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Selected Saturday Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Heat was back today.
Tonight on the news we were informed that Californians were screwed financially during the so-called 'energy crisis' and we're all getting a rebate of about $40. BFD.
That's less than 10% of the increased cost for 1 month.
Wonder why the media is so fixated on the Madonna/Britney kiss, and ignoring the Madonna/Christina kiss?
Ahnold said he'd be accepting no $ from 'special interests', and then singled out 'Indian casinos' & unions, but he doesn't consider big business in that category.
For the first time in its history, the CA Chamber of Commerce is backing a candidate, and it's Ahnold. Instead of being responsible citizens, they're backing this recall and setting a lousy precedent.
What the recall-circus shows is if some rich fuck (particularly in collusion with hate radio), wants to spend the bucks, any election in this state can be overturned.
Tonight, Saturday, CBS has U.S. Open Tennis infringing on prime-time, so it's mostly local programming and a RERUN
'The District'.
NBC begins the evening with a RERUN 'The Most Outrageous Game Show Moments 4', followed by a
FRESH 'Race To The Altar', then a RERUN 'Law & Order'.
ABC has college football slipping into prime-time, so the left coast gets another viewing of the movie 'The Fisher King'.
The WB has the movie 'The Breakfast Club'.
Faux has the traditional RERUN 'Cops', followed by another RERUN 'Cops', then
'America's Most Wanted'.
UPN has the movie 'Mr. Wrong'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Cold Case Files', then a RERUN 'Crossing Jordan'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Two Jakes', followed by the movie 'Out Of Africa', then the movie 'Missing'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 5;
[6:40pm] 'My Hero' - Episode 2;
[7:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 6;
[8pm] 'Rebus' - Dead Souls;
[10pm] 'Jonathan Creek' - The Scented Room;
[11pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Nia Vardalos;
[11:30pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Chris Rock;
[12am] 'Jonathan Creek' - The Scented Room;
[1am] 'Rebus' - Dead Souls;
[3am] 'Wish You Were Here';
[5am] 'Parkinson' - Hugh Jackman and Matthew Perry; and
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has the movie 'The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc'.
History has 'MIA: Solved', 'Come Home Alive', and 'Dead Reckoning'.
IFC offers the movie 'Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars'.
SciFi offers the movie 'Arachnid', followed by the movie 'Bugs'.
TCM -
[6am] 'The People Against O'Hara' (1951);
[8am] 'Deception' (1946);
[10am] 'Killer's Kiss' (1955);
[11:30am] 'Festival of Shorts #24' (2000);
[12pm] 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (1962);
[2:30pm] 'Run Silent, Run Deep' (1958);
[4:15pm] 'Driving Miss Daisy' (1989);
[6pm] 'The Bad and the Beautiful' (1952);
[8pm] 'Brannigan' (1975);
[10pm] 'Marlowe' (1969);
[12am] The Taking of Pelham One Two Three' (1974);
[2am] 'The Enforcer' (1951);
[3:30am] 'Lady In The Lake' (1946); and
[5:30am] 'MGM Parade Show #18' (1955). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Actor David Spade (L) poses with his newly unveiled star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with friend, fellow comedian Chris Rock at his side during ceremonies in Hollywood September 5, 2003. Spade stars in the new comedy film 'Dickie Roberts Former Child Star' which opens in the United States September 5.
Photo by Fred Prouser
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Show to Benefit Musicians
Eagles, Dixie Chicks
Veteran rockers the Eagles and country music's the Dixie Chicks on Friday unveiled plans for a concert to raise money to improve working conditions and lobby lawmakers in the name of artists' rights.
The benefit concert is scheduled for Oct. 12 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.
Both the Eagles and the Dixie Chicks have been in the vanguard of top music acts that, in recent years, have challenged the recording industry's major labels over contracts they claim have tied them to unfair, long-term deals.
Eagles, Dixie Chicks
Attending French Film Fest
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford said recent tensions between the United States and France could have a positive effect, and feels no concern about appearing at the 2003 Deauville film festival, where he's the star guest.
"I think the Americans can profit from recognizing other points of view in the world," Ford told a news conference ahead of Friday's opening of the 10-day festival in the Normandy resort town.
His next challenge, the actor said, will probably be another "Indiana Jones" film with Steven Spielberg, "starting to shoot at the end of the summer next year."
Harrison Ford
www.festival-deauville.com
Highly Recommended Reading
ESPN Fumbled
It's bad enough that every city in the U.S. plays the talk show of Limbaugh, who never met an issue he couldn't oversimplify or mischaracterize. He's such a relentless blowhard that you can catch his show for a few moments while scanning the radio dial and still get his point.
After all, he has only one point, which he makes over and over: Something happened in the news recently that was either bad or good, and thanks to my incredibly gifted skills of observation on loan from God, I can tell you that it proves Democrats are liberal traitors who try to steal elections so they can raise your taxes to pay for the partial-birth abortions of under-age gay whales.
Nothing in this column will be persuasive to the millions who enjoy Limbaugh's show or share his politics, but I'd like to remind the other half of the country why the guy should be stopped from spreading his particular brand of idiocy into the sports world.
Reason No. 1: Limbaugh's a creep.
Shortly after Bill Clinton took office, Limbaugh had a short-lived syndicated TV show. In a widely reported incident that I viewed personally, he talked about Socks the cat and then asked his audience, "did you know there's a White House dog?" For his punchline, Limbaugh showed a photo of a 12-year-old Chelsea Clinton.
Although the remark was immediately condemned, it took Limbaugh 10 years to have the decency to apologize, telling Hillary Clinton in December 2002 that he regretted making "a personal attack upon an innocent girl."
Reason No. 2: Limbaugh's a racist.
Yeah, damn good read! Workbench: ESPN fumbled by hiring Rush Limbaugh
Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl, right, reacts to seeing the final prototype of the
librarian action figure she inspired, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003 at
Archie McPhee & Co.'s Seattle store as store manager Shana Iverson, left, looks on. The librarian joins the McPhee lineup of other action figures, including Sigmund Freud, Nico the espresso stand barista, and Jesus Christ.
Photo by Ted S. Warren
Sets Bravo Record
'Queer Eye'
For cable television's Bravo, gay is good for business.
The network's parent, broadcaster NBC, on Friday said this week's airing of the smash hit make-over series "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" not only set new network records, it out-drew all but one regular broadcast program in its 10 p.m. slot in the key 18-49 age group demographic.
Leading in to "Queer Eye's" success, Bravo said the final episode of the dating show "Boy Meets Boy," which aired Tuesday at 9 p.m., also set new ratings records. "Boy" drew 1.62 million total viewers, which NBC said was the cable network's highest-rated show ever except for "Queer Eye."
'Queer Eye'
Bans Songs for Next Show
'American Idol'
People magazine reports contestants will not be allowed to sing certain songs from artists like Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey, Carly Simon and James Taylor.
Fox won't give an official reason why, but a source says acquiring the television rights to the song can be difficult or expensive. Another song that's banned is "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys. Sharp-tongued judge Simon Cowell says there's a simple reason for banning that one: The judges have heard it a million times.
'American Idol'
Renewed
'Nip/Tuck'
FX has renewed "Nip/Tuck" for a second season, with an eye toward returning the plastic-surgery drama to the air by spring or early summer.
"Nip/Tuck" has been a strong performer for FX, averaging 3.4 million total viewers for its first five episodes on the air. Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh star as plastic surgeons practicing in Miami.
"Nip/Tuck" will likely restart production around the start of the new year. Financial terms of the deal, which covers 15 episodes, were not disclosed.
'Nip/Tuck'
How Creative!
Third 'CSI' Series
CBS is in the early stages of developing a third installment in its red-hot "Crime Scene Investigation" series.
The network's chairman and CEO, Leslie Moonves, said Thursday he "certainly expects" a second spinoff to join CBS' lineup and called a potential fall 2004 launch of the new show "plausible."
The procedural drama franchise kicked off in 2000 with "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," which followed the exploits of forensics examiners in Las Vegas. A spin-off, "CSI: Miami," debuted last year.
Third 'CSI' Series
Begins 16-Day U.S. Tour
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama emphasized the common bonds of world religions Friday as he started a 16-day U.S. tour with a visit to a Jesuit-run university to collect an honorary degree.
Flanked by representatives of 25 religions as he presided over an interfaith service at the University of San Francisco, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said that all faiths have the same basic aim - to breed compassion among their followers.
The second stop on his tour will be Bloomington, Ind., where his brother, retired Indiana University professor Thubten Norbu, has directed a Tibetan cultural center since 1979. On Sept. 11, he will travel to Washington, where the Dalai Lama will meet with members of Congress and the Bush administration. His final stops will be Boston and New York.
Dalai Lama
Problem With Women?
Ahnold
Although Schwarzenegger's run for governor of California has excited many voters tired of conventional politicians such Gov. Gray Davis, some are complaining the actor's past statements and behavior toward women cast doubts about his character.
"I am not concerned about what he does that is consensual," said Karen Pomer, the founder of the Rainbow Sisters Project, a group of rape victims. "But women who do not want to be touched who he touches -- the reports of him harassing women -- they are of great concern.
Some published articles have portrayed Schwarzenegger as touching women's bottoms and breasts without their consent.
In a recent interview with Reuters, his best friend Franco Columbu confirmed that such incidents have taken place, such as when he touched the breasts of a British television presenter.
For more, Ahnold
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Best of Non-Mainstream Vie
Shortlist Music Prize
Floetry, Cody Chestnutt and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are among the acts vying for this year's Shortlist Music Prize, which honors the best non-mainstream artists in the music world.
Other finalists include Icelandic band Sigur Ros, Bright Eyes, Black Keys, Interpol, Damien Rice, Cat Power and British rapper The Streets.
Nominees were announced this week. Winners will be selected by a committee that includes Dave Matthews, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Tori Amos, Perry Farrell, the Neptunes and director Spike Jonze.
The winner is selected after a Shortlist concert. This year's concert, to be held Oct. 5 at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, will be aired as part of an hour-long special on MTV2 later that month. Performers include Bright Eyes and Damien Rice.
Shortlist Music Prize
www.shortlistofmusic.com
Bob Newhart Selling Radio Station
KBOB
It's no joke: Bob Newhart is letting go of his radio station. Station KZBN 1290-AM, also known as "KBOB," is being sold by the actor-comedian to Wendy McCaw, the owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press.
"I've owned KZBN since 1995 and I'm proud that we're one of the most popular nostalgia stations in the country," Newhart said in a statement Wednesday. "I have enjoyed making it possible for KZBN to share the best music and community-focused programming with our loyal audience."
Newhart, 74, said he had rejected offers from would-be buyers outside the Santa Barbara area and was pleased a local resident will "continue to operate the station in the best interests of our community."
KBOB
www.bob-newhart.com
Jenna Debryn shows off Razanne doll at her home in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., Aug. 27, 2003. Razanne is all about modesty and piety compared to Barbie's gelled and buffon-coiffed beau flaunts. The doll fills not only a marketing void, but also offers Muslim girls someone with whom they can relate.
Photo by Carlos Osorio
Guesting On 'Scrubs'
Tara Reid
Tara Reid is venturing into primetime with a multi-episode arc on NBC's Thursday night comedy "Scrubs."
She will play Jordan Sullivan's (Christa Miller) sister and new love interest for series star Zach Braff, who plays fresh-faced and insecure medical intern J.D. Dorian.
Reid will appear in at least four and as many as six episodes of the series, which airs in the plum post-"Friends" time slot.
In addition to Reid, this fall "Scrubs" also will feature Scott Foley, who is coming back for six episodes after guest-starring in the show's first season.
Tara Reid
Dad in 'Jeepers Creepers'
Ray Wise
Some fans will recognize the dad who tries to kill the Creeper in "Jeepers Creepers 2" as Laura Palmer's father in "Twin Peaks."
Ray Wise says he gets recognized all over the world because of the show. He says even a farmer in Transylvania once recognized him. Wise says "Twin Peaks" was one of the few shows the farmer got on his TV.
Ray Wise
Talks Politics at MTV2
Dave Matthews
Dave Matthews as a politician? The idea was tossed around Thursday night during the filming of an MTV2 special to promote Matthews' new solo album, "Some Devil," due out Sept. 23.
One fan asked if the 36-year-old singer-musician would ever consider a career in politics.
"What a god-awful job that would be. I have far too much in my past," Matthews joked.
Dave Matthews
Baylor 'Pep Rally' Draws 20,000
Bill Cosby
Comedian Bill Cosby was greeted by Baylor's marching band and a crowd estimated at 20,000 people Thursday night at a "pep rally" designed to boost morale at a university shaken by heartache and scandal.
Cosby gave the free performance at Floyd Casey Stadium, home of the university's football team.
Cosby, sporting a yellow "Baylor Track & Field" T-shirt, said he wanted to "build up" the students following the death of basketball player Patrick Dennehy.
A half-hour video played on the big screen before Cosby arrived, recalling friends' memories of Dennehy but also touting new basketball coach Scott Drew and Sloan's controversial 10-year plan for making Baylor a top-tier university while strengthening its Christian mission.
Bill Cosby
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
(Big Surprise)
U.S. Army Used Media
As U.S. troops approached Baghdad last spring, senior Army officers sought to win the surrender of enemy forces by orchestrating news coverage by journalists traveling with front-line fighting units, military officers said this week.
At a three-day military-hosted conference on the media's role in Operation Iraqi Freedom, officers said the Army arranged for an embedded U.S. television crew to film airborne troops embarking in the desert in hopes that Iraqi commanders would realize how far north U.S. forces had advanced.
Journalists, who agreed to abide by a set of military ground rules, produced up to 6,000 articles a week, including many that Army officers described as "positive" contributions to the military's IO, or information operations, effort.
"If it was indeed an experiment, it was very successful from the standpoint of the military," Army Lt. Gen. William Wallace, who was V Corps commander during major combat operations, told an audience of over 100 military officers and representatives from media outlets including Reuters.
For a lot more, U.S. Army Used Media
Illusionist Takes to Glass Case
David Blaine
Illusionist David Blaine on Friday embarked on his most daring stunt -- 44 days of starvation and solitary confinement in a glass box hung from a crane.
Suspended for more than six weeks in a plexi-glass prison beside London's River Thames, the "modern-day Houdini" will eat no food and have just one tube for water and another for urinating.
Before stepping into his glass box before hundreds of rain-soaked fans, the 30-year-old New Yorker told Reuters Television: "The first three weeks of this I am pretty sure I can handle. It is the last three that are going to be insane."
David Blaine
Paramount Home Entertainment Japan promoter Akiko Yamada mounts the Star Trek original Enterprise bike, designed after the popular Star Trek series starship, on display at Tokyo's Tepco Electric Energy Museum September 5, 2003. The special collector's edition 50cc scooter was created to mark the video and DVD launch of Star Trek Nemesis, and is to go on a Japanese Internet auction starting September 29.
Photo by Eriko Sugita
Quitting CNN for ABC
Leon Harris
Leon Harris, who has worked for CNN for 20 years, is leaving the Atlanta-based network to anchor the evening newscast in Washington for ABC affiliate WJLA.
Harris is an anchor of "CNN Live Today" from 10 a.m. to noon weekdays. He also anchors "American Stories," CNN's collection of news features and reports from affiliates across the United States.
He also has anchored "CNN Presents," "Early Edition," "Prime News" and "The World Today."
Harris, who had his 20th anniversary with CNN in July, said "it became increasingly clear that there wasn't much else for me to do at CNN."
Leon Harris
Pleads Guilty to DWI
Max Wright
The actor who played patriarch Willie Tanner in the 1980s sitcom "ALF," had his driving privileges suspended and was ordered to pay fines after pleading guilty to a drunken driving charge.
George Wright, 60, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., was charged last month with driving while intoxicated. Police said he drove his 1987 Volvo off Route 9 in an Albany-area suburb Aug. 26, striking two mailboxes. He failed a breath analysis test given by a trooper.
State Police said Wright was in Valatie, driving from his daughter's home in nearby Castleton to mail a letter.
Under the stage name Max Wright, he has appeared in nearly 60 movies and television shows, including "Friends" and "Cheers." In "ALF," he portrayed the patriarch of a family that adopted a brown, fur-covered puppet from outer space.
Max Wright
Says Mom Approved
Britney Spears
So, how did Britney Spears' parents react when the 21-year-old pop star locked lips with Madonna on the MTV Video Music Awards?
"Well, my mom liked it actually. I was really kind of nervous! I was like, `Oh my God, my mom ... she's going to see this!'" Spears told Billy Bush in an interview on "Access Hollywood." Excerpts from Thursday night's show were released in advance.
"But no, she liked it! And my dad, weirdly enough, he thought it was fine, too. I mean, come on ... it's Madonna. If you can kiss any girl in the world, that has to be her."
Britney Spears
Resembles Montana Governor?
Nude Mural
A new mural depicting the city's history is provoking an unintended reaction among some viewers who notice a tall woman with short hair and glasses, dancing naked:
The buzz over the resemblance of the bordello dancer to Gov. Judy Martz was enough to compel her to take a field trip with top aides Thursday to the building near downtown Helena where the mural is displayed.
Martz, a Republican and Montana's first woman governor, called it a "stretch of the imagination" to say the woman, kicking up her heels with two other nude dancers, looks like her.
Seeing the mural for the first time, she said, "I'm a very modest person, no one would ever see me like that. My husband doesn't ever see me like that."
For the rest, Nude Mural
Polly Roberts, a member of the staff at auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh, Scotland, models a pair of Victorian ear trumpets made from papier mache and worn like headphones, at the auction house Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003. Ear trumpets were first used by sailors in order to communicate over long distances, but experts are at a loss to explain who would have used this 19th century rarity, which will go up for sale later in September.
Photo by David Cheskin
One Dead in Coaster Crash
Disneyland
A locomotive broke loose from a train on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster Friday, killing a man and injuring 10 other riders, officials said.
The man died inside a tunnel section of the ride, and his body remained there for the investigation, said city spokesman John Nicoletti. He was not immediately identified.
Eight of the injured, ranging in age from 9 to 47, were taken to the hospital, while two others were treated at the scene, Nicoletti said. One of those taken to the hospital had serious injuries, while the other cases were considered minor, he said.
Disneyland
Wonder how they'll try to blame the victim this time?
South Beaver Township, PA
Nude Volleyball Tournament
As many as 1,700 spectators and participants are expected to gather this weekend as volleyball buffs play in the buff.
The 105-acre White Thorn Lodge nudist park in South Beaver Township, Beaver County, will host the 33rd annual Volleyball Superbowl on Saturday and Sunday. Nude & Natural magazine once called it "the most unique event in nudism."
Some members of the nudist park admit a few of the spectators who will attend the tournament will do so to take in the sights. But event organizers said the tournament's a seriously competitive event. The competition is divided into six skill levels, from novice to college caliber.
Nude Volleyball Tournament
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Making Thousands At Benefit Gig
Great White
The Boston Herald reports that Great White will receive $6,000 for playing a benefit concert in Weymouth, Massachusetts, on September 26. The show is part of a 40-date tour that the band is doing to raise money for the Station Family Fund, which assists families of victims of the Rhode Island nightclub fire that took one hundred lives on February 20.
The Herald reports that the band's fee for the Weymouth show is actually $1,000 more than what they were supposed to make the night the fire broke out at the Station club in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
Great White
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This is an undated picture of Apley Park House, near Bridgnorth, England which has been identified by two geographers from University College, London, as the long-standing literary mystery at the heart of a series of books written by the comic novelist PG Wodehouse. Ian Greatbatch, and David Lloyd, used computer mapping techniques to analyse topographical features laid as clues to determine the inspiration behind the fictional Blandings Castle, home to the 9th Lord Emsworth.
Photo by Paul Morstatt
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