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Last Night
Bought crickets for the lizards today. Sounds downright rustic at the moment.
Proofreading a manuscript currently - not going to be able to watch too much TV for a couple of days.
Heard from an old pal, thanks to this page, the other day. Even though it didn't start out as a very friendly call, things ended well.
Tonight, Tuesday, CBS has it's traditional Trifecta of reruns - 'JAG', 'The Guardian', and 'Judging Amy'.
Mea Culpa!. Dave is not in reruns this week. Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Celine Dion and Indy 500 Champ, Helio Castroneves.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Rob Morrow and Sheila Nicholls.
NBC starts the night with 2 fresh episodes of 'Spy TV', then reruns of 'Frasier' and 'Scrubs'. 'Dateline' follows.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Ashley Judd, Pablo Francisco, and Me'Shell Ndegeocello.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan are Anthony Hopkins and Jimmy Kimmel.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Eddie Griffin, Jesse Martin, and Glenn Lewis.
ABC starts the night with 2 episodes of 'Mole II: The Next Betrayal'. They are followed by the fresh series premiere of 'Boston 24/7'.
Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher are (actor) John Spencer, (former athlete) John Salley, (actress) Fionnula Flanagan, and (The Polling Co. president) Kellyanne Conway.
The WB has reruns of 'Gilmore Girls' and 'Smallville'.
Faux has reruns of 'That 70's Show', 'Andy Richter', 'Bernie Mac', and another 'Andy Richter'.
UPN has reruns of 'Buffy', 'Girlfriends', and 'The Hughleys'.
FX is using the movie 'Independence Day' as the prelude to the fresh season finale of 'The Shield'.
Anyone have any opinions?
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Monday Night
'Party At The Palace'
Buckingham Palace rocked Monday night with screaming guitars, cheering fans and pop stars led by Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton in a concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 50 years on the throne.
An estimated one million people thronged the parks and roads around the palace, including the thousands who waved the Union Jack flag in the plaza directly below.
The crowd cheered wildly, starting with the opening act of "The Party at the Palace" — guitarist Brian May of the group Queen, who stood on the palace roof with his long hair flying and sang "God Save
the Queen. They were still hollering when the queen came out to address the crowd at the end of the concert, which closed the third day of the four-day jubilee.
Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin went straight into "The Cup of Life" with a brief assist from Mis-Teeq, and then sang "Livin' La Vida Loca."
More than three hours later, the concert ended with McCartney singing a medley of Beatles' classics, such as "All You Need Is Love," "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Hey Jude."
Some of the songs McCartney sang alone, some with rock stars from his generation such as Clapton, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, and two at the finale with the many other performers from the gala.
When the music ended, Queen Elizabeth II led the royal family on stage to thank the performers.
At the end of the concert, a 14-minute firework spectacle filled the skies over central London with color and light, while a sound and light show decorated the front of the palace.
More than 12,000 lucky ticket holders were in the queen's back garden at the palace, standing and swaying to the music. Prince Charles and his sons, Princes William and Harry, laughed and cheered with the rest of the fans, while other young royals joined in the fun.
William clapped enthusiastically at the arrival on the huge stage of S Club 7, and he and Prince Harry raised their hands over their head applauding for Ozzy Osbourne's performance of the Black Sabbath anthem "Paranoid."
Beach Boy Brian Wilson sang "California Girls" on his own before pairing with Clapton, then The Corrs, and finally pulling the audience and much of the rest of cast into "Good Vibrations."
Clapton returned with "Layla," accompanied by Phil Collins on the drums.
Stars from every generation were on the bill: Elton John on tape, Atomic Kitten, Blue, Emma Bunton, Steve Winwood and Shirley Bassey.
Tom Jones sang two songs, including one from the movie "The Full Monty," and the rock group Queen did four, with several artists singing the lead vocals of Freddie Mercury who died of AIDS in 1991.
Prince Charles' companion Camilla Parker Bowles, sitting in the third row of the Royal Box, led the clapping as Collins and Queen drummer Roger Taylor took to the stage with a Motown tribute and a version of "You Can't Hurry Love."
The show included sequences as diverse as an onstage interview with Muppet Kermit the Frog, Tony Bennett singing with the accompaniment of a symphony orchestra, and the Eurythmics' Annie Lennox singing a pop classic.
At the end of the concert, just before the fireworks, the queen lit a huge beacon — the final one in a series stretching through the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and some 50 other Commonwealth countries.
Party At The Palace
Cast As Sydney's Mom On 'Alias'
Lena Olin
Lena Olin will join the cast of ABC's "Alias," signing on for a guaranteed 16 episodes next season. She'll play the mother of secret agent Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) whose identity
served as the cliffhanger of the finale of the drama's freshman season.
Olin first came to notice in Hollywood for "The Unbearable Lightness of Being." She was Oscar nominated for 1989's "Enemies: A Love Story," and in 2000 starred in "Chocolat," the film
directed by her husband, Lasse Hallstrom. She has been picky in choosing roles that take her away from the Gotham base of Hallstrom and their two children.
Even though "Alias" shoots in L.A., Olin jumped when asked by executive producers J.J. Abrams and Ken Olin to play a shadowy secret agent character believed to be working for the enemy of
her daughter's government employers in the Disney-produced drama.
Lena Olin
Big $ucce$$
Fund Rai$ing Picture
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photograph of re$ident Bu$h taken on Sept. 11, thanks partly to a $torm of Democratic criticism. The photograph of Bu$h on Air Force One talking to Vice
re$ident Dick Cheney by telephone in the aftermath of the hijack attacks was part of a three-photo package offered for a minimum contribution of $150 by
the Republican Hou$e and $enate campaign committee$. (Eric Draper/The White Hou$e via Reuters)
Plan NYC Protest
Hip-Hop Stars
Some of the biggest names in hip-hop are planning a protest on City Hall this week.
Rapper Jay-Z and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons are among those who plan to demonstrate against Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed school cuts.
Jay-Z has sent out a call to students of the city's public schools over New York radio stations to join the protest after their classes get out Tuesday afternoon.
"Hip-hop artists have the biggest mouths, bigger than any mayor in this country," Simmons, who will speak at the rally, said in Sunday's editions of the New York
Daily News. "We've all been too silent about the cutbacks, but if hip-hop artists decide to help fight them, no one can beat them."
Hip-Hop Stars
Donating Property
Bette Midler
Entertainer Bette Midler is looking to place about 100 acres of her land on Kauai Island into the federal Wetlands Reserve Program for the benefit of endangered waterfowl.
"She's signed up for a perpetual easement," said Sharon Reilly of the conservation group Ducks Unlimited. "The intent of the program is to restore wetlands that were manipulated, drained,
pumped or whatever, and to enhance them for waterfowl."
The property is part of 1,400 acres of mostly sugarcane land that Midler bought in 1999. The land was originally swamp, but it was drained and used to grow sugar.
Bette Midler
Snarky Gossip
Verne Troyer
"Mini Me" is mad about mammaries. Tiny Verne Troyer, who shot to fame as Mike Myers' miniature minion in "Austin Powers," partied the night away with a pack of busty strippers at Scores Thursday night. After downing a slew of shots ("He drinks like a giant," said one awed witness), Troyer later climbed on stage and did a seductive dance of his own, much to the delight of the ecdysiasts, who cheered and showered him with $20 bills.
Verne Troyer
Plays For Elementary School Benefit
David Crosby
Musician David Crosby teamed with his son to play a benefit for his granddaughter's elementary school.
"We are parents and grandparents. And proud of it!" Crosby told the crowd Saturday at the benefit for Pasadena's Walden School, where his first-grade granddaughter Grace Raymond is one of 230 students.
Crosby, of Crosby, Stills and Nash fame, has been playing with his son James Raymond in recent years under the band name PCR.
Raymond was adopted and only met his father seven years ago. The musical benefit raised $30,000 for scholarships for minority students at the private, nonprofit K-6 school.
David Crosby
56th Annual Tony Awards
Calista Flockhart
Actress Calista Flockhart poses for photographers as she arrives for the 2002 Tony Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall June 2, 2002. Flockhart was presenting the 2002
Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play.
Photo by Bernie Nunez
Injured in L.A. Court Incident
Winona Ryder
A court hearing into shoplifting charges against Winona Ryder that began with an irked judge ordering the Oscar-nominated actress to court was interrupted on Monday when she
was apparently injured during a media scrum outside the courthouse.
In a bizarre twist to an already strange day, Ryder's attorney told Superior Court Judge Elden Fox that his famous client could not go on with the hearing, which had already
been postponed four times, because she needed medical attention.
Attorney Mark Geragos told Fox that Ryder, in trying to return to court amid a crush of television cameras and reporters, was struck on her right elbow -- which was still
sensitive from a previous injury -- by a piece of equipment.
Ryder gingerly nursed her right elbow as Judge Fox excused the parties from court and asked that they return on a date to be determined later. Television footage of the
incident, meanwhile, showed Ryder nursing her left elbow immediately after the brush with a cameraman.
Geragos had arrived in court without Ryder, explaining to Fox that he was seeking another postponement of the matter despite an earlier admonition by the judge that he would not delay the sixth-month old case again.
Fox also rejected an 11th-hour motion by Geragos to have the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office removed from the case over allegations by the high-profile defense attorney that they had an "ax to grind" against Ryder.
Winona Ryder
Butt-Kicking Vixen?
Denise Richards
Being a butt-kicking vixen isn't as easy as it looks, says Denise Richards, who co-stars as White She Devil in the blaxploitation spoof "Undercover Brother."
In one scene, the 31-year-old actress had to fight in a shower with a female co-star, dressed in a skintight white suit and stiletto heels.
"I was like, 'You want me to do what now? I'm going to break my neck,'" Richards told People magazine for its June 10 issue. "So I'd be wearing a Reebok on my left foot, and
I'd kick up with my sexy heel for the camera."
Denise Richards
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Snarky Gossip
Paul McCartney
Furious Paul McCartney wouldn't let it be, and threw his fiancée's $21,000 engagement ring out of a Miami hotel room while the twosome tangled.
But when the former Beatle - slated to marry Heather Mills on Thursday - finally calmed down, he asked security at the Turnberry Isle Resort and Club to search for the diamond-and-sapphire band.
"Yes, it did happen, but we're not allowed to talk about it," the resort's assistant manager, Rudolph Gimmi, told News of the World yesterday.
The ring was later found by a security guard, and a relieved McCartney passed on a $1,650 tip for the man who found the jewel. The newspaper said the
fight occurred after the superstar's Ft. Lauderdale concert on May 18.
The spectacular ring was found in dense undergrowth and, when McCartney heard the good news, he bought Gimmi a first-class ticket to hand-deliver the ring to London.
Paul McCartney
56th Tony Awards - Continued
Rob Ashford
Rob Ashford accepts the award for best choreography during the 56th annual Tony Awards Sunday, June 2, 2002, at New York's Radio City Music Hall. "Any of you gypsies out there who
want to become choreographers, I say go for it," said a surprised Ashford.
Photo by Suzanne Plunkett
Remains Moved
Andres Segovia
Fifteen years after his death, master classical guitarist Andres Segovia finally was brought back to his hometown as he wished.
Segovia's remains were exhumed from the Madrid cemetery where he originally was buried and brought to Linares in Jaen province, the heart of Spain's olive-growing region.
Segovia, widely considered the greatest classical guitarist of the 20th century, died in 1987 at the age of 94. He is credited with elevating the guitar from a lowly bar
instrument to one played on classical concert stages around the world, garnering as much respect as the violin or piano.
Segovia's widow, Emilia, avoided moving his body to Linares, even though it was his wish, until a proper resting place was prepared, town hall officials said.
A 16th-century palace has been refurbished to house the musician's remains and a museum dedicated to his life and work.
Emilia de Segovia led the funeral cortege that left Madrid Monday. Awaiting in Linares was 32-year-old Carlos Segovia, the only survivor among Segovia's four children.
Andres Segovia
New Album July 30
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen will release his first all-new studio recording with the E Street Band in 18 years on July 30, a 14-song compilation titled "The Rising."
Springsteen's public relations company confirmed the release date, which had been widely circulating on fan web sites for the last several weeks, in a statement on Monday.
The album, to be released on Columbia Records, a unit of Sony Corp. was recorded earlier this year at Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta and produced by Brendan O'Brien, a
producer best known for his work with the group Pearl Jam.
While some E Street Band members played on the 1987 Springsteen release "Tunnel of Love", "The Rising" marks the first recording with the entire band since 1984's multi-platinum
"Born in the U.S.A.," the statement said.
Bruce Springsteen
BartCop TV!
Still Loves the Sun
George Hamilton
George Hamilton has been a quiet Hollywood mainstay for more than four decades, and his relative obscurity is something he treasures.
"There's something very youthful about going through the generations without getting lost in them," Hamilton, 62, said in Sunday's editions of Newsday. "I've always felt that I'm
a little bit behind in the race. But I'm in the race, and then when they least expect it, I come out ahead."
Hamilton made a name for himself during his early years in "Crime and Punishment USA" and "Where the Boys Are," and later jumped back and forth between roles on the big and small screens.
But he is perhaps best known for a perfect tan that has stayed with him for all these years.
"That's just a gimmick. It started because I didn't like wearing movie makeup that melted in the sun, but I've always done it as a joke," Hamilton says. "I believe that you'll find out in
the next few years that the sun is good for you. You should be out in it a couple of hours a day."
George Hamilton
Filed For Bankruptcy
Napster
Napster Inc. said on Monday it filed for bankruptcy protection, as German media giant Bertelsmann AG
prepares to take over what remains of the once dominant Internet music-swapping service.
Napster listed $7.9 million in assets and about $101 million of debts as of April 30, according to papers
filed with its voluntary Chapter 11 petition at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
The filing is part of a comeback plan for three-year-old Napster, which became one of the Internet's hottest properties by
allowing millions of people to swap music online for free.
Though Napster was wildly popular, attracting nearly 60 million users at its peak, the music quickly died as major record labels
sued the company for music piracy. Napster, based in Redwood City, California, has been offline since July.
Napster
Home to Become Museum
Robert Frost
A nonprofit group hopes to open Robert Frost's former home as a museum this fall.
The Friends of Robert Frost bought the stone house on Route 7A in South Shaftsbury on Friday from the Steck family for $324,000.
The 1769 house was where Frost wrote one of his most famous poems, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," during a hot July morning in 1922. Frost lived at the home from 1920-29.
The group plans to open the Robert Frost Stone House Museum by late August or September. Before then, work will include installing a bath, a ramp for handicapped accessibility and a reception desk.
The main gallery will be in the current living room and will consist of a large literary exhibit. The dining room will be devoted to his poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," because that's where he wrote it.
Robert Frost
San Francisco Zoo
John Cleese
Actor John Cleese feeds a lemur from his mouth at the San Francisco Zoo, Sunday, June 2, 2002, in San Francisco. Cleese, a longtime lemur advocate, visited the
zoo to help kick off the opening of the Lipman Family Lemur Forest, which opens to the public on June 29, 2002.
Photo by Justin Sullivan
In Chicago
'Music Everywhere'
In 1999, the sidewalks were invaded by a herd of fake cows. In 2001, they were adorned with brightly decorated fiberglass furniture.
Now Chicago has embarked on yet another public art display — and this one makes noise.
"Music Everywhere" is hitting the streets, parks, restaurants, hotels and even Chicago's two major airports. Until Sept. 29, performers will be singing everything from opera to country
and playing everything from the blues to musical chairs.
A four-block stretch of State Street on Friday featured Gary Smith playing his mandolin, Joan Kessel playing bass and singing with a group called Justusblues, Mr. Taps dancing on a small
sheet of plastic, and a guy who goes by the name Virus X playing drums.
The summertime event also will feature concerts near the places where famous musicians once lived, including the South Side rooming house where ragtime composer Scott Joplin lived in 1906,
said Tim Samuelson, a historian for the cultural affairs department.
"Music Everywhere" has its critics. Unlike "Cows on Parade," which didn't put a single real cow out of work, some expressed concern that out-of-town musicians might push aside local street
musicians whose livelihoods depend on tips from those who stop and listen.
'Music Everywhere'
Study Shows Cutbacks
'The Celluloid Ceiling'
Forget about baby panic. Women in Hollywood have more pressing concerns.
The number of female directors and writers fell sharply in 2001, according to a survey set to be released Monday by Martha Lauzen, a professor at the San Diego
State University School of Communication.
Lauzen's report, "The Celluloid Ceiling," an annual event measuring industry credits since 1987, records the number of women producers, directors, writers,
cinematographers and editors of the 250 top domestic grossing films of the year.
The data show little progress in any area.
Lauzen found that the representation of female directors dropped to 6% in 2001 from 11% in 2000. The representation of women writers dropped four percentage points
to 10% in the same period. More than a fifth of these pictures didn't employ women in any of the roles considered.
Women accounted for 17% of all executive producers last year, up from 16% the year before, and 25% of producers, up from 24%. But women made up just 19% of editors
and 2% of cinematographers last year, numbers that held steady from 2000.
For more details, 'The Celluloid Ceiling'
In Memory
Lew Wasserman
Lew Wasserman, the movie mogul who ruled Hollywood with an iron fist for more than half a century and raised millions of dollars for the Democratic Party, has died at
age 89, officials of his former movie studio said on Monday.
Wasserman, who recently suffered a stroke, died at his home in Beverly Hills. Other details were not immediately available.
As chairman of MCA Inc., which owned Universal Pictures, theme parks, a record company and television interests, Wasserman was often described as the most powerful
man in Hollywood. During a 59-year career at MCA, he worked with everyone from James Stewart, Gregory Peck and Alfred Hitchcock to Steven Spielberg and Kevin Costner.
MCA Inc. was the forerunner to Universal Studios Inc., now an arm of media giant Vivendi Universal .
One of Wasserman's earliest friends was a B-movie star by the name of Ronald Reagan. Once Reagan became president of the United States, Wasserman could claim to be
as close to Reagan as any businessman in America. He was offered cabinet posts in the Johnson and Carter administrations.
Lew Wasserman
Still Seeking Volunteers
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