BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 30 April, 2009

Thursday

30 April, 2009

(Updated Daily)


[643 days in a row]

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GOP To Replace Arlen with Phil Spector


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

100 DAY IMPACT ON YOUR STATE
"Take [a] minute to check out this interactive map. More exciting to me are the increased emphasis on funding basic research, on rebuilding infrastructure, and the like. But that may be because I don't have to worry about losing my job or providing a poor child with health insurance or making ends meet." -- Andrew Tobias


Mark Morford: The vampires of Facebook (sfgate.com)
Could it actually be dangerous to connect with everyone you ever knew?


Sam Kean: Where's Our Scapegoat? (slate.com)
Meet Ivar Kreuger, greedy villain of the 1930s.


Jack Shafer: Newspaper Death Foretold by Warren Buffett!!! (slate.com)
In 1992, the oracle of Omaha predicted the decline of newspapers, magazines, and TV.


Rob Horning: Box Of Books In The Trash (popmatters.com)
Who says serendipity is dead? While I was jogging around my neighborhood yesterday, my run was interrupted by one of my favorite things to stumble upon-a box of books being thrown out.


Michael Dirda : Review of "Graham Greene: A Life in Letters," edited by Richard Greene (weeklystandard.com)
Nobody, as the literary scholar Samuel Hynes once observed, has ever wanted to be a Graham Greene character. His men and women are murderers, traitors, unhappy adulterous lovers, sinners of every stripe--and he doesn't glamorize their seediness, their misery, or their desperation. Evelyn Waugh bluntly called them "charmless." Nearly all of them dwell in a shadowy fictive world of hunter and hunted, where love itself leads mainly to anguish and loss.


'Nina Simone' by David Brun-Lambert (timesonline.co.uk)
The 'Sunday Times' review by Clive Davis: A life of extraordinary talent marred by ill-fated liaisons and inner turmoil.


20 QUESTIONS: Indigo Girls (popmatters.com)
Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls tells us how she'd like to dine with Jesus and urges the President to legalize gay marriage.


Len Righi: Indie-folk act Lewis & Clarke shines a soft light (The Morning Call)
Over 20-plus years as a musician, Lou Rogai has learned that a whisper can be as powerful as a scream.


Doves: 'We never wanted to be rock stars' (guardian.co.uk)
Their manager died, their studio burned down, and they missed out on a No 1 spot by four sales. But Doves refuse to be bitter. Simon Hattenstone joins the band on tour.


Roger Ebert: Movies that are made for forever
I have feelings more than ideas. I am tired, but very happy. My 11th annual film festival has just wrapped at the Virginia Theater in my home town, and what I can say is, it worked. There is no such thing as the best year or the worst year. But there is such a thing as a festival where every single film seemed to connect strongly with the audience. Sitting in the back row, seeing these films another time, sensing the audience response, I thought: Yes, these films are more than good, and this audience is a gathering of people who feel that.


Christopher Goodwin: "Sasha Grey: from porn star to film star" (timesonline.co.uk)
Sasha Grey plays the lead in 'The Girlfriend Experience,' an art-house Secret Diary of a Call Girl about a New York 'escort.'


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GOP Celebrates Their First 100 Daze


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The Weekly Poll

The 'First 100 Days - Pluses and Minuses' Edition...

Well, Poll-fans, President Obama, aka 'The Man', has reached the first 100 days of his administration. We might as well jump on the wagon with everyone who is evaluating his work and make an assessment of our own...

What are the Pluses and the Minuses of The Man's First Hundred days?




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Sick Days


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Trivia Question Of The Day

On the old TV series Maverick there were 4 brothers. Which name does not belong?

   A    Bart
   B    Beau
   C    Blake
   D    Bret
   E    Brent



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Trivia Question from Yesterday

What is the name of Gumby's dog?

   A    Elwood
  B    Nopey
   C    Peppy
   D    Pokey
   E    Yappy                   Source

Gumby's principal sidekick is Pokey, a talking pony, and his nemeses are the Blockheads. Other characters are Gumby's dog Nopey (who responds to everything with a gloomy "nope"); Prickle, a yellow dinosaur or dragon; Goo, a flying blue mermaid who spits blue goo-balls; Gumby's mother Gumba; Gumby's father Gumbo; his sister Minga; Denali (a mastodon); Tilly (a hen); King Ott; and Professor Kapp.           Source





Baron Dave ("I can't even despise myself with any insight."  --  Sam Rockwell (as Chuck Barris), Confessions of A Dangerous Mind) was first, but wrong, with:
   I'm not sure whether to be proud or ashamed that I watched Gumby cartoons at the time. Some of the nascent claymation was pretty clever, but mostly it was just dumb. Of course, most of the stuff I watched when in single digits was dumb. At least I got pop culture references out of it.
  Anyway: Gumby and Pokey. Years later, I wondered what happened to Gumbemon, but that's a different story.




Alan J answered:
   D Pokey



Charlie nailed it with:
   The dog with a negative attitude.

  B Nopey




Jim from CA responded:
   Nopey



Vic in AK replied:
   OH...Too EASY Marty!
    
  The answer is of course W: "Gumbo"...cuz the lil rodent looks like a piece of Okra .
  On a related note, Okra is also what the Eskimos call Killer Whales cuz both taste great in Gumbo...which by the way is the name of Gumby's Dog.




Sally said:
   Gumby, circa, 1954 had a dog named, Nopey (B). But, when I think about Gumby, all I can picture is Eddie Murphy portraying his Yiddish Gumby on Saturday Night Live! Now THAT was hilarious!
  Oh, and UTube has many "Gumby" video's for those interested in seeing some vintage TV :)
  PS: Happy 100th Day President Obama!




Marian the Teacher answered:
   Elwood



And, MAM     replied:
   B Nopey is the name of Gumby's dog.

  YouTubes:



  

Looks like May is going to be Latino Book Giveaway Month and/or Asian Heritage Book Giveaway Month.

More details tomorrow!




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Talkeetna 'Incident'

Alaska



I dont know if it's just me but I think I would of made brown if I was a passenger on this flight.....


Vic in AK


Thanks, Vic!
Holy crap!

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE!

IT COULDN'T HAPPEN TO A NICER BUNCH OF MORANS!

DICKHEAD HAS TO STOP WATCHING TELEVISION!

"100 DAYS" NONSENSE!

REPEAL THE 22ND AMENDMENT!

EX-SPECTER-ATION!

WELL, HE'S A BASTARD BUT HE'S OUR BASTARD

Born Again American

TAKING THE BLACK OUT OF CRACK!

FUCK YOU TONY!

GO AWAY NORM!

FURTHER PROOF THAT THE REPUGS ARE MORANS!

JOB OPENING!

PIRATES MY ASS!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Overcast til lunchtime, then nice & sunny.



Tonight, Thursday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Survivor: Brazil', followed by a FRESH 'CSI: The Original One', then a FRESH 'Harper's Island'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Regis Philbin and a performance by the Broadway cast of "Hair".
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Michael Douglas and Carrie Ann Inaba.

NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'My Name Is Earl', followed by a (F) 'Parks & Recreation', then a FRESH 'The Office', followed by a FRESH '30 Rock', then a FRESH 'Southland'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Matthew McConaughey, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, and Starsailor.
On a RERUN Jimmy Fallon (from 3/3/09) are Tina Fey, Jon Bon Jovi, and Santigold.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 4/14/09) are Cameron Richardson, Eric Price, and Adele.

ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Ugly Betty', followed by a FRESH 'Grey's Anatomy', then a FRESH 'Private Practice'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Brooke Shields, Balthazar Getty, and Kumail Nanjiani.

The CW offers a FRESH 'Smallville', followed by a FRESH 'Supernatural'.

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

MY fills the night with the movie 'Transporter 2'.

A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', and still another 'The First 48'.

AMC offers the movie 'The Negotiator', followed by the movie 'The American President', then the movie 'The American President', again.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    The Hotel Inspector - Episode 10
 [1:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 16
 [1:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 12
 [2:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place
 [3:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 3
 [4:00 PM]    The Hotel Inspector - Episode 6
 [5:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 4
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 1 La Parra de Burriana
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    Top Gear - Episode 7
 [9:00 PM]    Transvestite Wives - Transvestite Wives
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    Top Gear - Episode 7
 [12:00 AM]    Transvestite Wives - Transvestite Wives
 [1:00 AM]    Top Gear - Episode 7
 [2:00 AM]    Transvestite Wives - Transvestite Wives
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 4 Ricky Gervais, Thandie Newton )
 [4:00 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 16
 [4:30 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 12
 [5:00 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 17
 [5:30 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 13
 [6:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 11 Smith    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Millionaire Matchmaker', another 'Millionaire Matchmaker', still another 'Millionaire Matchmaker', followed by a FRESH 'Millionaire Matchmaker'.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', , and another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Hugh Jackman.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Ethan Nadelman.

FX has the movie 'Spawn', followed by the movie 'Hellboy', then the movie 'Hellboy', again.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Gangland', followed by a FRESH 'Gangland', then a FRESH 'Warriors'.

IFC  -   
 [6:20 AM]   Requiem
 [7:50 AM]   IFC News Special
 [8:00 AM]   Millions
 [9:45 AM]   Fast Food Nation
 [11:45 AM]   IFC Short Film Showcase
 [12:45 PM]   Requiem
 [2:20 PM]   IFC in Theaters
 [2:30 PM]   Millions
 [4:15 PM]   Fast Food Nation
 [6:15 PM]   Cherry 2000
 [8:00 PM]   Super Troopers
 [9:45 PM]   Fargo
 [11:30 PM]   Blue Velvet
 [1:35 AM]   Super Troopers
 [3:20 AM]   Spider
 [3:30 AM]   Fargo
 [5:15 AM]   Millions    (ALL TIMES EDT)

SciFi has all 'Eureka' all ngiht.

Sundance  -   
 [06:00 AM]   Eco Trip: Eco Trip - 102
 [06:30 AM]   Carbon Cops: Carbon Cops - 102
 [07:00 AM]   The World
 [09:20 AM]   Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964)
 [11:00 AM]   Pulling - Season 2: Episode 6
 [11:30 AM]   John Safran vs. God: Episode 2
 [12:00 PM]   It's Not Easy Being Green Season 2: Episode 1
 [12:30 PM]   On the Road in America: Episode 3 - Chicago
 [01:00 PM]   A Slim Peace
 [02:00 PM]   Hannah Takes The Stairs
 [03:35 PM]   The Duchess Of Langleais
 [06:00 PM]   The Favor
 [08:00 PM]   Spectacle: Renee Fleming
 [09:00 PM]   Sin City Law: Gladys' Choice, Part One
 [10:00 PM]   4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
 [12:00 AM]   Spectacle: Renee Fleming
 [01:00 AM]   Sin City Law: Gladys' Choice, Part One
 [02:00 AM]   The Yacoubian Building
 [04:50 AM]   A Slim Peace
 [05:50 AM]   Dog     (ALL TIMES EDT)

TCM pays tribute to Eve Arden, who was born on this day in 1908, then spends the night with Denzel Washington.
 [6:15 AM]      Manpower (1941)
 [8:00 AM]      She Couldn't Say No (1941)
 [9:15 AM]      Whistling In The Dark (1941)
 [10:45 AM]      The Doughgirls (1944)
 [12:30 PM]      Mildred Pierce (1945)
 [2:30 PM]      Pan-Americana (1945)
 [4:00 PM]      My Reputation (1946)
 [5:45 PM]      Night And Day (1946)

 [8:00 PM]      Glory (1989)
 [10:15 PM]      Philadelphia (1993)
 [12:30 AM]      A Soldier's Story (1984)
 [2:30 AM]      The Mighty Quinn (1989)

 [4:30 AM]      Lost Lagoon (1958)     (ALL TIMES EDT)


Friday  -  05/01/09

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Sporting Blood (1931)
 [7:30 AM]      Racing Lady (1937)
 [8:45 AM]      Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
 [10:15 AM]      Pride Of The Bluegrass (1939)
 [11:30 AM]      Harrigan's Kid (1943)
 [1:00 PM]      The Story Of Seabiscuit (1949)
 [2:45 PM]      A Girl In Every Port (1952)
 [4:30 PM]      Fast Company (1953)
 [6:00 PM]      Glory (1956)
 [8:00 PM]      Dr. No (1962)
 [10:00 PM]      From Russia With Love (1963)
 [12:00 AM]      On the Fiddle (1961)
 [2:00 AM]      Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987)
 [3:30 AM]      Short Film: Social Seminar: Changing (1971)
 [4:00 AM]      Blow-Up (1966)     (ALL TIMES EDT)



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Actress Halle Berry waves as she arrives at an industry screening of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California April 28, 2009. The movie opens in the U.S. on May 1.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni

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Mouths Off Against H8

Shanna Moakler

Former Miss USA Shanna Moakler has been pretty vocal about what she thinks of Miss California Carrie Prejean's views on gay marriage.

Moakler, who is executive director of the Miss California USA pageant, along with Miss USA 2006 first runner-up Tamiko Nash and last year's titleholder Raquel Beezley were in a photo studio last night being shot by Adam Bouska for NOH8, a campaign to support efforts to overturn Proposition 8...

The three women were shot together with duct tape over their mouths, a symbol of their voices not being heard, and "NOH8" painted on their cheeks.

The project was started by Bouska, 25, and his partner, Jeff Parshley, 28, in November after the passage of Prop 8 outlawed same-sex unions in the state.

"We never expected to have so many beauty queens participate. The whole campaign, obviously, is not a direct message to Miss California, but now she happened to have put herself in the line of fire," Bouska says about his newest pic of the Moakler et al.

Shanna Moakler

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In this photo released by Starpix, Tilda Swinton and Gael Garcia Bernel arrive for a special screening of their film 'The Limits of Control,' in New York, Tuesday, April 28, 2009. The film opens in New York and Los Angeles on May 1st.
Photo by Dave Allocca

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Duke Ellington Painting To Smithsonian

Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett donated a watercolor he made of longtime friend Duke Ellington to a Smithsonian museum on Wednesday, the 110th anniversary of the jazz great's birth.

The painting depicts Ellington with a bouquet of pink roses in the background. The jazz musician made a habit of sending Bennett a dozen roses when he wrote a new tune in hopes that Bennett would record the piece.

"Every time the roses came, I said 'Oh, Duke wrote another song,'" Bennett said.

Bennett, 82, has been a lifelong painter and still takes up a brush every day. He gave the watercolor to the National Portrait Gallery, the third painting he has donated to the Smithsonian Institution, following a portrait of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald and a painting of New York's Central Park.

Tony Bennett

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Tom Hanks Tribute

Julia Roberts

Tom Hanks was the guest of honour at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute, attended by a star-studded audience of friends and former colleagues.

After entertainment, including a performance by Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa, Roberts, who appeared alongside Hanks in 2007 movie Charlie Wilson's War, stepped onstage to toast her pal with a hilarious, foul-mouthed rant.

After starting with the line, "OK, it's late and I'm paying my babysitter overtime and I have to pee," the Pretty Woman star noted, "Everybody f**king likes you", and then complimented Hanks' wife Rita Wilson's breasts, figure and perfect butt before giving a critique of some of the star's less acclaimed movies.

She joked, "Tom Hanks, what the f**k? Bosom Buddies, people... (I'm a) big fan, big fan. I saw Turner and Hooch, The Money Pit... You in the airport with the accent (The Terminal) - it was a pass for me."

Julia Roberts

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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To Plant 2.7 Million Trees

Disney

Walt Disney Studios is turning box-office cash from its nature documentary "Earth" into seed money to plant trees in the rain forest.

Disney had announced it would plant one tree in Brazil's endangered Atlantic rain forest for every viewer who saw the movie during its first week. According to Disney, the box-office tally hit $16.1 million, which translates to 2.7 million trees.

The trees are being planted by the Nature Conservancy, which is trying to reforest 2.5 million acres in the rain forest.

Disney

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A South American Jaguar tries to reach a mock bone containing food at Buenos Aires' Zoo, April 29, 2009. Argentina celebrated Animal Rights Day today.
Photo by Marcos Brindicci

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Jury Duty

Mr. T

Mr. T showed up for jury duty, then was dismissed after hours of down time - which he used to sign autographs and pose for pictures.

Mr. T was called for jury duty at Cook County Circuit Court on Monday. The Chicago native said he enjoyed fulfilling his civic responsibilities, even though he found - like countless others - that hours can pass before a judge decides to dismiss you.

He showed up for jury duty in camouflage pants, a T-shirt and a longer version of his usual Mohawk haircut.

Mr. T

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Roman Glass Dish Found

Londinium

Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman glass bowl, thought to be a unique find in the Western Roman Empire, at an ancient cemetery beyond the walls of the old city of London.

The "millefiori" dish (a thousand flowers), believed to date from around the 2nd to 3rd century A.D., is a mosaic of hundreds of indented blue petals with white bordering.

Archaeologists said the dish was colored bright red when it was first pulled from the earth, as the intricate design was imbedded in opaque red glass.

The bright vermilion color has slowly disappeared since excavation as the water-saturated glass dried out. The moisture had preserved the original coloring, but some of the pigment is still distinguishable around the rim.

Londinium

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Vidiot Speak

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Travolta Case

Bahamas

An ambulance driver and a former senator have pleaded not guilty to charges that they tried to extort $25 million from actor John Travolta following the death of his teenage son in the Bahamas.

Former Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater remains free on $50,000 bail as does Tarino Lightbourne. He also no longer has to report daily to police.

They pleaded not guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit extortion and aiding to attempted extortion.

Both are accused of demanding money to keep secret a document related to the treatment of the celebrity's son. Jett Travolta died of a seizure in January at a family vacation home in Grand Bahama.

Bahamas

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Bees converge on a red hot poker growing in the flower garden of the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico in Roswell, N.M., on a warm, sunny Wednesday afternoon, April 29, 2009.
Photo by Mark Wilson

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Released From Prison

Lane Garrison

Lane Garrison, who was serving a sentence of three years and four months for a drunken driving crash, has been released from prison.

The former "Prison Break" actor was paroled and picked up at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday from the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, Calif., Lt. Jon Bartelmie said.

Garrison was charged after a December 2006 crash in which he rammed his Land Rover into a tree, killing Vahagn Setian, 17, and injuring two other teenage girls.

He later pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and misdemeanor counts of drunken driving and giving alcohol to a minor.

Lane Garrison

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Slaughtering All Pigs

Egypt

Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precaution against swine flu even though no cases have been reported here, infuriating farmers who blocked streets and stoned vehicles of Health Ministry workers who came to carry out the government's order.

The measure was a stark expression of the panic the deadly outbreak is spreading around the world, especially in poor countries with weak public health systems. Egypt responded similarly a few years ago to an outbreak of bird flu, which is endemic to the country and has killed two dozen people.

At one large pig farming center just north of Cairo, scores of angry farmers blocked the street to prevent Health Ministry workers in trucks and bulldozers from coming in to slaughter the animals. Some pelted the vehicles with rocks and shattered their windshields and the workers left without killing any pigs.

"We remind Hosni Mubarak that we are all Egyptians. Where does he want us to go?" said Gergis Faris, a 46-year-old pig farmer in another part of Cairo who collects garbage to feed his animals. "We are uneducated people, just living day by day and trying to make a living, and now if our pigs are taken from us without compensation, how are we supposed to live?"

Egypt

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Actor Mel Gibson and actress Oksana Grigorieva arrive at an industry screening of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California April 28, 2009. The movie opens in the U.S. on May 1.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni

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Another Good Catholic

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's penchant for pretty women is a source of "suffering" for his wife, she wrote in an open letter published Wednesday.

"I want it to be clear that I and my children are the victims and not accomplices in this situation. We must put up with it and that makes us suffer," Veronica Lario wrote.

The letter, the second such public outburst from Lario, dealt mainly with Berlusconi's choices of candidates from his People of Freedom party to stand in European Union elections set for June. Some are reportedly pretty young women with no political experience.

Lario also had a comment Wednesday about Berlusconi's presence at a birthday party in Naples for a pretty 18-year-old.

"I was very surprised to learn that, because he didn't come to any of his children's 18th birthday parties, even though he was invited."

Silvio Berlusconi

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Prime-Time Nielsens

Ratings

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for April 20-26. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

    1. (2) "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 23.96 million viewers.
    2. (1) "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 23.95 million viewers.
    3. (3) "Dancing With The Stars," ABC, 20.53 million viewers.
    4. (7) "Dancing With The Stars Results," ABC, 14.73 million viewers.
    5. (4) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 14.64 million viewers.
    6. (X) "Criminal Minds" special, CBS, 13.72 million viewers.
    7. (9) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 13.64 million viewers.
    8. (15) "Grey's Anatomy" ABC, 13.51 million viewers.
    9. (X) "NCIS" special, CBS, 12.65 million viewers.
   10. (X) "The Mentalist" special, CBS, 12.46 million viewers.
   11. (11) "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 11.48 million viewers.
   12. (17) "Survivor: Tocantins," CBS, 11.3 million viewers.
   13. (26) "Rules of Engagement," CBS, 10.59 million viewers.
   14. (20) "Cold Case," CBS, 10.57 million viewers.
   15. (9) "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.52 million viewers.
   16. (20) "24," Fox, 10.34 million viewers.
   17. (28) "Amazing Race 14," CBS, 10.27 million viewers.
   18. (49) "Fringe," Fox, 9.9 million viewers.
   19. (30) "Surviving Suburbia," ABC, 9.87 million viewers.
   20. (12) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 9.84 million viewers.

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A duck passes under a bridge in Lazienki park in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, April 28, 2009.
Photo by Czarek Sokolowski

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