BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 27 August, 2009

Thursday

27 August, 2009

(Updated Daily)


[762 days in a row]

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No, Not Jon Stewart! Claims Obama Health Plan Will Cause Death to Smoochy


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Poor Elijah (Peter Berger): The 16th Annual Emperor's Awards (irascibleprofessor.com)
Before we embark on the new school term, it's always helpful to review the past year's magic education moments. The Emperor Awards annually commemorate the monarch of underwear fame and his devoted admirers so we can profit from their example in the months ahead.


Mark Morford: The young lion goes to Vegas (sfgate.com)
Can you hear the desperate roar over the thump of the DJ?


Alex Ross: "INFINITE PLAYLIST: New frontiers in digital sound" (newyorker.com)
The other day, with a few clicks on my computer keyboard, I travelled in time to 1943.


Laura Barnett: "Portrait of the artist: Tim Rice, lyricist" (guardian.co.uk)
'After 'Evita,' a critic said I had put in another strong claim to be the worst lyricist in the world.'


The fabulous life of Bette Bourne (guardian.co.uk)
After four decades as a drag queen, actor and activist, Bette Bourne has a few tales to tell. Mark Ravenhill on why he turned them into a stage show.


FRANCES YEE: Forever's Gonna Start Tonight (curvemag.com)
Legendary trans drag entertainer Vicki Marlane is immortalized in Michelle Lawler's new indie documentary.


An Interview with Jamia Nash (thecelebritycafe.com)
You probably know her as Ana Hamilton on the daytime soap "The Young and the Restless," but Jamia Nash wowed audiences when she sang at the 80th Annual Academy Awards. This talented young performer is lending her voice and image to Build-A-Bear Workshop's Love. Hugs. Peace Movement, a charity that helps children around the world.


Will Harris: A Chat with Bobcat Goldthwait, Writer and Director of "World's Greatest Dad" (bullz-eye.com)
About five or six years ago, I just went, 'You know what? I'm not doing this anymore. I'm only going to do stuff I enjoy doing. I'm going to turn down work. If I wouldn't watch it, I'm not doing it.' That changed my whole life.


Richard Roeper: Partly stupid with a 90 percent chance of boredom (suntimes.com)
Given that a good percentage of people who work in movies have also worked in TV, you'd think movies about TV would be ... smarter. Yet with a few exceptions -- "Broadcast News" always comes to mind -- most movies about television seem rather clueless about the basic workings of the business.


Roger Ebert: Visiting Mommie Dearest at home (from 1981)
This is the sort of Irony that Hollywood understands: Joan Crawford spent her entire life in the painstaking construction of an image, only to have a movie reveal the things she tried to hide behind the image.


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The Weekly Poll

New Question

The 'Manifest Destiny on film' Edition

According to AMC, Western Films or TV programs are the major defining genre of the American film industry... This indigenous American art form focuses on the frontier West that existed in North America (and) often portrays the conquest of the wilderness and the subordination of nature, in the name of civilization, or the confiscation of the territorial rights of the original inhabitants of the frontier. They truly show 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' events of that part of our history. Love'em or loathe'em, their impact on our culture can not be denied...

If you are a fan what are your top 3 Western Films or TV programs and who are your favorite actors?

If you are not, feel free to rail away. I understand. I have Ojibwe ancestors (Sault Tribe of the Chippewa) and they suffered at the hand of the White man via broken treaties and confiscated land here in Michigan...





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( BCEpoll 'at' aol.com )




Results Tuesday.



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Obama's Health Care Reform Imperiled by The New York Mets


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Trivia Question Of The Day


What was the name of the ship that the TV series The Love Boat was usually set aboard?

                                  



Send your answer to Marty






Trivia Question from Yesterday


Madame Ooglepuss, Beulah Witch, and Fletcher Rabbit hung out with what TV trio?

      Kukla, Fran & Ollie                                               Source


Kukla, Fran and Ollie was an early American television show using puppets, originally created for children but soon watched by more adults than children. Like many early shows, it did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed.
Burr Tillstrom was the creator and only puppeteer on the show, which premiered as the hour-long Junior Jamboree locally on WBKB in Chicago on October 13, 1947. The program was renamed Kukla, Fran and Ollie (KFO) and transferred to WNBQ (the predecessor of Chicago's WMAQ-TV) on November 29, 1948. The first NBC network broadcast of the show took place on January 12, 1949. It aired from 6-6:30 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.
Fran was Fran Allison, a radio comedian and singer who was usually the only human to appear on screen, filling the role of big sister and cheery voice of reason as the puppets engaged each other concerning their foibles. The puppet cast included Kukla, the earnest leader of the troupe (who looked like a clown but wasn't one); Ollie, or Oliver J. Dragon, a roguish one-toothed (who would slam his flat chin on the stage in frustration or roll on his back to be endearing); Madame Ooglepuss, a retired opera diva; Beulah Witch, a liberated witch; Fletcher Rabbit, the troupe's mailman and resident fussbudget.            Source






mj was first, and correct, with:
   You're digging deep
  Kukla, Fran, and Ollie.




Alan J answered:
   Kukla, Fran, and Ollie



~ Tony In Philly responded:
   Kukla, Fran and Ollie




Sally said:
While Madame Ooglepuss, Beulah Witch, and Fletcher Rabbit sound like folks who hang out on the various "Bart" sties and blogs, in fact, they formed the early TV trio of Kukla, Fran, and Ollie.




Kevin K said:
   Kukla, Fran and Ollie.
  I was born in 1958, and still have a vague memory of that show.




Charlie answered:
   Madame Ooglepuss Beulah Witch Fletcher Rabbit
Kukla, Fran and Ollie




MAM     wrote:
   Kukla, Fran and Ollie were the TV trio that Madame Ooglepuss, a retired opera diva; Beulah Witch, a liberated witch; and Fletcher Rabbit, the troupe's resident fussbudget. Kukla was the leader of the bunch and looked like a clown but wasn't, Fran was Fran Allison, and Ollie (Oliver J. Dragon) was a roguish one-toothed dragon. They made up the Kuklapolitans with Burr Tillstrom as the creator and only puppeteer. The first NBC network broadcast of the show took place on January 12, 1949, and ran for about 10 years. All Kuklapolitans can be seen here.

  Kukla, Fran and Ollie




Marian the Teacher answered:
   Kukla, Fran and Ollie



And, Joe S ("Don't bother me, I'm not here.") said:
   I'm not answering this quiz because I'm on staycation and I'm not doing normal things. But if I wasn't on staycation and I was doing normal things, like answering this quiz, I would have answered Kukla, Fran & Ollie.




  

The Yahoo problem seems to have been resolved.
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Sick Days


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Another History's Mystery

The Piri Reis Map

The Piri Reis Map...

In 1929, a group of historians found an amazing map drawn on a gazelle skin.Research showed that it was a genuine document drawn in 1513 by Piri Reis, a famous admiral of the Turkish fleet in the sixteenth century.

The Piri Reis map shows the western coast of Africa, the eastern coast of South America, and the northern coast of Antarctica. The northern coastline of Antarctica is perfectly detailed. The most puzzling however is not so much how Piri Reis managed to draw such an accurate map of the Antarctic region 300 years before it was discovered, but that the map shows the coastline under the ice. Geological evidence confirms that the latest date Queen Maud Land could have been charted in an ice-free state is 4000 BC.

The question is: Who mapped the Queen Maud Land of Antarctic 6000 years ago? Which unknown civilization had the technology or the need to do that?


BadtotheboneBob


Thanks, B2tbBob!

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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Yer Friendly Neighborhood Folksinger

Tom Loud

I just set a new world record. I, and 1,858 other guys and gals, are now the largest guitar ensemble in the world. We played "Luckenbach" for 5 minutes. Then, just to make sure, we all played "This land is your land"

Proceeds will go to provide music therapy to returning American troops. You can just see the country songs forming in the air.


Tom Loud )O( Yer Friendly Neighborhood Folksinger

Obi-Zen Folksinger
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. … [T]hose who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. -- C.S. Lewis


Congratulations, Tom!

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Link From RJ

Dorothea Lange

Hi there

I hope you find this interesting!


The Depression-Era Photgraphy of Dorothea Lange


Dorothea Lange captured some of the iconic images of the Great Depression. As such she became one of the founding figures of the golden age of American photojournalism. From sharecroppers to the Salvation Army, she recorded the times as they were then - and they were pretty harsh if the truth be told.


Best regards

RJ

Thanks, RJ!

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http://dareland.blogspot.com


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

POOR PATHETIC EVIL LITTLE DICKHEAD!

THE CONTINUING SAGA OF CONSERVATIVE SUCK!

MOCKNEY!

LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE!

"ALL GODS SUCK" GOES NATIONAL!

A MEAN STREAK IN THE US MAINSTREAM!

BEST FRIENDS!

THE LEADER OF THE PACK! R.I.P. ELLIE!

WHO'S GOING TO FILL HIS SHOES?

REALLY FUCKING "DUH!"

A MORAN FOR PUBLIC OPTION!

THE ALIENS ARE ALREADY HERE!

BEST BUDS!

LET'S HAVE A BEER!

HELL HATH NO FURY...!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Hot and ddry.



Tonight, Thursday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Big Brother 11', followed by a RERUN 'CSI: The Original One', then a RERUN 'The Mentalist'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Andy Roddick, Rachael Ray, and Mutemath.
On a RERUN Craig (from 6/16/09) are Jeff Foxworthy and Gavin DeGraw.


NBC begins the nigh with a RERUN '30 Rock', followed by a RERUN 'Parks & Recreation', then a RERUN 'The Office', followed by a RERUN '30 Rock', then a RERUN 'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Mike Tyson, Keith Barry, and Matisyahu.
On a RERUN Jimmy Fallon (from 7/21/09) are Alec Baldwin, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and Jordin Sparks.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 5/22/09) are The Wayans Brothers, Forrest Griffin, and Glasvegas.


ABC starts the night with a RERUN 'Grey's Anatomy', followed by another RERUN 'Grey's Anatomy', then a RERUN 'Private Practice'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Shaquille O'Neal, Selena Gomez, and Darius Rucker.


The CW offers a RERUN 'Supernatural', followed by another RERUN 'Supernatural'.


Faux fills the night with LIVE 'NFL Preseason Football' (Dolphins visit Tampa Bay), then pads the left coast with local crap.


MY fills the night with the movie 'Sweepers'.


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


AMC offers the movie 'Delta Force 2: The Columbian Connection', followed by the movie 'Halloween', then the movie 'Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers'.


BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 17
 [12:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 1
 [1:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 19
 [1:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 5
 [2:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 2 Glass House
 [3:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 5
 [4:00 PM]    The Hotel Inspector - Episode 3
 [5:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 6
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    Being Human - Episode 5
 [9:00 PM]    Skins - Ep 4 Pandora
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    Being Human - Episode 5
 [12:00 AM]    Skins - Ep 4 Pandora
 [1:00 AM]    Being Human - Episode 5
 [2:00 AM]    Skins - Ep 4 Pandora
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 10 Barry Manilow
 [4:00 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 19
 [4:30 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 5
 [5:00 AM]    BBC World News
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EDT)


Bravo has 'America's Next Top Model', 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', another 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta'.


Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', followed by another 'Scrubs', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', still another 'Futurama', and yet another 'Futuama'.
On a RERUN Jon Stewart (from 6/23/09) is Larry David.
On a RERUN Colbert Report (from 6/11/09) is Major Frank Grippe.


FX has the movie 'The Mummy Returns', followed by the movie 'Rocky Balboa'.


History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Gangland', followed by a FRESH 'Marked', 'Pawn Stars', and another 'Pawn Stars'.


IFC  -   
 [7:30 AM]   The Slaughter Rule
 [9:35 AM]   Roadside Prophets
 [11:20 AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [11:35 AM]   Grand Theft Parsons
 [1:05 PM]   The Slaughter Rule
 [3:05 PM]   Roadside Prophets
 [4:45 PM]   Grand Theft Parsons
 [6:15 PM]   Wassup Rockers
 [8:00 PM]   Trapped in the Closet
 [9:30 PM]   Party Monster
 [11:15 PM]   Last Days
 [1:00 AM]   Brothers of the Head
 [2:35 AM]   Trapped in the Closet
 [4:05 AM]   Party Monster
 [5:45 AM Last Days     (ALL TIMES EDT)


SyFy has fills the night with the movie 'Stephen King's Rose Red'.


Sundance  -   
 [06:00 AM]   Be Quiet
 [06:20 AM]   Even Pigeons Go To Heaven
 [06:30 AM]   The Legacy
 [07:45 AM]   The Angelmakers
 [08:30 AM]   Congorama
 [10:15 AM]   Colma: The Musical
 [12:00 PM]   Caramel
 [01:45 PM]   Offside
 [03:20 PM]   Guard Dog
 [03:30 PM]   The Legacy
 [04:45 PM]   Congorama
 [06:30 PM]   The Home Song Stories
 [08:15 PM]   The Italian
 [10:00 PM]   In Short: Bruce Weber: Backyard Movie
 [10:10 PM]   In Short: Bruce Weber: Gentle Giants
 [10:25 PM]   In Short: Bruce Weber: Teddy Boys Of The Edwardian D
 [11:00 PM]   The American Astronaut
 [12:00 AM]   In Short: Bruce Weber: Liberty City Is Like Paris, To Me
 [12:00 AM]   In Short: Bruce Weber: Wine And Cupcakes
 [12:35 AM]   Dead Man's Shoes
 [02:05 AM]   Colma: The Musical
 [03:50 AM]   Guard Dog
 [04:00 AM]   The Legacy
 [05:15 AM]   The Angelmakers     (ALL TIMES EDT)


TCM spends 24 hours with Ida Lupino
 [6:00 AM]      The Gay Desperado (1936)
 [7:30 AM]      The Lady And The Mob (1939)
 [8:45 AM]      The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
 [10:00 AM]      The Bigamist (1953)
 [11:30 AM]      Out Of The Fog (1941)
 [1:00 PM]      On Dangerous Ground (1951)
 [2:30 PM]      Women's Prison (1955)
 [4:00 PM]      The Big Knife (1955)
 [6:00 PM]      While The City Sleeps (1956)
 [8:00 PM]      They Drive by Night (1940)
 [10:00 PM]      The Hard Way (1942)
 [12:00 AM]      Ladies in Retirement (1941)
 [2:00 AM]      High Sierra (1941)
 [4:00 AM]      Junior Bonner (1972)
    (ALL TIMES EDT)


Friday  -  08/28/09

TCM spends 24 hours with Frank Sinatra
 [6:00 AM]      Higher And Higher (1944)
 [8:00 AM]      Step Lively (1944)
 [9:30 AM]      The Kissing Bandit (1948)
 [11:30 AM]      Anchors Aweigh (1945)
 [2:00 PM]      On the Town (1949)
 [4:00 PM]      Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
 [5:45 PM]      Never So Few (1959)
 [8:00 PM]      Some Came Running (1958)
 [10:30 PM]      High Society (1956)
 [12:30 AM]      The Tender Trap (1955)
 [2:30 AM]      Sergeants 3 (1962)
 [4:30 AM]      Suddenly (1954)
    (ALL TIMES EDT)


USA has a FRESH 'Royal Pains'.



Any opinions?

Or reviews?







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Pearl Jam's lead singer Eddie Vedder throws out the first pitch during a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009.
Photo by Nam Y. Huh

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No So Colorblind

Microsoft

Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its Web site to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture.

A photo on the Seattle-based company's U.S. Web site shows two men, one Asian and one black, and a white woman seated at a conference room table. But on the Web site of Microsoft's Polish business unit, the black man's head has been replaced with that of a white man. The color of his hand remains unchanged.

The photo editing sparked criticism online. Some bloggers said Poland's ethnic homogeneity may have played a role in changing the photo.

Microsoft

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Queen of African Jazz, Pinise Saul, performs on stage with the African Jazz Allstars, during the opening concert of the Jazz Festival Willisau, in Willisau near Lucerne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.
Photo by Sigi Tischler

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Recalls 1960s Death Rumours

Paul McCartney

Former Beatle Paul McCartney has described rumours that he had died, which surfaced more than 40 years ago, as "ridiculous" and an "occupational hazard" for a member of one of the world's biggest bands.

The conspiracy theory began in October 1969, when a Detroit-based DJ claimed that the three other Beatles -- Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison -- had recruited a lookalike replacement for McCartney after he died in 1966.

He argued that because the man "posing" as McCartney on the cover of the Beatles' 1969 album "Abbey Road" had bare feet meant it represented a corpse, and that the number plate on a car in the photograph was LMW 28IF -- denoting McCartney's age, if he had lived.

"It was funny, really," McCartney, 67, told MOJO music magazine in an interview. "But ridiculous. It's an occupational hazard: people make up a story and then you find yourself having to deal with this fictitious stuff.

"I think the worst thing that happened was that I could see people sort of looking at me more closely: 'Were his ears always like that?'"

Paul McCartney

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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New Evidence It's Addictive

Running

Just as there is the endorphin rush of a "runner's high," there can also be the valley of despair when something prevents avid runners from getting their daily fix of miles.

Now, researchers at Tufts University may have confirmed this addiction by showing that an intense running regimen in rats can release brain chemicals that mimic the same sense of euphoria as opiate use. They propose that moderate exercise could be a "substitute drug" for human heroin and morphine addicts.

Given all of the benefits of exercise, many people commit to an active running routine. Somewhere during a longer, more intense run when stored glycogen is depleted, the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus release endorphins that can provide that "second wind" that keeps a runner going.

This sense of being able to run all day is similar to the pain-relieving state that opiates provide, scientists have known. So a team led by Robin Kanarek, professor of psychology at Tufts University, wondered whether they could also produce similar withdrawal symptoms, which would indicate that intense running and opiate abuse have a similar biochemical effect.

Running

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Actor Jack Nicholson, left, laughs while watching the New York Yankees' baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in New York. Others are not identified.
Photo by Kathy Willens

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Withdraws From Off-Broadway Production

Parker Posey

Parker Posey has withdrawn from a lead role in the upcoming Playwrights Horizons' production of "This" after developing Lyme disease.

Artistic director Tim Sanford says the play by Melissa James Gibson will open Dec. 13 as scheduled at the off-Broadway theatre. Previews begin Nov. 6. A replacement for Posey will be announced shortly.

"This" concerns the tribulations of a poet who happens to be a single mother, struggling with her love life and the well-meaning attention of good friends.

Parker Posey

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Vidiot Speak

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Faster, Cheaper, Easier

Meth

This is the new formula for methamphetamine: a two-liter soda bottle, a few handfuls of cold pills and some noxious chemicals. Shake the bottle and the volatile reaction produces one of the world's most addictive drugs.

Only a few years ago, making meth required an elaborate lab - with filthy containers simmering over open flames, cans of flammable liquids and hundreds of pills. The process gave off foul odors, sometimes sparked explosions and was so hard to conceal that dealers often "cooked" their drugs in rural areas.

But now drug users are making their own meth in small batches using a faster, cheaper and much simpler method with ingredients that can be carried in a knapsack and mixed on the run. The "shake-and-bake" approach has become popular because it requires a relatively small number of pills of the decongestant pseudoephedrine - an amount easily obtained under even the toughest anti-meth laws that have been adopted across the nation to restrict large purchases of some cold medication.

Using the new formula, batches of meth are much smaller but just as dangerous as the old system, which sometimes produces powerful explosions, touches off intense fires and releases drug ingredients that must be handled as toxic waste.

Meth

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Japanese craftman Sumikazu Nakata paints on a daruma doll, which is believed to bring good luck, during a photo opportunity at his studio "Daimonya Daruma" in Takasaki, about 100 km northwest of Tokyo, August 26, 2009. The Japanese use the Daruma dolls, representing the Indian priest Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism in China, to seek good luck. Some candidates standing for election traditionally paint only one eye on the doll when they start their campaign and paint the other eye if they win in the election. Japan will hold a general election on August 30.
Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Joining Rupert Business Channel?

Don Imus

Don Imus and the RFD cable network say they've mutually agreed to end the TV simulcast of Imus' weekday radio talk show.

This Friday will mark the final telecast of "Imus in the Morning" on Nashville-based RFD-TV after nearly two years.

Imus has reportedly been in discussions to make Fox Business Network his new TV outlet.

Don Imus

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Another Day, Another Lawsuit

A&E Network

The owners to the rights of the bluegrass standard "Rocky Top" are suing the television network A&E over the use of the tune in a crime documentary.

The lawsuit claims the network used the tune in a 12-second clip, even after the song owners said A&E could not use it. The lawsuit is seeking financial compensation.

Felice and Boudleoux Bryant penned the song in 1967 and the couple's children own the rights under the corporate name House of Bryant.

The A&E show, called "City Confidential," highlighted an attempted contract killing in Knoxville in 1994. The episode first aired in 2004.

A&E Network

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Model Sandra Schuster presents the official Oktoberfest beer mug in Munich August 25, 2009. The 176th Oktoberfest, the world's biggest beer festival, runs from September 19 until October 4 this year.
Photo by Michaela Rehle

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Buys Maktoob

Yahoo!

US Internet giant Yahoo! said Tuesday it had signed a deal to purchase popular Jordan-based web portal Maktoob, expanding its reach to millions of consumers across the Arab world.

Maktoob was founded in 2000 and claims more than 16.5 million users in countries like the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

The portal "reaches one in three people online throughout the Arab world," the companies said.

Through the deal, Yahoo! will offer Arabic-language content for the first time and versions of its products and services, including instant messaging and email, in Arabic.

Yahoo!

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Cable Nielsens

Ratings

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Aug. 17-23. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses:

    1. "The Closer" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNT, 5.32 million homes, 7.31 million viewers.
    2. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.94 million homes, 5.90 million viewers.
    3. "Royal Pains" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.92 million homes, 5.32 million viewers.
    4. Auto Racing: Nascar Sprint Cup (Saturday, 7:30 p.m.), ESPN, 3.73 million homes, 5.32 million viewers.
    5. NFL Exhibition: Panthers vs. Giants (Monday, 8 p.m.), ESPN, 3.60 million homes, 4.56 million viewers.
    6. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.53 million homes, 5.16 million viewers.
    7. "True Blood" (Sunday, 9:02 p.m.), HBO, 3.48 million homes, 5.33 million viewers.
    8. "Monk" (Friday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.46 million homes, 5.16 million viewers.
    9. Major League Baseball: Yankees vs. Red Socks (Sunday, 8 p.m.), ESPN, 3.43 million homes, 4.58 million viewers.
   10. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.26 million homes, 4.19 million viewers.
   11. "Project Runway" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), Lifetime, 3.24 million homes, 4.23 million viewers.
   12. "Army Wives" (Sunday, 10 p.m.), Lifetime, 3.23 million homes, 3.86 million viewers.
   13. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.14 million homes, 4.01 million viewers.
   14. "NCIS" (Monday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.08 million homes, 3.94 million viewers.
   15. "Suite Life on Deck" (Friday, 8:30 p.m.), Disney, 2.99 million homes, 4.31 million viewers.

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In Memory

Ellie Greenwich

Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music's most enduring songs, including "Chapel of Love," "Be My Baby" and "Leader of the Pack," died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68.

Greenwich, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, was considered one of pop's most successful songwriters. She had a rich musical partnership with the legendary Phil Spector, whose "wall of sound" technique changed rock music. With Spector, she wrote some of pop's most memorable songs, including "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "River Deep, Mountain High." But Spector wasn't her only collaborator.

She also had key hits with her ex-husband Jeff Barry, including the dynamic song "Leader of the Pack" (years later, Broadway would stage a Tony-nominated musical with the same name based on her life).

Greenwich was a native of Brooklyn. While she garnered her greatest success as a songwriter, Greenwich started out as a performer. She performed in talent shows as a child, and by the time she was a teen, she had her own group, called The Jivettes.

She went to college, where she met Barry, and shortly after graduation, began working for songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, where she got her break. She had her first chart success with the Jay and the Americans song "This Is It," which she wrote with Doc Pomus and Tony Powers.

She also had success with Barry as the duo The Raindrops with the songs "What a Guy" and "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget."

She is also credited with helping Neil Diamond get his start and was a co-producer of early Diamond hits "Cherry, Cherry" and "Kentucky Woman."

Among the more famous songs she wrote are "Baby I Love You," "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and "Look of Love."

Greenwich is survived by a sister, brother-in-law, nephew and her niece.

Ellie Greenwich

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In Memory

Dominick Dunne

Author Dominick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling novels such as "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles," died Wednesday in his home at age 83.

Dunne was part of a famous family that also included his brother, novelist and screenwriter John Gregory Dunne; his brother's wife, author Joan Didion; and his son Griffin.

A one-time movie producer, Dunne carved a new career starting in the 1980s as a chronicler of the problems of the wealthy and powerful.

Tragedy struck his life in 1982 when his actress daughter, Dominique, was slain - and that experience informed his fiction and his journalistic efforts from then on.

Dunne was born in 1925 in Hartford, Conn., to a wealthy Roman Catholic family and grew up in some of the same social circles as the Kennedys. In his memoir, he traced his fascination with Hollywood to a childhood trip he took "out West" with an aunt. They took one of those home of the stars bus tours and he vowed to come back and be part of the glamorous world he had glimpsed.

While in the Army, he was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism in 1944 for carrying two wounded men to safety at the Battle of Merz in Feisberg, Germany.

At Williams College in Massachusetts, he and a fellow student, Stephen Sondheim, appeared in plays together. After college, he went to New York where he landed a job in the fledgling TV industry as stage manager of the "Howdy Doody" children's show. NBC took him to Hollywood to stage manage the famous TV version of "The Petrified Forest" with Humphrey Bogart.

Among his credits as a producer were the TV series "Adventures in Paradise" and "The Boys in the Band," a pioneering 1970 drama about gay life. Two of his films, "The Panic in Needle Park" and "Play It As It Lays," were written or co-written by his brother and sister-in-law.

Dunne and his wife, Ellen Griffin Dunne, known as Lenny, were married in 1954. They divorced in the 1960s but he wrote that afterward they remained close nonetheless. She died in 1997.

Beside Dominique, they had two sons, Alexander and Griffin.

Dominick Dunne

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