BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 6 May, 2008

Tuesday

6 May, 2008

(Updated Daily)

[283 days in a row]

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Thanks, again, Tim!

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Famed Photog Annie Leibovitz Captures the 'Essence' of Hillary's Negative Campaign


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Henry Porter: Time to put an end to this age of cynicism and scorn (guardian.co.uk)
The West is living through an age of plenty but voices of optimism and joy struggle to be heard


Susan Estrich: It Takes a Village (creators.com)
Hillary Clinton has been much mocked over the years for arguing that it takes a village to raise a child. On the other hand, she was right, at least some of the time.


The marvel of comics (books.guardian.co.uk)
On reading Mark Evanier's "Kirby: King of Comics," Michel Faber pays tribute to the man who drew the Fantastic Four.


Lynn Barber: Secrets and Liza (music.guardian.co.uk)
Oscar-winner, alcoholic, drug addict, four failed marriages, messy affairs... sometimes it seems as if Liza Minnelli's whole life has been lived in the public gaze. And yet, do we really know her?


'I was born with a happy heart' (music.guardian.co.uk)
Simon Hattenstone goes on the road with the formidable queen of country, Dolly Parton.


Rock star rebel with a cause (guardian.co.uk)
Graeme Thomson talks to Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin. The earnest lead singer of Coldplay is as well-known - and mocked - for his clean living and social conscience as for his enormously popular music. But the band's new single is sure to be a hit. Especially as they're giving it away.


Ally Carnwath: Queen of the jokers (arts.guardian.co.uk)
Currently America's hottest writer and comic actor, Tina Fey, 37, "found time in 2004 to write and act in high-school comedy Mean Girls, and in 2005 to have a daughter, but she returned to SNL soon after, saying: 'NBC has me under contract; the baby and I only have a verbal agreement.'"


Interview With Lauren Collins (afterellen.com)
The actor who plays Paige on "Degrassi" talks about Palex and more.


Kyle Buchanan: Mister Korine (advocate.com)
Advocate film critic Kyle Buchanan sits down with director Harmony Korine to discuss his new movie Mister Lonely about a Michael Jackson impersonator, dropping mushrooms, and why he loves Southern gays so much.


Philip French: Screen legends, No 15 Deborah Kerr 1921-2007 (film.guardian.co.uk)
Born in Scotland, raised in England, becoming a major international star in postwar Hollywood, this gracious and graceful auburn-haired beauty had a name that was often mispronounced.


Commentoon: War Hillary (womensenews.org)


Nicole Hollander: Sylvia


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Great Balls of Fire! Hillary's Own Supporters Promote Her as First Shemale President


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SPRING CELEBRATIONS

ARE BEGINNING IN THE GROVE

WALNUT TREES DANCING

zEN mAN
(observing the beautiful shapes and motion in the post pruning walnut grove with the fruitfulness of spring approaching)

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Trivia Question Of The Day

What was the name of Dale Evans' horse?

   A:    Butch
   B:    Buttermilk
   C:    Rex
   D:    Tony
   E:    Trigger


Send your answer to Marty





Trivia Question from Yesterday

Which pair of TV legends provided the voices of Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy on SpongeBob SquarePants?

  A:    Ernest Borgnine & Tim Conway
   B:    Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner
   C:    Andy Griffith & Don Knotts
   D:    Hal Linden & Abe Vigoda
   E:    Adam West & Burt Ward                 Source







Vic in AK was first, and correct, with:
   I Love me some Spongebob!!!!!!!!!
  Of course the correct answer is A: Ernest Borgnine & Tim Conway.
  Sally ,you are so right about the advantages of living in metropolis like Anchorage...KFC delivers here!!!!!!
  And there is a Latte stand on every corner...my favorite barista fare is a "Screaming Monkey" A Mocha Latte with a lil Coconut and a lil Banana and a couple extra shots of espresso...GEEHAW!!!! One of those will get your trivia functions up to speed in no time flat!!!!




Marian the Teacher said:
   Ernest Borgnine & Tim Conway



mj replied:
   In my own broken espnol
  Feliz Cinco de Mayo. Chinaco y cervezes para los todos.
  My guess is A




Alan J responded:
   Ernest Borgnine & Tim Conway



Sally said:
   Felice Cinco de Mayo!!
  Were I in Denver, Colorado today, I would be drinking muy bueno margaritas or Los Cabos (Mexico cervaza), eating tacos and chimichangas while dancing the night away to the Mariachi or Teajana music playing at the downtown mall. But, I'm not: I'm in Northern, NJ where nary a word in mentioned about one of my FAVORITE holidays... Sigh.
  Okay, as for the trivia question dejour:
  I believe the answer is (A) Ernest Borgnine & Tim Conway. I have watched more hours of "Sponge Bob Square Pants" than I would like to admit with my grandkids. Thank God they are now into, "the Suite Life!" But, back to "Sponge Bob," did you know that Charles Nelson Reilly is the voice of "The dirty Bubble?" He does make me laugh.
  And I thought "Sesame Street" was tedious back in the day...
  PS As you might have gathered by now, I just LOVE all ethnic holidays! That, to me, is really what America is all about - all cultures of the world living in one country - beautiful!
  Next month is, "Juneteenth" which they also do not celebrate around here (darn)!




Charlie, who supplied the picture of the TV Guide cover, answered:
   It's
  A: Ernest Borgnine & Tim Conway
  One wonders what Captain Binghamton would have made of this.



  

On July 19, 1974, just after completing his voice-over work on the Disney animated movie "The Rescuers," Joe Flynn, who played Capt. Wallace B. 'Leadbottom' Binghamton, died of a heart attack in the swimming pool of his Beverly Hills home.
Apparently, he had gone into the pool with a cast on his broken leg. His body was found at the pool's bottom, held down by the weight of the cast. He was 49 years old.
Joe Flynn



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Reader Comment

Old Hotel Link

Very interesting Marty on the old hotel link.

I worked at Mineral Wells Texas for about 5 years, and helped give tours of the Grand Old Baker. It has an amazing history and is so impressive. Bonnie and Clyde stayed there, and the room they always got was near both the stairs and the elevator in case of a needed quick getaway. One of the rooms had bullet proof walls where gangsters and gamblers partied, and management did not want any innocent guest shot if a fight broke out. At least two hauntings, one of the fifth floor, and a roamer. The above ground pool was olympic size, and there are tunnels under it. It opened I think in 1929, and the money people partied and people living in dugouts could hear them. I have been from the basement in the bottom all the way to the bell tower.

Hope things all well with you.

William of Texas


Thanks, William!

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

LOVING DAY!

REPUG IN A PANTS SUIT!

BRING OUR SOLDIERS HOME NOW!

THE KKK IN IRAQ!

ONLY THE FASCIST AND THE BRAIN DEAD WILL VOTE FOR A REPUG THIS NOVEMBER!

IF YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTRY...

HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN AD! OOPS!

SHIFT HAPPENS!

I LOVE REPUG MORONS! THEY'RE SO, WELL, MORONIC!

"...NOTHING AINT WORTH NOTHING BUT IT'S FREE"

THE GREAT DERANGEMENT!

LARRY CRAIG SENDS HIM A SYMPATHY NOTE!

McBUSH JUMPS THE SHARK!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Mostly overcast and cool.


Jo, the (lucky) lizard molted.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a FRESH 'NCIS', followed by a FRESH 'Shark', then a RERUN 'CSI: The 2nd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Ashton Kutcher, Mac King, and Steve Winwood.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are John Goodman and Jason Aldean.

NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Most Outrageous Moments', followed by 'SNL in Prime Time - The Best of Molly Shannon', then a FRESH 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Julie Scardina and animals, Christina Ricci, and KT Tunstall.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Jason Lee and Galactic.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are John Cho and Your Vegas.

ABC opens the night with a FRESH 2-hour 'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH 'Women's Murder Club'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Robert Downey Jr., the eighth eliminated celebrity from "Dancing with the Stars", and Lyfe Jennings.

The CW offers a FRESH 'Beauty & The Geek', followed by a FRESH 'Reaper'.

Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', followed by a FRESH 'Hell's Kitchen'.

MY has 'Street Patrol', another 'Street Patrol', 'Jail', and another 'Jail'.

A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', 'Gene Simmons', and another 'Gene Simmons'.

AMC offers the movie 'Death Wish', followed by the movie 'The Great Escape', then the movie 'The Guns Of Navarone'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 12
 [12:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 13
 [1:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 5 Sandgate
 [2:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 9 Swain
 [3:00 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 35 Detling 33
 [3:30 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 36 Carmarthen
 [4:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 8
 [4:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 9
 [5:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 14
 [5:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 15
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 4 Moore Place
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 13
 [9:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 14
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 13
 [12:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 14
 [1:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 13
 [2:00 AM]    Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 14
 [3:00 AM]    Changing Rooms - Ep.11 Milton Keynes
 [3:30 AM]    Changing Rooms - Ep.12 West Drayton
 [4:00 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 35 Detling 33
 [4:30 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 36 Carmarthen
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 13
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Episode 1
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Work Out', another 'Work Out', still another 'Work Out', and 'Top Chef'.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs, last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', and 'George Lopez: America's Mexican'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Fareed Zakaria.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is Nathan Gunn.

FX has the movie 'Elektra', followed by the movie 'Batman Begins', then the movie 'Batman Begins', again.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Mega Disasters', another 'Mega Disasters', and 'Ax Men'.

IFC  -   
 [06:00 AM]   Camp
 [07:50 AM]   IFC Short Film Showcase
 [08:50 AM]   Tom Dowd and the Language of Music
 [10:25 AM]   IFC News Reports From the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
 [10:30 AM]   Last Days
 [12:10 PM]   The Assassination of Richard Nixon
 [01:50 PM]   Camp
 [03:45 PM]   Tom Dowd and the Language of Music
 [05:20 PM]   IFC News Reports From the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
 [05:25 PM]   Last Days
 [07:05 PM]   In America
 [09:00 PM]   IFC News: 2008, Uncut
 [09:05 PM]   Amores Perros
 [11:45 PM]   No Man's Land
 [01:30 AM]   I Am David
 [03:05 AM]   Amores Perros
 [05:45 AM]   IFC News Special: 2008 Elections     (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has 'Stargate Atlantis', another 'Stargate Atlantis', still another 'Stargate Atlantis', and 'ECW'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:00 AM]   Everything's Cool
 [06:40 AM]   The Saviour
 [07:00 AM]   Tout Va Bien
 [09:00 AM]   Episode 6
 [09:30 AM]   Drive
 [10:00 AM]   The Cruise
 [11:30 AM]   Summer of the Serpent
 [12:00 PM]   Twentyfourseven
 [02:00 PM]   Sleeping Dogs Lie
 [03:45 PM]   Eve & the Fire Horse
 [05:20 PM]   The Angelmakers
 [06:00 PM]   Kasabian, Josh Groban & The Good The Bad and The Queen
 [07:00 PM]   Mr. Reliable
 [09:00 PM]   Fashion
 [09:35 PM]   Escape From Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream
 [11:15 PM]   Episode 6
 [12:00 AM]   Gridlock'd
 [01:45 AM]   The Other Side of the Bed
 [03:40 AM]   Be Quiet
 [04:00 AM]   Episode 5
 [05:00 AM]   The Keys to the House     (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM:
 [6:15 AM]      The Delicious Little Devil (1919)    SILENT 
 [7:15 AM]      Stolen Moments (1920)    SILENT 
 [8:00 AM]      Camille (1921)    SILENT 
 [9:15 AM]      The Conquering Power (1921)    SILENT 
 [10:45 AM]      Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (1921)    SILENT 
 [1:00 PM]      Beyond the Rocks (1922)    SILENT 
 [2:30 PM]      Moran of the Lady Letty (1922)    SILENT 
 [3:45 PM]      The Young Rajah (1922)    SILENT 
 [4:45 PM]      Frontier Hellcat (1966)    [AKA: 'Unter Geiern']
 [6:30 PM]      The Little Hut (1957)
 [8:00 PM]      Tarzan, The Ape Man (1932)
 [9:45 PM]      The Naked Prey (1966)
 [11:30 PM]      The Purple Plain (1954)
 [1:15 AM]      Too Late The Hero (1970)
 [3:45 AM]      Wild Cargo (1934)
 [5:30 AM]      MGM Parade Show #6 (1955)    (ALL TIMES EST)


Wednesday  -  05/07/08

TCM begins with a salute to Gary Cooper, who was born on this day in 1901, then spends the night with Frank Sinatra.
 [6:00 AM]      A Farewell To Arms (1932)
 [7:30 AM]      Meet John Doe (1941)
 [9:45 AM]      Sergeant York (1941)
 [12:15 PM]      The Fountainhead (1949)
 [2:15 PM]      The Pride Of The Yankees (1942)
 [4:30 PM]      The Westerner (1940)
 [6:30 PM]      High Noon (1952)

 [8:00 PM]      From Here To Eternity (1953)
 [10:15 PM]      Kings Go Forth (1958)
 [12:15 AM]      Never So Few (1959)
 [2:30 AM]      None but the Brave (1965)

 [4:30 AM]      Wings For The Eagle (1942)    (ALL TIMES EST)



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Fashion designers Stefano Gabbana (L) and Domenico Dolce (Dolce and Gabbana) pose with actress Scarlett Johansson (C) as they arrive for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy" in New York, May 5, 2008. The superhero mania that is invading American cinemas this summer has taken hold at one of the country's most distinguished art museums with an exhibit on how their colorful costumes have influenced fashion.
Photo by Lucas Jackson
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NYC Jury Gets Case

Uma Thurman

A celebrity-obsessed loner "terrified" Uma Thurman by flooding her with phone calls and e-mails, ringing her doorbell at all hours and threatening to kill himself if he couldn't meet her, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments.

Jack Jordan, 37, is on trial in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on charges of stalking and aggravated harassment; he faces up to a year in jail if convicted. Jurors began deliberations Monday afternoon before leaving for the day. They were expected to resume Tuesday morning.

Prosecutors say Jordan began stalking Thurman in 2005 and, following the incident with the confirmation card, was involuntarily committed to a mental institution. When he got out, prosecutors say he started showing up at the front doorstep of her Greenwich Village town house.

Jordan, who lives with his parents in Gaithersburg, Md., is an out-of-work lifeguard who was living in his car at the time of his arrest last year.

Uma Thurman

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Arlo Guthrie brings his creative masterpiece to life as he opens the doors to 'Alice's Restaurant,' Hard Rock Park's folk rock dining establishment inspired by the great counter-cultural anthem- 'Alice's Restaurant Massacree.'
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Seals Megadeal

Seth MacFarlane

From wunderkind to TV mogul: After 2 1/2 years of negotiations, "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane has inked a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV that would make him the highest-paid writer-producer working in television.

The pact, which could be worth more than $100 million, will keep MacFarlane at 20th TV through 2012. It covers his services on "Guy" and his other two animated series for 20th TV and Fox -- "American Dad!" and the upcoming "Guy" spinoff "The Cleveland Show" -- as well as his series development, which includes a multicamera comedy with "Guy" writer Gary Janetti. It also encompasses new-media projects related to MacFarlane's TV series as well as DVD and merchandising revenue from them. ("Guy" alone has grown into a $1 billion franchise with red-hot DVD and merchandise sales.)

MacFarlane's deal is expected to eclipse the $60 million five-year feature/TV pact J.J. Abrams ("Lost") inked with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. TV in 2006.

The deal is retroactive, as MacFarlane's previous pact with 20th TV expired more than a year ago.

Seth MacFarlane

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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New Chicago Symphony Director

Riccardo Muti

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra named Italian conductor Riccardo Muti on Monday as the 10th music director in its 117-year history.

Muti is "one of the most extraordinary and respected conductors of all time," symphony President Deborah Card said in announcing he had accepted a five-year contract beginning in September 2010.

He will conduct a minimum of 10 weeks of subscription concerts each season and lead domestic and international tours, the announcement said.

Muti, 66, succeeds Daniel Barenboim who left the orchestra two years ago.

Riccardo Muti

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Australian singer Kylie Minogue poses with her mother Carol (L) and her father Ron during an award ceremony at the French ministry of Culture in Paris May 5, 2008. Minogue received the order of "Arts et Lettres" medal from France's Minister for Culture and Communication Christine Albanel.
Photo by Charles Platiau
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NBC Keeps Producers

`Project Runway'

"Project Runway" may switch from Bravo to the Lifetime cable network this fall, but NBC Universal ensured Monday that the show's producers won't go with it.

NBC Universal, whose properties include Bravo, USA and Oxygen, announced a deal that ties it to producers Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, giving the company first look at their projects. In effect, it forced the duo to choose between staying with "Project Runway" or the promise of more work at NBC.

The deal gives their company security instead of going on a work-for-hire basis, Lipsitz said. She said a similar arrangement was broached even before the battle over "Project Runway."

`Project Runway'

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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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Corporate Spying Trial

News Corp

A federal judge presiding over a corporate spying suit against News Corp said the company could lose the case worth hundreds of millions of dollars if Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch does not testify about what he knew, ABC News reported on Monday.

The network reported that it obtained a transcript of an in-chambers hearing during which U.S. District Judge David Carter said, "There is a real risk" of losing the jury trial if Murdoch does not take the stand and "briefly say, 'I didn't do it,' and 'I didn't know about it."'

News Corp unit NDS Group PLC is being sued in Los Angeles federal court, accused of hiring hackers to steal and post data that allowed free access to DISH Network Corp's satellite television service. News Corp owns rival satellite provider DirecTV.

The lawsuit was brought by EchoStar Communications, which later split into EchoStar Corp and DISH, against NDS and NDS America, which provide security technology to a global satellite network that includes satellite TV service DirecTV.

News Corp

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Beauty, a rescued Alaskan bald eagle, sits in her pen at a raptor recovery center near St. Marie's, Idaho, Wednesday, April 23, 2008. A surgery in May 2008 will provide Beauty with a new artificial beak, to replace the one damaged by a gunshot wound.
Photo by Young Kwak
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Failed Republican Now TV Judge

Jeanine Pirro

The CW network announced Monday that Jeanine Pirro will be the presiding jurist on "Judge Jeanine Pirro," weekday afternoons beginning Sept. 22.

Pirro, 56, was once a rising star in New York's Republican Party. She was a popular Westchester County judge, a big winner in three consecutive runs for district attorney and once was chosen for People magazine's "most beautiful" issue.

Analysts said she would have been a natural for higher office, except that her wealthy husband, Albert Pirro, seemed to have a knack for holding her back with his own problems, including a paternity suit and a federal tax-fraud conviction. (Last November, the Pirros announced they were separating.)

In 2005 Pirro decided to challenge Hillary Rodham Clinton and run for the U.S. Senate. But her campaign opened disastrously when a page of her announcement was misplaced and she was speechless for 32 seconds. Pirro eventually switched to the race for state attorney general, but was easily defeated by Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

Jeanine Pirro

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1,581 Day Fashion Statement

David Witthoft

David Witthoft finally shunned his Brett Favre jersey for a red shirt for the first time in 1,581 days. The 12-year-old Ridgefield, Conn. boy wore the No. 4 jersey every day since receiving it as a gift for Christmas in 2003.

David's father, Chuck Witthoft, said Monday that his son's last day wearing the jersey was April 23 on his 12th birthday. Witthoft conceded his son was starting to become more concerned about his appearance after the jersey barely came down to his belt line.

Witthoft first gained national attention three years ago, and attended his first Packers game in December. He's also planning to attend the Sept. 8 game when the Packers retire Favre's No. 4.

His mother, Carolyn, had washed the jersey every other day and mended it when needed.

David Witthoft

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A sculptor works at a sand park exhibition in Pera, southern Portugal May 4, 2008. More than 60 sculptors with 35,000 tonnes of sand on an area of 15.000 square metres are building a park with sculptures of well-known Hollywood films and characters in the Portuguese southern village of Pera. The park will be inaugurated on May 22. Photo taken May 4.
Photo by Hugo Correia
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Volcanic Smog Over Hawaii

Vog

For eight years, Tony and Sam Bayaoa have grown thousands of bright red, yellow and pink protea flowers on their farm. Then in March, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas.

Now about 70 percent of their crop is dried, brown and brittle.

Big Island crops are shriveling as sulfur dioxide from Kilauea wafts over them and envelops them in "vog," or volcanic smog. People are wheezing, and schoolchildren are being kept indoors during recess. High gas levels led Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to close several days last month, forcing the evacuation of thousands of visitors.

Residents of this volcanic island are used to toxic gas. But this haze is so bad that farmers are thinking about growing different crops, and many people are worrying about their health.

Vog

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1968 Eurovision Song Contest Rigged

Cliff Richard

British singer Cliff Richard was robbed of victory in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest after Spanish dictator Francisco Franco fixed the vote, according to a documentary.

Richard was the bookmakers' favorite to win with his song 'Congratulations' however Spanish contestant Massiel pipped him to the title by just one point with 'La La La' -- Spain's first of two victories in the competition's 52-year history.

"It was a fix," the documentary's producer Montse Fernandez Vila quoted Spanish television presenter Jose Maria Inigo as saying. "Massiel won Eurovision with bought votes."

Spanish TV executives traveled Europe promising to buy second-rate programs and concerts billing strange acts in return for Eurovision votes, Inigo told the documentary.

Cliff Richard

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In Memory

Mildred Loving

Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday.

Loving and her white husband, Richard, changed history in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their right to marry. The ruling struck down laws banning racially mixed marriages in at least 17 states.

Her husband died in 1975. Shy and soft-spoken, Loving shunned publicity and in a rare interview with The Associated Press last June, insisted she never wanted to be a hero - just a bride.

Mildred Jeter was 11 when she and 17-year-old Richard began courting, according to Phyl Newbeck, a Vermont author who detailed the case in the 2004 book, "Virginia Hasn't Always Been for Lovers."

She became pregnant a few years later, she and Loving got married in Washington in 1958, when she was 18. Mildred told the AP she didn't realize it was illegal.

But they were arrested a few weeks after they returned to Central Point, their hometown in rural Caroline County north of Richmond. They pleaded guilty to charges of "cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth," according to their indictments.

They avoided jail time by agreeing to leave Virginia - the only home they'd known - for 25 years. They moved to Washington for several years, then launched a legal challenge by writing to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who referred the case to the American Civil Liberties Union.

After the Supreme Court ruled, the couple returned to Virginia, where they lived with their children, Donald, Peggy and Sidney. Each June 12, the anniversary of the ruling, Loving Day events around the country mark the advances of mixed-race couples.

Mildred Loving

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In Memory

Ted Key

Cartoonist Ted Key, whose comic strip "Hazel" about a bossy maid went from magazine page to TV screen, has died. He was 95.

"Hazel" was a popular feature in The Saturday Evening Post from the time it debuted in 1943. It evolved into a prime-time series in 1961 that starred Shirley Booth and ran for four years on NBC and one year on CBS.

Key also created the characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman for producer Jay Ward. The time-traveling dog/scientist and his boy made their TV debuts in 1959 in segments on the animated show, "Rocky and His Friends."

He created cartoon panels called "Diz and Liz" and "Jack and Jill" for children's magazines and produced a number of other animated animal characters. He also wrote a play for radio, authored and illustrated books, and had freelance cartoons appear in Cosmopolitan, Better Homes and Gardens and Sports Illustrated.

Later, Key and a neighbor published biweekly motivational posters called "Positive Attitude Posters," and he created a series of motivational pamphlets for sales people.

Theodore Keyser was born in Fresno, Calif., on Aug. 25, 1912. His father, a Latvian immigrant who had changed his last name from Katseff to Keyser, changed his name to Key during World War I.

He is survived by his second wife, Bonnie, three sons and three grandchildren. His first wife, Anne, died in 1984.

Ted Key

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In Memory

Alvin Colt

Alvin Colt, a Tony-winning costume designer whose work spanned more than 60 years of theater from "On the Town" to the "Forbidden Broadway" revues, has died at 92.

Colt's first show was "On the Town," the 1944 musical about sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York. It was also the Broadway debut of its authors, composer Leonard Bernstein and lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

Among the more than 50 shows Colt worked on during his lengthy career were "Guys and Dolls" (1950), "Top Banana" (1951), Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Pipe Dream" (1955) - for which he won a Tony - "The Lark" (1955), "Li'l Abner" (1956), "Destry Rides Again" (1959) and "Here's Love" (1963).

In his later years, Colt was known for his outlandish costumes for "Forbidden Broadway," a long-running series of revues which spoof Broadway shows.

In "Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit," for example, Colt outfitted one of the knights from "Spamalot" in a suit covered with containers of Spam and perched a Mickey Mouse doll atop the head of an actor portraying Rafiki from the Disney production of "The Lion King."

A native of Kentucky, Colt graduated from Yale. In between theater assignments, he worked extensively in television and on several films.

Alvin Colt

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