BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 1 September, 2009

Tuesday

1 September, 2009

(Updated Daily)


[767 days in a row]

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The Weekly Poll

Results

The 'Manifest Destiny on film' Edition

According to AMC, Western Films or TV programs are the major defining genre of the American film industry... This indigenous American art form focuses on the frontier West that existed in North America (and) often portrays the conquest of the wilderness and the subordination of nature, in the name of civilization, or the confiscation of the territorial rights of the original inhabitants of the frontier. They truly show 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' events of that part of our history. Love'em or loathe'em, their impact on our culture can not be denied...

If you are a fan what are your top 3 Western Films or TV programs and who are your favorite actors?

If you are not, feel free to rail away. I understand. I have Ojibwe ancestors (Sault Tribe of the Chippewa) and they suffered at the hand of the White man via broken treaties and confiscated land here in Michigan...



DanD opines...
     Well, while John Wayne is not a "favorite" actor per-se, He and Jimmy Stewart (along with whomever the director was) did what I consider the ultimate "tongue-in-cheek" job of vilifying America's "going West" motivation in the film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence". Of course, the tongue-in-cheek was that of the Director's, as Wayne -- and even Stewart -- played their parts with no guile whatsoever. Anyway, the film quite depreciative covers everything from the far-reaching consequences of post-Civil War slavery to the grand scheme of urbanized environmental destruction, and does so completely "straight." Jack Benny would'a (and probably was) been proud.
     My next best actor (for a limited time) was David Carradine (I don't buy the asphyxia-oriented, auto-erotic allegations of his recent death; I think he was murdered as a final "tying up loose ends" function starting with the assassination of Bruce Lee) in the western (or super-far Eastern maybe) Kung Fu. Before Archie Bunker (I think), Kwai Chang was showcasing the slope-head underbelly of racism in America.
     Finally, I appreciated Clint Eastwood's "The Unforgiven." It went where John Wayne's "The Shootist" only began in a commonly antiseptic way.
      (hoo ha, Gene Hackman played one mean, evil bastard in The Unforgiven, I'm tellin' ya)





Sjmcros came up with...

     BTTB Bob, this is a tough one, really difficult to pick just three, but here goes:
     The movies
     The Magnificent Seven
       True Grit
       Lonesome Dove
     The actors
       Robert Duvall
       John Wayne
       Clint Eastwood
     As a baby boomer who grew up on westerns, I really hate to see so few being made. A few recent ones (Tombstone, Free Range, The Proposition, Appaloosa) had given me a little hope that the genre wouldn't die out, but they just don't make that many any more. Shane. I mean, shame.





Marilyn from Bellaire picks are...
     Movies
       1. High Noon
       2. Magnificent Seven
       3. Rio Bravo
     Actors
       Bette Davis
       Paul Newman
       Cary Grant





Jeff C. detailed...
     Rio Bravo - starring John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan. Directed by Howard Hawks. John Wayne is American westerns, more so than any other actor, because most of his non-westerns have been entirely forgettable. Rio Bravo is his best western, in my opinion. The chemistry between the characters is wonderful, Angie Dickinson is mucho sexy, oh my Jesus, and Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson perform an admirable cowboy duet. I watch this movie every time it comes on television. And I have the DVD.
     Fistful of Dollars - the spaghetti western version of Akiro Kurosawa's classic Yojimbo, starring Clint Eastwood, directed by Sergio Leone, music by Ennio Morricone. Unlike The Magnificent Seven, this is actually a good rendering of a Kurosawa story, almost equal to the original.
     The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef, directed by Sergio Leone (again), music by Ennio Morricone (again). This movie, in my opinion, is the best of all westerns, tying together a great story, great directing, seminal music, and the best showdown in all of moviedom.





SallyP(al) in her usual form writes...
     Hi B2BB,    (Hi Pally... Thanks for the birthday greeting)
     This week you query: If you are a fan what are your top 3 Western Films or TV programs and who are your favorite actors?
     I respond: Only three??    (Sigh... Yes, Pally, only three... Now stop whining and get on with it, haha!)
     Okay, my first thoughts on the, "Western" would be thoughts of the old western radio shows. But since you are a kid, and probably don't remember such shows, I will jump to the TV.    (Forgive me if I don't feel deprived)
     Number one has to be my all time hero, "The Lone Ranger," Clayton Moore.
     Number two is Gene Autry;
     Number three would be Roy Rogers.
     The show, "Bonanza" comes in a close third, as does "Wagon Train." These were the daily or weekly shows which were a big part of my youth.
     As for the "Western movie," yes, I can remember them very well - probably more from my, "Tween" years. Sitting in the darkened theater, watching the innocent White people, on a wagon train, heading out west. The camera goes to the bluff over looking the trail, and we see the, "evil" Injun scout watching the train. Then, he silently slips off to get some other sinister-looking injuns to help him sneak down to the camped train that night, where they steal the horses - stranding the train. A runner is sent out to the Fort for help - but we doubt that he can make it in time...
     Early the next morning, the camera returns to the bluff and we see hundreds of injuns waiting for a signal from the Chief. We don't have to be told who he is of course, he sits up there upon his black stallion, or palomino - headdress of full eagle feathers, face painted (mostly black) and then, depending on the hero of the movie, probably, the Indians descend on the helpless travelers within the circled wagons - and we see men and women firing their rifles killing as many injuns as possible. Bodies were strewn as far as the eye could see but disclaimers were always shown at the end of the movie telling us that, NO HORSES WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM.
     In some cases the Indians won the wagon-train round, but they were always chased and killed thereafter.
     Nevertheless, our favorite films featured the scout getting to the Fort safely, and as the injuns were surrounding the poor White wagon train folks, we hear the BUGLE sounding the arrival to the troops - who charge in by the thousands - killing every dern injun in sight - which caused the theater audience to whoop with delight - because we all knew that, "The only good injun was a dead one..."
     Thank God in Heaven for my LIBERAL collage   (sic) education, which has made me ashamed of ever having attended such films - even if I was on about 10 years old at the time!
     I will say this, thanks to the three radio/TV shows listed above, I learned that not all Indians were bad (in fact most weren't) and they were usually depicted in a humane way - until Hollywood discovered that peddling hate was SO much more profitable, that is... Thus, as you said, B2BB, is the impact the, "Movie Western" has had on our culture, and yes, it cannot be denied!
     Okay, you probably knew you would not be getting off with a simple answer here, huh??   (Ya think?)
     That's about it for this poll, Pally!





Charlie Y said...
     This is tricky. There are many that I like, sometimes in spite of myself, and wouldn't call myself a fan of the genre. Though the question mentions westerns as being the defining genre of the American film industry, many of my favorites are of the spaghetti variety. I will reluctantly name Clint Eastwood as my favorite western actor, though by no means all of his westerns are that great (Hang 'em High was lousy, and I didn't like High Plains Drifter all that much). Clint was also upstaged by Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and maybe by Lee Van Cleef in For a Few Dollars More. I will, however, give an American Eastwood movie as my #1 pick.
     Favorite movies:
       1) The Outlaw Josey WalesM
       2) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
       3) They Call Me Trinity
       (I had to get that last one in here somewhere)
     Actors:
       1) Eastwood
       2) Lee Marvin (If only to balance Eastwood's politics)
       3) Eli Wallach
     All three have done fine work outside of the western genre, of course.
     I can't think of anything that really deals well with the Native American Genocide, though perhaps someone here will mention something. Films Like Little Big Man and Dances With Wolves gave it a try, but came up short, in my view. I've never seen the HBO movie of Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, although I read the book shortly after it was published.






     Well, all righty then, Poll-fans. Here are my choices...
     Movies
       The Outlaw Josey Wales
       Dances With Wolves (particularly the Lakota 'tribal conferences' scenes)
       Jeremiah Johnson (I loved Will Geer's character 'Bear Claw' and upstaged Redford in no small manner))
     Actors
       Clint Eastwood
       John Wayne as 'Rooster Cogburn'
       Sam Elliot
     Some fun trivia about Eastwood can be found at the Internet Movie Data base website. The best one is that in all his movies he never killed an Indian. Also he claims 'Josey' as his own favorite movie and Johnny Carson declared it the greatest western of all time...
     Thanks to all responders! As ever, Yer the Best!


BadToTheBoneBob

     Next question will be September 8th as I'm taking a 'birthday' week off (and to aggravate my SallyP(al), haha)...






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Cheney Claims Detainee Torture Was Merely 'End-of-Life Counseling'


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Paul Krugman: Missing Richard Nixon (nytimes.com)
In the Nixon era, leaders in both political parties were capable of speaking rationally, and decisions weren't as warped by corporate cash as they are now.


Froma Harrop: Children Should Not Be Props on Reality TV (creators.com)
In the beginning, "Jon & Kate Plus 8" had a sweet charm. The little ones would scamper and


Susan Estrich: No Means What? (creators.com)
Every once in a while, and sometimes more often than that, someone sends me a clipping that makes me check the date twice and recheck the lines that look back at me in the mirror, only to realize I have been reading the same stories and writing about them for more than 20 years. Exactly the same. How can that be?


Ask Joe Weider: Red Meat Blues (creators.com)
Tip of the Week: Get your antioxidants, but don't pay an arm and a leg for them.


ROGER COHEN: Advantage France (nytimes.com)
Time bows at the altar of gastronomy in France. In the U.S., time is the altar.


Oliver Burkeman: This Column will Change Your Life (guardian.co.uk)
The energy needed to obtain information when required has diminished to almost nothing, so why bother learning stuff?


"Tattoo Machine: Tall Tales, True Stories, and My Life in Ink" by Jeff Johnson: A review by Gerry Donaghy
I don't have any tattoos, and I don't really plan on getting any either. It's not that I'm too lame to really pull one off.


Russell Hall: Joan Jett Optimistic About New Runaways Film (billboard.com)
Joan Jett and her creative and business partner Kenny Laguna are expressing optimism for "The Runaways," the film based on the maligned but influential all-female rock band that Jett co-founded and led from 1975-79.


Adaora Otiji: An Interview with Demond Wilson (thecelebritycafe.com)
Demond Wilson tells all about 'Sanford and Son' in new book.


Roger Ebert's Journal: The plague of movie trivia
When people cheerfully tell me, "I have a trivia question" for you, I have a cheerful answer for them, but I rarely express it: "I'm a professional. Ask an amateur." Why in the name of Buster would I want to clutter my memory with useless facts? During long, hard years of being asked trivia questions, I have learned one thing for sure. The person asking me is in the possession of one fact, and is pretty confident I don't know it. Therefore, my admission of defeat will demonstrate their superiority.


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Trivia Question Of The Day


Who was born Milton Supman?

                                  



Send your answer to Marty






Trivia Question from Yesterday


On what program did the Rolling Stones make their US TV debut?

      Les Crane                                               Source


Initially, I thought the answer was The Mike Douglas Show, but when I started reading the responses, something seemed amiss.

The Rolling Stones appearance on Mike Douglas was 25 June 1964.

Their appearance on "The Hollywood Palace" was 12 days earlier, originally aired 13 June 1964 (Season 1, Episode 24).

So, I did some more digging, looking around for info on Les Crane, and came across this reference in Charlie Watts's Journal - Last.fm - "1964, The Rolling Stones made their US TV debut on 'The Les Crane Show'.", but I can't find a specific date, just June, 1964.

So, figuring Charlie Watts would know, gonna say it's Les Crane, but it seems to be another can o'worms.


(See note below)






Alan J was first with:
   Hollywood Palace



Marian the Teacher answered:
   The Les Crain Show



~ Tony In Philly responded:
   "Hollywood Palace"



Jim from CA (now retired in ID) wrote:
   Same as the Beatles, The Ed Sullivan Show



Charlie replied:
   On June 13, 1964, it was the Hollywood Palace, hosted by Dean Martin, who was less than flattering during his introduction

  I remember seeing the Stones on TV back then, but I don't remember that show specifically.




-pgw replied:
   my first guess would be the Ed Sullivan Show or the Jack Parr Show or something like that....
  but I had to use my phone a friend life line and call my Rolling Stones historian friend who said the the Stones US debut was on the Dean Martin Show on their first US tour.




Sally said:
On October 25, 1964, British rock group, "The Rolling Stones" appeared on Ed Sullivan's TV variety show. It was the first time American audiences had seen the Stones. They were of course, a part of the, "British Invasion," and no group in history sparked as much horror in the older generation as did they - especially after their single, "Let's Spend the Night Together" came out. God, how I LOVED the Stones...
  PS: Reading about Barbara (the fish lady) defending her home against the California wildfires, is sure a cliffhanger. Please keep us posted...




And, MAM     wrote:
   Rolling Stones make their US TV debut on Dean Martin's TV variety show 'The Hollywood Palace'. Dean Martin mocked both their hair and their performance.

  The Rolling Stones - The Hollywood Palace Jun 13, 1964





  

Note: 09/01/09 - from MAM  

The Rolling Stones were on the Les Crane Show on June 2, 1964.    Source


Thanks, Marianne!

That's 11 days before the Hollywood Palace appearance.

Les Crane it is. Case closed.




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Sick Days


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Update

The Fish Lady

Sunday Night

Am finally getting something 2 eat, lost 2 fish 2day as the ash clogged my system overnight. It's not looking good at all, new spots. Firemen were at the end of ur street, palomar division just came thru 2. No one knows, I'm tired & scared. Thanks for asking....me


Mnoday Afternoon

It ain't good up here, got the Wyoming hot shots, tomorrow they control burn down my hills. Mandatory evacs, am in a daze, need a stiff drink. Helicopters still over head as fires are everwhere....thanks for thinking of me. Me


Thanks, Barbara!

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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

Crazy Town Hall Protester Interviews

You probably get a lot of these, but I'll bet mine is funnier. :D

This is a video I edited (in hi-def with professional audio) of interviews with some very crazy town hall "anti-healthcare-reform" protesters at a San Diego town hall meeting this past Saturday:

Crazy Town Hall Protester Interviews




Thanks for watching.

- Kevin


Thanks, Kevin!

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Reader Suggestion

some guy

Was Russia's 'Arctic Sea' Carrying Missiles to Iran?




some guy


Thanks, guy!

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PURPLE GENE'S MINI REVIEW

"TAKING WOODSTOCK"

Taking Woodstock
Directed by Ang Lee


(I BEG TO DISAGREE WITH "BARON DAVE)

I WENT TO SEE "TAKING WOODSTOCK" ON THE BIG SCREEN IN BERKELEY AND I SAT DOWN WITH MY HOT FRESH POPCORN AND PINK LEMONADE ANTICIPATING ANG LEE'S TAKE ON THE GREATEST MUSICAL EVENT OF MY LIFE.

I WANTED TO GO TO WOODSTOCK IN 1969 FOR ONE REASON ONLY...I HEARD BOB DYLAN MIGHT BE COMING (HE LIVED IN WOODSTOCK AT THE TIME) AND I STILL THINK THATS WHY THEY CALLED THE THING "WOODSTOCK!

TO PREPARE FOR THIS PREMIER SHOWING OF "TAKING WOODSTOCK" THE WEEK BEFORE I WATCHED THE UNCUT 4 HOUR VERSION OF "WOODSTOCK" THE MOVIE.....WOW....SO FAR OUT...AND THE MUSIC, TO THIS DAY, STILL AMAZES ME....THE SIMPLE FACT THAT ALL THESE STONED KIDS PUT UP WITH EACH OTHER (UNDER SOME TERRIBLE CONDITIONS) FOR THREE DAYS......IT WAS THE MUSIC MAN !

FROM THE MINUTE "TAKING WOODSTOCK" STARTED I WAS FEELING LIKE I WAS GOING ON A BAD TRIP...I MEAN SQUEEKY CLEAN TECHNOCOLOR HIPPIE WALT DISNEY MEETS OVERPLAYED BURLESQUE HILL BILLY LOCAL REDNECKS....

THE SEGUES AND EDITING SEEMED TO BE DISJOINTED (I DON'T THINK ANG LEE TOOK ACID TO MAKE THIS MOVIE) AND I THINK ALL THE CHARACTERS WERE CARACATURES OF THE PEOPLE THEY WERE PLAYING....AND WHAT REALLY DISAPPOINTED ME.....THERE WAS HARDLY ANY MUSIC SOUNDTRACK IN THE BACKGROUND....SOOOOOOOO I AM LEFT TO JUDGE THIS CINEMATIC OFFERING BY THE STORY AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ?????

IT JUST DIDN'T CARRY ME AWAY TO THAT AMAZING MOMENT IN TIME AND....THE MAGIC OF THE MUSIC....

SORRY (BARON DAVE).....THIS WAS NOT A GREAT MOVIE!

PURPLE GENE GIVES "TAKING WOODSTOCK" 5 HITS OF MEDIOCRE WINDOW PANE ACID OUT OF 10 FOR BEING NOT A "BAD TRIP" BUT A BORING ONE.



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http://dareland.blogspot.com


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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

THEY DON'T ALL FIGHT LIKE CATS AND DOGS!

MICKEY MOUSE NOW TELLS THE HULK WHAT TO DO

WHEN WILL REPUBLICANS STOP LYING?

WHEN WILL REPUBLICANS STOP LYING? PART TWO **pdf file**

ARE REPUBLICANS SOCK CLUCKERS?

GET SOME BALLS DONKEYCRATS!

"IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET A MAN TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING WHEN HIS SALARY DEPENDS UPON HIS NOT UNDERSTANDING IT."

GET WITH THE PROGRAM!

GET A SPINE DONKEYCRATS!

WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?

DICKHEAD SHOOTS HIS WAD!

GREENWASHING!

GOD I'M SICK OF THIS CONSERVATIVE PRICK!

FAMILY PORTRAIT!

I think her boss was e. e. cummings!




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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Not quite as hot, but still unpleasant.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'NCIS', followed by a FRESH 'Big Brother 11', then another RERUN 'NCIS'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Jeremy Piven, Chris Russo, and Black Crowes.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Quentin Tarantino and Jason Ritter.


NBC starts the night with a RERUN 'America's Got Talent', followed by a FRESH 'America's Got Talent'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Mila Kunis and Cheap Trick.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Fallon are Joan Allen, Rob Zombie, and Michael Franti.
On a RERUN Carson 'The Scab' Daly (R 5/28/09) are Nick DeAvila and Method Man & Redman.


ABC opens the night with a RERUN 'Crash Course', followed by a FRESH 'Shaq Vs. ', then 'Primetime: The Outsiders'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Kyra Sedgwick, Patton Oswalt, and DataRock.


The CW offers a RERUN '90210', followed by another RERUN '90210'.


Faux has a FRESH 'Hell's Kitchen', followed by a FRESH 'More To Love'.


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


A&E has 'Criminal Minds', 'The First 48', followed by a (F) 'The First 48', and a FRESH 'The Closer'.


AMC offers the movie 'Joe Kidd', followed by the movie 'The Last Of The Dogmen'


BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 4
 [12:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 5
 [1:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 1
 [1:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9
 [2:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep. 3 Walnut Tree
 [3:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 8
 [4:00 PM]    The Hotel Inspector - Episode 6
 [5:00 PM]    Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 9
 [6:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 2 The Fenwick Arms
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 8
 [9:00 PM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 6
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [11:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 8
 [12:00 AM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 6
 [1:00 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 8
 [2:00 AM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 6
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 12 Jack Dee, Razorlight
 [4:00 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 1
 [4:30 AM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9
 [5:00 AM]    BBC World News
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EDT)


Bravo has 'Top Chef', 'Flipping Out', another 'Flipping Out', followed by a FRESH 'Flipping Out'.


Comedy Central has 'Greg Giraldo: Midlife Vices', 'Patton Oswalt: My Weakness Is Strong', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'The Comedy Central Roast Of Flavor Flav'.
Jon Stewart is pre-empted.
Colbert Report is pre-empted.


FX has the movie 'Mr & Mrs Smith', followed by a FRESH 'Rescue Me'.


History has 'Modern Marvels', 'That's Impossible', followed by a FRESH 'The Universe', and 'How The Earth Was Made'.


IFC  -   
 [6:50 AM]   Rank
 [8:30 AM]   Danny Deckchair
 [10:15 AM]   All Over Me
 [11:45 AM]   Rank
 [1:30 PM]   Danny Deckchair
 [3:15 PM]   All Over Me
 [4:50 PM]   Rank
 [6:35 PM]   A Fish Called Wanda
 [8:30 PM]   Office Space
 [10:00 PM]   The Jon Dore Television Show
 [10:30 PM]   Ideal
 [11:00 PM]   B-Live Music Blast
 [11:15 PM]   IFC Web Blast
 [11:30 PM]   Basilisk
 [12:00 AM]   Buddy Boy
 [1:50 AM]   This Is Me
 [2:00 AM]   The Jon Dore Television Show
 [2:30 AM]   Ideal
 [3:00 AM]   The Whitest Kids U'Know
 [3:15 AM]   IFC Web Blast
 [3:30 AM]   Basilisk
 [4:00 AM]   Buddy Boy
 [5:50 AM]   This Is Me    (ALL TIMES EDT)


SyFy has 'Warehouse 13', another 'Warehouse 13', still another "Warehouse 13', and 'ECW'.


Sundance  -    Information not available.


TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Flaxy Martin (1949)
 [7:30 AM]      The Window (1949)
 [8:45 AM]      The Whip Hand (1951)
 [10:15 AM]      The Hour Of 13 (1952)
 [11:45 AM]      Tea And Sympathy (1956)
 [2:00 PM]      Mildred Pierce (1945)
 [4:00 PM]      Escape From East Berlin (1962)
 [5:45 PM]      Above And Beyond (1952)
 [8:00 PM]      Hangover Square (1945)
 [9:30 PM]      The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)    [AKA: 'All That Money Can Buy']
 [11:30 PM]      Citizen Kane (1941)
 [1:45 AM]      The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
 [3:30 AM]      On Dangerous Ground (1951)
 [5:00 AM]      The Set-Up (1949)     (ALL TIMES EDT)


Wednesday  -  09/02/09

TCM:
 [6:15 AM]      The Gay Desperado (1936)
 [7:45 AM]      The Gay Falcon (1942)
 [9:00 AM]      We Went To College (1936)
 [10:15 AM]      Sorority House (1939)
 [11:30 AM]      A Man to Remember (1938)
 [1:00 PM]      A Night to Remember (1942)
 [2:45 PM]      A Song to Remember (1945)
 [4:45 PM]      A Day to Remember (1953)
 [6:30 PM]      The 27th Day (1957)
 [8:00 PM]      Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
 [10:15 PM]      Casablanca (1942)
 [12:15 AM]      Mr. Skeffington (1944)
 [2:45 AM]      Notorious (1946)
 [4:30 AM]      Four Daughters (1938)     (ALL TIMES EDT)



Any opinions?

Or reviews?







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Venezuelan conductor and composer Jose Antonio Abreu (R) stands with British musician Peter Gabriel after a news conference for the winners of the 2009 Polar Music Prize in Stockholm August 31, 2009. The music prize is awarded annually to individuals, groups and institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements.
Photo by Pontus Lundahl

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36th Daytime Emmy Awards

Winners

Winners of Daytime Emmy Awards presented at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles:

Drama series: "The Bold and the Beautiful."

Lead actress in a drama series: Susan Haskell, "One Life to Live."

Lead actor in a drama series: Christian LeBlanc, "The Young and the Restless."

Supporting actress in a drama series: Tamara Braun, "Days of Our Lives."

Supporting actor in a drama series (tie): Vincent Irizarry, "All My Children," and Jeff Branson, "Guiding Light."

Younger actress in a drama series: Julie Berman, "General Hospital."

Younger actor in a drama series: Darin Brooks, "Days of Our Lives."

Game-audience participation show: "Cash Cab."

Game show host: Meredith Vieira, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."

Talk show-entertainment: "Rachael Ray."

Talk show-informative: "The Tyra Banks Show."

Talk show host: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, Barbara Walters, "The View."

Morning program: "Good Morning America."

Directing in a drama series: "One Life to Live."

Writing in a drama series: "General Hospital."

Performer in a children's series: Kevin Clash, Elmo in "Sesame Street."

Lifetime achievement: "Sesame Street."

Winners

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Actors David Arquette, left, and Zach Braff greet each other at the launch of The Cheesecake Factory's Drive Out Hunger Tour benefiting Feeding America in Culver City, Calif. on Monday, Aug. 31, 2009.
Photo by Matt Sayles

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Disney Eats

Marvel

The Walt Disney Co. is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing such characters as Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E.

Under the deal, which was announced Monday and is expected to close by the end of the year, Disney will acquire the rights to 5,000 Marvel characters. Many of them, including the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, were co-created by the comic book legend Stan Lee.

One point of the deal is to help Disney appeal to young men who have flocked to theaters to see Marvel superheroes such as Iron Man in recent years. That contrasts with Disney's recent successes among young women with such fare as "Hannah Montana" and the Jonas Brothers.

Marvel television shows also already account for 20 hours per week of programming on Disney's recently rebranded, boy-focused cable network, Disney XD.

Marvel

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Amnesty International's Freedom of Expression Award

Judith Thompson

Montreal-born playwright Judith Thompson has won another honour for her political drama, "Palace of the End."

Amnesty International in the U.K. has given Thompson its Freedom of Expression Award for penning the play, which unfolds in three monologues and is set in Iraq.

The award is given annually to a play that shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and carries a human rights message.

"Palace of the End" - which last year won a Dora Mavor Moore Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was shortlisted for a Governor General's award - beat out 62 productions for the Amnesty honour.

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Back On The Charts

Dame Vera Lynn

Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn has became the oldest living artist to make it into the top 20 of the UK albums chart, her record company said. Skip related content

Dame Vera, who kept up the spirits of millions with her songs and personality during the darkest days of the Second World War, entered the album chart at number 20, at the age of 92.

Her album, We'll Meet Again - The Very Best of Vera Lynn, returned her to the charts almost six decades after she topped them in the 1950s.

The album features 24 songs from Dame Vera's golden years, including Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart, which was a number one hit in the US in 1952.

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Lawsuit Gets Green Light

Paris Hilton

An appeals court has ruled that Paris Hilton can continue pursuing a lawsuit against Hallmark Cards Inc. over the use of her picture and catch phrase "That's hot" on a greeting card.

Hilton sued the company in 2007 after it began selling without her permission birthday cards of a cartoon of a waitress serving a plate of food to a patron. A photo of Hilton's face was pasted on the cartoon's body.

Hilton alleges that the card ripped off her appearance as a waitress in an episode of her reality television show "The Simple Life."

The 9th US District Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling allowing the bulk of Hilton's lawsuit. Hallmark has defended the card as parody, which is normally protected under fair-use law.

Paris Hilton

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Sues Over Firing

Former Miss California

Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean (R-Implants) has sued pageant officials for libel, slander and religious discrimination.

Court records show Prejean sued California pageant executive director Keith Lewis and actress and former Miss USA Shanna Moakler in Los Angeles on Monday.

Prejean was fired in June by pageant officials, who cited missed scheduled appearances.

Former Miss California

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Canada geese are pictured in front of the Big Nickel, a nine-metre high replica of a Canadian five cent coin, in Sudbury, Ontario August 31, 2009.
Photo by Chris Wattie

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Broadcast Standards!

Canadian TV

Canada's public broadcaster broke television regulations when it aired a New Year's Eve skit that joked about the possible assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama, the country's broadcasting regulator said on Monday.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission agreed with a industry-panel report which in May also found the skit inappropriate. The show was aired by the French language network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

In one segment of the "Bye Bye 2008" comedy program, two hosts discussed Obama's election in November 2008. Obama, who took office in January, is the first black U.S. president.

"We're not racists. It will be good to have a Negro in the White House. It will be practical. Black on white, it will be easier to shoot him," one of the show's hosts remarked.

Canadian TV

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UK Police To Review Death

Brian Jones

British police said Monday they will review the death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, whose 1969 drowning was ruled an accident but sparked decades of speculation that he was murdered.

Sussex police in southeast England said they will examine new documents received from an investigative journalist relating to Jones' death.

The Mail on Sunday reported that journalist Scott Jones - who is not related to the musician - has handed over 600 documents to Sussex police.

A coroner said Jones drowned while under the influence of alcohol and drugs, but the ruling did not quiet speculation that Jones' death was not an accident.

Brian Jones

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Gobble Rare Metals

Hybrid Cars

The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods.

That makes Toyota's market-leading gasoline-electric hybrid car and other similar vehicles vulnerable to a supply crunch predicted by experts as China, the world's dominant rare earths producer, limits exports while global demand swells.

Worldwide demand for rare earths, covering 15 entries on the periodic table of elements, is expected to exceed supply by some 40,000 tonnes annually in several years unless major new production sources are developed. One promising U.S. source is a rare earths mine slated to reopen in California by 2012.

Among the rare earths that would be most affected in a shortage is neodymium, the key component of an alloy used to make the high-power, lightweight magnets for electric motors of hybrid cars, such as the Prius, Honda Insight and Ford Focus, as well as in generators for wind turbines.

Hybrid Cars

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World Record Set

Mariachis

A total of 549 musicians got together to win the record for the birthplace of mariachi Sunday, playing several songs in just over 10 minutes, closing with favorites "Cielito Lindo" and "Guadalajara."

A representative of the Guinness Book of World Records, Stuart Claxton, made it official at the International Mariachi Festival.

The old record belonged to 520 mariachis who performed in San Antonio, Texas, in 2007, said Francisco Beckman, an organizer of the record-breaking attempt.

Mariachis

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Smoke from the Station Fire rises over downtown Los Angeles Monday, Aug. 31, 2009.
Photo by Jon Vidar

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