BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 19 November, 2009

Thursday

19 November, 2009

(Updated Daily)


[846 days in a row]

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After Viewing Palin Book Tour, Mayans 'Move Up' Doomsday Date


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Tanya Gold: Dr Brooke Magnanti says she enjoyed her life as Belle de Jour (guardian.co.uk)
Please don't let this distort the grim reality of prostitution.


STEVEN PINKER: Malcolm Gladwell, Eclectic Detective (nytimes.com)
Have you ever wondered why there are so many kinds of mustard but only one kind of ketchup? Or what Cézanne did before painting his first significant works in his 50s? Have you hungered for the story behind the Veg-O-Matic, star of the frenetic late-night TV ads? Or wanted to know where Led Zeppelin got the riff in "Whole Lotta Love"?


Mark Morford: Sex tape tips from Carrie Prejean (sfgate.com)
Hi, I made a sex tape! Eight, actually! And you can too! Praise the lord!


Laura Potter: My body & soul (guardian.co.uk)
Will Self, writer, 48, on surviving a car crash, admiring drugs from afar, and living life intensely.


Aditya Chakrabortty: "Brain food: Rewriting the history books" (guardian.co.uk)
David Kynaston's new book, 'Family Britain,' represents a big shift in popular history.


George Varga: Hurricane Katrina Serves as Inspiration for Switchfoot's New CD (creators.com)
Few multimillion-selling rock bands can match Switchfoot when it comes to having no public image to speak of and maintaining a low profile. But that is exactly the way this veteran San Diego band - whose seventh album, "Hello Hurricane," is released Tuesday - likes it.


David Medsker: A Chat with Kaci Battaglia (bullz-eye.com)
"Sometimes when I meet people and I say, "Hey, my single is 'Crazy Possessive,' they are like, 'Okay, nice to meet you. Bye.'"


Interview by Laura Barnett: "Portrait of the artist: Diana Krall, jazz musician" (guardian.co.uk)
'I often take my children on tour. I order them room service, wash their clothes in the sink - then do my show'.'


Stephen Moss: "Michael Winner: 'The only purpose of life is to avoid boredom'" (guardian.co.uk)
Film director Michael Winner on cheating death, the awfulness of restaurants - and how he can't stand boring people.


JAMES KNIGHT: MICHAEL WINNER (viceland.com)
Michael Winner is the funny-looking man from those "Calm down, dear!" insurance Name another Brit filmmaker who cut pictures with Orson Welles, Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster, Robert Duvall, Robert Mitchum and Sophia Loren. Struggling? Try adding to that the fact he basically created the careers of Oliver Reed and Charles Bronson for good measure.


David Bruce: "Teaching Problem-Solving: A Fun Activity" (lulu.com)
Free download. This little pamphlet contains a number of problem-solving scenarios that teachers can use to teach their students how to solve problems. These scenarios are humorous as well as thought provoking. Feel free to make and give away as many copies as you want to for educational purposes. Feel free to distribute this little pamphlet as a pdf file.


Go Betty Go: You're Your Worst Enemy (youtube.com)


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Trivia Question Of The Day


What was the name of the friendly extraterrestrial title character on the TV series 'Alf'?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Who wanted us to 'See the USA in your Chevrolet?'


      Dinah Shore                                               Source







mj was first, and correct, with:
   Before Burt
  There was Chevrolet. Dinah Shore encouraged the country to get out in the GM product, following it up by throwing the world a big kiss. Mmmmmwahh. Her dress was everything that was wrong with fashion in the 50s except for its lack of an appliquéd, fluffy poodle.




~ Tony in Philly said:
   Dinah Shore?




Alan J answered:
   Dinah Shore



Charlie replied:
   The song is most closely associated with Dinah Shore, but it predates her own performance and has also been done by others. Wikipedia notes:
  The song "See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet" (title as filed for 1950 copyright)[1] is a commercial jingle from circa 1949, with lyrics and music by Leo Corday (ASCAP) and Leon Carr (ASCAP),[2] written for the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Corp.[1] The song was the Chevrolet jingle sung on the show Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet by Chevrolet's real-life husband-wife duo, Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy,[1] years before it became associated with Dinah Shore through Chevrolet's decade-long sponsorship of her television shows. Dinah Shore sang the song after 1952,[1] and it became somewhat of a signature song for her. Later the song was also sung by male spokesman Pat Boone on his Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (ABC) from 1957 through 1960. When the games of the Los Angeles Dodgers were televised in the 1960s, commercials were aired with the song sung by Johnny Roseboro and Don Drysdale, whose singing careers, announcer Vin Scully said, were "destined to go absolutely nowhere."




Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
   Dinah Shore



Marian the Teacher responded:
   Dinah Shore



Leo replied:
   Dinah Shore ("Mmmm, wha!" That's the kiss she threw at the end.)



Roy in Tyler, TX, replied:
   None other than that friend of the LPGA... Miss Dinah Shore --- MMMMMUUUUHHHHH!
  




PURPLE GENE wrote:
   SEE THE USA...
  TECHNICALLY SPEAKING THE ANSWER TO "WHO WANTED US TO "SEE THE USA IN A CHEVROLET" WAS DINAH SHORE BECAUSE SHE SANG THE JINGLE IN 1952...
  I REMEMBER SINGING ALONG WITH THIS JINGLE WHICH WAS TARGETED FOR "ELLIS BROOKS" DEALERSHIP IN SAN FRANCISCO.
  AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS ANOTHER AD FOR CAR DEALERS IN SAN FRANCISCO'S AUTO ROW...SUNG BY PATTI PAGE "CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE"
  ALL THOSE DEALERSHIPS ARE GONE AND NOW WE HAVE STRIP CLUBS AND SUSHI BARS.




Adam in NoHo responded:
   Dinah Shore!



Kevin K nailed it with:
   Burt Reynolds' former girl friend and early "Cougar", Dinah Shore . (And, of course…General Motors!)



Johni replied:
   America wants us to see the USA



Sally said:
   Singer, Dinah Shore wanted us to, 'See the USA in your Chevrolet,' circa 1956.

  In 1951 Dinah began her shows for Chevrolet on NBC, two fifteen minute shows a week. In 1956 she did two hour shows for Chevrolet which led to a regular spot on Sunday nights with the Dinah Shore Chevy Show, a musical variety show with many famous guests.
  And yes, even back then gossip abounded even without the Internet. In the early 1970s, Shore had a long and happy public romance with actor Burt Reynolds, who was 19 years her junior. (Shocking at the time.) The relationship gave Shore an updated, sexy image, and took some of the pressure off Reynolds in maintaining his image as a ladies' man.




MAM   answered:
   Dinah Shore wanted us to 'See the USA in your Chevrolet.'

  See the USA in Your Chevrolet - Dinah Shore 1952




MAG in TN ("I've always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library"  Jorge Luis Borges) responded:
   Dinah Shore of course.



And, Joe S wrote:
   I know! I know! Dinah Shore! I used to watch her show every week.

  Dinah Shore



  


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Sick Days


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

"AN INCONVENIENT TREATISE"

TAX THE RICH!

THE MORANS RUN-A-MUCK!

DREAM TICKET!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNNY!

RUN, BARBIE, RUN!

CONSERVATIVE JESUS FREAKS ARE WEIRD!

NO TIME FOR REPUGS!

ALL GODS SUCK!

ALL GODS SUCK! PART TWO

PUT THE ASSHOLES IN THE SPOTLIGHT!

THE REPUGS ARE PURE UNADULTERATED SOCK CLUCKERS!

THE SICK FUCKING REPUGS ARE REALLY LOSING IT!

IT'S TIME TO COOK THESE TURKEYS!

THE WORST SWEAR WORD IN THE WORLD!

RASTA SINGER ACCUSED OF TREASON! HEE HAW!

THE BIONIC POOPER MAN!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Cooler, but still sunny.


Lucky me - got a jury duty summons for the week before Christmas.



Tonight, Thursday:

CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Survivor: Samoa', followed by a FRESH 'CSI: The Original One', then a FRESH 'The Mentalist'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Stephen Colbert, Emily Blunt, and John Mayer.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Sandra Bullock and Ben Foster.


NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Community', followed by a FRESH 'Parks & Recreation', then a FRESH 'The Office', followed by a FRESH '30 Rock', then a FRESH 'Leno' (Dakota Fanning and Jane Krakowski).
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Nicole Kidman, Anderson Cooper, and Leona Lewis.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Taylor Lautner and Katey Sagal.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Bill Simmons and the Raveonettes.


ABC starts the night with a FRESH 'Flash Forward', followed by a FRESH 'Grey's Anatomy', then a FRESH 'Private Practice'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Carrie Underwood, Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt.


The CW offers a FRESH 'Vampire Diaries', followed by a FRESH 'Supernatural'.


Faux has a FRESH 'Bones', followed by a FRESH 'Fringe'.


MY has the FRESH '2009 World Magic Awards'.


A&E has 'Criminal Minds', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', and still another 'The First 48'.


AMC offers the movie 'Batman Returns', followed by the movie 'The Green Mile'.


BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 12 Traylen
 [1:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 5 Osman
 [2:00 PM]    Antiques Roadshow - Episode 23
 [3:00 PM]    Antiques Roadshow - Episode 11
 [4:00 PM]    Antiques Roadshow - Episode 24
 [5:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 3 Walnut Tree
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 2 The Fenwick Arms
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    Plastic Surgery Junkies with Louis Theroux
 [9:00 PM]    Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    Plastic Surgery Junkies with Louis Theroux
 [12:00 AM]    Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
 [1:00 AM]    Plastic Surgery Junkies with Louis Theroux
 [2:00 AM]    Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
 [3:00 AM]    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - Ep 22 Sandra Bullock, Emma Watson, Benny Andersson, Little Boots
 [4:00 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 2
 [4:30 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9
 [5:00 AM]    BBC World News
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EST)


Bravo has 'Tabatha's Salon Takeover', 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of OC'.


Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', followed by a FRESH 'Jeff Dunham Show', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', and 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Jack's Mannequin.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Elvis Costello.


FX has the movie 'Anger Management', followed by the movie 'Click', then a FRESH 'It's Always Sunny in Philly', followed by another FRESH 'It's Always Sunny in Philly'.


History has 'WWII in HD', another 'WWII in HD', followed by a FRESH 'WWII in HD', then another FRESH 'WWII in HD'.


IFC  -   
 [6:45 AM]   Shopping
 [8:35 AM]   Chinese Box
 [10:20 AM]   Can't Stop Breathing
 [10:35 AM]   The Last Wave
 [12:30 PM]   Shopping
 [2:15 PM]   Chinese Box
 [3:55 PM]   This Is Me
 [4:05 PM]   The Last Wave
 [6:00 PM]   The Minus Man
 [8:00 PM]   Motel Hell
 [9:45 PM]   Turistas
 [11:20 PM]   Food Party
 [11:30 PM]   Cabin Fever
 [1:05 AM]   Motel Hell
 [2:50 AM]   Wrong
 [3:00 AM]   Turistas
 [4:35 AM]   The Minus Man    (ALL TIMES EST)


SyFy has 'Scare Tactics', followed by the movie 'Lockjaw: Rise Of The Kulev Serpent', then the movie 'Mutants'.


Sundance  -   
 [02:00 PM]   Che: Part One - The Argentine
 [04:15 PM]   Che: Part Two - Guerrilla
 [05:05 AM]   Worlds Apart
 [07:00 AM]   Le Doulos
 [08:55 AM]   Jeu
 [09:00 AM]   Noise (2007)
 [10:55 AM]   Maestro
 [11:00 AM]   Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoi
 [12:45 PM]   Worlds Apart
 [02:45 PM]   Noise (2007)
 [04:35 PM]   Engine 371
 [04:45 PM]   Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoi
 [06:30 PM]   Choking Man
 [08:00 PM]   Fair Trade
 [08:20 PM]   Paper Covers Rock
 [10:00 PM]   Room Of Death (Melody's Smile)
 [12:00 AM]   Everlasting Moments
 [02:15 AM]   The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
 [04:55 AM]   Mad Detective     (ALL TIMES EST)





TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Lopez Tonight are Ted Danson, Floyd Mayweather, and Orianthi.


TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Africa Screams (1949)
 [7:30 AM]      Jack And The Beanstalk (1952)
 [9:00 AM]      The Philadelphia Story (1940)
 [11:00 AM]      The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
 [1:45 PM]      The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
 [3:45 PM]      The Shaggy Dog (1959)
 [5:30 PM]      On the Town (1949)
 [7:15 PM]      MGM Parade Show #22 (1955)
 [8:00 PM]      Green Fire (1954)
 [10:00 PM]      The Bridges At Toko-Ri (1954)
 [12:00 AM]      The Rockingham Tea Set (1950)
 [1:00 AM]      The Kill (1952)
 [2:00 AM]      Barbarosa (1982)
 [3:30 AM]      Songwriter (1984)
 [5:30 AM]      Short Film: Now Playing November (2009) (2009)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Friday  -  11/20/09

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      The Gay Falcon (1942)
 [7:15 AM]      A Date With The Falcon (1941)
 [8:30 AM]      The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
 [9:45 AM]      The Falcon's Brother (1942)
 [11:00 AM]      The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
 [12:15 PM]      The Falcon In Danger (1943)
 [1:30 PM]      The Falcon And The Co-Eds (1944)
 [2:45 PM]      The Falcon Out West (1944)
 [4:00 PM]      The Falcon In Mexico (1944)
 [5:15 PM]      The Falcon In Hollywood (1944)
 [6:30 PM]      The Falcon In San Francisco (1945)
 [8:00 PM]      One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
 [10:00 PM]      The Landlord (1970)
 [12:00 AM]      The Great White Hope (1970)
 [2:00 AM]      The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1965)    [AKA: 'La momia azteca contra el robot humano']
 [3:15 AM]      The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
 [4:45 AM]      Mummy's Boys (1936)     (ALL TIMES EST)



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Gore Vidal smiles after speaking at the National Book Awards Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009 in New York. Vidal was presented with the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Photo by Tina Fineberg

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Hollywood's Most Overpaid

Will Ferrell

Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars when looking at the financial returns of their movies.

Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Cruise and Jim Carrey also made the top 10 tally of actors who cost more to hire than they appear to be worth at box offices.

Ferrell took first place largely due to the flop of his summer 2009 movie "Land of the Lost", which Forbes said cost an estimated $100 million to make but earned just $65 million at box offices worldwide for movie studio Universal Pictures.

Using a formula that calculated the actor's estimated salary on each film, including DVD and TV sales, compared to the film's revenues from theater box offices and elsewhere, Forbes.com said that for every dollar Ferrell was paid, his films earned an average $3.29.

Will Ferrell

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Actor Johnny Depp arrives with musician Patti Smith for a Museum of Modern Art tribute to director Tim Burton in New York November 17, 2009.
Photo by Lucas Jackson

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Savannah Marks 100th Birthday

Johnny Mercer

Jeepers creepers! Savannah's got a Johnny Mercer statue for tourists' peepers.

The Savannah-born songwriter was honored in his hometown Wednesday with the unveiling of his lifesize likeness cast in bronze. About 150 onlookers turned out to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the celebrated lyricist, who gave a poetic grace and a slangy tang to songs such as "Moon River" and "Jeepers Creepers."

The statue in historic Savannah's Ellis Square gives Mercer an honor ordinarily reserved for the 18th-century founders and Revolutionary War heroes of Georgia's oldest city.

The songwriter's grandson, Jim Corwin of Los Angeles, said Mercer likely would have been embarrassed by all the fuss.

Johnny Mercer

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Sets Limits On TVs

California

California regulators gave final approval Wednesday to the first mandatory U.S. energy curbs on television sets, a growing but often overlooked power drain that accounts for 10 percent of home electric bills in the state.

Supporters say the measure will save California consumers at least $8 billion over 10 years in electricity costs and enough energy to power 864,000 homes. California, which often leads the way in U.S. environmental initiatives, already boasts the lowest per-capita rate of electricity use in the United States.

The rules require all new TVs sold in California to consume 33 percent less energy than current sets starting with the 2011 model year, and 50 percent less starting with 2013 models.

The regulatory move was sparked in part by the surge in popularity of larger flat-screen televisions that gobble up on average at least 40 percent more electricity than the old-style cathode ray tube sets.

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2009 Person of the Year

Roger Moore

Former James Bond actor Roger Moore has been named 2009 Person of the Year by the UK branch of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) pressure group for his campaign against foie gras.

The 82-year-old star joined the campaign three years ago when he narrated a PETA documentary depicting the treatment of birds used in the production of foie gras, which PETA said was banned in the United Kingdom although selling it was not.

Moore also wrote to members of parliament to enlist their support in getting foie gras off the shelves, penned columns in national newspapers and magazines on the issue and coined the phrase "torture in a tin."

Foie gras, a popular product of French cuisine, is made from the liver of a duck or goose which has typically been force-fed corn mash.

Roger Moore

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Director Tim Burton arrives with actress Helena Bonham Carter for a Museum of Modern Art tribute to Burton in New York November 17, 2009.
Photo by Lucas Jackson

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Jewelry Line

Pitt & Jolie

Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are trying their hand at something new to dazzle their fans -- designing a jewelry collection.

The "Protector" collection, designed for luxury British jeweler Asprey, is a range of gold jewelry and silver accessories that features snakes, considered a symbol of protection and admired by Jolie.

All net proceeds from the jewelry will be donated to the charity Education Partnership for Children of Conflict (EPCC), which Jolie co-founded in 2006 to raise money for educating child victims of war, conflict and natural disasters.

Prices start at $525 for a silver spoon with a snaked-shaped handle. The line also including pendants, bracelets, rings and an egg cup.

Pitt & Jolie

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Cronkite Award

Brian Williams

NBC newsman Brian Williams said Wednesday he's not sure if Walter Cronkite would have succeeded in the age of cable news, blogs and Twitter.

"I am convinced that had he come along today, I don't think he would have cracked through. I think there's too much noise, too much to cut through for a modest man from Missouri," Williams told an audience in Phoenix. "But God and history combined to give him to us right when we needed him."

Williams spoke at a luncheon, where he was given the Cronkite Award from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. The ceremony included videotaped congratulatory messages from Jon Stewart and fellow New Jersey native, Bruce Springsteen.

Williams did not address talk of cable TV operator Comcast Corp. preparing to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal. He instead struck an optimistic tone, saying NBC News had more viewers than it did a year ago.

Brian Williams

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U.S. film director Francis Ford Coppola and his US Zoetrope film company is awarded the Prize Gran Torino for his film Tetro at the 27th Torino Film Festival in Turin, northern Italy, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009.
Photo by Massimo Pinca

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Sued By Law Firm

Rod Stewart

A prominent entertainment law firm is suing Rod Stewart for $3.3 million in legal fees it claims he owes.

Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro filed the case Tuesday in Los Angeles. The firm has numerous high-profile clients and recently won judgments for architect Frank Gehry and television host Bob Barker.

The lawsuit claims Stewart owes for work on three cases, including one involving the singer's cancellation of a December 2000 show in Las Vegas. A federal jury decided Stewart owed the Rio hotel-casino $2 million for canceling the show.

The firm also represented the Rock and Rock Hall of Famer in a trademark infringement case and a lawsuit filed by a concert promoter.

Rod Stewart

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Couple Pleads Guilty

'Wife Swap'

A New York couple whose lavish lifestyle was featured on an episode of the ABC reality show "Wife Swap" have pleaded guilty to federal charges in Buffalo of hiding money from the government.

Sixty-two-year-old Ralph Guastaferro (gwah-stah-FEHR'-oh) faces up to nearly five years in prison for laundering $1.2 million for a Canadian telemarketing scheme through two business checking accounts he opened. His 55-year-old wife Karen could be sentenced to as many as 16 months for paying employees of the couple's glass-tinting business off the books.

Authorities were apparently investigating the Amherst, N.Y., couple before they appeared in 2008 on "Wife Swap." The show featured them giving their daughter presents every day. The couple's lawyers say the family is now suffering financially.

'Wife Swap'

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Charges Dropped

Perez Hilton

Black Eyed Peas manager Liborio Molina apologized to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton as part of an agreement allowing assault charges against him to be dropped, lawyers said Wednesday.

Molina allegedly punched Hilton from behind outside a Toronto nightclub after the openly gay blogger called Black Eyed Peas' leader will.i.am a "faggot," a slur for homosexuals.

Molina has also agreed not to contact Hilton except through his lawyer, not to carry any weapons for 12 months and not to come within 100 meters (100 yards) of the night club where the dispute took place.

He was also required to donate $500 Canadian (US$476) to charity.

Perez Hilton

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U.S. director Richard Linklater poses as he arrives for the British premiere of "Me and Orson Welles" at Leicester Square in London, November 18, 2009.
Photo by Luke MacGregor

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Wins Rock-Paper-Scissors Title

'Captain America'

A Michigan man has won the world Rock Paper Scissors championship in Toronto. Tim Conrad clinched the title after five hours of play and nine matches at the Steam Whistle Brewery on Saturday night.

Facing off against his best friend in the first all-American final in championship history, Conrad beat Tom Butkin with paper covering rock.

Organizers say Conrad dressed as Captain America during the competition to honor his home country.

Conrad takes home $7,000 in prize money.

'Captain America'

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Oopsy

Door-To-Door Peddler

A 19-year-old man was jailed on a drug charge after he allegedly went door-to-door trying to sell marijuana. A Brownsville police spokesman said Anthony Carrazco's alleged scheme went awry when he knocked on a police officer's apartment door.

Spokesman Jimmy Manrrique said the episode happened Thursday downtown near the University of Texas-Texas Southmost College campus. He said Carrazco appeared to be intoxicated and allegedly had three ounces of marijuana with him that he tried to sell door-to-door. Finally, Manrrique knocked the off-duty police officer's door. The officer "said he would be right back and went to get his badge and handcuffs."

Manrrique said the officer, whose identity was withheld, also found a handgun hidden on the man. Carrazco remains in a Cameron County jail with bonds totaling $10,000. No attorney was listed in his booking record.

Door-To-Door Peddler

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Prime-Time Nielsens

Ratings

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Co. for Nov. 9-15. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

    1. (2) "NBC Sunday Night Football: New England at Indianapolis," NBC, 22.39 million viewers.
    2. (1) "NCIS," CBS, 20.96 million viewers.
    3. (3) "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 17.62 million viewers.
    4. (7) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 17.38 million viewers.
    5. (X) "CMA Awards," ABC, 17.18 million viewers.
    6. (11) "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 17.02 million viewers.
    7. (5) "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 16.23 million viewers.
    8. (11) "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 16.23 million viewers.
    9. (5) "The Mentalist," CBS, 16.17 million viewers.
   10. (3) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 14.87 million viewers.
   11. (9) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 14.72 million viewers.
   12. (18) "CSI: New York," CBS, 14.51 million viewers.
   13. (11) "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 14.44 million viewers.
   14. (15) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 14.38 million viewers.
   15. (18) "The Good Wife," CBS, 13.35 million viewers.
   16. (7) "House," Fox, 13.31 million viewers.
   17. (16) "60 Minutes," CBS, 13.08 million viewers.
   18. (22) "Survivor: Samoa," CBS, 12.94 million viewers.
   19. (16) "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 12.8 million viewers.
   20. (11) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 12.77 million viewers.

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A twig catfish, native to the Amazon, Orinoco and Parana rivers of South America, releases eggs during a spawn at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington November 12, 2009. This is the third time this species has produced young at the zoo.
Photo by Mehgan Murphy

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