New TV Season Started Last Night
Did anyone watch anything?
Any opinions?
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New shows debuting tonight include:
'Emeril' (NBC),
'The Guardian' (CBS),
'Love Cruise' & 'Undeclared' (Faux),
and 'Philly' (ABC).
Returning series, with new episodes include:
'JAG' & 'Judging Amy' on CBS;
'Three Sisters' & 'Frasier' on NBC;
'Dharma & Greg (2 new episodes) & 'Spin City' on ABC (with the
return of Michael J. Fox),
and 'That 70's Show' on Faux.
Anybody got any opinions on any of them?
(Hint, Hint!)
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How about the new network logos that made their debut tonight?
CBS has the flag's stripes exiting to the right from their eye-like ball.
NBC had their peacock showing only a red, white & blue tail.
Couldn't stand Dennis' prattle on ABC, so didn't stick around long enough to see
what their graphic artists had devised.}
Did anyone note what was on Faux?
Last Night's 'The Late Show'
Rudy Visits Dave
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, left, is welcomed by talk host David
Letterman during Monday's taping of The Late Show with David Letterman, Monday,
Sept. 24, 2001.
Rudy & Dave
And, Conan was fresh too! Conan doesn't do Mondays, but he did tonight!
Entertainment News
Alex's Entertainment Report
Alex
Faith-healing actress Dyan Cannon is being sued by a woman who says that instead of making her feel
better, she knocked her down and hurt her back. Cannon claims to heal the sick by placing her hands on
them. Her aides routinely catch participants as they fall to the ground after the "healing." But Melody
Taylor says when she fell back, no one caught her and she slammed to the ground. Attorney Robert
Younger says, "Melody attended the meeting at the urging of a friend. It was a social event. She didn't go
there to be healed. As she watched, one by one people filed up on the stage so Dyan could lay hands on
them. Melody thought it would be interesting to see what this was all about, so she climbed up on the stage,
too. But at the precise moment Melody leaned backward, a man next to her fell. Cannon's staffers ran to
catch him and allowed Melody to fall flat on her back."
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Tom Arnold has big plans for two women in his life - he's going to get married to his beautiful girlfriend
Shelby Roos and publish a tell-all book about his ex-wife Roseanne. Tom says he's been wanting to wed
political consultant Shelby since he met her at the Democratic Convention last year and fell deeply in love
with her. He says, "Next July is going to be a big month for me. I'm getting married for the third time and
my book will come out. I know Roseanne fears I'm going to write bad things about her, she's written a few
books herself and she was positive about me - but that was when she liked me. I know people are
fascinated by her character and her multiple personalities and how I lived with her. I have to be honest
about my relationship with her and I will be. I'm going to talk frankly about my mistakes too. I'm not going
to let myself off the hook. There'll be stuff in there that has never been disclosed, never been talked about
before."
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ABC has forbidden its reporters from wearing lapel flags in the aftermath of last week's attacks. Today's
(Monday) Washington Post quotes network spokesman Jeffrey Schneider as saying: "Especially in a time
of national crisis, the most patriotic thing journalists can do is to remain as objective as possible. ... That
does not mean journalists are not patriots. All of us are at a time like this. But we cannot signal how we
feel about a cause, even a justified and just cause, through some sort of outward symbol."
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The actress daughter of Secretary of State Colin Powell has pulled out of a London theatrical production
because of security concerns, a National Theater spokeswoman said Monday. Linda Powell was
scheduled to appear in ``Jitney,'' a play about a Pittsburgh taxi company set in the 1970s, but decided to
stay in the United States to be closer to her family after this month's suicide hijacking attacks in New York
and Washington.
Linda Powell
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How I spent my Saturday, by Alex:
Well, I took the train into Manhattan and got off at Union Square Park. The park has been turned into a
huge memorial, filled with flowers, candles, missing posters, condolences cards, anti-war banners, and much
more. It was a moving site; hundreds of people were wandering through, reading, taking pictures, and
talking. Then I headed down Broadway to the infamous "ground zero". I got as far as people were
allowed, and stood on the side.
It was so unbelievable. Seeing police officer, firemen, soldiers, army
trucks, regular trucks, building covered in inch-thick dust, dust still in the air that you can taste. From where
I stood, WTC would've been a beautiful site, but it wasn't there. I didn't see the rubble, so I headed down
one small street, until I came about Greenwich Street. Police had barricaded the street, only allowing
emergency, rescue, and local residents.
But the site was there. About 3-4 blocks was a huge pile of rubble. Six, seven or eight stories high in the
air laid the World Trade Center, with smoke still coming out, and with 2 cranes moving huge pieces of
concrete and metal. It was an unbelievable site, indescribable site, site that I will never forget. After that, I
headed to midtown to catch a shot that was closing on Sunday. "If You Ever Leave Me I'm Going With
You" was one of the unlucky shows that had to close early due to the tragic events. The show featured
Renee Taylor (of 'The Nanny' fame) and her husband of 36 years Joe Bologna.
It was a hilarious play, based on their marriage. After the show I was able to meet them outside,
get their autographs and even get a picture with them. One great thing I noticed lines for the TKTS booths
(half priced tickets) were huge, and that's a good sign for Broadway.
And that was my Saturday.
~~ Alex
Alex's Site
Telethon Update
$150 Million & Counting...
An internationally televised special that brought together some of the biggest
names in show business raised more than $150 million in pledges for victims of
the Sept. 11 air attacks and their families, organizers said Monday.
The two-hour, commercial-free program, ``America: A Tribute to Heroes,'' aired
Friday night on more than 35 U.S. broadcast and cable networks, the Internet and
8,000 radio stations nationwide. It also was beamed to TV outlets in more than
210 countries and carried on the Armed Forces Network to U.S. military personnel
stationed in 175 nations around the globe.
The unprecedented simulcast drew an average U.S. television audience of
59 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. That figure surpassed
the 42.9 million viewers who tuned in to this year's Academy Awards but was
well below the 84.2 million tallied by this year's Super Bowl.
Telthon
More West Wing
The producers of NBC's 'The West Wing' are rushing to pull together a special
episode dealing with terrorism -- even as other series look to eliminate any
reference to the matter in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The
episode, 'Isaac and Ishmael,' will deal with how the nation and the fictional
President Bartlett copes in the wake of a terrorist attack.
Cast members are shown in this undated publicity photo:(L-R) Richard Schiff,
Allison Janney, Dule Hill, John Spencer, Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Janel Moloney
and Brad Whitford.
More West Wing
Reader Response
'Bye-bye Arrogance'
Michelle V.
'Tis time to re-do priorities, re-think educational goals.
Enough of the flag-waving and wringing of hands, no more Waaa...
I'm awake now, and ready to become a citizen of the world.
I think I'll spend an hour a week learning a different language with
my grandchildren that might just open a window for them.
I promise myself I'll learn as much as I can about other people and cultures,
so as not to act "lordly" because I happen to own a DVD player.
I will plant tulip - bulbs this fall, pay off a debt, re-learn how to play the
French Horn, invest in the market.
I will play with my granchildren, paint my house, push my son to the park in
his wheel-chair, and sing to Mozart .
I will greet each dawn as a cornucopia of choices.
I will not hate. I will not judge. Those are choices .
I will keep in mind the innocents who've died, as well as those who are about to.
I will continue to question any religion that condones violence as a means to a
hateful end, including those home-grown zealots we harbor in our own midst,
claiming a direct channel to a perverted Christian god,( ---the KKK comes to
mind, as does Falwell's sick and disgusting twisting of the Christian faith to
further political aims).
My "Golden Rule" is the same one embraced by all major religions, and largely
ignored in favor of political expediency.
We shall soon see the reality of a ground war in Afganistan, as have the British
and Soviets before us. We will lose thousands on the rocks there. Everybody
has wanted that ground for a conduit for the vast riches the Caspian region
offers to the Persian Gulf; --- access for easy transport to the greedy
West; --- we have the great excuse of a terrorist attack on our "soil" to scrape
and 'doze a North/South highway from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf, on the
flimsy "evidence" that Bin Laden (the Head of the Hydra), might be stupid
enough to remain there.
I promise to read my history ...
~~ michelle v.
Showbiz Volunteers
The USO Lives
23 Comics like Chris Rock and Jamie Foxx and music groups like the Scorpions,
Coolio, the Pointer Sisters and Aerosmith have all told the U.S.O. in recent
days that they would be willing to perform for American troops deployed overseas
in the response to terrorism. So have the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. Movie
stars say they will do whatever they are asked.
Not since World War II has the entertainment industry responded so swiftly, so
vocally and so unanimously to a crisis, volunteering to raise money for families
of the thousands who died on Sept. 11 or being willing to entertain troops to
lift morale.
"We've had quite a few calls," said Jim Pearcy, entertainment director of the
United Service Organizations in Washington. "People are saying, `You need us,
we'll be there.' I don't know what to compare it to. For us, it's history in
the making."
Martina McBride, a top country-music star, said she was willing to help. "I'm 35
years old, and this is the first time in my lifetime I've really understood what
it feels like and means to be an American," she said. "It's awakened that
patriotism in every one of us. If there ever was a time when artists would
enlist and fight the war, this would be the war, this would be it."
Russell Simmons, a record mogul and chief executive at Rush Communications,
which includes the hip- hop label Def Jam, said the impact of the terrorist
attack and its aftermath would be far ranging, possibly leading to some form of
reassessment of values in the rap world, where materialism has eclipsed the more
political elements of music.
What makes the current mood so striking is that the younger and hipper and even
less-than-mainstream crowd of entertainers, who have often been disengaged from
the nation's political arena, seem intent now on committing themselves to
working in what seems to be a war effort.
Certainly the music industry is responding as never before to a catastrophe.
Madonna, the Backstreet Boys, Janet Jackson and the Black Crowes have donated
concert proceeds to relief funds. Michael Jackson has pledged to raise and
donate more than $50 million.
But the motives may not be entirely altruistic. Donating concert proceeds to a
charity can be a way of continuing an extensively (and expensively) planned
tour. And a highly publicized donation to a charity and pop single can certainly
help lift a performer's career, especially one in trouble.
What complicates the current response at least for the moment is that there are
no large-scale staging areas for troops in the government's deployment of heavy
bombers and other aircraft, as well as aircraft carriers. President Bush has
called the military effort a broad and sustained war against those behind the
terrorist attacks. By contrast, entertaining troops in past wars was often
accomplished in makeshift arenas and open fields where thousands gathered.
USO Lives
In The News
Jimmy Carter
Former President Jimmy Carter canceled a trip to Bangladesh to monitor elections
because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and the
Atlanta-based Carter Center had planned a joint international observer
delegation to the country's Oct. 1 parliamentary elections.
But the Carter Center said Monday that the trip had been called off due to
circumstances surrounding the terrorist attacks.
Jimmy Carter
Where was Jimmy last November?
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Their Thoughts On WTC
Veteran Newsies Speak
Veteran newsmen concur that the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center is
unlike any war story they have ever covered.
Former CNN correspondent Peter Arnett said the catastrophe is "beyond any one
event I've ever witnessed." Arnett describes the destruction as a combination of
two calamities he covered: the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam and the Mexico City
earthquake of 1985.
"It was like the Tet Offensive in the sense that that it was a total shock and a
huge military set-back," Arnett tells PAGE SIX's Ian Spiegelman. "And it was a
clarion call to the nation. Of course, the message back then was, 'Let's get out
of here.' "
This is one nightmare that Arnett is not covering, though, and he says that
makes it harder. "I've covered 18 wars, from the fall of Saigon to the bombing
of Bagdad, and I've always thought I could handle anything. But as an onlooker I
shared the pain, I felt especially frightened. This has had a certain emotional
toll on me."
David Halberstam - whose book on Vietnam, "Dispatches," set a new standard for
war reporting - says, "This is the biggest American event since Pearl Harbor on
domestic shores, and it's the biggest event that ever happened in a place where
I live."
Halberstam also praised our firefighters, comparing them to "people I've seen in
combat running under machinegun fire to save a buddy."
Asked if he was living in fear, Halberstam replied, "No, I'm not scared - I live
here."
"60 Minutes" executive producer Don Hewitt says, "There were two other big
stories. One was D-Day - and I was there - and the other was the Kennedy
assassination. Someone once asked me, 'How did you know when to go back to
regular programming?' There were two things: A riderless horse on Pennsylvania
Avenue, and a little boy saluting. And the curtain came down - there was a
period on the story. There was nothing more to say."
Unfortunately, Hewitt added, the World Trade Center tragedy has no period - and
has no end.
pagesix.com
New! Updated!
BartCop Astrology
Check it out at BC Astrology.
"Guitar Greats" has been set aside for now, and replaced with an astrological look at the
WTC Tragedy using various, relevant horoscopes, including charts for Manhattan and the US.
Very interesting reading!
In The News
Stephen Ambrose & Family
Author Stephen Ambrose and his family have given $100,000 to help preserve
17 acres of open space in the city he calls home.
Ambrose announced the surprise gift Saturday night at a fund-raising dinner for
the Prickly Pear Land Trust. It was the largest cash donation to the trust since
it was formed five years ago.
Ambrose spends about six months of the year in Helena and said he enjoyed
walking his dogs in the park, which he called unique in the country and the world.
Ambrose is the author of best sellers on World War II,
including ``D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II.'' He
also wrote the acclaimed ``Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas
Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West.''
Stephen Ambrose & Family
New!
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
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In The Kitchen With BartCop
Sports News
Graf & Agassi Postpone Wedding
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf definitely plan to get married, but the wedding
bells are on hold until after their son is born in a few months, according to Agassi.
``The question isn't so much are we going to,'' Agassi told The Associated Press
on Friday in an interview about an upcoming charity concert.
Agassi said he and Graf will wait to marry ``until the little one is around and
everybody (has) kind of recovered.''
Agassi's charity concert on Sept. 29 will feature Elton John, Don Henley, Brian
McKnight, Tim McGraw, Dennis Miller and Ray Romano. The sixth annual Grand Slam
for Children fund-raiser raises money for the Andre Agassi Charitable
Foundation, which was founded in 1994 to help at-risk Las Vegas children.
Steffi & Andre
Disney TV News
Animated 'Millionaire'
``Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' is about to get really animated.
The game show's British creator is teaming up with a Los Angeles animation firm
to produce a cartoon version of the worldwide hit, calling it ``The Adventures
of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: The Animated Series.''
Picking up where the top-level question is answered and leading into a narrative
adventure targeted at kids and families, the series' animated host will launch
game show winners on a journey to exotic locations. The host will stay in touch
with characters via the ``Millionaire Studio Command Center.''
DIC, which is the majority partner in the deal, will begin selling the animated
series internationally at the upcoming Mipcom TV trade show in Cannes the second
week of October. The show is destined for one of Disney's outlets Stateside.
millionaire
'Survivor' News
Richard Is Guilty
Richard Hatch had little trouble convincing the Survivor jury he deserved the
cash. But Hatch's oratory skills didn't do much to sway a real-life judge.
The original Survivor winner was dealt a big loss in court Monday when Newport,
Rhode Island, District Court Judge Robert K. Pirraglia found Hatch guilty of
domestic assault on a former lover.
Pirraglia sentenced Hatch to a year's probation in the August incident, in which
he allegedly shoved ex-boyfriend Glenn Boyanowski down a flight of stairs when
Boyanowski showed up uninvited to Hatch's home.
Hatch says he plans to appeal the verdict. In post-court remarks to Rhode
Island's WPRO-AM, Hatch called the ruling "ludicrous" and said the judge wasn't
objective.
This, of course, isn't Hatch's first run-in with Rhode Island cops. Last year,
just days after his return from the island of Pulau Tiga, he was arrested facing
charges that he roughed up his then-9-year-old adopted son during an early
morning jog. But the charges were later dropped, and Hatch unsuccessfully sued
state officials and police, claiming he was falsely arrested.
richard hatch
First Person Diary
Ray Berry
Ray has temporarily (I hope), suspended 'Bush-Toons'. In its place, he has put
his daily diary of life in Manhattan since Tuesday.
Ray has great observational abilities, a way with words, and has still been able
to keep his sense of humor.
To visit & read, www.bush-toons.com
Michael Dare
'Signposts'
Michael Dare
I want my signposts to be precise. If I'm looking to find San Diego,
I want my signpost to say "take I-10 west till you get to the San
Diego Freeway, then make a left." The last thing on earth I want is a
signpost that says "Get thee towards the great water, then turn in
the direction of the hand thou does not use to brush thy teeth."
Which great water are they referring to, the Salton Sea or the
Pacific Ocean? What if I'm ambidextrous? What good is a signpost that
can be misinterpreted to send people in a dozen different directions?
Likewise, if I'm looking to find enlightenment or peace of mind, I
may turn to the bible or the Koran, two signposts that are totally
imprecise and open to interpretation. The question must be asked. If
the bible can be misinterpreted to justify the Holy Inquisition and
the Koran can be misinterpreted to justify fatwahs against writers of
fiction and crashing airplanes into buildings, then what the hell
good are they?
There's a big difference between respecting someone's right to
believe what they choose and respecting the belief itself. I'll fight
for your right to believe the world is flat, but that doesn't mean I
have to actually respect your belief in such stupidity.
All this clamor to "respect" the Muslim faith has driven me to read
the Koran for the first time in my life. It is my belief that it is
bullshit. Pure, unadulterated nonsense. Though I respect their right
to believe such poppycock, not only do I have no respect for the
fanatic fundamentalist terrorist Muslims, I don't have any respect
for ANY Muslims. They're like the Flat Earth Society. Anyone who
reads the Koran, believes in it, and prays to Allah five times a day,
is an idiot. Or so I believe.
Don't get me started on Christianity, which ain't much better. For
every word of wisdom in the bible there are ten words of total
insanity, meaningless drivel that I can't believe people take
seriously. God needed a good editor. Even that most holy of rules,
the golden one, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, is
open to misinterpretation. I would have others blow me, so correct me
if I'm wrong, but the golden rule seems to be telling me that I
should therefor blow others. Far from condemning homosexuality, this
basic tenet of the Christian faith actually demands it.
When I see people praying to Jesus or Allah, it's like watching
people praying to a signpost saying "San Diego - 90 miles." It makes
no sense. If the sign is so good, why aren't they just going where it
says? Why on earth are they focussing on the signpost? Jesus said he
was the WAY, not the destination. Here's a rule that can't be
misinterpreted. If you want to see where a finger is pointing, you've
got to look away from the finger.
If somebody stumbles in front of me, be they Muslim or Hindu, black
or white, Christian or Jew, I will extend my hand to help them up no
matter what color they are or what fool thing they believe in. That's
what makes me a decent human being. That's what makes me an American.
~~ Michael Dare
Darenet
They Gave Us 'B-1 Bob'...
Life Behind The 'Orange Curtain'
Three days after terrorist attacks shocked the country, President George W. Bush
gathered political and religious leaders at Washington National Cathedral.
The president led a national day of prayer and remembrance, and a news photo
from that service dominated the next day's front page.
That photo drew more than 100 complaints.
What was it about that Saturday's front-page picture -- under the headline
"UNITED WE MOURN" -- that resulted in such outrage?
"I never was so disgusted in my life with this paper by the fact that it would
print on the front page that picture of (former President Bill) Clinton and his
wife and daughter," a typical caller said. "You can hardly see President Bush
and his wife."
One woman said she would "cancel my paper if you ever run Clinton's picture
again, unless it accompanies his obituary."
Several callers blamed Clinton for contributing to the world situation that
resulted in the attack. Others focused on their loathing of his "immoral,
sinful" personal behavior.
Several suggested that the Register editors who selected the picture were
engaged in a deliberate effort to promote Clinton and diminish Bush.
"You guys are still upset that Bush won the election," another typical caller
said.
Editor Tonnie L. Katz was one of the editors weighing the photos offered from
the prayer service.
"Unity was the theme of the day in the face of this unimaginable tragedy," she
said. "We felt it was critical to show that with the image of our current
president and two former presidents standing together.
"I think it's sad that some people can't see beyond their personal, political
biases. ... I feel sorry that people misinterpreted the picture."
It's sad that some people believe that Register editors would use the tragedy
and national day of mourning to promote a partisan agenda.
It's sadder that some probably believe it still.
OC Register
Lots of aluminum hats in Orange County.
In Memory
De Cordova Funeral
Notable absentees from the funeral last week of long-time "Tonight" show
producer Freddy de Cordova included Johnny Carson and his on-air sidekick, Ed
McMahon. There was a memorial of sorts among Freddy's local friends at Zocalo
restaurant over the weekend at which the absence of the two was remarked on.
It was also pointed out that Nancy Reagan, who God knows has enough on her plate,
managed to attend the funeral in Los Angeles. Nancy and her husband, the
stricken former president, were close to Freddy, who directed the "Bonzo" movie
that starred Ronald Reagan and made him the butt of an endless stream of bad
jokes.
Fred's Funeral
Still MISSING
Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"
