Happy St. Patrick's Day
Chicago
Onlookers gather on the banks of the Chicago River to witness the annual dyeing of the river, Saturday, March 16, 2002, in Chicago.
The river is being dyed green in honor of St. Patrick's Day (which is Sunday),.
Photo by Aynsley Floyd
Reader Suggestion
Re: Clinton Haters
From JD
'' Bill Clinton's extracurricular sex life was in the papers, I hope, for the last time last week as independent counsel Robert Ray, the man who
took over for the infamous Kenneth Starr, issued his final report and proclaimed that he could have prosecuted Clinton for perjury if he had wanted to.
Ray's report essentially rehashed the scandal that was orchestrated from the very beginning by a fanatical wing of the Republican Party obsessed
with its hatred of Clinton and his wife, Hillary.
Once this investigation was supposed to implicate the president on everything from "murdering" Vince Foster to bilking investors in a land development
scheme in Arkansas. But after $70 million and months and months of national anguish, it wound up finding that the president lied when asked if he had
oral sex with a White House intern.
That was it, folks. Admittedly, it's no excuse for a president, but how many married men do you know who might risk perjury when asked whether they've cheated on their wife? ''
For the rest (and it's worth the effort) Re: Clinton Haters
Thanks (again), JD
From 'TBH Politoons'
Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
After a day of way too much basketball bleeding in my ears, had the James Bond movie, 'The Man With The Golden Gun' on
in the background. Think I should have avoided it longer, although did get a kick out the running joke about a 3rd nipple.
Cassie in Seattle said she was really disappointed in 'The Matthew Shepard Story' on NBC. Her word is good
enough for me on this one.
Greg Palast was a great guest on Erin's radio show. Spent a whole hour by phone.
SNL has a little sparkle tonight, and Ian McKellen was wonderful. His impersonation of Maggie Smith was
priceless.
Tonight, Sunday, as usual, CBS opens the night with '60 Minutes', and it's followed by a
fresh 'Max Bickford', and then a fresh made-for-tv movie, 'Beyond The Prairie II: The True
Story Of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues' (and that's a mouthful).
NBC starts the night with 2 hours of 'Weakest Link', a fresh 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent',
followed by 'Dateline'.
ABC has a 2 hour movie, 'Snow White: The Fairest Of Them All' with Miranda Richardson. It's followed by
a fresh 'Alias' and a fresh 'The Practice'.
The WB has a fresh 'No Boundaries', then an hour of 'Jamie Kennedy Experiment' (the first one is
fresh, and the 2nd a rerun), then a rerun 'Off Centre' and a fresh 'For Your Love'.
Faux starts with fresh episodes of 'Futurama', 'King Of The Hill', 'Simpsons', but a rerun 'Malcolm', and
then a fresh 'X-Files'.
UPN has the weekly repeat of 'Enterprise' (shown in letter-box format), and then a fresh 'Trackers'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
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Erin Hart
Liberal radio - what a concept!
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'Metal Machine Music' - 1st Live Performance
Lou Reed
More than a quarter-century after its release as a double album of amplified noise and feedback, Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" is getting
its first live performance this weekend from a German avant-garde classical ensemble.
"I find it very, very thrilling," said Reed, who worked on the project and will play in the performance by the 10-member group, Zeitkratzer.
Members of the ensemble painstakingly transcribed the original record to be played by a classical string, wind, piano and accordion ensemble.
Reed insisted that "this, to me, is what contemporary classical (music) should sound like." But, he recalled, "it had a very, very bad reception.
It was taken off the market in three weeks."
The project was born two years ago when Zeitkratzer's leader, Reinhold Friedl, approached Reed with the idea of a live performance. "He thought
I was completely mad," Friedl said ahead of Sunday's performance at Berlin's MaerzMusik festival.
'Metal Machine Music'
MaerzMusik festival Web site
Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton, left, former president of United States greets Ecuadoreans during his visit to Malecon 2000 Mall, in Guayaquil, Saturday,
March 16, 2002. Clinton is in Ecuador to participate tonight in a conference about companies, globalization and state.
Photo by Dolores Ochoa
Alex's Entertainment Report
'Westworld' To Be Re-Made
Alex
You'd think Arnold Schwarzenegger would be tired of playing killer robots by now.
Think again.
Returning to what he does best (i.e., saying little and kicking butt), the aging Terminator has signed on to star in Warner Bros.' remake of Michael
Crichton's cult classic sci-fi Western Westworld. Schwarzenegger will be stepping into the boots worn by screen legend Yul Brynner.
In the film, Schwarzenegger will play (gasp!) an outlaw cyborg programmed to be killed by rich gunslinging vacationers in a futuristic fantasy amusement
park. But, after a short-circuit causes him to go haywire, the rogue robot ends up going on a rampage and terminating the tourists instead.
The franchise-happy Warner Bros. is also looking for more projects for the monosyllabic action star, including re-engerizing another sequel.
The 54-year-old Schwarzenegger--who has struggled for a hit film in recent years and reportedly even contemplated giving up acting for politics--will be back for
one last installment of Conan the Barbarian, the fantasy franchise that launched his career.
Written by John Milius (who directed and coscripted the 1982 original with Oliver Stone), the new Conan flick will purportedly match the aging Arnold with a
younger swordsman as they battle the forces of evil. Coincidentally, Matrix directors Larry and Andy Wachowski are rumored to be helping Milius write the story,
which will continue the epic tale of a slave who grows up seeking revenge on the warlord who massacred Conan's tribe.
Schwarzenegger is expected to segue into Conan once he's finished with Westworld, which Warners has fast-tracked to begin shooting in either late 2002 or early 2003 .
'Westworld' To Be Re-Made
~~ Alex
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PBS Makes Offer
Ted Koppel
'Nightline' host Ted Koppel has a home at PBS - if he can't work things out at ABC.
PBS president Pat Mitchell says Koppel would be welcomed with open arms at PBS - and says she's already discussed this with the "Nightline" anchor several times.
Mitchell approached Koppel on March 1 - the day that news broke that ABC was wooing David Letterman to replace "Nightline" at 11:35 p.m., according to a report in USA Today.
Ted Koppel
Guess Liberal Democrat Means Something Else There
Alicia Keys
The five-time Grammy winner, Alicia Keys, performance Friday at a building connected to Parliament has drawn the ire of one of Britain's legislators.
An invited audience of journalists and schoolchildren saw the 21-year-old Keys sing at Portcullis House in a room often used for lawmakers'
committee meetings. Playing a keyboard, the singer played songs including her hit single "Fallin" and a rendition of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly."
But opposition Liberal Democrat legislator Paul Tyler was not impressed with the performance, saying Parliament facilities had effectively
been used to promote a musician's albums.
Lawmaker David Lammy, 29, asked Keys to perform there in an effort to convince his younger constituents that Parliament is "hip," not dull.
Lammy said Keys — who grew up in a tough New York neighborhood and whose debut disc, "Songs in A Minor," was one of last year's top
sellers — could inspire youngsters from his own inner-city constituency of Tottenham in north London.
Both Lammy and Keys are black.
Alicia Keys
It's Lifesize!
Michael & Bubbles
Jeff Koon's porcelain figure of Michael Jackson and his pet monkey "Bubbles" is one of the works appearing in "Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four
Decades of Art?", a show of some of the best-known American painters in the second half of the 20th century that opens Saturday, March 16, 2002,
at the Corcoran Gallery, the capital's oldest art museum.
Presented With 'Distinguished Civilian Service Medal'
Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens' USO trips have paid off beyond the satisfaction she gets from entertaining the troops.
Stevens has been given the Army's Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service Medal. The medal was presented to the actress at a recent ski event
in Jackson Hole, Wyo., her Los Angeles publicist said Thursday.
The Army said Stevens has made "extraordinary contributions to USO-sponsored events in Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, as well as community
service and support activities" in the United States.
Connie Stevens
Salacious Sunday Photo From Milan
Underwear
A model displays an underwear creation as part of Roberto Cavalli underwear Autumn/Winter 2002/03 collection at Milan's fashion week February 27,
2002. The Milan fashion shows run until March 5.
Photo by Paolo Cocco
Another Myth Dispelled
'Male Menopause'
Older men are better lovers and have fewer impotence problems than their younger counterparts, with the "male menopause" a myth pedaled by
drug companies to sell their products, according to a British psychologist.
Dr. Lorraine Boule, from Sheffield University in northern England, told the British Psychological Society conference that men became more
skilled sexually as they get older, British newspapers reported on Saturday.
Boule's conclusions were based on a survey of 185 married professional men aged 30 to 60. While 22 percent of men under 46 suffered
erectile problems, only 16 percent of those over 46 did.
The male menopause was a myth spread by drug firms to boost the multimillion dollar market for impotence treatments, she said.
"Life should really begin at 40 for those who have the right mindset," the Times quoted her as saying.
'Male Menopause'
He's B-a-a-a-a-a-c-k
''E.T.''
E.T., the spindly alien star of "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," got a facelift for the movie's 20th anniversary rerelease.
In the updated version of his high-grossing classic, director Steven Spielberg had more than 140 shots reworked and, in some cases, filmed again.
The upgraded version is set to premier nationwide on Friday.
Special effects artists digitally manipulated E.T. to make him more lifelike.
Even the movie's signature shot of the boy Elliot riding his flying bicycle in front of a full moon was reshot to replace a figurine used in the original with an actual child.
"What worked in 1982 doesn't quite hold up," said Bill George, who supervised the updated special effects for Industrial Light & Magic.
''E.T.''
Yoo Hoo
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Liza & David
Minnelli4
Entertainer Liza Minnelli on Saturday wed for the fourth time at one of the most ballyhooed nuptials in recent memory, cherishing her new role as a
bride after rebounding from injuries that threatened her career.
The ceremony, at the 147-year-old Marble Collegiate Church on New York's Fifth Avenue, was the first for Gest, 48, who orchestrated Michael Jackson's
tribute concert at Madison Square Garden in September.
Gowned in a white dress designed by Bob Mackie, the slimmed down Minnelli, 56, showed little sign of the hardship that just two years ago
sparked talk she would never perform again.
Elizabeth Taylor and actress Marisa Berenson stood as maids of honor and Jackson and his brother, Tito, childhood friends of Gest, were the best
men. The high-powered bridal party was to include actors Tony Franciosa and Robert Wagner, actresses Mia Farrow, Janet Leigh, and Gina Lollobrigida,
and singers Petula Clark and Michael McDonald.
Guests included Diana Ross, Patricia Neal, Luther Vandross, Lauren Bacall and Carol Channing,
Others on the list of more than 200 invited guests included music icon Sir Elton John and Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, actors Michael Douglas, Kirk
Douglas, Anthony Hopkins, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, and property tycoon Donald Trump.
The wedding will be followed by a reception at the Regent Hotel on Wall Street. Rocking to a 60-piece orchestra, entertainers performing there include
Paula Abdul, Ed Ames, Tony Bennett, Roberta Flack, Gloria Gaynor, Robert Goulet, the Pointer Sisters, Shaggy, Dionne Warwick and others.
Minnelli ended her third marriage, to sculptor Mark Gero, in 1992 after 13 years. Her first marriage was to singer Peter Allen in 1967, which lasted
for seven years. Soon after they split, she married filmmaker Jack Haley.
MInnelli-Gest Wedding
In Memory
Sylvester "Pat" Weaver
Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, who created NBC's "Today" and "Tonight" shows, brought opera and a flurry of new commercials to TV and shaped the way Americans watched the infant medium, has died. He was 93.
The father of actress Sigourney Weaver died of pneumonia on Friday night at his Santa Barbara home, his wife, Elizabeth, said by telephone Saturday night.
Weaver worked at NBC from 1949, when there were only 2 million TV sets in the country, until 1956, when he resigned as chairman of the board.
"Pat Weaver was the first major creative force in television programming and one of the most innovative executives in the history of television. Pat's influence on NBC is still seen by millions of viewers everyday," NBC President and CEO Bob Wright said in a statement.
When Weaver first joined NBC, TV was run on the radio model. Sponsors owned shows, controlled their content and sometimes even dictated when they aired.
Weaver's ideas took away some of that control. He had the network produce its own shows and then sell commercial time to several advertisers, helping fund the medium.
For his contributions, Weaver received two Emmy awards and was inducted into the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in 1985.
But the medium he hoped would culturally enrich America was failing to deliver on its promise, Weaver said in a 1994 interview with The Associated Press.
"It's very disappointing," he said. "There's occasional good things on, but there's no consistent arts programming."
Born to a wealthy roofing manufacturer in Los Angeles, Weaver graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College. In the midst of the Depression, he took a $150-a-month job as a comedy writer for a Los Angeles radio network.
He went on to executive jobs in radio and advertising.
After a Navy stint in World War II, Weaver returned to the ad world. But he had become enamored of fledging television.
"It had the potential to take us, by sight as well as by sound, out of our homes and across oceans in a moment, to any part of the world," he wrote in his 1994 autobiography, "The Best Seat in the House."
In 1949, Weaver became NBC's vice president in charge of television. On his first day, he rescinded the cancellation of "Meet the Press" - now TV's longest-running program.
Convinced that he could woo morning radio listeners away, Weaver created the first early morning show, "Today," in 1952, with host Dave Garroway.
TV news was hampered then by big cameras that were mostly studio-bound, and by film that took hours to develop. "Today," however, had all night to get someplace where news was happening, get the pictures and get back to the studio.
"That's what it became," Weaver said, "the principle of serving the audience with the information they needed to know: What time is it? How's the weather? What happened last night? What's new today? What are the big stories? What are the funny stories? And we gradually put together that kind of a show."
He went on to create the idea of network specials that pre-empt regular programming, the globe-trotting "Wide World Series" and the talk show institution "Tonight," which showed that viewers would tune in to the tube at all hours.
Weaver was "a great idealist" who viewed TV as a way to bring culture to the common man, his wife said.
"He put on opera for the first time because he said the man in the street ... wants to hear anything and he doesn't have the money," she said. "His plan was everybody should have access."
Weaver was pushed out as NBC president in 1955 by Robert Sarnoff, son of David Sarnoff - the head of NBC's parent corporation RCA. Weaver became chairman of the board, but resigned the next year and went back to advertising.
For three years in the 1960s he headed Subscription Television, an early and ultimately failed effort at pay cable TV.
Even at age 85, Weaver was continuing to explore the possibilities of television. In 1994, he was working on a pay TV cultural events service called Intercept TV.
Along with his wife and daughter, Weaver is survived by a son, Trajan, of Utah; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Sylvester "Pat" Weaver
Thanks To Fud
Hear The 'Trifecta' Statement
(quoting)
'' And we've got a job to do at home, as well. You know, I was campaigning in Chicago and somebody asked me, is there ever any time where the budget might have to go into deficit? I said only if we were at war or had a national emergency or were in recession. (Laughter.) Little did I realize we'd get the trifecta. (Laughter.) But we're fine. ''
Scroll down 31 paragraphs to read it for yourself.
Hear The 'Trifecta' Quote Here.
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