NDG: Anita Page 1910 - 2008 RIP

New Dead Girl:

Anita Page

August 4, 1910 - September 6, 2008

RIP

Anita Page - imdb

Anita Page - wiki

NDG: Evelyn Keyes 1916-2008 RIP

New Dead Girl:

Evelyn Keyes

November 20, 1916 - July 4, 2008

RIP

Evelyn Keyes - imdb

Evelyn Keyes - wiki

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NDG: Cyd Charisse 1922 - 2008 RIP

New Dead Girl:

Cyd Charisse

March 8, 1922 - June 17, 2008

RIP

Cyd Charisse - imdb

Cyd Charisse - wiki

Singing in the Rain (1952) - imdb

Singing in the Rain (1952) - wiki

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D.C. Madam Leaves Suicide Notes

(CNN) -- Convicted "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey railed against what she called a "modern-day lynching" in notes to her mother and sister before hanging herself at her mother's Florida home, police disclosed Monday.

Police in Tarpon Springs, Florida, released Palfrey's suicide notes Monday, along with autopsy results confirming her cause of death as a suicide. Her mother and sister confirmed the notes' authenticity, police said.

"I cannot live the next 6 to 8 years behind bars for what you and I have both come to regard as this 'modern-day lynching' only to come out of prison in my late 50s a broken, penniless and very much alone woman," she wrote.

The front of the note was marked "Do not revive (DNR). Do not feed under any circumstance."

Palfrey, 52, was convicted of money laundering, racketeering and mail fraud in April. She had been staying at her mother's Tarpon Springs home while awaiting sentencing in July and told ABC News last year she would never return to prison after serving time in the 1990s for other prostitution-related charges.

"You must comprehend there was no way out, I.E. 'exit strategy,' for me other than the one I have chosen here," Palfrey wrote in the note to her sister.

Palfrey released the telephone records of her business, Pamela Martin & Associates, to reporters as she awaited trial. Those records linked two high-profile officials to her firm -- State Department official Randall Tobias, who resigned in May 2007 after confirming he patronized Palfrey's business, and Sen. David Vitter, R-Louisiana, who apologized last July for "a very serious sin in my past."

Neither Tobias nor Vitter have faced charges in the case.

During her trial, Palfrey insisted she ran only a legal escort service -- "Basically a bunch of benign women who want to make a living," she told CNN in March. "This is not racketeering by any means -- this is running a business."

Palfrey was convicted April 15 in connection with a high-end prostitution ring catering to Washington's elite. She was found guilty of money laundering, racketeering and mail fraud and faced a maximum 55-year prison term at her sentencing, scheduled for July 24.

She had said in interviews that she would kill herself before going to prison.

"I'm looking at 55 years in a federal penitentiary, and at my age, that is virtually a life sentence," Palfrey told CNN Radio's Ninette Sosa in March. "Realistically, we estimate between eight and 15 years. I'm also looking at the complete forfeiture of my entire life savings and work."

She said in the interview that the government "went after me. They found out that I'm not who they thought I was, and instead of dropping the whole matter, they decided to press forward and -- what the heck -- she's a woman, she's weak. We'll intimidate her, we'll humiliate her, we'll pounce on this poor lady and she'll give in."

Palfrey also told writer Dan Moldea, who was helping her write a book, that she would commit suicide rather than return to jail, according to Time magazine.

Note to Palfrey's Mother - pdf

"Mom, I want you to know how very much I love and appreciate you. I sincerely apologize for any pain which I have caused you in this lifetime. Additionally, I can't sufficiently express to you how badly I feel for this burden I am leaving you with here.“

Note to Palfrey's Sister - pdf

"You need to be strong for Mom. Help her in any way possible. Also you must comprehend there was no way out i.e. 'exit strategy' for me other than the one I have chosen here. As you read this letter (probably repeatedly in time), know I am in peace, with complete certainty, I believe Dad is standing watch, prepared to guide me into the light."

Deborah Jeane Palfrey - wiki

D.C. Madam: "There was no way out" - CNN

Palfrey Described "Exit Strategy" - Washington Post

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Canadian American Feist

I'd seen her back in November on Saturday Night Live and recently on the Colbert Show. I thought her to be reminiscent of my longtime favorite Liz Phair, yet unique in style and presentation, relative to her education and personality. Her parents are artists, a painter and a potter. Calgary, Alberta is home, but she has dual Canadian-American citizenship. On the Colbert Report, she joked that obtaining American citizenship was part of her deal with Apple.

I find her work fresh -- especially so due to these repetitious corporate popsicle times. Beneath her prettiest sounds, her voice betrays a subtle constant streak of discontent; her music's configured discordances promise clarity, if not truth, to the confusion.

1234

by

Sally Seltmann and Leslie Feist

One Two Three Four
Tell me that you love me more
Sleepless long nights
That is what my youth was for

Old teenage hopes are alive at your door
Left you with nothing but they want some more

Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, You know who you are

Sweetheart bitterheart now I can tell you apart
Cosy and cold, put the horse before the cart

Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes
Too scared to own up to one little lie

Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are

One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then
One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten
Money can't buy you back the love that you had then

Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
Oh, you're changing your heart
Oh, you know who you are
Oh, who you are

For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart
For the teenage boys
They're breaking your heart

Leslie Feist - wiki

Leslie Feist Home Page - Listen to Feist

Jenny McCarthy on Autism - Cognitve Shift?

“Her story, her son’s journey with autism and her efforts to advocate and reach out to help families affected by autism should be commended,” said TACA Executive Director Lisa Ackerman. “We are extremely thankful and blessed to have such an outspoken friend to TACA and families affected by autism. Her efforts will help the autism community in so many ways.” - TACA

Fabulous Jenny McCarthy has taken on a worthy cause. She is using her celebrity as well as her personal experience to further the fight against autism. She claims her autisic son has "recovered" from his encounter with autism, but not exactly "cured." On Larry King's show, Jenny described the process, using the vivid analogy: "One is never cured of a car accident, but one can recover." Her son, once damaged by autism, has "recovered" his abilities and shows no more symptoms of the disorder.

So, is this an example of a cognitive shift? Being ignorant of autism (medicine not being my field), I've always thought of it as some kind of birth defect that proves permanent. But the disorder is much more complicated than that. Jenny and her son's experience shows that autism can be treated with education, not simply pharmacy (to oversimplify).

I've always admired Jenny McCarthy for her Madonna-like genius with reinvention as well as her multi-faceted talents. I'm one of those who adored her short-lived MTV series. I particularly remember one Grand Guignol sequence with a mess of rats being hysterical and gory. Now that she has taken up this righteous cause, I am doubly impressed with her as a human being. Not only did she take care of her son instead of sending him off to some expensive institution, but she was the active agent in his therapy and recovery. (This can be considered the pro-active and responsible act of a human being. Bravo!) Further, her success and affluence allows her to be the aggressive, pugnacious, belligerent bitch and bastard that a crusader needs to be.

I praise her personhood, her motherhood, and her cause. Her kid's got a good mom.

Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey CALL TO FAMILIES to come to the Washington D.C. RALLY on June 4th, 2008.

A Note for the Misinformed: Jenny is not anti-vaccine. She is anti-toxins. She proposes better vaccines - vaccines with healthier contents. The propagandists will dismiss her simply as anti-vaccine.

Jenny McCarthy: My son's recovery from autism - CNN.com

Generation Rescue - autism is reversible - generationrescue.org

Talk About Curing Autism - TACA

Autism- wiki

Jenny McCarthy - wiki

Jenny on Oprah:

Autism - The Denial of Harm:

Jenny McCarthy Speaking on Autism 3/14/2008 - City TV:

Yael Naim - New Soul Video & Lyrics

Yael Naim - New Soul Video & Lyrics

I do not believe in the Mac religious movement. I'm not into pop music. But I found this portion of poetry sublime. Yael Naim is Israeli and French. She's beautiful. Her voice is unique. She is an ontological poet.

I'm a new soul,
I came to this strange world,
Hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear,
Finding myself making every possible mistake.

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

I'm a young soul,
In this very strange world,
Hoping I could learn a bit about what is true and fake.
But why all this hate?
Try to communicate.
Finding trust and love is not always easy to make.

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

This is a happy end,
'Cause you don't understand,
Everything you have done.
Why's everything so wrong?
This is a happy end,
Come and give me your hand,
I'll take your far away.

I'm a new soul,
I came to this strange world,
Hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear,
Finding myself making every possible mistake.

The new soul,
In this very strange world,
Possible mistakes, possible mistakes,
Every possible mistakes,
Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes,
Mistakes.

Yael Naim Web Site

Yael Naim - wiki

Yael Naim - New Soul Lyrics - LyricsMode.com

Apple Macbook air - Yael Haim - Technology/Madness

Ontological - wiki

Born Again Christian Jane Fonda Uses the C-Word

Relevant to our ongoing discussion about the use of the "C-Word," here is an example of a public figure using the word on a network morning television program. Now, I could simply point out that actress and born again christian Jane Fonda used the word on the Today program and complain that her action constitutes hypocrisy. However, I understand that Jane was using the word in the context of the title of a monologue within the larger context of the play "The Vagina Monologues." I don't have a problem with this. Personally, I hope Jane's radical impulses kicked in and she made a choice to demonstrate against censorship.

What I do have a problem with is the hypocrisy of Bush's FCC that targets freethinkers like Howard Stern, but allows General Electric and NBC's Today program to get away with this. That's hypocrisy.

But I don't blame any of the players in this situation. I don't want anyone fined or publicly castigated. Censorship leads to hypocrisy. I blame censorship itself. Stopping the flow of communication is more harmful than any public use of a "vulgar" word. Censorship IS vulgarity in action.

Jane Fonda Drops The C-Bomb - You Tube

Diane Keaton Uses the F-Word - You Tube

NDG: Suzanne Pleshette 1937-2008 RIP

New Dead Girl

Suzanne Pleshette

January 31, 1937 - January 19, 2008

RIP

My mother taught me a lot about movies when I was a child. When A RAGE TO LIVE (1965) finally made it to television, she couldn't wait to see it. Just before the movie started, I asked her what the story was about. She told me the female main character was a "slut." Suzanne dominated the film. Then she appeared as a tough prison wench in NEVADA SMITH (1966). Her performances in both these films felt so truthful that I had to adjust to her playing the sweet and sensitive wife on television's NEWHART show. But she proved herself capable of playing the femme fatale once again when she played Leona Helmsley in a 1990 film. She was always compelling, always charming, and always a pro.

Suzanne Pleshette appeared in Hitchcock's THE BIRDS (1963) as the sympathetic school teacher who sacrifices herself to save a child. While she doesn't fit the profile of "Hitch's Bitches" (her character has dark hair and is an authentic soul), she could deserve to be recognized as a Scream Queen?

Suzanne Pleshette - imdb

Suzanne Pleshette - wiki

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Missing Person: Meredith Emerson

Blood-stained clothes, missing hiker's ID found - CNN

Missing GA hiker now believed to be dead - MSNBC

Police charge Hilton with Kidnapping Hiker - WSBTV Atlanta

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Best & Worst Women of the Year 2007

Best: Comedian Kathy Griffin

Listen to Kathy Griffin Telling Jesus to Suck It!!! - LAist

Christian Thespians Scold "Vulgar" Comic - AOL News

Kathy Griffin's Jesus Remark Cut From Emmy Show - Reuters

Kathy Griffin Censorship Petition - SuckItJesus.com

"Dorothy Snarker" - Kathy Griffin's Love-Hate Relationship with Hollywood - New York Magazine

Kathy Griffin - wiki

Worst: Polemicist Ann Coulter

"I Love To Pick Fights With Liberals" - UK Telegraph

Ann Coulter Once Again Defines A New Low In America's Political Debate - Spinsanity

Coulter Called Gore a "total fag," while Matthews said "we'd love to have her back" - Media Matters

Coulter Under Fire For Anti-Gay Slur - CNN

Ann Coulter Uses Slur To Describe John Edwards @ CPAC - Metacafe

ADL Condemns Ann Coulter's Comment That Jews Need "To Be Perfected" - ADL

Jewish Groups Condemn, Boycott Ann Coulter: Conservative Pundit Draws Ire For Comment That Jews Need To Be "Perfected" - CBS News

Ann Coulter Wants Jews to Become Christian -- So What? - Dennis Prager

Ann Coulter - wiki

Happy 81st Birthday Scream Queen Julie Adams!

If you would like to see what a well-lived life truly is, take a look at actress Julie Adams' credits on her imdb page. Then, realize she is still working at the age of 81 on the TV show LOST. What a human being! Of course, it helps doing what you love. There aren't many 81 year olds breaking rocks with a sledge hammer these days (unless it's in their backyards).

Julie Adams appears on a Poe Forward Scream Queens page. We added her to our group in recognition of her work in 1954's THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. But her long list of diverse credits and characters dwarf the accomplishment of this cult horror classic.

However, adding to her Scream Queen credentials (besides TCFBL) Julie Adams appeared in three ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS episodes and a NIGHT GALLERY with her husband RAY DANTON, "The Miracle at Camafeo". She also appeared in an episode of SLIDERS as the older version of Kari Wuhrer's character "Maggie Beckett." Then came LOST. Happy Birthday, Julie.

Julie Adams - wiki

Julie Adams - imdb

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