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Weekly Review
HARPER'S WEEKLY REVIEW
May 7, 2002
The Bush Administration made history by "unsigning" the treaty that
created the International Criminal Court, which has been signed and
ratified by almost every major democracy in the world, and by
renouncing any and all obligations to cooperate with the court.
The Administration also said that it will not be bound by the 1969 Vienna
Convention on the Laws of Treaties, which the U.S. signed but never
ratified.
The war between the Hells Angels and an alliance of the
Mongols, Pagans, Outlaws, and Bandidos motorcycle gangs continued with
the execution of Christian Harvey Tate, an Angel, who was shot in the
back as he rode down Interstate 40.
Yasir Arafat was released from his
confinement in Ramallah, and the Israeli government continued its
campaign to discredit him.
Sources in the Israeli Defense Forces
admitted that Israeli soldiers had engaged in widespread vandalism and
looting of Palestinian property during the recent attack on the West
Bank. An Arab member of Israel's Knesset accused Israeli soldiers of
"wiping their butts" with pages of the Koran during the operation.
Anti-Semites vandalized a synagogue in London and the Dachau
concentration camp in Germany.
Physicians for Human Rights confirmed
the presence of a mass grave in Dasht-i-Laili, near Shibarghan, in
Afghanistan; the evidence points to the Northern Alliance having
murdered several hundred Taliban prisoners.
Padshah Khan Zadran, an
Afghan warlord who has received American support and whose brother is
a minister in the national government, fired 200 rockets into Gardez,
killing 25 people, mostly women and children. Zadran was mad at the
people there and recently said he would "kill them all: men, women,
children, even the chickens."
America regained its seat on the United
Nations Human Rights Commission.
Texas executed a one-legged murderer
after refusing his request to be outfitted with a prosthetic leg so
that he could walk to his own execution.
Continued at www.harpers.org/weekly-review
--Roger D. Hodge
Reader Review
Atlanta's Music Midtown Festival
By George Krausser
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
OK, I'll admit it - I watched the 'Laverne & Shirley' 'special'. Was transported to a past life as a 'Val'. Well, gag me with a spoon!
Conan had on Dr. John with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Yee haw! (Damn! Dr. John looked fabulous!)
Today, Wednesday, is Pete Hisey's birthday. Wish him a happy one...
Tonight, CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes II', then a fresh 'Amazing Race 2' and '48 Hours'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Will Ferrell and Tom Waits.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Mark Burnett, Eric McCormack, Res & Comic Todd Glass
It's all fresh on NBC with 'Ed', 'The West Wing', and 'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Tom Green, David Wiley & Musiq.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan is DJ Qualls.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are David Spade and MEST.
What a shocker - it's all fresh on ABC! it's 'My Wife & Kids', 'Jim', 'Drew Carey' (where Richard Chamberlain reprises his roll
as Nigel Wick's mother), and then a 90-minute '20/20 Special Edition'.
Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher are Comedian Tommy Davidson, Actress Leslie Hope, Mary Louise Kurey, and "Loveline" Host Dr. Drew Pinsky
The WB has fresh episodes of 'Dawson's Creek' and 'Felicity'.
Faux mixes it up with a rerun 'That 70's Show', then the fresh season finale of 'Grounded For Life', a fresh 'Bernie Mac', followed by a
rerun 'Bernie Mac'.
It appears that there are 2 fresh episodes of 'Enterprise' scheduled on UPN.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton
Former President Bill Clinton reaches out to shake hands with students after speaking to them as part of the presidential public leadership program at Hunter College
in New York, Monday, May 6, 2002. Clinton spoke about "Globalization and the Middle East."
Photo by Robert Mecea
'The New J.F.K. Jr?'
Chelsea Clinton
Vanity Fair magazine has dubbed Chelsea Clinton "the new J.F.K. Jr" in a feature article tracing the transformation of America's former "first daughter" from a miserable
student at England's Oxford University to a celebrity with a very public love life.
The June issue of Vanity Fair, to be published on Wednesday, paints a picture of a glamorous, fun-loving yet serious Chelsea who is now enjoying life at Oxford despite
a lonely start there last autumn.
Chelsea, 22, agreed to pose for photos for the story, called "Chelsea's Oxford Whirl." But like her parents, Senator Hillary Clinton and former
U.S. President Bill Clinton, she declined to speak to the magazine's reporter.
Chelsea Clinton
Not The 40th Anniversary Tour
Rolling Stones
Legendary rockers the Rolling Stones are ready to yell "Start Me Up" one more time.
The band landed in a blimp at a New York press conference on Tuesday to announce their latest tour, which comes near the 40th anniversary of the band's first show.
The group's first tour in three years coincides with the Stones' first public performance on July 12, 1962 in London's Marquee Club -- but don't call it a 40th anniversary tour.
Members of the Stones' camp say the group is "only 39" since Watts did not join until 1963.
The tour will begin on Sept. 5 at CMGI Field, a new football stadium outside Boston. The North American leg will cover 32 dates before ending in Mexico City in February.
Jagger said that opening acts booked so far include Sheryl Crow and No Doubt with others to be announced at a later date.
Rolling Stones
Donates $200 Million!
David Geffen
Hollywood mogul David Geffen is donating $200 million to the UCLA medical school - the largest, single donation ever given to a U.S. medical school.
The 50-year-old school will be renamed the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. School officials said the donation is unrestricted, which
means they can decide how to use the money.
Geffen, 59, co-founder of the entertainment production company DreamWorks SKG, has donated millions of dollars
to other medical-related causes. They include gifts of $2.5 million to AIDS Project Los Angeles, $2.5 million to
the Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York, and $1.4 million to AIDS Action in Washington.
David Geffen
BartCop TV!
Payback Is A Bitch & Schadenfreude Is Sweet
Kathleen Willey
Kathleen Willey, who accused former President Clinton of sexual misconduct in the White House, lasted less than a month as host of a talk radio show.
"We'll go back to 'The Best of Dr. Laura,'" said Randall Bloomquist, program director of WRVA-AM. "What I heard was what you would hear if you
plucked anyone off the street and put them on a 50,000-watt radio station. She just wasn't ready yet for a station at our level."
Kathleen Willey
Talk Radio, Top Volume On the Right
Dearth of Liberal Voices
Rush and G. Gordon. Ollie and McLaughlin. Sean Hannity and Alan Keyes. Armstrong Williams and Pat Robertson. Michael Medved, Michael Reagan, Michael Savage, Michael
Graham, Laura Ingraham.
Sensing a pattern here? The biggest names in political-talk radio -- and increasingly, political-talk TV -- tend to run the ideological gamut from conservative to . . . very
conservative. Liberals and moderates, it seems, can't or don't attract much of a crowd.
So, conservatives we got. "Independents" we got. But where have all the liberals gone?
Good question, lousy answer - for the rest, Dearth of Liberal Voices
Penthouse Apologizes
Anna Kournikova
Penthouse Magazine on Tuesday apologized for misidentifying Anna Kournikova as a woman pictured topless in its June issue, but an agent for the Russian tennis star said she was still planning to sue.
The written apology was issued one day after Judith Soltesz-Benetton, the daughter-in-law of Italian fashion designer Luciano Benetton, sued the magazine, saying she was the
woman in the photographs.
The suit, which seeks more than $10 million in damages, alleges that the photographs were published without the plaintiff's authorization and caused her great embarrassment and humiliation.
The June issue, whose cover carries the headline "Exclusive Anna Kournikova Caught Close Up on Nude Beach," hit news stands last Tuesday and some 1.2
million copies are in circulation.
Anna Kournikova
Round #2?
Bill & Bob
The other day the Associated Press ran a little story that didn't get the play it deserved. It said that Bob Dole anticipates a rematch with Bill Clinton, who was
his 1996 presidential rival.
Sen. Dole said if his wife, Elizabeth, got elected to a Senate seat from North Carolina, he would run for president of the Senate Spouse Club. Bill Clinton is now
a member of that group. "This time I'm going to beat him!" said Dole.
Bill & Bob
Out Of The Hospital
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss was released from a hospital Tuesday after being treated for a lung infection.
The star of the CBS drama "The Education of Max Bickford" was admitted to a New York hospital on April 29 and had fluid drained from his right lung.
Shooting on the TV series wrapped for the season last month, so his illness isn't expected to affect the program.
Richard Dreyfuss
And Harrison Ford, Too
Glenn & Ozzy
Glenn Close will never forget her introduction to Ozzy Osbourne at the White House Correspondents Dinner. The star of "Fatal Attraction" and "Dangerous Liaisons"
has a cast on her right arm, having broken her wrist in a horse-riding mishap. Upon learning that Close was being treated with the powerful painkiller Percoset, "Ozzy
offered to buy some off me," the actress revealed. The heavy-metal patriarch - who has found new life appearing with his family on MTV in "The Osbournes" - was easily
the most incongruous of the 2,500 guests at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. The crowd also included Secretary of State Colin Powell, Gen. Tommy Franks, who's
running the military operation in Afghanistan, as well as Raquel Welch, Shannen Doherty and covergirl Josie Maran. The only bigger star was Harrison Ford, who was
surrounded by women wanting to have their picture taken with the leading man. Ford and Osbourne finally met up afterward at the lavish party thrown by Bloomberg News and
exchanged some words. Asked, "Were you able to understand anything he said?" Ford paused and joked, "You mean the president?"
Glenn & Ozzy
New Album
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill was on top of the music world with her last album. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" wowed critics, sold 6 million copies, earned five Grammys
and influenced an entire school of new soul singers.
On her new album, due in stores Tuesday, Hill dramatically changes her style, intersperses songs with sermons and doesn't hide a raspy voice. It instantly
becomes one of the most baffling career moves in music history.
The music industry is closely watching to see whether fans view "MTV Unplugged 2.0" as brave or crazy, and whether it torpedoes a promising career.
For the rest, Lauryn Hill
Tuna Ravioli?
Lisa Ling
Lisa Ling is a fan of food. The co-host of ABC's "The View" also has a bit of a crush on a food star.
Ling was satiated on both fronts Monday night, serving as master of ceremonies for The James Beard Foundation Awards, which are the
food-industry equivalent of the Oscars.
The 28-year-old wasn't shy about her admiration for Tyler Florence, star of Food Network's "Food 911."
After the ceremony, Ling joined the 1,700 chefs, cookbook authors and restaurateurs sampling dishes such as crawfish with cured foie gras,
tuna ravioli and five-spice chocolate truffle cake.
For more, Lisa Ling
New Series For MTV
'The Bomb-itty of Errors'
MTV has ordered eight episodes of a musical sketch-comedy series from the writer-performer team of Off Broadway hit "The Bomb-itty of Errors."
The untitled half-hour from the Bomb-itty boys -- GQ, Jordan Allen-Dutton, Erik Weiner (aka Red Dragon) and J.A. Q. -- is set to premiere this fall. The
quartet will serve as writer-performers for the series, each episode of which will feature an original comic music video.
'The Bomb-itty of Errors'
''Father Lefty'' - 'Bruce Springsteen With A Collar?'
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone says he has faith that his TV series about a hip Catholic priest will air next fall despite the current church crisis.
"Father Lefty," created and produced by Stallone and starring Danny Nucci as an unconventional Miami priest, is under consideration by CBS for
its fall schedule to be announced next week.
At least one other drama about Catholicism is a possibility for next season. ABC is weighing "The Calling," about a seminarian searching for God.
CBS has indicated it has reservations about "Father Lefty," which was given pilot approval before the scandal broke, according to Stallone. The network
does not comment on pilots during the development period, a CBS spokesman said Tuesday.
"He's Bruce Springsteen with a collar," Stallone said.
Sylvester Stallone
Saying 'Buh-Bye' To SNL
Will Ferrell
Apparently, Will Ferrell is just plain bushed.
After seven years as a Saturday Night Live stalwart, the funnyguy famous for his dead-on impersonation of President George W. Bush's mangled vocabulary has
announced he's quitting his gig as a Not Ready for Prime-Time Player.
"Being on SNL has been a fulfillment of a dream. This show gave me opportunities that just wouldn't have been possible had I remained a bank teller in Irvine,"
says Ferrell. "The people I've come to know and work with have made my time here the best it could possibly be. I will truly miss them."
Ferrell bows out of SNL on the May 18 season finale.
Will Ferrell
Hosting Syndicated 'Regis'
Meredith Vieira
Meredith Vieira of ABC's "The View" will do double duty as host of the syndicated version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
The network planned to announce the deal Tuesday, according to sources close to the talks, all of whom spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
It also solves a problem for producers of the daytime version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." The show goes on the air in the fall and the
first two choices for host — Regis Philbin and Rosie O'Donnell — both turned the job down.
"Millionaire" and "The View" are both made by ABC and its production arm, Buena Vista Television.
Meredith Vieira
The Magician & The Mermaid?
Daryl & David?
Daryl Hannah is finding magic these days with magician David Blaine, who was previously linked to sexy swimsuit model Josie Maran. The star of "Splash" had been dating Val Kilmer, but pals say
his ego was overwhelming. Meanwhile, Blaine is gearing up for his next stunt - he'll stand on top of a 50-foot-tall pillar for 48 hours straight with no net to break his fall.
Daryl & David?
Reteams 'Raging Bull' Stars
'Analyze That'
Cathy Moriarty-Gentile will reteam with "Raging Bull" co-star Robert De Niro in "Analyze That," the Warner Bros. sequel to "Analyze This."
Moriarty-Gentile plays a formidable Mob widow who takes on her late husband's business and is not afraid to stand up to a mobster with serious emotional
problems (De Niro). The picture is in production in New York with Harold Ramis directing.
The teaming reunites Moriarty-Gentile with De Niro for the third time. In addition to her Oscar-nominated portrayal of Vickie LaMotta, she worked with
De Niro in James Mangold's 1998 feature "Cop Land."
'Analyze That'
The best part is there is no mention of Billy Crystal!
The Ever-Fabulous Liz Smith
All Clinton Ticket
While the world waits for news of what really went down between former President Bill Clinton and the honchos of NBC, let's consider something else as
unreal or unusual as a onetime chief executive as a network TV star. (Actually I think Mr. Bill would be just excellent at whatever he turned his hand to.)
But the other day someone lofted a weird proposition that bears thinking about, even if - as we always say when we are treading hypothetically - it is a
completely unfeasible idea. This scenario posited that Hillary Clinton would eventually run for president and her vice-presidential candidate would be Bill
Clinton. This raises an interesting Constitutional question. Should the hypothetical President Hillary die in office, would her husband be allowed to
ascend to the Oval Office again?
The Constitutional amendment that I and many others happen to think is "unconstitutional," demanding that no one run and serve as president of the U.S. for
more than two terms, would still be in effect. So could Bill Clinton be president for a third time, having "inherited" the office? He would still have "run
for it," in a manner of speaking. Several smarties I know tell me it would be "legally possible." But I'd love to hear from some Constitutional experts.
All Clinton Ticket
1 Story, 4 Spins - #1
Lynne & Ozzy
Vice President Dick Cheney's wife, Lynne, yesterday denied that she was outraged by Washington's fawning over Ozzy Osbourne at the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday.
Internet snoop Matt Drudge reported that the Second Lady told friends that the mumbling metalhead is "hardly someone we should be applauding … [He's] not a role model,
I am rather embarrassed."
"She never said that," claims a Cheney rep.
For a little more, 1 Story, 4 Spins - #1 - Lynne & Ozzy
1 Story, 4 Spins - #2
MTV Deal for 'The Osbournes'
MTV expects to close a deal this week with members of the family of the rock singer Ozzy Osbourne that will be the most expensive in the channel's history.
"The Osbournes," a reality show that chronicles the at times quirky, at times typical and at times bizarre daily events in the Osbourne household in California,
is the most successful new program in the history of MTV. It has scored the highest ratings for any entertainment program on cable television this season.
The unresolved details include issues like fees for syndication and DVD sales, executives with knowledge of the talks said. While these issues have snagged
the talks before, the executives now believe they are close to satisfying the parties.
For more, MTV Deal for 'The Osbournes'
1 Story, 4 Spins - #3
How to &#$@ Manage Like Sharon Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne's longtime wife and manager speaks.
Sharon Osbourne may know nothing about Six Sigma, but you should take notes anyway. Ozzy Osbourne's longtime (long-suffering?) wife and manager built the heavy-metal Ozzfest
into the top music festival in the country, gifted MTV with its highest-rated show ever, The Osbournes, and brought her husband back from the brink of irrelevance.
Manage your PR The National Enquirer ... camped outside our house for three days and asked our neighbors if they could gain access to our property from their property. As if everything
isn't known about us. It's like, What do they think? Ozzy's got some 11-year-old Asian boy locked up, and he's a homosexual or something?
Marry your job I worked with Ozzy before I married him. But, oh! He's the biggest pain in the ass! Most artists are, but at least with Ozzy you take it because he's a great artist.
For the rest, How to &#$@ Manage Like Sharon Osbourne
1 Story, 4 Spins - #4 (Moonie Times Version)
'Ozzy and Harried'
Ozzy has left the building — finally.
Washington is still dithering in the wake of Goth rocker Ozzy Osbourne, whose dark star rose above the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday night to fixate press and politicians alike.
Lynne V. Cheney, wife of Vice President Richard B. Cheney, was said to be in a fit of pique over Mr. Osbourne's adulation, according to Matt Drudge, who ran the story as an "exclusive" yesterday on his Web site (www.drudgereport.com).
"He's hardly someone to be applauding — not a role model," Mrs. Cheney was heard saying, at least according to Mr. Drudge, who also attended the soiree.
'Ozzy and Harried'
Insomniac Theatre
Winona Ryder
Actress Winona Ryder says a chronic case of insomnia, rather than her legal predicament, is keeping her up nights, but she has found a sympathetic ear
in fellow sleepless star Al Pacino.
The 30-year-old "Girl, Interrupted" star reveals that she and the veteran movie tough guy have become wee-hour telephone buddies in an interview appearing
in the June issue of W magazine, which hits newsstands later this month.
"I got a call from Al. He's an insomniac. We talk in the middle of the night," Ryder told the magazine. "I don't sleep, he doesn't sleep. So it is very
normal that we call each other at two in the morning. I just love him so much."
Winona Ryder
It's The Media's Fault!
Mike Tyson
Maui isn't exactly paradise for Mike Tyson - the island has no strippers. The hotheaded heavyweight, due to fight world champ Lennox Lewis in Memphis June 8,
picked Maui as his pre-fight training spot because it made him feel "peaceful." Then he found out there were no topless bars. "I found out after I got here,"
complained the boxer. Why does he need ecdysiasts? "You guys have written so much bad stuff about me, I can't remember the last time I [bleeped] a decent woman,"
Tyson told Memphis sports columnist Geoff Calkins. "I have to go with strippers and whores and [bleeps] because you put that image on me."
Mike Tyson
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Pinkslips Flying
Carsey-Werner
TV production powerhouse Carsey-Werner-Mandabach (CWM), the company behind the hit sitcom "That '70s Show," will cut up to 25% of its staff over the next few weeks -- another
sign of the still-ailing TV economy and the difficulties associated with remaining independent.
Layoffs are expect to hit about 35 of CWM's roughly 130 person staff, with cuts coming from both the production and distribution arms of the company. Company president-chief
operating officers Bob Dubelko and Dirk van de Bunt outlined the cost-cutting plans in a memo issued to staffers last week.
Fox's "That '70s Show," which heads into syndication this fall, is a lock to return. But two other CWM-produced Fox laffers -- "That '80s Show" and the critically praised
"Grounded for Life" -- are still on the bubble. CWM also has one pilot under consideration for the fall: ABC's "The Mayor of Oyster Bay."
Carsey-Werner
Who knew it was so expensive to date Katie Couric?
Love Them 'Thin Mints'
Bruce Willis
He may be one of the world's most famous movie tough guys but "Die Hard" star Bruce Willis also has a soft spot in his heart for Girl Scouts and their cookies.
Inspired by the youngest of his three daughters, Tallulah Belle Willis, 8, who is in the second grade and was selling the famous treats for her Sun Valley,
Idaho, Brownie-Girl Scout troop, the 47-year-old actor bought 12,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies for shipment to U.S. troops serving in and near Afghanistan,
his publicist, Paul Bloch said on Tuesday.
Willis paid the full price of $36,000, troop leader Sue Dumke said.
The cookies were en route to the region on Tuesday and would be divided among Army and Air Force personnel as well as Navy sailors and Marines aboard the USS Wasp, an
amphibious assault vessel, and the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy, Defense Department spokesman Lt. Col. Jim Cassella said.
Bruce Willis
Normally, I'd make a disparaging crack about affluence & the other member's of poor Tallulah Belle's troop, but, being a former Girl Scout, and a former Girl Scout Troop Leader,
that damn cookie money makes a real difference.
Right Answer, Wrong Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey was voted the pop act most people would like to see booted from the planet, according to The New York Post.
Carey placed first in the poll on the music Web site popdirt.com, which asked the question, "If you could remove one pop act's music from the face of the
earth, who would it be?" About 8,000 people replied to the poll.
Carey secured the top spot with 31 percent of the votes. Jennifer Lopez was the runner-up with 24 percent of the votes and 'N Sync nabbed the third spot with 12 percent.
Rounding out the top 10 were Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, the Backstreet Boys, Jessica Simpson, Enrique Iglesias, Madonna and Ricky Martin.
Mariah Carey
'Best Work In World Literature'
'Don Quixote'
"Don Quixote," the 17th-century Spanish tale about a madcap knight, was voted the world's best work of fiction by a poll of the world's leading authors on Tuesday.
Miguel de Cervantes' work eclipsed the plays of Shakespeare and masterpieces by authors from Homer to Tolstoy in the survey of a galaxy of 100 authors unveiled
at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
Writers including Salman Rushdie, Milan Kundera, John le Carre, John Irving, Nadine Gordimer, Carlos Fuentes and Norman Mailer gave "Don Quixote" 50 percent
more votes than the second-ranked work on the list of 100 novels, stories and plays.
The poll was organized by editors of Norwegian Book Clubs as part of a drive to promote classical literature against challenges from television, videos and computer games.
It said that 10 authors had more than one book on the list -- Dostoyevsky led with four, Kafka, Shakespeare and Tolstoy had three while Faulkner, Flaubert and
Garcia Marquez, Homer, Thomas Mann and Virginia Woolf had two.
'Don Quixote'
To Portray Ray Charles
Jamie Foxx
Actor and comedian Jamie Foxx is lined up for the title role in the movie "Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story."
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film will follow the music legend's life story from his start in Albany, Ga., to his rise through the music industry.
Jamie Foxx
Major Show to Open in London, Then Paris & NYC
Matisse & Picasso
A major exhibition of two of the greatest artists of the early 20th century opens in London on Saturday in a show the organizers say will demonstrate
clearly how much each one owed artistically to the other.
The goal of the Matisse/Picasso exhibition at the Tate Modern is to show some of the best works by both artists and dispel the critical myth that their
works had nothing in common.
The $1.6 billion show charts the changing styles of the two artistic geniuses and the way they fed off each other over nearly half a century.
Everywhere in evidence is Matisse's trademark use of color and nature, counterpoised by Picasso's abstraction and cubism.
But everywhere the secret and sometimes grudging homage each man pays the other is in evidence -- highlighted by the juxtaposition in room five of the 14 room show of
Matisse's 1914 Goldfish and Palette and Picasso's 1915 Harlequin.
Matisse & Picasso
Auction News
Qing Dynasty Vase
A Qing Dynasty vase, owned by the former publisher of the International Herald Tribune, fetched $5.32 million -- a record for porcelain from that period -- at auction Tuesday.
Sotheby's auction house said the price paid by Chinese businesswoman Alice Cheng for the peach-patterned vase from the Yongzheng period (1723-1735), set an auction record for
porcelain from the Qing Dynasty.
Qing Dynasty Vase
More Auction News
'Tiger' and 'Wolf'
Two of Jerry Garcia's favorite guitars are on the auction block this week.
Tiger and Wolf were supposedly his favorite and most played instruments. After his death in 1995, Garcia willed them to their maker, Doug Irwin.
The guitars are featured items in the auction of Garcia and Grateful Dead items on eBay tomorrow. Other items up for sale are paintings by Garcia,
original drafts of Grateful Dead lyrics and rare concert photos.
'Tiger' and 'Wolf'
In Memory
Judy Toll
Comedian-writer Judy Toll, who won over audiences by turning her neuroses into humor, died Thursday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after a
long battle with melanoma. She was 44.
Toll chronicled her search for happiness and a husband during regular stints at the alternative comedy showcase Uncabaret. She also worked her quest
into the basis for last season's ABC pilot "Me and My Needs," in which actress Nicole Sullivan played Toll's doppelganger.
"She was just an open book," said friend Nina Wass, who also executive produced "Me and My Needs." "She found humor in all of her own foibles, all of her own pain."
That included a mid-1990s dabble with Scientology, which she eventually left -- and managed to recover the $37,000 she had poured into the church. Like
everything else, what might have been embarrassing to anyone else quickly became comic fodder for Toll.
"'Me and My Needs' was the perfect title to her pilot (which Toll co-wrote with Cynthia Greenberg), because she always joked about how everything was about
her," said Dan Brecher, Toll's representative at the Rothman Agency. More recently, Toll had resolved many of those ongoing issues.
"Judy was on a quest to find her husband, and she turned it into a job," said Oscar-winning documentarian Rick Trank, who Toll met online and eventually
married last year. "When she and I found each other, I became part of the routine as well ... So much of what she wanted, she got these past three years."
On the professional front, Toll most recently served as a consultant on HBO's "Sex and the City," collaborating with good friend and executive
producer Michael Patrick King. A script she had penned with King went into production a day after her death.
According to Trank, Toll -- whose writing credits include stints on "The Geena Davis Show" and "Boy Meets World," in addition to the 1988 feature "Casual
Sex?" -- felt that she had hit her stride with "Sex and the City."
Toll's real love was performing. That included a 1980s stint with the Groundlings, where the Philadelphia native shared a stage with talent such as Phil
Hartman and Kathy Griffin. More recently, she felt at home at comedy outpost Uncabaret. Besides Trank, Toll is survived by her mother, brother and sister,
two stepchildren and a sister-in-law.
A celebration of Toll's life will be held June 9; donations in her memory may be made to the John Wayne Cancer Institute.
Judy Toll
In Memory
Seattle Slew
Seattle Slew always had a sense of timing. Winner of the 1977 Triple Crown and sire of more than 100 stakes winners, the big black stallion died
Tuesday — 25 years to the day after his victory in the Kentucky Derby.
For the first time since Sir Barton won the Derby, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes in 1919, there is no living Triple Crown winner stabled anywhere in the world.
A big gangly yearling who turned into a muscular colt with "blinding speed and burning determination," Seattle Slew died in his stall at the advanced
age of 28. He was buried an hour later, beneath a statue in a courtyard at Hill 'n' Dale, a 319-acre farm near Lexington, Ky.
Slew, as he was affectionately known, was the only horse to win the Triple Crown while undefeated and his three-year racing career produced 14 wins in 17 races and earnings of $1,208,726.
"He was the most complete thoroughbred the industry has seen," owner Mickey Taylor said. "He just kept raising the bar with every record he broke."
For the rest, Seattle Slew
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Friday, May 17th, 2002 at 9:00 pm PST (GMT-7). Service will
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'The Osbournes'
Recently updated.
Put up a page devoted to 'The Osbournes'
C'mon....send your thoughts, your impressions, your views, your favorite quotes...
Scroll down for lots of addys to pick from (or 'from which to pick', for the truly anal retentive).
