Phone Booth tops weekend box office in debut
The film Phone Booth starring Colin Farrell opened at No. 1 with 15 million. What a Girl Wants starring Amanda Bynes debuted at No. 2 with 12.1 million. A Man Apart with Vin Diesel opened at No. 3 with 11.2 million. Other top ten include Head of State, Bringing Down the House, The Core, Basic, Chicago, Agent Cody Banks, and Piglet's Big Movie.
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Mexican food ends wait for governor's baby
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and wife Patti welcomed their second child, Anne, eight pounds five ounces, after a Mexican dinner timed to speed delivery. The couple left the restaurant before finishing as Patti's labor pains intensified, a repeat of six years ago when daughter Amy was born.
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Gere earns Clinton earful at Vogue charity party
The New York Post reports actor Richard Gere was pulled aside by Bill Clinton at a Manhattan party hosted by Anna Wintour and Oscar de la Renta for Queen Noor’s book Leap of Faith. Clinton defended Hillary and addressed Gere’s critique of federal AIDS research funding during a Feb. 5 fundraising dinner. witnesses said Clinton led Gere to a corner to clarify the record.
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Mayberry Town Seeks Its Own Sheriff Taylor Statue
Mount Airy North Carolina residents and The Andy Griffith Show fans collected about 7500 signatures urging TV Land to place a Sheriff Andy Taylor statue in Mayberry's hometown. TV Land plans a bronze Taylor statue in Raleigh to represent North Carolina. Ann Vaughn Mount Airy Visitors Center director says locals would prefer a Mayberry statue here to honor the show's inspiration.
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History Journal Highlights Key World Events
On April 7, 1953 the U.N. General Assembly elected Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden as secretary general. In 1862 Union forces under Gen. Grant defeated the Confederates at Shiloh, Tennessee. In 1945 American planes intercepted a Japanese fleet bound for Okinawa on a suicide mission. In 1947 Henry Ford died at 83. In 1948 the World Health Organization was founded.
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Birthdays today for Russell Crowe and peers
Russell Crowe, aged 39, heads a list of notable birthdays along with James Garner at 75 Francis Ford Coppola 64 John Oates 54 Janis Ian 52 Jackie Chan 49 and Bill Bellamy 38. The brief notes Crowe’s milestone alongside other entertainers.
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Homeless to Harvard life story heads to Lifetime
Liz Murray, once homeless in the Bronx, rises to Harvard after sleeping in diners and on subways. The Lifetime film Homeless to Harvard portrays her journey with Thora Birch starring, and Murray serving as co producer. She moved from poverty to college, copes with family illness, and now speaks publicly while planning further studies.
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Daughter from Danang and other PBS arts and TV highlights
Asian American struggles to know mother in the 2003 Academy Award nominated documentary Daughter from Danang on American Experience airs eight PM on PBS. The reunion of a Vietnamese mother and her daughter Heidi reveals war's long shadows and evolving family tensions. Jesse L Martin hosts Art Crimes and Mysteries at nine PM on Bravo exploring The Scream theft.
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Best Bets at The Bottleneck and Kansas City venues
Listings show Nameless Number Headman with The Delgados and Aerogramme at 9 p.m. today at The Bottleneck in Kansas City. Other acts include Beth Amsel, Aislers Set and The Skags performing at venues such as Grand Emporium Hawk's Nest Granada and El Torreon with showtimes around 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Kansas City and North Kansas City.
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Gillham Road
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