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                  as of Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:53:41 GMT

    In Splendor, Winter Olympics Open on NBC (AP)

AP - With model cows twirling on ice, fiery skaters and women in lumpy
 dresses meant to signify the Alps, the Winter Olympics opening ceremony
 pulled back the curtain Friday on 17 days of NBC coverage.

    Fashion's Maestros Hit the Right Notes (AP)

AP - Fashion shows are all about timing -- hitting the right notes
 before the right audience and then building to a crescendo. That's what
 New York Fashion Week pulled off, with grand finales by some of the
 field's most accomplished maestros.

    Bob Barker Pleads for Elephants' Release (AP)

AP - Bob Barker pleaded with city officials to close the Los Angeles
 Zoo's pachyderm exhibit and allow its three elephants to retire to a
 sanctuary.

    Lopez Seeks Bone Marrow Donors for Woman (AP)

AP - Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez is using her starpower to rally
 support for a fellow Latina who is suffering from blood cancer. Lopez,
 36, is urging Hispanics in New York City to donate blood marrow to help
 Janet Ovalles, a 29-year-old of Dominican descent who needs a
 transplant from a matching donor to survive.

    Merv Griffin Visits His Calif. Alma Mater (AP)

AP - Merv Griffin paid a visit to his high school alma mater Friday as
 the school dedicated its quad to one of its most prominent donors.

    Dreary lives take center stage in 'Soap' (Reuters)

Reuters - BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) -- In "A Soap," the characters
 watch American soap operas, and you envy them because the movie you're
 watching is appallingly dreary. This two-hander is about a sometimes
 awkward, sometimes compassionate relationship between a self-loathing
 transsexual and her downstairs neighbor, a confused woman looking for
 love in all the wrong places.

    Norah Jones and Co. express love of country (Reuters)

Reuters - When you have snared a trophy case full of Grammy Awards in
 one sitting, including ones for album of the year and best new artist,
 it is a little hard to fly under the radar.

    Turin Throws Big Party to Start Olympics (AP)

AP - TURIN, Italy -- Mix in some song, dance and a squealing Ferrari,
 and cap it off with some opera. That's amore -- for the Turin Olympics.

    US FCC chairman seeks to ease barriers to TV entry (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin
 on Friday called for easing regulations that make it hard for new
 competitors to enter the pay television business.

    Broadway-Bound 'Drowsy Chaperone' Tops L.A. Drama Critics Circle
     Award Noms (Playbill)

Playbill - The Broadway-bound original musical The Drowsy Chaperone
 nabbed eight nods as the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced
 nominations for their upcoming annual awards.

    Bob Barker Pleads for Elephants' Release (AP)

AP - Bob Barker pleaded with city officials to close the Los Angeles
 Zoo's pachyderm exhibit and allow its three elephants to retire to a
 sanctuary.

    Fashion's Maestros Hit the Right Notes (AP)

AP - Fashion shows are all about timing -- hitting the right notes
 before the right audience and then building to a crescendo. That's what
 New York Fashion Week pulled off, with grand finales by some of the
 field's most accomplished maestros.

    Tussing's Book Captures Cabin Fever (AP)

AP - "The Best People in the World: A Novel" (HarperCollins. 336 Pages.
 $24.95) -- Justin Tussing

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