Entertainment & Music - 30 October 2006

only for those of you who been there or who want to go there.

2006-10-30 01:06:36 · 18 answers · asked by choosinghappiness 5 in Polls & Surveys

Does anyone know any websites where I can find pictures or images of Danny Phantom and all the characters--not from episode screenshots--?

2006-10-30 01:05:44 · 2 answers · asked by killerwhalesrule19 3 in Television

heard some rumours of my chemical romance playin the oddysey arena in belfast but still unconfirmed. Their official site has nothing. Anyone else heard this/got details?

2006-10-30 01:05:22 · 1 answers · asked by Michael Doran 2 in Music

2006-10-30 01:05:05 · 15 answers · asked by choosinghappiness 5 in Polls & Surveys

I need a good horror film for 11-15 year olds, rated no more than 15 (irish rating!) and also a halloween movie for younger children! 10 points up for grabs - remember that!!!

2006-10-30 01:04:37 · 10 answers · asked by --ThE-sTaR-- 2 in Movies

It's just a throught.

best reasoning get 10 points.

2006-10-30 01:03:00 · 44 answers · asked by Heather 5 in Polls & Surveys

Or do you travel to different parts of the city ?

2006-10-30 01:01:53 · 17 answers · asked by anitababy.brainwash 6 in Polls & Surveys

its my mums birthday soon and i would adore to see her face if cliff Richard sang a song just for her as shes a MASSIVE fan. could anyone help me, how do i get in contact?

2006-10-30 01:01:15 · 9 answers · asked by samantha_woodridge 1 in Celebrities

another paris hilton question....

2006-10-30 00:59:01 · 29 answers · asked by webster_12 1 in Celebrities

I would luv to know more about the fans and fan clubs associated with the getbackers.

2006-10-30 00:58:34 · 4 answers · asked by zaara 1 in Comics & Animation

NEW YORK - Eighty years after his death, the name Harry Houdini remains synonymous with escape under the most dire circumstances. But Houdini, the immigrants' son whose death-defying career made him one of the world's biggest stars, was more than a mere entertainer.

A new biography of the legendary performer suggests that Houdini worked as a spy for Scotland Yard, monitored Russian anarchists and chased counterfeiters for the U.S. Secret Service — all before he was possibly murdered.

"The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero" will be released on Halloween — the anniversary of Houdini's untimely death at age 52. Chasing new information on the elusive superstar eventually led authors William Kalush and Larry Sloman to create a database of more than 700,000 pages.

"There's no way in the world we could have done this book without it," said Sloman of the huge electronic index. "It would have taken 30 years — maybe."

The biography lays out a scenario where Houdini, using his career as cover, managed to travel the United States and the world while collecting information for law enforcement. The authors made the link after reviewing a journal belonging to William Melville, a British spy master who mentioned Houdini several times.

Melville, while at Scotland Yard in the early 20th century, helped launch Houdini's European career by allowing the performer to demonstrate his escape skills. Houdini, at a demonstration arranged by Melville, slipped free from a pair of Scotland Yard handcuffs as an audition for a London theater owner.

The book suggests that Melville's compliance was part of a quid pro quo in which Houdini worked as a spy. A similar situation occurred in Chicago, where Houdini's career took off after a publicity stunt aided by a local police lieutenant, the book said.

"Finding the Melville diary — we knew there was a connection, we knew there was something there," said Kalush. "But finding that diary solidified a lot of other things."

No less a Houdini enthusiast than Teller — the mute half of Penn and Teller, and one of the legendary performer's spiritual descendants — felt the link between the escape artist and the authorities was no leap.

"Law enforcement is about bureaucracy and cronyism," Teller said. "So they're going to let some entertainer walk in and escape from their jail cells? That suggests to me that (the authors) are on the right track."

Houdini was a relentless self-promoter in the style of P.T. Barnum, although he didn't play his audience for suckers. The biography recounts one 1902 escape, in Blackburn, England, where Houdini refused to surrender despite the use of plugged locks that made his freedom almost impossible.

After two hours, Houdini escaped to a standing ovation. The next day his arms were "hideously blue and swollen, with large chunks of flesh torn out," the book recounts. Because of the way the chains and rigged locks were fastened, Houdini "had no choice but to tear out the chunks of his flesh to get free."

That's entertainment.

Houdini's renown was such that he was known around the world by a single name long before Sting or Madonna.

"We know Houdini was a hero," said Sloman. "He could get out of anything — which was a myth, of course."

Kalush said the myth eventually overshadowed the man. "It's part of us: He's a human, I'm a human, he can beat anything, so maybe I can beat some things," Kalush said.

The biography's other hook is the suggestion that Houdini's relentless debunking of the Spiritualist movement, whose proponents included "Sherlock Holmes" author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, led to his death. The group believed they could contact the dead; Houdini believed they were frauds.

Houdini, at the turn of the century, joined his wife Bess — "The Celebrated Clairvoyant" — in presenting a trumped-up act in which he worked as the barker and she as the medium. But Houdini eventually crossed over to the other side, exposing phony mediums much as he'd once exposed copycat escape artists.

"I like the way that Houdini comes off as a real tough guy, which is no doubt true," said Teller. "He's not afraid to show up at somebody else's performance and scream, `This is my act you're doing. Why don't you try this trick?'

"That's a rough and tumble thing you'll never see a modern magician do."

The authors recount a pair of October 1926 incidents in which Houdini was viciously punched in the stomach, once by a college student in his dressing room and later by a stranger in a hotel lobby.

Houdini — the book suggests the Spiritualists may have arranged the attacks — died days later in Room 401 at Grace Hospital in Detroit. His aura of invincibility seemed over. But as the authors discovered, it still lives on today.

"He's compelling because of that myth, that he could not be restrained by anything," said Sloman. "The more successful he was, the more he became a symbol of the lone man resisting authority."

2006-10-30 00:57:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Lil' Johnny goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?" Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way. I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me Capitalism. Mommy is the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you The People. The nanny, well, consider her The Working Class. Your baby brother, we'll call him The Future. Now go think about this and see if it makes sense."

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying and runs to his room only to find that his diapers are very soiled. So the little boy goes to his parents' room. Mom is sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he looks through the peephole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

2006-10-30 00:54:21 · 14 answers · asked by p_y_t 2 in Jokes & Riddles

http://www.webideatree.com/examples/album/wit-icons/Iceberg.jpg

2006-10-30 00:54:17 · 24 answers · asked by I am NOT George Bush 3 in Polls & Surveys

a three leged dog goes into a bar in the wild west and says im looking for the man who shot my paw

2006-10-30 00:52:40 · 23 answers · asked by darren v 2 in Jokes & Riddles

At the beginning of the cartoon, they would walk towards the screen to a classical peice of music and at the end walk away from it... I think the dog was an Old English Sheep Dog, like the one of the Dulux ads.

2006-10-30 00:52:03 · 8 answers · asked by robdunf 4 in Comics & Animation

It is # 6, in case it gets moved.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/061029/480/c909b004fdd14697b921f1ec5c6468f0

2006-10-30 00:51:18 · 11 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6 in Other - Entertainment

Seems pretty damn stupid to me.
(But what do I know - my head is way up my ***)

2006-10-30 00:50:43 · 10 answers · asked by ? 6 in Polls & Surveys

Or should I search the Commonwealth State of Kentucky?

2006-10-30 00:49:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

..and also, where's Peyton's Mom?

2006-10-30 00:49:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Television

The new priest is nervous about hearing confessions, so he asks an older priest to join with him during the sessions. The new priest hears a couple confessions, then the old priest asks him to step out of the confessional for a few suggestions.
The old priest says, "Cross you arms over your chest and rub your chin with one hand."
The new priest tries this.
The old priest suggests, "Try saying things like, "I see," "yes," "go on," "I understand," and "how did you feel about that?"
The new priest says those things, trying them out.
The old priest says, "Now, don't you think that's a little better than saying, "WHOA!!.... WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?"

2006-10-30 00:49:14 · 11 answers · asked by Pd 6 in Jokes & Riddles

2006-10-30 00:49:08 · 9 answers · asked by Soph 2 in Music

A couple just got a new house. The husband turned to his wife and ask her to go to the hardware store and get a door hinge for him. She kindly agreed and left.
When she got to the hardware store, got the hinge, and put it on the counter in fornt of the clerk. He noticed that she didn't have any screws for it, so he asked her ''Do you want a screw for that hinge?''

She looked back at him and said ''No, but I'll blow you for that toaster in the window.''

2006-10-30 00:49:01 · 17 answers · asked by Kamlesh 2 in Jokes & Riddles

Which movie are you most looking forward to seeing - the new James Bond one - "Casino Royale" - or the next Jason Bourne film, "The Bourne Ultimatum" (due 2007)?

For me, its Bourne.

2006-10-30 00:48:35 · 21 answers · asked by magneto 2 in Movies

a penguin walks into a pub and asks the barman have you seen my brother the barman replies what does he look like?

2006-10-30 00:48:06 · 20 answers · asked by darren v 2 in Jokes & Riddles

There is a disclaimer before the movie “Spun” that says the movie is for entertainment only, is the movie studio endorsing drugs

2006-10-30 00:47:39 · 2 answers · asked by MojoMan 6 in Movies

How loves Greys anatomy? Were you crushed when you heard that the guy who plays George is gay? I was crushed and i didn't believe it!

2006-10-30 00:47:30 · 9 answers · asked by princess-of-somany 3 in Television

Just wondering if anybody else see Saw III this past weekend, and what did you think of it? I saw it, and really liked it...although I had to shut my eyes thru half of it!!!

2006-10-30 00:46:43 · 10 answers · asked by bruceandang 4 in Movies

2006-10-30 00:46:04 · 22 answers · asked by teh_popezorz 3 in Polls & Surveys

2006-10-30 00:45:33 · 5 answers · asked by MojoMan 6 in Music

if yes then what's your fave show(s)???

2006-10-30 00:45:10 · 17 answers · asked by iRock 5 in Television