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Arts & Entertainment January 27, 2005
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Through The Ropes
     The news that WWE Films had signed “Stone Cold” Steve Austin to a three-movie deal didn’t excite me. However, the fact that the first movie will be titled “The Condemned” is prophetic. For World Wrestling En-tertainment to spend this much time making movies when it should be concentrating on its wre
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Soaps
     ALL MY CHILDREN: Babe, Jamie and baby James were caught by JR, but the Buchanans prevented JR from taking the baby. Later, Babe refused to admit to JR that she had proof James was his son. Bianca overheard Jonathan berating Maggie, and was appalled to later discover Maggie intended to elope with him
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ANDY ROONEY
     ©2005 Tribune Media Services, Inc. Friends, Romans, Country
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BOOK NEWS
New Book Examines First Great Black Heavyweight
By Ray Locker
     Associated Press Writer Long before Cassius Clay had the nerve to change his name to Muham-mad Ali and fight the military draft in the 1960s, another black heavyweight boxer in-flamed the passions of his era.
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Landmark PBS Series Chronicles Slavery In America
     With 139 years separating us from the official end of slavery, the oppression that marked the first two centuries of American history may seem like an ugly, but ancient, chapter from what we read about in school books. But from the village that would one day become Manhattan to the small tobacco far
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     Karen Reyes portrays a field worker in South Carolina, where slaves were required to till a acre of land each day or take a flogging. Jeremy Lock
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Nintendo DS Offers New Challenges
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Associated Press Writer
     The Nintendo DS is unique among handheld video game systems. With built-in Wi-Fi and two screens (one of them touch-sensitive), the challenge now is for game makers to take advantage of these features.
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Cult Classic Remake Resembles Original “In Title Only”
By Christy Lemire AP Movie Critic
     The phrase “cult classic” has been used to describe the original “Assault on Precinct 13,” John Carpenter’s 1976 urban Western about cops and criminals banding together inside a po-lice station against a multicultural siege of gang members.
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Billboard
Hot 100: Top 10 By The Associated Press
     The following are weekly charts for the nation’s best-selling recorded music as they appear in this week’s issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission.
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Top 10 Movies
     From The Associated Press (Figures are for Jan. 21—Jan. 23)
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     Q: I heard recently that Shelley Long tried to commit suicide. Is this true? I can hardly believe it! Jan C.
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Holidays At Home Wine Country Style
     Asian Beef Meatballs Total preparation and cooking time: 30 minutes
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Ask BETTY
     Dear Betty, I had some delicious winter vegetables at a restaurant, but I’m not familiar with them or how to fix them at home. Please fill me in.
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