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Britney Spears Latest Single
George Mullins
In her latest single, Britney says that she's not a girl, not yet a woman. Well if she's
not yet a woman, then what is she?
Britney then claims to be "on the verge." On the verge of what? Turning into a full-blown tramp?
She's not on the verge, she's gone over the line if you ask me. Since she's over 18, it would be
'legit' to say she's turned into a SLUT! Now I have to figure out who's worse, her or Shania Twain.
~~ George Mullins
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Taping Tourism Public Service Announcements For Washington, DC
'The West Wing' Cast
TV's fictional Commander-in-Chief is speaking from the fake Oval Office to urge people to go
see the real Washington, D.C.
And while you're there, spend some money.
Cast members from NBC's The West Wing are filming a 30-second TV spot to encourage travel and
tourism to the nation's capital, part of the city's marketing campaign to ease fears and bring
more tourist dollars to D.C. following the terrorist attacks and anthrax scares.
D.C. Mayor Tony Williams was expected to join a handful of stars from Aaron Sorkin's Emmy-winning
series to shoot a portion of the public service announcement from Market Square. Meanwhile,
President Bartlet himself (aka Martin Sheen) and Rob Lowe were expected to make their personal
appeals from The West Wing's set in Hollywood.
The spot will be featured in D.C.'s "Be Inspired" promotional campaign. The city's Convention
and Tourism office is working to distribute the PSAs to various outlets.
Last month, Mayor Williams testified before a Senate Tourism Subcommittee that the city
stood to lose some $750 million from its economy in the first six months following September
11. That included money lost from the shutting down of Reagan National Airport, which remained
closed several weeks longer than other airports due to lingering security concerns.
West Wing Tapes Promos For Washington, DC Tourism
In The Chaos Household
Last Night's TV
It was pie-baking night, so had the CBS sitcoms on in the background. 'The King
Of Queens' had a prequel, 'Yes, Dear' had an episode for dysfunctional father's day,
'Everybody Likes Raymond' dealt with his wife's father dating, another episode more
appropriate for dysfunctional father's day. By comparison, 'Becker' was only about
adultery...
Caught a bit of MNF on ABC and it looks like Dennis has been carbo-loading with
no marathon following.
Also saw some of 'Regis' with the 'Supermodels' - golly, they wasn't as dumb as
anticipated - or something like that...LOL
Tonight, J-Lo is 'in-concert' on NBC, followed by 'Frasier', 'Scrubs' &
'Dateline (the Jane Pauley Show)'.
CBS has its 3 dramas, 'JAG', 'The Guardian' & 'Judging Amy'.
ABC has 'Dharma & Greg', 'Spin City', 'NYPD Blue' & 'Philly'.
If you're up bright & early, Tony Bennett is on 'Today', with Matt & Katie.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Monday At Harvard
Bill Clinton
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton talks about the war on terrorism during an address to
the faculty and students of Harvard University November 19, 2001 in Boston. Clinton was
invited to address Harvard by his friend former U.S. Senator David Pryor (D-Arkansas) who
is now the Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard.
Photo by Jim Bourg
A Bit Inflexible?
Pickles Speaks
As a kid, George W. Bush always waited until Christmas morning to open his presents. As an
adult, he sticks to tradition. "George is very adamant about that," First Lady Laura Bush
tells the new Family Circle. "So we can't even open one present on Christmas Eve."
Inflexible
Updated!
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Damn near every show on TV must is listed - days & days worth of great reading.
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A Cad Is A Cad Is A Cad
Liz Hurley
New York billionaire Steve Bing reportedly is skeptical he's the man who impregnated Liz Hurley
and wants a paternity test.
The 35-year-old tycoon has told pals he's willing to take on Liz because he's worried he may
have to shell out hundreds of millions in child support, London's News of the World says.
The sudden slap has stunned 36-year-old Liz.
The British newspaper reported that a friend of Liz as saying, "Nobody can believe how Steve is behaving. He
should be at Liz's side, making plans for their baby.
"There's no doubt in Liz's mind that Bing is the father. This is just a cheap trick."
The newspaper reported the friend of Liz said, "Bing had pursued Liz and promised her he'd change and
they got back together. Then she gets pregnant and he turns back into a Hollywood monster again.
"The only good news for Liz at the moment is that . . . Hugh Grant has promised her his unconditional
support during her pregnancy. Basically, Hugh would marry her at the drop of a hat if she wanted."
Besides his real-estate holdings, Bing is also well-known in showbiz.
He wrote episodes of the sitcom "Married . . . with Children" and scripted the Chuck Norris
flick "Missing in Action 2: The Beginning." He was executive producer of "Get Carter," with
Sylvester Stallone, and acted in the drama "The Dark Backward."
A Cad By Any Other Name
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At Vanderbuilt University
Tipper & Al
Al Gore, right, and Tipper Gore laugh as Linda Langham, foreground, talks about Al Gore's
influence on her as they host their 10th annual Family Re-Union conference at Vanderbilt
University in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Nov. 19, 2001. Participants from all nine previous
policy meetings on strengthening families returned Monday to discuss what they've accomplished,
and what else can be done.
Photo by John Russell
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O'Really?
www.oreilly-sucks.com
London Fundraiser ''Unite For The Future''
Dame Judy Dench & Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey and Judi Dench hosted a benefit gala at London's Old Vic theater to raise money for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America.
Spacey - who showed off his musical skills at an October tribute to John Lennon in New York - serenaded the crowd Sunday with the Beatles' ``Hey Jude.''
Singer Art Garfunkel, actor Jude Law, and the London Gospel Choir also performed at the concert
billed as ``Unite for the Future.'' Famous faces in the crowd included Chelsea Clinton,
Vanessa Redgrave, and Bianca Jagger.
Tickets cost up to $760 and organizers said they had raised more than $580,000. They planned
to donate the money to Doctors Without Borders, the World Trade Center Disaster Fund, and a
British Council program called Open Minds, formed after the attacks to increase cultural understanding.
``We recognize that we're not in New York, the emotions are not quite as immediate and raw,
but we all wanted to do something,'' said organizer Susan Hayden. ``Music is the underlying
theme of the evening. We are celebrating music and freedom.''
Dame Judy Dench & Kevin Spacey London Fund-Raiser
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To check out 'Train Station Chicken', and more (like 'Cranberry Autumn Tea'),
In The Kitchen With BartCop
New Disney Deal
Dustin Hoffman
Walt Disney Studios has signed a first-look production deal with Dustin Hoffman's Punch Prods.,
which produced the upcoming black comedy ``Goodbye, Hello,'' starring Hoffman and Susan Sarandon.
The deal carries an initial 18-month term with the option to renew for an additional 18 months.
Disney will release the Brad Silberling-directed ``Goodbye, Hello'' (aka ``Babies in Black'')
next year. The picture also stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter and newcomer Ellen Pompeo.
Punch and Disney are also teaming on MGM-based Hyde Park Entertainment's ``Personal I
njuries,'' based on the Scott Turow novel, which will mark Hoffman's directorial debut.
Punch is also developing ``Head Case'' for New Line Cinema as a starring vehicle for Hoffman.
Punch previously produced such titles as ``Tootsie,'' ``Hook,'' ``Outbreak,'' ``Wag the Dog''
and ``Walk on the Moon.''
Dustin & Disney
Clean & Sober
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger, once the wild man of rock, says that at the age of 58 he has given up on drink, drugs and partying.
And with the Rolling Stones set to embark on yet another world tour, he said the veteran rockers
weren't ready to fade away quite yet: ``The Stones would keep going even if they all died,'' he said.
Jagger, famed for his swiveling hips and pouting lips, has won critical acclaim for his latest
solo album -- ``Goddess in the Doorway'' -- and he let loose in Los Angeles last week with a
rare one-man concert to publicize it.
``I've already changed my lifestyle to accommodate the fact that I have to do all this, to go
on stage and perform,'' he told the Independent newspaper. ``I stopped partying, stopped taking
drugs and drinking and all that.''
So how long will the Stones keep on performing?
``For as long as they can still do it with some sense of dignity, I suppose,'' Jagger said.
Mick Jagger - Clean & Sober
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio online - what a concept! Listen from 1 am to 5 am (pst) Tuesday and Thursday from
noon to 3 pm (pst)
at www.710kiro.com
There's even a chatroom!
We generally have a pretty good time...
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Telephone Talk
Telephone Talk
Out And About
Muhammad Ali
He has battled Parkinson's disease for 17 years, but put Muhammad Ali in front of a crowd
and he just seems to get stronger.
Last week, the 59-year-old former champion attended three events on consecutive nights:
* A fund-raiser for Andrew Cuomo
* The gala tribute to Rudy Giuliani
* A benefit for the organization Shine, which works to end youth violence.
"Muhammad gets excited around people," Ali's wife, Lonnie, said during the Shine gala at the Roxy on W. 18th St.
"Events energize him. He's in his most favorite city in the world, he loves the people, the
energy and the fact that you can do anything [you want], 24 hours a day. Just coming over
[here], he kept stopping and yelling to people on the street."
Ali, who never loses his playful sense of humor, was in good form at the Cuomo fund-raiser,
which was at Mickey Mantle's on Central Park South. The former heavyweight champion was
one of the featured luminaries, along with former tennis great John McEnroe and current
Giants standout defensive end Michael Strahan.
But when Cuomo introduced the athletes, he saved Ali for the finale. That was not lost on the champ.
While the crowd was cheering for him, Ali walked to the podium, nudged Cuomo aside and said,
"You're smart to introduce me last."
Muhammad Ali On The Go
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'Fat Albert Movie' Script Finished
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby has finished co-writing the script for the ``Fat Albert'' movie, based on the 1970's
cartoon show he created.
Now he's trying to decide whether fans want to hear him do the voices of Fat Albert, Bill and
Mushmouth again, just as he did for the TV series.
``I don't know if my Fat Albert, if it's a little too full and robust now and old, and what I
would like to try is perhaps to find or have auditions for someone who could really imitate
what's on the track,'' the 64-year-old comedian told AP Radio.
``Would they prefer to hear something that's very, very close, or the fellow that used to
do it, 36 years older?''
Forest Whitaker (``Waiting to Exhale,'' ``Hope Floats'') will direct the movie, which will be
part animation and part live action. It's scheduled for release in summer 2003.
'The Fat Albert Movie'
Comic Strips To Pay Tribute
Thanksgiving Day
Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Dennis the Menace and other stars of the comics pages will honor heroes and
victims of Sept. 11 in a Thanksgiving Day tribute.
Creators of 100 comic strips are joining in the effort, which also aims to raise money for victims
of the terror attacks.
Each of the strips will include the Internet address of a charity web site, www.networkforgood.org.
It's the first coordinated tribute by comic strip artists since an April 2000 one in honor of
"Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz, who died in February.
Comic Strips To Pay Tribute
New! Updated!
(6 Nov, 2001)
The official BartCop Astrologer, Geneva, has provided another eye-opening set of charts!
A brief excerpt: " "The influence of the opposition across the 3rd/9th axis may indicate
we have more to fear from domestic terrorism than a foreign entity. Sagittarius on the cusp
of the foreign 9th house, with ruler Jupiter in Cancer, the sign most closely associated with
home and country, in the home 4th, shows the source of anthrax and other bio-chemical threats
are more likely from within our own borders; by a home grown group of domestic terrorists. The
recent wave of breast beating, chest thumping, and flag waving can be attributed to the most
excessive planet (Jupiter) transiting the most exorbitantly patriotic and jingoistic sign (Cancer).
Jupiter also has jurisdiction over religion, so the source of these dreadful bio-terrorist attacks
could very well be a group with a strongly opinionated religious axe to grind. "
Very interesting reading!
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Finally - A Real Job
Al Gore
Al Gore has accepted a job as vice chairman of Metropolitan West Financial, a Los Angeles-based
financial services holding company, the company said Monday.
The former vice president and last year's Democratic presidential candidate will "help us identify
and evaluate new business opportunities and play an active role in shaping the future of our
company," the firm's chairman and chief executive officer, Richard S. Hollander, said in a statement.
In particular, Gore will help develop strategies in biotechnology and information technology and
examine opportunities for international expansion, the company said.
Gore will continue to serve as a research professor focusing on family-centered community building
at the University of California, Los Angeles, and will continue to teach classes on the subject at
Middle Tennessee State University and Fisk University, both in his home state of Tennessee.
Al Gore's New Job
From Cindy Adams Of The NY Post
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson's pals agitating over his decline. It's Alzheimer's. Charlie, who looks
10 years younger, hit 80. He's at home in L.A. . . .
Charles Bronson
''Being Mick'' - Thursday Night On ABC
Mick On Jerry
Although they are divorced, Jerry Hall still thinks all of Mick Jagger's songs on his
new album "Goddess in the Doorway" are about her. "She always thinks that [the songs
are about her]," Jagger said in the December issue of GQ, "It's a very charming trait."
The single "Don't Call Me Up" has the aging Stone trying to forget an ex whose photos
are all over town. "It is about someone. But I don't want to say who."
Mick & Jerry
A Disappearing Act?
''The Invisible Man''
``The Invisible Man'' has engineered one disappearance too many: Sci Fi Channel has canceled the series after two seasons.
Even though ``Invisible Man'' benefited from a dual platform, running simultaneously on the Sci Fi
Channel and on TV stations throughout the country in syndication, its advertising revenues could
not keep up with the steep production cost needed to keep the special effects from looking cheesy, according to sources.
Shot in San Diego, the series' budget often climbed above $1 million per episode, which is pricey
for an original basic-cable series, said one source.
The series premiered on Sci Fi June 9, 2000, and completed 44 hourlong episodes. The network will
run off the last five unaired episodes next January and February.
In syndication, where ``Invisible'' kicked off three months after its Sci Fi debut, TV stations
will be able to keep running it through August.
Vincent Ventresca stars in the title role.
'The Invisible Man' & The Sci-Fi Channel
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Another Observation
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho wants University of Georgia football fans to take it easy.
Like thousands of air travelers, the comic had a bumpy entry into Hartsfield Atlanta
International Airport Friday after a security breach shut down the airport for hours.
Police later discovered the breach came from Michael Lasseter, a Georgia fan rushing to his
flight. He was headed to Saturday's Georgia-Ole Miss game.
Cho told an Atlanta crowd Saturday night that the country will survive just fine after the
Sept. 11 terror attacks.
``I think we're gonna get through this and everything will be OK,'' she said. ``Just don't
run down the up escalator at the airport! Just miss the game!''
The 32-year-old comic is nearing the end of a fall tour for her new stand-up show, ``The
Notorious C.H.O.''
Margaret Cho
A Record With An Asterisk
Harry Potter
No one should deny that J.K. Rowling's stories are full of magic or that Harry Potter is, in fact,
a wizard. But Potter, or his spokesmen, are putting one over on us muggles (the novel's slang for
non-wizards) with all this talk of Potter's movie setting box-office records this weekend.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone did set a record in the most literal sense. In three days,
theaters showing it sold $93.5 million in tickets, according to studio estimates. This total
narrowly surpassed the old three-day record of $72.1 million set in 1997 by The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
The movie opened in 3,672 theaters and on 8,200 screens--about one out of every four screens in
America; most Potter theaters played the movie on more than one screen. By contrast, 1999's Star
Wars: Episode 1--The Phantom Menace played on about 5,000 screens in its opening weekend,
when it took in $65 million.
Prices have been rising steadily, too. In 1997, when the old three-day record was set, the average
movie theater ticket price was $4.59, according to the National Association of Theater Owners. By
2000, the price had risen 17% to $5.39. (If you're thinking it's been a long time since you bought
a movie ticket for under $6, you're not alone. N.A.T.O. admits that the ordinary ticket price in
every large city is at least $8.50, but it says the average price is driven down by matinees
and by child and senior discounts).
This is how massive conglomerates like AOL Time Warner, Vivendi Universal, Sony and News Corp.
release movies. Tons of screens at the opening, set a "record," advertise their success--the
"number one movie in America!"--and hope that everyone interested sees it before word-of-mouth
spreads. Most of the record-setters and certainly seven of the top ten were forgotten
within weeks of their initial release.
Harry Potter & The Numbers
Another Contested Election
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild, whose longstanding rivalries were intensified by a recent election marred
by allegations of corruption, will begin considering at least a dozen electoral challenges this
week, led by that of losing presidential candidate Valerie Harper.
The guild's elections committee is set to begin consideration of the challenges on Wednesday and has
until Dec. 16 to issue decisions. Key allegations include the following:
- There were 260 more ballots counted in New York than deposited at the official post office box,
raising the specter of ballot stuffing. Polling administrator Sequoia Voting Systems blames the U.S.
Postal Service for the disparity, but candidates who were on the scene have scoffed at the explanation.
- 24,800 New York ballots contained no signature line or instructions to sign on the outer return
envelope, in direct violation of SAG rules.
- There was an unannounced two-day extension of the New York deadline.
- SAG staff were allegedly involved in the election, despite orders to remain impartial.
Guild staff insisted on Oct. 30 that the election was run within Dept. of Labor regulations but
has refused since then to elaborate on how it can violate its own rules. SAG reps have refused
to disclose how many or who had filed challenges by the Friday deadline, saying it was uncertain
whether all those who had filed would follow through.
Joint challenges have been filed by Harper with running mates Elliott Gould and Kent McCord, who
won slots for recording secretary and treasurer, respectively; and the New York-based Solidarity
Slate, which includes eight losing candidates. At least seven people have filed individual challenges.
More SAG Election Problems
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Still Really Like This One....
"Boondocks" (9 Oct 01)
Gonna let it ride for awhile.
Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
