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...wants to bring her MTV audience over, though, and their moms with them. Lewis, says her producer Mary Duffy, intends to be an intergenerational "conduit of information" about hot-button topics like school violence, depression and teen sex--a topic Lewis raised at MTV, in true confessional-host mode, by talking about a temporary vow of celibacy she took. "So many young girls stopped me in the street then and told me they made different choices [about having sex]," she recalls...
Well, George W. Bush got his "victory" headlines. "Bush?s Energy Bill Is Passed In House In A GOP Triumph - Environmentalists Lose," moaned the New York Times. "Bush?s Energy Plan Endorsed By House," said the Washington Post. The L.A. Times went straight to the hot button: "House Votes To Allow Oil Drilling in Alaska...
...BRAD PITT's icy blue eyes or JENNIFER ANISTON's adorable button nose, but up until last week you could have purchased the couple's everlasting symbol of commitment--and at a nice price too. Pitt and Aniston filed a $50 million suit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against Damiani International, the jewelry outfit that produced their wedding rings, for hawking "Brad & Jennifer white-gold wedding bands with diamonds," an alleged violation of an agreement prohibiting the rings' reproduction or sale. The bands, available in lovely 18-karat gold, were selling for a mere $1,000 at outlets...
...shows it planned to tape for me in the future, I was creeped out. TiVo thought I would enjoy Boy Meets World, Moesha and an Olsen twins movie called To Grandmother's House We Go. I spent my entire Sunday afternoon using the special thumbs-up, thumbs-down button to try and set it straight. I gave thumbs-down to figure skating, Hollywood Squares, Judge Judy and The View. Yet when I came back from getting the laundry, I caught it taping another Boy Meets World. I went into a clicking rage, giving thumbs up to hockey games...
...double dose of control: the state will be the monopoly provider of satellite television broadcasting on the mainland, and foreign networks will have to pay to get their signals into China. In addition, authorities will be able to censor foreign satellite broadcasts with a simple push of a button. "It's one way to control foreign satellite broadcasts, but it also has all kinds of economic advantages," says Jeanette Chan, a Hong Kong-based broadcast attorney. Says a top executive at one leading foreign broadcast channel: "It's the ultimate control. They are the gatekeepers. They decide who gets...