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This year's contenders are wooing the academy with tried and true tactics.

Rosie O'Donnell, the 13-time Emmy Award-winning comedian, television talk show host, author, film, television and stage actress, will kick off Kids' Night on Broadway 'Fan Festival,' which affords young people the opportunity to experience the magic of live theatre and to participate in special activities hosted by the cast and crew of participating Broadway shows, on Tuesday, February 3rd at 2:45 p.m. at Madame Tussauds New York, 234 West 42nd St. (b/w 7th & 8th Aves.), Manhattan.

This year's contenders are wooing the academy with tried and true tactics.

Hollywood comedy Kung Fu Panda and Britain's Wallace and Gromit are the main winners at the 2009 Annie awards.

For the next two weeks, American Idol 8 will narrow the group of contestants the judges sent to Hollywood down to the show's first-ever top 36. But because the Hollywood round already taped, and because the series has a difficult time keeping its secrets, those identities of those semi-finalists have been published online.A list of the top 36 was published by Vote for the Worst, which says it verified it with notorious Idol spoiler JoesPlace, who helped by 'checking out the Legitimacy of the source and facts.' And is there any better evidence than capital L legitimacy?MJ's Big Blog has links to all of the top 36's auditions, and is looking at them in-depth, starting with some obvious 'cannon-fodder' that managed to make it through to the top 36.Full List of the American Idol 8 Top 36 [Vote for the Worst]Top 36 [MJ's Big Blog]>> share, link to, or e.mail this story >> read the latest news about American Idol 8 >> find more reality TV news and gossip at reality blurred

LOS ANGELES - Slumdog Millionaire continues its rags-to-riches march through Hollywood's awards season as its filmmaker, Danny Boyle, wins the top honour from the Directors Guild of America.The win puts Boyle on the inside track...

The initial bio for Tyson Apostol I was given in Brazil said that Tyson 'compares his game strategy to that of Johnny Fairplay. Much like Johnny, he is willing to do almost anything to win one million dollars....' Because of that, I was pretty much dreading talking to him, and assumed that he'd be one of the people I liked least. But almost immediately, he proved to be the opposite, which may explain why his official bio now has no reference to Fairplay and instead says that Tyson 'compares his game strategy to that of some of the most entertaining castaways to ever play the game.' When I asked about his personality, Tyson said, 'I'm a pretty outgoing person, so it's easy for me to make friends, but I guess it's easy for people to hate me--not really hate, but I can get on people's nerves, I think, because I'm outgoing and say what I think.'Because he was rather calm and not at all abrasive as we talked at Ponderosa, I asked if he's typically different around strangers. 'This is ab

LCD Televisions 40-Inches and Larger - Flat panel televisions are quickly becoming quite commonplace on store shelves and in consumers' homes. Although Plasma TVs seem to be be getting a lot attention in this area, the LCD television is actually making a greater market impact. For a list of some of my LCD television favorites in the 40-Inch and larger screen size, check out the following selections.

The Pulitzer - Prize winning drama by Thornton Wilder depicts daily life

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Go Daddy Web site's 'enhancement' ad with Danica Patrick was the most-watched commercial in the Super Bowl....