Bartcop Entertainment - Saturday, 11 September, 2004
Saturday
11 September, 2004
(Updated Daily)
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'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Special Bonus!
Disinfotainment Today Presents
From Michael Dare
Disinfotainment Today
presents
Little Guantanamo and the Republican Convention
by Erin Starr
My 21-year old daughter disappeared from NYC last Tuesday afternoon when walking with friends through a park where no protest was being held -- and was held prisoner -- without being charged -- by the NYPD for three days. The first day and night she spent in an unsafe and inhumane facility at Pier 57 ("Little Guantanamo") provided by the Republican Party.
Yes, it was managed by the Republican National Committee. It was leased by the RNC to hold political dissenters who disagreed with the Bush administration. The second two days, my daughter was in a city jail in Manhattan, where her treatment improved. She practices Buddhist precepts of compassion (she told the NYPD officers that she knew they must be tired and overworked also, and she did not resist arrest). She is a graduate student in Poli Sci at the University of Hawaii and is a MortarBoard honor society/service club member.
The notorious Pier 57 (owned by the Hudson River Trust--a city/state consortium) was dubbed "Little Guantanamo" by reporters who also got caught up in police sweeps and who said it looked like the Guantanamo Bay prison built by the USA to hold the Al Qaeda terrorist political prisoners in Cuba. Pier 57 was leased by the RNC before their convention.
They arranged for the NYPD to put up the chain link holding pens with razor wire on top in the old Pier 57 warehouse that had oil, gas and asbestos dust on the floor from a previous fire. My heart was in my throat when I got a call from one of my daughter's friends on Oahu who told me she had been arrested and taken to Little Guantanamo. I looked it up on the internet and fear crept into me.
I called my daughter's cell phone over and over ("it's mom, where ARE you, call me"). She didn't answer.
Only hours before, she had been calling us with joy, telling us of the peaceful protests and beautiful march. But now, nothing. I had nightmarish visions of a fire sweeping over the combustible floor with hundreds -- nearly a thousand -- trapped in the chain-link pens, razor wire on the top of the pens making escape impossible.
My husband called the NYPD to ask who had issued a Certificate of Occupancy or Fire Safety Inspection Certificate and who was managing Pier 57. He was given the number for the Republican National Committee.
Yes, My husband and I looked at each other in silent, cold horror.
In America? The Republicans have set up a private detention camp for their political prisoners that can hold 1000 under inhumane and unsafe conditions! My husband slowly dialed that number, got the RNC, and the Republican rep who answered the phone said, in answer to my husband's inquiries about safety: "those protesters don't deserve a Holiday Inn, and they're all criminals anyway!" ....Say what?! My daughter, who doesn't smoke or drink or do drugs and is a practicing Buddhist Vegan? A criminal?
Warning signs that reporters saw posted around Pier 57 said not to enter without protective clothing and mask. My exhausted daughter, with hundreds of others, tried to sleep that first night ...on the chemical-covered oily, cold cement floor of these pens, without food or water, without being read her rights, without being offered a chance to post bail, without seeing a judge although the National Lawyers Guild offered to represent them pro bono, without being charged or told why she was arrested and handcuffed and taken there, without being allowed to make a call to a lawyer or friend or parent or anyone -- all cell phones were confiscated as "terrorist weapons." Her purse was taken. She had nothing but the clothes on her back.
Meanwhile...ordinary criminals arrested that same day in NYC for burglary, rape and heinous crimes were processed by the courts in less than 10 hours. My daughter, who had committed no crime, was incarcerated for three days incommunicado.
People suffered chemical burns, bug bites, overcrowding and medical problems because their medicine was confiscated. A pregnant woman sat crying on the floor in the oil. It wasn't until my daughter was taken out of the Republican-managed "Little Guantanamo" and placed in a cell in a Manhattan city jail that a guard kindly brought her Vegan food and gave her a blanket to lay her grime-smeared body on at night in her crowded cell.
I never thought I'd be grateful to get a call from a friend saying that my daughter was in a Manhattan city jail cell, but the knowledge that she was out of that Little Guantanamo actually gave me relief.
I called Hawaii's Republican Party Headquarters, and asked them to report it to Hawaii's Governor Linda Lingle, who was at the convention in NYC and could intervene for my daughter and other UH students incarcerated illegally by her party. The Republican rep woman who answered the phone told me "Linda knows, and you're blowing it all out of proportion."
Say What!! That's MY daughter, not YOURS, sitting in that instant-conflagration-fire-trap at Pier 57! Well, thanks a BUNCH, Linda Lingle. The UH students mean that LITTLE to you???
The Republicans wanted to "teach those protesters a lesson." They wanted to terrorize my daughter. But the lesson that the hundreds and hundreds of prisoners were taught... was not the one that the Republican Party intended, I would wager. My daughter had gone to NYC to walk in the peaceful protest of 500K people the day before the Republican National Convention began. She was not engaged in protest at the time of her arrest. She had been walking with friends near a park. There was no protest in action when they were arrested along with tourists and city employees going to work.
Anyone caught in the NYPD orange fence netting was told to sit on the ground, handcuffed, and pushed into large NYC busses. Our sweet daughter, born and brought up in a small rainforest in Hawaii, was placed in detention at Pier 57, the notorious "Little Guantanamo."
I recall that when the Democrats held their convention to nominate Senator John Kerry as their candidate for President, there were only 6 people arrested, if I remember correctly. At the Republican National Convention to elect Bush as their candidate, there were thousands arrested. I suspect that Republicans might say this was a good thing. Being tough. This group-roundup tactic is called by the Republican party "preventative detention" (like the "preemptive war" in Iraq). It is used to terrorize those who might protest Bush's agenda when he is in town.
America, wake up. Hitler told the German people that they would have to "give up a few of your rights ...temporarily...so that we can fight the enemy." That's what Ashcroft said, about the misnamed PATRIOT ACT.
Wake up, America. The American flag that proudly waves by MY front gate and is on the back window of MY car...doesn't seem to be the same American flag that the Republican Party is waving.
- Erin Starr, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii -
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Reader Contribution
Great Bumper Sticker
Hey, Marty.
A friend told me that she recently saw a great bumper sticker. Can you get the person who does the bumper stickers using the Bush/Cheney look to do this one up?
Republicans for Voldemort
Linda >^..^<
Thanks, Linda!
Will pass it along.
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Paul Berenson
Another Side of the News
Dick Cheney says that if Kerry's elected we'll have more terrorist attacks. I guess he and his buddies at PNAC should know. They said we needed a Pearl Harbor type event for their military buildup.
On the third anniversary of 9/11, we'll talk about shifting timelines, Saudi connections, ignored warnings, recycled (destroyed) evidence, and the continuing media coverup.
This is the defining event of Bush's Presidency. We'll discuss how it's shaping the current election and transforming our entire society into one of fear and war.
Tune in to "Another Side of the News" with Paul Berenson, Saturdays 9am-10am (PDT) on KCSB-FM 91.9 or listen on our webcast
Your local phone calls are welcome at:
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If you're tired of the Limbaugh's, Fox News, Corporate Media, etc. and want to hear a Democrat with attitude, this is for you!
Join listeners and callers on the South Coast and across the nation listening on our webcast at our webcast.
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from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
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Monthly Link
Modern Mirth
September Issue
Featuring:
The Twins Stand-Up!, Children¹s Letters to Osama, Phyliss Schlafly¹s
Gay Time at the Convention, George Bush Takes Off, Alan Keyes Takes Aim,
plus.....
Lynne Cheney¹s Republi-kids, Blogging on to Happiness, Schoolyard Romance,
Film Qua Film, Superheroes in Training and more!
Some material may be inappropriate for the most sensitive visitors.
(note from Marty - I didn't add that tagline - it's their call.)
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Still too hot and way too humid.
What a shame about the Florida State Seminoles losing to Maimi's Hurricanes. < /sarcasm>
LA still hasn't seen Monday night's season premiere of 'Jeopardy'.
Tonight, Saturday:
CBS begins the night on the East Coast with the LIVE 'US Open Tennis', followed by a FRESH 'Big Brother 5'.
On the left coast the night begins early with the LIVE 'US Tennis Open', followed by 2 hours of local crap, then a FRESH 'Big Brother 5'.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN 'The Apprentice' with added footage & the network now considers it
FRESH programming, followed by a RERUN 'Crossing Jordan'.
SNL has 'The Best Of Jon Lovitz'.
ABC has LIVE 'College Football' (Colorado State visits USC), and the left coast also gets the movie 'Wagons East!'.
The WB offers the FRESH infomercial 'The WB Insider: Favorites', followed by the FRESH infomercial 'The WB Insider: Fresh', then a
RERUN 'Friends', followed by a RERUN 'Raymond'.
Faux has the usual 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
UPN here has baseball, with the Cardinals visiting in Chavez Ravine, looking to deck the Doggers.
A&E has 'City Confidential', 'American Justice', 'Cold Case Files', and another 'City Confidential'.
AMC offers the movie 'Once Upon A Time In The West', followed by the movie 'Joe Kidd', then the movie 'Coogan's Bluff'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'My Family' - The Age of Romance;
[2:40pm] 'Absolutely Fabulous' - Fashion;
[3:20pm] 'Coupling' - Night Lines;
[4pm] 'Ground Force' - Drumoak;
[4:30pm] 'House Invaders' - Hinckley;
[5pm] 'Changing Rooms' - East Dulwich;
[5:30pm] 'What Not to Wear' - Sue Young;
[6pm] 'My Hero' - All In The Mind;
[6:40pm] 'Absolutely Fabulous' - Menopause;
[7:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 1;
[8pm] 'House Invaders' - Episode 30;
[8:30pm] 'House Invaders' - Episode 29;
[9pm] 'House Doctor' - Episode 5;
[9:30pm] 'The Life Laundry' - Kelsa: Beverley;
[10pm] 'Location, Location, Location' - London;
[10:30pm] 'Location, Location, Location' - Stourbridge;
[11pm] 'Trailer Park Boys' - Episode 4;
[11:30pm] 'Little Britain' - Episode 2;
[12am] 'House Doctor' - Episode 5;
[12:30am] 'The Life Laundry' - Kelsa: Beverley;
[1am] 'Location, Location, Location' - London;
[1:30am] 'Location, Location, Location' - Stourbridge;
[2am] 'House Invaders' - Episode 30;
[2:30am] 'House Invaders' - Episode 29;
[3am] 'Trailer Park Boys' - Episode 4;
[3:30am] 'Little Britain' - Episode 2;
[4am] 'House Doctor' - Episode 5;
[4:30am] 'The Life Laundry' - Kelsa: Beverley;
[5am] 'Location, Location, Location' - London;
[5:30am] 'Location, Location, Location' - Stourbridge;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Queer Eye', 'Celebrity Poker Showdown', and another 'Celebrity Poker Showdown'.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Last Comic Standing', 'Reno 911!', another 'Reno 911!', 'Chappelle's Show', and 'Crank Yankers'.
History has 5 episodes of 'Band Of Brothers', followed by 'We Stand Alone Together'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM 'IFC Short Film Collection II';
[8AM] 'Yojimbo' (1961);
[10AM] 'At The Angelika #88' (2004);
[10:30AM] 'Lost in La Mancha' (2003);
[12PM] Short: 'For Caroline' (2001);
[12:30PM] 'The Very Thought Of You' (1999);
[2PM 'Yojimbo' (1961);
[4PM] 'Haiku Tunnel' (2001);
[5:45PM] 'IFC In Theaters';
[6PM] 'The Very Thought Of You' (1999);
[7:30PM] 'Dinner For Five #27' (2004);
[8PM] 'Heaven'S Burning' (1997);
[9:45PM] 'Glengarry Glen Ross' (1992);
[11:30PM] 'Lost And Delirious' (2001);
[1:15AM] 'Glengarry Glen Ross' (1992);
[3AM] 'Heaven'S Burning' (1997);
[4:45AM] 'IFC In Theaters';
[5AM] 'IFC Short Film Showcase'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Merlin', followed by the movie 'The Phantom'.
Sundance -
[7:05 AM 'The Swell Life' (Documentary);
[7:30AM] 'Shorts Program 114' (Short);
[8:30AM] 'Her Israel' (Documentary);
[9:30AM] 'The Jimmy Show' (Feature);
[11:10AM] 'Un Vol la nuit' (A Theft, One Night) (Short);
[11:30AM] 'Scratch' (Documentary);
[1:05PM] 'The Sharktank Redemption' (Short);
[1:30PM] 'Cane Toads - An Unnatural History' (Documentary);
[2:25PM] 'What Happened Was..' (Feature);
[4PM] 'Shorts Program 114' (Short);
[5PM] 'Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election' (Feature);
[6PM] 'Tanner '88: For Real' (Short);
[6:30PM] 'Tanner '88: The Night of the Twinkies' (Short);
[7:05PM] 'The Jimmy Show' (Feature);
[8:45PM] 'Un Vol la nuit' (A Theft, One Night) (Short);
[9PM] 'La Haine' (Feature);
[10:40PM] 'Hidden' (Short)
[11PM] 'Taxi Driver' (Feature);
[1AM] 'The Happiness of The Katakuris' (Feature);
[3AM] 'Scratch' (Documentary);
[4:35AM] 'The Jimmy Show' (Feature). (ALL TIMES EDT)
TCM features the films of
Mervyn LeRoy tonight.
[6am] 'Camille' (1937);
[8am] 'Out of the Past' (1947);
[10am] 'Rio Grande' (1950);
[12pm] 'Ben-Hur' (1959);
[4pm] 'Lassie Come Home' (1943);
[6pm] 'A Patch Of Blue' (1965);
[8pm] 'Random Harvest' (1942);
[10:15pm] 'The Bad Seed' (1956);
[12:30am] 'The Devil At 4 O'Clock' (1961);
[2:45am] 'Quo Vadis' (1951). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sunday - 09/12
TCM salutes
Carl Theodor Dreyer late tonight.
[6am] 'San Francisco' (1936);
[8am] 'Somebody Up There Likes Me' (1956);
[10am] 'Flower Drum Song' (1961);
[12:15pm] 'War and Peace' (1956);
[4pm] 'Casablanca' (1942);
[6pm] 'Random Harvest' (1942);
[8:15pm] 'Criss Cross' (1949);
[10pm] 'Day of Wrath' (1948) [AKA: 'Vredens dag'] ;
[12am] 'Parson's Widow' (1920) [AKA: 'Prästänkan'] SILENT ;
[1:30am] 'Michael' (1924) [AKA: 'Mikaël'] SILENT ;
[3:15am] 'The Song Of Bernadette' (1943). (ALL TIMES EDT)
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Comedian Garry Shandling, host of the 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, poses with an Emmy statuette in this undated publicity photograph. The Emmys will be telecast live on the ABC television network from Los Angeles September 19, 2004.
Photo by Jim Wright
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'The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty'
Kitty Kelley
As if the 2004 campaign for the presidency has not been dirty enough -- get ready for a 700-page book by America's most famous tabloid biographer that alleges illegal drug use and other youthful misdeeds by resident Bush.
More than 700,000 copies of Kitty Kelley's "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty" are set to hit bookstores on Tuesday with the 62-year-old Kelley launching into a series of television interviews starting on Monday with three days on NBC's "Today Show."
Despite sensational allegations and the heavy duty publicity accompanying the book, the mainstream U.S. press has been reluctant to delve into the claims, partly because of doubts about Kelley's reporting and partly because the Republican party has labeled the book fiction. The White House spokesman has called it garbage.
To have someone like Kelley weigh in with allegations that Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, while his father was president can cause severe heartburn in editors concerned about campaign coverage being hijacked by sensationalism.
While Kelley has her critics, she also has supporters -- including her publishers who say the book has been carefully fact-checked and "lawyered." One admirer described her as a woman who can "get a stone to talk."
Kitty Kelley
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American actor Lily Tomlin, centre, jokingly sticks out her tongue at photographers as she and co-stars Dustin Hoffman, left, and Mark Wahlberg, right, arrive for the gala premier of their new film 'I Love Huckabees' at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Friday, September 10, 2004.
Photo by J.P. Moczulski
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Set for 'Dukes of Hazzard'
Johnny Knoxville & Seann William Scott
"Jackass" star Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott will play Luke and Bo Duke, respectively, in "The Dukes of Hazzard," a big-screen version of the 1980s television series.
Jessica Simpson has screen-tested for the role of Daisy Duke. Jay Chandrasekhar is directing the Warner Bros. project. A start date has not yet been set.
The series, which ran on CBS from 1979 to 1985, followed the weekly adventures of southern cousins Bo and Luke -- "just two good ol' boys, never meaning no harm," according to the Waylon Jennings theme song -- who raised hell driving their souped-up Dodge Charger, the General Lee, in fictional Hazzard County. They, along with their cousin Daisy and Uncle Jesse, staged running battles with the corrupt authorities, Boss Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane.
Johnny Knoxville & Seann William Scott
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Capitol to Release Two Discs
John Lennon
John Lennon will have two new compact discs out this fall. Capitol Records announced it was releasing a 17-song disc, "Acoustic," which collect some of the quieter post-Beatles work, including "Working Class Hero," "Watching the Wheels" and "Dear Yoko," by Lennon, who was murdered in 1980.
Seven of the tracks will be available for the first time. An acoustic version of the harrowing "Cold Turkey," a live take on "Imagine" and a non-sweetened "Real Love" are part of the package.
Capitol is also repackaging Lennon's 1975 album, "Rock 'n' Roll," his homage to the music of his youth. They include four bonus tracks: "To Know Her is to Love Her"; "Angel Baby"; "Since My Baby Left Me"; and "Just Because."
John Lennon
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Redo Beatles for Buick
B-52's
The B-52's have recorded a cover of the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" for a Buick TV commercial that begins airing Sept. 19 in the United States. The band, which is currently without a label, will later make the track available exclusively at the Apple iTunes Music Store.
The group is also working on a new album, its first since 1992's "Good Stuff," as well as participating in a remix project spearheaded by Manhattan Clique (the British duo of Chris Smith and Philip Larsen).
In other B-52's news, Schneider and Pat Irwin have penned the theme song for the upcoming documentary "Trekkies 2," titled "Beam Me Up." A soundtrack will be released Oct. 5 via Reboot Music.
B-52's
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A protester holds a candle during a vigil to remember the over 1,000 U.S. Armed Forces members killed in Iraq, at Union Square in New York, September 9, 2004. The total represents troops killed in both combat and non-hostile incidents since the beginning of the Gulf War.
Photo by Chip East
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Dueling Festivals Head to Dallas
Political Films
Like two gunfighters heading for a Texas showdown, Dallas will host a cinematic shootout as conservative and liberal films festivals do battle in the city over the weekend.
The conservative American Film Renaissance Festival will take on the liberal Take Back Democracy Film Festival, with both festivals offering movies with contrasting views on the Bush residency and the war in Iraq.
The liberal festival will screen films like an anti-war documentary called "Voices From the Movement," while the conservative one will show the likes of "George W. Bush: Faith in the White House."
The liberal festival will have movies that take on Fox News and companies that profited from the war in Iraq. The conservative one will offer a documentary explaining why America loved "The Passion of the Christ."
Political Films
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pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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Outlaws Sex With Corpses
Ahnold
Having sex with corpses is now officially illegal in California after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill barring necrophilia, a spokeswoman says.
The new legislation marks the culmination of a two-year drive to outlaw necrophilia in the state and will help prosecutors who have been stymied by the lack of an official ban on the practice, according to experts.
The state's first attempt to outlaw necrophilia, in response to a case of a man charged with having sex with the corpse of a 4-year-old girl in Southern California, stalled last year in a legislative committee.
Ahnold
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Peace activists protest resident Bush's policies during a vigil to remember the over 1,000 U.S. Armed Forces members killed in Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 9. 2004, in Los Angeles. The total represents troops killed in both combat and non-hostile incidents since the beginning of the conflict.
Photo by Damian Dovarganes
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Lucas' Forgotten First Child
THX 1138
In his most soothing voice, George Lucas has these important messages to share: Work hard. Prevent accidents. Increase production. Buy more. And most important, be happy.
Those mantras come from 1971's THX 1138, Lucas's comparatively unknown first film, whose limited theatrical release this week will be followed by its DVD debut on Tuesday.
Lucas views this as the true premiere of THX 1138, a sci-fi satire starring Robert Duvall as the title character, struggling to escape a dehumanized society whose inhabitants are mere numbers to a government that preaches boundless consumerism and keeps the population happy through mandatory sedatives.
THX 1138 was based on a short film Lucas made as a student at the University of Southern California.
The title alone packs some whimsy. THX's roomie calls him "Thex," a rhyme with sex, one of the liberating forces he discovers after his medications wear off. The "1138" was chosen graphically to support that, Lucas said, the "11" representing masculine straightness, the "38" symbolizing feminine roundedness.
THX 1138
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Discovers a Penny Worth Thousands
Dog Walker
A routine walk with his dog turned into a profitable excursion for one man, who discovered a 1,200-year-old gold penny during the stroll and now expects to sell it for thousands of pounds.
The coin was discovered on a public footpath beside the River Ivel in Bedfordshire, England. It is the first new Anglo-Saxon gold penny to come to light in nearly a century and the only known gold coin with the name of Coenwulf -- a king who ruled over the central English region of Mercia.
London auctioneers Spink estimate the coin will sell for 120,000-150,000 pounds ($214,100-267,700) when it goes under the hammer in October. But Richard Bishop, an auctioneer at Spink, said the coin's excellent condition might help the price rise beyond the top estimate.
Dog Walker
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Goes Public About Her Drug Addiction
Naomi Campbell
Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who won a legal battle against a tabloid newspaper over revelations about her drug addiction, is to talk about her drug battles on a national TV talk show.
In an interview with veteran British talk show host Michael Parkinson on Saturday night, Campbell, 34, said she took her first drugs 10 years ago.
"I did a drug, a speedy drug," she added, according to a transcript of the show released Friday.
Britain's Law Lords, the country's highest court, ruled against the Mirror in May after a long battle which began when the tabloid ran a story saying, correctly, that Campbell had visited Narcotics Anonymous.
Naomi Campbell
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Gives 2 Years Notice
Michael Eisner
Walt Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner on Friday said he will step down from the media conglomerate in 2006, aiming to end his two-decade reign on his own terms after a shareholder revolt nearly cut it short earlier this year.
Eisner informed the board of his decision in a letter made public on Friday, which signaled the end of tenure of one of Hollywood's most powerful and well-paid moguls.
Activist shareholder Calpers, the largest U.S. fund, welcomed Eisner's decision but questioned his plan to stay for two more years and said he should leave the board.
The board under Chairman George Mitchell, appointed to the role in March, is already under way on succession planning, although Mitchell has not named CEO candidates. The board also has historically bent to Eisner's will, and it is not clear how independent it will be making a decision on the next CEO.
Michael Eisner
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Metin Sitti, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, shows off a water strider robot Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004. Sitti's robot is little more than a half-inch boxy body made from carbon fibers and eight, 2-inch steel-wire legs coated with a water-repelling plastic. It also doesn't have a brain, any sensors or a battery. Its 'muscles' are three flat-plate piezoelectric actuators--special pieces of metal that change shape when electricity is run through them.
Photo by Christopher Rolinson
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In Memory
Elly Annie Schneider
(AKA: Tiny Doll)
Elly Annie Schneider, a midget and actress who played one of the Munchkin villagers in the "Wizard of Oz," died Monday. She was 90.
Schneider, who used the screen names Tiny Earles and Tiny Doll, died of heart failure, said her caregiver, Marleen Grunewald.
Born in Stolpen, Germany, as the youngest of nine children, Schneider moved to the United States in 1925 to join three siblings (Harry Earles, Daisy Earles and Gracie Doll) who were also midgets. She was 39 inches tall and weighed 46 pounds.
The four siblings traveled to California to appear in the "Wizard of Oz" and were among the little people who welcomed Judy Garland's Dorothy to Munchkinland in a memorable 10-minute scene. They also appeared in "Sailors, Beware," a 1927 Laurel and Hardy short, and the cult classic "Freaks" in 1932.
As recently as two months ago, Schneider entertained friends by singing songs from the "Wizard of Oz" and her circus shows, despite being legally blind and frail from a heart attack and stroke.
Her death leaves nine of the original 124 Munchkins surviving, said Margaret Pellegrini, 80, a Munchkin who said she visited Schneider at her home earlier this year.
Elly Annie Schneider
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In Memory
Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball, a pioneer maker of rock 'n' roll guitar strings used by legions of artists from the Rolling Stones to Merle Travis, has died. He was 74.
Ball died at his home Thursday after an ongoing illness, the mortuary handling services announced.
His strings and instruments were used by music stars over the past four decades, from B.B. King to Metallica. Beginning with a small music shop in the San Fernando Valley, Ball built a business with annual sales of $40 million US and a worldwide reputation. Along the way, he bucked traditional thinking in the music business.
"He changed the way people thought of guitar accessories, and how they sold and marketed them, and to this day the Ernie Ball way is the industry standard," his son, Sterling Ball, said in a statement.
In 1958, Ball opened a shop in Tarzana that, uniquely, sold only guitars.
"Sales reps would come in and say, 'Ern, you've got to sell clarinet reeds, drum sticks, valve oil, blah blah blah,"' Ball once recalled. "And I'd tell them 'I just want to sell guitars."'
In 1962, complaints from customers that they couldn't find lighter-gauge, flexible strings for their rock 'n' roll instruments prompted Ball to create and sell sets of strings he called "Slinkys."
They were a hit. He later branched out into instruments and accessories, buying the Music Man electric guitar company in 1985.
Today, Ernie Ball items are sold in more than 5,000 music stores in the United States and exported to more than 70 countries.
Ernie Ball
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A mother cat on Thursday Sept. 9, 2004 suckles two two-week-old dog puppies that were found abandoned at birth in a garbage can in Warsaw, Poland. The cat, who had been hit by a car, was rushed the same day to the same clinic where the rescued puppies were brought and took immediately to nursing them. Two other puppies in the litter did not survive, while the cat's own kittens are presumed dead.
Photo by Czarek Sokolowski
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