Wondering About TV Habits and Hostile Channels
A reader ponders why talk show hosts interrupt each other, why background music drowns dialogue, and why C Span 2 reads long passages in monotone. They critique Natalie Holloway and JonBenet Ramsey photo repetition, West Wing lighting, and a cliffhanger car commercial question about a man returning home after a dramatic crash.
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Rachel Ray
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Natalie Holloway
Natalie
Alabama
Jon-Benet Ramsey
West Wing
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Can Harry Save theaters
Hollywood hinges on big releases as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire arrives alongside King Kong Get Rich or Die Tryin Walk the Line and other titles. The piece previews teen drama Potter gains depth while grosses and audience interest hope to revive a stagnant season.
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Los Angeles
Harry Potter
Hollywood
Harry
Daniel Radcliffe
Peter Jackson
Naomi Watts
Curtis
50 Cent
Jackson
Jim Sheridan
Joaquin Phoenix
Johnny Cash
June Carter
Reese Witherspoon
Ray Charles
Ray
Cash
Shadows
James Mangold
Premiere Cinema 11 at San Jacinto Mall Adds New Films
The theater lists MPAA ratings and opening dates for upcoming titles including Zathura Derailed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Walk the Line Rent Yours Mine and Ours AEon Flux Chronicles of Narnia Memoir of a Geisha Not Rated and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 with all titles slated to play at Premiere Cinema 11 San Jacinto Mall.
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Premiere Cinema
San Jacinto Mall
Otter and birds brighten Baytown Nature Center visit
The Baytown Nature Center Journal lists birds spotted including Pied-billed grebe, pelicans, herons, rails, and various warblers with a river otter observed near Brownwood Marsh. Noted experiences include a red-shouldered hawk call in fog, a sedge wren, two white crowned sparrow sightings, orange crowned warblers, belted kingfishers over the marsh, and four woodpecker species near Cypress Pond.
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Baytown Nature Center
Baytown
Brownwood Marsh
Cypress Pond
Gala raises nearly fifteen thousand for Lee College scholarships
Lee College Foundation gala on November 3 raised 14 225 via live and silent auctions to fund scholarships. Lee College President Martha Ellis spoke of opening doors to opportunity as donors supported students. Local figures Judge Tony Palumbo State Rep Wayne Smith and Councilman Ronnie Anderson led the auction. Two student speakers shared why scholarships matter.
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Lee College
The
College Foundation
Lee College Foundation
Martha Ellis
Sup
Tony Palumbo
Wayne Smith
Ronnie Anderson
Baytown Sun
Ryan Culver
Susan Milner
Phyllis Davis
Jannise
Doug
Martha Jane Huddle
Jay and Eshbach
Carole Opryshek
Sylvia Lohkamp
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