Bartcop Entertainment News - Saturday, 15 September, 2001

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Saturday

15 September, 2001

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First Person Report

Nancy

Here from Ground Zero - Site Two - Arlington, VA

photo courtesy of Nancy Maynard


I have heard the right wing fanatic pundits in their repulsive spew, I have seen the heroic fire, police and military people in their humane effort to protect, save, and comfort.

I live a mile from the Pentagon. The effort that has been made has been systematic, stoic and resolute. There is an American people who are tolerant, sympathetic, and pan-ethnic and pan-religious and tolerant of non-religious. This is the society we live with here in Arlington - we are a tolerant multi-ethnic urban society of military installations, ethnic restaurants and immigrants of all colors working hard along side American whites and blacks. We have Muslims dressed in tradition garb here a mile from the Pentagon.

That's what makes our country great. We get along pretty well here along Columbia Pike.

The Pentagon our transportation hub and the building we pass every day on the way to work has been violated. Also the jewel of the world, artistically, literally - New York - has been violated.

I love my home. The elements of facism will have to go throught this very mad fat woman first to destroy it.

I will defend my country and remain in my home and you come after me - hey, I will be ready. I'll fight with my brain, the internet, my cooking knife and anything I have on hand to defend my country and my way of life.

My Dad is buried in Arlington Cemetary - an Army Captain - he was at Guadal Canal for three years. Arlington Cemetary where he is buried is across the street from this travesty at the Pentagon. My ancestors go way back to the Revolutionary War - I'm of good German(maybe Jewish?)-Celtic-Anglo-Saxon-whatever heritage and I will kick ass!!!

I am America!

You can kill me, but you can't defeat us all.

~~ Nancy Maynard
Arlington, VA



Nancy--

Damn!

You do GREAT work!


(And a special thanks to Carl for the photo assist!)

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From Alex In NYC

Alex

Address To Send Cards


I was just given an address where one may send cards. It is guaranteed that the cards will be given to firefighters, police officer and EMS workers that are either in the hospitals or on the frontline in NY when they take breaks and are back at their home stations.


Tower Tragedy
PO Box 2
Island Park, NY
11558




Thanks, Alex.....great work (as usual)!

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In The News


Bill Clinton & The Red Cross

Former President Bill Clinton meets with people in New York at a center for families with missing persons September 13, 2001.
Rescue operations continued at The World Trade Center collapse site after the September 11 attack by two hijacked commercial airliners.

REUTERS/Miguel Juárez Lugo (Reuters)


I'd include the picture, but, Monday night my computer went a little haywire, and now it only 'saves' in 'art.files'.
My favorite tech-weenie is stranded in Portland.
Hope to get this straightened out sometime early next week.

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TV News

Commercials Ahoy

After four days with round-the-clock coverage of the suicide attacks, broadcast networks planned to resume entertainment programming - and commercials - on Saturday.

CBS' first prime-time entertainment show since the World Trade Center was toppled will be ``Touched By an Angel.''

Broadcasters will ease back into entertainment with lighter, inoffensive fare. NBC has scheduled the ``Brady Bunch'' movie for Saturday night, and ABC will have the Sandra Bullock romantic comedy, ``Hope Floats.''

Fox is airing a two-hour ``America's Most Wanted'' focusing on the attacks Saturday, and the comedy ``Mrs. Doubtfire'' on Sunday. Fox had already scuttled plans on Sunday to show the movie, ``Independence Day,'' where aliens blow up the Empire State Building.

Next week's planned premiere of a new television season has been pushed back a week.

Sometime during the day Saturday, broadcasters plan to carry their first commercials since the attack coverage began on Tuesday.

Advertising should get back to normal ``within a short period of time,'' said Mark Morris, chairman of the advertising firm Bates North America. ``Normalcy is important for companies and for the economy.''

Long, emotional days and frayed nerves were starting to take their toll on some television reporters. CNN's Kelli Arena appeared flustered talking with anchor Leon Harris when she tried to quickly report on the names of 19 suspected hijackers released by the Justice Department.

``They look an awful lot alike, Leon,'' she said.

Return Of Commercials

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From Alex


From Alex

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Broadway!

The Show Must Go On


As Broadway lights went on again Thursday night, audiences were greeted by welcome-back remarks before the curtains went up. For instance, at the St. James, where ``The Producers'' has been breaking records, lead producer Rocco Landesman, president of Jujamcyn Theaters, thanked audiences for their attendance; at the finale curtain, instead of the cast's usual ``Goodbye'' song, they led the audience in ``God Bless America.''

At the Barrymore Theatre before the start of ``The Tale of the Allergist's Wife,'' Valerie Harper read these remarks by playwright Charles Busch and director Lynne Meadow: ``It is such a privilege for us to perform for you tonight and to see you make a choice to come out, to laugh and most importantly to carry on and not be ruled by fear. Together we are all going to get through this and we are going to be OK. Thank you for joining us tonight and God bless America.''

The cast had met in the afternoon to rehearse changes in Busch's play. Some dialog, while comical in the context of the scenes, might still have offended. The lines previously included Michele Lee inquiring whether the play's doorman, ``Muhammed of Iraq,'' was ``some kind of fanatic.'' Valerie's edited lines to Michele were ``Are you Mrs. Saddam Hussein?'' and ``Golda Meir was a terrorist?'' As well as a line, ``You really are some kind of terrorist'' were changed to ``some kind of shakedown artist.'' But, remember this is a comedy.

Lee, whose apartment looks out on the devastation of New York, admitted to me, ``I really don't feel like going back to work, but maybe this will be some relief for audiences.'' She and son David had waited from 3:30 to 7:45 p.m. Wednesday to give blood to the Red Cross.

Valerie and husband Tony Cacciotti had waited for hours at Roosevelt Hospital to donate, but were told to come back later.

Thesp Al Sapienza, one of the (late) good guys of ``The Sopranos,'' was reticent to discuss with me how he'd helped rescue workers, but Valerie revealed he'd worked through till 4:30 a.m., loading body bags. He told her, ``some weighed 200 pounds -- some 35.''

Army Archerd

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TV News

Emmy Awards - Rescheduled


The Emmy Awards, television's highest honors, have been rescheduled for Oct. 7, two weeks later than the original date which was canceled due to this week's devastating terror attacks, Emmy organizers said on Friday.

A joint statement issued by academy and the CBS television network, which is broadcasting the event, said they would ``present a program that is different in tone and approach.''

``Traditionally, the Emmys are a tribute to the television industry, however, on this night the industry will also join together with the nation to reaffirm the spirit of the American people,'' the statement said.

The only other time the Emmys were held up by world events was in 1978, when the ceremony was delayed by about 30 minutes by the announcement of the 1978 Camp David Accords by then-President Jimmy Carter, according to a spokesman for the television academy.

The Emmys will now be broadcast on CBS from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 7. The HBO Mafia series ''The Sopranos'' leads the field of Emmy contenders with 22 nominations, followed by the White House political drama ``The West Wing'' with 18 nods.

Emmy Awards

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In The News

Yasmine Bleeth


Yasmine Bleeth is facing possible drug charges after allegedly being caught with cocaine in her pocketbook following a car accident, Detroit-area police say.

Bleeth, 33, who did a stint in rehab last year for undisclosed substance abuse, spent Wednesday night in jail at the Romulus, Michigan, Police Department.

The former Baywatch pinup, who recently starred in Nash Bridges and the short-lived night-time soap Titans, was involved in a one-car accident at about 10:10 p.m., says Commander David Early. Bleeth and a friend were driving on Interstate 94, heading to the nearby Detroit Metropolitan Airport, when her car left the highway and wound up on the median.

Neither Bleeth nor her male passenger was injured in the crash.

The cops searched Bleeth's purse and found four syringes containing what police suspect was a liquid form of cocaine, as well as a small plastic bag containing cocaine residue, Early says.

If the lab tests come back positive, Bleeth could be charged with misdemeanor DUI, and felongy drug posession, which carries a one- to seven-year prison sentence.

Early declined to identify Bleeth's male companion, only to say the two were in town visiting his relatives and were on their way to the airport for a flight back to Los Angeles, where she lives. (Bleeth is reportedly dating a Detroit nightclub owner.) Her companion doesn't face any charges.

Bleeth--who was supposed to fly out of Detroit on Tuesday, but was stranded after the hijack attacks--was released on her own recognizance Thursday morning.

Yasmine Bleeth


And here's the picture I'd include if I could....Yasmine #5

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Have you ever checked out Jimi Hendrix or Michael Bloomfield's horoscope?

Pretty cool stuff!

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TV News

Leno Seeks His Yoda

Jay Leno

Jay Leno was wondering how to resume broadcasting the "Tonight" show in the wake of Tuesday's tragedy - reached out to his predecessor, Johnny Carson, for advice. Carson, who invented the late-night monologue, was the host of the NBC show in 1963 when President Kennedy was assassinated.

Leno told a staff meeting in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday that he sought advice from the king of late night, the Kansas City Star's Aaron Barnhart reports.


Johnny

Carson, responding through a representative, told Leno to "take a few days to reflect and ease back into it," according to an NBC employee at the meeting. Carson also advised Leno to avoid jokes about the president.

Leno said he would try to keep a light tone, adding, "We'll do a lot more Viagra jokes for a while."

David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and Craig Kilborn face the same dilemma Monday when they too return to the air for the first time since their shows were pre-empted for round the clock news coverage - how do you make jokes about current events while not appearing to trivialize a horrible tragedy?

In fact, for the first time ever, there are none of the tasteless jokes which normally spring up on Wall Street after a disaster and start circulating from trading desks and through e-mails. This is simply not a joking matter, and the late-night hosts know it.

"Their unenviable task: acknowledge the national tragedy while not making light of it, and find humorous topics at a time when one topic is dominating the news - and it's taboo," Barnhart opined.

"That's exactly what we're trying to figure out right now," Conan O'Brien's executive producer Jeff Ross said.

"To be honest, we haven't figured that out yet," said Tony Fox, a rep for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart."

JOn Stewart

Stewart's show, which won't return until later next week, has the biggest problem because it is a parody of a newscast. Viewers might immediately assume Stewart is making fun of the super-serious network anchors.


Dave & Johnny

As for Letterman, the gap-toothed funnyman is keeping his plans close to his vest. But a CBS spokesman noted that the late-night veteran has never shied away from sensitive topics before - whether discussing his own heart trouble or debating environmental policy with presidential candidate George W. Bush.

Hillary & Dave


Leno/Carson Confab

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TV News

'Band Of Brothers'


HBO has quietly withdrawn all of its print and on-air advertising for ``Band of Brothers'' because of worry that images of World War II are inappropriate in the light of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

But the network will continue to play the episodes of ``Band of Brothers'' as scheduled on Sunday at 9 p.m., with three additional runs repeated over the next six days. The promotional spots for the 10-hour miniseries will also continue to run on HBO.

HBO ditched the campaign even though ``Band of Brothers'' glorifies American soldiers as crucial in the Allied victory over the fascist Axis powers, led by the Nazis, that threatened Western democracy.

Band Of Brothers

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There is even more to check!

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In The News


Bill & Chelsea With Red Cross Workers

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea (L) meet with Bernardette Healy, head of the Red Cross in the United States and Rob Bender (R) head of the Red Cross in New York September 13, 2001 at a center for families with missing persons after the World Trade Center collapse. Rescue operations continue at The World Trade Center collapse site after an attack on the structure. REUTERS/Miguel Juárez Lugo REUTERS

This is another picture I'd include if I could

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TV News

Missing


From Page six.com...Today's column is dedicated to the local TV engineers and technicians who worked in the World Trade Center - and are still missing as of this writing.

All of the local over-the-air networks have engineers and technicians who worked on the 110th Floor of Tower 1 (the North tower), which is where the stations' transmitters were located.

WCBS/Ch. 2 has announced "with deep regret" that two employees, Isaias Rivera and Bob Pattison, have not been heard from since the attack on Tuesday.

Rivera has been a Ch. 2 employee for over 30 years. Pattison had joined Ch. 2 in 2000.

WNBC/Ch. 4 engineer William Steckman is also still missing. "We last heard from him moments after the first plane struck Tower 1," says a Ch. 4 spokeswoman. "He advised that he was powering down and would evacuate the building. We have had no further contact."

WPIX/Ch. 11 is still awaiting word on the fate of engineer Steve Jacobson, who was assigned to the World Trade Center transmitter. "The 22-year WPIX employee has been missing since Tuesday morning," according to the station.

WNYW/Ch. 5 and WWOR/Ch. 9 had no engineers or technicians up in the tower at the time of the crash.

"It was due to the way the [engineering] shifts fell, thank God," Ch. 5 and Ch. 9 VP/GM James Clayton said.

Still missing from WABC/Ch. 7 is Donald DiFranco, who's been with Ch. 7 for 15 years and lives in Brooklyn.

WNET/Ch. 13 engineer Rod Coppola was up in the 110th floor tower when the planes hit and is still missing. He's been at Ch. 13 since January 1985.

Information from Ch. 7 was unavailable as of press time.

Broadcast Engineers

My 'professional' background is broadcast tv.
Way back when there was a real FCC, I held a 'Radio Telephone Operator License - First Class' (with 'Ship Radar Endorsement').
Spent my fair share of time babysitting transmitters in a variety of locales.

Not all media employees are big money whores, most are just plain working Joe's & Jane's, trying to feed their families, and they're damn good at their job.
This is for them.

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In Memory

Dorothy McGuire


Stage and screen star Dorothy McGuire--perhaps best remembered for her matriarchal roles in such films as Old Yeller and The Swiss Family Robinson--died Thursday night at a Santa Monica hospital. She was 85.

McGuire earned an Oscar nominated for Gentleman's Agreement, the groundbreaking movie about religious and cultural prejudice, and a trio of Emmy nominations, most notably for the acclaimed miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man.

While she was known for her family films, her ability to appear either glamorous or drab, naive or strong-willed brought her wide-ranging success.

Born in Omaha, she made her stage debut as a young girl opposite Henry Fonda (who became a lifelong friend) in a local stage production of A Kiss For Cinderella. In 1938, she took over the role of Emily in the Broadway production of Our Town and then achieved stardom as the naive young wife in Claudia, a role she reprised in the Hollywood movie opposite Robert Young.

She also starred opposite Young in the sequel Claudia and David and the romantic fantasy The Enchanted Cottage, in which love transformed her character from dowdy to beautiful, a trick she achieved without the help of any special make-up.

Her other leading men included Gary Cooper (Friendly Persuasion) and Gregory Peck (Gentleman's Agreement). Other screen credits included A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), the first time she was cast as a mother, and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), in which she played the Virgin Mary.

Dorothy McGuire

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Still MISSING


Over Vitebsk

Marc Chagall's "Study for 'Over Vitebsk'"

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