BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 12 May, 2005
Thursday
12 May, 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
Federal Courts As Religious Tribunals
Bunnypants has tried to begin his takeover of the federal court system by stacking the deck with a bunch of right-wing religious zealots by elimination of the filibuster, and the Democrats haven't been doing much more than whistlin' Dixie. I have lost faith in my party, I'm afraid.
I'm starting to lose faith in my leftist Democrats, one by one, as they kinda slouch around when there's so much goin' on, like DeLay's essentially uninvestigated illegal activities, the War in Iraq being the quagmire it is, the economy slugging along like molasses, there's a lot of shit they could be pouncing upon, I mean POUNCING on like a leopard does a wounded deer.
And the judges my Democrats are letting pass on by are nothing but right-wing good ole boys who haven't figured out they've set the black man free yet. The executive branch has it's own problems with piety. We don't need their problem compounded into my problem by the appointment of pious judges who can affect legal issues for my lifetime, and unless you're about five years of age, your lifetime, too. The pious radical theocracy Bush is trying to manifest due to his failure of every other initiative he has tried is gonna work unless somebody stops this shit of no filibusters.
Filibusters throughout the history of the US as I remember from my legal classes as an undergraduate were to ensure that the minority party at any point in US history doesn't get fucking creamed by the majority party, and as the politicians like to spin it, "take more time for further reflection on a certain issue." But Bunnypants doesn't like what the Constitution intended because it obstructs the plan to decimate the federal judicial system to nothing but good old fashioned religious tribunals where guilt is presumed over innocence, and no one body of government can have a check on the executive branch. Moron Bunnypants is trying to subvert the Constitution once again in a manner that could prove dangerous down the road. Let's see if the Democrats have the balls and their wits about them to demand retention of the filibuster.
And how important is that check and balance? That is a constitutional check on the majority so they can't ram a two-term President's wishes for the next forty years. The guys he wants to ram down our throats are partisan religious right wing fuckers who would love it to have it be illegal for you to tongue your own wife. OOHH, you say. It's the fuckin' truth, babe. Two hundred years of history being ripped from the Constitution so this particular party can get a shitload of zealots into positions to fuck up freedom loving peoples for the next twenty years.
Filibuster. It was a funny word when I heard it in eighth grade civics class. Now, it's not so freakin' funny, especially if the Bunnypant Crusades win a lot of the judge appointee's selections. If the Republicans win the next Presidential election, can you imagine what a holy man conference this fucking country will be? Curfews? Curfews for non-whites? Curfews for people who like music? People who like non-religious music? I hate to think how fast things could flip.
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Posted by Phillip L. Vincent to Trimmed Bush.
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NO ONE EVER LIES
AND THERE ARE NO ALIBIS
IN THE "HOUSE OF TRUTH"
Zen Man
(in kristian oaktown)
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Recommended Reading
from Bruce
David Podvin: Nuclear Option (Make Them Accountable)
It has long been apparent that the goal of Senate Democrats is not to defeat their opponents but to deceive their supporters. Democratic senators are functionaries of the Fortune 500, and their assigned task is to serve as accomplices while the Republicans rape America.
Rachel Kramer Bussel: Is This a Date? (Village Voice)
Vague plans leave me clueless about where I stand with flirty friends
TAMARA WIEDER: Crash course (Boston Phoenix)
Filmmaker Paul Haggis and an ensemble of talent - including Matt Dillon - tackle issues of diversity in a post-9/11 world
Scott Renshaw: Afraid of the Darth (Salt Lake City Weekly)
Revenge of the Sith sucks less than Episodes I and II, but is that enough?
MARC SIGOLOFF: Asian Films Ascendant (Illinois Times)
Decades ago, the names to watch were Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, and François Truffaut, but Europe has failed to replace these giants. Now we search out the works of John Woo, Hideo Nakata, and Takashi Mîke.
Oil Empire
Breakup Girl
Lusty Lady
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Purple Gene Reviews
ANN Coulters' ASS CHEEK
Purple Genes' review of Ann Coulters' "Ass Cheek" as seen on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday may 10th:
It was with great "Ann" ticipation that I stayed up last night to watch Ann Coulter make an ASS of herself on the Tonight Show with Jay "King of the Kream-Puff Question" Leno. True to form, Leno asked the usual Kream-Puff questions…."how's your book selling?......"Do you like doing speaking engagements?....."What's it like being a Conservative"?......................"What the fuck are you wearing"? NOOOOOOOOO He didn't ask that because everytime the camera panned to a shot of Ann….her ASS CHEEK was hanging out of her extreeeemly abbreviated micro-mini slit up the side "fuck me if you dare" conservative cunt outfit……In vintage NeoCon "Whore" style, she bobbed back and forth flaunting her stringy blond bimbo hair as she spewed vindictive VENOM……and then the camera would pan her ASS CHEEK again………….and again…….and again……
Jay did show the now famous CREAM PIE incident where Coulter skittered off stage like a republican rabbit with ears down and high heels clicking…….as a harmless, yet lethal CREAM PIE came flying at her……how would this little "Fascist Party Doll" like having fire bombs and grenades lobbed at her like the ones in IRAQ….What a brave little republican she is….making fun of anti-war liberals while she dodges a CREAM PIE!!!!
HEY ANN….."What's so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding"??????????
After the show, all I was left with was the ECHO of her totally vapid Talking Head and the image of ANNs' ASS CHEEK…her skinny little chicken shit ASS CHEEK…..hanging out for the world to see…..Ann Coulters' ASS CHEEK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Purple Gene gives Ann Coulters ASS CHEEK 666 Liberal, Loud and Libidinous WHACKS…..because this girl needs a good left wing SPANKING!
PS…..Jay Leno still gets viewing credit for having "Bright Eyes" on last week singing "When the President Talks to God"!!!!!!!!
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny but cool day.
The kid visited the dentist & had a baby tooth that wouldn't let go removed.
Priscilla Presley, on Dave, looked like her next stop was a Kabuki performance.
If Elvis was alive today would he be prosecuted for 'dating' her at 14 (& he was 24)?
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Survivor: Palau', followed by a FRESH 'CSI: The Original One', then a FRESH 'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Billy Crystal and Garbage.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Bill Pullman, Ruth Reichl, and Spoon.
NBC begins the night with an hourlong SEASON FINALE 'Joey', followed by a FRESH 'Apprentice', then a FRESH 'ER' (starts 1 minute before the top of the hour).
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Goldie Hawn, Larry the Cable Guy and Leann Rimes.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Will Ferrell and Louis XIV.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Matt Dillon and Minnie Driver.
ABC starts the night with the movie 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', followed by 'PrimeTime Live'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 4/25/05) are Wilmer Valderrama, Ludacris, and Jessi Alexander.
The WB offers a FRESH 'Blue Collar TV', followed by a RERUN 'Blue Collar TV', then another RERUN 'Blue Collar TV', and yet another RERUN 'Blue Collar TV'.
Faux has a FRESH 'The O.C.', followed by a FRESH 'Simple Life: Interns', then another FRESH 'Simple Life: Interns'.
UPN fills the night with 'WWE Smackdown!'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Cold Case Files', and a FRESH 'The First 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'Hard Times', followed by the movie 'Braddock: Missing In Action III', then the movie 'Force 10 From Navarone'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 5;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - Shedding The Load;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 8;
[4pm] 'Absolutely Fabulous' - Fat;
[4:40pm] 'Kumars at No. 42' - Robin Gibb;
[5:20pm] 'The Smoking Room' - Episode 2;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Crawley;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 34;
[8pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Intermission;
[8:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Dinsdale;
[9:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Spanish Inquisition;
[10pm] 'Shameless' - Episode 7;
[11pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 34;
[12am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Intermission;
[12:40am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Dinsdale;
[1:20am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Spanish Inquisition;
[2am] 'Shameless' - Episode 7;
[3am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Intermission;
[3:40am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Dinsdale;
[4:20am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - The Spanish Inquisition;
[5am] 'Shameless' - Episode 7;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'West Wing', another 'West Wing', still another 'West Wing', and a FRESH 'Project Greenlight'.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Adam Ferrara), another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Lewis Black), 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Hollow Men'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Tracey Ullman.
History has 'Ship Of Gold', 'First Invasion: The War Of 1812', and 'Modern Marvels'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'Dogtown' (1997);
[7:45AM] 'At The Angelika #94' (2005);
[8:15AM] 'IFC Short Film Collection II' (2005);
[10:15AM] 'Jane Eyre' (1996);
[12:15PM] 'Happy Times' (2001);
[2PM] 'Caro Diario' (1994);
[3:45PM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[4PM] 'Jane Eyre' (1996);
[6PM] 'The Tango Lesson' (1997);
[7:45PM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[8PM] 'Tadpole' (2002);
[9:25PM] 'Proof' (1992);
[11PM] 'Heaven's Burning' (1997);
[12:45AM] 'Henry's Film Corner #106' (2005);
[1:15AM] 'Proof' (1992);
[3AM] 'Heaven's Burning' (1997);
[4:45AM] 'Chop-Socky: Cinema Hong Kong' (2004);
[5:45AM] Short: 'Bad Liver & A Broken Heart' (1996). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Tales From The Crypt Presents Bordello Of Blood' (with Dennis Miller), followed by the movie 'Decoys'.
Sundance -
[6:15AM] 'And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen' (Feature);
[8:30AM] 'Prom Fight: The Marc Hall Story' (Documentary);
[9:30AM] 'Tom & Viv' (Feature);
[11:30AM] 'A Perfect Candidate' (Documentary);
[1:20PM] 'Mt. Head' (Short);
[1:30PM] 'And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen' (Feature);
[3:40PM] 'Alexei and the Spring' (Feature);
[5:30PM] 'In This World' (Feature);
[7PM] 'Tom & Viv' (Feature);
[9PM] 'The First Amendment Project: Poetic License' (Original Production);
[9:30PM] 'Red Diaper Baby' (Feature);
[11:05PM] 'Liebestraum' (Feature);
[12AM] 'The Eye' (Feature);
[1:40AM] 'The Jimmy Show' (Feature);
[3:20AM] 'The Secret Lives of Dentists' (Feature);
[5:05AM] 'Anatomy of a Scene: The Secret Lives of Dentists' (Original Production);
[5:35AM] 'Held Hostage in Colombia' (Documentary). (ALL TIMES EDT)
TCM spends most of the day with
Spencer Tracy and
Katharine Hepburn, then salutes the Golden Age of Cine Mexicano most of the night.
[6am] 'Little Women' (1933);
[8am] 'Keeper Of The Flame' (1942);
[10am] 'Without Love' (1945);
[12pm] 'The Sea Of Grass' (1947);
[2:15pm] 'Pat And Mike' (1952) [View Trailer];
[4pm] 'Desk Set' (1957) [View Trailer];
[6pm] 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' (1967) [View Trailer];
[8pm] 'La Perla' (1947);
[9:30pm] 'Maria Candelaria' (1944);
[11:15pm] 'Enamorada' (1946);
[1am] 'Dona Barbara' (1943);
[3:30am] 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (1948) [View Trailer]. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Friday - 05/13
TCM:
[6:00 am] 'Chain Lightning' (1950);
[7:45 am] 'Double Deal' (1950);
[9:00 am] 'Shadow On The Wall' (1950);
[10:30 am] 'The Woman On Pier 13' (1950);
[12:00 pm] 'A Life Of Her Own' (1950);
[2:00 pm] 'The People Against O'Hara' (1951);
[4pm] 'House Of Numbers' (1957);
[6pm] 'All Fall Down' (1962);
[8pm] 'Bright Victory' (1951);
[10pm] 'Rancho Notorious' (1952);
[12am] 'Day Of The Evil Gun' (1968);
[2am] 'Westfront 1918' (1930);
[4am] 'Hell is for Heroes' (1962). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
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Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, right, clasps hands with Warner Music Group Corp. Chairman & CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr., left, after Page played during New York Stock Exchange opening bell ceremonies Wednesday May 11, 2005, as part of Warner Music's IPO ceremonies. Also on the podium are NYSE CEO John Thain, second left, and Alan Callan, Page's business manager.
Photo by Richard Drew
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Mark Twain Prize
Steve Martin
Steve Martin, the "wild and crazy guy" who went on to become a movie star, is getting one of America's top comedy prizes.
Martin will be the eighth recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, given annually by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The presentation will be made Oct. 23.
While best known for his comedy, Martin also is an award-winning fiction writer. He was the screenwriter for many of the films in which he starred, including "Roxanne," "L.A. Story," "The Man with Two Brains" and "Bowfinger." And he plays the banjo.
Born in Waco, Texas, and raised in Southern California, the 59-year-old Martin's varied interests were evident at a young age. He attended Long Beach State University for three years, earnings A's as a philosophy major, but left to become a comedy writer.
For more, Steve Martin
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Checked Into Facility
Dave Chappelle
Comedy Central star Dave Chappelle has checked himself into a mental health facility in South Africa, the magazine Entertainment Weekly reported on Wednesday.
Chappelle flew from Newark, N.J., to South Africa on April 28 for treatment, said the magazine, quoting a source close to the show it would not identify. Entertainment Weekly said it had corroborating sources for its story.
The magazine's sources say Chappelle is still in the facility, which was not named. Chappelle's representatives have denied that the comedian was abusing drugs.
The magazine said Chappelle had shot four to five episodes' worth of sketches for the new season, but none of its onstage introductions.
Dave Chappelle
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Tops Maxim Hot 100 List
Eva Longoria
Eva Longoria of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" tops Maxim magazine's sixth annual Hot 100 list of the most successful women of the year in film, television, music, sports and fashion.
Evangeline Lilly ("Lost") is in the No. 2 spot, followed by Jennifer Garner, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba, Rachel Bilson ("The O.C."), Angelina Jolie, Brittany Murphy, Jessica Simpson and Sara Foster.
The Hot 100 also includes Ashanti (No. 13), Paris Hilton (No. 20), Anna Kournikova (No. 29), Avril Lavigne (No. 36), Halle Berry (No. 41) and Jennifer Aniston (No. 88).
Eva Longoria
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Festival jury members, Mexican actress Salma Hayek (L) and U.S. author Toni Morrison, attend a press conference in Cannes May 11, 2005. The 58th Festival de Cannes opens on Wednesday in the glamorous Riviera resort, offering the annual orgy of Hollywood glitz, showbiz excess and a large selection of films both in and out of the competition.
Photo by Vincent Kessler
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Guesting On 'The O.C.' Tonight
George Lucas
A week before the last installment of "Star Wars" opens, George Lucas is stopping by "The O.C." On Thursday's episode of the Fox show (8 p.m. ET), the master Jedi will guest star as himself. In a lucky twist of fate for Seth Cohen (Adam Brody), Lucas will express interest in Cohen's graphic novel.
"We were looking to take the `Seth graphic novel' story line to its apex in this episode and it felt like the Holy Grail, the top of Everest to have Seth come face to face with Lucas," Josh Schwartz, the creator of "The O.C.," told The Associated Press Wednesday.
"Seth is faced with the universal quandary of, `Do I go to the prom, or do I go to meet George Lucas?'" Schwartz said.
George Lucas
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Royal Honor in Norway
Liv Ullmann
Norwegian actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann was awarded one of Norway's highest royal honors on Wednesday, the Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav.
The order, created in 1857, is awarded by Norway's King Harald V based on recommendations from a panel to Norwegians deserving a "reward for excellent services to country and mankind."
Ullmann, 67, was born in Tokyo, Japan, to Norwegian parents, but grew up mainly in the central Norway city of Trondheim.
The Order of St. Olav is named after the martyred Viking and Christian king Olav the Holy. The Order is divided in five classes: Grand Cross, Commander with Star, Commander, Knight Class 1 and Knight.
Liv Ullmann
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Cancelled, Replaced By Reruns
Dennis Miller
CNBC is canceling comic Dennis Miller's low-rated political talk show after less than 16 months, replacing it with a business show rerun.
Miller's prime-time program, featuring a mixture of comedy, interviews and his conservative political opinion, was seen by an average of 168,000 viewers since its January 2004 launch, according to Nielsen Media Research.
That number has dipped to 114,000 this year with the presidential election campaign over.
Dennis Miller
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CNN's New Afternoon
Wolf Blitzer
CNN will debut a three-hour, late-afternoon show hosted by Wolf Blitzer that will replace "Crossfire" and "Inside Politics" sometime this summer.
The show, which does not yet have a name, will run from 3-6 p.m. ET. Blitzer, who already hosts two hours weekdays (noon-1 p.m. ET and 5-6 p.m. ET) and "Wolf Blitzer Reports" on Sundays, will be the primary host.
Details have yet to be worked out, but Jon Klein, president of CNN/US, said Tuesday that it would showcase the network's reporting and analytical assets with a special focus on breaking news.
Wolf Blitzer
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Leads PEN Literary Awards
Wallace Shawn
Playwright Wallace Shawn, memoirist Nick Flynn and nonfiction author Sam Harris won literary prizes awarded by the PEN American Center on Wednesday.
Flynn won the first-time memoir prize for "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City," in which, while working as a caseworker for the homeless, he unexpectedly meets his wayward ex-con father for the first time since childhood.
Harris' "The End of Faith" criticizes the world's major religions, holding that there is no objective basis for faith.
The PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize, the oldest U.S. literary translation award, went to Tim Wilkinson for his version of "Fatelessness," by Hungarian Imre Kertesz, the 2002 Nobel literature laureate.
For more, Wallace Shawn
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U.S. recording artist Stevie Nicks smiles as she performs the song 'Enchanted' during a show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada May 10, 2005. Nicks, a member of the legendary rock group Fleetwood Mac, is performing a solo four-night exclusive engagement at Caesars called 'Dreams' through Saturday.
Photo by Ethan Miller
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Baby News
Laird Vonne Stone
Sharon Stone has adopted a baby boy. The baby was born to "unknown and unrelated parents in Texas" on Saturday, Stone's publicist, Cindi Berger, said in a statement Wednesday.
Stone, 47, has named the baby Laird Vonne Stone. The actress has a 4-year-old son, Roan. She and her husband, Phil Bronstein, divorced in 2004 after five years of marriage.
Laird Vonne Stone
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Wedding News
Heidi Klum & Seal
Singer Seal and supermodel Heidi Klum were married Tuesday on a beach in Mexico, Klum's representative confirmed to The Associated Press. There were no details Wednesday.
Klum, 31, and Seal, 42, began dating last year, shortly after her breakup with Renault Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore, who is the father of her daughter, Leni, born last May.
Heidi Klum & Seal
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Fresh Episodes For IFC
'Greg the Bunny'
The Independent Film Channel has greenlit a trio of skeins -- an animated show from Bob Balaban, a Christopher Guest-style look at an indie film studio and a revived "Greg the Bunny" -- for this year's lineup.
"The Festival" is a six-part, half-hour parody told from the perspective of fictional documentarian Cookie, recruited by IFC to shoot a film about Rufus, director of "The Unreasonable Truth of Butterflies." Philms Pictures produces with Phil Price directing and Brandi-Ann Milbradt producing.
"Hopeless Pictures," from writer-director-producer Balaban, is a cartoon about the head of a dysfunctional indie film studio, voiced by Michael McKean.
"Greg the Bunny" takes off from the cancellation of Greg and Warren the Ape's Fox sitcom. To pay the bills, pair has been reduced to making film parodies for IFC. Cabler has ordered a dozen five- to 12-minute episodes. Moxie Pictures will produce from creators Dan Milano, Spencer Chinoy and Sean Baker.
'Greg the Bunny'
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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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How Spokane Mayor Voted on Gay Rights
James West
James West's votes on gay rights issues as a state legislator and as mayor:
- In January 1986, West and 14 other state House Republicans introduced a bill to bar gays and lesbians from working in schools, daycare centers and some state agencies. The bill, which called for firing state workers whose sexual identities became known, failed. Also in 1986, he voted to bar the state from distributing pamphlets telling people how to protect themselves from AIDS during sex.
- West opposed gay rights bills introduced in 1985 and 1987.
- In 1998, as a senator, West voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
- In 2003, West, as Senate majority leader, bottled up a gay rights bill in committee, where it died.
- As incoming mayor of Spokane in November 2003, West opposed giving benefits to domestic partners of City Hall workers; the City Council approved domestic partner benefits in a 5-2 vote in April - enough to withstand a mayoral veto that did not occur.
James West
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Playwright Edward Albee, left, and actor Bill Irwin pose for photographers during the 2005 Tony Awards meet the nominees press reception, Wednesday, May 11, 2005 in New York. Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' was nominated for a best revival of a play, while Irwin got a best actor nod for the show.
Photo by Mary Altaffer
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Balance Brings a Better Talk Show
Bill Maher
It's an unlikely suspicion, but a kinder, gentler Bill Maher seems to be emerging on television. On a recent episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," he made sure conservatives were as well-represented in the audience as on the panel.
These days, Maher also prides himself on hosting a talk show as opposed to a shouting show, a dominant TV genre that he admits included his old ABC program "Politically Incorrect."
Fairness and good television, he said, are why he seeks a political balance in the audience when his panel includes such guests as Republican politicians Christie Whitman and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
"Real Time" will take its regular midyear break after the May 13 show, returning Aug. 19. In September, Maher's latest book, "New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer," will be published.
Bill Maher
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Seven Feet Wide
Coffins
At seven feet wide, it's certainly the biggest coffin the Goliath Casket Company had ever built.
And since Goliath is the oldest oversized coffin company in the United States, it's probably the widest casket made since the days when lumber companies were asked to knock together a big pine box.
The seven-foot (2.1 meter) casket was built for a 900-pound (64 stone) man who died in Alaska.
Goliath sold 600 caskets last year, which Davis said is just a fraction of the market. He estimates there are 200 to 300 oversized caskets sold every day in the US.
"Fifteen years ago it was two or three per day," he said.
Coffins
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Comic Joan Rivers (L) and U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), the Senate Minority Whip, react after they met to talk about about Osteoporosis at the United States Capitol in Washington, May 11, 2005. Rivers suffers from the disease and was on Capitol Hill to lobby for funding to educate the public on this preventable disease that could effect one in two Americans over age 50 by 2020.
Photo by Ray Stubblebine
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Self-Replicating
Robots
Self-replicating robots are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Scientists at the Cornell University in Ithaca, New York have created small robots that can build copies of themselves.
Each robot consists of several 10-cm cubes which have identical machinery, electromagnets to attach and detach to each other and a computer programme for replication. The robots can bend and pick up and stack the cubes.
The experimental robots, which don't do anything else except make copies of themselves, are powered through contacts on the surface of the table and transfer data through their faces. They self-replicate by using additional modules placed in special "feeding locations."
The machines duplicate themselves by bending over and putting their top cube on the table. Then they bend again, pick up another cube, put it on top of the first and repeat the entire process. As the new robot begins to take shape it helps to build itself.
Robots
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A white peacock displays its feathers in a bird park in Amman May 10, 2005. Hundreds of visitors, especially students, visit the bird park daily.
Photo by Ali Jarekji
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