BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 28 April, 2005
Thursday
28 April, 2005
(Updated Daily)
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'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Jazz From Hills
Trimmed Bush and Hedges
Someday All Mine, All Mine, All Mine
Georgie Jr., the coke-sniffing rebellious alcoholic who the stupid religious right of this country elected, winds up committing one of the seven deadliest sins quite blatantly, right in front of his right-wing constituency, however beneath their comprehension level. The sin is greed. How will George Junior become a greedy old billionaire? The old-fashioned way. He'll inherit it from Daddy-poo.
I imagine Commander-in-Chief Bunnypants as a cheerleader at Yale, sticking his hand up close to the girl cheerleader's tingly parts, shouting up to the girl "My Daddy and I are going to rule the world, Muffy!!!". His prediction to Muffy is partly coming true.
His most recent ass-kissing was to have members of the House of Saud over to Camp David to kiss the Royal Family's asses to open up their oil lines a tad 'cause he really didn't want to lose face in his one and only truly elected post as Commander-in Chief. Television footage shows Bunnypants literally taking one of the Prince's hands and walked up the steps hand in hand like homosexuals to the front door of the Camp.
Basically he told the prince and other attendees from Arabia that he needs their help, even know they have the US by the balls. Bunny said the whole global economy is in their hands and America needs cheaper oil, so open those pipelines, boys. Is that true? I'm afraid they could certainly fuck things up by shutting down the oil flow, but Georgie will be fine. Shit, his Dad is buddies with the bin Ladens, whose son was responsible for the murder of close to four thousand Americans.
Bunnypants has his billions safe with his George Sr. who is sitting at the helm of the Carlyle Group, whom we really ought to know by now has connections to the vast majority of the earth's resources and wealth. Bunny's daddy might be the phoniest son of a bitch to ever hold office. When he was sitting with Bill Clinton in the television tsunami advertisements pleading for donations to help the devastated, George Sr. continued profiteering from the War on Terror, making billions from that immoral fiasco. What a hypocritical asswipe. Maybe his firm could cough up a few million, a billion wouldn't sink them, since their estimated assets are over 20 billion dollars.
How ironic on September 11 Bunnypants father was sitting in one of the most plush conference rooms in the world in the Ritz-Calton Hotel in Washington, DC, watching New York City get blown to bits by mainly Saudi Arabians, as Carlyle's financial prospects or more profit went sky high at the same moment. In attendance in the room were some of the bin Laden family, who were attending the annual Carlyle Group investor's conference, making more billions than they already have. I mean, where in the hell does the lust for money cease and desist?
Here's the bin Laden family, who have so much oil they could fuck up the global economy, over here at the US to make sure their billions are amassing even higher, and one of their cousins was masterminding the most horrific event in US history. If it wasn't for greed, how could you even think this shit up? It's inconceivable. By the way, as you probably know, all national airspace was shut down after the attack, with the exception of flights for the Saudis, including the-bin Ladens, to get them back to Raghead Town safely.
Our leader needs to read his Bible to remind him money is a bottomless sea in which honor, conscience, and truth are drowned. Then our nation's electorate needs to reevaluate their definition of morality. I mean, who are the bad guys in the above? I'd say everyone except Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton, the man who supposedly brought so much shame on the United States when in reality brought eight years of peace and prosperity, a huge surplus for the federal government, sound foreign policy, was well liked as the US leader from those overseas, this terrible man was why Bunnyboy took office. It's like a bad episode of the Twilight Zone. Even the Twilight Zone episodes tried to have logical sequence with coherent plots written by old Rod Serling.
We are just currently cursed by idiotic billionaires running our country into a two-class system, poverty, a fake war on terrorism, globalization, religious wars popping up due to the War on Iraq, killer viruses, and sinking morality due to the invasion of Killer Bees. Find a sweetheart, rent out a nice hotel suite for a night with champagne and a two seater Jacuzzi, and turn up some Motown and let your mind drift away for a day or two. Maybe we can all sing and dance once again come next election.
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Posted by Phillip L. Vincent to Trimmed Bush.
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Freshly Updated!
Humor Gazette
Holding hands with his special friend Prince Abdullah, President Bush said today he tried everything to get the bashful Saudi monarch to drop the price of oil -- from flowers and chocolates to butterfly kisses and promises of geopolitical favors.
But don't expect Bush's wooing to pay off at the pump. Despite charming him with pickup truck rides and brush-clearing lessons, sources say the president couldn't even get to second base with the sexy Saudi.
For the rest:
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BARE FEET ON GRANITE
SHOOTING THE BEAUTY OF SPRING
PLAID CAMERA GIRL
Zen Man
(in the Mountains)
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Reader Comment
Re: Doing something different?
Hi Marty
Capturing a pic seems to depend on the browser, Firefox won't (or at least
it won't for me) IE will.
Go figure.
Paul
Thanks, Paul!
I hadn't even considered browsers.
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Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Don Hazen: MoveOn Muscles Up (AlterNet)
MoveOn founder Wes Boyd discusses how progressives can gain the offensive advantage, the power of the Democratic rank and file, and the futility of moving to the center.
Annalee Newitz: Free the Cameras (AlterNet)
He's a surveillance device with a conscience. The hardest part is when he comes into contact with other members of his kind.
Robert Scheer: GOP Gays and the 'Finkelstein Phenomenon' (AlterNet)
There are reasons to feel optimistic about the granting of full civil rights to people who have chosen a life partner of the same sex.
Ellen Goodman: Welcoming the good old days (Washington Post Writers Group)
Columnist finds herself on the bright side of 64.
BILL GALLO: Scoundrel Time (Houston Press)
Alex Gibney expertly captures the lies and fall of Enron
James Wolcott: On Some Sad Laps, No Heads Bob
This morning on Air America, Jerry Springer ran the tape of Rush Limbaugh's bizarre outburst against Al Gore's upcoming cable news venture ...
Andrew Tobias Responds to More Monkey Mail
Nick Anderson Cartoons
Start Making Sense
Robin Hood Game (Mac)
Mac Game Trailers
Chart: Religions and Premarital Sex
Religious Bumper Stickers (Humor)
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Reader Comment
bush and the prince
Marty,
The hub-bub that's going on this week about Bush
holding hands with the Crown Prince in the field of
bluebells -- no big deal people, chill. All bush is
trying to do is make Guckert/Gannon jealous, that's
all.
Roma
Thanks, Roma!
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Freshly Updated!
dickeatsbush
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Reader Suggestion
Re: Trailers for TCM movies
Hey! If you want links for
trailers for TCM movies, why not go here:
They've got trailers for nearly all of TCM movies.
-Brian
Thanks, Brian!
You're the first to have noticed the addition.
Next time I visit TCM movies I'll check it out.
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Purple Gene Reviews
'Elvis and the Beauty Queen'
Purple Genes' review of the made for TV movie "Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) Directed by Gus Trikonis (the first Mr. Goldie Hawn):
I know all you Elvis Freaks are getting ready for the big Sunday night Mini-series on CBS called "Elvis"…This one should be particularly hilarious when you look at the line-up……….
Elvis Presley -
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
('Bend it like Beckham')
Ann Margret -
Rose McGowan
('Charmed')
Priscilla Presley -
Antonia Bernath
('Kisna: The Warrior Poet')
The "Colonel" -
Randy Quaid
('LBJ: The Early Years')
Vernon Presley -
Robert Patrick
('Terminator 2')
Gladys Presley -
Camryn Manheim
('Scary Movie 3')
Anyway…..I got side tracked today because Encore Drama channel was playing the worst Elvis movie ever made!!!!!!! "Elvis and the Beauty Queen"….worse than any Elvis movie the "King" made…..worse than Kurt Russell in "3000 Miles to Graceland" …..worse than maybe this Sundays Mini-series………
This one is hard to watch without falling on the floor and laughing….from the opening with Elvis (Don Johnson - "Zachariah" - "Sonny on "Miami Vice" - "Nash Bridges" - "The Hot Spot" - "Tin Cup") coming off the stage in a white bejeweled and sequined cape and ridiculously huge sunglasses and in his Don Johnson high pitched, un-Elvis voice says "Thank ya vera muuuch" OHHHH BAAAAD…..So I'm in the movie for the costumes. Then Elvis' girlfriend at the time Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist - "In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan" - "Magic of Lassie" - "Remington Steele") - former Miss Universe, Memphis born beauty babe and actual production consultant for this TV flick…(this movie should have been called "The Linda Thompson Story")…..Linda comes on screen in a bejeweled, bewitched, befuddling ridiculous see-through harem girl outfit…..wow….the plot, the acting everything went out the window….just follow the costume changes and laugh out loud…"Oh my gawd…look at the glasses…..Jesus Christ…check out the high collar…..WOW….it's the black belt outfit"……
Well, we all know Elvis died from taking tons of prescription drugs that he got from Dr. "Nick" and we know he accidentally shot at Linda…and we know the "Colonel" was an Asshole……and Elvis got fat …and they never mention Priscilla in this movie or Elvis' Mom or Lisa Marie…….This movie was Linda's' launch to fame and fortune using her last days with the "King" as the vehicle……..BAAAAAAAAAAAD FLICK !!
Purple Gene gives "Elvis and the Beauty Queen" 1 ruby studded Elvis cape out of 10 because that's all this movie had going for it!!!
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Mostly overcast.
Spent too many hours trying to install Norton AntiVirus on an older computer today.
The second problem was tracking down a copy of Norton 2003 - the first one was having spent most of the night before installing & uninstalling the 2005 version that turned out to be incompatible.
Ack.
Tonight, Thursday:
Well, chimpy is speechifying tonight (8:30/edt-5:30/pdt), so prime time is going to be mucked with.
As of midnight in Long Beach, the networks haven't announced what shows will be dropped/delayed.
This is the schedule as it 'should' have been.
CBS was supposed to open the night with a FRESH 'Survivor: Palau', 'CSI: The Original One', then a FRESH 'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Amy Sedaris, Daniel Tammet, and LCD Soundsystem.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Screenwriter Paul Haggis and Michael Gelbart.
NBC was supposed to begin the night with a FRESH 'Joey', followed by a FRESH 'Will & Grace', then a FRESH 'Apprentice', followed by a FRESH 'ER' (starts 1 minute before the top of the hour).
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Rosie O'Donnell, Carmen Electra, and Howie Day.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Mila Kunis and the Raveonettes.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Damon Dash, Duane "Dog" Chapman, and Gomez.
ABC was supposed to start the night with the movie 'Sweet Home Alabama', followed by 'PrimeTime Live'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Joe and Gavin Maloof, and New Order.
The WB was supposed to offer a FRESH 'Blue Collar TV', followed by a FRESH 'The Ron White Show', then a FRESH 'Mobile Home Disaster'.
Faux was supposed to have a FRESH 'The O.C.', followed by a FRESH 'The Simple Life: Interns', followed by a RERUN 'The Simple Life: Interns'.
UPN was supposed to fill the night with 'WWE SmackDown!'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Cold Case Files', and 'The First 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'G.I. Jane', followed by the movie 'Missing In Action', then the movie 'Missing In Action 2: The Beginning'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 2;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - Mrs. Slocombe Expects;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 4;
[4pm] 'My Family' - Of Mice and Ben;
[4:40pm] 'The Catherine Tate Show' - Episode 4;
[5:20pm] 'Coupling' - Flushed;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 8;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 24;
[8pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - You're No Fun Any More;
[8:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Full Frontal Nudity;
[9:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Ant, An Introduction;
[10pm] 'Shameless' - Episode 5;
[11pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 24;
[12am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - You're No Fun Any More;
[12:40am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Full Frontal Nudity;
[1:20am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Ant, An Introduction;
[2am] 'Shameless' - Episode 5;
[3am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - You're No Fun Any More;
[3:40am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Full Frontal Nudity;
[4:20am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Ant, An Introduction;
[5am] 'Shameless' - Episode 5;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'West Wing', another 'West Wing', yet another 'West Wing', and a FRESH 'Project Greenlight'.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Reno Collier), another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Steve McGrew), 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Hollow Men'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Christina Hoff-Sommers.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Punishment', and another 'Modern Marvels'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'Ash Wednesday' (2002);
[7:30AM] 'At The Angelika #95' (2005);
[8AM] 'Haiku Tunnel' (2001);
[9:45AM] 'IFC Short Film Collection II' (2005);
[11:45AM] 'The Legend of 1900' (1998);
[2PM] 'Dream With The Fishes' (1997);
[3:45PM]] 'The Gods Must Be Crazy' (1980);
[5:45PM 'The Last Days Of Chez Nous' (1993);
[7:25PM] 'Dream With The Fishes' (1997);
[9PM] 'Monsoon Wedding' (2001);
[11PM] 'Unhook The Stars' (1996);
[12:45AM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[1AM] 'Restoration' (1995);
[3AM] 'Unhook The Stars' (1996);
[5AM] 'Chop-Socky: Cinema Hong Kong' (2004). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Battlestar Galactica' (part 1 of 2), followed by 'Battlestar Galactica' (part 2 of 2).
Sundance -
[7:15AM] 'Gerry' (Feature);
[9AM] 'The Long Goodbye' (Feature);
[11AM] 'Blackboards (World Cinema);
[12:30PM] 'The Cucumber Incident' (Documentary);
[1:45PM] 'el Octavo dia La Creacion' (Short);
[2PM] 'Party Girl' (Feature);
[3:35PM] 'A Foreign Affair' (Feature);
[5PM] 'Inheritance: A Fisherman's Story' (Documentary);
[6:15PM] 'Gerry' (Feature);
[8PM] 'The Staircase: Chapters 7&8' (Documentary);
[9:40PM] 'el Octavo dia La Creacion' (Short);
[10PM] 'DemonLover' Feature);
[12AM] 'Ichi the Killer' Feature);
[2:15AM] 'Hidden' (Short);
[2:30AM] 'The Staircase: Chapters 7&8' (Documentary);
[4:15AM] 'Inheritance: A Fisherman's Story' (Documentary);
[5:30AM] 'A Foreign Affair' (Feature). (ALL TIMES EDT)
TCM:
[6am] 'A Free Soul' (1931);
[7:45am] 'Rasputin And The Empress' (1932);
[10am] 'Grand Hotel' (1932) [View Trailer];
[12pm] 'David Copperfield' (1935) [AKA: 'The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger'];
[2:30pm] 'On Borrowed Time' (1939);
[4:30pm] 'Viva Las Vegas' (1964) [View Trailer];
[6pm] 'The Cincinnati Kid' (1965);
[8pm] 'The Front' (1976);
[10pm] 'Superman: The Movie' (1978) [View Trailer];
[12:30am] 'Kramer vs. Kramer' (1979) [View Trailer];
[2:30am] 'To Kill A Mockingbird' (1962) [View Trailer];
[5am] 'Hollywood: The Dream Factory' (1972). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Friday - 04/29
TCM spends one last Friday celebrating April Fools with
Marie Dressler in the morning,
Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis all evening,
and
Joe E. Brown in the middle of the night.
[6am] 'The Girl Said No' (1930);
[7:45am] 'Politics' (1931);
[9am] 'Reducing' (1931);
[10:30am] 'Prosperity' (1932);
[12pm] 'A Damsel In Distress' (1937);
[1:45pm] 'Honolulu' (1939);
[3:15pm] 'Look Who's Laughing' (1941);
[4:45pm] 'Here We Go Again' (1942);
[6:15pm] 'At War With The Army' (1950);
[8pm] 'Sailor Beware' (1951);
[10pm] 'The Caddy' (1953);
[12am] 'Living It Up' (1954);
[2am] 'All at Sea' (1958);
[3:30am] 'Fireman, Save My Child' (1932);
[4:45am] 'You Said A Mouthful' (1932). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
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Singer Ashanti poses with Muppets, Miss Piggy (L) and Kermit (R) at the premiere of the film 'The Muppets' Wizard of Oz' during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, April 27, 2005.
Photo by Marion Curtis
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Visits 'Star Wars' Fans
Bai Ling
Good things come to those who wait ... in line, even at the wrong theater.
Just ask the dozens of fans who've been camped out for weeks on Hollywood Boulevard, outside the legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre, where previous "Star Wars" movies have played.
The fans expected the new "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" to follow suit. But no. Instead, the film's big Hollywood engagement was booked at a competing theater about a mile away.
Still, the fans stayed put, citing both tradition and a safer neighborhood.
There were more than a few snickers at their expense. But on Wednesday morning, the squatters seemed to get the last laugh following a visit by Asian cinema superstar Bai Ling, who plays Senator Bana Breemu in "Episode III," which opens worldwide on May 19.
The visit was sponsored by Netflix, the online DVD-rental service, which provided those in line with portable DVD players and movies. The company is joining the fans' efforts to raise money for the Starlight children's charity, and is donating $10 for each new subscriber using the code "STARLIGHT" between now and "Episode III'"s release.
Bai Ling
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'Le Reve' creator Franco Dragone sits in his office at Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 in Las Vegas, surrounded by drawings of characters from the show. The show premieres April 27 at a charity gala hours before the much anticipated opening of the new hotel and casino at midnight.
Photo by Laura Rauch
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Donates Gown to High School Auction
Halle Berry
Halle Berry has literally given the clothes off her back to her former high school.
The Cleveland-area native donated two of her designer gowns to the school to be auctioned during its annual prom fashion show. The money raised will send Bedford High students on a field trip to the Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati.
One dress is a knee-length geometric print that Berry wore on an Ebony magazine cover last year. The other is a white Versace halter-style she wore to a party after the debut of "Lackawanna Blues," the HBO film she produced.
Halle Berry
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'Wizard of Oz' Dress Sells
Judy Garland
The blue and white gingham dress Judy Garland wore somewhere over the rainbow in "The Wizard of Oz" was sold for $252,000 Wednesday at auction.
The dress, one of the most recognizable in movie history, went to a buyer bidding by telephone who did not wish to be identified, said Bonhams, the auctioneer.
The dress, which was one of six identical garments created for Garland for the 1939 movie, is a pinafore style popular at the time and contains a label with Garland's name sewn on the hem. It had been expected to fetch $63,000.
Although there were six dresses, the costume sold Wednesday was one of only two that had secret pockets, Bonhams said.
Judy Garland
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Record-breaking solo round-the-world yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur, at Buckingham Palace in London Wednesday April 27, 2005, after receiving her award from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. She completed her 27,000-mile voyage in 71 days and under 15 hours.
Photo by Fiona Hanson
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'Star Wars' - The TV Version
George Lucas
"Stars Wars" creator George Lucas has revealed that Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia may turn their talents to television following the release of the last Star Wars film next month.
Lucas revealed at the gathering of hard-core fans in the midwestern US city of Indianapolis that his company Lucasfilm is working on two television shows that would keep his famed series alive.
Both series will be set in the years between the end of "Revenge of the Sith" and the beginning of the original "Star Wars," he said.
One of the shows will be a half-hour 3-D animated programme that expands on the Lucas's existing cartoon "Clone Wars" miniseries.
The other is a live-action series that would focus on some supporting characters who have been introduced in the movie series.
George Lucas
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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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Targets Parody Site
Wal-Mart
A college student was forced to redesign a Web site satirizing a foundation run by Wal-Mart after the discount retail giant claimed he violated copyright law by using graphics from the company's Web site.
Daniel Papasian, 20, of West Hartford, Conn., said he was forced to change his Web site after lawyers for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sent his Web host a cease-and-desist order last week.
Wal-Mart claimed Papasian violated copyright law and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by improperly using images from the real Wal-Mart Foundation's Web site.
Papasian launched the Web site April 16 for an art class at Carnegie Mellon University called "Parasitic Media." The class teaches students about the political uses of satire in the media. He acknowledged using Wal-Mart's graphics on his Web site but said he believed he could use the images as part of a parody.
Wal-Mart
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Japanese Folk Dance Institute dancers perform during a press preview at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York, Wednesday, April 26, 2005. The dancers will be part of the garden's 24th annual Sakura Matsuri or Cherry Blossom Festival this weekend, as hundreds of flowering cherry trees are expected to be in full bloom in the garden.
Photo by Bebeto Matthews
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Iranian Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Celebrated Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, the subject of a major retrospective in Britain, would never get the same treatment at home, where he says authorities have not shown his work for the past 10 years.
The winner of the Cannes Film Festival's coveted Palme d'Or in 1997, and regarded by the film industry as one of the most important living directors, Kiarostami is used to struggling with a government wary of work it perceives as subversive.
But the 64-year-old insists that he is not out to test Tehran's patience.
"Nobody is doing anything to change it," he said. "I have accepted it as a reality."
Abbas Kiarostami
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Paris Texas, right, a cloned foal born on March 13, 2005, walks near Greta, left, the recipient mare that gave birth to him, Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University successfully cloned the horse, believed to be the first success of its kind in North America.
Photo by David J. Phillip
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Guerrilla Art Group
Heavy Trash
In a city where fame is an industry and privacy is a mark of privilege, guerrilla artists have erected mock guard towers to protest what they see as a disturbing proliferation of gated communities.
Heavy Trash, a coalition of anonymous architects, designers and urban planners, erected the bright orange, 12-foot viewing platforms outside the gates of three upscale Los Angeles neighborhoods.
"Walling off one section of the city from another section is not the right solution," said a Heavy Trash member who identified himself as Jake, an inner-city developer.
"We feel that gated communities are becoming popular at a very alarming rate, and that 10 to 20 years from now, people will realize that the gates are an anathema to a democratic, open society, and that they instead make for a more fearful society."
Heavy Trash
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Picture released by the U.S. Army Wednesday, April 27, 2005 shows a dust storm across the western desert of Iraq on Tuesday April 26, 2005. The storm spawned near the border of Syria and Jordan, leaving a heavy sheet of dust in its wake.
Photo by Sgt Shannon Arledge
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Wants 'Tonight Show' Back in N.Y.
Mayor Bloomberg
Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to get a promise from Conan O'Brien on Tuesday to bring the "Tonight" show back to New York when he takes over as host from Jay Leno in 2009.
"It's not up to me, I work for the man. If he says `yeah,' we're fine. So we'll talk," O'Brien told Bloomberg, who appeared on his current NBC show, "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."
The "Tonight" show, with Johnny Carson as its host, moved from Rockefeller Center to Burbank, Calif., in 1972.
Mayor Bloomberg
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In Memory
Maria Schell
Maria Schell, an icon of the German-speaking film world who achieved international fame before withdrawing into retirement only to return in dozens of memorable character roles, has died. She was 79.
Schell, sister of the actor Maximilian Schell, died Tuesday in her sleep in the town of Preitenegg, Mayor Franz Kogler said Wednesday.
Best known internationally for her role as the enigmatic Grushenka in Richard Brooks' 1958 movie "The Brothers Karamazov," Schell starred in dozens of popular German language films in the 1950s. She later made hundreds of television appearances to become an idol to the postwar generation in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
She also started in "The Hanging Tree," (1959), and "Cimarron," (1960) and dozens of other productions in supporting roles.
Retirement in 1963 was short-lived, with Schell returning to acting just five years later. Her later roles included Nazi architect Albert Speer's mother in the 1982 television production "Inside the Third Reich."
Born to a Swiss writer and an Austrian actress, Schell had three siblings - among them, younger brother Maximilian.
"Men come and go, but you cannot lose a brother," she would later say of her close relationship with Maximilian. But publicly, she was most associated in the 1950s with Austrian actor O.W. Fischer - together they starred in a series of frothy love stories that captured the hearts of the postwar German-speaking generation.
In major recognition of her talents, Schell was recognized for best actress at the Cannes film festival in 1954 for her portrayal of Helga Reinbeck in "Die Letzte Bruecke" ("The Last Bridge.")
Schell last appeared publicly in February 2002 at a presentation of the film "Meine Schwester Maria," ("My Sister Maria,") produced by Maximilian, when she was greeted by minutes-long applause from the audience. Her last years were spent isolated from public view - close associates said she surrounded herself in her home in southern Carinthia province with television sets for video replays of her own favorite starring roles.
In addition to Maximilian, survivors include son Oliver, from her first marriage, and daughter Marie-Theres from her second.
Maria Schell
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In Memory
Hasil Adkins
Rock-a-billy artist Hasil Adkins, a one-man band whose screaming vocals and
freestyle approach to rhythm landed a cult following, has died.
He was 67.
Adkins' body was found yesterday at his Madison home, where he lived alone.
The cause of death has not been determined but it does not appear
suspicious.
Guitar, harmonica, drums, foot-rhythm instruments -- Adkins played them all.
Known to his fans as The Haze, Adkins struggled for decades to get noticed.
In a 2002 interview, he said he mailed out thousands of tapes and records
over a 30-year period while fishing for a record deal.
Adkins was the original star of Norton Records, a label built around the
primal recordings he produced beginning in the Eisenhower era.
Adkins claimed to have written more than seven-thousand songs. He first
emerged in the 1950s, only to disappear again. European fans kept the
rock-a-billy rage alive, and when the Cramps did an early 1980s remake of
"She Said," Adkins' records suddenly became hot again.
His other hits included "Poultry in Motion," "Chicken Walk," "The Hunch,"
"Chocolate Milk Honeymoon," and "Boo Boo The Cat."
Hasil Adkins
Thanks, Kip!
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A Toco Toucan, also known as the Ramphastos toco, rests in the bird enclosure of the Faunia animal theme park in Madrid, April 27, 2005. Toucans, which live between 10-15 years, live in the wild in the tropical rainforests from the Guianas through Brazil to northern Argentina and are fruit eaters.
Photo by Victor Fraile
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