Bartcop Entertainment - Tuesday, 16 March, 2004

Tuesday

16 March, 2004

big hammer - bigger hammer

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Issue #96

Disinfotainment Today

By Michael Dare

The Newsletter that Doesn't Apologize for Not Coming Out Last Week
 
Issue #96
is brought to you by
 
 
The New Yorker Studio Script Notes on "The Passion"
 
Dear Mel, We love, LOVE the script! The ending works great. You'll be getting a call from us to start negotiations for the book rights. Love the Jesus character. So likable. He can't seem to catch a break! We identify with him because of it. One thing, I think we need to clearly state "the rules." Why doesn't he use his super powers to save himself? The creative people suggest that you could simply cut away to two spectators: Spectator one Why doesn't he use his super powers to save himself? Spectator two He can only use his powers to help others, never himself. 
 
Does it matter which garden? Gethsemane is hard to say and Eden is a much more recognizable garden. Just thinking out loud. 
 
Our creative people suggest a clock visual fading in and out in certain scenes like the last supper bit: Monday, 12:43pm." or later, "Good Friday, 5:14pm." Love the repetition of "is it I?" Could be very funny. On the eighth inquiry, could Jesus just give a little look into camera? Breaks frame, but could be a riot. Also could he change water into wine in last supper scene? Would be a great moment, and it's legit. History compression is a movie tradition and could really brighten up the scene. Love the flaying. Could the Rabbis be Hispanic? There's lots of hot Latino actors now, could give us a little zing at the box office. Research says there's some justification for it. 
 
Is there somewhere where Jesus could be using an IMac? You know, now that I hear myself say it, it sounds ridiculous. Strike that. But think about it. Maybe we start a shot in heaven with Jesus thoughtfully closing the top? (Reminder: heaven is timeless) The studio is very high on Johnny Depp right now. Just saw him in "Pirates." He was hilarious. Might be right for Jesus? Not so straightforward. He could bring a lot of pizzazz to the role. I think a meeting would be warranted. Love the idea of Monica Belluci as Mary Magdalene (Yow!). Our creative people suggest a name change to Heather. Could skew our audience a little younger. Love Judas. Such a great villain. Our creative people suggest that he's a little "conflicted." Couldn't he be one thing? Just bad? Gives the movie much more of a motor. Also, 30 pieces of silver is not going to get anyone excited. I think it's very simple to make him a "new millionaire." Bring in the cash on a tray. Great dilemma that the audience can identify with. Minor spelling error: on page 18, in the description of the bystanders, there should be a space between the words "Jew" and "boy." 
 
Merchandising issue: it seems the cross image has been done to death and we can't own it. Could the crucifixion scene involve something else? A Toyota would be wrong, but maybe there's a shape we can copyright, like an ellipse? I'm assuming "the dialogue is in Aremeic," is a typo for "American." If not call me on my cell or I'm at home all weekend. 
 
By the way, I'm sending a group of staffers on a cruise to the North Pole, coincidentally around the time of the release date. Would love to invite your dad!
 
 
The Bad News
 
It's been medically proven that getting cannibanoids into your system by smoking marijuana can actually destroy brain cells.
 
The Good News
 
The brain cells that cannibanoids kill are cancerous.
 
Quote from Hell
 
 
Bob Hope: "Professor, did you plant the bomb in the embassy like I told you?"
Jerry Colonna: "Embassy? Great Scott, I thought you said NBC!"
 
Let Freedom Ring
 
ERA, the Equal Rights Amendment baring gender discrimination, didn't pass in the United States, but Article 12 of the new Iraqi constitution states that "All Iraqis are equal in their rights without regard to gender, sect, opinion, belief, nationality, religion, or origin, and they are equal before the law." And forget the second amendment to the US constitution. Article 17, in its entirety, states "It shall not be permitted to possess, bear, buy, or sell arms except on licensure issued in accordance with the law." For a superb article-by-article breakdown of the new Iraqi constitution, check this out.
 
Calling All Fans of The Shining
 
Watch this spectacular movie and try to figure out what it's an ad for.
 
Good Idea
 
Inspired by the documentary Super Size Me, in which someone eats all his meals at McDonalds for a month and documents the deterioration of his body, this guy intends to get all his information from right-wing media over the next month and document the deterioration of his brain.
 
Do-Gooders of the Week
 
Anti-smoking activists are pressing Hollywood to give any movie an R-rating that shows someone smoking a cigarette.
 
Gallery of the Week
"Cats Aren't Dogs"
by Matthew Vescovo,
master of the obvious at instructoart
 
MP3 of the Week
 
Howard Stern rips Dubya a new one.
 
 
Vote for Nader
 
Dish vs. DirecTV
 
I just switched from DirecTV to the Dish Network and discovered a significant difference. It's only one channel, available only on Dish, but what a channel. FSTV, Free Speech TV, isn't owned by anybody and actually reports the real news, just like the Internet. So if you can't decide between DirecTV or Dish, let FSTV be the deciding vote.
 
Who Needs a DNA Test to Prove He's My Son?
 
My 10-year-old son Max and I walk a half mile through the desert every weekday morning to reach his school bus stop. This morning, the walk was spectacular. After the rains of last week, and the arrival of spring today, the desert was in bloom, full of green grass, flowers, and hundreds of birds chirping wildly. I couldn't help myself. I started singing loudly and terribly "Oh what a beautiful morning. Oh what a beautiful day. I've got a beautiful feeling everything's coming my way." Max looked at me, held up his fist, and said "This is what's coming your way if you don't stop singing."
 
Don't Take My Word For It
 
"I write because I can't do any of the following: paint, sculpt, sing, take photos, play an instrument, commute, wear a suit, remember appointments, return phone calls, work for a boss, concentrate in a meeting, serve food and drink, teach, or do anything else at all, really. Nor can I ever ignore the urge to try and get out what's in, however hard I try."
- Nick Hornby -
 
"If you misunderstand your mind, you are an ordinary mortal; if you understand your mind, you are a sage. In this it makes no difference whether you are a male or female, old or young, smart or simple."
- Jakushitsu -
 
"Seek refuge in the attitude of detachment and you will amass the wealth of spiritual awareness. Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do. When consciousness is unified, however, all vain anxiety is left behind. There is no cause for worry, whether things go well or ill."
- Bhagavad Gita -
 
"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."
- Woodrow Wilson -
 
"I was kidnapped. Tell the world it was a coup."
 
"He did not resign. He was abducted by the United States in the commission of a coup."
 
"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant."
- Horace -
 
"We have significant concerns about the military's response to sexual assault in the combat zone. We have concerns that victims are not getting forensic exams. Evidence is not being collected in some cases, and they are not getting medical care and other services."
 
"Mud sometimes gives the illusion of depth."
- Marshall McLuhan -
 
"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain."
- Mark Twain -
 
"In the name of religion, in the name of morality, in the name of nationality, people are torturing each other, killing each other. Beautiful names have been found for very pathological, insane things. Insanities are called 'nationalities.' Insanities are called 'moralities.' Beautiful labels on very ugly things."
- Osho -
 
"There cannot be too much of a correct theory."
 
"Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so."
- Lord Chesterfield -
 
"I believe that to meet the challenge of the next century, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for his or her own self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind."
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama -
 
"The New York Times reports that Bush spent hours helping to put together political ads showing the Twin Towers smoldering in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Since "the day that changed everything" is supposedly the reason for all Bush's steadiness, you might expect that his record on September 11 would be paragon of single mindedness. But you know the drill by now. First he was against forming an independent commission to investigate. Then he was for the commission. Once the commission was formed, he fought tooth and nail to keep them from seeing the pertinent records, but he insists he is cooperating fully. He doesn't think he should talk to the commission for more than an hour. In other words, Bush is willing to give the commission investigating the key tragedy that occurred on his watch only a fraction of the time he gave his ad men to create the images he is using to exploit it."
- The Daily Brew -
 
"It is better for my enemy to see good in me than for me to see evil in him."
- Yiddish proverb -
 
"If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed."
- Kate Halverson -
 
"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."
- Erma Bombeck -
 
"Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!"
- Derwood Fincher -
 
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
- Howard Aiken -
 
"I'm looking forward to looking back on all this."
- Sandra Knell -
 
"The fool thinks he has won a battle
when he bullies with harsh speech,
but knowing how to be forbearing
alone makes one victorious."
- Buddha: Samyutta Nikaya I, 163 -
 
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart."
- Donald Laird -
 
Nothing to hold on to,
Nothing to let go of,
Nothing to dissolve.
- Ashtavakra Gita 6:2 -
 
"Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night."
- Philip K. Dick -
 
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
- Andy Warhol -
 
"Part of being sane is being a little bit crazy."
- Janet Long -
 
"If I had my life to live over... I'd dare to make more mistakes next time."
- Nadine Stair -
 
"Without envy, the world could not abide, for none would marry or build a house."
- Midrash Tehillim -
 
"If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own."
- Scoop Nisker -
 
"John Kerry will be the Democratic nominee for president. Democrats finally found someone who is Al Gore without the flash and the sizzle."
- Craig Kilborn -
 
"For having traffic with thyself alone,
Thou of thyself thy sweet self dost deceive.
Then how, when nature calls thee to be gone,
What acceptable audit canst thou leave?"
- William Shakespeare: Sonnet 4 -

"Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth."
- Charles A. Dana -
 
"Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it."
- Cullen Hightower -
 
"True religion is the life we live, not the creed we profess."
- J.F. Wright -
 
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
 
"Once a man has committed a sin once and then a second time...it [appears to him that it] is permitted."
- Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 86b -
 
"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."
- Janis Joplin -
 
"The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work."
- Richard Bach -
 
"The only joy in the world is to begin."
- Cesare Pavese -
 
Everything Else

I'm afraid I must insist you check out John Cleese's new site.
 
 
The phone rang and it was ABC news asking me to participate in a poll. Yep, I'm one of the 1,202 randomly selected people who answered these questions. It's fun to read a poll you participated in, especially when the numbers are low. I'm one of only six people who thought Kerry's politics were "too conservative."
 
The Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Awards has decided that the best municipal water on earth is in Desert Hot Springs, which means the water coming out of my tap is better than the bottled water you're paying an arm and a leg for. Nyah nyah.
 
This is an excellent page of Hollywood/film biz links.
 
 

Contact George W. Bush - president@whitehouse.gov
Contact Jeb Bush - jeb.bush@myflorida.com
Contact Saddam Hussein - president@whitehouse.gov
Contact Kim Jong Il - eng-info@kcna.co.jp
Contact Jacques Chirac - france-presse@un.int
Contact the Pope - accreditamenti@pressva.va
Contact the Democratic Candidates:  Wesley Clark, Howard Dean, John Edwards, Dick Gephardt, Bob Graham, John Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, Joe Lieberman, Carol Moseley Braun, Al Sharpton
Embassy of France in the US: 202-944-6000
German Embassy in the US: 202-298-4000
Embassy of the Russian Federation: 202-298-5700
Embassy of the People's Republic of China: 202-328-2500
White House switchboard: (202) 456-1414
Contact your Senator - http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm
Contact your Representative - http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
House and Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Links to Central Government Agencies - http://www.firstgov.gov/
 
 
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Selected Readings

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STUPID IS A VIRUS

CHIMP BOY IS NOT RELIABLE

LOCO GRINGO BUSH

WHEN CHICKENHAWKS ADVERTISE

THE CHIMP GETS A FREE RIDE

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Another sunny spring day.



Tonight, Tuesday, CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'Navy NCIS', followed by tbe Series Premiere of 'Century City', then a FRESH 'Judging Amy'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Kate Winslet, Bruce McCall, and the Vines.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Frankie Muniz, Ioan Gruffudd, and Butterfly Boucher.

NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Whoopi', followed by a FRESH 'Happy Family', then a FRESH 'Frasier', followed by a FRESH 'Scrubs', then a RERUN 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Angelina Jolie, Kevin Smith, and Twista.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are New Paltz Mayor Jason West, Edie Falco, and The Allman Brothers Band.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Juliette Lewis, Chuck Liddell, Tito Oritz, and the Shins.

ABC opens the night with a FRESH '8 Simple Rules', followed by a FRESH 'I'm With Her', then a FRESH 'Jim', followed by a FRESH 'Less Than Perfect', then a FRESH 'NYPD Blue'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Suzanne Somers, Former Utah Utes coach Rick Majerus, and Grant-Lee Phillips, with this week's guest co-host Kathy Griffin.

The WB offers a RERUN 'Gilmore Girls', followed by a RERUN 'High School Reunion'.

Faux has a FRESH 2-hour 'American Idol'.

UPN has a RERUN 'One On One', followed by a RERUN 'All Of Us', then a FRESH 'America's Next Top Model'.

A&E has 'American Justice', 'Biography' (Saddam Hussein), and a 2-hour 'Cold Case Files'.

AMC offers the movie 'Hud', followed by the movie 'The Undefeated', then the movie 'Shepherd Of The Hills'.

BBC  -    [6pm]   'BBC World News';   [6:30pm]   'Cash in the Attic' - Pender;   [7pm]   'House Invaders' - Abington;   [7:30pm]   'Changing Rooms' - Manchester;   [8pm]   'Ground Force' - Kingswinford;   [8:30pm]   'Changing Rooms' - Kimbolton;   [9pm]   'What Not To Wear' - Liz Traves;   [9:30pm]   'What Not To Wear' - Tribes of Man;   [10pm]   'House Doctor' - Episode 1;   [10:30pm]   'The Life Laundry' - Haslemere;   [11pm]   'Ground Force' - Kingswinford;   [11:30pm]   'Changing Rooms' - Kimbolton;   [12am]   'What Not To Wear' - Liz Traves;   [12:30am]   'What Not To Wear' - Tribes of Man;   [1am]   'House Doctor' - Episode 1;   [1:30am]   'The Life Laundry' - Haslemere;   [2am]   'House Invaders' - Abington;   [2:30am]   'Changing Rooms' - Manchester;   [3am]   'What Not To Wear' - Liz Traves;   [3:30am]   'What Not To Wear' - Tribes of Man;   [4am]   'House Doctor' - Episode 1;   [4:30am]   'The Life Laundry' - Haslemere;   [5am]   'Ground Force' - Kingswinford;   [5:30am]   'Changing Rooms' - Kimbolton;  and   [6am]   'BBC World News'.    (ALL TIMES EST)

Bravo has 'West Wing', 'Sexiest Moments In Film', 'Significant Others', followed by a FRESH 'Significant Other', and a FRESH 'Queer Eye'.

Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Reno 911!', 'Insomniac', 'South Park', 'Chappelle's Show', and 'Crank Yankers'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is John Stossel.

History has 'Terror Tech', 'Modern Marvels', 'Iraq War: One Year Later' (part 5 of 5), and 'Eyewitness In Iraq'.

IFC   -   [6:45PM]   'Amarcord' (1974);   [9PM]   'Dinner For Five 24' (2003);   [9:30PM]   'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me' (1992);   [11:45PM]   'The Big One' (1997);   [1:15AM]   'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me' (1992);   [3:30AM]   'Haiku Tunnel' (2001);  and   [5AM]   'IFC Short Film Showcase'.    (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has the movie 'Waterworld', followed by the movie 'Nostradamus'.

Sundance  -   [7:30PM]   'Two Bits' (Feature);   [9PM]   'Tanner '88: The Great Escape' (Short);   [9:30PM]   'Sidewalks of New York' (Feature);   [11:20PM]   'Anatomy of A Scene: Sidewalks of New York' (Original Production);   [11:45PM]   'Lucky Three' (Short);   [12AM]   'Ginger and Cinnamon' (World Cinema);   [1:20AM]   'The Designated Mourner' (Feature);   [2:55AM]   'Ridicule' (Feature);   [4:45AM]   'The Spirit of Annie Mae' (Documentary).    (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM spends the night with Ray Milland.
 [6am]    'Here Comes Happiness' (1941);
 [7am]    'Here We Go Again' (1942);
 [8:30am]    'I Married An Angel' (1942);
 [10am]    'The Male Animal' (1942);
 [12pm]    'Best Foot Forward' (1943);
 [1:45pm]    'The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis' (1953);
 [3pm]    'It Happened At The World's Fair' (1963);
 [5pm]    'Get Yourself A College Girl' (1964);
 [6:30pm]    'Looking For Love' (1964);
 [8pm]    'Dial M For Murder' (1954);
 [10pm]    'Ministry Of Fear' (1944);
 [11:30pm]    'Irene' (1940);
 [1:30am]    'Night Into Morning' (1951)  [WARNING: stars Nancy Davis] ;
 [3am]    'The Safecracker' (1958);

 [4:45am]    'Wise Girl' (1937).    (ALL TIMES EST)


Wednesday  -  03/17

TCM spends the day celebrating Irish-themed movies, then devotes all night to Charlie Chaplin.
 [6am]    'Peg O' My Heart' (1933);
 [7:30am]    'Sweepstakes Winner' (1939);
 [8:30am]    'The Irish In Us' (1935);
 [10am]    'Parnell' (1937);
 [12pm]    'The Fighting 69th' (1940);
 [1:30pm]    'Three Cheers for the Irish' (1940);
 [3:30pm]    'My Wild Irish Rose' (1947);
 [5:30pm]    'The Quiet Man' (1952);

 [8pm]    'Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush' (2003);
 [8:30pm]    'The Gold Rush' (1925) SILENT ;
 [10pm]    'Unknown Chaplin' (Episode 2) (1983);
 [11pm]    'Pay Day' (1922) SILENT ;
 [11:30pm]    'Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris' (2003);
 [12am]    'A Woman of Paris' (1923) SILENT ;
 [1:30am]    'Chaplin at Essanay Studios I' (1915) SILENT ;
 [3:30am]    'Chaplin at Essanay Studios II' (1915) SILENT ;
 [5:30am]    'Festival of Shorts #30' (2000).
    (ALL TIMES EST)



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The Information One-Stop

Moose & Squirrel

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Rolling Stones magazine founder Jann Wenner, left, accepts his induction award from MIck Jagger, center, and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun during the Rock 'N Roll Induction dinner Monday, March 15, 2004 in New York.
Photo by Julie Jacobson

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Inductions

Prince was crowned as musical royalty on Monday as he joined the late George Harrison among eight inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Also honored at the 19th annual induction were Texas boogie-woogie blues group ZZ Top, singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, English rock-jazz fusion band Traffic, rocker Bob Seger, R & B vocal group The Dells and Jann Wenner, co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine.

Prince kicked off the star-studded festivities with an electrifying performance of "Let's Go Crazy," "Sign 'O' The Times," and "Kiss," that brought the formally dressed audience in the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to its feet.

For the rest, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Refuses Return Invite

Sandra Tsing-Loh

Sandra Tsing-Loh was dismissed from KCRW-FM after using the f-word in a prerecorded segment in what station general manager Ruth Seymour called "the equivalent of the Janet Jackson performance piece" -- a reference to Jackson's controversial breast-baring halftime show at the Super Bowl.

On Monday Seymour said the station had reversed its decision and apologized for firing Tsing-Loh before having learned all of the facts.

"I regret having jumped to conclusions about what happened and for erroneously accusing Sandra of an intentional breach of our broadcast standards," she said.

But Tsing-Loh, 42, author of several books including "A Year in Van Nuys," said in a statement that she had decided not to return.

"I appreciate the station's willingness to acknowledge that it was wrong to cancel my show as well as its invitation for me to return," she said. "And while I do wish KCRW well, I personally don't think I could be comfortable working there any more."

Sandra Tsing-Loh

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French singer Charles Aznavour, left, listens to reporters' questions as he poses with his just unveiled wax figure at the Musee Grevin in Paris Monday March 15, 2004.
Photo by Francois Mori

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Film Dissects 'Bush's Brain'

Karl 'Turd Blossom' Rove

"Bush's Brain" has been cracked open and exposed for the world to see. The documentary, based on the book of the same name about presidential adviser Karl Rove, had been kept tightly under wraps before making its world premiere to a packed theater at the South by Southwest film festival.

Both the book and the film depict Rove as the true brains behind the Bush administration, and practically a co-president.

The film, which screened Saturday night, begins with the image of Bush confidently descending the stairs of Air Force One with "Hail to the Chief" signaling his arrival.

For the rest, Karl 'Turd Blossom' Rove

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Last Stand Reissued

Warren Zevon

In the wake of two Grammy Award wins by the late Warren Zevon last month, Artemis Records on March 9 released a limited-edition version of Zevon's final album "The Wind" that was manufactured with 180-gram audiophile quality vinyl. Artemis also has released "(Inside) Out: Keep Me in Your Heart," a DVD of the VH1 special that documented the recording of "The Wind" during Zevon's battle with cancer.

Warren Zevon

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

bartcook

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Prevails Over Axl Rose Lawsuit

Geffen Records

A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for Geffen Records to release a greatest-hits album next week from the rock band Guns N' Roses over the objection of its lead singer, Axl Rose.

Rose sued Geffen, a unit of Universal Music Group under Vivendi Universal, seeking to prevent the best-of collection from being released, claiming he was not consulted on the choice or remixing of material for the album.

He was joined as a plaintiff in the suit, filed last Friday, by two band members from the original lineup -- guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan -- even though their rights to the Guns N' Roses name was signed over to Rose years ago when they left the group.

But U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer denied their request for a temporary restraining order, allowing Geffen to issue the album as planned next Tuesday. A hearing on a motion for a preliminary injunction was set for next month.

Geffen Records

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Robin Buell, a senior in studio art at the College of Charleston, checks the setup of a model of the Temple of King Solomon at the Halsey Gallery Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, as the display of 'Oft Unseen: Art From the Lodge and Other Secret Societies' was being prepared for display at the college in Charleston, S.C. The Temple of King Solomon is the structural and historical model for all Masonic Lodges.
Photo by Lou Krasky

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$1 Million Disney Deal

Clive Woodall

A British supermarket manager who wrote a fairy tale as a bedtime story for his children has sold the film rights to Walt Disney Co. for $1 million.

After 11 years' writing and more than 30 rejections from publishers, Clive Woodall's novel "One for Sorrow: Two for Joy" was published Monday amid the sort of hype normally reserved for big names like J.K. Rowling.

His sweeping story centers on a lone robin's fight to save a world called Birddom from hordes of evil magpies. Its promoters have compared it to "Watership Down," the classic children's story by English novelist Richard Adams.

Clive Woodall

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Baby News

Sam Sheen

Actor Charlie Sheen, who stars in his own CBS sitcom as an unabashedly committed bachelor helping to raise a young nephew, has become a real-life father for the second time.

Sheen's wife, actress Denise Richards, gave birth last Tuesday in Los Angeles to the couple's first child, a girl they named Sam Sheen, his publicist said in a statement issued on Monday.

The baby weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth, and both mother and daughter "are doing great," the statement said.

Sam Sheen

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Formerly 'The Vidiot'

pissed

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Author Loses Against Disney

Franck Le Calvez

A French children's book author, who claims Disney's blockbuster "Finding Nemo" copied a fish of his creation, lost a court battle to ban the sale of Nemo products in France.

Franck Le Calvez argued that the lovable title character in "Finding Nemo" was based on his smiling orange-and-white clown fish named Pierrot.

Judge Louis-Marie Raingeard de la Bletiere ruled Friday that although the two fish resemble each other — both have big smiles and sport three stripes down the side — their similarities weren't enough to confuse people.

Among their distinctions, the judge noted the two fish have different smiles. Nemo's smile displays teeth and is "closer to a human's smile," while Pierrot has a "toothless" smile that the judge said was more dolphinlike.

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A tourist takes a picture of a painted camel sculpture on a Dubai highway March 14, 2004. The project of 80 sponsored art pieces is the creation of Dubai-based company 'Art Work'.
Photo by Anwar Mirza

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French singer On Trial

Bertrand Cantat

French pop singer Bertrand Cantat was set to go on trial in the Lithuanian capital Tuesday, charged with murdering his girlfriend, movie star Marie Trintignant, who died following a quarrel in a hotel.

Cantat, 40 year-old lead singer of the group Noir Desir, is accused of causing the death of Trintignant by beating her during the hotel room row last July.

Trintignant, daughter of veteran French movie star Jean-Louis Trintignant, had just completed shooting a television film in Lithuania.

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Set Auctioned to Fans

'Ed'

From glittery bowling pins to fencing swords to a chicken costume, fans of the canceled NBC television show "Ed" got a chance to take home their very own piece of fictional Stuckeyville, Ohio.

A converted bowling alley in New Jersey where the comedy had been filmed was the site of a weekend auction where hundreds of props and set pieces were sold.

Companies usually keep those items, said Drew Tidwell, a production coordinator for Viacom. But the company decided it would make more sense to auction the items.

"To ship all this stuff to Los Angeles or put it in storage costs way too much money," Tidwell told The Sunday Star-Ledger of Newark.

'Ed'

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Sister Is New Publicist

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise has parted ways with his longtime publicist, Pat Kingsley.

The split, which happened Thursday, had been in the works for some time, said Kingsley, a partner at PMK/HBH, who has handled his affairs since 1990.

Cruise will now be represented by his sister, Lee Anne DeVette, who works at his Paramount Pictures-based production company, Cruise/Wagner.

Tom Cruise

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Bubbles Sink

Guinness

Scientists said on Monday they had finally proved that Guinness dark stout's creamy bubbles defy expectations and flow down instead of upwards.

They first thought the dark liquid flowing down as a pint was poured gave the illusion the bubbles were going down as well.

Now close examination has revealed that, as a pint settles, bubbles touching the walls of the glass experience drag, similar to that a person feels sliding their finger along glass, and that prevents them floating up.

The Edinburgh team, working with researchers at Stanford University in California have produced high-speed video footage of the sinking bubbles -- to put at rest the minds of any drinkers who might have felt they were seeing things.

Guinness

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Peace activist Rachel Corrie is shown at the Burning Man festival in a photo from September 2002, in Black Rock City, Nev. Corrie, 23, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., died Sunday, March 16, 2003, in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah while trying to stop a bulldozer from tearing down a Palestinian physician's home. A year ago, Craig and Cindy Corrie of Charlotte, N.C., braved the rain to join about 120 others at a major intersection to protest the war in Iraq. The next morning, on March 16, 2003, the Corries received a call from their son-in-law in Washington state, telling them that their 23-year-old daughter, Rachel, had been killed in the Gaza Strip.
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