| MIKE DUFFY'S TV TODAY: Cable channels roll out the Halloween-theme movies | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:11:33 AM by Blog57 Team | | "13 Days of Halloween" (8 p.m., ABC Family); same title at 6:30 p.m. Sci Fi; "Twitches" (8 p.m. Disney Channel). Cable people seem to have seized Halloween as their holiday. For years, ABC Family has had "13 Days of Halloween." That starts at 8 p.m. with "Corpse Bride." Tim Burton directed the 2005 animated movie, Danny Elfman composed the music and Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and more did the voices. Now the Sci Fi Channel has its own programming that it calls "13 Days of Halloween." (There are no points for originality.) It starts at 6:30 p.m. with "Christine," a terrific 1983 John Carpenter film, from a Stephen King tale about a killer car. Meanwhile, the Disney Channel has "Twitches," 2005, an enjoyable film with Tia and Tamera Mowry as long-separated twins who have special powers.... | |
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| | | DUFFY FACES MUSIC FEARS | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 1:11:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | Former DALLAS star PATRICK DUFFY is terrified of his upcoming role in an English pantomime production this Christmas (06) because he's so bad at music. The 57-year-old actor, who played BOBBY EWING in the 1980s Texan oil drama, has signed up to play BARON HARDUP in CINDERELLA at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking, Surrey. But he's already warning audiences to be on their guard because he is "criminally bad at anything musical". He explains, "I may be the main part in a pantomime with plenty of singing going on but I don't do music." 07/10/2006 13:43 .... | |
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| | | Governor's top fundraiser indicted | | Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 3:13:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | SPRINGFIELD - An indictment of a top advisor to Gov. Rod Blagojevich was vindication for Republicans and an embarrassment to Democrats, according to an informal poll of state lawmakers from each corner of the state.A major fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Antoin "Tony" Rezko, 51, was charged in indictments unsealed Wednesday with trying to collect millions of dollars in kickbacks from companies seeking state business in what a federal prosecutor called "a pay to play scheme on steroids." .... | |
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| | | TRAHAN STAYS AHEAD IN MISSISSIPPI | | Posted Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:21:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | DJ Trahan enjoyed a strong finish with three birdies in the final five holes as he retained a two-stroke lead at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic on Friday. Trahan, who matched his best round as a pro on Thursday with a 65, carded a four-under-par 68 to get to 11-under, maintaining a two-shot cushion over Brad Faxon and Joe Durant. "I hit the ball well and gave myself plenty of opportunities," Trahan said. "As well as I hit the ball today, I'm disappointed with not having made some more birdies." Faxon fired six birdies en route to a five-under-par 67 while Durant carded a seven-under 65. Swede Mathias Gronberg is another shot back on eight-under after his second consecutive 68. Much of the focus this weekend is on the American Express World Championship being held at The Grove near Watfordi, which features 20 of the 24 players who competed in the Ryder Cup.... | |
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| | | Real estate down a bit, data show | | Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 7:29:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | PALMDALE - New home sales are down and Lancaster and Palmdale are issuing home-building permits at a slower rate, leading some officials to say that the Antelope Valley is experiencing a real-estate slowdown while others say it's a correction to more normal conditions. Between January and July, 1,447 new homes were sold - down 46percent from the 2,687 sold in the same period in 2005, according to data compiled by the real estate consulting and data company Hanley Wood Market Intelligence. "It's just a slowing down from a really frenzied market," said Patrick Duffy, managing director of consulting for Hanley Wood. "We typically tend to see those in suburban markets." Home builders sold 4,195 new homes in the Antelope Valley last year, the company said. By comparison, when the 1980s boom peaked in 1989, about 4,900 homes were sold - a number that plummeted to 2,700 the following year.... | |
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| | | Triathlon: Sweetland wins Junior World Championship | | Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:23:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | Canada's Kirsten Sweetland - Photo Credit: Delly Carr/triathlon.org Kirsten Sweetland has just won Canadas first ever gold medal in the Womens Junior World Championships. Sweetland won the race in a time of 1:05:58. The 19-year-old said she had "an almost perfect race'' to claim the gold medal from Bermuda's Flora Duffy and German Rebecca Robisch. "It was almost perfect. I would have liked to have had a bigger lead after the bike but my run totally surprised me today,'' Sweetland said. Triathlon Canadas High Performance Director, Tom Patrick who was at the race says its not a huge surprise that Kirsten won today. Kirstens win is the reward following a very long period of training and domestic performance excellence. She delivered a very professional effort today and demonstrated the kind of form and poise required to achieve a podium performance in such a competitive field.... | |
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| | | Europe's celebrity golfers in lead | | Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 7:23:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | Europe stormed into a comprehensive lead over their American rivals in a celebrity golf tournament. Colin Montgomerie's side are favourites to retain their cup after winning the majority of points on day one of the Northern Rock All*Star Cup at the Celtic Manor, in Newport, south Wales. With Europe on 55.5 points and USA on 34.5, players from both sides still claimed the competition was anything but a foregone conclusion at the halfway stage. The huge lead after the Greensome Foursomes, .... | |
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| | | US stars sign up for celebrity golf | | Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:19:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dallas star Patrick Duffy and Hollywood actor William Baldwin are among a host of stars to tee off in Ant and Dec's celebrity golf tournament. They are joining rocker Alice Cooper and The Usual Suspects' Chazz Palminteri on Team USA. The All Star Cup takes place this Bank Holiday weekend at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, south Wales. Last year a European team led by Catherine Zeta Jones stormed to victory. The line-up for Team Europe includes Bruce Forsyth, Ronan Keating, James Nesbitt, Bradley Walsh, Ross Kemp and Chris Evans. Ronnie Corbett will provide the commentary. The US side also includes former Olympic athlete Michael Johnson, actors Richard Burgi (Teri Hatcher's ex-husband Karl in Desperate Housewives) and Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler in The West Wing) and Irish screen heart-throb Aidan Quinn.... | |
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| | | MIKE DUFFY'S TV TODAY: 'Sesame Street' adds a new Muppet for season premiere | | Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 3:13:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | "Sesame Street" (10 a.m., WTVS-TV, Channel 56, PBS). Season premiere. Big Bird, Cookie Monster and all the rest of the friendly familiar faces are back for the 37th year of America's perennial preschool favorite. But there's also a brand-new kid on the block, Abby Caddaby, the first new female Muppet in more than a decade. Flashing little wings and a magic wand, Abby's a pink fairy-in-training whose catchphrase is "That's so magic." So is "Sesame Street," still an imaginative slice of early childhood magic. The Creek flows again "Dawson's Creek" (6 p.m., the N). Blast from the past. Long before she hooked up with Tom Cruise and a blizzard of tabloid attention, Katie Holmes played sweet charmer Joey Potter on the clever teen soap that became a breakout sensation for the WB in the late '90s.... | |
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| | | Duffys tie for second in golf event | | Posted Friday, August 11, 2006 1:11:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | Tim and Kyle Murphy of Eau Claire Golf & Country Club defeated Patrick and Thomas Duffy of Butte des Morts Country Club with an eagle on the second playoff hole Tuesday to win the Wisconsin Golf Associations Father/Son golf tournament at Lawsonia-Links Course in Green Lake. The teams had tied at even-par 72 at the end of regulation. Jeff and Jonathan Olson of North Shore Country Club, tied for 11th with a 75. Paul Schwarz of Reid Municipal Golf Course and Eric Schwarz of Fox Valley Golf Club, tied for 15th at 76. .... | |
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