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Sexy Schoolgirls Go
Medieval On Local Perv
Friday, October 31, 2003
Twenty-five
underage schoolgirls -- dressed like
extras in a T.A.T.U. video -- laid some
serious smackdown on a Pennsylvania man
Thursday after he whipped out his
pee-pee in front of a Philadelphia
Catholic girls school. Police say 25
year old Rudy Sasanto had previously
exposed himself to students of Saint
Maria Goretti School on at least seven
other occasions and has now been
charged with fourteen crimes, including
disorderly conduct, public lewdness,
harassment, and the corruption of
minors. Eyewitnesses on the scene
called the incident "hot."
Sean Connery
Reaches Settlement In Lawsuit
Friday, October 31, 2003
Screen legend Sean Connery, the
original James Bond, has announced a
settlement in his lawsuit against
Mandalay Pictures and their CEO Peter
Gruber. The $17 million lawsuit
brought by Connery against Mandalay was
based on a claim that Gruber and his
company failed to provide timely
funding for Connery's movie, 'End
Game.' The 73 year old actor also
asserted that Gruber refused to
communicate with him regarding the
situation.
Four Injured In
Helicopter Crash
Friday, October
31, 2003
Four
people were injured when a private
helicopter crashed into an upscale
Mexico City restaurant on Wednesday.
The chopper had taken off from a
nearby rooftop, and eyewitnesses said
that it began experiencing
difficulties soon after liftoff.
The helicopter started to tailspin and narrowly
missed hitting the Un
Lugar de la Mancha during their busy
lunch hour. After hitting
several cars in the parking lot, the
helicopter ended up rolling on its
side.
Rock's Success
Opens Doors for Wrestler-Turned-Actor
Thursday, October
30, 2003
Now that wrestling superstar Dwayne
'The Rock' Johnson has wowed critics
with his acting chops and silenced
naysayers with his box office muscle,
Hollywood is looking toward the
squared circle once again, hoping to
find the next 'Pacino of Pain.'
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the article...
Washington
Warns Parents Against Letting Kids Read
Books
Thursday, October
30, 2003
A doctor at George Washington
University Medical Center has issued a
statement warning parents about the
dangers of letting their kids read.
Mr. Howard Bennett said in this week's
New England Journal of Medicine that
physical stress caused by the
obsessive consumption of the new Harry
Potter book has caused three subjects
-- all children -- to suffer from what
he terms "Hogwarts
Headaches." The kids, with ages
ranging from eight to ten, suffered
through dull headaches for days after
reading the 870 page novel. A
spokesperson for Professor Dumbledore
called the report
"poppycock" and suggested
that a Slytherin spell might be
responsible for the condition.
Fox
Threatens Self With Lawsuit Thursday, October
30, 2003
Cartoonist/Producer Matt Groening has
told National Public Radio that Fox
Broadcasting, the company which airs
his animated comedy program, "The
Simpsons," threatened to sue him
-- and essentially themselves -- after
the show parodied the Fox News
Channel's anti-liberal stance.
"We called their bluff because we
didn't think Rupert Murdoch would pay
for Fox to sue itself," Groening
told NPR. "So we got away with
it." The show had mimicked the
Fox news ticker, splashing headlines
like "Do Democrats Cause
Cancer?" across the screen.
Indy
Thriller Winning Rave Reviews
Wednesday, October
29, 2003
A
new thriller from director Brian-Avenet
Bradley that's winning rave reviews
and festival awards may have the
filmmaker poised for mainstream
Hollywood success. "Ghost of the
Needle," which opened in Cannes
last May, is an innovative film about
a serial killer who shrink-wraps his
victims as though they were retail
product on a Wal-Mart shelf. Then,
when the killer suffers a head injury,
his grip on reality slips even further
and the viewer is left to wonder just
what is real and what isn't. The film
just garnered the award for Best
Feature at the Rhode Island
International Film Festival and swept
all seven categories it was nominated
in at the Fright-Fest
Independent Sci-Fi, Horror &
Fantasy Film Festival.
Japanese TV
Executive Bribes Ratings Families
Wednesday, October
29, 2003
An
unnamed producer of a top Japanese
television show, NTV's 'Yomiuri
Shimbun', has been charged with hiring
a company to locate and bribe families
who were taking part in Japan's
ratings surveys. A spokesperson
for the network reported that the
producer wanted his shows to become
the highest rated shows on Japanese
television. The president of the
network which aired the show, Toshio
Hagiwara, said this incident would
severely damage the public's faith in
the ratings system and that the
producer's actions were extremely
disgraceful.
Podiatrist
Doesn't Have 'Leg To Stand On'
Wednesday, October
29, 2003
Robert
Ken Kasamatsu is facing charges
of fraud after being indicted by a
federal grand jury. Kasamatsu, a
41 year old Los Angeles podiatrist, was
billing Medicare by using the names
and Social Security numbers of people
that he had never treated, or that
were deceased. These bogus
bills, totaling more than $600,000,
were filed over a four year period
beginning in 1996. If convicted,
Kasamatsu could face 20 years in
prison.
New
Additions from Lost Colonists
Monday, October 27, 2003
New
columns have been added to our site. In
them, Rhiannon takes us on a ride and
Will Rickard compares his love life to
Turkish prison rape. Read
the columns...
Actor
Sees Jack Black As Role Model
Sunday, October 26, 2003
In an exclusive
interview, actor/writer Dan Lashley
talks about how the recent success of
Jack Black as an "unconventional
leading man" is opening up
opportunities for people who don't
possess Brad Pitt looks.
Read
the interview...
Rolling
Stones Can't Get No Satisfaction In
China
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Mick
Jagger and his buddies have been forced
to cancel their upcoming tour in China.
Citing too many difficulties and
complications, the Rolling Stones released
a statement that they would be
unable to perform in country. The
legendary band was originally scheduled
for shows earlier this year in China,
but the SARS outbreak forced
cancellation of those concerts.
However, a spokesperson for the band has
said that two shows in Hong Kong (set
for November 7th and 9th) would still
happen.
'Saving
Private Ryan' Star Gets Six Months For
Assault
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
B-Movie
Legend Dies
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Donald G. Jackson
wasn't as well known as Steven Spielberg
or as acclaimed as Martin Scorsese, but
when he died from leukemia last week, he
left behind a body of work that won him
the admiration of a devoted cult
following around the world. Best known
for the "Hell Comes to
Frogtown" and "Roller
Blade" movies, Jackson's biggest
brush with the Hollywood mainstream was
as a second unit cinematographer on
James Cameron's original
"Terminator." Lost Colony's
Richard O'Sullivan was a fan. "I
thought the original 'Frogtown' was
brilliant because it worked on so many
different levels. Like the best works of
Romero and Carpenter, it was more than
just mindless exploitation. There was
this whole undercurrent of social
commentary buried beneath. Not the
heavy-handed, brow-beating type of
message but the kind that got under your
skin while you had fun in the process.
Usually that's the most effective way to
get a point across and he did that
well." Jackson was 60.
Game
Show Legend Passes Away
Monday, October 27, 2003
Shiny-suited game
show announcer Rod Roddy, who told
contestants to "Come on down!"
for two decades on CBS' popular
"The Price is Right," has died
in Los Angeles. The golden-throated
broadcaster, noted for his trademark
multi-colored outfits, had been
hospitalized for the past two months
battling colon and breast cancer. Roddy,
who was the replacement announcer for
Johnny Olson (an earlier game show
icon), was 67.
A
'Shining' Moment For British Viewers
Monday, October 27, 2003
In recent voting,
viewers of Britain's Channel 4 have
chosen their top five scariest movie
scenes. Topping the list was Jack
Nicholson's maniacal scream of
"Here's Johnny!" as he axes
his way through a door in the cult
classic "The Shining".
The rest of the top five were: Linda
Blair's rotating head and projectile
vomiting in William Friedkin's 1973
"The Exorcist" in second; a
severed head popping out of the bottom
of an abandoned boat in Steven
Spielberg's 1975 shark thriller
"Jaws" was third; fourth place
went to a baby alien bursting out of
John Hurt's chest in Ridley Scott's 1979
"Alien"; and fifth place going
to Heather Donahue in tears in the
low-budget 1999 horror movie "The
Blair Witch Project".
Wild
Thing, You Moo Me
Monday, October 27, 2003
Why buy the cow
when you can get the milk for free?
Well, why not? That is, if you're the
heiress to the Onasis family fortune. It
seems that 18-year-old Athina Roussel
--the richest teen in the world -- has
purchased a bovine gift for her
boyfriend at the whopping cost of
$320,000. Her parents, too busy rolling
over in their graves, could not be
reached for comment.
Forbes
Magazine Top Earning Dead Celebrities
Sunday, October 26, 2003
Elvis is still the
King...at least when it comes to Forbes
magazine latest release of the Top
Earning Dead Celebrities list.
Elvis Presley, though gone since 1977,
still managed to earn $40 million last
year. Others in the top ten were Peanuts
creator Charles Schulz ($32 million); Lord
of the Rings master J.R.R. Tolkien
($22 million); Beatles John Lennon ($19
million) and George Harrison ($16
million); kiddie author Theodor
"Dr. Seuss" Geisel ($16
million); racer Dale Earnhardt ($15
million); rapper Tupac Shakur ($12
million); reggae legend Bob Marley ($9
million); and silver-screen siren
Marilyn Monroe ($8 million).
'Doctor
Hawkeye Pierce' Goes Under The Knife
Sunday, October 26, 2003
Veteran actor Alan
Alda, who played surgeon Hawkeye Pierce
on the CBS hit show 'M*A*S*H', has been
released from a Chilean hospital after
receiving an emergency appendectomy last
week. Alda, a six-time Emmy winner,
was in Chile filming a documentary for
PBS when he began suffering from severe
abdominal pains. He checked into a
local hospital, where the operation was
performed. The 67 year old actor
is expected to make a full recovery.
Britney's
Stalker Sues Her
Saturday, October
25, 2003
A Japanese business
man found guilty of stalking
singer/actress Britney Spears has now
filed a lawsuit against the pop
princess, claiming that her bodyguards
"intimidated" him and caused
him emotional distress. Masahiko
Shizawa, who was ordered by a judge to
stay away from the star, seeks
unspecified damages.
An Early Movie
Review?
Saturday, October
25, 2003
CNN is reporting
that the actor who plays Jesus Christ in
the Mel Gibson film "The Passion
of Christ" was struck by
lightning during filming.
Jim Caviezel was not injured by the
strike, but one producer reportedly said
he "saw smoke coming from the
actor's ear."
'What's Happening' Star Dies
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Seventies pop culture icon Fred "Rerun" Berry has died in Los Angeles at the age of fifty-two. Friends say the portly star of the long-running ABC sitcom, "What's Happening" had been suffering through the effects of a recent stroke. Married six times to four women, the star battled drug and alcohol addiction through the mid-80's before beginning a second career as a traveling minister. Funeral services have not yet been finalized.
Affleck Canned by Disney
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Published reports have surfaced which indicate that Disney is shutting down the upcoming Ben Affleck vehicle, "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" due to a feeling within the company that Affleck's recent overexposure has made him box office poison. The project, with director Betty Thomas at the helm, was to begin next month.
Liza Denies Laying the Smackdown
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Liza Minnelli has responded to husband David Guest's lawsuit, calling his claims that she abused him "stupid." Minnelli, who was married to Guest for a little over a year, was slapped with a $6 million lawsuit last week by her concert-promoting hubby, who claims that the diva beat him repeatedly during drunken outbursts.
Singer/Songwriter Commits Suicide
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Acclaimed tunesmith Elliott Smith died Wednesday in Los Angeles following what has been termed "a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest." Nominated for an Oscar in 1998 for the song "Miss Misery" (effectively used in the film "Good Will Hunting"), the artist was a critical darling with a devoted cult following. Smith, who had battled alcoholism for years, was thirty-four.
Where Have You Gone, Joe Buck?
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Times Square isn't what it used to be. Is that a blessing or a curse? Writer Richard Wallner looks at post-Guiliani New York is this classic Lost Columnist reprint, which first appeared on our site last year during the marking of the one-year anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy.
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