Purple Gene's review of the movie "A Day Without a Mexican" (2004). [view trailer]
Directed by Sergio Arau….and the nationwide boycott and protest marches called "A Day without an Immigrant":
I woke up this morning at my live/work artist's space in Oakland and went out to get the paper and I looked up 48th avenue to International Blvd…..everything was closed and the streets were filled with thousand and thousands of people carrying American flags and marching down to City Hall to protest the new assault by the wedge issue assholes running our country to criminalize the people who come here for a better life and the people who hire them…..today I woke up to the REAL Movie "A Day Without a Mexican" !!!!!
Sergio Arau made a mockumentary in 2004 called "A Day Without a Mexican"….a rather ribald and over the top attempt to answer the question…"What if one day in California, people woke up and found that all the Mexicans had disappeared!!!!! Nobody to pick the crop in the fields….nobody to do construction labor…..no nannies for all the white kids….nobody working in the body shops and restaurants and road crews and super markets….on and on and on……The result would be utter chaos and the movie shows the economy of California shutting down…paralyzed…
Today, hundreds of thousands of people all over this Country are doing exactly what the movie did…except they're not disappearing…. they are all out on your streets in a show of force to let the world know they are not going to disappear!
I was truly moved when I went up into the crowd today on International Blvd in Oakland…..people pushing baby carriages….cars honking….kids and old folks and young cuties in a spirit of solidarity and patriotism…..I haven't seen so many American Flags since the Vietnam war protests…….
This is the first time in quite a while where I felt really proud to live in Oakland, California, USA !!!!!!!
"Viva la Raza"!!!
Purple Gene gives "A Day Without an Immigrant" ten red white and blue flags out of 10 for being colorful and happy and hopeful ! (The movie "A Day Without a Mexican" gets 5 flags out of 10 !)
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'NCIS', followed by a FRESH'The Unit', then a FRESH 'special' - 'Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Tom Cruise and Jamie Oliver.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Randy Jackson, Connie Schultz, and Bill Bailey.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Most Outrageous TV Moments', followed by a RERUN'Scrubs', then a FRESH'Scrubs', followed by a FRESH'Teachers', then a FRESH'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Kurt Russell, Lisa Lampanelli, and Jewel.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Jeff Goldblum and Taking Back Sunday.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson Daly is Sarah Wayne Callies and Ben Harper.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Jim', followed by a FRESH'Hope & Faith', then another FRESH'Hope & Faith', followed by a FRESH'Less Than Perfect', then a FRESH'Boston Legal'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Sir Ian McKellan, Jared Leto, and Franz Ferdinand.
The WB offers a FRESH'Gilmore Girls', followed by a FRESH'Pepper Dennis'.
Faux has a FRESH'American Idol', followed by a FRESH'House'.
UPN has a RERUN'America's Next Top Model', followed by a FRESH'Veronica Mars'.
A&E has 'Cold Case Files', 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', still another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', yet another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', 'King Of Cars', and another 'King Of Cars'.
AMC offers the movie 'White Men Can't Jump', followed by the movie 'Murder By Numbers', then the movie 'Instinct'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 9;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served' - By Appointment;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 1;
[4pm] 'My Hero' - Mine's a Double;
[4:40pm] 'My Family' - Ep 6 Deliverance;
[5:20pm] 'My Family' - Ep 7 Blind Justice;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 2;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 9;
[8pm] 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' - Episode 5;
[8:30pm] 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?';
[9pm] 'What Not to Wear' - Episode 3;
[10pm] 'Rocket Man' - Episode 3;
[11pm] 'Creature Comforts' - Episode 7;
[11:40pm] 'Little Britain' - Episode 1;
[12:20am] 'High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman' - Episode 7;
[1am] 'What Not to Wear' - Episode 3;
[2am] 'Rocket Man' - Episode 3;
[3am] 'Murder in Mind' - Suicide;
[4am] 'Murder in Mind' - Contract;
[5am] 'Murder in Mind' - Landlord;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Blow Out', another 'Blow Out', followed by a FRESH'Blow Out', then 'Real Housewives'.
Comedy Central has 'Reno 911!', another 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', and in somewhat poor taste, 'Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Madeleine Albright.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Gov. Mike Huckabee.
IFC -
[6AM] Afraid of the Dark;
[7:35AM] You See Me Laughin';
[9AM] Widows' Peak;
[10:45AM] Mr. & Mrs. Bridge;
[1PM] Secret Ballot;
[3PM] IFC Short Film Collection I: May;
[5PM] Mr. & Mrs. Bridge;
[7:15PM] Widows' Peak;
[9PM] Talk To Her;
[11PM] The Dreamlife Of Angels;
[1AM] Talk To Her;
[3AM] The Dreamlife Of Angels;
[5AM] IFC Short Film Showcase: May. (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Hellraiser: Hellseeker', followed by the movie 'Hellraiser: Deader'.
Sundance -
[6:45AM] Pripyat;
[8:30AM] I Am Cuba ;
[10:45AM] I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth;
[12:30PM] A Good Man in Africa;
[2:05PM] Far From War: Chechnya, The Endless War;
[3PM] A Slipping-Down Life;
[5PM] The Guggenheim and the Baroness;
[6PM] Slings and Arrows: Episode 5: Steeped in Blood;
[7PM] A Good Man in Africa;
[8:35PM] Godly Boyish;
[9PM] City of Men: Episode 1: The Emperor's Crown;
[9:45PM] Screwback;
[10PM] Guy;
[11:35PM] The Living End;
[1AM] Porn Shutdown;
[2AM] Monkey Dust: Episode 2;
[2:30AM] City of Men: Episode 1: The Emperor's Crown;
[3:15AM] Stan the Flasher;
[4:30AM] The Living End. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Award recipient, actor Michael Douglas arrives for the 8th annual Young Hollywood Awards held at the Music Box at the Fonda in Hollywood April 30, 2006.
Photo by Phil McCarten
That's the message a group of musicians - from veterans Blue Rodeo to international superstars Barenaked Ladies and newcomers Broken Social Scene - sent Monday to federal politicians who wield the power to toughen copyright legislation. Some of the proposals being floated could make it illegal to share music online, leading to lawsuits which the musicians called "destructive and hypocritical."
"For a very long time we, as artists, have allowed industry groups to speak on our behalf. We want that time to stop," Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies said at a news conference Monday, flanked by members of the Canadian Music Creators Coalition.
"We need a seat at the table. We need to be part of this copyright legislation when it is drafted."
Designer Vivienne Westwood poses in 'The Hunt Ball' exhibit, part of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art 'AngloMania, Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion' exhibition, Monday May 1, 2006. Opening Wednesday May 3, 2006, the exhibit, curated by the museum's Costume Institute, will present a wide range of works by British designers in the museum's English Period Rooms.
Photo by Richard Drew
Poor health led Fats Domino to cancel an autograph session Monday to raise money for a music charity, but he is still scheduled to perform Sunday at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The 78-year-old musician had been scheduled to sign autographs for his new album, "Alive and Kickin," just before the Tipitina's Foundation benefit concert.
The album was released as a benefit for the foundation. Tipitina's Foundation helped local musicians find housing and new instruments after the storm.
Digital music service Napster said Monday it would allow nonsubscribers to access complete songs and then play them, e-mail them to friends or add them to their blogs for free.
Users can listen to every song in the Napster catalog five times each, after which they must either buy it or become a subscriber. Registration is required but asks only for user name, password and e-mail address -- no credit card is needed and no demographic information is requested.
The free Napster does not require any download and works on PCs, Mac and Linux computers via Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape and Safari browsers.
Philip Roth, whose many novels include "Portnoy's Complaint" and "The Plot Against America," has received the PEN/Nabokov Award for lifetime achievement, a prize worth $20,000.
Other winners were announced Monday by the American chapter of PEN, the international literary organization. They include Linda Gregg, who received the PEN/Voelcker Award for poetry, for a "distinguished and growing body of work," and Adrienne Kennedy and Stephen Adly Guirgis, winners of the PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Awards for Drama.
Legendary actor Glenn Ford, who turned 90 on Monday, had to cut short a birthday celebration with family and friends when failing health forced him to retire to his bedroom.
The stalwart hero of Westerns, comedies and dramas from Hollywood's golden age of the 1940s and '50s was lucid and communicative Sunday morning, family members said, but his condition worsened in the afternoon.
He has "good days and bad days," said his son Peter Ford, whose mother was tap dancer Eleanor Powell, the first of his father's three wives.
The actor, who moved to California at age 8, was born Gwyllyn Ford in Quebec on May 1, 1906.
Actor Donald Sutherland, arrives to the special screening of Land of the Blind at the Tribeca Film Festival, Monday, May 1, 2006 in New York.
Photo by Dima Gavrysh
Harvey Fierstein's stay in Las Vegas came to a close this weekend with his final performance in "Hairspray," the latest Broadway import to hit the Strip.
The 51-year-old actor-playwright gave his final performance at the Luxor hotel-casino as hefty housewife Edna Turnblad on Sunday.
Taking Fierstein's place as Edna is Paul Vogt, a "Mad TV" sketch comedian. He teams up with Eddie Mekka, who played Carmine "The Big Ragoo" Ragusa in the TV series "Laverne & Shirley," in the role of Edna's husband, Wilbur.
Rush Limbaugh must submit to random drug tests under an agreement filed Monday that will dismiss a prescription fraud charge against the conservative commentator after 18 months if he complies with the terms.
He also must continue treatment for his acknowledged addiction to painkillers and he cannot own a gun.
The agreement did not call for Limbaugh to admit guilt to the charge that he sought a prescription from a physician in 2003 without revealing that he had received medications from another practitioner within 30 days. He pleaded not guilty Friday.
"Do you think if there was any real evidence, we would have reached a settlement?" Limbaugh lied Monday on his radio show.
Stunt artist David Blaine is immersed in an 8-foot sphere filled with water during his latest stunt, which is spending a week living in the sphere, in the plaza of New York's Lincoln Center, Monday May 1, 2006. The shirtless, 33-year-old magician, an oxygen tube in his mouth, in a week will try to hold his breath underwater to surpass a record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds. In an added display of extreme multitasking, Blaine will try to escape from 150 pounds of chains and handcuffs during the breath-holding finale on live television.
Photo by Richard Drew
VH1 is bringing back "Breaking Bonaduce" and a fleet of other returning series to its bustling "Celebreality" Sunday block, the network said.
"Bonaduce," a chronicle of the turbulent times of radio DJ and former "Partridge Family" child star Danny Bonaduce, will return in October for a second season with eight episodes.
VH1 will stock "Celebreality" in August with new seasons of "Flavor of Love," which will go into its second season with 10 episodes, and "Celebrity Fit Club," which is going into its fourth season with such dieting celebrities as Carnie Wilson, Nick Turturro and Erika Eleniak (eight episodes).
Also returning this spring for a second season is "My Fair Brady" and "VH1 & IFilm's Web Junk 2.0."
Guests look at a wax figure depicting former President Bill Clinton at the soft opening of Madame Tussauds, a waxworks museum, on Monday May 1, 2006 in Shanghai, China.
Photo by Eugene Hoshiko
When A-list stars have legal troubles or need to negotiate seven-figure movie deals, they often turn to powerhouse attorney Bert Fields.
The 77-year-old legal legend has built a reputation as one of the most feared litigators in Hollywood while working for Michael Jackson, Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg and other celebrities.
In recent months, prosecutors have been investigating his involvement with private investigator Anthony Pellicano, the suspected kingpin of a wiretapping ring accused in a federal indictment of threats and blackmail while digging up dirt to help clients in legal disputes.
Fields began working with Pellicano in the early 1990s and has acknowledged being a subject of the ongoing investigation. He denies knowing about any questionable tactics by the private detective and is now waiting for prosecutors to decide whether to charge him.
The World War II Medal of Honor, right, received by Charles Coolidge is shown in its case April 12, 2006, in Signal Mountain, Tenn. Coolidge received a fake version of the five-pointed bronze star, left, when he sent it off to be reconditioned. Coolidge got flimflammed out of his medal _ at a military reunion of all places _ when someone offered to help recondition it and gave him back a fake version of the award. The FBI tracked down Coolidge's real Medal of Honor from a man who was selling and trading medals in Ohio.
Photo by Mark Gilliland
The top producer on ABC's hit comedy-drama "Desperate Housewives" walked off the job late last week and may be replaced next season.
Tom Spezialy, the show's executive producer/showrunner, exited Friday after an unspecified falling out. According to sources, things calmed down over the weekend. With only a few days of production left on the series' second season, Spezialy will return to work on Monday, said a spokeswoman for Touchstone TV, which produces the series.
In a photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, two male red river hogs make their debut Monday, May 1, 2006, at the San Diego Zoos Wild Animal Park. The piglets and their parents can be seen in the Nairobi Village. The red river hog is found in Africa. It is named for its reddish brown fur, and the fact that it often wades through water. These pigs are active both day and night and are good swimmers, holding their tails above the water. They can also swim underwater, catching a breath every 15 seconds or so.
Photo by Ken Bohn
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