BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 26 July, 2011



Tuesday

26 July, 2011

(Updated Daily)

[1462 days in a row]



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What Obama Was REALLY Saying in Prime-Time Speech


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman's Column: Messing with Medicare (New York Times)
It's actually good that the "Grand Bargain" is apparently dead, because what President Obama offered to the Republicans was a very bad deal for America.


Paul Krugman's Blog: President Pushover (New York Times)
As I recall, two things happened last year: voters were angry about the weak economy, and older voters believed that Obama was going to take away their Medicare and send them to the death panels. And so the way to win those voters back is to cut Medicare and weaken the economy?


Roger Ebert: A campaign film in search of a campaign
"The Undefeated" is a documentary about Sarah Palin made by and for the faithful, who may experience it in the way believers sit through a rather boring church service. At nearly two hours, it's a campaign advertisement in search of a campaign. But that's not surprising. What astonished me is that the primary targets in the film are conservative Republicans.


VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN: The Confidence Game at Google+ (New York Times)
It's extremely satisfying having just 20 friends on the new Google+.


Scott Burns: How to Be a Millionaire and Live in Poverty (Assetbuilder.com)
If you were happily married and had $1 million waiting to be invested, where could you safely invest your money so that your annual income from that million would be lower than the official poverty level of $14,710 for a couple?(Yes, I said "lower," not "higher.") … The answer: You could keep your money in any bank in America! Only in America could you have a million dollars and be nearly certain that your income would be below the official definition of poverty.


Liz Weston: Deep cuts in spending cause 'frugal fatigue' (LA Times)
A reader who shaves expenses manages to pay off some debt but looks for ideas on how to build up savings.


Jim Hightower: Pity the Poor Judges
Indeed, the "injustice worrying our leaders is literally about justices - as in state and federal judges. More and more of them are wailing that they're grossly underpaid at about $150,000 a year. One judge in New York says she's so strapped she had to sell a summer home in the Hamptons. "I'm working to achieve justice for other people," she complains, yet "I don't feel that I'm experiencing justice."


Rubik's Battenburg (Stasty)
Sure, you could decorate the exterior of a cubical cake so that it looks like a Rubik's Cube from the outside, but Vicky McDonald went beyond that goal for her cake in honor of Erno Rubik's birthday. As you slice her cake, it continues to look like a Rubik's Cube, with varying interior colors. She provides instructions on how to make one at the link.


Brittany Nunn: Why does my car smell like cookies? (Amarillo Globe-News)
In 1953, there were 26 days that reached 100 degrees, and today Amarillo beat that record with 27 triple-digit days in 2011! … Rumor has it you can bake cookies by leaving them in a hot car for two or three hours. Naturally, we couldn't take this information at face value - we had to investigate!


PAUL SONNE and ETHAN SMITH: Singer Amy Winehouse Found Dead (Wall Street Journal)
The 27-year-old singer, who apparently struggled with drug and alcohol problems, was found dead at a house in London.


Cherry Wilson: Amy Winehouse found dead aged 27 in London home (Guardian)
Metropolitan police confirm death of singer notorious as much for her off-stage excesses as her music.


Shahesta Shaitly: "This much I know: Martha Wainwright" (Guardian)
The singer-songwriter on her brother Rufus, sharing a hot tub with Cyndi Lauper and being an energetic drunk.



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Trivia Question of the Day


Who was born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz?

                                  



Send your answer to Marty







Trivia Question from Yesterday


What TV series theme song contained the lyrics:

     She's tinsel on a tree...
     She's everything that every girl should be!


   "That Girl!"                                                      Source



That Girl Theme Lyrics - (Theme by Earle Hagen and Sam Denoff)
    Diamonds, Daisies, Snowflakes,
    That Girl
    Chestnuts, Rainbows, Springtime...
    Is That Girl
    She's tinsel on a tree...
    She's everything that every girl should be!

    Sable, Popcorn, White Wine,
    That Girl
    Gingham, Bluebirds, Broadway...
    Is That Girl
    She's mine alone, but luckily for you...
    If you find a girl to love,
    Only one girl to love,
    Then she'll be That Girl too...
    That Girl!
       Source







Sally was first, and correct, with:
     Diamonds, Daisies, Snowflakes,
    That Girl   
  Chestnuts, Rainbows, Springtime ...
    Is That Girl
    She's tinsel on a tree ...
    She's everything that every girl should be...
  Yup, it's my first heroine, Marlo Thomas (as Ann Marie), very single (but chaste) 'girl,' living alone in THE city, NYC - she is "That Girl!" In the old series, "That Girl," Anne Marie did have a bf (Don Hollinger), but he didn't influence HER, she was a true woman of the 1960's! Okay, she never burned her bra on film, but she certainly was no June Cleaver either. So controversial, even though the writer's bent over backwards to let viewer's KNOW that there was no hanky panky going on between them, because she was a CAREER girl, an here-to-for unknown heroine in TV land!

  Marlo Thomas, daughter of the legendary, Danny. Always liked her...
  PS: Congratulations, Marty! You have consistently put out an entertaining and informative page - a worthy read, under financial constraints, aging equipment, and connecting to the Internet via only a telephone line! I think this only affirms that it takes a lot to keep a talented woman down!! Here's to many, many more years of BCE, Ms Marty!
HAPPY 10!!
(And aren't we lucky!)




Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
   That Girl



Marian said:
   That Girl



Charlie wrote:
   That Girl




Adam replied:
   'That Girl!' with Marlo Thomas.



George M wrote:
   I had to look this one up, Marty, but those lyrics come from the theme song to the sitcom "That Girl", starring Marlo Thomas.



BttbBob wrote:
   "That Girl" Pilot plus first episode with commentary - YouTube
  (about 50 minutes long, no song though)


  Always thought Marlo was a very attractive woman. Come to think of it, she still is...
  




MAM   wrote:
   "That Girl" premiered on ABC in 1966, starring Marlo Thomas.




And, Joe S     answered:
  
That Girl
  I've got mixed feelings about the demise of Borders.



  




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4 Caterpillars (So Far)

Gulf Fritillary Butterfly

Gulf Fritillary butterfly


Here are today's pictures:


Caterpillar #1 - pupated



 
Caterpillar #2 - pupated



 
Caterpillar #3




Caterpillar #4 - the newest addition






Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Page




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Reader Contribution

Swallowtail


Swallowtail on Echinacea in a garden in western Wisconsin on July 25.
A color allele appears to be segregating in my swallowtail population.



Best,

Dave @ Newhead News


Thanks, again, Dave!



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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


Daily Kos: Hungary Destroying Monsanto Crops



The Arizona Eagletarian: Redistricting -- so much more ado... but is it about nothing?



The Teen Suicide Epidemic in Michele Bachmann's District | Mother Jones



New York - Empire of Evolution - NYTimes.com



Thanks, Michelle!

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What Is It?

Red Spider



The kid found this spider in the backyard. He's pretty good at indentifying them, but this one has him stumped (and somewhat concerned).

The spider has a red head, grayish-white abdomen, and yellowish legs. And a very large set of fangs - about as long as its head.

Any ideas?




In The Mail:

Gary wrote:

Looks like a Sac spider to me

10 Deadliest Spiders



Thanks, Gary!


And, BadtotheboneBob concurs with Skeeve's Woodlouse hypothesis on yesterday's page.



I found yer Spider!

Dysdera crocata

Family Dysderidae

"Sow-bug killer"

A Mediterranean invasive, this spider is usually found under wood or bark

Frequently Encountered Spiders in California (Page down a bit).

and...dysdera crocata - Google Search

Sigh... another 'illegal'... Will it ever end? Ha ha...


BadtotheboneBob




Thanks Robert!
The spider ate the pillbug later last night, and the kid feels confident that it issn't a lethal species, so he released it back into the little woodpile.



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Sick Days


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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http://dareland.blogspot.com



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

FURTHER PROOF THAT ALL GODS SUCK!

THE NEO NAZI MOVEMENT IN AMERICA!

THE 'UNDESIRABLE!' THIS ON ALONG WITH "ATLAS SUCKS' PROVES THAT WINGNUTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE MOVIE BUSINESS!

THE REPUGS WANT US TO 'DIE FOTHERMUCKERS!'

"I'M SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED!"

"TAKE NO PRISONERS!"

HE CAN'T HIDE THOSE LYING LIES!

"IF YOU THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE, TRY IGNORANCE."

THE REPUG SOCIALIST!

IT'S TIME FOR A BREAK. LET'S DO THE CHICKEN DANCE!

MUSLIM-ISH!

TRUE LOVE WAYS!

TRUE LOVE WAYS! PART 2

TEDDYBEARS!

ARE DRUG ADDICTED CHILD MOLESTERS RUNNING OUR COUNTRY?

ARE DRUG ADDICTED CHILD MOLESTERS RUNNING OUR COUNTRY? - PART 2

IRAN STUX!

IT'S BRETT FAVRE "PENIS ON THE INTERNET" TIME! ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE?

SAND ART!

WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER



ARE THERE ANY SERIOUS CANDIDATES IN THE REPUG CLOWN SHOW?



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and seasonal.


Thanks for all the congratulations and kind wishes.

The big thank you's should go to Bruce and that MadCat, JD, for faithfully providing links every day. And the regular regulars, like DJ Useo (Dave), and Don at Satirical Political, and the irregular regulars, Baron Dave, and BadtotheboneBob, and Michael Dare, and zENmAN (and his alter-ego Purple Gene), all providing original content.

An extra special thanks to Bart and the ever-valiant Marc Perkel.

And, of course, many thanks to you readers because without you, what's the purpose?



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'NCIS', followed by a RERUN 'NCIS: The 2nd One', then '48 Hours'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Julianne Moore and Eels.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are William H. Macy and Karen Gillan.



NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'It's Worth What?', followed by a FRESH 'America's Got Talent'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Shaun White, Olivia Wilde, and Train.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Steve Carell, Marc Maron, and Matt & Kim.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 3/3/11) are Emmy Rossum, Jeff Tremaine, and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny.



ABC opens the night with a RERUN 'Wipeout', followed by a FRESH '101 Ways To Leave A Game Show', then a FRESH 'Combat Hospital'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Daniel Craig, Sasha Alexander, and the Features.



The CW offers a RERUN '90210', followed by a RERUN 'Shedding For The Wedding'.



Faux has a FRESH 'Hell's Kitchen', followed by a FRESH 'MasterChef'.



MY has 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', followed by another 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', then 'Don't Forget The Lyrics', and another 'Don't Forget The Lyrics'.



A&E has 'Gene Simmons', another 'Gene Simmons', still another 'Gene Simmons', yet another 'Gene Simmons', followed by a FRESH 'Gene Simmons' (Gene proposes). .



AMC offers the movie 'Pearl Harbor', followed by the movie 'A Few Good Men'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [7:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [8:00 AM]   The Graham Norton Show - Ep 6 Chris Addison, Sinead O'Connor
 [9:00 AM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 7
 [10:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 4 Moore Place
 [11:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Trobiano's
 [12:00 PM]   Dragons' Den - Episode 6
 [1:00 PM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 7
 [2:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 6 Clubway 41
 [3:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 The Secret Garden
 [4:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 6 Booby Trap
 [5:00 PM]   Doctor Who - Ep 8 Human Nature
 [6:00 PM]   Doctor Who - Ep 9 The Family Of Blood
 [7:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 7
 [8:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 6
 [9:00 PM]   Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape - Episode 3
 [10:00 PM]   Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape - Episode 2
 [11:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 8 Peter's
 [12:00 AM]   Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape - Episode 3
 [1:00 AM]   Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape - Episode 2
 [2:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 8 Peter's
 [3:00 AM]   Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape - Episode 3
 [4:00 AM]   Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape - Episode 2
 [5:00 AM]   BBC World News    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Flipping Out', another 'Flipping Out', followed by a FRESH 'Flipping Out', and another 'Flipping Out'.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH 'Tosh.0', and 'Workaholics'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Juan Williams.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Brooke Gladstone.



FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'The Proposal', then the movie '27 Dresses'.



History has 'Only In America With Larry TCG', 'American Restoration', another 'American Restoration', still another 'American Restoration', yet another 'American Restoration', still another 'American Restoration', and yes, one more 'American Restoration'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   Dear Frankie
 [8:15 AM]   Tadpole
 [9:55 AM]   United We Stand
 [10:05 AM]   Hope Springs
 [12:05 PM]   Dear Frankie
 [2:20 PM]   Tadpole
 [4:00 PM]   Hope Springs
 [6:00 PM]   Arrested Development
 [6:30 PM]   Arrested Development
 [7:00 PM]   Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings
 [7:30 PM]   Young Broke and Beautiful
 [8:00 PM]   The Big Empty
 [10:00 PM]   Edmond
 [11:45 PM]   The Big Empty
 [1:45 AM]   Killing Zoe
 [3:45 AM]   Ravenous     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:30 AM]   Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains
 [8:00 AM]   ALL ON THE LINE - Leila Shams (Episode 7, Season 1)
 [9:00 AM]   ALL ON THE LINE - Julia Alarcon (Episode 8, Season 1)
 [10:00 AM]   MY SO-CALLED LIFE - On the Wagon (Episode 14, Season 1)
 [11:00 AM]   Police, Adjective
 [1:00 PM]   Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains
 [2:35 PM]   Why Not?
 [2:45 PM]   Hotel Gramercy Park
 [4:05 PM]   Police, Adjective
 [6:00 PM]   The Piano
 [8:00 PM]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Santa Fe (Episode 1, Season 1)
 [9:00 PM]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Omaha (Episode 2, Season 1)
 [10:00 PM]   Love Lust & Sex Symbols
 [11:00 PM]   ALL ON THE LINE - From A to Joe Zee (Episode 9, Season 1)
 [12:00 AM]   LUDO BITES AMERICA: Omaha (Episode 2, Season 1)
 [1:00 AM]   Love Lust & Sex Symbols
 [2:00 AM]   INDIE SEX: Extremes
 [3:30 AM]   The Dreamers
 [5:30 AM]   The Piano     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Star Trek: Nemesis', followed by the movie 'Star Trek: Contact'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conanare Tom Felton and Steve Byrne.
Scheduled on a FRESH Lopez Tonight are Tim Gunn, Jenna Elfman, the winners of the Air Guitar National Championship, and Shaggy.



TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
 [8:30 AM]      The Great Race (1965)
 [11:15 AM]      The Carey Treatment (1972)
 [1:00 PM]      Victor/Victoria (1982)
 [3:15 PM]      My Favorite Year (1982)
 [5:00 PM]      The Last Metro (1980)
 [7:15 PM]      Bill Murray (2008)
 [8:00 PM]      Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
 [10:00 PM]      The Black Tent (1956)
 [12:00 AM]      Three Kings (1999)
 [1:30 AM]      King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
 [3:30 AM]      Sahara (1943)
 [5:15 AM]      Bataan (1943)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Wednesday  -  07/26/11

TCM:
 [7:30 AM]      Daisy Kenyon (1947)
 [9:30 AM]      The Mouse That Roared (1959)
 [11:00 AM]      Tom Sawyer (1973)
 [1:00 PM]      The Big Heat (1953)
 [2:45 PM]      For Pete's Sake (1974)
 [4:30 PM]      Sleeper (1973)
 [6:00 PM]      Picnic (1955)
 [8:00 PM]      Sitting Pretty (1948)
 [9:30 PM]      Kathleen (1941)
 [11:15 PM]      The Nanny (1965)
 [1:00 AM]      A Woman's Face (1941)
 [3:00 AM]      Every Little Crook And Nanny (1972)
 [4:45 AM]      My Pal, Wolf (1944)     (ALL TIMES EST)



TNT has a FRESH 'Memphis Beat', followed by a FRESH 'Hawthorne'.



USA has a FRESH 'White Collar', followed by a FRESH 'Covert Affairs'.




Antenna TV

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV





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U.S. actor Alec Baldwin looks on during the shooting of Woody Allen's next movie "The Bop Decameron" in downtown Rome July 25, 2011.
Photo by Remo Casilli

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Vidiot Speak

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The 400 Richest Americans Pay

18% Tax Rate

The 400 richest Americans used to pay 30% of their income on the average to Uncle Sam. Today, they pay 18% on the average, according to Steve Rattner, a Wall Street financier, who just presented these figures on Mornings With Joe,MSNBC.

The main reason for the drop in their tax rate of some 40% is the tax cuts by George Bush in 2003, taking the rate paid on dividends and capital gains down to 15%. This reduction in the investment class's taxes powered the bull market in stocks from the fall of 2003 until the fall of 2007.

Shockingly, the plan to raise the debt ceiling collects nothing from the wealthiest Americans to reduce our budget deficit. The Republican right wing holds the Obama White House hostage. It's a sad day for the principle of sharing the pain equitably.

18% Tax Rate

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In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Tony Bennett takes the stage at The Pearl Concert Theatre at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Sunday, July 24, 2011.
Photo by Glenn Pinkerton

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WikiLeaks-Style Site

Murdochleaks

As Rupert Murdoch attempts to manage fallout from the News Corp. scandal on an expanding number of fronts--including a hacker group threatening a collaboration with major media outlets to distribute a purported trove of News of the World emails--his company may be faced with even more leaks from current and former employees.

Murdochleaks, a WikiLeaks-style site that went live this weekend, encourages whistleblowers both inside and outside the company to submit "tips or evidence of wrongdoing relating to Rupert Murdoch's affiliated institutions."

The site claims that "credible submissions will be distributed to our network of journalists (actual journalists) and law enforcement agencies in the U.K., the U.S. and Australia. We will not publish anything ourselves. We do not accept rumor, opinion or material that is publicly available elsewhere."

As the Guardian's Charles Arthur pointed out, the site is hosted by CloudFlare, a "service increasingly popular among hackers seeking to cover their tracks." It's unclear whether Murdochleaks is affiliated with Anonymous or Lulzsec, the hacker group that claims to be working with news organizations on a release of News of the World emails.

Interestingly, WikiLeaks-style technology is a reporting power News Corp. has itself tried to leverage. In May, the Wall Street Journal launched SafeHouse, a standalone site for leaking tips, intel, documents or files directly to editors in the newsroom. "If a user prefers to be considered a confidential source before agreeing to provide materials to the Journal, the user can fill out a secure online form, and a Journal editor will follow up directly," the press release stated. (It's worth noting that the Journal did not participate in the recent WikiLeaks release of diplomatic cables, and-in a much criticized editorial defending Rupert Murdoch and the company amid the exploding scandal-the paper trashed the Guardian for doing so.)

Murdochleaks

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Wins 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Sue Fondrie

A sentence in which tiny birds and the English language are both slaughtered took top honors Monday in an annual bad writing contest.

Sue Fondrie of Oshkosh, Wis., won the 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for her sentence comparing forgotten memories to dead sparrows, said San Jose State University Prof. Scott Rice. The contestant asks writers to submit the worst possible opening sentences to imaginary novels.

Fondrie wrote: "Cheryl's mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories."

The University of Wisconsin professor's 26-word sentence is the shortest grand prize winner in the contest's 29-year history, Rice said.

The contest is named after British author Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, whose 1830 novel "Paul Clifford" begins with the oft-quoted opening line "It was a dark and stormy night."

Sue Fondrie

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Wake-up Call


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Joins IFC's "Todd Margaret"

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm will appear in five episodes of "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret" during its second season, IFC announced Monday.

Additionally, Johnny Marr, the guitarist for the Smiths will compose music for season two of the comedy.

The show was created by and stars David Cross as a sad sack American assigned to launch an energy drink called Thunder Muscle in the U.K. and documents the many, many ways that he messes up.

The show returns January 2012.

Jon Hamm

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U.S. singer Cyndi Lauper performs during the 46th Jazz Festival in San Sebastian July 25, 2011.
Photo by Pablo Sanchez

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Sheldon's A Jeep

"Eureka"

"Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons will provide the voice for a Jeep on an ambitious animated holiday-themed episode of Syfy's hit dramatic comedy "Eureka" to air this December.

That's the vehicle driven by Sheriff Carter (series star Colin Ferguson) in the normal, non-animated episodes. Ordinarily, the Jeep doesn't have a voice, which isn't necessarily intuitive given that this is a comedic series on Syfy.

The episode, titled "Do You See What I See," finds Sheriff Carter and Allison Blake (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) planning a holiday surprise for their kids, until a generator designed to create a fake winter in downtown Eureka malfunctions and renders the town and its inhabitants animated -- even insentient objects.

Edward James Olmos, of "Miami Vice" and "Battlestar Galactica" fame, will voice the leader of a pack of sled dogs.

"Eureka"

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Directing "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Wednesday

Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau will direct Wednesday's edition of "Jimmy Kimmel Live," ABC announced on Monday.

Favreau's latest movie, "Cowboy & Aliens," debuted at Comic-Con on Saturday and will open wide on Friday, July 29. Kimmel has booked a full week of related material, including drop-ins by stars Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford.

Quentin Tarantino, J.J. Abrams and Michel Gondry have also directed episodes of "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

While Favreau is obviously on hand to promote his upcoming blockbuster, here's hoping that he sneaks in a quick tribute to "Swingers," which celebrates its 15th anniversary in October.

Jon Favreau

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Hacked And Hounded

Amy Winehouse

Add the late Amy Winehouse to the list of UK celebrities who were phone hacked.

The singer, whose was found dead at her London home on Saturday, had her telephone and medical records accessed by tabloid newspapers, according to reporter Charles Lavery.

Lavery, formerly of the Scottish newspaper the Sunday Mail, writes on his Wordpress blog that Winehouse's parents and sometime lover Blake Fielder-Civil were also targeted by the tabloids. In addition, Winehouse's brother Alex's phones and personal data were also scanned by reporters.

Among other claims, Lavery said papers used hacking to get the times when Winehouse would arrive at various rehab clinics so they could have photographers camped out to get pictures of her entering or leaving treatment.

Amy Winehouse

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From left, actors Danny DeVito, Kaitlin Olson, and Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day walk off the stage after a panel for the television show "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" at the Comic-Con International 2011 convention Sunday, July 24, 2011. The annual comic book and popular arts convention attracts over 100,000 people and runs through Sunday July 24.
Photo by Denis Poroy

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Playing Footsy With Fox

Christie

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was sued Monday over his administration's refusal to release correspondence between the president of Fox News and the governor or his staff after a report that the head of the network tried to persuade the first-term GOP governor to run for president in 2012 last summer.

Fox News President Roger Ailes has denied urging Christie to run for president. But speculation continues over whether Christie would jump into the race, even though he has repeatedly said he will not.

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey filed suit Monday on behalf of John Cook, a reporter for Gawker Entertainment LLC, who sought the information under state's Open Public Records Law.

The governor's office initially refused to confirm any records existed and said that, if they did, they would be exempt from state's open records law based on "executive privilege" as a reason to withhold records from the public. Executive privilege is intended to protect the governor and other elected officials from disclosing records that contain advice to them about their official public duties.

After the lawsuit was filed Monday, the governor's office denied that there were any other records besides a calendar entry.

Christie

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Likely To Drop Lawsuit

ACLU

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey on Monday said it will likely drop a lawsuit filed earlier in the day against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for records that confirm he met with the head of Fox News last year.

The ACLU filed the lawsuit on Monday on behalf of a reporter for Gawker Entertainment LLC, saying the governor's office had issued a blanket refusal to release any records pertaining to the meeting.

After the governor's office confirmed the September 2010, meeting, the ACLU relented.

"We're happy to see the matter resolved quickly but remain concerned that the governor's office initially issued a blanket executive privilege claim in response to Gawker's request for records," said ACLU-NJ president Frank Corrado, who is represented Gawker reporter John Cook. "Is the governor's office actually reviewing records requests from the public, or is it simply using executive privilege as a carte blanche to deny access to all correspondence with his office?"

Citing the state's Open Public Records Law, the lawsuit sought all correspondence between the president of Fox News and the governor or his staff after a report that the head of the network tried to persuade the first-term GOP governor to run for president in 2012.

ACLU

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Directors Peter Jackson, left, and Steven Spielberg walk off the stage after the panel for their new movie, "The Adventures of Tin Tin" during Comic Con Friday, July 22, 2011, in San Diego.
Photo by Gregory Bull

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"Snake-Oil Salesmen"?

Prince Charles

A leading professor of complementary medicine accused Britain's heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and other backers of alternative therapies on Monday of being "snake-oil salesmen" who promote products with no scientific basis.

Edzard Ernst, who is stepping down from his post as Britain's only professor of complementary medicine at Exeter University, also said a long-running dispute with the Prince about the merits of alternative therapies had cost him his job -- a claim Prince Charles's office denied.

Ernst's complementary medicine research unit at Exeter's Peninsula School of Medicine had been threatened with outright closure, but the university has now offered it a reprieve and says it is seeking a successor to Ernst to lead it.

Ernst said that during his 18 years of researching the efficacy of hundreds of different types of alternative medicine -- from acupuncture, to herbal remedies, to homeopathy and chiropractic therapy -- he has found that "snake-oil salesmen and pseudo-science are ubiquitous and dangerous."

Asked whether he included Prince Charles in that category, he said, "yes."

Prince Charles

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To End Indonesia's Hollywood Drought

Harry Potter

Hollywood blockbusters will soon return to Indonesian screens, with the final "Harry Potter" film leading the way to end a five-month drought caused by a standoff over the country's tax on imported movies, an official said Monday.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2" is being imported by a newly established local company and will be released before Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month that begins Aug. 1, said Djonny Sjafruddin, head of the Indonesian Cinema Companies Union. He declined to give an exact release date.

"All things such as censorship and subtitles have already been finished," Sjafruddin said. "We need some 90 copies and they are now under process."

He added that "Transformers 3" and "Kung Fu Panda 2" would also be released during the next several weeks.

In February, six major Hollywood studios withdrew films from Indonesia, a Muslim-majority nation of 237 million people, in opposition to a new levy on imported movies that was meant to protect local filmmakers.

Harry Potter

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Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo (L) and actor Edward James Olmos (R) arrive at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival special screening of "Without Men" during the Maya Indie film series in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, July 24, 2011.
Photo by Gus Ruelas

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Rival Houses Team Up

Post-Production

Deluxe and Technicolor, historic rivals in Hollywood's post-production business, have announced a new agreement in which each will concede and subcontract a segment of its business to the other.

The pact is a rapprochement of shocking import in the movie business.

"It's cats and dogs sleeping together," one veteran of the post-production business told TheWrap. "Those companies have a long tradition of rivalry. I'm sure this was a very, very difficult thing for both companies to do."

To hang onto a disappearing business and to consolidate each company's strengths, Technicolor will subcontract its 35mm bulk-release printing business to Deluxe in North America, while Deluxe will subcontract its print distribution business to Technicolor.

Post-Production

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New Record Set

"Antiques Roadshow"

A collection of Chinese cups carved from rhinoceros horns has become the most valuable find in the 16-year history of the television program "Antiques Roadshow" in the United States.

The five cups, believed to date from the late 17th or early 18th century were valued at $1-$1.5 million on Saturday after being brought to the TV show at a stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The owner, who prefers to remain unidentified, told Asian arts expert Lark Mason he started collecting cups inexpensively in the 1970s and had no idea of the collection's current value.

The second highest-value U.S. appraisal recorded by "Antiques Roadshow" was of a collection of Chinese carved jade bowls, estimated to be worth as much as $1.07. They were discovered in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2009.

"Antiques Roadshow"

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In Memory

Michael Cacoyannis

Michael Cacoyannis, the Cyprus born-filmmaker who directed the 1964 film classic "Zorba the Greek," starring Anthony Quinn, has died at an Athens hospital. He was 89.

Officials at a state-run hospital said Cacoyannis died early Monday of complications from a heart attack.

Cacoyannis won multiple awards and worked with such well-known actors as Melina Mercouri, Irene Papas, Tom Courtenay and Candice Bergen.

Michael Cacoyannis

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A squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) family rests on a tree in Prague Zoo, July 24, 2011.
Photo by Petr Josek

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