BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 10 February, 2009

Tuesday

10 February, 2009

(Updated Daily)

[565 days in a row]

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Joe Biden: 'There's a 30% Chance Obama Locks Me in Cheney's Safe'


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The Weekly Poll

The 'Stimulate me... Please!' Edition

Are there any aspects of the pending 'Stimulus Bill' that you find to be inadequate or inappropriate?




Due to the ongoing negotiations (i.e. Republican stonewalling) over the 'Stimulus' Bill I'd like to postpone the results until the final bill has been decided. The 6 responders, so far, are invited to rethink their answers and change them if they so choose. Who the heck knows what the finished bill would look like. Or even if there will be one at all. What a frickin' mess!




Send your response, and a (short) reason why, to

BadToTheBoneBob

( BCEpoll 'at' aol.com )






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HAIKU HEADLINES


HOT BUY ON E-BAY

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A GOLD CRUCIFIX!

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(observing one of the hottest items for sale on E Bay....gold replicas of our saviour (who suffered and died for our sins) hanging and bleeding....oh what a disgusting practice)

zEN mAN archives


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: The Destructive Center (nytimes.com)
President Obama's pursuit of bipartisanship, and the cuts imposed by "centrists," have led to an inadequate, insufficiently effective stimulus bill.


Trish Bendix: Graphic Designer Emy Storey Brings Art to Music (afterellen.com)
The queer graphic designer and artist has worked with Melissa Ferrick, Rachael Cantu, Death Cab for Cutie, and Tegan and Sara.


Bono on his love of Frank Sinatra (timesonline.co.uk)
Singers, more than other musicians, depend on what they know - as opposed to what they don't want to know.


Chris Ayres: Burt Bacharach strips down to talk Robbie Williams, money and marriage (timesonline.co.uk)
Our correspondent encounters the master of smooth listening Burt Bacharach oiling himself by his Los Angeles swimming pool.


DAVID STEINFELD: The Original Righteous Babe (curvemag.com)
Feeling Righteous: Ani DiFranco is back with a vengeance. She spills to Curve about her anthology Canon and never "selling out."


Duane Wells: An Audience With Heather Headley (advocate.com)
Heather Headley has been winning hearts with her rich, soulfully elastic voice since the moment she made her Broadway debut.


Brandon Voss: Hurricane Rita (advocate.com)
She's never played gay, but that doesn't stop sassy-mouthed stage and screen legend Rita Moreno from talking all things gay as she tours with her one-woman cabaret act.


Brandon Voss: "A-List: Toni Collette" (advocate.com)
She takes on multiple personalities in The United States of Tara, but to her many gay fans Toni Collette will always be Muriel.


Scott Foundas: Coraline in Wonderland (villagevoice.com)
Things are not as they seem in Henry Selick's stunning stop-motion fairy tale.


Dana Stevens: The Batman Goes Bananas (slate.com)
Does being a jerk prevent you from winning an Oscar?


Roger Ebert: Outguess Ebert '09: Who wants to bet on 'Millionaire'?
What if I get every category right? That has never happened, and I don't expect to start now.


Roger Ebert: The Class (4 Stars)
"The Class" might have been set in any classroom in the Western world, and I believe most teachers would recognize it. It is about the power struggle between a teacher who wants to do good and students who disagree about what "good" is. The film is so fair that neither side is seen as right, and both seem trapped by futility.


Commentoon: Octuplets


David Bruce: William Shakespeare's "Macbeth": A Discussion Guide (lulu.com)
Free download.


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Who Says the GOP Ain't 'Cain-sians'


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Trivia Question Of The Day

Who reworked Shakespeare's "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" to "Hipsters, flipsters and finger-poppin' daddies: knock me your lobes"?

   A    Lord Buckley
   B    Lord Byron
   C    William F. Buckley
   D    Jack Lord
   E    Maynard G. Krebs



Send your answer to Marty





Trivia Question from Yesterday

Although they possess mammary glands, what animal lacks teats?

   A    Civet
   B    Kinkajou
  C    Platypus
   D    Tasmanian Devil
   E    Wallaby                   Source


Although possessing mammary glands, the Platypus lacks teats. Instead, milk is released through pores in the skin. There are grooves on her abdomen that form pools of milk, allowing the young to lap it up            Source





mj was first, and correct, with:
   They're such silly criters
  Might as well go with C. I believe they're also the only venomous warm blooded animals (glands at the base of spurs on their hind legs?)




Charlie replied:
   It is the

  C Platypus




Alan J responded:
   C Platypus



Adam in NoHo answered:
   C- Playtypus.
  It also has venom, which virtually no other mammal has.




PURPLE GENE wrote:
   ALTHOUGH THEY POSSESS OVARIES .....THE PLATYPUS IS TITLESS
  THE ANSWER IS C......PLATYPUS




Marian the Teacher responded:
   platypus



~ Tony In Philly replied:
   C Platypus



Sally said:
   Well, had you not specified, "animals" for the reply to today's trivia question: "Although they possess mammary glands, what animal lacks teats?"
  I would have quickly replied, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, and the Olsen twins (Mary-Kate and Ashley).

  Exhibit A: Mary Kate Olsen
  But I think the answer you are actually looking for is (C) the Platypus.




MAM     wrote:
   Answer C Platypus

     
I like the duck-billed platypus
     Because it is anomalous.
     I like the way it raises its family
     Partly birdly, partly mammaly.
     I like its independent attitude.
     Let no one call it a duck-billed platitude.
          Odgen Nash




Joe S ("Do you think God gets stoned? I think so... look at the platypus."  ~ Robin Williams) commented:
   Don't have to look this one up, the platypus. I've been fascinated by the platypus for a very long time, obsessed really, at one point in my young life. My fixation probably started in the second grade when my mother bought a set of encyclopedia, back in the year 4 BT (4 years Before Television).



  


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Sick Days


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Reader Correction

Re: Terry Gilliam

Re: "British director Terry Gilliam arrives for the 2009 BAFTA..."

Terry is from the American branch of the Pythons.


Ed K.


Thanks, Ed!

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

"MUST BE A REPUG" IN SPADES!

ANNTHRAX IS A FRAUD. NOW THAT'S A REDUNDANCY!

WWJD!

FUCK THE REPUG BASTARDS!

CONSERVATIVES SUCK!

"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED." YEAH, RIGHT!

THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE!

THE CLOWN CAR. EVEN ISRAEL LOVES THIS CIRCUS ACT!

THE JESUS FREAKS ARE SUCH ASSHOLES!

HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS: IT SUCKS! HERE'S THE BAD NEWS: IT REALLY, REALLY SUCKS!

PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT THE REPUGS ARE THE ASSHOLES OF THE WORLD AND THAT MSM STILL SUCKS!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

A little rain, a lot of wind.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'NCIS', followed by a FRESH 'The Mentalist', then a FRESH 'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are The crew of US Airways "Miracle On The Hudson" Flight 1549, and Heartless Bastards.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Sean "Diddy" Combs, and Olivia Williams.

NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Biggest Loser', followed by a FRESH 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Bill Maher, Viola Davis, and Raphael Saadiz.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Norm Macdonald, Gordon Ramsay, and Levon Helm.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly is Adele.

ABC opens the night with the chestnut 'Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown', followed by the chestnut 'A Charlie Brown Valentine', then a FRESH 'Scrubs', followed by another FRESH 'Scrubs', and 'Primetime: What Would You Do?'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Josh Brolin, a contestant from "Dancing with the Stars" Season 8, and the Little Ones.

The CW offers a FRESH '90210', followed by a FRESH 'Privileged'.

Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', followed by a FRESH 'Fringe'.

MY has 'Street Patrol', another 'Street Patrol', 'Vice Squad', and another 'Vice Squad'.

A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH 'Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force', and another 'Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force'.

AMC offers the movie 'Thelma & Louise', followed by the movie '48 Hrs.', then the movie 'Starsky & Hutch'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 16
 [12:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 17
 [1:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 4
 [1:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 3
 [2:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place
 [3:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 1
 [4:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 5
 [4:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 4
 [5:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 2
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 1 La Parra de Burriana
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 3
 [9:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 4
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 3
 [12:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 4
 [1:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 3
 [2:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 4
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Orlando Bloom and Samantha Morton
 [4:00 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 16
 [4:30 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 17
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 10 Ollier
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 11 Inglis
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', still another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of OC'.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', and 'Demetri Martin. Person.'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Thomas Ricks.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Robert Ballard.

FX has the movie 'Walk The Line', followed by the movie 'The Marine', then a FRESH 'Nip/Tuck'.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Siberian Apocalypse', followed by the FRESH 'How The Earth Was Made', and 'Extreme Trains'.

IFC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   Waiting for Guffman
 [7:30 AM]   Grand Theft Parsons
 [9:00 AM]   Second Best
 [10:35 AM]   Waiting for Guffman
 [12:05 PM]   Grand Theft Parsons
 [1:35 PM]   Second Best
 [3:15 PM]   Waiting for Guffman
 [4:45 PM]   Grand Theft Parsons
 [6:15 PM]   Ripley's Game
 [8:15 PM]   Death and the Maiden
 [10:00 PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [10:15 PM]   IFC Music Blast
 [10:30 PM]   The Henry Rollins Show
 [11:00 PM]   The IT Crowd
 [11:30 PM]   IFC Film Blast
 [11:45 PM]   IFC Web Blast
 [12:00 AM]   Wilfred
 [12:30 AM]   Hell Girl
 [1:00 AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [1:15 AM]   IFC Music Blast
 [1:30 AM]   The IT Crowd
 [2:00 AM]   Witchblade
 [2:30 AM]   IFC Film Blast
 [2:45 AM]   IFC Web Blast
 [3:00 AM]   Wilfred
 [3:30 AM]   Death and the Maiden
 [5:15 AM]   Rank;  (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has 'Lost', another 'Lost', 'ECW', and 'Star Trek: Enterprise'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:00 AM]   Flying: Confessions...: Part 2
 [06:00 AM]   Blind Flight
 [08:00 AM]   Zebraman
 [10:00 AM]   Live From Abbey Road - Season 2: The Subways, Gnarls Barkley & Herbie Hancock w/ Sonya Kitchell
 [11:00 AM]   TransGeneration: Episode 2
 [11:30 AM]   Architecture School: Episode 1
 [12:00 PM]   Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills
 [01:15 PM]   Blind Flight
 [03:00 PM]   Choking Man
 [04:30 PM]   Friends With Money
 [06:00 PM]   Who Are You Polly Maggoo?
 [07:45 PM]   The Reader: Adapting a Timeless Masterpiece
 [08:00 PM]   Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 2: Gadgets
 [08:30 PM]   Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 1: Build
 [09:00 PM]   Everything's Cool
 [10:30 PM]   Kippur
 [12:30 AM]   Engine 371
 [01:00 AM]   Who Are You Polly Maggoo?
 [03:00 AM]   Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 2: Gadgets
 [03:30 AM]   Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 1: Build
 [04:00 AM]   Everything's Cool
 [05:30 AM]   TransGeneration: Episode 2     (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      David Copperfield (1935)    [AKA: 'The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger']
 [8:15 AM]      A Tale Of Two Cities (1935)
 [10:30 AM]      Scrooge (1970)
 [12:30 PM]      Romeo And Juliet (1936)
 [3:00 PM]      Henry V (1944)    [AKA: 'The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France']
 [5:30 PM]      Richard III (1955)
 [8:00 PM]      Room at the Top (1959)
 [10:00 PM]      Enchanted April (1991)
 [12:00 AM]      Tunes of Glory (1960)
 [2:00 AM]      The Fallen Idol (1948)
 [3:45 AM]      Rebecca (1940)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Wednesday  -  02/11/09

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      The Sea Around Us (1952)
 [7:15 AM]      Captains Courageous (1937)
 [9:30 AM]      20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
 [11:45 AM]      The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
 [1:30 PM]      Mon Oncle (1958)
 [3:30 PM]      The Birds (1963)
 [5:45 PM]      What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
 [8:00 PM]      Never Cry Wolf (1983)
 [10:00 PM]      Lassie Come Home (1943)
 [11:45 PM]      National Velvet (1944)
 [2:00 AM]      Jungle Book (1942)
 [3:45 AM]      The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
 [5:30 AM]      Mighty Joe Young (1949)     (ALL TIMES EST)


TNT has a FRESH 'Leverage'.
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Or reviews?







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The U.S. director of the movie 'Milk' Gus Van Sant poses with the award for the most valuable movie of the year at the charity gala 'Cinema For Peace' at the Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. The 59th International Film Festival Berlin takes place in the German capital from Feb. 5 until Feb. 15, 2009.
Photo by Markus Schreiber

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RuperTV At Its Best

My Network

My Network TV said it will essentially get out of the business of presenting original programming except for professional wrestling, a sign of how the economy is hurting Rupert and deregulation killed the television business.

The network, created for stations left adrift when the old WB and UPN network combined to form the CW, will also turn its Saturday night schedule over to the local affiliates and stations owned by the parent News Corp, it announced Monday.

It will abandon the traditional broadcast television model, where networks pay a licensing fee to programming producers and attempt to make money be selling ad time within those shows. Instead, it will acquire primarily established programs in which the producers sell half of the advertising time and My Network gets half the cut.

Except for its "Friday Night Smackdown" wresting series, My Network's most popular show, the only other series it has committed to for next fall is two hours of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" reruns. My Network will also have a movie night.

My Network TV

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Joss Whedon, creator of the Fox series 'Dollhouse,' is interviewed in New York, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009.
Photo by Richard Drew

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New Season

`Dancing with the Stars'

The new season of "Dancing Season with the Stars" will feature three couples and - with the show's touch for the improbable - one computer guru.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is among 13 celebrities who will compete on the ABC series' eighth season that begins March 9, the network said Sunday.

Pop star Jewel and her husband, rodeo champion Ty Murray, will compete for bragging rights, ABC said, while country singer Chuck Wicks will take the floor with his girlfriend, two-time "Dancing with the Stars" champion Julianne Hough.

Olympic gold-medal gymnast Shawn Johnson gets to make her mark just by showing up: At 17, she's the youngest competitor to date, ABC said.

Another star athlete in the field is Lawrence Taylor, the former New York Giant and Hall of Famer.

The other celebrity hoofers are Go-Go's lead singer Belinda Carlisle; rapper Lil' Kim; actress Denise Richards; actor-comedian David Alan Grier (Comedy Central's "Chocolate News"); Gilles Marini, who played the neighbor ogled by Kim Cattrall's Samantha in the "Sex and the City" film; Steve-O (MTV's "Wildboyz") and TV host Nancy O'Dell of "Access Hollywood."

`Dancing with the Stars'

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Grammy No-Show

Rihanna

Chris Brown's ad campaign with Wrigley was suspended Monday until his criminal case is resolved, and reports surfaced that pop superstar Rihanna, his longtime girlfriend and a fellow no-show at the Grammy Awards, was the woman who accused him of assault.

The Los Angeles Times, citing law enforcement officials familiar with the case and other sources it did not name, reported that Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, was the woman who told police that Brown had hurt her the night before the Grammy Awards.

A police statement released Sunday afternoon said Brown and an unidentified woman began arguing while riding in a car following a pre-Grammy party where they were spotted together Saturday night. The fight escalated when they got out of the car in the ritzy Hancock Park neighborhood, the report said, and Brown was gone by the time officers arrived.

Rihanna's publicist declined to say why the singer did not appear, and Brown's representatives also refused to discuss the allegations or his arrest. Repeated phone and email messages left beginning Sunday night with Brown's attorney, Mark Geragos, were not returned Monday.

Rihanna

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bartcook

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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New Host For 'America's Got Talent'

Nick Cannon

America's got Nick Cannon as the new host of "America's Got Talent," says NBC.

The musician, comedian, actor and producer will preside over the network's talent competition series when it returns for a fourth season this summer.

Cannon, 28, had his breakthrough role while a teen on the Nickelodeon series "All That," starred in his own MTV show, "Nick Cannon Presents Wild'n Out," and has recorded with artists including Kanye West and Diddy.

Cannon takes over from former "America's Got Talent" host Jerry Springer.

Nick Cannon

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Director Wim Wenders with wife Donata pose as they arrive for the 'Cinema for Peace 2009' charity gala at the 59th Berlinale film festival in Berlin, February 9, 2009.
Photo by Johannes Eisele

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DreamWorks Distribution Deal

Disney

Walt Disney Studios confirmed that it had entered a long-term, exclusive film distribution agreement with DreamWorks Studios principals Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider.

Disney said in a statement on Monday that it would distribute and market about six live-action films per year for DreamWorks as part of Spielberg and Snider's partnership with Reliance BIG Entertainment.

The company will release the DreamWorks movies under its adult-oriented Touchstone Pictures banner. The first such title is set to hit theaters in 2010.

DreamWorks Studios will remain at its current quarters on the Universal Studios lot.

Disney

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Vidiot Speak

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Sues AP Over Image

Shepard Fairey

An artist who created a famous image of Barack Obama before he became president sued The Associated Press on Monday, asking a judge to find that his use of an AP photo in creating the poster did not violate copyright law.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan said street artist Shepard Fairey did not violate the copyright of the April 2006 photograph because he dramatically changed the nature of the image.

The AP has said it is owed credit and compensation for the artist's rendition of the picture, taken by Mannie Garcia on assignment for the AP at the National Press Club in Washington.

Lawyers for Fairey acknowledged that the artist used the photograph. But they said he transformed the literal depiction into a "stunning, abstracted and idealized visual image that creates powerful new meaning and conveys a radically different message."

Shepard Fairey

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Footprints carved in wood, which locals believe were made by a worshipper who prayed at the same spot for decades, are seen at a monastery near Tongren, Qinghai province February 5, 2009. Local Tibetan monks and pilgrims gather to celebrate Monlam, or Great Prayer Festival, one of the most important festivals in Tibetan Buddhism.
Photo by Reinhard Krause

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Sues Village People

Victor Willis

The Village People's first cop wants a revamped version of the group to stop using his likeness and voice.

The lawsuit filed last week in San Diego by Victor Willis claims companies continue to use his voice and picture to promote the new Village People. He is seeking at least $1 million and a judge's order that they can no longer use his image or voice.

Willis was the original police officer in the group and helped pen the Village People's greatest hits, including "Y.M.C.A" and "Macho Man."

He is suing Sixuvus Ltd., a New York company that promotes the new Village People. He's also suing the William Morris Agency as well as Can't Stop Productions - which owns the trademark to the band's name - and several venues where the new group has performed.

Victor Willis

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Sales Tumble

Magazines

Newsstand and retail sales of U.S. magazines fell 11 percent in the second half of 2008, with celebrity and women's titles taking a hit as supermarket and drugstore shoppers cut back on their spending.

"Single-copy" sales of magazines in figures released by the U.S. Audit Bureau of Circulations on Monday performed worse than paid subscriptions, which were up less than 1 percent.

Among traditionally popular titles at the grocery store checkout line, sales of US Weekly fell almost 21 percent to about 1 million copies. In Touch Weekly dropped 32 percent to about 1.2 million copies.

Hearst Corp's "O, The Oprah Magazine" fell 25 percent to 836,770 copies, and Star Magazine fell 13.45 percent to 712,980 copies.

Magazines

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People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Sky Lantern Festival in Shifen, Taipei County, February 9, 2009. Believers gathered to release sky lanterns as a form of prayer for good luck and blessings. The tradition of releasing lanterns began during the Ching Dynasty when bands of outlaws frequently raided villages, forcing local residents to seek refuge in the mountains. The lanterns were signals used by the village watchmen to inform the refugees that their houses were safe again.
Photo by Pichi Chuang

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Newly Discovered Tomb In Egypt

Mummies

A storeroom housing about two dozen ancient Egyptian mummies has been unearthed inside a 2,600-year-old tomb during the latest round of excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo, archaeologists said Monday.

The tomb was located at the bottom of a 36-foot deep shaft, said Egypt's top archaeologist, Zahi Hawass. Twenty-two mummies were found in niches along the tomb's walls, he said.

Eight sarcophagi were also found in the tomb. Archaeologists so far have opened only one of the sarcophagi - and found a mummy inside of it, said Hawass' assistant Abdel Hakim Karar. Mummies are believed to be inside the other seven, he said.

The "storeroom for mummies" dates back to 640 B.C. during the 26th Dynasty, which was Egypt's last independent kingdom before it was overthrown by a succession of foreign conquerors beginning with the Persians, Hawass said. But the tomb was discovered at an even older site in Saqqara that dates back to the 4,300-year-old 6th Dynasty, he said.

Mummies

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Due In Court

Muntadhar al-Zeidi

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at ex-resident George W. Bush faces trial next week for allegedly assaulting a foreign leader after an appellate court refused to reduce the charge, a judicial official said Sunday.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, 30, who won folk hero status throughout the Arab world for his protest, has been in custody since the Dec. 14 outburst at Bush's joint news conference with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

He had been due to stand trial in December but his defense team won a delay as it sought to reduce the charges to simply insulting Bush.

However, court spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar said an appellate court rejected the request and ordered the journalist to face trial on Feb. 19 on the original charge. He did not say when the appeals court issued its decision.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi

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In Memory

Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie, a classically trained pianist who transformed herself into a jazz singer with a unique baby-doll voice heard in New York and London cabarets for three decades, has died at 82.

Dearie died of natural causes Saturday at her Manhattan home, said her manager, Donald Schaffer. No specific cause of death was given.

Born April 29, 1926, in East Durham, N.Y., Marguerite Blossom Dearie dropped her first name to bolster a musical career that began with early training in piano and moved to jazz vocals. By the mid-1940s, she was a member of the Blue Flames, associated with Woody Herman's orchestra and with the Alvino Rey band.

Dearie began her solo career in postwar Paris. With an octet called the Blue Stars, she recorded a French version of the jazz standard "Lullaby of Birdland." She was briefly married to Belgian saxophonist Bobby Jaspar and later signed a six-album contract with jazz impresario Norman Granz, the owner of Verve Records. The New York Times called the resulting albums cult classics.

Dearie appeared regularly at London nightclubs in the 1960s. She founded her own label, Daffodil Records, in New York in 1974, writing the music to lyrics by Johnny Mercer and others. She gained national attention by appearing on NBC's "Today" show during its early years.

Dearie liked to poke fun at composers she thought pretentious or overrated. A favorite target was Andrew Lloyd Webber, responsible for the music for "Jesus Christ Superstar" and other hit musicals.

Her last record was the 2003 single "It's All Right to be Afraid," dedicated to victims and survivors of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. She last performed in 2006 at a cabaret in midtown Manhattan.

She is survived by an older brother, a niece and a nephew.

Blossom Dearie

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The Smithsonian's National Zoo introduced its newest member, a male red panda, Tate (R), to female Shama in Washington, February 6, 2009. Tate recently arrived from the Cape May zoo in New Jersey. After a day's acclimation to the exhibit, Tate was introduced to one-and-a-half-year-old Shama and immediately exhibited breeding behavior. A birth for this pair would be significant for the Zoo - red pandas are endangered and breed only once a year.
Photo by Mehgan Murphy.

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