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GERALD NACHMAN
The veteran humorist turns serious to examine the phenomenon
of a celebrity death and its impact on the world's media...
POP
STAR
DIES!;
MEDIA
FLIPS!
MICHAEL JACKSON
...his death provokes media frenzyJIM BAWDEN
The former TORONTO STAR television columnist looks back
at the career of TV's 1970s glamour girl, who died last week..
FAREWELL, BRAVE FARRAH
FARRAH FAWCETT
...in her famous calendar poseSID FRIGAND
Are women way behind men as inventors? In his latest edition
of SIDNEY'S ALMANAC, Frigand tells us a thing or two about that
particular battle of the sexes...
ALL HAIL THE INVENTRESSES
AMONG US
HEDY LAMARR
...she invented stuff?
MARIE CURIE
...two Nobel prizesCHUCK McFADDEN
While struggling U.S. airlines continue to find new ways to charge their
passengers extra fees, they're also turning each airline cabin into a
mini-mall with on-board sales pitches...
SHOPPING MALLS
WITH WINGS?
"Thank you for your order. We'll have these items back from our on-board dry cleaning shop before your flight lands."STAN ISAACS
Stan suggests we're getting way too much bum information
from online blogs that stretch the truth terribly...
BEWARE THE BLOGS!
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD
...Could Iran's Israeli-hating president
actually be Jewish?AUDREY YEAGER-MOORE
Audrey praises the work of new groups who offer protection to grieving families
at military funerals when war protestors turn up...
Standing For Those Who Stood For Us
THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS
PAUL HERTELENDY
Paul the Poet unleashes two short poems in a gesture of "hospi-tality"
HOSPI-TALLY
TWO VIEWSGERALD NACHMAN
Gerald concludes his three-part look into the legacy of the classic
stage musical "Annie" and the juvenile player it made a star...
THE DAY AFTER 'TOMORROW':
PART THREE:
THE ROLE THEY WON'T FORGET
ANDREA McARDLE
...still looking for a role
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PART ONE PART TWO JIM BAWDEN
Jim samples some DVDs from the newly-opened WARNER ARCHIVE
and sees the future...
DIRECT FROM THE STUDIO
...a rare MGM classic
now available on DVDBUCKY FOX
Bucky thinks they can stop calling his town "Loss" Angeles now that
The Lakers are starting to roll bigtime...
PARADE ROUT
PAU GASOL
...says they "want more!"STAN ISAACS
Stan thinks Pres. Obama still has a sharply-split Supreme Court
that may not be a liberal as he wants it to be, so...
HOW TO MAKE THE COURT TURN LEFT
ANITA HILL
...a potential justice?THIS WEEK IN DARK CORRIDORS RON MILLER
Ron reviews the first novel by Katherine Howe that is earning
critical acclaim and stirring up a witches' brew of business...
KATHERINE HOWE'S
"THE PHYSICKBOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE" ![]()
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PATRICIA J. GEISTER
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