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I imagine it’s no coincidence that American Idol is popping up all over the place again: the debut of season 3 is Monday. A publicist just sent us some preview clips for the show – check them out: American Idol Clips: Windows Media: New York WM: Atlanta WM: Houston Real …

Absorbing and well-researched story by Anthony Breznican for AP on Simon Fuller and the economics of the American Idol and Pop Idol franchises: As creator of the “American Idol” franchise, Fuller manages every aspect of the careers of Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, Kelly Clarkson and all other instant “Idol” celebrities. …

Storied stage actress and teacher Uta Hagen has died at 84: Hagen, who had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2001, died Wednesday at her Manhattan home, said Barnetta Carter, managing director of the HB Studio, a school the actress helped found. Hagen’s versatility extended not only …

The Dubai-based Al-Arabiya network is pissing people off – that’s a good sign: the Palestinian Authority has demanded that Arab satellite-TV journalists refer to any Palestinian killed by the Israeli Defense Forces as “martyred.” The instructions targeted the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya network, which until now had been using the politically and …

Last February I discussed an exceptional story by Amanda Garrett in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in which ties between Cleveland-area imam Fawaz Damra and Islamic terrorist organizations were revealed: It would appear that Damra did not have a change of heart after his hateful speech of 1991; it would appear …

Mark Steyn raises some very cogent points regarding the Kilroy-Silk affair (dicussed here, here, and here): Let me see if I understand the BBC Rules of Engagement correctly: if you’re Robert Kilroy-Silk and you make some robust statements about the Arab penchant for suicide bombing, amputations, repression of women and …

Christ’s Table food pantry benefits from 40,000 lb. Del Monte tomato-product spill near Zanesville, Ohio: Traffic had to be rerouted via U.S. 40 while workers spent three hours clearing the mess. Ten Falls Township firefighters helped in the cleanup, loading the debris into dump trucks and using their hoses to …

What in the Sam Hell is going on in this country? When did some liberals take it upon themselves to become a bunch of racist, bigoted, tired old buttplugs? Okay, I guess you can’t really count people like Hesiod as a real “liberal” as he is clearly from another galaxy …

Clear Channel – the radio anti-Christ – is trying to deflect criticism of its generic, cookie cutter, race to the bottom approach to commercial radio hegemony by forming “local advisory boards” for its stations, including here in Cleveland: The largest U.S. radio chain, known in part for broadcasting single programs …

The Caldecott and the Newberry were awarded yesterday: Mordicai Gerstein, won the 2004 Caldecott Medal yesterday for “The Man Who Walked Between the Towers,” his account of how Philippe Petit, the French aerialist, strode a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. The award, announced at the American …