Stephen King Scared of Plagiarism Charges
Actually there’s nothing to this story save one kook who keeps accusing one of my favorite writers of stealing her work.
A lie I know as Stephen King is one of the most prolific writers I know and he has no need to steal the prose of others.
Although, you know, I did once write a short story about a girl name Carrie…
From Outlaw.com
Horror writer Stephen King has been accused of defamation and invasion of
privacy by a writer who believes that she was the inspiration for Annie Wilkes, the sadistic nurse depicted in King's best-seller, Misery, according to news site Celebrity Justice.
Anne Hiltner, a 58-year-old freelancer from New Jersey, also claims that a character in Stephen King's TV miniseries "Kingdom Hospital" was taken from her private diaries.
She is demanding $500 million, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, which also notes: "The jumbled lawsuit doesn't detail how King allegedly pilfered the diaries or what was in them."
It is not the first time that Hiltner has sued King. In 1991, courts dismissed a similar suit claiming that Misery was plagiarised from Hiltner's own writings.
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Teaching Kids Responsibility by Giving Them an $8,000 Credit Card
I know the woman’s rich. And I know that rich people give their kids more than us more ordinary mortals.
But a credit card for $8,000 for an EIGHT YEAR OLD?
They are just so out of touch.
Pop superstar MADONNA has given her eight-year-old daughter LOURDES her own credit card with a $10,000 (GBP5,500) limit, according to a US magazine.
Friends say the MATERIAL GIRL hopes the exercise will teach Lourdes to appreciate the value of money.
A pal tells IN TOUCH WEEKLY, "Minors are not usually allowed credit cards so she had to pull a few strings to get it issued in Lourdes' name.
"She is hoping to teach Lourdes to be responsible with money."
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ASKED
**NY Daily News Blind Items 6/19**
Which handsome young movie actor has been told by his handlers to straighten up his image? Expect fewer fey photo shoots and more leaks about "hooking up" with prime-time TV actresses.
GUESSED
Hayden Christenson and the prime time tv actresses are Eva Longoria and Mischa Barton
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Red Hot Chili Peppers in Red Hot Trouble
Not only are they moving the entire pre-planned concert locale, they’re throwing in a free fireworks show.
Sounds like a gig in trouble to me.
From Femalefirst.com
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS MOVED FROM PARKING LOT
Organisers of a free RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS concert have moved the show from a parking lot to a grassy field, after realising many revellers may find high desert temperatures too hot to handle.
A crowd of 50,000 concertgoers were expected to descend on a parking lot hear the Las Vegas Strip on 2 July (05) to celebrate the gambling haven's centennial.
But planners of the concert, which will also feature WEEZER, have now moved the event to a soccer field at the Silver Bowl Sports Complex.
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Tom Cruise Still In Trouble
There’s transcripts of his interview with Matt Lauer all across the Internet, including the Drudge Report and USA Today.
I’m no fan of Matt Lauer but the man was only trying to conduct a sane interview. Tom Cruise, a fading has-been with rumors of homosexuality swirling all about, acted like a genuine jerk.
And then there was the squirting incident. A real giggle, I thought.
From Times Online.com
As he answered questions from journalists a bogus reporter, wearing a white and green T-shirt, stuck out a joke microphone and used it to squirt water into Cruise's face.
The actor struggled to keep his cool, turning on the man to say: "Why would you do that ... why would you do that ... why would you do that?"
As the interviewer offered a barely audible excuse, Cruise said: "Do you like thinking less of people, is that it?... You're a jerk ... jerk ... you're a jerk."
Cruise then held the man back before security guards escorted him into the Odeon cinema, where he was arrested along with the three members of his crew.
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Did Y’all Hear About Oprah and Hermes?
Seems Oprah wanted to do a little after-hours shopping at France’s Hermes store.
Rumor has it she wanted to buy a gift for Tina Turner with whom she was scheduled to meet for a dinner.
This woman has millions of dollars! And the vaunted Hermes shuns her?
Quelle Stupide.
Luxury store apologizes to Oprah
Hermes' Paris store had rebuffed talk show host
(CNN) -- Luxury store Hermes on Wednesday apologized to Oprah Winfrey for turning her away last week, saying that the store was closed to set up for a public relations event when the talk show host stopped by its Paris store.
"Hermes regrets not having been able to accommodate Ms. Winfrey and her team and to provide her with the service and care that Hermes strives to provide to each and every one of its customers worldwide," the store said in a statement.
"Hermes apologizes for any offense taken due to such circumstances."
The store said the incident occurred on June 14 around 6:45 p.m., about 15 minutes after the store closed. It said Winfrey and her team arrived at a time when "a private PR event was being set up inside."
Winfrey had no immediate comment.
Wilbanks, Couric and Weddings That Weren't
On Tuesday, June 21, 2005, Jennifer Wilbanks, her "fiancé" John Mason, and Today Show's perky Katie Couric sat down for a one hour interview.
The public's questions about the runaway bride would finally be answered. Jennifer and John would declare their perfect love for each other. Katie would not balk at tough questions.
NOT!
Although The Wise I does not want to be mean to Jennifer. Indeed for all the public outcry and ridicule, I'd suggest that most of us would be willing to at least listen. It was a desperate act. We understand desperate acts out here in la-la land. We understand that people resort to desperate acts usually under desperate circumstances.
A father steals a bag of groceries for his hungry children. Hey, we get it.
Jennifer Wilbanks steals goods from legal merchants. We don't get it.
Beyond the shoplifting, we're really not getting Jennifer Wilbanks and her motives for leaving her family to worry and her fiancé to be under a cloud of suspicion.
Last Tuesday's interview did nothing to help the cause.
Except we know a young woman carefully plotted an "escape" from her wedding. She ran off, leaving behind a wedding party of fourteen bride's maids and over 500 guests. If Jennifer had been running from her serial murder fiancé for whom she carried a deathly fear from the recent discovery, this might have made sense.
And while Jennifer claims she had no idea there was such a national search and so much angst for her, The Wise I is a little bit skeptical.
"There is no TV on the bus," Wilbanks explained.
Although this is not necessarily true as I've been on buses with TV's. They were chartered affairs, yes, but in today's technologically advanced world I wouldn't call that statement a given.
For the sake of argument, however, I'd concur that the Greyhound bound cross country had no TV.
Surely there were rest stops? Surely there were newspaper stands blaring for information on Jennifer Wilbanks? Surely, for the several days Jennifer was trotting across the land there had to be something, somewhere.
Okay, maybe it's just me. But I'm not buying it.
Every day the good and law-abiding citizens of this country deal with life issues. We discover a child is on drugs. We lose a beloved relative. We collapse from the sheer torture of a daily job.
Very few of us just run off, leaving loved ones behind to worry and be accused of our murder. There's just a total disconnect between the American public and Jennifer Wilbanks.
Yes, we understand mental illness. Duh. Most of us have someone we know or in our family that suffers from some form of mental torment that causes his/her behavior to be incongruent with the problem he/she faces. Even our own wise selves are sometimes guilty of an over-reaction, an inappropriate remark.
An action this incongruent with the cause is way out for us mere normal mortals to comprehend.
Be that as it may, Jennifer's biggest chasm of disbelief stems from her fabrication for her disappearance. This and the fact that it's simply unbelievable that the woman had no idea of the anguish she was causing.
I don't think her book or movie will do all that well. The woman has shown her stripes and they're far muter than that silly blanket she wore on her head from the airport.
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Call Me Cynical
But all across the great Delaware plain there are RINO's-Republicans in Name Only. They take umbrage very publicly but behind closed doors the daunting team of Biden/Minner run the show here in Delaware.
So the Republican email informing me that Representative Mike Castle voted for an amendment to prohibit flag burning makes mine eyes glaze.
Well this is a safe Republican vote. And not that a constitutional amendment vote by congress means much in that it must be approved by 2/3''s of the states.
Ah, let the Delaware RINO's have their minute of glory.
Before they vote the Democratic line next time it comes up.
Delaware Congressman Mike Castle supported passage of a resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States in a vote of 286-130.
"This 'flag burning' amendment is the best way to protect our flag, which is by far the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. It is not only a symbol of hope of our liberty, but it is also a symbol synonymous with our brave soldiers and veterans, and represents the thousands of ultimate sacrifices made by military and civilians in building this country into what it is today. As we prepare to observe the Independence Day, our nation continues to fight a war for freedom. Therefore the passage of this amendment can be seen as a strong salute to our brave military personnel who our serving our nation both at home and abroad," said Congressman Castle.
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President Biden?
Even though Biden's been making nicey-nice with Hillary, it would seem Biden has plans of his own.
And hey, Joe Biden's not a bad alternative to Hillary for the 2008 presidential nominee. He doesn't have as much baggage as Hillary, including a bag named Bill. Although tween yon reader and The Wise I ole Joe's got a history that would shame a snail once it comes out.
To much of America, Joe's the smiling guy they see all the time upon their TV's, always with a good turn of phrase and always ready to talk serious to our moronic selves.
He's got a shot, I tell you.
Much as I hate to do this to America I almost welcome getting this man out of Delaware.
I'll even sign up to be his Plagiarizer In Chief.
From the American Spectator
The irrepressible Senator Joe Biden has announced on CBS's Face the Nation that he is seeking the presidency. He thought about running in 2004, but feared he had gotten the presidential itch too late. Dr. Howard Dean was already a shoo-in. Now he only has Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to worry about, and Senator Biden apparently is not all that worried. Perhaps he shares my childlike belief that the American people are becoming impatient with liars. Senator Clinton has been caught lying so many times by independent counsels and others that the American people will give her candidacy short shrift.
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