BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 12 February, 2010

Friday

12 February, 2010

(Updated Daily)


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Viagra Ads to Feature GOP 'Stimulus Hypocrites'


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Rick Fowler: Two Observations from a Long-Time Teacher (irascibleprofessor.com)
Just how far our educational system has lapsed was reinforced the other day in a conversation I had with a younger colleague.


Tom Danehy: While in church, Tom wonders: Who's the baddest JB of them all? (tucsonweekly.com)
It is no secret that I'm a Catholic and that I attend Mass every week.


Mark Morford: Free indecent grope click here! (sfgate.com)
It has come to my attention that you are perhaps wildly understimulated. Or maybe just mildly? Whichever. Either way, not getting quite enough of the good stuff, the kick and juice that makes you feel alive and awake and happy to be barely surviving on this little blue speck of space lint we call home.


Garrison Keillor: Get to work, Democrats
It is a large moment for Democrats, learning to stick with a good man through a rough period when the people who crave disillusionment have become disillusioned. It's like a winter vacation in the Caribbean when it rains buckets and you eat some bad shellfish and a shrieky teenager says you've ruined her life forever. You smile, take a shower and organize a volleyball game. You have to work at it. It's work.


Paul Krugman: Clueless (nytimes.com)
I'm with Simon Johnson here: how is it possible, at this late date, for Obama to be this clueless?


Richard Roeper: Palin making ka-ching she can believe in (suntimes.com)
It was nearly a year ago when I first saw "How's that Hope and Change Working Out For You?" on a bumper sticker.


"Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy: A review by Doug Brown
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Thus begins Tolstoy's classic tale of two extended families. I am not a fan of soap opera/romance as a genre, and the concept of reading an 800-page one only crossed my mind due to my classics year project. I knew I wanted to get some Tolstoy under my cultural belt, and when the choice came down to Anna Karenina vs. War and Peace, 800 pages won out over 1,200 pages. Yes, I'm that shallow.


Richard Brooks: British Library to offer free ebook downloads (timesonline.co.uk)
More than 65,000 19th-century works of fiction from the library's collection are to be made available for free downloads.


"Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" by Barbara Demick: A review by Andrei Lankov
There is no shortage of books on North Korea. Thanks to its nuclear ambitions, it attracts a surprising amount of attention for a country whose population and economy are roughly the same size as Ghana's. But little is said about average North Koreans.


Rohan Preston: "Mel Brooks on his work: 'Time always wins'" (Star Tribune)
Brooklyn-reared funnyman Mel Brooks may be one of the most celebrated and decorated figures in entertainment history. In December the comedian, actor, director, producer, screenwriter and composer added the Kennedy Center Honors sash to a collection of awards that includes an Oscar, a Grammy, three Emmys and multiple Tonys.


Mary McNamara: Diane Sawyer, gilt-edged newswoman (Los Angeles Times)
Quietly taking over as anchor from Charles Gibson at "ABC World News" at the end of last year, Diane Sawyer brought with her not only an impressive resume, an excellent name-recognition rating and some pretty cool new graphics, but also a remarkably counterintuitive manner.


Roger Ebert: Review of "Fishtank" (4 stars)
Andrea Arnold's piercing "Fish Tank" is the portrait of an angry, isolated 15-year-old girl who is hurtling toward a lifetime of misery. She is so hurt and lonely, we pity her. Her mother barely even sees her. The film takes place in a bleak British public housing estate, and in the streets and fields around it. There is no suggestion of a place this girl can go to find help, care or encouragement.


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Recommended VIEWING

from Bruce

RACHEL I - "CHECK!" (msnbc.msn.com)
"Here (after a quick ad and teaser) Rachel Maddow shows John Boehner ticking off the four things Republicans wanted in the health care reform bill - and, after each one, shows where it is in the Senate bill that they oppose."-Andrew Tobias


RACHEL II - KILLIBUSTER (msnbc.msn.com)
"This second clip highlights the Republican propensity to say no to everything - even things they themselves proposed. It will make you want to jump through the TV and put the filibuster back in its rightful, Jimmy Stewart place."-Andrew Tobias


RACHEL III - HYPOCRISY (msnbc.msn.com)
"Finally, there's this clip showing Republican after Republican trashing the stimulus package, voting against it, and then taking credit for the projects it financed."-Andrew Tobias


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Wake-up Call


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Trivia Question of the Day


What actor portrayed both the suspect and the murder victim on the final Perry Mason episode [he's also the only actor to play a victim, a suspect and the actual murderer (in a previous episode) on the series]?


                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


In 1972, what corporation used the advertising slogan "We're changing our name, but not our stripes!"?



      Esso | Exxon                                                      Source









Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   Exxon



BadtotheboneBob wrote:
   I believe that would be Exxon/Mobil after its change from Esso whose slogan was "Put a tiger in your tank"... I think... Sounds about right... Yeah, that's it... Right?



Christopher N said:
   esso/exon oil corp



Marian the Teacher replied:
   Esso to Exxon



Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   Esso chaned its name to Exxon



Stephen F answered:
   My answer is Exxon.



DanD, taking the long way home:
   This is completely from memory, maybe the Sambo's Restaurant Chain? Naw, that's too early ... hmmm, put a tiger in your tank (I used to hang one of those tiger-tails from the seat of my bike)? Maybe it was Esso before it started committing environmental catastrophes against the wildlife of Alaska.



Charlie wrote:
   Esso/Exxon




Sally said:
   When Standard Oil of New Jersey became Exxon, it reintroduced the Esso tiger in its advertising campaign: "We're changing our name but not our stripes."
  But of course, the wreck of the Exxon Valdez showed the world, they had not...

  PS: I spent most of yesterday shoveling myself out, and as you can see, I got all the way to the street. I DARE that DPW to come by and plow me in!
  PPS: Poor MAM has even more snow than this!




MAM   answered:
   Standard Oil Company of New Jersey when it changed its corporate name from Standard Oil of New Jersey to Exxon Corporation.
  




And, Joe S replied:
   Esso. Put a tiger in your tank.



  




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Sick Days


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

MORAN BRAIN FREEZE!

MSM KEEP ON SUCKING!

SUPERVILLAINS!

THE REPUGS CONTINUE TO USE THE "NON-DENIAL DENIAL" TO COVER THEIR TRACKS!

GO HOME HAG!

THE "FREE MARKET" AINT FREE!

MSM SUCKS AND IS NOT VERY GROOVY!

THE MOVIE PIMPS!

THE NEW DEAL IN REVERSE!

GANDHI LIVES ON IN TIBET!

WHO THOUGHT UP THIS CRAPPY LIST?

WHAT? JD GETS A NEW PAIR OF HEARING AIDS!

THE HITCHHIKER!

"ALL STUPID PEOPLE CAN NOW BOARD THE AIRCRAFT."



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Ark Of Darkness

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Tonight, Friday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'Ghost Whisperer', followed by a RERUN 'Medium', then a RERUN 'Numb3rs'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Jeff Bridges, Joe Wong, and the Soft Pack.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig is Carey Mulligan.


NBC fills the night with FRESH 'Olympics'.
Conan is pre-empted.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Benicio Del Toro and Selena Gomez.
Carson 'The Scab' Daly is pre-empted.


ABC fills the night with the movie 'Spider-Man 2'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Mark Wahlberg, "Sports Illustrated" cover model Brooklyn Decker, and Dashboard Confessional.


The CW offers a RERUN 'Smallville', followed by another RERUN 'Smallville'.


Faux has a RERUN 'House', followed by a RERUN 'Kitchen Nightmares'.


MY fills the night with a FRESH 'WWE Friday Night Steroid SmackDown!'.


PLEASE check local PBS listings for a FRESH, but soon to be gone, 'Bill Moyers Journal', the BEST program on over-the-air TV.


A&E has all 'Criminal Minds' all night.


AMC offers the movie 'Pulp Fiction', followed by the movie 'The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen', then the movie 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'.


BBC  -   
 [7:05 AM]   A Decade Under the Influence
 [8:00 AM]   Harlan County, U.S.A.
 [9:45 AM]   Shopping
 [11:30 AM]   Iron Monkey
 [1:00 PM]   Harlan County, U.S.A.
 [2:45 PM]   Shopping
 [4:30 PM]   Iron Monkey
 [6:00 PM]   Let Him Have It
 [8:00 PM]   Good Guys Wear Black
 [9:45 PM]   Open Water 2: Adrift
 [11:20 PM]   Drugstore Cowboy
 [1:05 AM]   La Perra
 [1:25 AM]   Monty Python's Flying Circus
 [2:00 AM]   Ideal
 [2:30 AM]   Z Rock
 [3:00 AM]   Good Guys Wear Black
 [4:45 AM]   Let Him Have It    (ALL TIMES EST)


Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by the movie 'A Few Good Men'.


Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Tosh.0', 'Important Things With Demetri Martin', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Chelsea Handler), another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Jo Matarese), still another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Billy Gardell), and yet another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Josh Blue).


FX has the movie 'Batman Returns', followed by the movie 'Night At The Museum'.


History has 'Modern Marvels', followed by 6 'Pawn Stars'.


IFC  -   
 [6:45 AM]   Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
 [8:30 AM]   Starstruck
 [10:15 AM]   Melinda and Melinda
 [12:00 PM]   Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
 [1:40 PM]   2010 Spirit Award Nomination Special
 [2:05 PM]   Starstruck
 [3:45 PM]   Melinda and Melinda
 [5:30 PM]   Manhattan
 [7:15 PM]   I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
 [8:45 PM]   Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
 [10:30 PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [11:00 PM]   Monty Python's Flying Circus
 [11:30 PM]   Arrested Development
 [12:00 AM]   Unrest
 [1:30 AM]   2010 Spirit Award Nomination Special
 [2:00 AM]   Ideal
 [2:30 AM]   Z Rock
 [3:00 AM]   I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
 [4:30 AM]   Even Cowgirls Get the Blues    (ALL TIMES EST)


Sundance  -   
 [06:00 AM]   Caramel
 [07:45 AM]   Nothing But a Man
 [09:25 AM]   Liberty Kid
 [11:00 AM]   Approaching Union Square
 [12:30 PM]   Caramel
 [02:15 PM]   Stefan Braun
 [03:20 PM]   Nothing But a Man
 [05:00 PM]   Liberty Kid
 [06:35 PM]   Aloha, New York
 [07:00 PM]   Be Good Johnny Weir: Be Good Johnny Weir - Episode 3
 [07:30 PM]   Be Good Johnny Weir: Be Good Johnny Weir - Episode 4
 [09:00 PM]   Seamless
 [10:20 PM]   The Grandmother
 [11:00 PM]   Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Live from Abbey Road: Season 2 - Brian Wilson, Martha Wainright and Teddy Thompson
 [12:00 AM]   Signe Chanel: Signe Chanel Episode 2: Doubts
 [12:00 AM]   Signe Chanel: Signe Chanel Episode 3: Rituals
 [12:00 AM]   Feel
 [01:30 AM]   Drama/mex
 [03:05 AM]   Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Live from Abbey Road: Season 2 - Brian Wilson, Martha Wainright and Teddy Thompson
 [04:05 AM]   Seamless
 [05:25 AM]   Liberty Kid     (ALL TIMES EST)


SyFy has the movie 'Saw', followed by the movie 'Saw III'.


TCM:
 [7:00 AM]      Lady For A Day (1933)
 [8:45 AM]      A Woman Of Affairs (1928)
 [10:30 AM]      Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
 [12:00 PM]      Mildred Pierce (1945)
 [2:00 PM]      Comrade X (1940)
 [3:30 PM]      I Remember Mama (1948)
 [6:00 PM]      The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
 [8:00 PM]      The Graduate (1967)
 [10:00 PM]      Reds (1981)
 [1:30 AM]      Chinatown (1974)
 [3:45 AM]      The Wind And The Lion (1975)
 [5:45 AM]      The Parent Trap (1961)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Saturday  -  02/13/10

TCM:
 [8:00 AM]      The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1939)
 [10:00 AM]      Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
 [12:15 PM]      Jezebel (1938)
 [2:15 PM]      War and Peace (1956)
 [5:45 PM]      Roman Holiday (1953)
 [8:00 PM]      The Guns of Navarone (1961)
 [11:00 PM]      Gladiator (2000)
 [2:00 AM]      Blow-Up (1966)
 [4:00 AM]      Murder On The Orient Express (1974)     (ALL TIMES EST)






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Author Eve Ensler, third from right, poses with, from left, actresses Jane Fonda, Gabourey Sidibe and Rosario Dawson, Maria Shriver and actress Charlize Theron at V-Day's 4th Annual Los Angeles Luncheon featuring readings from Ensler's newest work, 'I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World,' in Los Angeles, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.
Photo by Chris Pizzello

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Billboard Poll

Sexiest Songs

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Billboard has ranked the 50 sexiest songs by popularity - and Barry White didn't even make the list.

Instead, it's Olivia Newton-John who is tops - her hit "Physical" is No. 1, followed by Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)."

Rounding out the top five: Boyz II Men's ballad "I'll Make Love to You," Next's "Too Close" and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On." (Gaye's "Sexual Healing" is No. 35)

Billboard's list, released Thursday, is based on the popularity of songs from 1958 until early January of this year.

Sexiest Songs

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Fan Campaign

Betty White

More than 188,000 people on Facebook are urging "Saturday Night Live" to make Betty White a host.

The campaign has been gaining followers and attention, just as the 88-year-old actress has become more ubiquitous. She was given a lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and starred in a Super Bowl commercial for Snickers that has ranked as one of the game's most popular.

The Facebook page, which isn't affiliated with White, says she would be a "fantastic" host and that it would be a terrific way to honor her.

Representatives for White said she had no comment. NBC is also not commenting.

Betty White

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Actress Vanessa Redgrave (L) and actress Joely Richardson arrive for the amFAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research) annual gala to kick off Fashion Week in New York February 10, 2010.
Photo by Carlo Allegri

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50th TV Festival

Monte Carlo

Six scripted series -- three dramas and three comedies -- have been selected to represent the United States at the 50th Monte Carlo TV Festival, which will take place Jun. 6 -10.

Dramas "Mad Men," "Dexter" and "Lost" and comedies "30 Rock," "The Office" and "Entourage," designated by the Producers Guild of America, will compete with series from countries around the world.

The winners in each category will be chosen by an international jury and announced at the festival's Golden Nymph Award ceremony on June 10. In each category, four Golden Nymphs will be awarded: for best international producer, best European producer, best actor and best actress.

Monte Carlo

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BAFTA Honor

Vanessa Redgrave

Veteran British actress Vanessa Redgrave will receive an Academy Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) later this month in honor of a career spanning six decades.

BAFTA said the fellowship was its highest honor, and Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Sean Connery, Elizabeth Taylor and Julie Christie are among the previous recipients.

Vanessa Redgrave, 73, has been nominated for an Oscar six times and won once for her performance in "Julia."

She is also well known for her political activism and campaigned against the wars in Vietnam and Iraq.

Vanessa Redgrave

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Will Miss Genesis Rock Hall Induction

Peter Gabriel

When Genesis gets inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month, founding member Peter Gabriel won't be there.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame president Joel Peresman said in a statement Thursday that Gabriel says he has a scheduling conflict with his tour that begins in Europe.

Along with Gabriel, the band's original lineup included Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett. Phil Collins joined the band later and replaced Gabriel as lead vocalist in 1976.

The induction ceremony takes place March 15 in New York.

Peter Gabriel

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In this Feb. 7, 2010 photo released on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 by Operation Smile, actor Harrison Ford, right, laughes with earthquake survivor Sterley Jeanty, 10, in Hinche, Haiti. Ford piloted his Cessna 208 Caravan to Santo Domingo to pilot an airlift of Operation Smile medical volunteers and supplies into Hinche, Haiti to assist in the relief efforts.
Photo by Lois Ephraim

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Hospital News

Etta James

The son of Etta James says the R&B singer is making progress in fighting serious infections and has been moved to another hospital in Southern California.

Donto James says Thursday that his 72-year-old mother is improving and doctors have controlled infections that hospitalized her in Riverside about two weeks ago. He says she was transferred Tuesday to a medical center in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawaiian Gardens.

Etta James is best known for the hit "At Last." She was hospitalized late last month with sepsis caused by a urinary tract infection.

She entered a treatment program to shake a dependency on painkillers and was hospitalized when her condition worsened. Donto James says his mother wants to get back to performing, but it's unclear when she'll be released.

Etta James

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Hospital News

Alec Baldwin

Emmy award-winning actor Alec Baldwin was taken to a hospital Thursday after his 14-year-old daughter called 911 saying he had threatened to take pills during an argument on the telephone, a law enforcement official said.

Baldwin's daughter, Ireland, told authorities that she was worried about her father after he said, "I'm tired of this. I'm going to take some pills. I'm going to end this," the official told The Associated Press, quoting from an official report on the matter.

Baldwin, 51, was released from the hospital in an hour and took no alcohol or pills, spokesman Matthew Hiltzik said.

"This was a misunderstanding on one person's part. Alec was quickly released from the hospital; he's completely fine and will be at work today," Hiltzik said in a statement.

Alec Baldwin

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Vidiot Speak

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Judge Extends Custody Order

Courtney Love

A Los Angeles judge on Thursday extended a custody order restricting Courtney Love's access to her teenage daughter, Frances Bean, her child with late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ruled that an order issued in December, which transferred custody of the 17-year-old to Cobain's mother and sister, would remain in effect until April 9.

Reasons for the custody battle are unknown, but it isn't the first time Love, 45, has experienced such problems.

Bean was taken under the care of her grandmother in 2003 after Love was arrested for possession of drugs without a prescription.

Courtney Love

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Singer Rufus Wainwright performs during a gala benefit for amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, in New York February 10, 2010.
Photo by Lucas Jackson

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Italian Court Orders Statue Confiscated

Getty Museum

An Italian court on Thursday ordered an important ancient Greek statue bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum seized so it can be returned to Italy, officials said.

The Los Angeles museum said it would appeal the decision to Italy's highest court and would "vigorously defend" its right to keep the bronze "Victorious Youth" - a highlight of its collection.

The statue, which dates from 300 BC-100 BC, was pulled from the sea by Italian fishermen in 1964 off the eastern town of Fano, near Pesaro.

The Italian government, which has been on an international campaign to reclaim looted antiquities, says it was brought into Italy and then exported illegally.

Getty Museum

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Texas Candidate

Debra Medina

A Republican gubernatorial candidate said Thursday she has questions about whether the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - a statement she swiftly backed away from and one that drew immediate criticism from her better-known rivals in the race.

Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison dismissed the comments made by Debra Medina on the Glenn Beck Show that there were "some very good arguments" that the U.S. was involved in bringing down the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Beck, who is influential among the Libertarian-leaning voters that Medina has attracted, said he had been flooded with mail since he announced she would be on the show. Medina said in the interview that she has not been questioning the attacks publicly.

"While I don't endorse anyone ... I think I can write her off the list," Beck said. "Let me take another look at Kay Bailey Hutchison if I have to. Rick, I think you and I could French kiss right now."

Debra Medina

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Musician Ric Ocasek and wife former model Paulina Porizkova attend the amfAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research) benefit gala on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini

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Moves Villagers For Madonna School

Malawi

Malawian officials said on Thursday that they have moved scores of villagers from land where US pop diva Madonna plans to build a girls academy.

"The district commissioner for Lilongwe told the villagers to move off the land and (make) way for the construction of the academy because it was government land reserved for development projects," an official from the commissioner's office told AFP by telephone.

The official, who did not want to be named, said district commissioner Charles Kalemba told the nearly 200 villagers that they were lucky to have been "compensated for the houses, gardens and fruit trees."

The villagers had threatened to block the project unless they got more cash after being paid 500,000 dollars in compensation by Madonna's charity.

Malawi

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Party Starting

Brazil Carnival

Rio de Janeiro's youngest Carnival queen, just 7 years old, is preparing to share the limelight with pop divas Madonna and Beyonce as Brazil's annual blow-out gets under way this week.

The choice of third-grader Julia Lira to lead the drum corps for the Viradouro samba group sparked controversy and a legal challenge by a children's rights group who said she risked being sexually exploited.

In Carnival capital Rio, which has extra reason to party after being awarded the 2016 Olympics last year, masks of late U.S. pop idol Michael Jackson have been flying off the shelves along with those of Brazilian politicians in an election year.

U.S. R&B stars Beyonce and Alicia Keys are also in Brazil to take part in the festival of hedonism before Lent that is thought to have its roots in pre-Christian spring festivals.

Brazil Carnival

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In this photo provided by Madame Tussauds Hollywood, Shannon Lee, daughter of the late Bruce Lee poses with a wax figure of her father at the unveiling ceremony of the figure at Madame Tussauds Hollywood in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.
Photo by Dan Steinberg

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Inuk's Gene Map

Greenland

Scientists have sequenced the DNA from four frozen hairs of a Greenlander who died 4,000 years ago in a study they say takes genetic technology into several new realms.

Surprisingly, the long-dead man appears to have originated in Siberia and is unrelated to modern Greenlanders, Morten Rasmussen of the University of Copenhagen and colleagues found.

Not only can the findings help transform the study of archeology, but they can help answer questions about the origins of modern populations and disease, they said.

The DNA gives strong hints about the man, nicknamed Inuk. "Brown eyes, brown skin, he had shovel-form front teeth," Eske Willerslev, who oversaw the study, told a telephone briefing. Such teeth are characteristic of East Asian and Native American populations.

Greenland

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Back To Vegas

Celine Dion

Celine Dion is returning to the Las Vegas Strip in 2011 to begin a three-year run at Caesars Palace.

The Grammy award-winning singer announced Wednesday she'll return to the 4,300-seat Colosseum, home of her previous show, "A New Day." It grossed more than $400 million and was seen by nearly 3 million fans over five years before closing in December 2007.

The new show begins March 15, 2011, with tickets for the first 54 performances going on sale Friday. Officials say ticket prices will range from $55 to $250 before taxes and fees.

Dion says the new show will feature songs ranging from timeless classics to fan favorites, with a concept incorporating the romance of classic movies.

Celine Dion

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Workers climb on top of the Hollywood sign to begin the temporary draping of the Hollywood Sign with panels reading 'Save the Peak,' on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2010 in Los Angeles. This rare covering of the famous sign will publicize an effort to raise funds to acquire Cahuenga Peak, a 138-acre parcel just to the west of the sign.
Photo by Damian Dovarganes

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End Of The Road

'American Chopper'

"American Chopper" is riding off into the sunset.

The popular TLC series based on the feuding Teutul family and their custom-built motorcycle business is going off the air after six seasons. TLC said Wednesday that the final episode will air Thursday.

The end isn't a surprise. Paul Teutul and his son, Paul Jr., have frequently fought on the air. The son recently left the New York-based Orange County Choppers to start his own business, and the two are in a court dispute over money.

'American Chopper'

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Cowgirl Museum's New Exhibit

Georgia O'Keeffe

The elegant Georgia O'Keeffe is known for her large-scale paintings of vibrant flowers and trees, but inspiration for her other works came during many rustic camping trips out West.

That little-known side of O'Keeffe is the focus of a new exhibit at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. It features some never-before-displayed art, photographs, clothing and camping gear - including her tent, sleeping bag, lanterns and cooking utensils - from her time in New Mexico in the 1940s.

The "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Faraway: Nature and Image" exhibit opens Friday and runs through Sept. 6 at the museum in Fort Worth.

The 325-square-metre exhibit replicates an O'Keeffe campsite in great detail, but it also features nine of her paintings, six sketches and more than two dozen candid photos of her. It includes a few letters she wrote to her husband Alfred Stieglitz, known as the nation's first advocate of modern art, who stayed on the East Coast during her trips.

Georgia O'Keeffe

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In Memory

Alexander McQueen

At the pinnacle of his success, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead in his home Thursday, days after posting anguished online remarks about the death of his mother. He was 40.

McQueen is credited with helping revive the once-moribund British fashion industry. His edgy pieces were coveted and treasured by stylish women across the globe and seen on numerous red carpets.

McQueen did not design for the celebrities, but they flocked to him for the sheer audacity of his creations, which were instantly recognizable for being dramatic, exquisitely tailored and oh-so sexy.

A stunning dress for Sandra Bullock? A special order for Madonna? Something special for Kate Moss or Naomi Campbell? All these feats seemed easy for the quiet, slim, bearded Englishman who shunned publicity and laughed off the limelight.

He was also responsible for one of history's most famous "wardrobe malfunctions." He designed Janet Jackson's Super Bowl outfit, which fell open while she was singing, revealing one of her breasts.

In the usually glad-handing fashion world, McQueen was known as a private man who shunned the limelight. He turned down most interview requests and did not cultivate a cult of personality or try do develop an air of mystery about his work.

McQueen, a trim, handsome man with startling gray-blue eyes, had an easy smile, but did not linger in the camera's glare.

McQueen was known for pushing the envelope. At his spring-summer 2010 collection, he featured sculptural cocktail dresses in psychedelic snakeskin prints, with the hoof-like platform booties that were worn by Lady Gaga. The show opened with huge screens projecting close-up images of a woman writhing among a den of snakes.

McQueen was the youngest of six children born to a taxi driver and a teacher. He received his early fashion training at the Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design, long recognized for its fashion-forward approach and encouragement of Britain's talented young designers.

He learned the finer points of traditional men's tailoring at two famous, conservative Savile Row houses: Anderson and Sheppard, and Gieves and Hawkes.

After his Savile Row stint, McQueen started to develop his trademark, more theatrical designs, working with several other brands before first starting his own label in 1992.

He quickly earned a reputation for innovation. The company he founded was purchased by the Gucci Group, and he retained creative control of his own brand. There were plans for stores in Paris, Milan and London, as well as Manhattan and San Francisco.

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