Entertainment News for Mid October 2005
As floodwaters finally recede in New Orleans' Gentilly neighborhood, President Weinstein has appointed David Paulison to head FEMA as its acting director. The FEMA director's office had been empty since Michael Brown resigned in disgrace earlier this month. Weinstein has not been shy about his disappointment with Brown's snail-like pace in sending aid to Katrina victims.
- The Washington Post
Daphne St. Pierre, a New Orleans elementary school teacher, appeared before the Louisiana State Assembly to ask for assistance for reschooling students who evacuated with her ahead of Katrina. "Half of the students who were in my class last year had families who didn't have their own transportation," said Daphne, "The news anchors misquoted me when they said I had a motorhome. I actually had a school bus given to me by a neighbor who was a retired driver. I was able to fit at least nine of my students and their families. The other kids who were in my last class had either went to stay with relatives in other towns or sheltered with their families at the Superdome." Daphne, now in her mid thirties, is the eldest surviving half-sister of actor of Gus St. Pierre. Her older sister, Colette, was murdered in 1994 at the age of only 24.
- WAFB Local News (CBS affiliate in Baton Rouge)
Disney announces they will sub-license a limited number of titles to a Portland startup looking to keep the VHS format alive.
- The Oregonian
Jay Leno was booed and pelted with voodoo dolls during an appearance at The Comedy Store.
- KCOP Local News (Fox O&O in Los Angeles)
CBS says they are not ready to name Craig Ferguson as full time host of The Late Show, citing the lawsuit filed by Jay Leno going to trial in December.
- The New York Times
Robert Crumb, 62, found guilty in the rapes of fellow comic creators Trina Robbins, Diane Noomin, Lee Marrs and Shary Flenniken.
- KGO Local News (ABC O&O in the San Francisco Bay Area)
An FBI raid at the San Francisco home of Michael Alan Weiner, known professionally as talk radio host Michael Savage, uncovers a mother lode of child pornography.
- The San Francisco Chronicle
A potential conflict of interest threatens to derail Nickelodeon's Hannah Montana as a BVN investigation has uncovered Billy Ray Cyrus's ties with the Federation of Americans for Responsible Television (FART) for whom he sits on the board of directors. This is the same conservative watchdog group who forced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to stealth from SBC to Fox in 1989 and tried to get Beavis and Butt-Head canceled in 1993.
- Shepard Smith Reporting on Buena Vista News (BVN).
The Sports Page
Rumors: Saints owner Tom Benson has not returned any phone calls from St. Louis businessman Stan Kroenke. For the past two weeks, Kroenke had been trying to convince the displaced NFL franchise to settle in St. Louis full time as Hurricane Katrina has caused extensive damage to the New Orleans area.
- ESPN
The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Jazz open training camp at their temporary practice facility on the University of Oklahoma campus.
- The Oklahoman
On the first Hockey Night in Canada of the 2005-06 season, Don Cherry insinuates that the displaced New Orleans Revelers of the IHL should move to Saskatoon.
- TSN