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or confirmed, so . . . It may have been bait and not really.
We will discuss all those votes, John Murtha and the slimey Repugnicans
including Jean Schmidt of Ohio with Congressman Jim McDermott who is stuck
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Sunday's show is delayed by an hour due to Hawks and programming. Don't
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Sasha Abramsky: 50,000 volts (newsreview.com)
Taser guns have become a favored control device for local law-enforcement officers, but something's gone wrong with this "nonlethal" weapon. In Sacramento, the dead bodies are mounting.
Scott Ritter Tells the Complete Story Why We're in Iraq: A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW
The foundation of our involvement in Iraq is corrupt. You can't build anything positive from this corrupt foundation. If you want to speak of solving the Iraq problem, we have to go back to how we got into this mess to begin with. Š The same people who deceived us getting into Iraq are deceiving us on a daily basis about what's going on in Iraq, and we can't ignore this.
Know Your Right-Wing Speakers: Pat Robertson (campusprogress.org)
Manning the helm of his own faith-based propaganda network that has spanned five decades, Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson, evangelist, pundit, and former Presidential candidate, remains one of the top leaders of the Christian Right and at the age of 75, shows no signs of stopping now. (His birthday was marked by a big celebration in March, featuring a Texas ranch vacation package with special guests Randy Travis and John Ashcroft.)
ROGER EBERT: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Well into "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," Albus Dumbledore intones as only he can: "Dark and difficult times lie ahead." What does he think lay behind? In this adventure Harry will do battle with giant lizards, face the attack of the Death Eaters, and in perhaps the most difficult task of all for a 14-year-old, ask a girl to be his date at the Yule Ball.
Miriam Dolnic: An Interview with Daniel Pinkwater (pinkwater.com)
Daniel Pinkwater: I think print on demand is so interesting. Because it means that, you know you write something, it's published. You write something and you've got a hundred dollars or even less, you can be published on the web or through a print on demand publisher. Okay, so you can't sell as many copies, usually, but you can make more of the copies you sell so you figure you can make a living. And people can read your stuff. I don't care if a million people read my stuff or if a hundred people read my stuff, I needed to go out to somebody else. You know it's not really what I'm most concerned about, but you have to do it. You know, just writing and keeping it in your notebook just doesn't feel complete. But then with print on demand if a hundred copies get sold and seventy-five of them get sold to strangers who don't even know you, you feel pretty good. You'd feel pretty good if seventy-five people chucked out $11.95 to see something that you wrote.
I went out today and beat my way through the "Harry Potter" hordes to see the just released Johnny Cash Biopic "Walk the Line"- starring as Johnny - Joaquin Phoenix ("Walking the Dog" (1991) - "Clay Pigeons" (1998) - "Brother Bear" (2003)) and starring as June - Reese Witherspoon ("Freeway" (1996) - "Fear" (1996) - "Vanity Fair" (2004). I really wanted to love this movie !!!!! but it had a fatal flaw…….They should have dubbed Johnny's ballsy and thunderous voice over Phoenix's façade….as the "Scarlet Pimpernel" (1934) used to say…"There's nothing quite so baaaad..as something that's not so baaaad!!" You can put a ton of echo on a turnip and it "Ain't Johnny!" You can turn up the base and blast the bottom end but it "Ain't Johnny!"
Once I got past that, I had to watch all the other phony musician copycat actors murder their real protégée's……Jerry Lee, Roy, Carl, Waylon and Elvis… WOW……BAD…but they all sang their own parts….who cares…dub in the originals….please (they could have really blown the copycat thing by having someone play a young Bob Dylan singing "It Ain't Me Babe" Ha Ha Ha)!!!
Then Reese Witherspoon, as June Carter, slips in and saves the whole movie (and Johnny Cash)! She is so cute it is almost illegal !!!!! And she is the only really believable element in the whole damn thing……although….as listed above, there was some excellent smaller parts……but Reese turned "Walk the Line" into a "Love" story…perhaps somewhat fictitiously ( she couldn't control Johnny as easily as she did in the movie) ….but I just couldn't take my eyes off her radiant role!
Johnny has a rough childhood…loses his older brother when he was just 12 years old in an accident….his drunk ass dad never forgave him….joins the army - goes to Germany with his mom's book "Heavenly Highway Hymns" under his arm….Writes "Folsom Prison Blues"…..comes back to Memphis and plays it for Elvis discoverer Sam Phillips….Records "Cry, Cry, Cry"….Johnny has a shrew wife and a lovely little daughter named Rosanne Cash……meets June carter at a concert…they go fishin' and become "friends"…..she joins the band…Her and Johnny sing "Jackson" together….she's got a husband and a lovely little daughter named Carlene Carter….like a good little Christian girl, she gets a divorce and then another one…meanwhile Johnny is poppin' sockfuls of pills and playing music (and getting' drunk) and getting very famous….and fucked up!….
Can the Angel save the "Man in Black" from himself…….of course….and he asks her to marry him right up there on stage…and she says yes!……..and they live happily ever after!
Purple Gene gives "Walk the Line" 7 sweet little fishing lures be cast out in the lake out of 10 for disappointing me in the beginning but finally "reeling" me in!
P.S. Oscar for Reese (her best film will always be "Freeway")
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Without A Trace', followed by a RERUN'CSI: The 2nd One', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN 2-hour 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', followed by a RERUN'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
'SNL' is FRESH with Eva Longoria hosting, music by Korn.
The late, late 'SNL' is supposed to be from 21 November, 1998, with Jennifer Love Hewitt hosting, music by Beastie Boys.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets'.
The WB offers a FRESH'What I Like About You', followed by a RERUN'Reba', then a FRESH'Reba', followed by a FRESH'Twins'.
Faux has the traditional 'Cops', 'Cops', and 'America's Most Wanted'.
'MAD TV' is FRESH with Christopher Meloni.
UPN has a RERUN'Alias', followed by a RERUN'Fear Factor'.
A&E has 'City Confidential', another 'City Confidential', and 'Cold Case Files'.
AMC offers the movie 'Heartbreak Ridge', followed by the movie 'Antwone Fisher', then the movie 'Instinct'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 2;
[2:30pm 'Father Ted' - Ep. 1 Good Luck Father Ted;
[3pm 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 43;
[4pm 'Faking It' - Managment Consultant to Dog Handler;
[5pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Beckenham;
[5:30pm] 'What Not To Wear' - Claire;
[6pm] 'NY-LON' - Episode 3;
[7pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 7;
[8pm] 'Royal Jewels';
[9pm] 'Diana's Legacy';
[11pm] 'Royal Jewels';
[12am] 'Diana's Legacy';
[2am] 'Royal Jewels';
[3am] 'The Mighty Boosh' - Episode 4;
[3:40am] 'The Mighty Boosh' - Episode 5;
[4:20am] 'The Mighty Boosh' - Episode 6;
[5am] 'Dead Ringers' - Episode 3;
[5:30am] 'Dead Ringers' - Episode 4;
[6am] 'BBC' World News. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Celebrity Poker Showdown', followed by the movie 'Chicago', then the movie 'Chicago', again.
Comedy Central has the movie 'My Cousin Vinny', followed by the movie 'Joe Dirt'.
History has 'Doomsday Tech', 'Saints And Soldier', and 'The Malmedy Massacre'.
IFC -
[6AM] The Brother From Another Planet (1984);
[8AM] Kill!(1968);
[10AM] Bullets Over Broadway (1994);
[11:45AM] IFC in Theaters(2005);
[12PM] The Brother From Another Planet (1984);
[2PM] Kill!(1968);
[4PM] IFC in Theaters(2005);
[4:15PM] At The IFC Center (2005);
[4:45PM] The Red Violin (1998);
[7PM] Greg the Bunny: "The Godpappy" (2005);
[7:15PM] Greg the Bunny: "2001-1: Space & Stuff" (2005);
[7:30PM] Hopeless Pictures #5 (2005);
[8PM] Under Suspicion (2000);
[10PM] Velvet Goldmine (1998);
[12:15AM] Hedwig and The Angry Inch (2001);
[2AM] Velvet Goldmine (1998);
[4:15AM] Hedwig and The Angry Inch (2001). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has the movie 'Final Destination', followed by the movie 'Riding The Bullet'.
Sundance -
[6:45am] Departure;
[7am] Life After War;
[8:15am] Kicking and Screaming;
[10am] Oporto of My Childhood;
[11am] Mondo Plympton;
[12pm] Once Around;
[2pm] Doppelganger;
[2:15pm] Departure;
[2:30pm] Reconstruction;
[4pm] I Am NOT an ANIMAL: London Calling;
[4:30pm] I Am NOT an ANIMAL: Planet of the Men & Women;
[5pm] I Am NOT an ANIMAL: Money;
[5:30pm] I Am NOT an ANIMAL: My Fair Mare;
[6pm] I Am NOT an ANIMAL: A Star is Hatched;
[6:30pm] I Am NOT an ANIMAL: Home;
[7pm] Kicking and Screaming;
[8:45pm] Doppelganger;
[9pm] Iconoclasts: Jackson on Russell;
[10pm] Foxy Brown;
[11:35pm] Hidden;
[12am] Going All The Way;
[1:45am] What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?;
[3:30am] Once Around;
[5:30am] Reconstruction. (ALL TIMES EST)
Dana Reeve and Robin Williams pose for pictures before an awards dinner held by the Christopher Reeve Foundation in New York, November 17, 2005. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas were among those honored during the evening when they received the Christopher Reeve Spirit of Courage Award.
Photo by Seth Wenig
Bruce Springsteen famously was "born in the USA," but he's getting scorned in the U.S. Senate.
An effort by New Jersey's two Democratic senators to honor the veteran rocker was shot down Friday by Republicans who are apparently still miffed a year after the Boss lent his voice to the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
The chamber's GOP leaders refused to bring up for consideration a resolution, introduced by Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Jon Corzine, that honored Springsteen's long career and the 1975 release of his iconic album, "Born to Run."
No reason was given, said Lautenberg spokesman Alex Formuzis. "Resolutions like this pass all the time in the U.S. Senate, usually by unanimous consent," he said.
Republicans face the prospect of being a minority at the Federal Communications Commission next month despite their control of the White House and Congress.
The FCC, which regulates the telecommunications and media industries, is usually split with three of the five commissioners from the party that occupies the White House.
But there has been a Republican vacancy since March and on Thursday another Republican, FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, said she would leave December 9. Only one Republican, Chairman Kevin Martin, would remain.
An FCC spokesman declined to comment. Bush could use a so-called recess appointment to fill the vacancies while the Senate is on a break over the next two weeks.
Model and talk show host Tyra Banks says goodbye to her modeling career as her familiar Victoria's Secret wings are raised up and away into the rafters during a taping of 'The Tyra Banks Show' in Los Angeles in this November 11, 2005 photograph released November 18, 2005. Banks wore the wings during numerous fashion shows for the lingerie company. The episode is set for telecast November 21 in the United States.
Photo by Mark Harmel
With one foot out the door at ABC News, anchorman Ted Koppel is ripping the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq war.
"I think there's been one fiasco after another," the "Nightline" host tells the latest edition of GQ, just weeks before his exit from network news.
"I think they brought the wrong number of troops in the first place. I think they miscalculated the consequences.
"We never like to see it as an occupation, but from the point of view of many Iraqi citizens, if you have 150,000 foreign troops in your country and they have announced they are going to stay until they determine that it's the right time to leave - I'm sorry, folks, that's an occupation," he said.
Angus Young, lead guitarist of AC/DC, tops Maxim's list of the "25 greatest short dudes of all time," standing tall at 5 feet 2 inches.
Former NBA guard Spud Webb, at 5 feet 7 inches, is No. 2, followed by Napoleon Bonaparte (5 feet 4 inches), Naim Suleymangolu (4 feet 11 inches) and Yuri Gagarin (5 feet 2 inches).
Yoda, at No. 6, is the shortest on the list. His height is calculated at 2 feet 2 inches.
Other great short dudes: Martin Scorsese, Jon Stewart, Prince, Kurt Cobain and two of the Hobbits from "The Lord of the Rings" films - Elijah Wood and Sean Astin.
Kanye West will receive the Artist Achievement Award at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards, which will be presented Dec. 6 in Las Vegas.
Past recipients of the award, which recognizes both artistic excellence and Billboard chart success, include Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Garth Brooks, Aerosmith, Janet Jackson, Cher and Destiny's Child.
The awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Fox (8 p.m. EST).
Before he was Bob Dylan, before he was even a serious songwriter, a Minnesota college student named Robert Zimmerman was an aspiring poet musing about cigarettes, motorcycles and lost love.
He wrote "Poems Without Titles" in 1960. It was a 16-page, hand-scrawled collection that features the future voice of a generation trying out his soon-to-be pseudonym. Most of the poems are signed "Dylan" or "Dylanism," the earliest known use of his nom-de-tune, according to Christie's auction house.
On Monday, the rare cache of Dylan poems goes on the auction block in Christie's Rockefeller Center location, with an anticipated value of $60,000 to $80,000. It's the top item in a rock and pop memorabilia auction that also features a medallion worn by Jimi Hendrix at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, rare lyrics written by Jim Morrison and an assortment of Beatles' items.
Comedian-actor Jeffrey Tambor performs during the comedy show 'Earth to America' in Las Vegas, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005. The two-hour show, which is to raise awareness of global warming, will air on TBS on Sunday, Nov. 20.
Photo by Jae C. Hong
Canadian country singer Shania Twain was given her country's highest award on Friday, the Order of Canada, for her efforts to end child poverty, the governor general's office said.
Twain was handed the award by Governor General Michaelle Jean at a ceremony in Ottawa.
The Order of Canada is awarded to citizens for outstanding lifetime achievement and service to the nation or humanity at large. Other famous Canadians to receive the Order include hockey player Wayne Gretzky, and singer Bryan Adams.
Eight months after Robert Blake was acquitted at a criminal trial of murdering his wife, a civil jury decided Friday the tough-guy actor was behind the slaying, and ordered him to pay her children $30 million in damages.
The jury decided that Blake's handyman, Earle Caldwell, did not collaborate with Blake to kill Bonny Lee Bakley.
After eight days of deliberations, the jury determined by a vote of 10-2 that the former "Baretta" star "intentionally caused the death" of Bakley, who was gunned down in 2001 in the actor's car outside a restaurant where the couple had just dined.
A cyclist passes deer in Richmond Park in south-west London, November 18, 2005. First enclosed as a deer park by Britain's King Charles I in 1637, approximately 650 fallow and red deer now roam in Richmond Park. The current cold spell signals the start of the winter season with temperatures reaching lows of minus eight degrees Celsius (17.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Redhill, south England.
Photo by Toby Melville
Rocker Courtney Love, who was confined to a lock-down substance abuse center earlier this year after violating her probation, can leave the facility for an outpatient program, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Friday.
She is serving probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from an attack on musician Kristin King at the home of Love's ex-boyfriend. King sued Love in September over that incident.
In granting Love her release to an outpatient facility, Superior Court Judge Rand Rubin told the former lead singer for the band Hole that she would have to submit to twice-weekly drug and alcohol tests and was permitted to leave home only under certain circumstances -- such as visiting doctors or her probation officer.
Russell Crowe pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree assault, admitting to a judge that he threw a phone that hit a Manhattan hotel concierge in June.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Kathryn Freed sentenced the actor to a conditional discharge, which means he must not get arrested for one year. The judge also instructed Crowe to pay a $160 court surcharge, which defense attorney Gerald Lefcourt said would be paid immediately.
Assistant District Attorney Chad Sjoquist told the judge the prosecution agreed to the plea deal because Crowe had no prior criminal record.
The empty 'Courtroom 600' at the Nuremberg Jury Court photographed Wednesday Nov. 16, 2005. At this place, 60 years ago, on Nov. 20th the International Tribunal against the Nazi war criminals started.
Photo by Thomas Langer
A little-known Belgian songwriter won a plagiarism case against Madonna on Friday, leading a local court to ban the megastar's song "Frozen" from sale or broadcast in the country.
Songwriter Salvatore Acquaviva's suit had alleged that Madonna's 1998 hit off the album "Ray of Light" plagiarized parts of his song, "Ma Vie Fout L'camp (My Life's Getting Nowhere)," which had been written five years earlier.
"The judge has ruled Madonna must withdraw from sales all remaining disks, and orders that TV and radio can no longer play 'Frozen,'" Acquaviva's lawyer, Victor-Vincent Dehin, said.
"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have signed a three-year production deal with Paramount Pictures, which released their most recent film, the 2004 puppet comedy "Team America: World Police."
The acerbic pair, best known for mocking pop culture icons, will need extra large business cards because they named their new banner Trunity, a Mediar company, a division of True Mediar, a Unity Corpbopoly.
The new deal could make for some interesting encounters at the Paramount commissary, since Parker and Stone haven't been shy about lampooning the Hollywood establishment, including fellow Paramount producer/star Tom Cruise, who was the target of ribbing on Wednesday's episode of "South Park."
Lock keeper Tony Wright with four of the eight ducklings he saved after they were abandoned by their mother, in Atherstone, England, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005.
Photo by Rui Vieira
An immigration raid at a Wal-Mart distribution center under construction led to the arrests of 125 illegal workers, all of whom will be deported, federal officials said Friday.
The workers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico were detained Thursday at the construction site in eastern Pennsylvania, according to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Some of the 125 used fake documents to obtain employment with subcontractors, officials said.
Last month, Wal-Mart shut down work on seven stores under construction in North Dakota to check for illegal aliens after two illegal immigrants working on Wal-Mart projects in Bismarck were charged with molesting two 13-year-old girls. Charges against one of the suspects were dropped after authorities found out he was a juvenile.
Radio City Music Hall was alive with the sound of live music on Friday, not the canned soundtrack that replaced striking musicians for two weeks.
Radio City Entertainment and the musicians' union reached a tentative agreement Thursday to allow the 35 musicians to play for the "Christmas Spectacular" show, which features the chorus-line kicks of the Rockettes dancers and a live Nativity scene.
The dispute over a new contract for the musicians came to a head Nov. 2, when the orchestra went on strike and two preseason shows were canceled.
In this photo provided by Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, a male gorilla rests at Busch Gardens Tampa Bays zoological hospital minutes after his birth on Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, in Tampa Bay, Fla. The baby was delivered via Caesarian after an examination of the mother raised concern regarding the babys welfare. The baby is being cared for by Busch Gardens veterinary and animal care staff until reintroduction with the mother can be made.
Photo by Tom Wagner
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