New TV Season Starts Tonight
New TV Season
Prequels & Sequels
Most of the season's 30-odd new shows will premiere the week of Sept. 24,
following decisions at the six major networks to push back debuts by a week
after the Sept. 11 air attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon .
Among the new shows, one of the most talked-about is Fox's ''24,'' a series set
in real time with Kiefer Sutherland playing an anti-terrorism government agent
in a race against time to stop an assassination attempt against a presidential
candidate.
``It's a totally thrilling pilot,'' said Matt Roush of TV Guide (note--TV Guide,
and the Faux network are both owned by Rupert Murdoch), which named ``24''
its best new show.
Two more shows getting positive buzz are prequels, one involving ``Star Trek''
and another Superman.
UPN's ``Star Trek: Enterprise'' is set before the other series in the franchise
when earthlings are just venturing out into space. Accordingly, many of the
gizmos that Trekkies have come to cherish are still novelties and a certain
level of distrust still exists between humans and other races.
The WB plans ``Smallville,'' a Tuesday show about the life of Superman in his
youth before he became Superman.
``It's puberty with superpowers,'' Alfred Gough, one of the show's creators,
told Entertainment Weekly. ``Clark Kent's parents do raise questions: Can he
ever have a normal life and can he have sex? That clearly has never been
explored before.''
Critics say, however, that not everything is sweetness and light in the fall
schedule and predict that shows built around ''Seinfeld'' alumnus Jason
Alexander, actor Jim Belushi and celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse are destined to
self-destruct.
Lagasse's show ``Emeril,'' in which he plays himself; and Belushi's show
``According to Jim,'' in which he plays a hapless dad, both appeared on the
annual list of ``Doomed New Shows'' published each year by the Boring Institute.
Roush was equally downbeat about Alexander's show ``Bob Patterson.'' He called
it crude and unfunny.
``Alias'' airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on ABC;
``Emeril'' airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on NBC;
``24'' airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Fox;
''Smallville airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on WB;
``Bob Patterson'' airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on ABC;
``Star Trek: Enterprise'' airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on UPN; and
``According to Jim'' airs Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. on ABC.
New TV Season
Tonight, Only
Lord Of The Rings Trailer
New Line Cinema will unveil a brand-new sneak-peek for its much-anticipated
Fellowship of the Ring during the season premiere of Angel on the WB.
The new trailer, the third preview of Fellowship to be released, is bypassing
theaters and will play just one time during Angel's 9-10 p.m. slot.
The first installment in the series, Fellowship follows unlikely hero Frodo
Baggins and his rag-tag band of pals as they seek to destroy the titular ring.
While the trailer will only air on the WB once, it's expected that New Line will
eventually show it in theaters. Directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah
Wood, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Sean Astin and Viggo Mortensen, Fellowship
is due to be released on December 19.
LOTR Trailer
New York City
"We Shall Overcome"
Dignitaries join hands while they sing "We Shall Overcome" at New York's Yankee
Stadium, Sunday Sept. 23, 2001, during the "A Prayer for America" service.
Bottom row, from left are: Oprah Winfrey; New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; New
York Gov. George Pataki; acting New Jersey Gov Donald T. DiFranceso. Back row,
fourth from left are: Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
D-N.Y., and former President Bill Clinton.
Photo by Richard Drew (AP)
'We Shall Overcome'
News In The News
CNN - Identity Crisis Over?
One of the many things to end with the terrible events of Sept. 11 may be CNN's
identity crisis.
At least CNN's new chairman, Walter Isaacson, hopes so. He said he has a clearer
picture of the cable news network's role after the terrorist attacks at the
World Trade Center and Pentagon.
``This tragic situation has helped us on our true mission and the vital
importance of what we do,'' Isaacson said. ``Our true mission is to do hard
reporting and smart analysis. It's to be reasoned and calm and to cover
international news in a serious way.''
Before the attacks, all the changes CNN made over the past year - the layoffs,
programming shuffles and hiring of Isaacson - hadn't changed one simple truth:
Fox News Channel was nipping at CNN's heels and CNN didn't know what to do about it.
CNN tried to beat Fox by imitating it. Isaacson said that's over now.
The rest of the story.
www.cnn.com
Another Telethon Story
Where Was Michael?
Michael Jackson's finely hewn nose is said to be out of joint after his offer to
perform at Friday's "Tribute to Heroes" telethon was turned down.
Producers of the multi-network extravaganza, which raised millions for families
of the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, "felt he didn't fit the spirit of
the show," according to a source involved in the planning.
The source said producers worried Jackson might turn the benefit into a version
of the self-coronation the King of Pop orchestrated at Madison Square Garden
earlier this month.
Just about every star invited to perform or answer phones at the telethon said
yes — one exception being Paul McCartney, who had to get to a family wedding on
Martha's Vineyard (the ex-Beatle has a benefit performance of his own in the
works).
Considering the telethon's star power (Bruce Springsteen, Tom Hanks, Paul Simon,
Julia Roberts and Mariah Carey were a few who participated), it was amazingly
free of ego, say backstage spies. "There was a sign that said, 'No applause,'
but there was a lot of emotion. Sheryl Crow and other people were crying and
hugging. But everybody was a professional. Rehearsals went like clockwork. I
don't think we'll see anything like it again."
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NYC Gossip Column
Cindy Adams!
The enemy the United States is sworn to take down is incomprehensible to the
mind.
To burrow into the cavity of a zealot willing to die for his fanaticism, one
must study his woman. The subject is one with which I am familiar.
Take traveling. His woman is relegated to the back of the bus. From
Afghanistan's dusty byways, where camels are double-parked, to oil-rich Saudi,
where superhighways are paved with Mercedes, she remains hobbled.
Cannot take a car. Forbidden a driver's license. Why? Because a driver's license
affords mobility. His female is denied that which the American woman cherishes
as her right. The ability to get up and go.
In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, I visited a family living in the American compound. It
grew late, but a conflict of events made my departure impossible. I offered to
drive by myself. My hostess shuddered. Not permitted. "But I'm an American," I
countered. "Please," they said. "It is the law even for foreign nationals."
A mutual friend was heading toward where I was staying. He had an empty car. I
slid into the passenger seat. They pulled me out. "You cannot sit next to a man.
It is not allowed." So I climbed into the back seat. They pulled me out. "A man
may not give you a ride unless he is married to you."
Some turn-around hotels for international airline crews may boast sauna, pool
and health club. Not even foreign women may use the facilities.
Movies are forbidden, because darkness equates with sin. No nightclubs, because
dancing, music and alcohol are verboten. The younger generation of Osamas tryst
with their teenage Fatimas in the neighborhood equivalent of a supermarket. She
goes to buy vegetables. He goes to buy whatever. Their hands may not touch.
Their eyes may. If she has a driver, he cannot help push the cart. He can only
collect the bundles. Husbands, waiting to drive wives home, barely recognize
which belongs to whom. In Jubail on the Persian Gulf, even in 120-degree heat,
the women featured neck-to-ankle-to-wrist abayas, the opaque black cloak and
matching babushka.
Cindy Adams
In The News
More Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Bleeth reportedly was on a 36-hour cocaine binge with the new boyfriend
she met in rehab when she was arrested last week. The former "Baywatch" and
"Nash Bridges" beauty was busted after cops found four syringes and what
appeared to be cocaine in her purse, after she swerved her rental car off the
road in Romulus, Mich. Star magazine reports that Bleeth was driving around
boyfriend Paul Cerrito, who met her at Promises, a celeb rehab in Malibu, Calif.
Aside from being a former drug addict, Bleeth's new beau has a less-than-savory
family business: his mom, Vicki, runs Jon-Jon's, a strip club in Warren, Mich.
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The Man and the Myths
Coltrane at 75
More than any other performer of his time or ours, John Coltrane is a god we
create, if not in our own image, then according to our desires and beliefs.
Today is the 75th anniversary of Coltrane's birth, and his influence on jazz and
other forms of music shows no sign of waning. Beginning with "Naima" and "Giant
Steps," several of his compositions have entered the standard repertory, and no
jazz musician today would be playing "My Favorite Things," from Rodgers and
Hammerstein's "Sound of Music," had Coltrane not established its surprising
potential for modal improvisation on a 1960 recording, transforming it from a
sugary waltz into a hypnotic raga.
The most provocative of the CD's being released in time for John Coltrane's 75th
anniversary is "The Olatunji Concert" (Impulse 314 589 120-2). It captures his
last band, featuring the tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and the drummer
Rashied Ali, performing a benefit for a Harlem cultural center created by the
Nigerian percussionist Babatundi Olatunji. The concert, in April 1967, was three
months before Coltrane's death.
...recommended is "Live Trane" (Pablo 7PACD-4433), a seven-CD box, which more
than doubles the amount of commercially released material from the European
tours Coltrane made from 1961 to 1963, and which finds him routinely topping his
greatest studio work from the same period.
The most wide-ranging of the various anthologies is "Legacy" (Impulse 314 589
295-2), scheduled for release early next year. It's a four-CD set of
performances wisely chosen by the tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, John
Coltrane's son.
Still, probably the best introduction to Coltrane remains the intact albums on
which his reputation was initially based: "Giant Steps," "My Favorite Things,"
"Live at the Village Vanguard" and "A Love Supreme."
A Whole Lot More About John Coltrane
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BartCop Astrology
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"Guitar Greats" has been set aside for now, and replaced with an astrological look at the
WTC Tragedy using various, relevant horoscopes, including charts for Manhattan and the US.
Very interesting reading!
Music Tour News
Tony & k.d.
Her current concert tour with Tony Bennett is a learning experience for
k.d. Lang.
``I've learned not to complain about the schedule,'' the singer said in an
interview with Newsday. ``It's kind of embarrassing to complain now. He's 75
years old and even when I have time off his band's still going.''
And she said that while she makes a big deal out of getting ready to perform,
Bennett ``just gets up there and sings.''
``What I'm learning from him is kind of the easiness of it, the fact that it's
what you do,'' she said of singing. ``It's like running water.''
k.d. & Tony
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Another Awards Show
Radio Music Awards
Tim McGraw, Elton John, the Backstreet Boys and Sugar Ray will headline the
third annual Radio Music Awards to be telecast live from the Aladdin Theatre of
the Performing Arts on Oct. 26 on ABC.
Other performers and presenters scheduled so far include Lenny Kravitz, Natalie
Maines of the Dixie Chicks, Stevie Nicks, Kid Rock, his former girlfriend Sheryl
Crow, Snoop Dogg and Nelly Furtado.
The two-hour telecast recognizes the achievements of recording artists and radio
personalities in various musical formats. Show hosts and nominees are to be
announced at a later date. The Legend Award will be given to an artist for his
significant contributions to the music industry.
Radio Music Awards
NYC
Yankee Stadium
From left to right, Oprah Winfrey, New York City Mayor Giuliani, New York Gov. Pataki,
Acting Governor of New Jersey, Donald DiFrancesco; and former President Bill
Clinton hold hands and join the Harlem Boys Choir in singing "We Shall Overcome"
at the interfaith memorial service at Yankee Stadium for the victims of the
September 11 World Trade Center, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2001. Behind Governor Pataki,
from left stands New York Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton
and former New York City Mayor Ed Koch.
Photo by Stephan Savoia (AP)
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Another Perspective
Isaac Bonewits
Isaac Bonewits
First Person Diary
Ray Berry
Ray has temporarily (I hope), suspended 'Bush-Toons'. In its place, he has put
his daily diary of life in Manhattan since Tuesday.
Ray has great observational abilities, a way with words, and has still been able
to keep his sense of humor.
To visit & read, www.bush-toons.com
In The News
Who 'Made' McCartney A Vegan?
A new biography about the Beatles will say it was not Linda McCartney who
converted her husband Paul to vegetarianism but his previous girlfriend, Jane
Asher, a newspaper said on Sunday.
``It's absolute rubbish that Linda was the one who introduced Paul to
vegetarianism,'' Taylor was quoted as saying in Britain's Observer newspaper.
Taylor, who was assistant to Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, said Asher and
McCartney discovered a meat-free diet during a trip to India in 1967.
``It's amazing how Linda has been beatified since then and her campaigns for
animal rights have certainly something to do with it.''
Paul McCartney
TV News
Michael J. Fox on 'Spin City'
Michael J. Fox says his emotional but brief guest appearance this week on his
former series, ``Spin City,'' is coming at the right time.
``It's like visiting your kid in college. You don't have to feed him or her.''
Fox said the guest spot was not easy on him physically because of his illness.
The first two of the three episodes featuring Fox are to air back to back on
Tuesday. The third is set for next week.
Spin City
In Memory
Isaac Stern
Tchaikovsky. Dvorak. Mahler. Gershwin. Horowitz. Bernstein. Marian Anderson.
Bennie Goodman. Judy Garland. These are only some of the musical geniuses who
have performed at Carnegie Hall.
Then there was Isaac Stern, the fiddler who saved it from the demolition crews.
But his legacy extends far beyond.
Stern, who died Saturday at age 81 of complications from heart surgery, was one
of the foremost violinists of the 20th century.
He was among the most recorded classical musicians in history, making well over
100 recordings, including some that are considered THE definitive interpretations.
He had a knack for discovering and cultivating the talents of succeeding
generations. Among them: the violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman and
cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
And he had the astuteness, commitment and gift of gab to raise millions of
dollars for the many causes he deemed worthy.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Reynolds Stern, whom he married in 1996; three
children from a previous marriage: daughter Shira, a rabbi, and sons Michael and
David, both conductors; and five grandchildren.
The Whole Obit
www.isaacstern.com
www.CarnegieHall.com
Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
