Black Jack has been to nursing homes, libraries, women’s shelters. He’s been to the American Royal, and he recently visited kindergartners at Wellsville Elementary School in Kansas during the week they studied the letter “H.” Wherever he goes, people hug him, stroke him, whisper sweet nothings in his ear.
Ever wonder how actors get the hair-trigger timing right in a comedy? Pull up a front row seat.
The holiday TV season officially begins tonight with a new hourlong special from cable satirist Stephen Colbert, whose “Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!” sets the bar very high. We’re talking Charlie Brown high. We’re talking Peter Billingsley high. We’re talking Willie Nelson high.
Call me daft, but every now and then I like to pick up one of those British pop music magazines. It’s not that I need updates on the latest drug scuffles of Babyshambles or Amy Winehouse. But I’m a sucker for some of the “free” CDs they often glue onto their covers.
For months it’s all any fan of Stephenie Meyer has been talking about — the vampire love story leaves the pages of her books and hits the big screen.
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By late July, when we started planning today’s special Food and H+H Thanksgiving sections, this year’s theme was sadly apparent: It’s the economy, silly.
Nothing screams Christmas quite like a picture of a really unhappy tyke on Santa’s lap. You have a picture like that? Send it to us.
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Yeah, you’re right. It is too early to talk about holiday movies. Don’t blame us. Blame Hollywood.
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Are you planning a “green” KC area wedding? If so, tell us what efforts you’re making to spare your surroundings and infuse natural elements into your special day. Could be the venue, clothing, flowers, jewelry, transportation — or maybe something we haven’t even mentioned here.
•Actor Steve Landesberg is 63. •Singer Bruce Hornsby is 54. •Actor Maxwell Caulfield is 49.
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Mad dogs, red-eyed aliens and high-schoolers wielding deadly pencils were among the horrific villains in our 31-Second Scary Film Contest.
