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by Helen A. Handbasket
Alex's Entertainment News
Alex
The producers of the Oscar-winning Roman epic "Gladiator" are toying with an idea of a prequel. Russell Crowe may be asked to reprise his role. No decisions have been made as of right now. "American Pie 2" held strong in the box office, finishing up in the top spot again. "Rush Hour 2", in its 3rd week is also going strong, finishing up number 2. New comedy "Rat Race" took the 3rd spot, with "The Others" and "The Princess Diaries" taking 4th and 5th respectively. U2's Bono flies back after each show to be by his father's bedside, who is dying of cancer. More on this story here: Bono. Fox has decided to make a "Baywatch" movie. "Baywatch Blast" is currently in development and will star such Baywatch veterans as David Hasselhoff, Gena Lee Nolin, Yasmine Bleeth, Carment Electra and Traci Bingham. Pamela Anderson has not confirmed if she will appear. On a personal note, today August 19th marks the 10-year anniversary of the Coup by Communists that eventually led to a collapse of the USSR. For 3 days, August 19 through August 21, the whole country was in limbo. For more information on those horrible days (and believe me, I lived there, they were horrible) you can read my page: My Story or Alex 2. ~Alex Visit Alex's site at Alex's Place~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Bartcop Astrology
Check it out at BC Astrology. Have you ever checked out Robert Johnson's or Andres Segovia's horoscope? Pretty cool stuff! (To read Buzzcook's riff, see bcEntertainment (7/31/01)). Cutting to the chase, here is Buzzcook's list of guitar gods: Chick Webb Robert Johnson Albert King John Lee Hooker Hell if you don't already know John Lee, no link will save ya. Joe Pass Django Reinhardt Andres Segovia Mr. Guitar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TV News
'The West Wing' Season Premiere Update
The network's season premiere of ``The West Wing'' on Sept. 19 will be preceded by a one-hour behind-the-scenes special at pResident Bush's White House. With Tom Brokaw as host, the NBC News program is the latest installment of ``day in the life'' White House specials that NBC has done dating back to President Nixon. What makes this one unusual is how it's being paired and promoted with an entertainment series about a fictional White House. ``It makes good sense to pair them up,'' said NBC News spokeswoman Barbara Levin on Monday. ``This isn't a bad way to get people to see what's going on in the West Wing,'' said Robert Lichter, a media critic for the Center for Media and Public Affairs. ``It used to be that television networks used real news to get into the fantasy, now it uses the fantasy to get into the reality.'' In a world where ABC News aired an interview with former President Clinton conducted by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, NBC's decision isn't that unusual, Lichter said. ``At least NBC doesn't have Martin Sheen interviewing George W. Bush,'' he said. To read the whole appalling story, A President & A pResident~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GOP To Party Down
Katherine Harris To Be Feted
Page Six.com is reporting " Fun-loving conservatives can party with some of the right wing's biggest names at the Labor Day Restoration Weekend at the Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs. Founded six years ago by writer David Horowitz as an answer to the liberal-fest Renaissance Weekend, this year's event features such guests as Sen. Fred Thompson, Rep. Bob Barr and author/lawyer Ann Coulter. Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris will receive the "Annie Taylor Award" for her grace under media fire. Taylor, lest you forget, was the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. " To read the whole story, Fred & Bob I love to 'google' things - Seems Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She was also the first woman to survive the trip. She died destitute, living on the streets, 20 years later. To read more about this remarkable former school teacher, visit Annie Taylor To read about Annie Taylor, and a lot of other Daredevils, Daredevils Hall of Fame~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Annie Taylor & Her Barrel
And, At This Point, I Gotta Ask...
Does anyone else remember when the 'Bohemian Grove' would have been mentioned as the 'question' that the 'Renaissance Weekend' was answering?
~~M.
Music News
Louis Armstrong's Cornet To Auction
The cornet on which Louis Armstrong learned to play as a child is hitting the Internet auction block. The horn had been on display at the Louisiana State Museum from the late 1970s until the mid-1990s. It was on loan from owner George Finola, who died in December. The instrument is being sold by his estate. Sotheby's predicts it will bring up to $100,000 when it is auctioned on the Internet Oct. 1-15. To read the whole story, Louis Armstrong's Cornet For more information on the auction, Sotheby's For more information on Louis Armstrong, Satchmo.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Visit the site at BC TV The 'Vidiot', has updated, again! There is even more to check! The Vidiot. An amazing amount of information, on an amazing variety of TV shows, thanks to our Vidiot.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Radio News
Rock Journalists Admit Making Up Reviews
The revelations come in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, 'Lloyd Cole Knew My Father', which blows the lid on the world of rock journalism. In the show, Quantick tells how he once reviewed three gigs in a week but only heard three songs at one of the shows. He missed a Fine Young Cannibals gig after a date mix-up, gave his friends his tickets to see Blue Oyster Cult, and got bored of the Elton John show so left after three songs. He made up reviews of all three shows. Fellow critic Andrew Collins, who also appears in the Edinburgh show, revealed that he was once sent a gift-wrapped box of feces by The Levellers following a bad review of one of their albums. For the whole story, Let's Make Up A Review~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
More 'Manhunt'...
Player Petitions Colin's Son
All this newfound publicity could push Manhunt into 110th place in the Nielsen
ratings.
The fallout continues for Paramount Television and its little-watched UPN "reality"
series Manhunt, as a former contestant has filed a complaint with the FCC over
charges that producers misled contestants and manipulated the outcome.
Jacqueline Kelly, a 36-year-old business consultant who was first to get booted off
the show, sent a letter Friday to the Federal Communications Commission asking it to
look into claims that Manhunt broke federal game-show laws.
"Additional footage, primarily first-person testimonials, was shot after the show
completed its initial production in Hawaii to enhance production values," the
network said. "In addition, a disclaimer aired in the program credits stating that
'This program includes dramatic scenes intended for entertainment purposes only.'"
Lance, who previously had been investigating Stacey Stillman's claims against
Survivor, first reported the allegations last week on his Website,
www.thestingray.net (See below). He claims that scenes from Manhunt were scripted
and re-shot in a Los Angeles park, and that producers indirectly threatened to
withhold prize money from contestants if they didn't participate in the new scenes.
For all the manipulation charges directed at Manhunt, you'd think the folks in
charge could've fabricated some better television. So far, most viewers have shunned
Manhunt--the Friday-night series sits in 120th place in the Nielsen rankings and
averages just 1.5 million viewers.
For those keeping score at home, that's the worst performance of any first-run show
on the major networks--and even crummier than nine other shows on the PAX network.
Meanwhile, just three episodes of the series remain, and UPN was mulling whether to
pull the show or just let it air.
To read the latest chapter in this sordid tale, More Manhunt
To read the investigators report, with pictures, The StingRay
To follow the BartCop Entertainment tracking of this story, see bc Ent (8/17/01)
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Cartooning News
Museum Of Cartoon Art Must Move
The International Museum of Cartoon Art will leave South Florida because of increasing debts, a looming mortgage payment and a shortage of paying visitors. The $3.8 million building at the south end of Mizner Park will be put up for sale to pay off the museum's $2 million debt and preserve its collection of more than 200,000 pieces of comic strips, editorial cartoons and other works, its officers said last week. The museum, aided by money from the Hearst Foundation, will stay in Mizner Park until the building is sold, founder Mort Walker told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale in last Friday's editions. It's looking at several locations for a new home, including New York or Connecticut, said Walker, creator of the Beetle Bailey comic strip. He said the museum had expected to attract about 250,000 visitors annually, but the most it drew in one year was 70,000. Walker founded the museum in Connecticut in 1972. It was moved to Boca Raton in 1990 from Rye Brook, N.Y., and opened in 1996. ``It breaks my heart to sell this beautiful building,'' Walker said in a statement. ``However, in the real world, cold financial facts take precedence over a cartoonist's cherished dream.'' To read the whole story, Cartoon Museum To read more about the Museum of Cartoon Art, Cartoon.org~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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