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'The West Wing'
From Michelle V.
For those not as hung as I am on every episode of the Aaron Sorkin drama, I clue here that next week's season finale is a "worth-watch". It wraps up several story-lines, and if the teaser is any indication, will leave viewers gasping in awe.
News out today that Lily Tomlin will join the permanent cast for next season, introduced next week, should tit even the most casual viewer.
New romance for CJ w/ her Secret Service protector, ( -- played by Mark Harmon ) has potential, as does the possible payback of Sam to his erstwhile "friend" for leaking vital info. MWBATR, Prez Bartlet will be dealing w/ terrorist threats and in denial about replacing his trusted Exec Sect'y, Mrs. Landingham a year after her death from a drunken-driver accident. Josh, now in a commited relationship w/ the powerful head of a National Womens' group, has begun to retreat to protect the presidency from a costly veto.
I love this show, and've never missed an episode; -- among the few who love intellectual drama spliced beautifully w/ the humor of the human condition.
Clock this coming Wednesday "WW" hour into your VCR ...
Last week's episode led nicely for the bang ; --- should be a great watch ...
~~ Michelle V. (devoted "West Wing" slut)
Thanks, Michelle!
He's Been Busy Again!
The Worried Shrimp
Deficit Dubya
Friday Monologue
Bill Maher
Here's the full text of Bill Maher's monologue from Friday:
"Before we begin the discussion tonight, I would just
like to take a moment at the top of the show to say to everyone who's
contacted me in the last few days, people I know and people I'd never
met but feel like I know -- thank you -- for your kindnesses, your
support, and in one case, a hooker, but I sent her back because one, I
don't use hookers, and two, it turned out we were both with the same
agency. But it's the thought that counts, and on that note, I'd also
like to thank ABC for the tote bag.
" One comment I've heard repeatedly in the last few
days in, ah, bars and public libraries -- OK, not public libraries --
but in bars, where you get some honesty because drunks are honest, is:
Now that you're free, why don't you run for office? Which, coming from
television, I can't figure out if they mean that as a step up for me -
or more like, 'Hey, man, you can always be a congressman.'
"Anyway, the comment makes me laugh because I truly
believe of all the people in the whole country who could not win an
election, I am very near the top of the list. Somewhere between Father
Geoghan and Al Gore. And the reason is, I have at one time or another,
insulted everybody - and I'm proud of that. Politically incorrect means
not political, not like a politician, and to give you an idea how unlike
a politician I am, I don't even have a wife to cheat on.
" So when people say, why don't you run for office?
Or, why'd you get fired? Folks, let me sum it up for you: I think
religion is bad and drugs are good. I think America causes cancer,
longevity is less important than fun, and young people should be
discouraged from voting.
"I think stereotypes are true, abstinence is a
perversion, Bush's lies are worse than Clinton's and there's nothing
sexy about being old or pregnant.
" I think September 11th changed nothing, and if I
had known the onset of war would add 100 points to George Bush's IQ, I
would have started one.
"I think pornography stops rape, AIDS ribbons are
stupid, and flag burning makes me feel patriotic.
" I think death is not the worst thing that can
happen to you, people have too much self-esteem, and being drunk is
funny. I think children are not innocent, God doesn't write books, and
Jesus wasn't a Republican.
"I'm for Mad Cow disease and against suing tobacco
companies.
" I think girls hate each other, no doesn't always
mean no, you have to lie to stay married, women's sports are boring and
the Olympics are gay.
"We'll be on for another six weeks."
Thanks, Larry
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Watched the 'M*A*S*H' reunion on Faux on Friday night. They did a pretty good job with the clips. Then stayed up for Bill Maher.
Saturday went to San Juan Capistrano, and ate at a place across the street from the Mission. Got to visit with Larry & Linda, too.
Got home in time to see the Lakers visit Sacramento. Hope Sac does better when they visit here.
It was also the season ender for 'SNL'. I've really become fond of Will Ferrell
Tonight, Sunday it's a BIG night (ratings-wise). On CBS, after the traditional airing of '60 Minutes',
the night is devoted to 'Survivor: Marquesas'. First, a 2-hour 'Finale' and then a 'Reunion', hosted by
Rosie O'Donnell.
NBC starts with a fresh 'Weakest Link' featuring 'stars' from the network's past programs. Then,
it's the 2-hour 'Cosby Show' reunion.
On ABC, it's the movie 'Dinosaur' followed by 2 back-to-back, season-ending episodes of 'The Practice'.
The WB has the movie 'Sleepless In Seattle', and then a fresh episode of 'Off Centre', which is also
the last first-run episode of the series for this season.
Faux starts the night with a rerun 'Simpsons' followed by a fresh episode of the 'Simpsons'. Then, it's
the 2-hour, series finale of 'The X-Files'.
UPN has 2 rerun episodes of 'Enterprise'
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Hostilities Escalating
Osbourne & Nugent
Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne and his family would be well advised to keep their flack jackets handy. Red-blooded rocker Ted Nugent has got them in his cross-hairs.
Nugent and the Osbournes have been trading verbal potshots folllowing disparaging remarks the veteran rock guitarist made about "The Osbournes," the profane and wildly
popular MTV reality series about the private life of Ozzy, his wife/manager, Sharon, and two of their three children.
It began with Nugent quoted in the New York Post this week as saying of the show, "I think it's an indictment to the soulessness of modern man that we get a kick out of
witnessing a magnificent creature reduced to a blithering hopeless idiot."
During a press conference Thursday, the Osbournes retaliated. Son Jack Osbourne said that the Michigan-based Nugent, who's known for his avid hunting, is "hardly a (rock 'n'
roll) god right now. He's got nothing better to do than to hunt an animal in a forest with a bow and arrow."
Daughter Kelly Osbourne called Nugent "jealous" of her father's success, while Sharon Osbourne railed that she would "cut his (penis) off" if she ever met Nugent.
Ozzy, himself, said Nugent is "a great guitar player" but added, "I don't agree with the way he (hunts)...I don't spout off about him. I respect him very dearly as a musician."
On Friday, Nugent told Reuters he regards Osbourne as "a nice guy, a kind guy, a pleasant guy" but stuck by his opinion that "The Osbournes" "is the manifestation of
self-indulgent poisoning, and it's ugly."
"I hope he's happy," Nugent went on, "but I hope there's not too many people who are stupid enough to pursue that kind of lifestyle, because it'll kill you or turn you
into a blathering idiot like Ozzy. The reason he's so successful is everyone wants to see a train wreck -- but no one wants to be in one."
Osbournes & Nugent
Big Dog Watch Continues
Bill Clinton In Hawaii
President Bill Clinton walks up to the fifth hole at the Waialae Country Club, Friday, May 17, 2002, in Honolulu. Clinton is stopping off in Hawaii
on his way to Monday's independence celebration for East Timor. resident Bush named Clinton to head a delegation representing the United States at the
inauguration of East Timor President-elect Xanana Gusmao.
Photo by Ronen Zilberman
Liberal Radio !
Erin Hart
Liberal radio - what a concept!
Join Erin Hart at near-regulation time (10 pm to 1 am [pdt] Saturday and Sunday, 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
Booed Off Stage at Iowa Club
Tom Green
Actor and comedian Tom Green's appearance at a central Iowa dance club turned sour when bar patrons booed him off stage.
Green, known for annoying antics, was greeted warmly at first by club-goers at Coconut Joe's on Thursday night.
He yelled into a disc jockey's microphone, encouraging the crowd to repeat phrases like "Beer," "I like to drink beer" and "In Iowa, we like to drink beer."
Patrons played along until Green continued breaking into the music yelling "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."
By the end of the stint, club-goers were booing him off the stage.
Tom Green
Daytime Emmy Awards
The Olsen Twins
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen arrive at the 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Friday, May 17, 2002 in New York. The Olsens are presenters at this year's ceremony.
Photo by Tina Fineberg
Contract Hitch Delays British Premiere
'The Osbournes'
The British debut of MTV reality show "The Osbournes" on Sunday has been pulled due to contractual issues, a spokeswoman for the television station said on Friday.
"MTV would like to apologize for any inconvenience to our viewers and to reassure you that "The Osbournes" is well worth the wait," the spokeswoman said.
Fellow rocker, gun enthusiast and radio personality Ted Nugent recently said the show is "an indictment to the soulessness of modern man that we get a kick
out of witnessing a magnificent creature reduced to a blithering, hopeless idiot."
'The Osbournes'
Grossed Out Carson Daly
David Blaine
Magician David Blaine performed such a horrific, gory illusion at a taping of Carson Daly's late-night show, NBC is considering canceling the segment. "Oh God, it was so gross - David pulled his beating heart out of his chest, put it back in, and then collapsed," said one spy at the Wednesday taping. "He had to be carried off the stage by some helpers. Some girls in the audience ran out crying and screaming, while Carson just stood there stunned and they blacked out the stage." Blaine further irked network execs by pulling a vanishing act as soon as his bit was over. "They couldn't find him anywhere," one Blaine pal said. "They were ticked off that he just went missing - they were worried about him." A network spokeswoman denied the segment would be killed: "I haven't got any word of cancellation, so it should air May 21 at 1:35 a.m." Meanwhile, Blaine is preparing for his next stunt: standing for 35 hours atop a 100-foot column in Bryant Park on the same day the Carson episode is set to air.
David Blaine
Wants Stones to Play Minn.
Jesse Ventura
You can't always get what you want, but Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura hopes if he tries, he can lure the Rolling Stones back to Minnesota.
The longtime fan said Friday that as soon as the legislative session wraps up, he'll turn his attention to rerouting the Stones' upcoming tour through Minnesota.
"Who knows? This could be their last tour," he said. "Let's face it — Keith Richards is no spring chicken. I would just hate to see this be the Stones' last
tour and not have them come to the Twin Cities."
"I am going to focus in because I am the only governor in the world who has declared 'Rolling Stones Day.' Whether Keith would remember that, I don't know. That
was back in '99 and sometimes I'm not sure if his memory goes back that far," he said, laughing.
Ventura issued the declaration in 1999 when the group played in Minneapolis. Mick Jagger said he got a kick out of the proclamation, which praised the Stones
as timeless — even Ventura's congratulations to Richards for being "still alive."
Jesse Ventura
Celebrity Boxing 2
Manute, Olga & The Refrigerator
Former Olympian Olga Korbut (C) stands between Manute Bol (L) and William "The Refrigerator" Perry (R) during the weigh-in for Celebrity Boxing 2 in Los
Angeles, California Tuesday, May 14, 2002. Korbut will face Darva Conger and Bol will face Perry during the boxing event which will air May 22 on Fox.
Photo by John Hayes
Fan Of The Queen
Elton John
Pop star Elton John, one of the biggest names in a star-studded line-up to serenade Queen Elizabeth on her Golden Jubilee, is not quite sure how well even his
music will go down with the British monarch.
"She grins and bears it. She's probably the best in the world at grinning and bearing it on every occasion, whether it's Maori dancing, pop music or whatever,"
he told BBC television on Friday.
"I don't really know what the Queen likes or dislikes, but I know she will be very pleased people from my generation and younger generations will come out
there and perform because they want to," Elton said.
Whatever the monarch's tastes, she deserves a good party to make up for the recent loss of her mother and her sister Princess Margaret, as well as to recognize
the sacrifices she makes for the country, he said.
"The queen is a remarkable person. She very much considers her role as someone who should be a leader, and in the day and age that we live in, to find someone
who is prepared to do that, and make great personal sacrifice, is an amazing thing.
"I think, because of the deaths of two major members of the royal family and feeling for the queen at the present time... that it will be a good celebration.
I hope so. She deserves it."
Elton John
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
To Perform at MTV Awards
Eminem
Rapper Eminem and the rock duo The White Stripes will perform at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards, the cable channel announced Friday.
Jack Black and Sarah Michelle Gellar will be the hosts of the 11th annual show, which is being taped June 1 at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium and is scheduled
to air at 9 p.m. EDT June 6.
Among the scheduled presenters are Nicolas Cage, Jennifer Connelly, Matt Damon, Anthony Hopkins, Bernie Mac, Chris Rock and Will Smith.
Eminem
Lawsuit Filed
Kirk & Lisa & Steve
Hollywood producer Steve Bing, who's fighting a paternity claim by model-actress Elizabeth Hurley, filed a $1 billion-plus invasion of privacy and trespassing lawsuit against MGM studio mogul Kirk Kerkorian.
The Superior Court lawsuit filed Thursday claims the 84-year-old Kerkorian was behind an effort to dig through Bing's trash for dental floss in an effort to prove — through DNA
analysis — that Bing fathered the 4-year-old daughter of Kerkorian's ex-wife.
Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, 37, has gone to court to get $320,000 a month to support daughter Kira. Kerkorian wants the amount no higher than the $50,000 a month he's paying now.
Although they had a 10-year relationship, Kerkorian was married to the former tennis pro for only a month in 1999. Lisa Kerkorian's attorneys originally claimed Kerkorian was
Kira's father, but the billionaire's lawyers said in court that he is sterile.
Bing, who had dated Lisa Kerkorian, claims in his lawsuit that Kerkorian stole his dental floss in an effort to avoid child support payments.
Kirk & Lisa & Steve
Miami, FL
Solar Halo
People in Miami were treated to a rare sight called a solar halo in the early afternoon of Friday, May 17, 2002. It's a localized weather phenomon caused by a
thick layer of ice crystals in the atmosphere refracting light from the sun. The solar halo is a precusor to a weather front.
Photo by J.Pat Carter
Woman With An Opinion
Anne Robinson
Anne Robinson apparently thinks Americans, who made her rich, are the weakest links.
Robinson rags on everything from soap stars to the President in an interview with London's Mirror. (How smart can she be to think we wouldn't find out about it?)
"On one U.S. show, I asked a young soap star how many minutes there were in half an hour," said the 57-year-old TV host. "And she said 60."
As for the President: "I saw George Bush at a benefit concert actually waving at Stevie Wonder. Someone had to tell him, 'He can't see you,'" she said,
adding that she'd wanted to make fun of him, but after the World Trade Center attacks, she had to hold her tongue.
"Suddenly, you couldn't say anything about him. I remember [once] asking on TV if Bush knew where Europe was. Then suddenly, you had to act as if he was Einstein," Robinson moaned.
Anne Robinson
BartCop TV!
'Lords of Dogtown'
Fred Durst
The world of skateboarding, which has preoccupied Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst since the late 1970s, will now be the subject of his feature directorial debut.
"Lords of Dogtown," an extreme look at the birth of the teenage skateboarding revolution, will start shooting this summer in Venice, Calif. Stacy Peralta, one of the skateboarders who
created the scene and directed the documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys," penned the script.
The coming-of-age story follows the real group of brash, young California surfers who took their dangerous and aerial style of surfing to the streets. In the process, they launched a
world of skateboarding that defined a generation of teenagers and pop culture.
The picture has not been cast, though the filmmakers will be looking for a cast of relative unknowns to play the three main leads of original skateboarders Jay Adams, Tony
Alva and Peralta. None of the original Dogtown skaters are expected to take a starring role in the film. The picture will be fully financed by German producer Senator Intl.
"I've skated since 1978, and remember being from the opposite coast and what Venice and skateboarding meant to me personally and to teenage culture around the world," said Durst.
Fred Durst
Road Trip
Jenna
Two bodyguards frame the door as President Bush's daughter Jenna Bush leave after she visited friends of her mother Laura Bush in Paris Wednesday May 15, 2002. Jenna
and her mother arrived in France Monday evening as part of a 10-day international tour that will lead them to Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Photo by Remy de la Mauviniere
On Display In Jubilee Countdown
Royal Treasures
Glittering treasures collected by British monarchs over five centuries from across the old empire go on show at Buckingham Palace next week in a major
new exhibition to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee.
The collection begins with works assembled in the 17th century by King Charles I, described by painter Rubens as "the greatest amateur of paintings among the princes of the world."
A shimmering diamond brooch consisting of a square-cut stone and pear-shaped drop of a combined 150 carats was given to Queen Mary by the government of South Africa in 1910.
It was made out of the third and fourth largest gems cut from the celebrated Cullinan diamond -- at 3,106 carats the largest diamond ever found.
Arguably the most spectacular of the Indian treasures is the Bird of Paradise, a gold peacock-like animal decorated in countless tiny rubies, emeralds, diamond and pearls.
The sacred "Huma" once sat on top of the throne of Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, until his citadel at Seringapatam was stormed by British forces in 1799
after it was discovered that he had sent secret dispatches to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Close connections between British and Russian royalty are underlined by a large display of eggs and miniatures by Carl Faberge, including an enamel and
diamond cigarette case which still contains the stub of one of Edward VII's cigars.
A separate room has been set aside for drawings and manuscripts, featuring works by Renaissance masters Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.
Royal Treasures
On a Roll Again
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is on a roll and thoroughly enjoying it.
The pop singer-songwriter stars in a weekend television special, was a pregame attraction at the Super Bowl and saw his retrospective album, "Ultimate Manilow,"
hit the charts this year at No. 3.
"It's probably the best time in my life," said Manilow, who marks his 56th birthday in June. He's tried to figure out the renewed attention after some three decades of performing.
Manilow prides himself on his rapport with concert audiences, which he had to develop when he made the unexpected jump from writer-arranger to star. He's more modest about his singing.
"I think Luther Vandross is a great singer. I think Tom Waits is one of my favorite singers because he really gets across the meaning of the lyric. But as far as my voice, I think I'm average."
Barry Manilow
In Memory
Saul Pick
Saul Pick, a prominent landowner who helped renovate the abandoned Columbia Studios and turned it into the largest independently owned television and movie site in Los Angeles, died May 8 of pneumonia. He was 85.
Born in Bendzin, Germany, which is now part of Poland, Pick was drafted into the Polish Army and captured by the Russians three days into World War II.
As a prisoner of war, he managed to escape twice, first from a Russian POW camp and later from a Nazi prison camp, but was recaptured.
Pick met his future wife, Mala, in a labor camp, but they were separated when he was sent to Dachau, where he spent the last two years of the war.
The couple moved to Los Angeles after World War II. He worked for several years before moving into real estate. In the mid-1950s, he bought what is now one of the most well-known corners in Hollywood - Sunset and Vine. He built the two buildings that are now home to two banks.
Pick also built the first high-rise hotel on the renowned Sunset Strip. Originally called Gene Autry's Hotel Continental when it opened in 1963, it is now called the Hyatt West Hollywood, but is best known as the Continental Hyatt House.
His most ambitious project was restoring the old Columbia Studios in 1976. Purchased for $6.2 million, Pick and his business partner renovated the studio and renamed it Sunset-Gower Studios. ABC rented a third of its 16 stages and has some 50 other tenants.
In 1983, Pick also purchased the landmark Aquarius Theater, which previously had been the Moulin Rouge nightclub and the Earl Carroll Theatre. They converted it into a theater that for nine years was the home of "Star Search" and today is the Nickelodeon Theater.
Saul Pick
In Memory
Sharon Sheeley
Songwriter Sharon Sheeley, who as a teen-ager wrote the 1950s hit "Poor Little Fool," has died of complications following a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 62.
Sheeley died at Sherman Oaks Hospital Medical Center on Friday, family friend Elizabeth Asher said. A hospital spokesman confirmed the death and declined to give further details. Asher said Sheeley had been hospitalized since she suffered the hemorrhage on May 12.
Rick Nelson, teen idol and star of TV's "Ozzie and Harriet," recorded "Poor Little Fool" and it climbed to the top of the charts in 1958.
Sheeley also was the girlfriend of guitarist Eddie Cochran, who sang "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody." Cochran has a wide following in England and was killed in a car crash there at age 21.
Cochran influenced a generation of British musicians, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who (who covered "Summertime Blues") and Rod Stewart. British fans mark the anniversaries of his birth and death.
Cochran had just completed a tour of England in 1960 when the hired car carrying him to London's Heathrow Airport smashed into a concrete telephone post. Cochran died the next day. Sheeley and fellow rocker Gene Vincent survived the crash.
"My most vivid memory of Sharon was of her living in London in the swingin' 60s," Sheeley's friend Asher told The Associated Press on Saturday. "She was such a California gal so she was always in a miniskirt and sandals then complained about being cold all the time."
Asher also remembers the notes commending her talent that Sheeley received from the Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
"She was inspirational to other people, certainly women, since she was an integral part of the male-dominated rock world," Asher said.
Sharon Sheeley
Still Seeking Volunteers
'The Osbournes'
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