'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Question
Re: Peter Brown
From Friday's BartCop Entertainment -
" . . .Peter Brown - the Paul Burrell of the Fab Four . . ."
Is that the same Peter Brown who sang the disco hit "Dance With Me" ?
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Good question, Fred. I don't know. Anybody out there have the answer?
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Another unusually warm day. Jo, the (remaining) lizard enjoyed the heat, but had to be kept out of direct sun.
'NOW With Bill Moyers' is getting to be a favorite.
Forgot the Wednesday trip to the library, so there was a small fine to pay. Wish they had a tip jar - their budget keeps getting cut, and they do a freaking incredible job, regardless. There's a cart of old books for sale, and I try to buy a few every trip, anyway.
Tonight, Saturday, CBS starts the night with a fresh 'Touched By An Angle' (part 1 of 2), then a fresh 'The District' followed by a fresh 'The Agency'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN 'Law & Order' followed by a fresh tv-movie 'Hunter: Return To Justice'. 'Saturday Night Live' is hosted by Brittany Murphy, with Nelly as musical guest, and they've been dropping big hints that Adam Sandler may stop by.
ABC rolls out the RERUN movie 'The Sixth Sense', again.
The WB has the movie 'Star Wars'.
Faux starts with a fresh 'Cops', then a RERUN 'Cops' followed by 'America's Most Wanted'.
UPN has the movie 'Never Talk To Strangers', where the 3rd billed 'star' is Dennis Miller - gee, I wonder why he doesn't act more often. ; )
HBO has the first run of 'Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
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Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton, Dana Point, CA
Former President Bill Clinton lines up a putt at the Hyundai Team Matches golf tournament at Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point, California, November 15, 2002.
Photo by John Hayes
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Sanity Prevails
Canada TV
A Canadian religious television station was formally reprimanded on Friday for broadcasting a program that claimed homosexuals were possessed by the devil.
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said Vision TV had been wrong to show an episode of "Power Today" hosted by U.S. evangelist R.W. Schambach in which he talked about those possessed by demons.
"They don't like me to air this on television. But I don't care what they like! I am not politically correct! God's given me power to cast out devils and if you are a homosexual,
I can deliver you! And I can set you free!" Schambach said.
The broadcast council, which set up a panel to investigate a viewer's complaint about the broadcast in February this year, condemned Schambach's "hostile and vitriolic" comments.
"The intolerance and bitterness that drip from his lips are extreme. They constitute abusive and unduly discriminatory comment (and) they have no place on Canadian airwaves," it ruled.
Canada TV
Surgeons' Verdict Grim
Michael Jackson's Nose
A rare courtroom appearance by "King of Pop" Michael Jackson in a breach-of-contract lawsuit this week has the whole country rendering a judgment on his
looks -- especially on whether he went through one nose-job too many.
And as far as plastic surgeons are concerned, the public might be right.
"His nose is more collapsed than it ever was. That's also consistent with the fact he's been walking around wearing surgical masks in recent times," Beverly
Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Fleming said on Friday.
"I think he has accepted it (the nose). He is almost a fantasy figure or a cartoon character," said Dr Edward Domanskis, a Newport Beach, Calif., plastic surgeon.
"At the age of 40, people don't act or look that way," he added. Domanskis said it looked like Jackson had at least five nose jobs and "There had to be some
complications along the way."
"What he's done is to go from a Negroid or black nose, which is round and broad and flat, to a Caucasian nose that's narrow and projecting," Dr. Harvey Zarem,
a former chief of plastic surgery at the University of California at Los Angeles, told the Los Angeles Times.
"To do that, you have to put cartilage or silicone or bone in the nose like a tent stake to make the nose stick out. But when you do that enough, the cartilage
or silicone or bone pokes through."
Michael Jackson's Nose
The HisTory of Michael Jackson's face
(Thanks to ej2e)
Cincinnati Zoo
Otji & Tecumseh
Otji, a 1-month-old cheetah cub, plays with his new playmate Tecumseh, a 1-month-old beagle puppy, bottom, at the Cincinnati Zoo nursery Friday, Nov. 15, 2002. The zoo
introduced the puppy for companionship and to develop the cub's social skills and physical development.
Photo by Tom Uhlman
And She's Modest, Too
Jewel
Guys who don't want to sleep with Jewel must be gay - just ask her. The sexy songbird, who played the Performing Arts Center in Newark on Wednesday, told her audience about a dream she
had when she was 16, in which she played guitar with Bob Dylan and slept with him. Later, in real life, after she became famous and went on tour with Dylan, she was summoned to the rocker's
dressing room. "I thought, 'My dream is coming true, not only am I playing with Bob Dylan, I'm going to sleep with him.' " But much to her disappointment, he didn't make a pass at her. "Obviously
Bob Dylan is gay if he's not interested in me," Jewel cracked to the crowd. "I mean, look at me." She showed off her skimpy tank top and micro-miniskirt. "Who would have guessed that Dylan is a
fag? That's going to get me in trouble. It's going to be in all the papers tomorrow."
Jewel
Reunited For Tour
The Blasters
The Blasters are steeped in the tradition of rhythm and blues with an energy informed by the '70s punk movement and a lyrical eloquence usually associated with Bob Dylan.
To this day, songs like "Marie Marie" and "American Music" remain part of any self-respecting bar-band's repertoire.
The original incarnation -- Phil, Dave, drummer Bill Bateman, bassist John Bazz and keyboardist Gene Taylor -- reunited to tour in March for the first time in 17 years to
celebrate the re-release of their catalog on Rhino Records.
An album from that tour, "Trouble Bound," was released last month by Hightone Records. This month, they are touring the East Coast.
Although they sprang from the same early 1980s scene that engendered bands like X, The Germs and Black Flag, the Blasters exuded a reverence for older music that other punk
bands eschewed. They literally learned from blues giants like Big Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker.
Phil Alvin still leads a band called the Blasters, although with a different lineup. But with the blessing of his current bandmates, Phil agreed to a reunion tour with his old friends.
For a lot more, The Blasters
Promotes Holocaust Memorial
Claudia Schiffer
German supermodel Claudia Schiffer has lent her voice to a television campaign seeking donations for Germany's still-unrealized Holocaust Memorial.
During its first two weeks, the ad featuring Schiffer has caused a spike in visits to a Web site for the citizen's initiative to raise money for the project. Organizers said Friday it will be another
two weeks until they know whether donations have increased.
Schiffer approached the foundation after seeing a billboard campaign in Berlin. But she said she didn't want to appear in the commercial to keep the focus on the campaign, which has raised about $600,000.
Claudia Schiffer
Germany's (still-unrealized) Holocaust Memorial
Scene Gets PG-13 Rating
George Clooney
George Clooney's bare-bottom shots in the science-fiction romance "Solaris" won't cost the movie its PG-13 rating, the film's studio said Thursday.
The Motion Picture Association of America, which determines the parental-guideline designations, backed off its original R-rating for the film without forcing director Steven Soderbergh to eliminate the nudity.
After arguing their case Wednesday before the ratings board, Soderbergh and 20th Century Fox film chairman Jim Gianopulous won the less-restrictive rating, which increases the potential audience and
marketing opportunities for the film.
In one shot, Clooney's character slow-dances partially naked in dim light with his wife, played by actress Natascha McElhone. In another, he and McElhone have a bedside discussion while undressed.
George Clooney
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Turns Stunts Into NBC Sitcom
Howie Mandel
Comedian Howie Mandel, who frequently contributes hidden-camera pranks to "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and "Live With Regis and Kelly," has refashioned those
stunts into a sitcom in development at NBC.
The project would star Mandel as essentially himself -- a family man with three kids who spends his work days crafting hidden-camera bits for a major NBC talk show.
The "Curb Your Enthusiasm"-meets-"Candid Camera" concept would focus not only on Mandel's home life (where he's married to his childhood sweetheart and is father to kids
ages 10 to 18), but also include real hidden-camera moments where he interacts with ordinary people.
To blur the lines between fact and fiction, the producers plan to approach Leno about playing the talk show host to whose show Mandel contributes.
Howie Mandel
Kuala Lumpur
(Another) Flower Horn Fish
A Flower Horn fish is pictured in Kuala Lumpur November 13, 2002. Flower Horn fish have become popular among exotic aquarium fans, as they are believed to bring good luck. Their value depends on the roundness of the body, colour of the fins,
pearl spots that represent auspicious Chinese characters and most importantly the bulging 'horn' on the forehead.
Photo by Zainal Abd Halim
Snarky Gossip
'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'
The mood on the set of Sean Connery's new movie, "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," is so bad, crew members in Prague are grumbling they want to go home. Connery and "League" director Stephen Norrington
can't stand each other. After Norrington stopped filming for a day because he "didn't like the way an elephant gun looked," Connery threatened to have him fired. Norrington screamed: "I'm sick of it! Come on! Punch
me in the face!" "There have been differences of opinion on everything," Connery tells Entertainment Weekly. "I just want to complete the picture."
'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'
Producing Sitcom for ABC
Tim Allen
Tim Allen is coming back to ABC, signing a deal to produce a sitcom about the state of the American male, circa 2002.
The former "Home Improvement" star is not signed to appear on-camera, but it's not unheard of for actor-producers to make guest appearances on their own shows (as Sandra Bullock has done with ABC's "The George Lopez Show").
Allen, currently stirring up jolly box office with "The Santa Clause 2" -- will serve as creator and executive producer with scribes Mark Brazill ("That '70s Show") and Ron Zimmerman ("Action"). The project is
set up at Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, the company behind "That '70s Show."
In a seven-figure deal, ABC has committed to a pilot, with an additional five-episode penalty fee attached if the project isn't picked up as a series.
The untitled series will revolve around "four guys who've been friends since high school, and now the world has changed around them," Lyne said, noting the show will look at the men's interaction with their families and friends.
Tim Allen
Wants Own N.J. Rest Stop
Susan Sarandon
Winning an Oscar was great. So was being honored at a film festival. But Susan Sarandon has loftier goals.
"I'm going for a rest stop," she said. "I have all my other awards, but I want a rest stop named for me."
Sarandon, 56, a graduate of Edison High School, made the comments Thursday at the Cape May NJ State Film Festival, where she was presented with the Governor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Jersey Arts.
The Manhattan-born actress, whose films include "Bull Durham," "Thelma & Louise" and "Dead Man Walking," figures it's not too much to ask. After all, Thomas Edison, Walt Whitman,
Joyce Kilmer and Vince Lombardi all have New Jersey Turnpike rest stops named for them.
However, the rest stops are all named for deceased prominent people strongly associated with the state.
Susan Sarandon
Cape May NJ State Film Festival
'Beautiful Mind' an Expert Witness
John Nash
John Nash, the 1994 Nobel Prize winner for economics and subject of the movie "A Beautiful Mind," is now an expert witness.
The Princeton University professor testified at a hearing Thursday for the DuPont Co., which is being sued by some Florida farmers. The farmers are suing their former
lawyers and the company over a $59 million settlement involving the DuPont fungicide Benlate.
The growers claim their former lawyers entered into a side deal with DuPont for $6.4 million as an assurance they wouldn't file another Benlate lawsuit. The trial is expected to begin in January.
Nash testified about game theory, the work that made him famous and became the basis for a large part of modern economics.
DuPont paid Nash $500 an hour to testify because his ideas were used by Robert Lanzillotti, a former University of Florida dean of business administration, in a study that supports the farmers' case.
Nash spent more than an hour on the stand, answering questions from attorneys and Circuit Judge Chester Chance. Before being rushed from the courthouse to catch his
flight, he posed for pictures and signed autographs.
John Nash
BartCop TV!
Fur Deal Prompts PETA Stunt
Gisele Bundchen
Anti-fur protesters who staged a runway showdown with Gisele Bundchen during the Victoria's Secret fashion show were targeting the supermodel, not the retailer, a spokesman said Friday.
Activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals rushed the stage Thursday night as Bundchen strutted down the runway in a beaded bra and panties, thigh-high black stockings and red strappy heels.
The four female protesters, carrying signs that read "Gisele: Fur Scum," shouted at the model as she calmly completed her runway turn.
The protesters were taken away, the lights went down and that segment of the show to be aired Wednesday on CBS was redone. As Bundchen strode out for the second time in the outfit, the audience
erupted into applause for the composed supermodel.
The animal rights group has mounted a campaign against Bundchen because of her recent deal to appear in Blackglama fur ads, PETA spokesman Michael McGraw said.
Longtime Victoria's Secret model Heidi Klum and Sugar Ray front man Mark McGrath served as hosts, while R&B trio Destiny's Child sang "The Eight Days of Christmas" and salsa singer Marc Anthony performed "Tragedy."
Gisele Bundchen
Purification Ceremony
Bali
A traditional Balinese Hindu performer dances at a cleansing ceremony at the site of the October 12 bomb blasts in Kuta on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, November 15, 2002. Thousands of people attended the purification
ceremony held at the site were more than 180 people, mostly foreign tourists, were killed by a powerful car bomb.
Photo by Darren Whiteside
Snarky Gossip
Sharon Stone
The bawdy, brassy-broad act that Sharon Stone performed the other night at a black-tie benefit for LAPD widows and orphans didn't go over too well. As emcee, Stone opened up by saying, "So here we are,
what the [bleep]." Then, auctioning a trip to Europe, she suggested to the women in the audience, "You could take an old man who can't [perform sexually]. I've been on a few of those." Sly Stallone
chuckled, but California Gov. Gray Davis and new LAPD chief Bill Bratton looked mortified.
Sharon Stone
Sex Investigation
Charges Filed
Actor Paul Reubens was charged with a misdemeanor, while actor Jeffrey Jones was charged with a felony and a misdemeanor in a sex investigation that stretches back a year, authorities said Friday.
Jones, best known as the suspicious high school principal in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," was charged with taking sexually explicit photos of a minor and possessing child pornography, the district attorney's office said.
Reubens, better known as Pee-wee Herman, was charged with one misdemeanor count of possessing materials depicting children under the age of 18 engaged in sexual conduct, said Ana Garcia, a spokesman for the city attorney's office.
His home was searched on Nov. 16, 2001, as part of the Jones investigation. The statute of limitations would have run out Saturday if not charge had been filed.
Jones, 56, surrendered to police Thursday and was freed on $20,000 bail.
Authorities allege Jones hired a 14-year-old boy to pose for still photographs. The charges do not involve any sex act, said Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the district attorney's office.
A widely recognized character actor, Jones played the music-loving Emperor Joseph II in "Amadeus," the mentalist Criswell in "Ed Wood" and the father in "Beetlejuice."
Charges Filed
Shiomachi, Japan
TVs
Chinese-made TV sets are scattered on shore in Shiomachi, Kanazawa prefecture (state), northwest of Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002. Some 300 sets were drifted ashore along 5 kilometers (3 miles)-long coast.
The Kanazawa Maritime Safety Office suspects they might be part of loads which were thrown away from a St. Vincent and Grenadines-registered container ship early Wednesday, Nov. 13.
Photo by Kazuya Fujihashi
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