'TBH Politoons'
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from Mark
Bush the Failure
Selected Sunday Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny & warmer.
The kid & I got some tomato plants - need to put them in what will be the garden today.
Also need to start some tomato seeds for a 2nd planting.
Tonight, Sunday, CBS starts the night, as usual, with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Cold Case', then a FRESH
made-for-TV-movie, 'The Survivor's Club'.
NBC begins the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH 'American Dreams', then a FRESH 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', then the
Series Return of 'Crossing Jordan'.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'America's Funniest Home Movies', followed by a FRESH Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH
'Alias', followed by a FRESH 'The Practice'.
The WB offers the weekly RERUN 'Smallville', followed by a RERUN 'Charmed', then another RERUN 'Charmed'.
Faux has a FRESH 'King Of The Hill', followed by a FRESH 'Oliver Beene', then a RERUN 'Simpsons', followed by a
FRESH 'Bernie Mac', then a RERUN 'Malcolm', followed by a FRESH 'Arrested Development'.
UPN offers the weekly RERUN 'Enterprise', followed by 'Stargate SG-1'.
A&E has 'Crossing Jordan', 'Biography' (Charlie Manson), another 'Biography' (Charlie's girls), and still another 'Biography' (Sharon Tate).
AMC offers the movie 'Thelma & Louise', followed by the movie 'Thelma & Louise' (again), then an 'AMC Backstory'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'Monarch of the Glen' - Episode 10;
[7pm] 'Faking It' - Faking It Changed My Life;
[8pm] 'Ground Force America' - New Orleans;
[9pm] 'What Not To Wear' - Sandie;
[9:30pm] 'Ground Force' - Molesey Lock;
[10pm] '3 Non-Blondes' - Episode 5;
[10:40pm] 'The Telly' - Quarter 1 2004;
[11pm] 'Ground Force America' - New Orleans;
[12am] 'What Not to Wear' - Sandie;
[12:30am] 'Ground Force' - Molesey Lock;
[1am] '3 Non-Blondes' - Episode 5;
[1:40am] 'The Telly' - Quarter 1 2004;
[2am] 'Faking It' - Faking It Changed My Life;
[3am] 'What Not to Wear' - Sandie;
[3:30am] 'Ground Force' - Molesey Lock;
[4am] '3 Non-Blondes' - Episode 5;
[4:40am] 'The Telly' - Quarter 1 2004;
[5am] 'Ground Force America' - New Orleans; and
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Keen Eddie', a FRESH 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Hugh Jackman), followed by the movie 'La Bamba'.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', followed by the movie 'Dogma', then 'Chappelle's Show', followed by another 'Chappelle's Show'.
HBO has the Season Premiere of 'The Sopranos'.
History has is all 'Hell's Battlefield' all night.
SciFi has the movie 'The Faculty', followed by the movie 'The Breed'.
TCM:
[6am] 'The Feminine Touch' (1941);
[8am] 'Dinner At Eight' (1933);
[10am] 'Nancy Goes To Rio' (1950);
[12pm] 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' (1946);
[2pm] 'The Thin Man Goes Home' (1944);
[4pm] 'Dial M For Murder' (1954);
[6pm] 'Rebel Without a Cause' (1955);
[8pm] 'Blackboard Jungle' (1955);
[10pm] 'Rio Grande' (1950);
[12am] 'Cyrano de Bergerac' (1923) SILENT
[2am] 'Letter For Evie' (1945);
[4am] 'Arsene Lupin' (1932);
[5:30am] 'Festival of Shorts #30' (2000). (ALL TIMES EST)
Actor-writer and co-creator of Seinfeld, Larry David, right, and actor Jeff Garlin, participate in 'A Stop and A Chat with Curb Your Enthusiasm' at the U S Comedy Arts Festival, Saturday, March 6, 2004, in Aspen, Colo.
Photo by E. Pablo Kosmicki
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
D.C. Insiders Ham It Up
Gridiron Dinner
The serious news of the day - from Saddam Hussein's spider hole to Medicare to gay marriage - served as fodder for song, dance and silly dress-up Saturday night in the Gridiron dinner, a 119-year tradition of Washington journalism.
In the most unusual turn of this year's satirical script, syndicated columnist Robert Novak - who sparked a federal investigation by printing the name of an undercover CIA officer - was taking the stage as that CIA officer's disgruntled husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson.
Dressed as Wilson in top hat and cutaway coat, Novak sings of himself: "Novak had a secret source ... so he outed a girl spy the way princes of darkness do. ... Now John Ashcroft asks Bob who and how, could be headed to the old hoosegow."
A federal grand jury is probing whether someone in the Bush administration leaked the CIA officer's identity, possibly a felony. Novak hasn't commented on the investigation - until the Gridiron, in song.
Accordingly, the humor relies heavily on outlandish costumes - Ralph Nader as a skunk at the Democrats' garden party; vegetarian presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich as a giant carrot; Bush adviser Karl Rove as Oz's Scarecrow, singing about his boss, "If he only had MY brain."
The voices of the club's 60 veteran reporters, editors and columnists are augmented by more polished singers brought in as "limited members."
A lesbian couple sings "Get us to the church on time." To the tune of "YMCA," a Sen. Edward Kennedy impersonator laments the passage of the GOP's Medicare bill: "We were done in by the A-A-R-P."
In one of many references to Iraq, Saddam Hussein pops out of his hiding place to sing not "Under the Boardwalk" but "Under the floormat, with all the fleas, yeah. But now a cot in a prison is where I'll be."
The "Hallelujah Chorus" becomes "Halliburton, Halliburton, Halli-i-burton."
For more, Gridiron Dinner
Palestinian runner Sanaa Abu Bkheet wears her running shoes in her house in Deir El Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, March 5, 2004. Abu Bkheet has qualified for the 800-meters at the Athens Olympics against great odds: she owns only one pair of running shoes, has no access to a track and used to get pelted with rocks by children during her training rounds in the streets of her hometown. The 19-year-old is one of two Palestinian Olympians this year.
Photo by Kevin Frayer
Preps for 19th Ceremony
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
There is an unwritten rule in the music business: Getting a Grammy Award means you have won the approval of your peers. Getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame means you've become a respected and enduring legend.
During the past 18 years, the Hall of Fame honor has gone to such an elite group that it is little wonder the induction ceremonies have produced unforgettable moments -- reunions of disbanded superstar groups, emotional and historically rich speeches and once-in-a-lifetime, all-star jam sessions.
The magic will continue with the 19th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony March 15 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. This year's inductees are Jackson Browne, the Dells, George Harrison, Prince, Bob Seger, Traffic and ZZ Top.
Stars set to induct the honorees include Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Tom Petty, OutKast and Alicia Keys. VH1 will tape the event for broadcast March 21.
A lifetime achievement award in the non-performer category will be presented to Jann Wenner, co-founder and editor-in-chief/publisher of Rolling Stone and chairman of Wenner Media.
For a lot more, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Studios at Odds
'Rings' Prequel
Peter Jackson won't be returning to the Shire any time soon. The Oscar-winning director is planning to film "The Hobbit," the prequel to "The Lord of the Rings," trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, but two studios must first fight over legal rights to the film.
Jackson said New Line Cinema has the rights to make the movie, but MGM has the rights to distribute it.
"I guess MGM's lawyers and New Line's lawyers are going to have a huge amount of fun over the next few years trying to work it all out," he told reporters recently in Los Angeles, according to AP Radio. "I'm obviously busy for a couple of years on 'King Kong' so those lawyers can just go at it for a long time."
'Rings' Prequel
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Welcomed in South Africa
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron flew into her native South Africa to a red carpet welcome after becoming the first African to win the Best Actress Oscar award.
The glamorous 28-year-old blonde and her entourage flew in free on first class on the national carrier South African Airways (SAA), just the start of many honours due to come the way of Theron, who has now been dubbed the country's "golden girl."
Theron is due to meet President Thabo Mbeki on Monday and is also scheduled to be feted by Nelson Mandela during her triumphant return home.
Meanwhile, a Johannesburg-based jeweller has named a newly-discovered semi-precious stone after her.
The new variety of amazonite with a quartz grain is being turned into jewellery and once cut and polished, will be aquamarine-turquoise with fine grey-blue stripes.
Charlize Theron
A protestor wearing a satirical Mickey Mouse mask (C) demonstrates outside a Disney retail outlet on Oxford Street, central London, March 6, 2004. The protest was organized against Disney's labor practices in developing countries as part of International Woman's Day.
Photo by Paul Hackett
Vancouver Benefit Concert
Elton John
Elton John electrified a Vancouver benefit concert singing Tiny Dancer and bidding against fans for a diamond cross before the show.
The eccentric star performed with jazz diva Diana Krall and her rocker husband Elvis Costello Friday night, helping raise $810,000 for a local leukemia program.
By the time ticket sales and the proceeds of a splashy auction were tallied the trio had ripped past their goal of raising $350,000 for the hospital that treated Krall's late mother.
For more, Elton John
Woman With An Opinion
Joan Jett
Joan Jett, one of the original bad girls of rock, had a dream to be a rock 'n' roll superstar. And she didn't care if it was a man's world.
But more than two decades after hitting the heights with her 1981 hit I Love Rock 'n' Roll, she doesn't think much has changed.
"It's quite mind-boggling to me," the 43-year-old singer said Friday at Canadian Music Week, where musicians, promoters, managers and other industry folk gathered for a four-day conference of workshops and live music.
"There are many more girls and women that are trying that now but I also don't see as many girls and women as I could expect to see at this point in the year 2004," said the Philadelphia-born singer, clad all in black with her signature black mane cut short.
For more, Joan Jett
Papers Filed in Debt Case
Don Johnson
A California bank has filed legal papers to force actor Don Johnson to put his Aspen-area property up for sale at auction to pay a nearly $1 million debt.
City National Bank of Los Angeles asked a court to put liens on the property and suggested a public auction as an option for collecting $930,000 from the former "Miami Vice" star.
Johnson's publicist said, however, that the actors is in the process of refinancing the loan and the issue will become moot.
Don Johnson
Revellers Claim Disco Record
Australian Mardi Gras
Laughing off cold wind and heavy rain, revellers at Australia's 26th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras claimed a world record on Saturday when about 35,000 people danced to the gay anthem "Y.M.C.A."
The unseasonal conditions dampened some enthusiasm but a crowd of up to 300,000 onlookers still turned up to watch the parade of themed floats and dancers along Sydney's "gay mile."
A convoy of trucks kept the Village People's camp classic pumping for the record attempt and special "Y.M.C.A. marshalls" showed onlookers how to synchronize the famous hand movements.
The previous record of 13,588 people was set at a baseball game in Omaha, Nebraska, in July 2001.
Australian Mardi Gras
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
NY Times Reporter to Repay Oprah Show
Jesse McKinley
A New York Times reporter has been ordered by the newspaper to reimburse "The Oprah Winfrey Show" for renovations done on his New York apartment for a segment of the popular television talk show.
The Times said culture reporter Jesse McKinley "unintentionally" violated its code of ethics when he allowed celebrity designer Thom Filicia, known from the television show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," to fix up his apartment for the Winfrey show.
A Times spokesman said the arrangement had been made by McKinley's wife and that the reporter is arranging to pay for the goods received.
The newspaper bars staff members from accepting gifts or other inducements worth more than $25 from individuals or organizations covered by The Times, spokesman Toby Usnik said.
Jesse McKinley
Mirrors that will form part of the southern hemisphere's largest telescope -- the Southern African large telescope (SALT), lie in place near the small town of Sutherland in South Africa's arid Karoo region. SALT, which measures 11 meters in diameter, is a massive hexagon filled with 91 smaller mirrored hexagons, of which 18 are in place. When construction is completed in December, SALT will enable scientists to view stars and galaxies a billion times too faint to be visible to the naked eye.
Photo by Mike Hutchings
Believes Radio Reign Coming to End
Howard Stern
Shock jock and self-proclaimed "King of All Media" Howard Stern believes his reign on the radio is coming to an end. "The show is over," he announced Friday morning on his nationally syndicated radio program. "It's over."
It's not — at least not yet. But Stern predicted that a Federal Communications Communication crackdown on indecency on the airwaves will force his salacious show off the dial.
"I'm guessing that sometime next week will be my last show on this station," said Stern, adding that he expected the FCC to hit him with a whopping indecency fine. "There's a cultural war going on. The religious right is winning. We're losing."
Howard Stern
Dumped By CBS
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart's syndicated television show, "Martha Stewart Living," is being pulled from CBS's New York affiliate following the domestic maven's stock conviction.
WCBS will pull the plug on the show as of Monday and other CBS stations may follow suit, The New York Times and the New York Post reported in Saturday editions.
The New York Times syndicate which distributes "Ask Martha," a column penned by Stewart, has not yet decided what it will do with the column, the Times reported.
But Scripps Networks said it would continue airing Stewart's cooking show, "From Martha's Kitchen."
Martha Stewart
Arrested at New York Hotel
David Crosby
Musician David Crosby was arrested on marijuana and gun possession charges early Saturday at a Times Square hotel, hours after earning a standing ovation at a New Jersey concert, police said.
Crosby, 62, a two-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was arrested at 1 a.m. at the DoubleTree Suites Hotel with an undisclosed amount of marijuana, a .45-caliber handgun and a knife in his possession, police said.
The veteran rocker had checked out of the hotel after the Manhattan show, but left behind a piece of luggage, police said. A hotel worker found the luggage Friday and went through it looking for identification and discovered the marijuana, gun and knives and called authorities, police said.
Crosby later called the hotel to say he would be returning to pick up the luggage, and was greeted by police when he came back, investigators said.
David Crosby
The NFL Mascots careen down the tubing hill at 10,500-foot Adventure Ridge atop Vail Mountain, Saturday afternoon, March 6, 2004, in Vail, Colo. Each year following the conclusion fo the NFL football season, all NFL professional mascots are invited to the annual NFL Mascot Conference.
Photo by Peter M. Fredin
Philly TV Station Under Fire
NBC 10
A Philadelphia TV station which lured men to a house by promising sex with children is being investigated for its role along with those caught in the broadcaster's sting, a prosecutor said on Friday.
NBC 10 used an Internet chat room to entice at least three men to visit a residential address in Newtown Square, a suburban community about 15 miles from central Philadelphia.
When the men knocked on the door of the rented house, they were confronted with a camera operator and a reporter who tried to get them to confess they had come for sex with a 14-year-old boy or girl.
No charges have been filed against the men lured to the house, pending the investigation. One of the three, an Army member, is also under military investigation.
NBC 10
In Memory
Ralph Winters
Oscar-winning film editor Ralph Winters, whose career spanned almost the entire era of talking motion pictures, died of natural causes on Feb. 26, a friend said. He was 94.
He was nominated for the Academy Award for best film editing six times and won twice - for "King Solomon's Mines" in 1950 and for "Ben-Hur" in 1959, still famous for its stunning chariot race scene. In all, he worked on more than 70 films.
Winters teamed with acclaimed writer-director Blake Edwards nearly a dozen times, editing such Edwards classics as "The Pink Panther," "10," "Victor/Victoria" and "S.O.B."
He went to work in 1928 as an assistant editor at MGM, where his father was working in the wardrobe department.
Winters' autobiography, "Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor," was published in 2001.
Ralph Winters
A Foreign tourist takes pictures of decorated elephant during an Elephant Festival in Jaipur, capital of India's desert state of Rajasthan March 6, 2004. For more than 20 years, every year on the eve of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, elephants compete in competitions like the elephant race or a tug-of-war between an elephant and people in the city.
Photo by Kamal Kishore
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