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Last Night
Another beautiful day! By the middle of next week should be knee-deep in tomatoes!
Got up extra early so I wouldn't miss the Couric Vs. Coulter. Scroll down for a page devoted to their meeting.
Today was CostCo (Price Club) day...yee haw - starting to refill that big empty (but very clean) freezer.
Looks like we're gonna have a new kid! Sorta kinda. My brother's kid just graduated high school, wants to fly the coop, and guess where she's planning on
landing? (I think it's a great idea.)
Tonight, Thursday, CBS opens the evening with another 'The Price Is Right' special, featuring police officers and firefighters. It's followed by
a rerun 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', and a rerun 'The Agency'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Michelle Williams, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Ben Kweller.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers is Marshall Crenshaw.
NBC has reruns of 'Friends', 'Scrubs', 'Will & Grace', another 'Scrubs', and then 'ER'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Will Smith, Ebert & Roeper, and Papa Roach.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan are Adam Sandler and Our Lady Peace.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Lara Flynn Boyle and N.E.R.D.
ABC starts the night with a rerun 'Whose Line', then has the fresh 90-minute season finale of 'Millionaire', and wraps it with 'PrimeTime Thursday'.
Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher are Larry Miller (comedian), Tim Robbins (actor), Michael Moore (filmmaker), and Genevieve Wood (Family Research Council spokeswoman).
The WB starts with a rerun 'Jamie Kennedy', then a fresh 'The Skateboard Show', followed by a rerun 'Charmed'.
Faux has 2 fresh episodes of 'Beyond Belief: Fact Or Fiction?'.
UPN has 'WWE Smackdown!'.
AMC has the movie Midway (1976).
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Attacks Republican Values
Martina Navratilova
U.S. tennis great Martina Navratilova criticized her adopted homeland in a German newspaper on Wednesday, saying money is the only thing that matters there.
Navratilova, a Czech-born American who won 18 grand slam singles titles when she dominated women's tennis in the late 1970s and 1980s, also wrote in an article
for Die Zeit weekly that she believed free speech was being suppressed in the United States.
"The most absurd part of my escape from the unjust system is that I have exchanged one system that suppresses free opinion for another," said Navratilova, 45, who
fled Czechoslovakia at the age of 18 to go to the United States.
The nine-time women's Wimbledon champion, who still plays in some doubles tournaments and last week played in a singles tournament at the Eastbourne International
Championships in England, singled out resident Bush's Republican Party for unusually harsh criticism.
"The Republicans in the United States manipulate public opinion and sweep any controversial issues under the table," Navratilova said.
"It's depressing. Decisions in America are based solely on the question of 'how much money will come out of it' and not on the questions of how much health, morals or the environment suffer as a result."
Martina Navratilova
Bonus Page!
Couric Vs. Coulter
To read the Couric Vs. Coulter Transcript, BartCop Entertainment Bonus - Couric Vs. Coulter.
To watch the video clip, Couric Vs. Coulter - the Video clip.
And, a bonus link, The wit and wisdom of Ann Coulter.
Milan Fashion Show
Bodypaint
Body paint at the Voyage men's fashion collection for the Spring/Summer 2003, unveiled in Milan Wednesday, June 26, 2002.
Photo by Antonio Calanni
Lured By Rural English Pub
Van Morrison
On the menu at the Crown pub in the village of Everleigh this summer are real ale, roast beef — and Van Morrison.
Proprietor Gary Marlow said Wednesday that the soulful singer had agreed to perform Aug. 3 at the 17th-century inn on Salisbury Plain, 70 miles southwest of London.
Music fan Marlow — who last year lured former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green to the Crown — said it took more than two years of negotiation to get the notoriously prickly Morrison to agree.
"He is very pedantic and very choosy, but it will be worth it," said Marlow, 43. "It is a bit bizarre, having him at this pub in Wiltshire, but it's very, very cool and will be a very personal night.
Marlow estimates the gig will cost $56,000. A stage is being built behind the pub for the outdoor show, and the grounds have room for 1,500 people.
Marlow, who says he must sell 1,000 tickets to break even, says he is still trying to recover from business lost during last year's foot-and-mouth epidemic.
"We're just a country pub, people have to drive here just to get a pint. We can't just sit around, we have to do something a bit special to get people to notice us," he said.
Van Morrison
Black Entertainment Television
BET Honors
The rock-soul group Earth, Wind & Fire received a lifetime achievement award and boxer Muhammad Ali was honored with a
humanitarian award at the second annual BET awards Tuesday evening.
The Black Entertainment Television event recognizes people of color in music, film and sports categories. The awards
are voted by record label executives, media and fans.
Hosts for the ceremony at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre were comedians Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer.
Halle Berry, who won a best actress Oscar for "Monster's Ball," took home the favorite actress prize; Will Smith, who
starred in the boxing biography "Ali," won the actor award. Neither prize specified a particular role.
Earth Wind & Fire was recognized for more than 30 years of musical achievement. The group was founded by drummer Maurice
White and includes his bassist brother Verdine White, and singer-percussionists Philip Bailey and Ralph Johnson.
Other winners of the second annual BET awards:
Music group: OutKast
Male R&B artist: Usher
Female R&B artist: India.Arie
Male hip hop artist: Ja Rule
Female hip hop artist: Missy Elliott
New artist: Alicia Keys
Gospel artist: Yolanda Adams
Video of the year: "Pass The Courvoisier, Part II," Busta Rhymes featuring P. Diddy and Pharrell
Male athlete: Kobe Bryant
Female athlete: Laila Ali
Chairman's award: Dr. Bobby Jones, gospel singer
BET Honors
Sidesteps Steroid Question (Payback's A Bitch)
John McEnroe
Tennis great John McEnroe suggested on Wednesday that sour grapes over his best-selling book led his ex-wife, actress Tatum O'Neal, to accuse of him of steroid use, but
he declined to directly address the issue.
In a conference call with reporters to help promote NBC's television coverage of Wimbledon, McEnroe said he wanted to avoid publicly discussing the
particulars of O'Neal's allegations for the sake of their three children.
O'Neal, 38, said in an interview to air Friday on the ABC News program "20/20" that McEnroe had used cocaine and marijuana off the court and used steroids while on the pro
tennis tour after the birth of their second son in the late-1980s. O'Neal said she "made him stop because he was becoming violent."
O'Neal, a recovering drug addict who lost custody of their children to McEnroe after their eight-year marriage ended in divorce in 1994, said she was angry at how McEnroe
characterized their relationship without her permission in his new memoir, "You Cannot Be Serious."
In the book, which topped the New York Times bestseller list this week, McEnroe acknowledged using drugs but was vague about which ones. He also alluded to suspected steroid
use by other tennis players.
In a written statement released by ABC News on Tuesday with excerpts of the O'Neal interview, McEnroe said he was "disappointed in Tatum's statements" but did not directly dispute their accuracy.
John McEnroe
Still Recycling
Rosie O'Donnell
That "no more Mr. Nice Guy" diatribe by Rosie O'Donnell at the Mohegan Sun apparently didn't sit well with the "tribal elders" who nominally run the show. Michael Jackson, the butt of Rosie's venom,
is right at the top of their wish-list for future headliners. Rosie herself seemed a little nervous but unbowed after the show when she told Ashley Cross, that her fans have to get used to the difference
between her stand-up and a syndicated talk show. "When I first did Caesar's Palace years ago and did my act about 'Woody Allen is a pedophile and O.J. Simpson is a murderer,' I think some people were
surprised," she said. Fans should rent her HBO special before buying a ticket to her future stand-up gigs, she advised.
Rosie O'Donnell
Ottawa
Burning Bush
Anti-summit protesters burn an effigy of President Bush draped in an American flag in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Wednesday, June 26, 2002, as they protest the G-8 summit
taking place in Kananaskis, Alberta.
Photo by Tom Hanson
To Publish Book
Stanley Kubrick's Family
Details on late director unfulfilled plans to make a movie about Napoleon will be published in a book next year, his family said.
His wife, Christiane, and her brother, Jan Harlan — the director's executive producer — are assembling the book "Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon — His Greatest Film Never Made," The Hollywood Reporter reported Tuesday.
"Napoleon interested Stanley very much because here was a man with a huge talent and tremendous charisma who in the end failed only because of his emotions and vanity," Harlan said.
Kubrick, who died at 70 in March 1999, was obsessed with the project for 30 years, collecting a library of about 18,000 books about the French leader and studying minute details of his life.
Stanley Kubrick's Family
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Will Retire in 2005
Luciano Pavarotti
World-famous tenor Luciano Pavarotti said on Tuesday he will retire on his 70th birthday in 2005 -- and not sing any more even in the shower.
"In three years I will retire," Pavarotti, who canceled two performances last month in New York at the last minute because of ill health, told CNN's "Connie Chung Tonight."
He said he will retire on his 70th birthday -- Oct. 12, 2005.
Asked if he would hold to that date, Pavarotti said: "Yes. I never sing even in the bathroom, not even when I'm taking the shower."
Luciano Pavarotti
Bologna, Italy
San Petronio Basilica
A 15th century fresco in San Petronio basilica in Bologna, central Italy is seen in this photo made available Sunday, June 23, 2002. The fresco depicts Islam's prophet Mohamed, center right, in Hell
being devoured by demons. According to a newspaper report Sunday, Islamic extremists were plotting an attack on the church that has been the subject of protests by Muslims in the past.
Photo by Paolo Ferrari
Likes Reggae
Pickles
Laura Bush is a '60s kid at heart. She still has the turntable and vinyl records from growing up in Texas, where she bopped to the music of local heroes Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison. "I'm a
fan of music from rock 'n' roll to soul to reggae," Laura tells the August issue of Glamour magazine. She also says her daughters contribute unsolicited advice about her appearance. Back
when she was first lady of Texas, they told her her hair "moves like a unit."
Pickles
Leaves Substance Abuse Facility
Billy Joel
Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Billy Joel has checked out of a substance abuse and psychiatric hospital, after a 10-day stay at the facility, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Spokeswoman Claire Mercuri confirmed Joel's departure without giving any details about his stay at the Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut.
Last week, Joel's spokeswoman said the rocker had planned a 10-day visit to the facility to address "a specific and personal problem that had recently developed."
Billy Joel
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The Kinks
Golden Age of the Kinks
New G-g-g-g-generation
The Who
There's no end in sight to the British Invasion of the 1960s.
Paul McCartney just completed a successful U.S. tour, and the Rolling Stones will begin their 15th jaunt across the continent in September. Meanwhile, the Who will kick off a 24-venue tour throughout North America on Friday in Las Vegas,
its three core members revitalized after wowing American crowds on its last visit two years ago.
McCartney and the Stones still record new material. The Who, on the other hand, have not released a new studio album in 20 years, and no one is anticipating that a scheduled return to the studio in October will yield anything worthy.
MCA Records just filled the gap with "The Ultimate Collection," a two-CD hits package that debuted at No. 31 on the U.S. pop charts, the Who's best chart showing since "It's Hard" peaked at No. 8 in 1982. Fans seem
content with Who classics like "My Generation," "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again," hugely successful songs that cemented the group's reputation as one of the most acclaimed, most influential -- and loudest -- rock bands ever.
According to Daltrey, guitarist-songwriter Pete Townshend, 57, usually vows at the end of each tour never to do it again. Daltrey, Townshend and bass player John Entwistle, also 57, typically scatter to the four
winds, and the band's momentum is lost (the band broke up for seven years in the 1980s before touring again). But things were different last time.
Daltrey, keenly aware that his vocal cords will one day fail him, said Townshend had belatedly reached a similar conclusion that nothing lasts forever. So why not do the music justice for as long as they can?
For a lot more, The Who
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Preacher Says He Was Beaten By Mourners
Update
A Loxley street preacher who screamed at a funeral that the deceased was burning in hell said Tuesday he was beaten by mourners for telling the truth.
While Orlando Bethel vowed his battle against evil has only begun, one relative at the service said he believes Bethel set out to incite the grievers because he was bitter over a family land squabble.
The incident occurred June 14 at the Pine Grove Baptist Church in Loxley at the funeral of Lish Taylor, an uncle of Bethel's wife, Glynis.
"They said it was attempted murder," Loxley Police Chief Cliff Yetter said Tuesday. "It was a little scratch on his shoulder."
Yetter said Bethel's verbal assault "slandered the family of the deceased. ... He told them the man in the coffin was going to hell, calling them whoremongers."
Neither of the Bethels disagreed with claims that Orlando Bethel screamed out during the solemn gathering, condemning all to "a lake of fire."
He was only supposed to sing, Orlando Bethel admitted, "but the Holy Ghost told me to really speak the truth -- I said this man was no longer with us because he is in hell, that they needed to repent of their sins, there was a lesbian scheduled to sing, and there were fornicators.
"That was when I was dragged to the back of the church by several men," he said.
For the rest of the details (and a pretty good laugh), Update
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Suffered Relapse
Rosemary Clooney
Singer and actress Rosemary Clooney was briefly hospitalized this month and is undergoing treatment at home for a recurrence of lung cancer, her publicist said on Wednesday.
"She's comfortable and she's surrounded by her family," spokeswoman Linda Dozoretz said of the 74-year-old entertainer, who also is the aunt of actor George Clooney.
Clooney's relapse was first reported by Daily Variety's senior columnist, Army Archerd.
Rosemary Clooney
Or Is That 'The Artist Formerly Known As'?
Prince
Even hipsters in Prince's hometown know he's strictly B-list these days. The management at the Minneapolis nightclub Fine Line say they will no longer clear customers out of Prince's favorite booth when he drops by. "It would be one
thing if he would say thank you and shake these people's hands," GM David Mann tells the city's Star Tribune. It probably won't bother Prince. He turned into a freakish recluse after announcing he'd become a Jehova's Witness last year.
Prince
Strip Mine Territory
Shanksville, PA
June 16, 2002 photo shows a street in Shanksville, PA, just 2 miles from the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Setpember 11, 2001. The 245 residents of Shanksville, 70
miles (112 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, became the unwitting gaurdians of a hallowed landmark on September 11 when Flight 93 plunged into a local reclaimed strip mine with enough force
to rattle dishes in town. Shanksville mayor, 78-year-old Ernie Stull, cannot help wonder why U.S. President George W. Bush has never been to the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed.
Photo by Jason Cohn
I grew up in a PA 'Borough' - means a small town. The next designation is 'Village', like in Wilcox (the next town 'up the road'), and it's even smaller. The strip mines in our area were 'out' in Rasselas (a bit further 'up the road') - and much smaller than a village.
Pleads He's Famous, Not Guilty
R. Kelly
Grammy-winning rhythm and blues singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to 21 counts of child pornography stemming from a videotape he allegedly made with an under-age girl.
The 26-minute videotape, which had become a bootleg best seller on street corners, was sent anonymously to the Chicago Sun-Times in February and appears to depict
Kelly, whose given name is Robert, engaging in sex acts with a girl. The paper turned the video over to the police.
Police claimed the girl on the tape was 14. Kelly has claimed the man on the tape is not him and his lawyer has said the girl in any case was of age.
The two-time Grammy winner released a song after his indictment blaming his troubles on being famous. His record label gave an advance copy of the single "Heaven,
I Need a Hug," to WGCI-FM in Chicago, a station in his hometown that his publicist said has been very supportive of the artist.
According to lyrics that have been published he sings, "It's all because I'm famous/You know what I'm sayin'/I mean if I wasn't famous/Then all this wouldn't be
happening/I'm just being real." He also sings, "church folks, you need to stop judging" and he urges women to "stop depending on us men/start depending on the man above."
R. Kelly
'What Would Jesus Do?'
WWDJ
A Sunday school teacher who asked a 16-year-old boy to write "What would Jesus do?" on his penis will spend a month on work release, according to the sentencing agreement
reached Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court.
Todd Warren, 42, who pleaded guilty in April to a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure, was also originally ordered to write a letter describing the incident to fellow
worshipers at Prairie Oak Community Church in Andover. But the church balked at the sentence, arguing that such a letter would be considered pornographic and would identify the teen-age victim.
Although the church was not a party to the criminal case, Ramsey County District Judge Margaret Marrinan heard the argument Tuesday and instead allowed the pastor to write
a letter to his 150-member congregation and simply keep Warren's letter in the case file. A note from the victim's mother supported the decision.
The Rev. Steve Gahagen's letter contains less description about the incident, and asks parishioners to pray for protection and reconciliation.
"The Evil One has struck a tremendous blow to our congregation," Gahagen wrote.
Warren, a nuclear pharmacist, befriended the boy at church and briefly hired him as an employee, according to court papers. Last September, Warren took the boy to a park and asked
him personal and sexual questions about masturbation and homosexuality. He invited the boy to his office and said writing "What would Jesus do?" on his penis would prevent sexual
temptation. Warren also asked for daily e-mail updates about the boy's sexual thoughts.
The boy told his parents, who alerted Roseville police.
Warren resigned from the board of the church and he and his family are no longer part of the congregation, according to court papers. The pastor stressed that Warren was not
acting in a church role when he invited the boy to his office.
WWDJ
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