BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 24 January, 2013

Thursday

24 January, 2013

(Updated Daily)

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HAIKU   HEADLINES






" HOW LONG IS "FOOT LONG"

HOW LONG IS MY ERECT PENIS

SIZE IS EVERYTHING



zEN mAN
(observing a man in Perth, Australia....who brought a tape measure in to the "SubWay" outlet...when served his "footlong" dinner he measured it and it was barely 11"....it reminds me of the old joke....."why are women so bad at math ???? because men have been telling them for years that their penis is 12" long!" But in the case of SubWay.....when you go public and advertise your member as being a certain size...it better be that "BIG" or else somebody will be unhappy)



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Seneca, Selma, and Stonewall (New York Times)
In his speech, Obama invoked the history of struggles for equality with a remarkable triptych: Seneca (women's rights), Selma (black rights), and Stonewall (gay rights). And there has been remarkably little blowback - a sign of how much the country has changed.


Susan Estrich: The Second Time Around (Creators Syndicate)
It is hard to remember how much better things are in America today than they were four years ago when Barack Obama took the oath of office for the first time.


Froma Harrop: More Thoughts on Aaron Swartz (Creators Syndicate)
Open-access people, meet the copyright laws. Much has been written about Aaron Swartz, the computer genius who killed himself after being charged with a variety of cybercrimes. Some ardent friends accuse the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of having cruelly called in the police to deal with him.


Charlie Brooker: A big lump of horse ran into your burger? Don't wave it around or everyone'll want one (Guardian)
Cheap food disgusts us, but many of the posh alternatives are just as likely to put you off your dinner.


Annalee Newitz: What Is An io9? And Where Did It Come From? (io9)
This month marks io9's golden fifth anniversary. On January 2, 2008, we launched this site with three full-time staff, a handful of freelancers, and a burning vision of what tomorrow would bring.


Hadley Freeman: "Sylvia Plath: 50 years later and the same bitter arguments rage on" (Guardian)
Half a century after her death, the debate over the poet burns with ever-greater fervour, but it need not follow that if one is pro-Plath one is anti-Hughes.


James Lasdun: ''I Will Ruin Him'' (Chronicle of Higher Education)
How it feels to be stalked.


Sweet Little Prank: Library Announced that Lance Armstrong Books will be Reclassified as Fiction (Neatorama)
ALL NON-FICTION LANCE ARMSTRONG BOOKS INCLUDING 'Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion', 'The Lance Armstrong Performance Program' and 'Lance Armstrong: World's Greatest Champion' WILL SOON BE MOVED TO THE FICTION SECTION.


David Bruce: Wise Up! Problem-Solving (Athens News)
At one Catholic school, some parents could afford to buy their children's textbooks, but other parents could not afford to buy their children's textbooks. The school therefore allowed some children to borrow the necessary textbooks, but the textbooks that had to be returned at the end of the school year had a red sticker on them. Soon, children knew what the red stickers meant and taunted the children whose books had red stickers. Sister Rosamunde solved this problem by requiring all the children to give her their textbooks, and then she placed a red sticker on every textbook.



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Trivia Question of the Day


Who was "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze"?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


What parody song was sung at the end of every episode of the popular 1960s TV series Sing Along with Mitch?


   Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends                                                      Source


Many other sets of lyrics, patriotic and otherwise, have been written for the last strain (trio/grandioso). Two of the most widely known such sets begin with the words "Three cheers for the red, white and blue" and "Be kind to your web-footed friends". The "web-footed friends" parody, was sung at the end of every episode of the popular 1960s TV series Sing Along with Mitch.

Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends
     Be kind to your web-footed friends
     For a duck may be somebody's mother
     Be kind to your friends in the swamp
     Where the weather is very, very damp
[pronounced to rhyme with "swamp"]
     Now, you may think that this is the end...
     WELL, IT IS!
[abrupt cut to closing credits]        Source







Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   Be Kind To Your Web-Footed Friends



mj was close with:
   A riff on the Colonel Bogie March (from Bridge on the River Kwai)
     "Be kind to your web footed friends,
     For a duck may be somebody's mother.
     Be kind to your friends in the swamp
     where the weather is cold and damp.
     Now you may think that this is the end,
     Well it is!"




Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
   "Be kind to your web-footed friends" to the song Stars and Stripes Forever



Charlie wrote:
   The well-known parody of "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
  Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends
     Be kind to your web-footed friends
     For a duck may be somebody's mother
     Be kind to your friends in the swamp
     Where the weather is very, very damp
     Now, you may think that this is the end...
     WELL, IT IS!




Adam answered:
   "Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends"



Steven B responded:
   The song was Be Kind To Your Fine Feathered Friends which of course was to the tune of Stars and Stripes Forever.



Marian replied:
   Be Kind to Your Web Footed Friends



Sally said:
   God, my grandmother LOVED Mitch Miller (AWA Lawrence Welk and Ed Sullivan). No one was allowed to get up, leave the room or talk during his show! I, in turn, detested him (and all of the 'forbidden-to-talk' shows for that matter)!
  Miller ended his show with "Stars and Stripes Forever" AKA "web-footed friends" parody, and it was sung at the end of every episode of, "Sing Along with Mitch."
  To this day it makes me shudder...
  Singin' along...

  PS: I have been really impressed with Aljazeera network news coverage. This morning they took a half hour to cover the election in Israel. Just straight reporting, no commentary. They covered each candidate, in which direction he wanted to see the country go, and some street interviews with the Israeli people. They interviewed a few Palestinians as well, ones who live in Israel - no comments, just listening to what the had to say.
  The show is in the FOX, CNN, MSNBC style, but sans the bimbos and snarky commentators. I am watching it every morning after the kids leave instead of the mindless network fare.




Dale of Diamond Springs responded:
   The answer is "The Stars and Stripes Forever" parodied as:
  Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends
     Be kind to your web-footed friends
     For a duck may be somebody's mother
     Be kind to your friends in the swamp
     Where the weather is very, very damp [pronounced to rhyme with "swamp"]
     Now, you may think that this is the end...
     WELL, IT IS! [abrupt cut to closing credits].
     Mitch Miller was a complete and total asshole hack!! Here's a quote about R&R: "Rock 'n' roll is musical baby food: it is the worship of mediocrity, brought about by a passion for conformity.
     Music historian Will Friedwald wrote in his book Jazz Singing (Da Capo Press, 1996) that "Miller exemplified the worst in American pop. He first aroused the ire of intelligent listeners by trying to turn - and darn near succeeding in turning - great artists like Sinatra, Clooney, and Tony Bennett into hacks. Miller chose the worst songs and put together the worst backings imaginable - not with the hit-or-miss attitude that bad musicians traditionally used, but with insight, forethought, careful planning, and perverted brilliance."




BttbBob   replied:
  
...a parody of Sousa's 'Stars and Stripes Forever'... I think I shall teach Maddie Muffin to sing that very thing... Yes, I believe so... a capital idea indeed. We can then spontaneously burst into a duet of it when next in the toy aisle upon seeing a duck stuffed-animal - thusly making an absolute spectacle of ourselves which is, of course, the desired affect... See, being a Grampa of a 5 year old scamp gives said codger moral license to be as goofy and absurd in public with said youngster as he damn'd well pleases...
  Watch for us on U-Tube!




MAM   wrote:
   "Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends" sung to the tune of "The Stars and Stripes Forever".




Sandra in Bangor said:
   be kind to your web-footed friends….



litebug replied:
   Think it may have been this one, to the tune of Stars & Stripes Forever:
     Be kind to your fine-feathered friends,
     For a duck may be somebody's mother.
     Be kind to your friends in the swamp,
     Where the weather is very very damp. (pronounced to rhyme with swamp)
     Now you may think that this is the end,
     AND IT IS!!




Randall responded:
   Mitch Miller
  ...be kind to your fine feathered friends
  for a duck may be somebody’s mo-o-o-ther
  If you think that this is the END
  WELL IT IS!
  (parody of um... hmmm.... Under the Double Eagle?)




And, Joe S     answered:
   I watched Sing Along with Mitch once in awhile, not often, it was too old and fuddy-duddy for me. I couldn't for the life of me remember what that song was until I looked up. It's Be kind to your Web-footed Friends, I remember it now. Everyone sang it, even me.

  The weather here is crap tonight. Snowing, high winds, white-out, thunder, but it's warmed up to 16° . I have no idea what the wind-chill is. Other than that it's okay. We have power, heat and lots of food.



  


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT REPUBLICAN MEN ARE MISOGYNIST ASSHOLES

"GOT GUNS" Y'ALL?

OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO OWN FIREARMS

"COME ON BABY, LET'S DO THE TWIST"

"POW! BANG! BAM!" AND THE REPUGS SLINK INTO THE NIGHT!

IT'S TIME FOR "SUBLIME MADNESS"

LET'S DO IT REPUGS!

IT'S A "I WANT MY MAYPO" WORLD. GET READY TO RUMBLE!

"YAHOO DOWN!" THE "BIBI BOOGIE" BEGINS

'BIBI'S BAD BET.' "CONGRATULATIONS MR. PRESIDENT!"

"URIAH HEEP" IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

ANTI ABORTION IS THE LAST VESTIGE OF THE MALE ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE THEIR HISTORIC POLICY OF ENSLAVING WOMEN

'THE GOSPEL OF HATE!'

THE EXTREMIST CULT OF CAPITALISM!

INCREDIBLE!

THE RAPE CULTURE!






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music



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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Overcast day, rainy night.



Tonight, Thursday:

CBS opens the night with a RERUN 'Big Bang Theory', followed by a RERUN '2½ Men', then a RERUN 'Person Of Interest', followed by a RERUN 'Elementary'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 10/29/12) are Denzel Washington and Paul Banks.
On a RERUN Craig (from 12/20/12) are Tom Hanks and Quentin Tarantino.



NBC begins the night with a FRESH '30 Rock', followed by a FRESH 'Parks & Recreation', then a FRESH 'The Office', followed by a FRESH '1600 Penn', then 'Rock Center'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Dustin Hoffman, Jillian Michaels, Kenny Loggins and Blue Sky Riders.
On a RERUN Jimmy Fallon (from 1/17/13) are Arnold $chwarzenegger (R-Family Values), Maggie Q, and Michael Kiwanuka.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 11/1/12) are Melissa Benoist, Selah Sue, and Metric.



ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Last Resort', followed by a FRESH 'Grey's Anatomy', then a RERUN 'Scandal'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel is Matt Damon.



The CW offers a FRESH 'The Vampire Diaries', followed by a FRESH 'Beauty & The Beast'.



Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', followed by a FRESH 'Glee'.



MY has an old 'White Collar', followed by another old 'White Collar'.



A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH 'The First 48: Missing Persons', then a FRESH 'Beyond Scared Straight'.



AMC offers the movie 'A Few Good Men', followed by the movie 'There's Something About Mary'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]   SEARCH FOR TIGERS
 [8:30AM]   SECRET GORILLAS OF MONDIKA
 [9:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 10 - Ep 11 - Kenneth Branagh, Zach Braff, Frank Skinner, Taio Cruz
 [10:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 3 - Ep 8 - Human Nature
 [11:00AM]   BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 4 - Ep 14 - A Disquiet Follows My Soul
 [12:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Bonapartes
 [1:00PM]   RAMSAY'S ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE-Ep 11 - Baking
 [1:30PM]   RAMSAY'S ULTIMATE COOKERY COURSE-Ep 12 - Better Baking
 [2:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Piccolo Teatro
 [3:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Lanterna
 [4:00PM]   TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 5
 [5:00PM]   TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 6
 [6:00PM]   TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 6
 [7:00PM]   PLANET EARTH-Ep 1 - From Pole To Pole
 [8:00PM]   PLANET EARTH: EXTREME PREDATORS
 [9:00PM]   WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN-Season 1 - Ep 1 - Giant Water Bug
 [10:00PM]   PLANET EARTH-Ep 2 - Mountains
 [11:00PM]   PLANET EARTH: EXTREME PREDATORS
 [12:00AM]   WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN-Season 1 - Ep 1 - Giant Water Bug
 [1:00AM]   PLANET EARTH-Ep 1 - From Pole To Pole
 [2:00AM]   PLANET EARTH-Ep 2 - Mountains
 [3:00AM]   TOP GEAR - Season 14 - Episode 6
 [4:00AM]   PLANET EARTH-Ep 1 - From Pole To Pole
 [5:00AM]   PLANET EARTH: EXTREME PREDATORS    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', 'Millionaire Matchmaker', followed by a FRESH 'Millionaire Matchmaker', then a FRESH 'Kathy'.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', 'Tosh.0', 'Workaholics', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', and another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Christopher Walken.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Tavi Gevinson.



FX has the movie 'Superbad', 'Anger Management', another 'Anger Management', followed by a FRESH 'Anger Management', then a FRESH 'Archer', followed by a FRESH 'Legit', then a FRESH 'Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell'.



History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', 'Bamazon', and 'Ax Men'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Whisker Wars-The Passion of Jack Passion
 [6:30AM]    Whitest Kids U'Know
 [6:45AM]    Raising Arizona
 [8:45AM]    Layer Cake
 [11:00AM]    Five Minutes of Heaven
 [1:00PM]    Raising Arizona
 [3:00PM]    Layer Cake
 [5:15PM]    Bad Boys
 [8:00PM]    The Last Legion
 [10:15PM]    Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
 [12:45AM]    The Last Legion
 [3:00AM]    Breakdown
 [5:00AM]    Freaks and Geeks-Discos and Dragons    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00A]    FREAKS AND GEEKS - I'm With the Band (Episode 6, Season 1)
 [7:00A]    Amreeka
 [8:45A]    Breakfast on Pluto
 [11:00A]    Happy Ever Afters
 [12:45P]    Vive la Rose
 [1:00P]    Amreeka
 [2:45P]    The Wednesdays
 [3:00P]    FREAKS AND GEEKS - I'm With the Band (Episode 6, Season 1)
 [4:00P]    Breakfast on Pluto
 [6:15P]    Among Giants
 [8:00P]    The Dancer Upstairs
 [10:15P]    Reversal of Fortune
 [12:15A]    The Dancer Upstairs
 [2:30A]    Reversal of Fortune
 [4:30A]    Superheroes    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Dead Season', followed by the movie 'Resident Evil'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Adam Scott, Gemma Arterton, and Mo Mandel.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      From Here To Eternity (1953)
 [8:15 AM]      Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
 [9:45 AM]      The Catered Affair (1956)
 [11:30 AM]      Torpedo Run (1958)
 [1:15 PM]      The Badlanders (1958)
 [2:45 PM]      The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
 [5:15 PM]      Ice Station Zebra (1968)
 [8:00 PM]      Road to Morocco (1942)
 [9:30 PM]      Welcome Stranger (1947)
 [11:30 PM]      Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
 [2:15 AM]      Some Came Running (1958)
 [4:45 AM]      Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Friday   -  01/25/13

TCM:
 [6:45 AM]      Looking Forward (1933)
 [8:15 AM]      Night Flight (1933)
 [9:45 AM]      The Rains Came (1939)
 [11:30 AM]      The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
 [1:00 PM]      Silver Queen (1942)
 [2:30 PM]      You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
 [4:00 PM]      The Gay Sisters (1942)
 [6:00 PM]      Submarine D-1 (1937)
 [8:00 PM]      The Tender Trap (1955)
 [10:00 PM]      Robin And The 7 Hoods (1964)
 [12:15 AM]      Ocean's Eleven (1960)
 [2:30 AM]      The House of Seven Corpses (1974)
 [4:30 AM]      House On Haunted Hill (1959)     (ALL TIMES EST)



USA has a FRESH 'Suits'.




Antenna TV

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV





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From left, director G.J. Echternkamp and producer Roger Corman from the film "Virtually Heroes" pose for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 in Park City, Utah.
Photo by Victoria Will

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Protests Nat Geo

GLAAD

The advocacy group backed a Change.org petition started by Will Oliver, a 20-year-old gay Eagle Scout, that calls on Nat Geo to air a disclaimer clarifying the network's views before each episode of its new series, "Are You Tougher than a Boy Scout." It debuts this spring.

"That National Geographic would brush aside countless gay teens suffering at the hands of the BSA, shrugging off injustice as just another 'point of view,' is irresponsible," GLAAD president Herndon Graddick said in a statement. "By airing this program, National Geographic is providing support and publicity to an organization that harms young people simply because of who they are. If the network is truly committed to standing by its non-discrimination practices, it should have no problem airing a disclaimer to that effect."

In a statement to GLAAD, the network said the show has "nothing to do with this debate" over the Boy Scouts' LGBT policies.

GLADD pointed to the Boy Scouts' October 2012 Progress Report of its National Council Strategic Plan 2011-2015. It cites the Nat Geo series as a "strategic partnership" aimed at promoting the idea that "scouting is 'cool' with youth."

The report states that the Scouts will begin working on marketing plans with National Geographic for "leveraging the show with Scouting audiences and audiences outside of scouting."

GLAAD


And who owns Nat Geo Channel?
Primarily, Rupert.


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Diane Kruger, German actress and model, arrives for Chanel' s Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture fashion collection, in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.
Photo by Zacharie Scheurer

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Banksy-Inspired Graffiti

Lance Armstrong

Street art apparently inspired by the elusive graffiti artist Banksy is being used by an unidentified artist to weigh in on the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

A stenciled, spray-painted image of Armstrong wearing a yellow jersey and riding a bike while hooked up to an IV drip was spotted in Los Angeles earlier this week.

The Twitter feed for London's Jalouse Club posted a photo of the art along with the message: "Banksy's take on Lance Armstrong #Brilliant." But a representative for Banksy told the Huffington Post U.K. that the British artist is not behind it.

A Banksy-style take on the disgraced cyclist was bound to happen. After the Oprah interview aired, the parody Twitter account @BanksyIdeas suggested the artist create a "stencil of Lance Armstrong pumping his bike tyre up with a syringe."


Lance Armstrong

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Returning April 7

'Mad Men'

AMC says "Mad Men" will return for its new season on April 7.

AMC announced Wednesday that the two-hour premiere kicks off the acclaimed drama series' sixth season. The episode was written by "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner.

"Mad Men" is set in the advertising world of circa-1960s New York City and stars Jon Hamm as agency exec Don Draper. Other stars include January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery and Christina Hendricks.

'Mad Men'

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This Jan. 21, 2013 photo shows director Jacob Kornbluth, left, and author, economist and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich from the film "Inequality For All" during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Fender Music Lodge in Park City, Utah.
Photo by Victoria Will

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2013 Inductees

TV Hall of Fame

Actor-director Ron Howard, sportscaster Al Michaels, CBS chief Les Moonves, journalist Bob Schieffer and writer-producer Dick Wolf will be inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 22nd Hall of Fame, the selection committee said Wednesday.

For the first time, proceeds from the ceremony, slated for March 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, will benefit the Television Academy Foundation's Archive of American Television, a collection of hundreds of video interviews with TV pioneers.

In addition to the five honorees, the Hall of Fame will posthumously induct Philo T. Farnsworth, credited with inventing all-electronic television transmission.

More than 120 individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since its inception in 1984.

TV Hall of Fame

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No Regrets

Pussy Riot

The imprisoned members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band say they feel no regrets about the irreverent "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral that landed them behind bars for two years.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina offered a vivid, but stoic, description of their harsh prison conditions in interviews published Wednesday in the independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper. They said they don't expect clemency from authorities.

Tolokonnikova, who works at a sewing machine like most female prisoners in Russia's prison colonies, was quoted by the paper as saying she has had her fingers punctured by the needle but has picked up speed and experience and can now meet her quota of making lining for 320 jackets a day.

Like other prisoners, she bathes once a week and uses cold water to wash the rest of the week.

Tolokonnikova said she meditates to prevent her spirit from being dulled by the monotonous labor. She added that the main thing she misses at her prison colony is the ability to read freely; prison conditions leave little room for reading the Bible and philosophy books.

Pussy Riot

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LMFAO musician Redfoo (C), boyfriend of Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, displays his vest-top after Azarenka's women's singles quarter-final match against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 23, 2013.
Photo by Toby Melville

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Ted's Son Running Against Colbert's Sister

Teddy Turner

Teddy Turner inherited his love of sailing from his father, media magnate Ted Turner. But there is less of a family resemblance when it comes to politics.

While the elder Turner leans Democratic, Teddy Turner is running as a Republican in a crowded race for an open South Carolina congressional seat created by a U.S. Senate appointment.

"My dad asked, 'What's the minimum amount I can give because you're a Republican?'" Teddy Turner said. "My dad has been asking for years, 'How the heck did you become so conservative?'"

Teddy Turner is one of at least 10 Republicans and two Democrats running in the March 19 party primaries in this coastal district.

Teddy Turner

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Voice Of Charlie Brown Arrested

Good Grief

The former child actor who was the voice of Charlie Brown in the 1960s "Peanuts" animated television specials will be arraigned on Wednesday, after being arrested at a border crossing near San Diego on a warrant accusing him of making criminal threats and stalking, authorities said.

Peter Robbins, 56, was taken into custody on Sunday evening as he was returning to California from Mexico at the San Ysidro crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, said Ralph DeSio, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

He was jailed in lieu of $550,000 bail on suspicion of four counts of making criminal threats and one count of stalking, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. Robbins, who lives in Oceanside, California, was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday afternoon.

Robbins was only 9 years old in 1965 when he became the voice of the world-weary yet optimistic title character of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," the first of many animated TV specials based on the popular "Peanuts" comic strip of Charles Schulz.

The actor went on to voice Charlie Brown in "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," "You're In Love, Charlie Brown" and "A Boy Named Charlie Brown," all which aired in the 1960s. He was replaced in later versions of the animated specials.

Good Grief

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Revellers dance under fireworks during the traditional "Correfoc" (fire run) to mark the end of the local festivities in Palma de Mallorca on the island of Mallorca January 21, 2013. Correfoc takes place during traditional fiestas in eastern Spain with people dancing in devil costumes lighting fireworks among crowds of spectators. Picture taken January 21, 2013.
Photo by Enrique Calvo

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Judge Rejects Restraining Order

Laurence Fishburne

A judge refused Wednesday to grant Laurence Fishburne a three-year restraining order against a convicted felon who claims he owns the actor's home.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson said she could not consider Mark Francisco's criminal history and she did not think his conduct warranted a lengthy restraining order.

Francisco, who police say was recently paroled on a cyberstalking case, went to the actor's home on Jan. 1 and threatened to evict the family. He also left a letter at the Oscar-nominated actor's home, but the judge said there was nothing threatening about it.

The actor had been given a temporary restraining order, but Goodson said Francisco's conduct didn't warrant an extension.

Laurence Fishburne

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Sue Casino

Black Keys

The Black Keys are remaining vigilant when it comes to sound-a-like songs.

The Nashville duo is suing Pinnacle Entertainment in New York federal court. Drummer Patrick Carney and singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach say the casino owner commissioned a song that sounds like their hit "Howlin' For You" for a commercial advertising two of its Louisiana properties. They are asking a judge for an injunction and compensation.

The Keys recently settled lawsuits against Pizza Hut and Home Depot over similar charges. Terms of those settlements were not released.

The Keys are up for five trophies at next month's Grammy Awards and Auerbach also has been nominated for producer of the year.

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Adidas Golf introduces a new light weight golf shoe by flying life size remote control replicas of Brandt Snedeker (R), Jason Day and Dustin Johnson (L) during a news conference in San Diego, California, January 22, 2013. The new 10.6oz adizero golf footwear line will be available January 24 globally.
Photo by Mike Blake

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Sticks With Name

Gilda's Club

Stung by the overwhelmingly negative reaction to removing the name of original "Saturday Night Live" cast member Gilda Radner from a cancer support group's title, a Wisconsin chapter is borrowing one of the comedian's catch phrases for its next announcement: Never mind.

Gilda's Club Madison will remain just that, group leaders told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The board voted last week to keep the name after an avalanche of criticism in November when it announced it was switching to the more generic Cancer Support Community Southwest Wisconsin, in part out of concern that young people today were unfamiliar with Radner, who died of ovarian cancer in 1989.

"It really struck a chord with folks and all of us agreed we want people to come to Gilda's and get the help that they need," said Wayne Harris, chairman of the board for the Madison chapter. "If this is what it takes to make that happen, we're all as a group happy to make it happen."

The intention of changing to a broader name was honorable, Harris said. "In retrospect, we probably should have thought that through or understood it more," he said.

Anger over the name change, which was supposed to take effect this month, came from members of the local Gilda's Club chapter, fans of Radner who saw it as a slight to a woman who confronted cancer with dignity and humor, leaders of other clubs who reaffirmed their commitment to keeping the name, as well as Radner's husband, actor Gene Wilder.

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Sharp Decline In Membership

Unions

Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving economy.

Government figures released Wednesday showed union membership declined from 11.8 percent to 11.3 percent of the workforce, another blow to a labor movement already stretched thin by battles in Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and other states to curb bargaining rights and weaken union clout.

Overall membership fell by about 400,000 workers to 14.4 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. More than half the loss, about 234,000, came from government workers including teachers, firefighters and public administrators.

But unions also saw losses in the private sector even as the economy created 1.8 million new jobs in 2012. That membership rate fell from 6.9 percent to 6.6 percent, a troubling sign for the future of organized labor, as job growth generally has taken place at nonunion companies.

"To employers, it's going to look like the labor movement is ready for a knockout punch," said Gary Chaison, professor of industrial relations at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. "You can't be a movement and get smaller."

Unions

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A model presents a creation by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2013 fashion show in Paris January 23, 2013.
Photo by Benoit Tessier

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Racy Victorian Divorces

Genealogy

The original Mrs Robinson's diary and scandalous suggestions about a former heir to the British throne are all part of the latest ancestral revelations to go online.

British genealogical website Ancestry.co.uk said on Tuesday it has put the transcripts of thousands of Victorian divorce proceedings online, which reveal the racy details of an era that most modern Britons consider to have been dominated by imperial duty, a stiff upper lip and formal familial relations.

The UK Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1911 date from the year when the Matrimonial Causes Act removed the jurisdiction of divorce from the church and made it a civil matter.

Before this, a full divorce required intervention by Parliament, which had only granted around 300 since 1668. The records also include civil court records on separation, custody battles, legitimacy claims and nullification of marriages, according to the website.

The rarity of such cases, combined with the fact that it was wealthy, often well-known nobility involved, made the divorce proceedings huge public scandals, played out in the press as real life soap operas.

Genealogy

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Prime-Time Nielsens

Ratings

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Jan. 14-20. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.

    1. AFC Championship: Baltimore vs. New England, CBS, 47.71 million.
    2. "AFC Championship Post-Game," CBS, 25.95 million.
    3. "NCIS," CBS, 22.86 million.
    4. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 17.93 million.
    5. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 17.64 million.
    6. "American idol" (Thursday), Fox, 16.23 million.
    7. "Hawaii Five-0" (Sunday), CBS, 13.03 million.
    8. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 12.64 million.
    9. "2 Broke Girls," CBS, 12.45 million.
   10. "The Big Bang Theory" (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), CBS, 11.7 million.
   11. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 11.65 million.
   12. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 11.64 million.
   13. "Mike & Molly," CBS, 11.46 million.
   14. "Vegas," CBS, 11.27 million.
   15. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 10.68 million.
   16. "Modern Family," ABC, 11 million.
   17. "CSI: NY," CBS, 10.68 million.
   18. "How I Met Your Mother," CBS, 10.51 million.
   19. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 9.59 million.
   20. "Undercover Boss," CBS, 9.45 million.

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Huskies pant during a training session at Feshiebridge, in Aviemore, Scotland January 23, 2013. The Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain will hold its annual sled dog rally this weekend.
Photo by David Moir

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