BartCop Entertainment Archives - Saturday, 12 March, 2011

Saturday

12 March, 2011

(Updated Daily)

[1326 days in a row]



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The Satirical Political Report


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Dumbing Deficits Down (New York Times)
Having a "what were they thinking?" moment recently.


Ted Rall: Unions? What Unions? (Scroll Down)
I will never understand why the people who are jealous of unionized workers who earn $50,000 a year give a pass to the incompetent bank executives who get $5,000,000. Resentment is a terrible thing to waste.


Susan Estrich: March 7 (Creators Syndicate)
March 7th is just about the worst day of the year for me. Not really just about - just is. On March 7, 1977, my father died at the age of 53. On March 7, 2000, my best friend, Judy Jarvis, died at almost the same age.


Patrick Kingsley: How a sandwich franchise ousted McDonald's (Guardian)
Limited seating, dreary lighting, a lot of sarnies - how Subway became the leading fast-food chain.


Jim Hightower: Governor Walker Got Stung
The most revealing comments by politicians are rarely revealed. This is because they're made in unrecorded conversations, when politicos let their guard down.


Transcript of prank call to Walker
Here's a complete transcript of the 'Buffalo Beast' prank conversation with Gov. Scott Walker Tuesday, from recordings by the Beast. Ian Murphy of the 'Beast' poses in the call as David Koch, a billionaire contributor of Walker's.


Amy Julia Harris, Ryan Mac: Stanford drops list of 'easy' classes for athletes (SFGate)
A drama class in Beginning Improvising and another in Social Dances of North America III were among dozens of classes on a closely guarded quarterly list distributed only to Stanford athletes to help them choose classes. The list, which has existed since at least 2001, was widely regarded by athletes as an easy class list. More than a quarter of the courses on the list did not fulfill university general education requirements.


Matthew Dolan: If You Take Street Art Off the Street, Is It Still Art? (Wall Street Journal)
A mural attributed to the mysterious Banksy that an art gallery moved from a decaying industrial site to a warehouse has spurred a spirited discussion in Detroit art circles.


Star Crazy: "Interview with Lisa Lampanelli (aka the Queen of Mean)" (San Antonio Current)
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who's the meanest one of all? Since starting her stand-up comedy career in the early 90s, the answer has always been as harsh as a swift kick in the balls: Lisa Lampanelli.


Carla Meyer: "Amy Bloom: Writing at the speed of life" (McClatchy Newspapers)
Amy Bloom's characters might conduct extramarital affairs, latch on too fiercely to acquaintances, sleep with a teacher, or, in a bout of misplaced grief, with a grown stepson.


Marian Liu: "Q&A: William Shatner on 'Star Trek,' acting and (wink) his enviable physique" (The Seattle Times)
As Captain James T. Kirk on the original 1960s TV series "Star Trek," William Shatner charted a course for a career playing brash and over-the-top types.


Joe Holleman: Kris Kristofferson's broad career just keeps happening (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Singer-songwriters? There's a million of them. Ones that do some acting? The list probably shrinks to a thousand or so. Throw in rugby player, Rhodes scholar, boxer, helicopter pilot, airborne ranger, Army officer and college professor, and the roster rapidly narrows to one name: Kris Kristofferson.



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Trivia Question of the Day


How many main types of modern acoustic guitar are there?

                                  



Send your answer to Marty








DJ Useo's Trivia Question from Yesterday


Exigius 12½ is better known by what name?

   Martin O'Hara (My Favorite Martian)                                                      Source



My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to May 1, 1966 for 107 episodes (75 in black and white 1963-1965, 32 color 1965-1966). The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin (the Martian) and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara.

"Martin O'Hara's" real name is Exigius 12½. Revealed in "We Love You, Mrs. Pringle," it was heard again when his real nephew, Andromeda, crash-landed on Earth in the show's third season.         Source






Marian was first, and correct, with:
   My Favorite Martian



Alan J replied:
   Martin O' Hara, My Favorite Martian.



Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   From my favorite Martian, "Martin O'Hara's" real name is Exigius 12½.



Adam answered:
   Uncle Martin O'Hara, aka My Favorite Martian.
  I didn't know he had a native name.




BttbB responded:
   Uncle Martin O'Hara, the Martian, (Ray Walston) from My Favorite Martian. A program I truly enjoyed as a youngster. Loved the antennae!



Charlie responded:
   My Favorite Martian, Uncle Martin, Ray Walston...




Sally said:
   As I recall, Exigius 12½, better known as Uncle Martin O'Hara from the old TV series, "My Favorite Martian."



MAM   wrote:
   Uncle Martin O'Hara in "My Favorite Martian".

  Ray Walston as Exigius 12½ or Uncle Martin




And, Joe S     answered:
   Wow! Who'd a thunk it? Not me, I had no idea. I even thought it may have been a typo. I looked it up, it's My favorite Martian, Uncle Martin. Never woulda guessed. But Uncle Martin isn't my favorite Martian, Marvin is my favorite Martian, last seen here checking out the Martian Rover.



  




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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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Reader Suggestions

Michelle in AZ


'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' Gets Broadway Makeover - NYTimes.com



Rise of the Ethnoburbs - NYTimes.com



Daily Kos: Glenn Beck targets US Uncut, BofA's Worst Nightmare



Daily Kos: Japan's Quake Could Have Irradiated the Entire US



Bill Moyers: In Defense of NPR



More about penis evolution - The Chart - CNN.com Blogs



Saving Thomas Jefferson's scrapbook Bible - CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs



In Darwin's footsteps to the Galapagos



Marian Wright Edelman: The New Jim Crow: Social Control, Social Death



Daily Kos: The Garlic Wars



Daily Kos: Koch Bros...Cut Their Funding



Five charged in alleged plot to kidnap or kill troopers, judge: Crime | Alaska news at adn.com



Daily Kos: Rainforest, USA




Thanks, Michelle!

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Fan Mail

Kudos for David Bruce

Hello, M...

I would like to take a moment to thank David Bruce for the eclectic collection of links that he provides daily. I do not read them all, however, I do find every day at least two or three that pique my interest and will take the time to peruse them.

Being retired and somewhat disabled, I have the time and inclination to extensively read news and political web sites from around the world. But, I can't read it all! Bruce often fills in the many gaps that I miss and I greatly appreciate his efforts. His feature is, far and away, my favorite and deserves the lead position on your page. Bravo Zulu, David!

BadtotheboneBob



Thanks, B2tbBob!


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

DUMBING DOWN AMERICA!

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY FACEBOOK

HOLY CRAP!

FAIR AND BALANCED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

A LITTLE GOOD NEWS

KANGAROO FART STUDY

WHEN WILL AMERICA RECOGNIZE THAT WOMEN ARE FULLY DEVELOPED HUMAN BEINGS?

"VENGEANCE IS MINE" SAITH THE HAMSTER KILLER

ENJOY YOUR BIG MAC!

THIS IS HOW THE SICK FUCKING CONSERVATIVES THINK

THE CONSERVATIVES WANT TO MAKE THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS THREE FIFTHS OF A HUMAN BEING

DON'T CONFUSE THE CONSERVATIVE TROGLODYTES WITH FACTS ED. HEE HAW!

WHEN WILL PETER THE PRICK INVESTIGATE THE RADICALIZATION OF ALASKANS?

A REPUG SHOWS HIS TRUE COLORS!

THREE GENERATIONS OF NAZIS!

THE RAT PACK IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE RAT PACK!

THE REPUGS ARE FUCKING MORANS!!!

PISS IN YOUR GAS TANK

THIS GUIDE DOG DOES DOUBLE DUTY

COCKBERG!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Back to sunny and seasonal.



Tonight, Saturday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'NCIS', followed by a RERUN 'NCIS: The 2nd One', then '48 Hours'.



NBC opens the night with a RERUN 'Harry's Law', followed by a RERUN 'L&O: LA', then a RERUN 'L&O: SVU'.
'SNL' is FRESH, with Zach Galifianakis hosting, music by Jessie J.


ABC starts the night with a RERUN 'Wipeout', followed by the FRESH 'Rascal Flatts: Nothing Like This', then a RERUN 'Secret Millionaire'.



The CW offers an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy', then an old 'American Dad', followed by another old American Dad'.



Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.



MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.



A&E has all 'The First 48' all night.



AMC offers the movie 'Crocodile Dundee II', followed by the movie 'Bad Boys', then the movie 'Bad Boys', again.



BBC  -   
 [12:00 AM]   Law & Order: UK - Ep 9 Denial
 [1:00 AM]   Law & Order: UK - Ep 8 ID
 [2:00 AM]   Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion (2005)
 [3:00 AM]   Doctor Who - Ep 1 New Earth
 [4:00 AM]   Peep Show - Episode 5
 [4:30 AM]   Peep Show - Episode 6
 [5:00 AM]   Peep Show - Episode 1
 [5:30 AM]   Peep Show - Episode 2
 [6:00 AM]   The Graham Norton Show - Ep 9 Stephen Fry, Bill Bailey, Annie Lennox, David Gray, Cesar Millan
 [7:00 AM]   Doctor Who - Ep 8 Father's Day
 [8:00 AM]   Doctor Who - Ep 9 The Empty Child
 [9:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Morgan's
 [10:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 1 La Riviera
 [11:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 10 Dillons
 [12:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 The Dovecote
 [1:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 12 Casa Roma
 [2:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 5
 [3:00 PM]   Top Gear - Episode 4
 [4:00 PM]   The X-Files - Ep 17 E.B.E.
 [5:00 PM]   The X-Files - Ep 18 Miracle Man
 [6:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 23 Sarek
 [7:00 PM]   Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 24 Menage a Troi
 [8:00 PM]   Being Human - Episode 3
 [9:00 PM]   Being Human - Episode 4
 [10:15 PM]   The Graham Norton Show - 18 - Jimmy Carr, Barry Manilow
 [11:00 PM]   Being Human - Episode 3
 [12:00 AM]   Being Human - Episode 4
 [1:15 AM]   The Graham Norton Show - 18 - Jimmy Carr, Barry Manilow
 [3:00 AM]   Being Human - Episode 3
 [4:00 AM]   Being Human - Episode 4
 [5:00 AM]   The Graham Norton Show - 18 - Jimmy Carr, Barry Manilow    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has the movie 'The Green Mile', followed by the movie 'The Green Mile', again.



Comedy Central has the movie 'Superhero Movie', followed by the movie 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin'.



FX has the movie 'The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor', '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', still another '2½ Men', and yet another '2½ Men'.



History has 'Modern Marvels', 'American Pickers', another 'American Pickers', and still another 'American Pickers'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   Onion News Network
 [6:30 AM]   The Ben Stiller Show
 [7:00 AM]   Portlandia
 [7:30 AM]   Nosebleed
 [7:40 AM]   SXSW Spotlight Pt. 1
 [7:45 AM]   Water
 [10:15 AM]   The Three Stooges
 [10:40 AM]   The Three Stooges
 [11:05 AM]   The Three Stooges
 [11:30 AM]   The Three Stooges
 [11:55 AM]   The Three Stooges
 [12:20 PM]   The Three Stooges
 [12:45 PM]   Being Julia
 [3:00 PM]   Water
 [5:30 PM]   Marie Antoinette
 [8:00 PM]   The Aviator
 [11:30 PM]   Gangs of New York
 [4:00 AM]   Fall Time     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:45 AM]   Still Walking
 [8:45 AM]   Smile Pinki
 [9:30 AM]   BRICK CITY - To Plea or Not to Plea (Episode 1, Season 2)
 [10:30 AM]   BRICK CITY - Arrested Development
 [11:30 AM]   BRICK CITY - The Haunting (Episode 3, Season 2)
 [12:30 PM]   BRICK CITY - Game On (Episode 4, Season 2)
 [1:30 PM]   Brick City
 [2:30 PM]   Visioneers
 [4:05 PM]   Still Walking
 [6:05 PM]   Paris
 [8:20 PM]   Made for Each Other
 [10:00 PM]   Happy Endings
 [12:15 AM]   Before The Fall
 [1:55 AM]   Made for Each Other
 [4:35 AM]   Happy Endings     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Total Recall', followed by the movie 'Battle Of Los Angeles'.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      A Canterbury Tale (1944)
 [8:30 AM]      The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
 [10:30 AM]      Hot Shots (1956)
 [12:00 PM]      Wagon Master (1950)
 [1:30 PM]      The Harder They Fall (1956)
 [3:30 PM]      Flying Leathernecks (1951)
 [5:30 PM]      Rio Bravo (1959)
 [8:00 PM]      Love Me Tonight (1932)
 [10:00 PM]      The Gay Desperado (1936)
 [11:45 PM]      We Live Again (1934)
 [1:15 AM]      City Streets (1931)
 [3:45 AM]      Queen Christina (1933)
 [5:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #31 (1956)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Sunday  -  03/13/10

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Going Hollywood (1933)
 [7:30 AM]      Small Town Girl (1953)
 [9:30 AM]      Shanghai Express (1932)
 [11:00 AM]      After The Thin Man (1936)
 [1:00 PM]      To Be or Not to Be (1942)
 [2:45 PM]      The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
 [5:00 PM]      My Fair Lady (1964)
 [8:00 PM]      Joan Of Arc (1948)
 [10:30 PM]      Saint Joan (1957)
 [12:30 AM]      The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)    SILENT 
 [2:00 AM]      Le Proces de Jeanne d'Arc (1962)
 [3:15 AM]      The Story Of Mankind (1957)
 [5:00 AM]      For Heaven's Sake (1926)    SILENT      (ALL TIMES EST)







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Graham Nash, left, and David Crosby perform at the Alice Cooper Benefit Concert, Thursday, March 10, 2011 at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Ariz. Proceeds from this show will go the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding, a fund established by the family of Ron Barber, the District Director for U. S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot and injured. The charitable fund was established after the shooting that killed six people and wounded 13 others.
Photo by Rob Schumacher

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Why Some Countries Drive on the Right and Some Countries Drive on the Left

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Flees South Pacific Due To Tsunami

Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel was forced to flee the South Pacific Friday after a 8.9 magnitude earthquake and Tsunami rocked Japan.

"Suddenly, relaxing on an island in the South Pacific isn't so relaxing anymore," he first Tweeted early Friday morning. "Good thing I brought my aqua stilts."

Later, when asked how scared he was on a scale of 1-10, he wrote, "A good solid 7. on a small island, with no high ground."

As fans relayed their worries, he Tweeted, "Thanks again for the concern I am now worried others will worry if I don't tweet but if I don't, don't."

He then updated that he is fleeing the region: "We are evacuating the island. dogspeed."

Jimmy Kimmel

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Director Martin Scorsese reacts to screenwriter Paul Schrader (L) as they speak during a question and answer session held before the 35th anniversary screening of "Taxi Driver" in New York City March 10, 2011.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi

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Unarmed but still Dangerous - Dealing with Internet Trolls - the Cognitive Therapy Approach

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Censors Clear For China Debut

Bob Dylan

Censors have cleared Bob Dylan to make his China debut despite worries that the country's authoritarian government would block his planned shows given the American folk icon's antiestablishment reputation.

China's Ministry of Culture said in a notice posted on its website Thursday that Dylan will be allowed to perform in Beijing between March 30 and April 12.

The website of the Dylan fan magazine ISIS reported earlier that Dylan was scheduled to perform in Beijing on April 6 and Shanghai on April 8, although Dylan's official website doesn't list those tour dates.

The Chinese Ministry of Culture did not immediately post approval for the Shanghai show. A press official for the ministry declined comment on whether approval was imminent, asking a reporter to keep checking the ministry's website for updates. He would only give his surname as Zhou.

Bob Dylan

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Vidiot Speak

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Creates Show For Cartoon Network

Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo has written many hit songs - and now he's taking writing to a new level.

The Grammy winner told The Associated Press in an interview Friday that he closed a deal with Cartoon Network to produce his own show.

The cartoon is called "I Heart Tuesdays" and Ne-Yo said production starts soon.

He said the show is about "a 16-year-old girl that inherits the curse of her bloodline and she's forced to save the world from the unknown evil every Tuesday for the rest of her life."

Ne-Yo

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Fran Lebowitz attends the 35th anniversary screening of 'Taxi Driver' in New York, Thursday, March 10, 2011.
Photo by Charles Sykes

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40 Hilarious Passive-Aggressive Office Notes

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Hospital News

Gallagher

Comedian Gallagher is hospitalized in Minnesota after collapsing during a performance.

Todd Powers, owner of Whiskey Bone's Roadhouse in Rochester, said the 64-year-old Gallagher collapsed in the middle of a show there Thursday night.

Gallagher's manager, Craig Marquardo, says the comedian is in stable condition and will be hospitalized overnight. He says he doesn't yet know what caused Gallagher to collapse.

A witness, Chris Blade, told the Rochester Post-Bulletin that Gallagher had complained of pain in his left arm and shortness of breath earlier in the evening. Blade said Gallagher was responsive when emergency crews were taking him out of the club.

Gallagher, whose real name is Leo Anthony Gallagher, is best known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer.

Gallagher

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Wake-up Call


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Setting Records

'Spider-Man'

Broadway's stunt-heavy, $65 million "Spider-Man" musical will shut down for more than three weeks this spring to overhaul the troubled production, a show that has been in previews for a record 102 performances.

Lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris said in a statement Friday that "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" would officially open June 14. The show's opening, delayed an astounding six times, was to have opened last on March 15.

The final preview performance before the shut down will be April 17. Performances will be canceled from April 19-May 11, with previews resuming on May 12.

On Wednesday, producers announced that Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor would no longer direct the show, and a new creative team was brought in to change and polish the flawed musical, which has also been plagued with a series of injuries to cast members.

It was a stunning development for the heralded director of "The Lion King," a megahit that is No. 3 at the box office more than a decade after it opened. Taymor, known for her bold and creative artistic vision, is believed to have been pushed aside because she wouldn't accept the need for outside help and significant changes to "Spider-Man," which she co-wrote with Glen Berger.

'Spider-Man'

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Italian actress Claudia Cardinale waves to the media after being awarded by Bulgarian Minister of Culture Vezhdi Razshidov in Sofia, March 11, 2011. Cardinaleis in Sofia as a guest of Sofia's film festival.
Photo by Oleg Popov

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10 Most Eccentric Millionaires - Oddee.com

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Pleads No Contest To Battery Charge

Mel "Sugar Tits" Gibson

Mel "Sugar Tits" Gibson used some lightning legal moves Friday to abruptly end a domestic violence case involving a fight last year with his then-girlfriend.

Within hours, Gibson was charged with misdemeanor spousal battery and pleaded no contest in a deal with prosecutors that kept him out of jail.

As part of the plea deal, Gibson will spend three years on probation, undergo a year of domestic violence counseling, and perform 16 hours of community service.

If he complies and doesn't get into further trouble, he won't have to make another court appearance in the case.

Mel "Sugar Tits" Gibson

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Recent Scenes from Antarctica

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No Extortion Charge

Oksana Grigorieva

Prosecutors say they will not charge Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend with extortion after they found insufficient evidence to prove the allegation by the actor.

Attorneys for Oksana Grigorieva say she cooperated fully with the investigation into extortion allegations by Gibson.

Attorneys Daniel Horowitz, Ronald Litz and Martin Garbus said in a statement released to The Associated Press that the Russian musician never invoked her Fifth Amendment rights during several interviews with authorities.

Gibson claimed Grigorieva attempted to extort him during custody negotiations involving their infant daughter after their breakup last year.

Oksana Grigorieva

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This Oct. 6, 1906 stereo photograph provided by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History shows view of earthquake-damaged San Francisco. TheSan Francisco Chronicle reports that the six images were snapped by color photography pioneer Frederick Eugene Ives several months after the April 1906 'Great Quake.' National Museum of American History volunteer Anthony Brooks found the glass plate photos while cataloguing a collection donated by Ives' son, Herbert

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12 Delicious Edible Insects - Oddee.com

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Gets 9 Months

Richard Hatch

Reality TV star Richard Hatch was ordered back to prison Friday to serve a nine-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the first season of the hit CBS show "Survivor."

Hatch, who is currently appearing on NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice," spent more than three years in prison for tax evasion before being released in 2009, and has been serving a three-year term of supervised release. During that period, he was supposed to refile his 2000 and 2001 taxes and pay what he owed, but he never did.

U.S. District Court Judge William Smith on Friday said Hatch, who has strenuously maintained his innocence, had exhibited no remorse and had made no effort to comply with an order that he straighten out and pay his taxes. He imposed a sentence three months longer than what was recommended by prosecutors: six months - the maximum in the federal sentencing guidelines.

He said the term of supervised release, which is supposed to be a time of rehabilitation, did not appear to be doing any good in Hatch's case. He said a substantial sentence was required to send a message to Hatch and others who flout the court's orders.

He also ordered Hatch serve 26 months supervised release, during which time 25 percent of Hatch's gross income would be garnished and paid to the Internal Revenue Service. Prosecutor Andrew Reich said Friday that Hatch now owes an estimated $2 million to the IRS on the Survivor winnings and other income, including penalties.

Richard Hatch

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Travel Ideas - Sculpture Gardens Around the World

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Sues Alan Ball Over Birds

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino is suing his neighbor, "True Blood" creator Alan Ball, over a personal matter.

Tarantino, director of "Pulp Fiction" and the "Kill Bill" movies, is suing Ball over the "blood-curdling screams" emitted by his exotic birds.

Tarantino claims in his lawsuit, filed Thursday in L.A. County Superior Court, that the "obnoxious pterodactyl-like screams" coming from Ball's "exotic bird menagerie" have "seriously disrupted ability to work as a writer in his home."

He adds that he's also tried to resolve the matter with Ball -- who also created the TV series Six Feet Under and won an Oscar for writing American Beauty -- to no avail.

Quentin Tarantino

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This Oct. 6, 1906 stereo photograph provided by the SmithsonianÕs National Museum of American History shows view of earthquake-damaged San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the six images were snapped by color photography pioneer Frederick Eugene Ives several months after the April 1906 'Great Quake.' National Museum of American History volunteer Anthony Brooks found the glass plate photos while cataloguing a collection donated by Ives' son, Herbert

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Up-Inspired Floating House (14 photos) - My Modern Metropolis

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Strikes Custody Pact

Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen and his estranged wife have struck an accord that settles any custody issues and ends the pursuit of a restraining order against the actor, according to their attorneys.

Sheen and Brooke Mueller "reached an agreement that resolves their differences," lawyers for the pair said Thursday night.

The statement said the details of the arrangement were being kept confidential for the benefit of their twin sons.

Mueller obtained a temporary restraining order against Sheen earlier this month, claiming he threatened her on a recent trip to the Bahamas. A hearing had been scheduled for March 22.

In a related development, Los Angeles police say they have searched Charlie Sheen's home for guns that might be in violation of the restraining order.

Charlie Sheen

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Stereo Dock for iPod® / iPhone with Bath Tissue Holder

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Photos Stir The Web

Eva Braun

Adolf Hitler is one of the darkest figures of the 20th century. But less is known about his girlfriend, Eva Braun, who he kept secret from Nazi Germany for years.

Pictures of the girlfriend and then wife have recently surfaced through Life Magazine, brought to light through collector and curator Reinhard Schulz.

The cache of photos from the young model's personal album was confiscated in 1945 by the American army. The newly released pictures have caused searches on the Web for "eva braun" to rise over 300% in one day.

So who was the woman by Hitler's side? Young Eva first met Hitler in 1929 when he was a rising star in the Nazi party. He was introduced to the 17-year-old as Herr Wolff, while she modeled for the official Nazi photographer Heinrich Hoffmann in Munich.

Eva Braun

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INCIDENTAL COMICS: Literal Concert Flyers

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In Memory

Hugh Martin

Hugh Martin, the composer-songwriter whose works included "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "The Trolley Song," died Friday. He was 96.

He died from natural causes at his home in Encinitas, Calif., said Martin's niece Suzanne Hanners.

Martin and songwriting partner Ralph Blane co-wrote such catchy tunes as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "The Trolley Song" and "The Boy Next Door" from the musical "Meet Me in St. Louis."

Martin, who hailed from Birmingham, Ala., also crafted songs for several other film and Broadway musicals, including "Best Foot Forward," "Make a Wish," "High Spirits" and "Hooray for What!"

He was nominated for best original song Academy Awards for "The Trolley Song" in 1944 and "Pass the Peace Pipe" from "Good News" in 1947. He wrote about his exploits in show business in his 2010 autobiography, "Hugh Martin: The Boy Next Door."

Martin is survived by his brother Gordon Martin; nephews Gordon Martin Jr. and Hugh Martin III; and nieces Hanners and Lua Martin Wells.

Hugh Martin

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Russo, a four-year-old male Far-Eastern Chinese leopard, lays in an open-air enclosure at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk, March 10, 2011. Exotic animalswere allowed out of their winter lodging on Thursday as the air temperature started to rise in the Siberian city.
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