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There’s a lot happening in the world right now, so let’s get the most pressing stuff out of the way and sorted: was the late Gong Show creator/host Chuck Barris really an assassin for the CIA? Barris claimed in his 1982 memoir Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind to have been secretly working for the intelligence organization during the sixties and seventies—around the same time he was developing kitschy and iconic television shows like The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and The Gong Show. Is it possible that the unassuming and at-times silly Barris could be telling the truth here—or was...

Last night’s sole arrestee was Daniel Lang, who was ejected from the Capitol for — well, read on … At approximately 10:15 pm, a man came up behind a senate staffer just outside of the Senate Chamber and deliberately struck him in the back of the head with the cymbal he had been carrying. The action was witnessed by a State Police member who immediately stopped the attack and arrested the protestor, taking him out of the Capitol. Daniel Lang, age 33 of Crown Heights, NY was arrested for Harassment in the 2nd Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon...

From The Critics: Publishers Weekly Originally published in 1982 but out-of-print for years, '70s television icon Barris's forgotten autobiography is being reissued to coincide with the December release of a major film adaptation. After two decades of relative obscurity, Barris's memoir may finally find an eager audience. Readers will probably best remember Barris as the creator and host of The Gong Show, but his resume also includes such classic shows as The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, as well as a hit song, "Palisades Park," and a New York Times bestselling book, You and Me Babe (1970). What...