Week of May 15, 2002

May 15, 2002

President Bush plans to allow increased humanitarian aid to Cuba but demand

far-reaching political reforms by Castro as a prerequisite for easing U.S.

economic sanctions against the island

The Bush Administration denies airline

pilots permission to carry guns in the

cockpit, angering pilots who had sought

that authority. The White House believes

sky marshals are better matched against

air hijackers.

President Bush dismisses as “second-

guessing” the mounting questions about

his administration’s response to

information in August that Osama Bin

Laden’s associates might be planning airline hijackings.

FBI Director Robert Mueller voices fears sparked by recently gathered

intelligence, says it is “inevitable” that suicide bombers will kill Americans on U.S.

soil.

Some best selling books -

The Nanny Diaries - Emma McLaughlin

Atonement - Ian McBwan

Daddy’s Little Girl - Mary Higgins Clark

Stupid White Men… And Other Sorry Excuses For the

State of the Nation - Michael Moore

Master of the Senate - Rocert A. Caro

Lucky man - Michael J. Fox

Selp Matters - Hillip C. McGraw

Hi Tech - Microsoft says it plans to spend millions of

dollars building a worldwide network that will let

games play over the Internet. The new service will be

called X-Box Live.

Sony Music says it has planted a “poisoned pellet” of software in the European

version of Celine Dion’s latest CD - “A New Day Has Come.” Those who attempt

to make copies of the disc risk having the optical drives of PC’s crash and in

some cases, permanently freeze.

Week of May 15, 2002

Time Warner Inc chief Gerald Levin ends his 10-year reign. “It has been a

stunning ride. What will I do now? I’m not going to Disney World… I now close

my business career and fade away.”

Hollywood news - Hollywood talent

agency CAA picks up a new client - a

virtual client and her name is Lara

Croft . Ms. Croft - a figment of your

imagination, stars in five video games, a

comic book series and a Hollywood film.

And she’s generated close to $1.2 billion

in revenue over the last six years.

Television ratings -

Friends - 34.91

ER - 27.47

CSI - 26.97

Survivor/Marquesas Finale - 25.87

Will & Crace - 27.65

Everybody Love Raymond - 19.41

Survivor/Marquesas - 19.15

Cosby Show: A Look Back - 18.48

Law & Order - 18.30

CSI (10:pm) - 18.26

Survivor Marquesas Re-union - 17.89

Frasier - 17.23

Becker - 15.73

West Wing - 15.54

The Practice - 14.90

Crossing Jordan - 14.76

Fear Factor - 14.35

60 Minutes - 14.35

Law & Order SVU - 14.27

Dinotopia Part 2 - 13.36

Judging Amy - 13.29

The X-Files - 13.25

NBC Funniest Outtakes - 12.98

JAG - 12.84

Dinotopia - Part 3 - 12.73

Third Watch - 12.72

Mary Tyler Moore Reunion - 12.51

Week of May 15, 2002

Television news - Passing - Long time Los Angeles news

anchor Jerry Dunphy (80).

The X-Files are about to shut down, but not without the return

of David Duchovny as FBI Agent Fox Mulder. Fans are

anticipating the Fox and Scully will ride off together.

Nick-At-Night is presenting Sponge Bob in a

prime-time special this week - “SpongeBob’s

House Party.” It’ll be combined with live action with

“Patchy the Pirate.”

CBS airs an excerpt of a videotape made by

captors of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel

Pearl, despite criticism from Pearl’s family. The

CBS report showed Peal, under duress, saying he

was Jewish.

Sunday night - “The Cosby Show… A Look Back.”

The whole family is back for this two hour special.

The funniest moments. Your favorite scenes.

Thursday night television -

CBS - Survivor: Marquesas, CSI:Crime Scene Investigation, CSI:Crime Scene

Investigation, Late Show

NBC - Friends, Will & Grace, ER, Tonight Show

ABC - Movie, Nightline

PBS - Frontline, Noah’s Ark, Charlie Rose

Fox - Movie (The Nutty Professor)

WB - Charmed, Charmed

UPN - WWE Smackdown!

Sci-Fi Channel - Star Trek, Outer Limits, Stephen King’s The stand, Crossing

Over

USA - JAG, Nash Bridges, JAG, JAG, JAG

MTV - Tough Enough 2, Deathmatch, Jackass, TRL

Friends - Rachel begins childbirth (last show of the season).

Will & Grace - How to have their baby - artificial or natural means? (last show of

the season).

Week of May 15, 2002

Charmed - Paige discovers that a past life reveals she was an evil enchantress.

Late Show With David Lettermen - Natalie Portman

Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Edwan McGregor, Billy Bob Thornton.

Top Video rentals -

Behind Enemy Lines

Spy Game

Black Night

Domestic Disturbance

Serendipity

Training day

Bandits

Thirteen Ghosts

Top Country this week in

2002 -

Drive (For Daddy Gene) - Alan

Jackson

My List - Toby Keith

Living and Living Well - George Straight

What If She’s An Angel - Tommy Shane Steiner

Young - Kenny Chesney

Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde - Travis Tritt

I’m Movin’ On - Rascal Flatts

That’s When I Love You - Phil Vassar

Hip Hop -

What’s Luv? - Fat Joe/Ashanti

Foolish - Ashanti

I Need A Girl Part 1 - P Diddy/Usher & Loon

Pass the Courvoisier Part Ii - Busta

Rhymes/P Diddy & Pharrell

Addictive - Truth Hurts/Rakim

Oh Boy - Cam’ron/Juetz Santana

Halfcrazy - Musiq

Anything - Jaheim/Next

Makin’ Good Love - Avant

Rainy Dayz - Mary J. Blige/Ja Rule

Week of May 15, 2002

Pop music this week in 2002 -

What’s Luv? - Fat Joe/Ashanti

I Need A Girl (part one) - P Diddy/Usher & Loon

Blurry - Puddle of Mudd

A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

U Don’t Have To Call - Usher

Underneath Your Clothes - Shakira

Don’t Let Me Get Me - Pink

All You Wanted - Michelle Branch

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

Ain’t It Funny - Jennifer Lopez/Ja Rule

In The End - Linkin Park

Pass the Courvoisier Part Ii - Busta Rhymes/P Diddy

& Pharrell

Modern Rock -

Toxicity - System of a Down

Seein’ Red - Unwritten Law

For You - Staind

Blurry - Puddle of Mudd

Crawling In The Dark - Hoobastank

Somewhere Out There - Our Lady Peace

Dope Nose - Weezer

Too Bad - Nickleback

Here To Stay - Korn

Top albums -

Ashanti

Hood Rich - Big Tymers

No Shoes, No Shirt, No

Problems - Kenny Chesney

Be Not Nobody - Vanessa

Carlton

A New Day Has Come - Celine

Dion

Spiderman - soundtrack

C’mon, C’mon - Sheryl Crow

Now 9 - Various artists

Josh Broban

Missundaztood

Laundry Service - Shakira

Silver Lining - Bonnie Raitt

Word of Mouf - Ludacris