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We have so much to talk about. Judy Miller out of jail and Scooter "who had
nothing to do with it" Libby is her source. What does this mean for Joe
Wilson, Valerie Plame and US?
Tom DeLay is INDICTED for violating Texas campaign laws and is no longer
Majority Leader (ugh Roy Blunt, allegedly thanks to GOP bigotry).
And speaking of bigots, how does that paragon of Right Wing Ethics Bill
Bennett grab ya? Taken out of context, he claims. How sad, how bad.
And local--the monorail looks dead on departure--how will you vote? Is 912
still your idea of an initiative to vote down? The mayoral budget and
scandal. All that and more.
We start a new segment--You tell me the story--what hit you the hardest or
made you laugh the hardest this week. And suggestions for 9 to 12 noon, let
me know what you think.
L'Shana Tovah, A Sweet New Year, to those celebrating the debut of 5766.
Paul Brownfield: Bill Maher levels playing field (Los Angeles Times)
Bill Maher has always seemed to relish coming off as iconoclastic to the point of being unpleasant; in certain ways he's the anti-Jon Stewart. But if Stewart's "Daily Show" has gotten demonstrably angrier at the Bush administration since the post-Katrina fiasco, Maher has been there all along.
Khadeeja Balkhi: Islamic Games Highlight Camaraderie of Women
With female athletes carefully guarded from publicity at the fourth Women's Islamic Games in Iran, much of the spotlight fell on the opening ceremony, where men and women daringly danced side by side.
ROGER EBERT: Serenity (3 stars)
The thrill of a fistfight in a movie was altered for me forever the day I visited a set and watched the sound men beating the hell out of a Naugahyde sofa with Ping-Pong paddles.
If no one can fully account for George W's whereabouts in Texas and Alabama during his 'mystery year' in 1972-1973, could this be a part of the answer to the puzzle?
It was a weak moment….OK I was all alone…and it was late at night…..I made the conscious decision to stay up and watch "Dark Victory"….again! I also call this movie…"Zen and the art of watching Bette Davis Die"! This is a woman who knew how to over act…how to fill up the big screen with attitude and posture! Bob Dylan was paying attention when he wrote "Desolation Row"….."Cinderella, she seems so easy…"it takes one to know one she smiles…and puts her hands in her back pockets…"Bette Davis" style" Kim Carnes was paid a lot of attention for her hit "Bette Davis Eyes," "Dark Victory" was the culmination of a great actor with a superb script and sensational supporting actors….even Max Steiner's music worked (with help from Davis). There is no corny choir at the end….no thank you Jesus….no mention of Heaven or the hereafter……just the idea of dying with dignity and peace.
Judith Traherne (Bette Davis - "Of Human Bondage" - "Dangerous" - "The Great Lie" - "Now, Voyager") is a hard drinking socialite careening like one of her horses toward an early finish line. With no purpose in life at all, she wakes up one morning after a bender and is having trouble "seeing". Her best friend Ann King (Geraldine Fitzgerald - "The Gay Sisters" - "Ladies Courageous" - "Nobody Lives Forever") convinces her to see a specialist…Doctor Frederick Steele (George Brent - "Once a Sinner" - "Born Again" - "The Great Lie") who immediately operates on her for a rare brain tumor…..Judith comes out from the operation with a new lease on life…but there's a little problem….Dr. King pulls Ann aside and tells her that Judith only has less than a year to live….."Don't let's spoil the rest of her life". So they have a secret…for Judith's own good !!!!
But Judith finds out the truth and let's Ann and Dr. Steele know "I'll have an order of "prognosis Negative" .. She blurts out at the dinner table! Well Judith realizes they both really love her and she marries the doctor and they move to Vermont and he is doing important research and she is planting Hyacinth with Ann when her eyesight starts blurring (the first sign of the END) …but she sends the doctor off to New York and tells Ann that she wants to be "Very Brave" and face the final moments of her life alone. I dare anyone to watch this solo ascent up the stairs…saying goodbye to the dogs and silently taking her last rest…without tearing up!!!!!
Purple Gene gives "Dark Victory" 10 totally tear stained hankies out of 10 for being the ultimate "weeper" ! (and there is absolutely no religious message).
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Cold Case', then a FRESH made-for-TV-movie 'Mayday'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH'West Wing', then a FRESH'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', followed by a FRESH'Crossing Jordan'.
ABC begins the night with the SEASON PREMIERE'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH'Desperate Housewives', followed by a FRESH'Grey's Anatomy'.
The WB offers a RERUN'Reba', followed by another RERUN'Reba', then a RERUN'Charmed', followed by a FRESH'Blue Collar TV', then a RERUN'Blue Collar TV'.
Faux has a RERUN'Malcolm', followed by a RERUN'King Of The Hill', then a RERUN'Simpsons', followed by a FRESH'War At Home', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH'American Dad'.
UPN has a RERUN'Alias', followed by a RERUN'Fear Factor'.
A&E has 'Cold Case Files', 'The First 48', 'Family Plots', another 'Family Plots', and 'Intervention'.
AMC offers the movie 'Honeymoon In Vegas', followed by the movie 'Dr. T And The Women', and the FRESH'Women In Hollywood'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'Footballers Wives' - Episode 1;
[3pm] 'Footballers Wives' - Episode 2;
[4pm] 'Footballers Wives' - Episode 3;
[5pm] 'Footballers Wives' - Episode 4;
[6pm] 'Bargain Hunt' - Newark;
[6:30pm] 'Bargain Hunt' - Shepton Mallet;
[7pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Foats;
[8pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 3;
[9pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Episode 11;
[9:30pm] 'What Not To Wear' - Tribes of Man;
[10pm] 'Footballers Wives' - Episode 5;
[11pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 3;
[12am] 'Changing Rooms' - Episode 11;
[12:30am] 'What Not To Wear' - Tribes of Man;
[1am] 'Footballers Wives' - Episode 5;
[2am] 'Cash in the Attic' - Cash in the Attic;
[3am] 'Absolutely Fabulous' - Iso Tank;
[3:40am] 'Absolutely Fabulous' - Magazine;
[4:20am] 'Absolutely Fabulous' - Birthday;
[5am] 'Absolutely Fabulous' - Absolutely Fabulous Gay;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Celebrity Poker Showdown', 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Charlize Theron), 'Most Outrageous Live TV Moments', and the movie 'The Godfather'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Not Another Teen Movie', 'Chris Rock: Bigger And Blacker', and 'Dave Attell's Insomniac Tour Presents Sean Rouse, Greg Giraldo and Dane Cook'.
History has the movie 'Mission To Mars', followed by the movie 'Red Planet'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'The Shogun's Samurai' (1978);
[8:15AM] 'The Sweet Hereafter' (1997);
[10:15AM] 'Mr. & Mrs. Bridge' (1990);
[12:30PM] 'IFC October Short Film Collection II' (2005);
[2:30PM] 'The Festival #6' (Finale) (2005);
[3PM] 'The Festival #1' (2005);
[3:30PM] 'IFC in Theaters (2005);
[3:45PM] 'Mr. & Mrs. Bridge' (1990);
[6PM] 'Secret Ballot' (2001);
[8PM] 'Rambling Rose' (1991);
[10PM] 'The Broken Hearts Club' (2000);
[11:45PM] 'Rambling Rose' (1991);
[1:45AM] 'Final' (2001);
[3:45AM] 'At The IFC Center' (2005);
[4:15AM] 'The Broken Hearts Club' (2000). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:30AM] 'A Foreign Affair';
[8:30AM] 'Aftershock';
[9AM] 'The Al Franken Show': (09/30/05);
[10AM] 'Cheech & Chong's Next Movie';
[11:35AM] 'No Problem';
[12PM] 'Brighton Beach Memoirs';
[2PM] 'A Foreign Affair';
[4PM] 'Osama';
[5:30PM] 'Nowhere in Africa';
[7:45PM] 'The Critical Path';
[8PM] 'Slings & Arrows': Episode 3 - Madness in Great Ones;
[9PM] 'Mad Dog and Glory';
[10:45PM] 'When Night is Falling';
[12:30AM] 'The Eye';
[2:05AM] 'Aftershock';
[2:30AM] 'Slings & Arrows': Episode 3 - Madness in Great Ones;
[3:30AM 'When Night is Falling';
[5:15AM 'This Charming Man' (Der Er En Yndig Mand);
[5:45AM 'The Critical Path'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Boston Red Sox fans Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck take in the game at Fenway Park between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in Boston Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005.
Photo by Elise Amendola
Back in early 2003, as Democrats discussed setting up a liberal talk radio station to counter the right's supremacy in the culture wars, there was concern that progressive values were inherently unsuited to a popular format. "Progressives have this problem: they sound too erudite, it's like eggheads talking at you," Thomas Athans, co-founder of Democracy Radio, Inc, told the New York Times. "Most liberal talkshows are so, you know, milquetoast, who would want to listen to them?" said Harry Thomason, a Hollywood producer close to Bill Clinton. "Conservatives are all fire and brimstone."
Meanwhile, over on the cable TV channel Comedy Central, Jon Stewart appears to have cracked it, albeit in another medium. His nightly formula of spoof news, sarcastic asides, satirical swipes and teasing interviews on The Daily Show has since 1999 been hammering away at political elites in general and, since his election, the Bush administration in particular. In that time it has gained cult status and audience figures climbing to around 1.5 million. Last month The Daily Show - a British equivalent would be somewhere between Have I Got News For You and The Fast Show - won Emmy Awards for best comedy and best writing. Stewart's book, America, a jokey guide to democracy, was the year's nonfiction bestseller. (Sample discussion question: "Which of the following is the best combination of reasons to vote for a candidate? a) Issues and eyes; b) Party affiliation and hair; c) Background and teeth; d) Religious zealotry and tits." Sample classroom activity: "Hold a mock election. If you can't do this, mock a real election.") Less blunt than Michael Moore, but more politically engaged than late-night hosts Jay Leno or David Letterman, Stewart, 42, combines the irreverence of Chris Evans with the wit of Armando Iannucci. His show is anything but milquetoast.
While Stewart and his team will often lampoon Democrats and liberals, the show's staple diet is the gaffes, contradictions, hypocrisy and hubris of the Bushites, and the pomposity of the mainstream media. He makes no secret of his liberal leanings, but his duty as a comedian, he insists, is first and foremost to be funny. "People's sense of humour typically goes as far as their ideology," he says, "but I don't particularly think of ourselves as ideological here. I don't mean in the sense that we're equal opportunity offenders - we're not. I think we consider those with power and influence targets and those without it, not. But we're not a liberal organisation, we are still clearly selfish observers. We do not have a dog in the race. And that is to our discredit, but to do what we're doing, it's also natural and necessary."
Comedian Robin Williams makes a face during a news conference before the Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children fundraiser at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada October 1, 2005. The fundraiser, presented by Genworth Financial, benefits the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation established in 1994 to assist underprivileged children.
Photo by Steve Marcus
Few would question the Rolling Stones' credentials as chick magnets. So how do the ageless rockers attract the ladies' attention these days?
One method could be a multifaceted tie-in with NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives." Look for "Streets of Love" -- the new single and video from the Stones' new album, "A Bigger Bang" -- to find its way onto the show October 18, and then become a recurring love theme for one of the show's story lines.
John O'Hurley, a recent winner in the rematch for the "Dancing with the Stars" title on ABC, will be dancing on Broadway next year. He will take over the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the long-running revival of "Chicago" beginning Jan. 16.
O'Hurley will co-star with Robin Givens, who joins the cast the same day, playing chorus girl-turned-murderess Roxie Hart. Both will appear in the Kander and Ebb musical through March 26.
Actor Sid Caesar poses for a photo at his home Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Caesar became a towering figure in TV comedy with 'Your Show of Shows,' which aired from 1950-54, and 'Caesar's Hour,' 1954-57. He spent more than six months picking sketches from the series for the newly released three-disc DVD set, 'The Sid Caesar Collection.'
Photo by Damian Dovarganes
Paris Hilton has ended her five-month engagement to a Greek shipping heir. The celebutante-turned-model broke off the wedding plans with Paris Latsis, according to a report posted Friday on Us Weekly's Web site, which quoted a statement it said Hilton released to the magazine.
"I'm sad to announce that I've called off my engagement. Over the last couple months I've realized that this is the right decision for me. We remain best of friends, and I'll always love him. I hope people will respect my privacy during this emotional time," Hilton told the magazine.
Latsis gave the hotel heiress a 24 carat, $5 million diamond engagement ring. It was not immediately clear what would happen to the ring.
In the thirsty hills of Nangarhar province, debt is a way of life. Every autumn, sharecroppers take loans from drug traffickers to plant their poppy crops. After every harvest, they repay them in poppies, which are eventually turned into heroin.
This year, a US-backed eradication effort has sharply cut Nangarhar's lucrative poppy cultivation, but the sharecroppers' debts remain. Now, some of the region's poorest farmers say they are being forced to repay traffickers with the only thing they have left: their daughters.
Giving a daughter to repay a debt is a rare but age-old practice among the rural tribesmen of Afghanistan. A payment of last resort, the daughter is almost always given as a bride to the money-lender or to his son, but is sometimes given as a servant, according to the International Organization for Migration.
There are no statistics about how many girls have fallen victim to this practice, but human rights groups and the International Organization for Migration have documented cases, and interviews with more than a dozen indebted farmers and tribal elders from four districts of Nangarhar described witnessing or participating in such transactions.
Paul Newman readies to exit his race car after completing the 30-minute American GT Challenge, as part of the Burnham Hydronics 200, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Lime Rock Park, in Lakeville, Conn.
Photo by Douglas Healey
The way to Loretta Lynn's famous "cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler" is about to go from hardscrabble to a smooth ride.
Tourism officials have been trying to capitalize on eastern Kentucky's contributions to the country music industry by building museums and performance halls. While the homes of Kentucky natives like Naomi and Wynonna Judd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakam and Patty Loveless are all visited - none is as much as Lynn's.
Though the $379,265 federally funded project is intended to smooth the ride for tourists, about 50 families who have to dodge the potholes every day also will also benefit.
People watch a water and light show in the Tuileries garden in Paris during the fourth annual festival 'Nuit Blanche' or 'Sleepless Night.', an all -night festival of partying and art, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2003.
Photo by Christophe Ena
The Danish airforce has paid damages to one of the country's many professional Santa Clauses after a blast from a low-flying fighter jet left Rudolph the reindeer lifeless, reports said.
The Father Christmas, whose real name is Olovi Nikkanoff and who lives on the central Danish island of Fyn, told TV2 station that he was devastated last February when he discovered his reindeer's body.
The veterinarian who examined the dead beast concluded that Rudolph had died from the shock of the deafening noise made by the fighter plane.
Following an official complaint from Nikkanoff, the Danish airforce agreed to pay him 30,000 kroner (4,840 dollars, 4,022 euros) to buy a new reindeer.
An Alaska Airlines 737 painted to look like a King Salmon taxis at Sea-Tac International Airport in Seattle as a Northwest Airlines jet takes off behind it Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005. The intricately painted plane -- dubbed the Salmon Thirty Salmon -- is intended to highlight Alaska Airline's history of shipping large quantities of fresh seafood from Alaska to points all over the country.
Photo by Ted S. Warren
When Esquire magazine writer A.J. Jacobs decided to do an article about the freely distributable and freely editable online encyclopedia Wikipedia, he took an innovative approach: He posted a crummy, error-laden draft of the story to the site.
The idea is that, despite the fact that anyone can work on any article, Wikipedia's content is self-cleaning because its community keeps a close eye on the accuracy of articles and, in most cases, acts quickly to fix errors that find their way into individual entries.
With that dynamic in mind, Jacobs decided to craft an article about Wikipedia, complete with a series of intentional mistakes and typos, and post it on the site. The hope was that the community itself would be able to fix the errors and create a clean version that would be ready for publication in Esquire's December issue. The original version was preserved for posterity.
According to the Wikipedia page for Jacobs' story, the article was edited 224 times in the first 24 hours after Jacobs posted it, and another 149 times in the next 24 hours.
A dog is dressed in a bowtie and glasses during a performance of the Moscow Cats Theatre in New York October 1, 2005. The Moscow Cats Theatre, which was created by Yuri Kuklachev almost 30 years ago, is performing for the first time in the United States in New York City.
Photo by Seth Wenig
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