Meet Yanks' secret anti-skid weapon (New York Daily News)
Sat, 17 May 2008 04:44:07 GMT
As if we hadn't lived through enough fashion fiascoes, now we have to suffer through the image of beefy ballplayer Jason Giambi wearing a skimpy gold thong under his Yankee pinstripes for good luck when he's at bat. (Full Story).

From singing turkeys to fire-breathing devil worshippers: This year's Eurovision entrants (Daily Mail)
Sat, 17 May 2008 14:43:28 GMT
In the finest tradition of the Eurovision Song Contest, it will feature all kinds of everything. But with so many new countries in Europe, some appear to have found great difficulty in finding new ways to present their entries in the passionately fought competition (Full Story).

William Bradley: What Is Appeasement? (HuffingtonPost)
Sat, 17 May 2008 18:15:34 GMT
John McCain had to choose between supporting his party's president or denouncing his comments as the sort of hostile divisiveness he had himself just denounced. He chose to support Bush. (Full Story).

The fall TV previews, such as they were (The Kansas City Star)
Fri, 16 May 2008 20:21:33 GMT
One thing you can?t say about the TV networks? unveiling of their fall schedules this week is that they overpromised and underdelivered. (Full Story).

Supersize search for Osama (Toronto Star)
Fri, 16 May 2008 08:36:58 GMT
Fledgling journalists are taught to be fearless about asking so-called dumb questions. Often it is only through risking scorn or smirks or that the truth wriggles out. (Full Story).

Cannes 2008: Faye Dunaway and 'Kung Fu Panda' (Chicago Tribune)
Thu, 15 May 2008 14:47:06 GMT
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Branding and product placement in Hollywood (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra Entertainment)
Thu, 15 May 2008 20:09:21 GMT
NEW YORK(Reuters) - The upcoming "Sex and the City" movie is a marketing bonanza for companies ranging from Mercedes-Benz to the designer handbag-renting Web site Bag Borrow or Steal. (Full Story).

TVHS seniors saying adios (Arizona Daily Star)
Thu, 15 May 2008 07:28:44 GMT
It was a year of firsts for Tanque Verde High School. (Full Story).

Stars love their spiky faux-hawks (Detroit Free Press)
Wed, 14 May 2008 07:35:39 GMT
True or false: The faux-hawk has risen to new heights. Well, let's stick -- straight up -- to the facts. The pointy hairstyle is getting maximum exposure on some of the buzziest TV shows and movie projects around. (Full Story).

That's What She Said (Chicago Business)
Tue, 13 May 2008 14:04:23 GMT
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (R) - 3.5/4 Directed by John Hurwitz, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay stars John Cho, Kal Penn, and Neil Patrick Harris. Vanessa: "You remember that time you stole that monkey and put it in Rosenberg's dorm room?" Kumar: "Had I known that the monkey had AIDS I never would have done that. (Full Story).

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