BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 12 December, 2004
Sunday
12 December, 2004
(Updated Daily)
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'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Reader Recommendations
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: "Borrow, Speculate, and Hope"
"The National Association of Securities Dealers," The Wall Street Journal reports, "is investigating whether some brokerage houses are inappropriately pushing individuals to borrow large sums on their houses to invest in the stock market." Can we persuade the association to investigate would-be privatizers of Social Security?
(Click on Columns, then on "Borrow, Speculate, and Hope")
Aerosmith Sells You A Buick
In which the rock icons waste their finest song, and rock n' roll finally gasps its last
Maybe rock n' roll finally died, really and truly and once and for all, roughly a decade ago, when Microsoft shelled out a whopping and still quite ludicrous $10 million to Jagger & Co. for the use of the Stones' classic "Start Me Up" for the massive overblown launch of the utterly awful and terrifically bug-addled Windows 95.
Mama Bruce's Ethical Rules
* If you are allowed to do it, everyone (in a similar position to yours) should be allowed to do it.
* Treat other people the way that you want to be treated.
* Do actions that have good consequences.
New Company Pulls the Plug on Fox News
The war between progressives and conservatives for control of Cable TV News is about to go to the next level. An upstart company has developed a filtering device that people can use to block the reception of the Fox News Channel in their homes. The company, Foxblocker, http://www.foxblocker.com advertises that along with its eponymous product, which retails for $8.95, it will send a notice of purchase and use to Fox News' top ten advertisers for each unit sold.
Jim Swanson Examines Good and Evil, Hitler and Terrorism, Art and Politics
In Western culture, you see discussions of evil starting back with Aristotle, and then coming up through the early Roman Catholic philosophers. You have Saint Augustine talking about good and evil. Saint Augustine, before he was Catholic, was a Manichean, and Manicheans pretty much see the world as good or evil, and that's it. Black and white -- it's one or the other. So in some ways the concept of evil is integrated into the Catholic Church, but in other ways that was resisted because it was too simple. We see it continuing now for 3,000 years in Western culture. Most of Western religion has just adopted it as something that religion fights.
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GALVANIZED GUPPY
GONNA BECOME A BIG TOAD?
BERKELEY IS SO WEIRD!
Zen Man
(in Berzerkeley)
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Purple Gene Reviews
'The Last Just Man'
Purple Genes' review of the Documentary Movie "The Last Just Man" (2002)
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I just recently did a review of the movie "Hotel Rwanda" (2004) starring Don Cheadle as a beleagered manager of a resort hotel in the midst of the terrible "machete massacres" in the spring of 1994 in the African country of Rwanda. It was a difficult movie to just watch and even harder to review and rate - knowing the awful truth behind that debacle. Well I got a chance to see a documentary movie made in Canada about LT General Romeo Dallair who was the head of the United Nations "Peace" keeping operation in Rwanda at the time of their "Killing Fields".
"The Last Just Man" (directed by Stephen Silver) is a documentary account of the Hutu rebellion and the Tutsis' brutal and barbaric response......and the truly heroic actions of General Dallair.
One must remember that back in 1994, the American Media was far more interested in O.J. Simpsons' bloody glove than the bloody tribal war going on in remote Rwanda (like today we are more interested in the Scott Peterson trial than the invasion of Iraq). The Tutsi army and local gangs had been planning a slaughter for some time....in the schools Tutsi and Hutu children were being separated, houses were being marked as Hutu and massive amounts of weaponry, including millions of Machetes, came pouring in to Kagali, the capitol of Rwanda. General Dallair, for months and months, had been pleading with the west to intervene before the suspected rampage might occur.....France, Russia, Germany and the US (Clinton was President) refused to sign on...in fact, the word "Genocide" could not be used in any communication, because it would automatically trigger a necessary world intervention.....
This documentary shows how Dallair refused orders to evacuate and the killing started (800,000 Hutus, men women and children, were literally hacked to pieces in 100 days) people pleaded and bribed to be shot ($30 was the going rate) rather than be cut up. Dallair valliantly saved thousands of lives by hiding people, moving them away to refuge camps and simply standing his ground in some cases risking his life.
The testimony from people who lived through the nightmare is amazing....how could this have happened? Dallair said that he couldn't, in good conscience, simply abandon these helpless souls. I took some time after this movie to reflect (I always go back and read "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee") and weep a little for this tortured Human situation.
No Rating here ...If you get a chance to see "The Last Just Man" DO IT!!
Purple Gene
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny & pleasant.
Tonight, Sunday:
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by the SEASON FINALE 2-hour 'Survivor: Vanuatu'. then a FRESH 1-hour 'Survivor: Vanuatu Reunion'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by the movie 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation', then a RERUN 'Crossing Jordan'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH 'Desperate Housewives', followed by a FRESH 'Boston Legal'.
The WB offers a RERUN 'Steve Harvey's Big Time', followed by a RERUN 'Charmed', then a FRESH 'The Mountain'.
Faux has a RERUN 'Malcolm', followed by a FRESH 'Malcolm', then a FRESH 'Simpsons', followed by a FRESH 'Arrested Development', then a FRESH 'My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss'.
UPN pisses away the night with RERUNs of 'Fear Factor'.
A&E has 'Airline', 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', followed by the movie 'Indecent Proposal', then another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter'.
AMC offers the movie 'A Christmas Carol' (Alastair Sim version), followed by the movie 'Miracle On 34th Street', then '20: Entertainment Weekly's Best Holiday Movies'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 3;
[2:30pm] 'Father Ted' - Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse;
[3pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 17;
[3:30pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 18;
[4pm] 'The Saint' - Island of Chance;
[5pm] 'The Avengers' - The Winged Avenger;
[6pm] 'Bargain Hunt' - Wethery 21;
[6:30pm] 'Bargain Hunt' - Westpoint 11;
[7pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Springthorpe;
[7:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Lovell;
[8pm] 'This Life' - Living Dangerously;
[9pm] 'Cold Feet' - Episode 3;
[10pm] 'Mine All Mine' - Episode 3;
[11pm] 'This Life' - Living Dangerously;
[12am] 'Cold Feet' - Episode 3;
[1am] 'Mine All Mine' - Episode 3;
[2am] 'This Life' - Living Dangerously;
[3am] 'Cold Feet' - Episode 3;
[4am] 'Mine All Mine' - Episode 3;
[5am] 'This Life' - Living Dangerously;
[6am] 'BBC World News' (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Martin Scorsese), 'Significant Others', another 'Significant Others', and 'Project Runway'.
Comedy Central has 'Ron White: They Call Me Tater Salad', followed by the FRESH 'Laugh', and then 'Laugh', again.
History has 'Siberia: How The East Was Won', 'Ultimate Survival', and a FRESH 'Conspiracy?'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'Blood And Wine' (1996);
[7:45AM] 'Zentropa' (1991);
[9:45AM] 'Sunshine State' (2002);
[12:15PM] 'The Cup' (1999);
[2PM] 'Zentropa' (1991);
[4PM] 'God Said, "Ha!"' (1998);
[5:30PM] 'IFC 10th Year Anniversary Special' (2004);
[6PM] 'The Cup' (1999);
[8PM] 'Thirteen Conversations About One Thing' (2001);
[10PM] 'Million Dollar Hotel' (2000);
[12AM] 'Thirteen Conversations About One Thing' (2001);
[2AM] 'Henry's Film Corner' (2004);
[2:30AM] 'A Better Place' (1997);
[4AM] 'Million Dollar Hotel' (2000) (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom', followed by the movie 'Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade'.
Sundance -
[6:50AM] 'The Hill' (Short);
[7:05AM] 'Holi-days' (Documentary);
[8AM] 'Shorts Program 118' (Short);
[9AM] 'The Way Home' (Feature);
[10:30AM] 'Wish You Were Here' (Feature);
[12:05PM] 'Cinema Verite: Defining The Moment' (Documentary);
[2PM] 'How to Get Ahead in Advertising' (Feature);
[3:35PM] 'Julie Walking Home' (Feature);
[5:30PM] 'The Tunnel' (Documentary);
[7PM] 'Shorts Program 118' (Short);
[8PM] 'The First Amendment Project: Fox vs. Franken' (Original Production);
[8:30PM] 'The First Amendment Project: Poetic License' (Original Production);
[9PM] 'Prick up Your Ears' (Feature);
[11PM] 'My Beautiful Laundrette' (Feature);
[12:40AM] 'His Secret Life' (Feature);
[2:30AM] 'Cinema Verite: Defining The Moment' (Documentary);
[4:15AM] 'The Sea' (World Cinema). (ALL TIMES EST)
TCM:
[6am] 'The Old Maid' (1939);
[8am] 'Suspicion' (1941);
[10am] 'Meet Me In St. Louis' (1944);
[12pm] 'The Bishop's Wife' (1947);
[2pm] 'Monkey Business' (1952);
[4pm] 'Magnificent Obsession' (1954);
[6pm] 'Citizen Kane' (1941);
[8:15pm] 'Apache' (1954);
[10pm] 'Telefon' (1977);
[12am] 'The General' (1927) SILENT ;
[1:30am] 'The Freshman' (1925) SILENT ;
[2:45am] 'City Lights' (1931) SILENT ;
[4:15am] 'Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin' (2003) (ALL TIMES EST)
Monday - 12/13
TCM pays tribute to Mario Lanza all day and
celebrates James Stewart all night.
[6:30am] 'That Midnight Kiss' (1949);
[8:15am] 'The Toast Of New Orleans' (1950);
[10am] 'The Great Caruso' (1951);
[12pm] 'Because You're Mine' (1952);
[2pm] 'The Student Prince' (1954);
[4pm] 'The Seven Hills Of Rome' (1958);
[6pm] 'For The First Time' (1959);
[8pm] 'The Shop Around The Corner' (1940);
[10pm] 'Bell, Book and Candle' (1959);
[12am] 'The Philadelphia Story' (1940);
[2am] 'No Time For Comedy' (1940);
[3:45am] 'Wife vs. Secretary' (1936);
[5:15am] 'Come Live With Me' (1941). (ALL TIMES EST)
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Or reviews?
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Tony Bennett sings to Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai at the concert for Maathai at the Oslo Spectrum Saturday Dec. 11, 2004. Maathai is the first environmentalist and the first African woman to be awarded the coveted prize.
Photo by John McConnico
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Name 'Sideways' Best Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
"Sideways," a quirky comedy about two friends on a road trip through California's wine country, was picked as 2004's best film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the group announced Saturday.
The movie won four other awards: best director for Alexander Payne; best supporting actor for Thomas Haden Church; best supporting actress for Virginia Madsen; and best screenplay, which was written by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor.
Top acting honors went to Imelda Staunton of the abortion drama "Vera Drake" and Liam Neeson of the sex-researcher biopic "Kinsey."
The awards ceremony was scheduled for Jan. 13 in Los Angeles.
Other 2004 picks:
Foreign-language film: "House of Flying Daggers."
Documentary/nonfiction film: "Born into Brothels."
Production design: Dante Ferretti, "The Aviator."
Animation: Brad Bird, "The Incredibles."
Music-score: Michael Giacchino, "The Incredibles."
Cinematography: Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron, "Collateral."
Career achievement: Jerry Lewis.
New generation: Joshua Marston, writer and director of "Maria Full of Grace."
Douglas Edwards experimental/independent film/video: "Star-Spangled to Death" by Ken Jacobs.
Special citation: Brian Jamieson of Warner Brothers and Richard Schickel for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's 1980 "The Big Red One."
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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U.S. actor Robert De Niro poses near a portrait of his father, Robert De Niro,Sr., at the Andersen museum in Rome, December 11, 2004. De Niro is in Rome to attend the inauguration ceremony of an exhibition of paintings and drawings by his father.
Photo by Alessandro Bianchi
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Launches Haitian Aid Effort
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean has launched a nonpolitical humanitarian effort to help rebuild his native Haiti - and he's not "calling bluff."
Yele Haiti seeks to use music and community development as an outreach to the Caribbean country's youth. The organization plans to help rebuild schools in slum areas and hold a free concert in Haiti in the spring.
Jean launched Yele Haiti with a concert Thursday night. Among those on the arrivals line were Susan Sarandon, a member of a task force that is assisting the former Fugees rapper, and her partner, Tim Robbins.
Wyclef Jean
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Sought After As Poker Opponent
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson wins with a full house. In an online survey conducted by EmpirePoker.com, 42 percent of the Web site's VIPs selected model-actress Anderson as the celebrity they would most like to play against.
Dennis Rodman was a distant second with 24 percent, James Woods shuffled 13 percent, Dave Navarro was picked by 10 percent, skateboarder Tony Hawk and Matt Damon each drew 3 percent, Donald Trump was selected by 2 percent and 1 percent said Ben Affleck. Hank Azaria, Michael Ian Black, Ron Artest, Clay Aiken and Teri Hatcher also picked up votes.
Pamela Anderson
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Ethiopia To Celebrate 60th Birthday
Bob Marley
Bob Marley's 60th birthday will be celebrated with a month-long program of events in Ethiopia in February 2005.
The program, titled "Africa Unite," will be spearheaded by a globally televised concert on Feb. 6, featuring the Marley children and his former backing singers the I-Threes.
Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones and top African acts including Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal and Youssou N'Dour will also perform.
Bob Marley
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The Lee-Jet-Don Lion Dancers parade through downtown during ceremonies giving land ownership to long time residents in Locke, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004.The town of Locke was first settled Asian-Americans in the ealry 1900s, but they were banned from buying property until recent years.
Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez
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Fire Breaks Out on Movie Set
'Desperation'
Fire broke out on the set while a television movie was being filmed at the Tucson Convention Center, injuring five people and forcing the evacuation of thousands arriving for a concert in another part of the building.
The fire started Friday night on the set of ABC's "Desperation," written by horror writer Stephen King.
"They were in the middle of a scene involving a mine shaft collapse," said Deputy Fire Chief Randy Ogden.
Three people were taken to hospitals for treatment of burns and injuries caused by falling debris, and one remained hospitalized Saturday, Ogden said. Two others were treated for smoke inhalation, according to fire officials.
Desperation
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pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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Center Slowly Sinking
USS Arizona Memorial
The USS Arizona Memorial's visitors center was designed to accommodate 750,000 people a year when it was built in 1980, but today it's jammed with crowds more than twice that big - and it's literally bursting at the seams.
Portions of the shoreside building and plaza commemorating the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor have settled as much as 30 inches and are still slowly sinking, and the concrete structure is cracking.
The Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund is working to raise $34 million to replace the visitors center, the starting point for ferry rides across the harbor to the white memorial that straddles the sunken Arizona, which still contains the remains of 1,177 sailors.
USS Arizona Memorial
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The Millau Viaduct, designed by the English architect Lord Norman Foster, crosses the cloud-covered valley of the river Tarn in Millau, December 9, 2004. The Millau Viaduct is composed of seven slender soaring pillars and becomes the highest bridge in the world at 343 meters, creating a direct route between Paris and the Mediterranean coast. The bridge will be inaugurated by French President Chirac at a ceremony December 14.
Photo by Jean-Philippe Arles
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Burger King Dispute
SpongeBob
A Burger King employee was fired after she refused to return a three-metre-tall SpongeBob Squarepants balloon that she later sold for $1,025 US in an Internet auction.
Viney Richards, 36, said a manager gave her the 23-kilogram balloon after it was taken down from the restaurant's roof.
But when she asked permission to be photographed by the Tampa Tribune, which was writing a story about the balloon's listing on the Internet auction house eBay, she was told to stop talking to the media and return the balloon.
She said she was fired from her $6.15 an hour job on Wednesday.
SpongeBob
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Myanmar's most famous and holiest landmark, the Shwedagon Pagoda, is illuminated at night in this picture taken December 10, 2004. Even though the military-ruled southeast Asian nation remains one of the most isolated and closed countries in the world, the former Burma is a favorite with many tourists as a 'land that time forgot'. Picture taken December 10, 2004.
Photo by Sukree Sukplang
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Diary To Go On Sale
'Original Bridget Jones'
The 80-year-old private scribblings of a British teenager dubbed the "real-life Bridget Jones" will go on sale across the country next week.
The diary of 17-year-old Ilene Powell chronicles three months of her life in 1925, and reveals a twin obsession with dieting and men, much like the fictional heroine of the hit book and film series "Bridget Jones' Diary."
The leather-bound pocket book was found inside a bag of books donated last month to the Oxfam charity's bookshop in Bristol, Powell's hometown in southwest England.
'Original Bridget Jones'
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An elderly Kashmiri man sells "kangari" (firepot) in Srinagar India, Friday, Dec.10, 2004. Kangari, an earthenware brazier containing burning charcoal, is used for personal warming during the winter months by most of the people in Kashmir valley. Kangari is usually held close to the lower abdomen or in between the legs while squatting on the ground. Each Kangari cost between Rupees 50 to 200 ($ 1 to 4).
Photo by Rafiq Maqbool
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Song Remains A Mystery
Lonely Whale
A lone whale with a voice unlike any other has been wandering the Pacific for the past 12 years.
Marine biologist Mary Ann Daher of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, US, and her colleagues used signals recorded by the US navy's submarine-tracking hydrophones to trace the movements of whales in the north Pacific.
The partially declassified records show that a lone whale singing at around 52 hertz has cruised the ocean every autumn and winter since 1992. Its calls do not match those of any known species, although they are clearly those of a baleen whale, a group that includes blue, fin and humpback whales.
Blue whales typically call at frequencies between 15 and 20 hertz. They use some higher frequencies, but not 52 hertz, Daher says. Fin whales make pulsed sounds at around 20 hertz, while humpbacks sing at much higher frequencies. The tracks of the lone whale do not match the migration patterns of any other species, either.
Lonely Whale
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A Australian lungfish, recognized by its long, heavy body with large scales, small eyes and paddle-like pectoral and pelvic fins, is seen on display at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. The lungfish arrived at the Shedd in 1933 from an aquarium in Sydney, traveling from California to Chicago on the Shedd's famed railroad car, the Nautilus, in time to be displayed at the World's Fair that year. It's the aquarium's oldest fish.
Photo by M. Spencer Green
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