Bartcop Entertainment - Thursday, 13 June, 2002

Thursday

13 June, 2002

big hammer - bigger hammer

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Reader Opinion

A Response

Right-wing columnist slanders dead musicians

I wrote the following response to an article written by Christopher Caldwell, an arch-conservative columnist for the arch-conservative webzine The Weekly Standard. Here's the link: www.weeklystandard.com/content/public/articles/000/000/001/331fekzo.asp

Here's my response - you'll get the gist of what he said just by reading it:

To: editor@weeklystandard.com

To the Editor,

I have respond to Christopher Caldwell's offensive and arrogant missive, dated June 8th.

I'm 35 years old, and know who both R. Kelly and Aaliyah are.

R. Kelly may have sung "Feelin' on your Booty" (and may be a pedophile), but he also wrote "I believe I can fly" -- a song that anyone would know if they'd seen Space Jam - or left their house. Aaliyah was not only a great singer, but a critically acclaimed actress who costarred in "Romeo Must Die." Selena was already a huge star in all of Latin America and had just had her first hit single in the US when she was murdered by her assistant before she could even tour the US. Aaliyah was set to star in the next two sequels of the Matrix and had the #2 album in America when incompetence killed her at the age of 22. Lisa Lopes, whom I'm sure Mr. Caldwell hasn't heard of either, was recently killed in Honduras while on one of her several relief missions there. She was a member of TLC, the highest selling female act in history (yes, they beat the Supremes) -- she is survived by an adopted daughter she raised out of abject poverty.

It absolutely FROSTS me that a supposed journalist can have an irreverent and even slyly humorous take on the MURDER and DEATH of two young women. Even if they didn't have such spectacular promise and weren't internationally famous, it's just plain WRONG. Christopher Caldwell should be ashamed of himself.

As for Mr. Caldwell not knowing who these artists are, he's just dating himself rather than making any kind of real point. To say that R. Kelly, Aaliyah, and Selena are known only to a "subculture of aficionados," he is really saying that they're unknown to some folks who are middle-aged and white. So what. ALL the albums from all three of these performers are platinum, if not double or triple platinum. A cursory 5 minute Internet search revealed that, as well as no less than 20 different fansites for EACH of these people. That makes Mr. Caldwell's comments not only offensive and irresponsible, but grossly incompetent from a journalistic standpoint. Furthermore, I can't help but hear a twinge of racism in Mr. Caldwell's comments. I urge you to have Mr. Caldwell apologize for this installment of his column; If he can't bring himself to apologize to the millions of people who bought their records, then perhaps he can at least apologize to the victims families.

Sincerely,

Nina Eliza S
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Fight the Power
Fight for your Mind
Don't wait an hour
Or you'll run out of time

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Thursday Double-Header


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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Got to drive down to John Wayne today...the airport, that is. Talk about a 'fresh hell'. Cruised through the parking structure for over 20 minutes & never found a place to park! Seriously, the ticker-taker didn't charge for it, and acknowledged they tend to 'oversell' the place. Boo. Hiss.

On the other hand, the TV remote is ALL MINE for a few days...LOL

Could tell the Lakers won without even turning on the TV...the neighborhood was popping & hissing with illegal firecrackers/works.

The kittens are doing quite well, but, there have been no suggestions for their names.



Tonight, Thursday, CBS starts the night with a 'The Price Is Right' 'special', featuring a branch of the military. It's followed by reruns of 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' and 'The Agency'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Jodie Foster, Jack Hanna and Animals.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Noah Emmerich and Avril.

NBC starts the night with a rerun 'Friends', then 2 reruns of 'Will & Grace', a rerun of 'Just Shoot Me', and caps it with a rerun of 'ER'.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Matt LeBlanc, Julie Scardina and The Strokes.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan is ?
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Ali Landry and Ben Folds.

ABC has the Stanley Cup. Expect mostly local programming.
Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher are Dave Foley (comedian), Gary Johnson (New Mexico Gov.), Jane Chastain (WorldNetDaily.com columnist), and Gene Simmons (musician).

The WB jas 2 reruns of 'Jamie Kennedy', then a rerun of 'Charmed'.

Faux has the movie 'Lost In Space'.

UPN has 'WWE Smackdown'.



Anyone have any opinions?

Or reviews?



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Signed By CNN

Daljit Dhaliwal



ITN's Daljit Dhaliwal, Britain's most successful news export to the USA, is relinquishing her last professional ties with the UK by signing a big money deal with American news giant CNN.

The much-vaunted newscaster, who has been presenting her own US show, ITN World News for Public Television with Daljit Dhaliwal, begins her new brief in August.

She will anchor the network's signature programme, World News, and host World Report, a forum for broadcasters around the world.

She will also be one of the key anchors for a new series of programmes to be shown across CNN's international network.

CBS's David Letterman has often declared his love for her, and People magazine rated her the 37th most beautiful person in the world. Esquire magazine listed her among its Women We Love section.

Daljit Dhaliwal

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Snarky Gossip

'The Dreaded C-Word'

Calvin Klein used the dreaded c-word to insult Joan Rivers and her daughter, Melissa, at a star-studded dinner for the AIDS charity AMFAR. Klein was dining with Elton John and his boyfriend David Furnish, Elizabeth Taylor and Bianca Jagger at the Cannes Film Festival when Joan and Melissa came over to pay their respects, reports online gossip column Chic Happens. Still smarting over a nasty crack Joan made about him many years ago, Klein snapped, "You're nothing but an old c- - -, you c- - -!" The elder Rivers didn't hear it, but Melissa relayed it to her. "Excuse me," Joan said to Calvin, "but Melissa said you just called me a c- - -." Klein replied, "I sure did, and your daughter's an even uglier c- - -!" Klein then bolted up from the table to leave, but hooked his ankle on the chair and fell over sideways in front of the whole dining room. "Calvin was a little tipsy," Rivers confirmed. "He fell over and we all picked him up. He apologized, and we kissed and made up. It was a lovefest. It was very showbiz - Elton John helping him up while Elizabeth Taylor watched! It was very funny."

'The Dreaded C-Word'

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Inventor

Philo T. Farnsworth



Philo T. Farnsworth, San Francisco-based inventor of the electric television, poses in New York in this Dec. 9, 1930, file photo. Farnsworth fought a long, bitter battle against electronics giant RCA, eventually winning the patent war in the 1930s, but RCA's corporate clout eventually pushed Farnsworth out of television before he could profit from his invention. He later faced bankruptcy, depression, drinking and illness before dying in 1971 in Salt Lake City.

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It's B-a-a-a-a-a-a-c-k

'Playboy After Dark'

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner will host a revival of "Playboy After Dark," the 1969 latenight variety series that showcased jazz musicians, comics and soul singers in a fake penthouse apartment.

The series, which would contemporize the laid-back cocktail partylike atmosphere of the original, is being shopped to cable networks by Fox-based Prometheus Entertainment. The project is being developed as a weekly hourlong series or as a series of backdoor specials. Initial production will take place at the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills.

"'Playboy After Dark' is one of the jewels in Playboy's crown and was considered an important cornerstone in Hugh Hefner's legacy," producer Kevin Burns told Daily Variety. "It was groundbreaking, in terms of being interracial, intergenerational and in terms of its format."

'Playboy After Dark'


Spent a lot of Saturday nights, while in high school, babysitting. There are 3 shows that I remember from that time frame.
One was a local 'scary movie' package, out of Pittsburgh (channel 11) - with 'Chilly Billy' (Bill Cardile). Such a fabulous cheese-fest! (Way back then, the only local movie of note was George Romero's original 'Night Of The Living Dead', where Bill Cardile had a role as one of the Pittsburgh reporters, quite appropriately.)
The 2nd show I remember was 'Joe Pyne'. As I remember, he was sort of to the right of Paul Harvey, had a worse 'ferret-on-his-head' than Trent Lott, and a wooden leg, so he always looked like he was listing (appropriately) to the right.
The 3rd show is 'Playboy After Dark'. Years later, worked at The Playboy Channel, and got a big kick out of seeing the old shows again.

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Moose & Squirrel Information One-Stop

ANOTHER New Look & Even More Information!

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Lawsuit Filed

Vacation Prank

A Washington, D.C., couple is suing the Hard Rock Hotel and MTV, claiming invasion of privacy during a reality TV show prank.

James and Laurie Ryan are suing the Las Vegas resort and the network for $10 million over the TV series "Harassment." Their case was moved early this month from Superior Court in Los Angeles to federal court in Washington, D.C.

The lawsuit said the couple believed they were going to be spending a vacation at the hotel in January. Instead, the Ryans were given a room with hidden cameras that captured their shock as they discovered what appeared to be a mutilated corpse in the bathroom.

When they tried to leave the room, two actors posing as security guards forced them back inside until Ashton Kutcher, the show's host and co-producer, emerged to reveal the gag.

Kutcher has described the show in interviews as a "Guerrilla Candid Camera."

Vacation Prank

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No Prenup

Heather & Paul

It was nice that the McCartney children came to dad's wedding yesterday, even if they still have some trepidations about his bride and how she'll affect their futures. Paul insists there's no prenup between him and Heather Mills and she says she's going to have lots of children, "starting on my wedding night."

Heather & Paul

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Cool Link

Space Station Viewing Schedule

See the Space Station and Space Shuttle

See the Space Station and Space Shuttle streak overhead without a telescope. Find out when they will be over your area.

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Trimmed A Bit

'Scooby-Doo'

In the new film "Scooby-Doo," a psychedelically painted van marked "The Mystery Machine" sits beside a beach while smoke wafts through the sunhatch and voices from inside groan, "Primo!" and "Talk about toasted!"

That may seem suspicious, but the next shot reveals it's just the talking dog Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, his beatnik human pal, grilling burgers.

The van scene is one of the film's few references to what many adult fans of the Hanna-Barbera series consider a wink-and-nod subtext to Scooby and Shaggy, whose gangly walk, relentless munchies and dazed manner seem to suggest a marijuana high.

As for the other members of the "Scooby-Doo" gang of cartoon sleuths, fans have long speculated that Velma — the no-nonsense brains of the operation — is a lesbian, and that Fred and Daphne, the respective beefcake and cheesecake of the team, frequently searched for clues together to partake in carnal exploits.

The cast and filmmakers said they filmed many joking allusions to those inferences but ultimately decided to keep "Scooby-Doo" an innocent children's film rather than aim for older audiences.

The original script featured a scene in which Fred gazed lustfully at Daphne while she leaned over him to load luggage into an airplane's overhead bin. The camera then panned to Velma, who was ogling her too.

Later, Velma and Daphne shared a comic kiss, Gosnell said. The filmmakers say they believe those jokes would have hampered the story and could have imperiled the PG rating that the studio wanted and got.

'Scooby-Doo'

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To Perform Free Concert Aboard USS Intrepid

Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean is scheduled to perform a free concert on Friday aboard the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier.

"Wyclef Jean Live ... A Freedom Concert" originally was to take place at Coney Island's Astroland park, but was moved because of crowd control concerns. Several thousand people are expected to attend.

The concert is part of a series through MuchMusic USA, the United States version of the Canadian MuchMusic channel. It's scheduled to air at 9 p.m. and again at midnight EDT June 20.

Wyclef Jean

MuchMusic USA Web site

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Heart Of the Eagle Nebula

'Pillars of Creation'



A U.S. telescope has snapped a high-resolution panoramic view of the 'Pillars of Creation,' the subject of one of the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images. Located at the heart of the Eagle Nebula the Pillars, seen in the center of this image taken by the telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, are gaseous nurseries for newborn stars.

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Feuding With Label

Michael Jackson

When Michael Jackson's "Invincible" was released last fall, it was accompanied by all the hype and hoopla expected for a Jackson project.

There were the 30th anniversary tribute concerts to himself, an all-star video for the first single, "You Rock My World," and a No. 1 debut on the charts.

But soon after its release, "Invincible" became invisible. Eight months later, the album has dropped off the charts, produced just one video and sold just 2 million copies in the United States — great sales for many stars but disappointing for the King of Pop.

That evaporation of an album by one of the best-selling artists ever has led to an ugly battle between Jackson and his longtime label, Sony Music. While some industry insiders blame the album's demise on Jackson's waning star power, his fans have alleged that Sony failed to promote it.

His fans have suggested that Sony wanted the album to fail. The theory goes that Jackson owes the label tens of millions of dollars in outstanding loans, and if he failed to make enough to pay them off, Sony might try to take over the joint-publishing company it owns with him, Sony/ATV Music. That company owns the lucrative Beatles catalog that Jackson bought in the 1980s.

Michael Jackson

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

bartcook

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Eight Years, 800 Pages, One Lawsuit

Neil Young Bio

It took biographer Jimmy McDonough eight years and 300 interviews before he finished his 800-page tome on rock 'n' roll legend Neil Young.

Then, in 1998, his troubles began.

Young, who had agreed to the authorized biography in 1991, decided he no longer wanted the book published and withdrew his authorization.

"When I first interviewed Young, it was easy as pie," recalled McDonough, author of "Shakey: Neil Young's Biography," in an interview at publisher Random House's office in Toronto. But he said the Canadian-born musician, famous for songs like "Sugar Mountain" and "The Needle and The Damage Done," became increasingly more difficult to speak to as time went by.

"Shakey" paints Young as a lone musician ruthlessly pursuing his craft. In his wake are a series of bandmates, often awash in a sea of drugs and broken contracts.

For a whole lot more, Neil Young Bio

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Useful Link

Useful Maps

Useful Maps

One in seven Americans live within one mile of the proposed routes for shipping highly radioactive nuclear waste to Nevada, but the government has not made details of the routes accessible to the public in any meaningful way.

Now citizens can go online and see just how close nuclear waste shipments will come to their homes or schools with interactive Nuclear Waste Route Maps. EWG's new website, www.MapScience.org, allows anyone to type in an address and get a customized map clearly marking areas within 1 mile, 2 miles and 5 miles of a nuclear waste route. The maps also show the locations of schools and hospitals near the route. State and major metro area maps are also available.

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Wedding News

Peter Gabriel

British singer Peter Gabriel has married his companion at the hotel he owns near Sardinia's Emerald Coast, his publicist said Wednesday.

Caroline Turner, speaking by telephone from London, said Gabriel and Meah Flynn tied the knot on Sunday at Li Capanni hotel in northern Sardinia.

The two have been together for five years, Turner said, declining to give details about the wedding. "They're both quite private."

Peter Gabriel

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'Tongue' Party

Hef & The Girls



Playboy Magazine founder and publisher Hugh Heffner arrives at the release party for Gene Simmons Tongue magazine June 11, 2002 in Hollywood, California with a group of models. Simmons, a member of the rock band KISS, unveiled his new publication with a focus on his life of sex, style, and rock and roll.
Robert Galbraith

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McDonald's in Hawaii

Spam

The 78 McDonald's restaurants in Hawaii are adding a new menu item that's as much an American icon as the burger chain itself — Spam.

More than 3,000 portions of low-sodium Spam, scrambled egg and rice were served in a single day during a test run of the meal, according to Melanie Okazaki, McDonald's local marketing manager.

Hawaii residents consume 5.3 million cans of Hormel Foods' processed Spam luncheon meat each year, four times the national average. A favorite local variation is Spam sushi.

McDonald's officials will decide Aug. 1 if the canned meat will find a permanent place on the Hawaii menu.

The Spam breakfast joins other local specialties at McDonald's in Hawaii, including a local noodle soup called saimin and a Portuguese sausage breakfast.

Spam

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Cake Humor?

Bob Dole

Bob Dole marked the sixth anniversary of his having left the Senate by sending Tom Daschle a devil's food cake, Trent Lott an angel food cake and Jim Jeffords a pineapple upside-down cake - all from the best bakery in Georgetown.

Bob Dole

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Dead Issue in Wisconsin

Grateful Dead

A reunion of the Grateful Dead described as the first formal concert by the group since leader Jerry Garcia's 1995 death has been vetoed by Wisconsin officials who feared they couldn't handle the quarter million fans the event might draw.

The Walworth County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at a Tuesday night meeting against allowing the concert which had been planned for Aug. 3-4 at Alpine Valley, a ski area and concert venue between Chicago and Milwaukee.

Some residents opposed to the event were still angry about the last Dead concert there 13 years ago, when the group and its thousands of followers played the southern Wisconsin site.

"I had to run outside to stop a guy from urinating in my yard," said one woman who declined to give her name. "Another day, someone was butt naked in the backyard taking a shower under my garden hose."

Event organizer Clear Channel Entertainment of San Antonio, Texas, part of Clear Channel Communications, had presented elaborate plans for parking, security and medical support. A spokeswoman for Clear Channel said the company will decide within several days whether to appeal.

Grateful Dead

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BC TV

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Movie Songs Released On Digital CD

Frank Sinatra

Four years after his death, Frank Sinatra fans can now hear such classics as "My Kind of Town," "The Lady is a Tramp" and "New York, New York" the way Ol' Blue Eyes sang them in the movies.

Warner Music Group's Reprise and Turner Classic Movies Music labels have jointly released a six-CD boxed set, titled "Sinatra in Hollywood (1940-1964)," a collection of the entertainer's performances from his big-screen career.

Most of the material contained in the 160 tracks, culled from the sound archives of several major film studios and digitally remastered, has never been released before on disc.

For more info, Frank Sinatra

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Signs TV Talks Show Deal

Sarah Ferguson

Sarah Ferguson will soon find out if royalty counts in the television ratings.

The Duchess of York signed a development deal Wednesday with Universal Television to produce a syndicated talk show. The premiere is planned for September 2003.

The executive producer for "Fergie," Amy Rosenblum, said the hour-long program will be "variety with a heart."

Steve Rosenberg, Universal Television Enterprises president, said Ferguson is "the person next door, whose inspirational stories of survival" will appeal to viewers.

Sarah Ferguson

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Nude Performance Artist

'Baby Vamp'

A teen-age performance artist known as "Baby Vamp" sent shock waves through Chile this week by strolling naked down city streets in the conservative South American nation.

Sporting only sunglasses and a backpack, 17-year-old high school student Lucia Fernanda Flores went nude on short outings in the city center as part of a visual arts project.

Luizo Vega, organizer of the event said the so-called "Baby Vamp" project was a playful jab at Chile, aimed at provoking debate in this bastion of conservative Catholicism.

"The response of people on the street has been mostly positive. People applaud, they shout 'Good one!' and other encouragement. The response has been about 80 percent positive and 20 percent negative," Vega told Reuters.

Chile is the most socially conservative nation in Latin America. It is the only democracy in the Western Hemisphere where divorce is illegal.

'Baby Vamp'

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90th Birthday

Oreo Cookies

Dozens of children gobbled up Oreo cookies and race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove an Oreo-decorated car down a New York City street on Wednesday to celebrate the cookie's 90th birthday.

Second graders from a nearby school sang along with Oreo commercials shown during a party held at Chelsea Market, the home of the bakery on New York City's West Side where Oreos were first made in 1912. Oreo biscotti and strawberries dipped in Oreo cookies attracted older eaters, but kids were happy with the original.

The first Oreos were made by National Biscuit Company, which later shortened its name to Nabisco and is now part of Kraft Foods Inc.

New versions of Oreos are boosting sales, but the original chocolate-flavored wafer and cream-filled Oreo still accounts for about half of the brand's overall business and its sales are growing quickly, said Archie Mack, an Oreo business director, adding the brand could reach $1 billion in sales this year.

Oreo Cookies

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Snarky Gossip

Katie & Tom

It's over between Katie Couric and Tom Werner, and sources say it was he who dumped her. "She's nursing her wounds," said one insider. "She's in a state of disbelief." The two had maintained a long-distance, bi-coastal romance for nearly two years and didn't get to see much of each other except on holidays. But Katie was on vacation from "Today" this week, while Werner was at his desk on the Left Coast. An NBC spokeswoman said, "We do not comment on the private lives of our anchors." But an insider said Couric was philosophical: "He's a great guy. It was just one of those things."

Katie & Tom

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$500 Million Deal

CBS, NCAA & Coke

Television network CBS and the National Collegiate Athletic Association on Tuesday announced an 11-year $500 million marketing deal putting the Coca-Cola brand on everything from NCAA championships to CBS broadcasts of "March Madness" basketball games.

Under the deal, Atlanta-based Coke will receive rights to use NCAA trademarks and will sponsor 22 college sports championships through advertising and marketing programs.

The relationship includes beverage marketing and media rights to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, commonly known as "March Madness."

It also includes an "extensive advertising buy" on the CBS telecast of the basketball tournament, one of the NCAA's most popular sports events.

CBS, NCAA & Coke

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6th Try

Steve Fossett



Steve Fossett poses next to a picture of the Bud Light Spirit of Freedom balloon during a press conference in St. Louis, in this May 13, 2002, file photo. Fossett was on his way to Australia to make a sixth attempt at a solo round-the-world balloon flight. Fossett was due to arrive in Northam, a small farming town 60 miles east of the Western Australia state capital of Perth on Wednesday, June 12, 2002. The 58-year-old hopes to set off later this week.
Photo by Bill Stover

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Fighting Blockbuster in Court

Small Video Stores

Mom-and-pop video store operators prepared to battle Blockbuster Inc. in federal court on Wednesday, alleging the video rental giant conspired with movie studios to drive independent stores out of business.

Blockbuster, the world's biggest video rental chain, rejects the plaintiffs' charges that it broke U.S. antitrust laws by signing deals with the studios that enabled it to obtain large numbers of hot new video releases at low prices unavailable to independent retailers.

Harry Munsinger, lead attorney for the three independent video store plaintiffs in the case, said the so-called revenue-sharing deals that Blockbuster signed around 1997 marked the end of free and fair competition in the video rental industry.

Newly released tapes of hit movies generate the bulk of profits in the video rental business, but studios typically charge high prices for copies of hit movies, limiting the number of copies that rental stores can stock on their shelves.

Blockbuster's response was to negotiate revenue-sharing deals with movie studios and distributors, obtaining more copies of hot new releases at a lower price in exchange for sharing some of the rental revenues with the studios.

For more details, Small Video Stores

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No Charges To Be Filed

Pearl Jam

No charges will be filed against the organizers of an outdoor rock festival in Denmark during which nine young men died two years ago, a state prosecutor said after the conclusion of a second inquiry.

Last year, the government ordered the inquiry into why the organizers of the Roskilde festival didn't stop a Pearl Jam concert on June 30, 2000, when they realized the crowd of up to 50,000 people was being pressed against the stage. Nine people died and 43 were injured.

The investigation also was to establish who had the authority to stop the concert at Roskilde, 25 miles west of the capital, Copenhagen.

An initial report published in December 2000 concluded that "a chain of unfortunate circumstances" led to the deaths after poor sound in the back prompted fans to surge forward.

"No charges will be filed against any people in this case," state prosecutor Erik Merlung said in a statement Tuesday. "There is no reason to presume that something punishable has been done."

Pearl Jam

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Top 100 U.S. Screen Romances List

Top 25

The American Film Institute's list of top 100 U.S. screen romances:

1. "Casablanca," 1942

2. "Gone With the Wind," 1939

3. "West Side Story," 1961

4. "Roman Holiday," 1953

5. "An Affair to Remember," 1957

6. "The Way We Were, 1973

7. "Doctor Zhivago," 1965

8. "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946

9. "Love Story," 1970

10. "City Lights," 1931

11. "Annie Hall," 1977

12. "My Fair Lady," 1964

13. "Out of Africa," 1985

14. "The African Queen," 1951

15. "Wuthering Heights," 1939

16. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952

17. "Moonstruck," 1987

18. "Vertigo," 1958

19. "Ghost," 1990

20. "From Here to Eternity," 1953

21. "Pretty Woman," 1990

22. "On Golden Pond," 1981

23. "Now, Voyager, 1942

24. "King Kong," 1933

25. "When Harry Met Sally...," 1989

For the other 75, American Film Institute's Top 100 U.S. Screen Romances List

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By Aaron McGruder

The Boondocks


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Is It Just Me, Or Does Tom Ridge Look Like Big Boy?

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Still Seeking Volunteers

'The Osbournes'

Fairly freshly updated - 'The Osbournes' ~ Page 2 !

'The Osbournes' ~ Page 1

C'mon....send your thoughts, your impressions, your views, your favorite quotes...

Scroll down for lots of addys to pick from (or 'from which to pick', for the truly anal retentive).

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