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According to my History professor, who has visited the Ukraine a half dozen times before, the country is full of rainbows and white bunnies that will invade your house if you leave your window open at nights and steal your pies. Also, hot women like our Random Foreign Babe of the Day Dasha Astafieva are [...]

Entertainment TonightMichelle Obama and Jill Biden hosted the Disney Channel special "Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future" Monday night, and Disney's biggest stars came out to perform and rally America's youth on the eve of inauguration.The night's opening act was "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus, who performed a song in a patriotic long red dress. The star returned to the stage for two more songs and greeted a special fan, Malia Obama, when she went into the crowd and grabbed the young girl's hand. The Jonas Brothers rocked the crowd in D.C., bringing the audience to their feet to sing and dance along with the boys' hit songs.

Exclusives: Legit org plans third Brooklyn stage -- The Brooklyn Academy of Music plans to open a third theater space that will allow the performing arts presenter to expand its programming to include emerging artists and technologically complicated interdisciplinary offerings.

Entertainment TonightMichelle Obama and Jill Biden hosted the Disney Channel special "Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future" Monday night, and Disney's biggest stars came out to perform and rally America's youth on the eve of inauguration.The night's opening act was "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus, who performed a song in a patriotic long red dress. The star returned to the stage for two more songs and greeted a special fan, Malia Obama, when she went into the crowd and grabbed the young girl's hand. The Jonas Brothers rocked the crowd in D.C., bringing the audience to their feet to sing and dance along with the boys' hit songs.

The Hayworth Theatre, in association with Roz Bernstein Productions, has announced that it is extending the run of 'Lovelace: A Rock Opera' until Feb. 28, 2009. The show, which opened Oct. 18th, 2008, continues to play to sold out audiences and critical acclaim.'Lovelace: A Rock Opera' recounts the life and times of legendary adult film superstar Linda Lovelace of 'Deep Throat' fame, and is based on the Book, Music and Lyrics of Charlotte Caffey (founding member of 'The Go-Go's,) and Anna Waronker (singer/songwriter, founding member of 'That Dog,') with the Original Concept and Lyrics from Jeffery Leonard Bowman. Please see: www.lovelacearockopera.com. Acclaimed Director Ken Sawyer ('One Red Flower,' 'Crime and Punishment') directs 'Lovelace,' which stars newcomer Katrina Lenk in the lead role. Please visit: www.thehayworth.comSince its debut Oct. 18th, 'Lovelace: A Rock Opera' has received critical acclaim from the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Weekly, Entertainment Tonight,

Martin Luther King Jr. opened the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival with these words: 'Jazz speaks for life.' The 1960s civil-rights movement inspired blues and jazz songs about the setbacks, hardships and hard-won victories that moved (and that continue to move) America closer to racial equality.

Front Page: WB's 'Gran Torino' speeds into second place -- The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend turned into a gold mine for the film biz, led by the $39 million opening of Sony's 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop.'

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words continues its sit-down, open-ended run at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, tonight Monday, January 19, at 7:30pm, with a cast that includes Scott Adsit, Jackie Hoffman, Cheyenne Jackson, Kristen Johnston, Richard Kind, Seth Rudetsky, and Sherri Shepherd. The comedy sensation Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words features a line-up of rotating performers who interpret the actual words and stories written by the famous and the infamous, in both solo and ensemble 'chamber' pieces. Some of the 'authors' that are featured include Ivana Trump, Vanna White, Mr. T, Star Jones, Kenny Loggins, Tommy Lee, Sylvester Stallone, 'N Sync, Zsa Zsa Gabor, David Cassidy, Neil Sedaka, Britney Spears, Madonna, Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson, as well as the infamous memoirs of Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher, and Debbie Reynolds, which are edited together to create a Rashomon-esque playlet in the participants' own words.

In celebration of Black History Month, award-winning Broadway star Andre De Shields will perform Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance for one show only on Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:30 PM, at SEIU District 1199, 310 West 43rd Street. Presented by Actor's Equity Association's EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) Committee, the performance is free and open to the public. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis. Conceived, researched and written by Mr. De Shields, Mine Eyes is directed by Alfred Preisser, Artistic Director, Classical Theatre of Harlem, where Mr. De Shields has frequently performed.

Paul Adams, Artistic Director and Derek Jamison, Associate Artistic Director, present Emerging Artists Theatre's workshop production of MEMORY RIVER by Vanda at TADA Theatre, beginning February 25. The production is directed by EAT member Troy Miller.MEMORY RIVER is based on the amazing true story of 'HM,' a man who, treated for epilepsy in mid-20th century America when he was 16, suffered permanent loss of the ability to form new memories. In the decades that followed, his case provided crucial data in the scientific quest to understand how memory works. In this play inspired by Patient HM, a fictional neuroscientist is haunted by her memories as she treats a man who hasn't had a new memory in 55 years. MEMORY RIVER is part of Emerging Artist's Spring 2009 EATFest.Says Vanda, 'I'm a licensed psychologist and I had been teaching Introduction to Psychology for quite a few years before I began writing this play. Part of the Intro course involves a unit on memory. In every memory chap