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Weekly Review
HARPER'S WEEKLY REVIEW
November 19, 2002
One day after Iraq's parliament rejected the terms of the
Security Council resolution calling for resumed weapons
inspections, a letter from Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri
agreeing to the demands was delivered to the United Nations.
The letter was somewhat hostile, referring to the Americans
and the British as a "gang of evil," and it declared that
the Security Council "has now been transformed into a
kitchen house for big power bargaining, providing cover for
war, destruction, blockades, and starvation to be inflicted
on peoples." The letter also contained the following
proverb: "He who remains silent in the defense of truth is a
dumb devil."
Al-Jazeera television received a new audiotape
from Osama bin Laden in which he threatened more attacks on
citizens of countries supporting the United States; Bin
Laden referred to George W. Bush as "the pharaoh of the
time" and to the Bush Administration as a "gang of
butchers."
A German prosecutor agreed to return the brain of
Ulrike Meinhoff, the cofounder of the Red Army Faction, to
her family. A certain Dr. Bernard Bogarts was believed to be
in possession of the brain, which was removed from
Meinhoff's body in 1976 after she committed suicide; Dr.
Bogarts has claimed that the brain exhibits "pathological
modifications" that might explain Meinhoff's violent
behavior. Two other Red Army Faction brains were also said
to be missing.
Jiang Zemin resigned as head of the Communist
Party of China and was replaced by Hu Jintao, who is best
known for imposing martial law in Tibet in 1989.
A psychiatric evaluation was ordered for Slobodan Milosevic,
whose ill-health has repeatedly delayed his genocide trial.
Israelis and Palestinians continued to slaughter one
another.
A group of medical experts estimated that 500,000
people, mostly civilians, would probably die as a result of
an American invasion of Iraq.
President Bush was asked what
would constitute a "material breach" of the new Security
Council resolution on Iraq: "Zero tolerance," Bush replied.
"About as plain as I can make it."
Continued at www.harpers.org/weekly-review
-- Roger D. Hodge
He's B-a-a-a-a-a-a-c-k!
The Worried Shrimp
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Between growing up in PA & working in Alaska, the weather in these parts is fabulous! The 'Birds Of Paradise' are coming into bloom in the front yard.
The grandmotherly visit is going better than expected. Have I mentioned her name is Rosemary, and I married her baby?
Tonight, Wednesday, CBS opens the evening with a fresh 'Amazing Race 3', then a fresh 'special' - 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show'(minus the PETA-people), and caps the night with '60 Minutes II'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Adam Sandler and burlesque revue Pussycat Dolls.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Tom Arnold and comic Tony Rock.
NBC has a fresh 'Ed', then a fresh 'West Wing' followed by a fresh 'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, and Mekhi Phifer.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan are Tom Brokaw, Harry Shearer, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Steve Earle.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Jerry O'Connell and Ja Rule
ABC starts the night with a fresh 'My Wife & Kids', then a fresh 'George Lopez', followed by the Season Finale of 'Bachelor'.
The WB has a fresh 'Dawson's Creek' and a fresh 'Birds Of Prey'.
Faux offers a fresh 'Bernie Mac' then a fresh 'Cedric The Entertainer' followed by a fresh 'Fastlane'.
UPN has a fresh 'Enterprise' and a fresh 'Twilight Zone'.
Tonight, it seems that TCM is celebrating
Paddy Chayefsky.
First up, it's Marty (1955) starring
Ernest Borgnine.
(Originally, Marty (1953) (TV) started out on
TV, and starred Rod Steiger - both
versions were directed by Delbert Mann).
Next up is The Hospital (1971), directed by
Arthur Hiller.
Then, it's The Americanization of Emily (1964), also directed by
Arthur Hiller.
The night is capped with one of my favorite movies of all time -
Network (1976), directed by
Sidney Lumet
Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton In Japan
Akiko Uchida, a local high school student hands out a bouquet of flowers to the former President Bill Clinton following his speech in front of a young audience of the Mito Youth Forum
2002 in Mito, 100 km (63 miles) northeast of Tokyo, Japan Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002. Clinton is here for the forum hosted by local business representatives. Man at center is not identified.
Photo by Chiaki Tsukumo
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Dope Box Fails to Sell at Auction
John Lennon
Former Beatle John Lennon's hand-written lyrics for his 1974 song "Steel and Glass" sold at auction for $23,700 in London Tuesday.
But an ornate box he used to store his marijuana failed to fetch its $39,500 reserve price, after bidding ended at $23,700.
Auction house Cooper Owen said a self-portrait doodle by Lennon featuring a Hitler look-a-like selling "Death" cigarettes, drawn while he was trying to quit smoking,
sold for $11,060, $4,740 above its estimate.
A signed 1959 job card of Lennon's, detailing him as unsuitable for a job at a waterworks, went for $10,270.
John Lennon
Ends Afghan U.N. Peace Visit
Muhammad Ali
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali urged Afghans Tuesday to rely on their faith to help them through difficult times as he wrapped up a three-day visit in his role of U.N. peace messenger.
"Like myself, I know that you will succeed... have faith and be a good Muslim. Your faith will help you through the most difficult days," Ali told young Afghans in a letter.
Ali was sent to Kabul by the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Program (WFP) to draw global attention to the plight of Afghans following more than two decades of war.
Afghans revere Ali for his long success in boxing, and his picture hangs in clubs devoted to the sport across the nation.
The 60-year-old American boxer met President Hamid Karzai, visited a UNICEF-funded school for girls, a WFP subsidized bakery for women, and a boxing club during his stay in Kabul.
Muhammad Ali
The Royal Academy of Arts in London
Tezcatlipoca
Elizabeth Levitan views the mask of Tezcatlipoca dating from 1500 AD on display at The Royal Academy of Arts in London November 12, 2002. The piece is part of the 'Aztecs' exhibition
at The Royal Academy which opens on November 16, 2002 and features 386 works many of which have never been shown outside Mexico.
Photo by Dan Chung
Starting Media Blitz
Minnelli & Gest
Liza Minnelli and hubby David Gest are launching a media blitz against VH1 - which cancelled their reality show, "Liza & David," before it ever hit the air.
Minnelli and Gest will visit CNN's "Larry King Live" for the full hour tonight (9 p.m. est).
CNN says that Minnelli and Gest will discuss the controversy surrounding the cancellation of "Liza & David," which was supposed to premiere later this month.
Then, on Nov. 29, Minnelli will visit "Late Show with David Letterman" (11:35 p.m./Ch. 2), where it's expected she will be asked about what really happened to the VH1 show.
Minnelli & Gest
The Newest Mrs. Robinson
Lorraine Bracco
Actress Lorraine Bracco, who plays psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi on the hit television mob drama "The Sopranos," is heading to Broadway to play the role of the lustful Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate."
Taking over the role from Kathleen Turner, Bracco, 47, was scheduled to make her Broadway debut on Tuesday in the stage production famed for its brief nude appearance
by the character of Mrs. Robinson.
Bracco is scheduled to perform in "The Graduate" through Feb. 23, the show's publicist said.
Lorraine Bracco
Artist's Estate Sues Disney
Mark Waters
An artist's estate sued Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday, claiming the company stole his vision for a theme park and turned it into Epcot Center.
Mark Waters' 1961 painting for Miniature World, based on a U.S. Air Force officer's concept, bears striking similarities to Disney's Epcot, which opened in 1982.
Both parks have hourglass shapes, large spheres at their entrances and a lake surrounded by pavilions evoking different countries.
According to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Lt. Col. Robert M. Jaffray met Waters in Hawaii. Jaffray took the painting to Disney officials in 1963,
only to have the company turn down his pitch.
But in 1979, Disney unveiled its plans for Epcot — and they looked much like Waters' painting.
"We believe that Disney will now have to deal with this case straight up," said John Stemberger, the attorney representing the estate of Waters, who died in 1997.
Mark Waters
Memorabilia Has New Home
Frank Sinatra Hall
On Monday, the University of Southern California unveiled its newly dedicated Frank Sinatra Hall, prompted by a gift from Sinatra's daughters, who also loaned the school
the largest collection of memorabilia ever assembled to mark the career of the iconic American entertainer, who died in 1998.
The collection, on display after a year-and-a-half of archival scouring of Tina and Nancy's belongings, includes Sinatra's gold records, his Congressional Gold Medal,
the Oscar he won for his breakout film role as Angelo Maggio in 1953's "From Here to Eternity" and a signature fedora.
Sinatra's first wife and the mother of his children, Nancy Barbato Sinatra, attended the USC ceremony as did jazz impresario Quincy Jones, a longtime friend and collaborator.
Frank Sinatra Hall
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Hometown Museum in Smithfield, N.C.
Ava Gardner
Ava Lavinia Gardner, the barefoot farmer's daughter who grew up to be a Hollywood siren, was born and bred just outside this small tobacco-growing North Carolina community, and nobody here has ever forgotten it.
About 20 years ago, a local Ava-boosting newspaper columnist teamed up with an Ava-memorabilia collector in Florida. The eventual result was a small but surprisingly well-attended museum on an old-fashioned main street dedicated to the star of such films
as "Show Boat" in 1951 and "Night of the Iguana" in 1964.
Docents at the Ava Gardner population 12,000, say they get up to 1,400 visitors a month, some from as far away as Europe. They gawk at memorabilia including coffee
mugs bearing pictures of the Welsh corgis that Gardner adored and purchase such souvenirs as Ava screensavers, Ava refrigerator magnet cheesecake photos, and a small towel that quotes her as saying, "When I lose my temper, honey, you can't find it anyplace."
Gardner was born on Christmas Eve 1922 in a rural area known as Grabtown just east of Smithfield, 28 miles southeast of Raleigh. Her tenant-farming family endured several financial setbacks
and moved around a lot, but she considered Smithfield home.
Although she spent most of her adult life in Spain and London, she was buried in Smithfield after her death on Jan. 25, 1990, at age 67.
For an interesting read - Ava Gardner
400 Years Old
Oak Tree
Spectators and members of the media observe protestor John Quigley, as he sits on a platform in a 400-year-old oak tree, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002, in Santa Clarita, Calif. Quigley, 42,
has been sitting in the 400-year-old giant oak tree for most of November in an attempt to save it. The tree is in the proposed path of a four-lane road.
Photo by Ric Francis
American Music Awards
Nominations
R&B newcomer Ashanti, whose singles "Foolish" and "Happy" transformed the 22-year-old singer into a soul sensation this year, received a leading five American Music Award nominations Tuesday.
Rap stars Eminem and Nelly, whose respective albums "The Eminem Show" and "Nellyville" competed throughout the summer for the top spot on the sales charts, had four nominations each,
including favorite album and male artist in both the pop and hip-hop categories.
The 20 awards will be presented during a three-hour special on ABC Jan. 13 during a ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
The Osbourne family - rock-star dad Ozzy, wife Sharon, and kids Kelly and Jack - plan to step aside from their hit MTV reality show for a night to host the event.
Nominees:
POP/ROCK:
- Male Artist: Eminem, Enrique Iglesias, Nelly.
- Female Artist: Sheryl Crow, Celine Dion, Pink.
- Band, Duo or Group: Creed, Linkin Park, Nickelback.
- Album: "Ashanti," Ashanti; "The Eminem Show," Eminem; "Nellyville," Nelly; "M!ssundaztood," Pink.
- New Artist: Ashanti, Kelly Clarkson, Puddle Of Mudd.
HIP-HOP/R&B:
- Male Artist: Eminem, Ja Rule, Nelly.
- Female Artist: Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez.
- Band, Duo or Group: B2K, Nappy Roots, Outkast.
- Album: "Ashanti," Ashanti; "The Eminem Show," Eminem; "Word Of Mouf," Ludacris; "Nellyville," Nelly.
- New Artist: Ashanti, B2K, Nappy Roots.
COUNTRY:
- Male Artist: Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw.
- Female Artist: Martina McBride, Jo Dee Messina, Lee Ann Womack.
- Band, Duo or Group: Brooks & Dunn, Dixie Chicks, Lonestar.
- Album: "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems," Kenny Chesney; "Home," Dixie Chicks; "Drive," Alan Jackson; "Unleashed," Toby Keith.
- New Artist: Kellie Coffey, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Tommy Shane Steiner.
ADULT CONTEMPORARY:
- Artist: Vanessa Carlton, Celine Dion, Five For Fighting.
LATIN MUSIC:
- Artist: Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira.
ALTERNATIVE MUSIC:
- Artist: Creed, Linkin Park, System of a Down.
CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL:
- Artist: Avalon, Jars Of Clay, P.O.D.
SOUNDTRACK:
"Lilo & Stitch," "The Scorpion King," "Spider-Man"
American Music Awards Nominations
To Be Honored By BAFTA
Spike Lee
The British film academy is to honor American movie director Spike Lee on Thursday as "one of the most influential and important directors of our time."
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts said Tuesday that Lee, director of "She's Gotta Have It" and "Do the Right Thing," will be given a Special Award and be interviewed before
an audience of academy members by playwright and critic Bonnie Greer.
"Spike Lee is inspiring to a generation of filmmakers," the academy said, adding that "Lee has established himself as one of the most influential and important filmmakers of our time."
Spike Lee
Too Much Stress
Russell Crowe
Hollywood star Russell Crowe, reportedly involved in a London restaurant brawl last week, says he has been under a "massive level of stress" and is heading back to Australia to be with his father and girlfriend.
Crowe's band 30 Odd Foot Of Grunt has also canceled a U.S. tour to allow band members and crew to spend "the Australian summer with their family and loved ones."
In a statement posted on the band's Web site www.gruntland.com/tofog.htm, Crowe said his father would begin a series of operations on his wrists for carpal tunnel syndrome in
December and he wanted to be with him as he recuperates.
In his message Crowe also declared his love for Australian girlfriend Danielle Spencer and his desire to spend more time with her.
"Dani has been very patient with all of the speculations of the past year or so which I thank her for. I feel a great need to wake up with her as many days of my life as I can."
Russell Crowe
60th Birthday
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese and a gang of his famous friends took over Da Silvano Sunday night to celebrate the director's 60th birthday. Scorsese was joined by his "Gangs of New York" tormentor
Harvey Weinstein, Robert De Niro, Brian De Palma, Harvey Keitel, Daniel Day-Lewis, Nora Ephron and Elia Kazan. Proprietor Silvano Marchetto - who gave Scorsese a silver pepper mill
as a gift - closed his namesake eatery for the bash and directed notables like Anna Wintour, Tony Shafrazi, Brian McNally and Jean-Georges Vongerichten to his Cantinetta next-door.
Martin Scorsese
Dangled Baby Out Window
Michael Jackson
Singer Michael Jackson briefly dangled a barefoot baby over the railing of his fourth-floor hotel window on Tuesday, providing a momentary if odd thriller for fans waiting on Berlin's central square below.
The "King of Pop" arrived in the German capital after three days of testimony last week in California in a $21 million lawsuit by a German promoter over canceled concerts.
A crowd of screaming fans greeted the reclusive entertainer, in town to receive a lifetime achievement award at a ceremony on Thursday night, in front of the Adlon Hotel.
When he got up to his room, Jackson opened his window and held a light-skinned baby, a white towel over the tot's head, briefly over the metal railing. He held the baby with one hand.
Jackson has three children, two by ex-wife Debbie Rowe, five-year-old son Prince Michael and four-year-old daughter Paris. He also has a baby who is less than one year old.
Michael Jackson
BartCop TV!
Dress Coded
P.Diddy Party
The dress code was strict, the security tight and the champagne free at a celebrity-studded birthday bash for Sean "P. Diddy" Combs.
The party Monday night at The Supper Club, a posh Times Square nightspot, was in honor of the music executive's 33rd birthday.
Among the stars on the guest list were models Carmen Electra, Tyra Banks and Gisele Bundchen, rappers Ice Cube and Ice-T, singers Ashanti and Craig David, and actress Drea de Matteo of "The Sopranos."
Male guests were required to wear suits, while the women were asked to wear dresses, said Rob Shuter, a spokesman for Combs.
P.Diddy Party
'Spoon, Bridge and Cherry' by Claes Oldenburg
Minneapolis Skyline
The Minneapolis skyline rises in the background Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2002, behind 'Spoon, Bridge and Cherry' by Claes Oldenburg in the city's Sculpture Garden near the Walker Art Center.
The sculpture is an example of large public art popping up in cities across the country.
Photo by Jim Mone
Marries on Set
Corey Feldman
Former child star Corey Feldman married his fiancee on the set of his new television series, "The Surreal Life."
Feldman, 31, married Susie Sprague Oct. 30, nine months after he met her at a night club. A rabbi and rapper MC Hammer, an ordained minister, married the couple, publicist Lori De Waal said in a Nov. 13 news release.
The new reality show features former stars such as Emmanuel Lewis of "Webster," Motley Crue singer Vince Neil and "Facts of Life" actress Mindy Cohn living together in a house for two weeks.
Six episodes are slated for production.
It was unclear whether the wedding will be incorporated into the show. Sprague's age was not immediately available. A call after business hours Monday to De Waal was not immediately returned.
Corey Feldman
'Nazis On Speed'
D-IX
The Nazis developed a cocaine-based drug to boost the performance of their soldiers in combat during World War II and tested it on prisoners in 1944,
according to a report in the latest edition of Focus magazine.
"It was Hitler's last secret weapon to win a war he had already lost long ago," said criminologist Wolf Kemper, who is about to publish a book on the Third Reich's use of drugs called Nazis on Speed.
The drug, codenamed D-IX, was tested at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp north of Berlin, where prisoners loaded with 20kg packs were reported to have marched 90km without rest.
Kemper said that from 1933 the Nazis had campaigned against the use of drugs, particularly cocaine, which was widely used in the 1920s.
But as early as 1939, German soldiers were supplied with the amphetamine Pervitine, with about 29 million pills being delivered to the troops from April to December that year.
D-IX
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Pepper Sprayed
D'Angelo
Grammy-winning R&B singer D'Angelo had to be subdued with pepper spray after he resisted arrest on misdemeanor charges of aggressive driving and other counts, police said.
Chesterfield police said they went to D'Angelo's suburban Richmond home after a confrontation he reportedly had with a woman at a gas station Sunday. The singer, whose real name
is Michael Eugene Archer, allegedly cursed at the woman and spit on her after he cut her off in his sport utility vehicle, police said.
The 28-year-old singer was released on his recognizance pending a Jan. 15 appearance in Chesterfield General Court.
He's also charged with assault, curse and abuse, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, all misdemeanors, Bourque said.
D'Angelo
New Charges Filed
'Bumfights'
Prosecutors brought new charges Tuesday against four men accused of paying the homeless to fight for a videotape, saying the defendants induced some of the brawls by offering beer and doughnuts.
The men were charged with battery, illegal fight promotion and conspiracy in connection with the "Bumfights: A Cause for Concern" videotape sold over the Internet. They were already charged with soliciting an assault with deadly force.
All four entered innocent pleas and said through their attorneys they plan to challenge the charges. Defense lawyers have said much of the action on the tape was staged and contend the charges are vague and legally inadequate.
A note posted on the Bumfights Web site called the charges "nonsense" and said a sequel is in the works.
'Bumfights'
Moans Keep Neighbors Awake
Swingers' Club
A group of weary Berliners have gone to court to try to close down a swingers' club on the ground floor of their building whose members' moans of pleasure and screams of delight are keeping them awake.
"My wife has to reach for the ear plugs every night because the unmistakable sounds of sexual intercourse can be heard throughout the building," said one lawyer who lives on the first floor, directly above
the club known as "Zwielicht" -- a German word meaning both "twilight" and "dubious."
Even though tenants get a 25 percent discount on the rent because of the noise, they told the Berlin state court they had had enough and wanted the club closed down, Berlin's B.Z. daily reported on Tuesday.
Berlin actress Anouschka Renzi told the court she was tired of seeing half-naked men clad only in bathrobes getting out of stretch limousines on their way into the club. "This is not a red-light district," she said.
Swingers' Club
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Animation Awards Moved To February
The Annie Awards
The animation industry's annual awards will be moved from its traditional November date to Feb. 1 - a move that will put it closer to the Academy Awards.
Founded 30 years ago, the Annie Awards honor outstanding animation in television and film. Organizers hope the move will make the awards a more closely watched prelude to the Oscars.
Nominations in more than 20 categories will be announced Jan. 6. The ceremony will be held at Glendale's Alex Theatre.
The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences last year awarded its first Oscar for best animated feature to "Shrek," which also was the big winner at the 2001 Annies.
The Annie Awards
NBC Wins Week
Weekly Ratings
Thanks to a bachelor-trashing session and Jennifer Lopez, ABC showed some signs of life last week.
The struggling network had its biggest weekly audience of the season, even though it still finished third behind NBC and CBS. ABC also finished second to NBC among
the advertiser-friendly 18-to-49-year-old age demographic for the first time this season.
NBC, in a tight struggle with CBS for "sweeps" month supremacy, had six of the top 11 shows in the ratings. Niles' illness on "Frasier" helped the comedy to a stronger-than-usual showing.
For the week of Nov. 11-17, the top 10 shows, their networks and ratings: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 18.3; "Friends," NBC, 15.8; "ER," NBC, 15.7; "CSI: Miami," CBS, 13.3; "Everybody
Loves Raymond," CBS, 12.9; "Law & Order," NBC, 12.7; "Survivor: Thailand," CBS, 12.5; "NFL Monday Night Football: Oakland at Denver," ABC, 12.4; "Scrubs," NBC, 12.4; "Will & Grace," NBC, 12.1.
Weekly Ratings
Galaxy NGC 6240
Black Holes
Two supermassive black holes, each with the mass of at least a million suns, have been found circling each other in a single butterfly-shaped galaxy, astronomers reported on November 19, 2002. This is the first time scientists have gotten proof that two of these giants can exist in the same galaxy, using data gathered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Image on the left shows the galaxy NGC 6240 in optical wavelengths taken by the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The Chandra image on the right covers the same field of view of the galaxy's central region. The colors in the X-ray image show the intensity of the low (red), medium (green) and high (blue) energy X-rays. For the first time, Chandra has clearly revealed two supermassive black holes in the core of the galaxy.
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