O'Reilly and Stewart debate
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. television personalities Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart squared off in a debate in Washington, D.C., though both declined to say who won.
O'Reilly is the conservative host of "The O'Reilly Factor," while Stewart is the liberal star of "The Daily Show."
The debate, billed as "The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium" took place Saturday at George Washington University before an audience of 1,500 people and thousands of people streaming online from home, The New York Times reported Sunday.
The two rarely agreed on any topic, particularly on entitlements, which O'Reilly said made it easier for people to take advantage of the system. Stewart pointed out that O'Reilly's family benefited from government help when he was a child.
"Why is it that if you take advantage of a tax break and you're a corporation, you're a smart businessman, but if you take advantage of something that you need to not be hungry, you're a loser?" Stewart said.
When moderator E.D. Hill, of CNN, asked if either man had learned anything during the debate, O'Reilly said, "Now I know I'm right."
Jay-Z takes subway to final Barclays show
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Rapper Jay-Z took the subway to his final performance at New York City's Barclays Center, where his wife, Beyonce, joined him on stage.
The Brooklyn-native took the R train from Canal Street in Manhattan to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Saturday night for the last of eight inaugural shows at the Barclays Center, the New York Daily News reported.
During his performance, Jay-Z was joined on stage by his wife Beyonce twice -- once for their 2003 duet "Crazy in Love" during the middle of the show and "Young Forever" at the end.
All eight of the performances were sold out. Anyone who was unable to attend was able to watch the show for free on Jay-Z's new YouTube channel.
Glastonbury sells out in record time
SOMERSET, England, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Tickets to England's Glastonbury music festival sold out in record time, with about 135,000 sold in 1 hour and 40 minutes, organizers said.
Thousands of people tried to log onto the ticket website when it opened at 9 a.m. local time Saturday, causing the website to slow, the BBC reported. Many people missed out on purchasing tickets "due to the sheer volume of people" on the website, the festival's official Twitter feed said.
Festival organizer Emily Eavis tweeted, "Sorry to everyone who missed out and for any problems you had with the booking site."
Tickets to the June 2013 festival held at Worthy Farm in Somerset cost $330, up $16 from last year's event. Any returned tickets will be made available for purchase in April, the BBC reported.
Lost Christmas 'Blackadder' script found
LONDON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- "Blackadder" writer Richard Curtis said he abandoned a partial script for a Christmas episode of the British comedy because it might have been too offensive.
The never-before-seen script will be partially published for the first time in a book about the television show, "The History of the Black Adder," which will be released later this week, the BBC reported Saturday.
Curtis gave the book's writer, Jem Roberts, a copy of the script during research for the book.
"[Curtis] wrote on the script that one of the reasons it didn't get used was because it was a strange cross between 'Fawlty Towers' and 'Life of Brian,' " Roberts said. "He didn't think he was going to make it compare to either of them. That's his reason for it never getting any further than it did."
The episode would have featured Blackadder, played by Rowan Atkinson, as the owner of the inn where Joseph and Mary seek a bed on the night of Jesus' birth.
Curtis said he didn't go through with the episode "for fear it would cause too much offense."
