News Flashes (March 23, 2002)

XEBACH will shift programming this weekend to Adult Standards at 540 AM. It will be known as K-SURF. It will relay the signal of its Los Angeles cousin at 1260 AM.

Flash Confirmed:... Bill O'Reilly will join the KFMB-AM broadcast lineup starting in May. The O'Reilly Factor will be in the 10 a.m. to noon spot on KFMB

News Flashes (March 23, 2002)

Arbitrons: Los Angeles
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Highlights:

KROQ, KOST, Power 106, KIIS-FM (in 4th place?), and KFI are the top five radio stations of the second Winter period 2002. Other noted highlights: KSCA-FM slides down to its worst rating since 1997, The Beat on a downswing, many other stations holding their own more or less. See the link above for the complete story!

News Flashes (March 22, 2002)

From Yahoo... ABC vows more 'traditional' fare

ABC executives told media buyers this week that the third-place network had "lost its way" during the past few years and promised a return to its traditional programming style next season.

Susan Lyne, tapped two months ago as ABC's entertainment president, reassured the buyers here that the network is tackling the problems that have led to a 23% drop in viewers this season and will revive "what traditionally made ABC a network," according to Kevin Brockman, ABC's senior vp entertainment communications. That likely will mean more family-oriented comedies and fanciful dramas -- and presumably less "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."

"The overall message" to the ad buyers, Brockman said, "is how we lost our way" and what the Walt Disney Co. unit is doing to stem the slide, adding that the reception from the buyers was "incredibly positive."

The presentations offered the clearest signal yet that ABC is planning a major shakeup in its primetime programming. For the past two years, the network has depended heavily on "Millionaire," at one point scheduling the game show four times a week.

But "Millionaire's" ratings have eroded alongside those of other one-time hits like "Dharma & Greg" and "The Drew Carey Show." As a result, ABC might be facing one of its most difficult advertising upfronts in years.

Brockman said the network wanted to return to "kid-friendly" shows in the 8 p.m. hour, becoming more "adult-centric" as the night goes on. He even cited "Fantasy Island," Aaron Spelling's wish-fulfillment soap from the late '70s, as the type of "playful" programming that ABC once pioneered and hopes to revive in spirit, if not in fact.

At least one media buyer was impressed with ABC's pitch.

"Susan Lyne did a great job; she's a very good presenter," said Bill Cella, chairman of Magna Global USA. "I think they're trying to do everything they can to get the ship back on track."

Cella particularly liked the pitch for "Capital City," a pilot from writer-producer Rod Lurie, that Cella described as a "fast-paced" drama set in Washington.

News Flashes (March 22, 2002)

Eight Million Is Enough?... From laradio.com... Do You Want to be a Millionaire? You might think it would be simple to give away $8 million in $1 million increments (the $1 million is paid out over 40 years). The "guaranteed" $8 million giveaway has been promoted heavily by KIIS, in fact, it is called the "Dees Million Dollar Three-Peat." Rick Dees had been giving out the local KIIS number as the number to call when you hear three "N Sync songs in a row. Wrong number. The $8 million is part of the national Clear Channel promotion. The telephone number confusion got so confusing that KIIS pd John Ivey had to go on the air with Rick to straighten it out. I would assume there are enormous legal issues if not done properly to avoid misleading the public. Rick then began to promote the 866 number, in fact, asked John for permission to give $1,000 to the designated caller who could recite the million-dollar phone number. The catch was that you had to call the local KIIS number to participate in the $1,000 side promotion. Now, our heads were really swimming. They get the designated caller and ask her for the national 866 number that had just been repeated at least a dozen times and she gives the local number, 1-800-RicDees, and doesn't win. The next caller got it right.

News Flashes (March 22, 2002)

Radio & Records (includes Arbitrons)
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Clear Channel Worldwide streams more hours than any other radio group... MeasureCast reported Clear Channel streamed over one million hours of programming during the week ending March 10th. This is the second week in a row that Clear Channel Worldwide has streamed more hours than any other Internet Radio network measured by MeasureCast. There are currently 198 Clear Channel stations streaming audio from rock to news/talk through the top 50 markets and international stations. Arbitron ranked Clear Channel in second place for the month of February.

Taking Shots at Clear Channel's Nationwide Contests

http://radio-info.com/boards/ctc/index.cgi... WBLI taking shots at Clear Channel's National Contests...
posted by Tim... Whenever certain songs are played caller 106 will win $10,000. During the promotion BLI adds remember all our winners are from Long Island, obviously taking shots at the million dollar nationwide contests on Z100, KTU & other Clear Channel stations.
posted by Kent... Citadel's WWYL is doing something similar. It's promising its listeners that all of its contests will have winners in Binghamton while its Clear Channel competitor is running national contests Binghamton participants don't have a chance in Hell of winning.

posted by cc hata... They should take it one step further. After remember all of our winners are from long island, they should say Those other stations can't say that--Then dj with puck voices yells "your caller 100", and then caller with thick southern accent goes "well golly gee, hey Loretta Lou, we won't have to sell the farm afterall". BTW, bli is one of the best chr's in this country. The ratings they have received with their signal problems in the heavy populated western Nassau is nothing short of phenomenal.

News Flashes (March 22, 2002)

Channel 4 San Diego Delivers 11-Year Partnership, 145 Padres Games, And Matt Vasgersian In 2002...

News Flashes (March 21, 2002)

News Flashes (March 21, 2002)

M E R R Y   E Q U I M A S !

North County Times "San Diego Radio Static" - Randy Dotinga
An Awarding Experience...excerpts... "My 94.1," the horribly named new rock station, wins the "Shiny Happy People" award for revealing its multiple personalities. The station advertises itself as upbeat and cheerful. But listeners must have been a bit shocked recently to hear one of rock 'n' roll's most wrenching songs ---- U2's "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," which movingly memorializes the 1972 killing of 14 Irish protesters. On second thought, maybe that kind of song does raise the spirits of listeners when they tune in to My 94.1. Next to "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," the eternally cranky Alanis Morrissette sounds positively bubbly...

Sets 102.1 Update

THE SETS 102 ROCK AND ROLL WALL CALENDAR IS HERE NOW... It's not just the SETS 102 Wall Calendar...we've also stuffed a dozen of them with some exciting prizes! You could receive $1000 in jewelry from the Diamond Source or $100 to Karl Strauss Brewery or even a four pak to catch the last days of snow at Snow Summit! Get your SETS 102 2002 Rock and Roll Wall Calendar NOW... It's brought to you by San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency ... Department of Aging & Independent Services. Pick your Calendar Up at Pacific Nissan- 4433 Mission Bay Drive in Pacific Beach ..... Escondido Cycle Center- 1415 Montiel Road, Escondido ..... Moto Pro of Oceanside- 425 South Coast Highway or Pioneer Centres- 9020 Miramar Road across from MCAS Miramar No Purchase is necessary while supplies last.

THE SETS 102 6 'O' Clock "ESSENTIAL" CD SET... THE SETS 102 6 'O'Clock ESSENTIAL CD SET is the Radio Feature it took SIX years to build. Over the last SIX years, we've asked a lot of listeners and rock'n roll artists about WHAT MUSIC MATTERS MOST? What album influenced you? Which series of songs on a CD are the ones you never grow tired of? What songs do you wish you'd written? Coming Monday March 25th, we'll start playing SETS from the CD's you say matter the most! "THE SETS 102 6 o' Clock ESSENTIAL CD SET", just in time for our 6th Birthday, weekdays at 6pm with Robert in the Late Afternoon on SETS 102.

'ARE YOUR PASSIONATE' - NEIL YOUNG'S NEW RELEASE!... Neil Young is releasing his 38th Album to date next month, but we've got the dibs on how you can hear it on-line from begining to end.

CONCERTS - TOM PETTY - BEHIND THE MUSIC... SETS 102 Presents...'Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise' at 4TH & B Thursday, April 18th! Tickets are on sale now. Available at the 4TH & B Box Office 619-231-4343 or through Ticketmaster 619-220-TIXS! Ticket price...$10.21...how sweet it is. Don't miss the return of the 'Delgado Brothers' with 'John 'Juke' Logan' at Corona's Backstage Blues at Humphrey's Backstage Lounge this Saturday, March 23rd from 4pm-8pm! Viejas Concerts in the Park announced their Summer 2002 season! Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 22nd at 10am. For more information and to see who's coming to San Diego this week click on the following weblink. http://www.sets102.com/ConcertsPage.htm Monday, Tom Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ... For a very good reason ... he's one of rock musics most dynamic and interesting performers, lyricists, and songwriters ... Coming on Wednesday, March 27th, SETS 102 presents Tom Petty ... BEHIND THE MUSIC... part of the VH-1 Concert Series on San Diego's SETS 102 ... The broadcast is begins at 9pm. It'll be one of the best interviews you'll hear this year.

News Flashes (March 20, 2002)

Electronic Media:
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KCAL-TV to broadcast Galaxy soccer games:... The Los Angeles Galaxy soccer franchise and KCAL-TV have entered into a three-year broadcasting agreement, it was announced Wednesday. Under the terms of the deal, which covers the next three seasons, Young Broadcasting-owned KCAL will be the exclusive local broadcaster for 10 games of the L.A. Galaxy, the Anschutz Entertainment Group-operated Major League Soccer franchise. The broadcasts will include a pregame show as part of the 2«-hour programming block during the Saturday games. In addition, KCAL will produce a weekly "Galaxy Update," which will air during KCAL's Sunday sports news program. KCAL's coverage will include both home and away games.

News Flashes (March 20, 2002)

AM 1260 Changes Format... Posted by SuperRadioFan on 3/19/2002... "K-JAZZ 1260 AM changes format to "Adult Standards" at midnight Friday. In April, Saul Levine claims their power will increase from 5,000 watts to 20,000 watts (I assume that's daytime power only). BTW, just to clarify, the change is at midnight Thursday NIGHT. No word on if they keep the same air staff. Lawrence Tanter (their PD and air talent) IS keeping his night job as PA announcer at Lakers home games :>). Also, the reported power increase to 20,000 is at odds with the construction permit shown at radio-locator.com. That shows current power at 5,000 watts (change pattern at night) and the CP shows 15,000 watts daytime and 7,500 watts night. Maybe Engineer can give the scoop with a comment. As far as format of the month club, remember this station will fill the void left by KLAC when they went all-talk earlier last year. When 1260 previously was "adult standards", they had KLAC (with a much much better signal) as competition. Time will tell."

Wang-Net
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Cheap Country... Emmis-owned Country KZLA (93.9 FM) has joined the voice tracking party: weekends are now completely fake on the station: the personality may be on the air, but he's on tape. According to programmer R. J. Curtis, no tracking is planned during the week. For now.

Radio & Records (includes Arbitrons)
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Clear Channel starts simulcasting KIIS-FM, Santa Clarita, CA full-time... KIIS-FM will now be simulcasted over its sister station KIIS-AM, Santa Clarita. KIIS-FM will add some 200,000 listeners to its reach allowing for KIIS to charge advertisers higher rates according to The-Signal.com. For more on this story, click here. GO!!!!

Saul Levine's KJAZ-AM, Los Angeles will switch back to nostalgia format.. Starting Friday the station will dumps its jazz format and switch its call letters to KSUR or K-Surf. For more on this story by Ocean County Register, click here. GO!!!!

Adult standards returning to the area on 1260 AM... KLAC/570 AM dropped the adult standards format months ago for talk. Well, starting at midnight Friday, "contemporary" adult standards return to L.A. and Orange County listeners on 1260 AM, which is dropping jazz and the call letters KJAZ for KSUR, or K-Surf. There will be a power increase to 20,000 watts from 5,000 in April, says owner Saul Levine, so reception should be stronger in Orange County.

TV Wires (Mar 20, 2002)

IT'S SPRING! IT'S SPRING! WOO-HOO! DIE WINTER DIE!

Electronic Media:
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We Don't Got It All In UHF!..."Weird Al" Yankovic isn't going to like what's planned for the UHF TV spectrum! First, it loses channels 69-83, now it's losing channels 60-69! There must be some conspiracy to wipe out free TV in the United States by some evil cable suits.

The White House has proposed legislation that would reassign the UHF channels 60 through 69 by auctioning off the frequencies for wireless radio use.

Before it actually auctions the frequencies, though, the government wants assurances that the 99 broadcasters currently operating on those channels will vacate the premises, at least eventually. KSWB 69, which airs WB programming from the Frog, falls on the far end of that spectrum.

That's a problem because the law currently says that the broadcasters can stay put until the transition to digital television transmission technology is complete. The end of the transition is defined as when 85 percent of the viewers are capable of receiving digital television, something many observers don't expect to happen for a decade or more. (and we know that my boss David Tanny ain't going to buy a digital TV as he nears retirement from TV watching at age 45 or earlier since there's basically nothing good on network TV anymore.)

But the White House's new legislative proposal, which was quietly forwarded to congressional leaders Feb. 28, would make the broadcasters in the 60-69 band vacate it forcibly than to vacate the channels involuntarily by the end of 2006.

BTW: For Weird Al trivia buffs...his fictional TV channel falls on channel 62!

News Flashes (March 20, 2002)

KSON held their 14th annual radiothon for the St. Jude Hospital last week. "Thanks to the generosity of our listeners, KSON's 14th Radiothon for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital raised $609,807!"

TV Wires (Mar 19, 2002)

Media Week:
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Saturday Morning Confusion 2002 Style... Viacom, AOL Set for Saturday Clash... Both Viacom and AOL Time Warner are redeploying their kids programming assets to pump up their Saturday-morning broadcast schedules.

Viacom's Nickelodeon rolled out its new kids programming, both for the cable network and for the Saturday-morning block the net programs for sibling CBS.

The popular Nick series Hey Arnold! and The Wild Thornberrys will move to CBS on Saturday mornings this fall as part of Nickelodeon's new strategy to primarily target kids 6-11 (instead of 2-5) on the CBS block.

Not to be outdone, AOL Time Warner's Kids' WB! will air four original episodes of Cartoon Network's hit Powerpuff Girls this summer.

Including their combined cable and broadcast audiences, Viacom currently is the top dog among kids 6-11, although the AOL combination of Kids' WB! and Cartoon is gaining. Yet on the broadcast side, where the big battle will take place this fall, Kids' WB! is the clear leader in the 6-11 demo, having topped the ratings the past three seasons.

Taking aim at Kids WB's strength, Nickelodeon last week announced a revamped Saturday-morning schedule on CBS for this fall, with more programming targeting kids 6-11. Gone are the younger-skewing Bob the Builder, Little Bill, Oswald and Franklin. In their place will be Hey Arnold!, Thornberrys, As Told to Ginger and Pelswick. On its three-hour CBS block, Nick will retain only one hour from the current season, which targets kids 2-5. Those two shows, Blue's Clues and Dora the Explorer, will air from 7 to 8 a.m. on Saturdays.

The head-to-head competition for viewers 6-11 will begin at 8 a.m., when Hey Arnold! will go up against the Kids' WB!'s Cubix, followed by Thornberrys against Scooby-Doo at 8:30 a.m. At 11 a.m., Ginger will face off against X Men: Evolution, while at 11:30 a.m., Pelswig will oppose Kids WB!'s The Mummy: Secrets of the Medjai. X Men, with an average 4.4 rating among kids 6-11 this season, and The Mummy, with a 3.7, are Nos. 2 and 4 respectively among broadcast shows in that demo on Saturdays.

The WB will air two new kids shows, Mucha Lucha! and Ozzy & Drix, at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., opposite CBS' The Early Show.

Dinos, Crocs to Roam NBC... Discovery Networks is putting the finishing touches on the three-hour Saturday-morning block it will air on NBC beginning this fall.

Among the shows said to be slated for the NBC block is Walking With Dinosaurs, a follow-up to the popular British miniseries that Discovery aired two years ago. Crocodile Files will spin off the popular Animal Planet series Crocodile Hunter, presumably with that show's star, Steve Irwin; Hunter includes some animated elements and could someday become an animated series on the NBC block. Junkyard Kids will follow the format of the popular Junkyard Wars on Discovery's TLC, with kids using their ingenuity to build contraptions. Endurance is described as a kids version of Survivor. Rounding out the schedule are two scripted ensemble shows: Kendall's Safari portrays a kid relocated to South Africa, while Black Hole High is said to be about youngsters on another planet.

There's also talk of a shark program. Discovery is continuing development talks with producers such as Tommy Lynch (Nick's The Secret World of Alex Mack) and veteran animator Phil Roman (The Simpsons). On NBC, Discovery may open the season with some repurposed, reshaped programs from its cable networks and add in more originals at midseason.

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ABC AXES
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ABC has given the Nielsen axe to THE WAYNE 
BRADY SHOW and Damon Wayan's MY WIFE 
AND KIDS.
Source: E! Online


REPEAT OF CELEBRITY BOXING
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Fox has announced that they will air a repeat of 
CELEBRITY BOXING this Thursday.
Source: E! Online

News Flashes (March 19, 2002)

Nicole Sandler News... From Nicole:

Hi Everyone,

We're slowly getting settled in South Florida, but I still have a lot of unpacking to do! It's hard to do that when you're dealing with a two-year old, two dogs, and trying to start a business at the same time.

My studio is somewhat up and running. I'm back from Maui with 11 interviews and 9 1/2 live sets on tape that I'll be assembling into a radio special. I'll make sure it's posted somewhere so that anyone interested will be able to hear it.

(Bruce, you'll especially love the John Eddie. He's grown so much as an artist over the past year... he did a great set, and our interview was a lot of fun.)

Here's the question I have for this group of music lovers: After meeting with a few radio and record people in Maui, I decided to try to put together a syndicated Triple A show. Sort of a countdown... though I don't think a countdown show really lends itself to this format. So it would be a quasi-countdown... Definitely taking the songs from the Triple A charts... but, for example, instead of playing the Chris Isaak single every week for 10 weeks, feature other songs from the album instead (while mentioning that "Let Me Down Easy" was #2 again for the 3rd week in a row). In addition, we'd do some "flash forward" type features where we play songs that are just coming out that I think have great potential, and some interview and live segments as well.

Any suggestions for what to call such a show, and any suggestion on things you would and would not want to hear in such a show would be greatly appreciated. I hope to get started on a demo for this show in the next few weeks (as soon as I'm done with the Maui show), so get your feedback to me asap.

And, finally, I hope to be up and running on Sirius by the end of this week! It's about time....

Thanks as always for your support!

Nicole Sandler

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New Radio Star:
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NEW YOUNG PEOPLE STUDY SHOWS INTERNET FAVORITE MEDIA OVER TV AND RADIO... (March 18, 2002 8:17am) A new study released this morning shows that radio and TV are running a distant third in "favorite media" when it comes to young people aged 7 to 23. The study conducted for Advertising Age by NeoPets Inc. surveyed 15, 902 U.S. residents in that age category and it revealed among other things, that the Internet is the overwhelming favorite medium among young people, with respondents indicating that they spend an average of 12.1 hours per week on the Internet. Television was ranked second at 7.5 hours per week, radio is third at 4.9 hours per week, and magazines ranked fourth at 1.8 hours per week. Furthermore, when survey respondents were asked if they could only have one of these media, Internet was chosen more than three to one over television (69 percent vs. 21 percent)...complete press release is here http://newradiostar.com/NEWS/neopets0318.htm

TV Wires (Mar 18, 2002)

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Animated SPIDER-MAN Castings
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The animated SPIDER-MAN series coming soon to MTV will 
feature the voices of Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, 
Starship Troopers) as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Lisa Loeb 
as Mary Jane, and Ian Ziering (BH90210) as Harry Osborn.
http://www.mtv.com
http://www.marvel.com


UNIVERSE Premiere on Tuesday
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FOX presents the premiere of ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS 
THE UNIVERSE this Tuesday night at 8:30.
The comedy stars Richter as a struggling short story 
writer making a living by writing technical manuals 
for a large company, who spends his free time imagining 
alternative life scenarios.
http://www.fox.com


E.T. Homage on WIFE AND KIDS
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The episode of the ABC sitcom MY WIFE AND KIDS airing this 
Wednesday night at 8 goes out of its way to promote the E.T. 
re-release, when daughter Kady becomes attached to her 
sister's doll and takes him on a bike ride one moonlit night.
http://www.abc.com


CHRONICLE Finale Airing Friday
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The SCI FI Channel will air the series finale 
of THE CHRONICLE this Friday night at 9.
In the episode, Rena Sofer's character becomes 
devastated upon learning her new boyfriend is 
a time traveler sent back to the 21st century 
as part of a witness relocation program.
In related news, look for Sofer to appear on NBC's 
FRIENDS this May as a potential love interest for Ross.
http://www.scifi.com


Forget Sunday's OSCARS -- It's the FANCY ANVIL Awards
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The animated Johnny Bravo hosts The CARTOON Network's 
1st 13th Annual FANCY ANVIL Award Show Program Special 
this Saturday night from 7-9.
Loaded with red carpet arrivals, peculiar awards 
categories, rambling speeches, and celebrity cameos, 
the special celebrates outstanding achievements in 
cartoon excellence and quirkiness.
Guests scheduled to appear in the special include 
Robin Williams, Sandy Duncan, Phyllis Diller, Tim 
Conway, Don Knotts, Davey Jones, Elmer Fudd, Fred 
Flintstone, Top Cat, Daffy Duck, and the Powerpuff Girls.
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com


Prince Naseem Returns to the Ring
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One-of-a-kind featherweight boxer Prince Naseem Hamed (35-1) 
takes on Manuel Calvo (33-4-1) in his first fight since 
his first loss last spring this Saturday night.
The 12-round bout broadcast from the LONDON ARENA 
in London airs on HBO starting at 9:45pm.
The opening match is a 10-round featherweight fight 
between former world champion Johnny Tapia (51-2-2) 
and Angel Vazquez (21-1).
http://www.hbo.com


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Benson Takes Title Role in FAT ALBERT
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20th CENTURY FOX has signed Omar Benson (Sorority Boys, 
Eight Mile) to play the title role in director Forest 
Whitaker's live-action FAT ALBERT feature film.
In the film, Fat Albert and his friends find themselves 
in trouble after crossing over from the animated world 
to the real world.


HARRY POTTER Castings
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According to The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Miriam Margolyes 
and Mark Williams have joined the cast of HARRY POTTER 
AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS.
Margolyes will play Professor Sprout, while 
Williams will play Ron Weasley's father.
The film also stars Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy 
and Kenneth Branagh as Professor Gilderoy Lockhart.
http://www.harrypotter.com


Murray May Play BAD SANTA Lead
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According to The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Bill Murray is in 
early talks to play the title role in Terry Zwigoff's BAD SANTA.
The holiday comedy involves a pair of con men who rob 
malls each Christmas disguised as Santa and an elf.


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Merry Equimas (March 18, 2002)

And there is one flying buffalo that they used to help Santo get through those foggy nights on Equimas Eve. His name is Bubba the White Nosed Buffalo, and no, he doesn't have a wimpy lighted red nose. He has a ten-million candlelight output coming right out of his bright white nose!

Bubba the White Nosed Buffao, had a beefy big white nose.
And if you ever seen it, you could go blind when it glows!
All of the other buffalo, used to tease him every day.
Bubba used to beat them up, no one dares to call him gay!
Then one foggy Equimas Eve, Santo came to him.
He paid Bubba's recharging bill every time he guided his wagon.
All of the animals and children, greet Bubba with happy cheer.
Bubba the White Nosed Buffalo, you'll retire and down a beer!

And later this week, watch DFS News for the world's first Equimas holiday special! That's right, boys and girls, nobody's ever done this before, and Tanny and I will be the first people in the world to bring you the world's first holiday special centered around Equimas!