News lifestyle 2008-05-02 Andanh.com

Television hopes to sweep viewers off of their feet Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Strike-shortened season winds down

Tonight marks the beginning of the end of the TV season that wasn't. And while viewers will finally be able to see original episodes of such hits as Grey's Anatomy for the first time since the writers' strike, there isn't much else to get excited about as the network television season hits the home stretch of May sweeps.

Reality Check: Down to five on 'American Idol' Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:08:49 -0400

Dining for $25 or less: Ryleigh's Oyster Bar Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Tearing out the beer-making equipment and adding a slate-topped raw bar has been the second-best change at Ryleigh's. The best change was installing Patrick Morrow as executive chef.

Diversity takes the stage Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Next week's arrival of 'The Color Purple' marks a city-backed effort to expand the ranks of theatergoers

The Color Purple, which affirmed that black-themed plays can draw huge black audiences to Broadway, will open at the Hippodrome Theatre next week with help from a city-backed campaign to attract a larger and more diverse crowd to Baltimore's stages.

Maximizing the colors Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Celebrated New York graphic designer Peter Max obviously had great fun creating the cover for this week's issue of LIVE.

B-52s return with new tunes Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The B-52s, Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson and Keith Strickland, add to their song catalog with "Funplex." Their show at the 9:30 Club is sold out.

'Cry-Baby' on Broadway has flash, wit, but no heart Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Opportunity knocked last night at the door of the Marquis Theatre, where Cry-Baby is making its Broadway debut. But nobody answered.

Tina Fey can't carry 'Baby Mama' on the silver screen Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
With everyone from the TV-awards circuit to Entertainment Weekly declaring Tina Fey the new queen of comedy, the producers of Baby Mama (including Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels) have treated her first star vehicle as a coronation. I love Tina Fey (who doesn't?), but you can start the crowning without me. (C)

'Harold & Kumar' sequel trips Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
(C-) Greasy, hazy good fun, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle got by on a 4 a.m. mixture of explosive-emission toilet jokes, gratuitous nudity and Neil Patrick Harris as himself. Everything took place in one night, hinging on a single quest rife with detours. Crass? Yes. But there was a merry spirit to it all.

'Wire' actor brings truth to latest film Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Hip audiences may recognize Tom McCarthy only as weaselly Sun reporter Scott Templeton in the final season of The Wire. And more people may see McCarthy's deft cameo as Tina Fey's disastrous first date in today's big-studio comedy release, Baby Mama, than will catch the marvelous independent film he wrote and directed, The Visitor.

Waters parties like it's 1954 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Charm City stars in 'Cry-Baby' fete

The cast and crew of 'Cry-Baby' celebrate their Broadway debut at The Mansion. The party organizers made the nightclub look like 1950s Baltimore.

Zoo announces baby elephant's name Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:05:00 -0400
After more than 12,000 people cast votes online and via text message, winning choice is Samson

Officials had encouraged suggestions from the public

Baker is sole headliner of Paetec Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Event scaled back from 2007 festival

Event scaled back from 2007 festival

Let trees establish roots before much fertilization Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Garden Q&A

This weekend, I plan to plant a row of evergreens using soil from the hole mixed 50/50 with peat moss. Do I fertilize at this time?

Is your garage jam-packed? Build a shed Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Where do you store your lawn mower, your gardening implements and other tools? If the answer is the garage or the basement, odds are your gear is hard to get to or tough to find when you need it.

Cruise to have second session on Winfrey's couch Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
People and Places

Tom Cruise is scheduled to return to The Oprah Winfrey Show next month, nearly three years after a couch-jumping appearance spawned countless YouTube parodies and late-night jokes.

Turnip soup puts a spring in your step Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
It's the perfect way to celebrate season

When entertaining in April, I serve dishes like Creamy White Turnip Soup with Toasted Breadcrumbs and Chives. This satisfying potage is made with small white turnips (which are harbingers of spring) that are sweeter and milder than the stronger yellow winter ones known as rutabagas.

Birthdays Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
75 Carol Burnett Actress-comedian

Plant of the Week Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

What to watch Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Today on TV

Amy Poehler is a versatile performer, as she demonstrates weekly on Saturday Night Live. Still, she has a distinctive comic voice. If you don't think so, tune in as she voices a kookie, irrepressible 9-year-old girl on the Nickelodeon cartoon The Mighty B! Co-created by Poehler, this new series focuses on Bessie Higgenbottom, gung-ho leader of her local Honeybees scout troop (she wears her Honeybees uniform every day). The Mighty B! is mighty silly, hyperactive and fun to watch (and not necessarily just for kids) (10:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Nickelodeon ).

Let their spirits speak Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
One man can't rest until he learns the mystery behind the Ouija board, and he secrets that only two dead Baltimore brothers knew

One man can't rest until he learns the mystery behind the Ouija board, and he secrets that only two dead Baltimore brothers knew

Boomers go online to stay connected Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Older users use social networking site to share information, learn new things and stay connected

Critical Eye: Madonna struggles to stay in vogue Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Critical Eye

Once upon a time, there was a pop goddess named Madonna who ruled the radio airwaves and Billboard charts with her beyond-the-curve music. She often thrilled and sometimes shocked millions with a sound and image that drastically morphed with each album release. But the inevitable happened: Madonna grew older.

'Color Purple' proves universal Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Stories' themes of endurance, sisterhood, redemption transcend race

Many books are made into films, and a few into genuinely good ones. Other literary works are given a second life as musicals. But it is the rare novel that inspires both a movie and a successful musical.

Return of a child means rearranging your life Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Diana Jenkins was happy to welcome her daughter back home after college -- as long as there were rules: No boyfriends sleeping over. No excessive drinking. A midnight curfew during the week. And her daughter had to tell her if she was not coming for dinner -- well before dinnertime.

What's new under the sun: stylish parasols Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Why waste a fashion-forward umbrella on a dreary rainy day? Instead, call it a parasol and show off the beautiful colors, fabrics and embroideries that have become a part of umbrella design.

Sis wants rich bro's cash Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
DEAR AMY // I'd like your opinion of something that's been a thorn in my side. I'm a woman with two sisters and three brothers. The oldest sibling, "Brian," is a multimillionaire.

Digest Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Democracy as a state of mind Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Longtime activist's often-charming book isn't more than the sum of its parts

MICHAEL CRYOR Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Michael E. Cryor finds it an exciting time to be the chairman of the Democratic Party in Maryland. "Enthusiasm is high," he said. "People are invested in managing and maintaining a culture of collaboration."

A 'Grand' re-entry Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Controversial video game roars into stores today

Grand Theft Auto 4, the latest entry in the provocative video game series, arrived in stores early this morning poised to become not only the best-selling game of the year, but also the most controversial.

Finale is nowhere in sight Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Shafts of light stream through narrow windows to form angular patterns on gray walls and ceilings. Men in black uniforms of roughly mid-20th- century vintage stand ominously in the background. It's all very film noir-ish on the stage of the Kennedy Center Opera House, an interesting look for a work that dates from 1724.

Go Today Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

How parents keep kids in line Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Iwas right. My parents were tougher on me than they were on my three younger sisters.

Madonna's stale CD 'Hard Candy' lacks new flavors Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Which came first, Madonna's image or her music?

'VF' photo makes Disney, Cyrus unhappy Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
People and Places

Miley Cyrus says she's "so embarrassed" by a photo that suggests she is topless taken by Annie Leibovitz that will appear in the new Vanity Fair.

Liz Smith Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
ONE PAPER compared me to a Radio City Rockette, a chorus girl reading the news and wanting to be taken seriously," writes Barbara Walters in her memoir, Audition, out this month from Knopf.

'Mario Kart Wii' has users saying 'whee' Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
For a video game franchise in its 16th year and on its eighth incarnation, expectations for originality and innovation should be fairly low.

Miley Cyrus photograph: art - or something else? Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Aesthetic antecedents can be found for alluring pose

Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus has defended her controversial photograph in Vanity Fair by saying, "it was supposed to be artistic." Her Disney bosses didn't see art but manipulation, calling it a ploy to sell magazines.

Maryland Film Festival: 'I.O.U.S.A.' is on the money Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Baltimore company's documentary 'I.O.U.S.A.' delivers plain talk about the shaky status of the U.S. economy

Addison Wiggin says of "I.O.U.S.A.," "We put this story together in a way that helps educate people" about the country's "fiscal challenges." The documentary delivers plain talk about the shaky status of the U.S. economy.

One car, 50 years, 450,000 miles Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
If you ever feel like bragging about the old car in your driveway that has 200,000 miles on the odometer, still runs great, doesn't have a dent and blah, blah, blah, make sure not to do it around Bill and Miriam Hyde.

Road closures for Flower Mart announced Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:44:00 -0400
Several streets in the Mount Vernon area will be closed and traffic patterns will be modified for the 91st annual Flower Mart, the city's Department of Transportation said in a news release.

David Blaine breaks world record for holding one's breath Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:16:00 -0400
David Blaine set a new world record Wednesday for breath-holding, 17 minutes and 4 seconds.

Enjoy the first peas of spring right from the pod Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Right from the pod is tastiest way to enjoy the first peas of spring

The first in a series to help you cook with the bounty of the growing season, with recipes from gardeners.

Reality Check: 'American Idol' takes on Neil Diamond Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:14:30 -0400

Maryland Film Festival Fri, 2 May 2008 10:58:39 -0400
Navigate the movie madness with critics' picks, photos, trailers, showtimes and more.

'Iron Man' director shows his mettle Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400
With clever casting and a welcome wit, Favreau forges a new kind of superhero film

With clever casting and a welcome wit, Jon Favreau forges a new kind of superhero film

No ka-boom! for comics retailers Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Over the next three days, a few hundred thousand Americans are expected to show up at theaters for the premiere weekend of Iron Man, based on the Marvel Comics character. If only the country's 3,000 comics stores could entice even a small percentage of them into their shops.

Series to commemorate the Catonsville Nine Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A series of films marking the 40th anniversary of the "Catonsville Nine," a group of Catholic anti-war activists who were tried and found guilty of destroying draft files during the Vietnam conflict, will be part of a commemoration this week in the Baltimore area. Constantine's Sword, a documentary centering on author and former priest James Carroll's controversial take on Christianity and oppression, will be shown at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Mount St. Joseph High School, 4403 Frederick Ave. Admission is free, but donations are requested. At 4 p.m. Wednesday, University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Joby Taylor and Ed Orser will host a discussion and screening of The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends, a documentary on the war in Iraq. A panel discussion afterward will feature veterans of the Vietnam and Iraq wars. Free. Information: 410-455-6398. Lynn Sachs' documentary on the Catonsville Nine, Investigation of a Flame, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., with discussion afterward. Tickets are $12, $10 for alliance members. Information: 410-276-1651 or creativealli ance.org. Events in the Catonsville 9 Now! commemoration run through May 18. Information on all events: 410-321-0107 or jonahhouse.org.

Stars outshine 'Made of Honor' Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The greatest tribute Hollywood can pay to a film is to happily remake it while pretending to be doing nothing of the kind. Which is why what Made of Honor does best is remind you why My Best Friend's Wedding was so memorable (C)

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