BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 10 June, 2014

Tuesday

10 June, 2014

(Updated Daily)

[987 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Interests, Ideology And Climate (NY Times)
The monetary stakes, it turns out, are not the biggest obstacle to rational action on global warming.


Andrew Tobias: THE PRISONER EXCHANGE "SCANDAL" JOHN McCAIN AND THE JOINT CHIEFS ENDORSED
Did you know that John McCain endorsed the prisoner exchange before he denounced it?


Christopher Riley: The Dolphin Who Loved Me (Guardian)
Like most children, Margaret Howe Lovatt grew up with stories of talking animals. "There was this book that my mother gave to me called Miss Kelly," she remembers with a twinkle in her eye. "It was a story about a cat who could talk and understand humans and it just stuck with me that maybe there is this possibility."


Sam Sacks: "Absent Friends: Lean Years of Plenty" (Open Letters Monthly)
This is the truth so often ignored in the perpetual debate over the ethics of negative reviewing: Book reviews are a genre of literature. Just as you can't dictate to novelists how likable they should make their characters or how happy their endings ought to be, you can't insist on lip-service praise without consigning a reviewer to irrelevancy.


Joseph Epstein: Death Takes No Holiday (Commentary)
People nowadays hope to make it past 80, at which point, honest people will acknowledge, they are playing on house money. If I were to peg out next month at 77, no one would be much surprised or remark that it was untimely.


Jon Henley: Coming soon to a fjord near you … Iceland takes film to its extremities (Guardian)
Our writer joins the film festival braving snow, scree and lava fields to bring European arthouse movies to the shrimping villages of Iceland.


David Bruce: Wise Up! Authors (Athens News)
Howard Jacobson allows his wife, television producer Jenny de Yong, to read his manuscripts before anyone else does. While she is reading them in her study, he will sometimes listen to find out if she is crying or laughing. He said, "There's only one novel ["The Act of Love"] where she's said, 'This could be the end of our marriage, but this book isn't working.' I called the publisher and said they'd have to wait a bit longer for it."


Marching Geese (YouTube)
"Some people herd their geese the old-fashioned way, just by leading them where they want them to go. Others use dogs to herd their flock from behind. Then there are the artistic types, who want to make a spectacle out of it. And we love those types. This parade was seen in the Netherlands." - Neatorama


Weezer: He caught the frisbee! (YouTube)
"Patrick Wilson keeps the beat while catching a Frisbee thrown from the audience during a Weezer concert in St. Augustine, Florida, Friday night. If he had not seen it coming, and reached out at the right time, we may be looking at a picture of a disaster instead of a cool catch. Instagram member _lindsayhxo_ was right there with her camera focused on the right place to catch it." - Neatorama



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Trivia Question of the Day


According to the 2011 Guinness World Records, who was the most watched leading man on television?

                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


What is the title of the TV series that revolves around John "Hannibal" Smith, Templeton "Face" Peck, H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock, and Bosco Albert "B.A" Baracus?


      The A-Team                                                      Source


The A-Team is an American action-adventure television series, running from 1983 to 1987, about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". A feature film based on the series was released by 20th Century Fox in June 2010. A comic book series, A-Team: Shotgun Wedding, began in March 2010.

The A-Team revolves around the four members of a former commando outfit, now mercenaries. Their leader is Lieutenant Colonel/Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard), whose plans tend to be unorthodox but effective. Lieutenant Templeton Peck (Dirk Benedict; Tim Dunigan appeared as Templeton Peck in the pilot), usually called "Face" or "Faceman", is a smooth-talking con man who serves as the team's appropriator of vehicles and other useful items, as well as the team's second-in-command. The team's pilot is Captain H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (Dwight Schultz), who has been declared insane and lives in a Veterans Administration mental institution for the show's first four seasons. Finally, there is the team's strong man and mechanic, Sergeant First Class Bosco Albert "B.A.", or "Bad Attitude", Baracus (Lawrence "Mr. T." Tureaud).        Source







Lois Of Oregon was first, and correct, with:
   I never actually watched the show, but I will forever be grateful to "The A-Team" for making Mr. T a household word. And yes, I DO pity the fool who doesn't love Mr. T




Charlie answered:
   The A-Team (The sequel was not called the B-Team).




mj wrote:
   From Vietnam to an unjust stay in prison to the LA underground
  When you run out of options to solve your problems, you call the A-Team.
  They got it done.




Alan J said:
   The "A" Team



DanD responded:
   Why, that rather insipid though uncommonly enough popular action-adventure comedy show known as "The "A" Team," which also showcased "Clubber Lang" aka BA aka "Mr. T" a(np)ka Lawrence Tureaud, who was in reality just another version of Jim Croce's "Bad Leroy Brown.".



Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
   The A-Team



Adam answered:
   The A-Team.



Marian said:
   The A Team



Dandy Dale of H____ Diamond Springs, Norcali, replied:
   The "A" Team is a show that my 39 year old son was totally bonkers about when he was nine - twelve. I loathed petrified stilted actor George Peppard. It's stinking hot here today. I'm more than a little cranky. My 'A' Team!




Sally is on hiatus.
  



DJ Useo answered:
   Hmm. Must be A-Team. Deffo not Duck Dynasty. Lol.




Randall responded:
   The A Team
  I used to love that show




MAM   wrote:
   'The A-Team' is fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit".

The main cast of The A-Team. Clockwise from top: Howling Mad Murdock, B. A. Baracus, John "Hannibal" Smith and Templeton Peck.




BttbBob   has retired.
  
  June 10 Birthdays - Celebrities Born June 10 | Famous Birthdays




And, Joe S     said:
   The "A" Team, not to be mistaken for the "Z" Team.



  


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Middle Class Political Economist

Tax planning vs. tax avoidance




Now a Blogger-Columnist at US News and World Reports "Economic Intelligence"


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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


Just Days Before Tracy Morgan Accident, Senate Moved To Weaken Trucker Fatigue Rules



An 11-Year-Old Created This Gorgeous Animated Google Doodle



Pair of White Supremacists Ambush 2 LV Police Officers then cover their bodies with a Gadsden Flag!



Last Man on the Moon recalls US era of courage to do the impossible | Film | theguardian.com




Thanks, Michelle!


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David E Suggests


Air Conditioning Facts and History (Infographic)



David


Thanks, Dave!


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From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'


"The Problem With Young People Today"

(Crabby Old Fart)



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Reader Suggestion

Thomas Kincade

Check this out on Thomas Kincade……

The Drunken Downfall of Evangelical America's Favorite Painter

Thomas Kinkade's death shocked his legions of fans - not only had the Painter of Light died at 54, but the cause was alcohol and Valium. How did the evangelical darling fall so far?


Dale


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from Marc Perkel

BartCop

Hello Bartcop fans,

As you all know the untimely passing of Terry was unexpected, even by him. We all knew he had cancer but we all thought he had some years left. So some of us who have worked closely with him over the years are scrambling around trying to figure out what to do. My job, among other things, is to establish communications with the Bartcop community and provide email lists and groups for those who might put something together. Those who want to play an active roll in something coming from this, or if you are one of Bart's pillars, should send an email to active@bartcop.com.

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Bart's final wish was to pay off the house mortgage for Mrs. Bart who is overwhelmed and so very grateful for the support she has received. Anyone wanting to make a donation can click on this the yellow donate button on bartcop.com

But - I need you all to help keep this going. This note isn't going to directly reach all of Bart's fans. So if you can repost it on blogs and discussion boards so people can sign up then when we figure out what's next we can let more people know. This list is just over 600 but like to get it up to at least 10,000 pretty quick. So here's the signup link for this email list.
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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


CONSERVATIVES USE HUMAN BABIES AS EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIGS!

"LET US PRAY"

DEA. Dumb Egregious Assholes!

ECONOCIDE OVER THE RHINE!

CONSERVATIVES STILL HATE JEWS AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

WWJD?

"THE SPAWN OF GLEN BECK."






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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Marine layer morning, sunny afternoon.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'NCIS', followed by a RERUN 'NCIS: The 2nd One', then a RERUN 'Person Of Interest'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Dave Chappelle, Laura Prepon, and the Orwells.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Megan Mullally and T.J. Miller.



NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'America's Got Talent', followed by a FRESH 'The Night Shift'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Taylor Schilling, and Ed Sheeran.
Scheduled on a FRESH Seth Meyers are Charlie Rose, Gayle King, Aidy Bryant, and Linda Fairstein.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (from 3/4/14) are Tony Revolori, Kodaline, and Ron Josol.



ABC fills the night with LIVE '2014 NBA Finals', followed by a FRESH 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', then pads the left coast with local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Gerard Butler, Meagan Goode, and Matisyahu.



The CW offers a FRESH 'Famous In 12', followed by a RERUN 'Supernatural'.
On a RERUN Arsenio Hall (from 9/18/13) are Dr. Phil McGraw, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Donnie Wahlberg, and Bill Bellamy.



Faux has a FRESH 'Riot', followed by a FRESH 'I Wanna Marry "Harry"'.



MY recycles an old 'Bones', followed by another old 'Bones'.



A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', still another 'Storage Wars', yet another 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH 'Storage Wars', then another FRESH 'Storage Wars', followed by a FRESH 'Shipping Wars', then another FRESH 'Shipping Wars'.



AMC offers the movie 'The Mummy', followed by the movie 'The Mummy Returns'.



BBC  -   
 [6:00AM]    BBC WORLD NEWS
 [7:00AM]    BBC WORLD NEWS
 [8:00AM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 11 - The Lodger
 [9:00AM]    DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 12 - The Pandorica Opens
 [10:00AM]    TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY-Season 4 - Ep 2 - Rendition
 [11:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 19 - Captain's Holiday
 [12:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 3 - Ep 20 - Tin Man
 [1:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Seascape
 [2:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Park's Edge
 [3:00PM]    RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 12 - Yanni's
 [4:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 5
 [5:00PM]    TOP GEAR - Season 11 - Episode 6
 [6:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 3 - The Naked Now
 [7:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Code of Honor
 [8:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 5 - The Last OutpostNEW
 [9:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Where No One Has Gone BeforeNEW
 [10:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 7 - Lonely Among UsNEW
 [11:00PM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 8 - Justice
 [12:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 5 - The Last Outpost
 [1:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 6 - Where No One Has Gone Before
 [2:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 7 - Lonely Among Us
 [3:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 8 - Justice
 [4:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 3 - The Naked Now
 [5:00AM]    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Code of Honor     (ALL TIMES EST)



Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Kandi's Wedding', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of NYC', then a FRESH 'The People's Couch'.



Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos', and 'Jeff Dunham: Spark Of Insanity'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Sebastian Junger.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report is John Waters.



FX has the movie '21 Jump Street', followed by the movie 'Captain America: The First Avenger', then a FRESH 'Fargo'.



History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH 'Top Gear'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    WHITEST KIDS U'KNOW
 [6:15AM]    COMEDY BANG! BANG!-SARAH SILVERMAN WEARS A BLACK DRESS WITH A WHITE COLLAR
 [6:45AM]    MARON-TALKING DEAD
 [7:15AM]    MARON-MARC'S NEW FRIEND
 [7:45AM]    POLICE ACADEMY 3: BACK IN TRAINING
 [9:30AM]    POLICE ACADEMY 4: CITIZENS ON PATROL
 [11:30AM]    POLICE ACADEMY 3: BACK IN TRAINING
 [1:15PM]    POLICE ACADEMY 4: CITIZENS ON PATROL
 [3:15PM]    MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE-BUSEYS TAKE A HOSTAGE
 [3:45PM]    MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE-MRS. TRI-COUNTY
 [4:15PM]    MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE-BURNING MAN
 [4:45PM]    MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE-HEALTH INSURANCE
 [5:15PM]    BLUES BROTHERS 2000
 [8:00PM]    UP IN SMOKE
 [9:45PM]    CHEECH & CHONG'S NEXT MOVIE
 [11:45PM]    CHEECH & CHONG STILL SMOKIN'
 [1:45AM]    UP IN SMOKE
 [3:30AM]    CHEECH & CHONG'S NEXT MOVIE
 [5:30AM]    MARON-THERAPY    (ALL TIMES EST)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00AM]    The Writers' Room-Parks and Recreation
 [6:30AM]    Oscar and Lucinda
 [9:15AM]    Chaplin
 [12:15PM]    Layer Cake
 [2:30PM]    Intersection
 [4:45PM]    Margin Call
 [7:00PM]    The Outlaw Josey Wales
 [10:00PM]    The Outlaw Josey Wales
 [1:00AM]    Intersection
 [3:15AM]    Being There    (ALL TIMES EST)



SyFy has the movie 'The Adjustment Bureau', 'Heroes Of Cosplay', followed by a FRESH 'Heroes Of Cosplay', then a FRESH 'The Wil Wheaton Project', and another 'Wil Wheaton Project'.



TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Jenny Slate and Ian Edwards.



TCM devotes the daylight hours to Judy Garland, who was born on this day in 1922.
 [6:30 AM]      Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
 [8:00 AM]      Everybody Sing (1938)
 [9:45 AM]      Broadway Melody Of 1938 (1937)
 [11:45 AM]      Babes in Arms (1939)
 [1:30 PM]      Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
 [3:00 PM]      For Me And My Gal (1942)
 [4:45 PM]      The Clock (1945)
 [6:15 PM]      Easter Parade (1948)

 [8:00 PM]      The Woman In The Window (1944)
 [10:00 PM]      Scarlet Street (1945)
 [12:00 AM]      Make Mine Mink (1960)
 [2:00 AM]      The Harvey Girls (1946)
 [3:45 AM]      Deep In My Heart (1954)     (ALL TIMES EST)



Wednesday   -  06/11/14

TCM features films by Sam Peckinpah all night.
 [6:00 AM]      Night Nurse (1931)
 [7:30 AM]      Life Begins (1932)
 [8:45 AM]      Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
 [10:00 AM]      Spitfire (1934)
 [11:30 AM]      The Winning Ticket (1935)
 [12:45 PM]      Three Godfathers (1936)
 [2:15 PM]      Nobody's Baby (1937)
 [3:30 PM]      Boy Meets Girl (1938)
 [5:00 PM]      A Child IIs Born (1940)
 [6:30 PM]      Brother Rat And A Baby (1940)  [WARNING: stars Ronald Reagan] 
 [8:00 PM]      Ride The High Country (1962)
 [10:00 PM]      The Deadly Companions (1961)
 [12:00 AM]      The Wild Bunch (1969)
 [2:30 AM]      Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973)
 [4:45 AM]      The Glory Guys (1965)
    (ALL TIMES EST)



USA has a FRESH 'Royal Pains', followed by a FRESH 'Playing House'.




Antenna TV

Bounce TV

Cozi TV

MOVIES! TV Network

Me-TV

RTV - The Retro Television Network

This TV


Al Jazeera






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Or reviews?   Marty




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Actress America Ferrera arrives at the premiere of "How To Train Your Dragon 2" in Los Angeles, California, June 8, 2014.
Photo by Gus Ruelas

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The Sideshow - by Avedon Carol


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Star Trek-Inspired Emblem Revealed

Space Patch

In a mirror universe right now, an alternate Steve Swanson is wearing a space patch bearing the logo of the fictional Klingon Empire.

In this reality, NASA jettisoned the astronaut's "Star Trek" inspired emblem before it could reach space.

Swanson, who currently is commander of the International Space Station, collaborated with his daughter to create an insignia for the outpost's Expedition 40 crew. What he and his fellow astronauts and cosmonauts ultimately launched with to the space station was a patch depicting the "past, present, and future of human space exploration."

"He wanted something that was kind of badass," revealed Mary Swanson, Steve's wife, in a call with collectSPACE, "and Klingons are kind of badass."

Steve and Caroline Swanson's original idea for the patch derived its shape and trefoil logo from an emblem created for the Klingon "Brotherhood of the Sword," as seen on the 1990's television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

Space Patch

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Audra McDonald poses in the press room with her award for best actress in a leading role in a play for "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, 2014, in New York.
Photo by Charles Sykes

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'Unofficial England Football Anthem'

Monty Python

Monty Python have recorded a new verse for their 1979 song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," transforming it into a sarcastic theme song for England's soccer team a few days before the beginning of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

According to The Telegraph, the tune now features a line that predicts a loss in the team's upcoming game against Brazil: "When you're in the World Cup, and all your hopes are up, and everybody wants your team to win/ Then they go and let you down, and come slinking back to town/ It's time for this daft song to begin." Vocalist Eric Idle even sings, "Cheer up, next time," after the chorus. New cover art for the single art shows each of the six members of Monty Python with improbably wide smiles atop the bodies of foosball players.

The song originated in the troupe's religious spoof movie Life of Brian, and is sung by Idle (who wrote the song) as his character is crucified next to the film's Christ-like titular character Brian Cohen. The comedy group's YouTube page claims that the song has found new popularity as a football chant by fans of soccer team Sheffield Wednesday in the early Nineties. In 2005, a poll revealed that it is the third most popular "funeral song" in Great Britain, according to the BBC, with Britons requesting it be played at their final sendoff.

As they did with "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," the surviving members of Monty Python will revisit and update bits and sketches from their iconic career at a run of London reunion gigs, beginning July 1st. They've dubbed their residency "Monty Python Live (Mostly)," with the tag line "One Down, Five to Go," as a nod of sorts to Graham Chapman, who died in 1989. The last reunion show will be broadcast in movie theaters around the world on July 20th.

Monty Python

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Judge Rules

Casey Kasem

A judge ruled Monday that Casey Kasem should be fed, hydrated and medicated while a court-appointed attorney evaluates the health of the ailing radio personality after his daughter moved to implement end of life measures.

Kasem, who has dementia, was in critical condition in a Washington state hospital.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy ruled that Casey Kasem should receive the treatments while an attorney appointed by the judge meets with Kasem and his doctors.

Kerri Kasem decided to begin end-of-life measures after doctors determined that feeding and hydrating the celebrity had become increasingly painful, attorney Troy Martin said in court. The judge's ruling is likely to cause the former "American Top 40" host more pain, he said.

Despite the family acrimony, Murphy said Kerri and Jean Kasem seemed to be doing what was best for Casey Kasem.

Casey Kasem

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U.S. actor Kevin Spacey arrives for the European Premiere of Now, at a cinema in central London, Monday, June 9, 2014. The film follows twenty British and American actors during a ten month international theatre tour of "Richard III".
Photo by Joel Ryan

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Postpones Some U.S. Tour Dates

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney is rescheduling U.S. tour dates as he continues to recover from a virus he received treatment for last month.

The former Beatles singer announced Monday tour stops scheduled for mid-June will be postponed to October. He was supposed to kick off the U.S. leg of his tour Saturday. Instead his first show will be July 5 in Albany, New York.

McCartney says he's taking his doctor's advice and will take more time to rest. Last month he cancelled his "Out There Japan Tour 2014" because of his illness.

U.S. tickets for the seven original June dates will be honored at the new dates. The tour wraps up Oct. 28 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Paul McCartney

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Wake-up Call


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'Coveted Status'

George Will

George Will (R-Misogynist), an occasionally controversial opinion writer for the Washington Post, decided to tackle the epidemic of campus sexual assault, and it did not go well. Will starts off his latest column claiming that colleges working to fight sexual assault are breeding an environment that makes "victimhood a coveted status that confers privileges" to students, to give you some sense of where this is going. From there, he addresses the "supposed campus epidemic of rape," and how he thinks it's all a bunch of hooey.

The reaction to Will's column was swift and cutting. "Oh good, we finally get to get rid of George Will," said one person, hoping the Post may dump Will for implying students should aspire to be sexually assaulted. "George Will writes about sexual assault on campus and it goes as well as you might expect," said Politico deputy editor Blake Hounshell. "Wow. Clearly, George Will has never been sexually assaulted," added columnist Ann Friedman. The Huffington Post's Paul Blumenthal took the historical route: "George Will: Blue jeans are evil and should be stopped, rape not such a big deal."

Will blames the sexual assault hullabaloo on faulty math, dangerous progressivism, and girls who drink too much, among other things. It's never the boy's fault, especially in the anecdote he chose, in which a girl's sometimes-boyfriend has sex with her after she repeatedly says no. Shortly after, Will puts sexual assault inside scare quotes.

George Will

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Musician Carole King (L) and actress Jessie Mueller pose backstage with her Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical for "Beautiful--The Carole King Musical" during the American Theatre Wing's 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York, June 8, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Kelly

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Shady Anti-Campaign

Net Neutrality

You won't believe this but Concerned Citizens United For A Free Time Warner Cable doesn't have as much grassroots support as the cable industry would like you to think. Vice reports that many of the nonprofit community groups who had signed on in support of an anti-net neutrality campaign now say they were tricked into joining based on false pretenses.

Vice says that shady advocacy group Broadband for America, which received a $2 million donation from the National Cable and Telecom Association (NCTA), has apparently duped a wide array of groups into supporting its anti-net neutrality policy, including the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals, the Ohio League of Conservation Voters and a non-political military radio program called TalkingWithHeroes.com.

All three of these organizations tell Vice that they haven't agreed to any public policy stances when it comes to net neutrality and the head of the Ohio League of Conservation Voters says that he's never even heard of Broadband for America before and he wants his organization's support for its positions removed. Broadband for America hasn't yet commented on these latest revelations but it's hard to imagine the group saying anything that could possibly justify using several nonprofit groups' names to support its positions when those same groups say that they never agreed to such support.

Net Neutrality

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Actor Christopher Walken attends the premiere of Jersey Boys in New York June 9, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Kelly

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Group Demands DOJ Records

Dinesh D'Souza

Judicial Watch, a nonprofit group that rose to prominence after suing the Clinton administration about 18 times in the 1990s, has demanded that the U.S. government turn over all records pertaining to Dinesh D'Souza's movie 2016: Obama's America as well as his upcoming film, America, hoping to discover whether the conservative filmmaker was targeted by federal agents for retribution.

If Judicial Watch does not get what it seeks in about 30 days, it will sue the U.S. government, said the organization's president, Tom Fitton.

2016 was released just ahead of the presidential election two years ago and it portrayed President Barack Obama in a negative light. In January, D'Souza was arrested for making illegal campaign contributions to Wendy Long, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate, and several notable people have speculated the arrest was politically motivated, including attorney Alan Dershowitz and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Born In Canada). Last month, D'Souza pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions and in exchange prosecutors are expected to drop the more serious charges of making statements to the Federal Election Commission. He'll be sentenced in about three months and could face more than a year in prison.

Judicial Watch not only filed a Freedom of Information Act request for all communications between employees of the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and any and all third parties, but it is also preparing more FOIA requests aimed at the DOJ and the FBI.

Dinesh D'Souza

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Neil Patrick Harris poses with his award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for his role in "Hedwig and The Angry Inch" in the press room at the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, 2014, in New York.
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PM Vows To Resume Commercial Whale Hunt

Japan

Japan's prime minister told parliament Monday he would boost his efforts toward restarting commercial whaling, despite a top UN court's order that Tokyo must stop killing whales in the Antarctic.

Shinzo Abe's comments put him firmly on a collision course with anti-whaling groups, who had hoped the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would herald the beginning of the end for the mammal hunt.

"I want to aim for the resumption of commercial whaling by conducting whaling research in order to obtain scientific data indispensable for the management of whale resources," Abe told a parliamentary commission.

Abe said that in contrast to the foreign perception that whaling communities mercilessly exploit the giant mammals, whaling towns appreciate the meat and show respect to the creatures with religious services at the end of every hunting season.

Japan

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Actors Alan Cumming (L), Lena Hall (C) and Vincent Piazza attend the premiere of Jersey Boys in New York June 9, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Kelly

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To Stop Snarking Verizon

Netflix

Netflix will ease up on a month-long finger-pointing campaign that blamed Verizon and other Internet service providers for problems with its video subscription service.

Netflix is feuding with Internet search providers such as Verizon and Comcast, saying they aren't doing enough to deliver the content that their subscribers want. In many cases, subscribers to high-speed Internet services are trying to stream Netflix videos, which generate about one-third of online traffic in the U.S. during evening hours.

The inadequacies of the Internet services often caused glitches in online video streams, according to Netflix. To drive that point home to its users, Netflix has been sending notices to some subscribers that assert congestion on networks operated by Verizon and other Internet service providers is hurting video quality.

But Verizon, Comcast and others trace the video problems to the way that Netflix has chosen to deliver some of its content through intermediaries, a theory that Netflix ridiculed again Monday.

Blaming Netflix for the network congestion "is like blaming drivers on a bridge for traffic jams when you're the one who decided to leave three lanes closed during rush hour," Netflix general counsel David Hyman wrote in a Monday letter to his counterpart at Verizon. He said that Verizon had misinterpreted Netflix's efforts to inform subscribers when an Internet service's network is becoming clogged.

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This image released by The Museum at FIT shows the Warner's Corselet, with embroidered nylon net and elastic, circa 1960, from the Merry Widow line. From a 1770 corset to a 2014 bra-and-panty set in lacy stretch silk, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology has taken on lingerie and ladies foundation garments as the focus of a new exhibition. In about 70 pieces, "Exposed: A History of Lingerie" touches on the mechanics, marketing and cultural touchstones that not only shape and adorn but helped define culture around the globe. The exhibition runs through Nov. 15.
Photo by Eileen Costa

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Cancelled By A&E

The Glades

Talk about a lousy (non-)wedding gift: Just days after The Glades scored season-high ratings with its Season 4 finale, A&E has officially cancelled the Florida-based procedural.

The series on Monday night wrapped up its fourth season with an audience of 3.4 million total viewers, with 1.1 mil landing in the 18-49 sweet spot - also marking all-time highs for a finale.

Sadly, that season-ender also left groom-to-be Jim's life in flux, shot as he was by an unseen assailant.

On Thursday, A&E's other Monday-night drama, Longmire, took a big step toward seeming a Season 2 pick-up when exec producer John Coveny claimed as much on Twitter - though the cabler has yet to confirm the good news.

'The Glades'

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Activists Sara Winter, left, and Fernanda Trendosky pose for the picture during an anti World Cup protest in Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, Brazil, Monday, June 9, 2014. Written on their bodies in English is the phrase, "While your team is relaxing, Brazilians are dying". Winter and Trendosky walk the beach talking to foreign tourists telling them that Brazilians are suffering from neglect. The FIFA 2014 soccer World Cup is set to open on June 12.
Photo by Rodrigo Abd

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'Love Lock'-Laden Grill Collapses On Bridge

Paris

The Pont des Arts footbridge over the Seine in central Paris was closed for a few hours on Sunday after a metal grill laden with padlocks left by amorous couples collapsed onto the walkway.

Padlocks began appearing on bridges in Paris and other European cities more than five years ago left by people seeking to symbolize their enduring love - often inscribed with couples' names. Lovers typically throw the keys into the river.

Nobody was hurt by the "love lock" incident, a city official told French media on Monday, adding that the bridge had reopened and the two grills across a 2.4 meter stretch of the bridge replaced temporarily by wooden panels.

Paris authorities, who inspect and replace panels twisted or made unsafe by the weight of the locks, have faced calls to clamp down on the practice on aesthetic grounds. But they have been reluctant to take stiffer measures for fear of hurting the city's tourist industry and its worldwide reputation as a city of love.

Paris

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In Memory

Peter Glaser

Peter Glaser, a space pioneer who introduced the idea of using satellites to beam solar energy from space down to Earth, has died at the age of 90.

Over the decades, the novel technology Glaser envisioned has been known by many names - space-based solar power (SBSP), solar-power satellites or satellite power system (SPS), as well as satellite solar-power system (SSPS). An imaginative inventor, Glaser died May 29 at his home in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Glaser was born in Czechoslovakia in 1923 and came to the United States in 1948. His contributions to space science and technology were not limited to the solar-power satellite concept; he also worked on NASA's Apollo moon missions and headed an experiment that flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986.

In July 1971, while working for the consulting firm Arthur D. Little, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Glaser filed for a U.S. patent for his "Method and Apparatus for Converting Solar Radiation to Electrical Power."

Glaser envisioned harvesting solar radiation in space using satellites , which would convert it to microwave energy and then transmit it to Earth for use in electrical power systems. He obtained the patent in 1973.

Prior to his notoriety as "father of the solar-power satellite ," Glaser was project manager for the Apollo 11 Lunar Ranging Retroreflector Array installed on the moon's surface in July 1969, and two other arrays installed during follow-on Apollo landing missions.

Glaser also was responsible for the Lunar Heat Flow Probes and the Lunar Gravimeter used in the Apollo program.

In 1986, an experiment designed by Glaser was also flown aboard NASA's space shuttle Columbia to investigate gravitational effects on human blood cells.

Peter Glaser

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In Memory

Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56.

In the 1980s Mayall was part of the Comic Strip, a hugely influential group of alternative young comics that included Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Mayall's writing and performing partner, Adrian Edmondson.

He was best known for co-writing and performing in "The Young Ones," a sitcom about slovenly students that was much loved by those it satirized.

On television he memorably played Conservative politician Alan B'stard in the sitcom "The New Statesman" and lecherous Lord Flashheart in comedy classic "Blackadder."

He and Edmondson also created and starred in "Bottom," a surreally violent slapstick series about two unemployed slobs.

Film appearances included the title role in 1991 fantasy "Drop Dead Fred" - which gained him a U.S. cult following - and 1999 British comedy "Guest House Paradiso."

The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. London's Metropolitan Police force said officers had been called to the house by the ambulance service on Monday, but that the death was not believed to be suspicious.

Rik Mayall

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French artist Paulo Grangeon throws one of his papier-mache pandas displayed at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong airport June 9, 2014. The installation arrived in the city on Monday, launching the month-long "1600 Pandas World Tour in Hong Kong: Creativity meets Conservation" organized by a local art organiser, according to the official press release.
Photo by Bobby Yip

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