Bartcop Entertainment - Thursday, 31 January, 2002

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Thursday

31 January, 2002

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Alex's Entertainment Report

Alex

Arnold to Return as Conan

Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning as Conan The Barbarian - nearly 20 years after the mystical warrior's last movie. Arnold broke into Hollywood's big time with 1982's Conan and its 1984 sequel Conan The Destroyer - and is now waiting for the script to be finalized for a third instalment. Writer and film-maker John Milius, who directed the first Conan movie, is currently trimming his screenplay following advice from the Wachowski Brothers, who made The Matrix. "I just had a cigar with him the other day," Schwarzenegger reveals. "He's rewriting it as we speak, because he has written it, and it was a 168-page script. One of the Wachowski Brothers called and told him the script would take too much time and be a three-and-a-half-hour movie, he should cut it down to 120 pages and take certain things out. And that's what he's doing right now."

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Angels Lose Bosley

Crime-fighting trio Charlie's Angels have no Bosley to help them with their missions - Bill Murray has refused to appear in the film's sequel. Murray turned down millions of dollars to reprise his role and crew members have blamed his rift with Lucy Liu during filming of the first flick. According to reports, both Murray and Liu have "creative differences" and Liu is alleged to have punched the actor leading to one day's filming being cancelled. A crew member says, "Once Bill knew Lucy was coming back, he wasn't interested in the sequel."

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Madonna Proves To Be An Easygoing Colleague

Superstar Madonna's movie co-stars are singing her praises - after realizing working with her was nowhere near as tough as they feared. Jeanne Tripplehorn, who stars alongside the 43-year-old Material Girl in Love, Sex, Drugs and Money, says Madonna proved to be a pleasure to work with on the set of the movie, which is directed by the superstar's British husband Guy Ritchie. And their working relationship proved to be so positive, they have now struck up a personal friendship. Jeanne says, "She's a real girl's girl. I don't know if people know that. Madonna and I flew to the location in Malta together and talked nine hours straight. The rhythm of a friendship happened immediately. Having watched her for the last 20 years, well, she didn't disappoint. She was just as strong, smart and enigmatic as I'd thought."

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Frasier's Big Chopper

Actor Kelsey Grammer got so sick of being stuck in traffic on the way to the Frasier studios, he takes a helicopter. The star, who recently struck a $100 million deal to continue his Emmy-winning role as Frasier Crane in the hit sitcom, was annoyed at wasting time in Los Angeles jams on the way to work and complained to his bosses. TV executives are so desperate to keep the actor, they are building a helipad near his home in Malibu so he can get to and from the studios with ease.

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Jennifer Aniston: Call Me Mrs. Pitt

Actress Jennifer Aniston is changing her name to Jennifer Pitt - 18 months after marrying actor Brad Pitt. Los Angeles artist Claudia Laub says the star has ordered 250 new note cards from her, carrying her new moniker. Claudia says, "I asked her what name she wanted and she was really firm that she wanted Jennifer Pitt. I was really surprised because I thought she had kept the name Aniston. Most people start with 100 cards. I think the fact that she ordered 250 says she's not letting this one go."


~~ Alex

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From BartCop & Scrodd

The Bush Rap (Sheet)

The Bush Rap (Sheet)

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The Enron Employee Guide

'Code of Ethics'



'Code of Ethics,' an Enron employee guide now framed and on display as part of an unusual art display put together by employees of the fallen energy giant is seen in downtown Houston, January 30, 2002. Congressional investigators planned unprecedented court action to try to find out what role Enron and others played in developing the White House's energy plan, as the fallout mounted from the energy trader's spectacular failure.
Photo by Richard Carson

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Watched most of 'Enterprise'. For some reason, an old Dr. Demento song was stuck in my head and 'Klingons on the starboard bow' kept looping, relentlessly. (We come in peace, shoot to kill...)

Really should start taking notes...most of the time I think I'll remember details, but, when I get to this point, I seldom do.



Tonight, Thursday, CBS starts the evening with 'The Price Is Right 30th Anniversary' which was taped (and nearly caused a riot) in Las Vegas a couple of weeks back. It's followed by fresh episodes of 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' and 'The Agency'.

NBC has a fresh 'Friends', followed by a rerun 'Friends', and then the rest of the night is fresh with 'Will & Grace' (where Rosie O'Donnell is Jack's kid's mom), 'Just Shoot Me' and 'ER'.

ABC has a rerun 'Whose Line' followed by a fresh evening, with more 'Whose Line?' and the conclusion of 'Rose Red'.

The WB has a rerun 'Charmed', followed by a fresh 'Charmed'.

Faux has a fresh 'Family Guy', followed by a rerun 'Family Guy', and then 'Fornication Island'.

UPN has 'WWF Smackdown!'.

AMC has 2 musicals, 'The King And I' (with Yul Brynner) and 'Bye Bye Birdie' (which I really like... between Paul Lynde and the song 'Ed Sullivan'....). It is followed by 'American Hot Wax' which was Jay Leno's big screen debut, and also has Lorraine Newman, pre-nose job.



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Big Dog Watch Continues

Bill Clinton Links

Big Dog Watch

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Freshly Updated!

Watergate v. Enron!

BartCop Astrology

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TELEVISION FILMS SINGLES AND TRACKS ALBUMS

The Top Fives in TV, Movies, Music

(By The Associated Press)

1. ``Friends,'' NBC.

2. ``CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,'' CBS.

3. ``Fox NFC Championship Post-Game Show,'' Fox.

4. ``Everybody Loves Raymond,'' CBS.

5. ``ABC Premiere Event: Stephen King's Rose Red, Part 1,'' ABC.

(From Nielsen Media Research)


1. ``Black Hawk Down,'' Sony.

2. ``Snow Dogs,'' Disney.

3. ``A Walk to Remember'' Warner Bros.

4. ``A Beautiful Mind,'' Universal.

5. ``The Count of Monte Cristo,'' Disney.

(From Exhibitor Relations Co.)


1. ``U Got It Bad,'' Usher. Arista.

2. ``How You Remind Me,'' Nickelback. Roadrunner.

3. ``Always On Time,'' Ja Rule (feat. Ashanti). Murder Inc.

4. ``Get The Party Started,'' Pink. Arista.

5. ``My Sacrifice,'' Creed. Wind-up.

(From Billboard magazine)


1. ``Drive,'' Alan Jackson. Arista Nashville.

2. ``Weathered,'' Creed. Wind-up. (Platinum - certified sales of 1 million units)

3. ``(Hybrid Theory),'' Linkin Park. Warner Bros. (Platinum)

4. ``Silver Side Up,'' Nickelback. Roadrunner. (Platinum)

5. ``Word Of Mouf,'' Ludacris. Disturbing Tha Peace. (Platinum)

(From Billboard magazine)

The Top Fives in TV, Movies, Music

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Newest Novel 'Basket Case'

Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen

Nordic Gloom. That's the name Carl Hiaasen would give his rock band. If he had one. The name of his would-be band refers to what the U.S. writer admits is a pessimism he ties to his Norwegian heritage. And, it hints at the jabs he takes at self-importance in the pop music industry in his latest novel, "Basket Case." Carl Hiaasen is pictured in this undated photo.
Photo by Elena Seibert

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Backing The Wrong Pony?

Mayor Rudy

Former Mayor Rudy seems to have backed the wrong horse in his first political foray since leaving office. Even Giuliani's national hero status hasn't done much for the candidate he's been backing in the Californian GOP gubernatorial primary.

Polls show that Rudy's guy, Bill Simon (son of the late federal treasury secretary), is badly trailing Dick Riordan as the March contest looms. Rudy apparently went with Simon rather than supporting his fellow former mayor (of L.A.) Riordan because of a long family friendship.

Mayor Rudy

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BC Entertainment Favorite Link

Moose & Squirrel Information One-Stop


What a great site! Information and reference materials of the first order!

Between 'Moose & Squirrel' and 'Google', who needs daddy drudge!

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Movie Musicals Into Stage Plays

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

If film studio MGM has its way, ``Rocky: the Musical'' may just be Broadway's next big hit, rivaling Brooks' current smash ''The Producers'' as the hottest ticket in town.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. said Wednesday it has launched a new initiative under long-time business and legal executive Darcie Denkert to develop new products, starting with Broadway shows, from its huge library of old films.

Already in development, the studio said, are stage plays based on comedies like ``The Pink Panther'' films from the 1960s and 1970s, which will be produced by Blake Edwards. Actor John Lithgow is set to star in a version of 1957's ``Sweet Smell of Success,'' and stage versions of romances ``Marty'' and ''Moonstruck'' are being worked on, an MGM spokeswoman said.

MGM is not the first studio to look to Broadway for new business. The Walt Disney Co. has turned hit animated movies such as ``The Lion King'' and ``Beauty and the Beast'' into stage plays both on Broadway and in touring companies.

Brooks wrote and directed ``The Producers,'' the 1968 film about a washed-up theater producer and his accountant who set out to bilk money from investors by making a Broadway flop.

The director of such classic film comedies as ``Blazing Saddles'' put the story on stage, and it became one of Broadway's biggest recent hits, starring Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.


Considering 'The Producers' is the exception, rather than the rule, this seems to be a case of making sow's ears out of silk purses...

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Fried-Egg Sandwich?

Anne Heche

Anne Heche, who has four weeks to go till she gives birth, says she "craves food all the time." The other night at 2 a.m, husband Coley Laffoon got "up and made me a fried-egg sandwich." Let's see if former girlfriend Ellen De Generes sends Heche a baby present. Relations since their split have been chilly. "I'm open to whatever the universe has to offer," says Heche, "but at the moment, I haven't talked to her" …

Anne Heche

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Washington's Biggest Ever Media Buy

Super Bowl

In Washington's biggest ever media buy, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will spend about $3.4 million to air two spots during Super Bowl plugging the message that the illegal drug trade feeds terrorism.

The Super Bowl has long been used by corporate America to debut the best of the best commercials. This time around, however, some financially skittish companies have elected to take a pass, even though the going buy rate -- $1.7 million to $2 million for 30 seconds -- is down slightly from last year.

The anti-drug office is paying about $1.7 million for each 30-second spot, industryites confirmed. That's the most anyone remembers the government shelling out for commercial air time.

In exchange, Fox Broadcasting Co. will give the White House matching free time on other programs -- just not the Super Bowl.

Washington's Biggest Ever Media Buy


So, Rupert's trolls at Faux can't sell the advertising time at a rate to suit his avaricious nature, so rather than sell it cheaper, or 'work', the 'White House' will pick up the slack....another form of an Enron End-Run'?

Back when the citizens still owned the airwaves, these kind of ads were considered 'Public Service Announcements', and stations were more than encouraged to air them - FOR FREE!!! It worked very well. But, deregulation happens, and then the Rupert really hit the fan...

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U2, Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Marc Anthony, Barry Manilow, Patti LaBelle, Wynonna, Boston Pops...and more!

Super Bowl Entertainment Package

The lineup of musical acts at this year's Super Bowl is so long that you might think the football game was the sideshow.

The National Football League says it will be the most entertainment-packed Super Bowl ever, with performances by U2, Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Marc Anthony and others - not just on Super Bowl Sunday, but throughout the weekend.

McCartney is expected to sing his Sept. 11-inspired song ``Freedom'' during the pre-game show, which will also feature Barry Manilow singing ``Let Freedom Ring'' with Patti LaBelle, Wynonna and others. Carey will sing the national anthem and Blige and Anthony will sing ``America the Beautiful,'' all of them backed by the Boston Pops. U2 is to provide the halftime entertainment, singing three songs, including the inspirational ``Walk On.''

Besides patriotism, the strong star presence also reflects a growing trend at major sporting events toward partnering music with sports to boost the ratings and broaden the audience of both.

It wasn't until Michael Jackson's ratings-grabbing performance at the 1993 halftime show that A-list performers started taking notice.

``That was the turning point in securing major entertainment stars to perform,'' McCarthy said, adding that the potentially huge audience was a powerful lure to musicians. The Super Bowl is generally seen by an average of 90 million viewers in the United States.

Super Bowl Entertainment Package

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Lawyer-Turned-New Yorker Writer

Jeffrey Toobin

The legal world just missed the chance to see lawyer-turned-New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin back in action. Toobin, who was a federal prosecutor during the Iran-Contra brouhaha, hasn't tried a case in nearly a decade. But he was set to come out of retirement to defend a comely magazine colleague, also a writer, charged with jumping a subway turnstile. When she realized how much attention his involvement could bring to her alleged transgression, however, the simmering scribe decided to plead guilty, and paid a $60 fine. Too bad: "She had an iron-clad defense," says Toobin.

Jeffrey Toobin

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From Italy

Oh My!



Luned́ 28 Gennaio 2002, 15:16

Eva Henger, sponsor mancata della squadra di pallavolo di Palermo.

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Baby News

Eddie & Nicole Murphy

It's No. 5 for Eddie Murphy and his wife, Nicole.

Bella Zahra Murphy arrived Tuesday night at a Los Angeles area hospital weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces, publicist Arnold Robinson said. She joins three sisters Bria, 12; Shayne, 7; and Zola, 2; and brother Myles, 10.

Murphy is filming the comedy ``I Spy,'' and will next be seen with Robert De Niro in the cop comedy ``Showtime.''

Eddie & Nicole Murphy

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Pushing Polish Pasta

Sophia Loren

Poland's second-largest pasta maker is hoping an endorsement from Italian superstar Sophia Loren will make it No. 1 among Polish palates.

``Sophia Loren is a symbol of great Italian taste, and she has repeatedly said she owes her great looks to pasta,'' said Robert Mrozinski, general manager of Danuta SA, maker of the Malma brand of macaroni.

Loren, 67, was expected to arrive in Poland late Tuesday to shoot a TV commercial at the medieval Teutonic Knights castle in the northern city of Malbork. She will be shown leaving a ball and telling reporters what she likes best about Poland, including Malma pasta.

Sophia Loren

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'Bob Woodward vs. John Belushi and Me'

Michael Dare

Michael Dare - 'The Life and Death of Captain Preemo'

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Attracting Musical Talent

Ally McBeal

It began with a bar and a bluesy vocalist playing to ``Ally McBeal'' and her lawyer friends.

Then Al Green sang, danced and acted his way through an episode, and everything changed.

Musical guests began lining up to take their shot on the show, which airs 9 p.m. Mondays on Fox. The list includes Barry White, Tina Turner, Gladys Knight and Gloria Gaynor.

Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard has gotten the most exposure of any musical performer on the show, singing or producing some 400 songs over the last five seasons. (She's the pianist-singer at the lounge where Ally and her friends hang out.)

She wrote and performed the show's theme song ``Searchin' My Soul,'' which became a hit on radio, and she's released four ``Ally McBeal'' compilation albums, including the multiplatinum ``Songs From Ally McBeal.''

Ally McBeal

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''Exploding: the Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group''

Stan Cornyn

Grammy Award winner Stan Cornyn remembers the riotous days of the record business, when corporate politics was a thing of the future and sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll was still a true mantra.

An executive for more than 30 years for Warner Bros. Records, Cornyn helped the careers of music stars such as Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, the Doors, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna and Lil' Kim, to name a few. Now he's spilling the wild and sexy behind-the-scene stories in his upcoming book, "Exploding: the Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group."

The Faces were barred from so many hotels — including the entire Holiday Inn chain — that the Warner act had to frequently check in under the name "Fleetwood Mac."

After David Geffen won the heated battle with Atlantic's Jerry Wexler to sign Bob Dylan, Geffen needled Wexler at an executive meeting, where Wexler exploded: "David, why don't you just shut up? You don't know a thing about music. You're nothing but an agent. You'd stick your head in a bucket of pus to come up with a nickel in your teeth."

Years later, when Geffen sold Geffen Records to MCA for more than half a billion dollars, he noted how music had changed from when he founded Asylum records: "I don't like the music, and I don't like the people."

''Exploding: the Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group''


Think he forgot the 6th H....Herpes

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Madonna & Di & Gwyneth

Mario Testino Exhibition

A visitor to the Mario Testino exhibition stands in front of a portrait of Britain's Princess Diana. Photo by Dan Chung

Madonna took the rare step of bringing her daughter, Lourdes, to a public event when she joined other stars to celebrate the opening of an exhibition by fashion photographer Mario Testino.

The mother and daughter mixed with a host of other stars, including models Helena Christensen and Kate Moss and singer Natalie Imbruglia, at Tuesday night's launch at the National Portrait Gallery in London's West End. The exhibit, which runs Feb. 1-4, brings together more than 120 color and black-and-white pictures by Testino, who was Princess Diana's favorite fashion photographer.

Mario Testino Exhibition


National Portrait Gallery

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'Lead' Or 'Supporting' Actress?

Jennifer Connelly

Universal doesn't ``Mind'' nomination error

We goofed but everything seems to have worked out fine -- that's what Universal Pictures admitted Tuesday after nominations were announced for the SAG Awards, including Jennifer Connelly in the lead actress category for ``A Beautiful Mind.''

Connelly recently won a Golden Globe in the supporting actress category for her role as the long-suffering wife of Russell Crowe's lead character.

On Tuesday, Universal explained it had made a clerical error in listing her as a lead on the official submission form, and the studio noted that SAG voters did not seem particularly fazed.

Jennifer Connelly

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Interesting Mix

World Economic Forum

Naomi Campbell at the World Economic Forum? Sure, Nelson Mandela made her his adopted goddaughter. But let's hope the supermodel's anger-management issues don't cause an international incident at this week's annual gathering of politicos and business leaders.

Campbell is one of the less likely participants in the conference, which begins tomorrow at the Waldorf-Astoria. Quincy Jones and Phil Ramone have organized the entertainment.

U2's Bono will discuss Third World debt before four panels, including one with South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He's scheduled to have a one-on-one with Microsoft's Bill Gates.

Also attending the conference are Sidney Poitier, Ossie Davis, Peter Gabriel, John Singleton and Alec Baldwin. Warren Beatty is expected to take part in a panel called "How Do I Become Someone Else?"

World Economic Forum

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Bemoaning 'There's No Children's Day'

Michael Jackson

Pop star Michael Jackson thinks children are so cool that the world should set aside an annual holiday to celebrate them.

``There's a Mother's Day and there's a Father's Day, but there's no Children's Day,'' he said in the upcoming cover story of Vibe magazine.

Jackson, 43, who has two children of his own, paid a multimillion-dollar settlement in early 1994 to resolve an accusation of child molestation. He often surrounds himself with tykes, and buses in terminally ill children to play at his sprawling Neverland Valley ranch north of Los Angeles.

On life as a single parent of five-year-old son Prince and three-year-old daughter Paris, Jackson said he has never had so much fun in his life.

``Because I am this big kid, and now I get to see the world through the eyes of the really young ones. I learn more from them than they learn from me.''

Michael Jackson

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Did 'The View' Get To Her?

Carol Channing

"Hello, Dolly" legend Carol Channing is recovering in Lennox Hill Hospital after getting sick backstage yesterday before a scheduled appearance on "The View." Channing, who turns 81 tomorrow, is suffering from a virus and is expected to remain in the hospital "for a day or two," according to her publicist.

Channing never made it onto the air. She first became ill in the limousine transporting her to "The View" studios and made it to the backstage dressing-room area before becoming ill again. Producers at "The View" decided that she should be taken to the hospital, rather than being transported via limousine back to her hotel.

Carol Channing

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Pam Calls Him 'Big Bob'

Kid Rock

Kid Rock is a man with simple tastes.

Cable television's Burly Bear Network, dedicated to college audiences ages 18 to 24, asked the rocker what keeps him grounded and the answer wasn't complicated.

"I don't really have any secrets, just that some things you can't change, and you are who you are and I just try to be that person and I guess that's my words of wisdom, if that equals wisdom in any way," the Detroit native said.

"You know, when I started I liked Big Macs and Budweiser and I still like Big Macs and Budweiser. I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers."

Kid Rock was also asked about life these days. "It's a very fun stage of my life, but I'm actually looking forward to getting old, getting bald, getting fat, sitting around talking garbage all day, telling the kids what it's all about, you know kicking back and enjoying life," the rocker said.

Kid Rock

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Joining The Cast Of ``The Court''

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll has joined the cast of ``The Court,'' a drama slated to premiere on ABC this spring.

Billed as a special guest star, she will appear in the first six episodes of the legal series in the role of a liberal Supreme Court justice.

The cast, led by Sally Field, also includes Craig Bierko, as a reporter covering the justices; Miguel Sandoval and Chris Sarandon as judges; and Pat Hingle as the chief justice.

Carroll's best-known TV roles were those on ``Julia'' and ``Dynasty.'' In taking on the title character for ``Julia'' in 1968, she became the first black actress to star in her own TV series.

Diahann Carroll

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New Broadway Musical?

``The Body Ventura''

Maverick Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, a former pro wrestler, is helping to shape the script and songs for a planned Broadway musical about his life, the governor's office said Wednesday.

The flamboyant populist, who has written two books since his surprise 1998 election victory and previously co-starred in Hollywood action movies, has provided ``some input'' to librettist and lyricist Stephen Dolginoff in creating ``The Body Ventura,'' destined for a Broadway stage, said spokesman John Wodele.

Ventura provided the composer with details about his upbringing and his relationship with his wife, Terry, which shaped such songs as ``You're Different,'' ``The Heart is a Muscle'' and ``Do You Like the Rolling Stones?'' the online magazine said.

The musical will explore Ventura's youthful ambitions in the song ``Take the World by Storm,'' his stint as a Navy SEAL in ''Hooyah,'' the launch of his wrestling career as Jesse The Body in ``Sign with Me.'' It will also depict his brand of politics in the tune ``Retaliate in '98.''

There is no word yet on who will portray the hulking, raspy-voiced governor in the production.

``The Body Ventura''

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

bartcook

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Not A Good Omen For Caroline

''The Wayne Brady Show''

Buena Vista announced late last night that "The Wayne Brady Show" will air on ABC-owned stations in the timeslot currently occupied by "The Rosie O'Donnell Show". That means that "The Caroline Rhea Show" will have to find another timeslot. Rhea is taking over for O'Donnell.

''The Wayne Brady Show''

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CORRECTION! SAS Apologizes

Airline Says In-Flight Toilet Ordeal Story False

(airline says report was false; Jan. 22 story withdrawn)

A spokeswoman for Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) said a report of a woman being stuck on an airplane toilet was false.

The original report said a woman had filed a complaint with SAS after her ordeal on a Boeing 767 flight last year. The woman supposedly got sucked in after pushing the flush button while seated, activating a system to clean the toilet by vacuum.

The SAS spokeswoman said internal checks had since shown that the company's original information was false.

``We regret that we presented the story as true,'' she said.

CORRECTION! SAS Apologizes

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Pugilistic Porn?

Mike Tyson

Police probing the latest rape charge against Mike Tyson have seized hours of steamy video tapes that show the ex-champ having sex.

Sources say that the videos of the hell-raising heavyweight along with other evidence were carted off from Tyson's Las Vegas ranch by detectives last September.

It's unclear who the woman is caught on tape with Tyson, or if she knew she was being taped. But sources claim cops have "hours and hours" of pugilistic porno featuring Tyson.

Pugilistic Porn?

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New Digital Videotape Format

D-VHS

Four Hollywood film studios said Wednesday they will start selling movies in a new digital videotape format, D-VHS, designed for high-end home theater systems equipped with a player from Japanese electronics company, JVC.

The JVC system, called D-theater, is not made to compete with the lower-priced digital video disc (DVD) format. DVD, adopted by electronics makers over the past five years, has become a mass market product for playing movies in digital formats.

Instead, D-VHS is targeted to a relatively small group of home theater owners with new high-definition television sets and the JVC player, who desire crisper and clearer digital pictures.

Universal Studios, the movie-making wing of media giant Vivendi Universal, is one studio backing the D-VHS format. Other studios pledging to make D-VHS video are News Corp. Ltd. unit Twentieth Century Fox, DreamWorks and Artisan Entertainment, primarily a maker of small-budget movies but a large player in home video.

The studios expect to first release high-action thrillers, such as ``Independence Day,'' or the ``Terminator'' and ``Rambo'' series for the D-theater systems, which were among the first types of movies to capture sales from early adopters of DVD.

One D-VHS cassette has the maximum capacity to record and playback 4 hours of high definition television or more than 50 hours of standard definition television. JVC's high definition recorder also gives consumers the flexibility to record and play back in analog VHS and other video formats.

New Digital Videotape Format

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Wo Ist Tom?

Tom Cruise

Actor Tom Cruise, an outspoken adherent of the Church of Scientology, has lobbied the U.S. ambassador to fight for the group's rights in Germany, where it is not recognized, diplomats said Wednesday.

Germany refuses to recognize Scientology as a church, saying it masquerades as a religion to make money. Scientologists are barred from government jobs in some parts of the country.

In the January issue of the U.S.-based magazine Vanity Fair, Cruise credited his 13-year devotion to Scientology with helping him deal with adversities from dyslexia to his estrangement from his late father to persistent rumors that he is gay.

Cruise was in Germany on a promotional tour for his latest film ``Vanilla Sky'' with his lover and co-star Penelope Cruz.

Tom Cruise

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Michael & Marlon, No Liz

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is finally talking about his Sept. 11 experience. It's safe to say that it wasn't like yours.

Even though he was in New York, having performed the night before at Madison Square Garden, the Pop Princeling says he learned about the attack on the twin towers and the Pentagon "from friends in Saudi Arabia." (Jackson's investment partnership with Saudi billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulazi is said to have withered, but maybe they were talking at the time.)

Jackson showed his trademark cool: "I screamed down the hotel hallway to all our people, 'Everybody get out, let's leave now!'" Jackson tells Vibe magazine. The hotel was not named.

"Marlon Brando was on one end [of the hotel], our security was on the other end," Jackson says, describing a scene out of a "Saturday Night Live" sketch. "But Elizabeth Taylor was at another hotel."

Jacko and his entourage finally piled into a car and headed for New Jersey.

Michael Jackson

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In Memory

Michael P. Hammond

President Bush's pick to head the National Endowment for the Arts was found dead on Tuesday, one week after beginning the job.

Michael P. Hammond, a 69-year-old composer-conductor who devoted his long career to music education, appeared to have died of natural causes, although the medical examiner has not yet ruled on the exact cause of death, administration officials said.

Hammond had been unwell Monday with flu-like symptoms.

When nominated by Bush last year to serve as Washington's top arts advocate, Hammond was dean of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston. He also was a founding dean of music for a new arts campus at the State University of New York in Purchase. He founded the Pepsico Summerfare, a major international arts festival in Purchase.

Hammond is survived by his wife, Anne, and a son, Thomas, an actor in New York.

Michael P. Hammond

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Boondocks by Aaron McGruder

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Boondocks: The Best Comic Strip Today

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Is It Just Me, Or Does Big Boy Look Like Tom Ridge?

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Anything that increased your blood pressure, or, even better, amused or entertained?

Do you have a great album no one's heard?
How about a favorite TV show, movie, book, play, cartoon, or legal amusement?
A popular artist that just plain pisses you off?
A box set the whole world should own?
Vile, filthy rumors about Republican musicians?
Just plain vile, filthy rumors?
A picture of yourself clad only in panties and sitting on Anthony Clark's lap?
This is your place.

Send it to Marty
( SuprmChaos@yahoo.com )

Don't send it to BC....



Or send it to this Marty
( SuprmChaos@aol.com )

Please, don't send it to BC!



Or send it to this Marty
( SuprmChaos@hotmail.com )
Please, Do NOT send it to BC!


You can even send it to this Marty
( Marty@suprmchaos.com )


Thank you

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