BartCop Entertainment Archives - Tuesday, 9 December, 2008

Tuesday

9 December, 2008

(Updated Daily)

[502 days in a row]

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Latest 'Election Lawsuit' Alleges Obama a Dual Citizen of Krypton


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The Weekly Poll

Results

The Holiday Movie Season Edition

Are you planning to go to the cinema and see one of the new 'Holiday Season' movies?



A. Yes! I avidly want to go see___________ with___________ (unless I go alone, that is, cuz I need some space or my partner hates what I want to see)...


Adam the sound pro writes...
    Yes! I avidly want to go see 'Milk' & 'Quantum of Solace' with my Husband...

(I'm a "Bond, James Bond" kinda guy myself. I write about 'Milk' in my closing)




Sally P(al) says...

    Yes, I avidly want to go see "Milk" with my SIL. (Unless I go alone, that is, cuz I need some space or my partner hates what I want to see) does not apply here, you see, I have no car and would not be able to drive to a theater anyway due to my poor eyesight. My daughter is not a good choice to nab for chauffeur duties, because she is strictly a, "fluff" movie person. My SIL, however, is pretty cool, and we share common taste in flicks. If this doesn't work out for me, I will stay home and re-watch, "Elf" with Will Farrell and Bob Newhart - the precious g/kids and I LOVE that film!... (I love Bob Newhart Remind me to tell you about a 'drinking game' we Coastguardsman played in the 80s based on his sitcom. We called the game 'Hi, Bob'. Hoo ha, good times were had by all!... urp...)





B. No! I'd rather stay home and watch holiday classic movies and/or college football bowl games on TV. Besides, I'd rather wait until the movies come out on DVD than sit in a jammed packed theater listening to people's stupid cell phone ring tones and their inane conversations (or something like that, haha)...


Dick McD is short and sweet with...
    I will go with (b) for some of the reasons you mentioned. Also I love using Netflix.

(I've been meaning to try that service. My daughter loves it)




Joe (with the big J) answers with a list...

    My answer is closer to B than the others. I don't go to movies for several reasons:
        1, Admission is too high.
        2, Popcorn is way to high
        3, Rude patrons
        4, Uncomfortable seats
        5, Most movies are crap
        6, There's no movie theater in our town.

    And I don't watch Holiday movies on TV either, the new ones are crap and I've seen the old ones 72 times. Minimum. I can recite the dialog right along with the actors...

(Well, when I do go, which is infrequently, I go to a matinee for the cheaper ticket price and less rude people. Popcorn is still too high, but I love it too much to forgo the pleasure. I ignore the seats and avoid films I figure are 'crap'. Having no theater is a bummer. I've lived in 'Bugscuffle', too, so I know how it is. I agree with you about the TV holiday movies. I will watch the college football bowl games and make no apologies for it. Go Spartans! Go Chippewas! Go Broncos! rah! rah!! rah!)





C. Maybe... It depends on whether the whole 'holiday season' thing starts driving me crazy and I need to escape for a few hours, dagnabbit!... I might go see__________...(but, then again, I might just go to the bar)


joe (with the little j) is kinda particular writing...
    I'm going with C, I will say I will go to a movie and get lazy and not go. Unless Mike Moore makes a movie or another W comes out...


(I am not a Michael Moore fan. I find his work fallacious. He pretends to be a 'man of the people' while he lives in a million dollar plus home in an affluent Michigan resort area on Torch Lake near Traverse City and has a fabulous apartment in NYC. His baseball caps, scruffy beard and 'blue collar' attire do not fool me. I was born in Flint, too, and have lived in Michigan UAW towns my entire life other than my 16 years in the military. I've read reports that he holds stocks in companies that he rails against. I do not disagree with the points he tries to make, necessarily, only how he endeavors to make them. He brings out the cynical side of me)...




And, mj commented...

    We'll probably take in a move or two. What we see will depend on what shows have mid-week mantinees, since we want to be out of the house when the cleaning woman shows up.


Well, I am a 'Maybe', too. I'm not sure what I'd see. I can be rather impulsive when it comes to movies, so it would depend on my mood. 'Quantum' is possible as I adore Dame Judi Dench. Perhaps 'Valkyrie' and not because of Tom Cruise (even though he looks remarkably like Count Von Stauffenberg, the erstwhile Hitler assassin) but because I consider myself an amateur military historian and the reviews I've read are positive. I'd like to see 'Milk', but not now. I think I'd rather see it in my home because I'm afraid it would depress me. Ya know what I mean?

So, there it is... Thanks to all you Poll-Pals that responded and to all you Poll-Fans that are reading this... As I always say... Yer the Best!



BadToTheBoneBob








The New Question

The Obama 'So far' Edition

Are you satisfied with the cabinet picks and policy statements that our President-elect has made to date?


    A.) Yes! They are all spot on!

    B.) Kinda, sorta... I like__________, but am not entirely happy about__________..

    C.) No! I am not a happy camper and here's why__________...







Send your response, and a (short) reason why, to BadToTheBoneBob   ( BCEpoll 'at' aol.com )



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Shameless GOP Attacks Shinseki, Again!


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HAIKU HEADLINES

UNLIKE BILL CLINTON

WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS SMOKING

OBAMA INHALES

zEN mAN
(observing the transparancy of the new administration....although barrack is still hiding his habit from his wife)

zEN mAN archives


zEN mAN



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Day Without A Gay, December 10, 2008


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Carolyn Foster Segal: The Department of Complaints (irascibleprofessor.com)
Students need encouragement to complain? With or without such a questionable 1984-like policy and a coach like David Horowitz, who "worked with the Penn State students in shaping their complaints," students need no invitation to complain.


Bruce Bartlett: What Would Keynes Do? (forbes.com)
The government should spend on stuff, not on bad assets.


Arianna Huffington: Americans Are Crazy Workaholics -- It's Time We Brought More Balance to Our Lives (Huffington Post; Posted on AlterNet.org)
"No life," "no family" and "can devote, literally, 19-20 hours a day" to work. Sound familiar? That's our future Homeland Security chief talking.


Susan Estrich: Where is John Edwards? (creators.com)
Doris Kearns Goodwin could not have asked for more. The author of "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," published in 2006, is making headlines once again for her foresight, as well as her knowledge of history, in light of President-elect Barack Obama's decision to surround himself with his former rivals, including Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton, and now Secretary of Commerce-designate Bill Richardson.


Froma Harrop: Booze or Drugs, Prohibition Makes No Sense (creators.com)
America ended Prohibition 75 years ago this week. The ban on the sale of alcohol unleashed a crime wave, as gangsters fought over the illicit booze trade. It sure didn't stop drinking. People turned to speakeasies and bathtub gin for their daily cocktail.


Turning the air blue (news.bbc.co.uk)
The odd expletive escapes most people's mouths in times of stress, but when we fall back on swear words just for effect have we really just run out of ideas, asks Clive James.


Michael Silk: Satirists thick and thin (timesonline.co.uk)
From Juvenal to Armando Iannucci, satire is an ancient and necessary art.


Michael Schaffer: Only Yesterday (obit-mag.com)
In 1931, two years after the great stock market crash and around the time Americans were realizing the economic troubles weren't just another cyclical downturn, the historian Frederick Lewis Allen released a surprising hit: Only Yesterday, a history of the dance crazes, speculative bubbles, technological innovations, social changes, and political gyrations of the prosperous age that so spectacularly ended on Oct. 29, 1929. The book was an unlikely candidate for the Depression decade's bestseller list.


Jeff Dawson: "Sigourney Weaver: first action heroine" (timesonline.co.uk)
She was the first action heroine, but just as vivid in serious fare. Now she's mixing it up again in Cameron's "Avatar."


Lesley White: "Robert De Niro: Ageing bull" (timesonline.co.uk)
Known for his intensity, be the role hitman or clown, is Robert De Niro revealing a new, mellower method in his madness?


Roger Ebert: Answer Man
Ridiculous, the people they let write movie reviews these days.


Davis Bruce: "Nicholas Sparks' 'A Walk to Remember': A Discussion Guide" (lulu.com)
Free Download.


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Trivia Question Contest

There are 4 prizes altogether.

One prize will be awarded every Monday, starting 12/15/08, with the grand prize awarded at the conclusion of the contest on 1/05/09.

Contests run Monday through Sunday.

If necessary, a tie-breaker question will be used to determine just 1 weekly winner.

No one may win more than 1 prize.

Scroll down for prize descriptions.

This week, the prize will go to the reader who answers the most trivia questions correctly.





Trivia Question Of The Day

San Francisco has a(n) ___?___ climate with dry summers, mild year-round temperatures and plenty of sunshine.

   A    Alpine
   B    High Chaparral
   C    Mediterranean
   D    Midlatitude
   E    Subtropical



Send your answer to Marty





Trivia Question from Yesterday

The phrase 'Twinkie Defense' was coined by ?

   A    Peter Coyote
   B    Michael Dare
   C    Diane Feinstein
  D    Paul Krassner
   E    Harvey Milk                   Source








MAM     was first, and correct, with:
   D Paul Krassner
  During the trial of Dan White for the murder of Harvey Milk, one defense psychiatrist stated that, on the night before the murders, while White was "getting depressed about the fact he would not be reappointed [as supervisor], he just sat there in front of the TV set, bingeing on Twinkies." In his notebook, satirist Krassner immediately scribbled "the Twinkie defense," and wrote about it in his next report for the San Francisco Bay Guardian.




Kappy, in Philly replied:
   That would be D: Paul Krassner.....



Charlie responded:
   A term I had long forgotten about, but the answer is the great
  D Paul Krassner
  whom I hadn't quite forgotten, I have a CD by him somewhere around here.
  Snopes clarifies the issue.
  Funny, I've never eaten very many of them in all my years, though I don't claim to have had a particularly healthy diet all along.




Sally said:
   It's almost 2 AM EST, but lying in bed, I felt the need to check in, so I hadda get up and check to see if you were up yet.
  Okay, so, the phrase 'Twinkie Defense' was coined by a satirist named, (D) Paul Krassner During the trial for Dan White who murdered Harvey Milk.




Marian the Teacher responded:
   Paul Krassner



Joe S ("That's all I have to say about that."  ~ Forrest Gump) answered:
   D Paul Krassner



mj wrote:
   The time frame seems right for D
  Palu Krassner. I'm guessing Danny boy got some that had exceded thier shelf life.




Purple Gene wrote:
   AT THE TRIAL OF DAN WHITE FOR THE MURDER OF HARVEY MILK AND GEORGE MOSCONE, THE DEFENSE LAWYER BROUGHT WHITE'S OVER EATING OF JUNK FOOD UP AS THE REASON HE WAS OUT OF HIS MIND.....PAUL KRASSNER REFERED TO IT AS THE "TWINKIE DEFENSE"!
  THE ANSWER IS D....PAUL KRASSNER




Jim from Ca said:
   Harvey Milk...



Kip wrote:
   Paul Krassner claims the term as his own.



Alan J answered:
   D Paul Krassner



Michael Dare responded:
   I did not coin the phrase "Twinkie Defense." It was coined by Paul Krassner who explains it here.
  I did, however, coin the phrase "Paul Krassner."




Martha T replied:
   Guess it has to be D. I don't think it was the others. Certainly no Milk.



Adam in NoHo answered:
   I knew it wasn't Feinstein or Milk (how could he?), and it wasn't the actor Peter Coyote.
  Dare is a likely choice, but when compared to Krassner, seemed a bit young to be in the mix.
  In the end, Wikipedia confirms my choice of D- Paul Krassner. I'm just surprised that no one has tried the Twinkie Defense since. I guess the equally bogus 'Gay Panic' took it's place.
  The next time my husband and I put someone in the hospital in an unprovoked beating, we're pleading 'Straight Panic'.




~ Tony In Philly replied:
   D: Paul Krassner




  








Milk - In Limited Theaters Now - WIDE Release on December 12th

After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board.

Mr. Milk had been the subject of several books and the Academy Award-winning documentary feature, The Times of Harvey Milk (1984); but Milk (2008) is the first fictional feature to explore private aspects of the man's personal life and career.

Milk was filmed on location in San Francisco. Many of Mr Milk's real-life surviving friends and former associates participated in the making of this film, several appearing on camera.








Prizes:

The Prizes 4 prizes in all - 3 first-prizes:
   Levi's Canvas Tote Bag filled with:
      o Hat
      o T-shirt
      o Soundtrack
      o Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk

And, 1 grand prize:
   Levi's Canvas Tote Bag filled with:
      o Sweatshirt (made from recycled materials)
      o Script Book
      o Hat
      o T-Shirt
      o Soundtrack
      o Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk




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"Prop 8 - The Musical"



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Reader Suggestions

Links

You can probably tell I'm cleaning up my "fave" files. heehee

Michelle in AZ

BIBLE RIOTS: When Christians Killed Each Other Over Religion in Public Schools


Landover Baptist | Where the Worthwhile Worship. Unsaved Unwelcome.


Christmas Jesus Dress Up!


Space Frontier Foundation


DataBase of Cartoon Classics!


Skulls Unlimited International




Thanks, Michelle!

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

BRAVE NEW WORLD!

HE'S ALMOST GONE!

WHY ARE WE GETTING HAMBURGER WHEN WERE PAYING FOR STEAK?

FANTASY FOOTBALL FOR FOODIES!

OBAMAS LABYRINTH!

CHINESE CHECKERS!

DON'T FUCK WITH THE FOGEYS!

WHAT A STUPID FUCKING WORLD!

HOW THE CHIMP KEPT US SAFE!

WE NEED SOME "RAINBOW STEW!"

ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER FOR GOOD?

THE POSSUM SHOWS UP!

THE POSSUM SHOWS UP! PART TWO

THE TERMINATOR SAYS, TURN DOWN YOUR THERMOSTAT

WHEN STUPID SINGERS TRY TO TALK!

FUCK THE SOCK CLUCKERS!

KILROY IS THERE!

YOU BROKE MY HEART, YOU TORE IT APART SO FUCK YOU!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Guess you've noticed I've been posting the page at different times the past few days.

Just trying to get back on schedule.



Tonight, Tuesday:

CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'NCIS', followed by a RERUN 'The Mentalist', then a RERUN 'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Amy Adams, Michael Sheen, and Jamey Johnson.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Elizabeth Banks and Ken Tucker.

NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Biggest Loser: Families', followed by a FRESH 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Kate Beckinsale, Sean Combs, Sara Bareilles and and Ingrid Michaelson.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Hugh Laurie, Joel McHale, and Gaslight Anthem.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson 'The Scab' Daly are Eddie Steeples and Josh Radin.

ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH 'Jim', then a RERUN 'Jim', followed by a FRESH 'Eli Stone'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Molly Shannon, Danny Masterson, and Common.

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

Faux has a FRESH 'House', followed by a RERUN 'Fringe'.

MY has the semi-chestnut 'Olive, The Other Reindeer', followed by 'Santa's Funniest Moments'.

A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH 'The First 48', and a FRESH 'Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force'.

AMC offers the movie 'Pulp Fiction', followed by 'Samuel L. Jackson: An Actor's Journey'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 19
 [12:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 6
 [1:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 4 Bonapartes
 [2:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 1 Lidstone
 [3:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? US - Episode 20
 [3:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 7
 [4:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 8 La Gondola
 [5:00 PM]    Top Gear - Episode 1
 [6:00 PM]    Dragons' Den - Episode 7
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America
 [8:00 PM]    My Family - Heart of Christmas Part 1
 [8:40 PM]    Gavin & Stacey - Episode 1
 [9:20 PM]    Coupling - Episode 6 - 9 1/2 Months
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America - Episode 12
 [11:00 PM]    My Family - Heart of Christmas Part 1
 [11:40 PM]    Gavin & Stacey - Episode 1
 [12:20 AM]    Coupling - Episode 6 - 9 1/2 Months
 [1:00 AM]    My Family - Heart of Christmas Part 1
 [1:40 AM]    Gavin & Stacey - Episode 1
 [2:20 AM]    Coupling - Episode 6 - 9 1/2 Months
 [3:00 AM]    The Graham Norton Show - Ep 2 Gabriel Byrne, Letitia Dean and Backstreet Boys TV-MA (L)
 [4:00 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 4
 [4:00 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 4
 [4:30 AM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 5
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 17 Holmes
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 18 Peltier
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News     (ALL TIMES EDT)

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

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', and 'Brian Regan: The Epitome Of Hyperbole'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Scheduled on a FRESH Colbert Report are Kevin Bacon and Charlie Kaufman.

FX has the movie 'Ice Age', followed by the movie 'Just My Luck', then the movie 'Just My Luck', again.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'The Universe', followed by a FRESH 'The Universe', then a FRESH Extreme Trains'.

IFC  -   
 [6:25 AM]   Les Enfants du Paradis
 [9:40 AM]   The Delicate Art of the Rifle
 [11:15 AM]   The Eye
 [12:55 PM]   IFC in Theaters
 [1:05 PM]   Les Enfants du Paradis
 [4:20 PM]   IFC News Special
 [4:35 PM]   The Delicate Art of the Rifle
 [6:15 PM]   Garden State
 [8:00 PM]   The IFC Media Project
 [8:30 PM]   Hell Girl
 [9:00 PM]   IFC Film Blast
 [9:15 PM]   The Henry Rollins Show
 [9:45 PM]   IFC Music Blast
 [10:00 PM]   The IT Crowd
 [10:30 PM]   IFC Web Blast
 [11:00 PM]   The IFC Media Project
 [11:30 PM]   Hell Girl
 [12:00 AM]   The Cooler
 [1:45 AM]   Jinx
 [2:00 AM]   IFC Film Blast
 [2:15 AM]   Gunslinger Girl
 [2:45 AM]   IFC Music Blast
 [3:00 AM]   The IT Crowd
 [3:30 AM]   IFC Web Blast
 [4:00 AM]   The Cooler
 [5:45 AM]   Jinx    (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has 'Estate Of Panic', 'Cha$e', 'ECW', followed by a FRESH 'Cha$e'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:00 AM]   Reach the Rock
 [07:00 AM]   Cookie's Fortune
 [09:00 AM]   Pulling: Episode 3
 [09:30 AM]   Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 1: Sports
 [10:00 AM]   I Am Because We Are
 [11:35 AM]   Transylvania
 [01:15 PM]   Blind Flight
 [03:00 PM]   Ginger and Cinnamon
 [04:40 PM]   Old Joy
 [06:00 PM]   Iconoclasts - Season 4: Stella McCartney + Ed Ruscha
 [07:00 PM]   Three Seasons
 [09:00 PM]   Big Ideas for a Small Planet - Season 2: Gadgets
 [09:35 PM]   Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Contested Streets
 [10:35 PM]   The Sierra Club Chronicles: Episode 5
 [11:15 PM]   Breezy
 [01:15 AM]   Capote
 [01:15 AM]   Capote (2005)
 [03:10 AM]   Autism Everyday
 [04:00 AM]   Shameless Season 3: Episode 5
 [05:00 AM]   The Hi-Lo Country     (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM starts the day with Kirk Douglas, who celebrates his 92nd birthday today, then spends the night with Joseph Cotten.
 [6:00 AM]      Out of the Past (1947)
 [7:45 AM]      Champion (1949)
 [9:30 AM]      Ace In the Hole (1951)
 [11:30 AM]      The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
 [1:30 PM]      The Story Of Three Loves (1953)
 [3:45 PM]      Lust For Life (1956)
 [6:00 PM]      Two Weeks In Another Town (1962)

 [8:00 PM]      Since You Went Away (1944)
 [11:00 PM]      Duel In The Sun (1946)
 [1:30 AM]      Portrait of Jennie (1948)
 [3:00 AM]      The Money Trap (1966)

 [4:45 AM]      Rita (2003)     (ALL TIMES EST)


Wednesday  -  12/10/08

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Cat People (1942)
 [7:30 AM]      The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
 [9:00 AM]      Flipper (1963)
 [10:45 AM]      Flipper's New Adventure (1964)
 [12:30 PM]      Village Of The Damned (1960)
 [2:00 PM]      Children Of The Damned (1964)
 [3:30 PM]      2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
 [6:00 PM]      2010 (1984)
 [8:00 PM]      Naked City (1948)
 [10:00 PM]      High Noon (1952)
 [11:30 PM]      The Bishop's Wife (1947)
 [1:30 AM]      The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
 [3:30 AM]      A Man Called Horse (1970)
 [5:30 AM]      The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)     (ALL TIMES EST)



TNT has a FRESH 'Leverage'.



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This photo provided by the Santa Fe Film Festival shows veteran character actor James Cromwell speaking after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Santa Fe Film Festival on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 in Santa Fe, N.M. Crowwell said he hoped the good fortune might boost his recovery from a bicycle accident, in which he suffered a broken collarbone and a partially deflated lung. Cromwell, 68, appeared in good spirits and made light of his injuries at the Saturday night ceremony.
Photo by Gabriella Marks

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Auctioning MLK Papers

Harry Belafonte

An original handwritten outline for Martin Luther King Jr.'s first speech condemning the Vietnam War owned by his friend Harry Belafonte is going on the auction block this week.

Sotheby's will offer the document for sale Thursday along with two others: the scribbled notes for a speech King planned to deliver in Memphis, Tenn., three days after he was assassinated and a letter of condolence from President Lyndon B. Johnson to King's widow.

The auction house put the overall pre-sale estimate for the three documents at $750,000 to $1.13 million, with the Vietnam speech valued at $500,000 to $800,000.

In a telephone interview, Belafonte said he was putting his documents up for sale because "I am at the end of my life - I will be 82 shortly - and there are a lot of causes I believe in for which resources are not available, and there is a need to redistribute those resources."

Harry Belafonte

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John Lennon memorabilia can be seen at the Strawberry Fields memorial mosaic in Central Park on the 28th anniversary of the former Beatles death in New York December 8, 2008.
Photo by Lucas Jackson

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Stanley Kramer Prize

`Milk'

Sean Penn's film biography "Milk" is receiving the Producers Guild of America's Stanley Kramer Award, which honors pictures taking on provocative social issues.

The prize, announced Monday, will be presented at the guild's awards show Jan. 24.

The Kramer Award is named after the legendary filmmaker whose works include "The Defiant Ones," "Judgment at Nuremberg" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."

`Milk'

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Lead Writers Guild TV Nominations

"The Simpsons"

"The Simpsons," television's longest-running comedy, led the nominations announced on Monday for the Writers Guild of America's annual broadcasting awards.

The edgy cartoon series, airing on the News Corp.-owned Fox network for 19 seasons, was one of five nominees for best comedy series, along with two previous winners from NBC, "30 Rock" and "The Office," and two cable shows, HBO's "Entourage" and Showtime's "Weeds."

The most recognized drama in the WGA sweepstakes this year is the AMC cable series "Breaking Bad," starring Bryan Cranston in his Emmy-winning role as a terminally ill high school teacher who cooks crystal methamphetamine for quick cash.

"Breaking Bad" drew three nominations, one for best new series and two in the drama episode contest. It will vie for best new series against "Fringe" (Fox), "In Treatment" (HBO), "Life on Mars" (ABC) and "True Blood" (HBO).

"The Simpsons"

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Holiday Gift Idea

Species Name Auction

Searching for a truly original holiday gift, one that could bestow a bit of immortality on a loved one or a friend?

If so, Purdue University has the goods: The school is auctioning the naming rights to seven newly discovered bats and two turtles. Winning bidders will be able to link a relative, friend or themselves to an animal's scientific name for the ages.

The first of the nine auctions began Monday, when the school put up for grabs the naming rights to a tiny gold and black insect-munching bat found in Central America.

The winning bidder will be announced just before Christmas, said John Bickham, a Purdue professor of forestry and natural resources who discovered or co-discovered the nine species.

Species Name Auction

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Italian designers Domenico Dolce (L) and Stefano Gabbana pose for photographers as they arrive at La Scala Opera Theater in Milan December 7, 2008. The opera house opens its new season on Sunday with Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo, an 1867 opera about a tortured love affair in the 16th century Spanish royal family.
Photo by Stefano Rellandini

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Leslie Gets To Sleep In

John King

CNN's "Late Edition" is about to get a makeover, with John King taking over from Wolf Blitzer, the Sunday newscast's anchor for 10 years.

The first hour of the four-hour block will focus on politics, followed by national and world affairs, the network says. It also will include "Reliable Sources," the media-oriented discussion program hosted by Howard Kurtz.

With the broadcast's January debut, King will retain his title as chief national correspondent.

Blitzer, CNN's lead anchor for political coverage, will continue anchoring the three-hour "Situation Room" each weekday. Both he and King have extended their contracts through 2012.

John King

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Family Fears Foreclosure

'Extreme Makeover'

Four years ago, millions of television viewers watched as a deaf couple marveled at the renovations to their home that would help them better accommodate their blind, autistic son.

But now the couple, Judy and Larry Vardon, worry that the home could face foreclosure. They were featured in a two-hour episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" that set a ratings record for the show when broadcast Nov. 6, 2004.

Weighed down by a mortgage payment that has almost doubled since the makeover and medical insurance that doesn't cover autism treatment for 16-year-old Lance, the Vardons are clinging to the hope that Larry will keep his job at Chrysler LLC's Sterling Heights stamping plant. The company is on the brink of bankruptcy as it and the other Detroit automakers appeal to Congress for emergency loans.

"We didn't have bad spending habits," Judy Vardon said. "My husband got laid off for a time, and insurance wouldn't cover Lance's autism therapy and some other things like his vision and special dental work."

'Extreme Makeover'

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People stand still during a 'flashmob' event at the train station in Lausanne December 8, 2008. People stood still for 5 minutes to protest against climate change. Picture taken using a long exposure.
Photo by Denis Balibouse

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Ready For Prime-Time?

Leno

NBC reportedly has signed its late-night star Jay Leno to a contract that will keep him at the network and move him to prime time.

Under the new deal, Leno, whose "Tonight" show hosting job will go to Conan O'Brien next June, would have a new show airing 10 p.m. Eastern every weeknight, according to The New York Times.

The arrangement would enable NBC to hold on to Leno, who might have jumped to a competing network, and even been on the air as a rival to O'Brien.

It also stands to significantly reduce programming costs for the struggling network, which has long been No. 4 in the ratings and last week laid off 500 employees. Leno's five-a-week talk-variety format would be considerably cheaper to produce than most scripted dramatic series.

Leno

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Stepping Down As Playboy CEO

Christie Hefner

Playboy announced Monday that Christie Hefner is stepping down as chairman and chief executive of the adult magazine company founded by her father more than five decades ago.

"Last month marked my 20th anniversary as CEO," Hefner said in a statement. "Just as this country is embracing change in the form of new leadership, I have decided that now is the time to make changes in my own life as well."

Playboy said Hefner, 56, would remain as CEO of Playboy Enterprises Inc. until January 31, 2009, while the board of directors searches for a replacement.

It said media executive Jerome Kern would serve as interim non-executive chairman.

Christie Hefner

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Alexander Calder's "Flower Necklace" is seen during the media preview of his jewelry exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York December 8, 2008. The U.S. sculptor may be best known for his large-scale mobiles, some the size of planes, but the artist also worked on a smaller scale.
Photo by Shannon Stapleton

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Australia Gives Posthumous Award

Heath Ledger

The Australian Film Institute has posthumously given a best-actor award to Heath Ledger for his performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight."

Ledger's father, Kim; mother, Sally; and sister Kate accepted the award in ceremonies held Saturday night in Melbourne.

The Australian Film Institute said: "It was this swaggering, psychopathic clown that turned his career into a legacy and the name Heath Ledger into an ongoing inspiration for actors everywhere."

Heath Ledger

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Allowing Online-Only Publications

Pulitzer Prizes

The Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious US journalism awards, announced Monday they were expanding to include online-only publications.

The Pulitzer Prize Board that oversees the awards said the 2009 prizes, which will be announced in April, had been broadened to include "text-based newspapers and news organizations that publish only on the Internet."

In a statement, the Board said it had "decided to allow entries made up entirely of online content to be submitted in all 14 Pulitzer journalism categories."

The Board said that online or print entries should come from US newspapers or news organizations that publish at least weekly and are "primarily dedicated to original news reporting and coverage of ongoing stories."

Pulitzer Prizes

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In Memory

Dennis Yost

Dennis Yost, lead singer of the 1960s group the Classics IV, has died in an Ohio hospital. He was 65.

The Classics IV's hits included "Spooky," "Stormy" and "Traces of Love."

Yost had been in nursing homes since suffering a brain injury sustained in a 2005 fall, said the singer's friend and biographer Joe Glickman.

The Classics IV got their start in Jacksonville, Fla., where Yost, a native of Detroit, was raised, Glickman said. Their hit recordings were produced in Atlanta under the supervision of producer Buddy Buie and Bill Lowery, founder of Lowery Music Inc.

The group performed together for about five years.

Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, a vocalist with the former rock and comedy group Sha Na Na, held a benefit concert last year to help with Yost's increasing medical costs, Glickman said.

"He was a tremendous talent who did an enormous amount of the work for that group," said Bauman, who works against copycat performers as chairman of Truth in Music, based at the Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation in Sharon, Pa.

"Paradoxically, I came to know Dennis better in the later years, in which he was involved in a massive struggle to retain his own musical identity, which was one of the saddest and most difficult cases of someone losing the name of their own group, when he had pretty much been the group," Bauman said.

Yost is survived by his wife, Linda Yost, of suburban Hamilton. A message seeking comment was left at her home Monday.

Dennis Yost

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Ceramic figurines called 'caganers' of US President-elect Barack Obama are seen at the Santa Llucia Fair, on December 2, in Barcelona. Statuettes of well-known people defecating are a strong Christmas tradition in Catalonia, dating back to the 18th century.
Photo by Lluis Gene

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