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"A good opportunity at the right time." That's how Eric Dane sums up his four-episode stint on Charmed. The 30-year-old Gideon's Crossing alum joins the cast on Sunday as Jason Dean, the new owner of the Bay Mirror newspaper and, more importantly, a love interest for Phoebe.
"We have somewhat of a combative start," Dane explains to TV Guide Online, "but there's chemistry and it develops into a relationship. It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, and then I leave. They're not killing me though - the door is left open, just in case."
Spoilers for UK viewers follow
As fans no doubt realise, this relationship is a big step for Phoebe, who has been out of the dating loop since Cole met his end in the show's 100th episode. Being the new guy in town is never easy, but Dane claims he hasn't been feeling any pressure. "That's probably because I had no idea about [McMahon]," he laughs. "Nobody told me I was replacing anyone."
Unlike his supernatural predecessor, Jason is exactly what he appears to be. "He's mortal, so I didn't have to learn any weird dialogue," notes the actor. "I did walk into Phoebe's house once, and I had these nymphs dancing around my head. But that was as surreal as it got for me."
While his character may not have any cool powers, Dane did get to enjoy the magical experience of smooching Alyssa Milano. "It's really great to kiss somebody who you geniunely get along with," he raves. "I think she's a really good person and she's ridiculously attractive. What's it like? It's like it's not that bad to show up at the office."
According to a post from Holly Marie Combs herself on the Safesearching message boards Charmed has received an official pickup for next season. BACK TO THE TOP
Anyone's been counting will know that the twelfth episode of season five is Charmed's 100th. Appropriately titled Centennial Charmed it airs on The WB on 19 January 2003.
To mark the occasion, The Hollywood Reporter, the entertainment industry's premier trade publication publishing a special issue devoted to behind-the-scenes looks at Charmed.
Publication date is 16 January, but you can order a copy here ($5.50 in the US, $10 outside).
Thanks to Krishanti Wahla for the pic on the right. BACK TO THE TOP
For a TV series, turning 4 years old is not just a milestone, it's a miracle.
The vast majority of shows don't make it through four seasons. Most, in fact, don't even last the first year. Of the 30 network series that made debuts in the fall of 1998 (remember Holding the Baby and Maggie Winters?) and thus mark their 4th birthdays this fall, only four are still around.
They couldn't be more different from one another, but the four have something in common. They're well on the way to becoming profitable for their makers.
After completing four seasons and getting ready to enter the fifth, a show has typically amassed 88 episodes, the minimum needed for syndication. In syndication, studios sell reruns of the show directly to TV stations, cable networks or abroad, bringing in big bucks - as much as $2 million an episode for a hit comedy.
This fall's multimillion-dollar syndication baby is NBC's Will & Grace, the most popular of the four shows about to turn 4. The two other sitcoms on the list, CBS' King of Queens and Fox's That 70s Show, will wait another season before jumping onto the syndication gravy train in fall 2003; the only drama turning 4, the WB's Charmed, is already airing in repeats on TNT cable.
But unless you're a studio, profit-and-loss ledgers aren't particularly interesting. For viewers, a series' 4th birthday marks a different milestone, the make-or-break kind.
In the fifth season, some shows seem to run out of steam, exhausting all possible story lines. Consider Ally McBeal, which turned 4 last fall still going fairly strong on Fox but self-destructed during a fifth season that had Ally do every desperate thing but run away to join the circus. Felicity, too, crashed and burned in its fifth season, winding up its run so short of plots that some actually had to be recycled. (Those two shows, cancelled this spring, were the only two survivors of the 31 new entries in the fall of 1997.)
By contrast, a series that makes it through the fifth season might well run indefinitely. Think Frasier, ER and NYPD Blue.
The 4th-birthday milestone, then, is a good time to look back at the four shows entering their fifth seasons this fall and see how they pass the test of time.
The article then proceeds to take a look at the four series, here's what it has to say about Charmed:
Charmed (7pm Sundays on Channel 11)
Debuted: Oct. 7, 1998
Premise: Three sisters learn that they are witches who can fight evil if they work together (i.e. "The Power of Three").
Stars: Shannen Doherty (now departed), Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan (new in fall 2001).
Ranking for 2001-02 season: no. 129.
Average number of viewers: Just under 3 million
Why it's still on: Ratings mean less on the WB, which isn't seen in the entire country. And Charmed (with 47 Internet fan sites) brings in good buzz and viewership that fits the network's target: young women.
I said then: "Well done and remarkably involving. Grade: B."
I say now: The complex plot thread isn't easy to untangle these days. But Charmed has survived the transition among sisters, losing none of its spunk in the process.
All three of Charmed's leads were placed in the US edition of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll:
65 ROSE McGOWNA (last year: 57) Witchy woman
The uninhibited Rose remains well aware of her shadowy reputation, admitting, "Had I lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake." Her role on The WB's Charmed reminds us how sublimely sexy the dark side can be.
62 HOLLY MARIE COMBS (new entry) Charming
There was a time not long ago when the job titles "best boy", "gaffer" and "key grip" provided unintentional comedy during movie credits. Now being a "key grip" - particularly on the set of The WB's Charmed - apparently gets you dates with dashing Holly Marie.
4 ALYSSA MILANO (last year: 4) Phone babe
AT&T execs must have sniffed a lot of Sharpies before hiring Carrot Top as the spokesman for 1-800-CALL-ATT. Pitting him against 1-800-COLLECT's Eva Savalot created a marketing mismatch. He can't pull off the skin-tight leather dress the way Alyssa does. UK POLL DETAILS / BACK TO THE TOP
Charmed will be on the move again when The WB unveil's its 2002-03 schedule tomorrow, with a switch to Sunday nights at 8pm.
The switch will allow The WB to launch a night of comedies on Thursdays, and will see the series sandwiched between repeats of the first two seasons of Gilmore Girls (7.00/6.00c) and Angel (9.00/8.00c). BACK TO THE TOP
05.11.01 - No, not another on-set argument, but TV Guide's You Sexy Thing feature has put Rose McGowan head-to-head with Alyssa Milano.
So, to check out the pics and vote for one of the girls (Alyssa is winning by about 5:1 at the time of writing), click here. BACK TO THE TOP
18.09.01 - In the light of last week's tragic events in New York and Washington, The WB has announced some changes to the roll-out of its new season schedule.
Season four of Charmed will now debut on Thursday 4 October at 8pm ET, with a two-hour episode. BACK TO THE TOP
02.09.01 - Are viewers who watched Charmed on The WB more valuable to advertisers than the viewers who will watch it this fall on TNT?
It is a watershed question to be addressed as The WB tries to strike deals with advertisers to run the same national commercials in Charmed on The WB as when it's repurposed later in the week on TNT.
Not only is The WB asking advertisers to pay the same cost per thousand for the show on both The WB and TNT, it also wants to cume the ratings of both runs. That would allow The WB to meet the rating guarantees it has promised for Charmed by counting viewers who tune into the show on TNT later in the week as well.
This fall, each new episode of Charmed will air first at 9pm on Thursdays on The WB. Five days later, the same episode will air at 10pm on TNT. "As of now, that's all it's going to be," said Jed Petrick, president and chief operating officer, The WB.
"I cannot believe a major agency will buy into this," said one senior negotiator at a major buying agency who has been approached about the plan. "CPMs on cable, on average, are about half that of broadcast network. Why in the world do they think that in one fell swoop we'd all of a sudden give cable parity? It just won't happen."
"Prime time is prime time," Mr. Petrick said, summarising the argument The WB is making. He also said the 18 to 34 demographic, to which Charmed appeals, is tough to reach. "There is demand against a short-supply demographic," he said.
"Advertisers have specific flighting requirements," Mr. Petrick said. "So we would take the Tuesday [TNT] airing, which is Episode 1, and the Thursday, [which] would be the first run on The WB, which is Episode 2, and the ratings for those two shows would be cumed. And one advertiser's commercials would run both nights. If it's in position 1-A on Tuesday night in Episode 1, which is the broadcast...it would also run in position 1-A the following Thursday night, which is Episode 2."
Agency buyers say there is a difference in the nature of the cable and broadcast audiences, broadly speaking, and it is because of that difference that The WB proposal is a "nonstarter," as one senior buyer put it. Like the other senior agency buyers contacted for this story, this buyer would speak only on the condition of anonymity.
"They have no given us a proposal on how they are going to adjust their pricing," said a second senior buyer, who was approached with The WB's general proposition. "But I will tell you that they are going to have a very difficult time getting buyers to pay for the TNT impressions at The WB CPMs."
Said a third senior buyer, "One of the reasons network costs more than cable is because it's giving you broad immediate reach, whereas cable builds its reach differently. Cable is more of a frequency medium than a reach medium."
This buyer, who was familiar with the proposal but had not been approached about it, "wouldn't accept it," but speculated that The WB would "get somewhere" with other agencies, though not to CPM parity for the two runs. "Some people may say OK to it, but I'd be hard-pressed to say why they would."
This buyer observed that sellers often "just want to look at the eyeballs, but...there's likely to be some duplication between the two audiences, and for some brands that's OK, and for some that isn't. It's not a one-size-fits-all kind of thing."
Informed of this contention, Mr. Petrick said the duplication between the two audiences is "almost nonexistent...about a 1 percent duplication," according to his network's research.
Mr. Petrick agreed that if the agencies accepted The WB's Charmed proposal the business would change in a number of ways, and he pointed to the fact that the broadcast networks themselves are now delivered to the vast majority of their viewers by cable. "I don't know what's going to happen with Charmed," he said. "We'll find out."
Charmed is a young-demo-friendly series about three hip young witches in present-day San Francisco. This fall, actress Rose McGowan joins Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs, replacing Shannen Doherty in the series, which is from executive producers Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent. SOURCE:ELECTRONIC MEDIA ONLINE. BACK TO THE TOP
01.09.01 - Another Charmed actor has been arrested for drink driving. Last year, Shannen Doherty was the guilty party, this time it's Greg Vaughan, who played the Halliwells' neighbour Dan Gordon in season 2.
The 28-year-old actor was stopped on Thursday morning in Hollywood after being pulled over for speeding. "He was speeding and straddling the lane," police spokeswoman Victoria Diaz said.
A breath test showed he had a blood alcohol level of 0.08, the legal threshold for making an arrest, she said. He was booked for investigation of drunken driving and released pending a court appearance. BACK TO THE TOP
08.08.01 - The WB has confirmed the start dates for its fall schedule. Season 4 of Charmed, featuring the new lineup of Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan, will premiere at 9pm on Thursday 27 September with a 2-hour episode. BACK TO THE TOP
19.07.01 - While answering questions at the Television Critics Association gathering in Los Angeles, a number of The WB's own addressed what happened regarding Shannen Doherty's exit.
The network's Jordan Levin spoke of the matter, saying, "We knew last year that there were some decisions that probably had to be made in the best interest of Aaron Spelling and his company, our company and Shannen. And everybody came to the decision that they felt was mutually beneficial for all parties involved."
When asked if the season three finale was crafted in order to set up the entrance of a replacement for Doherty, Levin says, "We had an idea that we wanted to give ourselves some flexibility."
More specifically regarding the addition of Rose McGowan to the cast, Levin adds, "There's a history within the mythology that there could be another sister because of the [White] Lighter. We're still sort of hammering that out, and we haven't heard the full pitch yet and how that's going to work. But we're looking to bring in someone who could provide some conflict within the group and someone who could bring a younger audience into the show. We feel like Rose does that for us." SOURCE: CINESCAPE ONLINE. BACK TO THE TOP
01.07.01 - Rose McGowan replaces Shannen Doherty on The WB's Charmed; world braces for untold impact.
Aside from "Is Buffy dead?" (No, Vampire Slayer is just moving to UPN, which is nearly the same thing) and "Where the hell is Nyk Fry's Fluid Television?" (The brain trust at KUTV 2 cancelled it - more on this in a future Tube Town), is there a more pressing question on the minds of TV viewers than "Who's gonna replace Shannen Doherty on Charmed?" Not on your couch-potato life.
Thne backstory: Charmed - about three good-witch sisters who, despite spending most of their time vanquishing evil demons and casting spells, still manage to look fabu and maintain a comfy lifestyle in San Francisco - has been one of The WB's top-rated shows for three years now. Prue (Doherty) is a photographer, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) is a college student and Piper (Holly Marie Combs) runs a nightclub...yeah, whenever there's a lull in the plot. How these busty brunettes afford their clotheshorse habits (brassieres are the sisters' only poke-your-eye-out-obvious budget cutbacks) can only be chalked up to the supernatural. Or undead producer Aaron Spelling, same diff.
Late this past season, rumours of heated Doherty-Milano catfights began leaking from the Charmed set. Hardly surprising to anyone who recalls Doherty's mucho-publicised psycho-bitch blowups from her Beverly Hills, 90210 days. But it was actually "sweet" Milano who stuck a her-or-me ultimatum Post-It to Spelling's coffin during the filming of the Doherty-directed season finale. When he arose shortly after sunset and read it, Spelling quickly consulted The WB's website message boards (at TheWB.com, highly entertaining) to determine which of the battling babes was more popular amongst viewers. A few clicks later, Doherty was driving away from the Paramount lot with a pink slip and possibly a 2.5 blood-alcohol level. The show's "Power of Three" storyline was now seriously out of whack.
Just as with 90210, it was only a matter of time before Spelling coughed up a replacement for Doherty, among other things. Ironically, 90210's Tiffani-Amber Theissen was approached, as were Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five) and Denise Richards (Wild Things). None of them wanted the gig, fortunately. Theissen's big ol' chipmunk face crowds the TV screen, and nebulous talents Hewitt and Richards couldn't act their way out of a soft-core faux-lesbian thriller, as evidenced in Wild Things...What? It was Hewitt's PO5 costar Neve Campbell "emoting" with Richards in that movie? It's not like I've watched it several dozen timies with the VCR's freeze-frame button jammed or anything...
Focus, back on topic: The Only TV Column That MattersTM is suspicious yet mildly relieved to report that the new Charmed sister is none other than film starlet Rose McGowan, last seen by hundreds of people in the box-office bomb Monkeybone, her follow-up to Ready to Rumble and Jawbreaker, seen by even fewer. Unless you count a role in the first Scream movie. The WB isn't going to be a huge step back for her career.
Still not ringing any bells? McGowan's moment of infamy came when she showed up at the 1998 MTV Awards on the scrawny arm of then-fiancé Marilyn Manson, wearing little more than a black basketball net and heels. These were the pre-Lil' Kim and J-Lo days, mind you - McGowan was a trailblazer for award-show overexposure.
Too bad she's still only really known for that and her recurring typecast as a smoldering hell-skank, because she showed some serious acting chops in the obscure indie-flicks The Last Stop, Southie and Lewis & Clark & George. All three are readily available at your local video shop alongside her two (!) Pauly Shore movies (Encino Man and Bio-Dome), as well as two of the absolute worst indie-craploads ever produced (overrated Gregg Araki's Doom Generation and Nowhere). McGowan's may be a textbook "uneven film career", but it's still no match for Milano's or Combs' (Embrace of the Vampire and Dr. Giggles, anyone?)
Black hair, check. Pouty, lips, check. Aversion to bras, check. Firm belief that Aaron Spelling won't crumble to dust upon their first handshake, well, she'll work on it. McGowan will join Charmed as the younger sister no one knew existed (kinda like Buffy's Dawn - yes, I know waaay too much WB information) after the untimely death of Prue, according to completely unverifiable Internet news sources. Once in print here, however, it's gospel.
With the Power of Three restored, I'd like the first order of business to be the cosmic annihilation of the evil force known as Gregg Araki. If I can't get my movie money back, I'd at least like him plunged back into the depths of hell, cool? SOURCE: SALT LAKE CITY WEEKLY, 21 June. BACK TO THE TOP
CAST "PREFERRED McGOWAN OVER RICHARDS"
27.06.01 - A couple of snippets on the casting of the fourth sister (now confirmed as Paige Halliwell) from this week's Wanda column on E! Online.
Asked what Alyssa and Holly's feelings towards new cast member Rose McGowan, Wanda had nothing specific to say, although she did reveal that "pretty much the whole cast wanted Rose over Denise Richards."
On the subject of why Jennifer Love Hewitt turned down the role, Wanda says that it's most likely a combination of a desire to focus on films and not getting "a good vibe about the working conditions. (Believe you me, the on-set bitchiness isn't entirely gone just because S.D.'s off the show.)" BACK TO THE TOP
19.06.01 - Charmed videos and DVDs look like they could be on their way!
Richard Morgan e-mailed Kult-TV to ask whether they had the rights to Charmed and Lexx, and the word on the former is they "did try and get Charmed, but someone beat us to it!" which implies that someone has snapped up the rights. Although there's no word at present on exactly who, CIC (who release Star Trek) must be a strong contender, but let's just hope whoever have the rights follow Fox's Buffy and Angel boxed sets rather than the old two-episodes-per-tape Star Trek format. BACK TO THE TOP
ROSE McGOWAN FEELING CHARMED
16.06.01 - Rose McGowan (right) has been officially confirmed as "the long-lost sister" that Piper and Pheobe never knew they had.
Born in Florence, and raised in a commune for the weirdo Children of God sex cult, 27-year-old McGowan is best known for her roles in the likes of Scream and Jawbreaker, as well as previously dating Marilyn Manson (who's a million times scarier than anything she'll meet on Charmed).
"We are truly fortunate to have the opportunity to work with Rose McGowan and believe she will bring a new and different dynamic to Charmed," said WB co-president Jordan Levin on Thursday, who must be counting on the show retaining its popularity now that Buffy has moved to UPN.
The actress replaces Shannen Doherty, who reportedly quit Charmed because of difficulties with co-star Alyssa Milano. Even though she directed the season three finale, Doherty and Milano reportedly didn't speak to each other unless it was absolutely necessary.
Doherty, who previously quit the Aaron Spelling-produced Beverly Hills, 90210 after a stormy tenure, initially said she left because, "I feel that I have accomplished everything I set out to do when I returned to series television."
Then in an interview with TV Guide, Doherty said, "I just didn't want to be a part of it...I don't want to work with people who bitch about their job and complain about it and say that they hate it or anything else."
More recently, in an interview with Movieline, she claimed that she had given "the most brutally honest performances" of her career but that this work was being wasted on a show "for 12-year-olds."
Aaron Spelling has said that the season three cliffhanger will be re-edited to write out Doherty's Prue. Talking with Entertainment Weekly about the new character, Spelling said: "she's going to be the long-lost little sister Alyssa and Holly never knew they had. And wait until you see what we came up with to explain why she's been lost: Nobody ever knew she existed."
McGowan's character hasn't been named yet, but she seems to be well-suited to the role, having previously been quoted as saying, "I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake." BACK TO THE TOP
10.06.01 - The latest name to be ruled out as Shannen Doherty's replacement on Charmed is her replacement on Beverly Hills, 90210, Tiffani "don't call me Amber" Thiessen.
"Tiffani was our first choice to take over for Shannen - even before we asked Jennifer [Love Hewitt]," Aaron Spelling told Entertainment Weekly. "But Tiffani told us she wants to do a half-hour comedy" (NBC didn't pick up her sitcom pilot).
Since his big-name choices have passed, Spelling says the show is leaning towards a fresh face to play a younger witch in the Halliwell household, presumably ruling out the New York Post's rumours about Rose McGowan and Denise Richards and latest fan suggestion Carly Pope.
"She's going to be the long-lost sister Alyssa and Holly never knew that had. And wait until you see what we came up with to explain why she's been lost: Nobody ever knew she even existed." Hmmm...that idea sounds suspiciously familiar...
Spelling also says that the season three finale will be recut to explain the sudden disappearance of Prue. BACK TO THE TOP
McGOWAN OR RICHARDS MAY BE CHARMED
09.06.01 - The latest names to emerge as Shannen Doherty's replacement are Rose McGowan and Denise Richards.
According to The New York Post, the actresses are being eyes as Piper and Phoebe's relative when season four airs later this year.
Richards, 29, is best known as the girl in the wet T-shirt in Wild Things. Her other films include Starship Troopers, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The World is Not Enough and Valentine. McGowan, 27, has appeared in The Doom Generation, Scream, Jawbreaker and Monkeybone. The pair also worked together in the 1997 independent feature Nowhere. BACK TO THE TOP
09.06.01 - The WB's website has a section dedicated to their Faces 2001 campaign, where you can download the accompanying video, which is accompanied by a dire cover of The Who's My Generation.
Holly and Alyssa are both featured, but only the later is in new footage. Other WB's stars featured include members of the casts of Angel, Felicity and Dawson's Creek, although there too much new footage on show - probably because The WB didn't know what shows they'd have next season, and in Charmed's case, who'll be starring in it! You can view the video here. BACK TO THE TOP
08.06.01 - Holly was the only one of the three original leads not to feature in US FHM's Sexiest Women Poll, which, like the UK equivalent, was again won by Jennifer Lopez, with Alyssa now US TV's no. 1 sci-fi/fantasy babe.
86. Shannen Doherty
Hockey players will rejoice upon reading Shannen's following comment: "I don't care for chiseled features. Scars are good." The mercurial 30-year-old is part of the spellbinding threesome that makes up the cast of witches on The WB's Charmed.
4. Alyssa Milano
Removed from her years on Who's The Boss, 28-year-old Alyssa is now loveable witch Phoebe Halliwell on TV's Charmed. Most impressive: the animated character Ariel from The Little Mermaid was created based on a photo of then 17-year-old Alyssa.
Several actresses whose names have been mentioned as Shannen's replacement also featured: Vanessa Marcil was 50th, Susan Ward 47th, Jennifer Love Hewitt 13th and Tiffani Thiessen just one place behind Alyssa in fifth. BACK TO THE TOP
03.06.01 - As an addition to Jennifer Love Hewitt turning down Charmed (see previous below), sources close to the show told the New York Post that the former Party of Five actress was approached to replace Shannen Doherty.
Although no reason was given as to why, zap2it.com suggests that she didn't feel it was time to return to TV, having recently starred with Sigourney Weaver in Heartbreakers and playing the devil opposite Alec Baldwin in the in limbo The Devil and Daniel Webster.
Doherty's departure, which is rumoured to have been prompted over a feud with Alyssa Milano, may be a sign of trouble behind the show's scenes. In addition, Holly Marie Combs has reportedly asked for and received a big per-episode raise, which allows her to pull in more money than Alyssa, the show's alleged star.
Other actresses whose names have been floated around for the role of the fourth Halliwell include Tiffani Thiessen (hopefully not), Soleil Moon Frye, Vanessa Marcil, Susan Ward and Irene Molloy. The latter would be an especially interesting choice since she played the Doherty-like star of a Beverly Hills, 90210-esque teen soap on the WB's cancelled Grosse Pointe. Thanks to Richard Morgan. BACK TO THE TOP
28.05.01 - According to a post by Alyssa's mom Lin Milano on the Safesearching posting boards, Jennifer Love Hewitt "has passed on being on Charmed. She would like very much to just do films for right now." BACK TO THE TOP
23.05.01 - As expected, US cable network TNT is getting Charmed, acquiring the rerun rights for up to eight seasons of the show for $600,000 per episode. In addition, TNT will pay $150,000 per episode for rights to a second-run window.
TNT also bought the rights to air an immediate rerun of the series within a week of its original airing on The WB, beginning in September. The cable network plans to screen Charmed reruns on weekdays, beginning in fall 2002. Meanwhile, Paramount, the show's producers, will put the show into weekend syndication simultaneously.
According to Variety, Charmed appealed to TNT partially because it is self-contained and not serialised, as well as helping to attract younger women to the network. BACK TO THE TOP
23.05.01 - A few snippets from E! Online on Monday.
Supposedly in the final running as Shannen's replacement are Jennifer Love Hewitt and Tiffani [nee Tiffani-Amber] Thiessen. Wanda suggests that Grosse Points Irene Molloy should be a shoo-in.
A rumour currently flying around is that the Charmed producers taped an extra episode or two with Shannen (possibly as an insurance against a strike), but this appears to be slim. The likely storyline has Piper and Phoebe realising that there's another Halliwell offspring, either a sister or a cousin, who completes the Power of Three.
Chris B suggested that the new sister should be Piper's doppelgänger, which would allow Holly Marie Combs to play both roles. Sounds ideal to me... BACK TO THE TOP
17.05.01 - US viewers may get an extra chance to catch Charmed next season, with the news that it and other WB shows such as Gilmore Girls could end up on the network's sister cable channel TNT this fall. According to Variety, The WB and TNT are currently in talks to share the two shows, as well as Felicity and rubbish sounding new series Smallville.
If the deal goes through, TNT would air each show within seven days of its original broadcast on The WB. TNT would air the shows at 10pm, so as not to compete with The WB, which airs news during that timeslot.
Sources say that The WB's new Charmed deals allows it to create a dual window for the show on a cable network such as TNT.
Since assuming control of both outlets earlier this year, Turner Broadcasting CEO Jamie Kellner has made it a priority to share programming between The WB and the Turner networks. The dual window will allow The WB to cover a show's license fee quicker, especiallyfor dramas, which don't usually repeat well.
Sources also say that Gilmore Girls and Charmed were chosen partly because the shows are self-contained and not serialised like Dawson's Creek.
Should the deal go ahead, it won't be the first time a network has shared programming with a cable channel. ABC and Lifetime signed a deal last year to share Once and Again and NBC and USA share a split run of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. BACK TO THE TOP
15.05.01 - The penultimate episode of season three, Look Who's Barking, is bookended by The Coors. The show opens with Give Me a Reason and ends with Breathless, a song that's been popping up all over TV these days.
Here's The WB website's introduction for those who've been living on the moon recently -
Who: Only the best thing to come out of Ireland since U2! The sexy Celtic sibs that call themselves The Corrs (their last name is Corr, go figure) have finally made a splash in the US with their third studio album, In Blue.
What: Pop music with a cool Celtic twist. Think Riverdance meets Dido done by three hot chicks and their cute bro. Most of the songs on In Blue are pretty much straight pop with some violin in the background, but they really get down to their roots for a few songs including the final track, Rebel Heart.
More, More, More: The Corrs will be touring Asia and Australia in the fall, but that probably won't do those of us in America and Europe any good. If you can't jet off to a foreign country to see them, you'll just have to be content with playing their CDs over and over again and checking their website for info on when you'll be able to see them in your town. BACK TO THE TOP
15.05.01 - The WB's press release for Charmed's fourth season contains a spoiler for the season three finale, but if you already know that Shannen's out then it's nothing major:
Charmed Returning Series One Hour Drama Thursday 9/8c
For three spellbinding years, the Charmed Ones - Prue, Piper, and Phoebe - have used their witchcraft and the Book of Shadows to keep themselvese alive as they save innocent souls and fight the darkest evil. Now, this season, the unthinkable will happen. The power of three will be broken forever.
So begins a new chapter in the Charmed saga as the surviving sisters search for a way to stay alive and strengthen their fragile bond while they continue to vanquish the diabolical. The sisters find renewed faith in the form of an unexpected revelation: there may be yet another Halliwell offspring they never knew about - one who could reunite the power of three and return these virtuous witches to their former glory. They'll find that fighting the good fight is a deadly occupation, but one they were born to do.
From executive producers Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Connie Burge and Brad Kern, with Spelling Entertainment.
The cast members listed for next season on The WB's website are Alyssa, Holly, Brian Krause and Julian McMahon. The WB's description of a possible fourth sister would seem to rule out the rumour that Soleil Moon Frye is to replace Shannen as Prue, although she could conceive play a new character. BACK TO THE TOP


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My coworker said this was one of the worst movies he'd ever seen. And he was excited when going in to it. It's Superman. Very little can go well for it, just because the character is so flawed. May watch this if it ever hits netflix though
Rofl you are not really trying to make a political comparison based on the superman movie, right? Sorry if I didn't like your dumb movie. Action and splosions just aren't enuf for me.
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review: umlaut…
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar, New York
My parents just emailed a couple of days ago from Wien to tell me that they saw Manon at the Staatsoper. My eyes turned green.
You know, the last time I was at the Staatsoper, I had to endure a tortured, post-modern rendition of Elektra in nose-bleed SRO. A wedge of mediocre sachertorte during intermission across the street at the Hotel Sacher saved me from total insanity.
My parents are probably having some fantastic schnitzel without me too.
Forstreiter, Gruner Veltliner, 2008
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar
But that bratty little aside is less a formal introduction and more of a weak segue into pointing out the fact that I adore Austrian cuisine.
I'm compelled by its balance of fat and acid.
So, as soon as Seäsonal Weinbar & Restaurant opened in New York on the tail end of 2008, it went on my list.
At Seäsonal, you will find an edited menu of Austro-German food.
It's not so heavily edited as, say, the menu at The Modern, where Gabriel Kreuther totally re-imagines and repackages his native cuisine with the same flavors and ingredients.
Seäsonal's co-chefs, Wolfgang Ban and Eduard Freuneder, are more loyal to the original text. They're merely revisionists.
You'll find a lot of usual suspects on their menu, embellished for a more modern audience and a more refined setting.
Wiener Schnitzel
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar, New York
There's a steaming bowl of "Spätzle," for example, stringy with Berg Käse and painted beautiful shades of pastel with vegetables ($23). Tender pieces of wild mushrooms were threaded throughout. Comforting on a cold, rainy night, as it was, this vegetarian option was one of the better dishes of the night.
So was the "Kaiserschmarrn," a wrinkled mass of fluffy pancake served with a side of strawberry-rhubarb compote ($10). It was buttery, eggy, and warm. It was great.
And the "Wiener Schnitzel" here is outstanding, two tender escalopes of veal puffy with a golden crust ($28). Softened with a dollop of lingonberry jam, or cut with a tangy, creamy cucumber and dill slaw, it was my favorite dish of the night, notwithstanding the cold scalloped potatoes underfoot.
The four of us (my childhood friend Fitz, his wife Palmer, my friend Houston, and I)* ordered from the a la carte menu. CLICK HERE to see all of the photos from this meal, or click on the individual course titles to see each dish.
First Courses
White Asparagus Soup, Rock Shrimp, Morcilla, Spring Onion. ($14)
Trout, goat cheese, pumpkinseed, radish. ($15)
Pochiertes Ei
Soft Poached Egg, Lobster, Maitake, Porcini. ($15)
Porkbelly, Sauerkraut, Fennel, King Oyster Mushroom. ($14)
Main Courses
Wiener Schnitzel
Veal Cutlet, Potato, Cucumber, Lingonberry. ($28)
Egg Pasta, Wild Mushrooms, Zucchini, Berg Käse. ($23)
Lamb, Sweetbread, Celery Root, Onion. ($34)
Flat Iron, Oxtail Consommé, Apple – Horseradish, Spinach, Rösti. ($27)
Seasonal Vegetables
Haricots verts. ($7)
Schokoladen – Haselnuss Souffle
Dark Chocolate-Hazelnut Souffle, Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream. ($10)
Crumbled Caramelized Pancakes, Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote. ($10)
Rhabarber – Streussel
Rhubarb Crumble, Yoghurt Ice, Pecan. ($10)
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar
The white asparagus soup seemed more appealing to me than to my companions (Spargelsuppe $14). I agreed with Houston that the soup should have been either warm or cold, but not tepid, as it was served. But overall, I appreciated its austerity – dominated by an honest bitterness – contrasted with bursts of flavor from the bits of morcilla.
Actually, everything we ordered was delicious. And, except for the minor temperature issues I've mentioned, everything was cooked precisely.
Slices of lamb were rosy and tender, coupled with fried sweetbreads, molten and creamy. Haricot verts were crispy, glistening with a buttery sheen. And exceedingly fresh slices of ruby trout were silky, sweetened against whipped goat cheese.
Rhabarber – Streussel
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar, New York
But I thought quite a few dishes were over-embellished.
My "Tafelspitz," for example, was excellent, if not downright Saturnalian. It was practically a buffet, with side dishes orbiting about in excess. [Tip: order this dish and you'll get to sample half of the "Side Dishes" on the menu, each listed at $7.]
But, as scatter-minded and over-the-top as it all was, each member of the collection was great.
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar
The two, thick slices of boiled chuck were impossibly tender, veined with melting collagen, and soaking in a rich and flavorful oxtail broth. The vegetables were sturdy and fresh. And the rösti were crisp and light, accompanied by horseradish cream and applesauce.
Now, I pause on the creamed spinach, another rider to the tafelspitz. This spinach wasn't just creamed, it was pureed. What was I to do with the soupy stuff? The beef had plenty of flavor from the oxtail broth. I hardly needed a sauce, much less add more fat to the already rich dish.
I'd rather have had a big bowl of freshly shaved horseradish, sharp and pointed, which I consider di rigueur in tafelspitz eating. I missed it.
Some of the dishes were delicious, but odd.
Seäsonal Vegetables
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar, New York
"Pochiertes Ei" ($15) found diced lobster meat together with a poached egg and what appeared to be dessicated mushroom crumbs. I'm not sure that I loved it, but I know I didn't hate it.
"Schweinebach" ( $14) featured two beautifully breaded and fried cubes of pork belly, which were doing very well sitting atop a pile of shredded, crisped shoulder meat. But the addition of sauerkraut puree and seafood ragu threw me for a loop. I couldn't really object to any of it, but I wasn't thrilled with them in concert.
The "Jakobsmuchel" probably would have lost me too. But they ran out of that odd trio of scallops, chicken, and octopus.
Rösti and its sauces.
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar
They ran out of apfelstrudel too. That was disappointing, if not slightly surprising for a half-empty Austro-Germanic restaurant on a Sunday night.
But even more surprising is the fact that they don't make their apfelstrudel in-house. They purchase it from an outside source. This was especially troubling news if you know that the apfelstrudel here doesn't seem like the type of thing a Michelin-starred restaurant could (or should?) order from another source. Our server's honesty about it all was at once slightly shocking and refreshing.
By the time we arrived at dessert, everyone's eyes had rolled up into the back of their heads. Filled to the brim, they cried mercy.
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar, New York
So I pulled up my sleeves and salvaged the situation by ordering three desserts on my own. As I predicted, their eyes rolled back down temporarily to help me out.
If you've seen one decent attempt at a molten chocolate cake, you've just about seen them all, including Seäsonal's misleadingly named "Schokoladen – Haselnuss Souffle" ($10). But as between that bowl of kaiserschmarrn and the "Rhabarber – Streussel," the latter edged slightly ahead for me based purely on the merit of the tangy yogurt ice cream.
I worry about Seäsonal.
Petits Fours.
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar
I liked my experience. But I don't know that I liked it enough to go out of my way to visit that part of Midtown for dinner without another reason. Tucked away on an unremarkable street, it's an incredible boon to concert-goers (say, at Carnegie Hall) looking for an upmarket bite early or late.
It seems to struggle for a wider audience.
I would, however, return to sit at Seäsonal's bar just to listen to their play list. If you're between the ages of 30 and 34 (as we four all were), and you're prone to episodes of nostalgia, you might just get lost in the incredibly age-specific melodies piped into the dining room. Whitney Houston and Joshua Kadison seemed to reappear, if for nothing else, to take Fitz and me back in time.
To read more about the restaurants I visited on this trip to New York, CLICK HERE.
Seäsonal Restaurant and Weinbar
132 West 58th Street
New York, New York 10019
* Michelin
* My friend Houston and I had quite the day. We met my friend the Wine Whisperer for lunch at Minetta Tavern. Thereafter, we caught the A train to way-uptown and met my friends Lois and Clark for a sunny tour of The Cloisters. From there, we high-tailed it back to Midtown where we reset and headed down to TriBeCa to my childhood-friend Fitz's for a rooftop reunion and toast with his lovely wife Palmer. What a breathtaking view it was from atop their building. We watched as the dark clouds gradually grew darker and thicker. By the time we arrived at Seäsonal, it had begun to rain.
~ by ulterior epicure on May 20, 2010.
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Tags: 2010, austrian, dinner, midtown, new york, seasonal, weinbar
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Next to Rösti, Cremespinat (which is always pureed in Austria if prepared with cream) is THE classic side dish for a Tafelspitz.
If you like Tafelspitz you should go to Plachutta next time you are in Vienna.It's a little unusual to find breaded Schweinebauch. Usually it's poached and served with root vegetables in a rather acidic broth with a ridiculous amount of fresh horseradish. It's hard to eat, because you are bound to have a few bites with way too much horseradish on them, which hurts…
The Wienerschnitzel looks as if it came out of the fryer, which is a big nono for people who take their Schnitzel seriously (which I think is ridiculous).
That said, the food looks better than at any restaurant in Austria I've ever been at. But proper plating is an art reserved for places with 2 stars over here…
m said this on May 21, 2010 at 11:14 am
@ m: Thanks very much for visiting and for your notes. I have a few questions:
1. So educated me, what does one do with the cremespinat? Do you dip the meat in it? I just found that messy since the meat was soaked with broth.
2. I love horseradish. I don't think you could ever give me too much of it.
ulterior epicure said this on May 21, 2010 at 12:17 pm
The Cremespinat is just a standard sidedish (like the Rösti), not a really integrated part of the dish. I don't know, maybe it was a little too thin and therefore appeared sauce-y? It's usually thickened with some flour so it's not soup-like. You should be able to eat it with a fork.
Don't get me wrong, I love horseradish too… it's the perfect foil for a cut as rich as pork belly. Just watch out, because this dish can make the strongest of men cry.
m said this on May 22, 2010 at 5:23 am
@ m: More than a little too thin. There's no way you could eat that cremespinat with a fork!
Ms. Toity Toid & Toid said this on May 22, 2010 at 8:21 am
@ m: What Ms. Toity Toid & Toid said – too thin to eat with a fork.
ulterior epicure said this on May 22, 2010 at 4:09 pm


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Hi Eric, nice bass. I have one too! Please check out my headless Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/329486003810785/
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Hi. Had a look at the page - Look, no heads!!
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Hello Eric, at the risk of sounding desperate, my Quantum was stolen a few years back and I haven't been able to make do with any other bass I've tried. Do you or anyone else here have a Quantum for sale or know of one for sale? I can repair if necessary.
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Brian, Hi.To find a good one like mine, would take some time. A great bass, so I know that if it was a favourite you must miss it. If you scroll down my blog, you will see an email address - drop me a line and I'll see if I can help. Cheers. :)
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Hello, currently I'm using BlackBerry 9810 with a Prepaid BIS for (SGD)$20 per month. 1GB of Local Data. I'm wondering whether the Z10 will also support this kind of BIS. I've read posts about the BIS for Z10. But all were about Postpaid. So I really am hoping for answers can the Z10's BBM, Internet, Email etc thing be functioning using Prepaid BIS. Thanks!
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Youngster Back at School Following Bike Collision
By fiona dryden
A Week after being rushed to hospital with a serious head injury, five-year-old Millie Harrop has made an emotional return to school.
The youngster was hit by a cyclist as she stepped on to the pavement outside her Cheltenham home in St Paul's Street South.
Doctors from Bristol's Frenchay Hospital had to operate for four hours to stem the bleeding to her fractured skull. They inserted metal plates and some of Millie's hair had to be cut.
But she was discharged from hospital on Thursday and returned to St Gregory's Primary School the following day – just in time to take part in her class assembly.
Mum Claire Kent said: "She was desperate to get back for her assembly so it was really emotional. There were a lot of mums in tears when she arrived.
"Millie's got a huge scar from her ear to her neck, but the surgeons have done a great job so it shouldn't be too bad. Thankfully they didn't have to cut off too much hair when they operated."
The youngster fractured her skull when her head hit a bollard as she fell following the collision, but doctors and Millie's family have been left astonished by her quick recovery.
Claire said: "She's enjoying all the visitors and attention, but I'm a nervous wreck. I keep telling her to be careful and watch her head wherever she goes.
"I'm keeping a close eye on her. The doctors have said she might be prone to an epileptic fit so I'm a feeling a bit shell-shocked at the moment.
"It's just wonderful to have her back home with us.
"She won't be going back to school full time. We'll introduce her gradually to make sure it's not all too much."
Classmates at St Gregory's sent their love and best wishes to Millie as soon as they heard the news.
They made a huge card, which headteacher Sharon Aston and class teacher Sarah Bellamy delivered to her hospital bedside.
The cyclist involved has been interviewed by CID and road policing officers.
Initial reports were that the cyclist had ridden off, but subsequent inquiries have revealed she made contact with officers immediately and has been assisting officers with their investigation.
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Sample representation in a psychological treatment study after single event paediatric trauma
Kemp, M. and Drummond, P.D. (2013) Sample representation in a psychological treatment study after single event paediatric trauma. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 6 (1). pp. 41-56.
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Children and their families who attended an emergency department following a single traumatic incident and who agreed to participate in a psychological treatment study (N = 211) were compared with nonparticipants (N = 2333) on several measures of trauma and injury severity: duration of admission and heart rate in the emergency department, emergency transport and admission to hospital, injury severity score, and triage code. Within the nonparticipant population, those who requested further information about the study (N = 573) were exposed to more severe trauma or injury than other nonparticipants (N = 1760). In addition, participants were exposed to more severe trauma or injury than either group of nonparticipants. These observations indicate that those exposed to more severe trauma or injury do not avoid participation in psychological treatment studies. Findings can therefore be generalized to those with more severe exposure, but not to the population as a whole.
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Schiele's Slant: The umpire strikes back
Saturday, June 22, 2013
YouÆre blind as a bat!
You stink!
Get a clue!
Welcome to the world of being a Little League baseball umpire.
It is a thankless job. One where, while kids are having fun on the field, adults in the stands sometimes are the ones acting like children.
WeÆve all seen it. Or heard it. The loudmouth with the booming voice expressing his displeasure over a call. The mom shrieking after her son got called out looking at strike three.
Heckling an umpire dates back to shortly after Abner Doubleday penned the rules of the game. In most cases, the catcalls and cackles are harmless banter. Just a chance to poke fun at the men in blue.
But after chatting with various local Little League umpires, all agree there are times when parents go over the line. Not often, mind you, but when the line is crossed, things sometimes can turn ugly.
ōIt doesnÆt happen a lot,ö said umpire Frank Giunta, a veteran of seven-plus years behind the plate. ōIÆd say itÆs less than one percent. Most of the time the parents act like theyÆre supposed to. After the game they thank you and appreciate what you do.ö
The umpires admit theyÆve missed some call over the years. And they donÆt mind dealing with coaches and managers over such matters. But when the parents get involved, thatÆs a different story.
ōI understand people are competitive and they want their kids to do well,ö umpire Brian Nardelli, a 10-year veteran, said. ōThatÆs why I try and ignore that stuff and donÆt pay attention. To me, itÆs not about the parents. ItÆs about the kids and I try to keep it there.
ōUnfortunately, thereÆs always one that causes a stir now and then, itÆs rare, but it happens. IÆve seen fans get thrown out. I even saw one get so mad he threw his lawn chair.ö
Hey ump, we know youÆre blind, weÆve seen your wife.
You couldnÆt call a cab.
LensCrafters called, your glasses will be ready in 10 minutes.
Umpire Tim Sugalski, who has been calling games for about four years, understands the heat-of-the-moment times when parents go off. But, he said, they have to learn to let it go.
ōThe crazy things is when they harp on one close call,ö Sugalski said. ōThey never let it go the entire game, and after it.
ōThey think you are being unfair, but youÆre out here doing the best you can. ItÆs not like IÆm being paid more by one team or the other. ItÆs not like I have a team I want to see win. IÆm here to call the game and see the kids have fun.ö
Pat Allman, who has been umpiring games for 22 seasons, has tossed out his fair share of fans over the years. He even gave the thumb to a mascot once. Yes, a mascot. More on that later.
ōWhen it comes to language, there is no warning,ö Allman said. ōYou hook them right away. You know the words I mean. ThereÆs no place for that at all, especially around kids.
ōIf they are loud (but not cursing) and far away IÆll warn them. If they are close, like behind the backstop and act like a commentator, commenting on everything, IÆll usually wait to between innings, get a drink of water and quietly tell them they can watch the game from here or from the parking lot. The results are usually pretty good.ö
Hey ump, this cell phone must be yours. It has three missed calls.
Wake up ump, youÆre missing a great game.
IÆve seen potatoes with better eyes.
Giunta finds it amazing that some of the biggest umpire baiters are people that have no clue about the game.
ōItÆs mostly a lack of knowledge by parents who donÆt know what they are talking out, he said. ōThey donÆt know the rules and they voice their opinions without an education.
ōYou would think parents would set an example for the kids. The kids, sometimes you call them out, they maybe make a face or something, then walk away. The parents, they just continue to go on and on about it. ItÆs funny, the parents sometimes act like a child more than the kids do themselves.ö
Allman said in most cases, the parents that go over the edge are not one-time offenders.
ōUsually, when a person is a troublemaker at a game, they donÆt save it for just baseball. ItÆs every sport, every year. The parents know who the bad apples are.
ōThere have been times IÆve warned people, or hooked people, and when the game was over, a parent from that same team will come up to me and will tell me they were glad I did that. That heÆs been doing it all year.ö
Hey Blue, did your glass eye fog up?
Can I pet your seeing-eye dog after the game?
I thought only horses slept standing up.
As for worst-case scenarios, thankfully none of the umpires had physical altercations.
One talked about having his cellphone in hand, 9-1-1 dialed in and ready to hit send after his car was surrounded by angry parents that eventually walked away.
Another told a story of an angry parent being physically restrained by other bystanders as the ump sprinted to his car.
The best of the bunch was about an incensed parent, after a call at home to end the game, jumping over the outfield fence and running to confront the ump at the plate. How did it end? ōHe was arrested for public intoxication,ö the umpire said with a laugh.
As for the mascot ejection story, Allman explained it this way.
He was living in the state of Washington, calling a district playoff game where fans, parents and mascots were not allowed to coach the kids during tournament games.
ōThe guy had been drinking,ö Allman said. ōThe mascot was a guy in a gorilla suit. Hey, I drink, and I can tell he had been drinking, even if heÆs wearing a gorilla suit. He kept coaching the kids, even after I told him to stop several times. I told him, mascots are supposed to cheer, not coach.
ōHe doesnÆt stop, so finally I hook him. I ran the mascot. And by rule, he had to leave the field. Next thing I know, I see him, still in his gorilla suit, head and all, driving off down the road in an open Jeep. Meanwhile, IÆm thinking to myself, I just ran a gorilla.ö
Back on a serious note, Allman has advice for parents. Having seen thousands of games, he speaks from experience.
ōThe parents are supposed to be here to cheer,ö he said. ōThatÆs what I tell them, itÆs your job to cheer, my job to umpire, the coachÆs job to coach and for the kids, itÆs their job to play and have fun. ItÆs as simple as that.ö


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I'll miss you while I'm fighting monsters
Prayer, kindness and hugs ease cancer diagnosis
Sometimes, life is a capricious old whore.
In late June, I celebrated my 55th birthday with friends, laughing, telling stories and feeling grateful for a life well-lived. My husband and I were preparing for a much-anticipated European vacation. A week later, I was diagnosed with brain cancer.
My symptoms were slow and subtle. A pervasive fatigue I chalked up to middle age until the nine hours of solid sleep at night were insistently followed by a two-hour nap after breakfast. A distinct change in my handwriting. I'd stare at the thin scribblings in my reporter's notebooks and wonder what sort of poltergeist was at work. My husband noticed I was shuffling my left foot and that the left side of my face was drooping slightly.
My father died from a stroke a year ago. That was my worst fear, until I opened the closet where the really scary monsters hide.
I have a longtime professional relationship with oncologist Dr. Pat Harris, who acts as my hematologist. She was my dad's doctor, too, and my family has an almost-mystical belief in her powers. She fit me in the day after I called her office, listened to the symptoms, ordered blood work and arranged an emergency MRI that night. The next day, she called and softly said she had bad news.
And how do you follow up that bad news? How do you call your husband, who has already lost a wife to cancer? How do you tell your 26-year-old daughter? Or your 85-year-old mother, whose first-born child died suddenly several years ago? I'll tell you how: You pick up the damn phone, take a deep breath and you say it straight and clear. And then you call your best friend, who was laughing at your birthday table, and cause her heart to crack. And the calls go from there, to your boss, extended family, to the two stepdaughters joyously backpacking in Europe. With each call there is the sound of shattering glass and then silence.
The brain biopsy was quickly arranged, my surgeon kind and generous with his time and explanations. I was left with seven staples holding my head closed and a persistent headache. I feel violated for having had strangers poking about in my brain. I have dreams I was attacked by a stalker who left me with the scalp incision. I have dreams of terrible battles and fire and loss. I have dreams of my daughter as a baby, fresh, pink and innocent of pain.
Too many people have kindly told me I'm a fighter, I'm strong, I'm going to "kick cancer's ass." I'm a skinny middle-aged newspaper columnist given to mewling. Cancer wears steel-toed boots. I wear Keds. I hope no one ever writes "after a valiant fight... "
Dr. Harris called with my biopsy results Thursday afternoon. During the call, in which no good news was shared, something rank and odious slithered into our home. I was moved from the land of the blithely healthy to the world of cancer patient, my days soon to be scheduled around chemotherapy and radiation.
The stinking, unwelcome invader feeds on our tears, our anxieties, our hurried hugs and whispered conversations.
But my faith, prayer and the prayers of others give me strength. My family and friends have lined up, filling our fridge with food and our house with flowers. I've had notes from unexpected sources, delighting me with their kindness. Winnipeg Free Press photo editor Mike Aporius is posting a Facebook photo a day of his chubby, chortling toddler. She's a great way to wake up. There is love around us constantly.
I've covered a lot of stories, and convinced a lot of people it would do them good to let me cover theirs. But I'm not covering this one. My friend, photojournalist Ruth Bonneville, is creating a photodocumentary we hope to use if all goes well and I'm able to return to work and tell a story of victory. Until then, I won't parse out my family's pain for Free Press readers, as much as many of you mean to me. Today is an explanation of why you won't see me for a while.
Please know I'll miss you and this privileged job while I'm off fighting monsters.
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Lindor received considerable recognition for her writing. Her awards include the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' general interest award and the North American Travel Journalists Association top prize.
Her work on Internet luring led to an amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada and her coverage of the child welfare system prompted a change to Manitoba Child and Family Services Act to make the safety of children paramount.
She earned three citations of merit for the Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism and was awarded a Distinguished Alumni commendation from the University of Winnipeg. Lindor was also named a YMCA/YWCA Woman of Distinction.
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Serves 12
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup oil
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups flour
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix (do not prepare)
¾ cup orange juice
¼ cup vodka
¼ cup amaretto
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine dry ingredients. Slowly add eggs, orange juice, vodka, oil, and amaretto. Spray a Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray. Pour in batter and bake for 55 minutes.
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 tablespoon vodka
1 tablespoon amaretto
Combine ingredients with a fork and mix until there are no lumps. Thin with water if necessary. Drizzle on cake.
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USA NetworkGenre
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Russell Lee FineScreenwriter
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- Matthew Bomer as Neal Caffrey
- Tim DeKay as Peter Burke
- Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Elizabeth
- Willie Garson
- Marsha Thomason as Diana
- Sharif Atkins
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With his commutation hearing looming, Neal looks for a way back into Peter's good graces. Not quite ready to forgive and forget, Peter suggests that if Neal is serious, the best thing he can do is focus on work.
Luckily for the contrite conman, a new case has landed in their lap, courtesy of Evan Leary, a bright young scholarship student at Manhattan Preparatory Academy. It seems that Andy Woods, the financier overseeing Manhattan Prep's endowment, may be embezzling from the school. Posing as a wealthy parent with Neal along as his assistant, Peter makes a visit to the prestigious private academy. Woods is accommodating at first, but when Peter's questions cut too deep, the shady financier decides a little intimidation is in order.
Meanwhile, despite Peter's admonishments to stay on the straight and narrow, Neal is mistaken for a substitute teacher and soon has the teenage girls in Evan's English class starry-eyed, including Andy Woods's daughter and the object of Evan's affection, Chloe.
But not everyone is swooning over Neal's Dead Poets Society routine. Peter reprimands Neal for disobeying orders yet again, until he finds a way to turn Neal's insubordination into a break in the case. And when Chloe boldly invites Neal to her house for a private tutoring session, Peter sees their chance to get near Woods' files. However, neither of them realizes that Chloe's little crush on her new teacher may throw a big wrench into their plans...


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Eldest brother of Samwise Gamgee, who removed to Tighfield to work with his uncle Andwise as a roper.
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