BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 5 April, 2011

Tuesday

5 April, 2011

(Updated Daily)

[1350 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: The Truth, Still Inconvenient (New York Times)
So the joke begins like this: An economist, a lawyer and a professor of marketing walk into a room. What's the punch line? They were three of the five "expert witnesses" Republicans called for last week's Congressional hearing on climate science.


Paul Constant: A Letter to Our Readers About The Stranger's Exciting New Digital Pricing Initiative, Or: How You Learned to Quit Worrying and Love Our Paywall (Satire of 'New York Times' Paywall; The Stranger)


Robert Reich: "The Truth About the Economy that Nobody In Washington Or On Wall Street Will Admit: We're Heading Back Toward a Double Dip" (robertreich.org)
Why aren't Americans being told the truth about the economy? We're heading in the direction of a double dip - but you'd never know it if you listened to the upbeat messages coming out of Wall Street and Washington.


Joe Conason: Why the Reckless Republicans Win (Creators Syndicate)
Scarcely any news story induces sleep as swiftly and surely as congressional budget negotiations - a topic that features politicians bickering loudly over huge dollar amounts that lack meaning for most people, while their public posturing reflects little of what is actually going on in the back channels.


Scott Burns: Angel of Inflation No Longer Lives in Northern California (assetbuilder.com)
SANTA ROSA, CA. In the evening, as light fades, shadowy figures appear along downtown side streets. They are men carrying bulky plastic garbage bags, reminding you that life in California isn't all about people who spend their weekends sipping wine at their vineyard. It's also about people who are homeless.


Matt Miller: Is tax deferral dead? (The Washington Post)
I hate to toss a grenade into anyone's tax return preparations-and goodness knows the Lower Upper Class has enough to worry about, what with SAT prep getting insanely expensive for the kids, and exclusive resorts refusing to cut prices despite the sluggish economy-but tax deferral might be dead.


Jim Hightower: Class War Casualties
I recently joined hundreds of Texans in a "Day of the Fallen" protest. Leading our march to the State Capitol were people bearing 138 black coffins. This was not a war protest, not in the sense of a shooting war - but it was a protest about the senseless casualties in America's relentless class war. The caskets symbolized the 138 Texas construction workers who died on the job in 2009.


Interview with Sarah Hughes (thecelebritycafe.com)
Sarah Hughes won Olympic Gold for the United States when she competed in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games. Since then, Hughes has moved on and graduated from Yale University, but she remains connected to the figure skating world. TheCelebrityCafe.com's Ellen Stodola talked to Sarah about how she will be honored at the upcoming Figure Skating in Harlem's Seventh Annual Skating with the Stars Gala.


"When Movies Mattered: Reviews from a Transformative Decade" by Dave Kehr: A review by Gerry Donaghy
In the not-so-distant past, film writers like Andrew Sarris, J. Hoberman, and Pauline Kael would indulge readers in long-form criticism, providing them with insights to a film in question, not merely settling the debate as to whether said film was worth seeing. And, despite the highbrow pedigree, these names could make or break a film (Kael's essay on Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde is generally considered to have turned the film from box-office poison to must-see iconoclastic cinema).


Nathan Heller: "Super" (Slate)
This charming-looking indie comedy is nothing like what you expect.


Roger Ebert: Review of "Heart of Glass" (A Great Movie)
Some images are complete without translation into words. "Heart of Glass" strikes me as a film of such images. From it I get a feeling that evokes my gloom as I see a world sinking into self-destruction, and feel I am lucky to be old because there may not be another lifetime's length of happiness left for most people on this planet.



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Trivia Question of the Day


What country is the world leader in chickpea production?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Sideburns (patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face) is a 19th-century corruption of the original term, ____?____

   Burnsides                                                      Source



Sideburns or sideboards are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven.         Source





Alan J was first, and correct, with:
   Burnsides



Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
   The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside



Marian replied
   Burnsides



maw responded:
   After Civil War General Burnside



Adam answered:
   I'm not going to look this up:
  Burnsides, a Civil War general who first wore them (or wore them the most fashionably).




Sally said:
   The term Lambchop "sideburns" is a 19th century corruption of the original burnsides.

  Just think, I could be living in Argentina, or Cuba today, had Che ever come for me - and not been killed of course. Sigh...
  PS: Ernesto "Che" Guevara did wear sideburns when in town, but since he spent his time as a Marxist revolutionary, the scruffy look prevailed. What many people don't know about him, is that he was a physician, author, intellect, diplomat, and military theorist. Unfortunately, he is usually only credited as a guerrilla leader. Che had profound empathy for the poor and oppressed, and would have gone on to become a world leader had he not been captured by CIA-assisted Bolivian forces and executed. RIP mi amore...




Charlie replied:
   The last name of the not particularly competent Union General Ambrose Burnside (1824-1881).




John I from Hawaii says:
   Burn Sides? From a Civil War general.



MAM   wrote:
   Burnsides. They were so named afther the American Civil War General Ambrose Burside, a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven. Such lush cheek foliage had been known up until then as "muttonchops," after their resemblance to a popular cut of meat.

  General Ambrose Burnside




And, Joe S     answered:
   Burnside as in General Ambrose E. Burnside

  But what if Amber Burnside was around back then? Sideburns might have had a whole nother meaning.

  (I run with the wolf-pack)



  


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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


Atheists Organize at a High School in Panama City, Fla. - NYTimes.com




Thanks, Michelle!

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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

UDDERLY RIDICULOUS!

WELL, DOESN'T A BEAR SHIT IN THE WOODS?

MARIA, I JUST MET A GOOSE NAMED MARIA...

ARE YOU PISSED OFF YET?

THIS IS REALLY INCONVENIENT FOR THE REPUGS

YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART!

"DEAD MAN WALKER" KNOWS HOW TO PICK 'EM

SHUT IT DOWN OR STFU!

FIGHT THE FUCKING POWER OR DIE!

GROW A PAIR PAUL-TARD!

STILL FIGHTING THE POWER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. R.I.P. MLK

WE ARE ONE

REPUBLICAN JESUS WANTS YOUR SOUL

THE FASCIST REPUGS HAVE A NEW TRICK

DIE FOTHER MUCKERS!

CHRIST ON A CRUTCH WE'RE DOWN TO DIAPERS! NO FUCKING NUKES!

GIVE IT UP FAT BOY

A NATION OF MORONS

GET OUT THE POPCORN. THE COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVES ARE FIGHTING!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Lovely spring day.


So, when we got home Ssturday night, the kid went to take a shower, but there was no hot water.

The water heater was replaced not quite 2 years ago, so I figured it wasn't a big deal. Just fire up the pilot light and we'd be back in business.

But the pilot light wouldn't stay lit, and on my budget, we don't call plumbers on the weekend.

The plumber showed up this afternoon, and it was nothing but bad news.

My not quite 2-year old water heater, a GE, needed to be replaced.

Here are some comments about the fabulous GE water heaters - it seems that GE water heaters are on par with the pumps they built for the Japanese nuke plants.

Between the cats, the car, and now the water heater, I'm beginning to feel like Joe Btfsplk.

Anyway, we have hot water again.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'NCIS', followed by a RERUN 'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a FRESH 'The Good Wife'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Jennifer Garner, Jamie Oliver, and Robbie Robertson.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Steven Wright, Jerry O'Connell, and Sophia Bush.



NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Biggest Loser', followed by a FRESH 'Parenthood'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Dwayne Johnson, Bethany Hamilton, and Fitz & the Tantrums.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Keanu Reeves, Lorraine Nicholson, Wire, and Booker T. Jones.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Jason Winer, Oh Land, and the Soundtrack of Our Lives.



ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'No Ordinary Family', followed by a FRESH 'DWTS', then a FRESH 'Body Of Proof'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Christian Slater, Dr. Drew Pinsky, the latest "Dancing With the Stars" castoff, and the Decemberists.



The CW offers a RERUN 'One Tree Hill', followed by a RERUN 'Hellcats'.



Faux has a RERUN 'Glee', followed by a RERUN 'Raising Hope', then a RERUN 'Traffic Light'.



MY has 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', followed by another 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader', then 'Don't Forget The Lyrcis!', followed by another 'Don't Forget The Lyrics!'.



A&E has all 'The First 48' all night.



AMC offers the movie 'The Chronicles Of Riddick', followed by the movie 'Terminator 3: Judgment Day'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [7:00 AM]   BBC World News
 [8:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 The Runaway Girl
 [9:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 9 The Olde Stone Mill
 [10:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 4 Morgan's
 [11:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 10 Dillons
 [12:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 The Dovecote
 [1:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 1 Bonapartes
 [2:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Piccolo Teatro
 [3:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Lanterna
 [4:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 2 Glass House
 [5:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Handlebar
 [6:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place
 [7:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 11 Cafe 36
 [8:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 12 Casa Roma
 [9:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Mojito's
 [10:00 PM]   William & Kate: A Fairytale Romance
 [11:00 PM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 12 Casa Roma
 [12:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Mojito's
 [1:00 AM]   William & Kate: A Fairytale Romance
 [2:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 12 Casa Roma
 [3:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Mojito's
 [4:00 AM]   Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 11 Cafe 36
 [5:00 AM]   BBC World News    (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Bethenny Ever After', 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH 'Watch What Happens', then a FRESH 'Pregnant In Heels'.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Billy Gardell: Halftime', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', and yet another 'Tosh.0'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Colin Quinn.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is James Franco.



FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Max Payne', then a FRESH 'Lights Out'.



History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Only In America With Larry TCG', followed by a FRESH 'Only In America With Larry TCG', and 'Top Shot'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00 AM]   Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
 [8:00 AM]   My Best Friend
 [10:00 AM]   Mad Dog Morgan
 [12:15 PM]   Arrested Development
 [12:45 PM]   Arrested Development
 [1:15 PM]   Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
 [3:15 PM]   My Best Friend
 [5:15 PM]   Hope Springs
 [7:15 PM]   Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
 [9:00 PM]   Onion News Network
 [9:30 PM]   Portlandia
 [10:00 PM]   Freaks and Geeks
 [11:00 PM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [11:30 PM]   Havoc
 [1:15 AM]   The Larry Sanders Show
 [1:45 AM]   The Larry Sanders Show
 [2:15 AM]   The Larry Sanders Show
 [2:50 AM]   SXSW Spotlight Pt. 2
 [2:55 AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [3:25 AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [3:55 AM]   Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
 [5:40 AM]   The Grid
 [5:55 AM]   SXSW Spotlight Pt. 2    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:05 AM]   Instead of Abracadabra
 [6:35 AM]   THE COMEBACK - The Comeback (Episode 1, Season 1)
 [7:10 AM]   ALL ON THE LINE - Radenroro: Bad is Better than Boring (Episode 1, Season 1)
 [8:10 AM]   THE COMEBACK - Valerie Triumphs at the Upfronts (Episode 2, Season 1)
 [8:40 AM]   ALL ON THE LINE - Radenroro: Bad is Better than Boring (Episode 1, Season 1)
 [9:40 AM]   Music Rising
 [10:25 AM]   Lemon Tree
 [12:15 PM]   Pleasure Of Being Robbed
 [1:30 PM]   Saving Jazz
 [2:30 PM]   Sea Point Days
 [4:05 PM]   Lemon Tree
 [6:00 PM]   Flight Of The Red Balloon
 [8:00 PM]   Fur: An Imaginary Portrait...
 [10:00 PM]   ALL ON THE LINE - Dana-Maxx: It's Time to Grow Up (Episode 5, Season 1)
 [11:00 PM]   SHAMELESS (Episode 5, Season 5)
 [12:00 AM]   ALL ON THE LINE - Dana-Maxx: It's Time to Grow Up (Episode 5, Season 1)
 [1:00 AM]   The Last Mistress
 [2:55 AM]   Fur: An Imaginary Portrait...
 [5:00 AM]   Flight Of The Red Balloon     (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has 'Destination Truth', another 'Destination Truth', followed by a FRESH 'Destination Truth', then a FRESH 'Marcel's Quantum Kitchen'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Tracy Morgan, Charlyne Yi, and Infantree.
Scheduled on a FRESH Lopez Tonight are Drew Carey, Sarah Shahi, and Quinn Dahle.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      The Vampire Bat (1933)
 [7:15 AM]      Prestige (1932)
 [8:30 AM]      Dangerous Corner (1935)
 [9:45 AM]      She Married Her Boss (1935)
 [11:30 AM]      And So They Were Married (1936)
 [12:45 PM]      Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
 [2:30 PM]      I'll Take Romance (1937)
 [4:00 PM]      Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
 [5:15 PM]      Tell No Tales (1939)
 [6:30 PM]      On the Loose (1951)
 [8:00 PM]      The Major and the Minor (1942)
 [10:00 PM]      The Crystal Ball (1943)
 [11:30 PM]      A Woman of Distinction (1950)
 [1:00 AM]      The Doctor Takes A Wife (1940)
 [2:45 AM]      Irene (1940)
 [4:30 AM]      The Bachelor Father (1931)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Wednesday  -  04/06/11

TCM:
 [6:15 AM]      Polly of the Circus (1932)
 [7:30 AM]      Dancing Lady (1933)
 [9:15 AM]      Dodsworth (1936)
 [11:00 AM]      The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
 [1:00 PM]      American Madness (1932)
 [2:30 PM]      The Criminal Code (1931)
 [4:15 PM]      Kongo (1932)
 [5:45 PM]      The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
 [8:00 PM]      Friendly Persuasion (1956)
 [10:30 PM]      Band of Angels (1957)
 [12:45 AM]      Of Human Hearts (1938)
 [2:45 AM]      Little Women (1949)
 [5:00 AM]      All Over The Town (1949)     (ALL TIMES EST)







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James Taylor poses backstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2011.
Photo by Chris Pizzello

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Digitizes Archives

The Onion

The satirical paper of record is dipping into its archives.

The Onion will announce Monday that it is publishing digitized versions of all its old print editions. Beginning Monday, TheOnion.com will begin posting a handful of old issues every week for the coming months.

Unearthed headlines include "Canada Signs Nonaggression Pact with the United States," "Dysfunctional Family Brought Together By Liquor" and "Everybody's Eatin' Bread!"

The Onion was founded in 1988 in Madison, Wis., by two students from the University of Wisconsin. Though it began as a local college newspaper, it became a national comedy institution and went online in 1996.

It has since developed a TV news parody, the Onion News Network, that has spawned several TV shows. Its paper is still distributed weekly in cities, but it has also embraced Twitter and on Friday launched an app for the iPad and other tablets.

The Onion

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Pee-Wee Herman talks with the media prior to WrestleMania XXVII at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday, April 3, 2011.
Photo by Paul Abell

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Looking Into Harry Potter E-Books

J.K. Rowing

J.K. Rowing's agent says the best-selling author is considering making the "Harry Potter" books available electronically.

Neil Blair, Rowling's agent, says the author is now "actively looking at all the various options" for launching the seven Harry Potter books in the e-book market.

Blair said Monday that Rowling has been watching the developing e-book market and waiting for the right moment to release her books in that format.

J.K. Rowing

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Vidiot Speak

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Tentative Deal Could End Detroit Strike

Detroit Symphony

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and its striking musicians said Monday that a tentative agreement reached following a weekend of lengthy talks could resolve a six-month walkout.

The deal, which was reached after a final day of discussions, is subject to a ratification vote expected this week, said musicians' spokesman Greg Bowens. If approved, he said Detroit Federation of Musicians union members with the nationally acclaimed orchestra could be back at work by next weekend.

"This is the first time that the (musicians') negotiating committee has actually hammered out an agreement that they feel they could take back to the members," Bowens told The Associated Press.

Orchestra spokeswoman Elizabeth Weigandt confirmed in an email to The AP that a tentative agreement was reached. She and Bowens both said details of the terms weren't being immediately released.

Detroit Symphony

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Actor Keanu Reeves attends the Cinema Society premiere of 'Henry's Crime', in New York on Monday, April 4, 2011.
Photo by Peter Kramer

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Hospital News

Robin Gibb

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has canceled a series of shows in Brazil after he was taken to a British hospital with abdominal pains.

A spokesman for the singer says Gibb suddenly fell ill early Sunday, and that doctors have told him not to travel while they diagnose the problem.

The 61-year-old Gibb had to cancel traveling to Brazil for concerts in cities such as Sao Paolo and Brasilia. He also had to postpone a planned meeting with Brazilian President Dilm Rouseff.

The singer underwent surgery for a blocked intestine last year, but his spokesman said Monday he has been in good health since then.

Robin Gibb

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Wake-up Call


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Falls For Bogus Email

Conde Nast

All it took was one e-mail to swindle $8 million from publishing company Conde Nast.

Papers filed by U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan said the publisher of magazines Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, was tricked into thinking it was paying its regular printing company but was in fact being billed by a man identified as Andy Surface in Texas.

The six-week scheme started in early November when Conde Nast received an e-mail purporting to be from Quad/Graphics, the company's usual magazine printers, asking for payment to a different account, the court papers said.

Conde Nast, the papers said, simply filled out the form in the e-mail, faxed it over, and began sending payments to the new account.

By late December, Conde Nast's real printer outfit contacted the publisher to say it had not received any payments, raising the New York-based media company's suspicions.

Conde Nast

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Cast members Robbie Coltrane (L) and Michael Gambon arrive at an event celebrating the launch of the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part1" movie in DVD and digital formats, and the opening of an exhibition on the movie, in New York City April 4, 2011.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi

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Creator Regrets Outburst

"Glee"

Ryan Murphy's feud with Kings of Leon has taken on a life of its own since the "Glee" creator labeled the band "self-centered a--holes" and said "F--- you" for refusing to license their music to his TV show.

"I didn't speak with as much clarity as I would have liked," Murphy said on the set of "Glee" Friday, referring to his initial comments in January.

Last month, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl sided with Kings of Leon, whom Murphy had chided for "missing the big picture: that a 7-year-old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make them want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument."

Said Grohl: "It's every band's right... F--- that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do Glee."

"Glee"

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Selling Historic Studio Home

KCET-TV

KCET-TV has had a rough time since leaving PBS at the start of the year. Ratings have plunged without fan favorites such as "Charlie Rose" and "NewsHour." Station officials have scrambled to develop a new programming lineup from scratch.

Now it looks as if the station is looking for a new home. KCET officials are in talks to sell the station's landmark Sunset Boulevard studio to the Church of Scientology, according to people who know about the pending deal.

KCET plans to move its operations to a smaller location, real estate brokers said. Station officials have been touring potential sites, brokers said.

Terms of the potential deal were unavailable, but the 4.5-acre property at 4401 W. Sunset Blvd. has an assessed value of $14.1 million, according to county records. Individuals inside the station and real estate consultants who were not authorized to speak publicly about the transaction confirmed the likely sale.

KCET-TV

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This photo provided by the Cannes International Film Festival is the poster for the upcoming 64th edition of the festival featuring US actress Faye Dunawayphotographed in 1970, The festival will run from May 11 to 22, 2011.
Photo by Jerry Schatzberg

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Used To Lampoon Mexico's Slim

"The Simpsons"

Attacks on Carlos Slim's hold on Mexico's telecoms market intensified on Monday when a secret group opposed to the world's richest man rubbished his core business in a newspaper advert called "The Slimsons".

Drawn in the style of U.S. cartoon sitcom "The Simpsons", the full-page broadside against the 71-year-old tycoon ran in several of Mexico's biggest dailies, lampooning the cost, reliability and services of Slim's telephone networks.

Slim has become embroiled in a bitter feud with Mexican media moguls over his dominance of local telecommunications, which has spawned a series of attacks on his credibility on television, the Internet and now newspapers.

In the advert, four blue-faced characters in the clouds state respectively "In Slimlandia -- clients get 'quality service'", "telephone charges 'are low'", "connection speeds 'are infinite'", and "your mobile 'always works'".

Below, a sad-looking man with a pink face says: "Not in Mexico." Signed off by anti-Slim group calling itself "Todos los Mexicanos" (All the Mexicans), the advert adds:

"The Simpsons"

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British Spy Files Shed Light

Nazi Saboteurs

The four men wading ashore on a Florida beach wearing nothing but bathing trunks and German army hats looked like an unlikely invading force.

Declassified British intelligence files describe how the men were part of Nazi sabotage teams sent to the U.S. in June 1942 to undermine the American war effort.

They were trained in bomb-making, supplied with explosives and instructed in how to make timers from "easily obtainable commodities such as dried peas, lumps of sugar and razor blades."

Fortunately for the U.S., they were also spectacularly unsuccessful.

A detailed new account of the mission - code-named Pastorius after an early German settler in the U.S. - is provided in a report written in 1943 by MI5 intelligence officer Victor Rothschild. It is one of a trove of previously secret documents which shed light on the Nazis' desire to use sabotage, subterfuge and even poisoned sausages to fight the war.

Nazi Saboteurs

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Models present creations by the prize winners of the Russian Silhouette youth fashion contest during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in Moscow April4, 2011.
Photo by Sergei Karpukhin

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Fiancee Converts To Catholicism

Prince Albert

Charlene Wittstock, the South African swimming champion fiancee of Monaco's Prince Albert II, has converted to Roman Catholicism ahead of their July marriage, his palace said Sunday.

"Miss Charlene Wittstock who professes the Christian faith has been admitted by free and personal choice into full communion with the Catholic Church," said a palace statement.

Wittstock, 33, who was born in Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe) was a Protestant, while Catholicism is the principality's official religion.

Albert II, 53, met Wittstock in 2000 when she came to take part in a swimming competition in Monaco.

Prince Albert

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Women Take Centre Stage

Oh, Silvio

From the judge's bench to the witness stand, women are at the centre of a sex trial for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi starting Wednesday that has breathed new life into Italy's feminist movement.

The trial revolves around allegations that Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage prostitute -- just 17 at the time -- and then committed abuse of office by getting her released from police custody in a separate incident.

The Moroccan girl, Karima El Mahroug -- stage name "Ruby the Heart Stealer" -- was questioned four times in mid-2010 by prosecutors in Milan and made compromising statements about parties held at Berlusconi's residence.

One of the organisers of the soirees was Nicole Minetti, a 25-year-old brunette and Berlusconi confidante who is accused in a separate case of incitement to prostitution of a minor and more than 30 other young women.

Considered by Milan prosecutors as a sort of madam working for 74-year-old Berlusconi, Minetti has had a meteoric career starting from when she was a dental hygienist and a starlet on one of Berlusconi's television channels.

Oh, Silvio

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In Memory

Jose Arguelles

An art historian whose teachings about the Mayan calendar inspired the harmonic convergence event of 1987 has died at age 72.

The identical twin brother of Jose Arguelles confirmed Monday that his brother died in Australia, saying the information came from his brother's companion. Arguelles' publisher said he died March 23 of peritonitis.

On Aug. 16, 1987, thousands of new age adherents following the lead of Arguelles gathered at places they regard as significant, such as the red rocks of Sedona, Ariz., Serpent Mound in Ohio and the Arthurian town Glastonbury in England.

He said at the time their celebrations would "ground the new vibrational frequencies" and lead to human entry into "galactic civilization" in 2012.

Jose Arguelles

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