BartCop Entertainment Archives - Wednesday, 15 August, 2007

Wednesday

15 August, 2007

(Updated Daily)

[19 days in a row]

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'Best of TBH Politoons'

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Thanks, again, Tim!

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M Is FOR MASHUP - August 15 2007

The Exciting KBPS of ANDREWHERRING

By DJ Useo




I was mighty pleased to see Andrewherring had a new web site & a collection of his most famous pieces available as a single download. The compilation is called 'The Mysteriose Wurld O' Andrewherring' & is a marvelous listen. I've enjoyed tracks like his "Toxic Lion Tamer' (Britney vs Wire) & 'Ace Of Maroon' (Ace Of Bass vs Maroon 5) for a couple years now, & loved getting them alongside many unknown cuts as well. They are done up with lots of D 'n B so as to please the modern tastes, yet enhancing the source material. I remember trying to download his 'Matt Catt' tracks on dial-up & having to start over constantly as the files kept coming up short. Now, I got a large dose of his classics all at once in a handy zip file. His work is exemplified by appealing pop merged with stylish beats & delivered with creative success. No wonder he's spent time crafting exclusive mashup tracks for MTV.
Ripping, innit?



In addition to his fine single tracks, Andrewherring teams up regularly with DJ Lumpy & Juxtaposeur to release the splendid variety podcast WOBCAST. Now up to it's 24th episode, Wobcast provides a sounding board for one of the largest & most seasoned musical aficionados I've ever experienced. In the latest show there were cuts by the Avalanches, Scritti Politti & DaVinci's Notebook. You really don't know what kind of great track you'll hear, but you know it'll be cool. Doubling the coolability is a regular bonus beats addition podcast with even more aural goodies. The 24th Bonus beats goes from Yoji Biomehanika to Nerina Pallot to Manhattan Transfer, a ride both dizzying, & satisfying.



Andrewherring, DJ Lumpy, & Juxtaposeur also perform club nights which they organise, majoring in mash ups, tv themes, crazy covers and various weird stuff as well as their old faves - a bit like the wobcasts really. If you attend Electric Kettle, you'll hear down-tempo / drum & Bass / psychedelic fare that has thrilled live audiences in Bristol. Altho the group is on indefinite hiatus at the moment, they will return shortly as they did when the West Of Bastard shows ceased. Andrewherring mentioned "We get together fairly regularly and play music we like, in the strict order of Juxtaposeur/Lumpy/me and we never ever play a track twice." This is the kind of life that appeals to me. Crowd & self-satisfying, with a never-ending vigor.



Andrewherring generously agreed to answer some appropriate inquiries.



01 - How do feel about the club owners &/or the audiences. Are they providing you good stimulation as a performer?

   "I think it's safe to say that all the venues we've done West of Bastard and Eclectic Kettle in have had terrible owners/ management. We've found Bristol to be a hard place to get a decent venue where everybody loves each other and that's soul destroying and saps the enjoyment from promoting and deejaying. We've had some great appreciative crowds in the last venue we frequented though which went some way to making up for that - though we won't be going back there..."





02-Do you have any advice for prospective bootleggers?

   "Don't take initial indifference as rejection, there's 100's of folk producing bootlegs every month, it's hard work to get feedback when you're new. Try doing something different, nichey. I didn't get any feedback at all on my first boots, and then some true but hard comments on the next few, which to be honest were badly produced. But i got some nice feedback from folk who thought the ideas were at least good.



03-Can you relate a memorable tale of bootlegging?

   Possibly my worst bootleg moment "evergreenything I do" was my only track to be namechecked in the Guardian. Also getting a track accepted for MTV mash only for them to cancel the programme.



04-Wot bootlegging plans do you foresee in the future?

   I'm trying to mash Ronan Keating, Daniel Powter, Delta Goodrem and Vanessa Carlton with some 180+bpm beats at the moment. And I've just completed a Halloween sort of thing...



05-are you in favour of mashup compilations?

   If they're a good genre or band that I like, why not?



06-What format do you think is best for audience delivery.Websites or radio/clubs?

   People are all different - for me website every time.



07-Have you performed abroad much?

   No.



08-Do you sing or play any instrument?

   Theramin? Double bass, sequencers...



09-The WOBCASTS are awesome.How does the process go for them?

   We arrive at Pete's house at 8pm GMT and go down to his basement at 8.30pm (GMT). Pete always starts and plays 1 maybe 2 tunes. Then Lumpy and then me. Then we repeat. We never play a tune twice. Pete drinks Stella, Lumpy drinks cider or Pete's Stella, I drink tea or Pete's Stella. We play about 80-90% CD's to vinyl. There's always great excitement when Pete's actually been to a record shop....



For more details on Andrewherring,check out a wonderful interview on Kid G's blog - twentyq.blogspot.com/2005/01/

More intriguing facts here courtesy of RadioQuita - strangelyfamiliar.com/streetteam/ah.htm

To peek into his musical tastes & interests, view here - last.fm/user/andrewherring/

thejuxtaposition.co.uk/andrewherring.html

profile.myspace.com/icantbelievesomeoneisalreadycalledandrewherring

profile.myspace.com/eclectickettle

thejuxtaposition.co.uk/wobcasts.html



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CHINESE RECALL OF WATER TORTURE DEVICES HAS ADMINISTRATION SCRAMBLING


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Reader Suggestion

Iatronudia

A good word for Mr Purple (was he in reservoir dogs?)

Iatronudia

n. a woman's pretending to be ill in order to disrobe in front of a doctor

Vic
in Alaska


Thanks, Vic!

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Jonathan Shaw: "Debtor Nation: The rising risks of the American Dream, on a borrowed dime" (harvardmagazine.com)
Consumerism is as American as cherry pie. Plasma TVs, iPods, granite countertops: you name it, we'll buy it. To finance the national pastime, Americans have been borrowing from abroad on an increasingly stunning scale.


Andisheh Nouraee: The War on Terror, So Far (atlanta.creativeloafing.com)
How has a cave-dwelling trust-fund baby with a video camera and a chip on his shoulder managed to outfight the most powerful nation in the history of Earth?


Jim Hightower: HOW UNPOPULAR IS BUSH? (jimhightower.com)
I knew that George W's public approval rating was low - now ranking just above public support for Mad Cow disease - but I hadn't realized that his name has become so toxic that even...


Jackson Williams: Karl Rove's "Permanent Republican Majority"
What is so telling about this field of Republican presidential candidates is that after eight years of having the White House, 12 years of having the House, and the Senate much of that time, the "bench" of the Republican Party is so thin, so poor in terms of seriousness, intellectual heft and ability to articulate a vision.


Peter Hogan: All Tomorrow's Parties: The Warhol Years 1965-1967, Part Two (popmatters.com)
In the second of two exclusive PopMatters book excerpts from The Rough Guide to the Velvet Underground, Hogan offers a who's who of Andy Warhol's Factory people.


Luaine Lee: Kenneth Branagh takes Shakespeare to Japan for HBO (McClatchy-Tribune News Service; Posted on popmatters.com)
Irish actor Kenneth Branagh just cannot leave well enough alone. Not only is he an actor of note (he's been dubbed the heir apparent to Laurence Olivier), he's also a director.


Tom Gregory: Oscar Time for Hattie McDaniel (huffingtonpost.com)
The recent reincarnation of Hairspray reminds us that America's segregated past is still part of our national dialog. Black Americans' stories of survival under those absurd laws are inspiring. Black heroes often went unsung, unnoticed and unrewarded. Today because of one African-American who excelled in her field, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is poised on the brink of a crisis of conscience.


David Bender: Joie de Merv (huffingtonpost.com)
It was during the run of his CBS show (1969-1972) that opposition to the Vietnam War reached its highest point. Merv continued to book controversial guests like Jane Fonda and Muhammad Ali, despite the network's constant pressure on him to remain "balanced." He received a memo that said, "In the past six weeks, thirty-four antiwar statements have been made on your show and only one pro-war statement, by John Wayne." Merv fired back immediately, "Find me someone as famous as John Wayne who supports the war and I'll book him."


Beth Quinn: Rusty, the town dog, goes to a band concert (recordonline.com)
This is just a little summer story about a dog I used to know, a long, long time ago.


What is a chumby? (chumby.com)
The chumby is a compact device that displays useful and entertaining information from the web: news, photos, music, celebrity gossip, weather, box scores, blogs - using your wireless internet connection. Always on, it shows - nonstop - what's online that matters to you.


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SEEMS APPROPIATE

TO SPLIT WOOD PICKETS AT THE

CORNER OF A FENCE

zEN mAN
(observing a choice that the fence builder made when he turned a corner....after all you can't put a whole picket there....can you?)

zEN mAN archives


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Reader Suggestion

Iraq Parliament video

I thought you might like this. Dark stuff from Americablog today:

Iraq Parliament video



I love the purple middle fingers.

Chris


Thanks, Chris!

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Purple Gene Reviews

Jeffrey Steele

King of Country Music Songwriters



Purple Gene's review of Country Songwriter, singer and superstar Jeffrey Steele live at the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tennessee…..celebrating the Club's 25th Anniversary:

JEFFREY STEELE IS THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN COUNTRY!

No kidding…Jeffrey Steele is the James Brown of Country Music ….when he performs; it's as if he has Billy Clyde's ("Semi-Tough" (1977) pissing flask taped to his leg…because Friday night Jeff got on stage at the Bluebird Café in Nashville to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this premier world famous music venue….and he stayed on that stage…..he didn't get off for almost 4 ½ hours…not a single break in the music…and Mister Steele proceeded to play almost every song he's written that has made so many great singers famous…..



Jeffrey Steele has been called the "Cole Porter of Country"….he is the most prolific and successful songwriter in town today…..I was watching Billy Ray Cyrus on CNN the other day, talking about his role as "Hannah Montana's" dad on the Disney Channel and he was discussing his new music album coming out…..with a single, "Flyin' By", written by a guy named Jeffrey Steele who Cyrus called "The greatest songwriter in the world" !!! well that may be stretching it…..and Jeffrey told me Billy Ray is a little bit of a liar…..but as far as I'm concerned …it ain't far from the truth !!!!

YOU'D NEVER KNOW THIS GUY IS THE KING OF COUNTRY SONGWRITERS!

So Jeff just wanders on to the stage Friday night, looking like a homeless biker…picks up an acoustic guitar….wraps himself around it and starts playing….every person in this packed living room like club, including Jeffrey's wife and daughter, Amy the owner and over 100 adoring fans were treated to perhaps the greatest performance of their lives !



It was truly a "Hit Parade" of songs Jeffrey has written….number one after number one ….all made famous by other singers like Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Rascal Flatts, Trace Atkins, Montgomery Gentry, Van Zant, Dimond Rio, Kevin Sharp and Leann Rimes to just mention a few….and a new song called "This Cowboy Life is Killin' Me" that's on hold for George Strait to record.



Jeff dredged up an old song he wrote for his wife, Stephanie, called "Drunk Girl"…. and with a tattoo on the right arm of his recently deceased son Alex and his daughter on the left he performed a beautiful version of "What Hurts the Most" ….the song of the year in 2006 !

HE JUST WON'T GET OFF THE STAGE!

As the clock approached 1:45 AM…and after Jeffrey asked the crowd if he could do a couple more (for the 4th time), the "Man of Steele" with the "Heart of Gold"….in his bare feet had mercy on the crowd and did just one more….oh what a night !

Jeffrey Steele, Bob DePiro, Tony Mullins and Craig Wiseman are known all over as the "Hit Men of Music Row" …..but Purple Gene pronounces Jeffrey Steele as the…..

THE KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC SONGWRITERS!




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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO JAIL!

BLACKMART! NOW THIS ONE IS REALLY SCARY!

WE SUCK!

GOD AS A NEUROTIC NUT!

THE DEMOCRACY OF INFORMATION!

"IF HE'S SO SMART..."

ET TU BUSHY!

WHO WOULD GOD TORTURE?

THE MULLAH OF MALARKEY!

THE CHIMP IS STARTING TO SOUND LIKE TRICKY!

CUT-AND-RUN KARL!

THE TEN YEAR SURGE!

ALL GODS SUCK!

TAX AND SPEND REPUBLICANS!

THIS REPUG ASSHOLE JUST KEEPS GETTING CREEPIER!

THE HUTT AND THE PUTZ!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

A bit too toasty.



Tonight, Wednesday:

CBS starts the night with a FRESH 'Power Of 10', followed by a RERUN 'Criminal Minds', then a RERUN 'CSI: The 3rd One'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 6/28/07) are Robin Williams and Julie Chen.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Aishwarya Rai, Dom Irrera, and Lifehouse.

NBC opens the night with a RERUN 'Most Outrageous Moments', followed by a FRESH 'Last Comic Standing', then 'Dateline'.
On a RERUN Leno (from 7/31/07) are Chris Tucker, Marc Anthony, and the John Butler Trio.
On a RERUN Conan (R 4/11/07) are Tina Fey, Kevin Pollak, and Mystery.
On a RERUN Carson Daly (from 6/13/07) are Josh Flitter and Satellite Party.

ABC begins the night with a RERUN 'Jim', followed by a FRESH 'Knights Of Prosperity', then the SERIES PREMIERE 'NASCAR In Primetime', followed by a FRESH 'The Nine'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 7/19/07) are Sean Hayes, Chris Hansen, and Kalai.

The CW offers a RERUN 'America's Next Top Model', followed by another RERUN 'America's Next Top Model'.

Faux has a FRESH 2-hour 'So You Think You Can Dance'.

MY has the RERUN 'Night Of A Million Laughs: Comics Unleashed'.

A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', another 'CSI: The 2nd One', still another 'CSI: The 2nd One', and 'The Sopranos'.

AMC offers the movie 'Below', followed by the movie 'Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines', then the movie 'Catwoman'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 8;
 [1:00 PM]    Everything Must Go - Episode 8;
 [1:30 PM]    Everything Must Go - Episode 9;
 [2:00 PM]    The Weakest Link - Episode 16;
 [3:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8;
 [3:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9;
 [4:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 1;
 [4:30 PM]    Whose Line Is It Anyway? - TBA;
 [5:00 PM]    Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 2;
 [5:30 PM]    Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Episode 3;
 [6:00 PM]    My Family - Ep. 6 Driving Miss Crazy;
 [6:30 PM]    My Family - Ep. 7 I Second That Emulsion;
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News;
 [7:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 11;
 [8:00 PM]    Hotel Babylon - Episode 1;
 [9:00 PM]    Hotel Babylon - Episode 2;
 [10:00 PM]    Coupling - Ep. 7 Dressed;
 [10:40 PM]    World Stands Up, The - Episode 13;
 [11:00 PM]    Hotel Babylon - Episode 1;
 [12:00 AM]    Hotel Babylon - Episode 2;
 [1:00 AM]    Coupling - Ep. 7 Dressed;
 [1:40 AM]    The World Stands Up - Episode 13;
 [2:00 AM]    The Weakest Link - Episode 17;
 [3:00 AM]    Hollyoaks - Episode 53;
 [3:30 AM]    Changing Rooms - Ep. 6 Weston Super Mare;
 [4:00 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 31 Shepton 22;
 [4:30 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 34 Detling 26;
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 6 Chislett;
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 7 Chamberlain;
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has all 'Top Chef' all night.

Comedy Central has
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Stephen F. Hayes.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Michael Wallis.

Discovery has a FRESH 'Mythbusters'.

FX has the movie 'The Green Mile', followed by the movie 'Deuce Begalow: Male Gigolo', then a FRESH 'Rescue Me'.

History has 'More Dangerous Cargo', 'Modern Marvels', 'Lost Worlds', and 'UFO Black Box: UFO Secrets'.

IFC  -   
 [06:45 AM]    The Station Agent;
 [08:20 AM]    People I Know;
 [10:05 AM]    Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle;
 [12:15 PM]    Mansfield Park;
 [02:15 PM]    The Station Agent;
 [03:50 PM]    Girl With a Pearl Earring;
 [05:35 PM]    Media Lab Results;
 [05:45 PM]    Before Night Falls;
 [08:00 PM]    The Business #202: Vic's Bringing Sexy Back;
 [08:30 PM]    Minor Accomplishments #202: We're Number Two;
 [09:00 PM]    Gosford Park;
 [11:30 PM]    IFC News Special: Comic-Con Chronicles;
 [12:00 AM]    Bright Young Things;
 [01:50 AM]    IFC News Special;
 [02:00 AM]    Gosford Park;
 [04:20 AM]    The Business #202: Vic's Bringing Sexy Back;
 [04:50 AM]    Minor Accomplishments #202: We're Number Two;
 [05:20 AM]    IFC Short Film Showcase.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

SciFi has the movie 'Stir Of Echoes: The Homecoming', followed by 'Ghost Hunters', and 'Mind Control With Derren Brown'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:00 AM]    Lucie Aubrac;
 [07:00 AM]    It's All Gone Pete Tong;
 [09:00 AM]    Haiti: The End of the Chimera?;
 [10:00 AM]    Slaughterhouse Five;
 [12:00 PM]    I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth;
 [01:00 PM]    It's All Gone Pete Tong;
 [03:00 PM]    Photographing Fairies;
 [05:00 PM]    Slaughterhouse Five;
 [07:00 PM]    Ushpizin;
 [09:00 PM]    Episode 5: Somewhere in the Future;
 [09:00 PM]    Milo 55160;
 [10:00 PM]    It's All Gone Pete Tong;
 [11:00 PM]    C.R.A.Z.Y.;
 [01:00 AM]    Memento Mori;
 [03:00 AM]    Sir! No Sir!;
 [05:00 AM]    I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth.    (ALL TIMES EDT)


TCM pays a 24-hour tribute to Joan Bennett.
 [6:00 AM]      Eleven Men And A Girl (1930)    [AKA: 'Maybe It's Love'];
 [7:30 AM]      Colonel Effingham's Raid (1945);
 [9:00 AM]      Little Women (1933);
 [11:30 AM]      Big Brown Eyes (1936);
 [1:00 PM]      The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939);
 [2:30 PM]      The Woman In The Window (1944);
 [4:30 PM]      The Woman On The Beach (1947);
 [6:00 PM]      The Son Of Monte Cristo (1941);
 [8:00 PM]      The Man in the Iron Mask (1939);
 [10:00 PM]      Father Of The Bride (1950);
 [11:45 PM]      Father's Little Dividend (1951);
 [1:15 AM]      Moby Dick (1930);
 [2:45 AM]      Disraeli (1929);
 [4:15 AM]      House Of Dark Shadows (1970).
    (ALL TIMES EDT)


Thursday  -  08/16/07

TCM pays a 24-hour tribute to Elvis Presley.
 [6:00 AM]      Stay Away Joe (1968);
 [7:45 AM]      Charro! (1969);
 [9:30 AM]      Elvis: That's The Way It Is 2001 (2001);
 [11:15 AM]      Speedway (1968);
 [1:00 PM]      Double Trouble (1967);
 [2:45 PM]      Spinout (1966);
 [4:30 PM]      Harum Scarum (1965);
 [6:15 PM]      Kissin' Cousins (1964);
 [8:00 PM]      Jailhouse Rock (1957);
 [10:00 PM]      Viva Las Vegas (1964);
 [11:30 PM]      Clambake (1967);
 [1:30 AM]      Wild in the Country (1961);
 [3:30 AM]      That's Entertainment! III (1994).
    (ALL TIMES EDT)


USA



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Judd Apatow, left, and his wife, Leslie Mann, arrive at the premiere of 'Superbad' in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007.
Photo by Matt Sayles
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Credibility Takes a Dive After Exposé

Wikipedia

The credibility of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has taken another dive after a newly developed software program exposed how the CIA, corporations like Diebold and others routinely edit entries to bury criticism and manipulate the truth.

A CalTech graduate student has developed a software tool that threatens to slam the final nail in the coffin of any credibility Wikipedia had left.

The Wikipedia Scanner also allows users to type in an IP range and find out which organizations are editing what pages on Wikipedia.

"The result: A database of 5.3 million edits, performed by 2.6 million organizations or individuals ranging from the CIA to Microsoft to Congressional offices, now linked to the edits they or someone at their organization's net address has made. Some of this appears to be transparently self-interested, either adding positive, press release-like material to entries, or deleting whole swaths of critical material," concludes the Wired report.

Wikipedia

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Speaks Truth In AD, POs POTUS

HRC

The White House on Tuesday assailed Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton for criticizing resident Bush in her latest television ad, calling her statements "outrageous."

The 60-second spot, which began running Tuesday in Iowa, intercuts scenes of the candidate interacting with voters and talking about challenges facing many working people.

"If you're a family that is struggling and you don't have health care, you are invisible to this president," the New York senator says in the ad. "If you're a single mom trying to find affordable child care so you can go to work, you're invisible too.

"Americans work harder than anyone else in the world, yet we're not getting rewarded," she said. "We're seeing a growing gap between the haves and have-nots that threatens the backbone of our country, the middle class that built our country."

HRC

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Andy Williams (C) meets with members of the Osmond family and crew members before an Osmond 50th anniversary show at the Orleans hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada August 13, 2007. The Osmond Brothers got their national debut on the Andy Williams Show, a musical variety television show, in 1962. The concert, being taped over two days by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), will be broadcast in the U.S. in March 2008.
Photo by Steve Marcus
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GOP 'Debate' Rescheduled

CNN-YouTube

After a few weeks of uncertainty following a less-than-enthusiastic response from the GOP presidential candidates, the CNN-YouTube Republican debate is back on.

CNN said Monday that the debate would be held November 28. It was originally scheduled for mid-September, but most of the Republican presidential candidates had claimed scheduling conflicts. CNN and YouTube said they were working hard to resolve those conflicts, leading to the change in date.

The venue will remain the same, the Mahaffey Theatre in St. Petersburg, Fla. So will the host, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who hosted the Democratic debate in mid-July in Charleston, S.C.

CNN-YouTube

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Elvis & Lisa Marie

Presley's Duet

A new video of Lisa Marie Presley singing "In the Ghetto," accompanied by her late father, Elvis Presley, will be posted Friday on the AOL Internet site Spinner.com, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

To mark the 30th anniversary of her father's death, Lisa Marie Presley's voice was added to the original version of her father's hit song from 1969. The video duet also features images of her late father.

Spinner.com will post the video along with the transcript of an interview with Lisa Marie Presley, AOL spokesman Kurt Patat said. In the interview, Lisa Marie Presley said the project was emotionally stirring.

Lisa Marie Presley also talks in the interview about how she was offended to see her father's song "Viva Las Vegas" used in a Viagra commercial. "I find that revolting," she said. "Some songs we have no control over. I know we didn't license that one."

Presley's Duet

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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HBO Cancels

'John From Cincinnati'

The wave has crashed for "John From Cincinnati." A day after its first-season finale, HBO on Monday canceled the dark surfing drama.

Labeled by critics as "strange," "weird" and "unlikable," "John" never clicked with viewers despite a strong marketing campaign and such well-known leads as Rebecca De Mornay and Bruce Greenwood.

For the few devoted fans of the show, which David Milch ("Deadwood") created with "surf noir" author Kem Nunn, the mysterious final line in the season finale -- John saying, "Mother of God, Cass-Kai" over a shot of Kai (Keala Kennelly) surfing -- will remain just that, a mystery.

'John From Cincinnati'

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The Viking warship replica, Havhingsten af Glendalough (the Sea Stallion of Glendalough), makes its way from Dublin Bay into Dublin Port, Ireland August 14, 2007.
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Expanding To 4 Hours

'Today'

When the fourth hour of "Today" goes on the air next month, there will be a familiar feel. But expect some surprises as well, the show's executive producer promises.

"Today," one of NBC's bright spots, remains the leader in viewership and profitability after 55 years on the air. After a successful third hour launched in 2000, NBC decided to add a fourth hour, which has received clearance in more than 90% of its affiliates, many of which will air the fourth hour immediately after the first three at 10 a.m.

The network on Tuesday officially anointed Ann Curry, Natalie Morales and Hoda Kotb as co-hosts for the hour along with appearances by a cast that includes David Gregory, Giada De Laurentiis and Tiki Barber. Anchors Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira aren't involved.

'Today'

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Closes After 1 Nighy

'Idol: The Musical'

A musical inspired by the hit reality television show "American Idol" has been voted off the stage in New York -- closing one day after officially opening off Broadway.

"Idol: The Musical," touted as a "satirical musical comedy that focuses on the outrageous and delusional fan base of the hit television show," closed on Monday after two casts, 47 preview performances and one regular show.

Producer Todd Ellis said in a statement that he closed the production "due to a lack of advance ticket sales, a lack of positive feedback from audience members and critics and a lack of sustainable financial resources."

'Idol: The Musical'

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Vidiot Speak
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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Settles With CBS

Don Imus

Don Imus has reached a settlement with CBS over his multimillion-dollar contract and is negotiating to resume his broadcasting career.

Imus and CBS Radio "have mutually agreed to settle claims that each had against the other regarding the Imus radio program on CBS," the network and Imus' attorney Martin Garbus said in a joint statement Tuesday.

The terms of the settlement will not be disclosed, according to the statement. CBS and Garbus confirmed only that the settlement had been reached.

The settlement pre-empts the dismissed radio personality's threatened $120 million breach-of-contract lawsuit.

Don Imus

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A plaster mold of Abraham's Lincoln's face, probably made from a bronze copy of a life mask made shortly before the president's death in 1865, is seen Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, at the Chicago History Museum. The plaster cast is one of two life masks used in a new study that found an unusual degree of asymmetry in the 16th president's face.
Photo by M. Spencer Green
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Another Day, Another Lawsuit

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan was sued Tuesday for assault and negligence by a woman who was a passenger in a car the actress is accused of chasing while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Lohan "put me through one of the most frightening experiences of my life," Tracie Rice said in a statement after the lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

The lawsuit also alleges intentional infliction of emotional distress. It seeks unspecified damages and also payment of medical and other expenses related to emotional distress.

The lawsuit doesn't provide a reason for the chase. However, two men who claim they were unwilling passengers in the car driven by Lohan have said she was upset with the daughter of Michelle Peck.

Lindsay Lohan

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Explains Weight Loss

Courtney Love

Courtney Love posed for the upcoming issue of Harper's Bazaar wearing a hat, jewelry and shoes.

"Go check it out. All of the size 8s are gone," the 43-year-old singer tells the magazine in its September issue, on newsstands Aug 21. "I've lost a lot of weight, and I have done it through being quite disciplined."

Love says she now weighs about 139 pounds. She credits her new figure to visits to a clinic for "colonics and fasting" several times a year and eating a daily diet of two meal replacement shakes and "fish and macrobiotic food."

Courtney Love

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One of the two-month-old Persian leopard triplets growls at their first showing in the Budapest Zoo on August 14, 2007.
Photo by Laszlo Balogh
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Pitches Hissy Fit

50 Cent

It has been reported that 50 Cent "erupted" during a meeting at his record label Interscope, after a forthcoming single and video--a collaboration with Robin Thicke--inadvertently leaked on to the Internet.

Reported by MTV News, the track "Follow My Lead" was due to be released as the third single from the rapper's forthcoming album Curtis, and after current videos for "I Get Money" and "Ayo Technology" had dropped from rotation.

According to MTV's sources, when 50 heard about the leak he reportedly ripped a plasma TV from the wall and threw his mobile phone through a window.

50 Cent

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Seeks Testimony

YouTube

Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, whose programs were once among the most viewed on YouTube, were requested by the video site to give testimony in legal proceedings as it fights a $1 billion lawsuit by Viacom Inc, according to court filings.

The two hosts of the Viacom hits "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" were listed as numbers three and four out of 32 people called by YouTube to give a deposition in Viacom's case against it and parent Google Inc, according to a document filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York last week.

Viacom sued Google and YouTube in March after failing to reach a distribution agreement. Viacom said YouTube carried the entertainment company's programs on its site without permission.

At the time, Viacom said its Comedy Central shows were among the most viewed video clips on YouTube's service overall, which allows users to upload material. Ahead of the suit, Colbert had even urged fans to make him a star on sites like YouTube.

YouTube

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A worker helps to eradicate a coca leaf plantation as part of a government counter narcotics program in El Penol southern Narino province, August 14, 2007. After seven years of fumigating illicit drug crops from the air, Colombia recently announced it will now focus more on manual eradication of the plants used to make cocaine.
Photo by Jose Miguel Gomez
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Republican Lawmakers Make History

Alaska

When he was a keeper of the federal purse strings, Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska told another Republican senator who opposed the infamous "bridge to nowhere," "I don't threaten people. I promise people."

His home-state GOP colleague, Rep. Don Young, was not to be outdone. Last month he told a fellow House member who opposed education money for native Alaskans: "There is always another day when those who bite will be killed, too, and I am very good at that. Those that bite me will be bitten back."

Stevens and Young may not be promising, threatening or biting anymore, now that both are under federal investigation.

The investigations - and a questionable land deal that entangled the third member of Alaska's congressional delegation - also may have ended a modern-day gold rush that sent billions of federal dollars to the state.

Alaska's entire delegation is under an ethical cloud, something congressional historians say is unprecedented:

Alaska

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Prime-Time Nielsens

Ratings

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Aug. 6-12. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

    1. (36) "America's Got Talent," NBC, 10.84 million viewers.
    2. (28) "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.22 million viewers.
    3. (7) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 9.82 million viewers.
    4. (X) "Power of Ten Preview," CBS, 9.24 million viewers.
    5. (23) "Without a Trace," CBS, 9.19 million viewers.
    6. (39) "Singing Bee," NBC, 9.09 million viewers.
    7. (19) "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 9.05 million viewers.
    8. (65) "Hell's Kitchen," Fox, 8.9 million viewers.
    9. (23) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 8.87 million viewers.
   10. (72) "Don't Forget Lyrics" (Wednesday), Fox, 8.73 million viewers.
   11. (22) "CSI: NY," CBS, 8.5 million viewers.
   12. (81) "Dateline NBC" (Monday), NBC, 7.93 million viewers.
   13. (X) "Singing Bee" (Monday), NBC, 7.90 million viewers.
   14. (58) "So You Think You Can Dance" (Wednesday), Fox, 7.87 million viewers.
   15. (25) "Cold Case," CBS, 7.86 million viewers.
   16. (90) "Big Brother 8" (Thursday), CBS, 7.80 million viewers.
   17. (81) "Power of Ten," CBS, 7.77 million viewers.
   18. (25) "Shark," CBS, 7.60 million viewers.
   19. (12) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 7.54 million viewers.
   20. (112) "Big Brother 8" (Sunday), CBS, 7.52 million viewers.

Ratings

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Twelve-year-old panda Jiaozi looks at one of her twin cubs at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center in southwest China's Sichuan province August 13, 2007. Two female pandas in the southwest China giant panda research center gave birth to three cubs on Monday, a rarity for the animals that have borne a record 34 cubs last year, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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