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Great Site!
Thanks, again, Tim!
Reader Response
Re: SFU & Ozzy
From Rob C
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
The weather returned to 'normal', and my pal, Offshore Eddy came home.
Bought another new hard drive today. Abdul comes through again, and the newest addition should be here sometime between Friday & Tuesday. Then, will have this
one upgraded...Funny thing is I tend to drag my feet if it's called 'a change' - altogether different if it's called an 'upgrade.' Should finally be able to make the
verdammte scanner work, too.
Last Friday, at 9am (pdt), Yahoo/geochitties (the ISP of this site), stopped providing statistics. I'll admit it - I'm anal. That stats were included was a BIG plus in my book.
In trying to figure out 'why', I have been mystified by 2 topics.
1. Why is it impossible to contact Yahoo/geochitties, an ISP, by e-mail?
2. And why is their only phone number not toll-free? Especially since each call averaged over 45 minutes on hold, while foisting bad Django Reinhardt & Michael Bolton
on a captive audience?
Four (4) phone calls later, and over 3 hours on hold, I still have no answers.
Watched 'Enterprise', jeez, didn't see any of that coming up the street - NO - LOL. Can't even call it cheesy. Nor even fondue. It's Velveeta....a pasteurized, processed cheese-food product.
Tonight, Thursday, it's mostly fresh on CBS. The evening starts off with a fresh 'Survivor: Marquesas', followed by the fresh season finale of 'CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation'. It's followed by a rerun 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Stupid Human Tricks, Natalie Portman & X-Ecutioners with Xzibit and Biohazard.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers is TBA as of midnight (05/16/02), in Long Beach, CA.
It's all fresh and season finales on NBC tonight - and hour long episodes, all around. First, it's 'Friends', then 'Will & Grace', and wraps with 'ER'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Ewan McGregor and Billy Bob Thornton.
Conan's site has no guests listed til next Monday (05/20/02), but my 'TV Guide' doesn't mark the shows this week as reruns. Listed as appearing are Jill Hennessy & Will Ferrell.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly is Jolene Blalock from 'Enterprise.'
ABC bails the evening, and shows the movie 'Con Air'.
Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher are Actress Katherine LaNasa, GOP Activist Marjorie Strayer, Comedian Howie Mandel, and Author Eric Dezenhall.
The WB opts for a rerun 'Charmed' and then a fresh 'Charmed'.
Faux bails with the movie, 'The Nutty Professor' (the Eddie Murphy version).
UPN has what is still listed as 'WWF Smackdown', but should be 'WWE'...it's Entertainment, not a Federation.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
Honored in L.A.
Chuck, Bo And Little Richard
In a rare public reunion of three of the greatest names in rock 'n' roll, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Bo Diddley were toasted Tuesday for their "unique and
indelible influence on generations of music makers."
The musical pioneers picked up inaugural BMI Icon Awards at performing rights group Broadcast Music Inc.'s 50th annual pop music awards black-tie dinner at a Beverly Hills hotel.
Rather than address the crowd, they let their timeless tunes do the work. George Thorogood, Jonny Lang, Mavis Staples and Ivan Neville took turns performing versions
of such pop classics as Diddley's "I'm A Man," Richard's "Rip It Up" and Berry's "Living in the USA."
Afterwards, they took the stage to receive silver bowls inscribed, "In recognition of your unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers."
For a lot more, Chuck, Bo And Little Richard
Rosie O'Donnell Jokes
'Ozzy's The Dad'
Ozzy Osbourne already has three children with his wife, Sharon, but Rosie O'Donnell joked on Wednesday that the heavy metal singer also impregnated her girlfriend.
When Katie Couric asked on the "Today" show whether the father was singer David Crosby — the sperm provider for Melissa Etheridge's two children with ex-girlfriend
Julie Cypher — O'Donnell quipped, "It's Ozzy Osbourne, actually."
O'Donnell is a huge fan of "The Osbournes," the MTV series that goes inside Osbourne's home life, and often shows clips on her talk show.
Couric interviewed the comedian on the set of "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," sitting behind the desk while O'Donnell sat in a guest's chair. After a six-year run, the talk show's last episode is set for May 22.
'Ozzy's The Dad', Rosie Jokes
Asks Court to Recall Penthouse Issue
Judith Soltesz-Benetton
The daughter-in-law of fashion designer Luciano Benetton, shown sunbathing topless in Penthouse magazine and misidentified as tennis star Anna Kournikova,
urged a U.S. judge on Wednesday to recall the issue to keep it out of the hands of her children.
Judith Soltesz-Benetton, 28, took the stand as part of her suit against Penthouse's parent company, General Media Communications, over the unauthorized
publication of a dozen photographs of her in the magazine's June issue.
Penthouse never confirmed the identity with the Russian tennis star and Judd Burstein, Soltesz-Benetton's lawyer, alleged the magazine knew the photos
were not Kournikova but printed them anyway to increase sales.
Penthouse lawyer Laura Handman told the judge there was no evidence the magazine purposely published misidentified photos and that Guccione believed the
woman in the video looked a lot like Kournikova.
But the judge disagreed saying, "It doesn't look a lot like her."
Last week Penthouse, which is owned by financially troubled General Media Communications, acknowledged its mistake and issued a public apology. However, both
Soltesz-Benetton and Kournikova, who sued separately in California, are pursuing their cases.
The apology, which was issued in a press release and appears on the Penthouse Web site, apologizes to both women but does not mention Soltesz-Benetton by name.
Judith Soltesz-Benetton
CBS to Spin Off Ratings Champ 'CSI'
CBS Announces Fall Schedule
CBS will attack a weakness by adding four new dramas next fall in 10 p.m. time slots on weekdays, including a spinoff of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" set in Miami
and starring David Caruso.
"Family Law," "First Monday" and "The Education of Max Bickford" all got the ax. "Baby Bob" is being held for midseason.
Before he decided to stay with CBS this spring, David Letterman complained that CBS' lack of strong shows at 10 p.m. was costing him viewers. He had privately urged that "CSI: Miami,"
CBS' best bet for a new hit next fall, go in that hour.
Letterman got his wish — the show will air Mondays at 10 p.m. CBS President Leslie Moonves said improving those hours were a priority, and not necessarily because Letterman was asking for it.
CBS will move "Becker" to Sundays, trying to establish another night for comedies besides Monday. It will be paired with "Bram and Alice," about a novelist and a devoted
fan who suddenly learn they are father and daughter.
CBS' other new shows are:
_"Without a Trace," starring Anthony LaPaglia, a drama about the missing person's squad in the FBI.
_"Hack," which stars David Morse and Andre Braugher, a drama about an ex-cop turned taxi driver who seeks redemption after a fall from grace.
_"RHD/LA," a drama about robbery and homicide detectives in the Los Angeles Police Department, starring Tom Sizemore.
_"Still Standing," a blue-collar comedy about a Chicago couple trying to raise three children.
CBS Announces Fall Schedule
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'Grotesque'
The White House on May 14, 2002 said the Republican Party was selling copies of this photograph of President George W. Bush on Sept. 11 to raise campaign funds,
drawing Democratic charges it was exploiting a tragedy. The photograph shows Bush on Air Force One talking to Vice President Dick Cheney in the aftermath of the
hijacked plane attacks. The photo as depicted in the RNC pamphlet is reversed, with Bush looking to the left.
Photo by Eric Draper
Putting Down Roots
Bill and Hillary
Some were a bit skeptical when Bill and Hillary Clinton moved into leafy Westchester County after departing the White House. The Chappaqua manse seemed like a temporary
stopping place, at best. But the former first couple has been putting down real roots there - even to the extent of getting out in the garden and planting hundreds of poppies,
peonies and the like. They were spotted last weekend shopping at Michael's Nursery in Mt. Kisco, dressed in old khakis and sun hats. "They were attempting to be just like everyone
else, but they had three or four Secret Service men tagging along. It must be handy to have someone to carry your purchases, but it must be hard at times to be a past president
with all the baggage that goes with it."
Bill and Hillary
Hosting Tony Awards
Hines & Peters
Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines, former Tony winners themselves, will be the hosts of the 2002 Tony Awards saluting the best of the Broadway season.
The three-hour show is scheduled to air starting at 8 p.m. EDT June 2, with the first hour shown on PBS and the remaining two on CBS. In recent years, the
program has suffered from declining ratings, although last year expectations were high that ratings would be better. They weren't, despite the hoopla over
"The Producers," Broadway's biggest hit in years, and the presence of its stars, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, as hosts of the telecast.
The 2002 Tony Awards will be broadcast from Radio City Music Hall.
Bernadette Peters and Gregory Hines
Thanks, Alex, for sending this in!
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Rocks on Family Album
Kelly Osbourne
First, millions of television viewers witnessed the daughter of heavy-metal rock icon and heavily tattooed Ozzy Osbourne display her first tattoo, a pink heart above
her hip, on the MTV reality show "The Osbournes."
Now Kelly Osbourne, the 17-year-old with the fuchsia-colored hair whose clubbing and sibling rivalry with her 16-year-old brother Jack are seen on the hit television show has recorded a song.
She sings Madonna's 1986 hit "Papa Don't Preach" on the Osbourne Family Album, a collection of the family's favorite songs that will be released on June 11 by Epic
Records, just a few days before Father's Day.
"I chose the song Papa Don't Preach because it's like I'm handing the torch on to my daughter," Ozzy Osbourne, the former Black Sabbath lead singer, told reporters at Sony's recording studio
in Manhattan on Wednesday via a video link from Britain.
Daughter Kelly, son Jack and wife and manager Sharon sat on velvet sofas at the Sony studios, with Ozzy's video image piped in via satellite.
The family's album also features previously recorded tunes such as their former neighbor Pat Boone's version of Ozzy Osbourne's hit "Crazy Train" and John Lennon's "Imagine."
Originally, Osbourne's 18-year-old daughter Aimee, who has decided not to appear on "The Osbournes," was slated to sing Madonna's song.
For more (and some Ted Nugent bashing), Kelly Osbourne
Wedding News
Schiffer & Vaughn
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer is to marry film producer Matthew Vaughn next week in a ceremony in which glamour should be rivaled only by the secrecy around it.
Media speculation about the venue, guest list and even date has hit fever pitch as the couple refuse to reveal any details.
But a Church of England official told Reuters Wednesday that the couple had been granted a special license to marry in the eastern English county of Suffolk.
British newspapers say the 300 guests will include Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie, veteran German tennis champion Boris Becker and pop star Elton John.
Vaughn, 31, was best man at Madonna and Ritchie's wedding two years ago and produced Ritchie's hit film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels."
Schiffer, also 31, is said to have fallen for Vaughn after he gave her a tortoise as a present.
Schiffer & Vaughn
Good Parenting Shows
Chelsea Clinton
< snip> ''...(Chelsea Clinton) the 22-year-old Oxford student hasn't neglected her intellectual pursuits. Chelsea recently wrote the afterword to "The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media's Effect on Our Children," a book by one of
her Stanford professors, James P. Steyer. Clinton's two-page afterword explains the research she compiled for Steyer and also reveals how involved her parents were in her childhood TV viewing.
"I realized that it was not the constraints my parents had placed on my media consumption that enabled me to understand that what I was watching was not real and not reality," writes Clinton, "but the
fact that they often watched with me and talked to me about it…my parents had practiced parental media literacy with me."
Chelsea Clinton
'Grace' From ''Will & Grace''
Debra Messing
American actress Debra Messing salutes photographers during a photocall for Woody Allen's film, 'Hollywood ending,' at the 55th International Film Festival in Cannes, May
15, 2002. Twenty-two films are in competition for the prestigious Palme D'Or at the film jamboree on the French Riviera which begins today with the out of competition
screening of 'Hollywood Ending.'
Photo by Vincent Kessler
The Boss For Congress?
Springsteen
Sure, Bruce Springsteen was born to run. But was he born to run for office?
Political consultant Doug Friedline thinks so. He's leading a campaign to get the Boss elected as New Jersey's next U.S. senator.
A coalition calling itself "The Independence for New Jersey" launched a petition drive Tuesday to get the 800 signatures of registered voters required by June 4 to place Springsteen on the ballot.
Friedline, of Brooklyn Park, Minn., managed Jesse Ventura's successful Minnesota gubernatorial campaign in 1998.
Bruce Springsteen
Draft The Boss 2002.com
Class Act?
Pam Anderson
A little queasiness can't stop hard-partying Pam Anderson from having a good time. Friday night at Cherry on East 39th Street, the top-heavy temptress was
whooping it up at the after-party for fiance Kid Rock's Garden concert, when she suddenly tossed her cookies all over the dance floor. The lounge's security
guards surrounded the sickly sexpot and mopped up her mess, freeing Pam to keep dancing for the rest of the night.
Pam Anderson
BartCop TV!
Cited For Protest
Cynthia Nixon
Twelve protesters, including "Sex and the City" co-star Cynthia Nixon, received summonses for allegedly blocking a sidewalk outside City Hall while decrying proposed budget cuts to schools.
The 36-year-old actress, who plays Miranda Hobbes on the HBO series, and the others were charged Tuesday with disorderly conduct, police spokesman Officer Louis Camacho said. Her daughter,
Samantha, attends a city school.
The city faces a $5 billion budget deficit. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed cuts in city services, including schools, to help bridge the gap.
Cynthia Nixon
Not First Choice For 'The Godfather'
Francis Ford Coppola
Most top-flight directors would never admit they hadn't been first choice for a major movie, but Francis Ford Coppola is happy to confirm that he only got to
helm "The Godfather" series by default. At the opening of his son Roman's film "CQ," Coppola told Webster Hall curator Baird Jones that he hadn't been at all
surprised to learn that Bob Evans, then-Paramount production head, had shopped the Mario Puzo project to a bunch of other directors before getting around to
Francis himself. Before "The Godfather," Coppola said, gangster films were quite "stigmatized," and Evans evidently didn't think he had the right stuff. One
of Evan's first choices was Peter Bogdanovich, who passed. "Peter could have made a different and very terrific 'Godfather' if he had accepted the project,"
said Coppola. "I'm lucky he turned it down."
Francis Ford Coppola
After Abuse Arrest
Fox Drops Bobbitt
John Wayne Bobbitt has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman he married in March.
Bobbitt, 35, was being held Wednesday at the Clark County Detention Center on a probation violation, said police Sgt. Chris Darcy. He was arrested Monday night for investigation of battery and domestic violence, Darcy said.
Bobbitt's wife, Joanna, told police her husband pushed her to the ground. She was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and released.
Her husband's arrest, first reported by Entertainment Tonight, cost him an appearance on Fox-TV's "Celebrity Boxing 2" program.
Bobbitt was to take on Joey Buttafuoco in a bout scheduled to air on May 22. After his arrest, he was replaced by former World Wrestling Federation star Joanie Laurer, also known as Chyna.
Buttafuoco's wife, Mary Jo, was wounded by her husband's former "Long Island Lolita" girlfriend, Amy Fisher, in 1992.
Fisher lost a spot on the first "Celebrity Boxing" program in March when the New York State Parole Board refused to allow her to take part.
Bobbitt was thrust into the national spotlight in 1993 when his former wife was charged with cutting off his penis while he slept. Lorena Bobbitt, who argued she had been the victim of an abusive husband, was found innocent by reason of insanity.
After successful surgery to reattach his penis, Bobbitt made a number of adult films.
In 1997, he moved to Nevada, where he has worked in a brothel and as a bartender and tow truck operator. A Nevada judge placed him on five years probation in 1999 after he pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny.
Bobbitt Out, Chyna In
Bobbitt Details
Looks like John Wayne Bobbitt has been cut out of Celebrity Boxing 2.
The purported celebrity best known for having his penis lopped off by his ex-wife, Lorena (thus inspiring the term "bobbitize"), was arrested Monday night in Las Vegas
and charged with beating his new wife, prompting Fox to drop him from its upcoming bout.
The 35-year-old ex-Marine spent the night behind bars for punching and kicking his new wife, Joanne (the two married seven weeks ago at a chapel on the Vegas Strip),
after she refused to accompany him to Los Angeles and watch him go two rounds against the equally nefarious Joey Buttafuoco in Celebrity Boxing 2.
"I told him I didn't want to go to the Celebrity Boxing event and he just lost it," Joanne told the New York Post. "He told I was screwing everything up and that [Fox]
was sending two tickets to the event, and I had to go."
She says Bobbit slammed her to ground, fracturing her tailbone and finger. Las Vegas police confirm that Bobbit was arrested on charges of misdemeanor battery and domestic
violence and for violating his 1999 probation on attempted grand larceny (he tried to steal $150,000 worth of clothes).
Bobbit, who told police his wife injured herself in a fall, has a history of domestic abuse. He was convicted two times in 1994 for beating a former fiancée, according to
the Las Vegas Review-Journal. And Lorena Bobbit was found innocent by reason of insanity for the penis attack after telling jurors how abusive he had been.
He spent 12 hours behind bars before being released Tuesday morning on $5,000 bail.
Although Bobbit managed to get out of jail, Fox decided not to keep him on the Celebrity Boxing 2 card, replacing him with former WWF wrestling babe Joanie Laurer, otherwise known as Chyna.
Joanne Bobbit, meanwhile, is recovering from her injuries. She has obtained a temporary restraining order against him and says she intends to file for divorce.
Bobbitt Details
Sticks, Stems & Seeds
Mississippi Medical Marijuana
In the world of high-grade marijuana, sticks, seeds and stems are not welcome ingredients.
Medical marijuana researchers said they found such cannabis chaff among pot from a government farm, and say their patients deserve kinder buds.
The government-grown marijuana is being provided to San Mateo County for the first publicly funded analysis of HIV patients smoking the drug at home.
But some of the patients and medical marijuana advocacy groups say the Mississippi-grown weed is weak.
"It's unconscionable that they would be giving this marijuana to patients," said Dale Gieringer, state coordinator for NORML, the National Organization
for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. "It's stale, low-potency ditch weed."
The government defended its marijuana, saying it "does not contain sticks and seeds."
Isn't That Trent Lott's State?
(Is there a song, where Cheech sings, playing in your head, too? LOL)
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'The Osbournes'
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Put up a page devoted to 'The Osbournes'
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