4A / ENTERTAINMENT / FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM Conceptis SudoKu 2 4 3 7 6 1 2 3 6 3 7 1 4 9 8 5 9 8 6 4 5 3 2 1 Answer to previous puzzle Difficulty Level ★★★ 7 1 5 2 8 6 4 3 9 6 8 3 5 4 9 2 7 1 2 4 9 3 7 1 8 6 5 8 9 2 7 5 3 6 1 4 5 6 7 4 1 2 3 9 8 1 3 4 6 9 8 5 2 7 3 7 8 1 6 5 9 4 2 4 5 6 9 2 7 1 8 3 9 2 1 8 3 4 7 5 6 Difficulty Level ★★★★ CHICKEN STRIP: 2010 Charlie Hoogner SKETCHBOOK LITTLE SCOTTIE Drew Stearns Todd Pickrell and Scott A. Winer THE NEXT PANEL Nicholas Sambaluk Please recycle this newspaper 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. HOROSCOPES ARIES (March 21-April 19) Today is a 6 Dredge up enthusiasm. Others need extra support, and your imagination offers just the right touch. Ultimately, the solution includes both compassion and surprise. Your attention follows two separate tracks. You want to take care of favorite associates, but you also wish for public acknowledgment of your ideas. 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To Al 7 Today's Cryptoquip Clue: N equals O All puzzles © King Features TELEVISION From the moment Pamela Anderson flung her hips — and every other conceivable body part — into a wickedly raunchy Week I cha-cha-cha that had hyperbolic judge Bruno Tonioli fixated on "sex, sex and more sex," you knew this wouldn't be a typical edition of Season 10 strong for dancing show MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE "Dancing With the Stars." The former "Bay wateh" babe has delivered more male viewers, along with some playful silliness and extra sizzle, to "Dancing With the Stars is reinforcing the creed that, in reality TV, casting is everything. While piecing together their nuttiest ensemble, the producers took a ripped from-the-(tabloid) headlines approach. To wit: They nabbed Palvelka (and his often naked chest) fresh off the latest a freak train of a show that is hitting on all cylinders in Season No. 10. She also brings suspense: With nearly every performance, we get the ants feeling that we could be ever so close to a shocking wardrobe malfunction. dreamboat Jake Palvelka, "Dancing With the Stars" is reinforcing the creed that, in reality TV, casting is everything. But Anderson has been just one of several reasons why "Dancing With the Stars" is enjoying froathy buzz and occasionally thumping "American Idol" in the ratings. With water-cooler personalities such as TV octomom Kate Gosselin, Olympic skating champ Evan Lysacek and "Bachelor" steamy season of "The Bachelor," and Lysacek right after his controversial goldmedal victory in Vancouver. ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews arrived in the wake of a Peeping Tom scandal. Throw in Anderson, along with the dearly departed Gosselin and bad girl Shannen Doherty, and you've got an issue of People magazine playing out before your eyes. And, oh yeah, we've had some decent dancing as well. Leggy Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, in particular, is sensational. Her electrifying tango with Derek Hough on Monday night was deemed the best dance of the season by finicky judge Len Goodman and earned a pair of 10s.