Week of May 15, 2001

The Supreme Court says no to medical marijuana use.

President Bush hits the road to promote a sweeping energy policy that calls for

aggressive development of fossil fuels and nuclear power. Bush says the plan

would yield an array of “abundant and affordable and reliable” energy sources for

decades to come.

Israeli F-16 planes hit targets in three Palestinian cities in retaliation for a suicide

bombing at a crowded Israeli shopping mall that claimed six lives and wounded

more than 100.

Arab leaders meeting in Cairo call for an end to all political contacts with Israel.

ordered to pay $51.25 in court costs, serve eight hours of

community service and attend six hours of classes. She

plead no contest to a charge of being minor in possession

of alcohol.

Some best-selling books -

Sheba - Nicholas Clapp

Napalm and Silly Putty - George Carlin

I’m The One That I Want - Margaret Cho Sho

Seabiscuit - Laura Lillenbrand

Back When We Were Grownups - Anne Tyler

Death in Holy Orders - P.D. James

Silent Joe - T. Jefferson Parker

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon

Ford says it will replace more than 10 million Firestone

tires that were not covered in last year’s massive tire

recall. The 15 and 16-inch Wilderness AT tires were

sold on sport utility-vehicles such as the Explorer,

Expedition, Mercury Mountaineer and the discontinued

Ford Bronco.

Week of May 15, 2001

High Tech - Compaq and IBM introduce laptop

computers with built-in wireless access. Both will

configure with antennas using the standard known

as 802.11b or Wi-Fi, which allows wireless access

wither within a building set up for the system or in

public areas with the same equipment.

Apple Computer Inc says it will open 25 retail

stores this year - its first attempt at neighborhood

computer shops.

Cisco Systems announces that it has new equipment that can support a new

system that can expand the 4.2 billion potential Internet “addresses available

today by several orders of magnitude. Urgency is needed. Experts say fewer

than 1 billion usable Internet addresses are now left for assignment and the

supply could be exhausted in a few years.

Vivendi Universal agrees to buy mp3.com for $372 million.

Sports - The XFL pro-football

league folds after a season. NBC

and partner - World Wrestling

Federation, will lose some $70

million.

Television news -

Former “NYPD” Blue star Andrea

Thompson will join CNN as an

anchor. She’ll begin duties this summer.

Walker, Texas Ranger ends its nine seasons this week.

Trekkies - stand by for more. “Enterprise” - the fifth in the Star Trek franchise,

warp drive and 100 years prior to the voyages of the original Star Ship

Enterprise.

Pax network unveils a new series “The Ponderosa” - a drama billed as a prequel

to the classic western “Bonanza.” Should start in the fall.

Week of May 15, 2001

quits after 18 years. She says she wants to spend

more time to write and be with her boyfriend, who’s

recovering from cancer surgery.

CBS cancels “Nash Bridges,” “Diagnosis Murder”

and its Wednesday night movie.

On MTV this week - “True Life: Camp Scott Lock-

Up - a one-hour documentary exploring a court-

ordered boot camp for wayward females.

after some 2 ½ years.

ER - 23.17

The Practice - 21.02

CSI - 18.9

Law & Order - 18.82

Everybody Loves Raymond - 18.34

Millionaire (Sun) - 17.77

Friends - 17.23

Millionaire (Tue) - 17.16

West Wing - 17.01

Survivor-Outback - 16.26

Millionaire (Thur) - 15.98

Becker - 15.81

CSI #2 - 15.61

Law & Order SVU - 15.06

NYPD Blue - 14.68

Frasier - 14.50

Millionaire (Wed) - 14.20

Will & Grace - 14.17

Malcolm in the Middle - 14.02

Country Music awards - 13.86

The Simpsons - 13.81

Weakest Link (Tue) - 13.65

Just Shoot Me - 12.92

X-Files - 12.75

Week of May 15, 2001

Millionaire (Fri) - 12.58

Top syndicated shows -

Wheel of Fortune

Jeopardy!

Entertainment Tonight

Judge Judy

Oprah Winfrey

Friends

Frasier

Seinfeld

Live With Regis and Kelly

Jerry Springer

Judge Joe Brown

Drew Carey

Hollywood Squares

X-Files

Maury

Montel Williams

Sunday Night Television -

CBS - 60 Minutes, Touched By An Angel, Like Mother, Like Son

NBC - Dateline NBC, Movie-Submerged

ABC - Classic TV Bloopers, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Movie-Anne Frank

Pt 1

PBS - Nature, Masterpiece

Theater, Crown & Country

Fox - The Simpsons, Malcolm

in the Middle, X-Files

WB - Jamie Foxx, The PJ’s,

Steve Harvey, The Oblongs,

Nikki, For Your Love

Maximum Exposure

HBO - The Sopranos season

finale! The Iceman Confesses:

Secrets of a mafia hit man.

Star Trek: Voyager - A doctor

Week of May 15, 2001

impersonates several crewmembers to retrieve the ship’s warp core.

Malcolm in the Middle - Hal and Lois look back on the births of their sons.

X-Files - Mulder, Dogget, Skinner and Reyes work to protect Scully’s unborn

child.

Music news -

Another rap summit - Russell Simmons calls on hip-hops power brokers to

attend a summit that will focus on the lyrics, content ad advertising of the music.

Scheduled to participate on June 12 is Sean P. Diddy Combs and Master P. Also

expected - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, KRS-One, Q-Tip and common.

Week of May 15, 2001

Caesars in Las Vegas. The deal will pay her some

$45 million over the term of the contract.

Jennifer Lopez is returning to television with an

NBC deal that will kick off with a music special

airing this fall. Ms. Lopez started her career as a

dancing “fly girl on Fox’s “In Living Color.”

Pop music this week in 2001 -

What Would You Do - City High

My Baby - Lil’ Romeo

Bizounce - Olivia

Missing You - Case

Angel - Shaggy

Survivor - Destiny’s Child

Get Over Yourself - Eden’s Crush

Keep It real - Kelli Mack

What It Fells Like… Madonna

Some top albums -

All For You - Janet Jackson

Survivor - Destiny’s Child

Part III - 112

Now… Vol 6 - Various artists

Moulin Rouge - Soundtrack

Wingspan - Paul McCartney

Trouble in Shangri-La - Stevie Nicks

Until the End of Time - 2-Pac

At the movies -

A Knight’s Tale

The Mummy Returns

Bridget Jone’s Diary

Along Came A Spider

Driven

Crocodile Dundee in L.A.

Blow

Spy Kids

Memento

Tailor of Panama

Week of May 15, 2001