BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 17 April, 2014

Thursday

17 April, 2014

(Updated Daily)

[933 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Mark Morford: The Saddest Job in the World (SF Gate)
How about middle manager for a Midwestern Monsanto subsidiary specializing in the eradication of parasitic weevils but really dedicated to poisoning all earthly soils with your company's noxious biochemicals, as manufactured by deformed knaves living in oily warehouses that smell like rancid oysters and bloated profit margins? Were you thinking Mitch McConnell? You might be right. Or rather, you might be almost right.


Tania Browne: "Dietary supplements: who needs them?" (Guardian)
A Guardian article that claimed to 'tune out the hype' was far too eager to recommend vitamins and other supplements. In reality, most of us are better off without them.


Bim Adewunmi: "Web comedy star Issa Rae: 'I think TV will become the internet's poor cousin'" (Guardian)
Issa Rae started out making fun of herself online, and now she's got US TV sewn up. But the internet is still where it's at, she reckons.


Kira Cochrane: Homoerotic artist Tom of Finland gets the official stamp of approval (Guardian)
The Finnish postal service's decision to use the artist's bold images on a new set of stamps will make philatelic history, but he's not the first gay hero to grace an envelope.


Robert Evans: 6 Insane Drug Myths People Used to Teach as Fact (Cracked)
Life has never been good for people who like drugs. Well, unless you're including every second of every day before the 1920s. Children's medicinal heroin is still a few years of hard lobbying from finding its way back to the shelf, but pot users finally have a light at the end of the tunnel, and there's even hope for MDMA, thanks to Zoloft's shit-eating incompetence at treating PTSD.


Jordan Weissman: "Small Private Colleges Are in Deep Trouble (as They Should Be)" (Slate)
"What we're concerned about is the death spiral-this continuing downward momentum for some institutions," analyst Susan Fitzgerald tells Bloomberg. "We will see more closures than in the past." And that, I will add, might be a very good thing. Small private colleges aren't necessarily nefarious institutions, but they're not exactly the heroes of higher education either.


Rebecca Schuman: The Sad Demise of Collegiate Fun (Slate)
The helicopter generation has gone to university, and campus has never been more boring.


Christopher Shea: The New Academic Celebrity (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Why a different kind of scholar-and idea-hits big today.



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Trivia Question of the Day


The supernatural water horse of Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland is a(n) ___?___

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


The Hippogriff is a legendary creature which resembles a winged horse with the head and upper body of a(n) ____?____


      Eagle                                                      Source


The hippogriff is a legendary creature which resembles a winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle.

The first recorded mention of the hippogriff was made by the Latin poet Virgil in his Eclogues. Though sometimes depicted during the Classical Era and during the rule of the Merovingians, it was first named and defined by Ludovico Ariosto in his Orlando Furioso, at the beginning of the 16th century. Within the poem, the hippogriff is a steed born of a mare and a griffin - it is extremely fast and is presented as being able to fly around the world and to the moon. It is ridden by magicians and the wandering knight Roger, who, from the creature's back, frees the beautiful Angelica.        Source







Charlie was first, and correct, with:
   Eagle
  This reminds me of a comment made, I think in Mad, a long time ago, about the winged horse Pegasus.
  As if pigeons aren't bad enough.




Mythological Lois Of Oregon wrote:
   The Hippogriff, with the head of a bird and the butt of a horse, is a really stupid looking creature which was created when Zeus shoved a pony up a raptor's ass as a practical joke, ensuring that road apples would fall from the sky and frighten the people of the Greece into submission. The fossil record bears this out. And that's all I got to say about that.





Sally said:
   Here ya go:
  The legendary Hippogriff - it is what it is.

  PS: Today is, "Mall Day" for me!! Aside from the weekly food shopping, this is a highlight of the month for the seniors!
  But wait, there's more: I have my garden club meeting after we return from the Mall...
  My day runneth over!




Deborah responded:
   A Hippogriff has the head and upper body of a man. Thank you, J.K. Rowling.
  Happier than a Bactrian on Wednesday.




Adam answered:
   Hmmm...lion, I think. No eagle! No, lion.



Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
   The hippogriff is a legendary creature which resembles a winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle.



Dale of Diamondy Springs, Norcaliful, said:
   An eagle.




mj responded:
   A little birdie told me
  Well, actually, a big birdie. An eagle.




DJ Useo took the day off.
  



MAM   wrote:
   Eagle

  A hippogriff named Buckbeak features prominently in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,"




Alan J answered:
   Eagle



Marian replied:
   eagle



BttbBob   , said:
   An eagle... JoeS, being a wizard, an' all, has a hippo-whatcha-call-it of his very own, I'll be-a bettin'... I've heard rumors of all manner strange creatures hangin' 'round Manistee-by-the-Lake, dontcha know... but I've said nuthin'.
  Yer secret is safe with me Joe...

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  'Coincidence? I-don't-think-so...' Moment - My Mongolian Eagle Huntress and today's question? My agent replies...

  and then. "Royalties!", he cried!

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  Happy Birthday this day to:

Sean Bean
  (54) "LT Richard Sharpe of His Majesty's 95th Rifles" during the "Peninsular Campaigns" (Iberia) of the Napoleonic Wars.   Sharpe's Rifles (TV Movie 1993) (Riflemen, a rare breed of skirmishers then, wore green, not the typical British red) Sharpe's character is from a series of books by Bernard Cornwell detailing his rise from lowly private to a battlefield promoted officer - by none other than the future Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, victor at Waterloo. Such promotions were very rare as the officer class were from the British aristocracy and commissions were purchased. So, Sharpe, born in the slums of London to a prostitute, is now an officer... and a natural leader of men... and scorned by most of his fellow officers. Yet, mentored and used by Wellesley as the war goes on. "Sharpe may be a rogue, but he's my rogue", he said...
  Yeah, I read all the books...

Jennifer Garner
  (41) I don't know why I chose this photo of her other than to say I really like it.

  April 17 Birthdays - Celebrities Born April 17 | Famous Birthdays




And, Joe S     said:
   Eagle, and what do you mean, "legendary?" I've always wanted a hippogriff, every since I can remember. I am a wizard you know.
  This is me and my Hippogriff on the left and that's me on the right.



  And this is my girlfriend.



  


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Four Cartoonists of the Apocalypse by The Rational Extremists - Beacon




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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


Arizona lawmakers pointlessly charge Bunkerville Hill



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Hobby Lobby President's Bible Curriculum to be Taught in OK Public Schools Next Year



California's Wildfire Threat Is So Severe That The Season Started Early




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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

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Reader Comment

Re: Bellamy Salute

If the Bellamy Salute came first, shouldn't we still be doing it despite what Fascists and Nazis did? Why should/did we let them win?

Isn't that the stupid rationale for why we were supposed to go shopping after 9/11? For why runners from last year's Boston Marathon are supposed to show up and run this year? We can't let the terrorists win. Or is that only selectively applied when we want to use that excuse to force or shame someone to do or stop doing something?


Linda     >^..^<
     We're all only temporarily able bodied.


Thanks, Linda!
Wikipedia explains it:
    The similarity to the Bellamy salute led to confusion, especially during World War II. From 1939 until the attack on Pearl Harbor, detractors of Americans who argued against intervention in World War II produced propaganda using the salute to lessen those Americans' reputations. Among the anti-interventionist Americans was aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh. Supporters of Lindbergh's views would claim that Lindbergh did not support Adolf Hitler, and that pictures of him appearing to do the Nazi salute were actually pictures of him using the Bellamy salute. In his Pulitzer prize winning biography Lindbergh, author A. Scott Berg explains that interventionist propagandists would photograph Lindbergh and other isolationists using this salute from an angle that left out the American flag, so it would be indistinguishable from the Hitler salute to observers.

    In order to prevent further confusion or controversy, United States Congress instituted the hand-over-the-heart gesture as the salute to be rendered by civilians during the Pledge of Allegiance in the United States, instead of the Bellamy salute. This was done when Congress amended the Flag Code on December 22, 1942.

    There was initially some resistance to dropping the Bellamy salute, for example from the Daughters of the American Revolution, but this opposition died down quickly following Nazi Germany's declaration of war against the United States on December 11, 1941.     Bellamy salute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OTOH, in light of Lindbergh's three back-up German families, he kinda had a vested interest in his isolationism.



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from Marc Perkel

BartCop

Hello Bartcop fans,

As you all know the untimely passing of Terry was unexpected, even by him. We all knew he had cancer but we all thought he had some years left. So some of us who have worked closely with him over the years are scrambling around trying to figure out what to do. My job, among other things, is to establish communications with the Bartcop community and provide email lists and groups for those who might put something together. Those who want to play an active roll in something coming from this, or if you are one of Bart's pillars, should send an email to active@bartcop.com.

So - to let you know what's going on, the guestbook on bartcop.com is still open for those who want to write something in memory of Bart.

I did an interview on Netroots Radio about Bart's passing
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The most active open discussion is on Bart's Facebook page.
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or here.
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We have opened up the radio show archives which are now free. Listen to all you want.
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Bart's final wish was to pay off the house mortgage for Mrs. Bart who is overwhelmed and so very grateful for the support she has received. Anyone wanting to make a donation can click on this the yellow donate button on bartcop.com

But - I need you all to help keep this going. This note isn't going to directly reach all of Bart's fans. So if you can repost it on blogs and discussion boards so people can sign up then when we figure out what's next we can let more people know. This list is just over 600 but like to get it up to at least 10,000 pretty quick. So here's the signup link for this email list.
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Marc Perkel


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


WHITE WHINE.

NOW, I WOULD WATCH THAT!

"BECAUSE THE SMART PEOPLE ARE TOO DANGEROUS."

"I'M AGAINST AMERICA. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THEY MAKE GOOD GUNS."

THE "VAMPIRE SQUID" IS ALIVE AND WELL AND STILL SUCKING OUR BLOOD!

THE KOCH WHORES ARE TRAITORS TO OUR COUNTRY!

"WE ARE THE PROBLEM WE ARE SEEKING TO SOLVE."

5 BUCKS SAYS THAT THIS "WHITE WING" MORAN CAN'T EVEN SPELL SCIENCE!






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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and seasonal.



Tonight, Thursday:

CBS opens the night with a RERUN 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another RERUN 'Big Bang Theory', then a FRESH 'The Crazy Ones', followed by another FRESH 'The Crazy Ones', then a RERUN 'NCIS'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 4/4/14) are Billy Crystal, Tony Hale, a Top Ten List presented by Kwasi Enin, and Liv Warfield.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Kevin Bacon and Andy Hendrickson.



NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Community', followed by a FRESH 'Parks & Recreation', then a FRESH 'Hollywood Game Night', followed by a FRESH 'Parenthood'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Fallon (from 2/20/14) are Michelle Obama, Will Ferrell, and Arcade Fire.
On a RERUN Seth Meyers (from 3/24/14) are Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb, Kyle MacLachlan, and Karmin.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 1/23/14) are "Hudson Valley Ballers", Sirah, and Steph Green.



ABC starts the night with a RERUN 'Grey's Anatomy', followed by a FRESH 'Grey's Anatomy', then a FRESH 'Scandal'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel it's Behind the Scandalabra: Jimmy interviews the creator of "Scandal", Shonda Rhimes.



The CW offers a FRESH 'The Vampire Diaries', followed by a FRESH 'Reign'.
On a RERUN Arsenio Hall (from 3/24/14) is TGT.



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



MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.



A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH 'The First 48', then a FRESH 'Beyond Scared Straight'.



AMC offers the movie 'Forrest Gump', followed by the movie 'Forrest Gump'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]    BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 11 - The Crimson Horror
 [9:00AM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 12 - Nightmare in Silver
 [10:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 24 - The Mind's Eye
 [11:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 25 - In Theory
 [12:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 26 - Redemption (Part 1)
 [1:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 4 - The Fish and Anchor
 [2:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 6 - Clubway 41
 [3:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 4 - Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine
 [4:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 2
 [5:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 3
 [6:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 13 - Cafe Hon
 [7:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 14 - Chiarella's
 [8:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 9 - Nino's Italian Restaurant
 [9:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 10 - Mill Street Bistro, Part 1
 [10:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 5 - Hot Potato Cafe
 [11:00PM]    WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 2 - Ep 4 - Gaboon Viper
 [12:00AM]    WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Black Hairy Thick Tail Scorpion
 [1:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 9 - Nino's Italian Restaurant
 [2:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 10 - Mill Street Bistro, Part 1
 [3:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 5 - Hot Potato Cafe
 [4:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 13 - Cafe Hon
 [5:00AM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 14 - Chiarella's     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH 'Millionaire Matchmaker', another 'Millionaire Matchmaker', and 'Million Dollar Listing New York'.



Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Chappelle's Show', another 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', another 'South Park', followed by a FRESH 'Review', and 'Tosh.0'.
On a RERUN Jon Stewart (from 4/9/14) is Colin Firth.
On a RERUN Colbert Report (from 4/8/14) is Jane Goodall.



FX has the movie 'Bad Teacher', followed by a FRESH 'Saint George', then a FRESH 'Anger Management', and the movie 'Bad Teacher'.



History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH 'Pawn Stars', then another FRESH 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH 'Vikings'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Portlandia-Bahama Knights
 [6:30AM]    Portlandia-Trailblazers
 [7:00AM]    From Within
 [9:00AM]    Dark Floors
 [10:45AM]    Halloween III: Season of the Witch
 [1:00PM]    From Within
 [3:00PM]    Dark Floors
 [4:45PM]    The Invasion
 [6:45PM]    Clerks II
 [8:45PM]    Cheech and Chong: Get Out of My Room
 [10:00PM]    Portlandia-Late in Life Drug Use
 [10:30PM]    Portlandia-Baseball
 [11:00PM]    Clerks II
 [1:00AM]    Portlandia-Late in Life Drug Use
 [1:30AM]    Portlandia-Baseball
 [2:00AM]    Friday the 13th, Part 2
 [3:15AM]    Friday the 13th Part 3    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    Love Lust-Love Lust & the Little Black Dress
 [6:15AM]    Buena Vista Social Club
 [8:30AM]    Nine
 [11:00AM]    The Order
 [1:15PM]    Bullitt
 [3:45PM]    Up in the Air
 [6:00PM]    Time Bandits
 [8:30PM]    Bonnie and Clyde
 [11:00PM]    Law & Order-Encore
 [12:00AM]    Law & Order-Savior
 [1:00AM]    Working Girl
 [3:30AM]    The Door in the Floor    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow', followed by the movie 'Red Riding Hood'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Tracy Morgan, Judy Greer, and Broken Bells.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Ben-Hur: A Tale Of The Christ (1925)    SILENT 
 [8:30 AM]      Dinner At Eight (1933)
 [10:30 AM]      The Thin Man (1934)
 [12:15 PM]      The Good Earth (1937)
 [2:45 PM]      Boys Town (1938)
 [4:30 PM]      Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
 [6:30 PM]      Lassie Come Home (1943)
 [8:00 PM]      Flesh And The Devil (1926)     SILENT 
 [10:00 PM]      Grand Hotel (1932)
 [12:00 AM]      Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
 [2:15 AM]      Ninotchka (1939)
 [4:15 AM]      Marie Antoinette (1938)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Friday   -  04/18/14

TCM:
 [7:00 AM]      The Philadelphia Story (1940)
 [9:00 AM]      The Band Wagon (1953)
 [11:00 AM]      North By Northwest (1959)
 [1:30 PM]      How the West Was Won (1962)
 [4:15 PM]      Doctor Zhivago (1965)
 [8:00 PM]      Meet Me In St. Louis (1977)
 [10:00 PM]      The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
 [12:00 AM]      Singin' In The Rain (1952)
 [2:00 AM]      Ben-Hur (1959)     (ALL TIMES EST)




Antenna TV

Bounce TV

Cozi TV

MOVIES! TV Network

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV


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Actor Jon Hamm, of television's "Mad Men," sits in the 2015 Mercedes Benz S63 AMG Coupe, during its introduction at the 2014 New York International Auto Show at the Javits Convention Center, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in New York.
Photo by Richard Drew

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Unhappy With Wisconsin's Walker

John Mellencamp

Liberal rocker John Mellencamp wants conservative Republican Gov. Scott Walker (R-Koch Sucker) to know he supports union rights and says Walker should think about that before using his songs on the campaign trail.

Two years ago, Mellencamp chided Walker, who effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers in Wisconsin, for playing his song "Small Town" at campaign rallies.

Walker was targeted for recall in 2012 by those angered over the union law, which passed despite massive protests that elicited support from other liberal musicians, including Pete Seeger, Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Peter Yarrow and Billy Bragg.

When Mellencamp caught wind of Walker playing "Small Town" during the recall campaign, his publicist sent Walker an email letting him know that Mellencamp supports collective bargaining and union rights.

Mellencamp took the same approach in 2008 when Republican presidential hopeful John McCain played "Our Country" on the campaign trail. Mellencamp's publicist wrote McCain's camp a letter explaining Mellencamp's liberal leanings and said he was supporting Democrat John Edwards.

John Mellencamp

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Actor David Duchovny attends the opening night performance of "The Library" at The Public Theater on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in New York.
Photo by Greg Allen

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Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

EL Doctorow

Novelist E.L. Doctorow will be honoured with the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington made the announcement Wednesday.

Billington said each of Doctorow's books is a "vivid canvas" filled with "colour and drama." He likens Doctorow to Charles Dickens.

The Bronx-born novelist majored in philosophy at Kenyon College in Ohio.

EL Doctorow

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Jazz Journalists Association

2014 Jazz Awards

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter and composer-arranger Maria Schneider are each triple winners in the 2014 Jazz Awards presented by the Jazz Journalists Association.

Pianist Herbie Hancock is being honoured for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz. As a UNESCO goodwill ambassador, Hancock is organizing International Jazz Day celebrations April 30 in Osaka, Japan.

Shorter has won for musician of the year, best album ("Without A Net") and top midsize ensemble. Schneider tops the balloting in the composer, arranger and large ensemble categories.

Other multiple winners announced by the JJA on Tuesday include newcomer Cecile McLorin Salvant (up-and-coming artist and female singer) and veteran Joe Lovano (multi-reeds and tenor saxophone).

2014 Jazz Awards

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Actress Catherine Zeta Jones attends the opening night performance of "The Library" at The Public Theater on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in New York.
Photo by Greg Allen

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Postal Stamps

"Tom of Finland"

Finland's postal service will honor "Tom of Finland" with stamps taken from his work - homoerotic drawings of muscular men wearing tight, black leather uniforms, when they wear anything at all.

The stamps, which will be issued in September, are based on the drawings of Touko Laaksonen, better known by the pseudonym "Tom of Finland," who split his time between Finland and California.

"Tom of Finland is considered one of the most well-known Finnish artists around the world," Finnish postal service Itella said in a statement issued this week regarding Laaksonen, who died in 1991. "His emphatically masculine homoerotic drawings have attained iconic status in their genre and had an influence on, for instance, pop culture and fashion."

Graphic artist Timo Berry, who designed the sheet of three stamps, said they portray a sensual life force and being proud of oneself.

"Tom of Finland"

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Wake-up Call


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35 Most Powerful People in Media

2014

Who says TV news is dead? The industry has produced record ratings over the past year (all three evening newscasts adding viewers in 2014, Good Morning America's ascent to the top of the morning heap has netted more than $100 million in ad revenue), as well as the most seismic changes in years with rarely seen network shake-ups in late night, the morning and daytime.

After 30-plus years in television, David Letterman, late night's last iconoclast, will retire next year. And, with Letterman's blessing, Stephen Colbert will inherit the Late Show mantle, shedding his conservative blowhard persona. Ben Sherwood's stewardship of ABC News earned him Anne Sweeney's $12 billion portfolio, while Sherwood's No. 2, James Goldston, a former BBC News producer and the first in his family to attend college (he went to Oxford), was named news division president April 10. Goldston is the second Brit to lead an American news division: Deborah Turness, who joined NBC News last summer from the U.K.'s ITV, is also the first woman to head a U.S. news organization.

Following multiple anchor exits (Sam Champion, Josh Elliott), GMA executives recruited Michael Strahan. And after a half-century in TV news, Barbara Walters on May 16 will make her final bow on The View, the daytime show she created that has spawned a stream of imitators.

There are new players in New York's churning media culture, too: the digital visionaries (Vice's Shane Smith, BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti and Ben Smith) and the sports execs who spend billions to bring us the most potent TV content in a time-shifted universe (ESPN's John Skipper, NBC's Mark Lazarus, CBS' Sean McManus).

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U.S director Oliver Stone arrives for the 4th Beijing International Film Festival held in Beijing, China, Wednesday, April 16, 2014.
Photo by Ng Han Guan

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Canadian Government Scolds

Jimmy Carter

The Keystone XL pipeline issue has created a tiff between a former U.S. president and the Canadian government.

The Prime Minister's Office reacted swiftly Wednesday to a letter signed by Nobel laureates, including Jimmy Carter, urging President Barack Obama to reject the pipeline.

Carter is the first former president to come out against Keystone.

The letter from the Nobel winners released Wednesday warned Barack Obama that the pipeline issue is key to his legacy.

"You stand on the brink of making a choice that will define your legacy on one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced - climate change," says the letter, also signed by nine other Nobel laureates, including South African archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Jimmy Carter

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Hong Kong actor Tony Leung, right poses with his wife actress Carina Lau on the red carpet of the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards in Hong Kong Sunday, April 13, 2014.
Photo by Vincent Yu

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All Past, Present Co-Hosts

'The View'

As part of The View's week-long farewell to Barbara Walters, the ABC daytime show will reunite all 11 of its past and present co-hosts on Thursday, May 15.

This will be the first time ever all 11 women will share the same stage and could include some fireworks, given that it will involve the reunion of former adversaries Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Other former co-hosts attending include Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Joy Behar, Debbie Matenopoulos and Lisa Ling.

Current panelists Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy will also be on hand.

'The View'

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A company from Korea performs in a play titled "Panguntnori Cheongbae" during a dress rehearsal at the XIV Iberoamerican Theatre Festival in Bogota April 16, 2014. About 40 international theatre groups and 30 Colombian theatre companies will take part in the festival, which runs till April 20.
Photo by John Vizcaino

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Grumpiest At Age 70

Men

It seems the phrase "grumpy old men" has some truth to it.

According to a recently released report, the age when grumpiness kicks in for men is approximately age 70.

Researchers believe that from the age of about 50 onward, men have fewer obstacles to deal with in life, resulting in them being more equipped to deal with adversity. But at age 70, it's all downhill from there.

In the study published in the March issue of Psychology and Aging, 80% of the examined 1,315 men between the ages of 53 and 85 (mostly military veterans who participated in the 15-year survey) said that at age 50, life became easier.

Shockingly, all of them agreed that their life happiness began to decline at age 70 for reasons including health issues, their decline of cognitive responses and the loss of loved ones, such as a spouse.

Men

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Volunteers paint over graffiti on the walls of Hinchliffe Stadium, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in Paterson, N.J. Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson was once home to the New York Black Yankees, the New York Cubans and other Negro League baseball teams. Eleven members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame played there, including Larry Doby. The crumbling Art Deco stadium was granted national historic landmark status in 2013. Lawmakers are pushing to designate it as part of the nearby Great Falls National Historical Park.
Photo by Julio Cortez

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Video Doesn't Show Wreckage

Amelia Earhart

Experts retained by an aircraft preservation group say underwater video shot in the South Pacific yields no evidence of the wreckage of the missing plane piloted by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.

Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1932. She was trying to become the first female to circle the globe when she and her navigator disappeared somewhere in the South Pacific in 1937.

The mystery of what happened to Earhart and the twin-engine Lockheed Electra she was piloting holds a continuing fascination for The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) of Pennsylvania and its executive director, Richard E. Gillespie.

Wyoming resident Timothy Mellon, son of the late philanthropist Paul Mellon, filed a federal lawsuit against the TIGHAR group and Gillespie last year. Mellon claims they had found the wreckage of Earhart's plane in 2010 but kept the discovery a secret so it could solicit money from him to continue the search.

Amelia Earhart

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Penitents from 'Las Siete Palabras' 'Seven words' brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, on the early hours of Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.
Photo by Andres Kudacki

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Judge Asked To Stop New Rule

Vidalia Onions

One of Georgia's most prominent growers of sweet Vidalia onions asked a judge Tuesday to protect him from possible sanctions by state agriculture officials as he prepares to ship his crop to grocery stores ahead of the official start date imposed by a new regulation aimed at keeping unripe onions off the market.

Delbert Bland, who grows onions on about 3,000 acres in southeast Georgia, is fighting both Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black and many of his fellow farmers who say onions are being shipped before they meet the high standard worthy of being labeled Vidalias. Bland insists he knows best when his crop is ready for market.

Bland won the first round of his legal battle in March when a new rule saying Vidalia onions can't be packed for shipping before the last full week of April was struck down in March by an Atlanta judge. However, the commissioner has told farmers he still plans to enforce the rule while the state appeals. That means he expects no Vidalia onions to be shipped before next Monday.

Growing Vidalia onions is restricted by state law to a 20-county region in southeast Georgia, and the crop has been valued at about $150 million per year. Previously, onion farmers were allowed to ship onions earlier than the official start date if federal inspectors gave them a U.S. 1 grade.

Walt Dasher was among about two dozen Vidalia onion farmers watching from the courtroom gallery Tuesday. He said early shipments of unripe onions last year was such a problem that supermarkets complained of customers returning them for refunds.

Vidalia Onions

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A woman pastes cow dung cakes on a wall for drying in the northern Indian city of Allahabad April, 16, 2014.
Photo by Jitendra Prakash

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Hipster Science

Women

The popularity of weird beards and mustaches among young men living in Brooklyn, N.Y., may be more than just a hipster fad. According to a new study, women and men find facial hair most attractive when it is rare.

When shown men's faces, men and women study participants consistently rated the faces with beards or stubble as more attractive than clean-shaven faces. But beards were most alluring when facial hair was rare, whereas clean-shaven faces gained in popularity when hairy faces were the norm.

The findings could explain why beards go in and out of style over time.

From muttonchops to soul patches, beards take many forms. People associate beards with age, masculinity and dominance, studies show. But the popularity of facial fuzz has waxed and waned over time. Sideburns peaked in popularity in 1853, sideburns with moustaches peaked in 1877, beards alone peaked in 1892 and moustaches alone peaked from 1917 to 1919, studies have found.

Women

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Newborn female bongo antelope Lilu stands next to its mother as it is enjoying the outdoor enclosure while shown to the public for the first time at the Zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The species are quite rare, only 150 specimen exist worldwide anymore.
Frank Augstein

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