BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 16 May, 2013

Thursday

16 May, 2013

(Updated Daily)

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Ana Marie Cox: "Jason Richwine is a bigot who shows the pitfalls of partisan 'analysis'" (Guardian)
The disgraced Heritage Foundation fellow isn't just racist, he uses bad science. How did he get this far?


Froma Harrop: Democrats and the 'Ethics' of Max Baucus (Creators Syndicate)
Max Baucus' reputation as one of the most ethically challenged members of the U.S. Senate is well earned. The Montana Democrat's decision to retire in 2014 can't help but improve the chamber's sorry record of self-enrichment at taxpayers' expense. But Baucus has over a year left to do more mischief.


Deborah Orr: As someone who uses alcohol as a prop myself, I can see there's a problem (Guardian)
A new study, from the universities of Newcastle and Sunderland and published in the public health journal BMC, claims that: "Middle class professionals who drink at home are the country's biggest problem drinkers because they think they know better than health experts." I'm not sure that drinking because you think you know better than experts can really be more detrimental to health than drinking because you have absolutely no idea what experts may think.


Lucy Mangan: "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken" (Guardian)
When I was 13, we all had to do a school project on the Brontės, and once you've given teenage girls a taste of their alienated, agonised, windswept history ("God, they're just like me but without central heating!") the mental and temporal distances between you telescope nicely and the hitherto imposing books on the shelf suddenly transform from menacing to manageable.


President Barack Obama: "Reach Back" (2012 Commencement Address at Barnard College)
Every day you receive a steady stream of sensationalism and scandal and stories with a message that suggest change isn't possible; that you can't make a difference; that you won't be able to close that gap between life as it is and life as you want it to be. My job today is to tell you don't believe it. Because as tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher.


Flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro (YouTube)
Copenhagen Phil playing Peer Gynt.


Hadley Freeman: Angelina Jolie has done something extraordinary (Guardian)
In publicly discussing her double mastectomy, the actor has challenged the celebrity industry to rethink its bizarre values - and she has done all women a huge service.


Ryan J. Leeds and Chan Teik Onn: "5 Well-Known Tips for Healthy Eating (That Don't Work)" (Cracked)
#5. Diet Soda Helps You Lose Weight.



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Trivia Question of the Day


What Pete Seeger song, with the exception of the last line, is adapted entirely from the Bible's Book of Ecclesiastes?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


What bench was Arlo Guthrie forced to sit on at 39 Whitehall Street?


      Group W Bench                                                      Source


"Alice's Restaurant" recounts Guthrie's true, but comically exaggerated, Thanksgiving Day adventure as a satirical, deadpan protest against the Vietnam War draft. On November 25, 1965, the 18-year-old Guthrie and his friend Richard Robbins, 19, were arrested by Stockbridge police officer William "Obie" Obanhein for illegally dumping some of Alice's garbage after discovering that the town dump was closed for the holiday. Two days later, they pleaded guilty in court before a blind judge, James E. Hannon. In the end, Guthrie and Robbins were fined $25 and told to pick up their garbage.

The song goes on to describe Guthrie's being called up for the draft, and the surreal bureaucracy at the New York City induction center at 39 Whitehall Street. Guthrie's first stop is a physical examination, which he passes despite the lingering effects of getting drunk the night before. Guthrie is then sent for a psychological examination; in an attempt to portray himself as insane, he indicates to the psychiatrist that he is homicidal, which (to Guthrie's disappointment) the examiner views favorably. In the final line of questioning before induction, the officer asks Guthrie about any record of arrests. Guthrie tells the story of the littering incident, which proves significant enough a criminal offense to potentially disqualify him from military service. He is first sent to the Group W bench, where those draftees wait who cannot be inducted except under a moral waiver, then are rejected as unfit for military service. The ironic punch line of the story is that, in the words of Guthrie, "I'm sittin' here on the Group W bench 'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough to join the Army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug." The officer rejects Guthrie for military service, declaring "we don't like your kind" and sending his fingerprints to the FBI.        Source


YouTube - Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording

YouTube - Alice's Restaurant (Full 23 Minute Song)

LYRICS - Alice's Restaurant







Charlie was first, and correct, with:
   Group W.




Alan J wrote:
   Group W Bench



Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
   He is first sent to the Group W bench, where those draftees wait who cannot be inducted except under a moral waiver, then are rejected as unfit for military service.



mj replied:
   Can't quite remember what he called it
  But it was in the selective service office and reserved for mother killers, father rapers, and others not fit to kill in the name of the US of A. They all scooted away from him when the found out he had been arrested for littering, but were reassured when he added "and disturbing the peace" that he was a safe associate.




Adam answered:
   Officer Obie's chair?



Sally said:
   As Arlo Guthrie tells us in his famous song, "Alice's Restaurant": "... I'm sitting here on the bench-the Group W bench-because you want to know if I'm moral enough join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug."

  Yeah, I have this record too, somewhere, along with the other lost treasures. Hear tell that records are coming back - now if I only still had a player. (I still think the sound was better in stereo than the 3-something players...)




Dale of Diamond Springs, CA, replied:
   And I, I walked over to the, to the bench there, and there is, Group W's where they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the army after committing your special crime, and there was all kinds of mean nasty ugly looking people on the bench there. Mother rapers. Father stabbers. Father rapers! Father rapers sitting right there on the bench next to me! And they was mean and nasty and ugly and horrible crime-type guys sitting on the bench next to me. And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one, the meanest father raper of them all, was coming over to me and he was mean 'n' ugly 'n' nasty 'n' horrible and all kind of things and he sat down next to me and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?" I said, "I didn't get nothing, I had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage." He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?" And I said, "Littering." And they all moved away from me on the bench there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I said, "And creating a nuisance." And they all came back, shook my hand, and we had a great time on the bench, talkin about crime, mother stabbing, father raping, all kinds of groovy things that we was talking about on the bench. And everything was fine, we was smoking cigarettes and all kinds of things, until the Sargeant came over, had some paper in his hand, held it up and said.



Marian is still enjoying some footloose and internets-free days.
  



Gene responded:
   Mr Guthrie was seated on the Group W bench.
  (There is a Group W bench in a passageway by the Hotel Ft Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa.)




Kenny answered:
   Arlo Guthrie was forced to sit on the Group W bench. For littering ("and they all moved away from me on the bench") and creating a nuisance ("and they all came over, shook my hand...").



MAM   wrote:
   Group W bench, where those draftees wait who cannot be inducted except under a moral waiver, then are rejected as unfit for military service.

  Alice's Restaurant Group W Bench




BttbBob   is on a mission and offline.
   May 16 Birthdays - Celebrities Born May 16 | Famous Birthdays



And, Joe S     took the day off.
  


  

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Spike Jensen « My POV

Hoop Dreams 2

I had this really strange dream last night. Must have had some connection with me watching the NBA playoffs lately. Anyway, it seemed so real. I was at the YMCA walking by the basketball court when 4 guys yelled over to me saying they needed a 5th to run with them in the next game. I think I was on my way to the treadmill to do my regular 4 or 5 minutes when one of the guys I think was Kobe Bryant said if I didn't play they couldn't get next game as there was no else around. When I tried to ignore him and keep walking Carmelo Anthony asked me if I was deaf or just a little bitch. When I said thanks but no thanks I think it was Michael Westbrook who finally talked me into playing with them. He said all of them would sign my Sonicsgate T-shirt I had on afterwards so I gave in and said ok. The 4th guy was Brandon Jennings but he didn't say much to me at all which was surprising. Now I should say for those reading this that are not hoop fans I think you need to understand this story is not really about sports but more about being around really, really selfish assholes. I'm guessing that topic is one just about everyone deals with each day so bear with me as I throw this out on that world wide web thingy. I mean who doesn't have a person at the office who takes 3 or 4 donuts to bring home to the kids when some generous co-worker buys a dozen for everyone? Or the relative at a gathering who always takes the last piece of pizza before he has eaten the other 2 already on his plate? And I know just about everyone has had to put up with the jerk on the freeway who refuses to let you merge into his lane because he would lose one car length in his commute home. I am pretty sure you already get how many "me first" humans take up space around us so yeah, this dream could have just as easily been about my ex girl-friends older brother or my aunt's husband but guess my messed up mind was still focused on the NBA for some reason.

What I still remember now is before we checked the ball in to the other team I could see how scared they were. I mean one of the guys actually had to run to the locker room as he peed right on the floor. I don't think they were freaked out about getting beat cuz that was guaranteed even with me playing, no I think they were worried that after this game they would never, ever set foot on a basketball court again as it wouldn't just be an ass whupping, it would be worse, much worse. These dudes knew there would be no mercy given and the scars left could quite possibly kill their love of the game forever. I know if I was on their team I would fake an injury or pay some staff member at the front desk to page me over the intercom with some lame ass story about having to go home ASAP as my kid just ran over the wife with our riding lawnmower. Something dramatic but believable enough to allow a graceful exit. Anyway, the guy who peed all over himself slowly walked back on the court in a new pair of shorts with a look on his face that said he had made peace with his god and was ready to get this thing over with. As usual the game was to 11 by 1's and no 2's. I think it was Kobe who did the required throat slash gesture before tossing the ball in to those poor bastards. The score was still 0-0 and I totally felt their pain.

The first couple times down the court I didn't take it personal that the 4 of them never even looked at me let alone offered me the chance to touch the ball. The one time it bounced off the head of the guy guarding me before landing in my hands I was actually thinking about putting up a shot but Carmelo stole it from me before I could even decide on what kind of shot I should try, maybe a hook, a step back jumper or even a floater off the glass. Since I can't hit any of those shots when I'm wide awake I do understand he did what had to be done if we were going to win this thing 11-0 but it still hurt man. Even though Westbrook patted me on the rear end when we went back on D I was pretty bummed. I mean if I can't get off at least one shot in my dreams how sad is that? When it was 9-0 I think Brandon Jennings even looked like he felt a little sorry for me and almost passed it to me to when I was wide open under the basket. That could have been the moment, something that I would never, ever forget the rest of my life even if this wasn't real life but no, he put up a 30 foot fade away instead. An air ball by the way but you could tell it never fazed him and that was something that has always amazed me about these kind of NBA stars, no guilt whatsoever. No matter how much they ignore their teammates and always demand the ball, no matter how many guys are guarding them, they will still put it up regardless cuz that's how they're wired. Must have come out of their mother's womb screaming for the ball and who is going to tell them no? Certainly not me in a stupid dream!

Of course the game did end up 11-0 and was done in like 3 minutes. Most of that time was taken up by the other team taking the ball out of bounds before Westbrook or Kobe ripped it from them and dunked on their ass. Carmelo even played a few seconds of D himself but mostly he just had his hand in the air screaming about being wide open. As far as myself went I was sorta sweating a little afterwards so I felt I was a tiny part of the win but mostly I was just relieved it was over and I didn't pull a hammy or groin. I kinda remember shaking the other team's hands too and they had this vacant look in their eyes, sort of like those guys in that Apocalypse Now movie towards the end when they went after Col Kurtz. The next time I hit the Y when I'm awake I'm pretty sure I will be bypassing the court just in case my manhood gets challenged again. At least for a couple weeks I'll be checking out the senior's water aerobics classes for my workout. Sometimes in life a man just needs to feel physically dominant in something. Doesn't matter what it is, all that is important is being able to impose your will on someone and I feel bad for those who have never destroyed someone else in an athletic activity. Sure being the top dog in a low impact exercise class in the shallow end with people my grandmother's age is nothing to brag about. I get it but still it will feel awesome to leave that pool knowing no one could touch me and be confident most of the class members will remember my face when they see me again. Respect is a tough thing to earn so I will take what I can get at this point in my life. I am not ruling out a return to the court for real again down the road but before that I think I should probably work on my lay-ins first. As John Wooden said in his Pyramid of Success, "There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile things come from hard work and careful planning." Later.

Hoop Dreams 2 « My POV


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


"GONE, TO OREGON"

"SUPERMAN" BUYS A WALKER

A CHILLING ACCOUNT!

RATS!

"US VERSUS THEM" AINT WORKING!

"CUTTING OFF OUR NOSE TO SPITE OUR FACE"

"SUPERMAN" IS USING A WALKER SO "ROCKY" FLIES AGAIN

"I REMEMBER..."

THE PITY PARTY






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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Lovely May gray.



Tonight, Thursday:

CBS opens the night with the SEASON FINALE 'Big Bang Theory', followed by a RERUN 'Big Bang Theory', then a FRESH 'Elementary', followed by a FRESH 'Elementary'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Barbara Walters, Jesse Eisenberg, and MS MR.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Paul Reiser and Yunjin Kim.



NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'The Office', followed by the SERIES FINALE 'The Office', then a FRESH 'Hannibal'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Adam Sandler, Phil Jackson, and Family of the Year.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Mindy Kaling and Tim McGraw.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Greta Gerwig, Molly Crabapple, and Pierce the Veil.



ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Wipeout', followed by a FRESH 'Grey's Anatomy', then a FRESH 'Scandal'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Chris Pine, Connie Britton, and Dawes.



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



Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol'.



MY has an old 'White Collar', followed by another old 'White Collar'.



A&E has all 'The First 48' all night.



AMC offers 'Freakshow', another 'Freakshow', still another 'Freakshow', yet another 'Freakshow', still another 'Freakshow', 'Small Town Security', followed by a FRESH 'Small Town Security', and another 'Small Town Security'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]   BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 11 - Ep 6 - Will Smith, Gary Barlow, Sir Tom Jones
 [9:00AM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 11 - Ep 7 - Cameron Diaz, Kathy Burke, Scissor Sisters, Sir David Attenborough
 [10:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 1 - Ep 3 - The Unquiet Dead
 [11:00AM]   DOCTOR WHO - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Aliens of London
 [12:00PM]   BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 1 - Ep 5 - You Can't Go Home Again
 [1:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Glass House
 [2:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 1 - Blackberry's
 [3:00PM]   RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 1 - Spanish Pavilion
 [4:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 05-06 - Episode 1
 [5:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 05-06 - Episode 2
 [6:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 - Episode 3
 [7:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 - Episode 4
 [8:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11 - Episode 1
 [9:00PM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11 - Episode 2
 [10:00PM]   THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 13 - Ep 6 - Olivia Colman, Lord Alan Sugar, Hugh Laurie NEW
 [11:00PM]   ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 7 - Parts Developed in an Unusual Manner
 [12:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11 - Episode 1
 [1:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 10-11 - Episode 2
 [2:00AM]   THE NERDIST - Season 2 - Episode 7
 [3:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 05-06 - Episode 2
 [4:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 - Episode 3
 [5:00AM]   TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 - Episode 4    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Tabatha Takes Over', another 'Tabatha Takes Over', still another 'Tabatha Takes Over', followed by a FRESH 'Tabatha Takes Over'.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', and another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is George Packer.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Dr. Daniel Lieberman.



FX has the movie 'Green Hornet', followed by a FRESH 'Anger Management', '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by a FRESH 'Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell', and another 'Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell'.



History has 'Swamp People', another 'Swamp People', followed by a FRESH 'Swamp People', then 'Only In America With Larry TCG'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    Whitest Kids U'Know
 [6:15AM]    Poltergeist
 [8:45AM]    Frailty
 [11:00AM]    Brotherhood of Blood
 [12:45PM]    Poltergeist
 [3:15PM]    The Exorcism of Emily Rose
 [5:45PM]    Cop Land
 [8:00PM]    Risky Business
 [10:15PM]    The Hills Have Eyes
 [12:30AM]    Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
 [2:15AM]    The Hills Have Eyes
 [4:30AM]    Whitest Kids U'Know
 [4:45AM]    Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)-Lust for Glory    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    Freaks and Geeks-Kim Kelly Is My Friend
 [7:00AM]    Control
 [9:15AM]    Joy Division
 [11:00AM]    Wordplay
 [12:30PM]    Control
 [2:45PM]    Freaks and Geeks-Kim Kelly Is My Friend
 [3:45PM]    Joy Division
 [5:30PM]    The War of the Roses
 [7:30PM]    Bottle Rocket
 [9:00PM]    Rectify-Drip, Drip
 [10:00PM]    The Lives of Others
 [12:15AM]    The Lives of Others
 [2:30AM]    Bottle Rocket
 [4:00AM]    Map of the Sounds of Tokyo    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country', followed by the movie 'Star Trek: First Contact'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Zachary Quinto, Heather Graham, and Jen Kirkman.



TCM:
 [7:30 AM]      A Star Is Born (1954)
 [10:30 AM]      My Sister Eileen (1955)
 [12:30 PM]      Queen Bee (1955)
 [2:15 PM]      The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
 [4:00 PM]      Bell, Book and Candle (1959)
 [6:00 PM]      Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
 [8:00 PM]      The Big Fisherman (1959)
 [11:15 PM]      Francis of Assisi (1961)
 [1:15 AM]      Joan Of Arc (1948)
 [3:45 AM]      A Man for All Seasons (1966)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Friday   -  05/17/13

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Thrill Hunter (1933)
 [7:15 AM]      Mad Holiday (1936)
 [8:30 AM]      The Thirteenth Chair (1937)
 [9:45 AM]      Pierre Of The Plains (1942)
 [11:00 AM]      My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
 [12:15 PM]      Spring Madness (1938)
 [1:30 PM]      Sporting Blood (1940)
 [3:00 PM]      Where Danger Lives (1950)
 [4:30 PM]      Mission Over Korea (1953)
 [6:00 PM]      Never Too Late (1965)
 [8:00 PM]      Ace In the Hole (1951)
 [10:00 PM]      Top Banana (1954)
 [12:00 AM]      lt's Always Fair Weather (1955)
 [2:00 AM]      Our Man in Havana (1960)
 [4:00 AM]      Autumn Leaves (1956)     (ALL TIMES EST)




Antenna TV

Cozi TV

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV





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Actress Zoe Saldana, cast member of the new film "Star Trek Into Darkness", poses as she arrives at the film's premiere in Hollywood May 14, 2013.
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Men With An Opinion

Cheech and Chong

The Grammy Award-winning comedy duo Cheech and Chong based their 42-year career on counterculture humor with a particular emphasis on marijuana use. But these days Tommy Chong sees the recreational drug as something more than fodder for jokes about stoned hippies.

The 74-year-old comedian thinks legalizing marijuana on a federal level would offer numerous benefits, including a boost to the U.S. economy if it were taxed.

"Look at the situation we're in now. Sequesters. Cuts. Everything cut across the board. Now, the government is tapped into the biggest cash crop in the world," Chong said. "There's little manufacturing cost. You don't have to do anything except watch it grow and get a couple of hippies to cut it and then put it in a bag."

Chong's comedy partner, Richard "Cheech" Marin, 66, thinks legalization will come in the next couple of years.

"The tipping point is 24 states to legalize medical marijuana, so it's coming soon," said Marin.

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Leonard Nimoy, cast member of the new film "Star Trek Into Darkness" poses with his wife Susan as he arrives at the film's premiere in Hollywood May 14, 2013.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Dr. Dre, Iovine Give $70 Million

USC

Rapper Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine have donated $70 million to establish an entrepreneurial undergraduate program at the University of Southern California, the Los Angeles school said on Wednesday.

The gift will create a new degree pulling faculty members from the university's business, fine arts, music and engineering departments.

The Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation will begin in the fall of 2014 and enroll a first class of 25 students, USC said.

Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and Iovine created the popular headphones Beats by Dr. Dre in 2006, successfully transitioning Dr. Dre's popularity as a rapper and hip-hop producer into the consumer electronics market.

Dr. Dre, 48, rose to fame in the 1980s as an hip-hop producer and member of gangster rap group N.W.A. He is also credited with helping develop the careers of rappers Snoop Dogg and Eminem in the 1990s.

USC

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Sean "Diddy" Combs' Favorite Show?

'Downton Abbey'

Music mogul and rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs will not be appearing in British period TV drama "Downtown Abbey," U.S. broadcaster PBS said on Wednesday, despite tweets saying he would be joining the hit show's upcoming season.

Diddy set social media abuzz on Wednesday after posts on his verified Twitter account said, "MY BIG NEWS: So happy to announce that Im a series regular on DOWNTON ABBEY-my favorite show+i'll be debuting a sneak peek tonight 12am PST!."

It is unknown whether or not Diddy's Twitter account @iamdiddy, followed by 8.7 million people, was hacked after the "Downton Abbey" logo was added as the avatar and background on the account.

Diddy, 43, rose to prominence in the 1990s for founding New York rap label Bad Boy Records, which helped launch the career of late rapper Notorious B.I.G.

'Downton Abbey'

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Actor Levar Burton arrives as a guest at the premiere of "Star Trek Into Darkness" with his daughter Michaela "Mica" Jean Burton in Hollywood May 14,2013.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Compassionate Conservatives At Work

South Korea

A gay South Korean film director is set to symbolically marry his long-term partner, saying he aims to pry open the closet in this conservative Asian country where homosexuality is still taboo and gays have been subjected to hate crimes.

Kim Jho Gwang-soo announced plans to marry his partner of nine years on Wednesday, becoming the first South Korean show business personality to do so and only the second to ever come out. The other, an actor, now says he regrets his decision.

Kim has directed a handful of films that were well received by domestic audiences and came out in 2005 during a screening for one of them. When not producing movies, he works for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights advocacy.

Homosexuality is not illegal in Korea, but like elsewhere in Asia the pressure to marry someone of the opposite sex to continue the family blood line is strong and leads many to hide their homosexuality.

Some South Korean lawmakers have pushed the country to adopt a comprehensive anti-discrimination law that would embrace gay rights, but amendments have foundered due to conservative Christian legislators who oppose recognition.

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Judge Scolds

T-rump

A scowling Donald Trump raised his voiced on the witness stand Wednesday while an attorney grilled him and then rolled his eyes at the "Apprentice" star's answers, leading a federal judge to scold both men in open court and order them to behave.

The admonition came during Trump's second day on the stand at a civil trial where he is accused of making false promises to an 87-year-old investor to get her to purchase condos at his glitzy Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago.

Aggressive questioning on Wednesday focused on what Trump knew and when regarding the alleged bait-and-switch in which a profit-sharing plan was promised to Jacqueline Goldberg but withdrawn after she agreed to buy two condos.

The testimony offered a rare inside look at the management style of the 66-year-old Trump, known for scrutinizing the competence of contestants on his "Apprentice" TV show and then firing them.

Pressed over and over, the real estate magnate insisted he couldn't remember just when key business decisions were made or by whom, or even if he was present - telling jurors neither he nor his top executives made a habit of taking notes.

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Director Baz Luhrmann (R), cast members Leonardo DiCaprio (L) and Carey Mulligan pose during a photocall for the film 'The Great Gatsby' before the opening of the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 15, 2013. The 66th Cannes Film Festival will run from May 15 to May 26.
Photo by Eric Gaillard

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Mark 1948 Displacement

Palestinians

Tens of thousands of Palestinians marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, marching in the streets and in some parts of the West Bank clashing with Israeli security forces.

Every May 15, Palestinians hold rallies to commemorate the "nakba," or "catastrophe" - the term they use to describe the displacement, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes during the fighting. The dispute over the fate of those Palestinians and their descendants, now numbering several million people, remains at the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The United Nations General Assembly approved a partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states in 1947. In May 1948 Israel declared independence.

On Wednesday, the Palestinian statistics bureau in the West Bank issued a statement saying the number of Palestinians today has reached 11.5 million. Of those, 4.4 million live in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza; 1.4 million in Israel while the remainder live in the diaspora.

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Model Georgia May Jagger poses as she arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film 'The Great Gatsby' and for the opening ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 15, 2013. The Cannes Film Festival will run from May 15 to May 26.
Photo by Eric Gaillard

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CBS Fall TV Lineup

Robin Williams

Top-rated U.S. broadcast network CBS will bring comedian Robin Williams back to television next season to plug one of the few holes in its primetime schedule.

CBS Corp unveiled eight new series on Wednesday ahead of its upfront presentation in New York, an annual rite when broadcasters try to persuade advertisers to spend billions of dollars in commercials for their new shows.

CBS is riding a stable of megahits, including crime drama "NCIS" and comedies "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two and a Half Men." Last week, the network had five of the six highest-rated programs on broadcast primetime TV, according to Nielsen ratings.

The Williams vehicle "The Crazy Ones" also stars Sarah Michelle Gellar of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fame and is produced by David E. Kelly, best known for shows like "Ally McBeal."

Williams plays an eccentric advertising executive who works alongside his daughter, played by Gellar. The show will air Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.

Robin Williams

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Neville Page, lead creature designer of the new film "Star Trek Into Darkness", poses as he arrives at the film's premiere in Hollywood May 14, 2013.
Photo by Fred Prouser

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Painting Breaks Record For Living Artist

Gerhard Richter

A 1968 oil painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sold for some $37 million at Sotheby's contemporary art auction on Tuesday, a new record for a work by a living artist.

The sale took in $293,587,000, at the low end of the pre-sale estimate of $284 million to $383 million, with 83 percent of the 64 lots on offer finding buyers.

It featured some big numbers with five works selling for more than $20 million. But results were uneven as offerings by such contemporary stars such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jeff Koons either underperformed or failed to sell.

But it was the 81-year-old Richter's "Domplatz, Mailand (Cathedral Square, Milan)," offered by the Hyatt Hotels Corp., which broke the record already held by Richter for a work at auction by a living artist. It sold for $37,125,000, near the middle of the $30 million to $40 million estimate.

The work, which Sotheby's sold about 15 years ago for about $3.5 million, was bought by collector Don Bryant, founder of Napa's Bryant Family Vineyard. He pumped his fist in the air as the hammer came down with his winning bid.

Gerhard Richter

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A giant shoe is pictured outside a life-size "Barbie Dreamhouse" of Mattel's Barbie dolls in Berlin, May 15, 2013. The life-sized house, covering about 1,400 square metres offers visitors to try on Barbie's clothes in her walk-in closet, tour her living room and her kitchen.
Photo by Fabrizio Bensch

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Mutts No More In D.C.

'Xoloitzcuintli'

Say you've got a dog and you're not sure what breed it is. Maybe it's part poodle? With a little bit of Labrador? And it drools a lot, so maybe there's some St. Bernard mixed into the DNA?

Most people call these dogs "mutts." But in Washington, D.C., owners are being asked to refer to them as "Xoloitzcuintli" when filling out pet-licensing paperwork with the District's health department, according to the Washington Post.

     "Our new system requires a primary breed be entered. If your dog was previously entered as a 'Mix,' the pet is now entered as a Xoloitzcuintli (a rare, hairless dog)."

OK, but why? According to the Washington Post, the breed finder is used in the event a dog becomes lost. But, as the Post puts it, "it's not at all clear how listing a non-Xoloitzcuintli dog as a Xoloitzcuintli-that's pronounced show-low-eats-QUEENT-lee-will help anyone find anything."

'Xoloitzcuintli'

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A two-month-old Snow Fox cub lies inside a cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo on the surburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, May 15, 2013.
Photo by Ilya Naymushin

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