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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 2004
Page
1
NBC weatherman Al Roker discusses his gastric bypass journey two and a half years after surgery in an hourlong Dateline NBC special. The four part report weighs risks and benefits and includes teens parents and a physician as they examine emotional and physical changes and whether teens are uniquely affected.
Detroit fans will see John Mellencamp perform at halftime of the Thanksgiving Day game between the Lions and Colts on November 25. He will sing R O C K in the U S A and Walk Tall with Kenneth Babyface Edmonds producing. The NFL and United Way back the event under the theme Join the Team Millions of People Giving Back in Hundreds of Ways to Celebrate One America.
Freddie Prinze Jr, the 28 year old Scooby Doo star, signs a deal with Warner Bros and ABC to create and star in his own sitcom. He will play a Puerto Rican raised in a house full of women, a life based on his own. He was raised by his mother in New Mexico after his father Freddie Prinze died by suicide in 1977. He says he is focused and driven in the business though he fears flying.
Kris Kristofferson will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame with Faith Hill and Willie Nelson performing a tribute on The 38th Annual CMA Awards live Tuesday from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville Tennessee. Executive Director Ed Benson praises Kristofferson on his vast songwriting and performing career and notes his 1970 CMA Song of the Year for Sunday Morning Coming Down.
November history notes recount the Gunpowder Plot failure with Guy Fawkes capture in 1605, Woodrow Wilson’s 1912 presidential victory over Theodore Roosevelt and Taft, Franklin D Roosevelt’s 1940 third term win over Wendell Willkie, and Ella T. Grasso becoming Connecticut’s governor in 1974 as a first woman elected without succeeding her husband.
Today's birthdays include Tatum O Neal turning 41, Ike Turner 73, Art Garfunkel 63, Sam Shepard 61, Peter Noone 57, Robert Patrick 46, Bryan Adams 45, Sam Rockwell 36, and Corin Nemec. O Neal is highlighted among the group.
Amid backlash over Ashlee Simpson lip synching on SNL commentators note older acts lip synced on Bandstand Motown 25 and other shows. Industry voices including Jimmy Jam and P Diddy defend lip syncing as standard while Patti LaBelle criticizes ongoing phoniness in pop culture.
BBC America airs The Persuaders at 9 p.m. with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis as Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde. The buddy cop spy series centers on a shadowy judge who assigns missions, predating Charlie’s Angels by five years and noted for its fashion, including Moore’s self designed wardrobe.
A judge rejected the defense bid to remove District Attorney Tom Sneddon from the Michael Jackson child molestation case. The judge found no conflict or impropriety warranting removal, despite claims of excessive zeal. Jackson pleads not guilty and a trial is slated for January 31.
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