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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Girded my loins & took a patience pill to watch the 'American Bandstand 50th Anniversary'. What the fuck where Jim Belushi &
Dennis Quaid doing there? The real Jerry Lee Lewis is alive & available, but, NO, we get the pretend one. Might have tolerated
Jim Belushi if he was there hanging on Dan Ackroyd's apron strings, but, by himself? The 2 hour pustule that was on display tonight
sorely needed lanced. The worst show I've ever seen Dick Clark produce.
Also caught some of John Stossel on '20/20'. Of course, he goes straight to Bill Clinton as his primary example of
ex-presidents who make enough money that they shouldn't be on the dole. Jeez. Maybe someone should point John towards #41 & the 'Rev' Moon's payroll.
Last week, while at JulieFest, caught Dennis Miller on HBO - the guest was Gary Shandling. Dennis claimed he got paid by the 'fuck'...sounds like
the definition of 'whore' to me. Bill Maher was the guest this week. Poor boy sounded frustrated.
Saw some of Paul McCartney on Leno. Wish someone would clue Paul to get a better grade rug...the blue-tinted stage lights bring out the funny-fake-purple with an orangish tint color that
screams dynel.
Tonight, Saturday, CBS offers an all fresh night, with 2 episodes of 'Touched By An
Angle', and then 'The District'.
NBC has a fresh 'The Bravest', and then reruns the movie 'Men In Black'. 'SNL' is also a
rerun, with Ellen DeGeneres.
In an appalling display of contempt for the little audience left, ABC reruns 'The Sixth Sense', the same
movie they aired 6 nights ago, on Sunday. Boo. Hiss.
The WB has the movie 'Man Of The House'.
Faux has its usual Saturday - a fresh 'Cops', then a rerun 'Cops', followed by a fresh 'America's
Most Wanted'.
UPN in LA has the Cubbies visiting Rupert's Doggers. (Go Cubs!)
TCM spends about 8 hours with movies & a documentary all related to Woody Allen.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Big Dog Watch & NBC
Bill Clinton
Yes, NBC did speak to former President Bill Clinton Wednesday about -- anything he'd want to do. It was at the office of Harry Thomason, where Clinton was
talking to his longtime friend and supporter about his appearance in the Regent feature documentary based on "The Hunting of the President: The 10-Year
Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton" by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons.
NBC had asked if they could come over to Thomason's and chat with Clinton. Of course they got an invitation -- just as the other webs have regularly
received when they pitched offers to the prez.
Clinton's appearance on the documentary would lead those already filmed, including those of Jerry Falwell and Susan MacDougal, who went to jail for
failure to reveal Whitewater info. For the documentary, she says things never said before. She's now writing her book -- and Thomason says he'd like
to see her do a movie on it.
Wednesday evening, Clinton joined friends Ron Burkle, Steve Bing, Guy Oseary for dinner at Peter Garland's intimate eatery Porta Via on Canon Drive
in Beverly Hills, where they dined on pasta, swordfish, etc.
Bill Clinton
`We Put Subliminal Messages In TV Commercials'
Devo
If you're wearing blue jeans right now, blame Devo.
Lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh freely admits the group imbeds subliminal messages in its music -- including telling people to buy jeans
because they're "the uniform of the proletariat."
Devo's members also write soundtracks for commercials and TV shows like "Rugrats," and Mothersbaugh admits he has snuck secret messages
such as "Question Authority" into those tunes.
He also says it's "entirely possible" he put the words, "sugar is bad for you" into a cereal commercial.
But why? Mothersbaugh claims Devo has been imbedding messages in songs for 30 years because the band likes to be subversive.
Devo's latest project is less subliminal. It's a cover version of Neil Young's "Ohio," that appears on a new CD, "When Pigs Fly."
Devo
Found After A Month
Pipi Osbourne
The dog that has been missing from Ozzy Osbourne's house for more than a month has been returned.
Kelly Ripa broke the news today when she got a huge bouquet of roses from Osbourne and his wife, Sharon, during "Live With Regis and Kelly." Ripa
had been asking viewers for help in finding Pipi the Pomeranian, who has been featured on the smash hit MTV reality series that follows the
family's life, "The Osbournes."
The card that came with the flowers read, "Because of you we got our Pipi back. A million thanks. Love, the Osbournes."
The Osbournes and "Live With Regis and Kelly" combined to offer a $1,000 reward for Pipi's return, but Regis Philbin said the person who returned
the dog refused to take any money.
Pipi Osbourne Found
The Village People
Anerican Bandstand At 50
Another Source For Weekly 'Osbournes' Updates
'Television Without Pity'
Television Without Pity » The Osbournes » Recaps & Extras » Season 1 Episode 1
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio - what a concept!
Join Erin Hart at near-regulation time (10 pm to 1 am [pst] Sat & Sun ) on www.710kiro.com or www.kiro710.com (It's
a browser thing).
And there's a chatroom, too!
For more details, visit Erin's fan page (courtesy of 14Dem), http://www.erinistas.com/, or to join her mailing list, drop a
note to erinistas@aol.com
825 Nude Actors
'Mago'
The South Korean filmmakers set out to make a statement, an allegorical poem on film to warn about destruction of the environment -- but 825 nude actors have stolen the show.
The producers of the art film "Mago," which will debut across South Korea this month, are both cringing at and reveling in the publicity their film has received because
of its depiction of frolicking nude bodies that get covered with mud and pollution.
The film, with a somber and strident soundtrack, is anything but erotic as it draws on a Korean creation myth to depict man's fall from paradise to corrupted modern life.
But the use of 825 nude amateur actors -- including 100 young women recruited from Seoul college campuses -- has drawn all the headlines in the run-up to the low-budget
movie's May 24 debut in a country where film nudity is relatively rare.
The bodies do most of the talking in an 80-minute film with only several lines of dialogue amid its poetic monologues, but the makers say the media have missed the point.
'Mago'
BartCop TV!
Single, Again
Anthony Hopkins
Britain's Oscar-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins, known worldwide for roles like the flesh-eating Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs," ended
his 29-year marriage in a London court Friday.
Welsh-born Hopkins, 64, who now lives in the United States, and his 57-year-old wife Jennifer were granted a "quickie" divorce by London's High Court
on the uncontested grounds that they had lived apart for more than two years.
Hopkins had married Jennifer in 1973 after splitting from his first wife Petronella, with whom he has a daughter.
Anthony Hopkins
Fun Link
Ozzy Interview?
'' How cool is this. I talked about Ozzy Osbourne while I'm on the radio one day about his new pooper scooper he's coming out with. It was just
so great that I had to call up Ozzy to get an interview with him and I ended up getting him to come into the studio for the interview. Click the
image of Ozzy's family to listen to the interview...''
SunKast - Ozzy Interview?
David's Daughter
Katie Cassidy
The list of offspring with musical success on par with their parents is a mighty short one -- and even rarer is a child having a hit with mom or dad's tune.
Artemis Records, though, has faith in a new generation of the Partridge Family, namely 15-year-old Katie Cassidy, daughter of David, who has made
her own recording of dad's first hit single, "I Think I Love You." Artemis will release the single in June.
Katie's recording, classified as "hip-pop," is currently limited to a single release with no plans for an album.
Katie Cassidy
Currently Touring In India
Deep Purple
Vocalist Ian Gillan (L), bass guitarist Roger Glover (C) and lead guitarist Steve Moss (R) of legendary rock group Deep Purple perform during
a concert in Bombay, May 3, 2002. Deep Purple will perform concerts in a number of Indian cities on their current tour.
Photo by Arko Datta
'Mort: the Dead Teenager'
Quentin Tarantino
As "Spider-Man" swings into movie theaters this weekend, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino plans to bring another comic book adaptation to the silver screen.
Tarantino will serve as executive producer of a film based on the Marvel comic series, "Mort: the Dead Teenager," Tarantino's publicist Bumble
Ward said on Friday. Madonna's Maverick Films will co-produce the movie.
In a departure from other Marvel comics, the movie's main character, Mort, is not a superhero, but a teenager who is beheaded in a train accident
at the start of the film.
Mort descends in the Netherworld and meets Teen Death, the son of the Grim Reaper, and "the two of them get into all sorts of trouble," said Zachary
Feurer, a producer at Maverick Films. "Mort convinces Teen Death to return to high school with him so he can win back the girl of his dreams, even though he's dead."
Quentin Tarantino
Final Filming On 'Goldmember'
Ozzy & Austin?
Friday's the final day of shooting (and reshooting) on "Austin Powers in Goldmember," and Mike Myers says this scene "is an extravaganza."
Yet he's not even in the scene, which is being filmed secretly (not anymore) at the home of -- the Ozzy Osbournes. Mike and "Goldmember" director
Jay Roach are "huge fans" of MTV's reality show built around the dysfunctional lives of rocker Ozzy Osbourne, his wife and two of their children.
Meanwhile, Myers is busy editing the New Line picture, which will be released July 26. And, yes, Myers says the Osbourne segment is one of "many
surprises" in the picture. Can you be sure the Osbournes will have some surprises for Mike?
Ozzy & Austin?
Interesting Link
State Laws -- Dumb Laws
State Laws -- Dumb Laws
NBC's Walk of Fame
Bill Cosby
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby, center, is flanked by Phylicia Rashad, his television wife from "The Cosby Show" and "I Spy" co-star Robert Culp during
Cosby's induction ceremony into NBC's Walk of Fame Friday, May 3, 2002, in New York. NBC Chairman and CEO Bob Wright is at top right.
Photo by Stuart Ramson
Hosting The MTV Movie Awards Show
Jack Black & Sarah Michelle Gellar
Sarcastic comic Jack Black and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star Sarah Michelle Gellar will host the MTV Movie Awards show, the music network announced Friday.
MTV President Van Toffler said he hoped teaming the outrageous comic rocker with the comely vampire slayer "will make for an explosive and unpredictable show."
Jack Black & Sarah Michelle Gellar
Re-Election?
Oddsmaker At Odds
Favorite oddsmaker, Danny Sheridan, doesn't care much for President Bush's chances for re-election. Reasons? "The stock market and the economy, the
same two issues that beat his father even though he had an 80 percent approval rating in the Gulf War." Plus, "Without a prepared text, Bush looks
as shaky as an Enron executive at a stockholders meeting." Al Gore and Tom Daschle are even money to beat John Kerry, Dick Gephardt, John Edwards
and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is a million-to-one longshot. Sheridan has Gov. Pataki easily beating either Andrew Cuomo or Carl McCall. As for
Saddam Hussein, it's even money he'll be gone by 2003.
Oddsmaker At Odds
MTV Deal May Hit $20 Million
'The Osbournes'
Crazy ... but hey, that's how it goes: MTV could shell out $20 million over two seasons to keep Ozzy Osbourne and his family on board as stars of
the cable channel's smash hit reality comedy.
Once the deal is finalized, it will represent the largest talent payday ever for a cable series. It's also a huge raise for the Osbournes, who pulled
down a mere $200,000 for the first 10-episode season of the monstrously successful series.
The deal now under discussion guarantees MTV a second batch of episodes of "The Osbournes," with an option for a third. If for some reason MTV chose not to
go forward with a third season, the network's financial commitment to the family would obviously be reduced.
While the dollar figures being discussed are huge, MTV would get a lot for its money. It's expected any deal would allow MTV to play each episode of "The
Osbournes" dozens of times -- as opposed to three or four runs for a broadcast network series.
It's hard to exaggerate just how successful "The Osbournes" has been -- and how quickly it's risen. After bowing to MTV's best-ever numbers for a series premiere,
the half-hour series -- which premieres new episodes Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. -- has gone on to become basic cable's most-watched series.
Meanwhile, the Osbournes themselves have become huge celebrities, surpassing even the fame Ozzy Osbourne had established as a rocker. Clan has been on the cover
of Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, and this weekend, they'll be Fox News Channel's guests of honor at the annual White House Correspondents Assn. dinner.
'The Osbournes'
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
''King of the Kustomizers''
George Barris
Hollywood automotive icon George Barris, the "King of the Kustomizers" who dreamed up the wicked Batmobile and goofy Monkeemobile, really
knows how to make an entrance.
Barris arrived Thursday night at the pink and posh Beverly Hills Hotel aboard the ghoulish "Munster Koach" used in "The Munsters" TV series:
It has coffin handles, organ pipe exhausts and a blood-red velour interior.
In honor of his late wife Shirley, Barris rode his 1964 creation down Sunset Boulevard to the annual Meguiar's Award ceremonies saluting his
50 years of custom car creations with the coveted Meguiar's trophy recognizing him as a treasure of the car collecting culture.
"A lot of people say I was the guy behind the Batmobile," Barris said. "Well, if that's so, then it's also accurate to say Shirley was the
woman behind the Munster Koach. She was the force behind its design, helping me in our kitchen, when all we had was one weekend to create it."
George Barris
Useful Link
Civil War Vets
Civil War Vets
Likes Dressing Up?
Eminem
In the video for his new single "Without Me," Eminem — whose real name is Marshall Mathers III — appears dressed as techno artist Moby, and as
a fat Elvis Presley sitting on a toilet.
The video also depicts suspected terrorist bin Laden as an old-school hip-hopper who busts into MC Hammer-like dance moves.
Eminem
Parody Site
Pets Or Food
PETSorFOOD.com - The best place for pet and food products on the Web!
Traffic Way Up
Network TV Web Sites
With television networks plugging their season finales for the all-important May sweeps season, many TV buffs turned to the Web to get the
latest information, Internet audience measurement service Nielsen//NetRatings said on Friday.
Traffic to NBC's Web site jumped 21 percent to 477,000 unique visitors during the week ending April 28, compared to 393,000 the previous week, NetRatings said.
ABC posted a 17 percent gain in Web traffic, attracting 1.7 million surfers, while CBS drew 815,000 visitors to its site, posting a 12 percent
increase in traffic, NetRatings said.
Rounding out the list of the major television networks, WB grew 3 percent to 903,000 unique visitors.
Network TV Web Sites
Tribute To Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
Dale Earnhardt Inc
News that autopsy photographs of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes have appeared on the Internet has prompted Dale Earnhardt Inc. to plan a tribute to the singer
during Saturday night's NASCAR race.
During the Pontiac 400 at Richmond International Raceway, the race cars of Dale Earnhardt Jr., Steve Park and Michael Waltrip will each have a black stripe under
the left headlight. Over-the-wall pit crew members also will wear stripes under their left eyes.
Earnhardt Jr. was sympathetic to Lopes' family when he learned that morgue photos of the singer had appeared on the Internet. Several newspapers and a Web site wanted
access to autopsy photos of Earnhardt's father last year for their own independent investigations into the death of the seven-time Winston Cup champion.
Dale Earnhardt Inc
Sharon Osbourne Says 'Yes'
'The Osbournes'
Once was not enough for "The Osbournes." MTV's surprise hit series about rocker Ozzy Osbourne's family life will return for a second season, Sharon
Osbourne said Thursday.
During an appearance on NBC's "Tonight," Mrs. Osbourne was asked by host Jay Leno if there would be another season of the reality series.
"Yes," she replied, smiling and throwing her hands in the air. She didn't offer further details, but talked about bedroom life with a rock star: He has
the annoying habit of chomping apples throughout the night.
Sharon Said On Leno...
Is There A New Deal Or Not?
Osbourne Drama
The Osbourne family's contract negotiations are as unpredictable as their home life.
While mom Sharon Osbourne and daughter Kelly said a deal had been reached for a second season of the hit reality series "The Osbournes," MTV said
discussions were still active.
MTV could end up paying $20 million over two seasons to keep the family on board, Daily Variety reported Friday. The Osbournes received just
$200,000 for the first 10-episode season, the trade paper said. It did not cite specific sources.
"The Osbournes" is MTV's hottest series in the channel's 21-year-old history, drawing more than 6 million weekly viewers. It has pushed aside
professional wrestling as cable TV's biggest show, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Osbourne Drama
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