BartCop Entertainment Archives - Monday, 23 January, 2012

Monday

23 January, 2012

(Updated Daily)

[118 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Marc Dion: Parking on Lovers' Lane and Swapping Passwords (Creators Syndicate)
One of the latest in the mountain of studies produced by America's mighty study factories found that 30 percent of American teenagers who are online have swapped passwords with a boyfriend, girlfriend or friend.


Julie Hinds: Elmore Leonard's creation is a complex hero for the modern world (Detroit Free Press)
Staring down a no-good, gun-toting heir to a marijuana empire in rural Kentucky who's just thrown a dead rat at his car, Raylan Givens stands unfazed.


Jason Reitman: 'Growing up sucks, doesn't it?' (Guardian)
The director of 'Juno' and 'Up in the Air' tells Catherine Shoard why his latest film, 'Young Adult,' about an alcoholic, embittered ghostwriter, is far darker than his previous movies.


Hadley Freeman: Diablo Cody: devil's advocate (Guardian)
A pregnant schoolgirl, a housewife with multiple personality disorder and now a thirtysomething who won't grow up: Diablo Cody's characters may not be nice, but they're never boring.


Roger Ebert: Review of "Haywire" (Rated R, 3 stars)
I call the plot nonsense. Ask yourself this: How could any organization or "contractor" survive for long with the death rate we see here? At the end of a year, no one would be left alive, except a few mail-room clerks. Soderbergh seems to be amusing himself with the variety of his locations: Barcelona, Dublin, New Mexico, New York State and executive offices in unnamed cities. A film like "Haywire" has no lasting significance, but it's a pleasure to see an A-list director taking the care to make a first-rate genre thriller.


Roger Ebert: Review of "The Wages of Fear" (4 stars)
Four desperate men, broke and stranded in a backwater of Latin America, sign up on a suicidal mission to drive two truckloads of nitroglycerin 300 miles down a hazardous road. They could be blown to pieces at any instant, and in the film's most famous scene Clouzot requires them to turn their trucks around on a rickety, half-finished timber platform high above a mountain gorge.


Mark Hall-Patch: Heavy Metal Logos of Pop Bands
What if Britney or Bieber did heavy metal?


World Covers - Rolling In The Deep - Zapatou (YouTube)
"Luc Bergeron, known as Zapatou, mixed 71 different cover versions of the song "Rolling in the Deep" to make this video. There are a lot of talented young people on YouTube."--Neatorma



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Trivia Question of the Day


Betty Boop made her first appearance on August 9, 1930, in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes. The character was originally created as an anthropomorphic _____?_____

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Who was born Melvin Jerome Blank?


   Mel Blanc                                                      Source






Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 - July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. during the "Golden Age of American animation" as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, the Tasmanian Devil, and many of the other characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons. He later worked for Hanna-Barbera's television cartoons, most notably as the voice of Barney Rubble in The Flintstones and Mr. Spacely in The Jetsons. Having earned the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Voices," Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice-acting industry.

Blanc was born Melvin Jerome Blank in San Francisco, California, to Jewish parents Frederick and Eva Blank. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, attending Lincoln High School. He claimed that when he was 16, he changed the spelling from "Blank" to "Blanc" because a teacher told him that he would amount to nothing and be, like his name, a "blank".        Source







Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   Mel Blanc



BttbB said:
   "The Man of a Thousand Voices", Mel Blanc... No one better at what he did...



Charlie responded:
   The amazing Mel Blanc.




mj
   The voice of Warner Bro cartoons for so many years
  Mel Blanc.




Sally said:
   Melvin Jerome Blank became, Mel Blanc.

  Waiting for their voice...
  PS: Anyone else suffering from election night hangover? Who's ready for President Newt, and his THIRD wife?? (Making even Bachman looking better...)




Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
   Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 - July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian.



Marian replied:
   Mel Blanc



Adam answered:
   I was right, Mel Blanc (the male June Foray- she was the real master)



MAM   wrote:
   Mel Blanc, known as "The Man of 1000 Voices", the Looney Tunes star who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and dozens of others.

  PS Congratulations, Grandpa Joe!




And, Joe S     is still off taking even more pictures.
  


  





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Reader Suggestions

Michelle in AZ


Star Trek's Tricorder Medical Scanner May Become Reality, Thanks To Nanotechnology Breakthrough



Ark Encounter, Kentucky Creationist Theme Park, Gets Generous Tax Breaks In Budget Proposal



Daily Kos: Native Farming for Restoring Sacred Land: Direct Action



Daily Kos: C-onservatives U-nite M-oneybomb Really, Santorum? LOL



South Carolina's Divisive Message - NYTimes.com



Calif. HS student devises possible cancer cure - CBS News



Disney Princesses: 'Beauty and the Beast' to 'Sleeping Beauty,' Ranking Them As Role Models (PHOTOS)



Daily Kos: Apple comes out and says it



Daily Kos: We're going to write a novel: Part 4



Daily Kos: Walking among dead trees and flat screens



Wasserman Schultz: Rep. Giffords Decided To Resign On Anniversary Of Tucson Shootings



Michael Hogan: Sundance Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild



Thanks, Michelle!


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Bosko Suggests

Superlatives


10 Islands of Superlatives


Have a great day,

Bosko.


Thanks, Bosko!


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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


HERE'S NEWT!

JUST WHAT I NEEDED. A HAPPY ENDING IN BLACK AND WHITE. DON'T MISS IT!

WHEN YOU HAVE LEMONS YOU MAKE LEMONADE

THE "NEWT" IS A WHITE WING RACIST!

"IT'S A GAS! GAS! GAS!"

SOMETIMES THE PAST IS PROLOGUE!

"SNAKEHEAD" SAYS THAT THE REPUGS ARE LOWLIFE BOTTOM FEEDERS

THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE

"IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES."






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Windy and mostly sunny.



Tonight, Monday:

CBS opens the night with a RERUN 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a RERUN '2 Broke Girls', then a RERUN '2½ Men', followed by a RERUN 'Mike & Molly'., then a RERUN 'Hawaii Five-0'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 1/9/12) Mark Wahlberg, Heather Morris, and Snow Patrol.
On a RERUN Craig (from 8/1/11), Craig tours the Eiffel Tower.



NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Who's Still Standing?', followed by a FRESH 'Fear Factor', then 'Rock Center'.
On a RERUN Leno (from 1/5/12) are Michelle WilliamJosh Lucas, and Chris Cornell.
On a RERUN Jimmy Fallon (from 1/10/12) are Tina Fey, Jean Dujardin, Handsome Dick Manitoba, and the War on Drugs.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 10/27/11) are Cee Lo Green, Reggie Watts, and Delta Spirit.



ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Bachelor', followed by a FRESH 'Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Kiefer Sutherland, Bear Grylls, and Young the Giant.



The CW offers a FRESH 'Gossip Girl', followed by a FRESH 'Hart Of Dixie'.



Faux has a FRESH 'House', followed by a FRESH 'Alcatraz'.



MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.



A&E has 'Hoarders', another 'Hoarders', followed by a FRESH 'Hoarders', then a FRESH 'Intervention'.



AMC offers 'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by the movie 'Batman Begins', then the movie 'Batman Begins', again.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   BBC World News
 [7:00AM]   BBC World News
 [8:00AM]   The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Anna Paquin, David Mitchell & Robert Webb, Paolo Nutini
 [9:00AM]   The Graham Norton Show - Ep 19 - Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Stephen Merchant, Jo Brand
 [10:00AM]   Doctor Who-13 - The Big Bang
 [11:00AM]   24 Hours in the ER-Episode 4
 [12:00PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 2 The Dovecote
 [1:00PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 6 - Mama Rita's
 [2:00PM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word-Episode 4
 [3:00PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares-Ep 12 Casa Roma
 [4:00PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Series 1-Ep. 1 Bonapartes
 [5:00PM]   24 Hours in the ER-Episode 5
 [6:00PM]   Top Gear-Episode 2
 [7:00PM]   Top Gear-Episode 3
 [8:00PM]   Top Gear-Episode 7 NEW
 [9:15PM]   Top Gear-Episode 8 NEW
 [10:30PM]   Top Gear-Ep 4 Botswana Special
 [11:30PM]   Top Gear-Episode 7
 [12:45AM]   Top Gear-Episode 8
 [2:00AM]   James May's Road Trip-Episode 4
 [2:40AM]   James May's Road Trip-Episode 5
 [3:20AM]   James May's Road Trip-Episode 6
 [4:00AM]   Top Gear-Episode 8
 [5:00AM]   BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', another "Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', then a FRESH 'It's A Brad Brad World'.



Comedy Central has '30 Rock', another '30 Rock', 'Workaholics', 'South Park', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', still another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', and yet another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Kathleen Sebelius.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Bruce Bueno De Mesquita.



FX has the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith', followed by the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith', again.



History has 'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH 'American Pickers', then a FRESH 'Pawn Stars', followed by another FRESH 'Pawn Stars'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]   Bollywood Hero
 [7:15AM]   Polish Wedding
 [9:30AM]   The Debt
 [9:45AM]   D.E.B.S.
 [11:45AM]   My Best Friend
 [1:45PM]   Polish Wedding
 [4:00PM]   D.E.B.S.
 [6:00PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Traffic Jam
 [6:30PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Halloween
 [7:00PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Lois' Birthday
 [7:30PM]   Malcolm in the Middle-Dinner Out
 [8:00PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [8:15PM]   Get Shorty
 [10:30PM]   Portlandia-Cool Wedding
 [11:00PM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
 [11:30PM]   Arrested Development-Making a Stand
 [12:00AM]   Arrested Development-S.O.B.s
 [12:30AM]   Arrested Development-Fakin' It
 [1:00AM]   Arrested Development-Family Ties
 [1:30AM]   PortlandiaCool Wedding
 [2:00AM]   The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
 [2:30AM]   Action-Blood Money
 [3:00AM]   Slums of Beverly Hills
 [5:00AM]   Arrested Development-S.O.B.s
 [5:30AM]   Arrested Development-Fakin' It    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - A Dirty Word (Nashville - Ep. 10)
 [6:30A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Crash & Burn (Nashville - Ep. 11)
 [7:00A]   QUIRKY: Huge Gamble, Huge Reward (Episode 1, Season 1)
 [8:00A]   QUIRKY: Love You, Love Your Product (Episode 2, Season 1)
 [9:00A]   Love Lust & Street Eats
 [10:00A]   Return To Rajapur
 [11:40A]   Disengagement
 [1:40P]   The Closer You Get
 [3:20P]   My Year Without Sex
 [5:00P]   FREAKS AND GEEKS - Smooching and Mooching (Episode 16, Season 1)
 [6:25P]   Vive la Rose
 [8:00P]   THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Singer Alanis Morissette & TOM Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie (Episode 9, Season 1)
 [8:30P]   THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Filmmaker Ed Burns & Bridesmaids' Paul Feig (Episode 8, Season 1)
 [9:00P]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - A Dirty Word (Nashville - Ep. 10)
 [9:30P]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Crash & Burn (Nashville - Ep. 11)
 [10:00P]   ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Kathy & Erik Wilson (Episode 3, Season 2)
 [11:00P]   THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Singer Alanis Morissette & TOM Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie (Episode 9, Season 1)
 [11:30P]   THE MORTIFIED SESSIONS - Filmmaker Ed Burns & Bridesmaids' Paul Feig (Episode 8, Season 1)
 [12:00A]   MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Dancing in the Dark (Episode 2, Season 1)
 [1:00A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - A Dirty Word (Nashville - Ep. 10)
 [1:30A]   GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Crash & Burn (Nashville - Ep. 11)
 [2:00A]   Love Lust & Breakfast
 [3:00A]   ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Kathy & Erik Wilson (Episode 3, Season 2)
 [4:00A]   ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Qristyl Frazier: Plus-Sexy (Episode 2, Season 2)
 [5:00A]   ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Angelo Lambrou    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Land Of The Lost', 'Being Human', another 'Being Human', followed by a FRESH 'Lost Girl'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Casey Anderson, Morena Baccarin, and Wilco.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Texas (1941)
 [7:45 AM]      The Kid From Texas (1939)
 [9:00 AM]      The Kid From Kokomo (1939)
 [10:45 AM]      The Utah Kid (1944)
 [11:45 AM]      The Kid From Broken Gun (1952)
 [12:45 PM]      The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
 [2:15 PM]      The Man Behind The Gun (1953)
 [3:45 PM]      Gun Fury (1953)
 [5:15 PM]      Gun Belt (1953)
 [6:45 PM]      Top Gun (1955)
 [8:00 PM]      The Reckless Moment (1949)
 [9:30 PM]      Caught (1949)
 [11:15 PM]      Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
 [1:00 AM]      The Exile (1947)
 [2:45 AM]      La ronde (1950)
 [4:30 AM]      The Earrings of Madame De... (1954)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Tuesday   -  01/24/12

TCM spends the daylight hours celebrating Ernest Borgnine's 95th birthday
 [6:15 AM]      From Here To Eternity (1953)
 [8:15 AM]      Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
 [9:45 AM]      Marty (1955)
 [11:30 AM]      The Catered Affair (1956)
 [1:15 PM]      The Badlanders (1958)
 [4:30 PM]      The Dirty Dozen (1967)
 [7:00 PM]      Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine (2009)

 [8:00 PM]      In Like Flint (1967)
 [10:00 PM]      Where the Spies Are (1965)
 [12:00 AM]      Agent 8 3/4 (1965)
 [2:00 AM]      The Silencers (1966)
 [4:00 AM]      Salt and Pepper (1968)     (ALL TIMES EST)




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Actress Sofia Vergara, star of the television comedy series "Modern Family", arrives at the 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, California, January 21, 2012.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Vidiot Speak

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Kodak No.1 Circular Snapshots | The Public Domain Review

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Shifts Awards To April Fool's

Razzies

Hollywood's award season is going to linger on through April Fool's Day this year.

Organizers of the Razzies have changed the schedule for their nominations and prize ceremony. The spoof on the Academy Awards picks the year's worst films.

The Razzies used to announce contenders the night before the Oscar nominations, which are coming Tuesday.

Razzies founder John Wilson announced Sunday that nominations this season will be released Feb. 25, the eve of the Oscar ceremony. Winners of the Razzies will be announced on April 1.

Razzies

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Neil Young from the film "Heart of Gold," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Park City, Utah.
Photo by Victoria Will

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11 Album Covers With Dead Band Members Removed - Mental Floss

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Blindsided Outspent Hollywood On Piracy

Silicon Valley

The massive online protest last Wednesday, in which Wikipedia and thousands of other websites closed down or otherwise protested and helped to kill controversial online piracy legislation, was widely heralded as an unprecedented case of a grassroots uprising overcoming backroom lobbying.

Yet a close look at how the debate unfolded suggests that traditional means of influencing policy in Washington had its place too. The technology industry has ramped up its political activities dramatically in recent years, and in fact, has spent more than the entertainment industry -- $1.2 billion between 1998 and 2011, compared with $906.4 million spent by entertainment companies.

The latest chapter in what has become an epic, decades-long battle between the two industries over copyrighted digital content began innocuously enough. Hollywood movie studios, frustrated by online theft that they claim already costs them billions of dollars a year and will only get worse, in 2010 started pushing for a law that would make it possible to block access and cut off payments to foreign websites offering pirated material.

Through the end of September, Hollywood had outspent the tech industry 2-to-1 in donations to key supporters of measures it was backing. More than $950,000 from the TV, music and movie industries has gone to original sponsors of the House and Senate bills in the 2012 election cycle, compared with about $400,000 from computer and Internet companies, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Silicon Valley

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Wake-up Call


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Resigning

Gabrielle Giffords

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago that shook the country.

"I don't remember much from that horrible day, but I will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice," the Democratic lawmaker said on a video posted without prior notice on her Facebook page.

"I'm getting better. Every day my spirit is high," she said. "I have more work to do on my recovery. So to do what's best for Arizona, I will step down this week."

Under state law, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Too Much Sun) must call a special election to fill out the remainder of Giffords' term, which ends at the end of 2012.

Gabrielle Giffords

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Actress Angelina Jolie (C) poses with Karen Sharpe-Kramer, widow of director Stanley Kramer, and Kramer's daughter Kat Kramer (L) at the 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, California, January 21, 2012. Jolie, who directed and produced the film "In The Land of Blood and Honey", and other producers of the film received The Stanley Kramer Award at the event.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Beautiful Libraries Around the World [gallery]

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Baby News

Beatrice Jean Howard-Gabel

Actress Bryce Dallas Howard and her husband, Seth Gabel, welcomed their second child on Thursday, with the baby girl's grandfather, filmmaker Ron Howard, announcing the happy news on Twitter.

"Beatrice Jean Howard-Gabel Born Jan 19 2012 8lbs 6oz Bryce & Baby B are spectacular Daddy Seth & brother Theo are beaming ear to ear :-)," the filmmaker tweeted Saturday evening.

Bryce Howard and her actor husband who appears on the series "Fringe" also have a 4-year-old son, Theo. Howard has spoken publicly in the past about her struggles with postpartum depression after his birth in 2007.

The most recent big-screen appearances for Howard, 30, were in "50/50" and as a member of the ensemble cast of "The Help." She also appeared in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse." Her movie career began with uncredited bit parts in films by her director-producer father.

Beatrice Jean Howard-Gabel

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Petition Launched

Chris Dodd

More than 10,000 petition signers are asking the White House to investigate comments made by MPAA chief executive Chris Dodd, who warned in an exclusive interview with Fox News that politicians who failed to back antipiracy legislation could see Hollywood dollars dry up.

Dodd's words, coming at the end of the week that saw two bills backed by the motion picture lobby -- the so-called PIPA and SOPA measures -- battered by nationwide protests and defections by formerly supportive politicians, amount to bribery, the petition claims.

"Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake," Dodd said. "Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake."

The petition was initiated by the New York-based educational and research group We The People Foundation. It has amassed more than 10,000 signatures.

"This is an open admission of bribery and a threat designed to provoke a specific policy goal. This is a brazen flouting of the 'above the law' status people of Dodd's position and wealth enjoy," the petition reads.

Chris Dodd

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Stan Lee, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics, and wife Joan gesture as they arrive at the 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, California, January 21, 2012. Lee received the Guild's Vanguard Award at the event.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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The Day the Sea Turned to Gunk ~ Kuriositas

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Celebrity Hunting Program Criticized

Iowa

Some question whether Iowa needs to continue giving celebrities easy access to deer hunting in the state, but it appears unlikely that the promotional program will be scrapped.

The state program gives 75 celebrities, such as rocker Ted Nugent and former professional athlete Bo Jackson, an opportunity to buy a special out-of-state deer hunting permit each year. Other non-residents might wait years to buy a similar permit.

The celebrity program began in 1998 to help promote the state as a top hunting destination.

Iowa Bowhunters Association President Randy Taylor tells the Des Moines Register that he's not sure the state really needs the promotion now because deer hunters nationwide already consider Iowa a top spot to bag a trophy deer.

Iowa

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11 Things Germier Than Toilet Seats - Mental Floss

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Music Royalties At Issue

Jim Reeves

A trial over how music royalties of the late country singer "Gentleman" Jim Reeves should be split is set to begin this week.

Reeves was a country music sensation when he died nearly 50 years ago in a plane crash at the age of 39.

The two-day trial that begins Monday will focus on how much Terry Davis, who married Reeves' widow, should receive from royalties of up to $400,000 a year, The Tennessean reported.

Reeves is best known for the lyric "Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone" but he stayed on the charts from 1970 through 1984 because of how his widow, Mary Reeves Davis, managed his posthumous career. His most popular songs included "He'll Have To Go" and "Welcome To My World."

Terry Davis has been locked in a battle with Reeves' nephew and niece since Mary Reeves Davis died in 1999.

Jim Reeves

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Letty Aronson, producer of the film "Midnight in Paris" directed by her brother, Woody Allen, arrives at the 23rd annual Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills, California, January 21, 2012.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Everything You Know About Corsets Is False | Collectors Weekly

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Sundance Debut

"Invisible War"

Rape in the American armed forces is an issue that has quietly been gathering attention over the past decade. But it exploded with the power of suppressed fury at the Sundance festival's Friday afternoon screening of the documentary "The Invisible War," a devastating indictment of the government's inaction on the issue.

Director Kirby Dick brought a powerful weapon to his film: victim after eloquent victim, Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, Army and Air Force veterans who were assaulted by fellow officers, supervisors or recruits.

They tell their stories in courageous detail, and it quickly becomes clear that these are not isolated incidents but a pattern reflective of a widespread rot within America's military institution, one that betrays its essential values.

The individuals Dick chose as the principal characters in his film -- there were so many to choose from -- were among the best of their class. They were women (and in some cases, men) who joined the military out of devotion to country and a desire to serve.

Every woman in the film has had her life shattered by this event -- not necessarily because of the rape, but because of the response by the military establishment.

After lodging complaints, the women were met with indifference or targeted retaliation. They have had to leave the military. Some were threatened with violence.

"Invisible War"

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Real Life Flintstones House Lures Tourists in Portugal : TreeHugger

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Repeal Of Legislative Immunity Proposed

Arizona

An Arizona senator gets in a fight with his girlfriend on a Phoenix freeway and avoids arrest. An Arkansas legislator leads officers on a high-speed chase through two counties and doesn't get taken into custody. A Georgia lawmaker claims he couldn't be prosecuted on a DUI charge.

In each case, a little-known privilege called legislative immunity that prevents the arrests of legislators while they are in session came into play.

The issue is getting a closer look in Arizona this year after a lawmaker introduced a resolution seeking to amend the state Constitution to delete wording barring the arrest of legislators during, and 15 days before, legislative sessions. Like those in many other states, Arizona's legislative immunity protects legislators from arrest except for "treason, felony or breach of the peace."

The National Conference of State Legislatures says most states have similar legislative immunity provisions in their constitutions. Members of Congress technically have the protection as well, but it has been so narrowly interpreted by the courts that U.S. lawmakers gain no real benefit from it.

Arizona

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A protester holds a sign during a demonstration near the U.S. Supreme Court building, on the anniversary of the Citizens United decision, in Washington, January 20, 2012. Under the banner 'Occupy the Courts,' organizers expect thousands of people to rally on Friday at 150 courthouses to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that protesters say allows unlimited corporate campaign donations.
Photo by Jonathan Ernst

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The Pitch Drop Experiment | School of Mathematics and Physics

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Sold At Auction

Kennedy Hearse

A Cadillac hearse that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy to Air Force One following his assassination in Dallas was sold at a Scottsdale, Ariz., auction for $160,000.

The car was sold at Barrett-Jackson auction company's annual Scottsdale collector car auction. The price does not include fees paid to the auction company, which usually add about 10%.

A Cadillac hearse like this would ordinarily be worth about $40,000 if not for its connection to the Kennedy assassination, said Jonathan Klinger of the collector car insurance company Hagerty Insurance.

Still, the price paid for this car was surprisingly close to that paid last year for an ambulance that, while purportedly also connected to the Kennedy assassination, was saddled with controversy.

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Weekend Box Office

"Underworld Awakening"

Kate Beckinsale is back with a vengeance, with her latest "Underworld" movie opening at No. 1 this weekend.

"Underworld Awakening" made an estimated $25.4, distributor Sony Screen Gems reported Sunday.

Opening in second place was "Red Tails" from executive producer George Lucas, about the Tuskegee Airmen who were the first black fighter pilots to serve in World War II. It made an estimated $19.1 million, according to 20th Century Fox, which was well above expectations; the studio had hoped to reach double digits, said Chris Aronson, executive vice president of domestic distribution.

Overall box office is up 31 percent from the same weekend a year ago, Dergarabedian said, thanks to new releases as well as movies like "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," which had limited runs for awards consideration at the end of 2011 and are now expanding nationwide. The 9/11 drama from Warner Bros., starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, came in fourth place with $10.5 million.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

    1. "Underworld Awakening," $25.4 million ($13.4 million international).
    2. "Red Tails," $19.1 million.
    3. "Contraband," $12.2 million.
    4. "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," $10.5 million.
    5. "Haywire," $9 million.
    6. "Beauty and the Beast (3-D)," $8.6 million.
    7. "Joyful Noise," $6.1 million.
    8. "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," $5.5 million. ($9.4 million international).
    9. "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," $4.8 million. ($18.1 million international).
   10. "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," $3.75 million ($15.7 international).

"Underworld Awakening"

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In Memory

Joe Paterno

Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right way: with integrity and sportsmanship. A place where character came first, championships second.

Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that led to his stunning dismissal, died Sunday at age 85.

His death came just 65 days after his son Scott said his father had been diagnosed with a treatable form of lung cancer. The cancer was found during a follow-up visit for a bronchial illness. A few weeks later, Paterno broke his pelvis after a fall but did not need surgery.

Mount Nittany Medical Center said in a statement that Paterno died at 9:25 a.m. of "metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung." Metastatic indicates an illness that has spread from one part of the body to an unrelated area.

Paterno built a program based on the credo of "Success with Honor," and he found both. The man known as "JoePa" won 409 games and took the Nittany Lions to 37 bowl games and two national championships. More than 250 of the players he coached went on to the NFL.

Paterno roamed the sidelines for 46 seasons, his thick-rimmed glasses, windbreaker and jet-black sneakers as familiar as the Nittany Lions' blue and white uniforms.

In 1963, he was offered a job by the late Al Davis - $18,000, triple his salary at Penn State, plus a car to become general manager and coach of the AFL's Oakland Raiders. He said no. Rip Engle retired as Penn State head coach three years later, and Paterno took over.

At the time, Penn State was considered "Eastern football" - inferior - and Paterno courted newspaper coverage to raise the team's profile. In 1967, PSU began a 30-0-1 streak.

But Penn State couldn't get to the top of the polls. The Nittany Lions finished second in 1968 and 1969 despite perfect seasons. They were undefeated and untied again in 1973 at 12-0 again but finished fifth. Texas edged them in 1969 after President Richard Nixon, impressed with the Longhorns' bowl performance, declared them No. 1.

"I'd like to know," Paterno said later, "how could the president know so little about Watergate in 1973, and so much about college football in 1969?"

A national title finally came in 1982, after a 27-23 win over Georgia at the Sugar Bowl. Another followed in 1986 after the Lions intercepted Vinny Testaverde five times and beat Miami 14-10 in the Fiesta Bowl.

They made several title runs after that, including a 2005 run to the Orange Bowl and an 11-1 season in 2008 that ended in a 37-23 loss to Southern California in the Rose Bowl.

He and his wife, Sue, raised five children in State College. Anybody could telephone him at his home - the same one he appeared in front of on the night he was fired - by looking up "Paterno, Joseph V." in the phone book.

He walked to home games and was greeted and wished good luck by fans on the street. Former players paraded through his living room for the chance to say hello. But for the most part, he stayed out of the spotlight.

Joe Paterno

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Photo by Jaime Saldarriaga

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