Betty Carter remembered for fearless jazz innovation
Jazz great Betty Carter died at 68 from pancreatic cancer in California. A mentor and pioneer, she championed a new generation via the Kennedy Center Jazz Ahead program and her own teaching ethos, influencing artists like Cyrus Chestnut, Mulgrew Miller, and Jack DeJohnette while redefining song and scat in modern jazz.
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Clinton
Brooklyn
Seinfeld Debuts First Comedy Album Am Telling You for the Last Time
Seinfeld enters the recording arena with his first comedy album Am Telling You for the Last Time as Universal rushes 1.1 million copies to stores. The release follows Broadway and HBO success and signals a comedy CD revival driven by high profile standups amid limited radio support.
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Worldscope quiz: answering historical Geo facts
The prompt asks to choose between Puerto Rico or the Bahamas for Georges threat, Pakistan or Afghanistan for Iran border action, and Maula as the ferry site. It notes Susan Barrantes’s death in Argentina and asks which president was impeached and saved by one vote in the Senate.
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Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Iran
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Senate
Matchwords quiz with 5 word choice questions
Five trivia items test word choices impugn immune align malign mawkish. 1 Bag of Bones 35th book by horror writer released on the author's 51st birthday. 2 Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa chase home runs as Seattle Mariners star leads AL. 3 Cal Ripken Jr ended his consecutive-game streak at 2,130. 4 Rush Hour starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker opened at number one. 5 Miss America Nicole Johnson of Virginia suffers from diabetes and to raise awareness.
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Chris Tucker
Nicole Johnson
Virgina
Rush Hour Dominates Box Office For Second Week
The North American box office weekend shows Rush Hour leading with 21.2 million in its second week, totaling 64 million. Ronin opens strong at 12.7 million, Urban Legend 10.5 million, while Pecker earns 541,646 in 15th place. overall box office up 4 percent from last year.
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Robert de Niro
John Waters
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New Line
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Felicity TV drama offers coming‑of‑age promise from Palo Alto
Felicity follows 17 year old freshman Felicity Porter from Palo Alto as she leaves home for New York to find independence. The feature explores risk taking, personal growth, and self discovery with Ben Covington, Julie, and Noel aiding her journey. The show, created by J J Abrams and Matt Reeves, stars Keri Russell in a star making role and reflects a trend of film talents moving into television.
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Scott Speedman
Russell
Julie
Amy Jo Johnson
Noel
Scott Foley
Ben May
Imagine Television
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Tony Krantz
J.J. Abrams
Matt Reeves
Homicide
Life On the Street
Relativity
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Mickey Mouse Club
Aaron Spelling
Malibu Shores
Felicity Porter
Calista Flockhart
Ally McBeal
Keri
Reeves
Abrams
New York
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