Mark Caro: How 'Where the Wild Things Are' ambled from page to screen (Chicago Tribune)
The promotional materials for Spike Jonze's long-gestating new film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" kick off with this quote from the director: "I didn't set out to make a children's movie; I set out to make a movie about childhood."
Tim Teeman: "Dame Maggie Smith: A bad case of stage fright" (timesonline.co.uk)
Once advising Michael Palin that sarcasm didn't suit him, Dame Maggie Smith described herself as "the acid queen". She rarely gives interviews and a mysterious, intimidating aura has long surrounded her. You sense she wouldn't suffer fools, in fact anyone she took agin, gladly or otherwise. One theatre insider says that she requires "careful handling".
Charlyn Fargo: Healthy Habits (creators.com)
Look around and you'll see the pink breast cancer ribbon everywhere, from bagels in the shape of the ribbon to pink kitchen gadgets sporting the ribbon with proceeds going to breast cancer research. Breast cancer is just one of the women's health issues that can be reduced by lifestyle changes. There are actually several healthy habits that can help decrease the rate of many diseases, not just breast cancer.
WASHINGTON/OSLO (Reuters) - Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement and drew praise... (U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, "His commitment to work through the United Nations gives the world's people fresh hope and fresh prospects."... Former President Jimmy Carter says (it) is a "bold statement of international support for his vision and commitment.")
Adam from NoHo answered:
'Cops', and the only music so far in this quiz not written specifically for the show.
Roy In Tyler, TX replied:
That's gotta be "Cops," that Fox show that each week features the typical Fox "News" viewer getting nailed by the fuzz.
Charlie answered:
Cops
Sally said:
No need to look this one up, "Bad Boys" is the theme song for the TV series, "Cops."
Every once and a while, on a Saturday night (especially in football season) when there is nothing else on TV, I find myself turning the TV dial to channel 5 (in the NY area). I hear the familiar tune, "Bad Boys" in the background, while a cop car is racing to answer a call, usually involving domestic violence of sorts. Yes, that overweight, white guy, wearing his stained tee shirt and low-riding dirty jeans (huge belly hanging over the belt) sitting there on the curb, handcuffed, suddenly jumps up and "runs" into a wooded area in back of the home - has actually signed a permission slip to allow the whole thing to be shown on my TV! Such drama, as the cop takes after him and easily overtakes the poor bastard while the wife shouts obscenities from the porch - and yes, she too, looking her worst, has signed a release as well.
This is only matched by the car chase, after minority men - in whose car they will of course find illegal drugs... Ditto, these guys actually signed a release to have their degradation shown on this show for all America to watch...
Incredible as it sounds, the show is compelling, and drags you right in to it's web. It's the ORIGINAL "Reality" show and has set the pace for even worse to grace YOUR TV screen every night, especially if you have cable TV.
mj responded:
Wachagonnadowendeycum4u?
That's America's Favorite Police videos featuring America's Favorite Meth Heads resisting arrest in a stupid manner. Or something like that.
John answered:
cops
DanD wrote:
I do believe that it's played in order to lend a "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" scent to the jack-booted thuggery of that government-sponsored, ski mask-loving, gang-bangers hiding-behind-a-badge glorifying, storm-trooper masturbating show called "Cops."
Sorry if you still think I'm sugarcoating my perspective.
MAM said:
"Bad Boys" is the theme song for 'COPS'.
'COPS' Theme Song - "Bad Boys", performed by reggae group Inner Circle.
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The 3rd One', then a RERUN'CSI: The 2nd One'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Mercy', followed by a RERUN'Trauma', then a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
'SNL' is FRESH, with Gerard Butler hosting, music by Shakira.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'NASCAR', then pads the left coast with local crap, and maybe a RERUN'Grey's Anatomy'.
The CW fills the night with a movie, yet to be determined.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'MLB Playoffs', then pads the left coast with old 'Cops'.
MY has an old 'Bones', followed by another old 'Bones'.
A&E has 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal Minds', still another 'Criminal Minds', and 'CSI: The 2nd One'.
AMC offers the movie 'First Blood', followed by the movie 'Rambo: First Blood Part II', then the movie 'Lethal Weapon'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 6
[1:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 6
[1:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 7
[2:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 5
[3:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 The Fish and Anchor
[4:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Momma Cherri's
[5:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 1
[6:00 PM] Top Gear: Best Of 06-07 - Episode 5
[7:00 PM] Torchwood - Ep 8 They Keep Killing Suzie
[8:00 PM] Robin Hood - Ep 5 Let the Games Commence
[9:00 PM] Robin Hood - Ep 6 Do You Love Me?
[10:00 PM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Anna Paquin, David Mitchell & Robert Webb, Paolo Nutini
[11:00 PM] Robin Hood - Ep 5 Let the Games Commence
[12:00 AM] Robin Hood - Ep 6 Do You Love Me?
[1:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Anna Paquin, David Mitchell & Robert Webb, Paolo Nutini
[2:00 AM] Robin Hood - Ep 5 Let the Games Commence
[3:00 AM] Robin Hood - Ep 6 Do You Love Me?
[4:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Anna Paquin, David Mitchell & Robert Webb, Paolo Nutini
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 5
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 6
[6:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep 12 Traylen (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has all 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta' all night.
Comedy Central has 'Gerry Dee: No Reading Ahead', followed by the movie 'Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For The Road', and 'Larry The Cable Guy: Morning Constitutions'.
Jon StewartColbert Report
FX has the movie 'Behind Enemy Lines', followed by the movie 'Jarhead'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', then 'JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America'.
IFC -
[6:15 AM] Melinda and Melinda
[8:00 AM] Samurai 2
[9:45 AM] Crimes and Misdemeanors
[11:30 AM] Human Remains
[12:05 PM] The Florentine
[1:55 PM] Chan Is Missing
[3:15 PM] Crimes and Misdemeanors
[5:05 PM] The Florentine
[7:00 PM] The Jon Dore Television Show
[7:30 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[8:00 PM] Monster's Ball
[10:00 PM] From Hell
[12:05 AM] American Psycho
[1:50 AM] Food Party
[2:00 AM] Monster's Ball
[4:00 AM] From Hell (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Saw II', followed by the movie 'Saw III'.
Sundance -
[05:45 AM] Swimming With Sharks
[07:20 AM] Flutter
[07:30 AM] Army Of Shadows
[11:00 AM] Man Shops Globe - 102
[11:30 AM] Brick City: Episode 3
[02:00 PM] Oss 117: Cairo - Nest Of Spies
[03:40 PM] Heavy Metal in Baghdad
[05:05 PM] Aloha, New York
[07:00 PM] Toi Et Moi (You and Me)
[08:30 PM] Man Shops Globe - 102
[09:00 PM] Iconoclasts - Season 2: Episode 1: Eddie Vedder + Laird Hamilton
[10:00 PM] Eraserhead
[11:30 PM] Aloha, New York
[12:00 AM] Rio Breaks
[12:00 AM] Rio Breaks
[12:00 AM] The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes
[01:35 AM] Intacto
[03:30 AM] Iconoclasts - Season 2: Episode 1: Eddie Vedder + Laird Hamilton
[04:30 AM] Toi Et Moi (You and Me) (ALL TIMES EDT)
Actor Tommy Chong, left, and actor Cheech Marin arrive at Elizabeth Mason's Valentino vintage couture fashion show in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
Anheuser-Busch is buying all the national ads on this week's edition of comedy mainstay "Saturday Night Live" to launch its new brew, Bud Light Golden Wheat.
The brewer - part of Anheuser-Busch InBev - and NBC Universal announced the sponsorship deal Thursday. This Saturday's episode will mark the first time in the 35 seasons of "Saturday Night Live" that one advertiser has bought all of the national ads for the show.
Both Anheuser-Busch and NBC declined to say what the sponsorship, which includes airing 11 commercials, will cost. The sponsorship will mean an additional 6 to 7 minutes of extra show time, NBC said.
St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch released its wheat-flavored version of best-selling Bud Light last week and has been using music and entertainment to promote the brand. It's also sponsoring the musical segment on ABC talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and a room on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" where guests relax before going on.
From left, actors Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle attend the IFC and BAFTA premiere of 'Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyers Cut)', in New York, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.
Photo by Peter Kramer
No knock on his "good friend" Jeff Bewkes -- or on Superman -- but Ted Turner wishes he was running Time Warner so that he could make some changes at Cartoon Network and CNN, the cable news channel he founded 19 years ago.
At CNN, he wants "less fluffy news and more international news," especially about China, Turner said in an interview set to run on Bloomberg TV Friday. "Less talk, more news," he said.
As for Cartoon Network, Turner told anchor Betty Liu, "If I had control of it, I'd put 'Captain Planet' on at a top time period so that kids would see the environmental superhero instead of just Superman."
But he clearly misses his former occupation. When Liu asked him if there are any media mergers he'd like to see happen, Turner responded: "I'd like to see me running Time Warner." He said later, "I'd like CNN to report to me, and the Cartoon Network."
"The Simpsons" is giving one lucky contest winner the chance to make others yellow with envy by creating a character for the animated TV series.
The contest, part of the Fox show's 20th-anniversary celebration, is for those 18 and older. It opens Friday and runs until 11:59 p.m. EDT Oct. 24.
Online submissions at thesimpsons.com should be "pithy and funny," said executive producer Al Jean, who will help judge them along with series creator Matt Groening.
The winner gets a trip to Los Angeles to work with producers and the show's animation director. The top entry will be announced in mid-November.
Actor William Shatner is interviewed at the Big Apple Comic Con in New York, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. This weekend on a Hudson River pier, a huge pop culture festival brings together celebrities from the world of comic books, television, movies and sports.
Photo by Richard Drew
Western Nebraska's automotive replica of England's famed Stonehenge has been named the No. 2 wackiest attraction in America. Carhenge uses old cars painted stone gray to replicate the stone formations found at Stonehenge.
Carhenge near Alliance received the wacky recognition from the travel advice site, TripAdvisor, as part of a list of the nation's ten wackiest attractions.
The only attraction deemed wackier than Carhenge is the toilet seat museum in San Antonio that features more than 800 decorated toilet seat lids but no bathroom.
Nicolas Cage is suing his former business manager for $20 million, claiming the man's advice led him toward financial ruin.
Cage claims in a lawsuit filed Friday that Samuel J. Levin and his firm placed the actor in a precarious financial situation that has resulted in catastrophic losses.
The lawsuit claims Levin gave Cage bad advice, failed to tell him about his shaky finances and collected exorbitant fees.
The lawsuit states Cage has sold numerous assets in recent months because of his finances.
Snoop Dogg arrives at the 'Los Premios MTV 2009' on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
The TLC network has sued Jon Gosselin for allegedly breaching his contract as a star of the hit reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8."
The lawsuit, filed Friday in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Md., alleges that Gosselin has failed to meet his obligations as an exclusive employee of the network, while appearing on rival networks' programs for pay and making unauthorized public disclosures about the show.
The suit is seeking from Gosselin unspecified compensatory damages and demanding he return income gained as a result of his alleged breaches of the agreement, as well as to refrain from future violations.
The lawsuit declares that, last June, in recognition of "the Gosselins' difficult personal circumstances, TLC asked both parents to refrain from making public statements about each other, the divorce, or the program, and negotiated an agreed 'cooling off' period with respect to media communications" for 45 days.
Trial dates have been set for two eastern Ohio police chiefs accused of snooping on a surrogate mother for actress Sarah Jessica Parker and actor Matthew Broderick.
Martins Ferry Chief Barry Carpenter and Police Chief Chad Dojack from neighboring Bridgeport are accused in an alleged scheme to take things from the Martins Ferry home of the woman who recently carried twins girls for Parker and Broderick.
On Friday, Carpenter's trial was set for Nov. 16 and Dojack's for Jan. 12 in Belmont County Common Pleas Court.
A special prosecutor said the chiefs, who are charged with several felonies, tried to sell items to celebrity photographers. Carpenter and Dojack have pleaded not guilty.
Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore waves as he arrives at the 4th edition of the Rome Film Festival, in Rome, Friday, Oct., 16, 2009. The festival runs from Oct. 15 to Oct. 23.
Photo by Pier Paolo Cito
A judge on Friday extended Lindsay Lohan's probation on drunken driving and other criminal charges for one more year, telling the struggling actress to get serious about her alcohol education program.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel ordered Lohan to appear in her courtroom after receiving a report from probation officials that the "Mean Girls" star failed to attend alcohol education sessions in a timely manner.
The 23-year-old actress's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, told the judge that Lohan's absences stemmed from a miscommunication between her and program administrators.
Lohan appeared in court in a white jacket and black pants. She answered Judge Revel's questions politely and showed little emotion.
Cincinnati gridiron fans will be able to watch the Bengals on local television this weekend, after receiver Chad Ochocinco teamed up with a sponsor to buy enough tickets to avoid a blackout.
The Bengals said Friday they had sold enough tickets to their game against the Houston Texans to keep their streak of sell-outs intact. The last 46 Cincinnati games have been shown on local television.
Economic woes have hit some teams' ticket sales, and on Thursday more than 3,000 tickets remained.
The NFL gave the Bengals an extension and Ochocinco and sponsor Motorola bought 1,200 tickets which will be given away at the stadium.
Church Universal and Triumphant leader Elizabeth Clare Prophet has died in Bozeman. She was 70.
Prophet's legal guardian, Murray Steinman, says she suffered from advanced Alzheimer's disease and died at her apartment Thursday night.
Prophet was the spiritual leader for a church that at one time boasted 50,000 members. In the late 1980s, assault rifles and armored vehicles were amassed in preparation for a nuclear missile strike that Prophet predicted was on the way.
The sect combined icons from the world's major religions, mixing western philosophy and mysticism.
Unter den Linden is illuminated during a light rehearsal for the upcoming Festival of Lights in Berlin, October 13, 2009. Several landmarks of the German capital, including boulevards, squares, towers, historical and modern buildings will be illuminated for one week, from October 14 to 25, during the festival.
Photo by Tobias Schwarz
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