BartCop Entertainment Archives - Wednesday, 28 November, 2007

Wednesday

28 November, 2007

(Updated Daily)

[123 days in a row]

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AL GORE VISITS WHITE HOUSE, SECRETLY TURNS UP THERMOSTAT


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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Zachary Lewis: Wal-Mart draws huge crowd - of applicants (cleveland.com)
Those 6,000 people were competing for some 300 positions. That means for every one person hired, 19 people walked away empty-handed. It could have been worse. In Illinois recently, Masten said, 25,000 and 15,000 people applied at two Wal-Mart stores in the Chicago area, and neither of those is a large Supercenter.


Chris Johnson: Why the market still doesn't get it (blownmortgage.com)
After a year of contraction, the market still doesn't understand risk. Now, in late November of 2007 (a year after the meltdown started) we are still closing and funding loans that we have no business closing and funding. And the industry still has a misunderstanding of what a "good risk" is. The below numbers are used with permission of my client.


Bruce E. Levine: Is Our Worship of Consumerism and Technology Making Us Depressed? (Chelsea Green Publishing; Posted on AlterNet.org)
It would be a lot easier to address the increasing rate of depression among Americans if we weren't so afraid to admit that our consumer society makes us unhappy.


Jim Hightower: THE PUBLIC RALLIES FOR MEDIA DEMOCRACY (jimhightower.com)
Halloween was especially scary this year, thanks to a truly spooky move by Kevin Martin.


Sex on wheels (guardian.co.uk)
Julie Fernandez, best known for her role in "The Office," always dreamed of love and marriage. But she feared her brittle bones would prevent her from ever having a physical relationship ...


Aimee Levitt: "Pen & Inc.: Comic-book Artists are Drawn to St. Louis" (news.riverfronttimes.com)
An expanding comic art network has over the past decade has gravitated to the city, thanks in part to Xplane Graphics and the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University, where many of the city's cartoonists met and worked together.


Jonathan Zwickel: "Billy Joel: Best Before Puberty Hits" (portlandmercury.com)
The un-ironic indie embrace of '70s and '80s pop icons extends to Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, but shirks Billy Joel.


Jon Bream: "John Fogerty is having a revival with that CCR sound" (Star Tribune [Minneapolis]; Posted on popmatters.com)
John Fogerty could not escape his past. Whenever he'd grab a guitar to write a song with a Creedence Clearwater Revival-like vibe, he'd imagine a gremlin from some Southern swamp jumping on his shoulder, shaking a lawyerly finger and threatening: "You can't do that. I'm going to sue you."


BRYCE MERRILL: The Unscene (popmatters.com)
Is it possible to make pop music without concern that it's popular? A look at paradoxes of home recording.


'We don't care if we suck' (music.guardian.co.uk)
They sing songs about love, murder and drinking - and they're putting the outlaw spirit back into country music. Amy Fleming meets the hard-living Felice Brothers.


Created on a canvas of needless pain: a poet who inspired the underbelly (books.guardian.co.uk)
It was through the late Vernon Scannell - boxer, army deserter and largely unrecognised poet - that I learned to love verse, writes Simon Jenkins.


Roger Ebert: My problem with "Blue Velvet" (From the Archives: 1986)
If you want to understand David Lynch, maybe the place to start is with his paintings. He paints in a style he describes as "bad primitive art," and says that one of his paintings works if you feel the desire to sink your teeth into it.


An Egg a Day May Keep Macular Degeneration Away (seniorjournal.com)
An egg a day may help keep age-related macular degeneration away, according to a new study that says people are better able to absorb eye-healthy lutein from eggs than any other dietary source.


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Reader Comment

mr grinch observation

marty....'tis the season....

in the past six years, when I've seen the original mr. grinch on tv and I heard these words, the first person I've thought of is "you don't know dick" cheney...

   "Your soul is an appalling dump heap overflowing
   with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable
   rubbish imaginable,
   Mangled up in tangled up knots."
   and bush....
   "You're a three decker saurkraut and toadstool
   sandwich
   With arsenic sauce."


amazing how Dr. Seuss could see into the future and accurately describe our current "selected" president.and vice president.

the images I get now have put a little tinge of sadness around the edges of mr grinch and the program will never quite be the same to me again. ;-(


ducks


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LOOK....UP IN THE SKY

A HEAVENLY HAPPY FACE

CREATED BY CROWS

zEN mAN
(observing an amazing moment captured by a Nikon Camera)

zEN mAN archives


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Reader Suggestion

Link from Vic

OHMYGOD...Hope they get to the ROOT of his problem!

Tree man 'who grew roots' may be cured



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Trivia Question Of The Day

Who was the last US President not to have a college degree?

   A:    Harry Truman
   B:    Lyndon Johnson
   C:    Ulysses Grant
   D:    Rutherford B. Hayes



Send your answer to Marty




Buzzcook's* Yesterday's Trivia Question

Who was the only American to play James Bond?

  A:    Barry Nelson
   B:    Timothy Dalton
   C:    George Lazenby
   D:    Bob Holness        




DanD was first, but wrong, writing:
  The only name on the list that I readily recognize is "B," though I think I've also heard of "C." I'll go with Timothy Dalton.



Tom C was second, and completely correct, with:
  The answer is A Barry Nelson, who played James Bond in Casino Royale in an episode on the show Climax in 1954.



S. Bennett was also right -
  Barry Nelson. Me thinks it was one of those Playhouse 90 type live tv shows. I think Peter Lorre was also in it.



Joe ("Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit."  --Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa)) got it right, also, with:
  I know I'm not first with this answer, but in my defense I just got out of bed. A: Barry Nelson



Alan J was correct, with a simple:
  Barry Nelson



joe b was wrong with:
  It is "C" George Lazenby.



mj was right, and also makes an interesting point:
  A. is apparently the answer. Since I was pretty sure Nelson was the only Yank in the bunch, and I know he never did a movie, of this lot, he's the choice. But, didn't Woody Allen play one of the avatars of James/Jimmy Bond in the theatrical first incarnation of "Casino Royale"?



And, Marian the Teacher also got it right with:
  Not for the movies though. He was on tv as "Jimmy Bond" but was the same character based on the Ian Fleming novels. Got this from Google, so is this cheating??





Barry Nelson was born 16 April, 1917, in San Francisco, CA.
He was the first person to play "James Bond" in a visual sense (others have played him on radio), on the TV series "Climax!" Casino Royale (1954)

Timothy Dalton was born 21 March, 1944, in Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK.

George Lazenby was born on 5 September, 1939, in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. He is currently married to former tennis pro, Pam Shriver.

Bob Holness was born on 12 November, 1928, in Vryheid, Natal, South Africa.
Bob Holness was the second actor to portray James Bond, starring in a 1957 South African radio dramatisation of 'Moonraker'.


Now, mj brings up a great point - yes, Woody Allen did play James/Jimmy Bond (as did David Niven in the first movie version of Casino Royale (1967), which is the only James Bond movie to date to feature two US Top 40 chart-toppers from the same James Bond movie. They were the "Casino Royale" Theme by Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass Band and "The Look of Love", music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David and sung by Dusty Springfield.

So, a better phrased question would be: Who was the first American to portray James Bond?


And, S. Bennett's was also right about Peter Lorre - he played Le Chiffre in the original, made-for-TV version of Casino Royale on "Climax!" (1954).




Thanks to Buzzcook* for yesterday's question.




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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD

RUDY GIULIANI'S GAY LOVER COMES OUT!

AND WE THOUGHT BUSH WAS STUPID!

ALL GODS SUCK!

YES VIRGINIA, RATS ARE CARNIVORES!

THE BUZZY AND COOKIE SHOW! THIS WEEKS EPISODE: OBFUSCATION NATION!

DUH!

IT AINT OVER 'TILL THE FAT MAN SINGS!

CUTTING THE CHEESE!

OMELETTES INTO EGGS!

REALITY SETS IN!

IF YOU SHOP AT WAL-MART THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!

BABE POWER!

RIGHT WING NIT WITS HIGH ON BULLSHIT!

FAUX BUSINESS NEWS!



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Ark Of Darkness

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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Sunny and pleasant.



Tonight, Wednesday:

CBS starts the night with a FRESH 'Kid Nation', followed by a FRESH 'Criminal Minds', then a FRESH 'CSI: The 3rd One'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUN Dave (from 4/12/07) are Bruce Willis and Jason Randal.
On a STRIKE-related RERUN Craig (from 6/29/07) are Chris Isaak and Cory Kahaney.

NBC opens the night with a FRESH 'Christmas In Rockefeller Center', followed by a FRESH 'Bionic Woman', then a FRESH 'Life'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUN Leno (from 1/26/00) are Matt Damon, Selma Blair, and Third Eye Blind.
On a STRIKE-related RERUN Conan (from 9/28/07) are Seth Meyers, Bret Michaels, and Jose Gonzalez.
On a STRIKE-related RERUN Carson Daly (from 9/4/07) are Bill Bellamy and Hellogoodbye.

ABC begins the night with a FRESH 'Shrek The Halls', followed by the chestnut 'How The Grinch Stole Christmas', then a FRESH 'Pushing Daisies', followed by a FRESH 'Dirty Sexy Money'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUN Jimmy Kimmel is TBA.

The CW offers a FRESH 'America's Next Top Model', followed by a FRESH 'Gossip Girl'.

Faux has a FRESH hourlong 'Til Death', followed by a FRESH 'Kitchen Nightmares'.

MY has a FRESH 'Decision House', followed by 'Meet My Folks'.

A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', another 'CSI: The 2nd One', still another 'CSI: The 2nd One', and 'The Sopranos'.

AMC offers the movie 'Firefox', followed by the movie 'Die Hard With A Vengeance', then the movie 'Alien Resurrection'.

BBC  -   
 [12:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 3 Playhouse;
 [1:00 PM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep 2 Farmer;
 [2:00 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 13 Shepton Mallet 9;
 [2:30 PM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 14 Wetherby 20;
 [3:00 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 5;
 [3:30 PM]    How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 6;
 [4:00 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 7;
 [4:30 PM]    You Are What You Eat - Episode 8;
 [5:00 PM]    Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Walnut Tree;
 [6:00 PM]    My Family - Ep. 2 The Unkindest Cut;
 [6:30 PM]    My Family - Ep. 3 Parisian Beauty;
 [7:00 PM]    BBC World News America;
 [8:00 PM]    Hotel Babylon - Episode 1;
 [9:00 PM]    Hotel Babylon - Episode 2;
 [10:00 PM]    BBC World News America;
 [11:00 PM]    Hotel Babylon - Episode 1;
 [12:00 AM]    Hotel Babylon - Episode 2;
 [1:00 AM]    Absolutely Fabulous - Ep. 2 Death;
 [1:40 AM]    The World Stands Up - Episode 3;
 [2:00 AM]    The Weakest Link - Episode 2;
 [3:00 AM]    Hollyoaks - Episode 63;
 [3:30 AM]    Changing Rooms - Ep. 17 Penarth;
 [4:00 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 11 Detling 31;
 [4:30 AM]    Bargain Hunt - Ep. 12 Ardingly 26;
 [5:00 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 15 Johnson;
 [5:30 AM]    Cash in the Attic - Ep. 16 McCann;
 [6:00 AM]    BBC World News.    (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has 'Real Housewives', 'Project Runway', another 'Project Runway', and still another 'Project Runway'.

Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', and old 'Jon Stewart', an old 'Colbert Report', 'Chappelle's Show', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Drawn Together'.
On a STRIKE-related RERUN Jon Stewart (from 6/28/07) is Claire Danes.
On a STRIKE-related RERUN Colbert Report (from 5/9/07) are Salman Rushdie and Jane Fonda.

FX has the movie 'The Last Samurai', followed by the movie 'Kingdom Of Heaven'.

History has 'Modern Marvels', another 'Modern Marvels', 'Lost Worlds', and 'MonsterQuest'.

IFC  -   
 [07:10 AM]   My Left Foot;
 [09:00 AM]   Garage Days;
 [10:50 AM]   A Slipping-Down Life;
 [12:45 PM]   IFC Short Film Showcase;
 [01:45 PM]   My Left Foot;
 [03:35 PM]   Garage Days;
 [05:30 PM]   A Slipping-Down Life;
 [07:30 PM]   Quiet Cool;
 [09:00 PM]   Mona Lisa;
 [10:45 PM]   Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead;
 [12:45 AM]   Media Lab Results;
 [01:00 AM]   Mona Lisa;
 [02:45 AM]   Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead;
 [04:50 AM]   A Love Song For Bobby Long.    (ALL TIMES EST)

SciFi has the movie 'Scorpion King', 'Ghost Hunters', another 'Ghost Hunters', and still another 'Ghost Hunters'.

Sundance  -   
 [05:30 AM]   The Umbrellas of Cherbourg;
 [07:15 AM]   Travellers & Magicians;
 [09:00 AM]   Help!;
 [10:45 AM]   Make It Real (to me);
 [11:45 AM]   Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story;
 [01:45 PM]   Chain;
 [03:30 PM]   Still Breathing;
 [05:30 PM]   Swimmers;
 [07:00 PM]   Flower & Garnet;
 [09:00 PM]   Easy;
 [11:00 PM]   Episode 4;
 [11:30 PM]   (Episode 4);
 [12:00 AM]   Wynton Marsalis + John Besh;
 [01:00 AM]   Henry & June;
 [03:30 AM]   Three...Extremes;
 [05:45 AM]   Following.    (ALL TIMES EST)

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      Young Dr. Kildare (1938);
 [7:30 AM]      Calling Dr. Kildare (1939);
 [9:00 AM]      The Secret Of Dr. Kildare (1939);
 [10:30 AM]      Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940);
 [12:00 PM]      Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940);
 [1:30 PM]      Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940);
 [3:00 PM]      Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941);
 [4:30 PM]      The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941);
 [6:00 PM]      Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942);
 [8:00 PM]      Odd Man Out (1947);
 [10:00 PM]      Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961);
 [11:45 PM]      The Wrong Box (1966);
 [1:45 AM]      The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming (1966);
 [4:00 AM]      Private Screenings: Norman Jewison (2007);
 [5:00 AM]      Hot Water (1924)    SILENT .    (ALL TIMES EST)


Thursday  -  11/29/07

TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      The Durango Kid (1940);
 [7:15 AM]      Return of the Durango Kid (1945);
 [8:15 AM]      Both Barrels Blazing (1945);
 [9:15 AM]      Blazing the Western Trail (1945);
 [10:30 AM]      Lawless Empire (1945);
 [11:45 AM]      Father Of The Bride (1950);
 [1:30 PM]      Father's Little Dividend (1951);
 [3:00 PM]      Fast Company (1938);
 [4:30 PM]      Fast And Loose (1939);
 [6:00 PM]      Fast And Furious (1939);
 [8:00 PM]      Inherit The Wind (1960);
 [10:15 PM]      A Face In The Crowd (1957);
 [12:30 AM]      Juliet of the Spirits (1965);
 [3:00 AM]      Hot Rods To Hell (1967);
 [4:45 AM]      Go, Johnny, Go! (1959).    (ALL TIMES EST)



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Neil Young performs Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at Massey Hall in Toronto.
Photo by J.P. Moczulski
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Honor Pickets

Democrats

The writers strike is threatening to put on ice the December 10 Democratic presidential debate hosted by CBS News as the party's front-runners say that they won't cross a picket line.

The strike also is cooling the ardor of the candidates and their spouses to appear on ABC's "The View," as the candidates and their spouses are refusing to cross the picket line to make appearances on the talker.

In separate statements or interviews before the Thanksgiving holiday, the three front-runners said that they will honor picket lines set up by the CBS newswriters if they go on strike. The candidates also appeared willing to honor picket lines set up by the Writers Guild of America.

The newswriters' union has authorized a strike but has not yet called for a work stoppage. Striking WGA West members have set up picket lines in Los Angeles and could set up pickets at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, where soap operas, "The Price Is Right" and primetime shows are produced.

Democrats

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Defying Strike

Carson Daly

NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly" is about to become the first late-night talk show to defy the writers strike and resume production.

Daly, who is not a member of the Writers Guild, will begin taping new episodes of his Burbank-based show this week for airing next week, an NBC spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.

The half-hour "Last Call" airs at 1:35 a.m. EST weeknights, but whether Daly's first new episode would air next Monday or Tuesday was initially unclear. No guests were disclosed.

Carson Daly


Carson Daly Seeking Scabs

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Don Mancini, holding a 'Chuckie' doll, has written for all the series of 'Chuckie' horror films, joins several horror writers performing an exorcism, saying the AMPTP, while not evil, has 'been invaded by evil spirits whose devilish agenda is the destruction of our Guild,' according to a statement by the group, as they picket outside Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007.
Photo by Reed Saxon
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Endorses Hillary Clinton

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand, who hedged her bets months ago with donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, has settled on one presidential candidate.

It's Hillary.

"Madame President of the United States ... it's an extraordinary thought. We truly are in a momentous time, where a woman's potential has no limitations," Streisand said in a statement released Tuesday by the Clinton campaign. "Hillary Clinton has already proven to a generation of women that there are no limits for success."

Barbra Streisand

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Awarded Bad Sex Prize

Norman Mailer

Writer Norman Mailer, a giant of the American literary scene and twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was posthumously given the Bad Sex in Fiction Award on Tuesday.

"We are sure that he would have taken the prize in good humor," the judges said of the award to Mailer, who died on Nov 10 of kidney failure at the age of 84.

The award most dreaded by authors was established in 1993 by the late Auberon Waugh when he was editor-in-chief of The Literary Review. Previous winners have included U.S. writer Tom Wolfe and British author Sebastian Faulks.

The winning passage, which leaves little to the imagination, begins: "So Klara turned head to foot and put her most unmentionable part down on his hard-breathing nose and mouth and took his old battering ram into her lips."

Norman Mailer

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Heading Berlin Film Jury

Constantin Costa-Gavras

Constantin Costa-Gavras, the Greek-born director of "Z" and "Missing," will head the jury at the annual Berlin film festival in February.

Italian director Francesco Rosi will get the festival's top Golden Bear award for lifetime achievement at the Feb. 7-17 event, organizers also said Tuesday.

Costa-Gavras, who lives in France and is president of the French Cinematheque, made his international breakthrough with the political thriller "Z" in 1969, which won Oscars for best foreign language film and best film editing.

In 1982, his film "Missing," starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek, won a best screenplay Oscar. He also directed 1988's "Betrayed," starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger, which focused on the militaristic right in the U.S.

Constantin Costa-Gavras

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Lisa Kudrow, left, and Zach Braff pose for photographers after they announced nominations for the 2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian
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2 Stuntmen Burned On Set

Adam Sandler

An accident on the set of Adam Sandler's latest comedy burned two stuntmen.

One person was burned on his hands and legs and another on his back during filming on the Universal Studios back lot, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Sam Padilla said Monday. Both victims, whose identities were not released, were taken to a hospital, he said.

The injuries occurred during the filming of a scene for "You Don't Mess with the Zohan," said Steve Elzer, a spokesman for Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, which is distributing the movie.

Adam Sandler

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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')

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Vote Affecting Cable TV In Jeopardy

FCC

The country's top communications regulator scrambled to save face Tuesday as fellow members of the Federal Communications Commission scuttled his effort to expand government control over cable programming.

A recent FCC report promoted by Kevin Martin (R-Rupert's Fluffer), the agency's chairman, found that cable TV reaches a wide enough U.S. audience to trigger a rule within a 1984 law that would give the government significant new powers to ensure program diversity.

But the cable industry disputes the data underlying the report and a majority of the agency's five-member commission have expressed similar doubts.

That left Martin attempting to broker a compromise with the other four commissioners on the same day the FCC was scheduled to vote on the report - a process that caused the FCC to delay the start of its meeting by more than eight hours.

FCC

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Musician Peter Frampton performs with the Funk Brothers at the first annual Musicians Hall of Fame Awards Show at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. The Funk Brothers were inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame during the show.
Photo by Jeff Adkins
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Feds Cancel Customer ID Request

Amazon

Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show.

The withdrawal came after a judge ruled the customers have a First Amendment right to keep their reading habits from the government.

"The (subpoena's) chilling effect on expressive e-commerce would frost keyboards across America," U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker wrote in a June ruling.

"Well-founded or not, rumors of an Orwellian federal criminal investigation into the reading habits of Amazon's customers could frighten countless potential customers into canceling planned online book purchases," the judge wrote in a ruling he unsealed last week.

Amazon

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Endymion Parade

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner will ride in the Endymion parade, one of the largest parades in New Orleans' Carnival season.

Endymion, one of the most popular events of the Carnival season because of its elaborate floats and celebrities, will return to its mid-city route after two years of rolling uptown in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The parade will be held Feb. 2.

Kevin Costner

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Musician Jon Bon Jovi is joined on a home tour by Sister Mary Scullion (C), homeowner Marion Rogers (R) and Rogers' daughters Miranda and Ahleeyah in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 26, 2007. Bon Jovi was attending an event for the group Project Home, which used his $450,000 donation to revitalize a block of houses in order to provide 15 affordable, quality homes to first-time home buyers in North Philadelphia.
Photo by Tim Shaffer
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Back In Muncie

Erik Estrada

Erik Estrada is back in Muncie this week for training to keep up the reserve police officer status he earned as part of the canceled CBS reality show "Armed & Famous."

"When I make a commitment to be somewhere, it's done, like gold," Estrada, 58, told The Star Press in an interview Monday. "And I'll be here next year too, and the year after that."

"And I hope, 30 or 40 years from now, God willing, that when it's time to put me in my grave, I'll go in my Muncie uniform and badge," he said.

Erik Estrada

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No Charges

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan won't be charged for getting into a scuffle with a photographer last month in Malibu, authorities said Tuesday.

"There is insufficient evidence to prove this case to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt," prosecutor James Garrison said in declining to file a battery charge.

Pierce Brosnan

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In this undated photo released by Island Def Jam Music Group, daredevil Robert Craig 'Evil' Knievel and musician Kanye West pose for a photo at Knievel's home in Clearwater, Fla. Knievel and West have amicably resolved and dismissed the case, entitled Knievel and K and K Promotions v West, Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC, Chris Milk and AOL LLC, in connection with West's 'Touch the Sky' video.
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50-State Series Wraps In '08

Quarters

A grizzly bear clutching a salmon, the Grand Canyon at sunrise and a scissortail flycatcher in flight. Those striking images will be on the final batch of state quarters as the most successful coin program in history draws to a close.

The final five coins will start with Oklahoma, which entered the union in 1907. It will feature the state bird, the scissortail flycatcher, and the state wildflower, the Indian blanket.

That will be followed by a Zia sun symbol for New Mexico, which entered the union on Jan. 6, 1912. Arizona, admitted on Feb. 14, 1912, will be represented by the Grand Canyon and a saguaro cactus.

Alaska's coin will feature a grizzly bear wading in a stream with a salmon in its mouth while the Hawaii coin depicts King Kamehameha. Alaska and Hawaii were the last states to join the union in 1959.

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Italian Expert Skeptical

Adriano La Regina

A leading Italian archaeologist said Friday that the grotto whose discovery was announced this week in Rome is not the sacred cave linked to the myth of the city's foundation by Romulus and Remus.

The Culture Ministry and experts who presented the find said they were "reasonably certain" the cavern is the Lupercale -- a sanctuary worshipped for centuries by Romans because, according to legend, a wolf nursed the twin brothers there.

But Adriano La Regina, Rome's superintendent of archaeology from 1976 to 2004, said ancient descriptions of the place suggest the Lupercale is elsewhere -- 50 to 70 meters northwest of the cave discovered near Emperor Augustus' palace. "I am positive this is not the Lupercale," La Regina told Reuters in an interview.

Instead, he believes the cave -- which ministry pictures show is decorated with well-preserved seashells and colored mosaics -- was a room in Nero's first palace on the Palatine Hill, which burnt down in 64 AD in the great fire of Rome.

Adriano La Regina

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Truffle hunter Cristiano Savini shows his latest find in Rome, Tuesday Nov. 27, 2007. Savini said Tuesday that he was hunting with his father and his dog Rocco last week in Palaia, a Tuscan town about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Pisa, when the dog, who is trained to use its keen sense of scent to root out the expensive delicacies in the ground, started sniffing 'like crazy.' With Rocco leashed to a tree to prevent him from digging too furiously and possibly ruin their find, the Savinis extracted a truffle they claim weighs 1.497 kilos (about 3.3 pounds), which they contend is a record weight. The heavy white truffle will be auctioned off this week in Florence for charity.
Photo by Andrew Medichini
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Stupid Gifts

From Mother Teresa breath spray to a screaming rubber chicken, manufacturers come up with stockings full of stupid gifts in time for the holidays with one Web site dedicated to finding the most idiotic.

Web site Stupid.com, which claims finding a truly stupid gift is an art form, on Monday unveiled its list of the top 10 "stupidest" holiday gifts for 2007.

"These gifts are so ridiculously stupid that everyone will want them," said Stupid.com's founder Gary Apple in a statement.

For the list: Stupid Gifts

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In Memory

Mel Tolkin

Mel Tolkin, the head writer for Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows," which defined the art of sketch comedy during television's Golden Age, has died. He was 94.

Tolkin spent nearly a half-century in show business, beginning in the 1930s when he wrote revues and played piano in Montreal jazz clubs. He wrote comedy for Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Danny Kaye and Danny Thomas and in the 1970s was a writer and story editor for "All in the Family."

For Caesar, he contributed to the 1949 TV variety show "The Admiral Broadway Revue," and wrote for "Your Show of Shows" from 1950-54 - including its theme song - and for "Caesar's Hour," which ran from 1954-57.

As head writer on "Your Show of Shows," Tolkin worked with the likes of Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen and Larry Gelbart, whose later credits include "M-A-S-H" and "Tootsie.'"

Tolkin received several Emmy nominations and shared an Emmy with several colleagues in 1967 for "The Sid Caesar,Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special."

He was born Samuel Tolchinsky in the Ukraine in 1913; the family moved to Montreal when he was in his teens. He studied accounting after high school but also wrote musical revues, using the name Mel Tolkin so his parents wouldn't know.

In addition to his sons Michael and Stephen, Tolkin is survived by his wife, Edith; a brother, Sol Tolchinsky; and four grandchildren.

Mel Tolkin

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A 28-day old Andean female baby condor chick nuzzles up to a latex puppet that represents an adult at the Buenos Aires Zoo, November 27, 2007. The puppet is designed to prevent the baby bird from becoming attached to humans. Chicks bred this way are released into their natural environment when their plumage is fully developed.
Photo by Enrique Marcarian
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