Jim Hightower: GEORGE'S "EXCESSIVE PUNISHMENT" DOCTRINE (jimhightower.com)
"There's leaks in the executive branch," George W. declared four years ago when CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity was illegally disclosed. Bush went on, solemnly declaring, "And if there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated the law, the person will be taken care of."
PopMatters Picks: Say It Loud! 65 Great Protest Songs (popmatters.com)
There's no time like the present for protest music. PopMatters has scoured the musical spectrum for the best examples of the protest song form. Each day this week we offer a baker's dozen of the very best. Today: Beethoven to Phil Ochs.
A place of my own (guardian.co.uk)
Looking after ageing parents and teenage children had left Amanda Woodham feeling as if she'd lost a sense of who she was. Then she hit upon a bold solution ...
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by a FRESH'Big Brother 8', then a FRESH'Pirate Master'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Adam Sandler and Mute Math.
On a RERUNCraig (from 6/6/07) are Carl Reiner, Jonah Hill, and Bright Eyes.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH 90-minute 'America's Got Talent', followed by a FRESH'Singing Bee', then a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Holly Hunter, Phyllis Diller, and Ryan Adams.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Jessica Biel, Artie Lange, and the Cribs.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson Daly are Oscar De La Hoya, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Just For Laughs', followed by another FRESH'Just For Laughs', then a FRESH'Shaq's Big Challenge', followed by 'Primetime: Family Secrets' (the Baldwin brothers).
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Brian Williams, Petra Nemcova, and As Tall As Lions.
The CW offers a RERUN'Gilmore Girls', followed by a RERUN'Beauty & The Geek'.
Faux has a FRESH'On Teh Lot', followed by a RERUN'House'.
MY fills the night with the movie 'In My Country'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', still another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', yet another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', 'Criss Angel', and another 'Criss Angel'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Godfather, Part II', followed by the movie 'The Godfather, Part III'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Daily Cooks! - Episode 21;
[12:30 PM] Rick Stein's Food Heroes - Episode 6;
[1:00 PM] The Naked Chef - Ep 2 Reunion;
[1:30 PM] Ramsay's Boiling Point - Episode 2;
[2:00 PM] The Weakest Link - Episode 13;
[3:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 14;
[3:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 15;
[4:00 PM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 8 Hull;
[4:30 PM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 9 Clapham;
[5:00 PM] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 1;
[5:30 PM] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 2;
[6:00 PM] My Family - Ep 6 Deliverance;
[6:30 PM] My Family - Ep 7 Blind Justice;
[7:00 PM] BBC World News;
[7:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7;
[8:00 PM] MI-5 - Ep 6 Mean, Dirty, Nasty;
[9:00 PM] MI-5 - Ep 1 Legitimate Targets;
[10:00 PM] Hollyoaks - Episode 31;
[10:30 PM] Hollyoaks - Episode 32;
[11:00 PM] MI-5 - Ep 6 Mean, Dirty, Nasty;
[12:00 AM] MI-5 - Ep 1 Legitimate Targets;
[1:00 AM] Hollyoaks - Episode 31;
[1:30 AM] Hollyoaks - Episode 32;
[2:00 AM] The Weakest Link - Episode 14;
[3:00 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 8 Hull;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 9 Clapham;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 9 Peterborough 1;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 10 Kedleston 18;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 3;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Episode 4;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', and 'Bill Engvall: 15 Degrees Off Cool'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Christopher Walken.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Mark Moffett.
FX has the movie 'Men Of Honor', followed by the movie 'The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen', then 'That 70s Show'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Comets: Prophets Of Doom', 'The Universe', and 'Ice Road Truckers'.
IFC -
[06:05 AM] Spellbound;
[07:50 AM] Shattered Glass;
[09:30 AM] The Story of the Weeping Camel;
[11:00 AM] Spellbound;
[12:40 PM] Shattered Glass;
[02:20 PM] The Story of the Weeping Camel;
[03:50 PM] Spellbound;
[05:30 PM] Shattered Glass;
[07:10 PM] Face;
[09:00 PM] The Deep End;
[10:45 PM] Dark Blue World;
[12:45 AM] The Hard Word;
[02:30 AM] The Henry Rollins Show #313: Larry Flynt/Placebo;
[03:00 AM] The Deep End;
[04:50 AM] Dark Blue World. (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has 'Tru Calling', another 'Tru Calling', followed by a FRESH'Eureka', and 'ECW'.
Sundance -
[04:00 AM] Omagh;
[06:00 AM] Assisted Living;
[07:00 AM] Mickybo and Me;
[09:00 AM] Greendale;
[11:00 AM] Sophie Scholl - The Final Days;
[01:00 PM] Assisted Living;
[02:00 PM] Coney Island Baby;
[04:00 PM] Still Breathing;
[06:00 PM] Gipsy Kings, Natasha Bedingfield & Iron Maiden;
[07:00 PM] Picnic With Weissmann;
[07:00 PM] Mickybo and Me;
[09:00 PM] Episode 1;
[09:00 PM] Darwin's Nightmare;
[11:00 PM] Episode 1;
[12:00 AM] Flower & Garnet;
[01:00 AM] Buried in the Backyard;
[02:00 AM] Episode 5: Somewhere in the Future;
[03:00 AM] Episode 2;
[04:00 AM] Remember Me, My Love. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Co-host Keith Olbermann answers questions during the panel for "NBC Sunday Night Football" at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California July 16, 2007.
Photo by Phil McCarten
Naomi Campbell, Jessica Alba and Claudia Schiffer were among the celebrities who attended a ballet at La Scala in memory of Gianni Versace, who was murdered 10 years ago.
"Thank you, Gianni, With Love," performed Sunday night, was the highlight of a series of events marking the anniversary of the Italian designer's death. He was gunned down outside his Miami Beach, Fla., mansion on July 15, 1997, by Andrew Cunanan, who killed himself a few days later.
Maurice Bejart, who enjoyed a long professional collaboration and close friendship with Versace, wrote the ballet. It featured stage costumes designed by Versace over the years, as well as those created for the performance by his sister, Donatella Versace.
Donatella Versace, who attended the ballet with her daughter, Allegra Beck Versace, took over design at the fashion house after her brother's death.
American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones performs at the Stravinski hall during the 41st Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, Sunday, July 15, 2007.
Photo by Laurent Gillieron
"Sicko" filmmaker Michael Moore called a truce Monday in his weeklong fight with CNN that flared when the network accused him of fudging facts in his popular documentary about the health-care system.
Moore had promised the network over the weekend that "I'm about to become your worst nightmare," leading CNN to post on its Web site a remarkably lengthy response to his accusations.
He noted in an interview Monday that CNN had admitted to two mistakes in reporting on "Sicko" and that he's willing to move on.
"I trust the intelligence of the American people," Moore told The Associated Press. "I don't think there's a whole lot more to do with this other than I and others are going to be a lot more skeptical with what I see on CNN."
Co-star David Duchovny indicated Saturday during the Television Critics Association press tour that the film, which has been the subject of speculation for the past few years, is one step closer to becoming a reality.
"I'm supposed to see a script next week," Duchovny said at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, adding that creator Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz wrote the screenplay and that Carter is set to direct.
Duchovny also reiterated past remarks that he and "X-Files" co-star Gillian Anderson "are on board" the follow-up to the 1998 film and the series that ran on Fox from 1993 to 2002.
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has renewed its veteran talkers "The Jerry Springer Show" and "Maury" through September 2010 on the Tribune and Sinclair broadcast station groups.
Tribune stations carrying "Springer," which is heading into its 17th season in the fall, include WPIX New York, KTLA Los Angeles, WPHL Philadelphia, KDAF Dallas, WDCW Washington and KHCW Houston. Sinclair stations include WPGH Pittsburgh, WTTE Columbus, Ohio, and WSTR Cincinnati.
Tribune stations extending "Maury," going into its 10th season in the fall, include WPIX New York, KTLA Los Angeles, WGN Chicago, WPHL Philadelphia, KDAF Dallas, WDCW Washington and KHCW Houston. Sinclair stations include WPGH Pittsburgh, KDNL St. Louis, WTTE Columbus and WSTR Cincinnati.
Nazi concentration camp survivor Emil Alperin from Ukraine stands in front of the entrance of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany, Sunday, July 15, 2007. The commemoration ceremonies for the 70th anniversary of the construction of the Nazi concentration camp took place this weekend. More than 250.000 people were held captive in the camp between 1937 and 1945, and more than 50.000 of them died during that time.
Photo by Jens Meyer
Celebrated tenor Jerry Hadley was taken off life support Monday, nearly a week after an apparent suicide attempt left him with a severe brain injury.
The 55-year-old singer shot himself with an air rifle last Tuesday at his Clinton Corners home, several miles outside Poughkeepsie, according to state police. State troopers found him unconscious on his bedroom floor and he was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Hadley, a native of Manlius, Ill., began his career in regional companies around the country. In the late 1970s, he was noticed by the late Beverly Sills, then general director of the New York City Opera, and was hired.
His career included creating the title role in composer John Harbison's "The Great Gatsby" and playing the main role in the 1989 production of Leonard Bernstein's musical, "Candide."
An American man who says he owns an Andy Warhol self-portrait sued the artist's foundation, estate and authentication board on Monday for refusing to validate his silk-screen piece and defrauding art buyers.
Joe Simon-Whelan, a film producer who lives in London, filed the class action lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan seeking $20 million on behalf of himself and others he claims have been duped by the foundation, which was set up after the pop artist's death 20 years ago.
The suit said the foundation controlled the Warhol art market by branding real Warhol paintings fakes to raise the value of Warhol works the foundation holds. It estimated the foundation had sold more than $150 million of Warhol's artwork at artificially inflated prices.
Simon-Whelan claims the foundation formed and controls the authentication board, which was set up in 1995.
LaDell Alexander displays a rock with an image resembling Elvis Presley, circled, July 12, 2007, in Estes Park, Colo. Placed next to the rock is a photo of Elvis Presley. Alexander, 60, plans to sell it on eBay on the 30th anniversary of Presley's death.
Photo by Mariwan Hama-Saeed
"If I thought this would be taking place," Joe DiMaggio laments in a diary entry about the public relations frenzy, "I would have stopped the hitting streak at 40."
The 1991 confession is part of a 2,000-page, 29 volume collection of the New York Yankees icon's diaries, now being offered for sale by Steiner Sports Marketing.
The diaries were written between 1982 and 1993. Some of the entries indicate that the grind had been getting to Joltin' Joe for years.
A cygnet is held by The Queen's Swan Uppers during the annual Swan Upping ceremony, during which young cygnets are counted and assessed for signs of injury or disease, on the River Thames near Shepperton in Surrey, southern England, July 16, 2007. The five-day census of the swan population dates back to the twelfth century when the Crown claimed ownership of all mute swans. Today, the Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but The Queen only exercises her ownership on certain stretches of the River Thames and its surrounding tributaries.
Photo by Alessia Pierdomenico
Mandy Patinkin is leaving CBS' "Criminal Minds," saying his departure is the result of creative differences.
Patinkin, 54, asked to be released from his role as FBI profiler Jason Gideon last week, CBS Paramount Network Television and series producer ABC Studios said Monday in a statement.
His exit will be explained in an early episode this fall and wasn't related to a contract renegotiation or salary issues, the statement said. A new character will be added to the show, which debuted in 2005.
Mike Oertel, left, and Tom Flint, right, work on the tower of the castle built with cans of Spam made by Hormel Monday, July 16, 2007, at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. The castle was built to promote the new musical, Monty Python's 'Spamalot,' July 24 - Aug. 12 at the Ordway Center in St. Paul, Minn. The cans of Spam will be given to the Second Harvest food shelf when the castle is taken down.
Photo by Jim Mone
Check your publicist at the boardroom door - NBC is inviting celebrities to try to wow Donald Trump in the next version of "The Apprentice."
The network announced Monday that the game show will be back in the middle of next season with the celebrity twist, the winner donating proceeds to charity instead of going to work for The Donald.
NBC had canceled "The Apprentice" due to low ratings when it announced its next season schedule in May. But the network hired Ben Silverman as its new entertainment chief shortly thereafter, and he called on Trump and executive producer Mark Burnett to revive the show.
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