'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Contributor Comment
Re: Janet J
Hi Marty,
Good job Janet. She freaked out a bunch of wingers,
and entertained a bunch of people like me.
Good job.
Tim
Thanks, Tim!
He's B-a-a-a-c-k!
The Worried Shrimp
Reader Comment
Re: Janet J
The most tasteless thing I saw about the Super Bowl half-time entertainment was that it was surrounded by a football game.
Ray
Thanks, Ray!
from Mark
Dr. Paul's Words of Wisdom
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny, windy & a bit nippy by local standards.
Dear old Dad isn't pleased with a fresh 16" of snow, or the layer of ice underneath.
Had to give a couple of the cats manicures today - they have extra toes & those claws tend to grow in if not tended regularly.
Tonight, Thursday, CBS starts the night with a FRESH 'Survivor: All Stars', followed by a FRESH
'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', then a FRESH 'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Drew Barrymore, snowboarder Tara Dakides, and Fountains of Wayne.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Rob Schneider, Petra Nemcova, and Bob Guiney.
NBC begins the night with a 40-minute long FRESH 'Friends', followed by a FRESH 80-minute long 'Trump Atrocity', then a
FRESH 'ER' (starts 1 minute before the top of the hour).
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Queen Latifah, Jason Bateman, and Lyle Lovett.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Matt Lauer and Harry Connick Jr.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Paul Teutul & Paul Teutul Jr., and Ying Yang Twins featuring Lil' Jon.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'Extreme Makeover', followed by another FRESH 'Extreme Makeover', then 'Primetime Thursday'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Missy Elliott, Joe Mantegna, and Buddy Guy, with this week's guest co-host Kathie Lee Gifford.
The WB offers a FRESH 'Steve Harvey's Big Time', followed by a FRESH 'All About The Andersons', then a
RERUN 'Surreal Life'.
Faux has a FRESH 'Tru Calling', followed by a FRESH 'Big Fat Obnoxious'.
UPN fills the night with 'WWE Smackdown!'.
A&E has 'American Justice', followed by a 2-hour 'Cold Case Files', then 'Airline', followed by another 'Airline'.
AMC offers the movie 'In Harm's Way', followed by the movie 'Bend Of The River', then the movie 'Shenandoah'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Burrows;
[7pm] 'House Invaders' - Northowram;
[7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Isleworth;
[8pm] 'House Invaders' - Brightlingsea;
[8:30pm] 'House Invaders' - Colchester;
[9pm] 'Faking It' - Radiographer to Fashion Photographer;
[10pm] 'The Office' - Episode 2;
[10:40pm] 'TBD';
[11pm] 'House Invaders' - Brightlingsea;
[11:30pm] 'House Invaders' - Colchester;
[12am] 'Faking It' - Radiographer to Fashion Photographer;
[1am] 'The Office' - Episode 2;
[1:40am] 'TBD';
[2am] 'House Invaders' - Northowram;
[2:30am] 'Changing Rooms' - Isleworth;
[3am] 'Faking It' - Radiographer to Fashion Photographer;
[4am] 'The Office' - Episode 2;
[4:40am] 'TBD';
[5am] 'House Invaders' - Brightlingsea;
[5:30am] 'House Invaders' - Colchester; and
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'West Wing', followed by the FRESH 'Reggae: The Story Of Jamaican Music', then 'Queer Eye', followed by 'West Wing'.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Crank Yankers', 'Insomniac', 'South Park', 'The Man Show', and another 'The Man Show'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Noah Wyle.
History has 'Modern Marvels' and 'Last Days Of World War II'.
SciFi has the movie 'Pitch Black', followed by the movie 'Hollow Man'.
TCM - Day 5 of '31 Days of Oscar™', where every movie is either an Oscar™ winner or nominee.
[6am] 'Viva Villa!' (1934);
[8am] 'Ship of Fools' (1965);
[10:45am] 'Cat Ballou' (1965);
[12:30pm] 'Giant' (1956);
[4pm] 'The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming' (1966);
[6:30pm] 'Little Caesar' (1930);
[8pm] 'Some Like It Hot' (1959);
[10:30pm] 'Sense and Sensibility' (1995);
[1am] 'Little Women' (1933);
[3am] 'Bound For Glory' (1976). (ALL TIMES EST)
Former California Gov. Gray Davis, center, poses with actor Mike O'Malley, left, and fellow guest star Tim Conway on the set of the CBS television show 'Yes, Dear,' Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004, in Los Angeles. Davis is trying his hand at acting as he guest stars as himself in a episode to air Monday, March 1.
Photo by Monty Brinton
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Donated $1M to UCSB
Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas gave $1 million to the University of California, Santa Barbara, for the school's new Center for Film, Television and New Media. The lobby of the new center will be named in honor of Douglas.
The 59-year-old actor, who graduated from UCSB in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in dramatic art, said in a statement Monday that he's proud to be associated with the center, which "represents the very best in teaching, research and public service that a campus can offer."
The new center is the first of its kind in the University of California system. It will include a production suite, instructional and research laboratories, a climate-controlled film and television archive and a 325-seat public theater.
Michael Douglas
NBC Cuts Shot of Patient's Breast
'ER'
Janet Jackson's revealing Super Bowl halftime moment has created fallout for "ER," with NBC removing a glimpse of an elderly patient's breast in Thursday's episode.
The network said Wednesday it had "unfortunately concluded that the atmosphere created by this week's events has made it too difficult for many of our affiliates to air this shot."
NBC's decision was criticized by John Wells, the executive producer of the popular and long-running medical drama, who said such "affiliate overreactions" have a "chilling effect" on dramatic integrity.
"This type of network behavior is one of the primary reasons that so many of today's producers and viewers are increasingly turning to HBO and other cable outlets that do not censor responsible storytelling," Wells said.
'ER'
Says U.N. Thriller Aids Cause of Peace
Kofi Annan
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday he allowed a thriller starring Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman to shoot on U.N. premises because the movie supported the world body's work for peace.
His approval for director Sydney Pollack's "The Interpreter" marks the first time in memory that the United Nations has allowed Hollywood to film in its distinctive halls. Annan had originally turned down Pollack's request because it might be too disruptive and not reflect U.N. values. But after a visit from the director, he agreed.
Filming, U.N. officials said, would be done evenings and on weekends, beginning March 1, with the production company paying for overtime or other expenses the United Nations might incur. But the world body itself cannot accept money from individuals so a contribution might be made to one of its relief agencies.
Kofi Annan
Star on Hollywood Walk O'Fame
Drew Barrymore
A giddy Drew Barrymore received a star Tuesday on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame as a crowd of hundreds looked on.
Referring to her marker on the sidewalk in front of Hollywood's historic Chinese Theatre, she gushed: "That's not mine is it? Oh my God. I'm, like, right in front. ... This is insane."
She is the fifth member of the Barrymore acting dynasty to receive a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, after father John D. Barrymore and grandfather John Barrymore, whose siblings were Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore.
Drew Barrymore
From left to right, cast members Dawn Wells, Bob Denver and Russell Johnson of 'Gilligan's Island,' pose during a launch party for 'Gilligan's Island: The Complete First Season,' which will debut on DVD February 3, 2004 in Marina Del Rey, California. The popular television series marks its 40th anniversary with the DVD release, which includes a rarely seen pilot episode.
Photo by Jim Ruymen
Station Apologizes for Rant
John 'Johnny Rotten' Lydon
The television station ITV apologized Wednesday after former Sex Pistols singer John Lydon let fly with a string of expletives on a live reality TV program.
Lydon, formerly known as Johnny Rotten, made the foul-mouthed rant on the Australian set of "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" — a hugely popular program that is being beamed back to about 10 million viewers in Britain nightly.
Lydon's comments, made when he was told that the public had voted to keep him in the "Big Brother"-style show, prompted almost 100 complaints to ITV and Britain's media watchdog Ofcom.
John 'Johnny Rotten' Lydon
Kid Rock Super Bowl Poncho
VFW Angry
Forget Janet Jackson: The Veterans of Foreign Wars is peeved at Kid Rock.
The VFW is upset that media outlets are ignoring the poncho Rock wore during the Super Bowl halftime show, which was made by cutting a slit in an American flag. Rock later tossed the flag into the crowd.
The VFW's commander in chief, Edward Banas Senior, says Rock's outfit was "in poor taste and extremely disrespectful." Banas lamented that the NFL, MTV and CBS have issued apologies for Justin Timberlake's ripping Janet Jackson's clothes but have said nothing about Rock.
VFW Angry
May Host Miss USA Pageant
Paris Hilton
Despite being tall, leggy and glamorous, socialite Paris Hilton doesn't exactly dress or act like a pageant queen.
Donald Trump, however, thinks Hilton could be a pageant host, and is negotiating with her to host the Miss USA Pageant, which he owns.
Trump told Us Weekly magazine he got the idea while Hilton's parents, Kathy and Rick, were visiting him at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. And he said Hilton's infamous Internet sex tape doesn't bother him.
Paris Hilton
Courtesy of the BBC
Cultivation Tips
A Scottish radio phone-in gardening program gave new meaning to the term "potting shed" when its experts unwittingly offered listeners useful tips on how to cultivate cannabis.
A caller had cheekily asked for advice on growing a hybrid species of cannabis called Northern Lights, but the experts thought they were being asked how to propagate a type of cabbage with the same name and eagerly offered a range of tips.
Cultivation Tips
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Duet For NBA All-Star Game
Nona Gaye
Using a little technical magic, Marvin Gaye's daughter Nona will be singing "The Star Spangled Banner" with her late father at the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles on February 15. Nona will be singing along with a digitally enhanced video and remastered audio of her father's performance of the national anthem from the 1983 NBA All-Star game--the last time the game was played in L.A.
The 29-year-old singer told the Los Angeles Times, "I'm nervous and exhilarated and honored at the same time. I can't believe I'm going to sing with my daddy."
Nona Gaye
The Rev. Jesse Jackson talks about the ongoing grocery workers strike and lockout as Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti, left, and Mayor James Hahn listen after the United Food and Commercial Workers Union announced an offer to resolve the dispute, at union headquarters in Los Angeles Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004. Unions leaders offered to return to work immediately if the supermarket chains would agree to binding arbitration.
Photo by Reed Saxon
Assails 'Emperor' Eisner
Roy E. Disney
Dissident shareholder Roy E. Disney tossed another grenade in his war against Walt Disney Co. chief Michael Eisner on Tuesday, filing a document with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that blamed Disney's top executives for a dozen years of "failed ventures" and "schemes that recycle rather than innovate."
Urging shareholders and investors to take back the company by voting against Eisner and three members of the board of directors at Disney's annual meeting next month, the document argued: "The daring, dynamic, creative and businesslike management of the post-1984 years has given way to a staid and inbred group under the singular imperial rule of an Emperor (Michael Eisner) and his enabling Court (the board of directors). The once lean organization has become top heavy with intelligent and well-intentioned schemers, who rather than supporting the creative soul, dictate to the artists what must be done (and won't tolerate differing views)."
The document also takes aim at the compensation awarded Disney's top executives, noting that the company's top five executives were paid more than $68 million in total compensation during the past three years, while the company's share price fell by about 50%.
Roy Disney's plea to the shareholders argues that WDC has become marketing-driven to the point of losing sight of quality. "The product is no longer what matters most, just how you sell it," it says.
Roy E. Disney
www.SaveDisney.com
Blasts Eisner
Steve Jobs
Pixar Animation Studios Inc. chief Steve Jobs blasted his former film partner, The Walt Disney Co., on Wednesday saying recent Disney animated films had bombed at the box office and questioned Disney chief Michael Eisner's movie sense.
"We feel sick about Disney doing sequels because if you look at the quality of their sequels, like 'The Lion King 1-1/2,' 'Peter Pan' sequels and stuff, it is pretty embarrassing," Jobs said, adding there had been "little creative collaboration" with Disney on the Pixar films for years.
Jobs also read from a 2003 Los Angeles Times article citing people familiar with the matter as saying Disney Chief Executive and Chairman Michael Eisner told his board "not to expect a blockbuster" from "Nemo," and that quoted Eisner as saying Pixar, "may be headed for a reality check."
"We've been told the same story by several folks at Disney. As you know things turned out a little different," Jobs said.
Steve Jobs
Rhino Reissuing Trilogy
Fleetwood Mac
Rhino Records will roll out expanded reissues of three classic Fleetwood Mac albums on March 23.
The sets -- 1975's self-titled album, 1977's "Rumors" and 1979's "Tusk" -- established the Mac as one of the most popular bands in the world. "Rumors" is the sixth-best selling album of all time according to the Recording Industry Association of America, which has certified it for U.S. shipments of 19 million copies.
Fleetwood Mac
Sofia Coppola, director, producer and screenwriter of the film 'Lost In Translation' poses with her father, director Francis Ford Coppola, as she arrives at the DVD launch party for the film in Los Angeles, February 3, 2004. The film received a Best Picture Academy Award nomination and a best director nomination for Coppola.
Photo by Fred Prouser
'Wardrobe Malfunction'
Top Internet Search
A flash of singer Janet Jackson's right breast during a halftime Super Bowl performance has become the most-searched image in Internet history, online companies said on Wednesday.
Jackson's unscripted flash of flesh during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime sent Internet surfers seeking pictures of the snafu in greater numbers over a 24 hour period than searches for "September 11" or Madonna's kiss with Britney Spears.
"The now infamous 'wardrobe malfunction' ... has proved to be the most-searched event in the history of the Internet," said Aaron Schatz, who compiles a daily list of top search phrases for Lycos.
Top Internet Search
Faberge Imperial Eggs
Viktor Vekselberg
Russian oil and metals baron Viktor Vekselberg has unexpectedly bought the Forbes family collection of fabled Faberge Imperial Easter Eggs and other pieces for more than $90 million, months before Sotheby's was to auction them, representatives said on Wednesday.
None of the parties would disclose the exact price, but a source close to Vekselberg in Russia said: "It was more than $90 million. I won't say how much more, but it was more."
Named 146th on Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people with an estimated worth of $2.5 billion, Vekselberg is vice-president and a director of an oil and gas company joint venture between Tyumen Oil Company and British Petroleum. He is also co-owner of SUAL, Russia's second largest aluminum producer and he has stakes in power companies.
Viktor Vekselberg
Files for Annulment
James Brown
James Brown has filed papers seeking an annulment from his wife, claiming she never divorced from a previous marriage.
Brown's attorney, Jim Huff, told The Augusta Chronicle that Brown's wife said she never sought a divorce from Javed Ahmed, whom she married in Houston in February 1997.
James Brown
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
ESPN Will Not Renew
'Playmakers'
ESPN said Wednesday it would not renew "Playmakers," the rookie drama series whose harsh depiction of professional football angered the National Football League.
As ESPN's first foray into scripted serial programming, "Playmakers" averaged an impressive 2.2 million total viewers during the course of its first season, with more than 1 million from ESPN's core men 18-49 demographic tuning in each episode.
'Playmakers'
Actor Tony Curtis (C) acknowledges the applause flanked by his daughters Allegra (L-R), Alexandra Sergeant and Kelly Curtis after he receiving the Golden Camera award for his lifetime achievement at Berlin's Schauspielhaus theatre, February 4, 2004. The 54th annual Berlin Film Festival will start on February 5 with international films competing for the 11-day event's top award, the Berlin Bear.
Photo by Fabrizio Bensch
Member Expelled
Oscar 'Screeners'
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars, on Wednesday said it expelled a member for giving away videotapes of Oscar-hopeful movies in violation of Academy policy.
The member widely reported as violating the policy is Carmine Caridi, a 70 year-old actor in Los Angeles who has had small parts in two of "The Godfather" movies and on television in shows like "NYPD Blue."
Caridi could not be reached for comment, and an Academy spokesmen declined to name him as the expelled member, citing an Academy board vote to keep the name confidential.
Oscar 'Screeners'
Disappearance a Mystery
Alaska Sea Otters
When Russian explorers first saw sea otters bobbing in the waters off Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the mid-18th century, they knew they had discovered a money maker.
The otters' fur "is so far superior in length, beauty, blackness and gloss of hair to the river otters' pelts that these can scarcely be compared to it," wrote German naturalist Georg Steller, who accompanied legendary mariner Vitus Bering on his Alaska expeditions.
Russian and American hunters later wiped out nearly all of Alaska's sea otters, whose luxurious fur became known as "soft gold." The otters were saved from extinction after a 1911 treaty banned the commercial hunt.
Alaska's sea otter population numbered 100,000 to 137,000 in the 1980s, with its core in the Aleutians and western Alaska. But numbers fell 70 percent from 1992 to 2000, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Some Aleutian populations are down to just a few thousand, about 5 percent of 1980s' levels, the agency said.
For the rest, Alaska Sea Otters
Japanese Distributor Cancels Display
Hitler Watercolour
A movie distributor cancelled plans Wednesday to a display a watercolour by Adolf Hitler, just a day after announcing it would be shown to promote a film loosely based on the Nazi dictator's life.
The undated, unnamed watercolour showing Vienna's Karlskirche, also known as Saint Karl's Church, was to be exhibited for a week starting Saturday at a Tokyo theatre to coincide with the Japanese premiere of Max, written and directed by Menno Meyjes.
A spokesman for the film's Japanese distributor, Toshiba Entertainment Inc., said Wednesday the exhibition was cancelled because of difficulties getting the painting shipped from Germany to Japan in time for the movie's opening.
Hitler Watercolour
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Eckerd Corp
A Texas pharmacist was disciplined for refusing to fill the prescription of a rape victim seeking a morning-after pregnancy-prevention pill, the pharmacy chain that employed the man said on Tuesday.
Eckerd Corp. said the pharmacist considered it a violation of his morals to give a rape victim, with a valid prescription, a pill that would prevent her from getting pregnant due to the sexual assault.
"A pharmacist is obliged to fill a prescription if it is a valid, legal prescription," Eckerd spokeswoman Joan Gallagher said. "We do not make exceptions for any moral, religious or ethical concerns with regard to filling the prescription."
Protesters, carrying signs reading "Got Raped? Let someone else help you" and "Rape violates my morals," have been picketing the store this week.
Eckerd Corp
A man takes a closer look at a display in the Salvador Dali exhibition 'Mass Culture', as part of special events in honor of the Catalan artists' 100th birthday this year, at the CaixaForum in Barcelona, February 4, 2004. The exhibit, consisting of over 400 works by the artist, is to offer an overview of the contact between painting and popular culture that Dali maintained throughout his life. The exhibition runs from February 6 to May 23.
Photo by Albert Gea
Durban, South Africa
One-Eyed Goat
Durban's one-eyed baby goat is dead. The two-day-old goat - which had "human" features - was put down by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) because it had no nostrils and could not breath properly.
Durban's SPCA Chief Inspector Jacqui Dewar said the animal was collected by their Amanzimtoti branch on Tuesday and put down after it was discovered that it was unable to breathe and could not suckle. The animal was breathing through its mouth.
Some community members had suggested the goat might have been the result of an act of bestiality, but a Durban veterinarian, who did not want to be named, disputed it.
One-Eyed Goat
Memorial to Be Held in Oregon
Keiko
A memorial service for Keiko the killer whale will be held Feb. 20 at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, where the six-ton hero of the "Free Willy" films lived from 1996 to 1998.
Visitors to the Feb. 20 service can sign a memory book, a chaplain will deliver a eulogy, former keepers will offer remembrances and a retrospective photo exhibit will adorn the walls.
Keiko
www.aquarium.org
If You Think Janet's Breast Is a Worry...
Get A Grip
Let's all get a grip. It seems this was just a bad publicity stunt. Should we really be so surprised? After all, Jackson and Justin Timberlake could hardly be expected to waltz across the stage like Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire (now that would have been truly shocking).
The world has a lot more pressing concerns right now than a bodice-ripping snafu during the Super Bowl halftime show. Want something really worth worrying about? Want to spend taxpayer dollars on something more important than a probe into Nipplegate? Here are a few concerns that top our list:
Osama bin Laden: Where the heck is he? The U.S. has been hunting for the mastermind of the September 11 attacks for more than two years now. Last week, the military said it was "sure" it would catch the six-foot, four-inch terrorist leader this year. But for now, all they have are those scratchy video and audio tapes he keeps putting out.
Jobs: Where the heck are they? Back in October, Treasury Secretary John Snow predicted the U.S. economy would create 200,000 jobs a month. Even at that rate, it would have been slow going to get the 3 million folks who lost their jobs in the downturn back to work. But it's not even close. In December, only 1,000 jobs were created. Ouch.
The Growing Deficit: Uncle Sam's sea of red ink for fiscal 2004 is now projected to be more than $500 billion and seems to growing by the day. When will the tide turn? And who's going to pay for it? Parents today should be a lot more worried about the monstrous debt being foisted on their children than Janet Jackson's burst bustier.
Health Care: Politicians pay nothing but lip service to the biggest problem that will face most Americans in their lifetimes: Access to quality medical care. The Medicare program is grossly underfunded, and with millions of baby boomers entering their Golden Years, companies are forcing existing retirees to pay full freight if they want to stay on corporate health plans. If nothing is done, wait until the children who watched that halftime show catch a glimpse of the cost of caring for their aging parents 30 years from now.
The 2004 Presidential Election: Doesn't matter if you want Bush in or out. What's really worrisome is how few people vote in this country: Only 50% of eligible voters cast ballots in the Presidential election in 2000, down from 63% in 1960. Pathetic -- and even worse when you consider that roughly half the adult population doesn't even register, which means only 25% of voting-age Americans decide who moves into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Iceland puts the U.S. to shame with a 87% turnout. C'mon folks, aren't isn't this supposed to be the world's greatest democracy?
For the rest, Get A Grip
In Memory
Cornelius Bumpus
Saxophonist Cornelius Bumpus, a former member of the Doobie Brothers who has performed with Steely Dan since 1993, died Tuesday en route to California for performances. He was 58.
Bumpus had a heart attack on a commercial flight from New York, said his friend, Rod Harris, an organizer of the Columbia College Jazz Concert Series.
Bumpus' wife told Harris that her husband was dead when the plane made an emergency landing in Kansas City.
Bumpus began his career at age 10, playing alto saxophone in his school band in Santa Cruz, Calif. In 1966, he spent six months performing with Bobby Freeman, and joined Moby Grape in 1977, writing one tune for the "Live Grape" album. Bumpus also recorded two solo albums and toured with his own band.
After performing with The Doobie Brothers in the early 1980s, Bumpus played with a number of bands, most recently with Steely Dan, which won the "Album of the Year" Grammy for its 2000 "Two Against Nature" release.
His relations with his former Doobies bandmates turned contentious in the late 1990s, when they sued him and several other musicians over their use of the Doobies name. A federal judge in 1999 ruled against Bumpus and the other musicians, ordering them not to use the name.
Cornelius Bumpus
A worker installs a lantern for the Lantern Festival at a park in Beijing February 4, 2004. Chinese celebrate the festival on the 15th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, by hanging up lanterns which they believe will bring good luck and blessings. This year's Lantern Festival falls on Thursday.
Photo by Guang Niu
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