WA2K Radio is now on the air

and the protests continue, edgar.

Time for me to say goodnight, and here is a poem of moon's delight

Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;

One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;

A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws, and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.

by Walter de la Mare

From Letty with love

We Can Work It Out
The Beatles

Try to see it my way
Do I have to keep on talking
Till I can't go on
While you see it your way
Run the risk of knowing
That our love may soon be gone
We can work it out
We can work it out

Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong
And still you think that it's alright
Think of what I'm saying
We can work it out and get it straight
Or say good night
We can work it out
We can work it out

Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again

Try to see it my way
Only time will tell
If I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance
That we may fall apart before too long
We can work it out
We can work it out

Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again

Try to see it my way
Only time will tell
If I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance
That we may fall apart before too long
We can work it out
We can work it out

Good morning, WA2K folks.

edgar, thanks for the fab four song. That one is quite familiar, but here is one that isn't.(to me, anyway)

The Dandy Warhols?

Good Morning

In my good good morning
I'm up before the sun can bring,
early morning, and everyone
like a shiny thing.

All my angels appear
before my window saying
";good morning";
in my good morning

In my good, good morning
I feel before my thoughts all spring.
Am I conscious or
is this my unconscious being
No more like a dream than a
God before my conscious saying
";Good morning"; in my good morning?

In my good, good morning
I'm up before the sun can bring,
Early morining, and Everyone like a shiny
thing.
No more like a dream, then a God before
my conscious saying
";Good Morning"; In my good morning

Good morning WA2K.

Wishing a Happy 67th to Timothy Dalton; 45th to Matthew Broderick and 45th to Rosie O'Donnell.




and a Good Day to all.

Well, folks, there's our pretty pup with photo's. Thanks PA.

We're looking at Timothy Dalton, aka, Bond, James Bond. Matthew of Ladyhawke, and the ever controversial Rosie. I loved the movie Ladyhawke, incidentally.

Speaking of hawkes, where is our biobob? Now I am getting a bit concerned.

From Timothy's Bond film.....

A-Ha

Hey driver, where're we going
I swear my nerves are showing
Set your hopes up way too high
The living's in the way we die

Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand people...I'm the one they blame
I've been waiting long for one of us to say
Save the darkness, let it never fade away
In the living daylights

All right, hold on tight now
It's down, down to the wire
Set your hopes up way too high
The living's in the way we die

Comes the morning and the headlights fade in rain
Hundred thousand changes...everything's the same
I've been waiting long for one of us to say
Save the darkness, let it never fade away
In the living daylights

Comes the morning and the headlights fade away
Hundred thousand people...I'm the one they frame
In the living daylights

Timothy Dalton
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Birth name Timothy Peter Dalton
Born March 21, 1946 (age 61)
Colwyn Bay, Wales
Official site http://www.timothydalton.com/
Notable roles King Philip II of France
Prince Barin
Edward Rochester
James Bond
Neville Sinclair
Rhett Butler
Julius Caesar
Lord Asriel
Simon Skinner

Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946[1]) is a Welsh born English actor of stage and screen, best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989).







Biography


Youth and early career

Born in Colwyn Bay, Wales, to an English father and an American mother, Timothy Dalton is of mixed English and Italian-Irish ancestry. Before he was born, his family moved to Wales; where his father was stationed during World War II. During the late 1940s, as he was reaching four years old, the family moved to Belper, Derbyshire in England. He became interested in acting in his teenage years, and left school in 1964 to enroll in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and tour with the National Youth Theatre in the summer. Dalton did not complete his RADA studies, leaving the academy in 1966 to join the ensemble of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He quickly moved to television, working mainly with BBC and, in 1968, made his film debut in The Lion in Winter, the first of several period dramas.

After a few more films, Dalton took a break in 1971 to concentrate on the theatre, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and other troupes throughout the world. With the exception of the 1975 film Permission to Kill, he remained a theatre actor until 1978. That year he starred in Sextette, hailing his return to cinema and the beginning of his American career. While in the United States, Dalton worked mainly in television, although he starred in several European films and gave notable performances for the BBC.


James Bond (1987-1994)

In 1986, after Roger Moore's retirement from the role of James Bond, the lean, 6'2" green-eyed Dalton was the first choice to replace Roger Moore, but obligations to the film Brenda Starr and the stage productions of Antony & Cleopatra and The Taming of The Shrew kept him from accepting the role. Sam Neill was then screen-tested for the part of Bond, but was ultimately rejected by Albert Broccoli. Pierce Brosnan was then approached for the role, but was forced by NBC to turn it down (after initially accepting it) because of his commitment to the television revival of Remington Steele. In the ensuing time, Dalton had completed the filming of Brenda Starr and was now able to accept the role of James Bond.

Previously, Dalton had been considered as a replacement for Sean Connery when Connery left the role and offered the role of James Bond four times. In 1968, he was asked to play Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Sean Connery having decided that You Only Live Twice (1967) would be his last Bond film. Dalton turned the offer down, feeling he was too young for the role, and because of what he felt was an imposing legacy left behind by Connery; the role finally went to George Lazenby. During the late 1970s, he was approached again, but he did not favour the direction the movies were taking. As he explained, his idea of Bond was different.[2]. Dalton was also asked to star in For Your Eyes Only (1981), and the producers also considered him for the role in Octopussy (1983), but they finally re-contracted Roger Moore (see Octopussy).


Dalton's first outing as 007, The Living Daylights (1987) was successful, and grossed more than the previous two Bond films with Roger Moore, as well as contemporary box-office rivals such as Die Hard and Lethal Weapon. However, his second film, Licence to Kill (1989), did not perform as well at the US box office, in large part due to a lackluster marketing campaign, after the title of the film was abruptly changed from 'Licence Revoked'.

Since Dalton was contracted to do three Bond movies,[3] the pre-production of his third film began in 1990, in order to be released in 1991. It was rumored that he would make The Property of a Lady (which is one of Ian Fleming's short stories), but this was never confirmed. What was confirmed is that the story would deal with the destruction of a chemical weapons laboratory in Scotland, and the events would take place in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. However, the film was canceled due to legal issues between UA/MGM and EON that ran for around 4 years.[4]

In 1993, the legal battle was over, and Timothy Dalton was expected to return as James Bond (although his contract had been expired, negotiations with him to renew it were being held); the next Bond movie became Goldeneye.[5]. In an interview with the Daily Mail in August of that year, Dalton indicated that Michael France was writing the story of the new movie, and the production was to begin in January or February 1994..[6]. When the deadline was not met, Dalton surprised everyone on the 12th of April 1994 (during the time he was shooting the mini-series Scarlett) that he would not return as James Bond. In taking that decision, he exercised the option that his contract had already expired. Two months later, it was announced that Pierce Brosnan is the new James Bond.

Timothy Dalton's assertion that Michael France was writing the new film proved correct. Working closely with the Broccolis and Wilson, France had created a first draft screenplay named after Ian Fleming's house in Jamaica, GoldenEye. The first draft had been written with Dalton in mind and, when Brosnan came on board, it was rewritten by British writer Jeffrey Caine who retained a lot of France's original ideas (involving Bond's relationship with the traitorous 006, Alec Trevelyan) but added new angles to the piece - it was Caine who added the prologue that opens the finished film. A third writer, Kevin Wade, was brought in to polish the script, followed by final tinkering by Bruce Feirstein, a friend of Barbara Broccoli and her husband Fred Zollo (see GoldenEye for full details). Dalton reflects (in 2007) on the (retrospective) possibility of appearing as James Bond for a third time: "I was supposed to make one more but it was cancelled because MGM and the film's producers got into a law suit which lasted for five years. After that, I didn't want to do it anymore."[7]

Compared to Moore, Dalton's portrayal of Bond was darker, more grittily realistic and truer to the original character as portrayed in Fleming's novels. He also came across as a reluctant agent who did always not enjoy the assignments he was given. In The Living Daylights he tells a critical colleague: "Tell M what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it." In Licence to Kill, he quits the secret service in order to pursue his own agenda.

This was something of a double-edged sword. Critics and fans of Fleming's original novels welcomed a more serious interpretation after more than a decade of Roger Moore's lighthearted approach.[8] However, the reaction of Moore aficionados and those who had grown up with Moore as their Bond during his 12-year tenure (as well as Sean Connery before) was mixed, as most of them were generally unfamiliar with Ian Fleming's original novels, while Desmond Llewelyn, who played gadget master Q, stated that he favoured Dalton's performance for being closer to Fleming's original novels.[citation needed] Dalton's serious interpretation was not only in portraying the character, but also in performing most of the stunts of the action scenes by himself, with the assistance of stunt coordinator Jonas Carp.[9]


The Post Bond Era

After his Bond films, Dalton divided his professional career work between, stage and television and films; where he diversified the characters he played. This helped him to eliminate the 007 typacasting that followed him during the previous period. For example, he played Rhett Butler in Scarlett, the television mini-series sequel to Gone with the Wind. During the second half of the 1990s, he starred in several cable movies; most notably the IRA drama The Informant and the action thriller Made Men. He also played Julius Ceasar in the 1999 TV movie Cleopatra. In 2003, he played a parody of James Bond named Damian Drake in the film Looney Tunes: Back in Action. At the end of that year and the beginning of 2004, he returned to theatre to play Lord Asriel in the stage version of His Dark Materials (the same character is played in the 2007 movie version by one of Dalton's successors in the James Bond role; Daniel Craig). In 2007, Dalton appeared in the acclaimed action/comedy movie Hot Fuzz, his most prominent appearance in mainstream cinema for several years.

Gary Oldman
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Birth name Leonard Gary Oldman
Born March 21, 1958 (48 years old)
New Cross, London, England
Spouse(s) Lesley Manville (1988-1990)
Uma Thurman (1990-1992)
Donya Fiorentino (1997-2001)

Gary Oldman (born Leonard Gary Oldman on March 21, 1958 in New Cross, London, England) is an English actor.

After being rejected for admission into Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he won a scholarship to the Rose Bruford College, where he received a BA in Drama in 1979. He later studied with the Greenwich Young People's Theatre and went on to appear in a number of stage plays including The Pope's Wedding, for which he received Time Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer of 1985 - 1986 and the British Theatre Association's Drama Magazine Award as Best Actor of 1985.

Oldman first appeared on screen in the film Remembrance in 1982, going on to win his first starring role in Sid and Nancy (1986), in which he played the Sex Pistols' ill-fated bassist Sid Vicious. He has become known for playing eccentrics and for his mastery of accents. He has played a variety of famous characters including Dracula, Ludwig van Beethoven, Lee Harvey Oswald, James Gordon, Dr. Zachary Smith, Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz, Sirius Black, Pontius Pilate, and the Devil. He has played many villains, including a vampire (Bram Stoker's Dracula), a pimp (True Romance), a disfigured paedophile (Hannibal), a futuristic megacorp tyrant (The Fifth Element), a corrupt DEA officer (Léon), a sadistic prison warden (Murder in the First), the Russian terrorist leader Ivan Korshunov (Air Force One), a president-murderer (JFK), and a violent football hooligan (The Firm).

In 1997, he directed, produced, and wrote Nil by Mouth, partially based on his life, which went on to win the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, a BAFTA Award (shared with Douglas Urbanski) and also the British Academy Award for Best Screenplay, the Channel 4 Director's Award, and the Empire Award, and was declared by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts as one of the one hundred best films of all time. Recently Nil By Mouth was listed by Time Out as number two of the top fifty best British films ever.

Oldman has been married three times: to Lesley Manville (1988 - 1990), Uma Thurman (1990 - 1992), and Donya Fiorentino (1997 - 2001). He also has three sons, Alfred (b. 1988) by Manville, and Gulliver Flynn (b. 1997) and Charlie John (b. 1999) by Fiorentino. He was granted sole legal and physical custody of his sons with Fiorentino.

Oldman and producing partner Douglas Urbanski formed the SE8 GROUP to produce Nil By Mouth. The company also produced The Contender, which also starred Oldman. Gary Oldman has currently finished his latest screenplay, Chang & Eng, based on the novel by Darin Strauss, which SE8 Group will produce.

In September 2006 Nokia Nseries Studio released the Oldman directed short "Donut" (MPEG-4, 320x240 pixel, 23 MB) with music by Tor Hyams. The film was shot with an N93 in order to promote the phone.

Matthew Broderick
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Birth name Matthew Broderick
Born March 21, 1962 (age 45)
New York City, New York, United States
Spouse(s) Sarah Jessica Parker (19 May 1997 - present) 1 child
Notable roles Ferris Bueller in
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Voice of Adult Simba in
The Lion King
Leopold Bloom in
The Producers
Niko "Nick" Tatapolous in
Godzilla (1998 film)
Tony Awards

Leading Actor in a Musical
1995 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Featured Actor in a Play
1983 Brighton Beach Memoirs

Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is a Tony Award winning American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his roles as the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and as the adult voice of Simba in The Lion King. He is also acclaimed for his role as Leo Bloom in The Producers.



Biography

Early life

Broderick was born in New York City, the son of actor James Broderick and Patricia Broderick (née Biow), a playwright, actress and painter whose work was recently posthumously shown at the Tibor de Nagy gallery in New York[1]. Broderick's mother was culturally Jewish; his father was Catholic[1] and of Irish descent [2]. Broderick attended grade school at the City & Country School, a progressive K-8 school in Manhattan; and high school at Walden School, a private school in Manhattan with a strong drama program.


Career

Broderick's first major acting role came in a role in an HB Studio workshop production of playwright Horton Foote's On Valentine's Day, playing opposite his father James, who was a friend of Foote's. This was followed by a lead role in the off-Broadway production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy; a good review by New York Times theater critic Mel Gussow brought him to the attention of Broadway. Broderick commented on the effects of that review in a 2004 60 Minutes II interview:

"Before I knew it, I was like this guy in a hot play. And suddenly all these doors opened. And it's only because Mel Gussow happened to come by right before it closed and happened to like it. It's just amazing. All these things have to line up that are out of your control."

He followed that with the role of Eugene Morris Jerome in two Neil Simon plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues, both plays are part of what is known as the "Eugene Trilogy" . In between those plays he starred in WarGames, a summer hit in 1983. Broderick auditioned for the role of Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom Family Ties and was offered the role, but he had to turn it down because of his movie schedule. Broderick then got the role as the charming, clever slacker in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Broderick, who in real life was in his mid 20's, played a high school student who, with his girlfriend and best friend, explores Chicago while avoiding the clutches of the dean of students, who is eager to catch Bueller in the act. The movie remains an 80's comedy favorite today. In 1989's Glory Broderick received good notices for his portrayal of ?- and uncanny resemblance to ?- the American Civil War hero Robert Gould Shaw in a script largely written by his mother.

Broderick in the 1990s took two dark comedy roles. The first was that of a bachelor who attracts the friendship of an insane, yet lonely cable repairman (played by Jim Carrey) in The Cable Guy. The second was that of an Omaha high school teacher determined to stop an overachieving student (played by Reese Witherspoon) from becoming class president in Alexander Payne's Election.

Broderick returned to Broadway as a musical star in the 1990s, most notably his Tony Award winning performance in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and his Tony Award nominated performance in the Mel Brooks' stage version of The Producers in 2001. He also continues to make feature films, including the 2005 adaptation of The Producers. Broderick played the role of Leopold "Leo" Bloom, an accountant who co-produces a musical designed to fail, but which turns out to be successful. In "The Producers" Broderick sings several songs, both alone and with other characters.

Broderick reunited with his co-star from The Lion King and The Producers, Nathan Lane, in The Odd Couple, which opened on Broadway in October 2005. He has won two Tony Awards, one in 1983 for his featured role in the play Brighton Beach Memoirs, and one in 1995 for his leading role in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He was also nominated for The Producers, but lost to co-star Nathan Lane.


Personal life

Home life

Broderick met actress Jennifer Grey on the set of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In 1987, Broderick was involved in a controversial car accident while driving in Ireland with Grey (his fiancé at the time). The accident killed a woman and her daughter. Broderick (who fractured his leg and a rib) was cleared of all charges but paid a fee of $175 to the victims' family. No drink was involved in the crash. Martin Doherty, the elder victim's daughter, was quoted by Bill Hoffman in 2002 saying "I would like to reassure him that there are no bad feelings from us." The car crash occurred close to when Ferris Bueller's Day Off was being released in the US[3].

Broderick met actress Sarah Jessica Parker via her brother. The couple were married on May 19th, 1997 in a civil ceremony in a historic deconsecrated synagogue on the lower east side; Broderick is culturally Jewish.[4] The ceremony was performed by his sister, the Reverend Janet Broderick, who currently serves as the rector of Grace Church Van Vorst in Jersey City, NJ. [5]

Parker and Broderick's first child, James Wilkie Broderick (born on October 28, 2002), is named after his grandfather. His middle name is that of author Wilkie Collins, an author Broderick and Parker greatly admire. They spend a considerable amount of time at their holiday home in County Donegal, Ireland where Broderick spent his summers as a child.

He is left-handed, a fact made evident during the movie The Producers when he is drawing in his ledger. Broderick is an avid baseball fan. His favorite team is the New York Mets.

Rosie O'Donnell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Birth name Roseann Theresa O'Donnell
Born March 21, 1962
Bayside, Queens, New York, United States
Years active 1979 - present
Spouse(s) Kelli Carpenter
Later legally voided, the two are still a couple.
Official site Rosie.com
Notable roles Host of The Rosie O'Donnell Show, The View
Betty Rubble in The Flintstones (film)
Emmy Awards

Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Tony Awards

Host of program broadcast, 1997
Roseann Teresa O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962 in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an Emmy-award winning American talk show host, television personality, comedian, film, television, and stage actress.

After beginning as a stand-up comic, O'Donnell gained notice for hosting her own daytime talk show The Rosie O'Donnell Show, from 1996 to 2002. Currently, she is co-host and moderator of the ABC talk show, The View.




Early life

Four days before her 11th birthday, on March 17, 1973, her mother died of breast cancer.[1]

In high school, she began exploring her comic interests beginning with a high school skit in which she imitated Gilda Radner's character Roseanne Rosannadanna.[1]

After graduating, O'Donnell briefly attended Dickinson College, later transferring to Boston University but dropped out to pursue comedy. Rosie toured standup clubs from 1979 to 1984.[2] Her heavy-set appearance and tomboyish, husky Long Island accent stood her apart from other actresses and comediennes. She got her first big break on Star Search, explaining on Larry King Live:[3]

" I was 20 years old, and I was at a comedy club in Long Island. This woman came over to me and she said, I think you're funny. Can you give me your number? My dad is Ed McMahon. I was like, yeah, right. I gave her my father's phone number. I was living at home, I'm like, whatever. And about three days later, the talent booker from Star Search called and said, we're going to fly you out to L.A. [...] I won, like, five weeks in a row. And it gave me national exposure. "

After this success, she moved on to television sitcom comedy, making her series debut as Nell Carter's neighbor on Gimme a Break! in 1986.

In 1988, she transitioned to VH1, where she hosted Stand-up Spotlight, a showcase for up-and-coming comedians. She soon after made her feature film debut in A League Of Their Own.


Magazine

In 2000, O'Donnell partnered with the publishers of McCall's to revamp the magazine as Rosie's McCall's (or, more commonly, Rosie). The magazine was launched as a competitor to fellow talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey's monthly magazine. Rosie covered issues including depression, breast cancer, foster care, and other socially relevant matters.

Rosie the magazine folded in 2003. At the time, difficulties in securing advertising at satisfactory rates was given as a reason for the magazine becoming defunct.

In late 2003, O'Donnell entered into a legal battle with the publishers of Rosie magazine. They claimed that the failure of the magazine was due to O'Donnell's uncooperative, rude and violent behavior within the magazine's offices. They claimed that by removing herself from the magazine's publication, she was in breach of contract. O'Donnell claimed that there was no way she could in good conscience continue to be a part of the magazine, because they were moving away from her vision.

The trial received considerable press coverage. O'Donnell would often give brief press interviews outside of the courtroom responding to various allegations. Of note was a former magazine colleague and breast cancer survivor who testified that O'Donnell said to her on the phone that "people who lie die of cancer".[4] Ultimately, the judge ruled against both sides and dismissed the case.

In 2006, O'Donnell responded to a question on the Ask Ro Section of her website in which she stated that she would love to do another magazine. O'Donnell also said she has written a new book, due out this summer. It is to be called Celebrity Detox.


Autobiography

In 2002, O'Donnell also published an autobiography entitled Find Me. In addition to cataloging her childhood and early adulthood, the book delved into O'Donnell's relationship with a woman with Multiple Personality Disorder who posed as an under-aged teen who had become pregnant by rape. The book was critically acclaimed and reached number two on the New York Times bestseller list.


Disclosure of sexuality

Shortly before leaving her talk show, O'Donnell confirmed the rumors about her sexuality when she came out of the closet as a lesbian. Within the gay community this was common knowledge[citation needed], and the tabloids had been hinting at it.[citation needed] In her January 31, 2002, appearance on the gay-themed sitcom Will & Grace, she played a lesbian character. She claimed various reasons for coming out, including the need for publicity and to put a familiar face to homosexuality, but her primary reason was that as a lesbian adoptive mother (with a long-time partner) she was infuriated that adoption agencies, particularly in Florida, were refusing adoptive rights to able gay parents. She hoped that by coming out, she would increase awareness of this subject.



Image change

After leaving her show and coming out, O'Donnell underwent a minor image change. She returned to stand-up comedy, and within her first few shows made fun of various celebrities, among them Michael Jackson, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross, Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, Winona Ryder, and Joan Rivers.

She also received a somewhat masculine haircut. O'Donnell told the press that her haircut was meant to mimic the haircut of former Culture Club backup singer Helen Terry.[5] She subsequently attributed the haircut as a way to emulate Boy George, in hopes that he would allow her to produce his stage show Taboo in the United States. O'Donnell subsequently did invest in and produce the show, but it was an expensive failure on Broadway.


Family life

On February 26, 2004, O'Donnell entered legal union with her partner Kelli Carpenter, a former Nickelodeon marketing executive, in San Francisco, some two weeks after mayor Gavin Newsom authorized the granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Her decision to marry Carpenter came after O'Donnell blasted President Bush over his support for the Federal Marriage Amendment. The license was later voided by the California Supreme Court.

The couple are parents to adopted children Parker Jaren (born May 25, 1995), Chelsea Belle (born September 20, 1997), and Blake Christopher (born December 5, 1999). Their fourth child, Vivienne Rose (who was conceived through sperm donation) was born November 29, 2002 to Carpenter.


Television comeback

The View

During the 2006 Daytime Emmy Awards, Barbara Walters announced that O'Donnell would become a co-host on the talk show The View.

On September 5, 2006, she officially replaced Meredith Vieira as the moderator of the show. On the March 6, 2007 episode of The View, O'Donnell mentioned Wikipedia saying that the online encyclopedia is usually accurate, unless you "get there right after a crazy person" who writes "Rosie O'Donnell is from Norway and she eats turtles."


Charities

Personal contribution

On December 15, 2006 Elizabeth Birch, Executive Director for the Rosie's For All Kids Foundation confirmed that $50 million dollars from her five year contract with the Rosie O'Donnell Show were donated in an irrevocable trust to charity.[citation needed]


Rosie's For All Kids Foundation

Since 1997, Rosie's For All Kids Foundation has awarded more than $22 million in Early Childhood Care and Education program grants to over 900 nonprofit organizations that provide opportunities for thousands of America's kids. Through the Cutie Patootie™ Center capital grants program, 27 early education centers in large cities across the United States have received nearly $8 million to expand their services. On October 30, 2006 The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children honored Rosie O'Donnell at its 2006 gala for her commitment to protecting endangered children.[6] "It's our privilege to be honoring and hosting Rosie," said NYSPCC president David Stack in a statement. "Her Rosie's for All Kids Foundation has awarded more than $22 million in grants to over 1,400 child-related organizations, and that's just one of her many impressive activities on behalf of children."

On November 1, 2006 ABC-TV Nightline aired a video report[7] about the opening of The Children's Plaza and Family Center in Renaissance Village, a FEMA trailer park in Louisiana. This was an emergency response initiative of Rosie's For All Kids Foundation with the help of many local nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses, all efforts were to assist the families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. She really likes the little kids.


Rosie's Broadway Kids

In 2003 Rosie and Kelli O'Donnell collaborated with Artistic Director Lori Klinger to create this organization, dedicated to providing high quality instruction in music and dance at no cost to New York City public schools or students. Eighty-five percent of students who participate in Rosie's Broadway Kids are from low-income families. Rosie's Broadway Kids serves more than 4,500 teachers, students, and their family members at 21 schools. Currently programs are in Harlem, Midtown West, Chelsea, Lower East Side, East Village, and Chinatown


Controversies

Gun control controversy

O'Donnell is an outspoken supporter of gun control and a major figure in the Million Mom March. During the April 19, 1999, broadcast of her talk show, she stated, "You are not allowed to own a gun, and if you do own a gun, I think you should go to prison." O'Donnell has since regretted making the remarks and has attempted to reconcile her stance by remarking, "I don't personally own a gun." In 1999, O'Donnell interviewed actor Tom Selleck, who was promoting a film. During the promotional interview, in what some critics perceived as an "ambush", O'Donnell confronted him about his stance on guns and his involvement with the NRA, making it an infamously tense TV moment.[8] According to Selleck, the two had agreed not to discuss the topic prior to his appearance on the show. O'Donnell maintains that Selleck and his publicist had been informed that the topic would be discussed. However, she did subsequently say on her show that the interview did not go as she hoped it would.

Also in May 1999, Bernadette Peters and the rest of the cast from Annie Get Your Gun was to appear for taping and perform the song "Anything You Can Do". O'Donnell insisted that the line "I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge" be removed from the song. Peters refused, and the cast sang a different song without Peters. Later in 1999, O'Donnell discontinued her contract with Kmart as their spokeswoman, because of her opinion of the large retailer's sale of firearms.


Accusations of Anti-Catholicism

William A. Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, has accused O'Donnell of engaging in anti-Catholic bigotry on The View:

Ever since O'Donnell joined The View in September, the show has gotten out of control. On four occasions between September and the end of December, she has lashed out at the Catholic Church. Ditto for Joy Behar. Their relentless and profoundly ignorant attacks on the Catholic Church and its teachings would never be tolerated by the show's co-owner, Barbara Walters, if it were Judaism or Islam that was under attack. But when it comes to Catholicism, she gives these two ?'raised' Catholics all the time they want to vent their adolescent anger.[9]

Donohue's comments were in response to statements by The View panelists Rosie O'Donnell and Joy Behar that criticized the policies and practices of the Catholic Church. The article quotes Behar as saying that people should "follow their heart" in dealing with sexuality and "That is why a lot of the priesthood is so screwed up right now." O'Donnell is quoted as saying "Celibacy is not part of the human condition. It is not normal, right; everyone is a sexual being."


Clay Aiken / Kelly Ripa Controversy

On November 20, 2006, O'Donnell raised controversy when she commented on Live with Regis and Kelly co-host Kelly Ripa's actions during a taping of her own show. Ripa and guest co-host Clay Aiken bantered causing Aiken to jokingly put his hand over Ripa's mouth, as if to stop her from talking, while she was conducting an interview. Seeing that Ripa didn't appreciate his joke, Aiken said, "Oh, I'm in trouble." Ripa responded, "No, I just don't know where that hand's been, honey." Ripa's comment caused O'Donnell to call Ripa a homophobe, saying "Now listen, to me that was a homophobic remark. If that was a straight man, if that was a cute man, if that was a guy that she didn't question his sexuality, she would have said a different thing". Within minutes, Ripa was on the phone, responding to O'Donnell's comments and defending her reactions to the mouth-covering incident by saying she was concerned as it was in fact "cold and flu season" and Aiken had been shaking hands with audience members before the show. According to Barbara Walters, both O'Donnell and Ripa have spoken and moved on from the incident. Aiken, who has declined to publicly discuss his sexuality, did not comment.


"Ching-chong" controversy

On December 5, 2006, O'Donnell raised controversy. She made a comment in reference to the publicity a November 29, 2006 appearance on The View by Danny DeVito had garnered. O'Donnell indicated that she was amazed that the controversy had become such a prevailing topic,[10] and joked that it was being talked about as far away as China. "You know, you can imagine in China it's like, 'Ching-chong, ching-chong. Danny DeVito. Ching-chong, ching-chong-chong. Drunk. The View. Ching-chong.'"[11]

The remarks sparked considerable media backlash, as Rosie's comments were interpreted as a "mockery of the Chinese language."[12] The offended groups further noted that O'Donnell is herself indignant against comments that "she has perceived ... as being negative against a particular community,"[13] a reference to her stance against any kind of homophobic taunting or jokes.[14]

O'Donnell's initial response via her publicist was, "She's a comedian in addition to being a talk show co-host. I certainly hope that one day they will be able to grasp her humor."[15]

On December 14, 2006 O'Donnell said on The View, "To anyone who was offended at my Chinese, Asian, pseudo-Japanese, sounded a little Yiddish accent that I was doing, you know, it was never [my] intent to mock, and I'm sorry for those who felt hurt or were teased on the playground." She followed up the statement by warning those offended that she may do it again, saying, "But I'm also gonna give you a fair warning that there's a good chance I'll do something like that again, probably in the next week ?- not on purpose. Only 'cause it's how my brain works.""[16][17] The groups who had spoken out against O'Donnell's comments on December 5 were not satisfied with O'Donnell's response.[18]

On February 24, 2007, O'Donnell wrote a more comprehensive apology on her blog with respect to this incident as a reply to the featured YouTube video "an open letter to all the rosie o'donnells" by Beau Sia.[19]:

i apologize
for any and all pain
caused to any and all
by my comments
ignorance
lack of compassion - empathy
understanding

u r right
i didn't get it

i know
my intent was not to harm
yet obviously i did

there ya have it[20]


Donald Trump controversy

On December 20, 2006, O'Donnell criticized billionaire Donald Trump on The View a day after he appeared before reporters with Miss USA, Tara Conner, to announce sympathetically that "everyone deserves a second chance" and that he would allow her to continue acting as Miss USA, despite her violation of pageant guidelines by partying and drinking.[21] In response to O'Donnell's comments, Trump began a media blitz that included Access Hollywood, Extra, Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360, The O'Reilly Factor, WWE programming (RAW, Smackdown! and ECW) and Jimmy Kimmel Live.


9/11 Conspiracy
Recent posts on www.rosie.com indicate that O'Donnel believes there was a government conspiracy on 9/11. http://www.rosie.com/blog/sections/ask-ro

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water?
Try spelling Evian backwards: NAIVE

2. Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?

3. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea...does that mean that one enjoys it?

4. If people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

5. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

8. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

9. Why do croutons come in airtight packages?
Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?

Well, thank goodness, folks. The hawk has returned- a great comparison to the eagle has landed.

Thanks, bioBob for the informative background. Lots of stuff in there we didn't know, especially about Gary and Rosie.

Loved your one liner questions, especially the one about the pig. Isn't this the year of the pig?

Hmmm. Anyone remember this? "The best way to win is not to play." Still good advice for some, right?

Now my explanation.

In the cult 1983 film WarGames tic-tac-toe is used as an allegory for nuclear war. In the film a computer hacker (Matthew Broderick) in the cold war era breaks into the missile defense computer WOPR designed to orchestrate nuclear war against Russia. In the process, he inadvertently triggers the system into "DEFCON 1" mode, whereby the computer arms its missiles in preparation for launch. The hacker eventually influences the computer to play tic-tac-toe against itself, whereby the computer determines that neither side can win - an analogy to full scale nuclear war which was made explicit when the computer then fails to find a winning stratagem for a nuclear strike.

Wargames

Album: UNKNOWN

Waiting for the medical. Waiting for the test
Waiting for exam results, "do your very best"
Waiting for the signatures to sign your life away
Waiting for the games, they want you to play

War is not a game, not a game of fun
Shooting real people with real guns
Learning how to defend your precious country
Learning how to die, not them, just you and me

Nuclear war isn't much fun
When the bomb drops
Where you gonna run?
Where you gonna hide?
What you gonna do?
It's not a horror movie
It's happening to you

Waiting for the day
When the peace will come
That day is long away
So, what's that outcome?
No point in fighting
Who will be accused?
But maybe someday
The bombs will be defused

For Eric:

MOFFATTS LYRICS

"We're Off To The Rodeo"

"We're off to the rodeo
To watch the cowboy show
The thing that makes them different
Than what we've grown to know
'Cause they'll take their knocks
And get back up and try all over again
The cowboy's worst enemy
Is also his best friend

There's monster trucks and broncin' bucks
And mean old Brahma bulls
Calf ropin', hog tying
And chuck wagon pulls
He's got pretty girls by his side
Everywhere he goes
Cowboy stuff ain't all that bad
Only during the show

We're off to the rodeo
To watch the cowboy show
The thing that makes them different
Than what we've grown to know
'Cause they'll take their knocks
And get back up and try all over again
The cowboy's worst enemy
Is also his best friend

Well, the days are long on the summer tour
They never seem to end
Cowboy's always waitin'
For his hurts to mend
There is special days every now and then
He rides the pain away
With twists and bends he whups his friends
And takes home the pay

We're off to the rodeo
To watch the cowboy show
The thing that makes them different
Than what we've grown to know
'Cause they'll take their knocks
And get back up and try all over again
The cowboy's worst enemy
Is also his best friend"

Hey, TTH. Lovabull song. Welcome back, gal.

The closest that I have ever come to a rodeo is a petting zoo.

I do like this one by Hall and Oates, however.

Winged Bull

Well I'm looking at her from a rock &
roll tower
With the windows, its eyes
And its black stained sides that can't
be climbed
";cause they're slick as wet glass
And the gate lets the force out, but thru
";none shall pass";

But when I'm with you it's just me in my time
Guess I've taken some form
Who knows which time around
But one of the reasons is to unite me
with you
I'm sure of that baby, if a heart tells the truth

Is it the Winged Bull
Or the horns of Old Pan
There's Ra unto Isis
There's woman to man
Sun and the moon
Minus and plus
Zero equals two
In love and in us

Wings of fire and me in my time
Taking the form making this sound
It's all of the reasons that unite me with you
I'm sure of that baby
If a heart tells the truth

Lay Down Sally
Eric Clapton

There is nothing that is wrong
In wanting you to stay here with me
I know you've got somewhere to go
But won't you make yourself at home and stay with me
Don't you ever leave

Lay down Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to
Lay down Sally, there's no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

The sun ain't nearly on the rise
And we still got the moon and stars above
Underneath the velvet skies
Love is all that matters
Won't you stay with me
Don't you ever leave

Lay down Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to
Lay down Sally, there's no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

I long to see the morning light
Coloring your face so dreamily
So don't you go and say goodbye
You can lay your worries down and stay with me
Don't you ever leave

Lay down Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to
Lay down Sally, there's no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

Lay down Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don't you think you want someone to talk to
Lay down Sally, there's no need to leave so soon
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

Before I respond to Sally, edgar, how about this rather odd bit of news:



Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
By DOUG THOMPSON
Publisher, Capitol Hill Blue

President George W. Bush's increasingly erratic behavior and wide mood swings has the halls of the West Wing buzzing lately as aides privately express growing concern over their leader's state of mind...

Now back to Sally.

SONGS & LYRICS

Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally
Mustang Sally
Guess you better slow your Mustang down
Mustang Sally
Guess you better slow your Mustang down
You been running all over town now
Oh I guess I have to put your flat feet on the ground

Listen!
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is a ride around Sally
One of these early morninings
I'm gonna be wiping your weeping eyes

I bought you a brand new Mustang
A nineteen sixty-five
Now you come around Signifying a woman
That don´t wanna let me ride - Mustang Sally now baby oh lord
Guess you better slow that Mustang down

Huh! oh Lord! Look here
You been running all over town
Oow! I got to put your flat feet on the ground
Huh! what I said now hey-a
Let me say it one more time y´all

Listen!
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (Ride Sally ride)
All you wanna do is a ride around Sally
One of these early morninings
I'm gonna be wiping your weeping eyes

Oops, sorry folks. That news was three years old. Actually, I was looking for a king. This one....



One of my very favorite songs by Franz Schubert and the music was done when he was quite young.

Ave Maria Prayer : The Latin text of the Ave Maria prayer
set to the music by Franz Schubert

Ave Maria Gratia plena
Maria Gratia plena
Maria Gratia plena
Ave, ave dominus
Dominus tecum

Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus
Et benedictus fructus ventris
Ventris tui Jesus

Ave Maria
Ave Maria Mater dei
Ora pro nobis pecatoribus
Ora, ora pro nobis
Ora ora pro nobis pecatoribus

Nunc et in hora mortis
In hora mortis, mortis nostrae
In hora mortis nostrae
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria is one of the more beautiful songs, in my book. I actually prefer the version that appeared on the original soundtrack of Fantasia, a Disney offering.

JOHNNY MATHIS
Maria

Maria
The most beautiful sound I ever heard
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria
All the beautiful sounds of the world
In a single word
Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria
Maria, Maria
Maria
I just met a girl named Maria
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same to me
Maria,
I just kissed a girl named Maria
And suddenly I found
How wonderful a sound can be
Maria,
Say it loud and there's music playing
Say it soft and it's almost like praying
Maria
I'll never stop saying
Maria

Say it loud and there's music playing
Say it soft and it's almost like praying
Maria
I'll never stop saying
Maria
The most beautiful sound I ever heard
Maria

A big smile for our edgar, 'cause I know his song came from West Side Story which was a modern version of Romeo and Juliet.

From the same artist, Texas.


A time for us, some day there'll be
When chains are torn by courage born of a love that's free
A time when dreams so long denied can flourish
As we unveil the love we now must hide

A time for us, at last to see
A life worthwhile for you and me

And with our love, through tears and thorns
We will endure as we pass surely through every storm
A time for us, some day there'll be a new world
A world of shining hope for you and me


For you and me

And with our love, through tears and thorns
We will endure as we pass surely through every storm
A time for us, some day there'll be a new world
A world of shining hope for you and me