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From CBC: The West Memphis 3 Are Going Free

August 19, 2011

In 1993, three teenagers – Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., and Jason Baldwin – were tried and convicted of the murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. But in 2007, new forensic evidence was presented suggesting that none of the DNA found at the crime scene belonged to any of the convicted teens. Today, the three men, now in their thirties, have been granted their freedom by an Arkansas judge.

State prosecutors and defense attorneys have been working together for the past year to finalize a deal, under which the men will plead no contest to murder charges in exchange for immediate release. The prosecutor in the case, Scott Ellington, says he believes “this case is closed and no other individuals were involved.” The three convicted men say they’ll keep fighting to prove their innocence.

The case has garnered lots of attention over the years, with an in-depth 1996 HBO documentary called “Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills,” a follow up called “Paradise Lost 2: Revelations,” which is available on YouTube, and a forthcoming third installment, “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,” due to screen at TIFF. The release of the documentaries led many high-profile celebrities to join the call to re-examine the convictions – Eddie Vedder was present in the courtroom today, and Peter Jackson has been quietly funding ongoing investigative efforts for the past seven years.

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Radio For Patriots By Patriots Show Log For Thursday August 18, 2011

The Western Estates Homeowners Association, as ordered by HOA president Bobbie Dooley, as ordered all flags in the community to be flown at half staff to observe the death by suicide of Russell Armstrong, who was married to a star of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” As Bobbie explains this to Phil her husband Steve is running a woodchipper which prompts a first ever violent clash between the two

               Man, that’s a lot of chlamydia

RC Collins, a junior cadet at Bradley Military Academy, joined the show to say he felt cheated that the Navy Seals and not him and his classmates took out Bin Laden. “If you notice, the Navy Seals is the Navy. They’re only supposed to fight where there’s water. Bin Laden was on dry land.” Also Harvey Weirman as Commandant Weirman makes an appearance.

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From Jockline: Troubled Man Finally Comes Down From Radio Tower

THE MOUTH, AUGUST 17TH, 2011 – After six days and the world watching, a Tulsa Police negotiator perched in a bucket finally persuaded 25 yr. William Sturdivant, to come down from a Clear Channel radio tower where he had been residing since last Thursday. Yesterday, the negotiator spoke with Sturdivant for several hours and at one point was able to grab his hand. Sturdivant then asked for a meal from Whataburger, along with Oreos and milk. While some had complained that law enforcement were wasting too much time and expense in the effort, they proved successful as the man, who was reported to suffer from mental issues, is safely back on ground. As for what he could be charged with, apparently trespassing would be his only offense which may result in a citation or ticket.

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Phil In The News…..

AL PETERSON – NTS ONLINE

Pollak Gets Inside Phil Hendrie’s Head

In a recent interview with actor Kevin Pollak on his weekly streaming Chat Show, Talk Radio Network syndicated host and KFI/Los Angeles weekender Phil Hendrie revealed, among other tidbits, how he thinks his unorthodox show fits into the Talk radio landscape. “I’m the tie-dye department of the tuxedo shop,” he told Pollak. “If Rush [Limbaugh] and Howard [Stern] are Corvettes, I’m an off-road vehicle.” Hendrie also gives up just which family member in his life inspired one of his radio show’s most beloved characters, the infamous “Bobbie Dooley,” and reveals the name of the Hollywood heavyweight who recently dubbed him “a F*$#-ing genius!” Check out Pollak’s full interview with Hendrie (starting @ around the 24:50 mark) HERE.

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Phil Hendrie Gets Up Close and Personal with Kevin Pollak Actor Kevin Pollak invited his fellow actor and TRN/KFI-AM Los Angeles radio personality, Phil Hendrie, to be a guest on “Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show.” The intimate setting comprised of a black back drop and the two gentlemen sitting across each other at a round table lent a dramatic yet comfortable environment in which Hendrie opened up unlike ever before in the two-and-a-half hour long interview. When asked who Hendrie derives inspiration from, he said Laurel and Hardy, Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Winters and most telling, Jackie Gleason. Hendrie said of Gleason, “He was my Dad, a big man who would come through the door, ebullient and happy one night and the polar opposite the next…Gleason made anger and strife and the things happening in my home funny…Impotent anger makes me laugh my ass off!” Hendrie also revealed that the “Mmm, hmmming” Bobbie Dooley was inspired by his Mom. Hendrie says Dooley is, “a perfect dismissive suburban woman who is also a sociopath, not that my mom was a sociopath.” Pollak also told Hendrie about his friends who are long time fans of Hendrie such as Garry Shandling who has come by to watch Hendrie live in studio, as well as Larry David who said after seeing him at the Aspen Comedy Festival, “He’s a f**king genius.” Pollak asked Hendrie how his show fits in radio. Hendrie said, “I’m in the tie-dye department of the tuxedo shop…If Rush and Howard are Corvettes, I’m an off-road vehicle.”   READ MORE

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Phil Hendrie Visits ‘Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show’

August 17, 2011 at 4:34 AM (PT)

Pollak and Hendrie

TALK RADIO NETWORK and CLEAR CHANNEL Talk KFI-A/LOS ANGELES host PHIL HENDRIE was a guest on actor KEVIN POLLAK’s internet video talk show this week.

The wide-ranging interview on “KEVIN POLLAK’S CHAT SHOW” included discussions of HENDRIE’s inspirations (LAUREL AND HARDY, LENNY BRUCE, JONATHAN WINTERS, and JACKIE GLEASON, of whom HENDRIE said, “He was my Dad, a big man who would come through the door, ebullient and happy one night and the polar opposite the next…. Impotent anger makes me laugh my ass off!”), the inspiration for his characters (“Bobbie Dooley” was patterned, he said, after his mother), and his show’s place in the radio business (“I’m in the tie-dye department of the tuxedo shop…If RUSH and HOWARD are Corvettes, I’m an off-road vehicle”).

POLLAK told HENDRIE, “Damn you for doing something no one else is doing, no one else ever or has done.  Damn you for being original.  You’re going to have to pay a price forever for being one of a kind.”

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From Reuters: Andy Dick Calls Howard Stern. Money-Grubbing Jew; Maybe He Was Kidding

(Warning: Strong content throughout)

By Jake Weinraub

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Andy Dick, no stranger to stirring controversy and alienating large groups of people, called shock jock Howard Stern a “shallow, money-grubbing Jew,” Tuesday.

The comedian fired against Stern on the “Greg Fitzsimmons Show,” calling the radio host a “big fat hook nose,” and “miserly.”

Dick claims he still hasn’t been paid for “The S*** Show,” a program he has hosted for several years on Stern’s Sirius Radio channel, Howard 101, starting in 2006.

“For two years I did the show and never got paid,” the comedian complained.

Stern shot back after a caller informed him of Dick’s rant, saying that Dick’s career has been dotted with anti-Semitism.

“So good, Andy’s true colors come out. I’m not surprised by it, I’m used to it. It’s just typical,” Stern said.

“Andy’s run out of friends,” Stern added. “You’re not getting paid a dime because your show sucks, a**-wipe … Stop blaming the world for your problems. Make yourself valuable, stop looking for the handouts waiting for the Jew to give a job.”

Dick is no stranger to prejudice — the comedian was forced to apologize for using the N-word during a 2006 comedy show in Los Angeles.

In 2010, Dick was detained in Huntington, W.V. after reportedly grabbing men’s crotches in a bar. In 2008 he was arrested in Riverside County on suspicion of pulling down the top of a teenage girl in a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant.

A cast member of last season’s “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew,” Dick was also arrested in May at a Temecula, Calif. restaurant for “disorderly conduct.”

In 2007, Jimmy Kimmel had him forcibly removed from the set of his ABC late-night show after Dick repeatedly touched Ivanka Trump’s hair and legs.