VACUUM! (YouTube)
My two year old daughter likes to watch me vacuum, however she doesn't know how to say the word right. It sounds like F*** You! Instead of Vacuum.
Marc Dion: Tough Guys Live in Europe (Creators Syndicate)
Here in the land of the fat and the home of the homeless, a new reason to hang my head. Europe is tougher than America. Geez. In Athens, Greece, the government does something they don't like, and they riot in the streets. In Spain, 100,000 people rocked the pavement this month. Portugal? Riot police had to clear protestors in Lisbon. The French are striking, marching, demanding, voting. America? We're watching the game.
Associated Press: Brian Banks' rape conviction vacated (ESPN)
… a childhood friend falsely accused him of attacking her on their high school campus. … In an initial meeting with him, she said she had lied; there had been no kidnap and no rape and she offered to help him clear his record, court records state. But she refused to repeat the story to prosecutors because she feared she would have to return a $1.5 million payment from a civil suit brought by her mother against Long Beach schools.
Will Oremus: Unprotected Sects (Slate)
When it comes to computer viruses, you're now more likely to catch one visiting a church website than surfing for porn.
Lili Boisvert: I Don't! (Slate)
How a bizarre legal case involving a mysterious billionaire could force 1.2 million Canadians to be married, against their will.
Wesley Stephenson: Who works the longest hours? (BBC)
Chill winds sweeping the world economy have left many people out of a job, and some of those still working have been asked to worker longer hours for the same pay. Recently the UK government urged the country to work harder, after slipping back into recession. So which countries put the most hours in?
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The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mama's and the Papa's on the debut album cover and sometimes shortened to Mamas & Papas) were a Canadian/American vocal group of the 1960s (Denny Doherty was from Canada). The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles.
The band's first single, "Go Where You Wanna Go", was released in 1965, failing to chart. However, the second single, "California Dreamin'", was released later in 1965 and quickly peaked at number 4 in the US, while in the UK, it peaked at number 23. The band's debut album, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, was released in early 1966 and became the band's only number 1 album on the Billboard 200. The third and final single from their debut was "Monday, Monday", which became the band's only US number 1 hit.
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Marian was first, and correct, with:
Monday, Monday
Alan J said:
Monday, Monday
Charlie wrote:
May, 1966, it was Monday, Monday.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
The third and final single from their debut was "Monday, Monday", which
became the band's only US number 1 hit.
BttbBob replied:
As this will print on Monday the answer has to be "Monday, Monday" - I'm on to you...
Adam answered:
Monday, Monday.
Sally said:
"Monday, Monday," became the, "Mamas & The Papas" only US number 1 hit.
I own this very album, and love it too.
Back in the 1960's, everywhere you went, you could hear their music - they were/are phenomenal! Hard to believe that all but one are now dead - and I am not (at least I don't think I am).
PS: Of course I can't play this favorite album anymore, but when the turns-table makes it's comeback - I'll be ready for it, you know??
Dale of Diamond Springs took the day off.
MAM wrote:
"Monday, Monday"
And, Joe S said:
Monday, Monday. Duh.
And Sally, Carla is a saint. She would have to be to put up with me for over 46 years. We've only been married for 45 years, so don't tell the kids.
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 RERUNDave (from 4/27/12) are Chris Hemsworth, Darrell Hammond, a Top Ten List presented by Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, and Miike Snow.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Benjamin McKenzie and Shohreh Aghdashloo
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'America's Got Talent',followed by a FRESH'American Ninja Warrior', then a RERUN'Grimm'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 5/3/12) are Robert Downey Jr., Katharine McPhee, and the Arts For Amnesty Band.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 5/2/12) are Amy Poehler, Daniel Dae Kim, and Lady Antebellum.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 3/21/12) are Amir Bar-Lev, Lee Fields and the Expressions, Chef Paul Qui, and Roll The Tanks.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'The Bachelorette', followed by a RERUN'Castle'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 5/9/12) are Steve Harvey, Dev Patel, and Glenn Frey.
The CW offers a RERUN'Gossip Girl', followed by a RERUN'Hart Of Dixie'.
Faux has a RERUN'House', followed by another RERUN'House'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', still another 'Storage Wars', then yet another 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH'Gene Simmons', then a FRESH'Monster-In-Laws', and another 'Monster-In-Laws'.
AMC offers the movie 'Midway', followed by the movie 'Flags Of Our Fathers'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 2
[9:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 1
[10:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 1
[11:00AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 2
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR SEASON 15 SPECIAL
[1:30PM] TOP GEAR INDIA SPECIAL
[3:30PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 1
[4:30PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 2
[5:30PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 3
[6:30PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 4
[7:30PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 5
[8:30PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 6 NEW
[10:00PM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE-Abrams Tank
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR-Episode 6
[12:30AM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE-Abrams Tank
[1:30AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 5
[2:30AM] TOP GEAR-Episode 6
[4:00AM] RICHARD HAMMOND'S CRASH COURSE-Abrams Tank
[5:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Bethenny Ever After', another 'Bethenny Ever After', 'Don't Be Tardy For The Wedding', another 'Don't Be Tardy For The Wedding', followed by a FRESH'Don't Be Tardy For The Wedding'.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Kung Fu Panda', then the movie 'Kung Fu Panda', again.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Hatfield & McCoys' (part 1).
IFC -
[6:00AM] Undeclared -Truth or Dare
[6:30AM] Undeclared -Addicts
[7:00AM] The Battle of Shaker Heights
[8:45AM] Strangers in Good Company
[11:00AM] The Gate
[12:45PM] The Battle of Shaker Heights
[2:30PM] Strangers in Good Company
[4:45PM] The Three Stooges -Gents Without Cents
[5:10PM] The Three Stooges -Grips, Grunts and Groans
[5:35PM] The Three Stooges -Higher Than a Kite
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Christmas Trees
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Block Party
[7:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Dirty Magazine
[7:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle -Hot Tub
[8:00PM] The Last Legion
[10:15PM] The Last of the Mohicans
[12:45AM] Alien 3
[3:15AM] The Last Legion
[5:30AM] Undeclared-Truth or Dare (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00A] The Necessities of Life
[7:45A] Blood, Sweat & Gears
[9:20A] Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
[11:00A] The Necessities of Life
[12:45P] Blood, Sweat & Gears
[2:25P] Oktapodi
[2:30P] Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
[4:15P] The Necessities of Life
[6:00P] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Pilot (Episode 1, Season 1)
[7:00P] Push Girls: Exclusive First Look
[7:15P] There Will Be Blood
[10:00P] Appropriate Adult
[12:30A] P.V.C.-1
[2:00A] Before The Fall
[3:45A] A Year Ago in Winter (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade', followed by the movie 'Casino Royale'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 2/13/12) are Ice-T & Coco, Adam Pally, and Wale featuring Miguel.
Evalynn Israel, 9, of Palmdale, Calif., walks through the Arlington West Iraq War memorial in Santa Monica, Calif., Saturday, May 26, 2012.
Photo by Jae C. Hong
Jean-Louis Trintignant, star of the film "Love" that won Cannes gold on Sunday, is a French screen legend who returned to cinema after a 15-year break for a searing performance as a man caring for his dying wife.
The 81-year-old made a powerful impression in Austrian Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or-winning movie, the tale of retired music teachers Georges and Anne, whose adoring relationship is cruelly tested when she suffers a stroke.
A classic French film and stage actor whose breakthrough role was opposite Brigitte Bardot in the 1956 "And God... Created Woman," he plays opposite the 85-year-old Emmanuelle Riva in Haneke's latest film.
Trintignant, who was crowned best actor in Cannes more than 40 years ago for the 1969 Costa Gavras movie "Z", spoke warmly -- and humorously -- during this year's festival of working with the Austrian director.
Trintignant's long career was marked by tragedy, when his daughter, the actress Marie Trintignant, was killed in 2003 by her rocker partner Bertrand Cantat, who was jailed for manslaughter.
Team owner David Letterman chats with actress Ashley Judd, wife of driver Dario Franchitti, during the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 27, 2012.
Photo by Kirk Debrunner
As he received an honorary doctorate Sunday, Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro told Bates College graduates that despite his own lack of formal education, he made out OK.
During a 15-minute address that was by turns sincere and irreverent, De Niro drew a steady stream of laughter from the 463 graduating seniors and more than 5,000 onlookers at the private, liberal arts college's campus.
De Niro, who quit high school to pursue an acting career, was one of three high-profile guests who received honorary degrees at the Bates commencement. PBS "Newshour" senior correspondent Gwen Ifill and Princeton University molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler also were honored.
"In many ways, leaving school when I did it was an advantage. I saved nearly $6,000 by not having to pay tuition and expenses for four years of education," he said. "I feel a little foolish, because if I had waited until now not to go to college, I could have saved around a quarter of a million."
Looking back, he said, "it worked out just fine. I saved the money, and I got the degree."
Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced.
South Africa led an African consortium that included Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia, and telescopes will be erected in all its partners. In South Africa, dishes will be added to a remote site in the arid Karoo desert where a smaller radio telescope project already is underway.
South Africa and Australia, which partnered with New Zealand in bidding for the project, had competed fiercely. South Africa claimed victory Friday, saying it got two of the projects three major components.
The Square Kilometer Array telescope will be 50 times more sensitive and scan the sky 10,000 times faster than any existing telescope. It requires huge open spaces with very few humans.
Cast member Audrey Tautou (L) accompanied by Annie (C) and Nathan Miller (R) pose on the red carpet for film "Therese Desqueyroux" by director Cluade Miller ahead of the awards ceremony of the 65th Cannes Film Festival May 27, 2012.
Photo by Vincent Kessler
Terence Flynn resigned as a member of the National Labor Relations Board two months after an investigation found that he allegedly disclosed non-public information about the panel, the agency said on Sunday.
One of two Republicans on the five-member politically embattled board, Flynn was named as a recess, or short-term, appointee by President Barack Obama in January. He submitted his resignation on Saturday in a letter to NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce.
Flynn also requested that his formal nomination to the NLRB, which the Senate has yet to confirm, be withdrawn. His resignation is effective July 24. He will recuse himself from all agency business, his letter said.
Using his power to unilaterally fill vacancies during congressional recesses, Obama named Flynn and two others to the board in January after Republicans refused to support their appointments for Senate confirmation.
This morning on "This Week," ABC News' George Will called Donald Trump a "bloviating ignoramus," questioning why presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is associating with the real estate mogul, who once again falsely questioned President Obama's birthplace this week.
"I do not understand the cost benefit here," Will said on the "This Week" roundtable. "The costs are clear. The benefit - what voter is gonna vote for him (Romney) because he is seen with Donald Trump? The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious it seems to me."
"Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics," Will dded. "Again, I don't understand the benefit. What is Romney seeking?"
Fox Business Network anchor Liz Claman agreed, adding "it's a dangerous game that Mitt Romney is playing here because Donald Trump doesn't have a lot to lose by keeping this birther conversation alive."
Dario Franchitti, of Scotland, and his wife, actress Ashley Judd, celebrate in victory circle after winning IndyCar's Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 27, 2012.
Photo by Darron Cummings
The Vatican faces a widening scandal that in one short week has seen Pope Benedict's butler arrested, the president of its bank unceremoniously dismissed and the publication of a new book alleging conspiracies among cardinals.
It was a poisonous Pentecost Sunday for the pope, who likely had the tumultuous events of the past week on his mind as he celebrated a mass in St Peter's Basilica on the day regarded as the birthday of the Church.
On Saturday his personal butler, Paolo Gabriele, 46, was formally charged with stealing confidential papal documents in the scandal that has come to be known as "Vatileaks". Some of the documents allege cronyism and corruption in contracts with Italian companies.
Earlier last week saw the publication of "His Holiness," a new book by Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi, who was first leaked some of the documents in January and aired them on a television show.
Director Michael Haneke poses with actors Emmanuelle Riva (L) and Jean-Louis Trintignant (R) during a photocall after receiving the Palme d'Or award for the film "Amour" (Love) at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, May 27, 2012.
Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier
A decision to name an airport in southwest China after a local spirits brand has provoked widespread derision online and controversy around the country, reports said Sunday.
Authorities in Yibin, in Sichuan province, said their move to name the new airport "Wuliangye" after a local liquor would have a positive impact on the city and the company.
Wuliangye is a well-known top-end spirits brand in China. Its eponymous flagship product is a white spirit made from the distillation of five grains, including sticky rice and sorghum.
Various experts quoted by newspapers said that christening an airport with a trademark contravened both the law and the custom that airport names should refer to their geographic locations.
Newly crowned Miss Earth 2012 Stephany Dianne Stefanowitz (C), 22, a freelance model, designer and representing Quezon City poses for pictures with other winners during coronation night in Manila May 27, 2012. Stephany beat 47 candidates from different ciities and municipalities of the country with the theme to promote and enhance awareness on the value of conserving energy. From left, Miss Vigan City Mary Candice Ramos, who won as Miss Eco-tourism, Miss San Juan City Samantha Purvor, won as Miss Water, Stefanowitz, Miss Tabuk City Glennifer Perido, won as Miss Air and Miss Puerto Princesa Thoreen Halvorsen, won as Miss Fire.
Photo by Romeo Ranoco
Paolo Gabriele was always a reserved, almost shy man, as his position required. He had access to the most private rooms in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace - Pope Benedict's apartment.
But what could have prompted the pope's butler, who was formally charged by Vatican magistrates on Saturday with illegal possession of secret documents, to betray the man who trusted him?
The 46-year-old Gabriele, facing up to 30 years in prison if convicted, lives in a comfortable apartment in the Vatican with his wife and three children, and is said by all who knew him to be very religious.
While Vatican employees do not receive large salaries, they do enjoy benefits such as low rent, no income tax, and cheap food and petrol at the commissaries of the 108-acre city-state.
Some commentators have said that the Machiavellian machinations that have come to light recently are part of a campaign of reciprocal mud-slinging by allies and enemies of the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
A model presents a creation by Jessie Chapman of Crochet Designs by Jes at Tobago Fashion Weekend at Pigeon Point Heritage Park, Pigeon Point May 26, 2012.
Photo by Andrea De Silva
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' sequel "Men in Black 3" debuted as the No. 1 movie over Memorial Day weekend with $55 million domestically from Friday to Sunday.
That bumps Disney's "The Avengers" into second-place after three blockbuster weekends on top for the superhero sensation. "The Avengers" took in $37 million over the three days to push its domestic total to $514 million and become only the fourth movie ever to top half a billion dollars.
Universal's "Battleship" was No. 3 in its second weekend with $10.8 million, raising its domestic earnings to $44.3 million. Paramount's comedy "The Dictator" took in $9.6 million to finish fourth in its second weekend and lift its total to $41.5 million.
The Warner Bros. horror tale "Chernobyl Diaries" opened at No. 5 with $8 million.
Rich, who was also the former chairman and chief executive of MGM/UA Communications, said he considered his greatest accomplishment to be co-founding Lorimar, which produced the shows. It went on to produce "Family Matters," "Full House" and "Perfect Strangers," among other series.
He co-founded Lorimar in 1969, which also produced television movies including "Sybil" and "Helter Skelter." He talked about the company's early days in a 1999 interview for the Archive of American Television.
He was nominated for five Emmys and won for producing "The Waltons" in 1973.
Rich left Lorimar in 1986 and presided over MGM-UA from then until to 1988. He later produced films including "Passenger 57" and "The Score."
A couple of monkeys quenches their thirst as another takes a dip on a hot summer afternoon on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, May 25, 2012.
Photo by Channi Anand
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