Tonight's Concert Lineup
Live On VH1
Here's the blockbuster Saturday VH1 show lineup: Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Bon Jovi,
Goo Goo Dolls, Billy Joel, Elton John, the Who, James Taylor, Bono and the Edge
of U2, Jay-Z, Eric Clapton, Backstreet Boys, Marc Anthony, Melissa Etheridge,
Mick Jagger, John Mellencamp, Janet Jackson (by satellite), Macy Gray, Destiny's
Child, Harrison Ford, Jim Carrey, Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon,
Richard Gere, David Spade, Julia Stiles, John Cusack, Michael J. Fox, Hilary
Swank, Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek, Mike Myers, Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry, Denis
Leary, Will Farrell, Jimmy Fallon, Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe and James
Lipton, plus film clips by Edward Burns, Martin Scorsese, Jerry Seinfeld, Woody
Allen -- all finale'ing with the Garden's floor filled with NY fire and police
personnel on ``Let It Be'' -- with Mayor Giuliani.
Tonight's Concert Line-Up
In The Chaos Household
Friday Night's TV
Started out watching 'Providence' (all right, Tally!), then went to the WB for
about half of 'Maybe It's Me, which was fairly amusing, but, then, I'm a Fred
Willard fan.
Followed that with 'Thieves', but, ended up bailing early, and going to Faux
for the 'Simpson's'.
Saturday's highlight seems to be VH1's Concert - according to my TV Guide, it
begins at 8 pm (edt), and will be tape-delayed for the west coast. But, since we're
'Dish' people, we'll be watching it live, along with the east coasters. ABC and
NBC seem to have abandoned the night, and are offering re-run movies (ABC has
'The Birdcage', and it's 'The Truman Show' on NBC).
At least the programs on CBS are fresh.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
Thursday's Howard Stern
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney finally broke his long silence yesterday and explained why he has
been feuding for years with Yoko Ono and Michael Jackson.
In a candid interview with Howard Stern, McCartney - addressing subjects he
normally only "discusses in private" - detailed the way both Ono and Jackson
played hardball in business negotiations and declined to give an inch, either in
money or in creative credit.
McCartney, who is hosting the VH1-Robin Hood Foundation Concert for New York
City tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden, said the bad blood with Jackson
began when the wacky self-titled King of Pop bought the publishing rights to The
Beatles' songs.
"I wrote [Jackson] a couple of letters and I said Michael, don't you think
that - even if I was just a writer on the payroll - after 30 years of being
reasonably successful to this company that you now own, don't you think I could
have a raise?"
Adopting a fey Jackson-esque voice, McCartney added: "And [Jackson] said, 'Oh
Paul, that's just business.' " The two never talked again.
"[Jackson] won't even answer my letters, so we haven't talked and we don't have
that great a relationship."
As for the possibility of Jackson having to sell The Beatles' songs due to
cash-flow problems, as The Post reported in August, McCartney said: "I think
[Jackson's] cash problems may be true. The trouble is I wrote those songs for
nothing and buying them back at these phenomenal sums . . . I just can't do it."
But McCartney turned most of his ire on Ono, who he claims first showed up at
his door looking for love. When McCartney wasn't interested, Ono moved on to
John Lennon, whom she later married, which lead to the break-up of The Beatles.
Their uneasy relationship soured even further a few years ago when McCartney
asked Ono if she'd be willing to switch the songwriting credit on "Yesterday"
from "Lennon/McCartney" to "McCartney/Lennon," seeing as how he had written and
performed the song. Ono flat-out refused.
"This is probably one of the reasons we don't have a great relationship,"
McCartney said. "John's name was always in front and I said, 'Could we just on
this one [song] just switch it, so it would say written by Paul McCartney and
John Lennon?' And for one reason or another [Ono] said 'No.' "
He added, "It wouldn't have cost her any money. This is all legal stuff."
McCartney, who's also busy here promoting his new single, "Lover to a Friend,"
did get a good laugh when Stern said: "You are such a great man and an influence
on everyone I have ever met . . . especially Yoko."
Paul Visits Howard
Entertainment News
Alex's Entertainment Report
Alex
STOP THE PRESSES!!! Forget the war! Heather and Denise - now that's
action I want to see!
Heather Locklear has joined the ranks of Hollywood's on-screen lesbians - thanks to Bond girl Denise
Richards. The sexy blondes lock lips in a forthcoming episode of hit sitcom Spin City, and Locklear admits
she found the experience amazing. She says, "I saw her in Wild Things with Neve Campbell and so I knew
how sexy Denise was. A lot of my male friends wanted to watch this whole thing take place. So I
practiced kissing with my make-up artist Lisa - every Thursday night we run through the lines and rehearse
them at dinner - and she said, 'Show me how you're going to kiss Denise.' But when it really happened, I
have never felt such beautiful soft lips in my life. I fell in love."
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Director Oliver Stone has sparked media fury by making "incendiary" comments about the September 11th
terror attacks on America. The iconoclastic filmmaker is well known for his left-wing political stance and
taste for conspiracy theories, but his controversial views often provoke anger. On October 7th, while
appearing on a panel sponsored by the New York Film Festival, Stone infuriated a co-panelist so much the
man started calling him names. Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens went semi-ballistic after Stone
called the terrorist attacks a "revolt", and cited media conglomerates as having helped provoke the
massacre. An angry Hitchens attacked Stone's comments, saying, "Excuse me? Revolt? It was state-sponsored
mass murder, using civilians as missiles. To say that this attack in any way resembles the French Revolution
means you are a moral idiot, as well as an intellectual idiot. The man has completely lost it." Later Stone
cryptically added, "Does anybody make a connection between the 2000 election and the events of
September 11th? Look for the thirteenth month!"
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Legendary screen stars Elizabeth Taylor and George Hamilton have set tongues wagging around Hollywood
that they've become romantically involved. The Hollywood icons, who enjoyed an affair back in the 80s,
before Taylor embarked on her doomed marriage to Larry Fortensky, has been spotted out with the acting
heartthrob twice recently. According to New York Times columnist Liz Smith, the pair recently dined out
at Hollywood's Melrose Avenue hotspot Ago, a restaurant owned by actor Robert DeNiro. And then,
soon, after, they were reported together at the glamorous Mr. Chow's in nearby Beverly Hills. Liz says,
"Maybe this is a rekindling of the fire between two of Tinseltown's most famous and mature celebrities. But
perhaps it's only dinner now and then between two old comrades. Whatever - they did clear out before
10:30pm, so George and Liz like early nights."
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New Yorker Alec Baldwin is reluctant to leave New York behind for 10 weeks of work on his latest
movie - because he doesn't want to die in Hollywood. Following last month's terrorist attacks on New
York's World Trade Center, Baldwin has been hesitant about embarking on his imminent trip to California
to finish work on his new movie, The Devil and Daniel Webster, in case his life ends in a place where he's
not particularly happy. He explains, "There's that weird part of me that thinks if New York got bombed
again, I want to be here. I'd rather die getting bombed in a New York bombing than live some kind of
shallow life somewhere else." Of course, some would say the only reason Baldwin is in New York is
because he reneged on a promise to leave the country if George W. Bush became president. Baldwin
denies he ever claimed he would expatriate himself.
Oh Alec, you make me feel warm and fuzzy inside with your positive outlook on life!
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My reviews:
"West Wing" this week was much better than last. This is the West Wing that I enjoy, strong,
powerful players, with a strong leader. Here's hoping to a great season. The new comedy on NBC "Scrubs" caught
my attention since episode 1. It is by far one of the best comedies in the new fall season. My only problem
is with their Tuesday episode. They had a guest star, Kathryn Joosten (aka Dolores Landingham). And at
the end of the show she died. Come on, killing off the poor woman in 2 different shows on NBC? Either
she needs a better agent, or it's some sick joke that NBC plays. "Frasier" hasn't been very impressive this
year, I must agree with BC on that. I have enjoyed the new Law and Order franchise, Criminal Intent. The
actors are very good, especially Vincent D'Onofrio. The other new drama on NBC, "UC:Under Cover" so
far has been interesting to watch. Great cast, last week they introduced Oded Fehr (from Mummy fame), and they
will have Ving Rhames guess star Sunday (big Ving Rhames fan here!). I am looking forward to FOX finally starting
its fall lineup. I am having Simpsons withdrawals, so I keep watching old episodes. I am also looking forward
to "Boston Public", and the new show with Bernie Mac (he is absolutely hilarious, check out Kings of Comedy).
And that's my 2 cents.
~~ Alex
Alex's Site
Photo From Carl, Words From Scout
More Miss America / Miss Afghanistan
On the left is Katie Harmon, Miss America, wearing the swimsuit she chose for the competition.
On the right is a typical Afghan girl, wearing the heavy smothering burqua as required by the oppressive Taliban regime.
Miss America is a junior at Portland State University, hoping to eventually get a Master's degree in Bioethics.
Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from receiving any education at all, and cannot read or write.
Miss America has worked as a lab assistant at both the Oregon Health Sciences University and the University of Puget Sound.
Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from working.
Miss America's father is an engineer. Her mother is a teacher.
Miss Afghanistan's father was shot by a gang of Taliban militants. Her mother begs for bread scraps since she cannot work or remarry.
Miss America wowed the judges by singing a Puccini aria, "O Mio Babbino Caro".
Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from singing or even listening to music of any kind.
Miss America will be traveling the nation nonstop during her reign.
Miss Afghanistan cannot leave her house without a male family member, cannot drive, and cannot be out after dark.
Miss America is an advocate for breast cancer research.
Miss Afghanistan cannot be treated by a male doctor, and for all practical purposes has no access to medical treatment of any kind.
Miss America can date, marry, or divorce anyone she chooses.
Miss Afghanistan will be stoned to death if caught in the company of a male outside of her family. She is likely to be sold into an arranged marriage to a man who already has two wives.
Miss America wears sunscreen on the beach to keep from burning.
Miss Afghanistan cannot live in a house with windows unless they are painted black. Since she must wear a burqua outside, her pale translucent skin has not seen a ray of sunlight in years.
Miss America could have been disqualified if her swimsuit did not meet pageant standards.
Miss Afghanistan can be flogged if the holes in the mesh covering her face are too large.
Miss America will decide how many children, if any, she wants to have.
Miss Afghanistan will be pregnant 3-4 times more often than Miss America. Unfortunately, her babies are 25 times more likely to die in the first year. One out of four will not see their 5th birthday.
Miss America is majoring in speech communications at PSU.
Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from speaking in public.
Miss America is 21. Since the U.S. life expectancy for women is 80, she's still a very young woman.
Miss Afghanistan is also 21. But since the life expectancy for an Afghan woman is 43, next year she will be "over-the-hill". (Besides having a shockingly short life expectancy overall, Afghanistan is one of the only countries in the world in which women have a shorter life expectancy than men)
Miss America is a beautiful, intelligent woman and everyone knows it.
Miss Afghanistan could be a beautiful, intelligent woman... but nobody will ever know it.
God Bless Miss America.
God Help Miss Afghanistan.
Thanks Carl and Scout!
Fun Link
Build Your Own Statue Of Liberty
Build a paper Statue Of Liberty
New! Updated!
BartCop Astrology
Check it out at BC Astrology.
This week, the official BartCop Astrologer has provided two charts.
One who's talent (and hearing, as well), is on loan from his god, and for contrast, an American visionary,
national treasure, and real-life role model, Helen Keller.
Very interesting reading!
A Real Woman & A Political Hack
Karen 'Duff' Duffy & Mary Bono
Call her Tough Duff. As some legislators were leaving Washington after the
anthrax scare, Karen Duffy was headed toward the Capitol. She and Rep. Mary Bono
(widow of Sonny) were to receive awards yesterday from Knock Out Abuse, a group
dealing with domestic violence. When organizers learned that Bono would be a
no-show, they called Duff to see if she'd make it. "Of course I'm going," said
the writer and Revlon model. "These women have to be brave everyday. If we can't
be brave now, what are we?" ...
Duff, The Real Woman
Same Song, Different URL
'Day-O'
'Day - Oh!'
Thanks to Hilton Sound.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton & The Haunted Mansion
Disneyland is bringing Tim Burton's ``The Nightmare Before Christmas'' to life,
sequel style.
The theme park on Thursday unveiled an updated haunted mansion inspired by the
movie about a pumpkin king who tries to bring Halloween scariness to Christmas.
The attraction, dubbed ``Haunted Mansion Holiday, is the centerpiece of
Disneyland's holiday season celebration, said spokeswoman Michele Nachum.
Creative director Steve Davison said the mansion picks up where Burton's movie
left off.
Visitors are taken on a tour of the house by Jack Skellington - the movie's
lead, who apparently decorated the house to suit his Halloween-ish style.
As a result, the attraction includes very unDisneyland moments: Christmas trees
with pumpkin decorations, bizarre toys and sight gags.
Tim Burton Does The Haunted Castle
BartCop TV!
Visit the site at BC TV
The 'Vidiot' never seems to rest!
Every show on TV must be listed--days worth of reading there.
For an amazing variety of information on an astounding array of tv programs check out
BC TV!
The New USO Tour
'Citizen Patriot Tour'
Singers Clint Black, Taylor Dayne and former MTV personality ``Downtown'' Julie
Brown are headed overseas to entertain troops deployed after the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks.
The Citizen Patriot Tour is being organized by Janet Langhart Cohen, a former
Boston television personality and wife of former Secretary of Defense William Cohen.
Former ``Saturday Night Live'' writer Al Franken will join the tour, as will
some New England Patriots cheerleaders and Lt. Lorenzo Thrower, a Virginia
firefighter from Fairfax County's search and rescue team who responded to the
Pentagon attack.
The celebrities are scheduled to leave this weekend. The military bases they're
visiting were not disclosed for security reasons.
New USO Tour
Concerts For A & E
Elton, Sting & Billy Joel
A&E has engineered deals with Elton John, Sting and Billy Joel to screen
primetime concerts later this year.
The first scheduled cablecast comes on Nov. 11: ``Billy Joel: In His Own
Words,'' in which Joel plays solo versions of some of his hits and takes
questions from an audience at the University of Pennsylvania. The two-hour show
will kick off an umbrella series of occasional performances called ``A&E in Concert.''
The Sting concert, ``Sting in Tuscany: All This Time,'' will run for three hours
on Nov. 24.
John's concert, slated to run in early December, is part of A&E's periodic series
of ``Live By Request'' primetime performances.
A & E Concerts
Fun Link
Build Your Own Wobbly Goblin
Make Your Own Stealth Aircraft
New!
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
To check out 'Train Station Chicken', and more (like 'Cranberry Autumn Tea'),
In The Kitchen With BartCop
Nepotism Doesn't Provide The Best Or The Brightest
FCC F's Up, Again
Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell told an audience in
Hollywood Friday that broadcasters, rather than the U.S. government, should
regulate violence shown on television.
Powell, speaking to the Hollywood Radio and Television Society, said the
television industry would be better off regulating itself, blocking gratuitous
violence and making judgments about when it should be aired.
Sen. Ernest Hollings, a South Carolina Democrat, pledged earlier this year to
create so-called ``safe-harbor'' legislation that would restrict violent TV shows
to late night, when young children would presumably be in bed.
Powell, asked about such legislation, said it would be difficult for the U.S.
government to decide what kind of violence needed to be restricted.
``It's imponderable,'' Powell, the son of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell,
said. ``We are a justifiably violent society. We're fighting in Afghanistan right now.''
``TV violence, when treated artistically is (necessary) to telling the story,''
Powell said. ``But when there is unjustifiable, gratuitous violence I'd rather
see this community have the responsibility rather than the government.''
'We are a justifiably violent society'
Let's see....first they deregulated, then killed the 'fairness doctrine'...then
they allowed Rupert Murdock to gut the 'family hour'....now, we have less than a dozen
companies controlling all the media....yeah, they really are looking out for the public's
airwaves---oh, wait--they gave those airwaves to the media companies with the
Communications Act of 1996.
And now, Michael is talking about artistic violence---guess that means so long as it's
violence perpetrated on a woman, with a nice music background, it's OK, because it's
artistic,and moves the 'story'.
2 New Shows Renewed
"Scrubs" & "Guardian"
With the Tuesday night hospital comedy faring well in Frasier's footsteps, NBC
is picking up the series for a full season. The network has followed up on its
original 13-episode commitment by ordering another nine episodes of the
Touchstone Television show, which stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison as a pair
of emergency-room neophytes.
NBC didn't have to think much before committing to Scrubs. Since its October 2
debut, the 9:30 p.m. series has been capitalizing on its Frasier lead-in power,
hanging onto a healthy share of the Seattle shrink's audience with an average
13.2 million viewers. Scrubs also has become one of the highest-rated new shows
among adults 18-49, the demographic craved by advertisers.
Also in the no-brainer department, CBS has announced it's picking up a full
season of its own Tuesday-night champ, The Guardian. The drama, starring Simon
Baker as a corporate lawyer ordered to go pro bono at a child advocacy office
after getting busted for drugs, has won its 9 p.m. time period for the last two
weeks and scored its biggest audience Tuesday with 15.1 million viewers. That's
made the series a nice fit between CBS' other hit dramas, JAG and Judging Amy.
Both The Guardian and Scrubs are expected to be joined by other promising rookie
performers in the coming weeks.
'Scrubs' & 'Guardian' Picked Up
Liberal Radio (!)
Erin Hart
Yes, there is some (not much) liberal (i.e. non-hate based) radio still out there.
The Erin Hart Show begins early at 8 p.m. (pdt) Saturday and Sunday following
sports on www.710kiro.com.
That's 8 pm to 1 am (pdt) Saturday and after the Mariner's game Sunday, probably around
11-ish pm to 1 am (pdt).
And, as a special added bonus, Erin is filling in for Bryan Suits this Wednesday (10/24),
9 pm to 1 am (pdt).
Listen online, and join in the chatroom.
We usually have a pretty good time.
Fun Link
Build Your Own Space Shuttle
Make Your Own Space Shuttle
Bush-Toons
Ray Berry
Ray resurrected 'Bush-Toons' this week.
Welcome back - you've been missed!
To visit & read, www.bush-toons.com
SAG Getting Tough?
3 Members Expelled
The Screen Actors Guild's board of directors has expelled three members it said
either worked on or auditioned for commercials during the union's strike last
year against the advertising industry.
The three were identified Thursday as Southern California area members Gerry
Donato and Mario Barbieri Cecchini and New York area member Robert Kalomeer. A
call to Donato was not immediately returned Thursday night. Cecchini and
Kalomeer could not immediately be located for comment.
Each was kicked out following a Trial Board hearing, said SAG spokesman Greg Krizman.
``Our membership has been firm in its resolve to provide member benefits only to
those performers who stood in solidarity with the guild during the strike,''
Krizman said.
The six-month strike, the longest in Hollywood history, ended last fall after
both sides compromised on demands involving residual payments. The strike cost
the Los Angeles area economy an estimated $125 million in lost production.
SAG Gets Tough
Gee, they tossed out 3 members, yet they allowed Tiger Woods & Elizabeth
Hurley to do as they pleased, and stay. Who made more money during the strike?
Tiger & Elizabeth both made more than enough to cover fines, but, 3 guys no one
ever heard of, yeah, let's make an example of them...
At least in colder climes, one is only expected to shovel in the winter. In LA, one
becomes accustomed to shoveling every day---'cept it ain't fluffy, and it smells bad, too.
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Still Really Like This One....
"Boondocks" (9 Oct 01)
Gonna let it ride for awhile.
Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
