BartCop Entertainment Archives - Wednesday, 21 September, 2005

Wednesday

21 September, 2005

big hammer - bigger hammer

(Updated Daily)

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Thanks, again, Tim!

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MeetWithCindy.org

Bring Them Home Now Tour

Alaska Gyrl

Peace In Pink Shoes

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JUST A REFLECTION

AT A JUNCTION IN THE ROAD

TREE IN THE RIVER


Zen Man
(M 10 crossing the Rice Fork of the Eel River)

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Erin Hart Show Links

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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Beth Quinn: George is worst natural disaster to hit country (Times Herald-Record)
Well, folks, the only thing left up in the air now is whether George Bush is the worst president ever. Herbert Hoover has held the title since 1933. It's been neck and neck for a while, but I think Bush pulled ahead with his spectacular failure in handling Katrina.


Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria: In Washington, it's business as usual in the face of a national catastrophe
The highway bill of 1982 had 10 "earmarked" projects-the code word for pork. The 2005 one has 6,371. Today's Republicans believe in pork, but they don't believe in government. So we have the largest government in history but one that is weak and dysfunctional.


Alison Stein Wellner: No Exit From the Danger Zone (MotherJones.com. Posted on Alternet.org)
Disaster evacuation plans throughout the U.S. assume that people own a car. Too bad for the 23 million Americans who don't.


Another Win for 'Friends & Allies'
When John G. Roberts is approved as chief justice of the United States, as expected, he can thank President Bush 's "Friends & Allies" program, which went to work on him immediately after he was nominated.


RICHARD ROEPER: 'Girls Gone Wild' for charity is no moral dilemma
When I read in the Tribune that only 28 percent of the revenue from last year's Farm Aid found its way to farm families, I was glad I wasn't attending Sunday's Farm Aid concert in Tinley Park. Better that my money goes to strippers and Louis Vuitton! But let's keep positive about this and remember that the vast majority of hurricane relief money really does go to people who need it and will spend it on necessities, not handbags and silicone.


Scott Renshaw: The Corpse Bride (altweeklies.com)
When the action moves from the land of the living to the land of the dead, Burton portrays the underworld in vivid primary colors and boisterous carousing--those who still breathe have considerably less fun than their moldering counterparts here. Uncooperative eyeballs roll around and squirt from skulls; a decapitated "head waiter" bustles about with the aid of insect-like legs.


Roger Ebert: Answer Man
Next you'll be telling me there was more than one Lassie. I'm pretty sure there was only one Trigger, however, because Roy Rogers had the horse stuffed, inspiring Dale Evans to say, "Now Roy, don't you go getting any ideas about me."


David Bruce: Wise Up: Public Speaking (athensnews.com)
Atlee Pomerene was a former Ohio senator who practiced law. One day, after arguing in court, he told a friend, "I am tired." The friend said, "I don't understand that. You used to be in the Senate; you talked a great deal there and it didn't seem to tire you much." Mr. Pomerene replied, "I know, but for that kind of talking, I didn't have to think."

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The Wall Street Poet

A Fiscal Conservative's Lament

A Fiscal Conservative's Lament


What does 'fiscal conservative' mean anymore
When constraints on big spending we simply ignore
Whether meds for the old or some dumb foreign war
Or tax breaks for the rich, sops for hurricane's poor

Has the law of supply and demand got new meaning
Just demand others wealth for your own lifestyle preening
And suppliers will jump to abet this greed scheming
Never daring to give your good life a good weaning

When you're living on credit you're living on hope
That with growing debt payments you'll manage to cope
And that good hearted lenders keep feeding you rope
So binge spending don't turn to a slippery slope.

[Feeling the slippage yet?]

©2005

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Another Rant

Avery Ant

 
THIS WEEK'S ANTSY RANT...

  ONE

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Reader Question

Re: Wild Hawk Photo

Marty,

A wild hawk displays wing feather details as it prepares to launch after a
rest while hunting in Wilmington, Delaware, September 13, 2005. Picture
taken September 13.  Photo by Tim Shaffer


You ran this picture of a hawk a few days ago. Can you, or any of your readers identify it?

Thanks

Peace

--Joe
"We're sitting on our blessed Mother Earth from which we get our strength and determination, love and humility-all the beautiful attributes that we've been given. so turn to one another; love one another; respect one another; respect Mother Earth; respect the waters-because that's life itself!"
--Phil Lane, Sr.


Good question, Joe!
Can anyone identify this hawk?

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Purple Gene

Celebrities Secret Lives

"Breaking up is Hard to Do" : "The End for KEN and REN" !!!!!!

Let's catch up on recent super-star split-ups:
  Jen & Ben (J-Lo and Ben Affleck)
  Jen & Brad (Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt)
  Benet & Berry (Eric Benet and Halle Berry)
  Cruz & Cruise (Penélope Cruz and Tom Cruise)
  Ethan & Uma (Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman)
  Val & Van (Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen)
  Hugh & Hurley (Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley)
  Angie & Billy Bob (Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton)
  Pitt & Pal (Brad Pitt & Gwyneth Paltrow
  Ken & Barbie (They were together forever)

And Now…………………………………………..

Ken & Ren (Kenny Chesney and Renée Zellweger)



I was sad last week with the Flood and the Hurricane and the continuing war in Iraq and……..after 4 long months…the NEWS….Ken and Ren are splitting up!!!!!!!

It was a fairy tale…. set in the lyrics of a song or the script of a movie…..Kenny Chesney was looking for the "Good Stuff" and trying to "Live Those Songs". He said "You Had Me From Hello" when he met Renée Zellweger working the phones for Tsunami Relief back in January…….She was looking for "One True Thing" (1998) in "The Whole Wide World" (1996)….then here come that "Cinderella Man" (2005)!



What a shock it was when after a mere 4 months of wedded bliss…."Reality Bites" (1994) and suddenly Renee is "Down with Love" (2003) and files for an annulment on the grounds of "Fraud" …She said she was losing a "Piece of My Heart" (2006)!!!



As for Kenny, he took a "Turn for the Worse" and said "There Goes My Heart" ….I'm "Outa Here"……"It's Never Easy to Say Goodbye"!!!!! My "Grandpa Told Me So"!!!



I always thought that Kenny might be Gay because he said "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" and "Bein' Drunk's a Lot Like Lovin' You"….C'mon Ken????????



Of Course Renee left "Chicago" (2002) and went back to "Cold Mountain" (2003) muttering he only lasted "8 Seconds" (1994)

Those darn Kids !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

RABBIT FUN

LOVELY RITA

REPUGS GET A BOGEY

HELL ON EARTH?

BUSH'S BULLSHIT MOMENT

WHEN STUPID BECOMES A SACRAMENT

THE RAW DEAL

THE GOOD GEORGE

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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

For the first time in the 30-odd years I've lived in CA, it rained on my birthday.

Had intermittent showers with rolling thunder & lots of lightning for close to 15 hours. Very unseasonal, but much appreciated.

Was farting around online last night & there was an ad for classmates.com at the bottom of the page. Thought I was seeing things when one of the faces winked at me. Arfing A.

The always fabulous Michael Dare sent out a correction to yesterday's Disinfotainment Today.

You can check out the updated & corrected version here or here.



Tonight, Wednesday:

CBS starts the night with the SEASON PREMIERE 'Still Standing', followed by the SEASON PREMIERE 'Yes, Dear', then a 2-hour RERUN 'CSI: The Original One' (this is the show that was directed by Quentin Tarantino & scheduled for last week, but postponed to accommodate Chimpy's speechifying - this also bumped the SEASON PREMIERE of 'CSI: The 3rd One' to next week).
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are George Clooney and Steve Martin.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craig are Nick Cannon and Lawrence Turman.

NBC opens the night with the SERIES PREMIERE 'The Apprentice: Martha Stewart', followed by the SERIES PREMIERE 'E-Ring', then the SEASON PREMIERE 'Law & Order'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Chris Rock, Sandra Oh, and Trisha Yearwood.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Ice-T, Erika Christensen, and Steve Winwood.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Claire Forlani and the Bravery.

ABC begins the night with the FRESH 'Destination Lost', followed by the SEASON PREMIERE 'Lost', then the SERIES PREMIERE 'Invasion'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Johnny Knoxville, Chi McBride, and Backstreet Boys.

The WB offers a RERUN 'One Tree Hill', followed by a RERUN of Monday night's 'Just Legal'.

Faux has a FRESH 'So You Think You Can Dance', followed by a FRESH 'Head Cases'.

UPN has the SEASON FINALE 'America's Next Top Model'.

A&E has 'American Justice', 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Bounty Hunter', followed by a FRESH 'Inked', another 'Inked', then a FRESH 'Criss Angel: Mind Freak'.

AMC offers the movie 'Naked Gun 2½: The Smell Of Fear', followed by the movie 'Planes, Trains And Automobiles', then the movie 'Tommy Boy'.

BBC  -   
 [2pm]    'The Smoking Room - Episode 4;
 [2:40pm]    'Coupling' - The End of the Line;
 [3:20pm]    'The League of Gentlemen' - Ep. 5 Beauty and The Beast (or Come Into My Parlour);
 [4pm]    'Jonathan Creek' - Mother Redcap;
 [5pm]    'Monarch of the Glen' - Episode 3;
 [6pm]    'BBC World News';
 [6:30pm]    'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 11;
 [7pm]    'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 18;
 [8pm]    'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 1;
 [9pm]    'What Not To Wear' - Liz Traves;
 [9:30pm]    'Changing Rooms' - Episode 10;
 [10pm]    'Ground Force' - Episode 2;
 [10:30pm]    'The F***ing Fulfords' - Episode 2;
 [11pm]    'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 18;
 [12am]    'What Not To Wear' - Liz Traves;
 [12:30am]    'Changing Rooms' - Episode 10;
 [1am]    'Ground Force' - Episode 2;
 [1:30am]    'The F***ing Fulfords' - Episode 2;
 [2am]    'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 1;
 [3am]    'What Not To Wear' - Liz Traves;
 [3:30am]    'Changing Rooms' - Episode 10;
 [4am]    'Ground Force' - Episode 2;
 [4:30am]    'The F***ing Fulfords' - Episode 2;
 [5am]    'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 1;
 [6am]    'BBC World News'.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Battle Of The Network Reality Stars', another 'Battle Of The Network Reality Stars', followed by the SEASON FINALE, then the FRESH 'All-Star Reality Reunion'.

Comedy Central has 'Comedy Central Presents', 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Godfrey), 'Mind Of Mencia', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and a FRESH 'Mind Of Mencia'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Ricky Gervais.

History has all 'Modern Marvels' all night in a salute to bathrooms & plumbing.

IFC  -   
 [6AM]    'Deconstructing Harry' (1997);
 [7:45AM]    'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
 [8AM]    'Trust' (1990);
 [10AM]    'Zelig' (1983);
 [11:30AM]    'Stardust Memories' (1980);
 [1PM]    'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
 [1:15PM]    'The Emerald Forest' (1985);
 [3:15PM]    'Trust' (1990);
 [5:15PM]    'Our Song' (2000);
 [7PM]    'The Emerald Forest' (1985);
 [9PM]    'Anniversary Party' (2001);
 [11PM]    'Carried Away' (1996);
 [1AM]    'Anniversary Party' (2001);
 [3AM]    'Carried Away' (1996);
 [5AM]    'At the IFC Center' (2005);
 [5:30AM]    'Henry's Film Corner #110' (2005).    (ALL TIMES EDT)

SciFi has 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not!', 'Ghost Hunters', followed by a FRESH 'Ghost Hunters', then a FRESH 'Tripping The Rift', and another 'Tripping The Rift'.

Sundance  -   
 [7AM]    'The Al Franken Show': (09/20/05);
 [8AM]    'Persons of Interest';
 [9:05AM]    'Springtime in a Small Town';
 [11AM]    'The Al Franken Show': (09/20/05);
 [12PM]    'The Housekeeper';
 [1:30PM]    'Riot On Sunset Strip';
 [3PM]    'Persons of Interest';
 [4:05PM]    'Mimic';
 [6PM]    'Slings & Arrows: Episode 1 - Oliver's Dream;
 [7PM]    'Embedded/Live';
 [8:45PM]    'Kenji's Faith';
 [9PM]    'Peace One Day';
 [10:30PM]    'The PSA Project';
 [11PM]    'Tanner on Tanner: Alex in Wonderland';
 [11:30PM]    'The Al Franken Show': (09/21/05);
 [12:30AM]    'Fuse';
 [2:15AM]    'Basilisk Stare';
 [2:30AM]    'The Al Franken Show': (09/21/05);
 [3:30AM]]    'S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine';
 [5:15AM    'Mother of an Attitude';
 [5:30AM]    'The Housekeeper'.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

TCM:
 [6:30am]    'The Single Standard' (1929) SILENT ;
 [7:45am]    'Ivanhoe' (1952)     [View Trailer];
 [9:45am]    'The Brothers Karamazov' (1958)     [View Trailer];
 [12:15pm]    'The Time Machine' (1960)     [View Trailer];
 [2pm]    'The Fountainhead' (1949);
 [4pm]    'Little Women' (1949)     [View Trailer];
 [6:15pm]    'Lord of the Flies' (1963);
 [8pm]    'Never Give A Sucker An Even Break' (1941);
 [9:30pm]    'The Petrified Forest' (1936);
 [11pm]    'Mildred Pierce' (1945)     [View Trailer];
 [1am]    'As Good As It Gets' (1997)     [View Trailer];
 [3:30am]    'Boy Meets Girl' (1938);
 [5am]    'James Cagney: Top of the World' (1992).    (ALL TIMES EDT)


Thursday  -  09/22

TCM:
 [6am]    'Outrage' (1950);
 [7:30am]    'The Secret Fury' (1950);
 [9am]    'Born To Be Bad' (1950);
 [10:45am]    'Quicksand' (1950);
 [12:15pm]    'Destination Murder' (1950);
 [1:30pm]    'Dial 1119' (1950);
 [3pm]    'Armored Car Robbery' (1950);
 [4:15pm]    'Black Hand' (1950);
 [6pm]    'The Asphalt Jungle' (1950);
 [8pm]    'Libeled Lady' (1936);
 [10pm]    'Roman Holiday' (1953)     [View Trailer];
 [12:15am]    'His Girl Friday' (1940)     [View Trailer];
 [2am]    'Meet John Doe' (1941);
 [4:15am]    'Five Star Final' (1931).    (ALL TIMES EDT)



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Former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite arrives at New York's Carnegie Hall, Tuesday Sept. 20 , 2005, to attend a memorial service for ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings, who died of lung cancer on Aug. 7.
Photo by Bebeto Matthews
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Blasts 'New Journalism Order'

Dan Rather

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather said Monday that there is a climate of fear running through newsrooms stronger than he has ever seen in his more than four-decade career.

Rather famously tangled with President Nixon and his aides during the Watergate years while Rather was a hard-charging White House correspondent.

Addressing the Fordham University School of Law in Manhattan, occasionally forcing back tears, he said that in the intervening years, politicians "of every persuasion" had gotten better at applying pressure on the conglomerates that own the broadcast networks. He called it a "new journalism order."

He said this pressure -- along with the "dumbed-down, tarted-up" coverage, the advent of 24-hour cable competition and the chase for ratings and demographics -- has taken its toll on the news business. "All of this creates a bigger atmosphere of fear in newsrooms," Rather said.

For the rest, Dan Rather

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2005 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer, one of America's most renowned and controversial authors, will be awarded a medal of honor for lifetime achievement by the National Book Foundation, the organization said on Tuesday.

"Mailer has long been considered a major figure in postwar American literature whose innovative works of fiction and nonfiction have changed the landscape of American writing," said the foundation, which presents the National Book Awards.

It will present the 2005 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Mailer on November 16 when the National Book Awards are presented. Finalists for the annual awards will be announced on October 12.

Norman Mailer

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Lightning strikes over the city of Los Angeles as a tropical storm system makes it way through southern California, causing power outages in nearby areas September 20, 2005.
Photo by Gene Blevins
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Criticizes British Policy

Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)

British foreign policy played a role in motivating the July 7 London bombings, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens said Tuesday.

Yusuf Islam, who had a string of pop hits in the 1960s and '70s, said an al-Qaida video claiming responsibility for the attacks and linking them to Britain's role in the Middle East showed foreign policy "was not the only factor but it was a major contributory."

He also said Muslims should do more to integrate into British society.

Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)

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Touring Despite Religious Nuttery

'Jerry Springer - The Opera'

An imperiled British tour of the trash TV-inspired musical "Jerry Springer - The Opera" is to go ahead despite protests by an evangelical Christian group, the show's producers said Tuesday.

Earlier this year, several regional theaters dropped plans to schedule the raucous show after it was targeted by a tiny but vocal group, Christian Voice. The organization condemned the play - which features a cast of strippers, transvestites, dancing Ku Klux Klansmen and a diaper-wearing Jesus Christ who says he is a "bit gay" - as "filth and blasphemy" and picketed the London theater where it was running.

Producer Avalon Promotions said 21 regional theaters had agreed to host the show, pooling marketing costs to save money. The musical's creators agreed to waive royalties from the tour, which is scheduled to begin in January in Plymouth, southern England. It will travel to cities including Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Birmingham.

A Broadway run for the $13.9 million production, initially slated for this fall, remains on hold. One of the show's financial backers pulled out after the Christian Voice protests.

'Jerry Springer - The Opera'

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bartcook

In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

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Ad Campaign Cancelled

Kate Moss

Fashion giant Hennes and Mauritz has canceled an advertising campaign using British supermodel Kate Moss following allegations she took illegal drugs, the Swedish-based company said on Tuesday.

The company had previously said it would still use Moss in the campaign after meeting her to discuss the publication of photos in the Daily Mirror which the British tabloid said showed her snorting cocaine.

Kate Moss

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This undated photo released by Bonhams shows a selection of letters by TS Eliot that went up for auction by the London auction house, Tuesday Sept. 20, 2005 by the London auction house. A collection of letters written by poet T.S. Eliot to a beloved godson sold at auction Tuesday for 45,600 pounds (US$82,300; euro 67,750), auctioneer Bonhams said.
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May Go Greek

Atlantic Storm Names

Forecasters could run out of names for tropical storms and hurricanes before the season ends November 30.

The Atlantic basin has seen 17 named storms since the season began June 1, and only four (Stan, Tammy, Vince and Wilma) are left on the list.

Should the Atlantic see more than 21 named storms "additional storms will take names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on," according to the National Hurricane Center Web site.

Atlantic Storm Names

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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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Gossip Meets the G-Men

FBI Files

The Beach Boys. Frank Sinatra. Liberace. Sonically, the trio shared little - from the California group's soaring harmonies to Sinatra's saloon singing to Liberace's marshmallow soft vocals. But their offstage antics were music to the ears of the FBI, where all three became the subject of muckraking files in the agency's Washington headquarters.

Celebrities and criminals, rock stars and mob stars, athletes and artists - scores of high-profile Americans have their very own FBI file, a bold-faced universe rife with dirt and scandal. It's no surprise that gossip columnists such as Walter Winchell turn up as sources.

The sheer volume became clear in response to a Freedom Of Information Act request by The Associated Press for every FBI "High Visibility Memorandum" filed between 1974 and 2005, allowing a lengthy traipse through the lives of celebrities from A (Louis Armstrong) to Kaye (Danny) to Z (Efrem Zimbalist). The AP's request produced more than 500 redacted memos totaling nearly 1,500 pages - a stack of documents six inches high.

For a lot more, FBI Files

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A statue of Mickey Mouse entitled 'Lobsta Mickey' stands in a room at Sotheby's in New York City on September 20, 2005. As part of Mickey Mouse's 75th anniversary, 75 statues of the famous mouse were painted and will be auctioned off on September 27 for different charities.
Photo by Seth Wenig
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Cancelled

'The Comeback'

HBO on Monday axed "The Comeback," a mockumentary comedy starring Lisa Kudrow as a has-been actress seeking to revive her career.

The former "Friends" star also created the show with production partner Michael Patrick King. Its 13-episode run ended September 4. Said an HBO spokeswoman, "We've looked at our schedule, and given our future commitments, we felt we would not be able to give the show the support it needed."

'The Comeback'

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Army Recruiting & Branded Integration

Dick Butkus

The U.S. Army is employing branded integration in a new ESPN series as the latest weapon in its efforts to target new recruits.

Staff Sgt. James Alexander Self, a basic combat training drill sergeant, will work alongside head coach and Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus to train the Montour Spartans in rural McKees Rocks, Penn. Self appears in most of the episodes but not the premiere.

The Army, in dire need of recruits, hopes its integration into "Bound for Glory" will help it reach its target audience -- in this case young males and their parents -- more effectively than with 30-second TV ads or direct mailings.

Dick Butkus

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This undated photograph, released by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, shows a sculpture of gilded silver, rock crystal, gems titled 'Reliquary Bust of Saint Ludmila, ca. 1350.' It is part of the show 'Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437,' which opened Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005, and runs through Jan. 3 before travelling to Prague in February.
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More Disney Magic

'Ugly' Woman

Deleese Williams of Conroe, Texas, has sued ABC's popular reality show "Extreme Makeover" for more than $1 million claiming among other things that an abrupt cancellation of her appearance on the program led to her sister's death.

The suit starts with the blunt description: "Deleese Williams is considered ugly" and says one doctor promised her "a Hollywood smile like Cindy Crawford."

The suit claims the "Extreme Makeover" crew manipulated Williams' sister, Kellie, into making cruel statements about Williams' looks.

The night before Williams was to begin her makeover, the show's producers told her it would take too long for work on her jaw to heal. They canceled her appearance and sent Williams home where Kellie, distraught over what she had said about her sister, eventually killed herself, according to the suit.

'Ugly' Woman

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Coming to New York

'Floating Island'

There's something unusual floating in the waters off Manhattan. (And no, it's not what you're thinking, so please, no mob or radioactive fish jokes.)

Thirty-five years after it was first conceptualized, artist Robert Smithson's "Floating Island To Travel Around Manhattan Island" - a flat barge covered with soil, trees, shrubs and rocks, led by a tugboat - will be doing precisely that, traveling up and down the Hudson and East rivers. The project makes its debut on Saturday, and can be seen through Sept. 25.

"It's a very charismatic project because everyone can relate to an island, we live and work on one," said Diane Shamash, executive director of Minetta Brook, the arts organization that launched the "Floating Island" with the Whitney Museum, which is holding a Smithson retrospective through Oct. 25.

'Floating Island'

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A Bolivian man holds up a coca seedling during a visit in Monte Sinai, district of the Chapare Province in the Bolivian Amazon August 18, 2005. After their latest victory in convincing the Bolivian government to legalize for each farmer a small plot of coca for personal consumption, the region's coca growers have begun to collaborate more and more with the authorities in the eradication of the illegal excess coca.
Photo by David Mercado
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Plays Celebrity Card

Oprah

Oprah Winfrey didn't waste any time in the new season of her syndicated TV show to revisit her summer feud with luxury store Hermes.

"Everybody who's ever been snubbed because you were not chic enough or the right class or the right color or whatever - I don't know what it was - you know that that is very humiliating and that is exactly what happened to me."

"I would like to say we're really sorry," said Robert Chavez, the chief executive officer of Hermes USA, who was a guest on Winfrey's show. "You did meet up with one very, very rigid staff person."

"Rigid or rude?" Winfrey challenged.

"Rigid and rude, I'm sure," Chavez replied.

Oprah

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In Memory

Joel Hirschhorn

Joel Hirschhorn, who shared two Academy Awards for theme songs in "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno," has died. He was 67.

With longtime collaborator Al Kasha, he won his first Oscar in 1973 for "The Morning After" from "Poseidon," a film about a luxury cruise ship capsized by an enormous wave.

They earned a second Academy Award in 1975 for "We May Never Love Like This Again" from "The Towering Inferno," a film about a catastrophic blaze in a high-rise building.

Two years later, Hirschhorn and Kasha were nominated for a pair of Oscars for songs from the Disney animated film "Pete's Dragon."

In addition to his wife of 20 years, documentary producer Jennifer Carter Hirschhorn, Hirschhorn is survived by her two sons, Kevin and Brent Carter; his mother, Evelyn Hirschhorn of Westlake Village; his sister, Madeleine Desjardins of Palm Desert; and a grandson.

Joel Hirschhorn

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A zoo-keeper feeds a Blyth's hornbill (Aceros plicatus) at Jakarta's Ragunan zoo September 20, 2005. Officials announced that the country's biggest zoo, on the outskirts of Jakarta, had been closed for three weeks after bird flu was found to have infected 19 exotic birds.
Photo by Dadang Tri
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