The State Of Mpls. Roadways
The Star Tribune is reporting on the state of Minneapoliss roads in light of Mayor R.T. Rybaks acceleration on their rehabilitation. The conclusion: More could be done.
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So You Think You Can Dance – Those Poor Kids
Hello again! Joe R. is under the weather, so I’ll be guiding you through the mysteries and twisty little passages that make up the So You Think You Can Dance results show. Let’s go!
The opening group dance is a Bollywood number. As usual, I know nothing about Bollywood (and, odds are, neither do you), but it certainly looks better with fourteen people than the usual two-person jobs we get on this show. It kind of takes the fun out of the “guess the choreographer” game, though, because this show only knows one Bollywood guy, so it’s obviously Nakul Dev Mahajan.
Carmen Electra is not here tonight, but Travis is still on the panel. So we’re doing great so far. And Travis is in a more traditional black-and-white tuxedo, although I’m pretty sure it’s still velvet. He explains that it was hard to give honest critiques when he knows he’ll have to work with some of them next week (spoilers, I guess, unless “next week” isn’t meant to be taken literally).
Teen Mom Recap: “Here for Boobs”
Teen Mom‘s original fab four are back to remind us that getting knocked up in high school can make life so hard.
But young mothers Amber, Maci, Catelynn and Farrah are coping the best they can with their limited resources. Only one mom is tired of padding her budget (and something else) and is making an investment in her and her baby’s future.
Let’s C see what the girls have been up to, shall we?
Farrah, for one, has been working her butt off. “Culinary school, waitressing and modeling,” she boasts in her best MTV-script monotone. [What about author?!
Elizabeth Smart to work for ABC News
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Smart is taking a job with ABC News as a commentator focusing on missing persons and child abduction cases.
The Utah woman who was kidnapped from her bedroom at knifepoint, raped and held captive at age 14 by a Salt Lake City street preacher can provide viewers with a unique perspective, network spokeswoman Julie Townsend told The Associated Press on Thursday.
A deal with the now 23-year-old has been the works for several months and she could be on the air within the next few weeks, Townsend said.
“We think she’ll help our viewers better understand missing persons stories,” Townsend said in a telephone call from New York City. “
The Wiz
Munster, IN- The Broadway smash hit musical THE WIZ, with book by William F. Brown and music by Charlie Smalls, will blow audiences away July 7 through August 7, 2011 at Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. The production will open Sunday, July 10 at 7 p.m. Stacey Flaster will direct and choreograph. THE WIZ first opened on Broadway in 1975 and ran for four years . It made a historic footprint as the first large-scale big-budget musical featuring an all-African American cast. THE WIZ won seven Tony Awards including Best Musical and was produced in 1978 by Motown/Universal as a film starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor.
The cast of THE WIZ will be led by powerhouse performer Felicia Fields as “Evillene”.