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Thanks, again, Tim!
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from Alex
Marty,
Read your page today...finally someone except me is mentioning that it's
more disturbing to cut a hole in a flag and wear it as a poncho, than
seeing a little breast.
What happened to all the bandwagon patriots?
They didn't mind the star of trailer parks - Kid Rock - doing that to the
American flag, but they're upset that something natural was shown on TV?
They're tripping over themselves calling for investigations,
apologies...but burning a woman's face with fire in a commercial is OK? And
having little kids utter 'Holy Shit' isn't really a big deal?
Geez....welcome to New England of the 1800's...while we're at it, let's
burn Janet just in case....
~ Alex
Thanks, Alex!
From Asscroft's drapes to Janet Jackson, the boys of the current administration are frightenly repressed - hate women, nuturing, peace & life, but enjoy death, destruction, shock, & awe.
The NFL and CBS/MTV/Viacom/Infinity are 'angry' & want apologies, while the hate-mongers of right-wing (i.e. Clear Channel) talk radio want blood - a crapper-load of losers who either have to pay to see a tit or own an inflatable doll. Or maybe gamble on a dominatrix...
As for the married ones, their very pious wives are most likely praying to become widows.
Tonight's 'news' had the story that Mikey Powell (R-Nepotism) was also going to persecute Nelly & Kid Rock - they were 'inappropriate', too.
Bottom line is a bunch of bullies (who all profit from the situation) have decided to blame Janet - wonder what they think her scarlet letter should be?
BTW, saw that 'Cialis' commercial again tonight - this time the kid caught the '4-hour erection' disclaimer. Yeah, much more appropriate....
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KoKo?
I was wondering if your site would mind replacing the term "President Bush" with KoKo. It seems fair since he was not elected and lies so often and without accountability about so many things.
Michael B
Hi Michael -
I go to great lengths to refer to that man residing in the White House as 'Resident' Bush.
Besides, KoKo is a damn smart primate. She can finger spell & form entire sentences, unlike the great deserter.
In a more just world, we'd see KoKo in the White House & that resident in KoKo's cage.
I am, however, open to suggestions of a 'bad' animal whose name would be more appropriate.
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Started out sunny & cold, clouded over - no rain, yet, and brisk.
Had a ham taking up too much space in the freezer, so invited some pals & fired up the oven.
Fred car-pooled down & we compared tales of how shitty grocery shopping is with the lock-out/strike. Out in the Valley, he's going broke shopping at Gelson's, while I wish we had a Gelson's. Regardless, we've both experienced shortages of basic staples.
Over 4 months in & the grocery workers are whipped. Ahnold ran on a big-business ticket (but few seemed to notice) - even though he belongs to several unions, he took big $ from Vons/Safeway (among many). I'm sure he's interested in a fair & balanced resolution...
Watched 'Frasier' - guess that was their 'acid episode'.
Tonight, Wednesday, CBS begins the evening with '60 Minutes II', followed by the FRESH made-for-TV-movie 'The Blackwater Lightship'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Cindy Crawford and Chris Elliott.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Carrie Fisher and David Alan Grier.
NBC starts the night with a REGURGITATION of last week's 'Trump Atrocity', followed by a FRESH 'West Wing' (starts 1 minute before the top of the hour), then
a FRESH 'Law & Order' (starts 1 minute before the top of the hour).
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Dr. Phil McGraw and Eamon.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Tom Cavanaugh, Paul Teutul & Paul Teutul Jr.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are David Boreanaz, Candy Butchers, and Pete Correale.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH 'My Wife & Kids', followed by a FRESH 90-minute 'Bachelorette', then a FRESH
'Celebrity Mole: Yucatan'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Kylie Minogue and the Black Eyed Peas, with this week's guest co-host Kathie Lee Gifford.
The WB offers a FRESH 'Smallville', followed by a FRESH 'Angel'.
Faux has a FRESH 'That 70s Show', followed by a FRESH 'American Idol', then the
Season Premiere of 'Oliver Beene'.
UPN has a FRESH 'Enterprise', then a RERUN of last night's 'America's Next Top Model'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Biography' (Sal Mineo), 'American Justice', and 'City Confidential'.
AMC offers the movie 'Zulu', followed by the movie 'In Harm's Way', then the movie 'Stalag 17'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Lovell;
[7pm] 'House Invaders' - Newcastle U. Lime;
[7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Ashford;
[8pm] 'The Life Laundry' - Iswich;
[8:30pm] 'House Doctor' - Episode 4;
[9pm] 'My Hero' - Nemesis;
[9:40pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 3;
[10:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 4;
[11pm] 'The Life Laundry' - Iswich;
[11:30pm] 'House Doctor' - Episode 4;
[12am] 'My Hero'- Nemesis;
[12:40am] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 3;
[1:20am] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 4;
[2am] 'House Invaders' - Newcastle U. Lime;
[2:30am] 'Changing Rooms' - Ashford;
[3am] 'My Hero' - Nemesis;
[3:40am] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 3;
[4:20am] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 4;
[5am] 'The Life Laundry' - Iswich;
[5:30am] 'House Doctor' - Episode 4;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'West Wing', followed by the movie 'Silverado' (not the Neil Bush story), then 'West Wing'.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Crank Yankers', 'Insomniac', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and
'Chappelle's Show'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Sen. Bob Dole.
History is all 'Modern Marvels' all night.
SciFi has the movie 'Millennium Man', followed by the movie 'Heatseeker'.
TCM - Day 4 of '31 Days of Oscar™', where every movie is either an Oscar™ winner or nominee.
[6am] 'Two For The Seesaw' (1962);
[8am] 'San Antonio' (1945);
[10am] 'You'll Never Get Rich' (1941);
[11:30am] 'Shall We Dance' (1937);
[1:30pm] 'Royal Wedding' (1951);
[3:30pm] 'The Harvey Girls' (1946);
[5:30pm] 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' (1968);
[8pm] 'Top Hat' (1935);
[10pm] 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' (1956);
[12:15am] 'The Way We Were' (1973);
[2:15am] 'The Tender Trap' (1955);
[4:15am] 'Gold Diggers Of 1935' (1935). (ALL TIMES EST)
Actress Drew Barrymore touches her newly unveiled star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during ceremonies in Hollywood, February 3, 2004. Barrymore, 28, who as been acting most of her life, stars in the new comedy film '50 First Dates' with actor Adam Sandler.
Photo by Fred Prouser
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Moose & Squirrel
Ex-Dean Manager Lands Job at MSGOP
Joe Trippi
It probably won't prompt his former boss to raise his fist and shout "Yeahhh!" but Howard Dean's ex-campaign manager, Joe Trippi, made is debut on Tuesday as a political analyst on MSNBC.
A week after quitting Dean's campaign following the former governor's losses in Iowa and New Hampshire -- and fallout from his widely mocked concession speech -- Trippi joined MSNBC's election team for coverage of Tuesday's seven-state round of primaries and caucuses.
Trippi, the Internet guru who helped propel Dean from an obscure former governor of Vermont to the top of the Democratic field, left Dean last week rather than take another campaign post as Dean reshuffled his organization in a bid to regain momentum after stinging defeats in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Joe Trippi
Janet Jackson Should Have Bared Both Breasts
Sharon Osbourne
The FCC, MTV, CBS and the NFL are all angry about Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's risque Super Bowl halftime show.
Sharon Osbourne is angry too - because she wanted to see more. "I was very disappointed by it and all I can say is, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, I love you both and much respect to you, but own it! You did it, own it," she said during her syndicated Sharon Osbourne Show, airing Wednesday.
"And next time," the talk-show host added, "take both (breasts) out! Not just one - both! Come on! ... CBS says they 'regret the incident' and NFL says they're 'extremely disappointed.' Well I was disappointed in just seeing one."
Sharon Osbourne
Commemorates Landmark Court Ruling
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby got serious with 500 ninth-graders at a talk Monday commemorating the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
"Take that education," Cosby told the teens. "Don't tell me it's boring. You're going to be boring in about 10 years, and you may be boring while you're sitting in a cell, because you decided to do something that breaks the law. Why? Because you couldn't get a job. Why? Because you didn't want to give yourself a chance. Why? Because you don't like yourself."
The talk was one of hundreds of events around the country celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1954 desegregation ruling, which is the official theme for February's Black History Month.
Bill Cosby
Egyptian singer Hakim, left, and soul singer James Brown, center, join 2003 World Peace Music Awards winner Gloria Gaynor at a news conference in New York Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004. The singers were in New York to announce that the second annual WPMA ceremony will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 14, 2004.
Photo by Ed Bailey
Not Keen on Space Travel
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart, who played Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation," said in an interview published Tuesday that he thinks interplanetary travel for humans is a bad idea.
"I'm a bit of a wet blanket when it comes to the whole business of space travel," Stewart was quoted as saying on the British Broadcasting Corp.'s Web site.
"I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets — even though they may be utterly uninhabited," he said.
Stewart, 63, said he approved of unmanned missions such as NASA's use of twin rovers to explore the surface of Mars. But he objected to sending astronauts, saying the trips were too expensive.
Patrick Stewart
Man With An Opinion
Spike Lee
Spike Lee says he's seen progress in the way blacks are portrayed in film since his 1986 feature debut, "She's Gotta Have It," but there's plenty of work to be done.
"Black film is still in a ghetto," the director told a crowd of about 1,700 students at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. "There are broad comedies and hip-hop drug things and broad comedies. It's difficult as a director or actor to go outside of that."
He targeted "Barbershop," which contained jokes about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, and "The Legend of Bagger Vance" and "The Green Mile," which featured characters Lee called "super-duper magical mystical Negroes."
"They had magic powers that couldn't change their situations, but could only help the white stars of the movie," he said. "What's the point?"
Spike Lee
Sci Fi Picks Up Option
'Battlestar Galactica'
After successfully relaunching 'Battlestar Galactica' as a miniseries in December, Sci Fi Channel picked up the options last week on its top cast members, which include Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell and Katee Sackhoff. Sources said the cable network is aiming to run "Galactica" as a full-fledged series as early as fourth-quarter 2004.
Sci Fi declined comment, but all indications are that at least six episodes of "Galactica" will be shot in Vancouver as soon as April. It will likely be one of cable's more expensive drama series, with production estimates as high as $1.5 million per episode.
The four-hour "Galactica" miniseries averaged 4.2 million viewers last year, making it the third-highest-rated multinight program Sci Fi has aired.
'Battlestar Galactica'
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Blames National Enquirer For Divorce
David Gest
Liza Minnelli's breakup with David Gest was caused by a tabloid article, not alleged physical abuse, the producer said in an interview to be broadcast Friday.
Gest, who has been staying in Hawaii since the split, told "Dateline's" Stone Phillips that Minnelli "beat me and hit me everywhere," but it was a National Enquirer article portraying his estranged wife as an alcoholic that led to the relationship's end.
"She got the magazine on a Wednesday morning and on Thursday announced our marriage was over," Gest said in the NBC interview, according to a news release from the network.
The 50-year-old Gest denies having anything to do with the tabloid report and said he might still be together with the 57-year-old Minnelli had it not been published.
David Gest
Members of the Japanese Taiko drummers troupe 'Kodo' promote their forthcoming show in London with a performance in a pod on the London Eye ferris wheel, February 3, 2004.
Photo by Toby Melville
China Tour
Deep Purple
Deprived of the Rolling Stones last year, China's rock 'n roll fans can seek solace by headbanging to Deep Purple instead.
The veteran rockers, headed by axeman Richie Blackmore, will play four concerts in China starting March 31, taking in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Guangzhou, the promotor said Tuesday.
Founded in 1968, the band, best known for "Smoke on the Water", was once one of the biggest in the world.
Deep Purple
To Head BMG Music Labels
Clive Davis
Legendary record executive Clive Davis has been named chairman and chief executive of BMG North America, where he will once again control Arista Records, the label he founded and was forced to leave in 2000.
In his new role, Davis will oversee a newly formed group that combines the operations of BMG labels including Arista, J, RCA, and Jive headed by Barry Weiss, the German-based BMG announced Monday.
Davis, 70, will also oversee BMG Distribution, BMG Strategic Marketing, and BMG Canada. He will report to Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, chairman and chief executive officer of BMG.
Clive Davis
Quits NBC
Maria Shriver
Maria Shriver quit NBC News on Tuesday, saying it would be too tough to juggle a journalism job with her duties as first lady of California.
Shriver, a "Dateline NBC" reporter, said she will continue to work on specials connected to her children's books for other NBC properties.
"After much soul searching, I have asked to be relieved of my duties at NBC News," Shriver said in a statement.
Maria Shriver
I've quit a few jobs in my time, but never once "asked to be relieved of my duties" - WTF is that?
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Court Hearing Delayed
Bobby Brown
The preliminary hearing for singer Bobby Brown has been postponed from Wednesday to May 5, a Fulton County magistrate court clerk said.
Brown is charged with battery following an alleged fight with his wife, fellow entertainer Whitney Houston. Brown allegedly hit his singer-actress wife in the face. Police said Houston had a bruised cheek and a cut inside her upper lip.
Bobby Brown
A sculpture of a scallop shell commemorating the life of composer Benjamin Britten on the beach at Aldeburgh in England, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2004. Sculptor Maggi Hambling said the 12-foot (3.7-meter) steel scallop shell on Aldeburgh's windswept beach is a fitting tribute to the composer of the operas 'Peter Grimes' and 'Billy Budd,' who lived in the town and loved its rugged North Sea coast. But some residents of Aldeburgh have petitioned local officals claiming that the sculpture spoils the views alongthe beach.
Photo by Richard Lewis
On Display In Tokyo
Adolf Hitler Watercolour
A watercolour by Adolf Hitler goes on display this week at a Tokyo theatre to promote a movie based loosely on the Nazi dictator's life, the film's Japanese distributor said Tuesday.
The undated, unnamed work will go on exhibit Saturday, coinciding with the premiere of Max, which depicts Hitler's transformation from a struggling artist into a promising propagandist of German nationalism, said Toshiba Entertainment Inc. spokesman Daisuke Kobayashi. The film has prompted angry reactions overseas from those offended by a portrayal of Hitler that humanizes one of history's most reviled figures.
The watercolour of Vienna's Karlskirche, also known as Saint Karl's Church, will be on display at the Theatre Times Square in Tokyo's Shibuya ward until Feb. 15, and then returned to Germany for auction in May, Kobayashi said. Another pencil sketch by Hitler may join it, he said.
Adolf Hitler Watercolour
Files for Divorce
Natalie Cole
Grammy award-winning singer Natalie Cole has filed for divorce from Kenneth Dupree, her husband of just over two years.
Cole, 53, cited irreconcilable differences in papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Jan. 30.
She married Dupree, who hails from Brentwood, Tenn., in October 2001. It was her third marriage.
Natalie Cole
Blames Christian Brando
Robert Blake
An attorney for accused wife murderer and actor Robert Blake said in court on Tuesday that they could make a "compelling case" that the real killer was Marlon Brando's son, Christian Brando.
Defense attorney Thomas Mesereau, during a pretrial hearing in the case, suggested that Christian Brando -- who has been romantically linked to Bakley -- was enraged when he learned the baby she was carrying was Blake's and not his. The girl, Rose, is now 3 and being cared for by Blake's daughter.
Mesereau was seeking permission from the judge to call as a witness Diane Madsen, who has said she overheard Brando telling an acquaintance named "Duffy" over the phone that someone should put a bullet in Bakley's head. Ronald "Duffy" Hambleton is one of two Hollywood stuntmen who have testified that Blake solicited them to murder his wife.
But Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Darlene Schempp refused to allow Madsen to testify, saying she was not credible as a witness. The judge said Blake's attorneys can ask Hambleton if Brando also solicited him to commit murder.
Robert Blake
Women's Beer Ad Kiss Prompts Complaints
Oh, Canada
Forget the furor over Janet Jackson's breast-baring stunt during the Super Bowl telecast - more Canadians were apparently upset by a beer commercial showing two women kissing.
The federal broadcast regulator said Tuesday that it had received three written complaints about Jackson's staged breast pop-out during a dance number, while 10 people wrote to complain about the Labatt beer commercial. "We would refer (the letters) to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council after reviewing them," said Phillipe Tousignant, a spokesman for the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission.
Oh, Canada
Up for Auction
Rocky Balboa Statue
A fledgling organization in central Pennsylvania with little money but big dreams for a 300-acre sports museum and library is trying to auction one of sculptor A. Thomas Schomberg's three "Rocky" statues.
"We're using 'Rocky' as a fund-raising event and to try and generate publicity for the project," said Harvey Abrams, president of the International Institute for Sport and Olympic History.
Since the organization is incorporated as a nonprofit, Abrams says it will "give away" the statue to the first person to donate $3 million. If the auction on eBay expires Thursday without a bidder, which he acknowledges is likely, Abrams said he will entertain other offers and — attention bargain hunters — he may let "Rocky" go for as low as $1 million.
Rocky Balboa Statue
Auction
France Celebrates
'Year of George Sand'
France launched the "Year of George Sand" in honour of the 19th century writer and feminist famous for her many works, avant-garde views and string of celebrated lovers.
Born in Paris in 1804 as Aurore Dupin, she was raised by her grandmother, married a baron and started a family.
But, bored with her lot, she soon left them to start her career writing under her pseudonym for Le Figaro newspaper and magazines before turning to books, which won her the attention of several famous men who soon became her lovers, among them the poet Alfred de Musset and the composer Frederic Chopin.
She spent much of her time travelling and writing, and in both did much to question the role of women in French society and expressed strong socialist ideas. She died in 1876.
For more, 'Year of George Sand'
In Memory
Charlotte Zwerin
Charlotte Zwerin, a documentary filmmaker who collaborated with David and Albert Maysles as editor and co-director on the 1970 Rolling Stones chronicle "Gimme Shelter," died Jan. 22 of lung cancer at her home in Manhattan. She was 72.
Zwerin was known for her work on documentaries that focused on visual artists and jazz legends. Her credits include "Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser," "Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu," "Horowitz Plays Mozart" and "Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For," originally shown as part of the PBS "American Masters" series.
Zwerin's solo films also included "De Kooning on de Kooning" and "Sculpture of Spaces: Noguchi."
She collaborated with the Maysles brothers as co-director on "Salesman," about door-to-door Bible salesmen. Zwerin edited the Maysleses' documentaries "Meet Marlon Brando" and "A Visit With Truman Capote," and co-directed with the Maysleses two films on the artist Christo: "Running Fence" and "Islands."
She was the former wife of jazz writer Michael Zwerin.
Charlotte Zwerin
Dissection experts prepare bodies at the Von Hagens Plastination factory in Dalian, in northeast China Monday Feb. 2, 2004. German anatomist Gunther von Hagens uses the facility to process bodies for his controversial 'Body Worlds' exhibitions.
Photo by Greg Baker
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