BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 4 March, 2010

Thursday

4 March, 2010

(Updated Daily)


[951 days in a row]

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GOP Opposes Reconciliation, of 'North and South'


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Mark Morford: The truth about your immense weirdness (sfgate.com)
"What are you doing?" she asked, watching closely as I moved about the kitchen all Zen-like and confident, sort of.


Froma Harrop: Americans Can Speak for Themselves on Health Care (creators.com)
Have you voted on any of the Democratic health care reform plans? Me neither.
No such vote was ever taken. But with coordination that the Rockettes would envy, Republicans insist that "the American people have spoken" on the matter, and they want the proposals killed.


Larissa MacFarquhar: The Deflationist (newyorker.com)
How Paul Krugman found politics.


Politifact (politifact.com)
79 campaign promises Obama has thus far kept. (Politifact is the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking service of the 'St. Petersburg Times.')


NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF: Learning From the Sin of Sodom (nytimes.com)
In one striking passage, Mr. Stearns quotes the prophet Ezekiel as saying that the great sin of the people of Sodom wasn't so much that they were promiscuous or gay as that they were "arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." (Ezekiel 16:49.) Hmm. Imagine if sodomy laws could be used to punish the stingy, unconcerned rich!


FRANK RICH: The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged (nytimes.com)
Violent invective, once largely confined to blogs and talk radio, is now spreading among Republicans in public office or aspiring to it.


Scott Collins: Roger Ebert takes to Twitter to give tea party followers a thumb's down (latimes.com)
The film reviewer is aiming barbs at Sarah Palin and other conservatives.


JIM PHILLIPS: THE CURIOUS TALE OF 'PUNCHCARD PARK'S' MISSING LIGHTS (athensnews.com)
When renowned artist/sculptor Maya Lin's giant outdoor artwork titled "Input" was dedicated in Ohio University's Bicentennial Park six years ago, OU officials praised it lavishly. Others, though, have seemed rather less awed by the piece. A large earthwork installation based on the rectangular punch-hole pattern in an old computer-programming card, the sculpture installation has been dubbed "Punchcard Park" by the less reverent.


Yiddish theatre: 'This is me - this I can play' (guardian.co.uk)
It's fabulously melodramatic and full of great curses, in Yiddish theatre I've found my calling, says Tanya Gold.


Sharon Osbourne on politics, literature - and life with Ozzy (guardian.co.uk)
She doesn't want to be Charles Dickens, so she's modelling herself on Barbara Cartland, she tells Stuart Jeffries.


George Varga: Ozzy's Book Full of his Memories, Some of Them Untainted by Reality (creators.com)
The first thing Ozzy Osbourne does to set the record straight in his autobiography, the best-selling "I Am Ozzy," is to acknowledge that his recollections of the past may differ from those of, well anyone and everyone else.


Kevin Maher: Hellraiser? I'm raising Henry (timesonline.co.uk)
Colin Farrell, star of Neil Jordan's film 'Ondine,' explains how he calmed down, grew up - and became a different actor.


Portrait of the artist: Wes Anderson, film director (guardian.co.uk)
'What have I sacrificed? I'm 40 and I don't have children. Perhaps I would if I wasn't so involved in these movie.'


David Bruce: Homer's "Odyssey": A Discussion Guide (lulu.com)
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The '1st Ever BadtotheboneBob Oscar Award Contest' Edition...

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Wake-up Call


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HAIKU HEADLINES


PARIS HILTON GETS

BITCH SLAPPED IN HER S.U.V.

BIKE LANE NOT FOR CARS


zEN mAN
(observing the always headline worthy faux celeb Paris Hilton getting stopped by cops for driving her SUV into a bike lane to pass)

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Trivia Question of the Day


On the old Dick Van Dyke Show, what real life British singing duo portrayed the fictional Redcoats?


                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


On the old TV series Batman, how many guest villains discovered Batman's true identity?


      2 - Egghead & King Tut                                                      Source


Only two of the series' guest villains ever discovered Batman's true identity: Egghead by deductive reasoning, and King Tut on two occasions (once with a bug on the Batmobile and once by accidentally mining into The Batcave). Egghead was tricked into disbelieving his discovery, as was Tut in the episode when he bugged the Batmobile. In the episode when Tut tunnelled into the Batcave, he was hit on the head by a rock which made him forget his discovery and jarred him back into his identity as a mild-mannered Professor of Egyptology at Yale University.            Source





Marian the Teacher was first, and correct, with:
   2



mj responded:
   Not my favorite show
  And I wasn't a faithful follower, but I think one of his nemeses did figure him out (Catwoman? although I don't know which version [Julie Newmar or Eartha Kitt (I don't count Lee Meriwether from the movie here)]). Just my guess.




~ Tony in Philly replied:
   2




Alan J answered:
   Two



Charlie wrote:
   Two: Egghead (Vincent Price), and King Tut (Victor Buono). Tut did it twice. In each case the villain in question came to disbelieve their discovery through unlikely circumstances.
   




Sally said:
   I am guessing that only two of the series' guest villains ever discovered Batman's true identity - but, I could be wrong...
  Speaking of "Batman,"

  How would you like to have this Bat as a neighbor? Hahaha...




MAM   replied:
   Only two of the series guest villains ever discovered Batman's true identity:
  Egghead (Vincent Price) by deductive reasoning, and King Tut (Victor Buono) on two occasions (once with a bug on the Batmobile and once by accidentally mining into the Batcave).
   
                  Egghead                                      King Tut




And, Joe S answered:
   Only two of the series' guest villains ever discovered Batman's true identity: Egghead by deductive reasoning, and King Tut on two occasions (once with a bug on the Batmobile and once by accidentally mining into The Batcave). Egghead was tricked into disbelieving his discovery, as was Tut in the episode when he bugged the Batmobile. In the episode when Tut tunnelled into the Batcave, he was hit on the head by a rock which made him forget his discovery and jarred him back into his identity as a mild-mannered Professor of Egyptology at Yale University. (He didn't even recognize Batgirl, asking her, "Why are you wearing that purple mask, lady?")
   



  



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Sick Days


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Purple Gene Reviews

"How to Make Love Like a Porn Star"


Purple Gene's review of the Biography "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: a Cautionary Tale" ….written about and by Porn Queen Jenna Jameson with help by Rock and Roll writer Neil Straus.






Naked Cinderella


I first saw Jenna Jameson back in the early 1990's in a Porn Flick called "Up and Cummers: 10"…she was a young willowy and willing blond babe with big boobs. I Just saw Jenna Jameson recently on Oprah's "Strong Women Week". From then until now, I have always looked at her as the "Naked Cinderella"…..having to toil in the slave trade of sex to become a "Porn Princess"……but that's not the real story….





Fucked Up Childhood



Jenna Jameson's mom died when she was 4 years old…..she was basically abandoned by her distraught dad and raised by her grandmother and brother…..from an early age on through high school and into adulthood she kept a diary which is the basis for her book. It's the same old story of a girl who gravitated from being raped by the football team and a stoned Biker to getting her first tattoo, Pole dancing and stripping, Penthouse Centerfold and then Porn…with Crystal Meth sprinkled throughout….








Titillating & Tawdry


Jenna's Biography holds no bars…she really gives the reader more than a "Peep Show" into her crazy life….All the characters could be people I know…from the tattooed biker boyfriend "Jack" to her present day martial arts husband Tito Ortiz…but the details of her life threatening meth addiction and strip club lap dancing Nicholas Cage and Jack Nicholson to starting her own production company "Club Jenna" ….are rich in exquisite and erotic sensation…..she has the "Ten Commandments of how to give a "Perfect Blowjob" and a "Pimp Checklist"…sprinkled with cartoons and cut-out pictures from her childhood…..I really got an insiders look at her life. (including her tits and tattoos)







Finally a Princess


Seeing Jenna on Oprah was the crowning glory….she is no longer acting in Porn (She still produces and directs), She has her castle in Florida and her prince in Tito Ortiz and now twin sons…..She's a Princess with a Porn past…she never belittles her history in the sex trade…rather she actually talks about the empowering process of her success…without regrets…..Its a must read for all!











Purple Gene gives "How to Make Love like a Porn Star" 10 totally tubular orgasms out of 10 for being so horny and humorous at the same time.














PS….although my favorite porn stars presently are Belladonna and Sasha Grey, Jenna was once in my top ten !











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Sty In The Sky For Sale

Pigboy

The 'Master' bedroom


It looks like Rush Limbaugh is making good on his threat to leave New York City because of the new tax hikes. The larger-than-life conservative commentator just listed his pre-war Fifth Avenue penthouse for sale at $13.95 million. The gaudy 20th-floor penthouse (above) at 1049 Fifth Avenue, which Limbaugh purchased in 1994, features 10 rooms with expansive Central Park and Reservoir views and four terraces, two of which face the park. There's a double living room with a fireplace, a wood paneled library, large media room with a terrace, a kitchen with a breakfast room, a large dining room with two terraces, four bedrooms with en-suite baths, and his-and-hers dressing rooms and baths, each with an oversized tub and stall shower. In questionable taste are the hand painted mural ceilings and walls throughout by artist Richard Smith. Ditto the hand painted gold leaf moldings. The foyer entry floor is patterned Italian hand-cut marble with herringbone mahogany in the uncarpeted rooms, and walls are upholstered in Fortuny fabric. There's also a separate maid's room with bath on the third floor.

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

THEY CAN'T YELL "CUT!"

TAKING ON THE BIG BOYS!

WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR DADDY?

"DEAD HEADS" FOREVER!

WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS!

BAD DREAM!

WHERE ARE THE TEA BAGS ON THIS ONE?

JOHN YOO IS THE WORST HUMAN BEING ON EARTH!

WELCOME TO INTERESTING TIMES!

WHERE YOU CAN BE HAPPY!

GOING TO THE CHAPEL AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED!

NEW KID IN TOWN!

ALL GODS SUCK!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Cool, cloudy afternoon and another rainy night.



Tonight, Thursday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Survivor', followed by a FRESH 'CSI: The Original One', then a FRESH 'The Mentalist'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Tom Hanks, Spoon, and a Top Ten List presented by Barbara Walters.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Garry Shandling and Sonya Walger.


NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Community', followed by a FRESH 'Parks & Recreation', then a FRESH 'The Office', followed by a FRESH 'The Marriage Ref'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Brett Favre, Matthew McConaughey, and Jason Reitman.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Zach Galifianakis, Mia Wasikowska, and Silversun Pickups.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Lee Daniels, Roger Ross Williams, and Fanfarlo.


ABC starts the night with a RERUN 'Grey's Anatomy', followed by a FRESH 'Grey's Anaomy', then a FRESH 'Private Practice'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Queen Latifah, "Bachelor" Jake Pavelka, and Galactic.


The CW offers a RERUN 'The Vampire Diaries', followed by a RERUN "Supernatural'.


Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', followed by a FRESH 'Kitchen Nightmares'.


MY fills the night with the movie .


A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH 'The First 48', then a FRESH 'Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force', followed by another FRESH 'Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force'.


AMC offers the movie 'Enter The Dragon', followed by the movie 'Red Planet', then the movie 'John Carpenter's Escape From LA'.


BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]   Antiques Roadshow UK - Episode 4
 [1:00 PM]   Antiques Roadshow UK - Episode 19
 [2:00 PM]   You Are What You Eat - Episode 9
 [2:30 PM]   You Are What You Eat - Episode 10
 [3:00 PM]   How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 15
 [3:30 PM]   How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3
 [4:00 PM]   Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 1
 [5:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 The Fish and Anchor
 [6:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Momma Cherri's
 [7:00 PM]   BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Black Pearl
 [9:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Trobiano's
 [10:00 PM]   BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Black Pearl
 [12:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Trobiano's
 [1:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Black Pearl
 [2:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 Trobiano's
 [3:00 AM]   Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 2 Billie Piper, Alan Carr, Alicia Keys
 [4:00 AM]   How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 15
 [4:30 AM]   How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3
 [5:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [6:00 AM]   BBC World News    (ALL TIMES EST)


Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', still another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of OC'.


Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', followed by the movie 'Office Space', ''Important Things With Demetri Martin', and 'Sarah Silverman'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Scott Patterson.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Barry Schwartz.


FX has the movie 'The Italian Job', followed by the movie 'Grandma's Boy', followed by a FRESH "Archer', and another 'Archer'.


History has 'Modern Marvels', followed by a FRESH 'Modern Marvels', then a FRESH 'Food Tech', 'Pawn Stars', and another 'Pawn Stars'.


IFC  -   
 [7:00 AM]   2010 Spirit Award Nomination Special
 [7:30 AM]   The Namesake
 [9:35 AM]   Camp
 [11:30 AM]   In America
 [1:25 PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [1:40 PM]   2010 Spirit Award Nomination Special
 [2:05 PM]   The Namesake
 [4:15 PM]   Camp
 [6:15 PM]   Nowhere
 [7:45 PM]   Sling Blade
 [10:00 PM]   Leaving Las Vegas
 [12:00 AM]   The Magdalene Sisters
 [2:00 AM]   Ideal
 [2:30 AM]   The Jon Dore Television Show
 [3:00 AM]   Leaving Las Vegas
 [5:00 AM]   Camp    (ALL TIMES EST)


Sundance  -   
 [04:15 AM]   Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
 [06:00 AM]   The Saddest Music In The World
 [07:45 AM]   The American Astronaut
 [09:20 AM]   The Page Turner
 [10:45 AM]   New Boy
 [11:00 AM]   Even Pigeons Go To Heaven
 [11:10 AM]   The American Astronaut
 [12:50 PM]   Shotgun Stories
 [02:20 PM]   The Page Turner
 [03:50 PM]   Jellyfish
 [05:15 PM]   New Boy
 [05:30 PM]   Shotgun Stories
 [07:00 PM]   The Red Carpet Issue
 [08:00 PM]   A Prairie Home Companion
 [09:50 PM]   Monster
 [11:45 PM]   Milwaukee, Minnesota
 [01:30 AM]   The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
 [04:10 AM]   A Prairie Home Companion     (ALL TIMES EST)


SyFy has the movie 'Reign Of Fire', followed by the movie 'Saw'.


TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Lopez Tonight are Shaun White, Seann William Scott, and Andrew Dice Clay.


TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Four Daughters (1938)
 [7:30 AM]      They Made Me A Criminal (1939)
 [9:15 AM]      Flowing Gold (1940)
 [10:45 AM]      Saturday's Children (1940)
 [12:30 PM]      Out Of The Fog (1941)
 [2:00 PM]      The Sea Wolf (1941)
 [3:30 PM]      Between Two Worlds (1944)
 [5:30 PM]      The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
 [7:30 PM]      Now Playing March (2010) (2010)
 [8:00 PM]      Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall (2005)
 [9:00 PM]      To Have And Have Not (1944)
 [11:00 PM]      All The President's Men (1976)
 [1:30 AM]      The Loved One (1965)
 [4:00 AM]      Dementia 13 (1963)
 [5:30 AM]      The Terror (1963)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Friday  -  03/05/10

TCM:
 [7:00 AM]      MGM Parade Show #17 (1955)
 [7:30 AM]      The Romance Of Rosy Ridge (1947)
 [9:30 AM]      Song Of The Thin Man (1947)
 [11:00 AM]      The Boy With Green Hair (1948)
 [12:30 PM]      The Secret Garden (1949)
 [2:15 PM]      The Happy Years (1950)
 [4:15 PM]      Kim (1950) (1948)
 [6:15 PM]      Stars In My Crown (1950)
 [8:00 PM]      The Crowded Sky (1960)
 [10:00 PM]      Airplane! (1980)
 [11:45 PM]      Zero Hour! (1957)
 [1:15 AM]      Crash Landing (1958)
 [2:45 AM]      Big Bad Mama (1974)
 [4:15 AM]      Girls of the Road (1940)
 [5:30 AM]      Gang Boy (1959)     (ALL TIMES EST)


USA has a FRESH 'Burn Notice'.




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American folk singer Joan Baez performs at a concert in Burgos, northern Spain, on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Baez is on a world tour to promote her new album 'How Sweet the Sound.'
Photo by I.Lopez

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Web Video Summit

SNL 'Presidents'

Ron Howard and cast of Funny Or Die's Presidential Reunion.   Photo by Jason Mordoh The comedians who played presidents on "Saturday Night Live" have gathered for a comedic summit in a new Web video on FunnyOrDie.com

The video, posted Wednesday, stars Fred Armisen as President Barack Obama. During the night he is visited by the ghosts of presidents past, who urge him to push for financial reform.

Will Ferrell reprises his President George W. Bush, Darrell Hammond plays President Bill Clinton, Dana Carvey returns as President George H.W. Bush, Dan Aykroyd plays President Jimmy Carter and Chevy Chase returns as President Gerald Ford.

Jim Carrey, the lone comedian not a veteran of "SNL," appears as Ronald Reagan. The "SNL" player who typically played Reagan on the show was Phil Hartman, who died in 1998. (Maya Rudolph, another former "SNL" cast member, also plays Michelle Obama.)


SNL 'Presidents'

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Hosting Spirit Awards

Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard has a cure to awards-season blues amid the seemingly endless string of ceremonies leading up to the Academy Awards. Izzard - the host of one of the season's final shows, Friday's Spirit Awards honoring independent film - suggests that Hollywood simply add more ceremonies.

Izzard said he had never seen the Spirit Awards, whose 25th anniversary show airs live on IFC from downtown Los Angeles. He also had not seen any of the nominated films, though he was hoping to fit in a marathon session and watch as many as he could before the show.

Izzard's standup routines are verbal explosions in which Izzard often has worn dresses. People often assume he is gay, which he says he is not. Izzard calls himself a "straight transvestite" or a "male lesbian," and he is quick to correct people who say he wears women's clothes.

"They're not women's clothes. They're my clothes, because I bought them," Izzard said. "This girly thing, I have that. Straight transvestite, I have that. I don't know why I have it, but I have it, and that's just genetically inbuilt. I have girlydom there. So I have all this boy stuff and extra girl stuff, and it's just a gift from God, who doesn't exist. So it's a genetic handout in the card game of life."

Eddie Izzard

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From left, actors Richard Gere, Don Cheadle and Ethan Hawke attend the premiere of 'Brooklyn's Finest' in New York, on Tuesday, March 2, 2010.
Photo by Peter Kramer

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Bomb Disposal Expert Wants Cut

'Hurt Locker'

Attorney Geoffrey Fieger, left, and Master Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver are seen during a news conference in Southfield, Mich., Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Sarver, a bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war has filed a lawsuit against the makers of 'The Hurt Locker' alleging they falsely claim the characters in the Oscar-nominated film are fictional. The multimillion-dollar lawsuit is being filed by Fieger on behalf of Sarver of Clarksville, Tenn. Fieger and Sarver claim the film's screenwriter Mark Boal was embedded in Sarver's unit, and the information he gathered was used in the film.  Photo by Carlos Osorio A bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war plans to sue the makers of "The Hurt Locker," claiming the film's lead character is based on him and that they cheated him out of "financial participation in the film," his attorney said.

Attorney Geoffrey Fieger said at a news conference Wednesday that he plans to file the multimillion-dollar lawsuit in New Jersey court on behalf of Master Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver.

Sarver claims the film's screenwriter, Mark Boal, was embedded in Sarver's unit and that the information he gathered was used in the film, Fieger said in a news release. The film is nominated for nine Academy Awards, including best original screenplay.

Sarver says the main character, Will James, is based on him and that James' call signal, "Blaster One," was his during his tours of duty, Fieger said. Sarver also says he coined the phrase "The Hurt Locker."


'Hurt Locker'

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Germany Protests Arrest of Iranian Filmmaker

Jafar Panahi

Germany's foreign minister called Wednesday for the release of acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was arrested in Tehran this week.

Panahi, who has supported his country's opposition, was arrested Monday and accused of committing unspecified offenses.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle condemned the arrest and appealed to Tehran "to do everything so that Mr. Panahi is freed without delay."

The Berlin film festival also protested Panahi's arrest. The filmmaker was denied permission to leave Iran last month to attend a panel discussion at this year's festival.

Jafar Panahi

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Obama On Fox Rupert TV

`America's Most Wanted'

President Barack Obama is going to help TV's "America's Most Wanted" mark the milestone broadcast of its 1,000th episode.

Obama will be interviewed by the show's host, John Walsh, on the episode airing 9 p.m. EST Saturday on Fox Rupert TV.

Walsh, whose 6-year-old son Adam was abducted and killed in 1981, has been host of "America's Most Wanted" since its start. According to Fox, the show has helped capture more than 1,100 fugitives and reunited 43 missing children with their families.

`America's Most Wanted'

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Animated short filmmakers (L-R) Javier Recio Gracia of the Spanish film "The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)", Fabrice O. Joubert of the French film "French Roast", and Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell of the Irish film "Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty" pose at a reception for the 82nd Academy Award nominated films in the Animated Short and Live-Action Short categories at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California, March 2, 2010. The Oscars will be presented March 7, 2010.
Photo by Danny Moloshok

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Enters Program

Bobby Rydell

Bobby Rydell, the 1960s teen pop idol, has resolved a Pennsylvania drunken-driving charge by entering a program for nonviolent first-time offenders.

Under the terms of the program, the 67-year-old Rydell will be on probation for a year and lose his license for two months. In a year, Rydell can apply to have the drunken-driving charge expunged.

Police say Rydell's 1969 Bentley jumped a curb and struck a wall in the Philadelphia suburb of Narberth in August. No injuries were reported. Prosecutors say Rydell's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit at the time of the crash.

Bobby Rydell

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Hospital News

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds' manager says the actor has been released from a Florida hospital after a planned heart bypass operation.

Erik Kritzer said in a statement Wednesday that Reynolds had been scheduled for the operation for over a month.

Kritzer says the star of "Smokey and the Bandit," "Deliverance" and "Boogie Nights" told him that he has "a great motor with brand new pipes" and is "feeling great."

Burt Reynolds

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Vidiot Speak

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No Charges

Naomi Campbell

A man hired to drive Naomi Campbell told police she assaulted him from the back seat of a luxury SUV on Tuesday before hopping out and running away, but the supermodel likely won't face criminal charges.

Police consulted with the Manhattan district attorney's office and issued a harassment report, which doesn't carry any penalty, because no officer witnessed what took place between the driver and Campbell, whose feisty temper has led to previous legal troubles. They said no arrests were anticipated.

The driver, who also drives Campbell's boyfriend, decided not to pursue the matter criminally. It's unclear if he would pursue it in civil court.

Earlier Tuesday, the man told police Campbell hit him from behind and his head struck the steering wheel of the black Cadillac Escalade, causing bruising under his right eye. He pulled over in midtown Manhattan and got out to speak to a traffic agent, who alerted police. Campbell was not at the scene when officers arrived, police said.

Naomi Campbell

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Producers for the 82nd Academy Awards, Adam Shankman, left, and Bill Mechanic talk to the media inside the Kodak Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday.
Photo by Chris Carlson

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Incident At Jackson Home

Stun Gun

An attorney for Michael Jackson's mother confirms that child services workers are investigating the presence of a stun gun at the Jackson family home, but he says the late singer's children were never exposed to the weapon.

Attorney Adam Streisand confirmed the investigation Tuesday but said the mail-order stun gun delivered to the home was confiscated before any harm was done.

Streisand represents Katherine Jackson, who has custody of her son's three young children, Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II, also known as Blanket. Streisand said the weapon was ordered by the 13-year-old son of Jermaine Jackson, Jafar, and sent to the Jackson family home in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Jermaine Jackson's children also live in the home.

Stun Gun

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Economic Crisis Silences Rock Festival

B'estFest

Organisers on Tuesday cancelled this year's B'estFest, traditionally one of Eastern Europe's biggest rock festivals, blaming the economic crisis.

Santana, The Killers, Patrice, Moby, Motorhead, Ayo, Orbital, Franz Ferdinand and Gabriela Cilmi were among stars at last year's festival which has taken place for the last three years in the Romanian capital, Bucharest.

"Because of the recession still affecting many branches of global economy, B'estFest's organisers, Emagic, has made the decision to postpone this year's edition", Laura Coroianu, Emagic CEO, said in the statement.

Since it was launched in 2007, the festival has drawn more than 150,000 Romanian and foreign fans.

B'estFest

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A couple takes photos of cherry blossom at the Yangmingshan flower festival in Taipei March 3, 2010. The festival, which attracts thousands of visitors, runs from February 26 to March 28.
Photo by Pichi Chuang

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Wins Judgment

Debbie Rowe

A judge has granted Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, a $27,000 judgment against a woman who she says gave false information to reporters about her after the singer's death.

The amount includes $10,000 in damages for Rowe's emotional distress that she says she suffered after the interview aired on the television show "Extra."

Rowe sued Rebecca White of Key West, Fla. in July. The suit said the woman falsely claimed in interviews that Rowe was only interested in getting money from the singer's family and wasn't interested in gaining custody of her two children with Jackson.

White never answered the complaint. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge entered a default judgment against her Wednesday.

Debbie Rowe

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Suspended

LA Teachers

Three Los Angeles school teachers have been suspended for giving children pictures of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade.

Los Angeles school district spokeswoman Gayle Pollard-Terry said Wednesday the teachers were removed from their classrooms at Wadsworth Elementary School. She says the teachers, who are white, could have made a more appropriate choice, such as Oprah Winfrey.

She says the school held the parade Friday, with children from other classes carrying photos of black heroes such as Nelson Mandela, Harriet Tubman and President Barack Obama.

LA Teachers

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Detail of a funerary ensemble of icons of princess Sophie presented at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Wednesday March 3, 2010. The exhibition entitled: Sainte Russie, (Holy Russia), takes place from March 5 to May 24. The collection, focusing on icons and including masterpieces by Andrei Rublev, was pieced together from monasteries and museums around Russia.
Photo by Remy de la Mauviniere

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Stalker Arrested

Sean "Diddy" Combs

A woman claiming to be the wife of Sean "Diddy" Combs has been arrested after making two visits to a Long Island house she erroneously believed was the home of the hip-hop superstar.

Cemelia Green has pleaded not guilty to criminal mischief and trespassing and has been freed on $5,000 bail.

Combs is not married. His spokeswoman did not immediately comment.

Sean "Diddy" Combs

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Announces Retirement

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger

Chesley Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who safely landed a crippled airliner last year in the "Miracle on the Hudson" announced Wednesday he has retired.

"Sully," as the unflappable 59-year-old pilot is known to the public, said his three-decade career had been a "passion."

Sullenberger officially returned to work last October after the media frenzy over his accomplishment had died down. No reason was given for his departure.

But he sounded a bitter note in his retirement statement saying that pilots always hoped to "leave their profession better off than they found it. In spite of the best efforts of thousands of my colleagues, that is not the case today."

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger

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Former resident George W. Bush receives the History-Making Texan Award from the Texas State History Museum Foundation in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Bush and his wife, Laura, were honored at the Foundation's annual Texas Independence Day Dinner.
Photo by Jack Plunkett

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Scientists Catalog

Bacteria

The human gut is a virtual zoo, full of a wide variety of bacteria, a new study found. And scientists say that's a good thing.

The first results of an international effort to catalog the millions of non-human genes inside people found about 170 different bacteria species thriving in the average person's digestive tract. The study also found that people with inflammatory bowel disease had fewer distinct species inside the gut.

More than 99 percent of the different types of genes in our bodies are not in fact human, but come from microbes. So cataloging the genetics of bacteria inside of us will improve vastly on the mapping of the human genome, study co-author Jun Wang, a Chinese genomics researcher.

Bacteria "rule this planet, including our body," study co-author Jeroen Raes, a researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Germany, said in an e-mail. "I think it's important that people realize that we are not really human - we are a walking colony of bacteria and they are crucial for our well being and health."

Bacteria

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Cable Nielsens

Ratings

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Feb. 22-28. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:

    1. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.74 million homes, 5.57 million viewers.
    2. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.67 million homes, 5.45 million viewers.
    3. "CNN Newsroom" (Saturday, 5 p.m.), CNN, 3.59 million homes, 4.89 million viewers.
    4. "CNN Newsroom" (Saturday, 4 p.m.), CNN, 3.52 million homes, 4.69 million viewers.
    5. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.37 million homes, 4.41 million viewers.
    6. "Burn Notice" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.22 million homes, 4.50 million viewers.
    7. "NCIS" (Monday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.16 million homes, 4.17 million viewers.
    8. "Penguins of Madagascar" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.12 million homes, 4.29 million viewers.
    9. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.03 million homes, 4.09 million viewers.
   10. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.00 million homes, 3.84 million viewers.
   11. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.97 million homes, 3.76 million viewers.
   12. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 2.88 million homes, 3.77 million viewers.
   13. "America's News Headquarters" (Saturday, 4 p.m.), Fox News Channel, 2.87 million homes, 3.72 million viewers.
   14. "Psych" (Wednesday, 10 p.m.), USA, 2.76 million homes, 3.57 million viewers.
   15. "Penguins of Madagascar" (Sunday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.75 million homes, 3.82 million viewers.

Ratings

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A 27-day-old female Reticulated Giraffe is nursed by her mother 'Milk' at Kanazawa Zoological Park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Wednesday, March 3, 2010.
Photo by Itsuo Inouye

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