BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 21 November, 2008

Friday

21 November, 2008

(Updated Daily)

[484 days in a row]

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The ONLY Way to Sell the GOP on Rescuing Detroit


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The Weekly Poll

Current Question

Barack Obama - The Movie Edition

If you were to cast the lead for a movie about Obama's life, campaign and election who would have in the role?


    A. Will Smith

    B. Denzel Washington

    C. Eddie Murphy

    D. Samuel L. Jackson

    E. Forest Whitaker

    F. Other


Send your response, and a (short) reason why, to BadToTheBoneBob ( BCEpoll 'at' aol.com )






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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Mike Cassidy: This time, Silicon Valley's technology changed U.S. politics (San Jose Mercury News)
It struck me as I sat at the computer in the kitchen the night of Nov. 4, with the TV blaring election results in the background.


Anna Quindlen: The Loving Decision (newsweek.com)
Same-sex marriage was beaten back at the ballot box. Now here's a history lesson on why victory is inevitable in the long run.


Andrew Tobias: I Got Nothing (andrewtobias.com)
Roses are red, / Violence, appalling. / With a rhyme such as this one, / I'm obviously stalling.


Tim Dowling: Deflation - what's not to like? (guardian.co.uk)
It's only a problem if you're the one trying to sell the cheap thing, or if the incredibly cheap thing is your salary.


Mark Morford: Misery loves TV (sfgate.com)
Unhappy people watch lots more toob. But it doesn't stop there.


JENNIFER HOWARD: St. Olaf Wrestles With Milton's Angel, and Prevails (chronicle.com)
When Richard J. DuRocher, a professor of English at St. Olaf College, in Northfield, Minn., told one of his classes that he was running a marathon, everybody cheered. Then he told them what kind of marathon: a straight-through, out-loud reading of John Milton's Paradise Lost - all 12 books of it, from Satan's fall to Adam and Eve's eviction from the Garden of Eden.


Claude Peck: In his first novel in 10 years, Wally Lamb sweeps up history, violence and family heartbreak (Star Tribune)
Wally Lamb's new novel, 450,000 copies of which have just arrived in bookstores, is big enough to threaten Thanksgiving and maybe even Christmas, as readers ignore turkey basting and tinsel tossing to turn the 723 wide-ranging, heavily plotted pages of "The Hour I First Believed."


Rick Bentley: Stephenie Meyer's saga about young love and vampires heads to the big screen (McClatchy Newspapers)
Stephenie Meyer did what many professed to be impossible. She convinced millions of teens and tweens to read something other than a text message or a computer screen. She got them to read her book called "Twilight," which is a novel about star-crossed lovers where one of the high school juniors happens to be a vampire.


Gary Giddins: Buster Keaton's "The General" (slate.com)
Yeah, it's silent. So what? You'll barely notice. It's that good.


Unleash your inner boom (guardian.co.uk)
Langhorne Slim is one of the greatest live acts Laura Barton has ever seen. Why did it take a film soundtrack to get him noticed?


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Obama Makes His GOP Cabinet Choice: Barney the Dog


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Trivia Question Of The Day

Which state is the leading producer of cranberries?

   A    Maine
   B    Massachusetts
   C    Minnesota
   D    Washington
   E    Wisconsin



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Trivia Question from Yesterday

When did McDonald's introduce the Happy Meal?

   A    1964
   B    1969
   C    1974
  D    1979
   E    1984                   Source

A "Happy Meal" is a meal specially tailored for children, sold at the fast-food chain McDonald's since June 1979. A toy is typically included with the food, both of which are usually contained in a small box or paper bag with the McDonald's logo.            Source





mj was first, but wrong, with:
   The Happy Meal is, in my memory, relatively
  So I'll guess E.




Charlie responded:
   I've never had one, but they introduced it in
  D 1979

(Possibly the most disgusting picture I've submitted yet, but I'm tired of looking)




Alan J answered:
   D 1979



Adam in NoHo replied:
   It was at least 1979, because they had a 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Happy Meal, but I was it was as early as 1974?
  Judging by the other answers, I say yes it was- c- 1974.




Sally said:
   I would guess that McDonald's introduced the Happy Meal around (D) 1979. Since my own children grew up in that era, I remember the early, "Happy Meals," which cost around a dollar and came with a chintzy toy that probably was broken before we left the restaurant. Going to a McDonald's, or "Burger King" (they gave out paper crowns fit for a, "King,") was a special treat, and was indulged in by us, every-other month - at best. And, such places were located few and far between, near our home back then.
  By the time I worked for a major bank in the 1990s, "Fast-food" places seemed to be on every corner in the Denver area, and the young moms seemed to take their kids to a McDonald's weekly AWA supplementing their meals at other fast-food joints in-between. Uh Oh, does this make me sound like some old cranky lady, rambling on and on about the proverbial, "Good Old Days?" Never mind, because I'm not - even though, at times may I sound as such.
  PS: Speaking of McDonald's, don't they just make the tastiest french fry's in the word?? Yum!




Marian the Teacher responded:
   1979



And, Joe S ("Playtime and toys are good for kids, or they wouldn't buy them. McDonald's can provide that experience. And having dinner with the family is good for kids."  ~ Jim Cantalupo) wrote:
   D: 1979
  So there you have it, there you go, right from the horse's mouth.





  


Thanks to Charlie, Sally, and Joe S for the pictures.





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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

THIS COLLEGE IS FLUNKING!

ONE MORE REPUG CREEP GOES BYE, BYE!

GETTING SICK IN SICK AMERICA!

DIE FOTHER MUCKER REPUG STYLE!

SIXTY DAYS AND COUNTING!

THE WORST SINCE CHIMP DADDY! THE ROAD APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE!

I'M GONNA WAIT 'TILL THE MIDNIGHT HOUR!

"THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD..."

BONDS AWAY!

AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF HENRY POTTER THE CHIMP GOES COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE!

OH LORD, WON'T YOU BUY ME A MERCEDES BENZ!

DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA. TELL THE GAS BAGS TO GO FUCK THEMSELVES!

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT AND I FEEL FINE!

DON'T FUCK WITH THIS BUNNY!

WHAT IS HANNAH TRYING TO TELL US?

PIMPING THE BIRD!

ACTUAL PROOF OF GLOBAL WARMING!

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Nights are finally cooling off to where I'm thinking about taking the fans out of the windows.




Tonight, Friday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'Ghost Whisperer', followed by a RERUN 'The Mentalist', then a FRESH 'NUMB3RS'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are James Franco, Bruce McCall, and the Allstarz.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are George Hamilton and Cobie Smulders.

NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Deal Or No Deal', followed by a FRESH 'Crusoe', then a FRESH 'Lipstick Jungle'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Jay Mohr, Marjorie Johnson, and Scott Weiland.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Kiefer Sutherland, Rachel Maddow, and Vampire Weekend.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 10/8/08) are Jamie Kennedy and Panic at the Disco.

ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'Wife Swap', followed by a FRESH 'Supernanny', then another unwatchable '20/20'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Tracey Ullman, Baz Luhrmann, and Kevin Rudolf.

The CW offers a FRESH 'Everybody Loves Chris', followed by a FRESH 'The Game', then a RERUN 'America's Next Top Model'.

Faux has a FRESH 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', followed by a FRESH 'Don't Forget The Lyrics'.

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

PLEASE check local PBS listings for a FRESH 'Bill Moyers Journal', and a FRESH 'NOW With Bill Moyers David Brancaccio'.

A&E has all 'CSI: The 2nd One' all night.

AMC offers the movie 'Road House', followed by the movie 'House On Haunted Hill', then the movie 'Return To House On Haunted Hill'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 10
 [12:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8
 [1:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 1 La Parra de Burriana
 [2:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 10 Collins
 [3:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 11
 [3:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9
 [4:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 The Priory
 [5:00 PM]    Top Gear - Episode 10
 [6:00 PM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 3
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 2 Sex and Violence
 [8:40 PM]    Little Britain - Episode 3
 [9:20 PM]    The Catherine Tate Show - Episode 1
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 2 Sex and Violence
 [11:40 PM]    Little Britain - Episode 3
 [12:20 AM]    Catherine Tate Show, The - Episode 1
 [1:00 AM]    Monty Python's Flying Circus - Ep. 2 Sex and Violence
 [1:40 AM]    Little Britain - Episode 3
 [2:20 AM]    Catherine Tate Show, The - Episode 1
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 10 Sarah Beeny and Dawn French
 [4:00 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 2
 [4:30 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 3
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 6 Finch
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 7 Banham
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Top Chef', followed by the movie 'Love Actually'.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', another 'Chappelle's Show', and 'The Payaso Comedy Slam'.

FX has the movie 'The Family Stone', followed by the movie 'Christmas With The Kranks'.

History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', followed by a FRESH 'Gangland', then a FRESH 'Shadow Force'.

IFC  -   
 [6:10 AM]   IFC in Theaters
 [6:25 AM]   Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
 [8:00 AM]   Bee Season
 [9:45 AM]   High and Low
 [12:10 PM]   The IFC Media Project
 [12:35 PM]   Kingdom Come
 [2:15 PM]   Roadside Prophets
 [4:00 PM]   High and Low
 [6:25 PM]   Kingdom Come
 [8:00 PM]   Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy
 [9:00 PM]   Trapped in the Closet
 [10:30 PM]   Henry Rollins Uncut: Northern Ireland
 [11:30 PM]   Hell Girl
 [12:00 AM]   House
 [1:30 AM]   Henry Rollins Uncut: Northern Ireland
 [2:30 AM]   Hell Girl
 [3:00 AM]   House
 [4:30 AM]   The Element of Crime    (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has 'Star Trek: TNG', 'Stargate Atlantis', another 'Stargate Atlantis', and a FRESH 'Sanctuary'.

Sundance  -   
 [04:00 AM]   Sex and Lucia
 [06:15 AM]   A Summer in the Cage
 [07:45 AM]   Lights in the Dusk
 [09:00 AM]   Flying: Confessions...: Part 2
 [10:00 AM]   Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 2: Transport
 [10:35 AM]   Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Weather Report
 [11:30 AM]   The Sierra Club Chronicles: Episode 4
 [12:00 PM]   Sunset Bollywood
 [01:00 PM]   Iconoclasts - Season 4: Cameron Diaz + Cameron Sinclair
 [02:00 PM]   Red Lights
 [04:00 PM]   The Event
 [06:00 PM]   The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle: Episode 5
 [06:30 PM]   Opening Night
 [09:00 PM]   Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Ben Harper, Justin Currie & Bryan Adams
 [10:00 PM]   Amazing Journey: Six Quick Ones
 [11:30 PM]   In Short: Festival 8
 [12:00 AM]   Little Odessa
 [02:00 AM]   Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: Ben Harper, Justin Currie & Bryan Adams
 [03:00 AM]   John Safran vs. God: Episode 4
 [03:30 AM]   TransGeneration: Episode 5
 [04:00 AM]   Witch Board: Bunshinsaba
 [05:35 AM]   Opening Night     (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Rosalie (1937)
 [8:15 AM]      Broadway Melody Of 1940 (1940)
 [10:15 AM]      Lady Be Good (1941)
 [12:15 PM]      Go West, Young Lady (1941)
 [1:30 PM]      Obliging Young Lady (1941)
 [3:00 PM]      Lady Gangster (1942)
 [4:15 PM]      The Lady Is Willing (1942)
 [6:00 PM]      Lady Of Vengeance (1957)
 [7:30 PM]      Festival of Shorts #29 (2000)
 [8:00 PM]      John Leguizamo (2008)
 [8:30 PM]      Moulin Rouge (1952)
 [10:45 PM]      John Leguizamo (2008)
 [11:15 PM]      They Made Me A Criminal (1939)
 [1:00 AM]      The John Garfield Story (2003)
 [2:00 AM]      Monster A Go-Go (1965)
 [3:15 AM]      The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
 [4:45 AM]      Die, Monster, Die ! (1965)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Saturday  -  11/22/08

TCM:
 [6:30 AM]      Pushover (1954)
 [8:00 AM]      Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
 [9:15 AM]      The Woman in Green (1945)
 [10:30 AM]      The Black Knight (1954)
 [12:00 PM]      John Leguizamo (2008)
 [12:30 PM]      Plymouth Adventure (1952)
 [2:30 PM]      Hawaii (1966)
 [5:45 PM]      Vertigo (1958)
 [8:00 PM]      Fanny (1961)
 [10:30 PM]      Since You Went Away (1944)
 [1:30 AM]      Topaz (1969)
 [4:00 AM]      Monte Walsh (1970)     (ALL TIMES EST)



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Ethel Kennedy (C) and Robert Kennedy Jr. (C, back) and their family arrive to attend a Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights gala in New York November 19, 2008.
Photo by Lucas Jackson

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Tours Eastern Congo Refugee Camps

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck is talking to children and aid officials in refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo in an effort to raise awareness of the conflict that has displaced at least 250,000 people.

The actor has visited the Central African country four times since 2007 and also has made a documentary about its problems.

Affleck said he first became interested in Congo a few years ago, when Hollywood's attentions began to focus another African crisis, Darfur. After doing more research on Africa, he was shocked to learn about Congo's four-year war, during which an estimated 5 million people died.

Ben Affleck

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Singer Tony Bennett performs in front of Bloomingdales department store to unveil the store's 2008 holiday windows in New York November 20, 2008.
Photo by Lucas Jackson

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Free Soda Sunday

Dr Pepper

Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality. The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008. "Chinese Democracy," infamously delayed since recording began in 1994, goes on sale Sunday.

"We never thought this day would come," Tony Jacobs, Dr Pepper's vice president of marketing, said in a statement. "But now that it's here, all we can say is: The Dr Pepper's on us."

Beginning Sunday at 12:01 a.m., coupons for a free 20-ounce soda will be available for 24 hours on Dr Pepper's Web site. They'll be honored until Feb. 28.

Dr Pepper

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Delivers Gurkha Petition

Joanna Lumley

Actress Joanna Lumley has led a rally which called on the Government to pay back a "debt of honour" to Gurkhas.

Around 2,000 veterans and campaigners gathered in London to deliver a petition and to take part in a wreath-laying ceremony in memory of those who died serving the British Army. I

n the wake of a High Court ruling, the Gurkha Justice Campaign wants new measures to be introduced to give Gurkhas who retired or were discharged from the Army before 1997 the automatic right to settle in the UK.

Currently only Gurkhas who retired or were discharged from the army after July 1, 1997 are eligible to settle here. In September, the High Court ruled that the immigration policy used to exclude pre-1997 retired Gurkhas from the UK was unlawful.

Joanna Lumley

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Grave Found

Nicolaus Copernicus

Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe.

Polish archaeologist Jerzy Gassowski told a news conference that forensic facial reconstruction of the skull, missing the lower jaw, his team found in 2005 buried in a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Frombork, Poland, bears striking resemblance to existing portraits of Copernicus.

The reconstruction shows a broken nose and other features that resemble a self-portrait of Copernicus, and the skull bears a cut mark above the left eye that corresponds with a scar shown in the painting.

Moreover, the skull belonged to a man aged around 70 - Copernicus's age when he died in 1543.

Nicolaus Copernicus

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Japan's animation movie director Hayao Miyazaki speaks at a news conference in Tokyo November 20, 2008.
Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon

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18 Wheel Migration

Monarch Butterfly

About three weeks ago, Jeannette Brandt was out for a bike ride in rural Hadley when she spied the injured butterfly and took it home in her emptied water bottle.

She and her partner, Mike Parwana, fed it rotting pears and water mixed with honey from bees they keep. The butterfly fattened but the question remained: What about the broken wing?

A search of the Internet turned up a nine-minute video demonstration posted by the Live Monarch Foundation, a nonprofit group from Boca Raton, Fla., on how to fix a broken butterfly wing. A little contact cement on the wing, some tiny cardboard splints, and the bruised butterfly was back in business.

On Sunday, the couple took the healed monarch in a shoebox to Scotty's, a popular and busy truck stop about 35 miles north of Albany. Anybody looking for company on the trip south?

Monarch Butterfly

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Vidiot Speak

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5 More Years

Roger Ailes

Roger Ailes, the veteran television executive propagandist who launched the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, has signed a new five-year contract with News Corp, Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate.

Ailes, 68, joined News Corp in 1996 when he launched the Fox News Channel. Under the new contract, Ailes will continue to oversee the news and financial channels, as well as Fox Television Stations, Fox Business Network, My Network TV and Twentieth Television.

He also will advise Murdoch on TV and news matters, according to a statement released by News Corp on Thursday.

Ailes had more than a year left on his previous contract, company spokesman Brian Lewis said. He declined to say how much money Ailes would earn under the new contract.

Roger Ailes

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Sir Tim Rice does a little dance on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Thursday Nov. 20, 2008 in Los Angeles. Rice co-wrote Oscar-winning songs for 'Aladdin,'' 'Evita,'' and 'The Lion King'' and, with Andrew Lloyd Webber, created the blockbuster musicals 'Evita,'' 'Jesus Christ Superstar'' and 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.''
Photo by Nick Ut

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John 'Sour Grapes' McCain

Jackson Browne

John McCain may have lost the presidential election to Barack Obama, but his campaign seems absolutely determined not to lose to Jackson Browne.

The singer/songwriter sued McCain in August after the Republican candidate for the highest office in the land used his song, "Running on Empty," in a campaign commercial that targeted Obama's energy plan. At the time, many didn't take the legal threat very seriously, but based on two motions filed this week in U.S. District Court in California, the McCain campaign sure does.

Represented by attorney Lincoln Bandlow at Spillane Shaeffer, McCain has filed two 20-page motions.

Jackson Browne

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To Testify In British Court

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson will appear in a British court next week to testify in a lawsuit brought against him by a Bahraini prince, the singer's lawyer said on Thursday.

The reclusive 50-year-old pop star is being sued by Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Khalifa, the second son of the king of Bahrain, who says Jackson reneged on a contract to record a new album and write an autobiography.

He also says Jackson owes him $7 million after the prince paid for his legal costs, travel and other expenses.

Jackson contests that there was no valid agreement with al-Khalifa and that the sheikh's case is based on "mistake, misrepresentation and undue influence."

Michael Jackson

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Settles Suit

Sean Stewart

A case against Rod Stewart's son over a brawl at a Hollywood nightclub has been resolved.

Seal Bral, an attorney for the man who sued Sean Stewart in 2007, says the parties reached a settlement after undergoing private mediation. A Los Angeles court dismissed the case on Tuesday.

The case had been scheduled to go to trial in January, although Stewart's attorneys had been seeking a dismissal. An attorney for Stewart did not return a phone message Thursday.

Stewart appeared in the A&E show "Sons of Hollywood" and is also one of the patients featured on this season's "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" on VH1.

Sean Stewart

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A woman enjoys the aroma of white truffles before the opening of the fair "LUXURY, please." in Vienna November 20, 2008. The fair for luxury goods takes place from November 21 to 23 in the imperial halls of Vienna's historic Hofburg palace.
Photo by /Herwig Prammer

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Taco Bell Lawyers Get Tough

50 Cent

Rapper 50 Cent is facing a challenge to his street cred - from Taco Bell.

Lawyers for the fast-food chain are calling his federal lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, another attempt to "burnish his gangsta rapper persona by distorting beyond all recognition a bona fide, good faith offer."

The squabble is over a fake letter sent out by Taco Bell Corp. asking 50 Cent to change his name for one day to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent to help publicize its value menu.

In return, the company offered to donate $10,000 to the charity of his choice.

50 Cent

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Lawmaker Apologizes For Blocking

Wikipedia

A member of parliament who got a court order blocking online encyclopedia Wikipedia in Germany for two days because of entries linking him to communist-era security police apologized on Tuesday for overreacting.

Lutz Heilmann, a little-known MP of the Left party, made headlines across Germany and stirred complaints about censorship for winning the court injunction temporarily blocking the popular reference data base.

Heilmann told Tageszeitung newspaper he took the step because the entry about him in Wikipedia included false information, suggesting he worked for former communist East Germany's Stasi. He said he realized he had made a mistake.

Wikipedia

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Cable Nielsens

Ratings

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Nov. 10-16. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:

    1. NFL Football: San Francisco vs. Arizona (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 8.68 million homes, 11.87 million viewers.
    2. "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), Comedy Central, 4.03 million homes, 6.61 million viewers.
    3. Movie: "ICarly Movie: Go to Japan" (Monday, 7 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.45 million homes, 4.83 million viewers.
    4. "Hannah Montana" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 3.37 million homes, 4.61 million viewers.
    5. College Football: Mississippi St. vs. Alabama (Saturday, 7:41 p.m.), ESPN, 3.25 million homes, 4.95 million viewers.
    6. "NCIS" (Tuesday, 7 p.m.), USA, 3.25 million homes, 4.28 million viewers.
    7. Movie: "The Two Mr. Kissels" (Saturday, 9 p.m.), Lifetime, 3.24 million homes, 4.16 million viewers.
    8. NFL Football: N.Y. Jets vs. New England (Thursday, 8:16 p.m.), NFL Network, 3.13 million homes, 4.41 million viewers.
    9. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.12 million homes, 4.59 million viewers.
   10. "ICarly" (Monday, 6 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.1 million homes, 4.09 million viewers.
   11. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.05 million homes, 4.68 million viewers.
   12. "The O'Reilly Factor" (Monday, 8 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 3 million homes, 4.03 million viewers.
   13. "ICarly" (Monday, 6:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.966 million homes, 4.02 million viewers.
   14. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.964 million homes, 3.82 million viewers.
   15. Movie: "ICarly Movie: Go to Japan" (Tuesday, 4 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.95 million homes, 3.96 million viewers.

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A chameleon sits on a tree at the zoo in Zurich November 19, 2008.
Photo by Arnd Wiegmann

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