I was doing some additional research on Audrey after I wrote my commercial review of Ms. Hepburn in the new GAP ad called "The Skinny Black Pant" : (see BartCop E 9/14/06)
Actually, I had been doing a crossword puzzle in the "Globe" rag mag and saw an article about skinny, anorexic hollywood movie stars...then my wife Sharon said "did you know that Audrey Hepburn was anorexic ?" Well, I must admit I was a little bit shocked ....not that it was completely unexpected....The Globe article was talking about Nicole Ritchie, Lindsay Lohan, Jennifer Love Hewitt (who played Audrey) Calista Flockhart and others....
Then I remembered that Karen Carpenter died of Anorexia and princess Diana came to America to battle the disease and that...
Twiggy was 5'-6" and weighed 91 pounds...
Mary Kate Olson is 5'-2" and weighed 89 pounds...
Well Audrey Hepburn was 5'-7" and weighed a mere 103 pounds...
Then I got to thinking....hmmm...was this a sinister plot on the part of the AD execs to force more "I've gotta being thin to be beautiful" bullshit on women??????
Is the "Skinny Black Pant" Gap campaign meant to subjugate women into thinking boney is beautiful ???
I guess the clothing industry is always just trying to sell shit!!!!! I love Audrey...still...I love AC DC ...still....but I love the AD still for it's inventive use of old movie footage, Rock Music and a bit of Busby Berkeley choreography...not because Audrey looked so skinny in tights......so be aware of the "Hidden Messages" !!!!
PAUL KRUGMAN: Progress or Regress? (The New York Times)
Is the typical American family better off than it was a generation ago? That's the subject of an intense debate these days, as commentators try to understand the sour mood of the American public.
Bush's Useful Idiots: Tony Judt on the Strange Death of Liberal America (lrb.co.uk)
Why have American liberals acquiesced in President Bush's catastrophic foreign policy? Why have they so little to say about Iraq, about Lebanon, or about reports of a planned attack on Iran? Why has the administration's sustained attack on civil liberties and international law aroused so little opposition or anger from those who used to care most about these things? Why, in short, has the liberal intelligentsia of the United States in recent years kept its head safely below the parapet?
Andrew Tobias: Independents Day (andrewtobias.com; September 15, 2006)
TO MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS: One of the things you believe ("don't tell me what I believe!") ("okay, but if you don't believe this, and so many of the other Republican positions, why not consider yourself an independent?"), is that gay Americans should not be allowed to serve in the military.
Pollster pleads guilty to fraud (news.yahoo.com)
The owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of President Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results.
'This isn't just a fantasy world' (guardian.co.uk)
A new British film depicts a young Asian lesbian whose family is so accepting that her mum plays matchmaker. Is this anything like reality, asks Sara Wajid.
I knew it was coming but I didn't believe it…..Howard Stern's stoned out sidekick Artie Lange made a movie…..we heard about it all the time when Howard was on terrestrial radio…….Lange missed work on Stern's show or was late…and drunk the whole time he was filming his new masterpiece…..well it's out now and it has the sophisticated title of "ARTIE LANGE'S BEER LEAGUE"……..
But how about a little history of Hollywood "SUDS" flicks…….
It all started in the banner "Beer Year" of 1933…….
W.C. Fields starred in "The Fatal Glass of Beer" with the famous tag line of "It ain't a fit night out for man nor beast" (and "let's go milk the elk")
In the same year, Buster Keaton starred in "What! No Beer" with the great story line "Elmer Butts opens a brewery to get the girl".
Now skip ahead 73 years…with a lot of beer movies in between…to the new "YEAR of the BEER"
Earlier in the year 2006 we had a little Indie movie come out called "Beer: the Movie" which was basically a bunch of "Jackass" and "Mad TV" vignettes set to music.
Summer 2006 brought us a big production showdown of Americans versus German at Ockoberfest called "Beerfest".
Finally, the drunken finale…..the foaming foolish foggy finish to all Beer Movies …."Artie Lange's Beer League"
Artie became famous as the drunken SOT on Stern's radio show but his stellar history as an actor is less known….
And now Artie's career is about to take off……….or is it?
Artie De Vanzo is an out of work Jersey Goombah living with his mom…he drinks a lot of beer….his old high school rival, Dennis Mangenelli, is now running for mayor and is playing for the winningest team in the local baseball league…..so Artie gets all his drunk buddies together from "Ed's Bar & Swill" to form a team to beat old Dennis…and to drink a lot of beer.
Ya got his mom played by Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne's sis)…..Ya got his buddy Maz played Ralph Maccio ("Karate Kid") and they eat a lotta pizza pies ….and drink a lot of beer….and play baseball
The tagline to this movie is…."No Gut….No Glory" Ha Ha Ha…don't waste your money on this piece of shit !!!!!
Purple Gene give "Artie Lange's Beer League 1 insipid swig of stupidity out of 10 for the "No Gut…No Glory" tagline…this movie 90% nothing!
CBS has LIVE'College Football', and pads the left coast with local crap and maybe a RERUN'CSI: The 2nd One'.
NBC starts the night with a RERUN'Most Outrageous TV Moments', followed by the movie 'Runway Bride'.
'SNL' is a RERUN with Tom Hanks hosting, music by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The late, late 'SNL' is from 8 May, 1999, with Cuba Gooding, Jr. hosting, music by Ricky Martin.
ABC has LIVE'College Football', and pads the left coast with local crap and maybe a RERUN'Oprah'.
The WB/CW here is offering local crap - 'Access LA', the infomercial 'CW Premiere Special', then 'LA Times Educational Special'.
Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
UPN has a FRESH'Desire', followed by a FRESH'Fashion House'.
A&E has 'The First 48', 'Cold Case Files', followed by a FRESH'Cold Case Files', and 'The Fist 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'Tora! Tora! Tora!', followed by the movie 'Patton', then the movie 'The Great Escape'.
BBC -
[2:00 pm] A Fish Called Wanda;
[4:00 pm] Cash in the Attic - Episode 2;
[5:00 pm] Cash in the Attic - Episode 3;
[6:00 pm] Cash in the Attic - Episode 4;
[7:00 pm] Cash in the Attic - Episode 5;
[8:00 pm] Cash in the Attic - Episode 6;
[9:00 pm] My Mums Used To Be Men;
[10:00 pm] Dress To Kill;
[11:15 pm] Eddie Izzard Glorious;
[12:00 am] Eddie Izzard Glorious;
[12:20 am] Circle;
[2:00 am] Act Fast;
[3:00 am] The Thick of It - Episode 1;
[3:40 am] The Thick of It - Episode 2;
[4:20 am] The Thick of It - Episode 3;
[5:00 am] High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman - Episode 1;
[5:30 am] High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman - Episode 2;
[6:00 am] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Project Runway', followed by the movie 'Pulp Fiction', then the movie 'Pulp Fiction', again.
Comedy Central has 'Legends: Dangerfield', 'Jeff Dunham: Arguing', 'Bob & Tom Comedy Hour', and the movie 'Trading Places'.
History has 'Engineering Disasters 19', followed by the movie 'Windtalkers'.
IFC -
[08:00 AM] Samurai 3: Duel at Ganryu Island;
[09:45 AM] The Importance of Being Earnest;
[11:30 AM] Media Lab Uploaded;
[12:00 PM] Sweet and Lowdown;
[01:45 PM] Samurai 3: Duel at Ganryu Island;
[04:15 PM] Shadow Magic;
[06:25 PM] The Importance of Being Earnest;
[08:05 PM] Pieces of April;
[09:35 PM] Sweet and Lowdown;
[11:15 PM] The Wisdom of Crocodiles;
[01:00 AM] Pieces of April;
[02:25 AM] Sweet and Lowdown;
[04:05 AM] The Wisdom of Crocodiles. (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Skeleton Man', followed by the movie 'Shapeshifter'.
Sundance -
[06:00 AM] Saving Jazz;
[07:00 AM] Butterfly;
[08:30 AM] Face (2002);
[10:00 AM] Raging Dove;
[11:00 AM] Saving Jazz;
[12:00 PM] Jesus Christ Superstar;
[02:00 PM] The Nominees: The Nominees: Episode 2;
[02:30 PM] Signe Chanel: Episode 2: Doubts;
[03:00 PM] It's All About Love;
[04:50 PM] Short Hymn, Silent War;
[05:15 PM] Wilbur (Wants to Kill Himself);
[07:00 PM] The Galindez File;
[09:00 PM] Monkey Dust: Season 2: Episode 6;
[09:30 PM] Wasp;
[10:00 PM] Piccadilly Jim;
[11:35 PM] Short Hymn, Silent War;
[12:00 AM] City of Men - Season 2: Episode 5: Hot Spot;
[12:40 AM] The Firefly Man;
[01:00 AM] Monkey Dust: Season 2: Episode 6;
[01:30 AM] Topsy-Turvy;
[04:15 AM] Four Rooms. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Actress Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon is lifted by cast members of Cirque du Soleil's production of Delirium as she arrives for a private performance in Los Angeles September 14, 2006.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Eddie Izzard, Chevy Chase and "Absolutely Fabulous" star Jennifer Saunders are among the comedians lined up for a new "Secret Policeman's Ball" to aid Amnesty International.
The show, set for Oct. 14 at London's Royal Albert Hall, revives a series that boosted the human rights organization's profile during the 1970s and '80s.
The first "Secret Policeman's Ball" in 1979 featured Peter Cook, Billy Connolly, Rowan Atkinson and several members of Monty Python's Flying Circus, and was turned into a feature-length film.
British comic Sacha Baron Cohen's satire about an anti-semitic Kazakh reporter, one of the biggest hits at the Toronto International Film Festival, will screen exclusively for MySpace members around the world next Wednesday.
The presentation marks the international launch of the social networking site's Black Carpet screening series, which debuted Wednesday in the United States with previews of Paramount Pictures' September 22 release "Jackass: Number Two" in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.
20th Century Fox, a News Corp.-owned corporate sibling of MySpace, has set a November 3 U.S. release date for the film, whose full name is "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan."
Director Martin Scorsese (C) laughs with actors Matt Damon (L) and Leonardo DiCaprio as they talk about the film 'The Departed' at a news conference in New York September 15, 2006.
Photo by Keith Bedford
A new film uses the $45 six-pack of Coke to open another front in the political battle over Iraq, decrying what it calls profiteering and incompetence by defense contractors with the right political connections.
Robert Greenwald, who took aim at Wal-Mart in a 2005 documentary, has turned his lens on private firms hired to help the U.S. military fight the war in Iraq with the just-released "Iraq for Sale."
The film's premise that billions are being diverted to companies that are overcharging U.S. taxpayers for shoddy services, as illustrated by the expensive soda pop or a purported $100 fee for washing a bag of laundry.
Other jobs outsourced under multimillion-dollar contracts included interrogating prisoners at Abu Ghraib or security details in which private contractors have been killed.
Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor and the Dave Matthews Band will perform alongside Neil Young at the 20th anniversary Bridge School Benefit, to be held October 21-22 at Shoreline Amphitheatre outside San Francisco.
The event benefits the Bridge School for children with severe speech and physical disabilities, which Young and his wife Pegi founded.
Students from the school can routinely be found taking in the concerts from the stage each year. Also on the upcoming bill are Brian Wilson, the Foo Fighters, Death Cab For Cutie and Devendra Banhart. Tickets go on sale Sunday.
Tim Robbins and Helen Mirren will be honored at this year's Mill Valley Film Festival in northern California.
The Robbins tribute is set for Oct. 11 and will include an on-stage conversation with the activist actor and director, as well as clips from the 47-year-old actor's films, including "The Shawshank Redemption," "Bull Durham" and "The Player."
Mirren, the 61-year-old British actress, will be similarly honored with an on-stage interview Oct. 7. Mirren was nominated for Oscars for her performances in "Gosford Park" and "The Madness of King George," and has starred in the long-running public television series "Prime Suspect."
This year's festival, which runs Oct. 5-15, features 231 films from 43 countries.
A truck with a depiction of actress Judy Garland from a scene from 'The Wizard of Oz' is displayed at the 'barely Legal' exhibition by British underground artist Banksy at a warehouse near downtown Los Angeles September 15, 2006.
Photo by Fred Prouser
A suburban basement where The Beatles played some of their earliest gigs was given protected heritage status by the British government Friday. The Casbah Coffee Club, created in the home of original Beatles drummer Pete Best, was given Grade II Listed status on the recommendation of conservation body English Heritage. The designation means the venue, which still contains original artwork and musical equipment, is of "special architectural or historic interest" and cannot be demolished.
Best's mother, Mona, created the club in the basement and coal cellar of her Victorian house on the edge of Liverpool after reading about the "beat" clubs popular with teenagers in London.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison - then billed as The Quarrymen - played at the club's opening in April 1959 as a last-minute replacement for scheduled headliners, the Les Stewart Quartet.
The building, still owned by the Best family, features murals and paintings by members of the band and by Lennon's first wife, Cynthia.
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski will receive a lifetime achievement honor during the European Film Awards in Warsaw on December 2, organizers said Tuesday.
Reflecting on his long list of achievements, the European Film Academy said the 73-year-old French resident has created "some of the most unforgettable moments in cinema."
The man behind the psychological-paranormal horror of 1968's "Rosemary's Baby" and the neo-film noir of 1974's "Chinatown" has turned to more somber themes in recent years. He won an Oscar in 2003 for directing the Holocaust drama "The Pianist."
Welsh singer Charlotte Church slapped a guest during recordings for her TV chat show, after he insulted her family.
The Voice OF An Angel beauty, 20, was dismayed when comedian Johnny Vegas arrived for his interview in an allegedly drunken state.
An audience member tells The Sun, "It was like watching a car crash. Johnny was off his face and took every opportunity to wind her up - she didn't have the experience to keep him under control."
When Church reminded Vegas that they had performed karaoke at her mother's hotel last year, he replied, "Yes, and I s**gged your grandma too."
Church finally snapped and shouted, "Shut the f**k up," and slapped a clearly shocked Vegas."
Aress Meredith Baxter, best known for her role in the 1980's television series 'Family Ties', arrives for a private performance of Cirque du Soleil's production of Delirium in Los Angeles September 14, 2006.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Elton John appears to have ended his public feud with George Michael, saying, "George and I are fine." Two years ago, John said the former Wham! star was miserable and needed to get out more. Michael responded with a furious open letter saying John was no friend of his.
In an interview Friday on ITV, John said with a laugh, "George and I are fine. He came and stayed down (at) my house last year."
"It's up to him what he does with his life, and I don't really want to get into that anymore," the 59-year-old rock legend said.
Magician Milt Larsen, middle, with his wife Arlene, right, and Irene Larsen, left, the widow of Milt's brother Bill Larsen Jr., pose for a photo as the Larsen brothers get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Friday, Sept. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Photo by Damian Dovarganes
DreamWorks Animation plans to bring the time-traveling cartoon adventures of "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" to the big screen.
The adaptation of the classic animated television series -- centering on the genius dog Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman -- will be directed by Rob Minkoff, whose credits include "The Lion King" and the "Stuart Little" movies.
Produced by late animation legend Jay Ward, "Mr. Peabody" features the world's brainiest dog and his pet boy. The series of short segments premiered in 1959 as part of Ward's classic "Rocky & Bullwinkle" series and followed the duo as they went back in time, via Mr. Peabody's WABAC Machine, to a pivotal moment in history.
Actor Chad Lowe poses for photographers with a dog at the Best Friends Animal Society's annual fund-raiser, the 'Lint Roller Party' Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006, in Culver City, Calif.
Photo by Chris Carlson
Polar bears are drowning and receding Arctic glaciers have uncovered previously unknown islands in a drastic 2006 summer thaw widely blamed on global warming.
Signs of wrenching changes are apparent around the Arctic region due to unusual warmth -- the summer minimum for ice is usually reached between mid-September and early October before the Arctic freeze extends its grip.
On a trip this summer "We saw a couple of polar bears in the sea east of Svalbard -- one of them looked to be dead and the other one looked to be exhausted," said Julian Dowdeswell, head of the Scott Polar Research Institute in England.
He said that the bears had apparently been stranded at sea by melting ice. The bears generally live around the fringes of the ice where they find it easiest to hunt seals.
Jazz musician Clark Terry performs to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in the East Room of the White House in Washington September 14, 2006. Picture taken September 14, 2006.
Photo by Kevin Lamarque
A Florida diver shot a large grouper with a spear gun then apparently drowned when the fish sped into a hole, entangling the man in the line attached to the spear, investigators said Monday.
The 42-year-old man, whose name was withheld, was free-diving in about 25 feet of water off the lower Florida Keys Saturday and speared a Goliath Grouper, Monroe County Sheriff's Detective Mark Coleman said.
"It looks like the fish wrapped the line attached to the spear around the victim's wrist. The fish then went into a hole in a coral rock, effectively pinning the man to the bottom of the ocean," Coleman said in a news release.
Oriana Fallaci, one of Italy's best-known writers and war correspondents who goaded the world's great and issued a vitriolic assault on Islam after the September 11 attacks on the United States, died on Friday aged 77.
Aggressive and provocative to the end, Fallaci made her name as a tenacious interviewer of some of the most famous leaders of the 20th century.
She quarreled with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, provoked U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger into likening himself to a cowboy, and tore off a chador (enveloping Islamic robe) in a meeting with Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Fallaci set the pace for a daring life when she joined Italy's anti-fascist resistance as a teenager during World War Two, then showed the same fearlessness as a war correspondent.
She covered conflicts in Vietnam, the Middle East, and Latin America at a time when few women braved the front lines, and was shot and beaten in 1968 during student demonstrations in Mexico.
Her exchanges with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, the Shah of Iran, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and other leaders, collected in her book "Interview with History," stood out for her provocative, uncompromising questioning.
Pat Corley, the actor who served sage advice along with drinks as Phil the barkeep on "Murphy Brown," died Monday. He was 76.
Corley died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to his son, actor-comedian Jerry Corley. The elder Corley had undergone surgery for the placement of coronary stents, his son said Thursday.
He appeared on "Murphy Brown," the CBS sitcom starring Candice Bergen as a hard-driving TV newswoman, from 1988-96. Among his other TV roles was a questionable baseball team owner on "Bay City Blues" and coroner Wally Nydorf on "Hill Street Blues."
Children play in the sunset while swimming at Borsh beach, near the city of Saranade, some 230 km (142 miles) from the capital Tirana, September 14, 2006.
Photo by Arben Celi
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