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Jim Hightower: REVISITING THE ARREST OF PROTESTERS (jimhightower.com)
And now, based on witnesses and numerous videos taken of the demonstrations and arrests, protestors are winning their cases. It turns out that police were making mass arrests of innocent people - then making up arrest reports charging people with crimes they did not commit.
PAUL KRUGMAN: Enron's Second Coming? (The New York Times)
Sure enough, C.E.O. paychecks, which came partway back to earth in 2002, more than doubled between 2003 and 2006. And with those huge paychecks came renewed incentives for malfeasance. Once again, executives could become richer than Croesus by creating the illusion of success, even for a little while. There is one big difference this time: the number of victims - misled borrowers, homeowners whose neighborhoods are being destroyed by foreclosures, investors who thought they were buying safe assets - is even larger.
Jan Moir reviews "Joan Collins: The Biography of an Icon" by Graham Lord (telegraph.co.uk/arts)
During her first assault on Hollywood, Collins slept with so many men that she was known as the British Open.
Alan Franks: Mick Jagger's greatest misses (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk)
How can you release a 'best of' solo album when you haven't really had a solo career, our correspondent asks Mick Jagger. The songs are good, he says.
ADAM KIRSCH: The Musical Century (nysun.com)
In such a climate, the role of the critic becomes especially important, and exceptionally difficult. The critic of the serious arts - poetry, painting, music - is addressing readers who are not just indifferent to new work, but feel justified in their indifference. The critic's first job, then, even before he evaluates individual works, is to make the reader feel uneasy about his ignorance-to convince him that the art in question is vital and serious, deserving of complex attention. A reader who has always heard that classical music is dead must first be convinced that it is alive.
Roger Ebert: "Jim Gordon: In Memory"
I didn't know Jim Gordon well, but I knew him with great affection. His personality improved the weather in a room, and we shared the same room for years. That would be the Lake Street Screening Room, where as often as five times a week the film critics of the Chicago area gather for previews of new movies.
Get the Skinny Based on That Zip Code
Uses 2000 Census Data.
Pick Your Candidate (dehp.net)
Okay, here's a really simple way to find out which candidates share your views. This script is composed entirely of data collected by www.2decide.com. Enter your choices below and hit GO to rank the candidates.
Reader Question
'Weird Word'
Hi Marty,
No word dejour??
Oy Vey...
Sally P
Thanks, Sally!
Despite my fondness for the alliteration of Wednesday's Weird Word, Purple Gene's Weird Word is a
Tuesday feature.
Reader Suggestion
Mystery Meat Macrophotography
Hello Marty,
Hope You and Yours will enjoy this one
Welcome to the "Meet Your Mystery Meat" photo tour on NewsTarget.com. Hold
on to your lunch for this one! We're about to take you on a journey into
some sick macrophotography of processed meat products.
Reader Question
Re: previous issue
Hi Marty,
I clicked on the previous issue link today and got tuesday Jan 2 2007.
Thanks
Paul
Thanks, Paul!
Was having some computer issues again last night and called it quits around 4:30am.
Had the remaining 2 pictures and Tuesday's archived page up a little past noon.
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny and a bit cooler.
We attended back-to-school night at Poly - there was a pretty good turnout.
Forbes Top-Selling Celeb Face
Jennifer Aniston
People can't get enough of Jennifer Aniston. Neither can Us Weekly, Star or other popular celebrity magazines.
Aniston sits atop Forbes.com's first-ever analysis of top-selling famous faces, based on several factors, including newsstand sales of celebrity weekies People, Us Weekly, In Touch Weekly, Life & Style, OK! and Star over a six-month period ending June 30, as supplied by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
The 38-year-old actress graced six covers - appearing on every magazine except In Touch Weekly at least once during the time period - with her face collectively selling more than 5 million copies, the Web site said Tuesday.
Aniston's ex-husband, Brad Pitt, takes second place on the list, followed by Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Reese Witherspoon, Katie Holmes, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, Valerie Bertinelli and Kelly Ripa.
Jennifer Aniston
Producing New Comedy Central Show
Jon Stewart
Comedy Central is set to announce Wednesday the pickup of a second series from "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's production company.
The sketch-variety show "Important Things With Demetri Martin" is slated for the second half of 2008; anywhere from six to 10 episodes will be executive produced by Stewart and Martin, who has been a featured contributor on "Daily Show."
"Martin" is the second series Comedy Central has ordered from Stewart's Busboy Prods. since they struck a first-look deal in 2005. "The Colbert Report" was their first collaboration.
In his show, Martin will alternate between taped sketches and stand-up performances in front of a studio audience. The network has struck gold with this format before, including with "Chappelle's Show" and "Mind of Mencia," which received a fourth-season order Tuesday.
Jon Stewart
Lobbyists Pal
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission is doing a swell job communicating with lobbyists, but with the public? Not so good, according to a government report.
The Government Accountability Office says the agency tips off some people with business before the commission in advance about what items are coming up for a vote, usually before the public is notified.
"Situations where some, but not all, stakeholders know what FCC is considering for an upcoming vote undermine the fairness and transparency of the process and constitute a violation of FCC's rules," the GAO said.
The FCC is an independent agency created by Congress in 1934 to oversee the nation's airwaves and regulate telecommunications services. Information on its upcoming actions can move stock prices and, at times, affect entire markets.
FCC
Call For American Muslim Stories
'One Nation, Many Voices'
An online film contest with judges including Mariane Pearl is calling for entries that tell of the American Muslim experience.
The "One Nation, Many Voices" competition started taking submissions of films lasting five minutes or less on Tuesday.
The goal is to bring attention to experiences that show what all Americans have in common, and to challenge stereotypes, said the event's promoters.
Categories include drama, comedy, documentary and animation/music. There are also separate categories for films of one minute or less and videos produced by youth. Entries must be submitted by Nov. 25.
'One Nation, Many Voices'
Thurber Prize for American Humor
Joe Keenan
Television writer-producer Joe Keenan, an Emmy winner a decade ago for his work on "Frasier," is this year's winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, cited for his novel "My Lucky Star."
Keenan, who has also served as a writer-producer for "Desperate Housewives," will receive $5,000, prize officials said Tuesday.
The finalists were Merrill Markoe, for "Walking in Circles Before Lying Down," and Bob Newhart, for his memoir, "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!"
Joe Keenan
Lawsuit Settled
'Indiana Jones'
The producers of the new "Indiana Jones" movie have settled a lawsuit against an actor accused of breaching a confidentiality agreement by revealing the film's plot in a newspaper interview.
A Superior Court order was filed Tuesday finding that Tyler Nelson knowingly violated the agreement that he signed when he was cast to appear in a scene of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," said Lucasfilm Ltd. publicist Lynne Hale.
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. An after-hours call to Nelson's talent agency was not immediately returned.
Tyler revealed plot details during an interview last month with his hometown newspaper, Oklahoma's Edmond Sun, Daily Variety reported. That story has been removed from the newspaper's Web site.
'Indiana Jones'
Case Appealed
`A Whiter Shade of Pale'
The lead singer of British band Procol Harum is appealing a judgment awarding the group's former organist 40 percent of the royalties from their iconic hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale."
Gary Brooker argues that it was his idea to use the Bach theme played by organist Matthew Fisher on the record, and that he was unable to make his case properly because Fisher didn't tell him he was pursuing his legal claim.
Fisher, 61, sued the leader of Procol Harum nearly 40 years after he recorded the song, saying he was entitled to both credit and royalties.
On Wednesday, Brooker's lawyer charged that Fisher had waited until May 2005 to begin court proceedings because he wanted to enjoy the life of a pop star and knew that a lawsuit would end his career with the band.
`A Whiter Shade of Pale'
Set Auctioned For Charity
`Tonight Show'
When "The Tonight Show" decided to redecorate its set, the old furniture was destined for more than a garage sale. Host Jay Leno decided it should be auctioned online for a friend's community group.
Bailey's Cafe, a New York-based educational and cultural organization, will receive the proceeds from the sale on eBay. The auction ends Thursday.
Leno will autograph the desk, NBC said. The seven-piece set, seen on the show between 2003 and August 2007, also includes a sofa, guest chair, two cocktail tables, ottoman and area rug.
`Tonight Show'
Opening One-Person Foreign Bureaus
ABC News
After two decades of cutbacks in international bureaus, ABC News is bucking the trend by creating one-person operations that will dramatically boost its coverage in Africa, India and elsewhere.
The small offices, staffed by a reporter-producer with the latest in hand-held digital technology, cost a fraction of what it takes to run a full-time bureau. But the work they file will be featured not only on ABCNews.com and ABC News Now but also occasionally on such ABC shows as "World News Tonight" and "Good Morning America."
The mini-bureaus are being opened in Seoul; Rio de Janeiro; Dubai; New Delhi and Mumbai, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Nairobi, Kenya.
ABC News
Recall '60s Mexican Rock Ban
The Doors
Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of The Doors say authorities prevented them from holding an outdoor concert in 1969, at the beginning of what many call a 20-year de facto ban on rock concerts in Mexico.
Speaking in Mexico City before a planned concert Tuesday at the National Auditorium, the musicians discussed government repression against young people and their music in the years following the Oct. 2, 1968, massacre of student protesters by government troops in the capital's Tlatelolco square.
"The powers that be said, `No way are we going to let 60,000 hippies in the Plaza de Toros,'" the bullring where The Doors were scheduled to perform in 1969, Manzarek said. "We were very unhappy about not being able to play for the students."
Manzarek, 68, said the band ended up performing at an upscale private dinner club, where people ate steaks as frontman Jim Morrison crooned songs such as "The End," which includes lyrics about incest and parricide.
Authorities began to relax the policy in 1989 when Rod Stewart performed. By the 1990s, a steady stream of foreign and domestic rock bands were performing publicly.
The Doors
Tour Grossed More Than $500 Million
Rolling Stones
The final tally on the Rolling Stones' two-year world tour is in and it topped a half billion -- making it the top grossing trek in history.
The staggering total -- $558,255,524, to be exact -- was accumulated between August 21, 2005, and August 26, when the "Bigger Bang" tour wrapped at the O2 arena in London after a second European leg.
The box office gross figure was provided to Billboard by longtime Stones tour producer Michael Cohl. The tour long ago passed the old record, set by U2's 2005-06 Vertigo tour, which topped out at $389 million. The previous mark had been the Stones' $320 million Voodoo Lounge tour of 1994-95.
Rolling Stones
Song Parody Upsets Mickey
Family Guy
A music publisher sued Fox Broadcasting Co. on Wednesday for copyright breach, accusing it of adding anti-Semitic lyrics to a copy of "When You Wish Upon A Star" in an episode of the television series "Family Guy."
Bourne Co., the U.S. copyright owner of the song, said the episode, called "When You Wish Upon A Weinstein" damaged the company and the song's reputation as a "cultural treasure, epitomizing the wonders of childhood."
A song in the episode titled "I Need A Jew" was "a thinly veiled copy of the music from 'When You Wish Upon A Star' coupled with "new anti-Semitic lyrics," said the lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court.
The lawsuit said News Corp.-owned Fox initially did not distribute the episode in recognition of how offensive it was. It was eventually broadcast on the Cartoon Network in 2003 and since then in syndication and reruns.
Family Guy
Investigated In Battery Case
Danny Bonaduce
Former "Survivor" contestant Jonny Fairplay filed a police report Wednesday, alleging that Danny Bonaduce threw him and knocked out his teeth during an awards show.
The battery report was taken by police shortly before 2 a.m. at a Hollywood hospital where Fairplay was treated and released, Officer April Harding said.
The incident took place during the Fox Reality Really Channel awards, which were being held at a nightclub on Sunset Boulevard. (They air 10 p.m. Oct. 13.)
As Bonaduce walked away, Fairplay called after him. Then, still holding a microphone and with a look at the audience, he backed up and leaped onto Bonaduce, wriggling his legs. Bonaduce held him for a moment and then heaved him up over his head.
Danny Bonaduce
In Memory
George Grizzard
Broadway and screen actor
George Grizzard, who won acclaim, and a Tony Award, for performing in Edward Albee's dramas, has died. He was 79.
Grizzard's film roles included a bullying U.S. senator in "Advise and Consent" in 1962 and an oilman in "Comes a Horseman" in 1978. On television, Grizzard made regular appearances on "Law & Order" and won a best supporting actor Emmy for the 1980 TV movie "The Oldest Living Graduate," which starred Henry Fonda. His TV credits stretch back to the '50s, when he appeared in various anthology series such as "Playhouse 90."
But he considered himself primarily a stage actor.
He had made his Broadway debut in 1955 as Paul Newman's brother and fellow convict in "The Desperate Hours." He was nominated for Tonys for "The Disenchanged" in 1959 and "Big Fish, Little Fish" in 1961.
Among his other credits were Neil Simon's 1976 "California Suite," a 1975 revival of "The Royal Family" and the 2001 drama "Judgment at Nuremberg."
With Albee, Grizzard appeared in the original 1962 production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and won a Tony more than 30 years later in 1996 for his performance in a revival of a 1967 play, "A Delicate Balance."
Grizzard stayed with "Virginia Woolf" for only three months, leaving to play Hamlet in the inaugural production of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 1963. He also played other career-stretching roles there over the years, in such plays as "Henry V," "The Three Sisters," "Volpone" and "Saint Joan."
Grizzard was born in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., but grew up largely in Washington. He attended the University of North Carolina and worked at an ad agency before getting involved in the theater, appearing at the Arena Stage in Washington.
He is survived by his partner, William Tynan.
George Grizzard
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