Bartcop Entertainment - Wednesday, 8 January, 2003

Wednesday

8 January, 2003

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Weekly Review

HARPER'S WEEKLY REVIEW

January 7, 2003

North Korea warned that it is "not currently able to meet its commitments under the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons" and said that this was the fault of the United States.

South Korea's president-elect said that he was skeptical about President Bush's policies on North Korea, particularly the new notion of "tailored containment" that was suggested this week. "Success or failure of a U.S. policy toward North Korea isn't too big a deal to the American people," he said. "But it is a life-or-death matter for South Koreans."

resident George W. Bush, who spent much of his holiday clearing brush down at the ranch in Crawford, Texas, mentioned North Korea on his way to grab a cheeseburger and said that Saddam Hussein still "hasn't heard the message."

Referring to meetings with President Jiang Zemin of China, Bush said that "right here in Crawford, we had a dialogue where we both committed ourselves to working in a way to convince Kim Jong Il that it's not in his country's best interests to arm up with nuclear weapons."

The resident later traveled to Fort Hood, Texas, where he told some soldiers that Saddam Hussein "holds the United Nations and the U.N. Security Council and its resolutions in contempt. He really doesn't care about the opinion of mankind."

It was reported that Condoleezza Rice is sometimes teased by her colleagues in the White House for speaking in complete sentences.

A new study found that autism is on the rise.

Continued at www.harpers.org/weekly-review

-- Roger D. Hodge

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Alex's Entertainment Report

Alex

American satirist Michael Moore has stormed out of Britain after a bust up with the London theatre hosting his one-man show. The Bowling For Columbine moviemaker performed Michael Moore - Live! to packed audiences for two months before Christmas at The Roundhouse in Camden, North London. But on the penultimate night he reportedly flew into a rage, verbally attacked everyone associated with the theatre because he thought he wasn't being paid enough. During the performance he complained he was making just $750 a night. A member of the stage crew says, "He completely lost the plot. He stormed around all day screaming at everyone, even the £5-an-hour bar staff, telling them how we were all conmen and useless. Then he went on stage and did it in public." Staff retaliated by refusing to work the following night, which led to the show being held up for an hour. Eventually he made a groveling apology to staff and the angry audience finally took to their seats. A source reports that Moore then packed his bags and flew to New York the next day without saying thank you or goodbye to anyone.

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Shania Twain has signed up to perform during the half-time break at the world's biggest annual sporting event, the Super Bowl, later this month. The country superstar will perform two of her hits at San Diego, California's 70,000-seat Qualcomm Stadium. No other performers have yet been announced for the half-time show, but it's safe to assume that many more are forthcoming. Last year's event in New Orleans, Louisiana, boasted U2 as the halftime entertainment, plus a host of pre-game festivities that included performances by Paul McCartney, Mary J. Blige and Barry Manilow. Mariah Carey sang the National Anthem. The Dixie Chicks and Celine Dion have been lined up to perform as part of the pre-game program.


~~ Alex

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Patriotism means to stand by the country, it does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official. "
----- Theodore Roosevelt

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Another day too warm for the season. The humidity was so low I should have made fudge!

Went back to the library today, and the kid got a fresh load of reading material, with an emphasis on carnivorous plants & the 'Bermuda Triangle'.

The winds have finally died down, but, it's nearly 1am, and all the windows are open, as is the front door.



Tonight, Wednesday, CBS starts the evening with the series premiere of 'Star Search' (live on the east coast), then '60 Minutes II', and '48 Hours'.
Scheduled on a fresh Dave is Merv Griffin.
Scheduled on a fresh Craiggers are D.L. Hughley and Dick Clark.

NBC opens the night with a fresh 'Ed', then a fresh 'West Wing', and then a fresh 'Law & Order'.
On a RERUN Jay are Billy Crystal, Steve Schirripa, and Alanis Morissette.
On a RERUN Conan are Luke Perry, Alyson Hannigan, and Bonnie Raitt.
On a RERUNCarson Daly (from 11/14/02), are Jason Sehorn, Justin Timberlake.
Jay, Conan & Carson Daly - all reruns, all week.

ABC offers a fresh 'My Wife & Kids' and a fresh 'George Lopez', followed by the series premiere of 'The Bachelorette', and then series premiere of 'Celebrity Mole: Hawaii'.

The WB burns off 2 fresh episodes of the recently cancelled 'Birds of Prey'.

Faux has the movie 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'.

UPN has a fresh 'Enterprise', and a fresh 'Twilight Zone'.



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A museum patron looks at a collection of Beatles album covers on display with an exhibit entitled 'The Beatles: Now and Then,' a collection of photographs by photojournalist Harry Benson, at the Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany, N.Y., Friday, Jan. 3, 2003. Through his photos, Benson captured personal and intimate details of the Beatles during their first American tour, offering insight into the world of the young rock icons and those around them.
Photo by Tim Roske

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The Creature That Ate the Constitution by Robert Anton Wilson

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Top 18

Grammy Nominations

1. Record of the Year:
"A Thousand Miles," Vanessa Carlton; "Without Me," Eminem; "Don't Know Why," Norah Jones; "Dilemma," Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland; "How You Remind Me," Nickelback.

2. Album of the Year:
"Home," Dixie Chicks; "The Eminem Show," Eminem; "Come Away With Me," Norah Jones; "Nellyville," Nelly; "The Rising," Bruce Springsteen.

3. Song of the Year:
"Complicated," Avril Lavigne & The Matrix (Avril Lavigne); "Don't Know Why," Jesse Harris (Norah Jones); "The Rising," Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen); "A Thousand Miles," Vanessa Carlton (Vanessa Carlton); "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," Alan Jackson(Alan Jackson).

4. New Artist:
Ashanti; Michelle Branch; Norah Jones; Avril Lavigne; John Mayer.

5. Female Pop Vocal Performance:
"Soak Up the Sun," Sheryl Crow; "Don't Know Why," Norah Jones; "Complicated," Avril Lavigne; "Get the Party Started," Pink; "Overprotected," Britney Spears.

6. Male Pop Vocal Performance:
"7 Days," Craig David; "Original Sin," Elton John; "Your Body Is a Wonderland," John Mayer; "Fragile," Sting; "October Road," James Taylor.

7. Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:
"Everyday," Bon Jovi; "Girl All the Bad Guys Want," Bowling for Soup; "Where Are You Going," Dave Matthews Band; "Hey Baby," No Doubt; "Girlfriend," 'N Sync.

8. Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
"Dirrty," Christina Aguilera; "Christmas Song," India.Arie and Stevie Wonder; "What a Wonderful World," Tony Bennett and k.d. lang; "Better Than Anything," Natalie Cole and Diana Krall; "It's So Easy," Sheryl Crow and Don Henley; "The Game of Love," Santana and Michelle Branch.

9. Pop Instrumental Performance:
"Auld Lang Syne," B.B. King; "Blackbird," Dave Koz and Jeff Koz; "As It Is," Pat Metheny Group; "18," Moby; "Playing With Fire," Kirk Whalum.

10. Pop Instrumental Album:
"Just Chillin'," Norman Brown; "Paradise," Kenny G; "Ride," Boney James; "The Power of Love," John Tesh; "The Christmas Message," Kirk Whalum.

11. Pop Vocal Album:
"Come Away With Me," Norah Jones; "Let Go," Avril Lavigne; "Rock Steady," No Doubt; "M!ssundaztood," Pink; "Britney," Britney Spears.

12. Dance Recording:
"Gotta Get Thru This," Daniel Bedingfield; "Days Go By," Dirty Vegas; "Superstylin'," Groove Armada; "Love at First Sight," Kylie Minogue; "Hella Good," No Doubt.

13. Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
"Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues," Tony Bennett; "Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra," Michael Feinstein; "Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein," Bernadette Peters; "It Had to Be You ... The Great American Songbook," Rod Stewart; "Christmas Memories," Barbra Streisand.

14. Female Rock Vocal Performance:
"Steve McQueen," Sheryl Crow; "The Weakness in Me," Melissa Etheridge; "Sk8er Boi," Avril Lavigne; "Gnawin' On It," Bonnie Raitt; "Alone," Susan Tedeschi.

15. Male Rock Vocal Performance:
"Slow Burn," David Bowie; "45," Elvis Costello; "The Barry Williams Show," Peter Gabriel; "Darkness, Darkness," Robert Plant; "The Rising," Bruce Springsteen.

16. Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:
"Girls of Summer," Aerosmith; "In My Place," Coldplay; "My Sacrifice," Creed; "Hero," Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott; "When I'm Gone," 3 Doors Down; "Take Me As I Am," Tonic; "Walk On," U2.

17. Hard Rock Performance:
"All My Life," Foo Fighters; "I Stand Alone," Godsmack; "Youth of the Nation," P.O.D.; "No One Knows," Queens of the Stone Age; "Aerials," System of a Down.

18. Metal Performance:
"Here to Stay," Korn; "Portrait," P.O.D.; "My Plague," Slipknot; "Get Inside," Stone Sour; "Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)," Rob Zombie.

The Complete List of Grammy Nominations

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Like Fine Wine

Elizabeth Taylor

Liz Taylor took her earthy act to the extreme when she was honored at the Kennedy Center last month along with James Earl Jones, Paul Simon, James Levine and Chita Rivera. John Travolta paid tribute to the violet-eyed legend, saying how he dreamed about her as a young man, "and I dreamed you were naked." As the stiff D.C. crowd - including resident and Laura Bush, Sen. Trent Lott, and National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice - laughed, grandmother Taylor yelled, "I don't have any panties on tonight." The crack didn't go over well, and it was edited out of the Dec. 27 CBS telecast of the event.

Elizabeth Taylor

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Woo Hoo --- Look Who's Back!!

Moose & Squirrel

Moose & Squirrel Information One-Stop

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Mr. Blackwell's 'Worst Dressed of 2002'

Anna Nicole Smith

Fashion designer Mr. Blackwell named former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith on Tuesday as the worst dressed woman of 2002. She was followed closely by a bevy of pop singers including Christina Aguilera and Shakira, actresses like Meg Ryan and Cameron Diaz, Britain's Princess Anne and Kelly Osbourne, the daughter of British rocker Ozzy Osbourne.

Mr. Blackwell said Smith topped his 43rd annual list because "Anna's fashion follies are the worst of the year ... don't bother with a new designer Anna, just hire a structural engineer!"

In second place on the Blackwell list was another star of a reality series, Kelly Osbourne. Mr. Blackwell described her as "A fright-wigged Baby Doll, stuck in a goth prom gown. Now we know what happened to Ozzy's hand-me-downs!"

Named third was pop singer Shakira, whom, Mr. Blackwell described as "overwrought and underdressed .... somebody should tell her those are probably Madonna's old clothes!"

Film star Cameron Diaz nabbed fourth place with Mr. Blackwell opining that she "looks like she was dressed by a color-blind circus clown." Britain's Princess Anne wound up in fifth place because: "Her Royal Dowager Drag is dreary, drab and dour."

In sixth place was "Interview with A Vampire" author Anne Rice whom Mr. Blackwell said "looks like a cross between Queen Victoria and the Vampire Lestat." He was not much nicer to designer Donatella Versace whom he said "resembles a flash-fried Venus, stuck in a Miami Strip Mall" and needs to "toss the peroxide once and for all."

Actress Meg Ryan was eighth because Mr. Blackwell deemed her "a total fashion wreck" who "looks like a Swap-Meet Fashion Queen in Beverly Hills."

A pair of pop stars, Christina Aguilera and Pink, finished ninth and 10th respectively, Aguilera because "her barely-there bimbo bombs wouldn't cover a gnat" and Pink because "Out of the blue, pops Pink, and I'm seeing red."

Anna Nicole Smith

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Most Annoying People Of 2002

Martha Stewart

As Hollywood preps for its kudos crescendo, the Web site http://www.AmIAnnoying.com has gotten a jump on awards season.

Martha Stewart led the voting by 1.4 million visitors to top the site's list of Most Annoying people of 2002.

The nettlesome elite included a number of other talkshow hosts or regulars, including Ainsley Harriott, John Edward ("Crossing Over"), Sal the Stockbroker ("The Howard Stern Show"), Laura Schlessinger, Britain's Chris Evans and Christopher Lowell. The Am I Annoying Web site itself clocked in at No. 15, just ahead of WWII Japanese dictator Hideki Tojo but behind medieval seer Nostradamus.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, teen actress Mischa Barton ("All My Children," "The Sixth Sense") led the Least Annoying list.

Behind Barton were several other actresses, including Holly Marie Combs, Mary-Louise Parker, Amber Benson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Natalie Portman, Diane Lane and Donna Mills.

Martha Stewart

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John Kershaw, director of Marineland park in Antibes, southeastern France, holds three of the eleven Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) born a week ago at the park, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2002. The penguins' eggs were brought to the zoo from the French island of Crozet near the Antarctic.
Photo by Lionel Cironneau

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Hosting PBS Series 'Freedom'

Katie Couric

Katie Couric will be the host of a new series called "Freedom: A History of Us" which will focus on the people who worked to guarantee freedom in the United States.

Couric said her late husband really got her interested in U.S. history.

"He used to have wallpaper of the American presidents in his bedroom, you know?" she said "He was such a Civil War aficionado. He really was a scholar and knew about troop movements. He was so passionate about it, he was contagious, I think."

"One of the advantages is I grew up outside Washington, D.C., where there was just so many incredible opportunities to learn about history through the Smithsonian Museums, and of course the National Gallery."

Christopher Reeve is one of the executives of the series, which features voices of Julia Roberts, Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Jennifer Aniston and many more.

Katie Couric

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Guesting On 'Bernie Mac'

Wesley Snipes

Just in time for February sweeps, feature thesp Wesley Snipes will guest-star in an upcoming episode of Fox's "The Bernie Mac Show."

Snipes will play the boss of Bernie's wife Wanda (Kellita Smith). In the episode, titled "Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope," Snipes' character gets into an argument with Bernie when all three meet up for a night on the town.

Bernie winds up embarrassing his wife, who later is forced to apologize to her boss. Snipes' character then suggests that he and Bernie settle things in the boxing ring.

"Bernie Mac" represents Snipes' first primetime series appearance since the early '90s, when the actor starred in the short-lived ABC actioner "H.E.L.P." He also guested on "Miami Vice" as a villain named Silk.

Snipes isn't the only stunt casting on "Bernie" next month. Comedian-magicians Penn & Teller will play themselves in an episode titled "Magic Jordan." That episode revolves around Bernie's nephew Jordan (Jeremy Suarez), who develops an interest in magic, much to his uncle's chagrin.

Wesley Snipes

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Cancels Benefit Again

Julia Child

Julia Child won't be cooking up a benefit for local public television station KCET.

A 90th birthday tribute to TV's most famous chef, scheduled for Sunday at the Four Seasons hotel, has been canceled, KCET announced Monday.

Child is still recuperating from Nov. 4 knee-replacement surgery, said Laurel Lambert, a KCET spokeswoman.

Julia Child

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Hikes Admission 4 Percent

Disneyland

Walt Disney Co., the No. 1 theme park company, has raised the one-day admission price to its Disneyland and California Adventure theme parks by $2 to $47, a spokesman said on Tuesday, citing higher costs of new and coming attractions.

Disney, which also owns movie studios and TV networks, increases prices about once a year, said Disneyland spokesman John McClintock, who added that competitors were also raising prices.

The 4 percent increase took effect on Monday and matches one in March 2002.

Disney, which has targeted local residents to counter a drop-off in international tourism, also on Monday offered a two-for-one ticket to local residents -- one day at each park for the price of a single day at one park --- good through May 14.




Do the math - that's $94 for 2, and the parking takes it over $100 just to get in the freaking gate! Sure, the rides may be included, but when water (or Pepsi) is $6/bottle, it adds up fast.
I'm so old, I can remember Disneyland being a haven for live musicians - they literally employed hundreds (with the reputation for hiring only the best) - and not only was every light bulb replaced daily, but the streets were steam cleaned nightly!

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Deported from Cambodia

Gary Glitter

Former British glam rock star Gary Glitter, convicted of child pornography offences in Britain in 1999, has been deported from Cambodia after he was arrested in the country, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday.

Glitter, who had set up home last year in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh -- a country with a reputation as a safe haven for child sex offenders -- was detained on December 26 and deported on December 28 after spending two days in prison, the Foreign Office confirmed.

Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was flown to Thailand, according to UK media reports. His lawyers are understood to be challenging the deportation.

After the 58-year-old was detained, the decision to deport him was taken by the Cambodian authorities with no involvement from British officials, the Foreign Office said.

The 1970s pop icon caused a storm of controversy last May when he was found setting up home in Cambodia, whose notoriously lax judicial system and weak law enforcement have created its reputation as a safe haven for child sex offenders.

He left Cambodia at the end of May, and was widely believed to have gone to Vietnam, although this was never confirmed.

He turned up again in Phnom Penh late last year and stayed as a tourist in an unidentified guest house.

Gary Glitter

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A Western Lowland Gorilla named Shabani splashes water in her enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, January 8, 2003 as temperatures in the city and surrounding suburbs reached just under 40 degrees celcius. Continuing high summer temperatures keep Australia on an extreme fire danger alert, with hundreds of bushfires already this season causing major damage to many homes and properties.
Photo by David Gray

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'Probably'

Luci the Bat

John and Patsy Ramsey's litigious lawyer, L. Lin Wood, is threatening to sue conservative gadfly Lucianne Goldberg for saying she believes the Ramseys killed their daughter JonBenet. Appearing on C-Span's "Washington Journal," Goldberg told host Brian Lamb that the Ramseys "probably" killed JonBenet. Wood is threatening to sue Goldberg unless she retracts her statement. But Goldberg - who noted that Wood is also suing Vanity Fair's Dominick Dunne for asserting that Gary Condit had Chandra Levy killed and dropped in the ocean - says she won't back down. "The only thing I'd have left out is the word 'probably,' " she quipped.

Luci the Bat

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Baby News

Christa Miller

38-year-old actress, Christa Miller, gave birth Friday to a 7-pound, 6-ounce boy named William Stoddard Lawrence, her publicist announced Monday.

Miller and her husband, Bill Lawrence, have a 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Charlotte.

The actress played Kate O'Brien on "The Drew Carey Show" and also has a recurring role as Jordan Sullivan on "Scrubs." Her husband is the executive producer of the NBC comedy.

Christa Miller

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DUI

Billie Joe Armstrong

The lead singer of the punk band Green Day was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.

Billie Joe Armstrong, 30, was arrested early Sunday morning near Telegraph Avenue for allegedly driving under the influence, Berkeley police spokeswoman Mary Kusmiss said.

He was stopped for speeding in a black BMW convertible, Kusmiss said. He failed a field sobriety test and was booked into Berkeley county jail, where he later was released on $1,053 bail.

Billie Joe Armstrong

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Libya Names Consul

Tecca Zendik

Libya, which has been trying to thaw relations with Washington, has given a U.S. beauty contestant citizenship and named her as honorary consul to the United States.

The Libyan news agency Jana said on Tuesday Libya had named Tecca Zendik, a U.S. citizen who lives in the United States, to the post at an official ceremony in Tripoli on Sunday at which she was also granted citizenship and a Libyan passport.

Zendik went to Tripoli in November as the U.S. contestant in a beauty pageant, Miss Net World, whose winner -- British model Lucy Layton -- was chosen by votes via the Internet.

At Sunday's ceremony Zendik pledged to work for peace, telling Libyan officials that she and many Americans oppose wars and yearn for friendly links with other peoples, Jana said.

Tecca Zendik

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Formerly 'The Vidiot'

pissed

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Inks Deals with Theme Parks

Coca-Cola

The flagship Coca-Cola Classic brand will remain the official soft drink served at Universal Studios in Hollywood and four other U.S. theme parks as part of an expanded 10-year marketing partnership announced on Tuesday by Coca-Cola Co. and Universal Parks & Resorts.

The world's No. 1 soft drink maker also said its Minute Maid brand would become the official juice served in Universal's parks, including the Universal Studios and CityWalk parks in Hollywood, California and the Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios Florida and CityWalk resorts in Orlando, Florida.

In a separate announcement, Coca-Cola's Fountain division and its bottling partner Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. said they had signed an exclusive multiyear beverage supply and marketing agreement with New York-based restaurant company Cosi Inc. .

Under the terms of the deal, Coca-Cola soft drinks, juices, iced tea and Dasani water will be served in Cosi's restaurants in 11 states, including New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Michigan.

Coca-Cola said a number of marketing programs featuring Cosi products and Coke beverages would be launched. Cosi restaurants feature signature bread and coffee products, including its trademark square-sized bagels, known as Squagels.

Coca-Cola

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United Kingdom team member Jim Sopper pushes pilot Richard Jenkins back to the dock after a test run at Ghost Lake, Alberta, January 7, 2003. The boat is made of carbon fibre and features a seven and a half metre sail as the team attempts to establish a new ice sailing speed record. The boat got up to 90 miles per hour and they are attempting to break the record of 140 miles per hour. The team will try to establish a new record for most of January.
Photo by Patrick Price

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Sequel In The Works

'Anaconda'

Columbia Pictures' 1997 hit "Anaconda" may finally get a sequel.

Dwight Little ("Murder at 1600") is in negotiations to direct "Anaconda II," which will be developed by Columbia's mid-budget label Screen Gems.

The original picture starred Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube as documentary makers terrorized in the rain forest by a giant snake. The film grossed more than $136 million worldwide.

'Anaconda'

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Family's Pet For 33 Years

Pet Eel

A German family has kept a live eel in its bathtub for the last 33 years and even trained it to swim into a bucket when someone needs to wash.

"He's part of our family," said Hannelore Richter of Bochum in western Germany, whose husband Paul caught the eel on a fishing trip in 1969 and took it home for supper.

His children fell in love with the eel, refusing to let him kill and cook it, and since then it has lived in the bath, shared it with the children when they were small -- and has even moved house with the family, German newspapers reported.

"It's a weird situation," zoologist Walter Gettmann told Reuters. "He has certainly lost the skills needed to survive in the wild. But if he is fed properly, he can survive in a tub."

Pet Eel

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Another Editor from Maxim

Playboy

Playboy magazine has stolen away another top editor from rival Maxim, four months after it lured away the former head of the growing pseudo-skin magazine.

On Tuesday, Playboy Enterprises Inc., the grand-daddy of adult entertainment publications, said Steven Russell, Maxim's co-executive editor, had been appointed as the magazine's deputy editor, second-in-command to editorial director James Kaminsky.

Kaminsky left his post as Maxim's executive editor in September to join the ranks of Playboy magazine.

Also on Tuesday, Playboy said Robert Love, the former managing editor at Wenner Media's music magazine Rolling Stone who was pushed out in June, was joining the title as editor-at-large. Russell will start on Jan. 13 and Love on Jan. 20, 2003.

A spokeswoman for Playboy Enterprises told Reuters on Tuesday that Kaminsky is also looking for a managing editor, but no further details were provided.

Playboy

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In Memory

Kevin MacMichael

Kevin MacMichael, a guitarist and founding member of the 1980s rock band Cutting Crew, has died of lung cancer at age 51.

MacMichael died Dec. 31 in a Halifax hospital, the Canadian Press reported.

He formed Cutting Crew in England in 1985 with vocalist Nick Van Eede, and the group had a hit single in "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" along with a Grammy Award nomination for best new artist in 1987.

In 1992, MacMichael worked with Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant on his comeback album, "Fate of Nations." He also wrote and produced music in Halifax.

MacMichael is survived by his father, a brother and sister, and two daughters.

Kevin MacMichael

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In Memory

Jean Kerr

Jean Kerr, a playwright and author who wrote with self-deprecating humor about show business and suburbia and had a best-seller in "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," has died at age 80.

Kerr died Sunday in White Plains. The apparent cause was pneumonia, her son said.

Kerr wrote entertainingly about show business. She mused about what to say when having lunch with a prospective producer — order a drink so you look relaxed, but don't touch it lest he think you're an alcoholic. Anticipating negative reviews of her latest work, she wrote: "If I have to commit suicide, I have nothing but Gelusil." (That's an antacid.)

But she also had a gift for finding humor in the common anxieties of suburbia and married life. She cheerfully acknowledged doing most of her writing in the family car, parked several blocks away from the chaos of several children and pets.

Kerr collaborated with her husband, the late drama critic Walter Kerr, on several Broadway plays and wrote others on her own.

Her 1961 comedy, "Mary, Mary," about a divorced couple who ultimately reconcile, became one of the longest-running productions of the decade. It was performed on Broadway more than 1,500 times.

Butt Kerr is probably best known for "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," an eclectic compilation of her writings about everything from her pet dogs to the oddities of their house in Larchmont.

The book, published in 1957, was turned into a movie with Doris Day three years later and became a situation comedy that ran on NBC form 1965 to 1967.

She also wrote "The Snake Has All the Lines" (1960), "Penny Candy" (1970) and "How I Got to Be Perfect" (1978).

She and her husband made their Broadway writing debut in 1946 with "Song of Bernadette," a dramatization of the novel about a young Frenchwoman canonized after allegedly seeing visions of the Virgin Mary.

It was not a success, nor was her solo writing effort two years later, a comedy called "Jenny Kissed Me," about a priest who finds his household disrupted by the arrival of his housekeeper's niece.

But the couple's 1949 revue "Tough and Go" was praised by critics. The show included a sketch of "Hamlet" performed as a musical comedy.

Her husband died in 1996 at 83.

Jean Kerr

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Vancouver, BC

Lions Gate Bridge

An empty freighter slides under the Lions Gate Bridge in a fog bank, as she passes the Vancouver, Canada, city skyline in the background Monday Jan. 6, 2003. The city is enjoying warmer than usual temperatures.
Photo by Chuck Stoody

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