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Congress and the Media Have Placed America at Risk of Being Attacked from Within
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An election for President and Commander in Chief of the Military must strive to be above reproach. Our public institutions must give the public confidence that a presidential candidate has complied with the election process that is prescribed by our Constitution and laws. It is only after a presidential candidate satisfies the rules of such a process that he/she can expect members of the public, regardless of their party affiliations, to give him/her the respect that the Office of President so much deserves.
All those who have been following the Obama eligibility issue well know that Article II, Section 1, clause 5 provides that "No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. . ." At this blog, I have already explained the importance of the "natural born Citizen" clause. See my essay entitled, Why the "Natural Born Citizen" Clause of Our Constitution Is Important and Worth Preserving, located at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-natural-born-citizen-clause-is.html. In order for Obama to prove that he is an Article II "natural born Citizen," he must conclusively demonstrate that he was born in the United States to a United States citizen mother and father. For legal support for this definition of what an Article II "natural born Citizen" is, see, among others, my articles at this blog entitled, The Natural Born Citizen Clause of Our U.S. Constitution Requires that Both of the Child's Parents Be U.S. Citizens At the Time of Birth, located at
Article II "Natural Born Citizen" Means Unity of Citizenship At Birth, located at
and 'The Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law' as U.S. Federal Common Law Not English Common Law Define What an Article II Natural Born Citizen Is, located at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2009/08/law-of-nations-and-not-english-common.html.
At present, there is much controversy regarding where Obama was born. We have seen much contradictory information regarding this issue. Obama maintains he was born in Hawaii at Kapi'olani Medical Center and as his best evidence he has posted on the internet a computer-imaged Certification of Live Birth (COLB, which is a summary of his alleged long-from hospital-generated birth certificate) to prove that fact. According to the laws of Hawaii, this summary document, which does not contain information as to which hospital he was born in or what doctor delivered him, is only prima facie evidence of a birth in Hawaii. On the other hand, there exists evidence that Obama was born in Kenya. For a presentation of this evidence, see my essay on this blog entitled,
Obama Has Not Met His Burden Of Proving He Was Born In Hawaii, located at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2008/12/obama-has-not-met-his-burden-of-proving.html. Additionally, just over the last few days, we have seen surface on the internet old newspaper articles that were written in African newspapers in 2004 stating that Obama was born in Kenya. http://thepostnemail.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/video-documents-discovery-of-ap-story-declaring-obama-kenyan-born/; http://thepostnemail.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/2-more-african-news-agencies-declare-obama-kenyan-born/; http://thepmnews.com/2008/11/25/two-nigerians-tipped-as-potential-%E2%80%98british-obama%E2%80%99. Because of this conflicting information, the prima facie validity of the COLB must fail. Hence, Obama should present evidence that corroborates his and the State of Hawaii's position that he was born in Hawaii and that he is a "natural born Citizen. He has without good reason refused to provide this evidence.
It has been reported how past Hawaiian State practices with its birth certificate procedures have presented opportunities for birth certificate fraud. An example of such fraud is that of Chinese native, Sun Yat Sen, one of the founders of the Republic of China, who was born in China but was able to obtain a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth in 1904 based on his fraudulent affidavit and evidence submitted by witnesses to the Hawaiian authorities stating that he was born in Hawaii on November 24, 1870. http://www.scribd.com/doc/9830547/Sun-Yatsen-Certification-of-Live-Birth-in-Hawaii. See also the September 2000 report of the Office of Inspector General, entitled "Birth Certificate Fraud," which provides an update on the nature and extent of birth certificate fraud, found at http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-07-99-00570.pdf. Because of critical importance of knowing for sure who the President is, the potential for birth certificate fraud, and since Obama's original long-form birth certificate housed in the offices of the Hawaii Department of Health can be some type of certificate (even a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth) that is based on some family member's affidavit of personal knowledge but which includes no documentary evidence of an actual birth in Hawaii, it becomes crucial to confirm whether there exists any corroborating evidence of Obama actually being born in Hawaii. Consequently, various members of the public have tried to obtain information that would adequately confirm Obama's and the State of Hawaii's statements that he was born in Hawaii. These concerned citizens have made requests to the State of Hawaii and to various hospitals there for such information. The State of Hawaii, Kapi'olani Medical Center, and Queens Medical Center (originally claimed by Obama's sister to by his birth place) have publicly stated that they cannot release the needed details of Obama's birth, including whether his deceased mother was even a maternity patient in any of those hospitals, because of Obama's state and federal privacy rights. Not being successful, some of these concerned citizens, feeling duty bound to the Constitution and our country, have filed law suits and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) actions against Obama and others to obtain this information.
Given that Obama and/or his agents have already publicly released some information regarding his place of birth, one commentator, William, has asked me on my blog ( http://puzo1.blogspot.com/. ) whether Obama has waived his privacy rights to such birth information. At least two arguments can be advance that Obama has waived any privacy right that he might have in his birth information located in the State of Hawaii and in its hospitals. One is that he has waived his privacy rights to his alleged long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate by posting his COLB on the internet for the world to see. A problem with this argument is that the COLB does not disclose all his private information (name of hospital, doctors, etc.) and he can argue that his waiver is only as to the information contained on the COLB and no more. As a response, it can be argued that Obama waived his privacy right as to the identity of the hospital in which he was born given that he allegedly wrote a letter dated January 24, 2009 to Kapi'olani Medical Center in which he acknowledge being born there and which letter the hospital posted on its web page (suspiciously posting not a scan of an actual paper letter but only a computer-generated image created with HTML code) for the world to see. For more details, see the WND story on the letter at http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=104146. I have grave doubts whether this letter is authentic given that both Obama and U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie D-Hawaii, who allegedly gave the letter to the hospital and publicly read the letter during the hospital's centennial celebration, refuse to confirm whether this letter is real.
The second argument is more powerful and convincing. Under Article II, a would-be President must be a "natural born Citizen" to be eligible for the Presidency. Hence, any candidate knows that such "natural born Citizen" status is required to hold the public Office of President. No one winning an election and wanting to fill that public office has a reasonable expectation of privacy as to where he/she was born given that job's eligibility requirement that one must be a "natural born Citizen." See my article on this blog entitled, Obama's Personal Right To Privacy Cannot Trump The Right Of The People To Know Who Their President Is, at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2008/12/obamas-personal-right-to-privacy-cannot.html. Of course, that person's obligation to prove his/her "natural born Citizen" status includes providing credible, competent, and sufficient documentary and other evidence of, among other things, place of birth. Clearly and without doubt, the public interest in knowing that the President-elect is eligible for the office he/she seeks to fill by far out weighs any privacy interest that the person may have in his/her birth documents. It is also clear that knowing who the person is who will occupy the Office of President and Commander in Chief concerns national security and the safety of the United States and the whole world. It is not reasonable to believe that such a person's privacy interest would out weigh the People's need to safeguard national security and for self-preservation. Simply put, it would be beyond absurdity to honestly contend that such a person has a right to shield from the same People that he/she is constitutionally duty bound to serve and protect information that he/she must provide to them to show that he/she is qualified for that singular and all-powerful public position which would vest him/her with great power to affect every aspect of the People's lives.
But underneath the privacy rights question lurks a much more serious concern. We can see the absurdity of Obama sitting on privacy rights to conceal his long-form birth certificate from the public. It is downright despicable for our media and Congress and others to apologize for Obama and let him get away with it. They know full well that he has no such privacy rights. The birth information and documents that Obama refuses to reveal to the public surely are revealing of whether his is eligible to hold the Office of President. Why has the media not filed any legal actions against Obama, the State of Hawaii, and other parties, seeking to legally lift any privacy barriers to Obama's birth information as it has so many times in the past filed actions against others running for public office who sought to prevent the public from learning details of some aspect of their private lives? What is a travesty of justice is that Obama was probably able to win his U.S. Senate seat because the media (Chicago Tribune) filed a legal action against rival Republican Jack Ryan in which it was successful in getting the "kinky sex" details of his divorce released to the public. Why the media in our country would believe what type of sex two consenting married adults practice is more important than making sure that the national security of our country is protected is beyond comprehension and represents the quintessence of warped priorities. I do not believe that anyone who truly cares about our country and Constitution can express enough in words the outrage that he/she feels about how cowardly our political leaders and media have acted with Obama on the question of his place of birth.
Congress has abdicated its constitutional oath and the media, the so-called fourth branch of our government, has failed to perform its journalistic duty to the People of the United States to assure them that Obama's election to the highest and most powerful office in the land adhered to our Constitution and laws. Congress has been given a chance to correct its failings and still it refuses to perform its constitutional obligation. With the assistance of its media cronies and others, they all ridicule and suppress the efforts of those who are fighting to make sure that our Constitution has been respected in the last Presidential election and that our nation is safe with Obama currently occupying the Presidency and being the Commander in Chief of our military might.
We must then ask ourselves why Congress and the media have not pressed Obama for the necessary and relevant birth information for at least the sake of the integrity of the Presidential election process and the safety of our nation? Moreover, Obama cannot be an Article II "natural born Citizen" because under the British Nationality Act of 1948 when Obama was born in 1961 his father was a British subject/citizen and Obama himself was born a British subject/citizen. See Obama, the Putative President of the U.S., Is Currently Also a British Citizen, located at http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-president-of-us-is-currently-also_29.html. Like a naturalized citizen who is not eligible to be President, Obama was born with an allegiance to a foreign power and is therefore not eligible to be President and more so not eligible to be the leader of our military men and women. To allow Obama to hide his birth information and to not challenge him for not being an Article II "natural born Citizen" is nothing more than at best, politicians and those in their coterie allowing corrupt party politics, self-interest, and/or cowardice to blind their constitutional duty to protect and defend our country and Constitution, at worst, part of someone's plot to attack and destroy the United States from within, or both. Given that any attack on the United States will most likely come from within, these latter two scenarios must be given serious consideration and ruled out only after sufficient evidence exists to so rule them out. Hence, the deliberate or reckless failing by those who are supposed to protect and defend our country and Constitution is tantamount to treason.
All members of Congress that have allowed and continue to allow the raping of our Constitution and the placing of our nation at risk to being attacked from within need to be removed from Congress, without any exceptions. As to what to do with those members of the media and others who have failed and continue to fail to do their job to adequately protect and defend our Constitutional Republic, that is a question for another day.
Mario Apuzzo, Esq.
185 Gatzmer Avenue
Jamesburg, New Jersey 08831
October 18, 2009


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Monday, November 17, 2008
Tired Johnson Visits Final "NASCAR Now" Roundtable
"One hour of sleep," said a visibly exhausted Jimmie Johnson to NASCAR Now host Allen Bestwick. To Johnson, Bestwick was a very familiar TV companion.
It was Bestwick who handled the championship trophy presentation and the questions for Johnson on ABC's live telecast. Shortly after the race, it was Bestwick again with Johnson in the ESPN Infield Studio for the Sunday night version of NASCAR Now.
Here it was Monday afternoon and it was Bestwick and Johnson once again. This time it was the HD studios of ESPN2 and the duo was joined by Rusty Wallace and Ray Evernham. After a very long Sunday night, Johnson was in Bristol, CT for the finale of "the roundtable."
Bestwick has single-handedly restored the Monday hour to credibility after a horrendous 2007 season. Simply by inviting three guests to talk about NASCAR, Bestwick has established this show as the "can't miss" NASCAR TV show on ESPN.
This season has seen a tremendous variety of panelists stop by the NASCAR Now studio on Mondays. From drivers to journalists, ESPN has served-up a wide variety of personalities and asked Bestwick to blend them into something NASCAR fans want to watch.
TV viewers may remember all three Wallace brothers, Terry Labonte, Bill Elliot and journalists like David Poole on the program. Regulars like Mike Massaro, Ray Evernham and Boris Said have also done their share to make this TV series a success.
On this Monday, Bestwick worked very hard to keep Johnson engaged in the flow of the program and it worked. All of the questions and comments were aimed at Johnson, who has proven to be one of the most TV-friendly champions in NASCAR history.
Evernham and Wallace easily adjusted to secondary roles on this program with Johnson on the set. The Producer chose to break-out the old bar stools and leave the huge table off the set on this show. The fact that Johnson was able to stagger his way through this program was admirable.
The highlights had been seen before and the questions were the same, but having Johnson on NASCAR Now in Bristol the day after the race was apparently a priority for the network. Unfortunately, this ended the opportunity for the panel to talk as journalists about the year and the various series championships.
The ability to talk about NASCAR and deal with the pressing issues was mostly pushed aside, except for a brief conversation about off-season testing. Johnson proved once again after endless interviews on multiple networks that he deserved some eventual time off.
It was certainly a shame that this final MondayNASCAR Now chose not to feature the memorable and humorous moments of this TV show from the entire year. This was done quite effectively on other NASCAR shows and the decision to completely omit any reference to the many guests who appeared on these roundtable shows was tough.
One major positive is that ESPN has reclaimed Monday as a very watchable and enjoyable hour of NASCAR conversation. As next season rolls around, it will be interesting to see if hard-working ESPN personalities like Mike Massaro and Dave Burns get an opportunity to share in the host role.
The commitment of Bestwick to travel back from every single racing weekend and host this show really saved this series. Only taking one weekend off, Bestwick was the ultimate ironman and appeared to be none the worse for wear. Hopefully, the one hour roundtable version of NASCAR Now will return intact for 2009.
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31 comments:
- Anonymous said...
On NN this evening Jimmie Johnson said that he was impressed with how focused and how much Junior wanted to win from their very first debrief. On Race Day yesterday, Jimmy said that Jr. could not focus and so 'failed'. Hm-m-m-m I wonder which one I should believe...and just what was the agenda here...?
It does help me understand why Jr. does not care to do interviews. I am sure that when he came out of the hauler to do an innocent pre-race interview with Wendy that he had no idea that it would be used as a door to open such an eruption of vituperative vitriol.
- November 17, 2008 at 6:40 PM
- SallyB said...
As much as JJ deserves all the attention he gets after winning his third straight title, I was extremely disappointed to have this be the final show for the year on NN. I have come to look forward to this show as a place I can get diverse opinions and honest discussion of 'things Nascar'. I really didn't learn anything new tonight. Much as JJ is a good interview, it was really just another rehash of his season...the same thing I heard ad nauseum during the tace telecast yesterday. I would have liked to hear a lot more about the testing ban, the prospects for layoffs in the garages today, and what the future holds for racing. Instead I got a nothing new. What a disappointing way to end the season of a show that has, until tonight, bee a real treat to watch.
- November 17, 2008 at 6:44 PM
- Lou said...
Hi JD,
Things I liked.
The round table without the table. The stools were ok.
All spoke in a normal tone of voice in conversation, was easy to listen to.
Did not know JJ would be on the show, a nice surprise.
Only heard Rusty say the CAT word once(was in and out during the broadcast so not sure if it was said more often).
And as usual I did enjoy Ray and he is comfortable in the environment and confident. And look forward to him next season to share his expertise with us.
- November 17, 2008 at 6:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
If I had to guess, I'd say they were in the chairs, because the table is in the "ESPN Garage" which is the Home Depot Garage. I imagine that Johnson would have an issue doing it from there. That's why I think they were in the Tuesday-Friday studio.
- November 17, 2008 at 6:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
On NN this evening Jimmie Johnson said that he was impressed with how focused and how much Junior wanted to win from their very first debrief. On Race Day yesterday, Jimmy said that Jr. could not focus and so 'failed'. Hm-m-m-m I wonder which one I should believe...and just what was the agenda here...?
Mr. Hendrick does not like it when one of his drivers is publicly critical of another.
- November 17, 2008 at 7:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
I was glad to see Jimmie on NN. I think that it's great that he is getting some props from a sport's network. I had ESPN on most of the afternoon, and JJ was on about 3 shows. I know that he also talked to Mike and Mike this morning. I think he must have been in the studio for hours this afternoon.
I know that some people went nuts last year after the Superbowl when Eli Manning was in every other show, but I loved it. He was my guy.
I know that JJ has millions of fans that love watching him. The only thing I'm sorry is that they did not have all 3 champions live in the studio.
I'll miss Monday NN and glad to know they'll be back in February. Since ESPN won't be doing the races, the material will be fresh and not earlier replays of pre-race shows.
- November 17, 2008 at 7:33 PM
- PammH said...
On Raceday yesterday, it was JIMMY SPENCER dissing Jr, not JJ. Please get your Jimmie/Jimmy's straight.
Only saw the last half hr. Was a waste of time, imo, particularly for a final season show.
- November 17, 2008 at 8:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
thank you so much for your clarification. This is how bad blog gossip starts. I really had a tough time believing that Jimmie had said Jr and failure. He is so supportive of all his team members. He even has complimented Casey on his year!
- November 17, 2008 at 8:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
forgive us little folk in south carolina, but isnt the core idea for what Alan Bestwick did with 3 guests this year just a outgrowth of our all time favoritw Inside Winston Cup?
Margie Pickens
- November 17, 2008 at 8:45 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
None of the ESPN folks working on that series knew what TWIN even was. Bestwick led them through this process and is responsible for a lot of the content and guest selection.
As I have said many times, NASCAR and ESPN are two completely different cultures that are trying to co-exist.
- November 17, 2008 at 9:09 PM
- Newracefan said...
Enjoyed the show, thought JJ did well especially on 1 hours sleep, but would like another NN with AB, Ray, and a few others next week to summarize the season as a whole.
- November 17, 2008 at 9:13 PM
- majorshouse said...
I am going to miss NASCAR Now, especially the Monday show. It was always entertaining and well done and cudos to Allen Bestwick for the great job that he always does and it is such a shame that he is not in the booth with Dale and Andy doing the play by play instead of Jerry Punch.
- November 17, 2008 at 9:31 PM
- PammH said...
AB must just be puking in his sink or toilet every nite after putting up w/this season...:( I really would love to be a fly on the wall to see who's Cheerios he pissed in to get this low down on the totem pole (pc folks, get OVER it) ;) He has come up thru the racks & has sooo good before. It makes me sad.
- November 17, 2008 at 9:33 PM
- Adam T. Martin said...
I enjoy the round table despite the high standards they must follow.
I also liked the rest of NASCAR Now. It mostly is positive.
- November 17, 2008 at 10:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
The highlights had been seen before and the questions were the same, but having Johnson on NASCAR Now in Bristol the day after the race was apparently a priority for the network.
And this is a bad thing? If they had completely ignored him the day after he won his THIRD championship, people would be bashing ESPN yet again. He is being treated like any other sports champion, with wall to wall coverage the day after winning. And yes, some of it is going to be a bit repetitive. Yet I have no complaints, just like I don't when my other sports teams win a playoff round or a championship and get lots of Monday coverage.
I think it's awesome that they had Jimmie do the media rounds in person at ESPN the day after he won. It would have been strange if he was not the featured guest on NASCAR Now under these circumstances. As someone said yesterday or the day before, the championship "news" will be kind of old in a few weeks when NASCAR is back in NYC.
Which, naturally, is when you all will complain again that ESPN is ignoring him and NASCAR...right? I don't like ESPN's coverage in general, but I am baffled that yesterday's positive Jimmie coverage on NASCAR Now - an in- person interview, no less! - would be cause for complaint. Why do I need to see clips of "humorous" activity over seeing the champion? Personally I don't think the roundtable would have provided any deeper year-end insights than a Jimmie interview or what had been discussed in pre-race shows and this weekend's NASCAR Now programs.
- November 18, 2008 at 7:22 AM
- Anonymous said...
I don't think any TV show or interviw will give you "insights" into Jimmie Johnson. His public image is far too polished to allow him to open up in any way.
That's part of the reason a 3-time champ isn't beloved, by the way--he's not seen as "real" because everything he says, including his pre-race radio message to Lowe's--is scripted and carefully controlled.
- November 18, 2008 at 8:31 AM
- terri said...
Anon at 8:31.."scripted and carefully controlled"? By whom, do you think? I don't think you have a clue about Jimmie Johnson and who he is. Jimmie has often said that this is the way he had to talk when he was coming up, begging for sponsors and wanting to represent them to the best of his ability. In my opinion, he is acting like the polite young man he was brought up by his parents to be. And you make it sound like it is a bad thing? Would that more people had manners and followed the mantra "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."
- November 18, 2008 at 9:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
Again,I thoroughly enjoyed NN. Johnson was gracious enough to devote considerable studio time as opposed to a Cameo appearance. I'm no fan of Rusty,but he did a great job also. ESPN has some real winners with Bestwick,Jarrett,Evernham and Petree.Just a nit,but they appear to be a little Politically Correct at times. They avoid criticizing driver actions,the COT,Nascar or Goodyear,unless its so obvious that they'd appear to be silly by not doing so.
- November 18, 2008 at 9:19 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 7:22AM,
You are missing the point. The issue was not Johnson being on the set. As another poster said, this show has been about three panelists talking about the race, the season and NASCAR topics in the news.
By putting JJ on the set and focusing on him the entire time, there was absolutely no opportunity to put a final wrap-up on the season in general.
This show normally brought in a guest by satellite for an interview, but then returned to three panelists discussing the issues.
By bringing the guest on the set and focusing the entire hour on him, the rest of the end of season topics were left "undone."
I enjoy the fact that JJ is a champ that can handle TV, but my point is what NASCAR fan had not already seen him on:
Post-race show on ABC
Victory Lane on SPEED
NASCAR Now on ESPN2
Wind Tunnel on SPEED
SPEED Report Special Edition
SportsCenter on ESPN
As a guest, he would have been great, but in my opinion having him on for the whole hour left Ray, Rusty and Allen asking him questions we had already heard him answer.
It is almost as if we need another Monday show to talk about all the topics and issues that were not covered when JJ was in the studio.
- November 18, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- JHD said...
but my point is what NASCAR fan had not already seen him on:
Post-race show on ABC
Victory Lane on SPEED
NASCAR Now on ESPN2
Wind Tunnel on SPEED
SPEED Report Special Edition
SportsCenter on ESPN
This NASCAR fan right here. I don't watch any of those shows, none of my other friends who are NASCAR fans watch those shows, and I resent the implication that we're somehow not "real" fans because we don't watch everything.
So to see Jimmie on the one NASCAR show I DO happen to watch was good, and I probably would have been irritated that he made all the other shows, but failed to be on this one. Talking to him about his historic 3rd championship is an excellent way to end the season, and I'm not a Jimmie Johnson fan.
Besides, using your same logic, JD, there wouldn't be a need for NN to do a year-end wrap anyway because it was already on RaceDay and I'm sure it was also on Victory Lane and TWIN and Special Edition. Why would NASCAR fans want to see it again?
- November 18, 2008 at 1:04 PM
- Anonymous said...
Here's a theory: ESPN was probably trying to attract their viewers who DON'T watch all the shows you listed except Sportscenter. They watch 'Mike and Mike', 'First Take', etc. So it would be logical that after a NASCAR champion was crowned that more casual viewers than normal would tune into NASCAR Now to see the NASCAR champion (with the analysts). Not to see analysts -and topics-they likely don't follow week in and week out.
Similar to the way that I would (and did) tune into Baseball Tonight and PTI the day after the World Series ends. I'm not a regular viewer of those shows, but after the World Series, I wanted to see and have more information about that series of games. They didn't discuss upcoming season end free agency and arbitration during those shows. They discussed the World Series.
It's not always all about the regular viewers who watch every bit of NASCAR TV, believe it or not. And anyone who assumes even a devoted fan watched all the shows you listed is sadly mistaken IMO.
- November 18, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Rosemary said...
Is their any chance that Monday's NASCAR Now will be re-aired at a later date? I missed it.
Jimmie was on Live with Regis and Kelly this morning (Tuesday). Do you all know of any other appearances by Jimmie or any of the 48 Team? Some of us never get tired of seeing the 48 on TV!
- November 18, 2008 at 2:17 PM
- Rosemary said...
Argh...can't believe I spelled "there" wrong in the first line of my previous post! Sorry.
- November 18, 2008 at 2:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anon at 8:31.."scripted and carefully controlled"? By whom, do you think? I don't think you have a clue about Jimmie Johnson and who he is.
Unless you're a personal friend of his, neither do you.
That's the problem.
Nobody acts, in real life, like Jimmie does on TV. Tony Stewart? Sure. Junior? Sure.
This is why a three-time Champion draws so much apathy from fans. The columnist are wringing their hands, asking why there are so many "haters" out there. The truth is, people don't hate Jimmie. But they never get to see a real person on TV or anywhere else, so they just don't care
- November 18, 2008 at 4:36 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
You don't watch any of those shows and none of your friends who are NASCAR fans watch any of those shows?
OK, I'm confused.
- November 18, 2008 at 5:15 PM
- Rosemary said...
Anon @8:31am and Anon @4:36pm: You don't have to be a personal friend of Jimmie Johnson to know what kind of person he is. His fans know what kind of person he is, even the ones who have never met him in person. The people he helps know what kind of person he is. His peers know what kind of person and what kind of driver he is, and they respect him for it. Besides being a fast racecar driver with a top-notch crew chief, there is one other thing you ought to know about Jimmie, and that is he has self control. That is one reason why he is the Cup Champion for the third straight year.
There has been a lot written about Jimmie Johnson that shows what kind of person he is, not just driver. Pretty good reading, I might add.
- November 18, 2008 at 5:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm not JHD but JD you might not realize there are many folks out there who want to see the race and the race only. From green flag to victory lane, that's all they have time for (and still consumes several hours a week). Whether it's trucks, Nationwide, Cup, they watch only the race and the Victory lane ceremony. No more, and they go on with their lives perfectly fine without any additional NASCAR programming. They catch up with news online during the week.
I'd say that's more the norm than a rarity. If everybody watched those shows they would get ratings as big as the Cup races right? But they don't get those types of ratings.
And yep people who don't watch these shows can still be very big loyal NASCAR fans.
- November 18, 2008 at 5:29 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 5:27PM,
I understand your point. Luckily, between the shows I mentioned, the evening news and the online video most folks had a whole lot of JJ by Monday afternoon.
When you concentrate on one driver for a full hour, there is no way to talk about the other stories concerning the issues at end of the season.
Perhaps, if ESPN is going to do that again next season they may think about going for a ninety minute or even a two hour show.
There was a whole lot of NASCAR left on the table when that final hour was done.
- November 18, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD, did you watch the show? They did address testing, chase format, the economy, a nationwide wrap-up, a trucks wrap-up. Were you watching the same show as me?
- November 18, 2008 at 9:33 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 9:33PM,
Watched it, recorded it, watched it again. Thanks for the comment.
- November 18, 2008 at 10:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
I was glad they had JJ on the show for the entire show. They still did not cover all he has done as a racer since driviing in Cup. Not only does he have the most wins, he has finished no worse than 5th and has a year-end average of 2.4 place for the last 7 yers! Not Petty, Earnhardt, Jeff, etc had that average after 7 years in the series.
I think that JJ is a good role model and the more exposure he gets it good for the sport. It shows you don't have to be a good ole boy to make it in NASCAR. He's more like Tiger Woods, smart, articulate, polite, generous, and lets his driving do the talking for him.
- November 19, 2008 at 8:52 AM

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presents NEIMAN 2010, a major collection of silkscreens from LeRoy Neimans personal archives, accompanied by rare original paintings and works on paper created over the past 50 years.
As one of Americas most-collected living artists, Mr. Neiman began his career as a printmaker in the late 1960s. Although Neimans output of silkscreens has been prolifiche favors the medium for its ability to capture the vibrant colors, immediacy and movement of his paintingsthe artist is also an accomplished practitioner in the fields of etching and lithography. In 1996, The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies was founded at Columbia University in New York City through a generous endowment from the artist and his wife, Janet; its mission is to promote printmaking through education and the production and exhibition of prints.
NEIMAN 2010 is a dramatic examination of the connection between Neimans paintings and prints. By allowing audiences to explore the artists major prints alongside original paintings and works on paper, the exhibition displays the entire spectrum of tension between abstraction and figuration, which is crucial to understanding the career of this oft-overlooked American master. Even in his most objective renderings, be they of high society, animals on safari or the urban jungle, Neimans picturespaintings and silkscreens in almost like measurebetray their seeming objectivity again and again by renderings which totter precariously upon the precipice of abstraction, while still maintaining their general identifiability. His most successful pictures tend to blur these lines in ways that draw out qualities in the materialsound, action and a gamut of emotionsunavailable to, say, the traditions of photography or photo-realist painting. And yet the qualities Neimans art provides by retaining some vestige of the objective also lends his work a dimension perhaps absent from even the best Abstract Expressionist works. In this respect, one cannot help but recall the return to figuration within abstraction launched by a small, important group of California artists in the 1950s including David Park, Richard Diebenkorn and Elmer Bischoff.
The exhibition includes a number of the artists most sought-after silkscreens; from the monumental Elephant Stampede of 1976, to P.J. Clarkes, 1978, F.X. McRorys Whiskey Bar, 1980, California Cuisine, 1996, Frank at Raos, 2005, and Resting Lion, 2008, among many others.
More than eighty original works by LeRoy Neiman are also included in the exhibition. Highlights include a large portrait of Frank Sinatra done on the set of the 1967 film Tony Rome, portraits in acrylic and enamel of jazz heavyweights Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald, several important paintings from the Playboy corporate collection, as well as a substantial panorama, rendered in beguiling earth tones, of the paddock at Arlington racetrack from the year 1957.
LeRoy Neiman was born on June 8, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in a rough blue-collar neighborhood. Early on LeRoy Neiman became a "street kid," in his words. He attended a Roman Catholic primary school, where, he says, "I was always drawing pictures and getting special treatment... showing off, copping out of other things." During recess periods he would inscribe pen-and-ink tattoos on his classmates' arms.
A teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for 10 years early in his career, after studying there, Neiman also gained wide recognition as contributing artist for Playboy, in the 1950s. Many of his images of what he calls "the good life," have appeared in the form of etchings, lithographs, silkscreen prints, and sculptures as well as paintings, in the permanent collections of public and private museums and other institutions worldwide. These institutional acquisitions, along with sales of approximately 150,000 of his silkscreen prints to individuals, attest to the enormous appeal of his work. "Whether one approves of Neiman's work or not, one must agree that he is a work of art himself," Stan Isaacs declared in New York Newsday, in a reference to Neiman's colorful public persona. "I guess I created LeRoy Neiman," the artist once said. "Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work."
Neimans work can be found in numerous museums in the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, as well as internationally at museums such as the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
National Film Awards.... Jai ho!!
There is reason to rejoice, after several years of stupefying selections at the 55th National Film Awards, finally the latest list provides some measure of optimism. There was a time when lovers of good cinema would pin their hopes on these prestigious awards, believing they were the only ones that cared for quality cinema and shunned the crass commercialization of Bollywood films. Fans also believed these awards were fair and reflected the honest opinions of jury members, without prejudice. At some point, even these awards collapsed in the face of populist pressures and were reduced to being seen as just one more meaningless recognition - another trophy to add to the collection.This year, the awards have gotten back at least a little of the lost glory and sheen. More importantly, they have regained credibility and redeemed the tainted reputation. Jai ho!!
I couldn't believe my eyes and ears as I watched the news announcing this year's winners. What??? No big, fat Bollywood blockbuster? No superegos? No scandal or controversy?? I listened as third time winner Prakash Raj, (best actor award), made a modest and sincere sounding speech, without strutting around smirking and crowing, " I am the best!" I can't wait to watch 'Kanchivaram', Priyadarshan's award winning movie which he admitted candidly he'd made for himself, after a string of commercial films.
Adoor Gopalakrishnan, that brilliant director from Kerala, whose work I have long admired ( so has the discerning world, the one that exists outside Bollywood's spell), won for 'Nellu Pennungal'. This is his 9th National Award. And yet, ask around and check how many film- goers have heard of this genius or watched any of his movies. I am not aware of Umashree or her work, I am ashamed to admit, but would love to catch, 'Gulabi Talkies' to see her award- winning performance in it.
Even the 'new, improved' National Awards couldn't afford to snub Bollywood or ignore it totally. A terrific compromise formula has obviously been arrived at so that nobody feels left out. This includes the creation of fresh (comical, according to me) categories, such as 'Best Family Welfare' award ( pray, what exactly does that mean?) for 'Taarey Zameen Par'. While Yashraj was given the 'consolation prize' curiously titled "Best Film in Overall Entertainment' ( if you please!), for 'Chak de, India."
Now that the biggies are behind us, here's hoping equally good sense prevails when India selects a movie to send to the Oscar's ( first round of the screening process). Films that reflect the true social ethos of our lives and not some completely bizarre, OTT representation that passes for 'entertainment' are the ones we should be short listing in the first place. Sure Bollywood produces hugely entertaining masala movies, and I adore the original formula. But if we want to compete in the international arena, it is important to focus on films that are relevant, powerful and cinematically excellent – content-wise and otherwise. This year's national award- winning movies meet all critical criteria. I hope and pray, we have the good sense, judgement and courage to send a 'Nallu Pennungal' or a 'Kanchivaram' or a ' Gulabi Talkies' as our choice. India stands a far better chance with any well-crafted regional film than with the slick, glossy, superficial junk that has been sent for the past few years, accompanied by the usual big noise even before the actual selection process has begun. Though frankly, why we obsess over the Oscars remains a mystery to me.
I have mixed feelings about Rani Mukherjee's latest avatar. Rani is a terrific actress – I'd put her in the Kaajol category. Does she really need to reinvent herself in order to stay in the race and compete against the Kareenas and Katrinas?? Khair, if her new 'fit and toned' self makes her feel better, why not? But Rani in a bikini top makes no sense. It is a lousy brand fit that goes completely against her USP. However, it's the market that rules. My gut feeling tells me the Shahid-Rani combo is going to work big time. Both are talented, 'wholesome' actors capable of delivering high voltage performances, if the project and positioning are right. We shall know soon enough.
38 comments:
- Saurabh Panshikar said...
Totally agree with you. Rani is out of the league of the current actresses. trying to "reinvent" to "fit in" is just compromise!
- September 23, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Pankaj said...
This year's Oscar entry is Harishchandrachachi factory..
- September 23, 2009 at 11:37 PM
- cmpershad said...
These sarakari awards only show- kis mein hain kitna dum! But this year, it appears a fresh breeze of art appreciation has come among the so called art judges and hence some sensible selection. May be, to keep the dadas of bollywood in good humour some `fresh' awards have been instituted for those 'they also ran' category:)
- September 23, 2009 at 11:57 PM
- ZB said...
For once, i completely second you. Very well put. Priyadarshan has lost himself in Bollywood. One should watch his malayalam movies of 80s or 90s...sheer brilliance. The man has it in him.Get back Priyan..you have had enough of fooling around.
- September 24, 2009 at 12:15 AM
- Hari:ഹരി said...
A small correction Shobha. The 'Best Director' award that Adoor got was for his film titled 'Nalu Pennungal" meaning 'Four women', and not Nellu Pennungal". In Malayalam, Nalu = four and pennungal = women. The story lines have been taken from (or based on) four stories written by the Jnanapeeth award winner Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai.
- September 24, 2009 at 12:25 AM
- maglomaniac said...
Oscars generally seem to me as a goofup while sending entries from India.Rather than sending a BLACK we are contented with a Paheli,and we give the stupid duhai of traditional bullshit galore.
And I felt Shahid seemed a lot sexier even after Rani's over the top golden T-O-P look.
- September 24, 2009 at 5:06 AM
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- September 24, 2009 at 5:39 AM
- kala said...
You have written a brilliant piece about this year's National Awards. For Oscars, we must send regional films which are original and enduring. We may win or not, but the satisfaction of sending the right film will be there. As for bollywood films, they are masalas. Even the so called classy ones.
- September 24, 2009 at 5:42 AM
- priya Chavan said...
Hi Shobha,
I belong to the camp which believes that Rani needed this make-over.I was tired of seeing her everywhere clad in a saree and acting like complete behenji.That style worked for Sridevi, but would'nt have worked for Rani.
- September 24, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- Antarman said...
How could you say that Kanchivaram has content all without watching it?
- September 24, 2009 at 10:37 AM
- mahatru said...
You seem to be too impressed by Rani
I never liked her specially her dressing style is just the same. Wahi same bold color clothes so funky....i wonder who wears such suits in Punjab. Generally all Punjabanns wear very classy suits :)
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- September 24, 2009 at 12:18 PM
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- September 24, 2009 at 2:00 PM
- Black said...
Yeah...Rani Mukherji's a kinda actress who doesn't have to do such stuff to keep herself in the rat race....Maybe her earlier few movies didn't do so well...but this sort of a change may hinder her own indivuduality...
- September 24, 2009 at 2:31 PM
- pooja raathore said...
Dear SD,
UmaShree is a well known kannada film actress( fantastic at her job mostly into character roles not leading heroine , she has been in the industry for very long time definetely more than a decade or two) Iam from Bangalore so I know she is known for her good work in kannada films (she has also done movies in other languages).Prakash Raj is also very good actor do u know he was college dropout and use to spend most of time in theatre work(long back Times had written an article about him) he has come a long way.
Iam amazed you keep track of every important thing be it politics , films or just about anything i think just being in your company (so what if it is through blog and your Books) one can learn a lot you are my favourite and Iam proud of my choice. will watch kanchivaram i usually never gave a thought about movies winning National awards as most of time not many know there names(no publicity) or probably the movies must be boring..in any case from hereonwards wil definetely look into it.
Your article on MR Tharoor good one.About YSR article not many are keenly into knowing about politics or whats happening around the low turn out during elections tells a lot honestly i too did not give much about news and newspapers or politics but after i read Speed Post long back(where u advice your children to take intrest about whats going around...it made sense) i make it a point know whats going around and be an involved citizen.
- September 24, 2009 at 3:22 PM
- Vikram said...
Honestly, I think a majority of us would prefer going to a Bollywood masala movie (including me), than an award-winning 'art' movie.
For me going to a movie is more of a stress-buster and a time-pass. The bollywood movies serve the purpose.
- September 24, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- Rajesh said...
Hi Shobhaa,
You are right, this time National Awards judges have created a record of sorts... no doubt all the movies that have won awards stand apart. Girish Kasaravalli is one of the finest Kannada directors all his movies win award in one or the other way... Girish has the ability to get the best out of an actor... hence today Umashri has won accolades (no doubt Umashri is a very good actress.
- September 24, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- Prasun Kulshrestha said...
wow! One day i will also become the writer, someone will make a movie with me, and i will definately win a prize too! No obstacle can stop me, no matter if someone help me or not, god will help for sure.....
- September 24, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Shobha, Am not computer-savvy, so don't know how to get in touch with you. Just a general comment, not specific to this blog entry. I love reading your blog. I live in Canada, so keep in touch with all things Indian through your blog. Write frequently and keep going!
- September 24, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Rani is a terrific actress And she has her own category.
Brilliant voice quality And The smile - kya baat hai.
Yes, Acting of course spontaneous natural talent.
A Break And reinvention is important to stay for another 3-5 years to compete.
Any combo is excellent if actors naturally justify script instead of acting.
- September 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM
- Gajendra said...
both prakash rai and umashree are from karnataka.....both are great actors
- September 25, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Jigyasa said...
Agreed! This time it wasn't for the Bollywood biggies but yes they got some consolation prizes here & there...
About Rani! Indeed I too am not convinced with the glamorization being done for trying it as a hit formula. Rani doesn't need that at all. Moreover, Hadippa is a remake of 'She is the Man' of course with the Indian tadka.
- September 25, 2009 at 3:02 PM
- Latha said...
Hi Shobhaa,
I had terribly missed 'Kanchivaram' when it was shown in Vijay TV. I made a note of seeing it everyday but 'ain Waqt par' it somehow skipped my mind. Your post just brought back all the regrets.
The lengthy picturisation of the winning of 'Kaun banega crorepati' in Slumdog is a straight lift from a Malayalam movie, 'One man show' (2001). The boy jumping into the shithole & rising with a photo is a lift from another Malayalam movie.
Looks like Danny Boyle has seen quite a number of Malayalam movies before making & getting 'Oscar' for his 'original' Slumdog....
Malayalees keep mum. Generally South Indians don't protest.
Many Malayalam movies are Oscar worthy, esp., the likes of 'Kunjikkoonan' which was remade in Tamil as 'Perazhakan' which tells about how a hunchback can win over a girl with his sincerity & never say die attitude. A real entertainer as well if you can understand Tamil.
Of course, 'Naalu Pennungal' will be shown in Asianet or Surya & I'm not going to miss it.
'Taarey Zameen Par' is okay, I guess.
- September 25, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- Sameer said...
Can't agree more on regional films quality and content. I always enjoyed my regional films (marathi movies), especially after they got out of the stereotypical 'tamasha' brand or 'maherachi saadi' types. I do believe regional films handle the sensitive and bold topics very effectively. I recently watched a marathi movie 'Devrai' which focussed on Schizophrenia and issues associated with it.Another marathi movie 'Athaang' deals with homosexuality and Indian society. Both movies - wonderfully scripted and acted by talented artists. Why can't we think of such regional films for sending it to Oscars and not just 'feel good' types movies.
- September 25, 2009 at 4:43 PM
- Nandini said...
Rani is no actress! Her dialog delivery is so constructed, it's almost as if she is forcing her efforts to be known, more than to be shown. Acting should be effortless...take Sridevi for eg..excellent timing all the time.
- September 25, 2009 at 7:21 PM
- Ketaki... said...
Hey Shobha,
Firstly, had you written this post earlier? Because you say here that you wonder what movie will these people send for Oscars but I thought I read somewhere that you mentioned that you are happy "Harishchandra chi factory" is going for Oscars. Or maybe its just me reading too many things i donno.
Well I am really happy that a marathi movie has again been chosen for Oscars. I often feel Maharashtrians never got their due in the movie Industry. They talk about kapoors and khans but 'Ghatis' have always been pioneers of Cinema. If it wasn't for Phalke, there would have been no Bollywood in the first place. Well I am diverting from the topic here. I actually want to say is that we have been making wonderful marathi movies since a long time. Unfortunately, we dont get the critical as well as commercial acclaim. Marathi movies do pay a price for Mumbai being a capital of "Bollywood". If Maharashtra was as averse to hindi as the southern states, our films would not have to suffer as much.
Now see, I never heard you talking about Dilip Prabhavalkar the way you talked about Prakash Raj. And hey, Mr.Prabhavalkar has appeared in some pretty interesting Bollywood movies. (read Munnabhai and Sarkar raj)
Well, finally I just hope "Harishchandrachi factory" gets a good opening in Maharashtra. I also hope they produce enough DVDs so that I can atleast hope to get one in LA.. :(
I hate US for the only fact that I can never watch Marathi movies in theatres.
Oh on your second part about Rani Mukherjee, Shobhaa you are so biased towards Bengalis.. :P i am kidding, I don't begrudge you for liking Rani or for that matter Shahid. One of my friends liked Emran Hashmi, I think I can take anything after that. ;) :)
- September 25, 2009 at 9:55 PM
- kala said...
Only Tamilnadu was against the imposition of hindi and spearheaded anti hindi agitations. Karnataka and Hyderabad are more cosmopolitan and screen hindi films. In Bangalore, tamil, telugu and hindi movies attract heavy audience. Now even in Chennai, most of the theatres in Anna Saalai(Mount Road) hindi and hollywood movies give competition to local tamil movies. Though from Karnatak, Prakash Raj earned more fame and awards in telugu and tamil movies. We must appreciate the rise of the regional cinema but we should not become too chauvanistic. In this regard, hindi films bond Indians of all hues.
- September 25, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- kala said...
This website aslibaat.com provides us with Khalid's film review(which I enjoy more than the movies) and Vkram Bhatt's musings where he wondered why Subhash K. Jha wrote such a vitriolic piece about Rani. This same Jha is writing so many supporting and sympathetic pieces(not articles) about one Rai. Is there a connection between these write ups?
- September 26, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- you are the light of the world said...
i agree with u.
- September 26, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- you are the light of the world said...
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To experience what is friendship, one must have true friends, who are indeed rare treasure.
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- September 26, 2009 at 9:38 PM
- Peter Williams Amalraj said...
I quite agree with you.. Generally south indians don't protest.. Hmm.. in a ways we are forced to be this way. Be it in any field, South Indians are quite looked down. May be it's their dark skin or lesser known hindi population which deprives them of most of the privileges they deserve.. On a personal note i found my SSB interviews a 'live' example. When the whole of the crowd was comfortable in Hindi, my 'quite' good english with a neutral accent did me no good but left me feeling odd in amongst the crowd where the 'northern indian' accentuated English was predominant.. Coming to cinema.. the Bollywood always wants everything "BIG".. But Quantity doesn't equal quality..Bollywood tries to compare itself with hollywood and work with the pre-concieved notion that Hollywood is the best !!! No doubt, Hollywood is the best but not the 'only' best ?? Do you think SDM is a masterpiece ??? Or Sean Penn who went on to lip-lock with other males on screen is the only greatest ??..
Only when these prejudices are out we could compete on a healthy note.. until then, ,we are forced to numb..
BTW.. I don't intend to fan any flames of hostility between the north and south but it's deplorable fact that "Truth is always bitter than the sweeter lie"..
- September 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- Latha said...
Thanks Amalraj,
But we can be proud of the fact that Priyan's "Hera Pheri" - remake of Malayalam "Ramji Rao speaking", "Hulchul" (Mal: Godfather)& other films like "Biwi o Biwi" (Tam: Chathi Leelavati), Kamal's "Chachi 420 (Tam: Ouvvai Shanmukhi)....I can go on & on & on.... were all great hits in Hindi. As you say, Bollywood went to Switzerland instead of our Tam team going to Bangalore.
Though Hindi 'Satya' which was a straight lift of Kamal's Tamil 'Satya' became a great hit, we never protested.
As for SDM, if it had been made in Malayalam, it would've been considered as an average movie 'cause it'd've paled in comparison with other mallu movies for sure !
- September 28, 2009 at 2:12 PM
- victor said...
@Latha...'google' tells me Kamal's Sathya is a remake of sunny deol starrer 'Arjun'. maybe you should double check before making wild allegations. Go easy on 'Pride' :)
- September 29, 2009 at 10:03 AM
- Gajendra said...
@amal and @latha,
Guys....I know very well that you guys are merely stating the facts.
But you are demeaning the facts by putting them up in a forum like this wherein people get a chance to denigrate it.
So please apply prudence and don't give chance to people to denigrate the worth of our part of the country
- September 30, 2009 at 2:05 PM
- Peter Williams Amalraj said...
@ Gajendra..
We(south indians) are quite used to this kind of 'denigration'.. afterall as usual we have no other go but to force ourselves to stay numb..But i think whoever who applies prudence would definitely agree South Indians are sidelined..
Also in my previous comment i 've clearly mentioned my stand in the last line.. Now that i 'll leave it to the individual's integrity who tries to 'demean' or divert the course of argument..
- October 5, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Looks like your guesstimate was wrong. Dil Bole hadippa sucked so badly and rightly tanked at the box office.
I tink Rani should really rethink these run-of-the-mill movies from the Yash Chopra factory...
- October 18, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Umm...if you check the dates of movie releasem you can make out that Arjun is a copy of Satya
- October 18, 2009 at 3:55 PM
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ya true facts...
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This interview was originally broadcast on April 13, 2011.
Tina Fey grew up in a household with parents she has described as "Goldwater Republicans with pre-Norman Lear racial attitudes."
But, she says, her parents were always supportive of her career, even when she told them she was moving to Chicago to start a career in improv.
"To their credit, they never said, 'You like entertainment. Are you sure you don't want to be an entertainment lawyer?' " she tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "[They understood] me wanting to pursue this before I had commitments, before I had a family. And I think they knew that neither my brother nor I would ever come back to them destitute."
Fey grew up to become Saturday Night Live's first female head writer as well as the star and executive producer of NBC's sitcom 30 Rock. Now, she's also a published author. Her memoir Bossypants contains her thoughts on juggling her roles as actor, daughter, mother, writer and boss on the sets of both SNL and 30 Rock, which will end its run as a series on January 31, 2013.
Writing Sketches
When Fey first arrived on the set of Saturday Night Live as a writer in 1997, she says, it initially took her a while to feel comfortable with herself in the writer's room.
"My first week, I completely froze," she says. "I couldn't think of anything. It was just too fast a gear shift. ... So I had some pieces that I had written trying to get the job, and I ended up turning them in. And the next week, I think I was able to write something and turn it in. And the week after that maybe, I wrote something that made its way to the dress rehearsal."
Three years later, Fey began co-anchoring the Weekend Update segment with Jimmy Fallon. She says she enjoyed the transition.
"It's very fun to be a writer at Saturday Night Live, but it's more fun to do both," she says. "When you're a writer and you hit that after-show party, you're exhausted and you maybe combed your hair and you maybe bought yourself something at Ann Taylor. But if you're on the show, you're all fancy. So in that most basic level, it was an upgrade in the job."
But anchoring Weekend Update also meant something else: Fey's sketches could never get cut. "You never have that fear and disappointment that the sketch players have," she says. "And it's the only segment week after week where you look directly into the camera and tell America your name, because a lot of times, I realize now, you see the sketch players in wigs, and if they're new, you go, 'Wait, which guy is that?' On Update, you look like yourself, and every week you say, 'Hi, this is me.' So it's career-changing."
Working With Sen. John McCain
Even as Fey began to do on-air work, she still wrote segments for the show, often helping the guest hosts with their opening monologue and sketches. One of her favorite guest hosts was Arizona Sen. John McCain.
"Sometimes when you have a person all-the-way not an actor, it's just delightful to watch them be game and try," she says. "We all liked him tremendously."
In 2004, Fey and McCain did a nonpartisan get-out-the-vote photo shoot for Life magazine in Washington, D.C., and McCain gave both Fey and her husband a tour of the Capitol.
"[SNL creator] Lorne Michaels always reminds me that Sen. McCain has that [photo] framed in his office," she says. "[Lorne] thinks subliminally that that's why he liked Sarah Palin when he saw her — because he was used to looking at me standing next to him in that picture."
Fey has received seven Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes and four Writers Guild of America Awards. In 2010, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, becoming the youngest-ever recipient of that award.
Interview Highlights
On her birth
"[My mom] was 39 when she delivered me. I think she had had my brother eight years earlier, and then in 1960s medicine, they had told her at some point, 'Oh, no, you're done. Don't even worry about it, dear. You're out of business.' And so I was a surprise."
On the criticism she got for playing Sarah Palin
"You can find this freshly posted as of yesterday. 'She should be ashamed of what she did to Sarah Palin,' which I think is a discredit to both me and former Gov. Palin. She's not fragile. And I'm not mean. And to imply otherwise is a disservice to us both. No one ever said, 'Oh, that Will Ferrell. He should be ashamed of the way he's conducting himself playing George W. Bush.' No one would ever say that."
On working with Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan
"They are different. It's funny because it's rare that we're all three together. The way that things are scheduled, I'll go on and it's either a day of all me and Alec ... or all me and Tracy. It's fun when we're all together ... but we kind of know each other by now, and we know the rhythm of who likes to shoot their coverage first and who likes to wait and go second."
On her mother forcing her to try on a bra over her clothes in J.C. Penney
"At the time it was horrifying. And I developed very early. I was probably in fifth grade getting a bra. I developed breasts so early and so strangely high that the bra was more to clarify what they were. That they were not a goiter or something. It was mortifying, but I can absolutely see making that same mistake because you transition as a mother from literally just pulling a booger out of that person's nose whenever you see one until at some point they assert: 'No, I'm a person. You can't fix my underpants on the subway.' "
On how women present themselves in comedy
"It's just such a tangled-up issue, the way women present themselves — whether or not they choose to put their thumbs in their panties on the cover of Maxim and judge each other back and forth on it. It's a complicated issue, and we didn't go much further on saying anything other than to say, 'Yeah, it's a complicated issue and we're all kind of figuring it out as we go.'
"In the episode [of 30 Rock called "TGS Hates Women"], we have a fake website called Joanofsnark.com that the women at Jezebel.com immediately recognized that it was their website basically and it was ... I don't have the answer. But I find it interesting that Olivia [Munn, a correspondent on The Daily Show] gets people who go after her on some of these sites because she's beautiful, and that's part of it. I think if she were kind of an aggressive, heavier girl with a Le Tigre mustache posing in her underpants, people would be like, 'That's amazing. Good for you.' But because she's very beautiful, people are like, 'You're using that.' It's a mess. We can't figure it out."
On her favorite Saturday Night Live hosts
"Alec Baldwin was always a pleasure [to write for]. Queen Latifah ... and Gwyneth Paltrow has a great ear or instinct for sketch comedy, because you have to make a quick choice and go with it and she was really good. Ben Affleck was really good."
On working with Tracy Morgan
"He's very pleasant. His mood is always pleasant. His health is an issue. He had a kidney transplant this year and he continues to struggle with diabetes, so that's probably the biggest challenge. He's trying and doing his best, but I've had so many conversations with him where I'm like, 'Buddy. You can't have a 20-piece McNugget meal.' And he's genuinely like, 'Really?' And, of course, I don't know what he's supposed to eat.
"But in terms of his desire to be [on 30 Rock] and his attitude, he's always great. I mean, he has a completely different background in terms of training or what he brings than someone like Alec or Jane [Krakowski] who come from the theater. But I feel like I've known [Morgan] a long time now, and I feel like I know how he likes to work, and I like to shoot with him because I feel like I can kind of get his best performance out of him."
In 2011, while still starring on and co-writing NBC's "30 Rock," Tina Fey hit the New York Times bestseller list by releasing a comic memoir titled "Bossypants." Terry Gross spoke with Tina Fey when that book was released and took the opportunity to ask some additional questions about her TV work.
Let me play a clip from "30 Rock," and this is from an episode called "Sexy Baby," and this is like, a new writer on the show.
TINA FEY: Oh yeah, the episode, the actual title of the episode is "TGS Hates Women."
GROSS: Oh right, yeah, yeah. Because this writer is hired to kind of change things around because the show's being accused of being misogynistic. So this new writer's hired, but she's a real sexy baby type. And you're trying to tell her to, like act - like knock it off.
FEY: Right.
GROSS: You don't have to put on that act when you're not acting. You know, just, like, knock it off and be yourself. And so here's that scene.
FEY: (As Liz) Abby, thanks for meeting me here. This place is very special to me.
CRISTIN MILIOTI: (As Abby Flynn): Is this where you got your V-card punched?
FEY: (As Liz) What? No. Does this look like the makeup room of a clown academy? No. This is a statue - and I know you know this - of Eleanor Roosevelt: first lady to the world, champion of the rights of women, and the lid on my high school lunchbox.
Look, I know it can be hard. Society puts a lot of pressure on us to act a certain way. But TGS is a safe place, so you can drop the sexy baby act - and lose the pigtails.
MILIOTI: (As Abby) I like my pigtails. My uncle says they're sexy.
FEY: (As Liz) Enough with the gross jokes and that voice. I want you to talk in your real voice.
MILIOTI: (As Abby) This is my real voice. And the little sexy baby thing isn't an act. I'm a very sexy baby. I can't help it if men are attracted to me - like that homeless guy. He likes what he sees.
FEY: (As Liz) OK, that could be for me.
HANNIBAL BURESS: (As Homeless Guy) It's not. It's for her.
FEY: (As Liz) Abby, I'm trying to help you.
MILIOTI: (As Abby) Really? By judging me on my appearance and the way I talk? And what's the difference between me using my sexuality, and you using those glasses to look smart?
FEY: (As Liz) I am smart. I placed out of freshman German.
MILIOTI: (As Abby) Or Lutz, using that sexy English accent to get me in the sack.
FEY: (As Liz) No, you didn't. Lutz? Is that even possible? I mean, I was there when he Belvedered. God, Abby, you can't be that desperate for male attention.
MILIOTI: (As Abby) You know what, Liz? I don't have to explain myself to you. My life is none of your business.
FEY: (As Liz) Except it is because you represent my show, and you represent my gender in this business, and you embarrass me.
BURESS: (As Homeless Guy) Kiss!
MILIOTI: (As Abby) Dude, I am sorry, but this is who I am. Deal with it.
GROSS: That's my guest, Tina Fey, with Cristin Milioti. Am I saying her name right?
FEY: I think so, yeah.
GROSS: In a scene from "30 Rock." Do you know actresses like that, or writers like that, who have that kind of like, sexy baby persona?
FEY: Mm-hmm. It's funny because as we were listening to that, I was thinking: Yeah, it's just your typical sitcom, two-minute-long discussion about gender. I'm like no wonder no one wants to watch this program.
FEY: Yeah, actually, I was remembering, as we were listening to it, that the thing about the moment - and this script was written by Ron Weiner - but I remember one of the things that - we talked about this story a lot in the room - the moment where I say to her: Talk in your real voice.
It's actually a thing that I remembered from a college acting class where there was a girl - this beautiful, really beautiful, voluptuous, little, tiny actress - who had one of these tiny voices. And I had one of my acting teachers - I remember she was doing a monologue in class, and he very gently said to her - he was like OK, I want you to do the monologue again, and I would like you to use your adult-woman voice.
And she did, and all the other women in the class looked - I remember looking at each other like, I knew it! I knew that voice wasn't real. And that moment was kind of inspired by that because sometimes those voices are real; sometimes, they are a habit that's just kind of worn in.
But this episode was - that story is so kind of loaded and complex that I was really glad that we did it. And I think it confused and sort of delighted the Internet in a way because it sort of opens up more questions than answers.
I mean, for me it was about Liz - Liz is in the wrong to try - she thinks she's doing the right thing by trying to correct this woman, by trying to say like, you don't have to be this way. And at the same time, this girl has every right to be whoever she wants.
And so that, to me, was what the story was about, that it's just such a tangled-up issue, the way women present themselves. Whether or not they choose to, you know, as I say, put their thumbs in their panties on the cover of Maxim. And the way women judge each other back and forth for it.
It's a complicated issue, and we didn't go much further, saying anything about it other than to say: Yeah, it's a complicated issue, and we're all kind of figuring it out as we go. And in the episode, we have a fake website that we're referring to, a feminist website called Joanofsnark.com - that the women at Jezebel.com immediately recognized that it was their website, basically.
And it was kind of a - it was. It was, you know, a reaction to the way I saw Olivia Munn, who is a correspondent...
GROSS: On "The Daily Show."
FEY: ...treated on that "Daily Show," which was, you know, I don't have the answer. But I find it interesting - is all I can say - is I find it interesting that Olivia gets - people go after her, sometimes, on these sites because she's beautiful, I think is part of it.
You know, I think she was posing - I think if she were kind of an aggressive, kind of heavier girl with a, you know, Le Tigre mustache, posing in her underpants, people would be like: That's amazing, good for you. But because she is very beautiful, people are like: That's - you're using that. It's just a mess. We can't figure it out.
BIANCULLI: Tina Fey speaking to Terry Gross in 2011. NBC's "30 Rock," which premiered in 2006, presents its final episode next Thursday. You can download podcasts of our show at freshair.npr.org and follow us on Twitter at nprfreshair and on Tumblr at nprfreshair.tumblr.com. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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So Friday I called out sick from work because I had the worst migraine ever. My eyeballs were hurting so bad and just staring at the faintest of light was causing a sharp pain to shoot from my eyes to the back of my head. It was insane as I spent most of my day trying to sleep it off along with some migraine meds. Needless to say, I was thankfully feeling a lot better Saturday morning.
Saturday the BF and I decided to hit up Victoria Gardens which is an outdoor mall in Rancho Cucamonga (it's a really cute and quaint place), and they had these Cinderella-esque carriage that was just so gorgeous at night because it had these nice soft blue lights that just lit up the darkness. I told the BF that IF we were to ever to get married I wanna definitely roll up in that! Fairy tale style! LOL.
Speaking of weddings, my co-worker Alina invited me to her wedding on Sunday and the venue was a huge mansion in Beverly Hills in which her, her new husband and their families have been staying (as they are from Israel). The entire house seriously left me speechless. I mean you would never guess that this was a house, it was so huge and you felt like you were in a museum or something because this place was breathtaking; it even has an elevator! And the view from the backyard was amazing!
She looked so beautiful in her wedding dress, as if she popped out of a fairy tale book. Her and her new husband were just too cute for words and there were tables and tables of delicious food and fresh fruit. And OMG LADIES, check out the closet! To die for! Think how much shoes and makeup we could put in there! LOL!
I will let the pics speak for itself!
Every girl's DREAM closet:
The view:
Stairs that lead from the master bedroom to the kitchen:
Me and my other co-workers Diana and Egreis:
Us with the bride:
The awesome round bed in the downstairs bedroom:
The huge shower with a million jets!
The bride so gorgeous...
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So Friday I called out sick from work because I had the worst migraine ever. My eyeballs were hurting so bad and just staring at the faintest of light was causing a sharp pain to shoot from my eyes to the back of my head. It was insane as I spent most of my day trying to sleep it off along with some migraine meds. Needless to say, I was thankfully feeling a lot better Saturday morning.
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- mynameisROTH said...
That house is HUGE!
The view, cake and bed are to die for. LOL
One of these days ...thats gonna be me. haha
- March 3, 2009 at 1:50 AM
- Marietta said...
OMG everything is dreamy, and yeah this closet is exactly what i want!
- March 3, 2009 at 3:05 AM
- haci said...
first of all your dress is so good on you :h: and what a romance between bride and groom i m so jealous of them :k: :)))
- March 3, 2009 at 3:06 AM
- nackybeauty said...
ohwow!! this house is gorgeous! i love the closet! :b haha
i'm glad u're feeling better. :D
- March 3, 2009 at 3:24 AM
- Katrina said...
omg my dream closet! :) the bride looks gorgeous! such a lucky lady to have a wedding that beautiful! :)
- March 3, 2009 at 3:29 AM
- ♥Leigh♥ said...
WOW!! That totally left me speechless. NO wonder some weddings are expensive! Look at that! That's pretty awesome! Btw, I love what you wore on the wedding! =)
- March 3, 2009 at 3:45 AM
- Jamilla Camel said...
You didn't take a picture of the kitchen!!
Seriously, the whole wedding was so gorgeous, as well as your look and the house!
- March 3, 2009 at 3:52 AM
- loveva said...
now that is what i call a celebrity crib. lol. damn must've been gorgeous. u prolly felt a little bit out of the scene huh? cuz i sure hell would've. hahha... but u look nice! ooo, when u DO go on a carriage like that for yo wedding, i might just have to fly out there and see u comin in fairytale style =P
- March 3, 2009 at 4:03 AM
- Katrina said...
So gorgeous! Bless the newlyweds! I wish them health and happiness!
That house is incredible!!!!
- March 3, 2009 at 5:11 AM
- MakeupBliss said...
Wow! The mansion is BEAUTIFUL!
- March 3, 2009 at 5:18 AM
- FuN and MakeUp said...
OMG!! thats everyones dream HOUSE!!!! very beautiful and HUGE!! i would love one of those someday.. which is sooo impossible haha u look soo lovely with that flowery dress!! hope u had fun at the weddinggggg! i cant wait to get marry someday HA! j/k n that cinderella thingy is sooo cool! its in rancho cucamungo? if so ima have to go there n check it out!
- March 3, 2009 at 6:19 AM
- LOVEpink said...
omggggg beautifullll!!!!!
ps: i wish we had nice outdoor malls here :( lol
- March 3, 2009 at 7:25 AM
- Janelle said...
Oh WOW what a beautiful wedding! That closet is huge, it really is every girl's dream. And I want that shower!
- March 3, 2009 at 7:35 AM
- Askmewhats said...
I hope you dont' get migraine attacks anymore.
That is a wonderful house!!! Big wow and you look gorgeous nessa :D
- March 3, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- Ethereal Prey said...
wow! she had the cinderella carriage! that's an amazing house! but how was the food?!!!!
- March 3, 2009 at 8:10 AM
- Jerah197 said...
woww i want that closet hehe
- March 3, 2009 at 8:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
Now that is a GORGEOUS house.. and the closet.. sigh* one day.. one day.. ><
- March 3, 2009 at 8:27 AM
- Meya said...
the house is gorgeous!
- March 3, 2009 at 8:29 AM
- xppinkx said...
look at that house...omg look at that view!!! omg look at that marble...omg look at that round bed...omg look at that shower...
i need to marry me a Israeli man....
to die for...
you look beautiful babe cant wait to see you in june!
- March 3, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- sab said...
love love love your dress hun!
- March 3, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
WOW, the place looks amazing! Damn, I'm gonna get that closet one day! haha
- March 3, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- ko0ty said...
Wow the house looks beautiful. Your friend must be rich to be staying in a place like that! And that closet! When I find my own place, I think I'm going to convert a room into a closet. =P
- March 3, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Celly<3 said...
Look at that bedroom, for reals!
Ugh. *jealous face*
- March 3, 2009 at 10:32 AM
- Girl with Curl said...
Oh my gosh. I have to pick my jaw up off the floor. That house is goooorrgeous. Even better than some of the "cribs" on MTV. It definitely has that museum feel.
- March 3, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- Jéssy said...
Wow .. bed is very beautiful! MY GOD
I also want to marry the men of that ~
aiai that closet .. magnific
And the bathroom .. all details with gold
the cake looks very tasty =9
- March 3, 2009 at 12:08 PM
- vianca_sayys said...
ranchocucumanga is a cute lil mall area my bfs cousin works there and i seen that cinderella carriage. its cute ;D when i came to visit just 2 weekends ago & i love there LUCILLES BBQ joint there. BOMB. do u live around there ?
gorgeous HOUSE too.
- March 3, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- sanniet said...
OMG...*DROPS JAW* THAT IS ONE SERIOUSLY NICE CLOSET! I would love to have a closet like that! I can put so much stuff in there! The bride looked stunning! And what a beautiful dress. Yeah I really can't believe that is a house! I would probably be too scared to live in a place like that though, its just too big hehe
- March 3, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- FabDiva20 said...
The mansion is so amazing!!!! Wow! I love the closet too! I wish I had a bigger closet! The bride looked so gorgeous in her wedding dress!
- March 3, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- kawaiikao said...
amazing pictures! her dress is like...from a fairytale!
- March 3, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Lady Lostris said...
Woo! The closet, shower & the cake! I'm dreaming now...
- March 3, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- Tricia said...
WOW!! I would do some damage in that closet!! That cake is so beautiful too! I love simple cakes like that. That whole wedding is just...perfect!!
- March 3, 2009 at 4:05 PM
- purple snowflake said...
OMG.. the wedding cake is nice..:j:
looks so yummy and you look gorgeous in that dress... so pretty...
- March 3, 2009 at 4:40 PM
- SayAnythingBrooke said...
Who do I have to kill to live like that?!?
That closet is bigger than my bedroom!
- March 3, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- ruby14 said...
OMG thats so freaking nice but the closet will be filled wit all my shit by now if thats my closet lol omg victoria gardens is so lovely at night me and my bf goes there on weekdays then after ontario mills lol
- March 3, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- A. Rose said...
I'm sorry to hear about your migraine. I'm glad you had a great weekend though. That mansion is unbelievable. And that closet...I'm speechless.
- March 3, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
holy heck!!!! talk about a girls dream closet hehehe. you looked so pretty for the wedding :)
- March 3, 2009 at 7:01 PM
- veraology said...
OMG !! thats freaking 'wow!!!' :j: what a lucky girl! =] and ur smilies are soo cute!! :g:
- March 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- Zeno said...
wow, that house is crazy big! i'm jealous! haha =)
- March 3, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- Anonymous said...
congratulations to them!
& wow pretty dress
geeeeezzzz that closet/backyard is LOVELOVELOVE lol
- March 4, 2009 at 12:48 AM
- Sophie said...
Holy crap :i:
- March 4, 2009 at 3:30 AM
- Miss Yaya said...
if only my family from israel can give me such a closet.... really... i don't need stairs or a round bed.... that closet... lol :k:
- March 4, 2009 at 7:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
that dress. is amazing! aweee i swear i wonder if i am more inlove with having a wedding or actually someone haha omg.... yeah this is lovely :e:
- March 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Paint Me Gorgeous said...
hey vanessa- just a random question
am i not able to return stuff @ mac after 30 days? i purchased something in feb i can't get to the mall for a while...
- March 4, 2009 at 1:39 PM


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Kirsten Justesen, born 1943
Justesen is a pioneer in body art and has used her own body as her art's primary tool for more than 30 years.
With Sculpture II Justesen introduces her own naked body as her main motif and artistic tool
Kirsten Justesen: Sculpture II, 1968
Sculpture II is Justesen's first and now iconic work within body art
Read the story about how body art and feminism in the 1960s and 1970s often have convergent agendas
Pussy Power and body art
From the outset, body art was closely related to feminism
In the story about artist's wives you can read about some of the female pioneers on the Danish art scene around the year 1900
Artists' wives
Monumental portraits of artists' wives was a widespread trend around the year 1900
Willumsen's painting of his wife Edith in a mountaineous landscape reflects his fascination with the relation between (wo)man and nature
J.F. Willumsen: A Mountain Climber, 1912
Willumsen's majestic depiction of his wife Edith in a mountaineous setting is about humanity's relationship with nature
Willumsen scientifically investigated the quality and durability of his pigments and primers, and yet he experienced great difficulties during his work on A Mountain Climber
Willumsen's technique
A conservator examines an old, unsolved mystery about the creation of Willumsen's A Mountain Climber
Willumsen's characteristically monumental style with intense colours and blinding light effects made him a controversial figure on the contemporary Danish art scene
J.F. Willumsen 1863-1958
Willumsen's unique, monumental style with intense colours and dashing light made him a controversial figure of his time


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