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Smith making a name dancing

DALLAS (AP) – Everyone’s talking about Emmitt Smith these days. But they aren’t discussing how the NFL career leading rusher outmaneuvered linebackers on the field.The chatter is about how Smith’s hip-swaying and smooth glides on the dance floor have gotten him to this week’s finale on the ABC celebrity dance contest, “Dancing With the Stars.”“I […]

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Television news briefs

Disney’s movie ‘American Girl’ Samantha introduced girls to a Victorian lifestyle, while Felicity showed the forces at work during the American Revolution. Now, Molly will demonstrate how World War II affected a nine-year-old girl living in Illinois.The Disney Channel will premiere “Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front” on Nov. 26. The made-for-TV holiday […]

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Calendar

Today Nov. 15: FARMINGTON, “Le Gout des Jeunes Filles,” French film with English subtitles, will be shown at 7 p.m. at UMF Roberts Learning Center. Free 778-7420Nov. 15: FARMINGTON, Cahill Music will perform at 7:15 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346Nov. 15: LEWISTON, country line dancing will be held every Wednesday at 6:30 […]

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25 years later

NEW YORK (AP) – It’s been an eventful 25 years for Laura Spencer since marrying Luke in a fairy-tale wedding seen on television by 30 million people.She died, and was brought back to life. She killed her stepfather. She gave birth to a son by an adulterous affair, and now Nikolas is a single dad […]

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A lesson from Britney: Time to move on

It’s been a tough couple weeks for breakups.After two years of being the world’s richest white trash chick – and perpetually preggers popster princess – Britney Spears may be welcomed back into the good graces of America after dumping K-Fed. As a result, I expect the sometimes-corn rowed “rapper” will soon be dumped by his […]

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Rather Reports’: The former CBS newsman returns

NEW YORK (AP) – Dan Rather has gone digital. Dan Rather has gone boutique.Returning to television with “Dan Rather Reports,” his new weekly magazine, he will now be available in just the 4 million satellite and cable homes reached by media mogul Mark Cuban’s high-definition channel HDNet.By contrast, “The CBS Evening News,” which Rather anchored […]

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Boyle feeds ‘insatiable’ appetite

TV briefs Boyle feeds ‘insatiable’ appetite If the creators of the Showtime pilot “Insatiable” want to keep describing the tone of their series as “Twin Peaks”-esque, casting Lara Flynn Boyle seems like a good move.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Boyle is close to joining the cast of the “Insatiable” pilot, along with Andie MacDowell and […]

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There’s humiliation for some duped in ‘Borat’

NEW YORK (AP) ­- While teaching American humor to a gregarious and absurdly out-of-touch foreign journalist, Pat Haggerty realized something was off ­- who WAS this guy?Haggerty, a public speaking coach from Washington, is one of the unwitting co-stars of the surprise hit movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation […]