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Last Night
Today was the start of the PTA book sale at the local (public) grade school. 4th year I've participated, and by my estimation, it will be the sorriest book sale - so far.
Sales & attendance were way off. Sign of a worsening economy?
Watched the abominable 'Contact: Talking To The Dead', and it was even worse than anticipated. Where is Miss Cleo when she's needed? Paddy Chayefsky's
'Network' really has come to pass -- only Disney's 'Sybil the Soothsayer' is named 'George'.
Tonight, Tuesday, CBS starts the night with reruns on 'JAG' and 'The Guardian', but, 'Judging Amy' is fresh.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave are Elvis Costello and Seth Green.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam and Sean Cullen.
NBC starts the night with a rerun 'Frasier', followed by a fresh 'Watching Ellie', and then returns to reruns for the 2nd 'Frasier' and 'Scrubs'. 'Dateline' celebrates
its 10th anniversary.
Scheduled on a fresh Jay are Fran Drescher & Thoth.
Scheduled on a fresh Conan are Topher Grace, Bob Saget & Super Furry Animals.
Scheduled on a fresh Carson Daly are Dave Chapelle & John Mayer.
Oddly, ABC is all fresh tonight with 'Dharma & Greg', 'Spin City', and then 2 hours of 'Philly' as they wrap their season.
Scheduled on a fresh Bill Maher are Rachel Leigh Cook, Steve Marmel, Bob Weiner & Sanho Tree.
The WB is all fresh with 'Gilmore Girls' and 'Smallville'.
Faux is also all fresh with 'That 70's Show', 'That 80's Show' and '24' (8pm - 9pm).
UPN has a rerun 'Buffy' and a fresh 'Roswell'.
Fresh 'The Osbournes' at 10:30pm (edt).
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
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Picked Up For 2nd Season
'The Shield'
FX has ordered a second season of its cop series "The Shield," starring Michael Chiklis as a corrupt LAPD detective.
"The Shield" has drawn critical raves and solid ratings, but several advertisers have pulled out because of its violence, language and sexual content. Burger King,
John Deere, the U.S. Army and Gillette are among the sponsors that have left the show since its March 12 debut.
But FX, Fox's entertainment cable channel, picked up a second round of 13 hour-long episodes last week. An average of 3.6 million viewers tune in to the drama on Tuesday nights.
"In the short term, we expected challenges to the show from advertisers," Kevin Reilly, FX's president of entertainment, told Variety for Monday's editions. "But if
we keep getting a heavy volume of upscale adult viewers to watch the show, Madison Avenue will follow."
'The Shield'
"The Shield" Web site
Wedding News
Gruber - MacLachlan
Actor Kyle MacLachlan, right, walks with his wife, Desiree Gruber, at Plymouth Congressional Church in Miami, Saturday, April 20, 2002, after their wedding.
Photo by Joe Buissink
'Master-Mistress Of His Passion'?
William Shakespeare
Fresh light has been thrown on William Shakespeare's sexual orientation by the discovery of a previously unknown portrait of the playwright's patron, Henry Wriothesley,
3rd Earl of Southampton - apparently dressed as a woman.
Believed to be the 'fair youth' to whom Shakespeare's early sonnets are addressed, Southampton is wearing lipstick, rouge and an elaborate double earring. His long hair
hangs down in voguish feminine tresses and his hand lies on his heart in a rather camp gesture.
The picture goes on display today - two days before the 438th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth - at Hatchlands Park, a National Trust property in East Clandon, Surrey,
where it was found. It has been authenticated by experts and dated to 1590-93, when Shakespeare was living in the Southampton household and writing sonnets to
the 'master-mistress of my passion'.
For 300 years the painting has belonged to the aristocratic Cobbe family, the present occupants of Hatchlands, whose connections with the Southamptons have been traced
back to the Elizabethan era and beyond.
The National Trust's adviser on art and sculpture, Alastair Laing, who first suggested to Cobbe that the portrait was of a young man, declares himself 'entirely convinced'
of the painting's authenticity and provenance. 'It is a very exciting discovery,' he said. Literary scholar Sir Frank Kermode also believes it to be a 'remarkable' and 'historic' discovery.
William Shakespeare
This link is to a pdf file (got Adobe?) with the whole story (& pictures, too) -- Henry Wriothesley/'Lady Norton'.
Thanks to Joe Bacon for sending this one in!
BartCop TV!
National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals
Condi
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, more accustomed to briefing President Bush on world crises, gave him instead a flawless performance of
Brahms at Monday's presentation of the National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals.
In a long black ballgown, the accomplished — but still amateur — pianist risked a bit of a crisis herself by accompanying world-renowned cellist
Yo-Yo Ma in the slow movement of Brahms' violin sonata in D minor. An approving Ma insisted afterward that Rice, who began playing the piano at
age 3, take several bows to a standing ovation and then he led across the Constitution Hall stage for a congratulatory kiss from the president.
Spokeswoman Anna Perez said that Rice had, earlier in the day, squeezed some rehearsal time with Ma in between national security meetings — "and
while talking to Putin," senior White House adviser Karl Rove chimed in playfully.
They performed at the close of a ceremony in which the president and first lady awarded national medals to Ma and 15 other artists and writers:
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation; Hispanic writer Rudolfo Anaya; country music legend Johnny Cash; actor and director Kirk Douglas; pioneer "color field"
painter Helen Frankenthaler; modern dance educator Judith Jamison; comedy director Mike Nichols; Jose Cisneros, illustrator of America's southwest;
psychiatrist Robert Coles; literacy advocate Sharon Darling; historian and writer William Manchester; the National Trust for Historic Preservation;
Richard Peck, novelist for young readers; musicologist Eileen Jackson Southern; and southern novelist Tom Wolfe.
Mrs. Bush thanked the honorees for "entertaining, inspiring and informing us with your careers."
Condi
Golden Jubilee Sing-Along
Queen Elizabeth
In a departure from her usually restrained public appearances, Britain's Queen Elizabeth is to launch a nationwide singalong to the Beatles' hit
"All You Need is Love" as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Musicians in 21 locations throughout the United Kingdom will take their cue from the Queen in the BBC event -- though it's unlikely the monarch
will begin the singing herself.
The Queen will be in Slough, Berkshire, on June 3 to launch the song, which will then be picked up from BBC broadcasts by musicians who will join
the singing in a relay fashion.
African drummers, the cast of Evita and the Turkish Beatles Orchestra are among the musicians expected to participate, the BBC said.
About five million balloons bearing the lyrics to the 1967 Fab Four classic will be handed out by National Lottery outlets so the public can join the singalong, it said.
Later in the day, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney will sing the song at a Buckingham Palace concert to be beamed worldwide by the BBC.
The concert, to be staged in the palace gardens for 12,000 free ticketholders, will include both veteran rockers and Britain's newest pop sensations.
Among those joining McCartney will be Eric Clapton, Tom Jones, Aretha Franklin, Brian Wilson, S Club 7 and winner of the "Pop Idol" contest television show Will Young.
Queen Elizabeth
Film Rights To 'Faith Of Our Fathers' Sold
Sen. John McCain
Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain's resume may not have won him the White House but Hollywood wants to give him a starring role.
The former Vietnam prisoner of war, maverick lawmaker and presidential hopeful has sold the rights to his best-selling memoir, "Faith of Our Fathers" to the
producers of the 1998 war epic "The Thin Red Line," Robert Michael Geisler and John Roberdeau, it was announced on Monday.
"Faith of My Fathers," written with aide Mark Salter, is an account of McCain's life as the son and grandson of four-star Navy admirals and how he
survived a North Vietnam prison camp after being shot down and seriously hurt in 1967. At the time, his father was assuming command of U.S. forces in the Pacific.
He sold the movie rights for $80,000 and his share of the proceeds will be donated to charity, he told Arizona radio station KTAR-AM on Monday. He
said the script has not yet been completed and there is no timetable for when the movie would be shot.
McCain has said he has some definite thoughts on casting.
For one, he hopes that Robert Duvall would be picked to play his father. And perhaps Ed Norton Jr. as McCain during his younger days. He quipped that
his true preference is Tom Cruise, but his children think that Danny DeVito would be more appropriate.
Sen. John McCain
Earth Day 2002
Al Gore
Al Gore talks about the environmental policies of the Bush administration during an Earth Day speech at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.,
Monday, April 22, 2002. Gore said the Bush administration "has chosen to serve the special interests instead of the public interests and to subsidize
the obsolete, failed approaches of the past instead of the exciting new solutions of the future." Seated at left is Mike Schoenfeld of Vanderbilt University.
Photo by Mark Humphrey
'Action Star Of The Millennium'
Sylvester Stallone
With a mere 25 years of work under his belt, Sylvester Stallone will claim the title of action star of the millennium at the Video Software Dealers Assn. Convention this summer.
Stallone is expected to accept the nod in person at the opening ceremony of the convention, July 16 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The
award comes on the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of "First Blood" and follows Artisan Home Entertainment's special edition DVD release "The Rambo Trilogy" on May 28.
"I'm very, very humbled by that," Stallone said about the kudos in an upcoming interview in Daily Variety sister magazine Video Premieres. "There's a lot of
competition out there," he said, laughingly noting that the time period of the award ensures that the next recipient will have to wait 1,000 years.
Stallone is probably best known for his title role in "Rocky," which earned him Academy Award nominations for writer and actor in 1976 before he returned in four
sequels. Most recently, Stallone completed filming Warner Bros.' "Avenging Angelo," which co-stars Madeleine Stowe.
Sylvester Stallone
Primetime Special With A Military Theme
'The Price is Right'
CBS is hoping viewers will come on down for a special primetime summer run of "The Price is Right."
The network will air five hourlong editions of the Bob Barker quizzer, most likely starting in June. The episodes will have a military theme, with
soldiers from various branches of the armed services competing for coin.
In addition, CBS has scheduled a stand-alone primetime "Price" for the May sweeps. The episode, which will feature an audience of Navy sailors,
will run Friday, May 17, at 8 p.m.
Primetime episodes will all feature special prizes; in addition, the top figure on the show's signature "Big Wheel" will be upped from $10,000 to $100,000.
'The Price is Right'
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Hosting 'Survivor: Marquesas--The Reunion'
Rosie O'Donnell
After several seasons handing out prizes to Survivor losers, Rosie O'Donnell will finally get to present the big one: a check for $1 million.
CBS has announced that the daytime talker and self-described reality-show addict will host Survivor: Marquesas--The Reunion live from New York's
Central Park May 19 at 10 p.m.
The show's $1 million grand-prize winner will be announced live immediately following Survivor's two-hour finale from 8-10 p.m. With the final votes
sealed after 39 days on Nuku Hiva, the "sole survivor" will be crowned from Donald Trump's Wollman Rink in Central Park, in front of a live audience of 1,500.
O'Donnell's gig will also provide a nice extra bit of publicity as she wraps up her own Rosie O'Donnell Show later that week. The daytime talk show ends May 22.
Even without Rosie, it's shaping up to be a heated sweeps battle come May 19. The Survivor finale will also be competing that night with the series finale of
Fox's The X-Files, NBC's Cosby Show reunion and the season closer of ABC's The Practice.
Rosie O'Donnell
What A Proud Night For Disney (NOT)
George Anderson
On the day that prosecutors charged actor Robert Blake with the murder of his wife, a television special was set to air an "interview" with the "spirit"
of the late Bonny Lee Bakley as channeled through a psychic medium.
"She does admit she contributes to ending her life but she doesn't want to say she committed suicide and it's very important you understand that," was the
message Blake's late wife Bakley allegedly gave to family members through medium George Anderson.
His "interview" with the late wife of former "Baretta" star Blake was to air Monday on ABC at 10 p.m. EDT on the special "Contact: Talking to the Dead."
A spokesman for ABC said the program would air as scheduled and added, "We looked at it after what happened with Mr. Blake and we did not see anything wrong with it."
The show, one of a spate of shows flooding the airwaves with tales from the afterlife, also featured interviews with the dead relatives and loved ones of "Wheel of Fortune"
letter turner Vanna White, actress Mackenzie Phillips, and WWF wrestling champion Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
George Anderson
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In Memory
Linda (Lovelace) Boreman
Linda Boreman, who starred as Linda Lovelace in the 1972 pornographic film "Deep Throat" and later became an anti-porn advocate, died Monday
from injuries she suffered in a car crash. She was 53.
Boreman was taken to Denver Health Medical Center with massive trauma and internal injuries after the April 3 accident, hospital spokeswoman Sara
Spaulding said. She was taken off life support Monday, Spaulding said.
Boreman's ex-husband, Larry Marchiano, said he and their two adult children were at the hospital when she died.
"Everyone might know her as something else, but we knew her as mom and as Linda," Marchiano said. "We divorced five years ago, but she was still my best friend."
The family moved to Colorado in 1990 and the two divorced in 1996 after 22 years of marriage.
Boreman claimed her first husband forced her into pornography at gunpoint. They divorced in 1973.
Their relationship disintegrated into a life of violence, rape, prostitution and pornography, according to her 1980 autobiography, "Ordeal" and her
testimony before congressional committees investigating pornography.
Boreman said she was never paid a penny for "Deep Throat" and her husband only was paid $1,250, though the film grossed a reported $600 million.
After leaving the industry, she traveled the lecture circuit on a crusade against pornography, speaking at colleges and with prominent feminists.
"I look in the mirror and I look the happiest I've ever looked in my entire life," she said in a 1997 interview. "I'm not ashamed of my past or
sad about it. And what people might think of me, well, that's not real. I look in the mirror and I know that I've survived."
Boreman was born Jan. 10, 1949, in the Bronx borough of New York.
Linda (Lovelace) Boreman
In Memory
Burt Reynolds Sr.
Burt Reynolds Sr., a former Florida police chief and father of actor Burt Reynolds, died Saturday of heart failure. He was 95.
The elder Reynolds was a decorated World War II veteran who became a Riviera Beach policeman and eventually chief of police in the Florida community.
Born July 9, 1906, in Aurelius, Mich., Reynolds was an Army lieutenant during World War II and was in the first wave that hit Normandy Beach and was awarded the Bronze Star. He also fought in the battle of the Rhine River, the Argonne Forest and the Bridge at Remagen.
After the war, Reynolds moved to Florida with his wife Fern and children Nancy Ann and Burt "Buddy" Reynolds. He joined the Riviera Beach Police Department in the late 1940s and became police chief until 1956.
Actor Burt Reynolds starred in the movies "Boogie Nights," "Deliverance," "The Longest Yard," and "Smokey and the Bandit."
Burt Reynolds Sr.
Still Seeking Volunteers
'The Osbournes'
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Put up a page devoted to 'The Osbournes'
C'mon....send your thoughts, your impressions, your views, your favorite quotes...
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