PBS' Great Performances series - Hamlet

Heads-up for all of you who still miss the Tenth Doctor: David Tennant stars in a "modern-dress" adaptation of Hamlet alongside the delightful Patrick Stewart. It airs tonight as part of PBS' Great Performances series.

PBS also has a brief video interview with Stewart about the film. Note: Immediately following the broadcast, Hamlet will be posted online in its entirety on the Great Performances site. (It arrives on DVD May 4, so you have several ways to watch.)

Hamlet airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET.

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Earth Day Playlist

Here's an Earth Day playlist of songs about taking better care of Planet Earth, better care of one another and better care of ourselves.



MERCY, MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) - Marvin Gaye
THE LAST RESORT - The Eagles
HANDS ALL OVER - Soundgarden
EARTH SONG - Michael Jackson
MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN - The Pixies
BIG YELLOW TAXI - Joni Mitchell
DOWN TO EARTH - Peter Gabriel
NATURE'S WAY - Spirit
(NOTHING BUT) FLOWERS - Talking Heads
EARTH ANTHEM - The Turtles
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER - The Beach Boys
DON'T DRINK THE WATER - Dave Matthews Band
CUYAHOGA - R.E.M.
BEFORE THE DELUGE - Jackson Browne
EARTH - Imogen Heap
HARVEST FOR THE WORLD - The Isley Brothers
BEDS ARE BURNING - Midnight Oil
THE WORLD BEGAN IN EDEN AND IT ENDED IN LOS ANGELES - Phil Ochs
EARTH CRISIS - Steel Pulse
SALTWATER - Julian Lennon
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH - Neil Young

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wild/mercy-mercy-me-the-ecolog_b_548407.html


Green Green - The New Christy Minstrels
Green Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones
Ashes To Ashes by Steve Earle
Everybody Loves the Sunshine- Roy Ayers
When the World is Running Down-The Police
The Secret Life of Plants (the entire album!)-Stevie Wonder
If You Need Oil -- Randy Newman
Gulf Of Mexico (Fishing Boat Blues) -- Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby
The Oil Song -- Steve Forbert
Gulf Of Mexico -- Clint Black
Pete Seeger -- Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
The Stylistics -- People Make the World Go Round
Bill Withers -- Lovely Day (an absolute favorite of mine)
Ramsey Lewis with Earth, Wind and Fire -- Sun Goddess
Donald Fagen -- I.G.Y. (from, IMO, one of the best albums ever made, 'The Nightfly')
Back to the Island ----- Leon Russell
The River ----Springsteen
Europa ----Santana
Ventura Highway ----America
Teach Your Children ----CSNY
Watching the River ----Loggins and Messina
Roof Garden ----Al Jarreau
Black Water ----Doobie Brothers
16 Tons----- Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Flat Earth ---- Thomas Dolby
The Earth Died Screaming------Tom Waits
Over The Montain and Across the Sea---- Johnnie and Joe
When the Wind Was Green ---- Frank Sinatra
Breathe ---- Pink Floud
Fake Plastic Trees ---- Radiohead
In Bloom ---- Nirvana
Little Water Song ---- Ute Lemper
Mourning Air ----Portishead
O Green World ---- Gorillaz
There She Goes, My Beautiful World ----- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Only So Much Oil in the Ground- Tower of Power
Save this House- Spirit of the West
World on Fire- Sarah McLoughlin
Perfect Day -- Hoku
Hymn of the Big Wheel -- Massive Attack
Green Grass and High Tides -- The Outlaws
We Kill the World - Boney M (yes! the ultimate Earth day song)
When You Gonna Learn -Jamiroquai
Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai
Too Young to Die - Jamiroquai
Where is the Love -Black Eyed Peas
Fields of Gold - Sting
Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & The Shondells
Where Do the Children Play - Cat Stevens
Beautiful Day - U2
Cool Change - Little River Band
Make The World Go Away - Eddy Arnold
Don't They Know It's The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis
Stop The World I Want To Get Off - Gorky Park
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.

Tom Sizemore

We saw the very talented actor Tom Sizemore on Larry King.

Best Wishes. He is always the best thing about all his films.





Larry King - http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/

April 21, 2010

Actor Tom Sizemore opens up on his battle with drug addiction and the fight to stay clean.

Sizemore Recited Shakespeare To Stay Sane In Prison

TOM SIZEMORE used his acting skills to help him cope with prison - he would recite Shakespearean plays to pass the time in his cell.

The Saving Private Ryan actor was jailed for 17 months in 2005 after failing drug tests while on probation for assaulting his then girlfriend, Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, two years earlier (03).

And Sizemore reveals he endured life behind bars by focusing on his love of The Bard - writing down excerpts from his favourite plays and reciting them to keep his "brain working".

He tells U.S. newsman Larry King, "I didn't do drugs in prison. I focused on not losing myself. There wasn't a lot of fighting. I had to fight a few times and I can handle myself. I'll take a beating, I don't care.

"But in prison, it's different. Taking a beating could be your last beating. I know Shakespeare a lot. I know it well. I remember full plays almost. I've (a) really great memory. I wrote down as many of the plays I've been in that I can remember the lines that I had and other characters I had. I wrote down the movies I had been in.

"I wrote them out to make sure my brain was still working and to keep myself - I have a good imagination, I could disappear into (acting)... When I played Iago (in Othello), I still know what I did when I was 21."

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This weekend the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach takes over the streets of downtown Long Beach, CA.

The three day event, which attracts world-class Indy 500 drivers, includes a Pro/Celeb race on Saturday, 4.17 where movie, TV and music stars battle it out on the race course.

Last year's winner, Keanu Reeves will back along with Adrien Brody, and newcomers, Christian Slater, Brian Austin Green, Anthony Anderson, Adam Carolla, Tony Hawk, Jesse McCartney, Patrick Warburton, Megyn Price, Tika Sumpter, and this year's Grand Marshal, Mark Wahlberg.

http://www.gplb.com/index.html

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Cal Worthington

I was listening to my car radio this morning (KFI AM 640 - Bill Handel) and Cal Worthington was being interviewed. Just this past weekend himself and I were watching TV and a Worthington Ford commercial played, which had us both asking, "How old IS Cal Worthington? We got our answer. Cal is 89 (in 2010).

I learned several other interesting things also, he was a decorated B-17 pilot over Germany during WWII and could not find work as a pilot after the war because he did not have a college degree. He went on to become one of the most famous car dealers in the US.


http://www.kfi640.com/pages/Bill_Handel.html


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The Webby Awards

The Webby Awards, now in their 14th year, highlight the best use of the Internet across a range of categories from the worlds of entertainment and news.

The New York Times stood out by garnering 15 nods, two more than last year, when it also led all nominees.

"They have a prolific and diverse approach to delivering content, quite frankly, and I think they do a lot of new things in a lot of different mediums," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards.

Davies noted the New York Times was among the first newspapers to have its reporters send out short "tweet" messages on the social networking website Twitter.com.

The newspaper's online nominations this year came in such categories as best news, photography and writing.

British broadcaster BBC was the second most-nominated group with nine nods, followed by six each for the comedy websites CollegeHumor and The Onion.

Colbert, who won "Webby Person of the Year" award in 2008, was recognized again this year with a nomination for his website ColbertNation.com.

Actor Zach Galifianakis, the rising star of comedy movies "The Hangover" and "Youth in Revolt," earned a nomination in the comedy category for his online talk show "Between Two Ferns," which features his interviews with celebrity guests.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

In the viral video category, a father's videotape of his disoriented son after dental surgery received a nomination. The video is called David After Dentist, and it has been seen more than 50 million times on the website YouTube.com.

Davies said that the past year has been marked by the rise of mobile applications for cell phones and other technology that provide users with services and content.

Foursquare, which was nominated in the mobile social networking category, is an example of that new trend, Davies said. It allows users to earn points by going to certain locations, and keeping track of where their friends have been.

The Webby Award winners will be celebrated at a ceremony in New York on June 14. A panel of judges that includes rock star David Bowie will choose a list of winners, and the public will get a chance to pick their favorites.

Information on further nominees can be found at www.webbyawards.com.

http://www.reuters.com/

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