BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 9 June, 2009

Tuesday

9 June, 2009

(Updated Daily)


[683 days in a row]

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The Weekly Poll

Results

The 'Reality... What a Concept' Edition


Do you watch 'Reality' TV programs?

A.) Yes! I love(d) ______ and never miss(ed) an episode. If'n ya don't like that, Go Suck an Egg, ya snobby Nova luvin' elitist, you...

B.) No! They're the ultimate examples of the "vast intellectual wasteland" that TV programming has become (other than, My Mother the Car, that is) and those that do are First Class Rubes and should be shamed accordingly...

C.) I invoke my rights under the 5th Amendment (hand me the TV Guide, would ya?)

Okay, Okay... There're shades of gray to be considered here, I'll admit... Feel free to eelishly slither betwixt the choices, if'n ya must, to make a reply yer com-FORT-able with... Jeesh! You'd think I was asking about Supreme Court nominees, or sumpthin'...



Well then, Poll-fans, here it is. Some replies came with comments, some not...



Adam in NoHo said he did, kinda/sorta...

     I like Kathy Griffin's show (is it coming back?). I like her and I like her show. Her show if different because she's already a celebrity, not famous for merely having her own show, and she doesn't spend the hour arguing with her family and friends about pointless shit.
     If I am really bored, I will watch a 'Food Network Challenge' (not to be confused with Iron Chef or any of their other competition shows), but I'll usually walk out in the middle and come back for the results.
     I will NOT watch any 'America's Next...' or 'Top...' anything. The shows are usually populated by design industry ringers where I want to see actual amateurs get their shot. And besides, the winners never go on to accomplish anything. But the hubby loves 'em all...





Billy E. (deep in the heart of Texas) replied only...
     B.)





DC Madman (a stand-up guy) allowed...
     I'll proudly admit I'm a Survivor fan. I think I'm fascinated by it because it shows a wide variety of real people types from bitches and a-holes to kind caring humans you can't help but love. On the opposite end of reality, I like 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here'. It's fun to hate the celebretards and jeer their huge egos. It's always a joy to find one of them is an actual caring and humble human. Not interested in who can get skinny, married, little people, races, sports, kids or the rest of that crap. Somebody must, because it's on. I loved My Mother the Car. I was a stupid kid. Don't hold it against me.

(Not at all, Dude! I thought Mr. Ed was cool when I was a kid and I think now, "A talkin' horse? Jeesh!")





SallyP(al) sent a script...

     I reply, No cable TV. (What?) Would I watch if I had cable? I don't know.
     My mindless TV watching time is probably filled by, "American Idol," "So You Think You Can Dance," and "Dancing With the Stars."
     "Jon and Kate and their 8" doesn't really appeal to me. I've raised my kids, gone through my own divorce, and I am busy listening to the lives of my many friends and that of my own family - who could probably compete with any reality show on TV.
     Okay, for instance: I just went to visit my cousin(s) who are my age, last week. Her husband and I are sitting on her patio, when she brings out two shoe-boxes of medications, which they each take daily. She uses each vial to emphasize each symptom she relates to me:
     "I have awful high blood pressure" (reaching for a bottle) "See, I have to take XXX everyday for it."
     No matter what condition comes up, either she or hubby have an Rx to take for it.
     I felt bad, as I had nothing to compete - even though I too have aches and pains. I realized that they pale by comparison if you don't have that prescription bottle handy to back up your complaint.
     A while later, my cousin comes back out to the patio with her cordless phone in hand, and lays it on the table.
     Hubby: "Why did you bring the phone out?"
     Cousin: "I am going to call (son), but I have to go back inside and look for the number."
     A few minutes later the daughter comes out to the patio and says: "Oh, you have the phone."
     "Why did you bring it out?"
     Cousin: "I didn't bring it out."
     Hubby: "Yes, you did."
     Cousin: "I did not."
     Hubby: "You said you were calling (son).
     Cousin: "You don't know what you are talking about."
     "I don't even know his number!"
     "Your FATHER must have brought it out."
     Hubby: "No, why would I have brought it out?"
     Cousin: "How do I know why you do anything?"
     Cousin: "Did you take your medicine?"
     Daughter (rather annoyed): "So, Dad, did you bring the phone out?"
     Hubby: "I guess so..."
     I am astounded. I ask you, B2BB, could I write dialogue like that or what? That's reality for me, Hahaha.
     Okay, I digressed a bit, but I couldn't resist sharing.





jimm also just voted...
     no.





joe voted B and included...
     I can't add anything to that. What a bunch of crap, what a waste of time.





That's it, more's the pity... As for myself, I have never seen a 'reality' program simply cuz I'm not interested in them no matter what the milieu is or whom the contestants are... So, there it is... Thanks to all responders!

Yer the Best!

BadToTheBoneBob







New Question

The 'Talking Heads' Edition   (No, not the band, ya weirdo...)



Which TV network do you view the most for national/international news?

(Feel free to cite individual programs/personalities that you particularly like)

   1.) CNN
   2.) MS-NBC
   3.) FNC
   4.) ABC
   5.) CBS
   6.) PBS



Send your response to


BadToTheBoneBob


( BCEpoll 'at' aol.com )




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Limbaugh Puts a Negative 'Cast' on Sotomayer's Broken Right Ankle


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HAIKU HEADLINES


PAT ROBERTSON IS

ANTI INTER-SPECIES SEX....

YOU CAN'T "FUCK A DUCK"

zEN mAN
(observing Pat Robertson's gaffe at opposing gay marriage and the amusing video response......c'mon Pat ...live a little)

zEN mAN archives


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Michael Dare

Free 'Happy Birthday'

 
by Michael Dare a few seconds ago
 
 
We, the public, wish to extend our Domain, called the Public Domain. Every extension of copyright is at the expense of the Public Domain. Corporations will extend copyright forever if we, the Public, let them trample on our Domain.

When "Happy Birthday" is sung in a film, should Mildred and Patty Hill get credit? Absolutely, they wrote it in 1893. Should AOL Time Warner reel in $2 million a year licensing the song more than a century after it was written? I don't think so. Let people post birthday parties to YouTube without the threat of a lawsuit from a mighty media corporation.

AOL Time Warner, as a public service, we ask you to voluntarily release the song "Happy Birthday" into the Public Domain.

Why Is This Idea Important?

In the real world, the internet has shrunk the length of copyright to a nanosecond, making it virtually immaterial. In the interest of expanding our Domain, we, the Public, wish to let copyright die or shrink to its original parameter of 14 years.
 
 
http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/6822-4049




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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Gordon the Unlucky (nytimes.com)
While Prime Minister Gordon Brown may deserve to be punished for the economic crisis, his opponents don't deserve to be rewarded.


Sanford Pinsker: A Fortunate Age (irascibleprofessor.com)
I'm not sorry that I missed this year's commencement day festivities at the college, Franklin & Marshal, where I worked for more years than I care to say.


JOSEPH MARR CRONIN and HOWARD E. HORTON: Will Higher Education Be the Next Bubble to Burst? (chronicle.com)
The public has become all too aware of the term "bubble" to describe an asset that is irrationally and artificially overvalued and cannot be sustained.


Daniel Gross: The Bond War (slate.com)
Why Paul Krugman and Niall Ferguson are hammering each other about T-Bill interest rates.


FROMA HARROP: Toad Hall Madness Fades, but Sadness Lingers (creators.com)
The most notable downsizing of the American home has been in its price. The luxury end usually escapes the worst of housing downturns, but not this time. For those seeking a reprieve from teardown mania, this is not a bad development.


Emily Brady: "See Dick Pay Jane: Chaste Dating for Cash" (villagevoice.com)
Recession desperation produces a quaint throwback.


How rave culture changed Britain (timesonline.co.uk)
Sex, drugs, loud music - and the chance to defy the authorities. What more could a teenager ask for, says Sheryl Garratt.


Rosanna Greenstree: Q&A (guardian.co.uk)
Marilyn Manson, 40, musician, on wanting a brain transplant.


Sandra Bernhard is not into Lady Gaga and modern celebrity (afterellen.com)
The out comedian talks about reviving her show Without You I'm Nothing, and how times have changed since it debuted on VHS.


Dorothy Snarker: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" coming to a theater near you - with a huge catch (afterellen.com)
What if I were to say there might be a new 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' movie? Oh my God, jumping up and down, squealing. What if I were to say Sarah Michelle Gellar wasn't going to be in it? Disappointment, worry, though maybe hope if the other Scoobies were involved. What if I were to say none of the TV cast was included? Wait, what? What if I were to say Joss Whedon wasn't even a part of it? Expletive deleted.


Kevin Nance: Goodbye, Grasshopper (obit-mag.com)
For actors, film is a cool medium, in more ways than one. The big screen - and not just because it's so big - rewards the small, subtle effect: the eyebrow raised a millimeter or less, the lightest emphasis on this syllable over that one. The camera loves actors who play it cool, and David Carradine, who died Wednesday in a Bangkok hotel room at the age of 72, took cool to a whole new level.


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Trivia Question Of The Day

In the old comic strip Li'l Abner, what was Mammy Yokum's maiden name?

   A    Cornelia Cornpone
   B    Daisy Fleegle
   C    Sadie Hawkins
   D    Pansy Hunks
   E    Petunia Phogbound



Send your answer to Marty






Trivia Question from Yesterday

Originally, 'My Three Sons' were Mike, Robbie and Chip. What was Chip's 'real' first name?

   A    Carl
   B    John
  C    Richard
   D    Stanley
   E    William                   Source








Charlie was first, and correct, with:
   He was a little

  C Richard




Jim from CA answered:
   Richard



Marian the Teacher said:
   Richard



PURPLE GENE reasoned:
   USED TO WATCH "MY THREE SONS" ALL THE TIME...PEOPLE SAID I LOOKED LIKE "CHIP".
  YOU HAD WILLIAM FRAWLEY AND FRED MACMURRAY AS THE ADULTS.
  THEN YOU HAD DON GRADY AS "ROBBIE"
  TIM CONSIDINE AS "MIKE".
  "CHIP" WAS PLAYED BY "STANLEY LIVINGSTON".
  THE ANSWER IS C....RICHARD




MD replied:
   It's a metaphor for intellectual property rights, that "spinning straw into gold" part, and yet he lives in poverty, only spinning straw into gold for others, never himself, forbidden by Galacticus, who gave him the power in the first place, to learn the lesson that for the masses, the public domain is the straw of ideas from which they must spin the gold of art and accomplishment.
  Seems pretty obvious to me.




Sally said:
   In the totally unbelievable TV series, 'My Three Sons,' Chip's 'real' first name was Richard (C). Okay, this show ran from 1960 until 1972 - the wildest period of US History - in our times. but, God forbid that the imperfect reality of the outside world intruded on the Douglas family. Not once did the show mention the war in Vietnam, Civil Rights, The Presidential assassination, nor that of his brother, or MLK, Malcolm X - not to mention the British (music) Invasion and the increased drug use among the nation's youth. That used to really irk me back in my youth. Nowadays we laugh about, "Reality" TV, but I still think those sitcoms of the 60s were pure fantasy as far as I'm concerned...
  PS: I apologize in advance to the "3-Sons" fans...
  I stayed up late to watch my tape of the Tony Awards - featuring some of the much anticipated (by me) revival of "Hair" (and the music thereof) just brought it all back to me in spades. As you can read, it has aroused my iconoclastic nature a bit... DannyD will understand... (Love ya Mr D!)




MAM     said:
   On "My Three Sons", Chip's real name was Richard. He was played by actor Stanley Livingston.
   
Stanley Livingston as Chip in the 1960's             Stanley Livingston today




And, Joe S wrote:
  

C Richard





  




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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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Happy Day After Your Birthday, Vic (in AK)!



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

JD took the day off to enjoy some grits & Jell-O.


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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Some sun, some clouds.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'NCIS', followed by a RERUN 'The Mentalist', then '48 Hours'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Julia Roberts and Black Eyed Peas.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig is Dame Edna.


NBC fills the night with LIVE 'Stanley Cup Finals', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Dateline'.

Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Eddie Murphy, Angela Kinsey, Bonnie Raitt, and Taj Mahal.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Will Ferrell, Kyra Sedgwick, and Mos Def.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly is Green Day.


ABC fills the night with LIVE 'NBA Finals', then pads the left coast with local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Paris Hilton, Ken Jeong, and No Doubt.


The CW offers a RERUN '90210', followed by a FRESH 'Hitched Or Ditched'.


Faux has a RERUN 'House', followed by a FRESH 'Mental'*.
* Note: The scheduled episode, "Book of Judges", guest stars David Carradine as a famous scholar who lapsed into a catatonic state after a lightning strike that killed his wife and left him disabled. Traditionally, the episode would be pulled, but this is Rupert's how-far-can-they-lower-the-bar-dollars-über-alles fox.


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', and still another 'The First 48'.


AMC offers the movie 'Commando', followed by the movie 'True Lies'.


BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    The Hotel Inspector - Episode 2
 [1:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 21
 [1:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7
 [1:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7
 [2:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 2 Glass House
 [3:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 3
 [4:00 PM]    The Hotel Inspector - Episode 3
 [5:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 4
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 D-Place
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    The Apprentice UK - Episode 6
 [9:00 PM]    The Apprentice UK - Episode 7
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    The Apprentice UK - Episode 6
 [12:00 AM]    The Apprentice UK - Episode 7
 [1:00 AM]    The Apprentice UK - Episode 6
 [2:00 AM]    The Apprentice UK - Episode 7
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 12 Joan Collins and Jason Donovan
 [4:00 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 21
 [4:30 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7
 [5:00 AM]    BBC World News
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EDT)


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


Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'South Park', another 'South Park', still another 'South Park', and, yes, another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Peter Schiff.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report Stephen broadcasts from Iraq.


FX has the movie 'xXx', followed by the movie 'Rocky Balboa', then a FRESH 'Rescue Me'.


History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Seven Signs Of The Apocalypse', followed by a FRESH 'Life After People'.


IFC  -   
 [7:15 AM]    The IFC Media Project
 [7:50 AM]    Max
 [9:45 AM]    Darkness
 [11:15 AM]    Lord of the Flies
 [12:50 PM]    Max
 [2:40 PM]    Darkness
 [4:15 PM]    Lord of the Flies
 [5:55 PM]    Antwone Fisher
 [8:00 PM]    The Pope of Greenwich Village
 [10:00 PM]    Z Rock
 [10:30 PM]    Ideal
 [11:00 PM]    The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [11:15 PM]    Food Party
 [11:30 PM]    Wrong Door
 [12:00 AM]    Wonderland
 [1:45 AM]    Jinx
 [2:00 AM]    The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [2:15 AM]    Food Party
 [2:30 AM]    Wrong Door
 [3:00 AM]    Z Rock
 [3:30 AM]    Ideal
 [4:00 AM]    The Pope of Greenwich Village    (ALL TIMES EDT)


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


Sundance  -   
 [06:00 AM]    It's Not Easy Being Green Season 2: Episode 7
 [06:30 AM]    The Sierra Club Chronicles: Episode 6
 [08:00 AM]    Face (2004)
 [09:30 AM]    The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
 [11:00 AM]    TransGeneration: Episode 3
 [11:30 AM]    Big Girl's Blouse: Episode 2
 [12:00 PM]    The Drug Years: Teenage Wasteland
 [01:00 PM]    Kippur
 [03:00 PM]    Congorama
 [04:45 PM]    Face (2004)
 [06:15 PM]    Gretchen
 [08:00 PM]    On the Road in America: Episode 9 - Big Sur, Part 2
 [08:30 PM]    TransGeneration: Episode 3
 [09:00 PM]    Episode 8
 [09:30 PM]    Is Your House Killing You?: Episode 2
 [10:00 PM]    Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Crude Impact
 [11:45 PM]    Laid Off
 [12:00 AM]    I Really Hate My Job
 [01:30 AM]    Christmas on Mars
 [03:00 AM]    Episode 8
 [03:30 AM]    Is Your House Killing You?: Episode 2
 [04:00 AM]    Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Crude Impact
 [05:45 AM]    Laid Off     (ALL TIMES EDT)


TCM features the films of director Michael Powell all day, then highlights the work of director Fred Zinnemann all night.
 [6:00 AM]      I Know Where I'm Going (1945)
 [7:45 AM]      The Edge of the World (1937)
 [9:00 AM]      A Canterbury Tale (1944)
 [11:15 AM]      Night Ambush (1957)
 [1:00 PM]      A Matter of Life and Death (1947)
 [3:00 PM]      The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
 [5:15 PM]      The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

 [8:00 PM]      High Noon (1952)
 [9:30 PM]      Oklahoma! (1955)
 [12:00 AM]      From Here To Eternity (1953)
 [2:15 AM]      The Member of the Wedding (1952)
 [4:00 AM]      Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
    (ALL TIMES EDT)


Wednesday  -  06/10/09

TCM features the films of director George Sidney all day, then highlights the work of director Preston Sturges all night.
 [6:00 AM]      Kiss Me Kate (1953)
 [8:00 AM]      Show Boat (1951)
 [10:00 AM]      The Harvey Girls (1946)
 [12:00 PM]      The Three Musketeers (1948)
 [2:15 PM]      Viva Las Vegas (1964)
 [4:00 PM]      Pal Joey (1957)
 [6:00 PM]      Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

 [8:00 PM]      The Lady Eve (1941)
 [10:00 PM]      Sullivan's Travels (1941)
 [12:00 AM]      The Palm Beach Story (1942)
 [2:00 AM]      The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
 [4:00 AM]      The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock (1950)
    (ALL TIMES EDT)



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From left, actress Kristin Chenoweth, singer Harry Connick Jr. and actress Julia Roberts attend a celebration of Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Camps, Monday, June 8, 2009 in New York.
Photo by Evan Agostini

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Holywood Walk O'Fame Star

Kyra Sedgwick

Actress Kyra Sedgwick, star of hit television series "The Closer", became the 2,384th celebrity to be honored on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame" here Monday.

The Golden Globe-winning 43-year-old attended a morning ceremony which saw her award unveiled next to the star of her husband, Kevin Bacon, on the stretch of Hollywood Boulevard which honors Tinseltown celebrities.

Sedgwick is best known for her portrayal of Los Angeles Police Department deputy police chief Brenda Johnson on "The Closer."

Kyra Sedgwick

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Actor/comedian Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" performs for U.S. military personnel at Al Faw Palace in Baghdad in this USO handout photo dated June 7, 2009. Colbert is participating in a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to the Persian Gulf region June 5-11, 2009.
Photo by Steve Manuel

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Captures EU Seat

Pirate Party

Sweden's Pirate Party, striking a chord with voters who want more free content on the Internet, won a seat in the European Parliament, early results showed Sunday.

The Pirate Party captured 7.1 percent of votes in Sweden in the Europe-wide ballot, enough to give it a single seat. The party wants to deregulate copyright, abolish the patent system and reduce surveillance on the Internet.

Previously an obscure group of single-issue activists, the party enjoyed a jump in popularity after the conviction in April of four men behind The Pirate Bay, one of the world's biggest free file-sharing website.

Despite the similar names, the party and the website are not linked. The party was founded in 2006 and contested a Swedish general election that year, but received less than one percent of the vote.

Pirate Party

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Centuries-Old Slate Discovered

Jamestown

Archaeologists have pulled a 400-year-old slate tablet from what they think was an original well at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, a historic preservation group announced Monday.

The slate is covered with faint inscriptions of local birds, flowers, a tree and caricatures of men, along with letters and numbers, according to Preservation Virginia, which jointly operates the dig site with the National Park Service. It was found May 11 at the center of James Fort, which was established in 1607 along the James River in eastern Virginia.

Research director William Kelso said the inscriptions were made with a slate pencil on the 4-inch-by-8-inch slate. The writings were wiped off, but they left grooves on the surface, he said.

Researchers at NASA Langley put the slate through three-dimensional digital analysis so they could decipher its pictures and text. The imaging system normally is used to inspect materials for aerospace use.

An eagle and a heron appeared on the slate, along with three types of plants, which haven't yet been identified. A depiction of lions - the British armorial sign in the early 1600s - indicates that the writer could have been a government official, Kelso said.

Jamestown

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Honored By FBI

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Efrem Zimbalist Jr., the actor who portrayed cool and canny Inspector Lewis Erskine on the TV series "The F.B.I." was named an honorary special agent Monday - the FBI's highest civilian honor.

The 91-year-old actor was presented with the badge by FBI Director Robert Mueller. He praised Zimbalist as an icon who inspired a generation of FBI agents.

The show ran on ABC from 1965 to 1974.

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

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Bette Midler is presented flowers during the 100th performance of 'The Showgirl Must Go On' at The Colosseum inside Caesars Palace Sunday, June 7, 2009 in Las Vegas.
Photo by Isaac Brekken

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Tony's Casualty

Bret Michaels

According to Bret Michaels' spokeswoman, the rock singer had X-rays taken after getting clocked in the head by a descending set piece at Sunday's Radio City Music Hall ceremony.

Publicist Joann Mignano says Michaels, who performed with his 1980s hair-metal band Poison, fractured his nose and had to get three stitches in his lip. She says he was getting a CAT scan on Monday as a precaution, as he's had a past neck injury.

Although he's "pretty bruised up," Mignano says, Michaels was in good spirits. He wiped off blood with a towel and laughed backstage when host Neil Patrick Harris joked that the singer "gave head banging a whole new meaning."

Michaels had a "great time performing for the Broadway audience," says Mignano, who notes that the star of VH1's "Rock of Love" reality series took photos backstage with theater legends Liza Minnelli and Angela Lansbury.

Bret Michaels

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Vidiot Speak

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Key Hearing Set

Anna Nicole Smith

A judge on Monday ordered Anna Nicole Smith's longtime boyfriend and two doctors to face a hearing in August to determine if they must stand trial for illegally supplying the Playboy model with prescription drugs for years before she died of an accidental overdose.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Wesley said the preliminary hearing would begin within 10 days of Aug 12 for Howard K. Stern, who was also Smith's lawyer, her psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor.

Stern, 40, and the two doctors are charged with conspiracy and prescribing painkillers, sleeping pills, anxiety medications and other drugs to Smith between 2004 and her death on Feb 8, 2007 from an overdose of prescription drugs.

Anna Nicole Smith

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Steve-O gestures as he arrives at the Hollywood Life's 11th Annual Young Hollywood Awards at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California June 7, 2009. The awards recognize young performers in film, television and music.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni

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Fighting Ffinancial Washout

Rock Festivals

Glastonbury in Britain may be a sell-out, but in the north and east of Europe from Denmark's Roskilde to Romania's B'esfest and Hungary's Sziget, the uncertainties of recession are making 2009 as a rock festival 'summer of love' a hard sell.

As some sponsors pull out, the discounts on offer look geared to publicity. Bring 45 people to Sziget -- usually Europe's third-largest event after Roskilde and Glastonbury -- and all can go half price, organizers say.

Other festivals are postponing planned price hikes, particularly in eastern Europe where the crisis has fallen on countries with already much slimmer economic cushions than in the West. Many have had to scale back.

As a purely discretionary pastime, festivals have to strike the right balance between price and value, says Christof Huber, general secretary of Yourope, an organization of Europe's summer festivals. "That could be difficult this year."

Rock Festivals

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Annual Wine Auction

Napa Valley

The Napa Valley wine auction, an annual assembly of the affluent, scaled down the glitz and raised a little more than half of last year's total for charity. But the $5.7 million take was just fine with organizers.

"Everyone is thrilled," Napa Valley Vintners spokesman Terry Hall said Monday. "In this economy, we are happy to be able to continue to support the nonprofits in Napa County."

About 800 people came to the four-day event. It aims to turn over more than 90 percent of revenue to charity. The auction has donated $85 million to regional health care, youth and housing nonprofit programs in its 28-year history.

Napa Valley

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A visitor stands behind the installation 'Telegram from Buckminster Fuller to Isamu Noguchi Explaining Einstein's Theory of Relativity' (2009) by Italian artist Elisabetta Benassi, represented by the gallery Magazzino (Rome), is shown at the exhibition 'Art Unlimited' as part of the international art show 'Art 40 Basel', in Basel, Switzerland, Monday, June 8, 2009. The Art Unlimited sector at Art 40 Basel shows large-scales and multimedia works, created by 59 artists from 24 countries worldwide from June 10 through June 14, 2009.
Photo by Georgios Kefalas

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Sotheby's Holds Auction

Russian Art

Sotheby's raised 7.9 million pounds ($12.5 million) at its Russian art auction on Monday, a total the auctioneer called "solid" in uncertain economic times and within pre-sale expectations.

The sale is the main event during a week of Russian auctions in London which will provide the latest indicator as to the strength of the international art market.

At Monday's sale, the top lot was "The Village Fair" by Boris Kustodiev, which fetched 2.8 million pounds including buyer's premium, an auction record for the artist and above estimates of 1.0-1.5 million pounds not including the premium.

Another oil painting, "Nanny With Children" by Isaak Brodsky dated 1912, also set an auction record for the artist when it sold for 937,250 pounds, around twice its estimate.

Russian Art

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Weekend Box Office Correction

`Hangover'

It turns out Hollywood's weekend hangover was bigger than expected.

The Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover" drew larger audiences than earlier projected to raise its weekend ticket sales to $45 million, about $1.8 million more than the studio estimated Sunday.

That made it the No. 1 draw for the weekend instead of Disney and Pixar Animation's "Up," which came in second with $44.3 million. Sunday studio estimates had "Up" edging "The Hangover" by about $1 million.

It's rare that the first- and second-place movies on Sunday flip-flop when final numbers come out Monday. But strong attendance Sunday allowed "The Hangover" to pull ahead.

`Hangover'

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In Memory

Fleur Cowles

Fleur Cowles, a painter, writer and founder of a short-lived but legendary magazine, died on Friday at a nursing home in Sussex, England. Her death was confirmed by her husband, Tom Montague Meyer.

The cause of death was not announced. The New York Times reported her age as 101, though Cowles had cited various birth dates as much as 10 years later.

She celebrated her wide circle of acquaintance in her 1996 memoir, "She Made Friends and Kept Them." Queen Mother Elizabeth was a friend, Cary Grant was best man at her third wedding, and British artist Lucian Freud enjoyed her patronage early in his career.

She wrote an authorized biography of Salvador Dali, and "Bloody Precedent," about Argentina under Juan and Evita Peron.

Cowles, however, thought a magazine called "Flair" was the best thing she ever did.

A 50-cent package of high-society, art, literature and fashion, "Flair" lasted just 12 issues - from February 1950 to January 1951. The magazine published works by W.H. Auden, Tennessee Williams, Gypsy Rose Lee, Simone de Beauvoir, Salvador Dali and Jean Cocteau.

Her then-husband, Gardner Cowles, pulled the plug on "Flair" after losing an estimated $2.5 million.

Though a full set of "Flair" would have cost $6, a "Best of Flair" box set published by Rizzoli in 1996 was listed at $250 - and it rated a second edition.

Born in Montclair, New Jersey, she worked in advertising, then wrote a column in the New York World-Telegram in 1931-32, then went back to advertising with her first husband, Atherton Pettingell. During World War II, she took a $1-a-year job as speechwriter and campaign director for government agencies.

In 1946, she married Cowles, president of Cowles Magazines, Inc., which published "Look" magazine. She was already running Look's women's sections.

The marriage ended in 1955, and she then married British timber executive Tom Montague Meyer, who survives.

Fleur Cowles

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In Memory

Kenny Rankin

Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he picked up as a child in New York, has died of complications related to lung cancer, his record company announced Monday. He was 69.

The musician, who first gained acclaim as one of the guitarists on Bob Dylan's landmark 1965 album, "Bringing it all Back Home," had been preparing to record an album of new material when he became ill a few weeks ago. Recording sessions scheduled with producer Phil Ramone were canceled as his health began to deteriorate.

Rankin wrote and recorded the pop standard "Peaceful" and also wrote "In The Name of Love," which was recorded by Peggy Lee, and "Haven't We Met," performed by Carmen McRae and Mel Torme.

After signing with Decca in the late 1950s he released a handful of singles before moving on to Columbia Records, also the home of Dylan. There, he took part in the recording of "Bringing it All Back Home," the album in which Dylan moved firmly from an all-acoustic folk music sound to an electric mixture of pop and rock 'n' roll.

Soon after, he made his first appearance on "The Tonight Show," where he impressed host Johnny Carson so much that Carson contributed liner notes to Rankin's first album, 1967's "Mind Dusters." Other albums included "Family," "Like a Seed," "Inside and "Silver Morning:"

Born in New York City on Feb. 10, 1940, Rankin was raised in the city's Washington Heights neighborhood, where he said he grew up listening to a broad spectrum of music, including Afro-Cuban, jazz, Top 40 and Brazilian.

He is survived by his son, Chris Rankin, daughters Chanda Rankin and Jena Rankin-Ray and a granddaughter.

Kenny Rankin


Kenny Rankin was George Carlin's opening act for decades.

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Hasani, a six-month old western lowland gorilla, rides in the back of his surrogate mother Bawang at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, Friday, June 5, 2009. Hasani, who's name means 'handsome' in Swahili, is the first gorilla born in captivity at the zoo in 11 years. Bawang, who's 29 years old, became the baby gorilla's surrogate mother after his birth mother Monifa showed no interest in raising him. The western lowland gorilla's natural habitat is in Central Africa. It is currently on the critically endangered list.
Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez

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