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Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Movies Review
10 Worst Films Of All Time!
By Joe Bacon
I was surprised by the number of e-mails I got for covering the RAZZIES. A lot of folks asked me what I considered to be the TEN WORST MOVIES EVER MADE, so here's my list. It just took such a long time to come up with the Crap de la Crap!
It never ceases to amaze me how people get paid big amounts of money to put such God-awful crap on the screen. They make more in 60 minutes than I will make in my lifetime. Hey, I know I can count past 10 without taking my socks and shoes off, but that disqualifies me as studio executive material. So, I decided to strike back by joining the G.R.A.F. And give them the pimp-slapping they deserve...
Anyway, here is my list for the 10 WORST FILMS OF ALL TIME
BATTLEFIELD EARTH (2000)—because John Travolta proved that he had less talent than Ed Wood. This HAD to be Plan 10 from Outer Space (Y’all remember Plan 9, right?). The dialogue is so bad that I thought the screenplay was written by Stuttering John (from the Howard Stern Show). I was hoping for a Special Guest Appearance by Dr Smith and the Robot. This movie was so bad it makes Irwin Allen’s 60’s TV crap look like Citizen Kane. Did you note the parallels in the story with Scientology? After all, Terl (like Xemu) is imprisoned in a fortress of gold. Well, at least they didn’t make him Number 6 and stick him in the Village (Patrick McGoohan must have a GREAT lawyer!)
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (1980)--Everything you have heard about this rancid fruit of a movie is true. So bad that tomatoes threw people at the screen. The part of the movie having a Republican Ad man create a feel-good campaign about people getting killed just strikes too close to home! By the way, Steve “Rock” Peace (the idiot running around and tripping on his parachute) got elected to the California State Senate in 1994. He is the idiot who wrote our power deregulation bill. Thank GOD for term limits!
COOL AS ICE (1991)--I hated Vanilla Ice in 1991 and I still hate him today. Remember when Andy Warhol said everyone would get 15 minutes of fame. This movie was shot during the sixteenth minute of Mr. White Trash’s ocular-offending orgy. Any idiot who acts like Mr. Blackwell on steroids ought to have an encounter with Florida’s Old Sparky. I only wish that his VH1 “Behind the Music that Sounds Like Crap” segment had a happy ending. It didn’t—he’s still alive. I laughed my ass off when Todd Bridges beat the shit out of him on TV recently. Suge Knight, WHY didn’t you drop him from that balcony??? I would have fought to get on the jury to acquit you!
DEADLY WEAPONS (1972) Any movie directed by the inept Doris Wisham is a treat to laugh at. Especially if you have Israeli Stripper Chesty Morgan trying to get the bad guys drunk and then suffocate them between her 73G cups. This was the first film to feature Harry Reems. He went on to screen immor(T)ality in Deep Throat, Devil in Miss Jones, etc. Not bad for someone who graduated cum laude (don’t laugh) from my alma mater, University of Pittsburgh in Economics. (Damn! that’s the same degree I have...)
SEXTETTE (1978) Super blurry close ups of Mae West in the bedroom with her newest stud hubby Timothy Dalton... We NOW know the real reason for the gas crisis of 1979—so much oil had to be converted to petroleum jelly to cover the lens during Mae’s close-ups. Yes, it IS true that they warble “Love Will Keep Us Together”. (If you think I’m kidding. Go to
www.incorrectmusic.com, click on the word Audio, then scroll down the page until you see “Love will Keep Us Together” in MP3, click on it and get experienced in a way Jimi Hendrix couldn’t describe on his worst acid trip!) Oh, I was hoping that Mr. Ed would have broken out of his stall and busted down the door and given Mae something REALLY to sing about. That fantasy eventually came true as “FREDDY GOT FINGERED”...
CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC (1980) Well, you are Max Bialystock, er, Allan Carr, the BIG producer. YOU have made a mint from “Grease”, so what do you do next, well, your next project has REAL talent in it—in fact it is The Life Story of the Village People, a big budget box office bomb that still stinks 25 years later. Directed by Nancy Walker—so inept as a director as she was an actress in Blansky’s Beauties. And, Allan gave her the best talent to back her up behind the camera—the same Gang of Idiots that did the Worst movie of ALL TIME--”Star Trek the MOTIONLESS Picture” You gotta credit Allan—many wished it, but this picture not only destroyed the careers of anyone that was involved with it, hey it also killed Disco deader than Howard the Duck! Where do I begin—shall it be where the Leatherman auditions for the group by getting down on his knees and singing “Danny Boy”? Oh, don’t forget the choreographed Colt models plunging into the pool as the Group sings Y.M.C.A.--I bet this number alone still makes Andy Sullivan weak at the knees. Speaking of Andy, dare I talk about the hot creamy MILKSHAKE number???? Look at this film time and time again and see all the bloopers and editing mistakes that Ed Wood would have caught. Hey, any movie starring Bruce Jenner and Valerie Perrine as the “beards” for the group—you just KNOW it’s going to be a HOWLER! Now, Let me digress for a moment. This piece of cheese is FINALLY coming out on DVD on APRIL 16th for only $14.99 Go to Amazon and buy it. Better yet, use Bartcop's link to go get it. Bart needs the nickel!
SUPERMAN 4, THE QUEST FOR PEACE (1987). The Canon Films boys Golan and Globus do what no mere Earthly mortal could ever achieve. They are a deadlier force against Superman than Kryptonite. This poor pithy pretense of a photoplay has effects so cheesy that they would have been cut out of a Glen Larson episode in the 80’s, which leads us to...
STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE (1979) This is hands down my choice for the WORST MOVIE EVER MADE!--inept plot, you find yourself in Warp Drive to Nowhere! William Shatner’s toupee acts better than the rest of his body does. You see Nimoy the Zombie on autopilot—you know he’s simply counting the money. Jimmy Doohan kills his Playtex Living Girdle. You spend literally hours dragging out what could have been a hokey 60-minute episode of the original series and for what? A typical Roddenberry script about a new age machine. Hell, send the machine on a retreat with the Soka Gakkai and get it chanting. That would have stopped it.
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Reader Review
Wally Pleasant
By Dave Romm
I confess I'm a couple of Wally Pleasant CDs behind. They're hard to find in stores; you mainly get them from his Miranda Records. I first encoutered Songs About Stuff in the used bins, and liked it so much I got on his mailing list, and get alerted to tours but seem to have missed some new releases. Sorry Wally. "Wally will be touring EVERYWHERE! HE'S TAKING OVER THE WORLD!" and he will be happy to write and record a song for any occasion, claims his web site. Mostly, he hangs around the E. Lansing MI area, but does go on the occasional tour.
Songs About Stuff is his first album, from 1992. It feels like a first album; just Wally and his guitar. It's a staggering amount of fun, especially for those of us who weren't too stoned to remember college but sometimes regret we weren't. Wally laments your (not necessarily his) lack of success with women in She's In Love With A Geek, That's Evolution, First Love and Bad Haircut. If I Were is a flight of speculative fancy on the order of Simon and Garfunkel's El Condor Pasa or Cat Steven's Moonshadow. Musical legends get deconstructed in Dead Rock n Roll Stars, though still (I Wanna Be A) Pop Star. His Hippies Lament is more effective than your average Cartman insult, though he also regrets his Lost Weekend In Las Vegas. A lot of his songs are more spoken (or at least blurted out) than sung, sort of reminiscent of the patter songs of Jimmy Durante. Sort of. Frankly, this is my favorite of the three albums reviewed here. It's utterly without pretense or guile, never hitting a false note; full of clever lyrics and nice tunes. He must be a blast live. More sophomorically folksy than Loudon Wainwright III (another of my favorites) or as commercial as Weird Al Yankovic's original songs (alas for him), these remain unrepentent and listenable.
Welcome to Pleasantville has a lot of fun songs on it, and is an attempt to go commercial that doesn't quite take off. I Was A Teenage Republican, both the solo and the George Bush Megamix Version, deconstruct the Reagan/Bush years. With another Bush in office, the same jokes work. Hmm.... Anyway, his anti Smoking song also works and he goes back to talking about his profession in Rock Song and does the 50s in the Rock-N-Roll Yard Sale. His sense of humor, college-level searching for Truth-with-a-Capital-T and self-deprecating patter really shine in How I Got Lost On The Road Less Travelled But Then Got Instant Karma On I-96. Sort of Weird Al's Albuquerque from someone who has taken too many Senior philosophy courses. Sort of.By Houses of the Holy Moly, Wally has graduated (or at least left) college and wails his Post Graduate Overeducated Out of Work Blues before falling into his Stupid Day Job. Wally claims I'm Nice, a change from his selfish past. Didn't help him get a job at Enron. Just as well. Topics range from Alternateen to Toxic Waste Party and Wonderful Sex. The Cat Came Back has as many versions as there are returning felines, and he puts his stamp on this rock ballad variant. Still, what makes this album worthwhile, all by itself, is Song for Bob Dylan. Done Dylan style, he skewers folk singers and commercial expectations with a precise ear. This is the song that replaced I'm In Love With A Geek as the most frequently played on Shockwave. "Bob Dylan was the first Bob Dylan, who was billed as the next Woody Guthrie...."
There are two more Pleasant CDs that I don't have, but are on my list. I do want to hear Wreck of the Old 486, which sounds like a computer song I should collect...
Dave Romm is a conceptual artist with a radio show and a web site and a very weird CD collection. He reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E here.
Thanks (again), Dave!
Yeah, think I'd like to hear 'Wreck of the Old 486' also. Have an old 486 that currently functions as a door stop, but if we
had a boat, it'd be better used as an anchor.
Reader Suggestion
35th International WorldFest Houston Film Festival
From
Sharon G
I forgot to include the festival's website:
35th International WorldFest Houston Film Festival
Sunday night, the last night of the festival they are showing 'Tom Jones', 'Casablanca', and 'Easy Rider'.
(Gee, I wonder if any celebrities [from one of those films] might be making an appearance without billing Sunday night?) Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
~~ Sharon G
Thanks, Sharon.
If you're in the Houston-area, check it out!
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Spent some primetime at the Pat Boone channel (KDOC, channel 56) guiltily watching 'MacMillan & Wife'. Police Commissioner Rock Hudson, 'married' to Susan St.
James (who currently is in the process of divorcing Dick Ebersol, after 20 years), yeah, that's entertainment.
Did you hear Dave talking about St. John having rehearsed (singing) with Paul for over an hour, and that they didn't know til 10 minutes before air that
St. John wasn't gonna let his ''Eagles Soar'' after all. (Jeez, which was creepier - that St. John chose to 'perform' ''Can't Buy Me Love'', or his commenting that both he & Paul
McCartney would be 60 this year?)
On the other hand, Dave's Top 10 List 'Why John Ashcroft Wouldn't Sing On Our Show', hit a homer (blah, blah, blah).
Tonight, Thursday, CBS starts the night with a fresh 'Survivor: Marquesas', and then
has reruns of 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' and 'The Agency'.
- Scheduled on a fresh Dave (which is going to start 15 minutes late due to 'Masters Highlights') are Cameron Diaz and The Strokes.
- Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Ben Affleck, Chris Webber & Angelique Kidjo.
NBC starts the night with 2 reruns of 'Friends', then follows with fresh episodes of 'Will & Grace' and 'Just Shoot Me'. 'ER' is a rerun.
- Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Ben Affleck, Aisha Taylor and Shakira.
- Scheduled on a fresh Conan are John Leguizamo, Christina Applegate & Regena Thomashauer.
- Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Jim Breuer & the Goo Goo Dolls.
As seems to be tradition, ABC starts the night with a rerun, and then a fresh episode of 'Whose Line', followed by a fresh 'Regis' and 'PrimeTime Thursday'.
- Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher are Alan Thicke, Donal Logue, Darlene Kennedy & Mariel Hemingway.
The WB has reruns of 'Gilmore Girls' and 'Charmed'.
Faux also has a night of reruns - 'Family Guy', 'Greg, The Bunny', 'Family Guy' and 'Andy Richter'.
UPN has 2 hours of 'WWF Smackdown!'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
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Show Airs Friday
Waving At Stevie Wonder
• Last week's scoop about President Bush waving at Stevie Wonder during the Ford's Theatre Presidential Gala generated huge response on talk radio, in newspapers
foreign and domestic, on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" and "Saturday Night Live" -- and from Ford's Theatre Artistic Director Frankie Hewitt, who belatedly phoned
to tell us: "I was sitting right next to the president, and it didn't happen."
Our original witness -- a musician who was onstage on a riser with a clear view of the action -- wouldn't back down an inch, so we looked to gala producer
Dennis Doty to resolve the dispute. Yesterday in Los Angeles, Doty and executive producer Gil Cates, busy editing the show for its April 12 broadcast on ABC,
scrutinized the video feed from the "presidential isocam," as the camera trained on Bush is called. After watching with the sort of attention previously reserved
for the Zapruder film -- in slow motion, stop-motion and frame by frame -- they reported that as Wonder was getting settled behind his keyboard, Bush briefly
raised his palm and smiled "in a kind of Dave Garroway wave," Doty said, dating himself. But the gesture appeared directed at emcee Kelsey Grammer, Doty added.
We await conclusive scientific analysis.
Lloyd Grove In The Washington Post
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Transcripts
Monday, April 8, 2002, with guests:
Bob Odenkirk
Floyd Brown
Gregory Palast
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'Politically Incorrect' Transcript for Monday, April 8, 2002
Counting On Ignorance & Stupidity
George Anderson
'I see dead people!" goes the line from the Oscar-nominated movie "The Sixth Sense." Now a TV special is coming from ABC on April 22, which seems to
show that the medium George Anderson is also seeing dead people - hearing from them, too. "He is the guy with the real sixth sense!" says ABC's
Andrea Wong. "We think he is legitimate."
Anderson has been called "the Edgar Cayce of our time" and he is riveting in this special talking to Vanna White ... to Bret "The Hitman" Hart ... to
Mackenzie Phillips ... and to the mother and sister of Bonny Lee Bakley (the murdered wife of actor Robert Blake). Anderson reveals to them information
so personal that it seems the only person who could tell it is the deceased Bonny. You'll have to watch to believe it.
Emmy-winning producer John Redmann says, "This is real communication with souls from the other side. For people who have suffered loss, it is incredibly
comforting. For viewers who are open, it's compelling TV. And for skeptics, it's like watching a David Blaine special and trying to figure out how he does
it." The special is titled "Contact: Talking to the Dead."
George Anderson
New Film Footage At Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix's family has just received new footage of the guitar virtuoso playing at Woodstock.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that that theater benefactor Albert Goodman sold the two-hour long black and white film to the Hendrix estate for $95,000.
In 1969, Goodman followed a friend onstage at Woodstock who sneaked through only because he was carrying a guitar. Goodman set up a camera just to
the left of Hendrix's drummer, Mitch Mitchell, about 10 feet away from Hendrix.
Goodman kept the film for over 30 years before restoring it. It is not known if the Hendrix family will released the footage.
Jimi Hendrix
Dinner With Dad
Chelsea
It must be getting serious between Chelsea Clinton and boyfriend Ian Klaus. The lovebirds dined with papa Bill Clinton at Pastis on Monday night, along
with Democratic fund-raiser Phillip Levine, who probably picked up the check. Before dinner, the former prez was at the bar with a couple of stars from
"The Sopranos." "Clinton told them he was a big fan of the show, and they invited him to the set," a spy tells us.
Chelsea
Advertisers Dropping Like Flies
'The Shield'
Two more advertisers -- Anheuser-Busch and Tricon Global Restaurants -- have dropped out of FX's controversial cop series "The Shield," joining last week's dropouts
Burger King, Office Depot and New Balance.
But a spokesman for the cable network said the program is still 75 percent sold out for its first 13 weeks.
After kicking off with a spectacular 4.1 rating in its premiere episode on March 12 (Tuesday at 10), "The Shield" slipped to a 3.7 rating in cable homes
March 19. It then plunged on March 26 to a 3.1 rating, tumbling even further to a 2.2 on April 2.
Even though the household numbers have fallen precipitously over the four weeks, FX said 65 percent of the total viewers to "The Shield" are adults
18 to 49, a robust percentage that -- if it continues -- should keep lots of advertisers interested in buying spots.
'The Shield'
Tomorrow - Friday, April 12, Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Ozzy
OZZY TO RECEIVE STAR ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
INVITES FANS TO ATTEND
Friday, April 12, Ozzy will receive his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in front of the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, 6780 Hollywood Boulevard at the corner of
Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Av. The ceremony will take place at 11:30am and Ozzy extends the invitation to all his fans to come down and share in the moment. Ozzy, the
family, and other luminaries will be there to drink in the occasion, so if you're in SoCal you can't dare miss this!
For more details, Ozzy.com
Hollywood Chamber Of Commerce 'Walk Of Fame' Site has a bit of info about it, too.
Woo-hoo! Road trip tomorrow!
Doing Double-Duty At Cannes
Martin Scorsese
Director Martin Scorsese will be joining Woody Allen, David Lynch, Catherine Deneuve and a host of other international stars when he heads to the Cannes Film Festival next
month to top the short film and Cinefoundation jury.
Scorsese will be doing double-duty in Cannes. Roughly 17 minutes of his upcoming "Gangs of New York," the high-budgeted Miramax film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, are expected
to screen during the fest, and he'll be on hand to support the film.
Scorsese is no stranger to the Croisette. His "Taxi Driver" won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1976, and he copped the director award for "After Hours" in 1986.
This year, aided by four yet-to-be-chosen international artists, he'll award the Palme d'Or for short film and the three Cinefoundation awards, for student short and mid-length films.
Martin Scorsese
And The Alamo, Too
Ozzy, Greta and Dubya
If there's an odder union, we don't know what it would be, but...Fox News yesterday confirmed that prime-time host Greta Van Susteren will take heavy metal star
Ozzy Osbourne as a date to the May 4 White House Correspondents Association dinner. Ozzy's wife, Sharon, "co-star" of the MTV hit "The Osbournes"), also is going. Why
Ozzy and Greta? A Fox spokeswoman would only confirm the date; Van Susteren couldn't be reached (the Osbournes appeared on Monday night's "On the Record").
It is believed this will be the first time that President George W. Bush will meet the Black Sabbath singer. In February 1982, Osbourne was arrested for urinating on
the Alamo and banned from playing in San Antonio. A decade later, the city forgot about the incidentwhen Osbourne donated $10,000 to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Ozzy, Greta and Dubya
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Wants To Do A Game Show
Richard Donner
"Lethal Weapon" director Richard Donner is gunning for television's game-show arena, teaming up with Stone Stanley Entertainment (ABC's "The Mole") to create "The Real Deal."
The project is a comedic quiz show, with contestants vying for cash by correctly determining the origin of popular words, urban legends and superstitions.
"It may sound odd, but I have always wanted to do a game show," said Donner, who is developing the project under his production shingle, the Donners' Company. "This
idea has been ruminating in my brain for 10 years."
"Real Deal" trivia may include answering such questions as how "giving the middle finger" gesture was born. (Apparently, it's a throwback to the days of Robin Hood,
when soldiers would cut off the middle fingers of enemies to keep them from shooting arrows.)
Best known for his film work, Donner was director of all four movies in the high-octane "Lethal Weapon" franchise and executive producer of the Marvel Comics
superhero adventure "X-Men." He and his wife/business partner Lauren Shuler Donner ("You've Got Mail" producer) are adapting the Michael Crichton novel "Timeline" for the big screen.
Richard Donner
Richard Donner also directed some episodes of 'Gilligan's Island', way back when.
Culver City Lot For Sale
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment, needing less studio space due to recent cutbacks in TV production, is trying to sell its historic Culver City lot, according to a spokeswoman.
The facility, which is adjacent to and smaller than Sony's main lot, was purchased by a subsidiary for about $80 million in 1991, according to a published report.
The complex opened early last century as Thomas H. Ince Studios. It was used to shoot the famous scene of Atlanta burning in "Gone With the Wind," as well as such
classic films as "Citizen Kane" and the original "King Kong."
The property has also served as a home base for famous film and TV names, including RKO, Selznick and Desilu, according to the Times.
Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Bumped Back To 10 PM
'NYPD Blue'
ABC is shifting veteran cop drama "NYPD Blue" back to its traditional 10 p.m. Tuesday slot for the May ratings "sweeps."
The Steven Bochco-produced series will move from its current 9 p.m. berth on April 30, replacing the Bochco-produced legal drama "Philly." That show, starring
"NYPD Blue" alum Kim Delaney, ends its first season April 23.
ABC will air a two-hour season finale from 9-11 p.m. on May 21.
The "Blue" move is part of ABC's all-out effort to avoid finishing in fourth place for the 2001-02 season. In addition, the network hopes to give local
affiliates' 11 p.m. newscasts a boost by scheduling the still-strong "NYPD Blue" as a local news lead-in.
NYPD Blue
Joining Dick, Danny & Mario On 'The Other Half'
Dorian Gregory
NBC Enterprises hopes TV actor Dorian Gregory will be its lucky charm for the fledgling syndicated talk show "The Other Half."
Gregory, a regular on the WB series "Charmed," has been installed as a new co-host for the low-rated daytime series -- a male answer to ABC's female-skewing
"The View" co-hosted by Barbara Walters.
Joining Gregory, who also has appeared on "Lois & Clark" and "Third Rock From the Sun," are current "Other Half" co-hosts Dick Clark, Danny Bonaduce and
Mario Lopez. Gregory will make his debut Monday.
Dorian Gregory
New Series For NBC
Natasha Henstridge
Movie actress Natasha Henstridge has signed on to star in an action-drama TV series, "She Spies," from NBC Enterprises and MGM Worldwide Television Group.
But in an unusual deal, the NBC network will air the first four episodes of the show in prime time this summer before the series rolls out in national broadcast
syndication in the fall. The summer sneak peak is set to start Saturday, July 20. at 10 p.m.
NBC Enterprises also has finalized syndication deals for the show, formerly known as "B.A.I.T." The show has been cleared to appear weekly on NBC owned-stations
and most Hearst-Argyle TV stations, covering more than 50 percent of the country.
The "She Spies" deal plays into NBC's twin desires to reduce program costs and beef up summer programming, Zucker told Daily Variety.
Under the terms of the "She Spies" agreement, MGM will produce 20 episodes of the series and also handle U.S. and international distribution of the show.
Natasha Henstridge
Fighting Insurance Companies & Mold
Ed McMahon
As Johnny Carson's sidekick, entertainer Ed McMahon was famed for his infectious laugh. But as a homeowner, he says he is involved in a drama that has left him seething.
McMahon, 79, is suing his home insurance company for $20 million, claiming it botched a simple repair on a broken pipe and, as a result, allowed a toxic mold to spread through his house,
making his family sick and killing his dog.
In a lawsuit filed on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, McMahon, who for years served as Carson's sidekick on NBC's "Tonight Show," said he, his wife Pamela, and household staff members
have been battling illnesses as a result of exposure to a mold known as stachybotrus chartarum. He also said the family dog, Muffin, died as a result of a mold-induced infection.
According to the suit, a pipe burst last July in McMahon's estate in the posh Coldwater Canyon section of Los Angeles, causing his den to be flooded. McMahon made a claim under his policy with
American Equity, which arranged to clean up the damage caused by the flooding.
In addition, another contractor hired by the insurer to store the McMahons' furniture, artwork and television memorabilia has not to date returned the items despite repeated requests to do so, and
the McMahons do not know where their belongings are being stored, Browne said.
Ed McMahon
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Picked Up By HBO
'Journeys With George'
HBO has picked up rights to the film "Journeys With George," a documentary following then-presidential candidate George W. Bush on the campaign trail.
"Journeys" features Alexandra Pelosi -- daughter of U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat -- tagging along with Bush for 18 months as he stumped for the
White House. HBO plans to air "Journeys" later this year.
"What it reveals is how we elect our presidents, and George Bush is just one of the many great characters on the road trip," says Pelosi of "Journeys." "I certainly
would not have been able to pull this off if I were covering Al Gore."
'Journeys With George'
Slipping Off The Top Ten List
Harry Potter
Trainee wizard Harry Potter and his adventures are beginning to lose their magic touch as two of the J.K. Rowling books have slipped out of this week's top 10 best sellers' list.
Only "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" is still in the leading pack, but even then it is just hanging on at No. 10.
No. 1 on the charts is James Patterson's fictional "1st to Die" which tells the story of a woman homicide inspector in San Francisco. Patterson's other work has
included "Along Came a Spider" and "Kiss the Girls" which have both been made into films.
Harry Potter
SAG Censures President
Melissa Gilbert
In the latest sign of the deep rift among leaders of the Screen Actors Guild, the union's Hollywood board has voted 19-6 to censure president Melissa Gilbert
for calling members with a recorded message urging them to ratify a controversial deal with talent agents.
The vote, taken Monday night, specifically condemned Gilbert for her "bad judgement" in using personal phone numbers of SAG members. The move came after board
members received complaints from constituents about Gilbert's call coming in on their unlisted phone numbers.
The vote took place after Gilbert had departed, leaving SAG first vice president Mike Farrell to chair. He attempted to rule the motion out of order, but was defeated in a
challenge of the chair.
Farrell and SAG spokeswoman Ilyanne Kichaven said Tuesday the process used for the censure vote was inconsistent with SAG's constitutional procedures. "This was a strong-arm
move to make a publicity statement," Farrell said.
Melissa Gilbert
Still Seeking Volunteers
'The Osbournes'
Put up a page devoted to 'The Osbournes'
C'mon....send your thoughts, your impressions, your views, your favorite quotes...
Scroll down for lots of addys to pick from (or 'from which to pick', for the truly anal retentive).
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