Hello Parker, Bye Buddy & More

• Jeff Parker, creator of Interman [which you really ought to consider picking up], has written up his Heroes Con Report. StalloneZone is mentioned... Even if you don't like comics. I'll bet you'd get a kick out of his Con Reports.
• LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Matthew McConaughey is in talks to star in "Tishomingo Blues," an adaptation of the Elmore Leonard best seller that will mark Don Cheadle directorial debute. Although I haven't read the book, I do like the work of McConaughey, Leonard, and Cheadle.
• LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cable news channel MSNBC on Monday fired Michael Savage after the controversial talk show host wished AIDS on a caller whom he dismissed as "one of the sodomites." And I'll bet Savage was surprised.
• LOS ANGELES - Buddy Ebsen best known for his roles in "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones," has died. He was 95. Harry Knowles has written a nice tribute over at Ain't It Cool News. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, and fans.
• LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police and prosecutors met in Colorado on Monday to discuss filing sexual assault charges against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant as his lawyers said he was innocent and accused the local sheriff of "bias." It's pretty strange that the DA and sherrif are not on the same page with this one.
• LONDON (Reuters) - British police investigating how a young sky diver plunged 13,000 feet to his death revealed on Monday his parachute cords had been deliberately severed. That sounds sounds like something out of a tv mystery... but what a scary thought when you really consider it.
• SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean man angry with his daughter's Web surfing faced possible charges on Monday after he threw a computer monitor out of his 12th-floor apartment, hitting a four-year-old girl below on the head, police said. I would think that he would face more than "POSSIBLE" charges.
• MONTPELLIER, France (AFP) - A shopper in southern France literally named his own price when he visited several supermarkets near here. According to police, the 22-year-old suspect fabricated barcode labels on his home computer, and by using them to replace the originals was able to acquire goods for a fraction of their real prices. I wonder how that system works out in jail?
• HELLAM, Pa. - House hunters and footwear fanatics, take note: A three-bedroom, two bath house that happens to be shaped like a giant shoe is up for sale. I'll be some old lady buys it -- she'll have some many children she won't know what to do.
• EAST DUBLIN, Ga. - There was bobbin' for pigs feet and hubcap hurling. Grown men competed against each other by belly-flopping into a mud pit. This year's Redneck Games at Buckeye Park in East Dublin drew thousands of spectators. As stupid as it sounds, I'll bet everyone had a lot of fun!
• ROSWELL, N.M. - The sports editor of the Roswell Daily Record has been fired for fabricating part of a news story about a golf tournament in which he quoted a fictional character from the movie "Caddyshack." And I'll bet the editor was surprised.