'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Weekly Review
HARPER'S WEEKLY REVIEW
August 20, 2002
The European Union told countries that hope someday to join the
organization that they should refuse to sign agreements with the
United States promising never to turn over American soldiers to the
International Criminal Court. American officials were upset. "We're
not applying any pressure on countries to sign these agreements," one
State Department functionary said. "And we don't think it's
appropriate for the European Union to prevent other countries from
signing them."
Senior military officers revealed to the press that the
Reagan Administration continued to provide military support to Iraq
during its war with Iran even after the administration learned that
Iraq was using chemical weapons; Iraq's past use of chemical weapons
has been cited repeatedly by President Bush as justification for an
invasion.
Brent Scowcroft, the former national security adviser to
President George H. W. Bush, wrote an article in the Wall Street
Journal warning President George W. Bush not to start a war with Iraq.
Scowcroft's close relationship to the President's father has led to
much speculation that the elder Bush disapproves of his son's
aggressive war posture and that he used his faithful adviser to convey
that message publicly.
Generals Norman Schwarzkopf and Wesley Clark
also said they opposed a unilateral invasion of Iraq.
Applications to
the Peace Corps were up.
A number of videotapes made by Al Qaeda were
discovered; several contained footage of dogs being killed by what
appeared to be chemical weapons, and one contained a documentary in
which Osama bin Laden called Saddam Hussein a bad Muslim.
Sudan changed its national slogan from "Jihad, Victory, and Martyrdom" to
"Peace, Unity, and Development."
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian for
murder and cut off the hand of a Syrian pickpocket. Texas executed a
Mexican.
Continued at www.harpers.org/weekly-review
-- Roger D. Hodge
'Recovery'
the worried shrimp
'Recovery My Ass!'
by Alvin
Bombin'
Another Chapter of Bombing for Poll Numbers?
The economy is faltering, the stock market has tanked & pResident Bush's lame attempt at portraying himself as the champion of corporateresponsibility has failed. Sounds like a good time to wag the dog &invade Iraq?
With poll numbers down & with both the pResident & his VP under allegations of corporate crookery, this makes an attack more likely. The deeper the economy sinks into recession - the more likely this administration will resort to war to distract us from the spreadingdomestic chaos.
MIDILink
B O M B I N'
{Sung to 'Jammin' by Bob Marley}
{As Sung By pResident Evil}
Ooh yeah... well
All right...
We're lyin'
Ari's gonna lie to you
We're takin' - takin
Ashcroft will take away your civil rights, too
They're my rules - not to break
Or I can incarcerate
So, shut your mouth - don't argue
Your fate is in my hand
Or be tried by secret tribunal
I'm ruling til '04 is through
We're bombin'
To think that we're still at war with Afghanistan
We're bombin'
And I hope this war's not gonna last
No bullet can stop me now
'Cause I neither beg nor bow
Either I get that poll numbers up or you die
You can defend your right
I will use US military might
Poll numbers are worth much more than gold
We're bombin'
We're bombin' in the name of precious polls
We're bombin' (bombin', bombin', bombin')
We're bombin' right straight from your yard
Singing Holy Mighty Polls Swell, Holy Mighty Polls Swell
I wanna bomb Saddam - polls are down like the Dow Jones
We're bombin'
Yeah, we're bombin' (we're bombin')
We're bombin' in the name of precious polls
We're bombin' (bombin', bombin', bombin')
We're bombin' right straight from your yard
Pop knows how much I've lied
The truth I cannot hide
What'll keep me satisfied
The war that will exists
Is for the love of polls I can't resist
Poppy's on my side
We're bombin'
We're bombin' in the name of precious polls
We're bombin', we're bombin', we're bombin', we're bombin'
We're bombin', we're bombin', we're bombin', we're bombin'
We're bombin' in the name of precious polls
We're bombin', we're bombin'
We're bombin', we're bombin'
Alvin
Thanks, Alvin
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sun broke through for about an hour late in the afternoon. This morning, the kid put on his shorts & t-shirt (his usual uniform this time of year), and
then asked if I'd fire up the furnace.
Talked to dad in PA - the heat has finally broken (a bit), but, he's more intrigued with the loss of daylight as we hurtle towards another autumn. As a kid, I used to think that was one of his peculiarities...this awareness of the number of
minutes of daylight that constituted a day. The concept finally dawned on me in Alaska, where a gain or loss of 6 minutes a day added up quickly.
Went to the library. The kid checked out 'Jaws', again. Said he wanted to read his favorite parts again. They were selling some old books - spent less than $2, and came home with 8 books to keep!
Tonight, Wednesday, CBS opens with '60 Minutes II', and a fresh 2-hour 'Big Brother 3'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Al Pacino and Liz Hurley.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Luke Perry, Scott Cohen, and Andy Dick & the Bitches of Century.
It's NBC's turn for a 'Trifecta' or reruns - 'Ed', 'West Wing', and 'Law & Order'.
On a rerun Jay, the scheduled guests are Tom Cruise, fruitcake lady Marie Rudisill, and Natalie Merchant.
On a rerun Conan, the scheduled guests are Tom Brokaw, Liev Schreiber, and John Pizzarelli.
On a rerun Carson Daly (from 5/01/02), the scheduled guests are Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla, and Lounge Against the Machine.
ABC shows why they're proud to be #4 with 2 reruns of 'Jim', then 2 reruns of 'Drew Carey', and then 'ICU: Arkansas Children's Hospital', where great gobs of grief are served up for your personal programming pleasure. Real tragedy should not have commercials.
The WB goes for the cheese with the Tori Spelling classic 'Mother, May I Sleep With Danger'.
Faux starts the night with a fresh '30 Seconds To Fame', then a rerun '30 Seconds to Fame'. Next, it's a rerun 'Bernie Mac' followed by a fresh 'American Idol: The Search For A Superstar'.
UPN has 2 reruns of 'Enterprise'.
TCM seems to be celebrating repressed & indigenous peoples with How the West Was Won (1962), which was directed by 4 (count 'em 4!) directors -
John Ford (segment "The Civil War"),
Henry Hathaway (segments "The Rivers", "The Plains" and "The Outlaws"),
George Marshall (segment "The Railroad"), and
Richard Thorpe (uncredited) (transitional historical sequences).
Next is Hawaii (1966), directed by
George Roy Hill, and written by
James Michener,
Dalton Trumbo, and
Daniel Taradash.
Then it's time for musicals, with The Music Man (1962).
Great cast, interesting music, and a very young Ron Howard singing 'Gary, Indiana'.
It's followed by Irma la Douce (1963), directed by
Billy Wilder. Jack Lemmon,
Shirley MacLaine, and whores with hearts of gold - all in glorious technicolor!
TNT celebrates cheese-supreme way-late or way-early (depending on your time zone) with
It's Alive! (1974/I).
A&E's 'Biography' is George Carlin.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Democratic Fund-Raiser
Barbra Streisand
Democrats hope the star with a voice like butter will bring in lots of bread. Barbra Streisand is coming out of retirement for one night next month to perform
at a $500-a-ticket Democratic fund-raiser, Time magazine reports. The gig, organized by House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, could raise as much as $4 million
as Dems try to win back the House in November. Streisand last gave a concert two years ago at Madison Square Garden.
Barbra Streisand
Performming In Japan
Kuklachev Cat Theatre
Russian cat theatre leader Yuri Kuklachev balances a cat standing on his front paws during a "cat theatre" performance in Tokyo, August 20, 2002. Thirty-seven cats
belonging to the Moscow-based Kuklachev Cat Theatre perform various tricks in the unusual show, which is in Japan for the third successive year.
Photo by Haruyoshi Yamaguchi
Chihuly in the Park: A Garden of Glass
Offered at Auction
Hendrix/Zappa Guitar
A guitar burned onstage by Jimi Hendrix and later owned by Frank Zappa is being offered for sale in London, auctioneers Cooper Own said Tuesday.
The Fender Stratocaster is being sold by Dweezil Zappa, son of the iconoclastic rock star.
Cooper Owen have set a minimum price of $535,000 for the guitar, which will be sold in London on Sept. 24.
Hendrix set the instrument alight during his set at the Miami Pop Festival in 1968. He gave it to Frank Zappa, who restored it and played it on his 1976 album "Zoot Allures." Frank Zappa died in 1993.
Hendrix/Zappa Guitar
Shock Jocks Muzzled
Opie and Anthony
In the almost-anything-goes world of radio, home to Howard Stern and Don Imus, a pair of New York shock jocks discovered what goes too far: sex inside St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Opie and Anthony, co-hosts of WNEW-FM's popular afternoon drive-time program, remained off the air for a second day Tuesday while a 350,000-member Catholic group pushed for their
station to get its license revoked. The pair allegedly broadcast a live, eyewitness account of a couple having sex in the landmark Manhattan church.
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, saying he had received hundreds of outraged phone calls and e-mails, promised that the complaints were "on the fast track" for consideration by his agency.
The incident occurred last Thursday, when a Virginia couple was arrested after allegedly having sex in a vestibule just a few feet from worshippers in the church. The encounter was
described as it happened during the "Opie and Anthony" show.
It was part of a regular feature where couples can win prizes for having sex in risky places.
Infinity, after allowing its DJs back on the air Friday afternoon, decided to remove Greg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia beginning Monday.
Over the past decade, the standards for broadcasting have coarsened, led by the envelope-pushing antics of Stern, Imus and a legion of imitators.
But Opie and Anthony went beyond most. In 1998, they were fired from a Massachusetts station after announcing on April Fool's Day that Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino had died in a car crash.
And two months ago, the FCC imposed a $21,000 fine on Infinity after citing three "indecent" bits that appeared on the show between November 2000 and January 2001, one involving incest.
Opie and Anthony
Bangkok, Thailand
Austin Powers
Delivery workers at a cooking gas shop in western Bangkok prepare to start work dressed as the comical movie character Austin Powers August 20, 2002. The store,
which previously dressed its staff in spiderman costumes to boost sales, had to find an alternative hero after being forced to change outfits after complaints
it was breaking copyright laws by the local agent for Marvel comics. According to the store owner, they have now been given permission to dress their staff as
the international spy Austin Powers, whose latest film "Goldmember" is being released across Thailand this week.
Photo by Jason Reed
Stapleton, Conway, Korman, Yorkin, Mackie & Frankenheimer
TV Hall of Fame
to Enter
Tim Conway and Harvey Korman, who frequently broke character while cracking up on "The Carol Burnett Show," will be among those inducted this fall into the Television Hall of Fame.
The list of honorees announced Monday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also includes late director John Frankenheimer, designer Bob Mackie, "All in the Family" actress
Jean Stapleton and Bud Yorkin, the director-producer of "Maude" and "Good Times."
The ceremony is to take place Nov. 6 in Beverly Hills.
TV Hall of Fame
Fox Chief Says U.S. Media Business Is 'Really Good'
Peter Chernin
Peter Chernin, chief executive of News Corp. Ltd.'s Fox Entertainment Group Inc., on Tuesday said the media giant's U.S. business is showing strength, driven in part
by a revival in advertising from car makers.
"Business is really, really good right now," Chernin told reporters at the Progress & Freedom Foundation summit in Aspen, Colorado, where he was a keynote speaker.
Chernin also is president and chief operating officer at News Corp.
Fox Entertainment, which holds News Corp.'s U.S. media assets including the Fox television network and 20th Century Fox film studio, had seen business decline for
16 consecutive months beginning in October 2000, Chernin said. Business began ticking up in February and March, he said.
Chernin's comments echoed similar statements by News Corp. and Fox brass last week when Fox reported rising fiscal fourth quarter revenues underpinned by strong
movie performance and an uptick in TV advertising.
Peter Chernin
Starts Largest Book Club
Garrison Keillor
Humorist Garrison Keillor is helping launch what's being billed as the world's largest book club.
Keillor, host of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," attended the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Scotland for the inauguration of the BBC World
Service's club. The service has selected "Lake Wobegon Days," Keillor's best-selling novel, as the first book for its reading group.
The Independent, a London newspaper, said the club will unite millions of readers around the world in monthly discussions.
The BBC World Service has 150 million listeners on six continents, and they are being encouraged to read the book and submit questions and comments, which will form
part of a discussion to be broadcast on Sept. 25.
Garrison Keillor
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
LA Hoax?
NBC
A Los Angeles newspaper has evidently played a practical joke on the TV industry, but the network involved isn't laughing.
In its Aug. 15 edition, New Times Los Angeles, an alternative newsweekly, ran a story claiming that NBC was about to sign a deal for a new reality series hosted by Tamara Brooks
and Jackie Marris, two California teens whose abduction and rape earlier this month became a national cause celebre.
Written in a straightforward news style, the story claimed the show would be called "Survive This!" and was slated for the February sweep. One NBC executive was quoted anonymously
calling the project " 'Survivor' meets Hannibal Lecter."
A link to the story briefly appeared on the Drudge Report, and NBC began receiving inquiries from reporters. "There's absolutely no truth to this at all," said NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks, who declined further comment.
The story carried the byline Antoine Oman, but the real author seems to be New Times staff writer Tony Ortega, who when contacted said he "maybe" wrote the piece. While he declined to
discuss details of the story, it was apparently intended as a "Modest Proposal"-style satire of TV news and its extensive coverage of the Brooks-Marris case.
NBC
Sues Over Films
Scott O'Grady
A downed U.S. pilot who emerged as a hero after escaping from Bosnia has sued 20th Century Fox and the Discovery Channel, claiming they made unauthorized productions of his ordeal.
Scott O'Grady alleges the commercial value of his name and identity have been damaged irreparably by the 2001 movie "Behind Enemy Lines," which starred Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman, and a related TV drama.
Flo Grace, a spokeswoman for 20th Century Fox, said the studio was taken aback by O'Grady's lawsuit.
"At the time of release, Mr. Grady's public comment acknowledged that the movie was not his story," Grace said. "Rather, it was a story based on the concept of a public event that was turned into a movie which
he acknowledged that we had the right to do."
Telephone messages left with the Discovery Channel weren't immediately returned Tuesday.
O'Grady alleges invasion of privacy and says the two production companies wrongfully profited from his story without trying to secure the proper rights.
The lawsuit doesn't list damages, but O'Grady is seeking the movie and television drama's profits, triple damages that he sustained, legal fees and "an additional amount that the court considers just."
Scott O'Grady
Ciudad Real, Spain
Pollo! Pollo!
Bullfighting assistant Jose Tomas tries to catch a hen that was thrown into the bullring by a spectator during a bullfight in Ciudad Real, Spain, Monday Aug. 19, 2002. Tomas
managed to catch the bird and the bullfight resumed.
Photo by Manuel Ruiz Toribio
Grand Ole Opry Honors
Minnie Pearl
The Saturday Aug. 31 show of the Grand Ole Opry will be the 4,000th consecutive Saturday night broadcast and with that will come a special surprise.
The Opry will be honoring the late Minnie Pearl, with Vince Gill as host of the tribute.
Minnie Pearl, whose real name was Sarah Ophelia Cannon, first appeared on the Opry in 1940. A 50-year member of the Opry and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the comedian
also appeared on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw" for 20 years.
Minnie Pearl
Soul Train Controversy
Ashanti
More than 20,000 signatures have been gathered on an Internet petition denouncing the music show's decision to give its Lady of Soul entertainer of the year award to 21-year-old R&B newcomer Ashanti.
A person posted the document at PetitionOnline.com. It has collected 10 times more supporters than a petition opposing a military invasion of Iraq, which had more than 2,300 Tuesday.
The Lady of Soul Awards are in its eighth year. Among this year's nominees are India.Arie, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and Destiny's Child.
Ashanti has sold more than 2.3 million copies of her self-titled debut album, released earlier this year. Among her hits are the singles "Foolish" and "Happy," and she has become a
sensation with numerous TV appearances and magazine pictorials.
Soul Train officials posted an unsigned reaction on the show's Web site that expressed outrage "over the fact that a people, whose ancestry suffered 400 years of slavery, can be herded so
easily into a virtually bottomless mud hole and be taught to sling such mud therein."
Ashanti
Porn Star's In
'Survivor'
CBS executives have defended the decision to cast porn actor Brian Heidik on the upcoming Thailand edition of "Survivor."
Heidik's credits include a stint on "Days of Our Lives," as well as guest shots on shows such as "Baywatch Nights." He most recently appeared in a number of soft-core porn movies.
According to a network statement, "CBS was aware of his past film credits, but all of our survivors ultimately have the option to decide what elements of their background they
do and don't want written in their bios. Brian Heidik is certainly not the first actor to omit certain credits from his biography.
"While this is a part of his past, he is now a successful used-car salesman raising a family in the suburbs, and we feel he definitely brings something to the show."
'Survivor'
BartCop TV!
N. Irish Rockers In U.S. Tour Bus Crash
Ash
The drummer of Northern Irish rock band Ash has been injured in a bus crash in the United States, a band spokesman said Tuesday.
Upcoming gigs are now in jeopardy as Rick McMurray struggles to recover from suspected cracked ribs sustained when the band's tour bus hit a tire on the road as the band headed for Detroit.
The platinum-selling Northern Ireland rockers stormed their way to stardom in 1996 with "Girl from Mars," and last year's album "Free all Angels" sold 450,000 copies in the UK.
Ash was traveling to a festival, where they were due to perform alongside dance music guru Moby and rock icon David Bowie, when the accident happened.
Ash
Man With An Opinion
Graydon Carter
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter says he runs soft-boiled profiles of celebs because they're just dumb, harmless animals. "Look, most of them, like, are 27 years old
and they spend most of their time in a trailer," Carter tells the Toronto Globe & Mail. "They don't read much. They're nice people and I think, why beat up on some poor
little movie star? They're like baby seals. I'd rather take a club at somebody bigger. They're not overdogs, they're underdogs. They're terrified. The shelf life of a
movie actor or actress is so short, it's like milk."
Graydon Carter
Australia
Aboriginal Bark Paintings
Curator Susan Sedgswick checks the lighting on one of the Aboriginal bark paintings before the exhibition is opened to the public at the Australian National Maratime
Museum August 20, 2002. The exhibition of 80 traditional bark paintings are by the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land and were used as legal documents to explain
their traditional ties with the region's coastal zone known to them as their 'saltwater country'.
Photo by David Gray
Draws Crowds to Internet Feed
'Big Brother 3'
Internet users have flocked to the "Big Brother 3" peepfest in record numbers, according to Web site creators CBS and RealNetworks.
Through Monday, RealNetworks had attracted 53,742 new subscribers through the official Big Brother site -- up 60% from this point last year, and better than the 50,000 total that subscribed during "Big Brother 2."
The online feed cuts away only during moments of potential defamation or when contestants start singing songs that haven't been legally cleared, said David Katz, senior VP of strategic planning and interactive
ventures at CBS. Challenges and Thursday's live show, when a house guest is eliminated, also are blacked out. Nudity, however, isn't.
Viewers average a combine 50,000 hours a day watching the online feed, and have tallied nearly 2 million hours since the reality show debuted on CBS July 10.
'Big Brother 3'
* ADULT CONTENT WARNING *
I Think I Know Her!
Another Season
'The Mole'
"The Mole" is sneaking back onto the ABC schedule.
The network has given series producer Stone Stanley Entertainment the go-ahead to begin casting and pre-production on both a celebrity edition and a third regular-people edition of the
whodunit reality show, which just wrapped a successful summer run.
The celeb edition of "The Mole" will unfold over six weeks and would likely air in January or March of next year; the regular version would air over nine weeks next summer.
While the celeb edition has been given a firm greenlight, ABC and Stone Stanley are still in negotiations on the civilian arc, though a deal is considered likely.
Still undetermined is whether host Anderson Cooper will be back. Cooper is currently anchoring for CNN.
'The Mole'
Software Helps Banish Pop-Up Ads
Earthlink
EarthLink Inc.'s arsenal for luring away subscribers from its online rivals includes a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign and new access software that will block pop-up ads, one of the most frequently
cited annoyances on the Internet.
The Internet service provider on Monday unveiled the software upgrade and $10 million plus ad campaign as it steps up efforts against competitors Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and AOL Time Warner Inc.'s America Online.
Unlike those companies, EarthLink derives almost no revenue from advertising.
Both Atlanta-based EarthLink and MSN have been aggressively trying to woo away dissatisfied AOL users with tools to reduce junk email and pop-up ads, for example.
America Online, the market leader, has reduced the number of pop-up ads its members see and replaced promotions on its welcome screens with more member-focused news and
content in an effort starting this summer, a spokesman said.
Earthlink
Being Harassed
Robert Zemeckis
Director Robert Zemeckis says a screenwriter who believes he's Jesus Christ is harassing him, court documents show.
Zemeckis — who won the best-director Oscar for 1994's "Forrest Gump," that year's best picture — asked for a three-year restraining order against 35-year-old
Robert Scott Miller. A court hearing is scheduled for Aug. 27 in Santa Barbara Superior Court.
In court papers, Zemeckis alleges that Miller, the brother of a man who works part-time for him, began harassing him early last month with troubling faxes.
Court documents also show that some of the messages allude to Miller's belief that he's the second coming of Jesus Christ.
The 50-year-old director believes his rejection of Miller's script, "Love & Evolve," may have prompted the faxes. "Scott (Mr. Miller) apparently did not take
kindly to the rejection," Zemeckis said in a declaration filed with the court.
Robert Zemeckis
ABC #4, Again
Ratings
The contestant pool is getting smaller at Fox's "American Idol," but the audience continues to grow.
The talent contest hit a season high with 12.7 million viewers last Tuesday. It was the most popular show among the 18-to-49-year-old demographic craved by advertisers for the fifth week in
a row, the first Fox series ever to achieve that.
Meanwhile, CBS won the week's ratings crown again behind the potent rerun combo of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Everybody Loves Raymond." The network averaged 8.9 million viewers in
prime time last week (6.0 rating, 11 share).
NBC was second with 8.1 million viewers (5.6, 10), followed by Fox at 6.4 million and ABC at 5.7 million (both 3.9, 7), UPN at 3 million (2.0, 4), the WB at 2.2 million (1.5, 3) and Pax TV at 1.2 million (0.9, 2).
For the week of Aug. 12-18, the top 10 shows, their networks and ratings: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 8.3; "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS, 8.3; "Dateline NBC-Tuesday," NBC, 8.2; "Law &
Order: Criminal Intent-Wednesday," NBC, 8.2; "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.0; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation-Sunday," CBS, 7.8; "48 Hours-Monday," CBS, 7.6; "Becker," CBS, 7.5; "American Idol-Tuesday,"
Fox, 7.4; "Law & Order: Criminal Intent-Sunday," NBC, 7.4.
Ratings
In Memory
Donna Hall Fishburn
Donna Hall Fishburn, a rough-riding stuntwoman from Hollywood westerns, died Aug. 7 of lung disease. She was 74.
Fishburn's professional name was Donna Hall. Among other roles, she doubled for Barbara Stanwyck in "The Maverick Queen," Debbie Reynolds in "How the West Was Won" and Doris Day in "Calamity Jane."
Among her other feature film credits are "Annie Get Your Gun," "Big Country" and "The Apple Dumpling Gang." Fishburn also worked in numerous TV westerns, including "Kit Carson," "The Lone Ranger," "The Cisco Kid," "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "Have Gun Will Travel."
Her stuntman father, Frank "Shorty" Hall, taught her how to ride at an early age. She recalled being thrown from a horse at age 3.
"Dad put me back on the saddle again and I've never been afraid of a horse," Fishburn said when she was an 18-year-old Burbank High School graduate and already wrangling movie horses.
Fishburn, who did trick-riding in rodeos on the weekends and once appeared at Madison Square Garden, was among only a dozen or so women doing western stunt work in the 1940s and 1950s. She later trained actors in horseriding and wrangling.
Her husband and sole survivor is retired movie wrangler Jay Fishburn.
Donna Hall Fishburn
In Memory
Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey, an actor who found a new career as a drama teacher for students including James Dean and Jack Nicholson after being blacklisted during the communist scare of the 1950s, died Friday of complications from a fall. He was 88.
Corey appeared in 23 films from 1940-43, among them "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "My Friend Flicka."
He also served as a combat photographer in the Navy during World War II, then returned to Hollywood, where his post-war credits included "The Killers" and "Home of the Brave."
His acting career was derailed for 10 years beginning in 1951, when he was called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which was investigating communist influence in Hollywood.
Corey refused to provide names of potential communists and was blacklisted from acting in Hollywood.
He took work as a day laborer, earned a degree in speech therapy and eventually became a sought-after acting coach whose students included James Dean, Jane Fonda and Jack Nicholson.
Corey resumed film acting in 1962, his credits including "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "Little Big Man" and "In Cold Blood."
Jeff Corey
In Memory
Doris Wishman
Doris Wishman, who made cult classic nudist films in the 1960s, has died of cancer.
Family members said she was 90, though her passport listed her age as 82. Whatever her age, she was still working on films when she died.
She made more than 30 small budget "B" movies, her first being "Hideout in the Sun," which was shot in 1960. Her films are known for sexual exploits of their female characters, taking advantage of court rulings in the 1960s that removed nudist camps from censorship.
Her films were also known for showing men violently exploiting women.
Her cult classic films include "Bad Girls Go to Hell," "Another Day, Another Man" and "Nude on the Moon," which featured astronauts visiting a female alien nudist camp on the moon.
Wishman's career dried up in the 1980s, but "Satan Was a Lady," her first release in 15 years, made a splash at the Miami Film Festival earlier this year.
Doris Wishman
With a record heat wave on the East Coast, a local kayaker cools off making his way through a roaring set of rapids Monday, Aug. 19, 2002, at Great Falls
in northern Virginia. Many kayakers rate Great Falls Park rapids as some of the best in the state . Its rapids are long, violent and complex. Swimming
is dangerous and rescue is difficult even for experts.
Photo by Ron Edmonds
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