BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 11 April, 2013

Thursday

11 April, 2013

(Updated Daily)

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Mark Morford: Bubblegum and the Date Rape Cocktail (SF Gate)
Panic! Fainting! Pearls-clutching galore among the easily terrified and the never-orgasmic as it was announced that a federal judge just spanked the Obama Administration - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius in particular - for being so surprisingly backasswards when it comes to emergency contraception for women.


Aditya Chakrabortty: The Lloyds workers are paying for their bosses' catastrophe (Guardian)
Average Lloyds employees face hardship and redundancy. Meanwhile, those that led them into this mess are thriving.


Paul Krugman: It's Not Me (New York Times)
I've been told that there's a commenter on Zero Hedge who is pretending to be me. Not so. I publish my column and this blog; there is a Twitter account, NYTimeskrugman, that is a Times robot that tweets titles of columns and blog posts; and that's it. I don't leave comments on other blogs, I don't have another Twitter account, Facebook account, Google Plus account, or any of that. Hey, I am trying to have a life.


Paul Krugman: Did Thatcher Turn Britain Around? (New York Times)
There will presumably be a lot of commentary about Margaret Thatcher over the next few days, although probably nothing like the "Reagasm" of 2004. And there will in particular be many assertions that Thatcher turned around a moribund British economy. So, is this right?


Zachary Roth: GOP voting crackdown in NC threatens minorities (MSNBC)
Parents would lose a tax credit worth $2500 if their child registers to vote at a different address. The effect would be to force college students-who, like minorities, tend to vote Democratic-to return to their parents' towns to vote, or cost their families money.


Amalaa: How we used silly string to reveal our baby's sex
If you've heard of gender reveal parties, you probably know how they go - people usually use colored cake or balloons to reveal the sex of their baby to family and friends. When it came to our own baby, I wasn't as interested in having an actual party as much as I wanted a fun way to find out the news


Hadley Freeman: "How to deal with cellulite: scrub it or forget about it" (Guardian)
No one will run screaming at the sight of your dimples at the beach or pool, because no one cares, believe me. But if you care, that's different, and help is at hand.


Interview by Laura Barnett: Michael Bublé, singer - portrait of the artist (Guardian)
The Canadian singer talks about why it's good to steal from other artists, the problem with the record industry - and what it's like to be badmouthed by Morrissey.


Xavier Jackson and Douglas A. McDonnell: 6 Hilarious Pranks Pulled by Soldiers in the Middle of War (Cracked)
#6. Sarcastically Bombing Fake Airfields With Fake Bombs



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Trivia Question of the Day


In the United States, products sold as "butter" are required to contain a minimum of what percentage butterfat?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Who was born Farrokh Bulsara?


      Freddie Mercury                                                      Source


Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara); 5 September 1946 - 24 November 1991) was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range. As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Are the Champions". In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career, and also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. He died of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease.        Source






Marian was first, and correct, with:
   Freddie Mercury



Charlie said:
   I knew this one.
  Freddie Mercury.




Alan J wrote:
   Freddie Mercury



Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   Freddie Mercury



Adam answered:
   Freddie Mercury.



Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali replied:
   Freddie Mercury




Sally said:
   Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on Thursday September 5th 1946 on the small spice island of Zanzibar.

  Freddie is my all time favorite performer, hands down. He was the lead singer of the band, "Queen." Last summer, Adam Lambert traveled with the band on a European tour.

  Adam, with Brian May and Roger Taylor on tour...
  As much as I adore Adam, it was not the same without Freddie - he was the King (or Queen) of all time! RIP Freddie...
  Yesterday, here in Jersey, a 6 year old boy was shot to death by a 4 year old playmate. The kid's dad had a houseful of guns, and said the children (who are named after various guns) all had taken gun safety classes (why the kid could handle and fire the gun). The guns were locked up, but the kid got hold of the key - and dad walks away free on a technicality!
  If this isn't a case against guns in homes with kids, I don't know what is...




BttbBob   responded:
   Freddy Mercury... I will say that while I recognize that he was a great singer, I really didn't care for the style and catalogue of "Queen" overall. Oh, "Another Ones Bites The Dust" and "We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You" was OK, but was hijacked and way overplayed by sports team's PR types. I did like "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". "Bohemian Rhapsody" left me cold. He might be considered an 'Icon' by a great many world-wide, but is one that doesn't reside in my house... or my ipod nano, either.
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  Memo to JoeS: So, ya like "The Band", eh? Yeah, me too. Saw ol' Levon with them AND Bob Dylan together in '74 at Hofheinz Pavilion, the University of Houston... a most excellent concert experience for this then young army medic, I'm tellin' ya.
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  Happy Birthday this day to:
      Joel Grey (80) [ Cabaret (1972) - Willkommen - YouTube ] Classic...
  Born this day:
      Viola Liuzzo (1925-1965) Civil Rights martyr and one brave lady   :(
  April 11 Birthdays - Celebrities Born April 11 | Famous Birthdays




MAM   wrote:
   Freddie Mercury




And, Joe S     answered:
   None other than the late, great Freddie Mercury.

  I can't pick out my favorite Queen song, I have yet to find one I don't like. I just picked one at random.
  Oh hell, here's a bunch of them, an hour of music, enjoy.



  


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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


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Bubblegum and the Date Rape Cocktail | Notes & Errata by Mark Morford | an SFGate.com blog



Top 10 Anti-Gay Politicians Caught Being Gay: Anti-Gay Activists Out of The Closet



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"The Problem With Young People Today"

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


MITCH McCONNELL GIVES "CREEPS" EVERYWHERE A BAD NAME!

"HOOCHIE COOCHIE" GETS BLOWN OUT OF COURT!

BRAD TAKES TTHE HEAT

FOURTEEN YEARS OLD AND READY TO KICK SOME BUTT!

TEXTING WHILE DRIVING AND AND A DUMPSTER LOAD OF DEAD PEOPLE IS A REDUNDANCY

"I'M A REPUBLICAN, NOT AN IDIOT!"

REPUG OR DONKEYCRAT? SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE!

"TWO BALD AND CROTCHETY OLD MEN FIGHTING ABOUT A COMB."

"DING, DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD"

"DING, DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD" - BONUS CLICK

"INKY TEARS"






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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and toasty.



Tonight, Thursday:

CBS opens the night with RERUN 'Big Bang Theory', followed by a RERUN '2½ Men', then a RERUN 'Person Of Interest', followed by a RERUN 'Elementary'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 2/25/13) are Alec Baldwin and Emmylou Harris with Rodney Crowell.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Carl Reiner and Anna Chlumsky.



NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Community', followed by a FRESH 'Parks & Recreation', then a FRESH 'The Office', followed by a FRESH 'Go On', then a FRESH 'Hannibal'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are LL Cool J, Andy Cohen, Tegan and Sara.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Vince Vaughn, Amy Schumer, Joshua Topolsky, and Major Lazer.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Sebastian Junger, Monster Mike Schultz, and Joshua James.



ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Wife Swap', followed by a RERUN 'Grey's Anatomy', then a RERUN 'Scandal'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Tom Cruise, Ke$ha, and Paramore.



The CW offers a RERUN 'The Vampire Diaries', followed by a RERUN 'Beauty & The Beast'.



Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', followed by a FRESH 'Glee'.



MY here has LIVE 'NHL Hockey'.



A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH 'The First 48', then a FRESH ''The Killer Speaks'.



AMC offers the movie 'Hulk', 'Freakshow', another 'Freakshow', still another 'Freakshow', yet another 'Freakshow', 'Comic Book Men', and another 'Comic Book Men'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 8 - Ep 12 - Vince Vaughn, Sarah Millican, Diddy
 [9:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 8 - Ep 13 - Kate Hudson, Russell Kane, Tinie Tempah
 [10:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 4 - Ep 3 - Planet of the Ood
 [11:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 4 - Ep 4 - The Sontaran Strategem
 [12:00PM]   MERLIN - Season 1 - Ep 9 - Excalibur
 [1:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Moore Place
 [2:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 3 - Ep 3 - Rococo
 [3:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 1 - Ruby Tates
 [4:00PM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 6 - Vampires in Venice
 [5:00PM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 7 - Amy's Choice
 [6:00PM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 8 - The Hungry Earth
 [7:00PM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 9 - Cold Blood
 [8:00PM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 7 - The Rings of Akhaten
 [9:00PM]   ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Instinct
 [10:00PM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 13 - Ep 1 - Tom Cruise, Gerard Butler, Olga Kurylenko, Paramore NEW
 [11:00PM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 7 - The Rings of Akhaten
 [12:00AM]   ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Instinct
 [1:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 13 - Ep 1 - Tom Cruise, Gerard Butler, Olga Kurylenko, Paramore
 [2:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 6 - Vampires in Venice
 [3:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 7 - Amy's Choice
 [4:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 8 - The Hungry Earth
 [5:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 9 - Cold Blood     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Tabatha Takes Over', 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH 'Tabatha Takes Over'.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH 'The Ben Show With Ben Hoffman', then a FRESH 'Nathan For You'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Edie Falco.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Cass Sunstein.



FX has the movie 'Battle: Los Angeles', followed by a FRESH 'Anger Management', then a FRESH 'Archer', followed by a FRESH 'Legit', then a FRESH 'BrandX With Russell Brand'.



History has 'Swamp People', another 'Swamp People', followed by a FRESH 'Swamp People', then a FRESH 'Chasing Tail', followed by another FRESH 'Chasing Tail'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    The Objective
 [8:00AM]    Clash of the Titans
 [10:30AM]    Renaissance
 [12:45PM]    The Objective
 [2:45PM]    Clash of the Titans
 [5:15PM]    The Core
 [8:00PM]    The Perfect Storm
 [10:45PM]    Lethal Weapon
 [1:15AM]    The Perfect Storm
 [4:00AM]    Galaxina    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    Freaks and Geeks-We've Got Spirit
 [7:00AM]    Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
 [8:05AM]    The Lady and the Reaper
 [8:15AM]    Pina
 [10:15AM]    Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
 [12:00PM]    Lost in La Mancha
 [1:45PM]    Pina
 [3:45PM]    Freaks and Geeks-We've Got Spirit
 [4:45PM]    A River Runs Through It
 [6:45PM]    Little Children
 [9:00PM]    Top of the Lake-Episode 5
 [10:00PM]    Confidence
 [11:45PM]    Confidence
 [1:30AM]    The Prime Gig
 [3:15AM]    Little Children
 [5:30AM]    The Mortified Sessions-Comedian Tig Notaro & Parenthood's Jason Ritter    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Contact', followed by the movie 'Red Planet'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Charlie Sheen, Tony Hale, and Dropkick Murphys.



TCM features films by director Jean Negulesco during the daylight hours, then spends the night with Debra Paget
 [7:15 AM]      Count Your Blessings (1959)
 [9:00 AM]      Jessica (1962)
 [11:00 AM]      Deep Valley (1947)
 [1:00 PM]      Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
 [2:45 PM]      Johnny Belinda (1948)
 [4:30 PM]      Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
 [6:15 PM]      Titanic (1953)

 [8:00 PM]      Love Me Tender (1956)
 [9:45 PM]      Les Miserables (1952)
 [11:45 PM]      Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
 [1:30 AM]      From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
 [3:30 AM]      Seven Angry Men (1955)
 [5:15 AM]      Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961)
    (ALL TIMES EST)



Friday   -  04/12/13

TCM:
 [6:45 AM]      TCM Presents Elvis Mitchell Under the Influence: Bill Murray (2008)
 [7:15 AM]      Gulliver's Travels (1939)
 [8:45 AM]      The Secret Garden (1949)
 [10:30 AM]      Jack And The Beanstalk (1952)
 [11:45 AM]      The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T. (1953)
 [1:15 PM]      Tom Thumb (1958)
 [3:00 PM]      Zotz! (1962)
 [4:30 PM]      The Phantom Tollbooth (1969)
 [6:15 PM]      The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
 [8:00 PM]      So Proudly We Hail (1943)
 [10:15 PM]      Since You Went Away (1944)
 [1:15 AM]      The White Cliffs Of Dover (1944)
 [3:30 AM]      Three Came Home (1950)
 [5:30 AM]      The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)     (ALL TIMES EST)




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Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart arrive at the LA premiere of "42" at the TCL Chinese Theater on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Todd Williamson

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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America's Most Appealing Celebrity

Betty White

The honors keep pouring in for 91-year-old actress Betty White, who has been named America's most appealing celebrity, according to a market research firm.

White, who stars on the sit-com "Hot in Cleveland," narrowly topped Oscar-winners Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks, and other celebrities such as singer Adele and Dame Maggie Smith of "Downton Abbey" fame on E-Poll Market Research's annual "appeal" list for 2012.

Others making the list's top 10 included Morgan Freeman, Carol Burnett, actress and recording star Cote de Pablo, "NCIS" TV star Pauley Perrette and Olympian Gabby Douglas.

Robin Williams and Clint Eastwood dropped out of the top 10.

Betty White

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The Robinson family at The Los Angeles Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' 42, on Tuesday, April, 9th, 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Eric Charbonneau

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$6 Million For DNA Letter

Francis Crick

A bidder paid over $6 million at an auction today (April 10) for a letter British scientist Francis Crick wrote to his 12-year-old son explaining the double-helix structure of the DNA molecule, which he and James Watson had just discovered.

The winning bid was $5.3 million, with the final price tag for the "Secret of Life" letter coming in at $6,059,750, according to Christie's, which handled the sale.

The seven-page handwritten note, dated March 19, 1953, contains diagrams that outline the scientists' model for how "des-oxy-ribose-nucleic-acid (read it carefully)" replicates and encodes instructions for the development and function of living things.

"In other words we think we have found the basic copying mechanism by which life comes from life," Crick wrote to his son, Michael, who was at boarding school at the time, signing off, "lots of love, Daddy."

As legend has it, when Watson and Crick made their discovery on Feb. 28, 1953, Crick announced inside a local Cambridge pub called the Eagle, "We have discovered the secret of life." Their findings wouldn't be published in the journal Nature until two months later, and the note to Michael is likely one of the first written explanations of the discovery.

Francis Crick

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Wrong Swami

J.D. Salinger

In a story April 9 about a donation of J.D. Salinger letters made to the Morgan Library & Museum, The Associated Press erroneously reported to whom some of his correspondence was addressed. It was to Swami Nikhilananda, not Swami Vivekananda.

The Morgan Library & Museum, based in Manhattan, announced Tuesday that it will receive 28 letters by the author of "The Catcher in the Rye." The letters were written to Swami Nikhilananda, founder of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, which donated the correspondence.

Salinger, who died in 2010 at age 91, was strongly influenced by Eastern religion and philosophy and worked in his beliefs into such stories as "Hapworth 16, 1924."

Materials given to the Morgan also include letters the center wrote to Salinger and exchanges between the center and Salinger's widow, Colleen O'Neill. The Morgan will exhibit two of the donated letters April 12-19. The museum already had 24 Salinger letters.

J.D. Salinger

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In this April 6, 2013 photo, Joan Baez laughs while speaking to former staff at the Metropole Hanoi in Hanoi, Vietnam. The folk singer and social activist visited Vietnam recently for the first time since she came to the country in December 1972 as part of an American peace delegation.
Photo by Dinh Hau

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Country Music Hall of Fame

Kenny Rogers

Veteran singers and songwriters Kenny Rogers, Bobby Bare and "Cowboy" Jack Clement will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, organizers said on Wednesday, achieving one of the highest honors in the music industry.

Rogers, 74, the husky-voiced three-time Grammy winner best known for songs like The Gambler" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town," will be inducted in the "Modern Era" category, the Country Music Association announced.

"Everything pales in comparison to this," Rogers said, tearing up because the honor came in his lifetime.

"My older sons thought I was already in here. Maybe now I can really impress them," he told Reuters, referring to his 8-year-old twin sons from his fifth marriage.

Kenny Rogers

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Settlement Reached

'Spider-Man'

A settlement has been reached between the producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" and its fired director, Julie Taymor, ending a bitter legal fight over what has become Broadway's most expensive show.

"All claims between all of the parties in the litigation have been resolved," both sides said in a statement Wednesday. No details about the settlement or how it was reached were immediately revealed.

Taymor, who was the original "Spider-Man" director and co-book writer, was fired after years of delays, accidents and critical backlash to a show whose $75 million price tag ballooned to make it the most expensive in Broadway history.

The show, which features music by U2's Bono and The Edge, opened in November 2010 but spent months in previews and then retooling before officially opening a few days after the Tony Awards in June 2011. It has become a financial hit at the box office.

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Former Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley and Rachel Robinson arrive at the LA premiere of "42" at the TCL Chinese Theater on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Todd Williamson

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Afraid Of Women

Patriarch Kirill

The head of the resurgent Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, said on Tuesday feminism was a "very dangerous" phenomenon offering an illusion of freedom to women who should focus on their families and children.

Some three quarters of Russians consider themselves Russian Orthodox and Kirill has fostered increasingly close ties with President Vladimir Putin who has portrayed the church as the guardian of Russia's national values.

"Man turns his sight outward, he should work, make money. While a woman is always focused inwards towards her children, her home. If this exceptionally important role of a woman is destroyed, everything will be destroyed as a consequence - family and, if you wish, the homeland," he said.

Kirill once likened Putin's rule over Russia to a miracle of God and the president has said the Orthodox Church should play a bigger role in the country where faith runs deep after the fall of the officially atheist Soviet Union.

Russian legislators on Tuesday gave initial approval to a law that would make offences against religion punishable by up to five years in prison.

Patriarch Kirill

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Wes Craven arrives at the premiere of "To The Wonder" hosted by FIJI Water on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Matt Sayles

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Paris Judge Sets Hearing On Auction

Hopi

A judge in Paris has agreed to hold a hearing Thursday on the sale of dozens of items central to an Arizona tribe's religious practices.

The auction house, Neret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou, plans a Friday sale of a collection it describes as 70 kachina masks of the Hopi Indians.

The Hopi Tribe contends the items were stolen and has asked the auction house to prove otherwise. The tribe says the items are communal property and no one other than a Hopi has the right to possess them.

A lawyer representing the Hopi Tribe has filed a motion in a Paris court to suspend the auction to determine the origin of the items.

Hopi

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Hank Aaron and wife Billye Aaron arrive at the LA premiere of "42" at the TCL Chinese Theater on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Todd Williamson

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Felony Case

Flavor Flav

Entertainer Flavor Flav is facing a trial on felony charges that he threatened his longtime girlfriend's 17-year-old son with a butcher knife during a family argument.

The 54-year-old former rap and reality TV star, whose legal name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr., didn't testify during a Wednesday evidence hearing in Las Vegas Justice Court.

But the teen did. He pointed from the witness stand toward Drayton at the defendant's table, identified him as the man wearing a clock around his neck, and told Justice of the Peace Melanie Andress-Tobiasson that Drayton chased him to a bedroom and stabbed the knife through the door during the argument early Oct. 17.

The argument began when Drayton woke the boy during a 3 a.m. argument with the boy's mother, Elizabeth Trujillo, with whom he has lived for about eight years. It escalated when the teen, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound high school football and basketball player, wrestled the 5-foot-6 Drayton into a head lock in the kitchen.

Flavor Flav

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U.S. singer Patti Smith looks on as she attends Pope Francis' weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican April 10, 2013.
Photo by Giampiero Sposito

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Workers Walk Off Job Over Pickpockets

Louvre

The Louvre was closed Wednesday after its workers walked off their jobs to protest what is said to be a rising problem of pickpockets haunting the famed Paris museum's vast galleries.

Louvre spokeswoman Sophie Grange was unable to say when the museum, which normally attracts up to 30,000 visitors a day at this time of year, would reopen. Museum staff organized the protest to draw attention to the problem, which they say is hindering their ability to welcome visitors and protect the Louvre's collections.

Louvre officials could not provide an exact figure for the number of pickpocketing victims there, but the museum said in a statement that it was a growing problem despite measures taken last year including tighter cooperation with the police. The Louvre said it would crack down on repeat offenders through temporary bans on entry into the museum.

The Louvre claims to be the world's most visited museum, with nearly 10 million visitors last year.

Louvre

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Dave Henderson and Goose Gossage arrive at the LA premiere of "42" at the TCL Chinese Theater on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Todd Williamson

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Foundation Headquarters For Sale

John Denver

The 950-acre property that John Denver bought in the late 1970s as headquarters for his Windstar Foundation is being sold, a move seen by some environmentalists as the unofficial end to the singer's vision to protect some of the land west of Aspen from being overrun by developers.

The property in Old Snowmass is under contract to be sold to a private buyer. The conservancy placed the property on the market in September for $13 million. The foundation was dissolved last fall.

The Windstar Land Conservancy was founded in 1996 by the Windstar Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Institute to own and manage the land Denver loved. The institute still operates an office on the property for about 20 employees.

According to the Aspen Times, foundation officials want to use the money to help the institute achieve its goal of opening a state-of-the-art green office building in Basalt, which is about 18 miles northwest of Aspen.

John Denver

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British model Georgia May Jagger presents a creation by Camilla during Fashion Week Australia in Sydney April 10, 2013. Fashion Week Australia runs until April 12.
Photo by Daniel Munoz

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Hits UK Chart

"Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead"

The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has sent a 74-year-old song, "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead", flying into the UK charts, figures showed on Wednesday.

The song from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" was top of Amazon's most downloaded chart on Wednesday after a social media campaign to promote the upbeat track as a way for detractors to "celebrate" the death of Britain's most divisive postwar leader.

A spokeswoman from Britain's Official Charts Company said the track, sung in the film by the Munchkin characters alongside Judy Garland's Dorothy after the oppressive Wicked Witch of the West dies, would hit No. 10 in the singles chart on Wednesday.

"The surge in sales follows a campaign to get the track to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart following the death of Margaret Thatcher on Monday," said the spokeswoman.

Amazon reviewers urged others to buy the track to show their disapproval of Thatcher whose free-market ideology drove policies which alienated the many Britons who demonize the "Iron Lady" as a destroyer of jobs and traditional British industries.

"For those genuine witches, who purposely destroy the lives of others for purely ideological reasons and with not one shred of apology or a single tear, this is the perfect funeral-day track," wrote reviewer Gareth Mark Gee from Nottingham.

"Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead"

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In Memory

Besedka Johnson

Besedka Johnson, who became an actress at age 85 and won praise for last year's movie "Starlet," has died. She was 87.

Johnson died on April 4 at Glendale Memorial Hospital of complications following surgery for a bacterial infection, her son, Jim Johnson, told the Los Angeles Times.

Besedka Johnson played the cranky widow Sadie, who befriends Dree Hemingway in last year's movie. It was her only role.

Johnson got the part when an executive producer for the movie saw her in the locker room at a YMCA gym in Los Angeles and asked her to audition.

"I thought it has got to be a great big joke," Besedka Johnson later said, but "when you're this old, it's like let's just go along with it and see what happens."

The character's crustiness was worlds apart from Johnson's sweet nature.

After an abrasive scene, Johnson "would turn to Dree and apologize for the way she was acting," director Sean Baker said. "It was so sweet."

Beatrice Vivian Divic was born in Detroit but moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to pursue a modeling career. In the 1960s, she began using Besedka as her first name, taking the name of a dress shop she owned. In her 30s, she took acting lessons for fun but said she never expected to get a professional job.

In addition to her son Jim, she is survived by sons Marc Johnson and Lloyd Johnson, and two granddaughters.

Besedka Johnson

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In Memory

Andy Johns

A sound engineer and producer who worked with Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and the Rolling Stones has died.

Andy Johns' family says he died Sunday in Los Angeles after a brief hospital stay to treat complications from a stomach ulcer. He was 62.

Johns was born in England and started his career at Olympic Studios in London. He went on to produce dozens of classic rock 'n' roll albums including the Stones' "Exile on Main Street."

Johns is survived by his wife Annette; sons Evan, Jesse and William; grandchildren Lennon, Everly, Charlie and Luca; brother Glyn Johns; and sister Susan Johns.

Andy Johns

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Art installation "Alice" by Spanish artist Cristina Lucas is displayed in the Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain April 10, 2013.
Photo by Marcelo del Pozo

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