BartCop Entertainment Archives - Friday, 2 December, 2011

Friday

2 December, 2011

(Updated Daily)

[66 days in a row]



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Herman Cain Answers THE Presidential Question: How He Would Handle The 4:00 AM Text Message


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Top 10 quirky science tricks for parties (YouTube)
Professor Richard Wiseman.


NH Voters on Mitt Romney: A Dishonest Fraud (YouTube)
Top Comment: The Romney ad goes well beyond the typical truth stretching we're used to in political advertising. It is so breathtakingly cynical and brazenly deceptive. That Romney would approve such an ad shows that he is not fit for public office, let alone the presidency of the U.S.


Tom Danehy: Tom ponders a controversial book on African Americans and marriage (Tucson Weekly)
One of the more provocative book titles this year is Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone. Written by Stanford law professor Ralph Richard Banks, the book answers its own question with a depressing, "Mostly, yes," but adds a slightly hopeful, "But it doesn't have to be," at the end. Somewhat surprisingly, it is the "hopeful" part that is causing the most controversy.


Claire Gordon: Waiter's Phony $10 Tip Includes Religious Lesson (Daily Finance)
A $10 bill is a joyful sight for a server. But when one waiter went to retrieve such a note out from under a diner's plate recently, he reportedly noticed something curious. The tip it provided wasn't monetary, but took the form of advice. "SOME THINGS ARE BETTER THAN MONEY," it said on the back, "like your eternal salvation, that was brought and paid for by Jesus going to the cross."


Muppets Movie: Whoopi Goldberg on Loving Kermit and Miss Piggy (Daily Beast)
Rowlf, Kermit, and Pepe The King Prawn-welcome back to the big screen.


Paul Constant: "You Can Relax Now: 'The Muppets' Does Jim Henson Proud" (The Stranger)
'The Muppets' isn't perfect-Fozzie and several other Muppets at times sound like they have sore throats due to the new voice talent, and because of the up-with-Muppets tone of the film, there's not really any way for grousier elements like Statler and Waldorf or Sam the Eagle to get their moments in the spotlight-but it's pretty damn close to perfect.


Susan King: "Classic Hollywood: Barry Livingston, acting his age" (LA Times)
Former child actor Barry Livingston, who played the cute-but-nerdy Ernie Douglas on the vintage Fred MacMurray sitcom "My Three Sons," turned out quite well, thank you.


Roger Ebert: Down in Front
Where do you like to sit when you go to the movies? I know where I do, and I even suppose I know why. I started reconsidering my thinking, however, when I read David Bordwell's enlightening new blog entry, "Down in front!"



David Bruce has 42 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $42 you can buy 10,500 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," "Maximum Cool," and "Resist Psychic Death."


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Trivia Question of the Day


Who was born McKinley Morganfield?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) was an official pseudonym used in what profession?


   Film Directors                                                      Source



Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) was an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968. Until its use was formally discontinued in 2000, it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) when a director dissatisfied with the final product proved to the satisfaction of a guild panel that he or she had not been able to exercise creative control over a film. The director was also required by guild rules not to discuss the circumstances leading to the move or even to acknowledge being the actual director.        Source






Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   The official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project.



Charlie responded:
   Used by film directors who to disown a project,




Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
   Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) was an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968.



Adam answered:
   Hollywood Film Directing.



Sally said:
   Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) was an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project.

  Hahaha!
  PS: @B2BB, thank's for the information re the VA outreach for alcoholism and mental health issues. Thanks for keeping us updated!




MAM   wrote:
   It was an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968. For example . . .




And, Joe S     took the day off.
  


  



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Middle Class Political Economist

Update on Boeing: Union to Drop NLRB Complaint, but Will Subsidy Shoe Drop, Too?




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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


Daily Kos: MPAA Admits They Are Writing Internet Blacklist Bill



Daily Kos: Andrew Sullivan and the Bell Curve Follies: "The Mental Age of the Negro Soldier is 10 Years Old.."



Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan President, Pardons Imprisoned Rape Victim



Apple: Siri 'Abortion' Blackout Is A Beta Software Issue



Internet Sales Tax: Democrats, Republicans Support Closing Loophole



Daily Kos: Der Spiegel:"GOP Freakshow" Damaging America's Reputation



Daily Kos: Half of Michigan African Americans will soon be under the rule of an Emergency Manager



Daily Kos: Public Radio's Warren Olney Links Penn State Scandal To LGBT People's Adoption Rights



Anti-gay law: 'Why I'm ashamed to be Nigerian' - CNN.com



'Trek Nation' explores Roddenberry's final frontier - GeekOut - CNN.com Blogs



U.S. medical 'trash' saving lives abroad - CNN.com



Thanks, Michelle!


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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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Seven Billion - Infographic



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


RICK PERRY FEELS THE WARM!

PSSHHHT!

"ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN AND THE SKIES ARE GRAY..."

WATER PUMP HACK! NOT!

GOVERNORS PETITION FOR THE GOOD SHIT!

MUST BE A REPUG!

THE WORLDS POLICEMAN

THE "ALL POLITICIANS SUCK" INDEX

THE SNAKE HANDLER

LIMEY BASTARD!

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING!

THE REPUG STUPID KEEPS GETTING STUPIDER!

HERE COMES THE WARM!

THE PRIVATIZATION OF WAR!

STUPID AND GREEDY AS A BUSINESS MODEL

"WHAT'S UP DOC?"

TURN OFF YOUR FUCKING PHONE ASSHOLE!






Visit JD's new site - Kitty Litter Music



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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny with lots of fallen branches and stuff to clean up.



Here's a Complete List of Grammy Nominations - 2012



Tonight, Friday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'A Gifted Man', followed by a FRESH 'CSI: The 3rd One', then a FRESH 'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 10/24/11) are Salma Hayek, Keith Olbermann, and Jane's Addiction.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Ana Gasteyer and Beth Behrs.



NBC starts the night with the movie 'Crime Of Your Life', followed by 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Hilary Swank, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, and Dia Frampton.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Maya Rudolph, Damian Lewis, and John Besh.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 10/28/11) are Lisa Ling, Anamana Guchi, and Goldheart Assembly.



ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', followed by another FRESH 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then '20/20'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 11/22/11) are "Dancing with the Stars" winner J.R. Martinez, David Beckham, Dana Delany, and Nickelback.



The CW offers a FRESH 'Nikita', followed by a FRESH 'Supernatural'.



Faux has LIVE 'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and whatever reruns are handy.



MY has an old 'Monk', followed by another old 'Monk'.



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



AMC offers the movie 'The Addams Family', followed by the movie 'The Addams Family', again, then 'The Walking Dead'.



BBC  -   
 [7:00AM]   BBC World News
 [8:00AM]   The Graham Norton Show-Ep 3 - Jack Whitehall, Adele
 [9:00AM]   The Graham Norton Show-Ep 6 David Tennant, Johnny Vegas, Alison Moyet
 [10:00AM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word-Episode 7
 [11:00AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited-Ep 2 Walnut Tree
 [12:00PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 10 Sante La Brea
 [1:00PM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word-Episode 8
 [2:00PM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word-Episode 9
 [3:00PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 2 The Fenwick Arms
 [4:00PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 8 Peter's
 [5:00PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation-Ep 14 A Matter of Perspective
 [6:00PM]   Doctor Wh-oEp 10 Love & Monsters
 [7:00PM]   Top GearEpisode 1
 [8:00PM]   Top Gear-Episode 5
 [9:00PM]   Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
 [12:10AM]   Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
 [3:20AM]   James May's Road Trip-Episode 2
 [4:00AM]   Top Gear-Episode 1
 [5:00AM]   Top Gear-Episode 5     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by the movie 'Next Friday'.



Comedy Central has '30 Rock', another '30 Rock', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself', and 'Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached'.



FX has 'How I Met Your Mother', another 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by the movie 'Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs', then the movie 'The Waterboy'.



History has 'American Restoration', another 'American Restoration', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', 'Real Deal', another 'Real Deal', followed by a FRESH 'Harry Bikers', then another 'Harry Bikers'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [6:30AM]   Hope Springs
 [8:30AM]   Johnson Family Vacation
 [10:30AM]   Onion News Network-Sex in America
 [11:00AM]   Onion News Network-Artificial Intelligence
 [11:30AM]   A Price Above Rubies
 [2:00PM]   Hope Springs
 [4:00PM]   Johnson Family Vacation
 [6:00PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Halloween Approximately
 [6:30PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Lois' Birthday
 [7:00PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Dinner Out
 [7:30PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Casino
 [8:00PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Convention
 [8:30PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Robbery
 [9:00PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Therapy
 [9:30PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-High School Play
 [10:00PM]   Onion News Network-Brooke vs. O'Brady
 [10:30PM]   House Party
 [12:45AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [1:00AM]   Onion News Network-Brooke vs. O'Brady
 [1:30AM]   House Party
 [3:45AM]   Feeling Minnesota    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00A]   Visioneers
 [7:30A]   Blue Blood
 [9:10A]   Lemon Tree
 [11:00A]   Visioneers
 [12:30P]   Blue Blood
 [2:10P]   Lemon Tree
 [4:00]   P UNLEASHED BY GARO: I'm Never Going to Take it All Off (Episode 3, Season 1)
 [5:00P]   UNLEASHED BY GARO: A Little Bit of Pain (Episode 4, Season 1)
 [6:00P]   Love Lust & Holiday Feasts
 [7:00P]   Love Lust & Breakfast
 [8:00P]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Let's Get This Party Started (Nashville)
 [8:30P]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Too Heavy, Too Hard, Too Fast
 [9:30P]   ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Qristyl Frazier: Plus-Sexy (Episode 2, Season 2)
 [10:30P]   Feel
 [12:30A]   ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Qristyl Frazier: Plus-Sexy (Episode 2, Season 2)
 [1:30A]   Accomplices
 [3:05A]   Feel
 [4:35A]   All God's Children Can Dance     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'National Treasure: Book Of Secrets', followed by a FRESH 'WWE Steroid SmackDown!', then a FRESH 'Sanctuary'.



TCM:
 [7:00 AM]      Star Of Midnight (1935)
 [8:30 AM]      Crossroads (1942)
 [10:00 AM]      Sherlock Holmes (1922)     SILENT 
 [11:30 AM]      Expensive Women (1931)
 [12:45 PM]      Beauty And The Boss (1932)
 [2:00 PM]      The Dark Horse (1932)
 [3:15 PM]      Under Eighteen (1932)
 [4:45 PM]      The Woman From Monte Carlo (1932)
 [6:00 PM]      Skyscraper Souls (1932)
 [8:00 PM]      Knute Rockne All American (1940)
 [9:45 PM]      Boy Meets Girl (1938)
 [11:15 PM]      Don't Trust Your Husband (1948)     [AKA: 'An Innocent Affair']
 [1:00 AM]      The Good Humor Man (1950)
 [2:30 AM]      They Live (1988)
 [4:15 AM]      The Fog (1979)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Saturday   -  12/03/11

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Redemption (1930)
 [7:30 AM]      Five Came Back (1939)
 [9:00 AM]      The Great Rupert (1950)
 [10:30 AM]      The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
 [12:00 PM]      Lost Volcano (1950)
 [1:30 PM]      Courage Of Lassie (1946)
 [3:30 PM]      Mogambo (1953)
 [5:30 PM]      Rio Bravo (1959)
 [8:00 PM]      Out of the Past (1947)
 [10:00 PM]      Instant Love (1964)     [AKA: 'Pão de Açúcar']
 [12:00 AM]      While The City Sleeps (1956)
 [2:00 AM]      Alias Jesse James (1959)
 [4:00 AM]      Gun Glory (1957)
 [5:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #15 (1955)     (ALL TIMES EST)




Antenna TV

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV





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Musician Jackson Browne performs in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement at Zuccotti Park in New York December 1, 2011.
Photo by Andrew Burton

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Vidiot Speak

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1% Talking Points

Occupy Wall Street

The Republican Governors Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up: How can Republicans do a better job of talking about Occupy Wall Street?

"I'm so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I'm frightened to death," said Frank Luntz, a Republican strategist and one of the nation's foremost experts on crafting the perfect political message. "They're having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism."

Luntz offered tips on how Republicans could discuss the grievances of the Occupiers, and help the governors better handle all these new questions from constituents about "income inequality" and "paying your fair share."

1. Don't say 'capitalism.'

2. Don't say that the government 'taxes the rich.' Instead, tell them that the government 'takes from the rich.'

3. Republicans should forget about winning the battle over the 'middle class.' Call them 'hardworking taxpayers.'

For the rest: Occupy Wall Street

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Actor Adam Beach holds the Save the Fraser Declaration to stop the expansion of crude oil pipelines in British Columbia at a signing ceremony in Vancouver, British Columbia December 1, 2011. Various First Nation leaders have signed the agreement to stop oil companies from expanding pipelines into their territories.
Photo by Ben Nelms

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France Honors

Lenny Kravitz

France has paid tribute to Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz with its highest award, the Legion of Honor.

Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand hailed the 47-year-old singer-songwriter at a Paris ceremony on Wednesday, telling him "you freed yourself of the barriers between black and white sound."

Kravitz told The Associated Press that he got his first big break at a 1989 music festival in the western French city of Rennes that transformed his career "overnight." He said "I know it sounds like a fairy tale but it's true."

Kravitz was born to a black mother and white father, and his latest album, "Black and White America," tackles interracial issues - notably what his parents experienced in 1960s New York.

Lenny Kravitz

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Wake-up Call


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Goes To Chilean Poet

Cervantes Prize

Chilean poet Nicanor Parra has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor, for his influential work mixing everyday slang with traditional verse.

The 97-year-old poet, essayist and physics graduate was announced the winner Thursday in Madrid by Spanish Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde.

He published his first book of poetry in 1937 and eventually adopted the style he called anti-poetry, introducing colloquial language into traditional poetry, the Spanish Culture Ministry said.

The €125,000 ($170,000) prize honors writers who contribute to the richness of Spanish-language literature, and generally alternates between Spanish and Latin American writers. Last year, it went to Spain's Ana Maria Matute.

Cervantes Prize

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Actor Robin Williams poses as he arrives at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, California November 30, 2011.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Tomb Cleaned Up

Oscar Wilde

Actor Rupert Everett and Oscar Wilde's grandson have unveiled a makeover of the writer's gravesite on the 111th anniversary of his death.

Everett, who is writing about the poet's life, spoke at a podium Wednesday bearing a poster of the pre-renovation tomb covered in notes and lipstick at Paris' famed Pere Lachaise cemetery.

The tomb had become such a well-loved pilgrimage site - and had been so well-kissed - that it needed renovation. A glass screen now separates visitors from the stone itself.

Grandson Merlin Holland said his grandfather "would be incredibly touched by all the attention. After all he was sent out of England in 1897 a bankrupt, a homosexual and a convict ... and the French took him to their hearts."

Oscar Wilde

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Urges African Nations

Amnesty International

Amnesty International on Thursday urged Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia to arrest former US resident George W. Bush for violating international torture laws, during his African tour this week.

Bush is touring the countries through to Monday to promote efforts to fight cervical and breast cancers, and Amnesty said the three nations have an obligation to arrest him under international law.

"All countries to which George W. Bush travels have an obligation to bring him to justice for his role in torture," said Amnesty's senior legal adviser Matt Pollard.

"International law requires that there be no safe haven for those responsible for torture; Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia must seize this opportunity to fulfil their obligations and end the impunity George W. Bush has so far enjoyed."

Amnesty's case relies on the public record, US documents obtained through access to information requests, Bush's own memoir and a Red Cross report critical of the US's war on terror policies.

Amnesty International

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Actor Ben Stiller and wife, actress Christine Taylor pose as they arrive at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, California November 30, 2011. Stiller was honored with the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy at the event.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Comic Author Claims Idea Stolen

"Cowboys & Aliens"

The author of a 1995 comic story titled "Cowboys & Aliens" on Thursday sued the producers of a summer action flick of the same name, and accused them of stealing his idea.

Austin-based author Steven John Busti filed his lawsuit in federal court in his home state of Texas.

In 1994, Busti came up with the concept for lasso-wielding cowboys facing off against giant aliens in the West, and published a story the following year titled "Cowboys & Aliens" in a comic called "Bizarre Fantasy," his lawsuit states.

Busti's lawsuit also said that in 1994, a publication called Comic Shop News ran a feature on his "Cowboys & Aliens" idea in the same issue that it had a story on comic book entrepreneur Scott Mitchell Rosenberg.

Rosenberg's Los Angeles-based comics and entertainment firm Platinum Studios in 2006 launched the graphic novel series "Cowboys & Aliens," which Busti said in his lawsuit bears "striking similarities" to his own work.

"Cowboys & Aliens"

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Actress Helena Bonham Carter poses as she arrives for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, California November 30, 2011. Carter was honored with The Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year at the event.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Apple's Anti-Choice Device

Siri

Apple Inc is facing its first major controversy over well-received voice software Siri, as the cutting-edge iPhone search service ran afoul of abortion rights advocates.

Siri - one of the most popular features of Apple's new iPhone 4S - drew the ire of bloggers and the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League when it could not locate abortion clinics when asked.

NARAL's president, Nancy Keenan, dashed off an email to Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook in which she complained: "In some cases, Siri is not providing your customers with accurate or complete information about women's reproductive-health services."

But Apple said Siri's inability to pull up information was not intentional, blaming the flaw on the fact it was still in beta, or testing, phase.

Siri

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Sarah Cairns and actor Morgan Freeman (R) pose as they arrive at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, California November 30, 2011. Freeman is wearing a compression glove on his left hand due to a nerve damage after a 2008 car accident.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Arrested & Sent To Jail Named After Him

"Sheriff of the Year"

Every civil servant wants to experience his or her legacy firsthand--but not the way that onetime Arapahoe Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. has. Sullivan, a nationally renowned law enforcement leader, was arrested on drug charges and is now being detained in the Denver area jail that bears his name.

Sullivan, who in 2001 was named the National Sheriff Association's "Sheriff of the Year," was arrested on suspicion of trafficking methamphetamines.

Local news station CBS4 began an investigation of Sullivan last month on a tip that he had agreed to meet a male informant, providing drugs in exchange for sex. He was subsequently arrested by the South Metro Drug Task Force and is currently being held on a $250,000 bond.

And in an incredible twist of fate, Sullivan now cooling his heels at The Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility, named in his honor.

Sullivan, 68, has been retired for nine years, but had been serving as director of safety and security for Cherry Creek Schools.

"Sheriff of the Year"

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German actress Anke Engelke and German director Wim Wenders pose for the media to promote the upcoming European Film Award 2011 in Berlin December 1, 2011. The 24th European Film Award 2011 will be held on December 3 in the German capital.
Photo by Tobias Schwarz

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$2500 Catalog

Elizabeth Taylor

Can't spare a few million for one of Elizabeth Taylor's world renowned rocks at the December auction of her jewelry?

You aren't alone. Less well-heeled fans of the late screen star are consoling themselves by snapping up lavish, limited edition sets of catalogs for Christie's upcoming auction of Taylor's jewelry, clothing, art and memorabilia. But even the books aren't that cheap.

While catalogs from individual auctions of her memorabilia can be had for as little as $60, the crown jewel for collectors is an ultra limited edition, boxed set of the gem sale catalog accompanied by a signed copy of Taylor's out-of-print 2002 book, "My Love Affair With Jewelry."

Packaged in a lavender presentation box, it's going for $2,500. Only 25 are available, with profits going toward Taylor's AIDS Foundation. The same set, minus Taylor's signature, is available for $600.

Another 20-lbs. boxed behemoth of all five catalogs will set a buyer back $300. A "jewelry set" of two catalogs detailing the gem auctions and selling for $150 has been another hot seller.

Elizabeth Taylor

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British actor Alan Cumming poses as he arrives at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, California November 30, 2011.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Glyphs Don't Predict Apocalypse

Mexico

The end is not near.

At least that's according to a German expert who says his decoding of a Mayan tablet with a reference to a 2012 date denotes a transition to a new era and not a possible end of the world as others have read it.

The interpretation of the hieroglyphs by Sven Gronemeyer of La Trobe University in Australia was presented for the first time Wednesday at the archaeological site of Palenque in southern Mexico.

His comments came less than a week after Mexico's archaeology institute acknowledged there was a second reference to the 2012 date in Mayan inscriptions, touching of another round of talk about whether it predicts the end of the world.

He said the inscription describes the return of mysterious Mayan god Bolon Yokte at the end of a 13th period of 400 years, known as Baktuns, on the equivalent of Dec. 21, 2012. Mayans considered 13 a sacred number. There's nothing apocalyptic in the date, he said.

Mexico

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A sparkler burns on the 250th birthday cake of a waxwork of Madame Marie Tussaud (C), surrounded by models of (L-R) Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister David Cameron, actor Russell Brand, footballer David Beckham and his wife Victoria and actress Helen Mirren at Madame Tussauds in London December 1, 2011. Born Marie Grosholtz in 1761, Madame Tussaud began working with wax in Paris, served the court of Louis XVI and his Queen, Marie Antoinette, and later moved her trade to Britain.
Photo by Luke MacGregor

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Cable Nielsens

Ratings

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen for the week of Nov. 21-27. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:

    1. NFL Football: Kansas City vs. New England (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 8.98 million homes, 12.34 million viewers.
    2. NFL Football: San Francisco vs. Baltimore (Thursday, 8:30 p.m.), NFLN, 6.04 million homes, 10.68 million viewers.
    3. "Walking Dead" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), AMC, 4.35 million homes, 6.62 million viewers.
    4. "NFL Pre-Kick" (Thursday, 8 p.m.), NFLN, 3.84 million homes, 7.32 million viewers.
    5. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.21 million homes, 4.76 million viewers.
    6. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.15 million homes, 4.68 million viewers.
    7. "Gold Rush" (Friday, 9 p.m.), Discovery, 3 million homes, 4.48 million viewers.
    8. "Storage Wars" (Tuesday, 10:30 p.m.), A&E, 2.83 million homes,, 4.17 million viewers.
    9. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 2.78 million homes, 3.89 million viewers.
   10. "Good Luck Charlie" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), Disney, 2.73 million homes, 3.95 million viewers.
   11. "Shake It Up" (Sunday, 8:30 p.m.), Disney, 2.7 million homes, 3.89 million viewers.
   12. College Football: Texas vs. Texas A&M (Thursday, 8 p.m.), ESPN, 2.69 million homes, 4.14 million viewers.
   13. "Sons of Anarchy" (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), FX, 2.68 million homes, 3.85 million viewers.
   14. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), USA, 2.67 million homes, 3.71 million viewers.
   15. "Republican National Security Debate" (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), CNN, 2.66 million homes, 3.6 million viewers.

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In Memory

Judy Lewis

For decades, the identity of Judy Lewis' parents was one of the best-kept secrets in Hollywood.

Not until Lewis acknowledged her story in the 1994 autobiography "Uncommon Knowledge" did the general public know the truth: Lewis was not the adopted daughter of Hollywood starlet Loretta Young, but had been conceived out of wedlock by Young and Clark Gable while the two filmed "Call of the Wild" in the 1930s.

Lewis died Friday in the Philadelphia suburb of Gladwyne, said Rodger McKinney, owner of the Chadwick & McKinney Funeral Home. Services will be held Saturday.

Lewis, of Palm Springs, Calif., was raised in Los Angeles by Young as her adopted daughter. She was an adult when she learned that Young, a devout Roman Catholic, conceived her during an affair with Gable in the 1930s.

Lewis was born Nov. 6, 1935, in Venice, Calif., and went on to perform on Broadway and television in her own career. She also produced the soap opera "Texas," a spinoff of "Another World." In the 1980s, she earned psychology degrees, advocating for children's rights and counseling teenagers. She later became a psychotherapist in Los Angeles, something she pursued until her illness.

In 1994, she wrote "Uncommon Knowledge," acknowledging her parentage publicly for the first time. Her mother was a single Catholic and Gable was married at the time of her birth, and the news would have led to scandal, so she created the story that Lewis was adopted.

Lewis wrote that Young kept her sequestered with a nurse for months after her birth, and that she was then turned over to an orphanage. When she was 2, Young brought her home as her adopted daughter.

Before her memoir was published, the identity of her parents had long been rumored. Leonard Maltin said the truth was never truly public, however, until the memoir, in which Lewis describes her mother telling her the truth in 1966.

In the book, Lewis said Young told her then: "'Well, he was your father. ... He was darling. Sweet and very gentle. ... He was married, so when I discovered I was pregnant with you, I was frantic and terrified. It would have ruined both our careers, a scandal like that.'"

Lewis' survivors include her daughter, three half brothers and her partner, Steve Rowland. Another memorial service is being planned for later this month in Los Angeles, McKinney said.

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