"dear sir
You may be suprise to receive this letter from me since you dont know me ersonally."
Rockinest Video of the Week
Signs of the Coming Apocalypse
Your Compassionate Government at Work
Chart of the Week
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Word of the Day
omnicide: Killing Everything (not in any dictionary)
Totally Wacko New-World-Order Sites of the Week
(unless it's all true)
At
this site, we learn that every city, county, state, and the federal government openly talks about the "budget" but keeps a virtually hidden, SECOND SET OF BOOKS which track the investments and Enterprise ventures worth TRILLIONS of dollars in tangible wealth they have built up and are spending from these virtually hidden portfolios as a result of investing YOUR skimmed money for over 50 years in everything from real estate to the stock market.
Messages That Appeared on Buttons and Signs
at Saturday's Big Demonstration in D.C.
1) These colors don't run the world.
2) One nation under surveillance.
3) How did our oil get under their sand?
4) Go Solar, not Ballistic.
5) Who would Jesus bomb?
6) Start Drafting SUV Drivers Now.
7) Don't blame me -- I voted with the majority.
8) Buck Fush!
9) It's NUCLEAR, not NUCULAR, you idiot!
10) One goose-step, two goose-steps . . .
11) Resistance is Fertile.
12) On a picture of sheep carrying flags: Stop Mad Sheep Disease.
13) On a U.F.W. sign: Pick Fruit, not Fights.
14) On a five year old: More Candy, Less War.
15) Say can you see my democracy?
16) With picture of Bush, Cheney & Rumsfeld: The Asses of Evil.
17) IT'S THE OIL, STUPID!
18) War is expensive; peace is priceless.
19) READ BETWEEN THE PIPELINES.
20) No More Bush-it!
21) Smart weapons. Dumb president.
22) The only thing we have to fear is Bush himself.
23) How many lives per gallon?
24) Peace Takes Brains.
25) Anything war can do, peace can do better.
26) Negotiation, Not Annihilation.
27) Make touchdowns, not war. Go Raiders!
28) Another patriot for peace.
29) Oh Say, can You Cease?
30) Star Spangled Bummer
31) The President is a Real Son of a Bush!
32) Don't do it, George. Poppy will still love you.
33) Power to the Peacemakers.
34) The last time a nation listened to a Bush, they wandered in the desert for forty years.
35) To the people of Earth: Don't blame us. We voted for the other guy.
I Read it on the Net, It Must Be True
In advent of a U.S. attack, Saddam Hussein has wired the Turkish Oil Pipeline to be blown up. It will take 3 years to replace the Oil Pipeline to Turkey.
Consider the following issues concerning Saturday's Internet attack: It is not in the interest of Iraq to attack the Internet. The worldwide anti-war movement depends upon the Internet for communication. Shutting down the Internet would have negative consequences for Iraq.
It is not in the interest of al-Qaeda to attack the Internet. If we are to believe the claims of the US Government, the Internet is al-Qaeda's primary means of communication. Shutting down the Internet would have negative consequences for al-Qaeda.
The Resistance did not attack the Internet for the same reason that Iraq did not attack the Internet.
Who would benefit from shutting down the Internet? The US Government would benefit if the Internet were shut down in order to disrupt the anti-war movement and in order to disrupt the communications of their (possibly phantom) enemy al-Qaeda.
Prepare for an Internet Shutdown!
I Feel So Much Safer Now
Iran's morality police arrested a barber for giving short haircuts to girls seeking to pass as boys.
The bodies of U.S. soldiers killed by chemical or biological weapons in Iraq or future wars may be bulldozed into
mass graves and burned to save the lives of surviving troops, under an option being considered by the Pentagon.
In future wars,
robots may drop from the sky by the hundreds from unmanned aircraft, swarming like giant insects over battlefields in coordinated assaults.
President Saddam Hussein's eldest son
Uday has warned the United States of huge losses and a calamity worse than the September 11 attacks if it goes ahead with
plans to invade Iraq.
Hillary Clinton called the war on terror
a myth.
Guide to Assholes
Type I- the Regular Asshole.....just your everyday, common asshole
Type II- the Stupid Asshole.....an alarmingly large percentage of our population falls into this category. For some special examples, visit
http://www.darwinawards.com .
Type III- the God Dam Asshole.....person who unconsciously insults or endangers the lives of others through selfishness and/or stupidity
Type IV – the Fucking Asshole..... person who deliberately insults or endangers the life of others through selfishness and/or stupidity
Type V - the Complete Asshole..... 1.person who consistently demonstrates a wide variety of obnoxious behaviors 2. a self-absorbed whiner who thinks he knows everything 3. person who denigrates or belittles another to embellish his own social status or sense of being
Type VI - the Flaming Asshole..... not quite a Real Asshole, but pretty darn close
Type VII- the Real Asshole.....the worst kind of asshole imaginable
Same Headlines, Different Links
Calling All Terrorists
Did I just apologize because no Palestinians killed any Israelis last week? Sorry about that.
Free Weekend with Heidi Klum in Bermuda
I am seeking a free weekend with Heidi Klum in Bermuda. Anyone got her number or air mileage they're not using?
Dear Doc Hollywood,
I am a Chemist/Microbiologist with a lifelong zeal for writing. Recently (and I don't tend to make snap decisions), I have had this urge to explore the project of writing a script for a feature film. I only mention my current profession to illustrate the absence of formal writing training (in the way of screenwriting). Although I have decided to take a blind stab at it, how important does it become to have FORMAL training for issues of structure ?? Is it possible to sell a script without the fade ins and other writing or producer instructions??
Cornell C.
Dear Cornell,
Thank you for braving time and space to contact me.
Screenplays are like blueprints for buildings. The building you're planning can be wacked out and loony but not the formatting of the blueprint. Rules for professional architectural blueprints are inviolable. Same with screenplays. Your screenplay must absolutely look like all other screenplays.
As for what's IN the screenplay, the more creative you are, the better. As far as I'm concerned, all those people teaching the rules of structure are responsible for the total blanding of the filmgoing experience. All MY favorite movies, like Traffic or Pulp Fiction totally explode the traditional rules of structure. Write from your heart.
MD
WHO'S GOING TO HELL THIS WEEK?
January 27, 2003
HISTORY LESSON FROM HELL
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
SYLLOGISM FROM HELL
Keith Richards is to heroin as George W. Bush is to...
a) money
b) power
ART FROM HELL
The Big Acapulco Gold Score
SATAN DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
If you'd invested in small-cap stocks in 1926, a mere $500 would have grown to $1.98 million today.
QUOTES FROM HELL
"In 2001, the US weapons industry controlled approximately 50 percent of the world arms market. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) reports that for fiscal year 2001, the US government exported $12.2 billion in weapons and was awarded $13.1 billion in new foreign contracts through its Foreign Military Sales program. That excludes the $36 billion in direct commercial sales by US weapons manufacturers to foreign nations."
"We may be the generation that sees Armageddon."
- Ronald Reagan in a 1980 interview with televangelist Jim Bakker -
"It doesn't appear to have registered that if the White House geniuses really thought Saddam capable of attacking with 'weapons of mass destruction,' the well-publicized U.S. troop buildup in Kuwait offers the fattest target since Pearl Harbor."
"It's like guerrilla warfare. If you reveal your location, all it does is allow your opponent to improve his artillery bearings. It's better to move quietly, with stealth, under cover of night. You've got two choices: You can wear cammies and shimmy along on your belly, or you can put on a red coat and stand up for everyone to see. It comes down to whether you want to be the British army in the Revolutionary War or the Viet Cong. History tells us which tactic was more effective."
- Ralph Reed: Los Angeles Times, March 22, 1992 -
"When the Christian majority takes over this country, there will be no satanic churches, no more free distribution of pornography, no more talk of rights for homosexuals. After the Christian majority takes control, pluralism will be seen as immoral and evil and the state will not permit anybody the right to practice evil."
- Gary Potter: President of Catholics for Christian Political Action -
"Violence doesn't solve anything? World War I. World War II. Star Wars. Every Super Bowl. Who says violence doesn't solve anything?!"
- Drew Carey: "The Drew Carey Show" (1995) -
"When President Bush first announced his new 'stimulus plan,' we considered it no worse than any of the other tax-and-spend proposals that the knuckleheads in Washington dream up from time to time. But we now suspect it is a horrible idea. The reason: 110 economists think it's a terrific idea. The Washington Times reports: 'A letter signed by 110 economists, including three Nobel Prize winners, urges Congress to support the main elements of President Bush's $647 billion tax-cut plan.' Can any idea that's applauded by 110 economists NOT be a bad idea?"
"By love they will quench the fire of hate,
by wisdom the fire of delusion.
Those supreme ones extinguish delusion
with wisdom that breaks through to truth."
- Buddha -
"War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses."
- Major General Smedley Butler, USMC -
"Jaw, jaw is better than war, war."
- Winston Churchill -
"We shall export our revolution, to the whole world. Until the cry 'Allahu Akbar' resounds over the whole world. There will be struggle. There will be Jihad . . . Islam is the religion of militant individuals...Islam will be victorious in all the countries of the world, and Islam and the teachings of the Quran will prevail all over the world . . . This is the duty that all Muslims must fulfill..."
- Ayatollah Khomeini -
"Iraq has no intention to attack America but will defend itself if attacked."
- CIA -
"Here's how it works: the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) will notify the purported 'security risk' that he is considered a 'security risk,' and the FAA will immediately ground the flier/mechanic/etc. The accused can then tell the TSA that he's not a 'security risk;' but, without knowing on what basis the determination was initially made, the accused is defending himself, blindfolded. The TSA is then the final arbiter of determining whether the accused (whom they have already declared a 'security risk,' while possibly taking away his means of making a living and likely ruining his reputation) actually is a 'security risk.'"
"Most people do not understand the complicated machinery of the government. They do not realize that every citizen silently but nonetheless certainly sustains the government of the day in ways of which he has no knowledge. Every citizen therefore renders himself responsible for every act of his government. And it is quite proper to support it so long as the actions of the government are bearable."
- Mahatma Gandhi -
"The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today [is] my own government.
... For the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I
cannot be silent."
- Martin Luther King -
"There is no downside on hoping for the best in life."
- Noah ben Shea -
QUIZ FROM HELL
What do the following have in common?
a) Badfinger
b) INXS
c) Nirvana
d) The "human shields" going to Iraq
Answer (must be read in mirror): edicius
SITES FROM HELL
The
Cyber Newseum has a gallery of the work of WWII political cartoonist Arthur Szyk, news from around the world, a history of war journalism, and lots of other good stuff.
No serious analyst believes for a split second that Osama Bin Laden organized or directed the precision operation of 9/11 from a cave in the mountains of darkest Afghanistan, but beyond that obvious reality, most American analysts are incapable of objective analysis for a number of different reasons. If Americans really want to know who attacked New York two years ago,
different analytical techniques must be applied.Gary Hart = Nostrodamus.
Robert Fisk writes about
the face of war that the TV coverage and the warmongers miss.
A new Rand study reveals that doctors take an average of
three minutes to prescribe anti-depressants to their patients.
Miss the Superbowl? Don't worry. All the ads are
here.
Don't let this happen to you.
dIsInFoTaInMeNt ToDaY archives are mysteriously still missing.
All of Helen's columns are mysteriously still missing.
Dr. Hollywood archives are mysteriously still missing.
Acknowledgment
dIsInFoTaInMeNt ToDaY consists of information from dozens of sources, cut up, thrown in the air, and recycled randomly. It is sent all over the place, so I apologize if you're seeing the same thing twice. If you see a joke, graphic, or news item that came from or through you, thanks, send more, and please accept the fact that much of dIsInFoTaInMeNt ToDaY is unacknowledgeable, and if I sought permission from everyone whose bastardized material showed up here, I'd never get anything else done. Please note that I don't even put my own name on it. If you're still pissed off, hey, it's
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Cool Link
Free E-Book of Poetry
Over 100 of the world's leading, mid-career and emerging poets who work in the English language, have gathered their work together in a book of new peace poems.
'100 Poets Against The War' is perhaps the fastest-assembled world anthology ever - one week from Todd Swift's call for entries till the ebook was uploaded on nthposition. All the contributors have donated their poems, so download the .pdf file, share it, host it on your own site, print it and make it into a book of poetry. You'll need Adobe Acrobat to read it. If you haven't got it already, it's a free download from www.adobe.com
Free e-book: 100 poets against the war
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Reader Comment
Re: Wetten Dass?
Das (one 's') is the neuter article 'the' or the neuter pronoun 'it'.
Dass (double 's') means 'that', as is Dass ist das Maedchen mit die
goldene Haar.
~~ David J
Thanks, David. I used the caption supplied with the photo - these days my German is pretty much limited to humming 'Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren'....(ach).
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Still warm weather, but cooler than yesterday.
Talked to dear old dad tonight. He & the Babe had a great time on the polka cruise, but the procedures at the airports left a lot to be desired. Gotta wonder about 'profiling' that points out
78-year-old WWII veterans. Oh, that's right, he was a draftee.
Put the kid on the phone to wish Grandpa a happy birthday. The kid is in the middle of one of his 'holy' phases, and Grandpa said the word 'fart'. Told him that 'fart' wasn't a nice word, but it served a purpose. And don't try it out at school tomorrow.
Tonight, Tuesday, thanks to smirk's SOTU, prime time programming will be messy. At some point, CBS will have a RERUN 'JAG', and some local stuff.
On a RERUN Dave (from 1/6/03), are Michael Caine and George Foreman.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Jeff Goldblum and "Bachelorette" Trista Rehn.
NBC will have a FRESH 'She Spys' (even though it's canceled), a FRESH 'In-Laws', and a
RERUN 'Frasier', with some local stuff thrown in to fill the evening.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Colin Ferrell, Jeff Goldblum, Santana, and Musiq.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Ellen DeGeneres, MC Hammer, and Simple Plan.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Dave Chappelle and Baby.
ABC has a FRESH '8 Simple Rules', a FRESH 'Jim', and the movie 'Swing Vote'.
The WB has a FRESH 'Gilmore Girls', and a FRESH 'Smallville'.
Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', and fills with a RERUN 'Simpsons', and a RERUN 'King Of The Hill'.
UPN opens with a RERUN 'Buffy', then a FRESH 'Abby', and then a RERUN 'One On One'.
Scheduled on a FRESH 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart (on Comedy Central), is Bill Moyers.
FX has a FRESH 'The Shield'.
FRESH 'The Osbournes' on MTV
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
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Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton, former U.S. president, left, and his daughter Chelsea, leave a panel session, where Clinton talked about global health issues, during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum WEF,
in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 27, 2003.
Photo by Fabrice Coffrini
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Launches Tolerance Contest In Germany
Steven Spielberg
Director Steven Spielberg has launched a Germany-wide contest designed to promote tolerance through students' intercultural interaction.
The contest, "Remembering for the Present and Future — Tolerance Wins," comes as the Sept. 11 attacks and increasing tensions in the Persian Gulf region highlight the need for children to
understand other cultures, but Spielberg said no more so than other times.
German students from Hanover who won the first contest in 2001 worked with Jewish and Arab students from Israel to produce Gotthold Lessing's play "Nathan the Wise" in three languages.
The competition awards 3,000 euros ($3,250) to the first place winners, 2,000 euros ($2,165) for second place and 1,000 euros ($1,080) for third place. All entries must be in by the end of July.
Steven Spielberg
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The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
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Wins Vote of VNS Backers
Veteran Pollsters
With less than two years to go before the next big national elections and the clock ticking to revamp their election-night tabulation process, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News, CNN and the
Associated Press are expected to sign two polling vets to provide data.
The move to bring aboard Warren J. Mitofsky and Joseph W. Lenski III follows last November's failure of Voter News Service, the troubled exit-poll service backed by the same consortium,
to deliver reliable data in a timely manner. Two weeks ago, members decided to dissolve that consortium.
The new deal will likely cost each network somewhere between $10 million and $12 million for each four-year election cycle, a significant hike from what VNS cost them. When the six
broadcasters pooled their resources on VNS, the four-year cycle set each of them back an estimated $5 million-$7 million.
VNS, which was supposed to have undergone a four-year overhaul beginning at the end of 1999, had an operating budget of $33 million.
The president of his eponymous firm, Mitofsky Intl., Mitofsky was executive director of CBS News' election and survey unit, where he developed exit polls for the network in the late 1960s.
He founded the CBS News/New York Times Poll in 1975.
Lenski, also a CBS alumnus, is an executive VP at Edison Media Research, a New Jersey-based firm that spearheaded CNN's independent 2002 exit-polling program RealVote, which used bellwether states to divine an overall outcome.
The deal comes after back-to-back VNS botches in 2000 and 2002. In the first instance, VNS data led some networks to prematurely project Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore the winner
of Florida's electoral votes. In 2002, VNS declared it was unable to provide data halfway through the day of mid-term elections.
Veteran Pollsters
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''Permanent War''?
WTF
Judith Miller, reporter for the New York Times; Maryn McKenna, Science and Medicine writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Ashleigh Banfield, anchor and correspondent, MSNBC, from left, listen during a conference
on Covering Permanent War and Bio-terrorism: The Press and Public Policy, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday, Jan. 27, 2003.
Photo by Paul Sancya
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Donates Cash for Band Organ
Melissa Etheridge
The town of Leavenworth can now buy a $15,000 band organ, thanks to rocker Melissa Etheridge.
Etheridge, who grew up in Leavenworth, donated the $15,000 needed to buy an organ the town had its eye on for a long time.
Jerry Reinhardt, a carousel aficionado who's worked with the Leavenworth Historical Museum Association for years, was ecstatic last week when the check for the band organ arrived.
He said people restoring a small 1913 carousel that will be on display during the Taste of Leavenworth next month had been wanting a band organ to go with the carousel.
When Reinhardt learned she would pay for the organ, he offered to engrave a brass plate, as she wished. The plate, which will be on display at the Feb. 28 event, will say: "Given
to the Great People of Leavenworth, with much appreciation. From Melissa Etheridge."
Melissa Etheridge
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Smoking
Macaulay & Marilyn
Macaulay Culkin had to teach Marilyn Manson to smoke for his role as transvestite entertainer Christina in "Party Monster," the Sundance film about club-kid killer Michael Alig. "We were shooting in a nasty
neighborhood in Brooklyn and Mac takes Marilyn to the local bodega to get a pack of Virginia Slims and shows him how to smoke a cigarette," co-director Fenton Bailey told The Post's Megan Turner. "It was such
an interesting role reversal - the 'Home Alone' kid corrupting the Anti-Christ Superstar."
Macaulay & Marilyn
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Stepping Down in 2004
Don Hewitt
Legendary producer Don Hewitt, who created the first television newsmagazine, "60 Minutes," and has run it since the stopwatch began ticking in 1968, announced Monday he will give up the reins next year.
Hewitt, 80, nonetheless signed a new 10-year deal with CBS to continue as an adviser and to create new projects.
Jeff Fager, executive producer of "60 Minutes II" and a Hewitt protege, will replace Hewitt at the conclusion of the next television season in June 2004.
"60 Minutes," a Sunday night fixture on CBS, is the longest-running, continuous prime-time show ever and still the most popular newsmagazine. With a stable of correspondents led by Mike
Wallace and humorist Andy Rooney, Hewitt decides each week what goes on the air.
Don Hewitt
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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
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Receiving Hasty Pudding Awards This Year
Huston & Scorsese
Actress Anjelica Huston and director Martin Scorsese have been chosen to receive the annual Hasty Pudding awards from the nation's oldest undergraduate dramatic organization at Harvard University.
The Hasty Pudding awards, announced Monday, are given to performers who've made a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment."
Huston will lead a parade through the streets of Harvard Square on Feb. 6 with Harvard students dressed in drag. Scorsese will appear Feb. 13 at the opening night of the troupe's theatrical production, "It's a Wonderful Afterlife."
Last year's recipients were Sarah Jessica Parker and Bruce Willis.
Huston & Scorsese
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British actor Sir Ian McKellen looks at a Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) mask before announcing the 2003 awards nominees in London, January 27, 2003. Chicago and Gangs of New York led the
way at the Bafta nominations on Monday, with 12 nominations each including best film and best director. The awards ceremony will take place on February 23.
Photo by Kieran Doherty
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Hosting CNBC Show
Tina Brown
Former magazine editor Tina Brown is taking a small step into the television talk-show world, agreeing to be host of a series of prime-time specials on CNBC starting in March.
Brown will do four hour-long specials a year for the cable business channel, to feature "opinionated guests discussing and debating provocative topics in the arenas of business, politics and culture," the network said.
The first edition of "Topic A with Tina Brown," on March 20 to coincide with the Oscars three days later, will be about Hollywood, hype, and the wars between art and commerce.
Brown, the former editor in chief of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and her own defunct magazine, Talk, has been writing for The Times of London and Salon.com since her magazine went under.
Tina Brown
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Prosecutors May Subpoena
Aretha Franklin
Prosecutors may subpoena singer Aretha Franklin to obtain information about her home that was destroyed by a fire in October.
The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office will decide this week whether to issue an investigative subpoena that would "compel her to testify," said Assistant Prosecutor James Halushka.
Since the Oct. 25 fire, which has been ruled an arson, investigators have tried at least three times to interview Franklin. Her attorney, Elbert Hatchett, has answered most investigators' questions on her behalf.
Franklin was on tour in Houston when fire swept through the 10,000-square-foot home in Bloomfield Township.
Aretha Franklin
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Formerly 'The Vidiot'
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Supreme Court Rejects Mattel Appeal
'Barbie Girl'
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday an appeal by Mattel Inc. over its lawsuit against MCA Records Inc. claiming the 1997 pop hit "Barbie Girl" had infringed on the toy maker's doll trademark.
Without comment, the justices let stand a federal appeals court ruling dismissing the lawsuit on the ground the song by the Danish band "Aqua" was parody and social commentary covered by the U.S. Constitution's free-speech protections.
Mattel, the world's largest toy maker which has made the doll since 1959, sued MCA Records, its parent and other units of Universal Music, a subsidiary of French media giant Vivendi Universal . MCA produced, marketed and sold "Barbie Girl."
The song featured a doll-like female voice impersonating Barbie, calling herself a "blonde bimbo girl" and saying "life in plastic, it's fantastic." A male singer, who called himself Ken, exhorted Barbie to "go party."
'Barbie Girl'
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A Siberian tiger walks over two young Chinese acrobats during a performance to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, January 26, 2003. The Year of the Goat starts on February 1.
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Set for Season Two
'Pyramid'
Sony Pictures Television has picked up the syndicated game show revival "Pyramid" for a second season.
"Pyramid," hosted by Donny Osmond, has seen steady growth since its September debut, averaging a 2.0 national household rating for the week of Jan. 6. That's up from the show's average during both premiere week (1.7) and the November sweep (1.8).
'Pyramid'
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Kids Off Mom
'Sopranos' Imitation
Two young men killed their mother and tried to cover their tracks by chopping off her head and hands the way they saw it done on "The Sopranos," authorities said Monday.
Jason Bautista, 20, and his 15-year-old half brother, who was not identified because of his age, were arrested over the weekend for investigation of murder, Sheriff Michael Carona said.
Carona refused to say where Jane M. Bautista, 41, was killed but said a preliminary autopsy showed she was strangled. Her head and hands were found in the apartment she shared with her sons in Riverside, east of Los Angeles.
According to the sheriff, Bautista was killed and dismembered Jan. 14. The sons allegedly tried to dump her body in Oceanside the next day, but were spotted by a security guard and ended up throwing the body in an Orange
County ravine. The guard gave police the license number of Jason Bautista's car.
"Bautista also told investigators he had seen an episode of 'The Sopranos' where he saw the same type of dismemberment that had been done before dumping a body," Carona said.
The brothers did this, he said, because they believed it would "take away any identifying information that law enforcement could use."
'Sopranos' Imitation
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Former cast members of the television series 'Gimme A Break!,' from left, Lauri Hendelson, Kari Michalson and Lara Jo Miller depart the funeral of entertainer Nell Carter, Monday, Jan. 27,
2003, in Culver City, Calif. The three co-starred with Carter on the show in the 80s. Carter died Thursday at age 54 after collapsing in her home.
Photo by Lee Celano
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'The Osbournes'
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Established 26 July, 2001
