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4/01
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COOL THING
Blaise Marcoux
CELEBRITIES
'08 interview with LL Cool J pulled from Palin's new show
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
NEW YORK — The announcement by Fox News on Tuesday that LL Cool J would be featured in the debut episode of a new show hosted by Sarah Palin provoked surprise among many — including, apparently, the rapper himself, who wrote on his Twitter account late Tuesday that he had not participated in the show.
"Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palin's Show," he tweeted. "WOW"
Fox News said the program, "Real American Stories," included an interview the performer gave to the network as part of an online project of the same name that launched during the 2008 election. But producers are now excising his interview from the show after LL Cool J, whose real name is James Todd Smith, raised objections.
"Real American Stories' features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity, and we believe Mr. Smith's interview fit that criteria," said a spokeswoman for the network. "However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a program that
could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special and wish him the best with his fledgling acting career."
LL Cool I did not immediately respond to requests for comment made through his Twitter account or his manager. On Wednesday morning, while the news that Fox had cut him from the show was breaking, the star of "NCIS: Los Angeles" tweeted that "Nobody can bring you peace but yourself."
The "Real American Stories" website is still up, now as an extension of the television series. The site currently includes profiles of Americans, including some celebrities, who share their lessons about fulfilling their dreams and helping others. The LI Cool I interview cannot currently be found on the site.
The show hosted by Palin is being cast in the same vein, focused on inspirational people who have overcome obstacles in life. The premiere episode, which airs Thursday at 9 p.m., is set to feature a piece about a Marine who sacrificed his life for his fellow soldiers and a story about a stockbroker who helps underprivileged youth pay for college.
"As Americans, we aspire to
greatness?' Palin says in a promo for the show. "When we dream, we dream big We reach out, we pick each other up We pride ourselves on our make up and our character."
In its original release about the show, Fox News said LL Cool J and former General Electric Chief Executive Jack Welch would be featured in the first episode, talking about making it in America as part of a segment called "In Their Own Words". The network did not specify when the interviews were conducted.
Palin serves as host of the program and conducted some studio interviews, a role that is part of her larger deal as a regular contributor to Fox News. The premiere episode of "Real American Stories" is rearing Sunday, but does not yet have a regular time slot.
None of the well-known figures who will be featured on the show, including country music star Toby Keith, were interviewed by Palin. But the former Alaska governor did conduct interviews before a live studio audience with people with stories of inspiration, such as a girl who risked her life to save a stranger.
HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Pretend that you are in charge of the world. Everyone else acts that way today, so you may as well, too. Use your creativity for practical results.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7 Early indications suggest grabbing opportunities and making adjustments later. The initial ideas are strong, but they benefit from a dose of logic.
CANCER (June 22- July 22)
Today is a 6
Prepare to change your mind in
a big way today. Opportunities
come from several directions.
Don't try them all. Choose
carefully.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Make time for sympathetic communication. By helping others resolve their difficulties, you put your own troubles in perspective and boost your self-esteem.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
All good ideas today come from actions behind the scenes.
Channel everyone's thoughts into one logical plan. Creativity moves forward from there.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
Keep your eye on the prize.
Visionary ideas feed into your practical assessment of the situation. An older person supplies necessary logic.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 8
What seemed like a lot of mental work yesterday becomes a balanced, practical plan today.
Two people agree with your assessments and move forward wholeheartedly.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 8
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
Most of your work involves direct contact with others today.
The impact is a heartfelt, private matter.
SAGIT TARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 8
Circumstances put a wrinkle in your plan. Gather the team to consider practical options.
Solutions may come from an unexpected source.
CAPICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 8
You get the results you deserve.
Hopefully, this means that today's opportunities fall into place to produce a satisfying result.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Today is a 6
Somehow responsibilities seem distant or vague. To clarify your use, practical language and follow the logic. Put it in context.
Today is a 5
Your favorite person embarks on a new plan, and you feel left behind. As you struggle to catch up, you realize they're waiting for you. You'll make it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5
ACROSS
1 Rum cake
5 Kennel noises
9 Drunkard
12 Actor John who wed Shirley Temple
13 From the start
14 “Yecch!”
15 Hero sandwich
17 One of the guys
18 Restrain
19 Following
21 Freudian concept
22 Western movie
24 Quick
27 Doctrine
28 Changes direction suddenly
31 Old French coin
32 Conk out
33 Bill's partner
34 Unpaid amount
36 Still, in verse
37 Put an end to
38 On top of the world?
40 Therefore
41 Scent
43 Pincered insect
47 Caviar, basically
48 Sign on to buy
51 Geological period
52 — out (supple-ments)
53 Valhalla VIP
54 Alias (Abbr.)
55 Clinton Cabinet member
56 Into the sunset
DOWN
1 Take pleasure (in)
2 Chills and feve
3 Sweetie
4 Axilla
5 Knitting need
6 Singer DiFranco
7 Corral
8 Perspira-tion
9 Take away
10 Shrek, for one
11 Son of 53-Across
16 Succor
Solution time: 25 mins.
Yesterday's answer 4-1
20 Shriner's chapeau
22 Basketry willow
23 Congregation's cry
24 Nourished
25 Expert
26 Summon to court
27 Notion
29 Moo — gai pan
30 Bribe
31 Jerry's pursuer
37 Woe
39 Surgical instrument
40 Pouch
41 Vicinity
42 Castle
43 "Tiger in your tank" brand
44 Broad
45 Long-legged wader
46 Debonair bloke
49 Guitar's cousin
50 Stein or Stiller
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Yesterday's Cryptoquip; IF DOROTHY'S DOG IN
"THE WIZARD OF OZ" OWNED BALLET GARB, I
GUESS THEY'D BE TOTO'S TUTUS.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: Perquals Y.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: R equals Y
TELEVISION
In answer to the hard-R rating of cable, both network dramas and comedies became increasingly dark, grisly and/or sexually oriented, while the family comedy, once the keystone of prime time, dwindled to "The Simpsons" and a couple of live-action shows.
For a while there, it looked like family television was dead.
Networks rediscover the family
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
It was strange, considering the "familification" of virtually everything else — any marketer, politician, media giant or travel agent worth his or her salt was selling family hard.
But this past fall, with very little fanfare, television got back on message. Between the recent renaissance of the family comedy and the increasing popularity of kinder, gentler crime-solving shows, the long-lost family hour has quietly reconstructed itself.
After years of being dominated by shows about graphic police work, medical procedurals and the sexual antics of friends and colleagues, television is once again ringing with the sound of multi-generational and mostly non-profane voices.
Obviously, "family-friendly" is possibly the most subjective term in the English language (after "a woman's size 6") and the standards of language, violence and sexuality are, like that size 6, much more elastic than they were 20 or 10 or even five years ago. (Which means, among other things, that we're all going to have to get used to the fact that "sucks" is the new "stinks.") Crime shows and even medical shows are gorier than they were in the day of "Murder, She Wrote," while animated shows with crude language and adult humor, such as Fox's "The Family Guy" and its spinoff, "The Cleveland Show," blur even simple things like genre.
But while no one's saying that "The Wonderful World of Disney" is back on prime time, two significant things have returned: a Nick and Nora detective sensibility, and actual children, who have been strangely MIA pretty much since "Malcolm in the Middle" ended four years ago.