Siobhain Butterworth: web hoaxes and the pitfalls of quick journalism (guardian.co.uk)
An obituary of French composer Maurice Jarre, which appeared in the Guardian on 31 March, began and ended with quotes. It opened with: "My life has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life" - and closed with: "Music is how I will be remembered. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can hear." The words, however, were not Jarre's ...
Meanwhile, with little notice or fanfare, the space shuttle Atlantis was launched Monday on what has been said is a critical and dangerous mission to repair the Hubble telescope in order to keep it operation for 5 more years until its replacement is ready. NASA's 2010 budget is 18.7 billion dollars which includes a 5% increase under Obama's stimulus plan.
Friday, 1 May, we started 2 book-giveaway contests, courtesy Hachette Books.
There will be 2 trivia questions every day - one will feature Asian heritage, and the other will focus on Latino book month.
The contests will run concurrently for at least 2 3 weeks, but may go longer.
There will be at least 2 winners, (1 per set of questions), per week.
At the conclusion of the giveaway, a prize will be awarded for tenacity.
You may only win once per giveaway.
Each winner will receive the whole set of five books for that giveaway.
Rules and/or format may be altered if necessary - I'm not psychic.
Who was the first regular adult character on US prime-time television written for an American of Japanese descent?
Jack Soo
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Jack Soo (October 28, 1917 - January 11, 1979) was a Japanese American actor.
Jack Soo was born Goro Suzuki in Oakland, California. Soo was caught up in the Japanese American internment during World War II and sent to Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah.
Soo was cast in his most memorable role in 1975 on the ABC sitcom Barney Miller as the laid-back, but very wry, Detective Nick Yemana, who was also responsible for making the dreadful coffee the entire precinct had the misfortune to drink every day.
Because his character-and Soo himself-was so beloved, a special retrospective episode was made, showing clips of his best moments; it aired at the end of the season. It also noted that Yemana was the first regular adult character on US prime-time television written for an American of Japanese descent, a role long-sought by Jack.
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On his initial appearance, who was the first young comedian to be asked to sit down on the couch by Johnny Carson on the old The Tonight Show?
Freddie Prinze
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Freddie Prinze (June 22, 1954 - January 29, 1977) was born Frederick Karl Pruetzel at St. Clair's Hospital in New York City, the son of Maria and Karl Pruetzel. His mother was Puerto Rican, and his father, a German of Lutheran and Jewish backgrounds, immigrated to the U.S. from Germany in 1934.
In December 1973, his biggest break came with an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Prinze was the first young comedian to be asked to have a sit-down chat with Carson on his first appearance.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
1 Yemana played by Jack Soo
2 Freddie Prinze
Charlie answered:
Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana, played by Jack Soo (born Goro Suzuki) on Barney Miller.
Freddie Prinze (born Frederick Karl Pruetzel)
Maria in Chicago replied:
Detective Nick Yemana was the character, Jack Soo was the actor.
Freddie Prinze
Sally said:
1) OMG! Jack Soo has to be the first regular adult character on US prime-time television written for an American of Japanese descent as Detective Nick Yemana on the old TV series, "Barney Miller!" God, did I love that show...
AND
I think it was Freddie Prinze who, On his initial appearance, was the first young comedian to be asked to sit down on the couch by Johnny Carson on the old The Tonight Show.
Tragically dead at age 22 of self-inflected gun shot wound... RIP
PS: Your page finally came up last night - and of course I had to get back online after the storm as not to miss anything... Imagine my surprise to read that THE DannyD is slightly enviously of me! I am honored, Mr D!
Marian the Teacher responded:
Jack Soo and David Letterman
MAM replied:
The first regular adult character on US prime-time television written for an American of Japanese descent was Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki). I liked best his character, Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana in "Barney Miller".
On his initial appearance, the first young comedian to be asked to sit down on the couch by Johnny Carson on the old The Tonight Show was Freddie Prinze, Sr. in December 1973.
And, Joe S wrote:
Detective Nick Yemana of Barney Miller was played by Jack Soo
Freddie Prinze was the first young comedian to be asked to have a sit-down chat with Carson on his first appearance.
For those keeping score:
Alan J A-15 | L-15
Charlie A-14 | L-15
DC Madman A-1 | L-1
Gary G A-0 | L-1
Jim from CA A-2 | L-2
Joe S A-15 | L-15
José-Ariel A-1 | L-2
MAM A-15 | L-15
Maria in Chicago A-10 | L-10
Marian the Teacher A-13 | L-13
Sally A-15 | L-15
Tom B A-1 | L-1
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'The Mentalist', followed by another RERUN'The Mentalist', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit', followed bya RERUN'Southland', then a RERUN'Law & Order'.
'SNL' is the SEASON FINALE with Will Ferrell hosting, music by Green Day.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire'.
The CW offers an old 'Friends', followed by another old 'Friends', then an old 'Sex In The City', followed by another old 'Sex In The City'.
Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
'MADtv' is FRESH.
MY fills the night with the movie 'The Vanishing'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', another 'CSI: The 2nd One', still another 'CSI: The 2nd One', and 'The Sopranos'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Last Samurai', followed by the movie 'Die Hard 2', then the movie 'Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 1
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 2
[1:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 2
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 The Curry Lounge
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 4 Bonapartes
[4:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[5:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 2
[6:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 11
[7:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 12
[8:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 13
[9:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 1
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Duncan Bannatyne, Joan Rivers
[11:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 7
[12:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 1
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Duncan Bannatyne, Joan Rivers
[2:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 13
[3:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 1
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Duncan Bannatyne, Joan Rivers
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 2
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 3
[6:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 13 Elliot (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NYC', another 'Real Housewives Of NYC', still another 'Real Housewives Of NYC', and 'Real Housewives Of NJ'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'How High', followed by the movie 'Employee Of The Month', and 'Dane Cook: Vicious Circle'.
FX has the movie 'Troy', followed by the movie 'Underworld Evolution', then the movie 'Taking Lives'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Angels & Demons Decoded', and 'Beyond The Da Vinci Code'.
IFC -
[7:05 AM] A Decade Under the Influence
[8:00 AM] Gate of Hell
[9:30 AM] The Year of the Yao
[11:05 AM] Flakes
[12:35 PM] The Prince of Pennsylvania
[2:15 PM] The Old Woman's Step
[2:30 PM] The Year of the Yao
[4:00 PM] Flakes
[5:25 PM] The Prince of Pennsylvania
[7:00 PM] Z Rock
[7:30 PM] The IT Crowd
[8:00 PM] The Weight of Water
[10:00 PM] Brotherhood of Death
[11:20 PM] Spider
[11:30 PM] Sweeney Todd
[1:05 AM] The Weight of Water
[3:05 AM] Brotherhood of Death
[4:30 AM] Sweeney Todd (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'War Of The Worlds 2: The Next Wave', followed by the movie 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'.
Sundance -
[05:40 AM] ...et Alors, Charlotte
[06:00 AM] Engine 371
[06:15 AM] Blame It On Fidel!
[08:00 AM] Iconoclasts - Season 2: Episode 3: Quentin Tarantino + Fiona Apple
[10:00 AM] Walk With Us
[11:00 AM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 1: Cities
[11:30 AM] John Safran vs. God: Episode 5
[12:00 PM] Ladette to Lady - Season 3: Episode 3
[01:00 PM] Oss 117: Cairo - Nest Of Spies
[02:35 PM] Jump Tomorrow
[04:15 PM] War Dance
[06:05 PM] War Dance Returns
[06:25 PM] Oss 117: Cairo - Nest Of Spies
[08:00 PM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Brian Wilson, Martha Wainright and Teddy Thompson
[09:00 PM] Ladette to Lady - Season 3: Episode 3
[10:00 PM] Somersault
[11:45 PM] Engine 371
[12:00 AM] Sonny
[02:00 AM] It's a Free World
[03:40 AM] Fierce People
[05:35 AM] Jump Tomorrow (ALL TIMES EDT)
Quincy Jones (L) and Jurnee Smollett (R) pose for photographs at the "Mandela Day" awareness event in Beverly Hills, California May 14, 2009.
Photo by Phil McCarten
Dolly Parton says she's expanding her philanthropic work with children through a partnership with the United Way of America.
The entertainer says her Imagination Library and the United Way have set a goal to provide free books monthly to 1 million children by 2014. That's double what the literacy initiative now serves.
She joined Brian Gallagher, chief executive of the national nonprofit, to make the announcement at a conference in Detroit on Friday. Parton also performed her hit "9 to 5."
The program founded by Parton in her home state of Tennessee in the mid-'90s operates in the U.S., Canada and Britain.
American actress Rosanna Arquette arrives for the screening of 'Bright Star' during the 62nd International film festival in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 15, 2009.
Photo by Joel Ryan
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese on Friday unveiled a pact to release and promote restored, classic films at festivals, schools and online to broaden the audience for old masterpieces.
The World Cinema Foundation, which "The Departed" director founded and chairs, will now work with B-Side Entertainment and The Auteurs to release and promote films the WCF has restored.
"Restoration is meaningful only if people can see the work," Scorsese told reporters at the Cannes film festival where a new version of 1948's "The Red Shoes" will screen.
The WCF expects to premiere its titles at Cannes, the world's largest film festival, and afterward B-Side will tour them at festivals, museums, universities and movie clubs, as well as get them on websites like Apple's iTunes and Netflix.
Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, delivers the commencement address to the students graduating from the Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston, S.C., Friday May 15, 2009. Colbert's father, James Colbert, was the first vice president for academic affairs at MUSC until 1974.
Photo by Grace Beahm
Alec Baldwin says he'll travel to Hanoi with the New York Philharmonic when it makes its Vietnam debut in October.
The star of NBC's Emmy-award winning comedy "30 Rock" begins a side gig this fall as the new host of the national radio broadcast "The New York Philharmonic This Week."
The orchestra will travel to Vietnam for two concerts at the Hanoi Opera House in October.
During an appearance Tuesday on "The Late Show With David Letterman," Baldwin called the hosting job "one of the greatest things to ever happen to me."
Sir Paul McCartney has called on United States president Barack Obama to support a grassroots organisation working to end conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Sir Paul, who has written to Mr Obama on the issue, first came into contact with OneVoice last year.
The movement has more than 650,000 signatories, roughly equally represented by Palestinians and Israelis.
It is working towards a two state solution, aiming to ensure that the voice of the moderate majority on both sides is heard and acted upon by their respective leaders, Sir Paul said in a statement.
Actress Alfre Woodard (R) and husband Roderick Spencer (L) attend the "Mandela Day" awareness event in Beverly Hills, California May 14, 2009.
Photo by Phil McCarten
In what the organizer jokingly calls a case of his "Michael Jackson obsession gone wrong," a group of College of William & Mary students has won the world record for most people to dance to the singer's "Thriller" simultaneously in one place.
The 242-person routine was organized by longtime Jackson fan Kevin Dua, who was notified Friday by Guinness World Records of the accomplishment. The previous record was 147 people in an event held last summer at a British secondary school.
Dua, 21, spent the better part of the school year orchestrating the event, which was held April 19 at the college in Williamsburg, in eastern Virginia.
He plans to donate his official Guinness certificate to the college.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man accused of shooting at bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and another man during a pursuit being videotaped for a reality TV show.
An attempted-murder charge was dropped because of conflicting witness statements and because the evidence was weak, El Paso County Assistant DA Dan Zook said Thursday.
Chapman and bail bondsman Bobby Brown told Colorado Springs police they were fired on while chasing Hoang Nguyen, 35, last month after Nguyen missed a court date on a domestic violence charge.
The chase was being videotaped for A&E's "Dog the Bounty Hunter" reality TV show. Chapman and Brown say they weren't injured.
Randy Bachman poses with his Order of Canada medal, after it was presented by Governor General Michaelle Jean during a ceremony in Ottawa, Canada, Friday May 15, 2009.
Photo by Fred Chartrand
A producer who has collaborated with Farrah Fawcett is suing over an upcoming documentary about her battle with cancer.
Craig Nevius filed a lawsuit in Santa Monica on Wednesday - the same day "Farrah's Story" was screened for friends and reporters.
His lawsuit states he is seeking to regain creative control over the documentary and unspecified damages against several of the project's key players.
The lawsuit does not name Fawcett as a defendant, nor seeks to block NBC's prime-time airing of "Farrah's Story," scheduled for Friday.
Instead, the suit claims Fawcett's former boyfriend, Ryan O'Neal, his business manager and longtime friend Alana Stewart interfered with his role in the documentary. He also claims O'Neal physically threatened him.
NBC has renewed "Last Call With Carson Daly" for another season, firming up the network's fall late-night lineup.
Including Jay Leno's new 10 p.m. series, the network will have four hours of talk shows on weeknights in the fall.
Leno's show will air at 10 p.m., followed by Conan O'Brien on "The Tonight Show" after local news at 11:35 p.m., Jimmy Fallon on "Late Night" at 12:35 a.m. and Daly at 1:35 a.m.
From left to right, actors Kiril Kulish, Trent Kowalik, musician Elton John and actor David Alvarez attend the 75th anniversary of the Drama League Awards ceremony in New York on Friday, May 15, 2009.
Photo by Peter Kramer
Residents of Fruita, a western Colorado town of 11,000, are holding their 12th annual festival this weekend for a chicken named Miracle Mike who, according to legend, lived 18 months after a farmer lopped off his head with an ax but left his brain stem, a jugular vein and one ear intact.
Grisly to some, perhaps. But Miracle Mike's celebrity has spread abroad, with enthusiasts as far away as Venezuela, Puerto Rico, England and Wales.
It all began when Lloyd Olsen, a farmer in Fruita, was butchering chickens in 1945 and tried to lop Mike's head off, according to Olsen's grandson, Troy Waters, who admits he's a bit mystified by all the fuss. Waters had to coax the story out of his grandfather after finding a scrapbook the Olsens kept about Mike.
The Olsens made enough money off Mike to buy farm equipment, a pickup truck and pay what they owed on their land. They also got to see parts of the country they hadn't seen. But some people wrongly assumed the Olsens were getting "filthy rich," Waters recalled. They got hate mail, accusing them of being cruel to Mike.
Neil Cuadra, a 55-year-old Internet entrepreneur has photographed a portrait he made of MAD magazine mascot Alfred E. Neuman's head using junk mail CDs and DVDs and sent it to the magazine, a feat that landed him in the magazine's 500th issue, published in April.
"You just blew our mind. You used junk mail from AOL to create a piece of art that became junk mail to us," the magazine's editors said in a footnote to his letter.
Cuadra, who runs a business creating information retrieval software, said in a recent interview that he was inspired a dozen years ago by a MAD parody poking fun at a fledgling Internet service provider called AOL for mailing CDs to people by the millions, offering them 500 hours of free connection to a newfangled thing called the Web.
The self-professed computer geek with a Ph.D in computer science then saved about 2,000 junk mail CDs and DVDs over years. When Internet use went viral and the AOL disc supply dried up, Cuadra started saving any other disc he could scrounge, adding to his collection an Army recruitment video and an ad for a car.
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