Week of June 15, 2000
Leaders of North and South Korea sign a landmark agreement pledging concrete
steps toward reunifying.
Enemies Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a U.S. backed
cease-fire agreement designed to halt their two-
year war.
The Supreme Court rejects student-led prayers in
the public schools, insisting that the Constitution
demands a strict separation of church and state.
An F-14 Tomcat military plane crashes in the
woods during an air show at Will Grove (PA)
Naval Air station, killing the two people aboard.
On the campaign trail - Al Gore says his social
security supplement plan would give matching
government funds to working and middle-class families who invest in private
mutual funds.
Rabbi
Fred Neulander
of New Jersey is indicted on a charge
of capital murder in the killing of his wife. Two men pleaded
guilty to killing Carol Neulander in 1994,
saying the Rabbi hired them for the job.
Authorities allege that Neulander, who
founded Congregation m’kor Shalom synagogue with his wife
in 1974, wanted her killed so he could continue to have an
affair with a Philadelphia radio personality.
Carol Neulander
was found beaten to death at the couple’s home.
Boxing - In Los Angeles - Shane Mosely defeats Oscar De La Hoya in a 12
th
round TKO.
Playing in Las Vegas
-
Chuck Berry - Caesars Place
Marty Allen - Gold Coast
Violent Femmes - Hard Rock
Technology
- AOL reports that vandals had broken into its AOL service and
gained access to an undisclosed number of member accounts.
Week of June 15, 2000
Walt Disney and 11 other entertainment companies
seek to shut down recordtv.com - a site that
enables users to record television shows and watch
them online. The site began three months ago by
one person
More AOL - says it has submitted a proposal to the
Internet Engineering Task Force outlining how it
could make its instant-messaging system work with
competing systems. The FCC, in reviewing AOL’s
planned merger with Time Warner, had asked the
companies to address concerns raised by rivals
regarding AOL’s practice of blocking instant
messages from consumers using other software.
AOL said it submitted a proposal to the Internet
Engineering Task Force - a volunteer organization
that makes recommendations for tech standards.
Entertainment news - Madonna purchases a $16 million home in London. She’s
six months pregnant with the child of British film director Guy Ritchie.
Television news -
Passing -
Nancy Marchand
- the scheming Mafia family
matriarch of “The Sopranos” on the eve of her 72
nd
birthday… of
lung cancer. She was also known as Lou Grant’s boss on the
same-name TV series. Despite her illness, she continued to
appear on HBO’s “Sopranos” now in its second season.
CBS says Nickelodeon (Nick Jr.) will supply its Saturday morning
kids lineup in the fall. New shows include “Little Bill,” the
animated series created by Bill Cosby, “Blue’s Clues,” “Dora the Explorer, “Little
Bear,” “Franklin” and “Kipper.”
A hit - The third “Survivor” airing increases its audience share by 5 million over
the second episode, with an estimated audience of 23.3 million.
MTV’s “Road Rules” returns this week. Six adventurers confront the open road
and each other on the “Maximum Velocity Tour.”
Week of June 15, 2000
PETA blasts the CBS-TV reality show “Survivor” because apparently, rats were
eaten. “You have people who think it’s fun to trap rats, cut of their legs, skin them
and eat them.” “There’s nothing funny about that,” said a spokesperson.
Friday night television -
CBS - Kids Say the Darndest Things, Candid Camera, Rock & Roll Forever: Ed
Sullivan, Nash Bridges, David Letterman
NBC - NBA Basketball, Dateline NBC, Tonight Show
ABC - Sabrina, Boy Meets World, Making the Band, Making the Band, 20/20,
Nightline
Fox - Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?,
Greed: The Series
WB - Jamie Foxx, Steve Harvey, Steve
Harvey, For Your Lov
UPN - The Strip, Secret Agent Man
PBS - Washington Week, Wall St. Week,
Great Performances
A&E - Biography, Peirot
Sci-Fi - The Invisible Man, Farscape,
Lexx: The Series, Brimstone
Candid Camera - Radioactive fruit.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch - Duke is done being a cat.
Jamie Foxx - No promotion - no job as Jamie quits the hotel.
Late Show - Stupid pet tricks, Jimmy Kimmel.
Tonight Show - Samuel L. Jackson, Chyna Creed
A&E Biography - George VI
Radio news - “The Satellite Sisters” - a radio chat
show featuring the five Dolan sisters is heard in
Public Radio each week.
Talker
Don Imus
(59) is hospitalized with multiple
injuries after being thrown from a horse on his New
Mexico ranch. He suffered five broken ribs, a
Week of June 15, 2000
collapsed lung, a broken collarbone and a shoulder separation. Sidekick Charles
McCord told listeners that Imus would be out of commission for a while.
Music news - rapper Tone Loc -
best known for the hits “Wild Thing”
and “Funky Cold Medina” is voicing a
cartoon series these days. He’s “C-
Bear” in the Fox Children’s Network
series “C-Bear and Jamal.” He also
serves as executive producer of the
series. Tone Loc got involved
because basically, there were no
black cartoons at the time the series
debuted. “You mention a black
cartoon and people say, “Fat Albert;
that was on in the ‘70’s when I was
little - that’s ridiculous.”
Soul/Hip Hop
I Wish - Carl Thomas
Let’s Get Married - Jagged Edge
Separated - Avant
He Wasn’t Man Enough - Toni Braxton
Hot Sh..T Country Grammar - Nelly
Where I Wanna Be - Donnell Jones
Big Pimpin’ Jay-Z/UGK
Try Again - Aaliyah
Dance Tonight - Lucy Pearl
The Real Slim Shady - Eminem
Maria Maria - Santana/The Product G&B
Top albums this week in 2000 -
The Marshall Mathers - Eminem
Oops!… I did It Again - Britney Spears
Mad Season - Matchbox Twenty
No Strings Attached - ‘N Sync
Human Clay - Creed
Mission: Impossible - Soundtrack
Unleash The Dragon - Sisqo
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Supernatural - Santana
The Greatest Hits - Whitney Houston
Inside Job - Don Henley
Week of June 15, 2000
The History of Rock - Kid Rock
Dr Dre - 2001 - Dr. Dre
On How Life Is - Macy Gray
I Got That Work - Big Tymers
The Writing’s On The wall - Destiny’s
Child
Totally Hits 2 - Various Artists
The Better Life - 3 Doors Down
The Heat - Toni Braxton
Devil Without A Clause - Kid Rock
Christina Aguilera - Christina
Aguilera
Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter -
Jay-Z
Pop music this week in 2000
-
Be With You - Enrique Iglesias
Try Again - Aaliyah
Breathe - Faith Hill
The Real Slim Shady - Eminem
Thong Song - Sisqo
Oops!… I Did It Again - Britney Spears
I Wanna Know - Joe
Maria Mara - Santana/Product G&B
Bent - Matchbox Twenty
I Try - Macy Gray
He Wasn’t Man Enough - Toni Braxton
Higher - Creed
There You Go - Pink
It’s Gonna Be Me - ‘N Sync
Say My Name - Destiny’s Child
Big Pimpin’ - Jay-Z/UGK
Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Modern Rock -
With Arms Wide Open - Creed
Krytonite - 3 Doors Down
Judith - A Perfect Circle
Sour Girl - Stone Temple Pilots
Pardon Me - Incubus
Judith - A Perfect Circle
Week of June 15, 2000
Breakout - Foo Fighters
Last Resort - Papa Roach
Wonderful - Everclear
Make Me Bad - Korn
Adam’s Song - Blink-182
Simple Kind of Love - No Doubt
I Disappear - Metallica
So Sad To Say - Mighty Mighty
Bosstones
Top Country -
She’s More - Andy Griggs
Yes! - Chad Brock
Couldn’t Last A Moment - Collin
Raye
The Chain of Love - Clay Walker
Unconditional - Clay Davidson
I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann
Womack/Sons of the Desert
More - Trace Adkins
Some Things Never Change - Tim
McGraw
What I Need To Do - Kenny Chesney
The Way You Love Me - Faith Hill
I’ll Be - Reba McEntire
Top hits in Britain -
It Feels So Good - Sonique
New Beginning/Bright eyes - Stephen Gately
On the Beach - York
Reach - S Club 7
Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre/Eminem
Shackles (Praise You) - Mary Mary
It’s My Life - Bon Jovi
Oops!… I Did It Again - Britney
Spears
There You Go - Pink
You’re My Angel - Mikey Graham
Hands Up - Trevor & Simon
Day & Night - Billie Piper
Week of June 15, 2000
Don’t Call Me Baby - Madison Avenue
Video Rentals -
Fight Club
American Beauty
Dogma
Being John Malkovich
Sleepy Hollow
Three Kings
Bringing Out The
Dead
The Insider
Boys Don’t Cry
Top movies this
week in 2000 -
Shaft
Gone in 60 Seconds
Big Momma’s House
Mission: Impossible
Titan A.E.
Boys and Girls
Dinosaur
Gladiator
Shanghai Noon
Road Trip
Frequency
U-571
Where The Heart Is
