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Correction
A Note From Alex:
Photo of Anna Kournikova is provided especially for BartCop. I left it out of the article yesterday, and it caused a lot of distress to our gracious host. : ) ~Alex
Anna Kornikova has pulled out of the upcoming US Open because of her injury to her left foot. Her doctor said that she should stay off the tennis courts for at least 3 months, until it completely heals. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa.....all mentions of Anna Kornikova from now on will be illustrated. ~~Marty~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Radio/Wax News
Howard & Madame Tussaud
Howard Stern may end up in Madame Tussaud's wax museum whether he wants to or not. The shock jock says he'll probably reject two offers to be immortalized at the 42nd St. attraction, but the museum tells The Post it doesn't need Stern's permission to clone him in wax. Scarpello says Stern is the only radio personality the museum has considered at its monthly "portrait panel" meetings. "We were getting a lot of requests [for him] from staff and guests alike," she says. "He's the first one to come to mind, both for radio and representing New York." Scarpello says the museum can include Stern without his permission because "it's considered art and not like we're taking a photograph or using his real image. "If we don't get a response, I have to decide whether to go forward with just research or abort the project," she said. So far, Scarpello says Madame Tussaud's has listened to only one potential inductee who asked to be counted out. "Mother Teresa said it should be her work and not her that is modeled, so we said OK." For the whole story, Howard & the Madame~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TV News
More Emmy Presenters Named
Martin Short, ``The Daily Show'' host Jon Stewart and actor-director Rob Reiner have been tapped as presenters for next month's Emmy Awards telecast. Other confirmed presenters are Sarah Jessica Parker, Marg Helgenberger, Debra Messing and Eric McCormack. Hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, the 53rd annual Prime Time Emmy Awards will be held Sept. 16 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and air on CBS. For a bit more info, Emmycast~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alex's Entertainment News
Alex
Harrison Ford's wife filed for a divorce in a Los Angeles Supreme Court. In the new James Bond movie, agent 007 will not be driving a BMW as he has in the last 3 movies. He will return to the original Bond-Mobile, Aston Martin. Morale at CNN has sunk to an all-time low, with female anchors especially fearing that any of them over the age of 40 could face early termination at any time, the New York Daily News reported today (Friday). One CNN source told the newspaper, "Every female on-air personality over 40 knows there's a bullet, ready to be fired, with each person's name on it." Members of the Irish supergroup U2 sang at the funeral of lead singer Bono's father on Friday, a day before the band was to play for its biggest audience ever in Ireland. For more on this story U2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well, we all know France gave us the Statue of Liberty as a gift. But apparently one Frenchman didn't, and he attempted to take it away, sort of speak. He got stuck on the Statue's flame during an attempt to parachute onto the statue's torch, and then bungee jump from it. He hung there for ½ an hour before police pulled him in and arrested him. To read the rest, Hung Up ~Alex Visit Alex's site at Alex's Place
NEW!
Bartcop Astrology
Check it out at BC Astrology. Have you ever checked out Robert Johnson's or Andres Segovia's horoscope? Pretty cool stuff! (And, to read Buzzcook's riff, see bcEntertainment (7/31/01)). Cutting to the chase, here is Buzzcook's list of guitar gods: Chick Webb Robert Johnson Albert King John Lee Hooker Hell if you don't already know John Lee, no link will save ya. Joe Pass Django Reinhardt Andres Segovia Mr. Guitar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Music News
Mick Jagger, Coverboy
"What a drag it is, getting old...." Mick Jagger was said to be fuming after his picture was used for the front cover of the British seniors' magazine, 'Saga'. The picture of Jagger, 58, clad in a rugby shirt, is accompanied by an interview inside. However, Jagger was unaware that the uncharacteristic photo or the in-depth chat would appear in Saga, according to the Daily Express. In the interview Jagger, who recently embarked on a high-profile affair with model Sophie Dahl, 35 years his junior, talks about Enigma, the first project by his film production company Jagged Films. "Enigma" will open on general release in September. To read the rest of the story, Mick Jagger~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TV News
Jesse & His 'Soap'
He may be a professional he-man, a wrestler and the governor of Minnesota, but nothing keeps Jesse Ventura's juices flowing like his daily weekday dose of "The Young and the Restless." The governor made a special stop recently in L.A., en route to a Navy Seals reunion in San Diego. He attended a swanky Pacific Palisades party hosted by Emmy-winning actor Eric Braden. (Eric plays the zillionaire Victor Newman on the popular soap.) Eric and Jesse met last year when Ventura made a cameo appearance on the show as himself. So Ventura added the actor to his 50th birthday list in July. Among the 200 VIPs were Sean and Robin Wright Penn. Ventura says his friend "Victor" has been much too nice lately on the show and he wants the writers to make him more of a villain. "I'd like to see him with 'Nicky,' played by Melody Scott Thomas, again!" says Jesse. What Jesse Ventura won't find at home in Minnesota is a Petrossian Caviar Burger, listed at a mere $150. That's what he dined on at Le Meridien one of his nights out in sunny Southern California. To read the whole story, Governor Jesse~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
More Disney Employee News
Spike Lee Won't Make "Rent"
Miramax apparently has spiked Spike Lee's film version of the popular Broadway musical ``Rent.'' Miramax has been working with Tribeca Prods. on a screen adaptation of the Jonathan Larson tuner. Lee was never officially attached to the project, but had expressed keen interest and had gone so far as to start testing out the singing voices of potential cast members for the film, including Latin crooner Marc Anthony. Lee is now focusing his efforts on a dramatic film about fighter Joe Louis's life and the Brown Bomber's famous bout with Max Schmeling -- the 1936 fight that would be the first and most painful defeat of his boxing career. For the rest of it, Spike Lee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BartCop TV Is Here!
Visit the site at BC TV The 'Vidiot', has updated, again! There is even more to check! The Vidiot. An amazing amount of information, on an amazing variety of TV shows, thanks to our Vidiot.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Film/Online News
Sony Pulls Trailer
Sony Pictures Entertainment on Friday said it shut down a Web site featuring an R-rated trailer for ``Not Another Teen Movie,'' reflecting the industry's move to prevent young children from viewing adult-themed material. Sony Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp, said it pulled the trailer off its Redbandtrailer.com (Redbandtrailer) Web site on Thursday at the request of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which monitors advertising and marketing material for movies and prohibits the showing of R-rated trailers on the Web. The trailer of the film, which is a spoof of popular teen comedies, included partial nudity and foul language. To read more, Sony~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Got An Extra Mil & Wanna Move?
Robert Blake's 'Mata Hari Ranch' On The Market
The House Has No 'Stigma'...
Actor Robert Blake plans to sell his Studio City "Mata Hari Ranch" that he shared with his wife before she was mysteriously shot and killed in early May, the Daily News has learned. The "Baretta" actor intends to move to the west San Fernando Valley area, said his attorney, Harland Braun, noting that the 67-year-old wants to be close to his adult daughter, who will help with child care. "He basically wants to move to a location more convenient for his adult daughter," Braun said. Bakley lived on a house on the back of the property and her relatives have accused Blake of being abusive. Blake is asking $1,098,000 for his 4,909-square-foot seven-bedroom, six-bath compound, said the Studio City real estate agent who placed it up for sale Thursday. She refused any further comment. Blake has recently moved his belongings into storage while still living in the home, Braun said, adding that his client was not moving for privacy reasons. Area real estate agents say it's unclear whether the Mata Hari Ranch, which was seen on TV and in newspapers in the wake of the killing, will benefit from its infamous reputation. "Even though the person is a celebrity, still, things like violence (and) killing people could influence (the sale) of the house in a very bad way because the future buyer is looking to have peace," said Olga Altieri, a real estate agent with Century 21 in Beverlywood. "When they see things like this, it brings a bad perspective to the property." RE/MAX Centre real estate agent Ruth Garriette, who's handling the Cyndi Lauper estate as well as the 60-plus acres of the Indigo Records estate in Malibu owned by recording agent Richard Kaplan, didn't think the notorious nature of the home's celebrity would hurt the sale. "With homes like that, it's all about publicity," she said. "It'll get more publicity, which means it'll cover a wider range of people interested in the property. People just want to have the affiliation. We're all (about) Hollywood in California." Randall Bell, a Laguna Beach-based real estate damages consultant who has worked on accounts that include homes inhabited by Sharon Tate, JonBenet Ramsey, Nicole Brown Simpson, Jeffrey Dahmer and former members of the Heaven's Gate cult, said he didn't think there would be a problem with the Blake home. "I'd be really surprised if (Blake's home) has a stigma," Bell said. "That occurs when there is a crime at the house. My inclination is it'll sell fairly normally. "Even if there is a suicide in a house in California, it often doesn't translate into lost property value." To read even more on the topic, bakley/blake~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Radio/Concert News
OJ Takes Rap
Florida is getting ready for a killer hip-hop show tonight - as O.J. Simpson hosts a star-studded rap concert. The shamed football great will introduce such acts as Wyclef Jean, Foxy Brown and Lil' Mo at the Teco Arena in Estero. He'll also sign footballs and launch them into the crowd. Concert promoter Steven Marcano defended the choice of host, saying it's not his place to judge Simpson. "If 12 people didn't convict him, whatever I believe, if he's right or wrong, I believe it's not my job to judge anybody. The people who judged him acquitted him," Marcano told the Naples News. "I can't condemn someone if 12 other people didn't on the jury." The concert, called "The First Damn Birthday Jam," celebrates the first anniversary of radio station The Beat 105.5. Simpson's co-host will be rapper Nore of the group Capone-N-Noreaga. The grid great's two kids are also expected to show up. To read the whole story (and see what their headline of it is), orenthal james~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Memory
Walter Reed
Walter Reed (left) & John Wayne in John Ford's 'The Horse Soldiers'
Walter Reed, a character actor who appeared in dozens of Westerns and war films, died Monday of kidney failure. He was 85. In a career that spanned three decades, Reed appeared in nearly 100 movies, including 1948's "Fighter Squadron." He had an uncredited role in 1962's "How the West Was Won." He also made dozens of appearances on TV shows such as "Buffalo Bill Jr.," "Perry Mason" and "77 Sunset Strip." Last year, Reed received a Golden Boot Award from the Motion Picture and Television Fund for his work in Westerns. To read more, Walter Reed~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
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