by Hollywood Today (Not So) Live'.



A&E has 3 hours of old 'The First 48', followed by the FRESH 'Cursed: The Bell Witch'.



AMC offers the movie 'On Deadly Ground', followed by the movie 'The Italian Job', then the movie 'Max Payne'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Planet Earth-Ep 3 - Fresh Water
 [7:00AM]    Planet Earth-Ep 4 - Caves
 [8:00AM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited UK - Season 3 - Ep 2 - Revisited: The Fenwick Arms
 [9:00AM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares US - Season 7 - Ep 3 - Old Neighborhood
 [10:00AM]    Doctor Who - Season 4 - Ep 12 - The Stolen Earth
 [11:00AM]    Doctor Who - Season 4 - Ep 13 - Journey's End
 [12:00PM]    Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2 - Ep 21 - Peak Performance
 [1:00PM]    Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2 - Ep 22 - Shades of Gray
 [2:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 1
 [3:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 2
 [4:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 3
 [5:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 4
 [6:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 5
 [7:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 6
 [8:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 16 - Episode 1
 [9:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 16 - Episode 2
 [10:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 16 - Episode 3
 [11:00PM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 1
 [12:00AM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 2
 [1:00AM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 3
 [2:00AM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 4
 [3:00AM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 5
 [4:00AM]    Top Gear - Season 15 - Episode 6
 [5:00AM]    Top Gear - Season 16 - Episode 1    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Vanderpump Rules', followed by a FRESH 'Vanderpump Rules Social', then a FRESH 'Vanderpump Rules', followed by a FRESH 'Apres Ski', then a FRESH 'Watch What Happens Live'.



Comedy Central has 3 hours of old 'South Park', 'Archer', and another 'Archer'.
Scheduled on a FRESH The Daily Show is David Holbrooke.
Scheduled on a FRESH @Midnight are Arden Myrin, Kevin Allison, and Doug Benson.



FX has the movie 'Mission: Impossible', followed by the movie '2 Guns', then a FRESH 'Fargo'.



History has 'The Lost Book Of Nostradamus', followed by the FRESH 'Nostradamus 21st Century Prophecies Revealed'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
 [9:15AM]    KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
 [12:30PM]    ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO
 [2:45PM]    KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
 [6:00PM]    THAT '70S SHOW-Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
 [6:30PM]    THAT '70S SHOW-When the Levee Breaks
 [7:00PM]    THAT '70S SHOW-Whole Lotta Love
 [7:30PM]    THAT '70S SHOW-Battle of Evermore
 [8:00PM]    THAT '70S SHOW-Hey, Hey What Can I Do?
 [8:30PM]    THAT '70S SHOW-Bring It on Home
 [9:00PM]    THAT '70S SHOW-No Quarter
 [9:30PM]    THAT '70S SHOW-Trampled Under Foot
 [10:00PM]    THAT '70S SHOW-You Shook Me
 [10:30PM]    GIGI DOES IT
 [11:00PM]    LETHAL WEAPON
 [1:30AM]    LETHAL WEAPON 2
 [4:00AM]    FLYPAPER    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    Monster's Ball
 [8:30AM]    The Brave One
 [11:00AM]    As Good as It Gets
 [2:00PM]    Apollo 13
 [5:00PM]    Backdraft
 [8:00PM]    The Sum of All Fears
 [10:45PM]    The Perfect Storm
 [1:45AM]    Behind the Story With the Paley Center-Scandal
 [2:45AM]    Little Children
 [5:45AM]    Love Lust-Love Lust & The Social Network    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull', followed by the movie 'Angels & Demons'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Aziz Ansari, Lizzy Caplan, and Billy Gibbons.



TCM spends the night with Victor Mature
 [6:00 AM]      Cimarron (1930)
 [8:15 AM]      Hell's Heroes (1930)
 [9:30 AM]      The Painted Desert (1931)
 [11:00 AM]      The Squaw Man (1931)
 [1:00 PM]      Silver Dollar (1932)
 [2:30 PM]      Annie Oakley (1935)
 [4:15 PM]      The Arizonian (1935)
 [6:00 PM]      Dodge City (1939)
 [8:00 PM]      My Darling Clementine (1946)
 [10:00 PM]      The Kiss of Death (1947)
 [12:00 AM]      The Egyptian (1954)
 [2:30 AM]      Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
 [4:30 AM]      Easy Living (1949)
    (ALL TIMES EST)



Tuesday   -  11/17/15

TCM spends the night with Norma Shearer
 [6:00 AM]      One Million B.C. (1940)
 [7:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #11 (1955)
 [8:00 AM]      Watch On The Rhine (1943)
 [10:00 AM]      To Have And Have Not (1944)
 [12:00 PM]      Assignment In Brittany (1943)
 [2:00 PM]      Edge Of Darkness (1943)
 [4:00 PM]      Betrayed (1954)
 [6:00 PM]      Underground (1941)
 [8:00 PM]      Strangers May Kiss (1931)
 [9:30 PM]      Smilin' Through (1932)
 [11:15 PM]      Strange Interlude (1932)
 [1:15 AM]      The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
 [3:15 AM]      Riptide (1934)
 [5:00 AM]      Romeo and Juliet (1936)
    (ALL TIMES EST)



TNT has a FRESH 'Major Crimes', followed by a FRESH 'Fargo'.




Antenna TV

Bounce TV

Comet TV

Cozi TV

Decades TV Network

Escape

Heroes and Icons

Find Justice - Justice Network

Get TV

Grit - Television With Backbone - Grit

Laff - You Know You Want To. - Laff

Me-TV

MOVIES! TV Network

RTV - The Retro Television Network

the works

This TV


Al Jazeera






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Gena Rowlands, left, and Robert Forrest arrive at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Jordan Strauss

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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See Congress polarize over the past 60 years, in one beautiful chart - Vox

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Governors Awards

Oscar voters on Saturday gave honorary awards to three movie veterans, including director Spike Lee, at a gala event that shone a spotlight on Hollywood's drive for diversity amid its glitzy awards season.

Along with Lee, whose films include "Malcolm X" and "Do the Right Thing," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave its Governors Awards for film achievement to "Singing In the Rain" actress Debbie Reynolds and Gena Rowlands, a champion of independent film and star of "The Notebook."

The Governors Awards annually is one of the academy's key events ahead of the Oscars, the film industry's top awards given out in February. Hollywood A-listers including Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington turned out.

Reynolds, who was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award for her charitable work, was unable to attend due to recent surgery.

The Oscars will be given out in Hollywood on Feb. 28, 2016.

Governors Awards

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Actress Helen Mirren poses with actor Bryan Cranston at the 7th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, California November 14, 2015.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni

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Before Rockwell, a Gay Artist Defined the Perfect American Male | Collectors Weekly

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Performed Free Concert

Jimmy Buffet

The rain didn't stop Jimmy Buffet from performing at the opening of the Margaritaville Beach Resort, his new $150 million attraction that features nearly 350 rooms, eight bars and a spa.

By the time Buffett took the stage at 4:30 p.m. Saturday for his free concert, it was already 5 o'clock somewhere. Buffett joked that he finally got to play the iconic Bandshell, one of the few remnants of old Hollywood.

The Bandshell, built in the 1970s, will feature local music several nights a week, but is now run by Margaritaville.

The Miami Herald reports the city contributed more than $20 million to the project and is hoping it will transform the area into a more sophisticated vacation escape with a Caribbean-themed vibe.

Jimmy Buffet

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Replaces 2 Episodes Tonight

CBS

CBS is swapping out episodes of two prime-time series on Monday night because of sensitivity concerns following the deadly Paris attacks.

The network said Sunday it will replace an episode of the new series "Supergirl" that was supposed to deal with a bombing. In its place will be an early Thanksgiving episode in which Kara's character suspects her foster mother disapproves of her new role as a superhero.

The network is also shelving an episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles" about recruitment of young women by the Islamic State group. It will be replaced by an episode concerning a missing woman.

Television networks usually scour their schedules in the event of major tragedies to scrub out material that might trigger bad memories for viewers.

CBS

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Ian McKellen, from left, Laura Linney, and Bill Condon arrive at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Jordan Strauss

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How a South American Soap Opera Created a Turkish Dessert Craze | Atlas Obscura

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Future Uncertain

White Deer

Hundreds of ghostly white deer roaming among overgrown munitions bunkers at a sprawling former Army weapons depot face an uncertain future after living and breeding largely undisturbed since the middle of last century.

The white deer - a genetic quirk that developed naturally on the 7,000-acre, fenced-in expanse - have thrived, even as the depot itself has transitioned from one of the most important Cold War storehouses of bombs and ammunition to a decommissioned relic.

Now, as local officials seek to put the old Seneca Army Depot up for bids next month, there is concern that the sale could also mean the end of the line for the unusual white deer. A group of residents dedicated to saving the animals has proposed turning the old depot into a world-class tourist attraction to show off both its rich military history and its unusual wildlife. The Nature Conservancy also is looking at options for preserving the largely undeveloped landscape.

The white deer owe their continued existence to 24 miles of rusting chain-link perimeter fencing that went up when the depot was built in 1941, capturing several dozen wild white-tailed deer in the area's extensive woodlands. The white deer are natural genetic variants of the normal brown ones. They're not albinos, which lack all pigment, but are leucistic, lacking pigment only in their fur.

The depot, completed a month before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, provided for the ordnance storage needs of the nation for 60 years. It covered an area larger than the city of Syracuse, 40 miles to the northeast, and stored bombs and ammunition in 500 steel-and-concrete bunkers called igloos.

White Deer

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Wake-up Call


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Boosting Profits

Big Pharma

In recent days, the largest U.S. managers of private prescription drug benefits have cut off at least eight pharmacies that work closely with drugmakers, intensifying scrutiny of a system that helps inflate drug prices, officials at the benefit managers told Reuters.

The terminations come from payers who together manage drug benefits for more than 100 million Americans, and they follow disclosures by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc in late October that one pharmacy accounted for about 7 percent of its sales.

"What we had not been aware of, until really the last year, was these type of pharmacies that have a really high proportion of sales from a drugmaker and it was not out in the open," Everett Neville, senior vice president of supply chain at Express Scripts Holding Co said in an interview.

The actions are being felt by drugmakers that have come to rely on hefty price hikes to boost profits. Valeant's closely-linked pharmacy, Philidor Rx Services, pressed insurers to pay for expensive Valeant treatments even though much cheaper generic alternatives were available.

Big Pharma

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Actress Jane Fonda and her brother actor Peter Fonda attend the 7th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, California November 14, 2015.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni

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Which bird migrates the farthest? | Earth | EarthSky

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About 1,500 Resign

Mormons

About 1,500 Latter-day Saints have submitted letters of resignation from the Mormon Church to protest a new policy barring children of married same-sex couples from being baptized until they are adults, movement organizers said on Sunday.

More than 1,000 people gathered on Saturday near the Salt Lake City headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to protest the policy they see as discriminatory and harmful to families, with many standing in long lines to submit their resignations, they said.

Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints approved the policy this month. It added same-sex marriage to acts considered to be a renunciation of the Mormon faith and thus subject to church discipline, including excommunication.

The new church policy bars children of gay married couples from being baptized in the faith until they turn 18, leave their parents' home and disavow same-sex marriage or cohabitation.

Mormons

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Tom Courtenay, left, and Charlotte Rampling arrive at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Jordan Strauss

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Seeing the World Through the Eyes of a Satellite (17 Photos) «TwistedSifter

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Uneasy Truce

Maine

Eighty-one years after a neglected tribal water supply caused a devastating outbreak of typhoid fever and a century after the state outlawed spearfishing of the salmon that fed their ancestors, Native American tribes who trace their history back millennia say their trust in the government of Maine is at an all-time low.

What has long been an uneasy peace between the state government and the tribes who desire sovereignty has degraded with clashes on issues ranging from fishing rights to new casinos - a dispute so vitriolic that Gov. Paul LePage (R-Pendejo) withdrew an executive order that sought to promote cooperation between the two sides and some of the tribes abandoned their seats in the legislature.

"This marriage between the tribe and the state is little more than a shotgun wedding between unwilling partners," said Fred Moore, the chief of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point. "There's always value in reconciling, but that requires both sides to want to come to the table."

The state's recognized tribes - the Passamaquoddies, the Penobscot Nation, Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians - are only a small portion of the state's population, about 8,000 people from a total population of about 1.3 million. Their legislative representatives are permitted to introduce bills, but their votes are not counted. And doubts linger about whether they will participate in Maine's coming legislative season after the last one proved tumultuous.

In April, LePage rescinded a 2011 order directing state agencies and departments to create policies recognizing the sovereignty of the tribes, among other things. His spokesman said efforts to collaborate and communicate with the tribes were "unproductive" and state interests were not being respected.

Maine

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Todd Fisher, from left, Carrie Fisher, and Billie Catherine Lourd arrive at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Jordan Strauss

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Crooked, Drunken And Dancing Forests | Amusing Planet

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Religious Insanity

Iran

Iranian women who fail to wear the veil when driving will have their cars impounded for a week and are likely to be fined, police warned Sunday.

In the past week, about 10,000 motorists have received warnings, with 2,000 facing further action for breaking "social norms", but the new measure to confiscate cars will come into force nationwide.

Deputy police chief Said Montazer-ol-Mehdi said officers had been authorised by prosecutors to take such steps.

If traffic police spot an unveiled woman driver or passenger, "their car will be taken to a police compound for a week", he said, according to the official IRNA news agency.

When in public, all women in the Islamic republic, including foreigners, are required to wear at least a loose scarf, known as hijab, which covers the hair and neck.

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John Turturro, left, and Spike Lee, honorary Oscar recipient, pose onstage at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Chris Pizzello

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For the Hipster Traveler: 7 Underrated Cities in the United States | When On Earth - For People Who Love Travel

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Weekend Box Office

'Spectre'

The box-office duo of James Bond and Charlie Brown again dominated North American movie theaters over the weekend, while Angelina Jolie Pitt's "By the Sea" made barely a ripple.

Sony's "Spectre," the 24th Bond installment and last week's top film, took in $35.4 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Daniel Craig's fourth Bond film has most flexed its muscles abroad, where the majority of its $500 million-plus two-week global haul has come from. It got a boost, too, over the weekend in China, where it debuted with $48 million - the best opening for a 2-D, U.S. release in China, Sony said.

Of the new releases, the Christmas comedy "Love the Coopers" - a family holiday gathering directed by Jessie Nelson and starring an ensemble including Diane Keaton and Alan Arkin - fared the best. It took in $8.4 million for CBS Films.

Warner Bros.' Chilean miner drama, "The 33," earned a middling $5.8 million. Though the 2010 disaster, which trapped 33 miners underground, riveted the world for 69 days, moviegoers showed little interest in a dramatized version of the event starring Antonio Banderas and Lou Diamond Phillips.

Universal Pictures considerably scaled back the release of the poorly reviewed "By the Sea," a marital drama starring Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt. Playing in just 10 theaters, it made only $95,440. The third film directed by Jolie Pitt, who also wrote the script, "By the Sea" was made for a modest $10 million, so it won't hurt Universal much, but proved surprisingly unappealing to moviegoers despite starring two of Hollywood's biggest stars.

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

    1. "Spectre," $35.4 million ($152.6 million international).
    2. "The Peanuts Movie," $24.2 million ($2.5 million international).
    3. "Love the Coopers," $8.4 million.
    4. "The Martian," $6.7 million ($5.3 million international).
    5. "The 33," $5.8 million.
    6. "Goosebumps," $4.7 million ($2.4 million international).
    7. "Bridge of Spies," $4.3 million ($1.2 million international).
    8. "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo," $2.4 million ($31 million international).
    9. "Hotel Transylvania 2," $2.4 million ($8.9 million international).
   10. "The Last Witch Hunter," $1.5 million ($5.2 million international).

'Spectre'

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Donald Trump portrait made from 500 pictures of dicks (NSFW-ish) | Dangerous Minds

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A Peregrin Falcon flies at the Mariscal Sucre Airport in Quito November 14, 2015. Hawks are used to control fauna to avoid bird strikes during takeoffs and landings.
Photo by Guillermo Granja

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