'Our goal is to have the best museum in the world' (guardian.co.uk)
Ancient Athens lies at the root of western culture, yet the battles over the marbles that once adorned the Parthenon have been far from civilised. Could the city's new Acropolis Museum offer a fresh beginning? Stephen Moss gets an exclusive preview.
The recent domestic terrorist murders of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas, Army recruiter Pvt William Long in Little Rock, Arkansas and security guard Stephan Johns at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. occurred in jurisdictions that have the capital punishment. Prosecutors of these crimes will, no doubt, consider asking for it due to obvious premeditation of the perpetrators.
TV Guide referred to what TV series as "a look at urban black life that manages to capture the offensiveness of Amos and Andy while avoiding that program's fun"?
A Good Times
B The Jeffersons
C Sanford & Son
D What's Happening!!
E The White Shadow
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What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered in August 1976 as a summer series. The original title of the show was "What's Happenin'!!" The sequel was similarly spelled, with the "g" dropped. In syndication, the correct spelling was used. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High also written by Eric Monte.
Unlike Good Times, a contemporary show that also had African-American cast, What's Happening!! only rarely and mildly ventured into social commentary. TV Guide once famously referred to What's Happening!! as "a look at urban black life that manages to capture the offensiveness of Amos and Andy while avoiding that program's fun." Most episodes focused on the goals of teenage males - meeting girls, finding after school jobs, and planning for the future.
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mj was first, and correct, reasoning:
I'm a little torn on this
Because the guys at TVG could be douches, they could have missed the irony and satire of A, but I'm going with D, because, except for one episode where Dee befriends a dying, grumpy old man who was a member of the old Negro League, I found the show to be a string of cliches and shallow bad jokes.
Charlie replied:
Sometimes I don't know
D What's Happening!!
Alan J answered:
D What's Happening!!
Marta joins in with:
C
Sally said:
TV Guide referred to, "What's Happening!!" (D) as "a look at urban black life that manages to capture the offensiveness of Amos and Andy while avoiding that program's fun."
I remember this series because my son was born in January of 1976 and the show debuted that following summer as I recall. I tell you, that kid never slept, so I spent many a night pacing the floor with him propped on my shoulder in front of the TV set. One thing I did remember about that particular series, was that in the first season the show was called, "What's Happenin." As an English major, that missing, 'g' really irked me big time. I was happy to note that the, 'g' was added by the next season, but by then the lad was in his crib crying away - at a year and a half, I was finished with walking the floor...
PS: Friday is my birthday, and I have been lobbying for tickets to see, "Rock of Ages" on Broadway. The kids are coming over tonight with my present, which has me worried. I mean what can't wait until Friday nigh? Surely not two tickets. I am excited though...
MAM said:
D What's Happening!! TV Guide referred to this TV series as "a look at urban black life that manages to capture the offensiveness of Amos and Andy while avoiding that program's fun". Don't remember watching this one.
PS to Sal . . . sure, send your skwerls on. I love my little 'tree rats'. as my kids call them.
And, Joe S wrote:
D What's Happening!!
What is happening? Who are these people? I don't know any of them, I never even heard of the show. That young woman on the lower right looks familiar but not the rest of them.
Been a bit pre-occupied with getting the kid in to summer school.
He missed out last summer because we got to registration late, so this year, we were in line before 7:30am - there's a separate, and much shorter, line for students who bring their parents.
He has to take a computer class - beginning computers, no less. It's kinda like making BartCop take a class in beginner's poker.
The class used software that had the student play a game to gain access to the lesson.
He felt the game insulted his intelligence and was a waste of time. While he passed the tests, and could make his computer do anything, and more, than required, he flunked because he wouldn't play the game.
So, he gets to spend his summer playing the game.
As well as getting a lesson in what adults mean by 'sometimes you just have to play the game'.
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS opens the night with a RERUN'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another RERUN'How I Met Your Mother', then a RERUN'CSI: The Original One', followed by a RERUN'The Mentalist'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Bear Grylls and Phoenix.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Sandra Bullock, Metric, and David Feldman.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'I'm A "Celebrity" - Get Me Out Of Here', followed by a RERUN'The Office', followed by a RERUN'30 Rock'< then a FRESH'The Listener'.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Eva Mendes and the Dead Weather.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Ryan Reynolds, Lauren Conrad, and the Fray.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are John Scurti and Peaches.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN'Ugly Betty', followed by a RERUN'Grey's Anatomy', the a RERUN'Private Practice'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Kathy Griffin, Ramon Rodriguez, and Ben Harper.
The CW offers a RERUN'Smallville', followed by a RERUN'Supernatural'.
Faux has a RERUN'Bones', followed by a FRESH'So You Think You Can Dance?'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'Dirty'.
A&E has 'Crime 360', another 'Crime 360', followed by a FRESH'Crime 360', then another 'Crime 360'.
AMC offers the movie 'Aliens', followed by the movie 'True Lies'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] The Hotel Inspector - Episode 7
[1:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 5
[1:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4
[2:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 4 Moore Place
[3:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 1
[4:00 PM] The Hotel Inspector - Episode 3
[5:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 2
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 6 Clubway 41
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[9:00 PM] Primeval - Episode 5
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America - Episode 6
[11:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[12:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 5
[1:00 AM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[2:00 AM] Primeval - Episode 5
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 18 Joss Stone and Dennis Hopper
[4:00 AM] How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 5
[4:30 AM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4
[5:00 AM] BBC World News - BBC World News
[6:00 AM] BBC World News - BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', still another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'The Fashion Show'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Jim Gaffigan: King Baby', followed by a FRESH'Tosh.0', and 'Important Things With Demetri Martin'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart are Mike Huckabee.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Paul Muldoon.
FX has the movie 'The Hot Chick', followed by the movie 'Grandma's Boy', then the movie 'Grandma's Boy', again.
History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', followed by a FRESH'Gangland', and another 'Gangland'.
IFC -
[7:00 AM] La Jetee
[7:35 AM] Three Times
[10:00 AM] The Flower of Evil
[11:45 AM] Max
[1:45 PM] Three Times
[4:05 PM] The Flower of Evil
[5:55 PM] Private Fears in Public Places
[8:00 PM] Halloween
[9:35 PM] Wonderland
[11:20 PM] Spider
[11:30 PM] Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
[1:00 AM] Halloween
[2:35 AM] Wonderland
[4:20 AM] Spider
[4:30 AM] Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Live And Let Die', followed by the movie 'Tomorrow Never Dies'.
Sundance -
[06:00 AM] The Lazy Environmentalist: Episode 1
[06:30 AM] Is Your House Killing You?: Episode 3
[07:00 AM] The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
[08:30 AM] Eve & the Fire Horse
[10:05 AM] Eramos Pocos
[10:25 AM] The Mozart of Pickpockets
[11:00 AM] One Punk Under God: Episode 1
[11:30 AM] The Education of Ms. Groves: Episode 1
[12:00 PM] It's Not Easy Being Green Season 2: Episode 8
[12:30 PM] On the Road in America: Episode 10 - Middle East, Part 1
[01:00 PM] Duck Season
[02:30 PM] Return to the Border
[03:25 PM] Eramos Pocos
[03:45 PM] The Legacy
[05:00 PM] The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
[06:30 PM] Toi Et Moi (You and Me)
[08:00 PM] Iconoclasts - Season 3: Sean Penn + Jon Krakauer
[09:00 PM] Flying: Confessions...: Part 6
[10:00 PM] Duck Season
[11:30 PM] Punishment Park
[01:00 AM] Sheitan
[02:30 AM] Intacto
[04:25 AM] Eve & the Fire Horse (ALL TIMES EDT)
Actors Michelle Pfeiffer, left, and Kathy Bates attend the Cinema Society screening of 'Cheri' in New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
Photo by Peter Kramer
The Primetime Emmys are returning to their original airdate of September 20 to avoid a conflict with the MTV Video Music Awards airing a week earlier, CBS said Wednesday.
"After we announced plans for September 13, MTV informed us they were locked into the same day for the Video Music Awards, with venue and sponsorship agreements in place. We had the flexibility to move; they didn't," said Jack Sussman, executive vp, specials, music & live events, CBS Entertainment.
Because CBS has an NFL double-header scheduled for September 20, to avoid a possible delay for the ceremony -- concern that prompted the move to September 13 -- "60 Minutes" is planning a flexible broadcast following the late afternoon NFL game, CBS said.
British actor Sean Connery poses with his wife Micheline Roquebrune on the red carpet before attending the screening of director Sam Mende's new film 'Away We Go' at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland June 17, 2009.
Photo by David Moir
Internet video leader YouTube Inc.'s losses have been overblown by some analysts, but corporate parent Google Inc. doesn't mind the misperception, according to a study being released Wednesday.
Technology consultants at RampRate Inc. project YouTube's operating losses this year at $174.2 million - far below the $470.6 million estimated by Credit Suisse analysts Spencer Wang and Kenneth Sena in an April research report that became a hot topic on Wall Street and the Internet.
The dueling forecasts are the latest twist in a guessing game that has intrigued investors since Google bought YouTube for $1.76 billion in late 2006.
Although YouTube has become an even more popular diversion since the Google deal, it still hasn't proven it can make money.
They say that if you can remember the '60s, you weren't really there.
But Howard Kaylan, the lead singer with the psychedelic pop band the Turtles, found himself in the center of the action, cavorting with the likes of the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix.
And his memory is undiminished. In fact, he is about to release a DVD dramatizing the Turtles' 1967 adventures in "Swinging London" shortly after his band attained its own short-lived stardom with the No. 1 hit "Happy Together."
Kaylan, 61, hopes the comedic film, "My Dinner with Jimi," set for a June 23 release via Rhino Entertainment, will be merely the first of many stories he gets to share about his psychedelic exploits.
Kaylan and Volman went on to join Zappa's Mothers of Invention under the names "Flo and Eddie" since the litigation prevented them from using their names.
What is being touted as the world's first compressed natural gas-powered custom chopper is on display at Chesapeake Energy Corp. in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. 'American Chopper' stars Paul Teutul Sr. and his sons, Paul Jr. and Mikey, built the custom chopper for Chesapeake Energy Corp.
Jane Fonda has undergone surgery to replace her left knee.
The Oscar-winning actress had the operation Tuesday, and blogged about it beforehand. In a wistful post titled "So Long Old Knee" on her Web site, Fonda wrote that her knee joint was to "be sawed out and in its place will go a titanium rod and ceramic joint."
According to Fonda, it had been "a strong, faithful knee." She said it helped her "up a lot of steep mountains and across rugged terrain." And she recalled smooches by former husband Roger Vadim, who liked to kiss her knees.
The avid blogger took to Twitter as well, writing: "Drugs starting to hit. Wheeee. So long left knee. You're toast!"
A Swedish author's new book is so similar to J.D. Salinger's classic novel "The Catcher In The Rye" that a judge said Wednesday she will carefully study copyright law before ruling whether it can be published in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts temporarily blocked publication of the book, "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye," until she rules whether the book transforms Salinger's original creation enough that it qualifies to be published as a "fair use" of a copyrighted work.
A ruling was anticipated in the next 10 days. The book was scheduled for U.S. release on Sept. 15 but the court dispute was likely to delay that.
The hearing featured spirited arguments over whether Salinger's most famous literary character, Holden Caufield, is himself entitled to copyright protection and whether stopping publication of what some publicity materials referred to as a sequel would amount to a book ban.
Three dancers of Momix dance company perform promoting their show 'Best of MOMIX' in Munich's botanic garden, June 17, 2009. The MOMIX ensemble performs in Munich's Deutsches Theater (German Theatre) from June 12 to 27, 2009.
Photo by Alexandra Beier
Former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano has pleaded not guilty to threatening a Los Angeles Times reporter who wrote about one of his high-powered clients.
Pellicano and the man he allegedly hired to threaten journalist Anita Busch both pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Los Angeles to conspiracy and making criminal threats.
Prosecutors claim that in 2002, Pellicano hired Alexander Proctor to threaten Busch. Proctor allegedly put a dead fish with a rose in its mouth on her car, made a bullet-sized hole in her windshield and left a sign with the word "stop."
At the time, Busch was writing about the alleged financial troubles of Pellicano client, Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz.
The Los Angeles Police Department is banning the blue for retired cops who guard streetside film shoots.
For decades, ex-officers have worn the same uniforms as working officers, except they don't have rank stripes and their badges say "retired."
But Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell announced Tuesday that, beginning in three months, ex-officers at film locations must wear a different outfit: black pants, white shirts, yellow safety vests and patches that read "Film Detail."
That irked ex-officers and film location managers. They argued that people will be less likely to keep away from sets, stunts and car chases if they don't spot a uniform.
Walt Disney is a global brand with film studios and theme parks bearing his name, but now his family are unveiling a museum to tell the story of the animation pioneer they say has been lost behind the trademark.
The Walt Disney Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization established in 1995 to promote education and writing about Disney as well as scholarships in his name, will open the Walt Disney Family Museum on October 1 in San Francisco.
The museum will trace Disney's life from his birth in Chicago and childhood in Missouri to his move to California in 1920s, where he married and his animation career took off with the creation of the "Mickey Mouse" character.
Among the exhibits on display will be early animation drawings, film clips, scripts, cameras and many of Disney's numerous Academy Awards, including an honorary Oscar in 1939 for his first feature length animation film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
Ever wonder what the difference is between "tastes great" and "less filling?" In one Atlantic City casino, it's $5,000. That's how much the New Jersey Casino Control Commission fined Resorts Atlantic City on Wednesday for having mislabeled beer keg taps at one casino bar on two occasions last year.
In March, one tap was labeled "Miller Lite" and another one "Miller Genuine Draft." But both taps were connected to a keg containing the light beer.
Regulators say a similar situation in August occurred in which taps labeled "Coors Original" and "Coors Light" were both dispensing the full-calorie, full-carb brew.
A 49-year-old man has been charged with dressing up as his dead mother as part of a creepy scam to collect government benefits. Thomas Parkin was to appear in court in Brooklyn on Thursday to face grand larceny, criminal impersonation and other charges. The name of his lawyer was not immediately available.
Prosecutors allege that Parkin concealed the 2003 death of his mother, Irene Prusik, by giving false information for her death certificate. They say for six years, he collected tens of thousands of dollars in Social Security and housing benefits using her identity.
Authorities say Parkin wore a wig and a dress while renewing his mother's driver's license earlier this year.
Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of June 8-14. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:
1. "The Closer" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNT, 5.35 million homes, 7.14 million viewers.
2. "Royal Pains" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 4.02 million homes, 5.60 million viewers.
3. "NASCAR Post Race Show" (Sunday, 4:58 p.m.), TNT, 3.95 million homes, 5.53 million viewers.
4. "Burn Notice" (Thursday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.88 million homes, 5.24 million viewers.
5. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.83 million homes, 5.94 million viewers.
6. Sprint Cup Racing/Michigan (Sunday, 1:59 p.m.), TNT, 3.75 million homes, 5.12 million viewers.
7. "In Plain Sight" (Sunday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.31 million homes, 4.27 million viewers.
8. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.27 million homes, 4.87 million viewers.
9. "Jon & Kate Plus 8" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TLC, 3.26 million homes, 4.25 million viewers.
10. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.19 million homes, 4.14 million viewers.
11. "Army Wives" (Sunday, 10 p.m.), Lifetime, 3.08 million homes, 3.71 million viewers.
12. "NCIS" (Saturday, 10 p.m.), USA, 2.99 million homes, 3.78 million viewers.
13. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), USA, 2.95 million homes, 3.81 million viewers.
14. "Deadliest Catch" (Tuesday, 9 p.m.), Discovery, 2.88 million homes, 4.19 million viewers.
15. "NCIS" (Saturday, 9 p.m.), USA, 2.81 million homes, 3.72 million viewers.
This photo provided by the Lincoln Park Zoo shows mother and father Pied Tamarins carrying newborns at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, June 16, 2009. The infants were born on June 10.
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