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Reader Response
Bush Family Ties
You don't have to be pathological in the
Rush/Drudge/Novak/Buchanan/Robertson way to hate Bush or know that
his grandfather and great grandfather were Nazi sympathizers.
Indeed, Prescott Bush and George Herbert were convicted under the
Trading With the Enemy Act while we were at war with the Third
Reich.
One source for information:
and another at .
Also, Prescott Bush failed in his first attempt to become senator in
1950, but won the special election in 1952 when the senator died.
Hmm....
~~ Dave Romm
Thanks, again, Dave!
You really should check out Dave's Bush Family Quiz!
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'The Osbournes' Recaps
For those of us (like me) without access to a TV, these are...almost...good
enough. Play-by-play descriptions of every episode.
'The Osbournes' Recaps
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Great Site!
The Worried Shrimp
'From the Series'
'The Series'
~~ The Worried Shrimp
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Reader Contribution
Kenneth Starr: A Retrospective
From Btw
Kenneth Starr: A Retrospective (Language Alert)- And Satire Alert, Too
< snip>''Forget the Dark Brothers, Annie Sprinkle and Candida Royale. The man making the hottest loops in the country is Kenneth Starr. "Kenny Hard," as he is affectionately known in the flesh biz, doesn't exactly fit the stereotype of a pornographer. Chubby and nondescript, a devout Christian whose job as a special prosecutor led him into the porn trade..''
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Started the night with '60 Minutes II'. Don't remember much about it now.
'The Job' makes me laugh. Jeez, what a putz.
Sure miss Dave.
Tonight, Thursday, CBS starts the night with a fresh 'Survivor: Marquesas', follows it with a
rerun 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' and then a fresh 'The Agency'.
Dave is a rerun with Martin Short & Jack Hanna.
Craiggers is also a rerun, with Josh Hartnett, Molly Sims & Lisa Loeb.
NBC starts the night with an hour of 'Friends' reruns. Then, it's fresh episodes of 'Will & Grace' and
'Just Shoot Me'. 'ER' is a rerun.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Richard Gere, Adam Ferrara & Enrique Iglesias.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan are Tim Robbins & Ben Kweller.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Bill O'Really & Angie Stone.
As usual, ABC starts the night with an hour of reruns of 'Whose Line'. Then, it's a fresh 'Regis' followed
by 'PrimeTime Thursday'.
Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher are Amy Pietz, Jami Gertz, David Mastio & Jeremy Northam.
The WB has a rerun 'Gilmore Girls' and then a fresh 'Charmed'.
Faux has a night of reruns - 'Family Guy', 'Greg The Bunny', 'King Of The Hill' and 'Andy Richter'.
UPN has 'WWF Smackdown'.
AMC has The Big Chill (1983) - my favorite Kevin Costner movie. He plays the dead guy.
It's all-singing, all-dancing, all-Technicolor on TCM. Starts with Singin' In The Rain (1952), then it's
The Band Wagon (1953), followed by Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954), and tops it off
with Kiss Me, Kate (1953).
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Final Show May 20th
Ally McBeal
"Ally McBeal," the Emmy-winning TV series that set feminists spinning with its depiction of a flighty, man-hungry attorney, is ending its five-year run on Fox, the network said Wednesday.
The decision was made by Fox, and creator David E. Kelley agreed, according to a source close to the show who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Kelley made the announcement on the set Wednesday.
"There were tears. It was emotional," said a spokesman for producer 20th Century Fox Television. The final episode of the Emmy-winning series, which had slipped in the ratings,
will air May 20, the network said.
For more details, Ally McBeal
Bad Feud Brewing
The Ramones
Joey Ramone's mother and brother are blasting friends and former bandmates of the late punk legend for staging a birthday bash the same night as a family fete in his honor.
Joey's brother, Mickey Leigh, and mother, Charlotte Lesher, are throwing a party May 19 at the Bowery Ballroom. They're rankled that Ramones "creative director" Arturo
Vega (who designed the band's logo and was lighting director at all of their shows) and former bandmates Tommy Ramone, Marky Ramone and CJ Ramone are planning
a Joey party the same night at CBGB.
"Arturo has been telling people that he was Joey's real family, not us," Leigh fumed. "And now he's staging another show to undermine the family's efforts."
Feuds among the Ramones are as expected as the band's signature shouted song intros of "1-2-3-4!" Guitarist Johnny Ramone had a long-running feud with
Joey, which the two often aired on Howard Stern's radio show, and never spoke to him even when Joey, who died last year, was suffering from lymphoma. There's
also bad blood between Johnny and the group's former bassist Dee Dee Ramone, who left in 1989.
Still, last year's bash bore hints of the rancor to come: Johnny and Dee Dee both declined to attend, and Leigh and Vega squabbled over a planned
Ramones reunion with guest vocalists.
Meanwhile, Vega's party at CBGB will feature a contest in which one lucky fan will get to perform his or her tribute song to Joey and the Ramones.
The song will be included as the B-Side of "The Bowery Electric," a Joey tribute number performed by "Joey's Musical Family," Vega, Tommy, Marky
and CJ Ramone and former Ramones producer Daniel Rey. Those interested in entering the songwriting contest should go to Web site
officialramones.com.
The Ramones
Britney's Baby Sister
Jamie Lynn Spears
Watch out! Baby Britney is popping out of the playpen. At a fashion show last Thursday for Kids "R" Us, Jamie Lynn Spears - the pop princess' 11-year-old
kid sister - strutted her stuff in cute cheerleader costumes.
But the confident starlet has an agenda of her own - which doesn't include modeling. "I like fashion, but I want to be a singer and actor," Jamie Lynn said.
But the sixth-grader will soon be stepping out from the sexy megastar's shadow. Nickelodeon has confirmed that Jamie Lynn and her mom have been "in talks"
about a project in which the dimunitive dazzler might star - echoes of Britney, who got her big break as a Mouseketeer.
There's even buzz that - gasp! - little sis might be the more talented one. At the show, Jamie Lynn was asked if she thinks she has a better voice than Britney. "Yes, ma'am," she answered modestly.
Her big sister agrees. "[Jamie Lynn] has a better voice than I do," admitted Britney to the San Diego Union-Tribune last year. "I support her 100 percent."
Sadly, Hollywood will have to live without the girls' older brother, 25-year-old heartthrob Bryan, who works in product merchandising in Manhattan. Says mom, "He's too macho" for show business.
Jamie Lynn Spears
Queen's Jubliee Gig Scrubbed
The Sex Pistols
Notorious '70s punk band The Sex Pistols have scrapped plans to play a London gig on the holiday weekend of the Queen's Jubilee, their
promotions manager said on Wednesday.
John Giddings, managing director of London music promotions company Solo, which is organizing the event, told Reuters: "They simply didn't want to
play that weekend (June 3) and it will not go ahead."
However, he did confirm that they will perform later in the summer.
Giddings said frontman John Lydon -- who will fly in from Los Angeles -- and the other three UK based members had spoken in recent weeks but added: "to
say they were looking forward to it is maybe going a bit far."
The Sex Pistols
New Best Friends
Rosie & O'Really
A most unlikely friendship went public Monday night at the first anniversary party for Rosie magazine. Rosie O'Donnell gave a warm welcome to Fox
News Channel star Bill O'Reilly. The two became friendly after O'Donnell appeared on his show last week. "Bill cut out some pieces of the interview
that I didn't think he would," O'Donnell said. "He had asked me, 'So you went on stage in front of everyone and children, and said you were a dyke?'
and I said, 'Yeah. I was in a comedy club, and the audience was adults.' "
Rosie & O'Really
Photo Sold At Auction
John Lennon's Glasses
A poignant photograph of John Lennon's blood-spattered spectacles taken by his widow Yoko Ono after the singer's murder sold at auction for $12,720 Wednesday.
Bonhams auction house said an unnamed American buyer bought the photograph after reading about it in The New York Times last weekend.
The image, one of only six prints, shows Lennon's trademark round spectacles beside a glass of water on a table set against a New York skyline.
Ono, Lennon's second wife, took the photograph in the couple's New York apartment outside which the former Beatle was shot dead in
December 1980 by obsessed fan Mark Chapman.
The proceeds of the sale will be donated to Artist Residencies of Tokyo, a charity that supports aspiring artists in Japan, where Ono was born. ($1=.6926 Pound)
John Lennons Glasses
Also see BC-E, Saturday, 13 April, 2002
BartCop TV!
Cannes Film Festival Judge
Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone and Asian action hero Michelle Yeoh will sit on the jury of the Cannes film festivals, starting on May 15, organizers said on Wednesday.
Director David Lynch, famous for his surreal and disturbing movies, had already been announced previously as head of the jury for the
55th edition of the world-famous festival.
In addition to heavy hitters such as Stone, star of "Basic Instinct," the panel will feature Indonesian actress Christine Hakim, a veteran of the Asian
film festival circuit.
Sharon Stone
Days Numbered For Grammy Head?
Michael Greene
Michael Greene's days as boss of the Grammys may be numbered. Music industry insiders said the board of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
will vote on whether or not to keep him on as chairman by the end of the month. Greene pays himself an average of $2 million a year, not including such
bonuses as a Mercedes and his $1 million membership in the Beverly Hills Country Club. But Greene has made more than his share of enemies, including Rudy
Giuliani, who barred the Grammy Awards show from New York after Greene unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at a young female mayoral aide. Since then, NARAS
and Greene gave an employee $650,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit. "He's on his way out," said one insider who added, "Unfortunately, they'll probably
give him a huge payoff to leave." But another music executive, who'd heard the same thing sighed, "Mike is so teflon - nothing sticks to him - that I won't
believe it until I see it."
Michael Greene
''Gary the Rat''
Kelsey Grammer
Kelsey Grammer is taking a second job in television — as an animated rat.
The "Frasier" star's production company is making a new cartoon, "Gary the Rat," that will debut on the TNN cable network next year. Grammer will provide the voice of the lead character.
Gary is described as a New York attorney so evil that one day he wakes up and he's no longer human.
"He becomes the most sought-after lawyer once it is discovered he is actually a rat," Grammer said Tuesday.
Kelsey Grammer
Appointed To California State Park and Recreation Commission
Clint Eastwood
Gov. Gray Davis' appointment of actor Clint Eastwood to the state Park and Recreation Commission was approved by the Senate Rules Committee.
Approval by the committee on Monday sent the nomination to the full Senate. Davis named Eastwood, a former mayor of Carmel, to the panel last November.
The nine-member commission shapes policies for more than 260 state parks, from Hearst Castle to Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The panel meets about six times
a year in different areas of the state.
Commission members are unpaid and serve four-year terms.
Clint Eastwood
Tour Dates Set
Eagles & Yahoo
Classic rockers the Eagles are checking out of "Hotel California," and returning to the North American concert circuit for the first time since 1995 with a seven-week tour, the group said on Tuesday.
The road show begins on May 31 in Reno, Nevada and ends on July 20 in Biloxi, Mississippi. A spokeswoman said ticket prices in all markets will be under $100, a relative bargain by the band's standards.
The Eagles, rounded out by guitarist Joe Walsh and bass player Timothy B. Schmit, are in the process of recording their first studio album since 1979's "The Long Run." They broke up acrimoniously shortly afterwards, but papered over their differences in the mid-1990s for a lucrative reunion. They recently released a boxed set, "Selected Works: 1972-1999."
The Los Angeles-based band, which formed in 1971 and enjoyed immediate success with its fusion of easy-listening folk, rock and country, said it also has teamed up with Web media giant Yahoo! Inc to promote the tour and sell tickets via an exclusive online ticket pre-sale.
The advance sale will kick off on Thursday, April 18 for concerts in Reno, Nevada; El Paso, Texas; Portland, Oregon; and Moline, Illinois at
(http://eagles.yahoo.com), four days before they go on sale to the general public.
Eagles & Yahoo
Baby News
Paradis & Depp
Actor Johnny Depp and French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis are the new parents of a baby boy, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Paradis, Depp's longtime girlfriend, gave birth to Jack John Christopher Depp III in Paris, France on April 9, the spokeswoman said, adding that "mother
and son are doing great."
Depp, best known as the offbeat star of such films as "Ed Wood" and "Edward Scissorhands" and Paradis, are also parents of a two-year-old girl, Lily-Rose.
Paradis & Depp
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Baby News
Tracy & Noah Wyle
Actor Noah Wyle, best known for playing a doctor on NBC's top-rated hospital drama "ER," will be spending time in the real-life maternity ward in
November, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old actor and wife Tracy Wyle, who have been married for two years, are expecting their first child, spokesman Eddie Michaels said.
Tracy & Noah Wyle
Concert To Benefit Angolan Child Refugees
Luciano Pavarotti
Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti is to stage a concert next month to raise money for Angolan child refugees living in Zambia, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday.
Pavarotti wanted to remind the world of the plight of people affected by one of Africa's longest-running civil wars, which had largely been forgotten
by the international community, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement issued in the Zambian capital Lusaka.
Money raised at the May 28 concert, to take place in the Italian city of Modena, would mainly go toward health and education projects, the agency said. About 30
Angolan refugee children are to be chosen to perform at the concert.
Pavarotti, who is a U.N. Messenger of Peace, has already raised millions of dollars for the world's refugees.
A concert in Modena last year, where Pavarotti topped the bill, raised dlrs 1.5 million for Afghan refugee children in Pakistan, while a 1999 concert collected one
million dollars for Kosovo refugees.
Zambia hosts about 260,000 refugees, mainly from Angola and Congo.
Luciano Pavarotti
Inspired By Texas Radio Talk-Show Host
The Phantom Patriot?
A self-styled superhero who dubbed himself "the Phantom Patriot" was convicted of arson and other charges on Tuesday for attacking California's
Bohemian Grove, site of a secretive annual retreat featuring some of the most powerful men in the United States.
Richard McCaslin, 37, was found guilty by a jury in Sonoma County Superior Court of arson, burglary and brandishing a weapon during his Jan. 20
assault, which he said was prompted by fears that the encampment 70 miles (112 km) north of San Francisco was used for human sacrifice.
McCaslin, wearing a skeleton mask, body armor and a costume emblazoned with the words "Phantom Patriot," infiltrated the 2,700-acre (1,090 hectare)
Bohemian Grove compound on Jan. 20 and set fire to part of a cafeteria building.
He was arrested after a brief stand-off with police, and later told investigators he was prompted to act after hearing a Texas-based radio talk-show
host discuss possible child sacrifice at the site.
Officials at San Francisco's Bohemian Club, whose past members and guests have included former U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and Richard
Nixon as well as generations of U.S. corporate and government leaders, denounced the "child sacrifice" claim as ridiculous and totally false. The all-male
Bohemian Club stages the retreats at the Bohemian Grove site.
Inspired By Texas Radio Talk-Show Host
Middle-Of-The-Road?
Michael Powell
Michael Powell, the Federal Communications Commission chairman, yesterday rejected charges that he is an ideologically driven deregulator. ''I
am absolutely a good middle-of-the-road moderate,'' he said.
Powell, the son of Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, spoke at Harvard's Shorenstein Center, and took some tough questions from audience members
who asked about his commitment to ensuring the diversity of views and public-interest programming in a rapidly conglomerating media universe.
In an interview after the event, Powell said those who have accused him of conservative anticonsumerism have not studied the record. ''I'm not
really an ideologue,'' he said. ''I've learned that it's a losing battle to try to constantly battle the spin. ... When I say a phrase, but it's
in the context of nine paragraphs, I get very frustrated that the phrase becomes the story.''
The recent deregulatory climate, and the tides of capitalism, have created an environment in which an increasingly smaller group of powerful
companies - such as AOL Time Warner, Viacom, News Corporation, and Disney - controls an increasingly larger segment of the information pipeline.
Although that has triggered a spirited discussion, at least in media circles, about the potential evils of consolidation, Powell indicated that
such a debate may not resonate with the consumer.
''I do have regular Americans who write me complaining about the concentration of the media and viewpoints, certainly,'' he said. ''But I also have
a lot of neighbors who yawn at the whole thing. ... If anything, I think we feel a tad besieged that we live in all-consuming media environment every
second. Is there variety in TV? ...
For the rest of this troubing article, Michael Powell
Excerpts from The Books of Remembrance
Queen Mum
"When Diana died I swore I would never smile again, but eventually I did.
Now the Queen Mum has gone I cannot imagine that I will ever smile for the
rest of my life, but I will probably break that one too".
A.Christie,Hendon.
"She was one of the old school, all the remaining royals are sh*t"
J.Clement. Grantham.
"I thought she would never die, she has let us all down very badly"
D.Holmes, Somerset.
"She was a trooper and she never gave up. I remember one time she was
visiting a school and I asked her if she would like to make a visit to the
cloakroom before she left. 'No' she replied, 'I didn't give in to the
Nazis
and I won't give in to the bladder'. That's how she was, a fighter, who
refused to be beaten by anything. She p*ssed herself later though, it was
sickening".
B. Forrester, North Yorkshire.
"She was a marvelous woman, and a wonderful lover".
L. J.Worthington,
Penrith.
"Her death should act as a warning to others who think it is cool to
experiment with drugs".
E. Franks, Cheshire.
"Once again the Queen is not upset enough for my liking, the woman should
have a bit more compassion, how would she feel if it was her mother?"
W.Waugh, Richmond.
"Bomb Iraq for us Tony, its the only thing that will make us feel better"
P.McGregor, Southampton.
"I have been unable to masturbate for five days, and will not do so again
until her majesty is buried"
E. Gorman, Derbyshire.
"Good God, who is next, Geri Halliwell?".
R. Combes, Romford.
"No matter how she felt, no matter the situation, she always wore a smile.
Just like a retard"
G. Hollins, East Sussex.
"She was one of us, and by that I don't mean she perpetrated insurance
fraud
or lied about expense claims. She was like us in a good way. God bless you
ma'am".
L. Weller, Harlow.
"If only I could get my hands on that fish bone right now, you heartless
bastard!"
J. Hedges, Cowdenbeath.
"She had such a difficult life, always battling against adversity and
misfortune. Let us hope that if there is a next time round she is given a
life of privilege and comfort"
T.D.Wainwright, Hastings.
Many Thanks to Graham, our British correspondent.
More Euphemisms Than You Can Shake A - Oh, Never Mind
Woody's World
Woody's World of Penis Euphemisms!
1000's Found In Peru
Inca Mummies
Thousands of Inca mummies, some of them bundled together in groups of up to seven, have been unearthed from an ancient cemetery under a shantytown
near Lima in Peru, National Geographic announced on Wednesday.
Believed to be the largest cemetery from one time period excavated in Peru, lead archeologist Guillermo Cock said as many as 10,000 Incas were possibly buried
at the site at Puruchuco in Peru's Rimac Valley between 1480 and 1535.
But Cock, a Peruvian archeologist, said the site was being destroyed at an alarming rate by humans, including the release of thousands of gallons of sewage
daily into the shantytown's streets that had seeped underground and damaged some mummies.
Cock, who estimates they uncovered the remains of between 2,200 and 2,400 Incas, said the cemetery provided a huge scientific sampling of the Inca people from
infants to the elderly and from the rich to the very poor.
For the rest, Inca Mummies
In Memory
Damon Knight
Damon Knight, a prolific science fiction writer and editor who helped transform pulp science fiction into a respectable genre, died Monday. He was 79.
Knight published his first story in 1941, and went on to write 13 novels, beginning with "Hell's Pavement" in 1955, and more than 100 short stories.
One short story, "To Serve Man," was adapted into a well-known episode of "The Twilight Zone." In it, aliens appear on earth and promise to end hunger and war, but their guidebook, "To Serve Man," is decoded and found to be a cookbook.
Knight also was influential as a teacher, critic and organizer. He helped found the Science Fiction Writers of America and was editor of Orbit, a science fiction anthology series.
Knight and his wife, Kate Wilhelm, also a writer of science fiction, taught for 27 years at the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop held annually at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
Knight won the Hugo Award in 1956 for reviewing and a Grand Master Nebula Award in 1994.
Damon Knight
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'The Osbournes'
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