Funny Flower Girls at Fall Wedding (YouTube)
Two cute flower girls at a wedding do their thing. One sister strews flower petals in the pathway. The little sister then has to pick them up because her littering, mess-making sister dropped them on the ground!
Froma Harrop: A Fantasia Guide to Republican Primary Politics (Creators Syndicate)
You can't blame Chris Christie for not running. Monied Republicans had been urging the popular New Jersey governor to seek their party's nomination for president. But by deciding against it, Christie spared himself the ordeal through which all Republican moderates must go: the Night on Bald Mountain.
JIM HIGHTOWER: Big Oil: 135 million. School children: 0
However, Valero appealed to the agency's political appointees, all named by Texas' corporate-hugging governor, Rick Perry. Sure enough, the politicos are expected to hand out some $135 million in tax refunds to the oil giants. Where will that money come from? Nearly half would be ripped right out of the local school budgets that were already decimated by Perry's $4-billion cut this spring in state funding for local districts.
Jim Hightower: Shouldn't Americans repair America's infrastructure
… the 1933 Buy American Act … law gives preference to U.S. companies bidding on major infrastructure projects - except it allows the general contractor to opt out of this requirement if the difference in U.S. and foreign bids is significant. This is no theoretical concern, for it's already happening. For example, the $7-billion reconstruction of the Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Oakland is in the hands of a state-subsidized Chinese company that made the lowest bid.
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Gene Barry (June 14, 1919 - December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Barry is known for his portrayal of the title character in the TV series Bat Masterson, among many roles.
Barry was born Eugene Klass in New York City, the son of Eva (née Conn) and Martin Klass;[all of his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Barry exhibited early artistic skills with singing and playing violin as a child and later spent two years at the Chatham Square School of Music on a scholarship awarded for his vocal ability. When Barry was 25, he married Betty Claire Kalb (February 12, 1923 - January 31, 2003) on October 22, 1944. At the time of their marriage, Kalb was an actress known by the stage name, Julie Carson. Their marriage produced three children; two biological sons and an adopted daughter.
Barry chose his professional name in honor of John Barrymore and made his Broadway debut as Captain Paul Duval in the 1942 revival of Sigmund Romberg's The New Moon.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
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Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
Eugene Klass aka Gene Barry (June 14, 1919 - December 9, 2009) was an
American stage, screen, and television actor. Barry is known for his
portrayal of the title character in the TV series Bat Masterson, among
many roles.
Sally said:
Gene Barry AKA "Bat Masterson" was born Eugene Klass. He was also from the great state of NY, BTW (ahem, I'm just saying)...
PS: Thanks, Marty, for the great picture of Wowzer, "Cat napping," hahaha! He's so pretty, MAM!
PPS: @Dale from Diamond Springs, thank you so much for taking the time for that explanation of your non-ocean snow! Now I understand, I lived for 33 years in Denver, CO. Prior to the cable TV, and computer, every time the news reported snow in the Rocky Mountains, I would get phone calls and letters asking if we were surviving. Denver doesn't get near the snow as does the mountains, we are not even in the foothills... :)
Note the snow in the mountains here.
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Dale of Diamond Springs, CA replied:
Gene Barry
14 June 1919 , New York City, New York, USA - 9 December 2009, Woodland Hills, California, USA (congestive heart failure)
I remember him the most from Bat Masterson and Burke's Law.
His most recognizable role during this period was as Dr. Clayton Forrester, a scientist who finds himself in the midst of a Martian invasion in the cult sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds (1953).
Television became his preferred medium after being offered the title role in "Bat Masterson" (1958), and he quickly established a very profitable niche as a suave, dapper gentleman in this and other TV productions. Despite the elegant, globe-trotting typecast that befell him, his other TV gents proved just as successful: jet-setting detective Amos Burke in "Burke's Law" (1963), for which he won a Golden Globe award, and the impeccably-dressed publishing tycoon Glenn Howard in "The Name of the Game" (1968). Gene revisited the stage and cabaret venues in the 1970s when his on-camera career hit a lull, appearing frequently with his wife as co-star.
BttbB responded:
Gene Barry... I've always thought of him as a 'Classy' guy... Bat Masterson... Burke's Law... Pretty cool... he was married to his wife, Betty, for nearly 58 years. That always impresses me in a 'Hollywood' type. Think of the temptations. Not all men are 'dogs'...
MAM wrote:
Bat Masterson, whoops! Was Gene Barry.
PS Wowser (and I) loved his picture. He now thinks that he is the 'cat's meow' since his picture was posted on the web!
And, Joe S answered:
Gene Barry. I didn't know that either. You know, in case you're keeping score. I really enjoyed Bat Masterson and Burke's Law, even though I didn't know Gene Barry's real name.
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'Rules Of Engagement', followed by a (R) '2 Broke Girls', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Harry's Law', follwoed by a RERUN'Prime Suspect', then a RERUN'L&O: SVU'.
'SNL' is FRESH, with Ben Stiller hosting, music by Foster The People.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crapand maybe an old 'Primetime: What Would You Do?'.
The CW offers an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy', then an old 'Futurama', followed by another old 'Futurama'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'MLB Playoffs', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Cops' or 2.
MY has an old 'The Closer', followed by another old 'The Closer'.
AMC offers the movie 'Aliens', followed by the movie 'Alien 3', then the movie 'Alien: Resurrection'.
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[7:00 AM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 2
[8:00 AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Momma Cherri's
[9:00 AM] 24 Hours in the ER - Episode 1
[10:00 AM] 24 Hours in the ER - Episode 2
[11:00 AM] The X-Files - Ep 22 Born Again
[12:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 23 Roland
[1:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 24 The Erlenmeyer Flask
[2:00 PM] The X-Files - Ep 1 Little Green Men
[3:00 PM] Bedlam - Ep 1 - Cohabitants
[4:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 7 The Enemy
[5:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 8 The Price
[6:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 9 The Vengeance Factor
[7:00 PM] Battlestar Galactica - Ep 14 - Black Market
[8:00 PM] Battlestar Galactica - Ep 15 - Scar
[9:00 PM] Bedlam - Ep 2 - Driven
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 1 - David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Josh Grobin
[11:00 PM] Free Agents - Episode 1
[11:30 PM] Free Agents - Episode 2
[12:00 AM] Bedlam - Ep 2 - Driven
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 1 - David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Josh Grobin
[2:00 AM] Free Agents - Episode 1
[2:30 AM] Free Agents - Episode 2
[3:00 AM] Bedlam - Ep 2 - Driven
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 1 - David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Josh Grobin
[5:00 AM] Free Agents - Episode 1
[5:30 AM] Free Agents - Episode 2 (ALL TIMES EST)
History has 'Marijuana: A Chronic History', 'The Stoned Ages', and 'Cocaine: History Between The Lines'.
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[6:15AM] Dark Mirror
[8:00AM] Kingdom of the Spiders
[10:00AM] The Three Stooges - Three Arabian Nuts
[10:25AM] The Three Stooges - Three Dark Horses
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[11:15AM] The Three Stooges - The Tooth Will Out
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[12:05PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[12:20PM] Chapter 27
[2:05PM] Occupations
[2:10PM] Dark Mirror
[3:55PM] Occupations
[4:00PM] Kingdom of the Spiders
[6:00PM] The Wild Man of the Navidad
[8:00PM] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
[10:00PM] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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[2:00AM] The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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In this Oct. 6, 2011 photo, Shari Belafonte, left, poses with her father actor Harry Belafonte at the after party for the New York Premiere of the HBO Documentary "Sing Your Song" about Belafonte's life at the Red Rooster in New York.
Photo by Marion Curtis
Fans of "The Simpsons" can breathe a "d'oh" of relief: The animated series has been renewed for two more seasons.
A contract dispute with the show's voice cast had threatened to end the series, but Fox announced Friday it has been renewed for another two years, through season 25. Further details were not provided.
The animated series about the Simpson family, including dad Homer and his familiar "D'oh!" is the longest-running scripted series on TV.
Sotheby's technician Robert Luck adjusts Lucian Freud's Boy's Head, 1952, which it is is estimated will fetch between three and four million pounds, during preparations for Sotheby's Contemporary Art Auction in London, Friday Oct. 7, 2011.
Photo by Edmond Terakopian
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three champions of women's rights in Africa and the Middle East on Friday in an attempt to bolster the role of women in struggles to bring democracy to nations suffering from autocratic rule and civil strife.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee split the prize between Tawakkul Karman, a leader of anti-government protests in Yemen; Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first woman to win a free presidential election in Africa; and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, who campaigned against the use of rape as a weapon in her country's brutal civil war.
By picking Karman - the first Arab woman to win the peace prize - the Norwegian Nobel Committee found a way to associate the 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) award with the uprisings sweeping North Africa and the Middle East without citing them alone, which would have been problematic.
After a popular uprising at the height of the Arab Spring, Libya descended into civil war that led to NATO military intervention. Egypt and Tunisia are still in turmoil. Hardliners are holding onto power in Yemen and Syria and a Saudi-led force crushed the uprising in Bahrain, leaving an uncertain record for the Arab protest movement.
Prize committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said it was also difficult to identify the leaders of the Arab Spring among the scores of activists who have spearheaded protests using social media.
The founder of the Dead Poets Society of America is visiting graves and other sites associated with Jack Kerouac and five others in his effort to recognize fallen bards.
Walter Skold of Freeport, Maine, says the Dead Poets 2011 Magic Bus Tour is in Massachusetts on Friday to pay homage to John Whittier, Anne Bradstreet, Elizabeth Bishop, Stanley Kunitz, Louisa May Alcott and Kerouac.
The caravan led by Skold's Poemobile is visiting graves, memorials and a childhood home, ending on Concord's historic Author's Ridge with a special reading of Alcott's works.
Skold has visited the graves of 225 American poets over the last three years.
A woman who identified herself as Janelle K. holds up a sign during an "Occupy Las Vegas" demonstration on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada Oct. 6, 2011. The protest coincided with Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York and in other parts of the U.S.
Photo by Steve Marcus
The third victim of the fall 2011 television season has fallen.
Following the cancellations of "The Playboy Club" and "Free Agents" by NBC, the CW has pulled the Mario Lopez-hosted reality series "H8R," from its schedule, the network confirms to TheWrap.
The series, which connected celebrities with their anti-fans so that they can attempt to win them over, aired for four episodes. It performed poorly in the ratings, dropping 33 percent to a 0.4 rating/1 share in the adults 18-49 demographic in its most recent episode Wednesday.
There is still some hope for "H8R": The previously filmed episodes of the series may air at some point, most probably in the summer, and the series could go back into production if it receives a positive response.
Australian rockers Men at Work lost their final court bid on Friday to prove they did not steal the distinctive flute riff of their 1980s hit "Down Under" from a children's campfire song.
The High Court of Australia denied the band's bid to appeal a federal court judge's earlier ruling that the group had copied the signature flute melody of "Down Under" from the song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree."
"Kookaburra," a song about Australia's famous bird of the same name, was written more than 70 years ago by Australian teacher Marion Sinclair for a Girl Guides competition. The song went on to become a favorite around campfires from New Zealand to Canada. The wildly popular "Down Under" remains an unofficial anthem for Australia.
Sinclair died in 1988, but publishing company Larrikin Music - which now holds the copyright for "Kookaburra" - filed a lawsuit in 2009.
Last year, Federal Court Justice Peter Jacobson ruled that the "Down Under" flute riff replicated a substantial part of Sinclair's song. The judge later ordered Men at Work's recording company, EMI Songs Australia, and "Down Under" songwriters Colin Hay and Ron Strykert to pay 5 percent of royalties earned from the song since 2002 and from its future earnings.
Protesters gather at the Hennepin County Government Plaza, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, in Minneapolis. The demonstration is in support of the protests that began on Wall Street.
Photo by Genevieve Ross
U.S. prosecutors announced an aggressive crackdown against California marijuana dispensaries Friday, saying the worst offenders are using the cover of medical marijuana to act as drug dealers.
The move comes soon after the Obama administration toughened its stand on medical marijuana. For two years before that, U.S. officials had indicated they would not move aggressively against legal dispensaries in the 16 states where marijuana is legal for people with doctors' recommendations.
The U.S. Department of Justice in July issued a memo to federal prosecutors saying dispensaries and licensed growers in states with medical marijuana laws could face prosecution for violating federal drug and money-laundering laws. The California crackdown appears to be the most far-reaching effort so far.
Authorities promised to shut down dozens of operations but declined to say how many dispensaries are subject to closure orders.
"Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis thought he'd beaten the house out of a $2 million gambling debt, but the Nevada Supreme Court says he'll have to pay anyway.
The Silver State's top court ruled Thursday that a lower court was right to grant summary judgment favoring the Wynn Las Vegas casino because Francis abused his constitutional rights by refusing to answer even simple questions during a deposition.
Nevada Supreme Court spokesman Bill Gang told The Associated Press on Friday that the civil ruling stands despite a ruling by a Las Vegas judge last month that cleared Francis of criminal wrongdoing. Gang says civil and criminal cases have different standards of proof.
The ruling said the lower court was right to deny Francis' motions to delay the case and take back his repeated invocation of the Fifth Amendment while being questioned by the Wynn's lawyers about the May 2007 debt.
A green beret worn by revered American actor John Wayne (R-Never Served) in the 1968 war-drama film "The Green Berets," raised a record price for a costume hat of $179,250 in an auction that finished on Friday, auctioneers said.
Other top-selling items at the two-day auction held in Los Angeles included the actor's eye-patch from the 1969 Oscar-winning film "True Grit," which sold for $47,800 and a Golden Globe award for the film was purchased for $143,000. A cowboy hat worn by Wayne in his western films "Big Jake" and "The Cowboys" sold for $119,500.
A total $5.3 million was raised from the auction, with dozens of items far exceeding their pre-auction estimates. A portion of the proceeds was used to fund cancer research, treatment and education by the John Wayne Cancer Foundation.
More than 700 on-screen outfits and personal items of the iconic actor were put up for auction by John Wayne Enterprises and Heritage Auctions. The auction came as John Wayne's estate made the decision to allow the actor's fans to own a piece of his life.
Dr. Robert Jeffress, the influential pastor of a Dallas-based megachurch, offered his formal endorsement of Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R-Merck) Friday at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. Friday, shortly before he explained why Perry's opponent atop the GOP field, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, is a cultist.
Jeffress introduced Perry before he addressed the annual gathering for social conservatives, making a special point to emphasize Perry's Christian faith--as opposed to Romney's, who a Mormon, which Jeffress said was a "cult."
"We understand Mormonism is not Christianity and thus the difference between somebody who's moral and good like Mitt Romney and a true born-again follower of Christ," Jeffress said after Perry's speech, adding that Perry had welcomed his endorsement. "I really think the decision for conservative evangelical Christians right now is going to be, do we prefer somebody who is truly a believer in Jesus Christ, or somebody who is a good moral person but he's a part of a cult."
Labeling Mormonism as a cult does not put Jeffress outside of the Southern Baptist mainstream. The denomination officially recognizes Romney's church as a cult, and has done so for years. Jeffress's views also should not come as a surprise to Perry's camp, since the preacher has publicly called Mormonism a cult in the past
Marchers hold up signs during an "Occupy Las Vegas" demonstration on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada October 6, 2011. The protest coincided with Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York and in other parts of the U.S.
Photo by Steve Marcus
Forty-six House Democrats have joined forces this week to ask the chamber's Judiciary Committee to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for ethics violations. The Democratic lawmakers' complaint argues that reports of Thomas' actions--including those related to the high-profile political activism of his wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas--have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.
"Public records clearly demonstrate that Justice Thomas has failed to accurately disclose information concerning the income and employment status of his wife, as required by law," Democrats led by Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) wrote in a letter (pdf ) Wednesday to leaders of the Judiciary Committee. The Democrats also question whether Thomas accurately reported gifts and inappropriately solicited donations.
Blumenauer's office confirmed Thursday afternoon that 46 lawmakers have signed on.
Liberal watchdog group Common Cause recently reported that Thomas' wife earned around $1.6 million between 1997 and 2011--and that Justice Thomas did not report her income over the same time span. Thomas said he "inadvertently" failed to file information on wife's employment "due to a misunderstanding of the filing instructions."
A restaurant whose hot dogs were made famous by cross-dressing Cpl. Max Klinger on the TV series "M.A.S.H." has new owners, but it will stay within the family after a judge settled a feud on Thursday over the ownership of Tony Packo's.
A private restaurant group backed by Tony Packo Jr. and his son won the bidding for the restaurant chain whose hot dog sauce and pickles are sold in stores across the nation.
The decision ends a yearlong battle over Tony Packo's, a corner bar and grill that grew out of the Great Depression. The restaurant's chili-topped hot dogs continue to please fans even after the iconic TV show ended its run three decades ago.
"If you're ever in Toledo, Ohio, on the Hungarian side of town, Tony Packo's got the greatest Hungarian hot dogs," Jamie Farr's character, Cpl. Max Klinger, said on an episode in 1976.
Farr, a Toledo native, put Packo's on the map when he portrayed a homesick U.S. soldier in the Korean War who longed for the hot dogs and wore dresses in hopes of convincing the Army he was crazy and should be discharged.
Oscar-nominated Australian actress Diane Cilento, who was once married to James Bond actor Sean Connery, has died in northern Australia, an official said Friday. She was 78.
Cilento, a veteran of dozens of films, television shows and stage productions, died Thursday night, Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said.
The Queensland-born actress rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s, starring alongside screen legends such as Charlton Heston and Paul Newman. In 1956, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her portrayal of Helen of Troy in the play "Tiger at the Gates." She received an Academy Award nomination in 1963 for best supporting actress for her work in the movie "Tom Jones."
Her celebrity grew after she married Connery - her second husband - in 1962. The two had a son before divorcing 11 years later. She went on to wed her third husband, playwright Anthony Shaffer, in 1985.
She and Shaffer eventually settled in tropical northern Queensland, where she built a popular outdoor theater in the rain forest.
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