Who's Going To Hell This Week
Helen A. Handbasket
Reader Comment
Re: 'Enterprise' Theme
Whoever here wrote:
That the theme song for ENTERPRISE is the worst...ARE YOU NUTS???!!!
That song is one of the BEST opening themes EVER! It's perfect
considering the theme of the show...Vulcans hindering humans from going
into deep space exploration and all, it's a great tune.
You obviously need to listen a little harder to the theme. Also, listen
to the original version by Rod Stewart.
~~ Ken B
Thanks, Ken.
I was in Jr. High when the original 'Star Trek' debutted. I can remember daydreaming in Herb Johnson's math class
on Fridays. Isn't this the first 'Star Trek' to have
a theme song with words? Well, at least words that are printed as lyrics?
By the original 'Star Trek' standards, a full-blooded Vulcan should have a greenish-cast, due to their green blood....
so, how come the new Vulcan wench is more peachy than Crayola's 'flesh' crayon?
Until you mentioned it, I had no idea Rod Stewart had done the song. So, is this an instance of a 'Star Trek' franchise
holder being too cheap to have a song written? Or too cheap to pay the Rod Stewart royalties?
Rod Stewart is OK, if we're wallowing in the 80's, debating shag haircuts & the benefits of 'frosting' one's hair, while reminiscing about
'Maggie May', but, this is the 21st century.
Sorry, I still hate the theme song.
Reader Comment
Fashion Wannabe
I clearly have been in the garden way too long!! Silly me, I didn't realize how much $$$$ I could save by sewing a few runned pantyhose
together and calling it a DESIGNER TOP.....Of course, the boob job (lift and enhance) would set me back a tad, but OH MY how grand to be a fashion maven!!
~~ Nancy D
Thanks, Nancy! Knew I was missing a use for those dead pantyhose... ; )
Reader Comment
Re: The BAFTA's
While we're on the subject of the BAFTAS, the reason why there was 'soapy
stuff coming off the carpet' (K Spacey) is quite simple; some bright spark
decided, mid afternoon on Sunday, to shampoo the red carpet usually used for
these occasions.
Aforementioned bright spark did not, apparently, read the weather forecast.
Consequently, when all the stars started to arrive, it was, to use a Brit
expression, absolutely pissing down.
As soon as anyone walked on the carpet, the foam emerged - so the carpet
rapidly turned into an ocean of foaming creamy suds. Anyone wearing a long
dress had to be wrung out once inside the theater.
It sounds absolutely hysterical. I do wish I had been there.
~~ G
Thanks, Graham! I also would have loved to see the ladies in their frothing gowns.
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Had the CBS sitcoms on in the background while discussing science fair projects. The kid wants to either build a
battery or clone a cat...
Late Sunday/early Monday, finally caught the Dennis Miller rerun from Friday night on HBO. Holy crap! If
I thought I had issues before, sheee-it! The tease for Jon Stewart was the only thing that stopped me from cancelling
HBO at 2 am.
What a self-righteous, sanctimonious, bull-shit spewing wadical wight-winger Dennis has become! Wish Gloria Allred had kneed him
where he used to have gonads. She would have been more than justified, and Dennis needs to look into anger management classes if
he's going to continue his charade of being 'a working stiff'.
Bet he has to sit to pee.
Tonight, Tuesday, CBS has a fresh night with 'JAG' Goes To Afghanistan, 'The Guardian', and 'Judging
Amy'.
NBC is mostly fresh....they start the night with a rerun 'Frasier', then the debut of the Julia Louis-Dreyfus starrer, 'Watching
Ellie', a fresh 'Frasier', a fresh 'Scrubs', and a fresh 'Dateline'.
Over in Mouseland, ABC is all fresh with 'The Chair', 'NYPD Blue', and 'Philly'.
The WB is all fresh with 'Gilmore Girls' and 'Smallville'.
Faux has a fresh 'That 70's Show', followed by a rerun, and then a fresh '24'.
UPN is also fresh with 'Buffy' and 'Roswell'.
TCM again salutes shorts. Lots of history in these little nuggets.
Anyone have any opinions?
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A Selfish Altruist
Bono
Bono is a selfish altruist. And he admits it.
"I'm too selfish, and the right to be ridiculous is something I hold too dear," the U2 singer says in this week's issue of Time magazine.
"I know how absurd it is to have a rock star talk about the World Health Organization or debt relief or HIV/AIDS in Africa," he acknowledges.
But he has access to both media and money, and power brokers listen to him.
The chief benefactor of an economic-relief charity, Bono recently sat on a World Economic Forum dais with Bill Gates, discussing
how to save Africa from financial ruin.
Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill told Time that Bono "knows a lot about issues."
Bono
At Tribute To George
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney went back home to Liverpool to make a surprise appearance at a tribute concert for fellow Beatle George Harrison.
"I thought I should just come on and say how much George would have loved this," he told the cheering crowd at Sunday night's concert
in aid of cancer charities.
With the audience joining in, he then launched into an impromptu version of "Yesterday" in memory of Harrison, who died last year
of cancer at the age of 58.
"He was a lovely bloke," McCartney told reporters. "He gave a lot to this world -- his music and his spirituality. He was always a very strong man."
Paul McCartney
More From BAFTA
Ian McKellen
Britain's Ian McKellen arrives at the British Academy Awards in Leicester Square, London February 24, 2002. The British Academy
Awards are Britain's equivalent of the Oscars and this years awards are hosted by comedian Stephen Fry.
Photo by Stephen Hird
Guest-Lecturer
Anthony Hopkins
The Los Angeles Times says that Anthony Hopkins showed up as a guest lecturer at a Saturday-morning adult acting class in Santa
Monica, Calif., last September and has been back almost every week since.
Hopkins says that he doesn't do it to give back. He doesn't even ask for any payment other than a cup of coffee. He feels that is
"too Mother Teresa" for him. He says he acknowledges that it's a tough business and thinks he "can help out a bit and give encouragement."
Anthony Hopkins
Illusions & Pompoms
Aaron Sorkin
The creator of NBC's political drama "The West Wing" criticizes his own network's anchorman, Tom Brokaw, and President Bush in published comments.
Aaron Sorkin called Brokaw's special, "The Bush White House: Inside the Real West Wing," a "valentine" to George W. Bush.
"The White House pumped up the president's schedule to show him being much busier and more engaged than he is, and Tom Brokaw let it
happen — the show was a valentine to Bush," Sorkin said in The New Yorker magazine.
"That illusion may be what we need right now, but the truth is we're simply pretending to believe that Bush exhibited unspeakable courage at
the World Series by throwing out the first pitch, or that he, by God, showed those terrorists by going to Salt Lake City and jumbling the
first line of the Olympic ceremony," he said. "The media is waving pompoms, and the entire country is being polite."
NBC acknowledged in the show's opening that Bush's schedule for the day had been packed more heavily than usual for the benefit of the
cameras — as had been done with other presidents.
Aaron Sorkin
Doesn't Like Them Too Young
Kathleen Turner
If you're male and still in your twenties, don't even think about flirting with Kathleen Turner.
"I shouldn't make blanket generalizations, but I will," she told the Boston Globe in Sunday's editions. "I can appreciate
a nicely formed bod as much as anyone. But men, until about the age of 29, lack conversation."
At 47, Turner is 11 years older than Anne Bancroft when she played Mrs. Robinson, the woman who seduces Benjamin Braddock
in the story. This time, Jason Biggs plays the role made famous by Dustin Hoffman in the 1967 film.
"Hollywood tells us women past a certain age can't be alluring," she said. "Well, to hell with them. We are."
Kathleen Turner
Impending Nuptials
Paul & Heather
Paul McCartney is set to wed his blond sweetheart, Heather Mills, next month, friends of the Beatle legend said.
But don't expect a flashy wedding with hundreds of celebrity guests sipping expensive champagne.
The couple has decided to go for something simpler - a modest ceremony in a small church or town hall.
Paul, 59, is expected to wear a traditional tuxedo, while Heather, 33, will don a custom-made gown she's helping design.
Paul and Heather got engaged last July.
Paul & Heather
Martin & Charlie
The Sheens
Martin Sheen tells TV Guide that his son, Charlie, is his hero.
Sheen says that he has never know anyone "who has overcome a more difficult problem" and has gotten their life back the way Charlie has.
"That Charlie's achieved in the last four years is astonishing. It is the greatest miracle of my life," the elder Sheen said.
The Sheens
Fund Raiser
Lou Reed
Lou Reed is spearheading a movement to help bedridden "Limbo King" Mike Quashie. On behalf of the Max's Kansas City Project, set up
to provide emergency medical and legal funding for former artists, Reed is helping organize a fundraiser at the Bowery Ballroom on
Thursday for Quashie, whom he calls "an inspiration to many artists such as Jimi Hendrix and myself." Quashie needs cash after
a stroke and a major back operation.
Lou Reed
New Stamp To Be Issued
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Lindgren, Sweden's beloved children's book writer, will be remembered through a set of stamps.
The 47-cent stamps, to be issued on March 5, will depict the writer and six of her most popular characters — Pippi Longstocking,
Karlsson on the Roof, Madicken, Emil, the Brothers Lionheart and Lotta from the Children of Troublemaker Street, the national
postal service said last week.
"Astrid Lindgren's literary heritage to all the children of the world is of great importance and helps us to create a better world.
We want to give her a mark of respect of our own by issuing these stamps," spokeswoman Ingegerd Mattsson said.
Astrid Lindgren
Backstage Snit At NAACP Image Awards
ET vs. AH
"Entertainment Tonight" scaled back its coverage of last night's NAACP Image Awards after its chief rival, "Access Hollywood," scored
a better perch backstage. Initially, "ET" was guaranteed first crack at cornering the likes of Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Will Smith,
Alicia Keys, Damon Wayans and Angela Bassett arriving on the red carpet and backstage at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. But "Access" complained,
claiming that they have provided better coverage of black celebrities and reminding organizers that its co-host, Shaun Robinson, is a former Image
Awards presenter. So event organizers offered a compromise: "ET" would get first crack at arriving celebs, and "Access" would get the first chance
to interview them backstage. But "ET" producers scoffed at the deal and boycotted backstage coverage. An "ET" mouthpiece told us: "Roshumba Williams
covered the event from the red carpet. Other than that, we have no comment."
ET vs. AH
On The Comeback Trail
Leif Garrett
Former teen heartthrob Leif Garrett is on the comeback trail - Former teen heartthrob Leif Garrett is on the comeback trail — slowly and gratefully.
Garrett, 40, has begun singing and touring with F8, a hard rock quartet that also features Chuck Billings, Joe Gaines and
Darrel D'Arnold. A debut CD is in the works.
A pinup in the '70s, Garrett is starting small with his newest career after his drug addiction troubles, and that suits him fine.
Billings, who had his own brief taste of fame in the '70s, also can appreciate getting a second chance at a music career.
"Today, Leif and I look at the past and we don't like what we went through, but we're thankful for it because it helps for what we're doing now."
Leif Garrett
Child Labor Laws Investigation
Lou Pearlman
Producer Lou Pearlman, the man who put together 'N Sync and Backstreet Boys, is under investigation for violating child labor laws.
The Florida Department of Labor is checking into Pearlman of Trans Continental Entertainment because of a complained filed by
Merrily Goodell, the mother of two members of Take 5. Take 5 was a group Pearlman put together that never made the big time.
Pearlman has had no other child labor complaints filed against him, although 'N Sync, Backstreet Boys and LFO all cut ties with
him. Pearlman says the charges are preposterous.
Lou Pearlman
Empire Built on Deregulation
Clear Channel
'' To see how deregulation can turn an obscure businessman into a sudden power broker, look no farther than Texas radio billionaire L. Lowry Mays.
Six years ago, his modest San Antonio-based chain Clear Channel Communications Inc. owned 36 radio stations, four under the legal limit.
Then Congress did away with most radio station ownership limits and Mays went on a frantic shopping spree.
Today, his sprawling empire covers all 50 states, with 1,225 radio stations, about 10% of the nation's total, plus the country's biggest live-concert
promotions firm, 19 television stations and 770,000 billboards. In a decade, Clear Channel's sales have jumped from $74 million to about $8 billion
last year, a stunning 100-fold increase. But Clear Channel's rapid expansion is provoking allegations that the radio giant is bullying recording
artists and skirting station ownership rules. Consumer advocates point to the conglomerate as a symbol of the results of media deregulation--one
that should be examined after a federal court ruling last week that could open the door to more consolidation in the television and cable industries. ''
AND
'' Mays also has a long-standing interest in politics, backing candidates seeking everything from the San Antonio mayor's office to the White House.
And the Justice Department's current antitrust chief, Charles James, formerly headed the antitrust department at the Washington law firm that represented
Clear Channel when the company sought regulatory approval of its purchase of radio broadcaster AMFM Inc. in 2000, when it also purchased concert promoter SFX. ''
For the rest, Clear Channel
In Sweden
Snowmobile McDrive-Thru
A customer riding a snowmobile is served at the McDrive restaurant in Pitea, 130 kilometeres south of the Artic Circle in northern
Sweden, February 23, 2002. The first McDonalds drive through for snowmobiles opened on Saturday with a specially-marked track for drivers.
Photo by Gleb Bryanski
Not Performing On Grammy Awards
Michael Jackson
After all the chest-beating and back-and-forth over whether he would sing for the Grammys or the rival American Music Awards, pop star
Michael Jackson will end up having performed on neither.
A spokesman for the Grammy-sponsoring National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences said the "Gloved One" will not be performing on
Wednesday night's live CBS telecast of the music industry's highest honors.
The self-styled "king of pop" initially backed out of a performance at the American Music Awards in January, presumably because of
a longstanding Grammy edict precluding talent from appearing on both shows in a single year.
Jackson's decision prompted American Music Awards producer Dick Clark to file a $10 million lawsuit against Grammys boss Michael
Greene for unfair competition.
As a compromise, Jackson then agreed to appear on Clark's show to accept an "Artist of the Century" award and to submit a newly
produced video clip of his 1988 song "Man in the Mirror." But his representatives mysteriously asked American Music Award
organizers to pull it at the last minute.
Michael Jackson
Virginia City, NV
New Use For DNA Testing
Archaeologists searching under floorboards in Virginia City, NV, a 19th century mining town are using DNA testing in a way it's never been used before
to learn secrets about the Old West.
Some of the tests might tell a story of the frontier rarely seen in Westerns or on the old "Bonanza" television series that helped make Virginia City famous.
The DNA used for the tests was found in traces of morphine residue on a 125-year-old glass hypodermic syringe found beneath one small home. Researchers
believe they've found either an opium den of sorts or the office of a doctor who treated prostitutes and their customers on the edge of the town's rollicking
red-light district in the 1860s and 1870s.
"Hollywood has made us think of Virginia City as a `Bonanza'-type setting and even tourism today has carried that theme," said Julie Schablitsky, an archaeologist
in Portland State's Urban Studies and Planning Department. "As archaeologists and historians, we need to set the record straight."
"This is an area where people from all over the world toiled hard above and below the ground. ... Back then you could get morphine and a syringe at the local
pharmacy. It was not a big deal," she said.
Earlier research has established that Virginia City, with a population of 60,000 at its peak, was unusually diverse for its time. Large populations of
ethnic groups - including Africans, Jamaicans, Chinese, Irish and Germans - worked area gold and silver mines.
For the whole story, Virginia City, NV
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
Virginia City Convention and Tourism Authority
PO'd At Ashcroft
Cher!
So what has Cher seething? Nothing less than the Justice Department's decision last month to throw heavy blue curtains over the
bare-breasted 12 1/2-foot cast aluminum statue "Spirit of Justice" and her skimpily togaed male partner, "Majesty of Law,"
which have stood in the department's Great Hall since 1936.
"These statues have been there through other very conservative administrations, and no one has seen fit to put a curtain in front of them,"
Cher said. "What are we going to do next? Put shorts on the statue of David, put an 1880s bathing suit on 'Venus Rising' and a shirt on the
Venus de Milo? If they start doing that, maybe they'll start deciding what books are all right for us to read, and we'll start losing all of
our freedoms. This really is unbelievable. It's shocking."
Cher added: "I'm not the bastion of good taste. No one knows that better than I."
But she doesn't buy Justice's argument that the sculptures -- created by Prix de Rome winner C. Paul Jennewein -- are a visual distraction during
Attorney General John Ashcroft's news conferences and terrorism alerts. "If he doesn't want to make speeches in front of them, let him make speeches
somewhere else," she scoffed. "He's mobile."
Cher was also dismissive of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman's move to cover up murals at her agency's headquarters
that depict American Indians scalping white people, including naked women. "I didn't know that art was politically correct," said Cher, who is part Cherokee.
For the rest, Cher
Law Suit Filed
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne and fellow songwriters Jack Tempchin and J.D. Souther sued Warner-Chappell Music Inc. for more than $10 million Monday,
claiming they were underpaid for their contributions to one of the Eagles' most popular albums.
According to the lawsuit, the songwriters were supposed to be paid a fluctuating royalty rate that is currently at 7.5 cents per song
for their contributions to "Eagles - Their Greatest Hits, 1971-1974."
Instead, they have been paid only about 2.5 cents per song since 1975 for the hits "Already Gone," "Best of My Love," "Peaceful Easy
Feeling," and "Take it Easy," according to the lawsuit, which sites an audit performed in 2000.
The album, meanwhile, has sold 26 million copies, according to the lawsuit, which seeks $10 million in back royalties plus
punitive damages. Tempchin wrote "Peaceful Easy Feeling," and co-wrote "Already Gone." "Souther co-wrote "Best of My Love"
and Browne co-wrote "Take it Easy."
Jackson Browne
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