Betty Bowers Channel (youtube.com)
As an American Christian, I have devoted my life to hectoring my Invisible Savior with requests for lots of cool stuff.
Mark Morford: Nice try, Dick (sfgate.com)
Sorry, Dick. You can't have it. You can't have even a moment of credit, a glimpse of sympathy, any sort of merciful forgiveness just because you sort of, kind of half-assedly came out in support of gay marriage, again, even though you actually didn't.
Roger Ebert's Journal: The good are always the merry
I met John McHugh in the autumn of 1966, when I was a cub reporter on the Sun-Times and he was a rewrite man, two years my senior, on the Chicago Daily News. We are still best friends. He worked the overnight shift, and among his duties was taking calls from readers. After midnight, they wanted to settle bets. "And what do you say?" McHugh would ask. He would listen, and then reply, "You're 100% correct. Put the other guy on." Pause. "And what do you say?" Pause. "You're 100% correct." If he was asked for his name, he said, "John T. Greatest, spelled with three Ts."
Richard Roeper: Jaywalking to prime time (suntimes.com)
It's been my good fortune to meet dozens of major TV and film stars over the last decade-plus. Nearly all were gracious; a couple were jerks. I was on Conan's show, and he seemed like a nice guy. But nobody has been classier than Jay Leno.
A.) Yes! I love(d) ______ and never miss(ed) an episode. If'n ya don't like that, Go Suck an Egg, ya snobby Nova luvin' elitist, you...
B.) No! They're the ultimate examples of the "vast intellectual wasteland" that TV programming has become (other than, My Mother the Car, that is) and those that do are First Class Rubes and should be shamed accordingly...
C.) I invoke my rights under the 5th Amendment (hand me the TV Guide, would ya?)
Okay, Okay... There're shades of gray to be considered here, I'll admit... Feel free to eelishly slither betwixt the choices, if'n ya must, to make a reply yer com-FORT-able with... Jeesh! You'd think I was asking about Supreme Court nominees, or sumpthin'...
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977; middle name sometimes spelled Aron) was an American singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" or "The King".
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mj was first, and correct, with:
The answer is the answer to everything
C, 42. Somehow, I don't think that was the question Deep Thought was answering.
Leo responded:
Elvis died of a heart attack at age (C) 42.
Alan J answered:
C 42
Charlie responded:
Elvis died August 16, 1977, at age 42.
I see Wikipedia makes reference to this somewhat ironic event
The Meeting
On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley paid a visit to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit with the President and suggesting that he be made a "Federal Agent-at-Large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. The events leading up to and after the meeting are detailed in the documentation and photographs included here, which include Presley's handwritten letter, memoranda from Nixon staff and aides, and the thank-you note from Nixon for the gifts (including a Colt 45 pistol and family photos) that Presley brought with him to the Oval Office.
Of course there are those who suggest, maybe not here, that he's still alive.
Sally said:
Elvis Presley was 42 years, 7 months, and 8 days old when he died on August 16, 1977 - a way before his time. He was then, and is now, THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL!! And, yes, Elvis lives on in the hearts and minds of his fans from all over the world...
PS: When Elvis died, he took a chuck of my heart with him, sigh...
PPS: If anyone caught this kid, Adam Lambert on American Idol, I swear, he is Elvis reincarnated - but in the genere of the day.
The YouTubes - American Idol season #8- Adam Lambert 6 (track of my tears)
Noel iPhoned:
He was 42-thank ya, thank ya very much.
And, Joe S wrote:
WHAT? WHAT? Elvis is not DEAD! Who said that? Elvis is not DEAD! He buys milk right down the street, he goes fishing on Portage Lake. Who said that? He buys propane for his barbeque over at Wahr hardware. Who said he was dead? He pumps gas over at the Kwik-Mart for cripes sake.
Just listen. King and I
Cloudy morning with a sunny and very windy afternoon.
Tonight, Saturday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Old Christine', followed by a FRESH'Worst Week', then a FRESH'Harper's Island', followed by '48 Hours'.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'Stanley Cup Finals', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN. Bradley Cooper hosts, music by TV On The Radio.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Wipeout', followed by a RERUN'Here Come The Newlyweds', then dumps a FRESH'Pushing Daisies'.
The CW offers an old 'Friends', followed by another old 'Friends', then an old 'Sex & The City', followed by another old 'Sex & The City'.
Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Prelude To A Kiss'.
A&E has the movie 'Overboard', followed by the movie 'Independence Day'.
AMC offers the movie 'U.S. Marshals', followed by the movie 'True Lies'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 5
[12:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 6
[1:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 5
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Piccolo Teatro
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Lanterna
[4:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[5:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 5
[6:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 3 To The Last Man
[7:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 5 Adam
[8:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 3
[9:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 4
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 12 Kurt Russell, Toni Collette
[11:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 3
[12:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 4
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 12 Kurt Russell, Toni Collette
[2:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 3
[3:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 4
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 12 Kurt Russell, Toni Collette
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 8
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 9
[6:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 8 (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', still another 'Real Housewives Of Nj', and the movie 'Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again', followed by 'Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector'.
FX has the movie 'Snakes On A Plane', followed by the movie 'S.W.A.T.'.
History has 'Ancient Discoveries', 'D-Day: The Lost Evidence', and 'Tora, Tora, Tora: The Real Story Of Pearl Harbor'.
IFC -
[6:15 AM] Waking Life
[8:00 AM] Samurai Saga
[10:00 AM] Before Sunrise
[11:45 AM] The Baxter
[1:20 PM] The IFC Media Project
[1:45 PM] Waking Life
[3:35 PM] Before Sunrise
[5:25 PM] The Baxter
[7:00 PM] Z Rock
[7:30 PM] The IT Crowd
[8:00 PM] The Big Empty
[9:35 PM] The Player
[11:45 PM] The Sweet Hereafter
[1:45 AM] The Big Empty
[3:30 AM] The Player
[5:35 AM] Z Rock (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Rise; Blood Hunter', followed by the movie 'Ultraviolet'.
Sundance -
[05:35 AM] Duck Season
[07:05 AM] Nose, Iranian Style
[08:00 AM] Iconoclasts - Season 2: Episode 6: Dave Chappelle + Maya Angelou
[10:00 AM] Return to the Border
[10:50 AM] Even Pigeons Go To Heaven
[11:00 AM] Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 1: Drive
[11:30 AM] John Safran vs. God: Episode 8
[12:00 PM] Ladette to Lady - Season 3: Episode 1
[01:00 PM] Wondrous Oblivion
[02:50 PM] Laid Off
[03:00 PM] The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
[04:30 PM] A Woman Under the Influence
[07:00 PM] Iconoclasts - Season 4: Archbishop Desmond Tutu + Sir Richard Branson
[08:00 PM] Live From Abbey Road - Season 1: Ray LaMontagne, The Zutons, Shawn Colvin & Nerina Pallot
[09:00 PM] Ladette to Lady - Season 3: Episode 1
[10:00 PM] The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
[11:45 PM] Madame Sata
[01:25 AM] Laid Off
[01:35 AM] Sex and Lucia
[03:45 AM] Wristcutters: A Love Story (ALL TIMES EDT)
In this released by from Scholastic, Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winning playwright Tony Kushner addresses more than 500 teenagers from across the country at the 2009 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York, Thursday, June 4, 2009.
Photo by Stuart Ramson
Stephen Colbert will broadcast four shows next week from Baghdad, where he says he'll be "Bob Hoping" it for the troops.
Colbert arrived at the former Al Faw Palace at Camp Victory on Friday. For weeks, he's promoted the trip on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," but because the military urged caution, he has only trumpeted a vague trip to "the Persian Gulf."
The series of shows, each to be taped in front of an audience of about 450 troops, have been dubbed "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando." It's the first time anyone has broadcast from Iraq for a USO tour.
Both the character Colbert (silent "t") and the real Colbert (pronounced "t"), a Catholic family man, are ardent supporters of the troops. He has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Yellow Ribbon Fund (a charity that assists injured service members and their families), and he's a board member of DonorsChoose.org, which benefits the schools of military kids.
A new Web site unveiled Thursday will track policies imposed by popular Internet sites such as Facebook and Google, hoping to help users spot potentially harmful changes.
TOSBack.org, the brainchild of privacy advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation, will track terms of service modifications within hours of an update.
The site will compare old and new policies side by side and highlight changes. With about two dozen sites covered already, TOSBack.org plans to add more agreements, from credit card, bank, cable TV and other companies.
Tim Jones, the EFF's activism and technology manager, hopes the site will help avoid debacles such as the one faced by Facebook in February.
Yusuf, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, doesn't bear any grudges about being denied entry into the U.S. five years ago. He's responded to the widely publicized episode with a whimsical new song, "Boots and Sand," with a music video that he likens to "a spaghetti Italian cowboy movie."
Yusuf got a little help from his friends - Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, and Terry Sylvester (formerly of the Hollies) - who sing backup vocals on the recording that features a guitar and mandolin backdrop. (They do not appear in the music video.)
Yusuf originally intended to include the song on his new CD, "roadsinger," but decided it didn't fit in with the rest of the material. Instead it's being offered as a bonus track with album purchases through iTunes and Best Buy.
The "Boots and Sand" music video, directed by Jesse Dylan, Bob's son, has the look of a spaghetti Western with Yusuf leading a band of bedraggled travelers and a herd of goats through California's Mojave Desert. Along the way, he encounters a Wild West-style wanted poster of the singer from his days as Cat Stevens, who's described as "the infamous outlaw ... who rode the Peace Train."
Guitarist Carlos Santana has an answer for anyone who questions what a self-proclaimed hippie is doing playing a months-long residency in Las Vegas: He doesn't buy into anyone's illusions of who he is.
Santana opened his new show last week at the Hard Rock Hotel -- 40 years after the guitarist thrilled the crowds at Woodstock -- becoming one of the biggest music-makers from the generation of peace and love to take up digs in Sin City.
The 61-year-old Mexican native told Reuters this week that he does not care about anyone who might criticize him for straying from his hippie roots by taking the gig in Las Vegas.
"I don't buy into other people's illusions about who I am," Santana said. "First of all, they don't even know about what I do with my money."
In this photo provided by Starpix, Richie Havens performs Warner Home Video Release party for 'Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music,' in New York, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Havens performed at the original Woodstock Art and Music Festival in August 1969.
Photo by Ave Allocca
Cycling star Lance Armstrong, a testicular cancer survivor and Tour de France champ, announced he is the father of a newborn son on Friday.
Armstrong announced via Twitter that Max -- weighing seven pounds and five ounces -- was born overnight.
In a posting on his Twitter page Armstrong displayed a picture with the caption "Wassup, world? My name is Max Armstrong and I just arrived. My Mommy is healthy and so am I!"
Armstrong announced last December that he and Anna Hansen -- an actress and one-time beauty queen -- were expecting their first child together.
The lawyer for a woman suing actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen over a scuffle at a charity bingo tournament said Friday that his client suffered "life-altering injuries."
Attorney Kyle Madison released a statement asking for privacy for Richelle Olson, who sued Baron Cohen on May 22 in Lancaster, Calif. Olson, 39, claims Baron Cohen and a camera crew ambushed her on the stage of a bingo tournament that she organized to raise money for nursing students.
NBC Universal called the suit's allegations "completely baseless."
"Filmed footage of the full encounter, which took place more than two years ago, clearly shows that Ms. Olson was never touched or in any way assaulted by Sacha Baron Cohen or any member of the production and suffered no injury," said the statement released Friday by NBC Universal publicist Jen Chamberlain. "If the Olsons elect to proceed with their frivolous action, we expect each of the defendants to be fully vindicated."
The painter's box, with a stencil similar to the artist's painting signature, is displayed as part of the Norman Rockwell exhibit at the National Museum of American Illustration in Newport, R.I., Tuesday June 3, 2009.
Photo by Charles Krupa
A spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office says the 45-year-old "Tank Girl" actress was charged Friday with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence with injuries stemming from a May 30 arrest.
Petty was arrested after allegedly hitting a skateboarder with her car in the city's Venice Beach area.
Spokesman Frank Mateljan says the actress was also charged with driving without proof of insurance. She is set to be arraigned June 25.
A model presents a creation by Colombian designer Diego Morales during the Expomoda 2009 show in Palmira province June 4, 2009.
Photo by Jaime Saldarriaga
Pared-down Russian art sales in London next week will test of the strength of the market, and more particularly the appetite of super-wealthy buyers from the former Soviet Union, amid global economic turmoil.
Russian buyers were instrumental in sending values for rare works of all categories of art soaring in recent years, and their interest has helped underpin the weakening fine art market since the recession struck.
Next week Sotheby's and Christie's hold "mid-season" sales of Russian and Ukrainian art, and the pre-auction estimates underline how much the market has shrunk in the last 12 months.
Sotheby's in London holds a series of sales centering around the evening auction on Monday and expects to raise 15-22 million pounds ($24-35 million) overall, compared with pre-sale estimates of 29-41 million pounds at the same time in 2008.
No, it isn't 1998. It's just that former Dawson's Creek show runner Tom Kapinos spoke at a Los Angeles Times' Envelope Emmy screening series panel about his current show, Californication, last night, and well, he went off on his former starlets.
In talking about the genesis of Californication, Tom explained: "The idea came out of my own misery of working on Dawson's Creek. I came out here to write screenplays, and I ended up on Dawson's Creek, which was very lucrative and fun, but it was not what I wanted to do."
"The experience was miserable," he continued about Dawson's. "But it was a four-year boot camp. It was like going to TV grad school and learning how to run a television show. Anybody on that show who could make a decision was allowed to run it at some point. I inherited the very awkward college years, and I almost ran the show into the ground. But I learned everything that I needed to know about how to run a show."
When the panel moderator asked, "What was it specifically that made it such a challenge?" Tom dropped this bomb: "It was the four monstrous actors at the core of it."
A June 5, 2009 handout photo released by the Lincoln Children's Zoo shows twin Matschie's tree kangaroo joeys peeking out of their mother Millas' pouch. Zoo authorities say the two male Matschie's (MATCH-ees) tree kangaroos weigh about a half pound each and are about 8 inches tall. The fraternal twins were first discovered in December.
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