BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 12 February, 2008

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12 February, 2008

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Barack Obama and the Pot Laws

by Paul Krassner



Barack Obama and the Pot Laws

by Paul Krassner
 
    During a debate in the Democratic presidential primaries campaign, MSNBC moderator Tim Russert, the claymation journalist, asked the candidates who opposed decriminalization of marijuana to raise their hands. Barack Obama hesitantly raised his hand halfway before quickly lowering it again.
    However, in January 2004, when Obama was running for the Senate, he told Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana use or possession.
    "I think the war on drugs has been a failure, and I think we need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws," he said during a debate at Northwestern University. "But I'm not somebody who believes in legalization of marijuana."
    Was Obama now having a time-travel debate with himself?
    When the Washington Times confronted Obama with that statement on a video of the 2004 debate, his campaign offered two explanations in less than 24 hours.
    First, a spokesperson said that Obama had "always" supported decriminalizing marijuana, that he misunderstood the question when he raised his hand, and reiterated Obama's opposition to full legalization, adding that an Obama administration would "review drug sentences to see where we can be smarter on crime and reduce the blind and counterproductive sentencing to non-violent offenders."
    But, after the Times posted the video on its website, the Obama campaign made a fast U-turn and declared that he does not support eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana possession and use--thereby rejecting both decriminalization and legalization. What exactly is the difference? The definitions, according to Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language & Life by Shirley Halperin and Steve Bloom, with a foreword by Tommy Chong:
    "Decriminalization: When laws governing marijuana are changed to reduce the penalties for possession of small quantities (usually below an ounce) to non-criminal status. The first state to decriminalize was Oregon in 1973, followed by California, New York, Ohio, Nebraska, Minnesota, Colorado, Mississippi, Alaska, North Carolina and Maine."
    "Legalization: The complete repeal of marijuana prohibition and removal of all criminal penalties for its use, sale, transport and cultivation. The Netherlands is the only country in the world with such a policy."
    Ron Fisher at NORML told me, "Decriminalization is the elimination of criminal penalties for the possession of marijuana, usually by replacing them with a fine (similar to a speeding ticket). Full legalization is a more complex issue that involves U.S. treaties, as well as the law. Legalization would be characterized by taxation and regulation of marijuana. This is NORML's ultimate goal, but we work for decrim in the meantime for the sake of the 830,000 Americans arrested on cannabis charges each year."
    And, according to medical marijuana activist Lanny Swerdlow, "Whether Senator Obama has changed his position or not, if he obtains the Democratic nomination for president, then marijuana decriminalization will certainly become an issue in the campaign--maybe a major issue. I'm sure the Republicans will use Obama's videotaped statement supporting decriminalization and will try to paint him as soft on crime, sending the wrong message to children and all the baggage that goes with it. In this day and age, I think that could very well backfire as I really believe that most Americans are not aware, let alone support, ensnaring 830,000 citizens in the criminal justice system for marijuana-prohibition violations at a cost to taxpayers of between 10 and 20 billion dollars a year."
    Indeed, a CNN/Time-Warner poll shows that 76% of Americans agree with Obama's original position, not to mention the 48 million who smoked pot in 2007.
    The Progressive Review quotes an old classmate of Obama explaining the meaning of chooming: "That's what we called smoking marijuana. To 'choom' meant to get high, to smoke pot.  I never heard the word used anywhere else, but Punahou kids had access to the very best pot available." He and Obama were in the group of students who smoked marijuana, and members of the choom group did so both on and off campus. The irony is that, had Obama been arrested then, he might never have risen to his current status.
    Review publisher Sam Smith tells a story that underscores the hypocrisy of political pandering that continues to allow unjust laws to turn tokers into criminals:
    "Early in the Clinton administration your editor had dinner with, among others, a high White House official--a lawyer. The conversation turned to marijuana. The lawyer said that numerous staffers had asked how they should respond to FBI queries on the matter. The official's reply was that they should remember that they would only be in the White House for a short while but the FBI files would be there forever. And what if friends or relatives actually saw them using pot? The White House lawyer's response: 'If you can't look an FBI agent straight in the eye and tell him they were wrong, you don't belong here.'"

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Bill Clinton Dismisses His Grammy Loss to Obama


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Hate Springs Eternal (nytimes.com)
Most of the venom is coming from supporters of Barack Obama, who want their hero or nobody. His campaign seems dangerously close to becoming a cult of personality.


Jim Hightower: THE CRYSTAL CLEAR INSIGHTS OF BILL KRISTOL
The New York Times apparently felt that it needed an insightful right-wing columnist. Instead, it has hired Bill Kristol.


Pamela Druckerman: French Women Don't Get Fat and Do Get Lucky (washingtonpost.com)
If I have to get old, I want to do it in Paris. It's not because of the dank weather, the constant personal snubs or a fetish for unpasteurized cheese. It's because, quite frankly, I'd like to keep having sex.


Megan Marshall: The Impossible Art of Deciphering Manuscripts (slate.com)
ROBERT FROST IS HARDLY THE FIRST TO GIVE EDITORS TROUBLE.


Dan Avery: Heroine Chic (advocate.com)
In a new wave of comic book writing, lesbian protagonists are finally ready to take the spotlight.


Janet Jackson Exclusive Interview (curvemag.com)
She's one of the most successful female pop artist and the most searched woman on the Web. But she didn't get there by slacking off. Janet Jackson's latest release shows how much Discipline she has.


DAVID BANASH: "NOW HEAR THIS!: The Teenage Prayers" (popmatters.com)
Bucking the "nostalgia band" trend by being authentically nostalgic, the Teenage Prayers cause you to give blessings to that raw, purely enthusiastic adolescent music fan in all of us.


Louis Virtel: Taylor Dayne's a Little Too Satisfied (advocate.com)
After an extended hiatus, one of our favorite '80s pop stars is back with an album that's certainly fun but a little too easy


Michael Jensen: An Interview with Susan Sarandon (afterelton.com)
The celebrated and outspoken star discusses her being a "gay icon."


Dana Stevens: Hating Juno (slate.com)
How the backlash started.


Commentoon: Obmama and Hillary (womensenews.org)


"Sylvia" by Nicole Hollander (womensenews.org)


The Teenage Prayers (myspace.com)


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Trivia Question Of The Day

Fill in the blank:
     Once upon a time there was an engineer
     Choo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.
     He had an engine and he sure had fun
     He used ______________ candy to make his train run.
     Charlie says "Love my ______________!"
     Charlie says "Really rings my bell!"
     Charlie says "Love my ______________!"
     Don't know any other candy that I love so well!
      
      
      
      
      

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Trivia Question from Yesterday

Who was born Lyon Chaim Green?

   A:    Martin Balsam
  B:    Lorne Greene
   C:    Norman Lear
   D:    Fred Willard
   E:    Andy Williams                 Source





mj was first, and right, with:
   That would be the original Captain Adama, who also happens to be dead and Canadian (anyone tell me two people brought to our attention by the quiz show that gave us that category?)



Marian the Teacher simply said:
   B. Lorne Greene



Sally answered:
   Now you know: Pa Cartwright was a Jew. To pronounce his given name correctly - according to the precious grandson (who has studied Hebrew for 2 years now) you must, "pretend that you have a wad of phlegm in your throat."
  Chaim knew that the goyim (Yiddish - literally meaning, the non-Jewish "peoples") could not do that, so he decided to change his name to, "Lorne." Personally, I think he really wanted the name, L'oreal but was misunderstood. (Unfortunately, I can't tell you the French translation of this name as it is unprintable...)
  But Pa pulled it off, and later even became, Commander Adama (Battlestar Galactica circa 1978).
  And, can anyone forget that in the era of the, "Fab Four" when Loren had a number one single entitled, "Ringo" which definitely did NOT have that, "Liverpool" sound!
  Oh, the correct answer is "B" BTW.
  PS I really loved Lorne Greene and do not mean to disrespect him in any way.




And, Alan J succinctly replied:
   Lorne Greene


  


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Huckabee Claims He's Ready to be President From 'Day Six,' LITERALLY!


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

WHAT A STUPID, SICK, CHICKEN SHIT LITTLE MAN YOU ARE MR. BUSH!

STUPID LYING FUCKING REPUGS! BURY THE BASTARDS IN NOVEMBER!

BOMB, BOMB IRAN!

GOD HELP US IF THIS REPUG FREAK BECOMES PRESIDENT!

WHAT KIND OF TREE WOULD JESUS BE?

WHAT A CUTE LITTLE GEEP!

DEATH WISH!

HUCKABEE'S NEW STRATEGY!

THE HUCK GETS FUCKED BY HIS OWN RIGHT WING FASCIST PARTY!

FOXY LADY!

THE SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY PORKER!

MY KIND OF "SHOCK AND AWE!"



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Last Night

Still sunny and summer-like.


Gotta see a man about a horse, so the Wednesday page may be up a bit later than usual.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'NCIS', followed by a FRESH 'Big Brother 9', then a FRESH 'Jericho'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Evangeline Lilly, 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Girl, and Brad Paisley.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Susan Sarandon and Bonnie Somerville.

NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Biggest Loser', followed by a RERUN 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Leno is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.
Conan is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.
Carson 'The Scab' Daly is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.

ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'Just For Laughs', followed by a RERUN 'Just For Laughs', then a RERUN 'Jim', followed by a FRESH 'Carpoolers', then a FRESH 'Boston Legal'.
Jimmy Kimmel is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.

The CW offers a RERUN 'Reaper', followed by a FRESH 'One Tree Hill'.

Faux has a FRESH 2-hour 'American Idol'.

MY has a recycled 'Street Patrol', followed by another recycled 'Street Patrol', then a recycled 'Jail', followed by a recycled 'Jail'.

A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', 'Parking Wars', and another 'Parking Wars'.

AMC offers the movie 'Species', followed by the movie 'The Matrix', then the movie 'The Day The Earth Stood Still'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 4 Moore Place;
 [1:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 8;
 [2:00 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 6 Malvern;
 [2:30 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 7 Detling;
 [3:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7;
 [3:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8;
 [4:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 13;
 [4:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 14;
 [5:00 PM]    My Family - Ep. 3 Droit De Seigneur Ben;
 [5:30 PM]    Coupling - Ep 4 Remember This;
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 6 Clubway 41;
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America;
 [8:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Eps 1 & 2;
 [9:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 2;
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America;
 [11:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Eps 1 & 2;
 [12:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 2;
 [1:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Eps 1 & 2;
 [2:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 2;
 [3:00 AM]    Changing Rooms - Episode 7;
 [3:30 AM]    Changing Rooms - Episode 8;
 [4:00 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 6 Malvern;
 [4:30 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 7 Detling;
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 12;
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 13;
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has all 'The Millionaire Matchmaker'.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', and 'Rodney Carrington'.
Jon Stewart is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.
Colbert Report is FRESH, but writerless, and the corporate masters don't want you to know who the guests are.

FX has the movie 'The Punisher', followed by the movie 'X-Men', then a FRESH 'Nip/Tuck'.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'The Universe', another 'The Universe', and 'Mega Disasters'.

IFC  -   
 [06:50 AM]   Picture Bride;
 [08:30 AM]   Stolen Summer;
 [10:10 AM]   Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day;
 [11:45 AM]   Picture Bride;
 [01:30 PM]   Stolen Summer;
 [03:05 PM]   Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day;
 [04:35 PM]   Picture Bride;
 [06:15 PM]   Girl With a Pearl Earring;
 [08:00 PM]   Minor Accomplishments #207: Straight Up Your Heart;
 [08:30 PM]   The Business #207: Field Trip to Hollywood pt. 1;
 [09:00 PM]   IFC News: 2008, Uncut;
 [09:05 PM]   A Love Song For Bobby Long;
 [11:15 PM]   Mansfield Park;
 [01:15 AM]   Lost and Delirious;
 [03:00 AM]   A Love Song For Bobby Long;
 [05:10 AM]   Mansfield Park.    (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has 'Scary But True', another 'Scary But True', 'Scariest Places On Earth', another 'Scariest Places On Earth', and 'ECW'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:00 AM]   Language Does Not Lie;
 [06:30 AM]   The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter;
 [07:30 AM]   Southern Belles;
 [09:00 AM]   Episode 2;
 [09:30 AM]   Build;
 [10:00 AM]   Yves St. Laurent: 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris;
 [11:30 AM]   The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello;
 [12:00 PM]   Marvelous;
 [01:30 PM]   Tout Va Bien;
 [03:30 PM]   Southern Belles;
 [05:00 PM]   In the Sun: Michael Stipe and Special Guests (Long Version);
 [06:00 PM]   Kasabian, Josh Groban & The Good The Bad and The Queen;
 [07:00 PM]   Mercy;
 [07:30 PM]   Marvelous;
 [09:00 PM]   Episode 2;
 [09:35 PM]   Our Daily Bread;
 [11:15 PM]   Build;
 [12:00 AM]   The Basketball Diaries;
 [02:00 AM]   Adam & Paul;
 [03:30 AM]   West Bank Story;
 [04:00 AM]   Episode 3;
 [05:00 AM]   Songbirds.    (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      The Window (1949);
 [7:45 AM]      Theodora Goes Wild (1936);
 [9:30 AM]      Mannequin (1937);
 [11:15 AM]      Guys And Dolls (1955);
 [1:45 PM]      The Odd Couple (1968);
 [3:45 PM]      The Apartment (1960);
 [6:00 PM]      A Thousand Clowns (1965);
 [8:00 PM]      Caesar And Cleopatra (1945);
 [10:30 PM]      The Red Shoes (1948);
 [1:00 AM]      The Pirate (1948);
 [2:45 AM]      Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942);
 [5:00 AM]      Brief Encounter (1945).    (ALL TIMES EST)


Wednesday  -  02/13/08

TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      Penny Serenade (1941);
 [8:30 AM]      Suzy (1936);
 [10:15 AM]      Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942);
 [12:15 PM]      My Favorite Wife (1940);
 [1:45 PM]      Operation Petticoat (1959);
 [4:00 PM]      Father Goose (1964);
 [6:00 PM]      Houseboat (1958);
 [8:00 PM]      The Quiet Man (1952);
 [10:15 PM]      Roman Holiday (1953);
 [12:30 AM]      The Mating Season (1950);
 [2:15 AM]      The Tender Trap (1955);
 [4:15 AM]      Indiscretion Of An American Wife (1954);
 [5:30 AM]      Written On The Wind (1956).    (ALL TIMES EST)



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Filmmaker Spike Lee, right, receives the Wexner Prize from Abigail Wexner Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 in New Albany, Ohio. The $50,000 prize is awarded annually to a major contemporary artist.
Photo by Kiichiro Sato
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1-Night Comeback

Siegfried & Roy

Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn plan to make a one-night-only comeback next February, performing their signature show at a fundraiser more than five years after a tiger attack ended their long-running production on the Las Vegas Strip.

Fischbacher, 68, and Horn, 63, will perform at the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute's "Keep Memory Alive" fundraiser at a location yet to be confirmed. This year, tickets to the charity dinner cost $1,500; the event raised more than $12 million.

Publicist Dave Kirvin said Monday the German-born duo are working out plans for the act, adding that he would be "very surprised if animals were not part of the performance."

The Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, designed by architect Frank Gehry, is set to open in downtown Las Vegas next year.

Siegfried & Roy

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French actress Catherine Deneuve addresses the audience during the "Cinema for Peace 2008" charity gala supporting UNICEF in Berlin February 11, 2008. The gala was held during the annual Berlinale film festival, which ends on February 17.
Photo by Fabrizio Bensch
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Fired From Faux

Eric Burns

Fox "News" Channel has fired the host of its weekly "Fox News Watch" show that discusses the performance of the news media.

Eric Burns, the show's host, said Monday he was told in a phone call last week that his contract would not be renewed. He said he was not given a reason.

The show airs Saturday evenings and, along with CNN's "Reliable Sources," is one of two cable news programs that focus on the media. "Fox News Watch" has included conservative commentators such as Cal Thomas and Jim Pinkerton, as well as liberals like Jeff Cohen and Neal Gabler.

Dana Klinghoffer, Fox News Channel spokeswoman, would not comment on the firing. She told The New York Times "the show will now focus more on the evolving new media, and we didn't feel the current talent would be capable of handling the new direction."

Eric Burns

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Postpones Tour

Dolly Parton

A back problem has forced Dolly Parton to postpone a concert tour she planned in support of her new CD. Parton was scheduled to kick off a 13-show tour Feb. 28 in Minneapolis, two days after the release of "Backwoods Barbie," publicist Marcee Rondan said Monday.

Doctors advised Parton to take up to eight weeks off to recover from the unspecified problem.

"I know I have been breaking my neck and bending over backwards trying to get my new `Backwoods Barbie' CD and world tour together, but I didn't mean to hurt myself doing it," Parton, 62, said in a statement.

She said doctors told her she will be "good as new in a few weeks, and I can't wait to get back out there."

Dolly Parton

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From left, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Cicely Tyson, Stephen C. Byrd, Debbie Allen, and Terry McMillan, arrive to the Evidence Dance Company's annual winter gala in New York, Monday, Feb., 11, 2008.
Photo by Stuart Ramson
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Hospital News

Lenny Kravitz

Rock star Lenny Kravitz was admitted to a Miami hospital on Monday suffering from severe bronchitis, a spokeswoman for the singer said.

The 43-year-old musician had been suffering from a series of severe respiratory tract infections in tandem with the flu since mid-January, and the illness has evolved into bronchitis.

"Due to extreme dehydration and fatigue, doctors were unable to control it with outpatient treatment and advised the singer to check into the hospital. He was taken this morning to the emergency room at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami for immediate treatment," the spokeswoman said in a statement.

Lenny Kravitz

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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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Sues New Line Cinema

Tolkien Estate

The estate of "Lord of the Rings" creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing the film studio that released the trilogy based on his books, claiming the company failed to pay a cut of gross profits for the blockbuster films.

The writer's estate, a British charity dubbed The Tolkien Trust, and original "Lord of the Rings" publisher HarperCollins filed the lawsuit against New Line Cinema on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The lawsuit claims New Line was required to pay 7.5 percent of gross receipts from the films to Tolkien's estate and the other plaintiffs. A call to a spokesman for New Line, a unit of Time Warner Inc., was not immediately returned.

The plaintiffs seek more than $150 million in compensatory damages, unspecified punitive damages and a court order giving the Tolkien estate the right to terminate any rights New Line may have to make films based on other works by the author, including "The Hobbit."

Tolkien Estate

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Chess grandmaster and opposition leader Garry Kasparov (R) and his wife Dasha Kasparova arrive for the "Cinema for Peace 2008" charity gala supporting UNICEF in Berlin February 11, 2008. The gala was held during the annual Berlinale film festival, which ends on February 17.
Photo by Fabrizio Bensch
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Pleads No Contest

The Game

It's game over for The Game. The rapper was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail after pleading no contest to felony possession of a firearm in a school zone. Two other counts were dismissed under a plea agreement, the district attorney's office said.

The 28-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, was accused of pulling a gun on a player from an opposing team during a pickup game at a South Los Angeles school nearly a year ago.

Superior Court Judge Fred Wapner credited the rapper with two days already served toward the jail time and imposed 150 hours of community service and a three-year probationary term.

The Game

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Trial Begins Over Death

John Ritter

A lawyer for John Ritter's family told a jury Monday that he would show doctors caused the actor's death by an improper diagnosis and substandard treatment. "What you'll hear, ladies and gentleman, is that ... they did everything wrong," attorney Moses Lebovits said in his opening statement at the trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Ritter died of a tear in the aorta, known as an aortic dissection, on Sept. 11, 2003, at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.

Ritter's relatives say he was instead mistakenly treated for a heart attack, and they are suing two doctors for $67 million. The lawsuit follows settlements with the hospital and eight other medical personnel for about $14 million.

John Ritter

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A police handout shows the painting A police handout shows the painting 'Blossoming Chestnut Branches' by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Paintings by Cezanne, Degas, van Gogh and Monet worth $164 million were stolen in broad daylight on Sunday from the private Buehrle Collection in Zurich, police said in a statement.
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9 Shows Picked Up

ABC

With Hollywood about to rev up again following a three-month writers strike, ABC announced Monday that it had ordered a season's worth of episodes for nine series next fall, including four freshman series.

The prime-time soap "Dirty Sexy Money," fantasy forensics series "Pushing Daisies," the "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff "Private Practice" and Christina Applegate comedy "Samantha Who?" will all be back for a second season.

The other pick-ups aren't a surprise: "Desperate Housewives," "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy," "Brothers & Sisters" and "Ugly Betty."

ABC

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Kremlin Gala

Deep Purple

The Kremlin rocked to the sound of Deep Purple on Monday in a gig with a difference.

The fans wore furs, suits or war medals rather than jeans and T-shirts; they arrived in black chauffeured limousines not buses; and the front row of the audience included Russia's likely next president Dmitry Medvedev and a top former KGB spy.

The occasion was the 15th birthday party of Russia's giant firm Gazprom, which flew over the veteran British hard rock band to top a gala evening of entertainment -- and to keep the boss happy.

Gazprom chairman Medvedev, who is also the Kremlin's candidate in Russia's presidential election next month, has told interviewers Deep Purple is his favourite band. Officials at the world's biggest gas company are eager to please him.

As they belted out some of their 1960s and 1970s classics, including their signature hit "Smoke on the Water", the audience of mostly middle-aged men sat impassively in suits and ties, with only the odd shake of the head to indicate they were listening.

Deep Purple

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In Memory

Freddie Bell

Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of "Giddy Up A Ding Dong" and "Hound Dog" inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.

Bell died late Sunday in a Las Vegas hospital of complications from cancer, said his publicist Norm Johnson.

Bell was performing at the Sands casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in the mid-1950s when Presley was just an opening act across the street at the New Frontier. Bell's upbeat covers, and perhaps his knee-wiggling dance moves, inspired Presley, Johnson said.

Bell went to Las Vegas in 1953 from his hometown of Philadelphia and was considered one of the great lounge acts of the time, alongside the trio of Sam Butera, Louis Prima and Keely Smith, Johnson said.

Bell also appeared in a number of films, including 1956's "Rock Around the Clock," starring Bill Haley.

Freddie Bell

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A woman walks in a heavy fog along Primorsky Boulevard in Odessa February 5, 2008.
Photo by Gleb Garanich
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