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Last Night
Weather is still unusually pleasant. Could see all the way to Catalina from Signal Hill today.
Sounds like the kid is coming down with something. Cold or flu most likely - hope he doesn't share this time.
Talked to dear old dad in PA. Said it was too damn cold to go hunting, but he's looking forward to his 'polka cruise' next month.
Still no sign of Ginger.
Tonight, Thursday, CBS starts the evening with a fresh 'Survivor: Thailand', followed by a fresh 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', then a RERUN 'Without A Trace'.
On a RERUN Dave are Jennifer Love Hewitt, Diving Dogs, and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
On a RERUN Craiggers are Jennifer Love Hewitt and Michael Vartan.
NBC opens the night with a fresh 'Friends', then a fresh 'Scrubs', followed by a fresh 'Will & Grace', then a fresh 'Good Morning, Miami', and caps it with a fresh 'ER'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Billy Crystal, Denise Richards, and Alanis Morissette.
On a RERUN Conan are Jackie Chan, Marlo Thomas, and Ricky Jay.
On a RERUN Carson Daly are Tim Robbins and Earshot.
ABC has a fresh 'Dinotopia', then a 'special' - 'Dear Santa', and finally 'PrimeTime Thursday'.
The WB opens with a fresh 'Family Affair', then a fresh 'Do Over', followed by a fresh 'Jamie Kennedy', which is followed by a RERUN 'Jamie Kennedy'.
Faux has the movie 'Dead Man On Campus'.
UPN kills the night with 'WWE Smackdown!'.
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The Diamond Ring
The Diamond Ring appears after the totality of the solar eclipse in Ceduna, South Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002.
Photo by Russell McPhedran
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From Buzzflash.com
Bill Moyers on O'Really
In a recent column and broadcast Bill O'Reilly makes a number of assertions about me, in matters large and small, that are both undocumented and false. It's time to set the record straight.
First, on a rather trivial level, Mr. O'Reilly asserted that I refused to come to the phone when he called. He's not telling the truth. One of his staff called my assistant to ask if I would appear
on Mr. O'Reilly's show, but I declined. I would never refuse a call from Mr. O'Reilly, although my ears are not quite tuned to his decibel level.
Mr. O'Reilly says I called him a warmonger. He is not telling the truth. Here's what happened: In the aftermath of 9/11 Mr. O'Reilly, from his battle station at Fox, was calling for the
United States "to bomb the Afghan infrastructure to rubble, the airport, the power plants, the water facilities, the roads." He went on to describe Afghanistan as "a very primitive country"
and to say "taking out their ability to exist day-to-day will not be hard. Remember the people of any country are ultimately responsible for the government they have. The Germans were responsible
for Hitler, the Afghans are responsible for the Taliban. We should not target civilians but if they don't rise up against this criminal government, they starve, period."
For the rest of this wonderful rebuttal - Moyers on O'Reilly - BuzzFlash Guest Commentary
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California's Poet Laureate Resigns
Quincy Troupe
The creative resume writing that cost California's first poet laureate that title has also ended his academic career at the University of California at San Diego.
Quincy Troupe resigned Tuesday from his tenured post as professor of American and Caribbean literature and creative writing after 12 years on the faculty.
Troupe, author of 13 books, resigned in October as California's first official poet laureate after a routine Senate confirmation probe found his graduation claim from
Louisiana's Grambling State University was fiction.
Quincy Troupe
Davenport, Dubuque, & Chicago
Bono & Ashley Judd
Irish rock star Bono urged Teamsters to begin hauling a new kind of freight — support in the fight against the spread of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
The lead singer of U2 made a brief stop at the giant Iowa 80 truck stop west of Davenport on Tuesday as part of his seven-day bus tour through seven Midwestern states to raise awareness of the epidemic in Africa.
"I always had a sense that this (the Midwest) was a place that sets the moral course for America," the 42-year-old singer told the drivers. "There is a decency here. But the politicians in
Washington don't think people out here care."
The "Heart of America Tour: Africa's Future and Ours" entourage, which includes actress Ashley Judd and African dancers and musicians, also planned stops in Davenport and Dubuque.
Bono & Ashley Judd
www.u2.com/
Square Up for Xmas TV Duel
Sharon & Queen Elizabeth
The Queen's traditional Christmas TV message faces competition from an unlikely source this year with rocker Ozzy Osbourne's wife planning a rival broadcast.
"Two mighty matriarchs will confront each other across the nation's turkeys when Sharon Osbourne goes head to head with the Queen to deliver the alternative Christmas message on
Channel 4," the broadcaster said in a statement on Wednesday.
Channel 4 said Osbourne's message, which like the Queen's will be broadcast at 3 p.m. on Christmas Day, was aimed at viewers "who crave more challenging TV fare with their festive pud."
Sharon & Queen Elizabeth
'The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron has signed on to portray the actress and former Mrs. Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, in HBO Films' "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers."
Theron joins Geoffrey Rush, who already has been tapped for the title role of the picture, based on the book of the same name by Roger Lewis.
Theron is currently shooting "The Italian Job." Upcoming credits also include "Monster."
Charlize Theron
To Star In 'I, Robot'
Will Smith
Fox has wired Will Smith to star in sci-fier "I, Robot," an adaptation of the 1940s Isaac Asimov short-story collection that set the groundwork for robot films ranging from "The Terminator" to "A.I."
Shooting is to begin in April. Alex Proyas, whose last large-canvas projects were "Dark City" and "The Crow," will direct the film.
The original "I, Robot" contained nine short stories that Asimov wrote for various magazines throughout the 1940s, brought together thematically by the author's three laws of robotics. Those laws hold that
a robot may not injure a human or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm; a robot must obey orders given to it by a human, except where it would conflict with the first law; and a robot must protect
itself, as long as that protection doesn't violate either the first or second law.
The project originated as "Hardwired," a futuristic script by Jeff Vintar that was amalgamated with elements of "I, Robot" when Fox bought rights to Asimov's landmark book. Subsequent drafts of the script
have been done by Hillary Seitz ("Insomnia") and Oscar-winning "A Beautiful Mind" scribe Akiva Goldsman, who wrote the last draft and is expected to be a prevailing presence on the picture.
Will Smith
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Gets London World Premiere
'Jerry Springer: The Opera'
An outrageous opera based on Jerry Springer's lurid talk show is to have its world premiere at Britain's National Theater.
In concert form, "Jerry Springer: The Opera" was one of the biggest hits at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Now it is to be given a full-scale production in London next April.
British composer Richard Thomas joined forces with comic writer Stewart Lee for an irreverent take on the American talk show that has become a worldwide hit with such programs as "Pregnant by a Transsexual" and "Here Come the Hookers."
Among the opera's showstoppers are a diaper fetishist confessing all to his true love, a dance routine by the Ku Klux Klan and Jesus launching into a swearing tirade against the Devil.
'Jerry Springer: The Opera'
Cambodia
Angkor Wat
Tourists visit the golden temple at sunset in a section of the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province, north of the capital Phnom Penh on December 4, 2002. Tourism to Cambodia has increased 26 percent
to 550,000 visitors in the first nine months of this year, compared to 437,000 in the same period last year.
Photo by Chor Sokunthea
AIDS Fundraiser
Elton John
Shopaholic singer Elton John moved his wardrobe to a London storefront Wednesday to sell his Gucci, Versace and Prada cast-offs to raise money for his AIDS charity.
John and his partner David Furnish opened their "Out of the Closet" sale in a specially hired shop on London's Regent Street as people lined outside to snatch up thousands of celebrity bargains.
Contributions from other stars included a gray Versace suit from soccer star David Beckham.
It is the fourth time John, known for his legendary appetite for shopping, has opened shop to sell his clothes for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Elton John
Turns Up Again in Cambodia
Gary Glitter
British glam rock star Gary Glitter, convicted of child pornography offences in Britain in 1999, has returned to Cambodia, officials said Wednesday, putting the government in a quandary about what to do with him.
Glitter -- whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd -- turned up a week ago in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh where he has been staying as a tourist at an unidentified guest house.
The 1970s pop icon caused a storm of controversy in May when he was found setting up home in Cambodia, whose notoriously lax judicial system and weak law enforcement have created its reputation as a safe haven for child sex offenders.
He left Cambodia at the end of May, and was widely believed to have gone to Vietnam, although this was never confirmed.
Gary Glitter
Condition Upgraded
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor was listed in fair condition Tuesday as she continued to recover from injuries suffered last week in a Sunset Boulevard car crash, hospital officials said.
Gabor, who is being treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, was upgraded Monday from serious condition, said Leslie Porras, a hospital spokeswoman. She declined to release further details.
The film and television actress was a passenger in the front seat of a car that struck a light pole in West Hollywood. The car was driven by her hairdresser, who suffered minor injuries, police said.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Year's Worst Celebrity Waffler
Richard Gere
Gere Wins Dubious Prize for Giraffe Comparison
"Pretty Woman" star Richard Gere's animal magnetism has won him the unwelcome accolade of being declared the year's worst celebrity waffler by Britain's Plain English Campaign.
Once voted the World's Sexiest Man, Gere Wednesday carried off the campaign's Foot in Mouth award for 2002's most baffling celebrity quote after comparing himself to a giraffe in a newspaper interview.
"I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe," he told Britain's Guardian newspaper in June. He joins a select band of
previous winners including British chancellor Gordon Brown, soccer coach Glenn Hoddle and artist Tracey Emin.
Richard Gere
In 15th Century Paintings?
UFOs
Italy's Old Masters were recording flying saucers and UFOs in their paintings as far back as the 15th century, according to a scientist in Rome.
Roberto Volterri argues that artists dating back to 1406 included evidence of "strange objects in the sky" for later generations to see. He says that far from being the product of the paranoid Cold
War years, UFOs were documented but overlooked because they were often extraneous to the subject of the painting and could only be explained as "testimonials of something seen or heard about".
Volterri, 56, an archaeologist by training, specialises in the measurement and analysis of metallic objects. He said he had spent his working life in a thoroughly down-to-earth environment of cold
and rational calculation and sophisticated and precise instruments, but he was convinced science did not have all the answers.
For the rest - UFOs
UFOs In European Art - The Pictures
Shows Rescheduled
Oasis
British rock band Oasis said two remaining concerts in Germany will be rescheduled because singer Liam Gallagher needs surgery on his front teeth, which were broken in a weekend brawl.
Concerts scheduled this week in Dusseldorf and Bremen have been "reluctantly" postponed, the band said Tuesday on its Web site. Oasis had canceled concerts in Munich on Sunday and Hamburg on Monday.
Three members of Oasis, including Gallagher and drummer Alan White, were detained by police early Sunday following a fight with a group of Italians at a Munich nightclub. They were released after posting bail.
Prosecutors in Munich were investigating whether to press charges for assault, resisting arrest and damage to property following the fight, during which police said Gallagher kicked an officer who was kneeling down.
Oasis
Oasis Web site
Postpone Ohio Concert
Three Tenors
The Three Tenors postponed a Jan. 5 concert with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra because Luciano Pavarotti's companion is expected to give birth to twins that week.
Their performance at the Schottenstein Center will be held Sept. 28, promoters said Tuesday.
Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo have schedules that do not allow much mutual availability, promoters said.
Three Tenors
The Three Tenors Web site
Luciano Pavarotti Web site
Good Read
Kissinger and bin Laden: Takes One To Know One
By David Morris | AlterNet
resident Bush believes Henry Kissinger is the best choice to head up an investigation into the adequacy of our defenses against al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. He may be right. As the schoolyard taunt goes, "It takes one to know one."
There is a remarkable symmetry between the conduct of Kissinger and bin Laden. Both believe the ends justify the means. Both believe that innocent civilians are pawns on a global chessboard and sometimes must be sacrificed to a higher geopolitical cause.
Back in 1975, as a favor to the Shah of Iran, Secretary of State Kissinger fomented a Kurdish uprising against Saddam Hussein only to abruptly abandon the Kurds when the Shah made a peace agreement with Hussein. When asked about this later,
Kissinger declared, "Covert action should not be confused with missionary work."
Osama bin Laden despises the north and the west for hijacking and perverting history. Henry Kissinger has contempt for the south, which would include all Islamic countries, as inconsequential players in world history. Almost 30 years
ago Kissinger informed a startled Chilean Foreign Minister, "History has never been produced in the South. The axis of history starts in Moscow, goes to Bonn, crosses over to Washington, and then goes to Tokyo. What happens in the South is of no importance."
For Henry Kissinger, the south serves only to test the mettle of great powers. Consider the case of Cambodia.
For the rest about Cambodia, and then Angola, and, don't forget Chile, too - Kissinger and bin Laden: Takes One To Know One
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Prime-Time
Ratings
Prime-time ratings compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 25 to Dec. 1. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with rating for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses.
An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. The rating is the percentage of the nation's estimated 106.7 million TV homes. Each ratings point represents 1,067,000 households.
1. (4) "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS, 13.0, 13.8 million homes.
2. (1) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Miami," CBS, 12.4, 13.2 million homes.
3. (47) "CBS Sunday Movie: The Christmas Shoes," CBS, 11.4, 12.2 million homes.
3. (9) "NFL Monday Night Football: Philadelphia at San Francisco," ABC, 11.4, 12.1 million homes.
5. (7) "Law & Order," NBC, 10.7, 11.5 million homes.
6. (14) "Still Standing," CBS, 10.4, 11.1 million homes.
7. (15) "Judging Amy," CBS, 10.3, 11.0 million homes.
8. (16) "JAG," CBS, 10.1, 10.8 million homes.
9. (21) "60 Minutes," CBS, 9.9, 10.5 million homes.
10. (16) "Frasier," NBC, 9.8, 10.4 million homes.
11. (24) "The King of Queens," CBS, 9.7, 10.3 million homes.
12. (13) "The West Wing," NBC, 9.4, 10.0 million homes.
13. (20) "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," NBC, 9.3, 9.9 million homes.
14. (X) "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," NBC, 9.2, 9.8 million homes.
15. (22) "Yes, Dear," CBS, 9.0, 9.6 million homes.
16. (X) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 8.9, 9.5 million homes.
16. (23) "The Guardian," CBS, 8.9, 9.5 million homes.
18. (X) "The King of Queens," CBS, 8.8, 9.4 million homes.
19. (41) "Becker," CBS, 8.5, 9.0 million homes.
19. (25) "NFL Monday Showcase," ABC, 8.5, 9.0 million homes.
Ratings
Munich Zoo
Flamingo
Ein Flamingo legt seinen Kopf in das Gefieder. Das Foto entstand Ende voriger Woche im Münchener Zoo.
Photo by Michael Dalder
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