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Saturday Rerun
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Made plans for the kid, just in case I got stuck in Hollywood. LOL
In spite of having left Long Beach a bit after 9am, and still being able to find decent parking, wasn't able to get close enough to take any pictures, except of the masses. Pretty cool masses, though. Great turn-out!
Oh well, it was great fun to get out. The last time I 'bothered' with a 'star' ceremony it was 1984 & the 3 Stooges were finally recognized.
Was home in plenty of time with pictures of no use. Oh well.
Played with the kid's new computer. Lost a lot of prime time.
Also caught 'Dennis Miller'. His guest was Andy Richter. Dennis claimed he was getting percodan for his bum shoulder. Who's he
seeing, Dr. Nick?
Tonight, Saturday, CBS starts with a fresh 'Touched By An Angle', then '48 Hours' followed by
a rerun 'The District'.
NBC reruns 'Rain Man'. 'Saturday Night Live' is fresh, and The Rock is hosting.
ABC starts the night with 2 reruns of 'Whose Line', followed by the cheese-fest movie 'Volcano', where they promised 'the coast is toast.'
The WB has the movie 'What's Love Got To Do With It?'
Faux starts the night with a fresh 'Cops', follows it with a rerun 'Cops' (as usual), and follows with 'America's Most Wanted' (as usual).
UPN here is still spouting Rupert's Dogger games.
AMC has one of my favorite really bad movies -
'Thing With Two Heads' where racist Ray Milland's head is grafted onto Rosie Grier's body. Mayhem ensues.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
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In Hollywood, On Friday
Ozzy Osbourne
Heavy metal superstar Ozzy Osbourne, infamous for biting the head off a bat in his younger days, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday for his dark brand of showmanship.
Wearing a black suit, a large gold cross and round, blue glasses, with bright red streaks in his brown hair, Osbourne accepted the star with humility.
"To say that this is an honor is not enough," he said. "This is just so overwhelming, with all of you turning out so early in the morning to see my old butt."
The crowd of nearly 1,000 shrieking fans was a sea of multicolored hair, pierced faces and tattoos. Some waved wrinkled posters of the singer or scrawled his
name across their foreheads in black ink.
Fittingly, his star was placed in the sidewalk in front of Hollywood Boulevard's "Ripley's Believe It or Not" museum of oddities.
Shock-rocker Marilyn Manson introduced the singer, saying Osbourne's life is evidence that "eternally unhappy" people do not necessarily have to "go insane or become criminals."
"This star right here proves that it's quite obvious that Ozzy has managed to succeed while remaining insane and strangely happy despite his various crimes
against God and nature," Manson said.
Osbourne helped popularize heavy metal in the 1970s with Black Sabbath, which had hits such as "Iron Man" and "War Pigs." The band has sold nearly 25 million
records in the United States.
Osbourne also has had a successful solo career with hits including "Bark at the Moon," "Crazy Train" and "Shot in the Dark." His albums have sold 35 million copies worldwide.
Despite his wild-man reputation, the singer appears on "The Osbournes" as a loving, somewhat befuddled dad who gives his children sage advice about the dangers of sex, drugs and booze.
He speaks from experience; the Birmingham, England, musician has long battled substance abuse, and was notorious in his younger years for trashing hotel rooms,
mistreating animals and languishing in drug-addled stupors.
Ozzy Osbourne
Buh-Bye 'Millionaire'
Regis
Seeing someone become a millionaire by answering multiple choice questions on TV won't be easy as it used to be. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is losing its regular time slot on ABC.
The game show that took the TV world by storm two years ago only to fade almost as fast as it rose will not have a regular time slot when ABC ushers in its late summer/early fall lineup, a spokesman said on Friday.
Spokesman Kevin Brockman said "Millionaire" will return to its original status as a "special event" program.
Indeed, the show will not be on the regular schedule but will appear from time to time starting at the end of the slow summer season, probably in August, Brockman said.
Regis
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio - what a concept!
Erin will be on non-regulation hours Saturday from 11pm to 1am (pst)
and then regular hours Sunday, 9pm to 1am (pst) on www.710kiro.com or www.kiro710.com (It's
a browser thing).
And there's a chatroom, too!
For more details, visit Erin's fan page (courtesy of 14Dem), http://www.erinistas.com/, or to join her mailing list, drop a
note to erinistas@aol.com
Hitting The Road Again
The Eagles
Rock legends The Eagles are planning to hit the road again.
Billboard reports that the final dates of the tour are still being worked out, but the band will hit mostly secondary markets.
The Eagles will likely start off in Reno, Nev., and play about 30 dates. They are still working on a studio album, their first since "The
Long Run" in 1979. Don Henley says he expects it to come out early next year.
The Eagles
Indy 500 Pace Car
Jim Caviezel
Actor Jim Caviezel will drive the Chevrolet Corvette pace car at the start of the May 26 Indianapolis 500.
Caviezel, who spent weeks learning how to fence for his role in "The Count of Monte Cristo" and drove a hydroplane for the upcoming movie "Madison," called
his real-life role as pace car driver an "opportunity of a lifetime."
Jim Caviezel
'Sinatra Sings Sinatra'
Frank Sinatra Jr
Frank Sinatra Jr. will bring his famous dad's songs back to the Las Vegas Strip next month in a show called "Sinatra Sings Sinatra."
"Sinatra Sings Sinatra" will run May 8-15 at the MGM Grand hotel-casino. It will feature songs that the elder Sinatra sang during his more than
four decades on Las Vegas stages, including "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Luck Be a Lady." The show will include a 36-piece orchestra.
"When I was a boy, my father would often bring me to Las Vegas," he said. "I saw all the top stars perform, and late at night there would always be
a name band playing in a lounge. I remember listening to Harry James, Count Basie and many others. It was quite an education."
Frank Sinatra Jr
Oh, Mr. Grant!
MTM Reunion
Talk about a lost opportunity. While interviewing her former castmates for an upcoming CBS reunion special, Mary Tyler Moore learned that Ed Asner
and Cloris Leachman had a whopper of a bet - if lardy Lou would lose 30 pounds, Cloris would treat him to a sexual reward. "Ed wound up losing 28 pounds,
but when they came face to face, they just turned and walked away," Moore laughs to Foxnews.com's Roger Freidman. "They couldn't do it." Moore finishes
her cast quizzes this week when she interviews Valerie "Rhoda" Harper, starring on Broadway in "The Allergist's Wife."
MTM Reunion
Presidential Run In The Future?
John Asscroft
No laughing matter WHEN Attorney General John Ashcroft got up to play the piano on the David Letterman show the other night, no liberal laughed. That's because
they know that if the conservative Ashcroft is prepared to joke around on a late-night show, he is also - as is widely believed in D.C. - prepared to make a run
for the presidency down the track. Depending on where you stand, that is a scary proposition.
St. John
Is That 'Know' In The Biblical Sense?
Interesting Link
It's not what you know...
...it's WHO you know! And boy, do we know about knowing! Uh...
A storehouse of informative links for today's hip, young, politically
motivated Conservative Woman.
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Up For Auction
Beethoven's Ninth
The earliest-known draft of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is expected to fetch more than $285,000 when it comes up for auction next Wednesday, Sotheby's said.
The exclusive London auction house described the manuscript, which shows the German composer's first musings for the dramatic opening of the symphony,
as one of the most important Beethoven documents ever to go up for auction.
The veracity of the oblong document is attested by an inscription from the great 19th century Beethoven scholar Gustav Nottebohm, describing it as
the "very first sketch for the Ninth Symphony."
It probably dates to 1818, Sothebys said, not long after Beethoven was commissioned by London's Royal Philharmonic Society to write a symphony.
Beethoven's Ninth
Edgar Rice Burroughs 11-Volume Serial
'John Carter of Mars'
Paramount Pictures sees green in the red planet, inking a deal to acquire rights to an 11-volume science-fiction adventure series written decades ago by
Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the original "Tarzan" legend.
Under the deal, Paramount has agreed to option the "John Carter of Mars" serial for a $300,000 upfront fee and to pay a $2 million sum if the studio
brings the work to production.
Although Rice Burroughs is best known for having penned the iconic "Tarzan of the Apes," the English writer's first book was "A Princess of Mars." Written in
1912, it was serialized in All-Story magazine under his nom de plume, Normal Bean.
Coupling science-fiction and romantic derring-do, "A Princess of Mars" is the first adventure of John Carter, a veteran of the American Civil War who,
while resting in a cave, finds himself transported to Mars.
Instead of a dusty, lifeless rock, Carter finds Mars populated with giant (predictably green) men, and creatures both friendly and ferocious, disembodied
and embodied. Along the way, Carter must save a princess, Dejah Thoris.
'John Carter of Mars'
Sharon!
Ozzfest
For his upcoming Ozzfest summer tour, the 53-year-old former Black Sabbath frontman and his wife and manager, Sharon, are charging bands $75,000 to participate.
Word is, the hefty admission charge is irking performers — like P.O.D., System of a Down and Rob Zombie (who just replaced Rage Against the Machine) — who have
been lining up for the tour.
Some industry insiders even speculate that the unprecedented fee proves that Ozzy's MTV show, "The Osbournes," has gone to his head. But Sharon Osbourne
says that "in the past, some tours have requested cash payments and points on new bands' CDs. No one has complained to me, and we don't force anyone to pay."
She points to the list of bands Ozzfest has broken, such as Limp Bizkit and Incubus.
She is quick to add that "this has nothing to do with Ozzy. This is my business decision, and the money goes to my face-lift fund."
Ozzfest
Getting Daytime Talk Show
Ellen DeGeneres
Actress-comedian Ellen DeGeneres has signed up to host a daytime television talk show next year, provided her CBS sitcom remains off the air, Daily Variety
reported in its Friday editions.
The new DeGeneres show, an hourlong talk-variety program from "Rosie O'Donnell Show" producer Telepictures, would likely be launched in weekday syndication
for the autumn of 2003, distributed via Warner Bros. Domestic Television, Variety said.
Produced in Los Angeles, the show would highlight DeGeneres' stand-up comedy background, according to the entertainment trade paper.
Ellen DeGeneres
Impending Nuptials
Pam & Big Bob
"Baywatch" alumna Pamela Anderson and her boyfriend of more than a year, recording star Kid Rock, are engaged to marry, a spokeswoman for the actress said on Friday.
"They got engaged last night in Las Vegas, out in the desert," publicist Marleah Leslie told Reuters. "It was only the two of them."
She said Kid Rock, 31, born Robert James Ritchie, presented the 34-year-old former Playboy Playmate with a ring, "but I don't know what it looks like."
The actress made headlines last month when she publicly disclosed she was being treated for the potentially fatal liver disease hepatitis C, which
she claimed to have contracted by sharing a tattoo needle with Lee.
Anderson, who stars in the syndicated television series "V.I.P.," told the TV magazine "Extra" in February that she planned to retire soon to spend
more time with her children and Kid Rock.
Pam & Big Bob
Doing A Sitcom
James Caan
Veteran actor James Caan has signed on to make his TV series debut in a Fox untitled half-hour comedy pilot from one of the producers behind
the ABC hit sitcom "Roseanne."
Caan will play a conservative stepdad who clashes with his stepson after the young man returns home from the Peace Corps.
The project marks a career departure for Caan, who entered the limelight in the early 1970s when he took dramatic turns as Brian Piccolo in "Brian's
Song" and Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather" and has never starred in a television comedy series.
Hamish Linklater ("Gideon's Crossing") will co-star as the stepson, while Mary Birdsong ("The Daily Show") will play his sister and Dan Byrd (SciFi
Channel's "Firestarter: Rekindled") will play her son.
James Caan
Picture To Be Auctioned
Photo By Yoko
A poignant image marking the death of John Lennon will be auctioned next week, a London auction house said on Friday.
"The powerful photograph, taken by Yoko Ono, portrays John Lennon's blood-spattered spectacles beside a glass of water on a table set
against the New York skyline," Bonhams auction house said.
Ono, Lennon's second wife, took the photograph in the couple's New York apartment outside which the former Beatle was shot dead in December 1980.
The image is one of only six prints in existence and is expected to raise between 8,000 pounds ($11,500) and 10,000 pounds, which will be
donated to Artist Residencies of Tokyo, a charity that supports aspiring artists in Japan, where Ono was born.
Photo By Yoko
New Stuff
Faux Summer
Fox is looking to put some heat back into its summer TV schedule with an aggressive lineup of more than 80 hours of first-run programming -- including a weekly
news magazine from Fox News Channel, a celebrity edition of "Boot Camp" and the U.S. version of British smash "Pop Idol."
The anchor of the Fox summer lineup is "American Idol," the stateside take on the British sensation in which the network will try to create a new music superstar.
"Idol" debuts Tuesday, June 11, at 8:30 p.m. with a 90-minute episode.
Other summer highlights include a sketch comedy/variety show (most likely one now in the works from comic Cedric the Entertainer); the relationship reality series
"I Want a Husband: Alaska"; a revival of the scripted suspense series "Beyond Belief"; and a full summer of original segments of Saturday staple "America's Most Wanted."
What Fox doesn't want to do this summer is serve up multiple installments of "Burnoff Theater." Networks have often packed the summer with episodes of failed fall
shows and tried to pass it off as fresh fare.
As a result, unaired episodes of series like "Pasadena" probably won't be broadcast. Fox also has no plans to repeat its critically acclaimed success "24" (though a
DVD release is a real possibility.)
Fox Broadcasting also plans to air two new Bill O'Reilly specials over the summer.
Faux Summer
Next Location Revealed
'Survivor: Tarutao'
"Survivor" creator Mark Burnett received approval from the government to shoot the fifth season of his reality series on a tropical island where political
prisoners were once sent to languish, an official said Friday.
The approval Thursday came over the objections of some environmentalists, who were concerned that the filming of the Leonardo DiCaprio movie "The Beach"
on another island two years ago caused coastal erosion and other blight.
He said the show's producers would spend at least $4.55 million and be allowed 40 days to film the show on Tarutao Island National Park, 602 miles outh of
Bangkok. Shooting begins in July.
'Survivor: Tarutao'
The $7 Billion Give Away
FCC Auction
Lowell "Bud" Paxson and other broadcasters stand to rake in tens of millions of dollars -- if they manage to scalp the public airwaves in a
complex analog spectrum deal.
After many delays, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that the June 19 auction for channels 60-69 will proceed, much to the
delight of Paxson and the 98 other broadcasters occupying that portion of the analog spectrum.
Washington hopes to make billions in proceeds from the auction, which is expected to draw bids mostly from wireless communications conglomerates.
The broadcasters hope to then turn around and ask the wireless winners to pay them to vacate the analog spectrum early. The official deadline for
broadcasters to make their switch to digital is 2006, though no one expects even that date to be met.
The broadcasters' ploy is sure to fuel rancor among consumers and Capitol Hill politicians who say that since the broadcasters paid nothing for
the digital spectrum they ultimately must switch to, they shouldn't get anything for giving back the obsolete analog spectrum. (Some analysts
in Washington have called the decision to let broadcasters get the digital spectrum for free "the $7 billion giveaway.")
The upcoming FCC auctions for analog channels 60-69, as well as for channels 52-59, could mark a significant step forward in the transition to
digital. The latter band is occupied by some heavyweight stations and is likely to be priced too high for most bidders.
For more info regarding your airwaves being given away, The $7 Billion Give Away
The Kid's Got A Good Eye
'The Fate of Persephone'
A long-forgotten Victorian masterpiece rediscovered by a 10-year-old Connecticut boy in his school library is expected to fetch more than $1 million at a
June 12 auction in London, Christie's said on Friday.
Bingham Bryant long admired the dusty old painting portraying one of his favorite Greek myths that sat above the bookcase behind the librarian's desk. One
day he was moved to tell his antique dealer father about it.
After some painstaking research by his father, Christopher Bryant, and a much needed cleaning, the painting -- which had sat in Old Lyme School for nearly
70 years -- was revealed to be Walter Crane's "The Fate of Persephone."
Crane was regarded as the primary painter of the Aesthetics Movement -- which was concerned with design in various mediums -- and
painted the piece in 1878.
The painting depicts Pluto, lord of the underworld, and his two rearing black stallions emerging from Hades to abduct Persephone, the goddess of spring,
as she picks flowers from a blooming garden.
For more details, 'The Fate of Persephone'
In Memory
Yuji Hyakutake
Yuji Hyakutake, an amateur astronomer who became an international celebrity for discovering a comet with a pair of powerful binoculars in 1996, died Wednesday of
a ruptured heart aneurysm in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima. He was 51.
Hyakutake's discovery set off a flurry of excitement among astronomers because the Hyakutake comet's last earthly flyby was some 10,000 years ago. It was also
noted for its sizable 62,000-mile long tail, which was visible for about a month.
"It's not as though I own the thing, but it is very flattering to have such a big comet bear my name," Hyakutake said after his sighting.
Hyakutake said his love for astronomy began in 1965 when, as a junior high school student, he saw the Ikeya-Seki Comet, also discovered by Japanese stargazers.
Eventually he moved to a mountainside away from the glare of city lights to pursue his hobby, and he regularly made the 30-minute trip to his favorite vantage
point where he would peer into the skies with his binoculars.
The regimen paid off. Besides discovering his 1996 comet, Hyakutake spotted another, much dimmer one the year before.
Yuji Hyakutake
BartCop TV!
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Still Seeking Volunteers
'The Osbournes'
Put up a page devoted to 'The Osbournes'
C'mon....send your thoughts, your impressions, your views, your favorite quotes...
Scroll down for lots of addys to pick from (or 'from which to pick', for the truly anal retentive).
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