Capital Records Pays Tribute
George Harrison
Black bunting is draped around the top of the Capital Records building under a flag flying at half mast to commemorate the death of former Beatle George Harrison Friday, Nov. 30, 2001, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Capital Records was the early record label of The Beatles. George Harrison died in Los Angles Thursday.
Photo by Nick Ut
It's A Girl!
The Future Empress Of Japan?
Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, left, and Crown Princess Masako smile before the start of a concert at Akasaka Palace State Guesthouse in Tokyo in this March 27, 2001 file photo. Masako, 37, gave birth to a baby girl Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001 at the Imperial Household Agency Hospital in Tokyo after more than eight years of marriage to Japan's royal heir.
Photo by Kimimasa Mayama
It's A Girl!
Ready For Prime Time?
The Razzies
Reality TV producer Nash Entertainment has snagged the broadcast rights to the Golden Raspberry Awards,
the annual anti-kudos dedicated to showcasing Hollywood's lesser achievements. The company plans to
build a one-hour special around the awards and is currently seeking a broadcast network home.
Nash hopes to bow the first Razzies telecast in March, just a day or two before the Oscars on March 24.
The special would feature typical Razzie categories such as worst picture and actor, along with new
slots designed to take advantage of the broadcast.
The upcoming Razzies will be the 22nd annual awards. John JB Wilson started the Razzies back in 1981
during an Oscar night dinner party.
Nash, who will executive produce the kudocast, isn't sure how many film studios will be willing
to fork over clips so the Razzies can skewer them. Celeb attendance also will likely be spotty.
``But if, say, Sylvester Stallone wins for 'Driven,' maybe Frank will show up,'' Nash said.
The Razzies To Prime Time?
http://www.razzies.com/
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
The 9-year-old resident had no interest in the CBS provided 'Frosty' cartoons, so
we ended up with the ABC fillers of home videos & 'foreign' commercials.
Eventually, the adults settled in for a viewing of 'Psycho' on AMC. Back in my
college days I was fascinated by the concept of 'subliminal seduction' as it was called by
Bryan Wilson Keyes (think that's his name)...turns out Hitchcock indulged in a bit of it at
the end of 'Psycho'....when Norman is talking about 'mother', right after his line about 'she
wouldn't harm a fly', his face fades, and in that final fade, there are 8 super-imposed frames of
a skull.
Tonight, Saturday, CBS has an hour of 'Rugrats' (from another arm of Viacom), followed by
a fresh 'Touched By An Angel' and 'The District'.
NBC has mostly local filler because of NBA Basketball, although 'Saturday Night Live' is fresh.
ABC is also skewed thanks to College Football.
AMC's 'oddity du jour' is 'Rock Around The Clock', which surprisingly does offer a performance
by Bill Haley & the Comets. Met the 1973 version of Bill Haley & The Comets' after a concert in
Mannheim, Germany (was attending the Pepperdine, Heidelberg campus). A signed poster from that night & concert is now
framed and hanging in what passes for the living room.
Locally, PBS (KCET 28) has 'Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool' at 11 pm. Check your local
PBS schedules.
TNT has 'The Wizard of Oz', not to be confused with 'Oz' on HBO.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
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Disney News
Harry Potter & The Mouse House
ABC has acquired the television rights to the record-setting children's film ``Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer's Stone'' and its sequel, in one of the most expensive such deals in TV
history, the network said on Thursday.
The network did not disclose a price for its purchase of rights to ``Harry Potter'' and a
sequel, ``Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,'' but a knowledgeable source said ABC
paid between $60 million and $70 million for each film.
The deal gives ABC all non-pay television rights to the two movies, and includes a 10-year
license for each film.
ABC said that during its licensing period, it can air the films on its broadcast network,
as well as on ABC Family and Disney Channel, two cable networks both owned by ABC parent, The Walt Disney Co. .
Harry Potter & The Mouse House
Updated!
BartCop TV!
Visit the site at BC TV
The 'Vidiot' never seems to rest - and doesn't let little things like laundry or
housekeeping get in the way!
Damn near every show on TV must is listed - days & days worth of great reading.
If you have any questions about nearly any tv program, check out
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Copping A Plea
Yasmine Bleeth
Former ``Baywatch'' star Yasmine Bleeth pleaded guilty Friday to possessing less than 25 grams
of cocaine and to driving while impaired.
As part of a plea agreement, the actress would serve two years of probation, which includes a drug
screening evaluation and regular drug tests.
Bleeth had been charged with possession of cocaine, a four-year felony, and one count of operating
a vehicle under the influence of narcotics, a misdemeanor.
The 33-year-old actress spent the night in jail in Romulus, near Detroit Metropolitan Airport, after
patrol officers found what they suspected was cocaine in her purse during their investigation of a
car accident on Sept. 12. Charges also came from a search of her hotel room.
Police said Bleeth drove off Interstate 94 and onto the freeway's median strip. The other person in
the car was a man whom police declined to identify. No one was injured in the accident.
The 31-year-old man was charged with one count of possession of cocaine and being a habitual offender-third
offense. The man was from the Detroit area, and he and Bleeth were in town visiting his relatives, police said.
Yasmine Cops A Plea
Keeping Her Dead Husband's Name - Not The New, Live One's
Mary Bono
Rep. Mary Bono will keep the last name of her late husband instead of taking the name of businessman
Glenn Baxley, whom she married last weekend.
Bono, R-Palm Springs, won a special election in April 1998, shortly after her husband, Rep. Sonny
Bono, died in a skiing accident in Lake Tahoe. She was re-elected in 2000.
"Many professional women have to deal with this issue," said Rusty Payne, spokesman for Bono.
"The family discussed what would be best for the congresswoman and ... determined keeping the
Bono name was the most logical solution."
She and Baxley, an ex-minor league baseball player, were married Saturday during a chilly
rainstorm in Palm Springs.
mary bono, not mary baxley
New!
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Behind The 'Orange Curtain' - Of Camels & Eyes Of Needles
Jan & Paul Crouch
Televangelists Jan and Paul Crouch of the Costa Mesa-based Trinity Broadcasting Network have
purchased a Newport Beach house for close to $5 million, Orange County Realtors say.
The home was described as "a palatial estate with ocean and city views." The Crouches
had been living in a smaller house in the same neighborhood.
The house they bought has six bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a billiard room, a climate-controlled
wine cellar, a sweeping staircase and a crystal chandelier.
The three-story, nearly 9,500-square-foot house, which has an elevator, also has a six-car garage,
a tennis court and a pool with a fountain.
The house is on slightly more than an acre. Jan Crouch had been wanting a bigger yard for her dogs, sources said.
Trinity Broadcasting, established in 1973, has more than 768 TV stations on the air worldwide. The Crouches
oversee a $100-million-plus-a-year enterprise. Even so, faithful viewers are said to consider the couple, who
are in their 60s and have been married since the 50's, as everyday folk.
Jan & Paul Crouch Buy A New House
W-a-a-a-a-y back in the 1970's, Jan & Paul were partners in broadcasting with another young
couple, Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker....
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio online - what a concept!
What is John Ashcroft doing? Why does the President need military tribunals? Are we going
after Saddam Hussein? Can a civilian government work in Afghanistan? Still feeling depressed
after 9.11? Are too many questions buzzing in YOUR head too?
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Maybe He Can Work With Geraldo
ollie north
Proud Marine Oliver North is returning to the front lines. The Iran-Contra-star-turned-war correspondent is due to begin reporting live tomorrow from Afghanistan for the Fox News Channel and Radio America Network. ...
oh, that ollie
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'The Sideshow' by Avedon Carol
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A smart site from the 'other side of the pond'. Carol has great insight, writes well, and
makes a lot of sense.
Now A Parks & Recreation Commissioner
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, the hard-charging star of such cinematic hits as ``Dirty Harry,'' ''Magnum
Force'' and ``Unforgiven,'' was handed a new role on Friday -- California Parks and Recreation Commissioner.
California Gov. Gray Davis appointed Eastwood to the commission, citing the film star's record
as a ``long-time advocate for environmental issues.''
Eastwood served as mayor of the city of Carmel, California, from 1986 to 1988 and was a member
of the National Council on the Arts from 1972 to 1978.
Commissioner Eastwood
New! Updated!
(20 Nov, 2001)
The official BartCop Astrologer, Geneva, has provided another eye-opening set of charts!
A brief excerpt: " In January 2002, New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani will intimately know an experience and feeling that more and more of us are reluctantly facing: He'll join the ranks of the unemployed. Due to term limits Giuliani has not been able to seek re-election, after 8 years as one of New York's more popular mayors.
The question on most New Yorker's minds and lips is "What is Rudy going to do NOW?" Well, maybe The Stars can give us some clues.
"
Very interesting reading!
Retractions & Dropped Law Suits
Tom Cruise
A publisher who claimed he had a video tape of Tom Cruise engaged in homosexual acts retracted
his claim and said no such tape existed, and as a result, the actor has dropped his $100 million
lawsuit against the man, Cruise's attorney said on Friday.
Cruise's attorney Bert Fields said the star was pleased with the outcome. ``Especially what Tom
was after was the very finding that the court made,'' Fields said. ``The story was false. He's
not gay and the judge so ruled.''
Fields said it was important for Cruise to dispel this rumor that he is gay.
``Tom is a great believer in everybody's freedom to choose his own sexual preference,'' Fields
said. But he added that not all movie audiences feel the same way, ``especially when (Cruise)
has to play a heterosexual male lead.''
Fields said Cruise needed to set the record straight about his personal life. ``Every time
someone says something defamatory about Tom, he has brought a lawsuit,'' Fields said. ''In
London he has received open apologies in court and the recantation of false stories by the
British papers. He doesn't let people get away with it.''
Tom Cruise
As a non sequitir, Liberace won a libel case against a British newspaper that claimed he was gay.
Monday, 3 December, in NYC
Eli Wallach & Anne Jackson
Actor Eli Wallach and his wife and actress Anne Jackson pose together in this March 13, 1989 file
photo in New York. Wallach and Jackson are among the actors who will appear next week at a tribute
reading to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The actors will read from the works of
Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson and other American writers. The tribute, is to be held Monday, Dec. 3, 2001 in New York.
Photo by Rene Perez
Eli Wallach & Anne Jackson
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Moose & Squirrel Information One-Stop
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What a great site! Information and reference materials of the first order!
Between 'Moose & Squirrel' and 'Google', who needs 'refdesk'!
Facsimile Reproduction Book
''Miracle On 34th Street''
It's a touching tale of hope and goodwill, of believing in something overwhelmingly good. It
takes place in New York 54 years ago, but it's as meaningful today as it was then.
Now ``Miracle on 34th Street'' has been reproduced in a handsome facsimile of the original 1947
book by Harcourt Inc. The small, hardcover edition, measuring 73/4 inches by 5 inches, has been
faithfully copied down to the original typeface - positioning and spacing of all the words
re-created line for line.
``Miracle on 34th Street'' is the classic Christmas story of Kris Kringle, a gentle, white-bearded
gentleman hired by Macy's as its store Santa. He convinces a doubting 6-year-old, Susan Walker,
and a New York court that he is the real Santa Claus.
The book enchanted a postwar America, as did the movie, starring Edmund Gwenn as Santa and a young
Natalie Wood as the little girl he helps.
The reproduction of the book was painstakingly detailed. Custom inks were made to match the original
jacket colors of red, green and brown, and the paper was selected to match the stock of the original.
The hot-metal typeface was matched with digital versions, and a number of characters that could not be
found in modern fonts were custom created.
The facsimile also includes some features not found in the original: a historical note describing the
development of the book and film, and a photograph and brief biography of Davies.
The book retails for $12.95.
''Miracle On 34th Street''
Another Former 'Kid Actor' Story
Tina Yothers
Ex-Family Ties star Tina Yothers, who in recent years recast her Jennifer Keaton blonde as rock-star
jet black, says she's bulletproof: "I've been in this business my whole life. I'm pretty bulletproof
as far as being hurt."
This week, a judge in Beverly Hills, California, issued a $20,000 bench warrant for the arrest of the
onetime kid actor best known to Nick at Nite devotees as Alex P. Keaton's precocious little sister on
the 1980s sitcom.
Today, the warrant--ordered because Yothers failed to make a scheduled court appearance on Wednesday--was
removed, and a new court date scheduled, court officials confirmed.
The source of the ex-Keaton's problems is a $5,050 small claims court judgment against Yothers and Bob
Jones, who cofounded the record label Harvest Product, that last year released a CD from Yothers' rock band, Jaded.
The judgment came down in May, pursued by Luck Media & Marketing, a Beverly Hills-based publicity firm
with clients ranging from fellow ex-teen sensations like Tony DeFranco ("Heartbeat, It's a Love Beat")
to "Achy Breaky" country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Once, Yothers was a client, too.
But Luck Media president Steve Levesque says Yothers (now 28 by most sources, save for court documents,
which list her as 33) and Jones reneged on a contract that was to see them pay his firm $3,000 a month,
plus expenses, for six months of PR wizardry. Yothers characterizes the deal as being between Jones and
Levesque: "I really had nothing to do with it." Jones could not be located for comment.
"I had no idea this was going on," Yothers says. "I found out yesterday [about the missed court date]
through an L.A. Times reporter."
Yothers is now scheduled to appear in court January 10 to sort out the small claims matter. Jones was
expected in court later today to clear up his bench warrant.
Tina Yothers
It Was Maria's Idea
Arnold's Ski Run
NBC's ``Dateline'' anchor Maria Shriver is the one who came up with the idea to rename a ski
run at central Idaho's Sun Valley Resort after her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Sun Valley's General Manager Wally Huffman confirmed that he agreed to rename Flying Maid,
a short mogul run, as Arnold's Run to accommodate a request that Shriver made.
Schwarzenegger, who owns a home just north of Ketchum, has led the Christmas Eve torchlight
parade down Bald and Dollar mountains several times in recent years. The ``Terminator'' star
is a familiar figure around the Sun Valley area, taking his kids ice skating, carving turns
down ski runs, picking flowers along a trail and drinking coffee outside a local cafe.
Huffman said Shriver, a niece of the late President John F. Kennedy, presented her husband
with a trail sign last summer. The resort, which opened Friday, probably will have an
official ceremony marking the name change this winter, he added.
Arnold's Ski Run
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In Memory
Kal Mann
Kal Mann, who wrote the lyrics for "Let's Twist Again" and other '50s dance hits, died Wednesday. He was 84.
Mann, with composer Dave Appell, wrote such songs as "South Street," "Let's Twist Again," "Bristol Stomp," "Wild One" and "Wah-Watusi," recorded by artists such as the Orlons, Dee Dee Sharp and Bobby Rydell.
"Kal Mann was responsible for the dance crazes of the late '50s and early '60s," Philadelphia disc jockey Jerry Blavat said. The tunes, popular in Philadelphia, were performed on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" and wound up becoming national hits.
Mann started in the 1940s as a comedy writer for Danny Thomas, Red Buttons and Jack Leonard. In the late '50s, Bernie Lowe, who co-founded Cameo-Parkway Records in South Philadelphia, convinced Mann that if he could write comic parodies, he could write lyrics.
His early lyrics were to a song scored by Lowe called "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" that was recorded by Elvis Presley. Other hits included The Dovells' 1961 "Bristol Stomp," which created a dance step that had teens across the country slamming their heels into dance floors.
Kal Mann
"Boondocks" (9 Oct 01)
Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
