Dwelling on this collection are cuts from Satis5d, Star Man, Happy Cat Disco, SMASH, & Warezio. These guys all have advanced skills, enabling them to supply multiple mixes from each of them. The quality remains strong thoughout the passage of blended tunes, many of which I expect you'll recognize.
There's no Christmas music to be found among them, but I still advise this to those of you who have tired of Yuletide tunes after so many months of them. Personally, I find that I can immediately replay all 2 hours, & enjoy it just as much as before.
For a long time I knew it was Christmas when Darlene Love performed "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" every year on the final new episode before Christmas of Late Night with David Letterman (NBC) and Late Show with David Letterman (CBS). How many years did this annual tradition survive?
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is a rock song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 seasonal compilation album, A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector. The song was written by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry (Phil Spector also is co-credited) and Love was given a demo of it over phone performed by them. She went on to record the song in studio, which became a big success over time and one of her signature tunes.
In December 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" first on its list of The Greatest Rock and Roll Christmas Songs, noting that "nobody can match Love's emotion and sheer vocal power."
Beginning in 1986 and continuing for 29 years, Darlene Love performed the song annually on the final new episode before Christmas of Late Night with David Letterman (NBC, 1986-92) and Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 1993-2014), 28 times in all. The exception was in 2007, when Love was unable to perform due to the Writers' Strike; a repeat of her 2006 performance was shown instead.
Beginning in 2015, the tradition of Love's annual performance of the song moved to The View (ABC, 2015-present), where it has continued during its last edition before Christmas in the years since.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
29 years.
Randall wrote:
28 years
Alan J answered:
28. 27 if you don't count the rerun due to a writes strike.
Cal in Vermont said:
Twenty-nine years.
zorch responded:
She did for 28 years.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
29 years
Dave in Tucson wrote:
The Darlene Love tradition survived for not enough years.
Deborah said:
I honestly have no idea; I rarely watched that show, so *shrugs shoulders*.
Our son is home from San Francisco today and tomorrow, and I could hardly be happier. I hope you all have a holiday full of family, warm memories, and good food. Merry Christmas!
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• Sandra Cisneros, the Chicana author of The House on Mango Street, grew up in a family without a lot of money. Her mother made sure that she had a library card, and young Sandra read many books. For a long time, Sandra thought that books were so precious that they had to be kept in a special building-a library. Her love of reading led to a love of writing. She often wrote when she was young, an activity that her mother encouraged. Whenever Sandra, who had two older and four younger brothers, was trying to write but was being bothered by her younger brothers, she would yell, "Mom! The kids are in here!" Her mother would make her younger brothers leave so Sandra could write.
Autographs
• Dancers are asked to autograph strange items. After dancing before President Kubitschek of Brazil and his family, Alicia Markova was asked to autograph one shoe apiece for his two daughters. And in London, a new tomb was needed for a performance of Giselle, so décor artist Bernard Dayde stayed up all night constructing one-provided Ms. Markova sign one of her ballet shoes after the performance, which she agreed to do.
• Famous violinist Fritz Kreisler was frequently approached by strangers asking for his autograph. One woman thought that he looked familiar, so she asked someone for his name, then she told him, "I'm one of your greatest admirers; in fact, I ride in one of your cars every day." Hearing this, Mr. Kreisler signed this autograph: "With kind regards, Walter P. Chrysler."
Celebrities
• When she was a young woman, Alexandra Danilova became upset when some men started lying about having affairs with her. Sergei Diaghilev advised her, "Stop crying. What a nuisance. You should cry when they don't talk about you-as long as they are talking about you, you are interesting."
• Some ballerinas are celebrities. In 1978, Natalia Makarova gave birth to her son, Andrew. The guests at his christening included Rudolph Nureyev, Jacqueline Onassis, Anne Getty, and former King Constantine of Greece.
Children
• Many musical geniuses started early in life: 1) Eugene Ormandy loved music from a very early age. When Eugene was age one and a half, his father could play the opening measures of approximately 50 pieces of music, and young Eugene could identify them. Just a few years later, at a concert, a violinist played the wrong note, and young Eugene yelled, "F-sharp, not F-natural!" 2) Even at age three and a half, renowned conductor Herbert von Karajan loved music. Whenever his older brother took a music lesson, young Herbert hid under the piano. After the lesson was over, he came out of his hiding place and attempted to play the notes he had heard while he was hiding. 3) Conductor George Szell's ear was developed at an early age. As a child, he used to listen to his mother play the piano. Whenever she played a wrong note, he slapped her wrist.
• As a 13-year-old girl, Natalia Makarova applied to study at the Vaganova School (aka the Kirov School) of Ballet in Leningrad. She was taken to the Medical Section, which made her wonder because she wasn't sick, and the medical personnel tested her flexibility by twisting and turning her legs in various directions. This so frightened young Natalia that when she was asked for her telephone number, she gave the wrong one. Fortunately, the personnel of the school were able to track her down anyway, and Ms. Makarova received the training that enabled her to become a world-class ballerina.
• David, the young son of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, once came home from school and said that the teacher had asked the kids what kind of jobs their fathers had. David complained that the other kids' fathers had interesting jobs, but "you're an artist and you can't draw." To show David that he in fact could draw, Mr. Lichtenstein drew Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. These cartoon characters appeared in his 1961 painting Look Mickey, and Mr. Lichtenstein started to become famous.
The kid is fond of suspenders and I found a pair that was festively decorated with frolicking reindeer.
While wrapping them last night I looked closer and realized they doing something else that also starts with the letter 'F'.
Hopes he likes them.
Tonight, Wednesday:
CBS starts the night with a RERUN'The Neighborhood', followed by a RERUN'Bob Hearts Abishola', then a RERUN'Mom', followed by a RERUN'Carol's Second Act', then a RERUN'All Rise'.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 11/27/19) are LL Cool J and José Andrés.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 11/7/19) are Jane Krakowski, Paul Feig, and Chvrches.
NBC opens the night with the chestnut 'Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas', followed by the movie 'Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas'.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 11/25/19) are Daisy Ridley, Tom Hiddleston, Michael Eric Dyson, and Noah Cyrus & Leon Bridges.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 11/28/19) are Josh Meyers, Hilary & Larry Meyers.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 12/19/19) is Charlize Theron.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'NBA Basketball', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 11/18/19) are Martin Scorsese, Jharrel Jerome, and the Black Keys.
The CW offers a RERUN'iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2019', followed by a RERUN'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'.
Faux has a RERUN'The Moodys', followed by another RERUN'The Moodys'.
MY recycles an old 'Dateline', followed by another old 'Dateline'.
AMC offers the movie 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation', followed by the movie 'Elf'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - SEASON 10 - EPISODE 12-The Doctor Falls
[7:30AM] DOCTOR WHO: LAST CHRISTMAS
[8:50AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE HUSBANDS OF RIVER SONG
[10:10AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE LOST EPISODE
[11:35AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE LOST EPISODE
[1:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: THE RUNAWAY BRIDE
[2:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: THE RUNAWAY BRIDE
[3:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
[4:40PM] DOCTOR WHO: THE NEXT DOCTOR - Part 1 & 2.
[6:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
[7:20PM] DOCTOR WHO: THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE - SEASON 6 - EPISODE 1
[8:40PM] DOCTOR WHO: THE TIME OF THE DOCTOR
[10:00PM] DOCTOR WHO: THE TIME OF THE DOCTOR
[11:25PM] DOCTOR WHO: LAST CHRISTMAS
[12:50AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE HUSBANDS OF RIVER SONG
[2:10AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE LOST EPISODE
[3:35AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE LOST EPISODE
[5:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: THE LOST EPISODE (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has the movie 'Couple's Retreat', followed by the movie 'Dirty Dancing'.
FX has the movie 'Office Christmas Party', followed by the movie 'The Night Before'.
History has all old 'The Food That Built America' all night.
IFC -
[6:15A] The Three Stooges - You Natzy Spy!
[6:30A] The Three Stooges - Pardon My Scotch
[7:00A] Pulp Fiction
[10:30A] The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
[1:00P] The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
[4:00P] The Hunger Games
[7:00P] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
[10:00P] The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
[12:30A] The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
[3:30A] Here Comes the Boom (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[7:00am] Funny Face
[9:30am] Ghost
[12:30pm] Runaway Bride
[3:00pm] The Notebook
[6:00pm] Law & Order
[7:00pm] Law & Order
[8:00pm] Law & Order
[9:00pm] Law & Order
[10:00pm] Law & Order
[11:00pm] Law & Order
[12:00am] Law & Order
[1:00am] Law & Order
[2:00am] Criminal Minds
[3:00am] Criminal Minds
[4:00am] Criminal Minds
[5:00am] Criminal Minds (ALL TIMES EST)
Judi Dench said that her character in "Cats," Old Deuteronomy, is actually transgender.
In an interview with Out magazine, Dench recalled how she was forced to drop out of a stage production of "Cats" from 1981 in London's West End.
When the interviewer, who is transgender, pointed out that her character is traditionally played by a man on stage, Dench noted that the male actor Brian Blessed played the role in the 1981 production.
"[It was] nerve wracking, because all I can hear is Brian Blessed all the time in the production that I wasn't able to be in," Dench said. "Totally unexpected, it was. I kind of call it 'trans Deuteronomy,' is the part for me. But it was lovely to be led about and be an aged, old cat."
Dench was meant to portray the characters Grizabella the Glamour Cat and Jennyanydots the Old Gumbie Cat in the 1981 production in London, but she was forced to leave the play after she snapped an Achilles tendon.
A scene that featured the first same-sex kiss in Star Wars franchise history has been cut in Singapore, Deadline has confirmed. In Singapore, gay sex is illegal and the government does not recognize same-sex marriage.
A spokesperson for the country's media authority the Infocomm Media Development Authority told the BBC that the scene was removed from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker so the film would remain at a PG13 level. The IMDA's website says PG13 movies are "Suitable for persons aged 13 and above but parental guidance is advised for children below 13."
It's unclear what the rating would have been had the scene, which comes near the end of the Disney/Lucasfilm pic that bowed December 20; the camera pans by fairly quickly. Disney did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
The country's G, PG and PG13 ratings are advisory and are not age restrictive, meaning parents and guardians can decide whether to allow their children to watch. The country has three more restrictive ratings than PG13: NC16 (no children under 16), M18 (suitable for 18 and above) and R21 (for adults 21 and over).
The scene was not edited in nearby China, according to Deadline sources. In North America, the MPAA rated The Rise of Skywalker but only for "sci-fi violence and action."
France has blocked the export of a long-lost Italian masterpiece, which was found in an elderly woman's kitchen and sold for almost 24.2 million Euros ($26.8 million) at auction earlier this year.
The remarkable discovery of "Christ Mocked," by the Florentine painter Cimabue, was hailed earlier this year, and the piece sold for more than four times the pre-sale estimate in Paris in October.
But the French government has stepped in to halt its export, assigning the painting "national treasure" status.
The move keeps the tiny, ultra-rare painting in the country for 30 months, during which time the government aims to raise the funds to buy it for the nation and display it in the Louvre museum alongside other works by the artist.
Cimabue is the pseudonym of artist Cenni di Pepo, born in Florence around the year 1240. He is known to have been the discoverer and master of Giotto, widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the pre-Renaissance era.
Vietnam seized more than two tonnes of ivory tusks and pangolin scales hidden inside wooden boxes shipped from Nigeria, state media reported Tuesday.
The bust comes at the end of a year of big wildlife seizures destined for communist Vietnam, a hotbed of the illicit but lucrative trade in animal parts from elephants, pangolins, tigers and rhinos.
Authorities in northern Hai Phong city found 330 kilograms (730 pounds) of ivory and 1.7 tonnes of pangolin scales after checking three container shipments from Nigeria, according to Hai Quan Online, the official mouthpiece of Vietnam's customs department.
The manifest listed the goods as high-end lumber, the online site said, adding that the haul was hidden in boxes at the back of the containers.
The pangolin is considered the most trafficked animal on the planet, and over one million have been snatched from Asian and African forests in the past decade.
A Saudi court verdict that exonerated the crown prince's top aides over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been globally condemned as a travesty of justice, but won the backing of ally Washington.
Five unnamed people were sentenced to death on Monday while three others were handed jail terms totalling 24 years over the Washington Post columnist's killing last year in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate.
The verdict underscores Saudi efforts to turn the page on one of its worst diplomatic crises that tarnished Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's global reputation and sparked intense scrutiny of the kingdom's human rights record.
However, the case is still likely to remain a headache for Saudi Arabia even as it seeks to reboot its international image ahead of next year's G20 summit in Riyadh.
Both the CIA and UN special envoy Agnes Callamard have directly linked Prince Mohammed to the killing, a charge the kingdom vehemently denies.
So far this year, 22 Republicans in the U.S. House have announced that they will not run for reelection next November. This represents the most retirements for either party in a non-election year this decade, according to an analysis by CBS News.
By comparison, six House Democrats have announced their retirements this year.
From potentially competitive 2020 reelections, to a growing dread of life in the minority, here are some of the factors that play into this year's Republican exodus.
After a year of court battles over partisan gerrymandering, a panel of North Carolina judges have approved a new set of congressional maps that are much less Republican-friendly.
Three House Republicans from North Carolina have since announced their retirements: George Holding, Mark Walker and Trump ally Mark Meadows.
Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park blew past its yearly eruption record in 2019.
The world's tallest active geyser erupted 47 times, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, indicating the erratic geyser has entered an unusually active period.
Over the years, Steamboat has gone decades without erupting, including a quiet period between 1911 and 1961. USGS scientists say the recent eruptions mimic activity spikes in the 1980s, and do not signal future volcanic activity at Yellowstone.
Steamboat, which can send water up to 300 feet in the air, set its previous record just last year with 32 eruptions observed in 2018, according to the National Park Service. The geyser also broke its record for the shortest time between eruptions in June, the Billings Gazette reported, with just three days between blasts.
Of the 1,000 natural geysers around the world, half are in Yellowstone National Park. The only geyser that has shot water higher than Steamboat is New Zealand's Waimangu Geyser, which hasn't erupted in more than 100 years, according to the Park Service.
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