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Inside Panel finds Lady Gaga, Jamie Foxx songs unhealthy. Page 6

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On The Cover Kaycie Phillips stands in front of her senior art exhibit at JSU. Photo by Bill Wilson/The Anniston Star

Page 14 This week’s movie releases: Armored, Brothers and Everybody’s Fine

Music Tom Petty releases Live Anthology set.

coming next week Disney’s The Princess and the Frog opens to expectant audiences nationwide.

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The great purge of 2009 How well do you know your hundreds of Facebook friends? I mean, really know them?

Would you let them look after your child?

Your dog?

Would you trust them with your Dan secrets?

Whisenhunt Would Pushing Buttons you recognize them if you saw them on the street? How do you know them in the first place?

I started ticking off these questions recently as I axed about 60 people from my Facebook friends list. I’m now running a list at a lean 184. It probably wouldn’t hurt if I cut a few more.

I wasn’t cleaning house to be petty or cruel. I was doing it because I didn’t have answers to these questions.

At its best, Facebook is an easy way to be a good friend.

You can keep track of people you care about, send them birthday well wishes, keep abreast of their latest tragedy.

All of that is quite handy.

Yet, I’ve had the disconcerting feeling lately that people who follow our Facebook, Twitter and other social networking accounts may not be all that they seem. I’m sure there are people out there who do nothing but spend their time trying to dig up dirt on people based on what they post on their profiles.

Obviously, people who do this sort of thing are beneath contempt. And even as I say that, I know they surely thrive among us and are sometimes even rewarded for their behavior.

The problem then, is telling who is your friend and who is about to kick you

down the stairs. You hear about it all the time; someone gets fired for a Twitter post.

Someone’s house gets robbed because they put the details of their two-week vacation on Facebook and have their address on their profiles.

When those stories crop up, you have to ask yourself: Are all 500 of the people on your friends list really your friend? Or do they mean you harm?

Ask yourself: Can I trust the people who claim to be my friends? Are my relationships with them meaningful in a personal setting? Or am I just racking up numbers on my personal list of friends so I can stroke my own ego?

Don’t have an answer? I do. It’s called the “remove from friends” feature. You can also set up limited profiles so random people can not view your personal information unless they are on your friends list. I highly recommend it.

There has never been a better time to take stock; with the economy the way it is, few of us can afford to lose what little we have.

Know who is good to you; question the rest.

Google Wave I’ve been playing with the Google Wave feature, which allows people to “communicate and collaborate” in real time. I’m sure there are benefits to it that I’m not seeing, but at the moment, it strikes me as a free program for online meetings.

Whatever it is, everyone is doing it and I’m giving it a try and learning more about it.

It’s a little buggy, but I’m sure it will come to be every bit as convenient and universal as everything else Google makes.

I’ve got a few invites left if you want one. Just send me an e-mail and ask.

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A scene from ‘Avatar: The Game.’

‘Avatar’ video game to expand film’s alien world

By DERRIK J. LANG Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The Titanic director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on his upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar.

Opening Dec. 18, the film stars Sam Worthington as a paralyzed human soldier who takes on the form of an exotic blue-skinned alien species called Na’vi on their home world Pandora, a remote paradise teaming with freaky flora and fauna.

“James Cameron did something really smart,” said Kevin Shortt, story designer of “Avatar: The Game.”

“When he started preproduction on the movie threeand-a-half years ago, he said, ‘I want a game. I know I want a game. I want them working on it right now.’

Because, what often happens is they make the movie, and then somebody says, ‘Hey, let’s tack on a game.”’

In a plot that diverges from the film’s story line, players can portray either a blade-wielding member of the Na’vi or a gun-toting human soldier for the Resources Development Administration, a massive organization that mines Pandora’s rare natural

resources. The game’s parallel narratives explore the implications of aligning with either the Na’vi or RDA. “Let’s face it,” Cameron said at the Electronic Entertainment Expo earlier this year. “Games derived from movies, historically, some of them have kind of sucked. And I didn’t want Avatar — I didn’t want anything associated with Avatar — to suck. So I proposed to Ubisoft this theory that the game should not be a slave to the movie.”

Because “Avatar: The Game” is scheduled for release on Dec. 1 — over two weeks before the movie opens — dedicated fans can absorb details about Cameron’s otherworldly creation before they see the film. That includes taking a peek at the game’s comprehensive database of characters, creatures, vehicles and other minutia that will unravel as players progress.

“It’s not just a repeat of the story,” said Shortt, who worked also on the “Lost: Via Domus” game. “It’s a rich, full experience itself that builds on the world that Cameron already created. We’ve got our Pandorapedia, which gives all these extra details for fans that they’re not going to get anywhere else. This is the first place you’re going to get them.”

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New movies hope to close out the year with a bang

By Rafer Guzman

star (Nicole Kidman) and many others.

Based on: The 1982 Broadway musical, itself based on the 1963 film 8 1/2, inspired by director Federico Fellini’s actual life.

Newsday

The busy holiday season is here, which means you have shopping to do, dinners to prepare and in-laws to avoid. Somewhere in there, the studios hope, you’ll find time to see a movie.

Which to choose?

Fox is hoping it will be Avatar (opening Dec. 18), the sci-fi adventure from James Cameron with a reportedly humongous budget of $500 million. It’s already the most-talked-about film of the year, though whether it will connect with audiences remains to be seen. Its star, Sam Worthington, is a relative unknown, and its reliance on computer-animated actors could be a liability rather than a draw — just ask Robert Zemeckis, who replaced humans with pixels in Disney’s A Christmas Carol and Beowulf, both box-office disappointments.

That means there’s room for competition. Also on Dec. 18 comes Nine, a musical from director Rob Marshall (of the Oscar-winning Chicago) with an A-list cast that includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman and Penelope Cruz. On Christmas, Warner Bros. will unleash Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. sexing up the fusty fictional sleuth. And Fox will go up against itself Dec. 23 by releasing Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel five days after Avatar.

For more serious-minded filmgoers, the studios are also rolling out several movies based on novels, including Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalypse drama The Road, Walter Kirn’s semicomedic Up in the Air (Dec. 4) and Alice Sebold’s thriller The Lovely Bones (Dec. 11). Even long-dead writers Christopher Isherwood and Tennessee Williams have new movies coming out.

In case you find a few spare hours this season, here’s a list of major movies to choose from through Christmas.

Me and Orson Welles

Director: Richard Linklater

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel

Release: Dec. 23 Director: Betty Thomas The story: The furry boyband meets the all-girl group the Chipettes.

Tanks for the helium: The voice cast includes Justin Long, Anna Faris and Christina Applegate as well as the live-in-theflesh David Cross and Jason Lee, who plays Chipmunks creator David Seville.

It’s Complicated

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Princess Tiana, voiced by Anika Noni Rose, is shown with frog Prince Naveen, voiced by Bruno Campos, in the animated film ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ which opens Dec. 11.

The story: A young actor (Zac Efron) joins Welles’ legendary Mercury Theatre company and falls for an older woman (Claire Danes).

Big shoes: Newcomer Christian McKay steps into the role of the larger-than-life Welles.

The Princess and the Frog

Release: Dec. 11 Directors: Ron Clements and John Musker The story: In New Orleans, pretty Tiana kisses a frog prince.

Post-racial society? We’ll find out when Disney’s first animated black princess bows on-screen.

A Single Man

Release: Dec. 11 Director: Tom Ford The story: A college professor (Colin Firth) loses his lover (Matthew Goode) and seeks solace from a friend (Julianne Moore). Fashion director Ford makes his writing-directing

debut; based on Christopher Isherwood’s novel.

Gay downplay? The film’s poster, showing Firth and Moore in bed, has drawn criticism from gay-themed blogs.

No rest for the wicked: Tucci plays the villain here, his third major role of the year after “Julie & Julia” and “Blind Date,” which he also directed.

Invictus

Release: Dec. 18 Director: James Cameron The story: In this hightech, 3-D, sci-fi extravaganza, a wounded soldier (Sam Worthington) inhabits a virtual new body and travels to an inhabited moon named Pandora.

No pressure: The last feature film Cameron directed was Titanic.

Release: Dec. 11 Director: Clint Eastwood The story: In apartheid-era South Africa, Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) and rugby captain Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) help unify the country.

It’s true: Based on John Carlin’s book, Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation.

The Lovely Bones

Release: Dec. 11 Director: Peter Jackson The story: From heaven, a murdered girl (Saoirse Ronan) helps lead her family to her killer. With Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon and Mark Wahlberg.

Avatar

Nine

Release: Dec. 18 Director: Rob Marshall The story: Womanizing film director Daniel Day-Lewis juggles his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his mother (Sophia Loren), a movie

Release: Dec. 25 Director: Nancy Meyers The story: Meryl Streep falls again for her ex-husband, Alec Baldwin. Lake Bell (Boston Legal) makes it a love triangle; Steve Martin makes it a square.

The more the Meryl: After Julie & Julia, this marks Streep’s second major movie this year — and that’s not counting her voice in Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Release: Dec. 25 Director: Terry Gilliam The story: A traveling road show headed by the good doctor (Christopher Plummer) is chased by the Devil (Tom Waits).

The Ledger factor: Audiences will surely want to see Heath Ledger’s final film — he died during production — but Christmas is a competitive day for new releases.

Sherlock Holmes

Release: Dec. 25 Director: Guy Ritchie The story: The fictional sleuth gets a laddish makeover with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Jude Law as his wingman, Watson.

Elementary: Take a treasured literary character, add some Britstyle violence and a dash of sex, and you just may have a hit.

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Boston teen panel: Lady Gaga, Foxx songs unhealthy Associated Press

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Tom Petty performs with The Heartbreakers during a stop on his summer 2008 tour at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Tom Petty releases ‘Live Anthology’ set

By NATALIE ROTMAN

project. ... I spent a year digging out stuff and mixing it. It was great. It was like looking at a photo album, but LOS ANGELES — Tom Petty has you can all be in the picture. grown up, but not too much.

AP: Did you ever get overThe 59-year-old spent a year whelmed? going through thousands of hours Petty: Well, you can. But we knew of live concert recordings covering we had plenty of time to do it. So, we Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ tours just went bit by bit and pretty soon across three decades. into the project, we told them that The result is The Live Anthology this wasn’t going to fit on two CDs. ...

— not a greatest hits album, but a To get an idea of what the band was multiple-disc set. There are no over- and is, there is a lot of stuff you have dubs, and the notorious perfectionist to hear to take in an accurate docucan now see why his hard-driven ment of all those years. mates were “a good little rock ’n’ roll AP: Did you find anything that band.” surprised you about yourself going Petty, who said the process was through all that footage? like looking at a family photo album, Petty: I was surprised that we talks about how watching three films were as good as we were. I really a day helped hone his acclaimed didn’t listen to us when we were back music videos and how his love of in our 20s and starting out. It was a English as a kid helped him write really good little rock and roll band. I some of America’s most beloved rock see why it caught on. songs.

AP: What inspires your writing?

The Associated Press: What Petty: I always did really well in made you want to pull out hours English in school. ... I like language. and hours of tape?

I like words. ... For the longest time, Tom Petty: Well, it seemed like I think, everything I did I wrote the a good time to do it and I thought it music, and the words just kind of would be a chore in a way. I started flowed in at the same time. As time to do it and I just fell in love with the went by, I started to concentrate Associated Press

more and more on the lyric and try to make that better and better.

AP: Your videos are iconic. Did that come from your love of film?

Petty: I probably watch three or four movies a day. ... I love film.

It wasn’t hard to make something better than everyone else. ... I was amazed at just how bad MTV was. ...

Terrible videos and terrible songs, and most people made them almost all the same. ... I thought let’s just get out of the box here and do something different.

AP: What do you think this all means? This album, this life that you have been handed?

Petty: It was a gift I was given and what it means I don’t know. Johnny Cash once told me, he said, “It was a noble job.” And I said, “Really?”

And he said, “Well, it makes a lot of people happy.” ... It does. It makes a lot of people happy. You can lose sight of that. People come to me and stop me on the street and tell me how some song played some role in their life or how it got them through a hard time or this and that and I just think, “Damn, that’s what it is about.”

BOSTON — An initiative to encourage healthy teen relationships says songs by Jamie Foxx and Lady Gaga are the musical equivalent of junk food.

A teen panel working with the Boston Public Health Commission has determined that their songs are among the top 10 with “unhealthy relationship ingredients.”

The commission on Tuesday released its list based on a “nutrition label” rating popular songs on healthy relationship themes.

The “Sound Relationships Nutrition Label” was developed by 14 teens after they attended a sevenweek commission-sponsored institute on healthy relationship promotion and teen dating violence prevention. During the seven-week program, teens were also taught to evaluate music based on themes of power, control, equality and gender roles.

The teens then developed their list after analyzing songs from Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart.

Mario’s “Break Up” featuring Gucci Man and Sean Garrett and Jamie Foxx’s “Blame It” featuring T-Pain topped the list for the most unhealthy relationship songs of 2009. Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” and Pitbull’s “Hotel Room Service” were also listed.

Among the teen panel’s top 10 songs with healthy themes: “Miss Independent” by Ne-Yo and “Meet Me Halfway” by the Black Eyed Peas.

Shaquilla Terry, 15, of Boston, a teen panel member, said it was important for listeners to go beyond the songs’ beats and listen to the lyrics.

The commission says its program aims to teach teens how to evaluate popular media, and help parents talk to teens about healthy relationships. Commission officials also said the label invites consumers to become song lyric nutritionists by helping them identify positive and negative messages about relationships in songs.

“We aren’t telling people what they should or should not be listening to,” Barbara Ferrer, the commission’s executive director, said in a statement. “We are giving them a tool that will help them make an informed choice about what they put in their bodies.”

In addition to the label, the commission also plans to released a lesson plan for teachers.

Jack Perricone, chair of the songwriting department at the Berklee College of Music, said pop songs generally allow listeners to get away from the bad news of the day. But he said pop music, by its very nature, is very repetitive, and sometimes if songs have negative messages, those repetitive messages can get inside teens’ heads.

“Some (artists) play up the bad boy image and put out negative images as a way to be commercially successful,” said Perricone, who was not affiliated with the commission. “But then they have to deal with the moral implications.”

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Practice makes perfect for R. Kelly on new CD R. Kelly Untitled

using songwriting as his latest metaphor, even No one writes pop songs about sex better than R. Kelly. Maybe practice really spelling it out, this time, singdoes make perfect. ing, “Having Like most of his albums, nearly all of sex with you Kells’ latest Untitled (Jive) is about sex, either having it or pursuing it, though he is like making hits ... I’m does try to mix things up so we don’t get in your mix bored. like a No. 1 “Girl, you make me want to get you record.” pregnant,” he sings in the six-minute The pretty, yodel-infused “Echo” rambling epic “Pregnant.” “There’s is almost just as unshakable, the kind of something ’church’ about you,” he offers ballad Celine Dion might sing if she had a in “Religious.” “I’ll make sure you won’t dirty mind. regret what you and me did in this bed,” The album’s only weaknesses come he promises in “Bangin’ the Headboard.” when Kelly drifts off into the hyper-wordy Well, OK, then.

Truth be told, when Kelly is at his best, style of his “Trapped in the Closet” series, as he does on “Pregnant” and “Text as he is on the irresistible, corruptingMe,” where he sounds like he’s singing influence pop of “Ignition” and “I’m a whatever pops into his head, which, you Flirt,” he’s basically unstoppable.

The soon-to-be-smash “Number One” guessed it, is generally about sex.

—Glenn Gamboa, Newsday with Keri Hilson falls into that category,

Allison Iraheta hits a high note Allison Iraheta Just Like You

The 17-year-old graciously growls her way through 13 tracks, including the arena-ready “Pieces,” a rollicking, Gary Let the hate mail begin. We’ve never Glitter-sampling “Robot Love” and Pinkbeen a fan of American Idol — enterish “Holiday.” taining “reality” TV was that short-lived There are also a couple of ballads Britney/K-Fed series. Emphasis on the thrown in for good measure — “Scars” is “short-lived” part. a standout — and, through it all, Iraheta’s That said, we won’t hold Allison Irahe- voice is the star. ta’s Idol affiliation (fourth place in season She may sing “D Is for Dangerous,” but 8) against her or her debut, Just Like You this one earns a B-plus.

(19 Recordings/Jive).

—Kevin Amorim, Newsday

Glasper explores jazz duality Robert Glasper Double Booked

Younger jazz players are often torn between tradition and the sounds of the street. Pianist Robert Glasper explores this duality on his Blue Note release, which investigates a jazz trio in its first half and more of a hip-hop vibe in the second.

Neither side is so extreme as to exclude the other. And both share many connections.

Glasper is such an inventive player

that calling his first focus “mainstream” is a disservice. The tunes are melodic and mesmerizing with a hidden sense of urgency. Tunes waft in and out a la hiphop. And chances are taken.

Glasper’s hip-hop evolution features rapper Mos Def and Philly’s Bilal Sayeed Oliver on vocals. Bilal’s “All Matter” is one handsome ditty that approaches Stevie Wonder tunefulness.

In Glasper’s hands, hip-hop is only a few compass ticks away from bebop.

—Karl Stark, MCT

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Boyz II Men’s new album not much to ‘Love’ Boyz II Men Love

Like Glee only warmer and less vanilla, Boyz II Men, Philly’s cherished R&B hitmakers, have spent several seasons covering R&B classics in 2004’s Throwback and 2007’s Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville U.S.A. The trio (Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman), which began in 1988, is now missing a bass voice (Michael McCary), but the musky songs and pliable rhythms that filled those outings made up for BIIM’s missing bottom.

Not this time.

With producer/American Idol-er Randy Jackson at the wheel, the local vocal trio steer into lame pop with songs decent (the Beatles’ “In My Life”), bombastic (”Open Arms” by Journey, a band in which Jackson spent time), and dunderheadedly dull (Chicago’s “If You Leave Me Now”).

While the trio’s dynamics on the heart-

broken soul/ C&W hit “Misty Blue” are lush and dreamy, it’s unimaginable they’d be unimaginative enough to redo the overrated, overcooked “Time After Time” or the Goo Goo Dolls’ limp “Iris,” into neither of which do they breathe life.

Blame producer Jackson.

Surely, having his senses bludgeoned by countless pitiful vocalists repeating pop’s worst for mass consumption and competition have bled his soul dry and left his ears deaf to what those who can sing, should.

—A.D. Amorosi, MCT

‘Glitter and Doom’ is classic Tom Waits Tom Waits Glitter and Doom Live

It’s been a long, long time since Tom Waits has come to Philly, so long that this fan traveled to Atlanta for a chance to see him a couple of years ago.

The show was incredible: Waits was commanding, hilarious, heartfelt and theatrical, and it was captivating to hear that bullfrog voice rumbling out of the scarecrowlike figure on stage.

Glitter and Doom Live documents last year’s brief tour (Waits is parsimonious with his touring schedule), drawing mainly from 1992’s Bone Machine and later so as not to overlap with 1988’s superior “Big Time,” his previous live album.

It’s a solid keepsake, but it’s nearly nonessential.

This is Waits in all his guttural glory with little of his sentimental subtlety,

and only a few songs — “Metropolitan Glide,” “Such a Scream” — rival their studio versions.

But Glitter and Doom deserves extra credit for Tom Tales, a second CD of excerpts from his inter-song monologues.

It’s an uproarious comedy set of non sequiturs about vultures, rats, barnacles, and ostriches, about the etymologies of bamboozled and dead ringers, and about strange “facts” regarding Sarah Bernhardt, Neil Armstrong and Spam.

—Steve Klinge, MCT

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‘Brothers’ loses something in translation brothers H H Rating: R for some disturbing violent

content and language Running time: 1:50 STARRING: Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal

‘Everybody’s Fine’ sober alternative to frothy holiday films everybody’s fine HH1/2 Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements and brief strong lan-

By JAKE COYLE

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In Jim Sheridan’s Brothers, it feels like the film’s three young stars are playing house.

Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal have all previously played memorable teenage characters and each has maintained a youthfulness into their late 20s and 30s.

Here, they star in a suburban, domestic drama that extends all the way to Afghanistan. Maguire is Captain Sam Cahill, a decorated Marine and husband to his high school sweetheart, Grace (Portman), with whom he has two daughters. Gyllenhaal is Sam’s brother, Tommy, the black sheep of the family who, at the movie’s start, is just getting out of prison.

When Sam ships out to Afghanistan, he’s presumed dead after a fiery helicopter crash. Grace is heartbroken from the loss, but finds support in a maturing Tommy. He helps around the house, plays with the kids and begins to have feelings for Grace.

All the while, we know Sam is not dead and has been taken prisoner.

Under threat of death, he’s forced to commit an unspeakable sin, an incident that damages and haunts him when he returns to his previously idyllic family life.

The possibility that his brother and his wife have become romantically involved causes him to explode in jealousy.

Brothers is a remake of Susanne Bier’s 2004 Danish film Brodre, in which the three main characters were slightly older. But the youth of Brothers isn’t a knock on the film. On the contrary, it makes it more realistic given the thousands of fresh-faced soldiers so often sent to war.

It’s one of the few differences between Sheridan’s remake and the original. It’s a simple story and Brodre had an affecting, lyrical quality, a poetry lacking in Sheridan’s sleeker,

Running time: 1:34 STARRING: Robert DeNiro, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale

By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel

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Tobey Maguire is shown in a scene from ‘Brothers.’ more sentimental film.

Staying almost scene-for-scene with the original, Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America) weaves the dual story lines — at home and in Afghanistan — building the tension for the inevitable clash between the separate worlds.

Brothers has aspirations for Deer Hunter territory — a dramatic examination of the cost blue-collar families pay for war. Where Deer Hunter was epic in its reach, Brothers feels as though it never really leaves the front yard.

When Sam returns home, he might as well be an alien. He’s creepy and bug-eyed with post-traumatic mania, nearly unrecognizable to his family.

Gyllenhaal is perhaps too likable for his character. We believe his caring, responsible uncle, but not his recent history as a drunk convict.

By distilling the story of war down

to a single family, Brothers makes an impossibly complex story of war understandable and human. But missed are opportunities to expand the film, such as with Sam and Tommy’s father, an alcoholic veteran played by Sam Shepherd.

Portman is mostly left to bounce between Sam and Tommy. Constantly either longing for her husband or anxious for his well-being, she rings true as a military mother full of worry and caring.

In the end, Brothers hopes that healing can happen through confession and understanding. Ultimately, it’s the need for the home front to know the pain of its sons and daughters fighting abroad.

It’s a worthy lesson and the aspiration of Brothers is noble. But it can’t preserve the intimacy of the original film, and the loosened characters slide into cliche.

Everybody’s Fine is a quiet, light study in family dysfunction, a comedy-drama with no heroes or villains, just sad people who aren’t necessarily telling the truth when somebody asks them, “Are you happy?”

That’s become an important question to Frank Goode (Robert DeNiro), a lonely, widowed retiree whose four adult children won’t make the time to visit now that Mom has died. Frank’s life was spent at the grindstone — coating telephone and electrical cables, something he’s proud to point out on telephone poles to strangers. That’s because those miles and miles of cable and the lung disease Frank got from the work put his kids in a position to do more interesting things for a living. “A lotta cable,” he says of this one’s orchestral career or that one’s designer home.

Frank resolves to drop in on each of the four — surprise visits. They tell him “everybody’s fine” on those rare occasions he gets each of them on the phone. But he wants the truth Kirk Jones’ movie never finds a tone that it’s comfortable with as Frank amusingly bores fellow train and bus travelers with tales of his work and his family. Fellow retirees commiserate on kids who don’t appreciate the sacrifice the parents had to make to get them where they are. Contrast that with each visit to his offspring — Kate Beckinsale in Chicago, Drew Barrymore in Las Vegas, Sam Rockwell in Denver. Dad observes what the kids might have once told Mom, but not him.

The patient pace and subtle disappointment the kids feel about their lives, disappointment that they worry will be shared by Dad, makes for a movie of no cathartic confrontations. A contrived and melodramatic third act seems out of character and abrupt.

And truthfully, there’s little novel about the story of an aged parent trying to right the wrongs of his childrearing years.

But DeNiro, leaving his Meet the Parents comic ogre persona to Ben Stiller, makes Frank a man we neither pity nor blame, a gruff dad who remembers his stern past with a wince. His winning, thoughtful performance and matching work from those cast as his kids (each lifting his or her game) make this remake of Guiseppe Tornatore’s 1990 Italian dramedy a tolerably sober alternative to holiday froth at the mutliplex.

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The true story of a young, homeless African-American boy taken in by a wellto-do white family to discover his potential as a student and a football player. Starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins and Jae Head.

Written and directed by John Lee Hancock. planet 51

HH, 1:27, PG

When an American astronaut lands on Planet 51 he discovers little green people living an idyllic America-in-the-’50s-type life, fearful only of alien invaders. With the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman and John Cleese. Written by Joe Stillman.

Directed by Jorge Blanco. the twilight saga: new moon

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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson return in this sequel to Twilight which finds Bella drawn into the world of werewolves after the devastating departure of her vampire love. With Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the book by Stephenie Meyer. Directed by Chris Weitz.

Precious

HHHH, 1:49, R

An abused and pregnant 16-year-old is offered a chance to transfer to an alternative school where she can finally learn to read and write. With Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz and Gabourey Sidibe. Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher, from the novel Push by Sapphire. Directed by Lee Daniels. old dogs

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Two best friends, an unlucky-in-love divorcee and a fun-loving bachelor, are unexpectedly charged with the care of 6year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. With John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu Travolta, Lori Loughlin and Matt Dillon. Written by David Diamond and David Weissman. Directed by Walt Becker. disney’s a christmas carol

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Director Robert Zemeckis captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale with a 3-D twist. With Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, and Fionnula Flanagan.

ninja assassin

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A young assassin on the run from the clan that trained him must team with a Europol agent to save both their lives. Featuring Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles and Rick Yune. Screenplay by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski. Directed by James McTeigue. armored

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A crew at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on a heist against their own company. With Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward and Columbus Short. Written by James V. Simpson and Chris Parker. brothers

HH, 1:50, R

When a decorated Marine goes missing in Afghanistan, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home. Starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins Jr. and Mare Winningham. Written

by David Benioff. everybody’s fine

HH1/2, 1:35, PG-13

In this remake of Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Stanno Tutti Bene,” a widower embarks on an impromptu road trip to reconnect with each of his grown children. With Robert DeNiro, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore and Sam Rockwell. fantastic mr. fox

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Based on the story by Roald Dahl, the film tells the tale of the noble and charming Mr. Fox who uses his wits and cunning to outfox three dimwitted farmers who tire of sharing their chickens. With the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray. Screenplay

by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach.

Directed by Anderson.

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An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and the heroic struggle of the survivors. With John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson. Written by Roland Emmerich and Harald Kloser.

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Real horror for Zombie is getting stuck in genre

By Luis Arroyave

will be another action flick, Tyrannosaurus Rex, which is about a washedup boxer who gets into the world CHICAGO — Rob Zombie has of underground fighting after he’s made a name for himself outside of released from prison. music by writing and directing four There has also been talk of Zomhorror films, including two Hallowbie remaking The Blob. The film, een movies, but now the 44-year-old which has yet to get the green light, heavy-metal legend feels it’s time to would mark Zombie’s second time make a name for himself outside of remaking a horror monster. His 2007 the horror genre.

Halloween remake grossed $80 milZombie doesn’t know what his lion worldwide at the box office, but “coming out” project will be. He’s the film was met with backlash from busy touring, his fourth solo studio fans who didn’t want to see the John album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2, comes out Carpenter movie remade.

Feb. 2, and he recently switched to What did Zombie think of the Roadrunner Records after 18 years criticism? with Geffen. But he knows he doesn’t He couldn’t care less, he said, want his next movie to be a horror laughing. flick.

Although there could be more “If you go down that road too far, Halloween movies, Zombie said he it’s hard to break out of it,” said Zom- doesn’t expect to be part of them. bie last week. “I don’t want to get “I have no interest in it at all,” stuck with anything. I want the freeZombie said. “I made the second one dom to do what I want to do.” because any John Carpenter-ness Zombie, whose real name is Rob- had been taken away by the end of ert Cummings, was attached to 2008’s the first movie, so it was ’OK, this Punisher: War Zone until he realized could be 100 percent my own thing.’ he wasn’t interested in directing the After that, me and the actors involved action film. He hopes his next film were like ’Enough is enough.”’

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dvd releases coming dec. 8 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Love potions, common-room snogging, adolescent heartbreak. It’s hard to blame the film’s screenwriter Steve Kloves or director David Yates for focusing on the romance. After all, as young-adult adventures go, the sixth book in the Harry Potter series is awfully light on the adventure. The three leads, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson (Hermione), give their most charming performances to date. Ron is particularly funny under the addling effects of a love potion, and Hermione is sad and sweet in a moment of romantic disillusionment. All of which is to say that the film, with its romantic triangle (square? pentagon?), its gorgeous production design and its bang-up final action sequence, might be the most enjoyable Harry Potter movie yet for people who don’t particularly care about Potter movies. Whether die-hard fans of the books will love it is another story.

Contains scary images, violence, language and mild sensuality.

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BRIEFLY ENTERTAINING ‘American Idol’ back for new season Jan. 12 LOS ANGELES — American Idol will kick off its ninth year with a twonight season premiere in January.

Fox announced Tuesday that the hit singing contest, which last year produced a battle between winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert, will return Tuesday, Jan. 12, and Wednesday, Jan. 13.

This year’s big change: Paula Abdul is out as judge and Ellen DeGeneres is in.

Fox also announced that the drama 24 will return with a pair of two-hour episodes airing Jan. 17 and 18, and that Glee will take a break after its Dec. 9 episode, returning April 13 to follow American Idol.

Before that, the coveted post-Idol spot will go Our Little Genius, a new series that tests the knowledge of gifted children and debuts Jan. 13.

Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ out on DVD in January NEW YORK — Michael Jackson’s This Is It, a film about the King of Pop’s final rehearsals before his death, will be released on DVD on Jan. 26, 2010.

The DVD release was announced Monday by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

This Is It captures Jackson’s final performances as he rehearsed for his concerts in London. He died June 25, just weeks before his marathon of 50 concerts was to begin.

The DVD includes two documentaries, “Staging the Return: Beyond the Show” and “Staging the Return: The Adventure Begins,” which highlight Jackson as he prepared for the concerts.

The film has grossed more than $70 million in the United States.

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Bob Dylan, Diamond, Sugarland, Archuelta among holiday CDs

By The Associated Press Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs:

Bob Dylan Christmas In The Heart

Do you hear what I hear? Bob Dylan singing Christmas carols?! Ho ho ho.

The first reaction is this must be a joke.

At age 68, rock’s greatest troubadour remains a formidable force, as several fine recent albums have shown. But Dylan’s also a Jew who declared himself born again at one point but never recorded a Christmas album — until now.

And indeed, Christmas In The Heart is pretty funny, with the toll of braying “How does it feel?” for 45 years evident throughout. Dylan’s vocals are wobbly, froggy, choppy, strained, strangled and off-key, making it easy to forget he might be the most influential, most imitated singer ever.

Here his voice could clear a room, and it’s even more jarring because he’s backed by a chorus of Ray Conniff-style crooners.

Still, this is Bob Dylan, and fans will love it — at least some of it. The secular tunes are best, especially a trio of obscurities. “The Christmas Blues” swings in the style of Dylan’s recent albums. The bouncy, accordion-driven “Must Be Santa” includes this classic Dylanesque couplet: “Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen; Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon.” And the Hawaiian tune “Christmas Island” is sung with ardor appropriate for someone from Minnesota.

— Steven Wine, Associated Press

Neil Diamond A Cherry Cherry Christmas

For anyone who’s ever turned on their heart light, drank red, red wine or sang along to “Sweet Caroline,” Neil Diamond’s voice is like that of an old friend, so he brings a natural warmth to holiday music.

On his third Christmas CD, A Cherry Cherry Christmas, Diamond

sprinkles a few original songs into a new collection of classics.

He cleverly works the names of his past hits into the hopeful title track. But holiday party guests — and anyone who spent time in the 1960s, ’70s or ’80s — will find themselves singing along with Diamond on Christmas classics such as “Sleigh Ride” and “The Christmas Song.”

He gets jazzy on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and adds ’50s-style harmonies to “White Christmas.” “Winter Wonderland” becomes a rock song. “Deck the Halls/We Wish You a Merry Christmas” gets a capella, Christmas-carol treatment.

He even covers Adam Sandler’s “The Chanukah Song” and inserts a real rock ’n’ roll guitar solo into the silly ditty about famous Jews (like Diamond himself).

Diamond sounds like Americana, and his holiday CD is like Christmas dinner: Warm, comforting and just what you expect.

— Sandy Cohen, Associated Press

Sugarland Gold and Green

Knocking out a Christmas album should have been a lock for the consummately affable country duo Sugarland with their new yuletide release, Gold and Green. Sugarland is the George Foreman grill of country music. No rough edges. Just solid performance for the price.

But they have a hard time convincing they listener they really care here. It sounds like they did this album for no other reason than, well, they were expected to.

Take their rendition of “Holly Jolly Christmas.” Not an ounce of Sugarland breaks through the Johnny Marks classic. Guitarist Kristian Bush takes the lead vocals on this one, but shouldn’t have. I found myself straining to hear the real lead singer Jennifer Nettles’ gorgeous back-up voice instead.

There is barely a Sugarland stamp of style to be found on Gold and Green. There is a way to do a Christmas album and have it feel relevant. Sugarland elected not to make that album.

The only bright spot here is “Coming Home,” and original Sugarland tune that steals the show. It has some country

church revival-styled stops and starts, and a beautifully slow pace that gives Nettles room to tug at your heart with her voice.

— Ron Harris, Associated Press

David Archuleta Christmas from the Heart

David Archuleta may be a teenager but he’s well suited for classic holiday songs like “Silent Night” and “Ave Maria.”

The former American Idol runner-up sings those songs and more on his new holiday CD Christmas from the Heart.

There’s a plethora of holiday music out there with musicians recording holiday music just because, but Archuleta’s recording makes sense. He’s got a powerful, soulful voice that’s beyond his years.

If you’re looking to add to your holiday music collection or get into the spirit of the season, this CD is a good choice.

— Alicia Rancilio, Associated Press

Kathy Griffin Suckin It For the Holidays

Kathy Griffin’s comedy CD Suckin’ It for the Holidays sticks to the format that’s made her successful by serving up a number of jokes at the expense of celebrities.

Just don’t expect her act to be very festive. The CD may be released in time for the holiday season but there are no real holiday jokes in the act.

The real problem with the CD is if you’re a big Kathy Griffin fan and have seen her perform more than once, you may already be familiar with some of the jokes (like about the “Real Housewives” and Suze Orman).

The best jokes are about Justin Timberlake, T.I., and Gayle King.

While the CD is entertaining, it’s not Griffin’s best work. If you’re looking to get a gift for a Griffin fan, get her recently released memoir instead.

— Alicia Rancilio, Associated Press

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Beyonce leads Grammy nominations

By DERRIK J. LANG Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Beyonce has enough Grammy nominations for her and Sasha Fierce.

The omnipresent diva garnered the most Grammy nominations on Wednesday night with 10 nods, including nominations for album of the year for I Am ... Sasha Fierce, song of the year for her anthem “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” and record of the year for Halo.

Country crossover sensation Taylor Swift — the year’s best-selling artist outside of the late Michael Jackson — wasn’t far behind Beyonce.

The 19-year-old got eight nominations, including album of the year for her multiplatinum sophomore disc Fearless, as well as song and record of the year for her hit, “You Belong With Me.” Swift, who has won everything from American Music Awards to Country Music Association trophies to that now-infamous MTV Video Music Award moonman, said her Grammy nominations represented the apex for her.

“To be recognized by the Grammys is the ultimate honor,” said Swift in a telephone call shortly after finding out about her nominations. “The last couple of months has been a nonstop dream come true.”

Another diva was also nominated in all three categories: Lady Gaga. The eccentric entertainer, who had five nominations overall, garnered a best album mention for her debut CD, The Fame, while her “Poker Face” got nominations for record and song of the year.

Other nominees for album of the year included the Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. and Dave Matthews Band’s Big Whiskey and the

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The Black Eyed Peas from left, apl.de.ap, will.i.am, Taboo and Fergie, perform at the Grammy Nominations Concert on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Album of the year nominees The 52nd annual Grammy Awards will be presented in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2010.

“Fearless” Taylor Swift “The E.N.D.” Black Eyed Peas “The Fame” Lady Gaga “Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King” Dave Matthews Band “I Am … Sasha Fierce” Beyonce

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Groogrux King.

The Black Eyed Peas were also nominated for record of the year for their feel-good song, “I Gotta Feeling,” while the Kings of Leon were nominated for “Use Somebody.”

The Kings of Leon hit was also nominated for song of the year, as well as Maxwell’s comeback hit, “Pretty Wings.”

The Black Eyed Peas,

Maxwell and Kanye West got six nominations each, while Jay-Z and DJ David Guetta got five.

The country act the Zac Brown Band was nominated for best new artist, along with R&B siren Keri Hilson, rockers MGMT, the punk duo the Ting Tings and the rock group the Silversun Pickups. The year’s most popular new artist, Lady Gaga, wasn’t in the category because she wasn’t eligible; her single “Just Dance” had been nominated last year, before she was a platinum-selling act; previous Grammy nominees can’t be nominated in the category.

Recording Academy President Neil Portnow said that scenario won’t likely happen again: “There will be some changes so that that particular situation won’t repeat itself.”

The nominations for the Grammys, to be held Jan. 31, were unveiled as part of a prime-time CBS special.

It was the second year in a row that the Recording Academy revealed a hand-

ful of its 109 nominees during a televised concert; in the past, they had been announced during a morning news conference.

But Wednesday’s special gave nominees the chance to perform, such as the Black Eyed Peas, who sang their ubiquitous hit, “I Gotta Feeling,” as well as provided face time for CBS’ stars, like LL Cool J, the rapper-actor who is the star of NCIS: Los Angeles.

Maxwell performed a tribute to Jackson during the special; for Maxwell, the night was a culmination of his comeback after an eight-year layoff.

“This is very surreal for me. I’m not used to this,” said Maxwell. “I’ve been throwing out my trash, buying my milk, and living in basic obscurity ...

To come back and make a record based on my own living experiences and not on my desire to be No. 1 ...

I feel like I’ve already won.

If nothing comes of it it’s already like the cherry on the cake for me.”

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FRIDAY CONCERTS

“Ramblin’” Ray Clevenger When: 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Where: Golden Saw Music Hall, Williams Community, Jacksonville How much: Free Contact: 435-4696

Buddy Wayne When: 7 p.m.

What: Classic country, classic rock Where: American Legion Post 26, 515 E. 18th St., Anniston How much: Free and open to the public Contact: 236-9314 American Idol Stars What: Featuring Alexis Grace and Michael Sarver (Season 8), David Hernandez (Season 7) and Gina Glocksen (Season 6) performing solo, duet and ensemble performances of holiday favorites and other music.

When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: First Baptist Church of Oxford, 95 E. Oak St., Oxford How much: $20. Tickets can be purchased at Cheaha Bank, Noble Bank, Quintard Mall Guest Services or from any Oxford Arts Council member Contact: 225-9595 Larry Keel When: 8:30 p.m.

Where: VFW Post 924, 100 U.S. 431, Anniston How much: $4 Contact: 238-8047 Joker When: 9 p.m.

Where: Jaag’s Lounge, 3805 Alabama 202, Anniston How much: TBD Contact: 231-0802 Prowlerz What: Easy listening, southern rock When: 9 p.m.

Where: Coyote Mike’s, 2810 Alabama 202, Anniston How much: $4

DJ Rockin’ Roger When: 9 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston How much: Free Contact: 832-5000

When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Studio9, 9 Public Square E, Jacksonville (next to Crow Drugs) How much: Free to attend, items priced as marked Contact: 689-8573 or 239-3012

Lonely Pines When: 9 p.m.

Where: Heroes, 8896 McClellan Blvd.

(Old Sports Nut), Jacksonville How much: $3 Contact: 405-4365 or 405-4366

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Leah Pritchard and The Drive What: Country When: 9:30 p.m.

Where: Bama Cowboy Saloon and Steakhouse, 1503 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston How much: $3, women free Contact: 835-7735

Brimstone What: Country When: 6 p.m.

Where: Rabbittown Cafe and Fiddlers Hall, 900 Rabbittown Road, Piedmont How much: $5 donation for the band Contact: 435-8008 (weekends) or 435-3987 (Monday-Friday evenings)

DJ Shon Don When: 9:30 p.m.

Where: Peerless Saloon, 13 W. 10th St., Anniston How much: Free Contact: 237-1899 DJ Vito Libido When: 11 p.m.

Where: Brother’s Bar, 206 Pelham Road S., Jacksonville How much: $3 for 21 and up, $5 for under 21, women free.

Contact: 435-6090

THEATER

Alice in Wonderland What: Presented by Jacksonville High School drama When: 7 p.m.

Where: Jacksonville High School cafetorium, 1000 George Douthit Drive SW., Jacksonville How much: $5, children free with paying adult Contact: 452-1482

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Smalls What: Opening reception of exhibit featuring works on paper 8-by-10 inches and smaller, including prints, photo transfers, paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, mixed media works and digital prints

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CONCERTS

The Flat Busted Band When: 8:30 p.m.

Where: VFW Post 924, 100 U.S. 431, Anniston How much: $4

Contact: 238-8047 DJ Rockin’ Roger When: 9 p.m.

Where: AJ’s Sunset Bar and Grill, 1500 Hillyer Robinson Pkwy., Anniston How much: Free Contact: 832-5000 Joker When: 9 p.m.

Where: Jaag’s Lounge, 3805 Alabama 202, Anniston How much: TBD Contact: 231-0802 Prowlerz What: Easy listening, southern rock When: 9 p.m.

Where: Coyote Mike’s, 2810 Alabama 202, Anniston How much: $4 Contact: 237-2227

From the Smalls exhibit at Studio9

exhibits Smalls What: Featuring works on paper 8-by10 inches and smaller, including prints, photo transfers, paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, mixed media works and digital prints When: Through Jan. 17. Gallery is open Fridays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and by appointment Where: Studio9, 9 Public Square E (next to Crow Drugs), Jacksonville How much: Free to attend, items priced as marked Contact: 689-8573 or 239-3012 Senior Art Exhibition Fall 2009 What: Projects from graduating seniors in Jacksonville State University’s art department When: Through Dec. 16. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Where: Hammond Hall gallery, JSU campus How much: Free Contact: 782-8257

Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Dangerous What: Live reptiles, wildlife photography, educational panels and more When: Through Jan. 10. Museum hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

Where: Anniston Museum of Natural History, 800 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: $8 per adult, $6 per child, with children 3 and under free Contact: 237-6766 Gee’s Bend Quilts When: Through Jan. 2. Museum hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m.

Where: Berman Museum of World History, 840 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: $5 for adults, $4.50 for seniors, $4 for children 4-17, children 3 and under free Contact: 237-6261 or www.bermanmuseum.org

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Southern Nites When: 9:30 p.m.

Where: Heroes, 8896 McClellan Blvd.

(Old Sports Nut), Jacksonville How much: $3 Contact: 405-4365 or 405-4366 People Like Us What: Rock When: 11 p.m.

Where: Brother’s Bar, 206 Pelham Road S., Jacksonville How much: $3 for 21 and up, $5 for under 21 Contact: 435-6090

THEATER

Alice in Wonderland What: Presented by Jacksonville High School drama When: 7 p.m.

Where: Jacksonville High School cafetorium, 1000 George Douthit Drive SW., Jacksonville How much: $5, children free with paying adult Contact: 452-1482

EXHIBIT

Smalls What: Opening reception of exhibit featuring works on paper 8-by-10 inches and smaller, including prints, photo transfers, paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, mixed media works and digital prints When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Studio9, 9 Public Square E, Jacksonville (next to Crow Drugs), How much: Free to attend, items priced as marked Contact: 689-8573 or 239-3012

EVENT

Vintage Bazaar What: Consignment sale of vintage and unique treasures offered by Berman Museum members and others When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Berman Museum of World History, 840 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: Free to attend, items priced as marked Contact: 237-6261

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sunDAY

CONCERTS

Calhoun County Civic Chorale Winter Concert What: Featuring The Te Deum in C Major

by Franz Josef Haydn and Camille Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio When: 3 p.m.

Where: First Presbyterian Church of Anniston, 1701 Henry Road, Anniston How much: Free Contact: 782-5544

EVENTS

Eighth Annual Talladega Tour of Homes When: 1-5 p.m.

How much: $10 in advance, $12 the day of tour. All proceeds donated to childrens’ charities.

Contact: 362-9065 The Nutcracker What: Alabama Ballet presents George Balanchine’s choreographed dance When: 2 p.m.

Where: Anniston Performing Arts Center, Anniston High School, 1301 Woodstock Ave., Anniston How much: $20 for adults, $12 for children, $30 for reserved seating. Tickets can be purchased at Noble Bank and Couch’s Anniston/Oxford, Rabbit Hutch, Think Toys, Golden Springs Pharmacy, Farmers and Merchants Bank of Jacksonville.

Contact: 832-4554 Vintage Bazaar What: Consignment sale of vintage and unique treasures offered by Berman Museum members and others When: 1-5 p.m.

Where: Berman Museum of World History, 840 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: Free to attend, items priced as marked Contact: 237-6261

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monDAY

EVENT

Vintage Bazaar What: Consignment sale of vintage and unique treasures offered by Berman Museum members and others When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Berman Museum of World History, 840 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: Free to attend, items priced as marked Contact: 237-6261

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EVENT

Vintage Bazaar What: Consignment sale of vintage and unique treasures offered by Berman Museum members and others When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Berman Museum of World History, 840 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: Free to attend, items priced as marked Contact: 237-6261

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EVENT

Dance Party with Scuba Steve When: 11 p.m.

Where: Brother’s Bar, 206 Pelham Road S., Jacksonville How much: $3, women free Contact: 435-6090

To contribute to the free calendar, call Deirdre Long at 235-3589 or e-mail dlong@ annistonstar.com. Items must be received at least seven days in advance.

Vintage Bazaar What: Consignment sale of vintage and unique treasures offered by Berman Museum members and others When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Berman Museum of World History, 840 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: Free to attend, items priced as marked Contact: 237-6261

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CONCERTS

Bike night feat. Firewater When: 6 p.m.

Where: Coyote Mike’s, 2810 Alabama 202, Anniston How much: Free Contact: 237-2227 Chuck and Greg When: 8 p.m.

Where: Damn Yankees Steak and Oyster Bar, 919 Noble St., Anniston How much: Free Contact: 236-7000 Lindsey Hinkle When: 9:30 p.m.

Where: Heroes, 8896 McClellan Blvd (Old Sports Nut), Jacksonville How much: Free Contact: 405-4365 or 405-4366 The Dave Matthews Tribute Band When: 11 p.m.

Where: Brother’s Bar, 206 Pelham Road S., Jacksonville How much: $5 for 21 and up, $7 under 21 Contact: 435-6090

EVENT

Vintage Bazaar What: Consignment sale of vintage and unique treasures offered by Berman Museum members and others When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Berman Museum of World History, 840 Museum Drive, Anniston How much: Free to attend, items priced as marked Contact: 237-6261

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FINAL EXAMINATION

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By Deirdre Long dlong@annistonstar.com

Everyone has heard the expression about starving artists, but for the graduating seniors in Jacksonville State University’s art department, the future doesn’t seem so grim. Even with a down economy and jobs being scarce, these artists are keeping their chins up.

“There’s always a risk with (starting your own business) because you’re basing your sales on the economy,” said Harper Brown, who is receiving her bachelor’s of fine art in ceramics, during the opening reception to the Fall 2009 Senior Art Exhibition at Hammond Hall gallery on the JSU campus Tuesday night. Brown and her husband plan on moving back to their home in Valley Head and opening their own business where they will sell ceramics, homemade soaps and papers and a variety of other items.

She thinks she’ll have more luck depending on herself for income, especially since she doesn’t have a master’s degree.

“I’m gutsy and I feel like I’m a business woman,” she said. “I know how to sell things and approach people. I’d rather do this than drive to work.”

She believes that even with people spending less, the functional value of her handmade plates, bowls, mugs, serving platters and other creations will still generate business.

“I guess that’s why I’m drawn to it,” she said. “I’m a practical person and it’s economical. People tend to want a more handmade thing, but there’s always a risk.”

Senior graphic designer Bonnie Garmony hasn’t landed a post-graduation job yet, but she has applied for some. If she doesn’t get a job, she says she’ll probably end up interning somewhere.

“I don’t think it’s any harder than any other job,” Garmony said of trying to find a job with a degree in art. “Last time I saw the want ads there were four (jobs open for graphic designers). So maybe it has dried up some. But you know, the economy goes up and down.”

Her senior project is a series of posters that tries to twist people’s perspective of common objects, such as a rose, candle and knife. Her long-term goal is to move out of the state and do cartooning, maybe to California, or to Atlanta to work for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.

Marvin Shaw, the senior seminar professor for art students at JSU, says the art department officials have not noticed a recession in the art world yet, but does

Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press

Vince Mrazovich fills the tires on the bicycles from a work by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled “Dynamo Secession,” in preparation for Art Basel Miami Beach at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, Fla.

Art Basel Miami Beach galleries expect collectors

By LISA ORKIN EMMANUEL Associated Press

Photos by Bill Wilson/The Anniston Star

RIGHT: Jacksonville State University senior Harper Brown looks at her ceramic pieces at the opening reception of the Fall 2009 Senior Art Exhibition at Hammond Hall gallery Tuesday night. ABOVE: Graphic designer Jonathan Schmidt stands in front of a projection of his senior project.

Artists on exhibit Harper Brown, BFA/Ceramics Jonathan Schmidt, BA/Graphic Design Paige Jolley, BFA/Graphic Design Bonnie Garmony, BFA/Graphic Design Kaycie Phillips, BA/Photography

admit that they only deal with a small number of students. His class prepares graduating seniors for graduate school and working in their field post-graduation.

“What I insist on telling them is that they need to be ready to move elsewhere,” he said. “The big cities is where it is.”

He says that making sure the students are prepared to get a job is part of all the art instructors’ jobs. He tells his students that it takes at least three years for an artist to introduce themselves to the world and get their name and product out and break even, as far as investing goes.

“You’ve got to introduce yourself to society and show them what you have and make a lot of it,” he said. “Getting work in the right place at the right time is something you have to work at all the time. Hopefully, that’s what we’ve been teaching them.”

The Senior Art Exhibition is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the Hammond Hall gallery on the JSU campus. The exhibit runs through Dec. 18 and is free and open to the public. For more information, call 782-5626.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The collectors are back.

That’s what Art Basel Miami Beach organizers and galleries are expecting.

They say recent auctions and art fairs have indicated that collectors are again acquiring high art and that they are not afraid to reach into their pockets and spend money this year during the fair, which opens Thursday.

“It was quite clear that the American collectors were back and participating,” Bonnie Clearwater, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, said. “So, there seems to be a lot of optimism.”

Dealers agree.

“I think they are buying again,” said Steven Henry, director of the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York. “I wouldn’t say the market has rebounded in full. ... I think what you are seeing is slightly more confidence in the economy.”

Henry will be bringing about 30 works from about 16 artists, including Sherrie Levine’s bronze Coat.

Jane Cohan of the James Cohan Gallery in New York says her expectations are very high since gallery sales are back up to pre-recession levels.

“It’s been really growing over the

course of the fall. The last three or four weeks have been really good,” she said. “I think the auction market really gave a lot of buoyancy to the market and has built consumer confidence. I think people are back at feeling OK at spending on art.”

In mid-November, Andy Warhol’s “200 One Dollar Bills,” brought in $43.8 million at auction at Sotheby’s, more than three times its highest pre-sale estimate of $12 million. Meanwhile, at Christie’s, sales of postwar and contemporary art totaled $74.1 million, within its pre-sale estimate of $66.9 million to $94 million.

Marc Spiegler, co-director Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, says it is always hard to predict sales. But indications are “pretty optimistic.”

“People were predicting that dozens if not hundreds of galleries would close and that hasn’t happened,” he said.

Museum curators are expected to come.

“The number of museum groups from all over the United States and the rest of the world is on par with last year and previous years,” he said. “When you have good art that’s available, there’s a market for it. ... The art market is still part of the general economy and those people feel confident about their economic situation and those who want to buy art will buy art.”

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FINAL EXAMINATION

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By Deirdre Long dlong@annistonstar.com

Everyone has heard the expression about starving artists, but for the graduating seniors in Jacksonville State University’s art department, the future doesn’t seem so grim. Even with a down economy and jobs being scarce, these artists are keeping their chins up.

“There’s always a risk with (starting your own business) because you’re basing your sales on the economy,” said Harper Brown, who is receiving her bachelor’s of fine art in ceramics, during the opening reception to the Fall 2009 Senior Art Exhibition at Hammond Hall gallery on the JSU campus Tuesday night. Brown and her husband plan on moving back to their home in Valley Head and opening their own business where they will sell ceramics, homemade soaps and papers and a variety of other items.

She thinks she’ll have more luck depending on herself for income, especially since she doesn’t have a master’s degree.

“I’m gutsy and I feel like I’m a business woman,” she said. “I know how to sell things and approach people. I’d rather do this than drive to work.”

She believes that even with people spending less, the functional value of her handmade plates, bowls, mugs, serving platters and other creations will still generate business.

“I guess that’s why I’m drawn to it,” she said. “I’m a practical person and it’s economical. People tend to want a more handmade thing, but there’s always a risk.”

Senior graphic designer Bonnie Garmony hasn’t landed a post-graduation job yet, but she has applied for some. If she doesn’t get a job, she says she’ll probably end up interning somewhere.

“I don’t think it’s any harder than any other job,” Garmony said of trying to find a job with a degree in art. “Last time I saw the want ads there were four (jobs open for graphic designers). So maybe it has dried up some. But you know, the economy goes up and down.”

Her senior project is a series of posters that tries to twist people’s perspective of common objects, such as a rose, candle and knife. Her long-term goal is to move out of the state and do cartooning, maybe to California, or to Atlanta to work for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.

Marvin Shaw, the senior seminar professor for art students at JSU, says the art department officials have not noticed a recession in the art world yet, but does

Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press

Vince Mrazovich fills the tires on the bicycles from a work by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled “Dynamo Secession,” in preparation for Art Basel Miami Beach at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, Fla.

Art Basel Miami Beach galleries expect collectors

By LISA ORKIN EMMANUEL Associated Press

Photos by Bill Wilson/The Anniston Star

RIGHT: Jacksonville State University senior Harper Brown looks at her ceramic pieces at the opening reception of the Fall 2009 Senior Art Exhibition at Hammond Hall gallery Tuesday night. ABOVE: Graphic designer Jonathan Schmidt stands in front of a projection of his senior project.

Artists on exhibit Harper Brown, BFA/Ceramics Jonathan Schmidt, BA/Graphic Design Paige Jolley, BFA/Graphic Design Bonnie Garmony, BFA/Graphic Design Kaycie Phillips, BA/Photography

admit that they only deal with a small number of students. His class prepares graduating seniors for graduate school and working in their field post-graduation.

“What I insist on telling them is that they need to be ready to move elsewhere,” he said. “The big cities is where it is.”

He says that making sure the students are prepared to get a job is part of all the art instructors’ jobs. He tells his students that it takes at least three years for an artist to introduce themselves to the world and get their name and product out and break even, as far as investing goes.

“You’ve got to introduce yourself to society and show them what you have and make a lot of it,” he said. “Getting work in the right place at the right time is something you have to work at all the time. Hopefully, that’s what we’ve been teaching them.”

The Senior Art Exhibition is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the Hammond Hall gallery on the JSU campus. The exhibit runs through Dec. 18 and is free and open to the public. For more information, call 782-5626.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The collectors are back.

That’s what Art Basel Miami Beach organizers and galleries are expecting.

They say recent auctions and art fairs have indicated that collectors are again acquiring high art and that they are not afraid to reach into their pockets and spend money this year during the fair, which opens Thursday.

“It was quite clear that the American collectors were back and participating,” Bonnie Clearwater, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, said. “So, there seems to be a lot of optimism.”

Dealers agree.

“I think they are buying again,” said Steven Henry, director of the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York. “I wouldn’t say the market has rebounded in full. ... I think what you are seeing is slightly more confidence in the economy.”

Henry will be bringing about 30 works from about 16 artists, including Sherrie Levine’s bronze Coat.

Jane Cohan of the James Cohan Gallery in New York says her expectations are very high since gallery sales are back up to pre-recession levels.

“It’s been really growing over the

course of the fall. The last three or four weeks have been really good,” she said. “I think the auction market really gave a lot of buoyancy to the market and has built consumer confidence. I think people are back at feeling OK at spending on art.”

In mid-November, Andy Warhol’s “200 One Dollar Bills,” brought in $43.8 million at auction at Sotheby’s, more than three times its highest pre-sale estimate of $12 million. Meanwhile, at Christie’s, sales of postwar and contemporary art totaled $74.1 million, within its pre-sale estimate of $66.9 million to $94 million.

Marc Spiegler, co-director Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, says it is always hard to predict sales. But indications are “pretty optimistic.”

“People were predicting that dozens if not hundreds of galleries would close and that hasn’t happened,” he said.

Museum curators are expected to come.

“The number of museum groups from all over the United States and the rest of the world is on par with last year and previous years,” he said. “When you have good art that’s available, there’s a market for it. ... The art market is still part of the general economy and those people feel confident about their economic situation and those who want to buy art will buy art.”

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Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood. Å Rogue Nature ’ Å Rogue Nature “Lions” Animal Cops Animal Cops Untamed and Uncut ’ Untamed and Uncut ’ Killing for a Living ’ Weird Weird Superfetch ANPL It’s Me or the Dog ’ You Eat Gordon-F Word Ramsay’s Kitchen Ramsay’s Kitchen Top Gear Å Top Gear Å Torchwood BBC The Hotel Inspector ’ How Clean How Clean You Are What You Eat You Eat Harlem Harlem Harlem Monica Monica Chris Chris The Game The Game The Game The Game The Game The Game The Game The Game ›› “Beauty Shop” (2005) Å BET Harlem Biography Å The Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special Å Star Trek Log Biography Å Shatner Shatner The Unexplained Å The Unexplained Å Unexplained Mysteries Mysteries BIO Housewives-Atl Housewives-Atl Housewives-Atl Launch My Line Å Chef Academy Top Chef: Las Vegas Top Chef: Las Vegas Top Chef: Las Vegas Launch BRAVO Real Housewives Top 20 Countdown Lance Smith. ’ Insider Strict Parents Strictest Parents Strict Parents Cribs ’ ›› “Footloose” (1984) Kevin Bacon. ’ CMTV Invitation Only ’ ›› “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult” Scrubs ’ Scrubs ’ Scrubs ’ Scrubs ’ ›› “Idiocracy” (2006) Luke Wilson. Å ›› “Accepted” (2006) Å COMEDY ››› “Shaun of the Dead” (2004) Å Dirty Jobs ’ Å Storm Chasers Å Storm Chasers Å Storm Chasers Å Storm Chasers Å Storm Chasers Å Storm Chasers Å Storm Chasers Å MythBust DISC Dirty Jobs ’ Å Imag.

Jungle Phineas Phineas ›› “Cadet Kelly” (2002, Comedy-Drama) Hilary Lizzie Lizzie Lizzie Lizzie Hannah Hannah Hannah Hannah Hannah Hannah “Santa DISN Movers Junction and Ferb and Ferb Duff, Christy Carlson Romano. ’ Å McGuire McGuire McGuire McGuire Montana Montana Montana Montana Montana Montana Claus” The Soup Daily 10 Soup Mystery When a Child Vanishes Teenage Trafficking Little Girl Gone Murder Extreme Dr. 90210 Girls Girls ››› “The Wedding Singer” E! ●College Football West Virginia at Rutgers. (Live) Score College Football Score Score ESPN ●College GameDay From Atlanta. (Live) Å ●College Football Conference USA, Final: Houston at East Carolina. (Live) ●College Basketball St. John’s at Duke. (Live) ●College Basketball Wake Forest at Gonzaga.

Expedition ●SportsCenter Å Score ESPN2 Grateful “The Dog Who Saved Christmas” (2009) Å ››› “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001) Daniel Radcliffe. Å ››› “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (2002) Daniel Radcliffe. Å FAM Richie Chef Home Paula Cooking Ingred. Fix Giada Contessa Challenge Bobby Flay Dinner: Impossible Iron Chef America Good Eats Best Thing FOOD Minute Poker2Nite Update College Basketball SEC Preview Preview NFL Play ACC Bskt. Men College Basketball FOXSS ShipShape Outdoors ●SEC Gridiron Live ’70s Show ›› “Bedazzled” (2000) Brendan Fraser. ›› “Big Momma’s House” (2000) Nia Long › “Big Momma’s House 2” (2006) Martin Lawrence. ››› “Home Alone” (1990) Macaulay Culkin.

Christmas FX ››› “Bandolero!” (1968) James Stewart. ››› “The Detective” (1968) Frank Sinatra. ›› “Guilty Conscience” (1985) Blythe Danner ››› “The Seven-Ups” (1974) FXM ›› “Man in the Middle” (1964, Drama) Å Fam. Feud Newlywed Catch 21 1 vs. 100 ’ Å Deal or No Deal Å Deal or No Deal Å Fam Feud Fam Feud Newlywed Catch 21 Be a Millionaire 1 vs. 100 ’ Å Deal No GSN Chain “A Christmas Visitor” (2002, Drama) William De- “The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue” (1996, Dra- “The National Tree” (2009, Drama) Andrew Mc“Meet the Santas” (2005) Steve Guttenberg. A “The Most Wonderful Time of the HALL vane, Meredith Baxter, Reagan Pasternak. Å ma) Diana Scarwid, Robert Urich.

Carthy, Kari Matchett, Evan Williams. Å man, his fiancee and her mother plan a wedding.

Year” (2008) Henry Winkler. Å › “Bride Wars” (2009) ‘PG’ Å › “Fool’s Gold” (2008, Action) ’ ‘PG-13’ Å “The Day the Earth Stood Still” ’ ›› “Eagle Eye” (2008) Shia LaBeouf. ‘PG-13’ HBO The UCLA Dynasty ’ › “Held Up” (2000) Jamie Foxx.

Hammer Over Head Carter Can To Sell Curb Buck Money My Kitchen Divine Genevieve Color Colour Outside Dime Get It Sold To Sell Income For Rent H&G Sweat The True Story of Killing Gangland “Sin City” Las Gangland The LMG of Gangland “To Torture or Gangland La Gran Famil- Gangland “Killing Snitch- Gangland “Die, Snitch, Gangland “Trinity of Gangland “Street Law” Modern HIST Pablo Å Vegas. Å Memphis, Tenn. Å Kill?” Phoenix. Å ia of Atlanta. Å es” Å Die” New Orleans.

Blood” Å Å Marvels “Deck the Halls” (2005) Gabrielle Carteris. Å “Recipe for a Perfect Christmas” (2005) Å “A Boyfriend for Christmas” (2004) Å Under LIFE Paid Prog. Paid Prog. ›› “A Different Kind of Christmas” (1996) “Harold & Kumar Escape” ›› “3000 Miles to Graceland” (2001) Kurt Russell. ’ ‘R’ ›› “Easy Money” (1983) ‘R’ Å ›› “Street Kings” (2008) Keanu Reeves. ‘R’ ››› “Crimson Tide” MAX ›› “Shoot ’Em Up” Hitler’s-Secret: AU-864 Nazi London ’ Top Sniper “Science” Top Sniper ’ Å Modern Sniper “Army” Special Ops Mission Special Ops Mission Special Ops Mission Weapons MILIT Battleplan ’ Å Real World-Road Rules For the Love of Ray J Strict Parents Strictest Parents Jersey Shore ’ “Adam Sandler’s-Crazy Nights” MTV Jersey Shore ’ I Fell From the Sky I Came Away Alive Fight Science I Came Back Science of Gigantism Science of Dwarfism Fight Science Science of Obesity Explorer NGEO Strong Men Barnyard Mighty B Sponge Sponge iCarly ’ iCarly ’ The Fairly OddParents Penguins Penguins Sponge Sponge iCarly ’ iCarly ’ iCarly ’ iCarly ’ iCarly ’ NICK Penguins Fanboy World Rally Champ.

Colossal Construction Colossal Construction Geologic Journey Å Geologic Journey Å Geologic Journey Å Geologic Journey Å Weird Creatures How-Made SCIENCE Top 10 Crashes Love in a Time of HIV › “Superhero Movie” (2008) Å Dexter “Lost Boys” ’ ››› “Rescue Dawn” (2006) Christian Bale.

“Nobel Son” (2007) Alan Rickman. ‘R’ In NFL SHOW › “An American Affair” (2009) ‘R’ Beverly Hills, 90210 ’ Beverly Hills, 90210 ’ Beverly Hills, 90210 ’ Beverly Hills, 90210 ’ Gilmore Girls ’ Å Gilmore Girls ’ Å Being Erica ’ Bank of Mom and Dad The Young SOAP One Tree Hill ’ Å Edge Drag Boats German Touring Cars British Touring Car IHRA Drag Racing Off Road Race Off Road Race Ultimate Factories Ultimate Factories Factories SPEED Low Life Garage The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter Ult. Fighter SPIKE The Ultimate Fighter Tech Phenoms Golf Raceline 3 Wide My Words College Flash Classics XTERRA Ult. Boarder 3 Wide Raceline Golf Golf Am. Hockey SPSO Outdoors ACC ››› “Identity” (2003) John Cusack. Å › “Ultraviolet” (2006) Milla Jovovich. Å Men Blk 2 SYFY “100 Million BC” (2008) › “A Sound of Thunder” (2005) Edward Burns. “Lake Placid 2” (2007) John Schneider. Å Bugtime Auto B. Hopkins God Rocks Friends Ishine Goliath Kids Club McGee Stories Bibleman Storykeepr News Child of the Promise Seasonal music.

Memories TBN Wonder ›› “Laws of Attraction” (2004) › “Surviving Christmas” (2004, Comedy) Ben Affleck.

Raymond Raymond Jim King King Seinfeld The Office TBS ›› “Corrina, Corrina” (1994) Å ›› “Murder Ahoy!” (1964, Mystery) Margaret ››› “Fitzwilly” (1967, Comedy) Dick ››› “Holiday Affair” (1949) Robert ››› “The Clock” (1945) Judy Garland. A soldier ›››› “My Fair Lady” (1964) Audrey Hepburn. Professor Henry TCM Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries. Å Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon.

Mitchum, Janet Leigh. Å on a 48-hour leave falls in love in New York.

Higgins bets he can refine cockney Eliza Doolittle.

Property Ladder Å Home Made Simple ’ What Not to Wear ’ Dress Dress Dress Dress 48 Hr-Evidence 48 Hr-Evidence 48 Hr-Evidence 48 Hours TLC Property Ladder Å Law & Order “Faccia a The Closer “Next of Kin” ››› “Minority Report” (2002, Science Fiction) Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell. A ››› “Mission: Impossible III” (2006) Tom Cruise. Agent Ethan ››› “The Rock” (1996, Action) Sean Connery, TNT Faccia” Å (DVS) (Part 2 of 2) Å cop tries to establish his innocence in a future crime. Å Hunt faces the toughest villain of his career. Å Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris. Å Garfield Garfield “Scooby Doo and the Monster” Chowder Chowder Flapjack Flapjack ›› “Agent Cody Banks” (2003) Hilary Duff Bakugan TOON Flapjack Flapjack Chowder Chowder Garfield GoodTime GoodTime GoodTime GoodTime GoodTime GoodTime GoodTime GoodTime GoodTime Sanford Sanford Sanford Sanford TVLND ››› “The Pelican Brief” (1993) Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington. ›› “Bringing Down the House” (2003) Å ›› “Liar Liar” (1997) Jim Carrey. Å ››› “Elf” (2003, Comedy) Will Ferrell. Å ››› “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” USA ›› “In & Out” (1997) Kevin Kline. Å Tough Love ’ Tough Love ’ Sex-Dr. Drew Sex-Dr. Drew Sex-Dr. Drew Sex-Dr. Drew Dr. Drew VH1 Top 20 Countdown ’ › “Jury Duty” (1995, Comedy) Pauly Shore. ’ CABLE NEWS Steam Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Dirt-Dust Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Google CNBC Sanitize Newsroom Newsroom Your Money Newsroom Newsroom Newsroom Newsroom Situation Room Newsroom CNN Newsroom C-SPAN Weekend President Commun. Courts CSPAN C-SPAN Weekend Book TV Book TV Book TV Book TV Book TV Book TV Book TV Encore Booknotes Book TV CSPAN2 Book TV Business Forbes Cashin’ In America’s News HQ Journal Watch Glenn Beck America’s News HQ America’s News HQ Report FNC Bulls Verdict: You Decide Murder on Lovers Lane Deadly Dreams Forbidden Love The Confessions of a Serial Killer Criminal MSNBC MSNBC News Live (N) MSNBC News Live (N) Deadly Secret

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Wheel of Fortune “Armed ●College Football Big 12 Championship -- Nebraska vs. Texas. From Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Live) ABC 33/40 News at 10PM H WJSU Forces” Å (N) ●SEC Championship Medium “Then... and Again” Allison wakes up five CSI: NY “Help” ’ Å 48 Hours Mystery “Justice in the Heartland” A father’s Inside Sports ’ CSI: Miami “Internal AfJ WIAT Postgame years in the past. ’ Å disappearance haunts a town. (N) ’ Å fairs” ’ Å ››› “Batman” (1989, Action) Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger. The Caped Crusader vows to rid Gotham City of the Joker. ’ Time Life Music Å Paid Program ’ L WPXH ›› Miami Vice (2006) ●Titan’s All Access ›› “Evil Alien Conquerors” (2002) Diedrich Bader. Two aliens must behead every human on Earth.

American Chopper Bowling-themed bike. ’ Å Everybody Hates Chris ¥ WABM Half & Half ’ Å CABLE ENTERTAINMENT Local Programming College Football Action News Nightbeat ^ TV-2 Entertainment Tonight Criminal Minds “Children of the Dark” ’ Å Criminal Minds “Seven Seconds” ’ Å Criminal Minds “About Face” ’ Å CSI: Miami “Miami Confidential” ’ Å A&E Criminal Minds ’ Å ››› “Two Mules for Sis- ››› “White Christmas” (1954, Musical Comedy) Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney. Premiere. Four entertainers try to save ››› “White Christmas” (1954, Musical Comedy) Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, AMC ter Sara” (1970) Å an innkeeper from ruin. Å Rosemary Clooney. Four entertainers try to save an innkeeper from ruin. Å Dogs 101 ’ Å Dogs 101 “Rare Breeds” (N) ’ World’s Ugliest Dog Competition ’ Å Dogs 101 “Rare Breeds” ’ ANPL SuperFetch ’ Robin Hood “The Enemy of My Enemy” ’ Å Robin Hood ’ Å The Graham Norton Show Stephen Fry; Bill Bailey.

Robin Hood “The Enemy of My Enemy” ’ Å BBC Torchwood “Sleeper” ›› “Little Richard” (2000) Leon. The flamboyant musician experiences highs and lows. Å BET ›› Beauty Shop (2005) 2009 Soul Train Awards From Atlanta. Å Unexplained Mysteries Haunted History Ernest Hemingway’s ghost. Å Ghostly Encounters Ghostly Encounters (N) Celebrity Ghost Stories (N) Å Shatner’s Raw Nerve Jenna Jameson. Å BIO The Real Housewives of Orange County Å ››› “The Fugitive” (1993, Suspense) Harrison Ford. Premiere. An innocent man must evade the law as he pursues a killer. ››› The Fugitive BRAVO Launch My Line Å World’s Strictest Parents ’ Meet the Wilsons (N) ’ Meet the Wilsons (N) ’ Meet the Wilsons (N) ’ Meet the Wilsons (N) ’ World’s Strictest Parents ’ CMTV ›› Footloose (1984) “Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder” (2009, Comedy) Voices of Billy West, Katey Sagal. Å ››› “Hot Fuzz” (2007) Simon Pegg, Nick Frost. Grisly accidents rock a sleepy British village. Å COMEDY ›› Accepted (2006) MythBusters “Holiday Special” Holiday myths. ’ MythBusters “Crash and Burn” ’ Å MythBusters The team takes on five fan favorites.

MythBusters “Holiday Special” Holiday myths. ’ DISC MythBusters ’ Å ›› “The Santa Clause 2” (2002, Comedy) Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, David › “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” (2006, Comedy) Tim Allen. Jack Hannah Montana Miley’s Wizards of Waverly Place That’s So Raven Eddie DISN Krumholtz. Santa must get married in order to keep his job. ’ ‘G’ Å Frost wants to freeze Santa out of the North Pole. ’ ‘G’ Å crush caught on tape. ’ “Graphic Novel” wants help buying a car.

The Wedding Singer › “The Sweetest Thing” (2002, Romance-Comedy) Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate. Premiere.

12 Sexiest Vegas Jobs Sexy careers in Las Vegas.

The Soup Chelsea Lately E! ●College Football ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech. From Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (Live) ●SportsCenter (Live) Å ESPN Scoreboard ●College Football South Florida at Connecticut. (Live) Scoreboard College Football ESPN2 Scoreboard ››› “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. The young wizard confronts the fugitive Sirius Black. Å › “Home Alone 3” (1997) Alex D. Linz. Å FAM Harry Potter-Chamber Guy’s Disney Holiday (N) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives “Best From the Road” Iron Chef America “Flay vs. Morimoto” FOOD Guy Fieri’s Top of Class Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives ●SEC Basketball Season Preview ●NBA Basketball Atlanta Hawks at Dallas Mavericks. From American Airlines Center in Dallas. (Subject to Blackout) (Live) ●The Final Score (Live) FOXSS College Basketball ›› “Christmas With the Kranks” (2004) Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis. › “Deck the Halls” (2006) Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick. Neighbors clash over decoration glare.

It’s Always Sunny The League FX ››› “Miller’s Crossing” (1990, Crime Drama) Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden. Å ››› “Miller’s Crossing” (1990, Crime Drama) Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden. Å FXM ››› The Seven-Ups Family Feud Å Family Feud ’ Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å 1 vs. 100 ’ Å The Newlywed Game Catch 21 Å GSN Deal or No Deal ’ Å “The Most Wonderful “Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle” (2009, Drama) James Van Der Beek, Erin Karpluk, Doris Roberts. Pre“Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle” (2009, Drama) James Van Der Beek, Erin Karpluk, Doris Roberts. A sinHALL Time of the Year” (2008) miere. A single father hires a nanny for his 6-year-old twins. Å gle father hires a nanny for his 6-year-old twins. Å ›› “Taken” (2009, Action) Liam Neeson. Premiere. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Boxing Sergio Martinez vs. Paul Williams, Middleweights. ’ (Live) Å ›› Taken (2009) Å HBO ›› Eagle Eye (2008) Sandra Lee Celebrates: Magical Merry Christmas Color Splash Å Color Splash Å House Hunters Å House Hunters Å House Hunters House Hunters H&G House Hunters Å Modern Marvels “Police Pawn Stars 1965 Shelby Pawn Stars “Fired Up” Å Cowboys & Outlaws “The Real Billy the Kid” The story Cowboys & Outlaws “Frontier Hitman” Investigating Cowboys & Outlaws “Range War” Wyoming’s range HIST Pursuit” Å racecar. Å of Billy the Kid. (N) Å the life of Tom Horn. (N) Å war of 1889. (N) Å “12 Men of Christmas” (2009, Romance-Comedy) Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Hopkins. Premiere. Å “12 Men of Christmas” (2009) Kristin Chenoweth.

LIFE “Undercover Christmas” (2003) Jami Gertz, Shawn Christian. Å ›› “Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay” (2008, Comedy) Kal Penn. ’ ‘R’ Å ››› “Gran Torino” (2008, Drama) Clint Eastwood. A veteran faces his longtime prejudices. ‘R’ Å MAX ››› Crimson Tide ‘R’ Ultimate Weapons Man-portable weapons. ’ Å Ultimate Weapons “Close Quarter Battle” ’ Å Ultimate Weapons The power of sniper rifles. ’ Ultimate Weapons Man-portable weapons. ’ Å MILIT Ultimate Weapons Å South Park “Cow Days” South Park ’ Å For the Love of Ray J ’ Gone Too Far Meth addict’s chilling secret. ’ Real World/Road Rules Challenge ’ Å MTV Adam Sandler’s Death Fog (N) Alaska State Troopers “Ice Patrol” Locked Up Abroad “Cuzco” Death Fog NGEO Explorer iCarly Carly and Sam help a pair of comedians. (N) Big Time Rush A boy and his friends form a band.

George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å NICK iCarly ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å Head Games ’ How Do They Do It? ’ How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å How It’s Made ’ Å SCIENCE How It’s Made ’ Dexter “Lost Boys” (iTV) ’ Å ››› “Transsiberian” (2008) Woody Harrelson. A couple’s train journey takes a deadly turn. ‘R’ Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam SHOW ●Inside the NFL Å The Young and the Restless Tuesday ’ Å The Young and the Restless Wednesday ’ Å The Young and the Restless Thursday ’ Å The Young and the Restless Friday ’ Å SOAP Young & the Restless Ultimate Factories “Fire Trucks” Ultimate Factories BMW’s American factory.

Ultimate Factories “Harley” Ultimate Factories “Corvette” Corvette.

SPEED Ultimate Factories ●The Ultimate Fighter ’ (Live) SPIKE The Ultimate Fighter ’ ●In My Own Words ●Spotlight Thrashers Post NHL Hockey Atlanta Thrashers at Florida Panthers.

SPSO ●NHL Hockey Atlanta Thrashers at Florida Panthers. From the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. (Live) ›› “National Treasure” (2004, Adventure) Nicolas Cage, Hunter Gomez, Diane Kruger. A man tries to steal the Declaration of Independence. Å SYFY ›› “Men in Black II” (2002) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith. Premiere.

In Touch With Dr. Charles Stanley Å Hour of Power Å Billy Graham Classic Crusades Drive Thru History Å Travel the Road Å TBN Precious Mem. The Office Å The Office ’ Å ››› “Dan in Real Life” (2007) Steve Carell. An advice columnist falls for his brother’s girlfriend. ›› “Bewitched” (2005) Nicole Kidman.

TBS The Office Å ›››› “My Fair Lady” ››› “Random Harvest” (1942, Drama) Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn. A love-struck woman re- ››› “The Talk of the Town” (1942, Comedy) Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman. An alleged arsonist TCM (1964) Å builds an amnesiac’s shattered life. Å hides in a law professor’s rented home. Å On the Case With Paula Zahn A casino owner dies. Kidnapped for 18 Years: The Jaycee Dugard Story TLC 48 Hours: Hard Evidence Kidnapped for 18 Years: The Jaycee Dugard Story On the Case With Paula Zahn “Honeymoon Hit” ››› “The Rock” (1996) ››› “War of the Worlds” (2005, Science Fiction) Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto. A man and his children try to survive an ››› “Men in Black” (1997, Comedy) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda TNT Sean Connery. alien invasion. Å Fiorentino. Secret agents monitor extraterrestrial activity on Earth. Å Batman: Brave The Secret Saturdays Justice League King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å The PJs ’ Å The Boondocks TOON Super Hero Squad Show Teen Titans “Haunted” Sanford and Son Sanford and Son Å Sanford and Son Å Sanford and Son Å Roseanne “Secrets” ’ Roseanne ’ Å Roseanne “Aliens” Å Roseanne ’ Å TVLND Sanford and Son Å › “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” (2007, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel. Premiere. Å Law & Order: Criminal Intent “Folie a Deux” Å USA ››› “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (2005) Å ›› “Wayne’s World” (1992) Mike Myers. A producer tries to restructure a cable access show. ’ Tough Love Lingerie, sexy poses and alluring looks. I Want to Work for Diddy The heart of Bad Boy. ’ VH1 Sex-Dr. Drew CABLE NEWS American Greed The Suze Orman Show Credit-card fees. (N) Å Til Debt Do Us Part ’ Til Debt Do Us Part ’ American Greed CNBC Mind of Google Black in America “Tomorrow’s Leaders” Newsroom Black in America “Tomorrow’s Leaders” CNN Newsroom American Perspectives American Perspectives CSPAN America & the Courts Book TV Book TV Book TV: After Words Book TV CSPAN2 Book TV Huckabee Glenn Beck Geraldo at Large ’ Å Journal Editorial Report Fox News Watch FNC FOX Report Lockup: New Mexico Lockup: Colorado “Extended Stay: Crackdown” Lockup: Colorado Inmates bargain and trade.

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Handy Phineas Phineas › “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Phineas Jonas Å Jonas Å Jonas Å Jonas Å Sonny Sonny Sonny Sonny Sonny Sonny Sonny DISN Movers Manny ’ and Ferb and Ferb Clause” (2006) Tim Allen. ‘G’ and Ferb Chance Chance Chance Chance Chance Chance Chance Daily 10 The Soup E! News (N) Extreme Dr. 90210 15 Remarkable Celebrity Body Bouncebacks Girls Girls ››› “The Wedding Singer” (1998) › “The Sweetest Thing” (2002) E! ●Sunday NFL Countdown (Live) Å ●30 for 30 PBA Bowling Shark Championship. ●College Football Final ●30 for 30 2009 World Series of Poker (Taped) SportsCtr. ESPN ●SportsCenter Å ●Fantasy Football Now (Live) ●Spanish Primera Division Soccer Teams TBA. Women’s College Soccer Redfish Dog Show Oklahoma City. Å Basketball ESPN2 Women’s College Soccer “Naughty or Nice” (2004) George Lopez. Å ››› “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (2002) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. Å ››› “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004, Fantasy) Å FAM Dennis Minute Money Cooking Home Big Daddy Good Eats Diners Guy Fieri Holiday Extravaganza Cakes Best Thing Bobby Flay Challenge FOOD Contessa Boy Grill Big Bite ●College Basketball South Carolina at Clemson. ●College Basketball Miami at Boston College. (Live) ●College Basketball Kansas at UCLA. (Live) Mitchell Calipari FOXSS Paid Prog. Dual Saw Motorspt Muscle “Big Momma’s House” › “Big Momma’s House 2” (2006) Martin Lawrence. ›› “Fever Pitch” (2005) Drew Barrymore. › “Deck the Halls” (2006) Danny DeVito. ›› “Ghost Rider” (2007) Nicolas Cage.

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SOAP Beverly Hills, 90210 ’ One Tree Hill ’ Å Chop Cut Barrett-Jackson Building NASCAR Hall ●NASCAR Awards Ceremony VW Racing VW Racing VW Racing VW Racing SPEED SPEED Car Hrsepwer Trucks! ’ ●MuscleCar MuscleCar ››› “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” (2003) Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu. ’ ››› “Kill Bill: Vol. 2” (2004) Uma Thurman, David Carradine. ’ Kung Fu SPIKE Unsolved Mysteries ’ Xtreme ●FIGHTZONE Presents ●FIGHTZONE Presents ●Spotlight Horn USARacing Mark Fox Lights Brawl Call My Words Whips Whips SPSO Bowhunter Predator Whips ›› “The Brothers Grimm” (2005) Matt Damon. Å ›› “Men in Black II” (2002) Will Smith ›› “National Treasure” (2004) SYFY › “Ultraviolet” (2006) ›› “King Arthur” (2004) Clive Owen, Keira Knightley. Å Ed Young Coral Rid Redempt Love In Touch Revelation Is Written Conley From His King Is Franklin John Hagee Today Rod P. Dickow Jakes Meyer Leading TBN Hagin ›› “Runaway Bride” (1999) Julia Roberts. Å ››› “The Santa Clause” (1994) Tim Allen. ›› “The Holiday” (2006) Cameron Diaz. Å TBS Surviving ››› “Something’s Gotta Give” (2003) Jack Nicholson. ››› “The Glass Slipper” (1955, Musical) Leslie ›› “Christmas in Connecticut” (1945, Comedy) ››› “Remember the Night” (1940, Romance››› “The Cincinnati Kid” (1965) Steve McQueen, ››› “Guess Who’s Coming to DinTCM Caron, Michael Wilding. Å Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan. Å Comedy) Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray.

Edward G. Robinson. Å (DVS) ner” (1967) Spencer Tracy. Å Moving Up ’ Å Moving Up ’ Å BBQ Pitmasters Å Lottery Changed, Life Lottery Changed Lottery Changed Lottery Changed Christmas-Box Christmas TLC Moving Up ’ Å ››› “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (2002, Fantasy) Elijah Wood, Ian McK››› “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003, Fantasy) Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler. Humans ››› “Men in Black” (1997) Tommy TNT ellen, Liv Tyler. Members of a fellowship battle evil Sauron and his pawns. Å and creatures unite to battle Sauron and his army. Å Lee Jones, Will Smith. Å Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Scooby 2 TOON Total Griffith Griffith Griffith Griffith Griffith Griffith Griffith Griffith TVLND Married... Married... Married... Married... Married... Married... Married... Married... Married... Married... Griffith White Collar Å ››› “Elf” (2003, Comedy) Will Ferrell. Å ››› “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (2005) Steve Carell. Å ›› “Along Came Polly” (2004) Ben Stiller. ›› “50 First Dates” USA Monk Å Tough Love (N) ’ Sex-Dr. Drew For the Love of Ray J Fabulous Life Of... ’ Fabulous Life Of... ’ Fabulous Life Of... ’ Fabulous Life Of... ’ For the Love of Ray J Ray J VH1 Work for Diddy CABLE NEWS Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Steam Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Diabetes CNBC Dirt-Dust Steam State of the Union State of the Union Fareed Zakaria GPS Amanpour.

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Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics: The 60s Per_ WCIQ ter joins Andrea Bocelli for a performance of seasonal favorites. ’ Å formances of some of the biggest hits of the 1960s.

Football Night in America ●NFL Football Minnesota Vikings at Arizona Cardinals. From University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. ’ (Live) Å NBC 13 News (N) Å ` WVTM ’ (Live) Å ››› “Kiss the Bride” (2002) Amanda Detmer. Three sisters return home for their sibling’s wedding.

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JONAS fan club. (N) Keynes. Children and a mystical lion unite against the White Witch. ‘PG’ board pimple. ’ Å › The Sweetest Thing 50 Cutest Child Stars All Grown Up Young celebrities.

The Girls Next Door (N) The Girls Next Door Holly’s World (N) Chelsea Lately E! ●Bowl Selection Special (Live) Å ●SportsCenter (Live) Å ESPN ●SportsCenter Å ●Rodeo Wrangler National Finals -- Fourth Round. From Las Vegas. (Live) Å Rodeo ESPN2 ●Women’s College Basketball Texas at Tennessee. (Live) America’s Funniest Home Videos ’ Å FAM ››› “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (2005, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson. Voldemort lays a trap for Harry at the Triwizard Tournament. Å Challenge Four top cake artists square off.

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Sons of Anarchy “Na Trioblidi” FX ››› “Wall Street” (1987) Michael Douglas. A ruthless corporate raider instructs a young stockbroker. ›› “Point Break” (1991) Patrick Swayze. An FBI man turns surfer to nab rubber-masked bank robbers.

FXM Life After Film School ●High Stakes Poker Å World Poker Tour Å GSN ●High Stakes Poker Å High Stakes Poker Å “All I Want for Christ“Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle” (2009, Drama) James Van Der Beek, Erin Karpluk, Doris Roberts. A sin- “The Christmas Card” (2006, Romance) Ed Asner, John Newton, Alice Evans. A soldier falls for a woman who HALL mas” (2007) Å gle father hires a nanny for his 6-year-old twins. Å wrote a well-wishing card. Å Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction The comic performs. (N) Å ››› “The Wrestler” (2008, Drama) Mickey Rourke. ’ ‘R’ Å HBO ›› “Taken” (2009, Action) Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Celebrity Holiday Homes (N) Å House Hunters Å House Hunters Holmes on Homes Å For Rent ’ Å Income Property Å H&G House Hunters Å Nostradamus Effect Gangland “Gangsta Killers” Å Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure A team searches for the outlaw’s possible treasure. Å Wild West Tech “Outlaw Tech” The changing frontier.

HIST “Doomsday Hieroglyphs” Å “12 Men of Christmas” (2009, Romance-Comedy) Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Hopkins. Å “12 Men of Christmas” (2009) Kristin Chenoweth.

LIFE “A Christmas Proposal” (2008) Nicole Eggert, David O’Donnell. Å ››› “Gran Torino” (2008) Clint Eastwood. A veteran faces his longtime prejudices. ’ ‘R’ Å ››› “The Fifth Element” (1997) Bruce Willis. A New York cabby tries to save Earth in 2259. ‘PG-13’ MAX › Shutter (2008) Å The Real NCIS “Leave of Conscience” ’ Å Anatomy of a Stryker ’ Å Extreme Machines “Nuclear Submarines” ’ Å The Real NCIS “Leave of Conscience” ’ Å MILIT Clash of Wings ’ Å Jersey Shore Working the summer in Seaside Heights. ’ “Jackass 2.5” (2007) Johnny Knoxville. ’ “Jackass 2.5” (2007) Johnny Knoxville. ’ MTV South Park ’ Å Humanly Impossible “Beyond Bizarre” Humanly Impossible “Indestructible” (N) Raw Anatomy “Inside the Croc” Humanly Impossible “Beyond Bizarre” NGEO Hooked Dora the Explorer (N) ’ Å “Mr. Troop Mom” (2009) George Lopez. A lawyer takes his daughter’s scout troop on a jamboree. ’ George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å NICK iCarly “iQuit iCarly” ’ Great Lakes Shipwrecks ’ Å Radioactive Paradise ’ Å Dive to the Bottom of the World ’ Å Great Lakes Shipwrecks ’ Å SCIENCE Killer Algae ’ Å Dexter “Wish You Were Here” (iTV) (N) ’ Californication (iTV) (N) Californication (iTV) ’ Dexter “Wish You Were Here” (iTV) ’ SHOW ›› The Mist (2007) ‘R’ Dexter “Lost Boys” (iTV) ’ Å Bank of Mom and Dad “Sarah” Being Erica “This Be the Verse” ’ Å (DVS) SOAP General Hospital Friday ››› “Bounce” (2000) Gwyneth Paltrow. Premiere. An ad executive falls in love with a young widow.

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SPSO The Mark Fox Show “Alice” (2009) Caterina Scorsone. A young woman searches for a way to escape from Wonderland.

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SYFY ›› “National Treasure” (2004) Nicolas Cage, Hunter Gomez. Å Joel Osteen Å Taking Authority Å Believer’s Voice Changing Your World ›› “Mary of Nazareth” (1995, Drama) Myriam Muller, Didier Bienaimé, Francis Lalanne.

TBN Jack Hayford Å ››› “Dan in Real Life” (2007) Steve Carell. An advice columnist falls for his brother’s girlfriend.

TBS ›› The Holiday (2006) ››› “Blades of Glory” (2007, Comedy) Will Ferrell, Jon Heder. Rival male skaters compete as a pair. ››› “Guess Who’s Com- ››› “All of Me” (1984, Comedy) Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant. A lawyer shares his body with the ››› “California Suite” (1978, Comedy-Drama) Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Maggie Smith. Diverse couples stay at TCM ing to Dinner” Å essence of a rich woman. a Beverly Hills Hotel.

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Å ››› “Escape From Alcatraz” (1979) Clint Eastwood. Å ››› “The Hunt for Red October” (1990, Suspense) Sean Connery. Å “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior” F ››› “The Best Man” (1999) Taye Diggs. Å › “Jack” (1996, Fantasy) Robin Williams, Diane Lane. ››› “Hook” (1991, Fantasy) Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams. Å ›› “Jumanji” (1995) Robin Williams. Å Cash in the Attic Cash in the Attic Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Ramsay’s Kitchen Varied Programs News BBC How Clean How Clean Cash in the Attic Chris Movie Jamie F. Jamie F. The Game The Game Chris Chris 106 & Park: BET’s Top 10 Live BET Jamie F. Jamie F. The Game The Game Chris Biography Varied Programs Biography Varied Biography Biography Varied Programs BIO BRAVO Varied Programs CMT Power Picks Varied Programs Extreme-Home Varied Programs Trading Spouses Varied Programs Makeover Varied Programs CMTV CMT Music Varied Presents Varied Programs Daily Show Colbert MADtv Scrubs Scrubs Movie Varied Programs RENO 911! 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Å ››› “Compulsion” (1959) Orson Welles. Å ››› “Ring of Passion” (1978) Bernie Casey. ››› “Norma Rae” (1979) Å MatchGam Fam Feud Hollywood Jeopardy! Pyramid Chain Lingo Lingo Fam Feud Fam Feud Deal or No Deal Newlywed Catch 21 Deal No GSN Fam Feud Pyramid Catch 21 Wheel Golden Golden Golden Movie Movie Movie Movie HALL Golden House House House Varied To Sell To Sell Dime Challenge Challenge Color Varied Programs Divine Get It Sold To Sell Varied House H&G Varied Programs M Conspiracy? Å Other Tragedy at Pearl Pacific-Lost Modern Marvels Å Tora, Tora, Tora: The Real Story Conspiracy? Å Other Tragedy at Pearl Pacific-Lost Modern T Lock N’ Load Lock N’ Load Lock N’ Load Earth-Made Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History Å Lock N’ Load Lock N’ Load Lock N’ Load Earth UFO Hunters Å UFO Hunters Å MonsterQuest Å An Alien History of Planet Earth Å UFO Hunters Å UFO Hunters Å UFO Hunters Å Monster HIST W UFO Hunters Å TH Gangland Las Vegas.

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Gangland Å Gangland Å Gangland F The Plague Å Ancient Discoveries Modern Marvels Å The Dark Ages Å The Plague Å Ancient Discoveries Marvels Frasier Will-Grace Will-Grace Wife Swap Wife Swap Wife Swap Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives Grey’s Anatomy Anatomy LIFE Frasier MILIT Varied Programs True Life True Life Varied Programs Parental Chung Sweet 16 Sweet 16 Varied Programs Pregnant Varied Parents MTV Degrassi Degrassi Varied Programs Dog Whisperer Varied Programs NGEO Varied Programs Dora the Explorer Sponge Sponge iCarly iCarly Barnyard BrainSurge Sponge Sponge iCarly Jackson Varied NICK Go Diego Go Diego Max Ruby Max Ruby Fresh Beat Dora Understanding Mega Builders Extreme Machines Bone Detectives Varied Programs SCIENCE Varied Programs Beverly Hills, 90210 Beverly Hills, 90210 The O.C. The O.C. One Tree Hill One Tree Hill Beverly Hills, 90210 Days of our Lives Young SOAP Days of our Lives ●Monster Jam ●Unique Whips Paid Prog. Paid Prog. NASCAR Varied Programs Truck U Chop Cut Edge Pass Time SPEED Varied Programs Varied CSI Varied CSI Varied CSI Varied CSI Varied CSI: Crime Scn CSI: Crime Scn CSI: Crime Scn Varied Programs SPIKE CSI Varied Hockey Varied Programs Poker Superstars II Varied Programs College Varied Programs SPSO College SYFY Varied Programs Your Day Copeland Varied Programs Behind Varied Robison Marilyn H. The 700 Club Hagee Rod P. Praise the Lord Varied TBN Rod P. King Raymond Raymond Payne Payne Jim Jim Friends Friends Seinfeld The Office Name Earl TBS Just Shoot Home Imp. Home Imp. Yes, Dear Yes, Dear Raymond King M From Here ››› “Prelude to War” ›› “The Nazis Strike” “Divide and Conquer” ›› “Battle of Britain” ›› “The Battle of Russia” (1943) ›› “Battle of China” ›› “War Comes to America” (1945) ›› “Tunisian Victory” T ››› “Executive Suite” ››› “Somebody Up There Likes Me” (1956) ›››› “North by Northwest” (1959) Cary Grant. Å (DVS) ››› “The Prize” (1963) Paul Newman. Å ››› “Family Plot” (1976) Bruce Dern. ›› “Racket Busters” ›› “Swing Your Lady” (1938) ››› “Dark Victory” (1939, Drama) Bette Davis. ››› “Invisible Stripes” (1939) ›› “King of the Underworld” (1939) Bogart TCM W ›› “Men Are Such Fools” (1938) TH Brief Enc. ››› “Intermezzo: A Love Story” ›› “Lonelyhearts” (1958) Montgomery Clift. ››› “Cactus Flower” (1969) Walter Matthau. ››› “Walk, Don’t Run” (1966) Cary Grant. ››› “The More the Merrier” (1943) F ››› “This Land Is Mine” (1943, Drama) Å ››› “The Canterville Ghost” (1944) Å ›› “The Bribe” (1949) Å ›› “The Bigamist” (1953, Drama) ››› “D.O.A.” (1949, Mystery) ››› “The Hitch-Hiker” Dress What Not to Wear Baby Story Baby Story Baby Story Birth Day 18 Kids 18 Kids Little Little Cake Boss Cake Boss Dress Dress Varied TLC Jon & Kate Jon & Kate Dress ER Las Vegas Las Vegas Cold Case Cold Case Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order Bones TNT Charmed Garfield Looney Tunes Scooby Panther Krypto Tom Jerry Bravo Johnny T Garfield Johnny T Johnny T Total Movie Varied TOON Movie Sanford Hogan Hogan Gunsmoke Bonanza Bonanza Bonanza Varied Griffith Griffith All-Family All-Family Sanford TVLND Hillbillies All-Family Sanford Law CI Varied Programs Law SVU Varied Law SVU Varied NCIS Varied NCIS Varied Programs USA Varied Programs Varied Programs VH1 Jump Start CABLE NEWS Power Lunch Street Signs Closing Bell Closing Bell-Bartiromo Fast Money Mad Money Report CNBC Squawk on the Street The Call Newsroom Newsroom Newsroom The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer CNN CNN Newsroom The Live Desk Studio B-Smith Your World Glenn Beck Special Report FOX Rep’t FNC America’s Newsroom Happening Now MSNBC News Live Dr. Nancy Andrea Mitchell MSNBC News Live MSNBC News Live MSNBC News Live Hardball The Ed Show Hardball MSNBC Morning Meeting

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Gossip Girl Car accident rocks the Upper East Side. The King of Queens ’ My Name Is Earl Å The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show 5 WTTO Two and a Half Men ’ Keith Howard Show Titan Pride TV24 Local News TV24 Local News Rick & Bubba Å Rick & Bubba Å 8 WJXS What a Deal Deals on restaurant and golf certificates.

Wheel of Fortune “Week- Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town Fred Astaire narrates Find My Family “Spencer & Curtis” A woman makes a Castle “The Fifth Bullet” An art dealer is shot in his ABC 33/40 News at 10PM Nightline (N) Å H WJSU end Getaways” (N) the story of Santa. life-changing discovery. (N) ’ Å gallery. (N) ’ Å (N) Entertainment Tonight (N) How I Met Your Mother Accidentally on Purpose Two and a Half Men (N) The Big Bang Theory CSI: Miami “Count Me Out” An explosion threatens CBS 42 News at 10 (N) Late Show With David J WIAT ’ Å “The Window” (N) Å “Class” (N) ’ Å ’Å Wolowitz gets jealous.

CSIs’ lives. (N) ’ Å Letterman (N) ’ Å Ghost Whisperer “Speed Demon” ’ Å Criminal Minds “Roadkill” ’ Å Criminal Minds Women go missing in Seattle. Å Criminal Minds “Fear and Loathing” ’ Å L WPXH Ghost Whisperer Å Law & Order: Criminal Intent “The Pilgrim” Å Law & Order: Criminal Intent “One” ’ Å The Simpsons ’ Å The Simpsons ’ Å House of Payne House of Payne ¥ WABM Are You Smarter?

CABLE ENTERTAINMENT Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Local Programming ^ TV-2 Entertainment Tonight Intervention “Danielle” Å Intervention Greg suffers a disabling back injury. (N) Hoarders “Judi and Gail” (N) Å Steven Seagal Lawman Steven Seagal Lawman A&E Criminal Minds ’ Å ›› “Never Been Kissed” ›› “All I Want for Christmas” (1991, Drama) Ethan Randall, Thora Birch, Harley Jane Kozak. Premiere. A girl › “Jack” (1996, Fantasy) Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez. Premiere. A young victim of accelerated AMC (1999) asks a store Santa to reunite her estranged parents. Å aging enters the real world.

Pit Bulls and Parolees “Crisis” ’ Pit Bulls and Parolees “On the Run” ’ Animal Cops Philadelphia “Manhunt” (N) ’ Pit Bulls and Parolees “Crisis” ’ ANPL Natural World ’ Å Top Gear Three classic cars. Å Top Gear Motorhome Grand Prix; Alfa Romeo 159.

BBC World News America Å Top Gear Three classic cars. Å BBC World News The Unit ’ Å The Unit ’ Å The Mo’Nique Show Å BET 106 & Park: Top 10 Live The Unit ’ Å Notorious Charles Ng. Biography Serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Å Biography “Bonnie & Clyde” Å Biography Three young girls die. Å Deadly Secrets of Cromwell Street Å BIO Million Dollar Listing Josh lists Dr. Sam’s house.

Million Dollar Listing Josh agrees to a co-listing.

Million Dollar Listing (N) Å Chef Academy The students practice baking bread.

BRAVO Million Dollar Listing Are You Smarter?

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Dateline: Taylor Swift ’ Invitation Only Carrie Underwood performs. ’ Are You Smarter?

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CMTV Extreme-Home The Jeff Dunham Show The Jeff Dunham Show Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale The comic performs. Futurama ’ Å Futurama ’ Å Daily Show-Jon Stewart The Colbert Report (N) COMEDY RENO 911! Å Planet Earth “Fresh Water” ’ Å Planet Earth World’s biggest mountain ranges. ’ Planet Earth “Jungles” Jungle animals. ’ Å Planet Earth “Fresh Water” ’ Å DISC Planet Earth “Deserts” Hannah Montana Hannah ›› “Chicken Little” (2005, Comedy) Voices of Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Don Phineas and Ferb “Picture Phineas and Ferb Hannah Montana Hannah Wizards of Waverly Place That’s So Raven “AdvenDISN lands a movie role.

Knotts. Animated. A young fowl must save the world from aliens. ‘G’ This; Nerdy Dancin”’ lands a movie role.

“Baby Cupid” tures in Boss Sitting” The Daily 10 (N) Extreme Dr. 90210 The Wedding: Keeping Up With the Kardashians Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom marry.

Chelsea Lately (N) E! News E! ●NFL Football Baltimore Ravens at Green Bay Packers. The Ravens (6-5) travel to Lambeau Field to take on Aaron Rodgers and the Packers (7-4). (Live) ●SportsCenter Å ESPN ●Monday Night Countdown (Live) Å ●Rodeo Wrangler National Finals -- Fifth Round. From Las Vegas. (Live) Å 2009 World Series of Poker Å ESPN2 ●Women’s College Basketball Jimmy V Classic -- Florida at Rutgers. (Live) ›› “Unaccompanied Minors” (2006, Comedy) Dyllan Christopher, Tyler James Williams. Premiere. Å Jack Frost Jack seeks advice. Å The 700 Club Å FAM Cranberry Christmas Good Eats ’ Å Good Eats Unwrapped “Holiday Treats” Holiday treats.

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (N) Good Eats Bar basics.

Unwrapped FOOD Challenge ●The Final Score ●The Final Score (Live) Best Damn 50 Jay Glazer FOXSS ACC Basketball Women ●College Basketball Miami at Boston College.

Live Free or Die Hard ››› “The Departed” (2006, Crime Drama) Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson. An undercover cop and a criminal lead double lives. › The Fan (1996) FX ››› “Barton Fink” (1991, Drama) John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis. Å FXM The Last American Hero ››› “Night and the City” (1992, Crime Drama) Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman. Å Family Feud Å Family Feud ’ Å The Newlywed Game Catch 21 Å 1 vs. 100 ’ Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å GSN Deal or No Deal ’ Å Holiday Celebration on “Anne Tyler’s Saint Maybe” (1998, Drama) Thomas McCarthy, Mary-Louise Parker, Blythe Danner. A young “A Diva’s Christmas Carol” (2000, Fantasy) Vanessa L. Williams, Kathy Griffin, Rozonda Thomas. Three spirHALL Ice Little Rock, Ark. ’ man meddles in his brother’s life. Å its pay a holiday visit to a self-centered singer. Å Boxing Sergio Martinez vs. Paul Williams, Middleweights. ’ Å HBO ›› Black Knight (2001) ››› “Sex and the City” (2008) Sarah Jessica Parker. Time brings many changes for Carrie and her gal pals. ’ ‘R’ Å Property Virgins Å Property Virgins Å House Hunters Å My First Place Å House Hunters Å For Rent (N) ’ Å Real Estate Intervention My First Place Å H&G House Hunters Å Modern Marvels “Heavy Pawn Stars Rick refurbish- Pawn Stars 1950s Coke Pawn Stars “Fired Up” Å Pawn Stars 1965 Shelby Pawn Stars “Old Man’s Pawn Stars “Rick’s Deep Sea Salvage “Brink of Disaster” A tanker collides HIST Metals” Metals. Å es a gas pump. Å machine; Philco radio. racecar. Å Booty” (N) Å Coolest Things” (N) Å with an oil barge on the Mississippi. (N) Å Grey’s Anatomy “The Other Side of This Life” Rita Rocks Å Rita Rocks Å Rita Rocks Å Rita Rocks Å Will & Grace “Company” Will & Grace “Key Party” LIFE Grey’s Anatomy Å ››› “Gran Torino” (2008) Clint Eastwood. A veteran faces his longtime prejudices. ’ ‘R’ Å MAX ››› “Clear and Present Danger” (1994, Suspense) Harrison Ford. CIA chief combats Colombian drug cartels. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Myths of Pearl Harbor ’ (Part 2 of 2) Å Secrets of Pearl Harbor ’ Å Myths of Pearl Harbor ’ (Part 1 of 2) Å MILIT 20th Century Battlefields Myths of Pearl Harbor ’ (Part 1 of 2) Å South Park ’ Å World’s Strictest Parents ’ › “Thirteen Ghosts” (2001, Horror) Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard. ’ MTV World’s Strictest Parents South Park ’ Å Strong Men The Basque Strongmen of Spain. (N) Fight Science “Special Ops” Elite combat troops.

Hooked “Fishzilla” Strong Men The Basque Strongmen of Spain.

NGEO Gospel of Judas Malcolm in the Middle Everybody Hates Chris Everybody Hates Chris George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å NICK Fanboy and Chum Chum Glenn Martin, DDS (N) Secrets of the Dinosaur Mummy ’ Å China’s Raging Sands Destructive sand storms. ’ SCIENCE What the Ancients Knew China’s Raging Sands Destructive sand storms. ’ Man Made Marvels of China Xian, China. (N) ’ Dexter “Wish You Were Here” (iTV) ’ Californication (iTV) ’ Californication (iTV) ’ Dexter “Wish You Were Here” (iTV) ’ SHOW › “Spinning Into Butter” (2007, Drama) Sarah Jessica Parker. iTV. ’ ‘R’ All My Children Today ’ Å One Life to Live Today ’ Å General Hospital Today ’ Å Days of our Lives Today ’ Å SOAP Young-Restless ●Car Crazy SuperCars Exposed Auto Addiction (N) Barrett-Jackson 2009: The Auctions (N) Barrett-Jackson 2009: The Auctions Pass Time SPEED Pass Time ›› “Cradle 2 the Grave” (2003) Jet Li. A Taiwanese agent and a thief join forces against a foe. ’ ››› “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” (2003) Uma Thurman. An assassin seeks vengeance against her attackers. ’ SPIKE ››› Kill Bill: Vol. 2 ’ Thrashers Post Darrin Horn Show Poker -- Learn NHL Hockey: Thrashers at Maple Leafs SPSO ●NHL Hockey Atlanta Thrashers at Toronto Maple Leafs. From Air Canada Centre in Toronto. (Live) “Alice” (2009) Caterina Scorsone. A young woman searches for a way to escape from Wonderland.

“Alice” (2009) (Part 2 of 2) Caterina Scorsone.

SYFY “Alice” (2009, Adventure) (Part 1 of 2) Caterina Scorsone, Kathy Bates.

Behind the Scenes Å Mark Chironna Å Jentezen Franklin Å Jesse Duplantis Å Praise the Lord Å TBN Hillsong Å Seinfeld “The Pick” ’ Seinfeld “The Strike” ’ The Office “Health Care” Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Lopez Tonight Actress Kathy Griffin. (N) TBS My Name Is Earl Å ›› “Tunisian Victory” ›››› “It Happened One Night” (1934, Romance-Comedy) Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Walter Connolly. ›››› “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (1936, Comedy) Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft. A poet inherTCM (1944) Premiere.

A newspaperman shields a runaway heiress from her father. Å its an unwanted $20 million. Å Cake Boss ’ Å BBQ Pitmasters “Smokin’ in Mesquite” ’ Å Little People, Big World Little People, Big World TLC Little People, Big World Little People, Big World Little People, Big World Cake Boss (N) ’ Å Bones “Fire in the Ice” ’ Bones Brennan and Booth investigate human remains The Closer “The Life” A 12-year-old boy is found dead. Men of a Certain Age “Pilot” (Series Premiere) Three Law & Order “Strike” A legal aid striker is killed outside TNT Å that were found by a real estate agent. Å (N) Å friends support each other. (N) Å the courthouse. ’ Å A Scooby-Doo Christmas Ed, Edd ’n Eddy’s Jingle King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å TOON Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring Sorcerer’s ring.

The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show Married... With Children Married... With Children Married... With Children Married... With Children Married... With Children Married... With Children TVLND Sanford and Son Å ●WWE Monday Night Raw ’ (Live) Å White Collar “Free Fall” Å USA ››› “Elf” (2003, Comedy) Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart. Å For the Love of Ray J ’ For the Love of Ray J Brandy lends a hand. ’ I Want to Work for Diddy Honesty retreat. ’ Å For the Love of Ray J Brandy lends a hand. ’ VH1 Tough Love ’ CABLE NEWS American Originals: Budweiser The NEW Age of Wal-Mart Marijuana Inc.: Inside America’s Pot Industry Mad Money CNBC Kudlow Report (Live) Campbell Brown (N) Larry King Live (N) Å Anderson Cooper 360 Å CNN CNN Tonight (N) Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN House of Rep. The Communicators Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Coverage The O’Reilly Factor Å Hannity On the Record With Greta Van Susteren Å The O’Reilly Factor FNC FOX Report Countdown With Keith Olbermann (N) The Rachel Maddow Show (N) Countdown With Keith Olbermann The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC Hardball Å

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NBC 13 News at 10:00pm The Tonight Show With (N) Å Conan O’Brien (N) Å 90210 Teddy reveals his feelings for Silver. (N) ’ Melrose Place Auggie reveals his feelings for Riley.

The King of Queens ’ My Name Is Earl Å The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show 5 WTTO Two and a Half Men ’ ●Auburn Football Review Cheers ’ Å Buster Miles Auto Most Wanted TV24 Local News TV24 Local News Rick & Bubba Å Rick & Bubba Å 8 WJXS A Night at The Grill Wheel of Fortune “Week- A Charlie Brown Christ- Disney Prep & Landing Scrubs A tough lesson in Better Off Ted “Love the forgotten “Pilot” A young woman’s corpse is left in ABC 33/40 News at 10PM Nightline (N) Å H WJSU end Getaways” (N) mas ’ Å (N) ’ Å mentoring. (N) ’ Å Blurts” ’ Å a woods. ’ Å (N) Entertainment Tonight (N) NCIS “Toxic” When a government scientist goes miss- NCIS: Los Angeles “Predator” An unmanned aerial ve- The Good Wife “Home” Alicia is asked to represent the CBS 42 News at 10 (N) Late Show With David J WIAT ’ Å ing, Abby is asked to step in. ’ Å hicle kills a marine during a training exercise. ’ teenage son of a former friend. ’ Å Letterman (N) ’ Å Ghost Whisperer “The Cradle Will Rock” ’ Å Criminal Minds Gideon must identify an arsonist. ’ Criminal Minds “Won’t Get Fooled Again” ’ Å Criminal Minds “Distress” ’ Å L WPXH Ghost Whisperer Å You Smarter?

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Deal or No Deal ’ Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å The Simpsons ’ Å The Simpsons ’ Å House of Payne House of Payne ¥ WABM Are You Smarter?

CABLE ENTERTAINMENT Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Local Programming ^ TV-2 Entertainment Tonight Criminal Minds “True Night” ’ Å Paranormal State Å Paranormal State Å Paranormal State Å Paranormal State Å Paranormal State Å Paranormal State Å A&E Criminal Minds ’ Å ›› “All I Want for Christ- ››› “Grease” (1978, Musical) John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing. Disparate summer lovers meet again as high››› “Ghost” (1990, Fantasy) Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg.

AMC mas” (1991) Å school seniors.

Slain yuppie reaches his lover with psychic’s help. Å The Haunted A family witnesses frightening events.

I Shouldn’t Be Alive “Lost at Sea” ’ Å The Haunted A family witnesses frightening events.

ANPL Search-Giant Anaconda I’m Alive A doctor is mauled by a brown bear. Å My Car Is My Lover Å Britain’s Missing Top Model (N) BBC World News America Å My Car Is My Lover Å BBC World News Monica: Still Standing Monica: Still Standing The Mo’Nique Show Å BET ››› “Higher Learning” (1995, Drama) Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson. Racial tensions divide a college campus. Å Tragic Comedy Biography “John Belushi” Å Biography Renegade comic Sam Kinison. Å Biography Canadian actor John Candy. (N) Å Biography Actor Woody Harrelson. Å BIO Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Hyperactive child.

Tabatha’s Salon Takeover Tabatha’s Salon Takeover (N) Tabatha’s Salon Takeover BRAVO Salon Takeover Nanny 911 “The Priore Family” ’ Å World’s Strictest Parents ’ Are You Smarter?

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Ray Romano hopes everybody loves his new TNT series

By Luaine Lee

deal?’ They sign you up and have a year to develop a sitcom around your persona, or whatever. They said, ’Just want you to know we’re interested. Don’t sign with anybody else because we’re interested.’ I said, ’There IS nobody else.”

Letterman’s production company produced Everybody Loves Raymond, which ran for nine seasons. As it turned out, everybody DID love Raymond.

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BURBANK, Calif. — Everybody may love Raymond except for Ray Romano himself. The star of the long-running hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond has managed to stay the same guy he was when he was repairing futon mattresses for his best friend and living in Queens.

In Hollywood that’s as rare as real blondes.

One of the things that’s kept him humble is his 21-year marriage to Anna. When Raymond premiered, Anna was in New York with three little kids and Romano was in L.A. He and his friend, Kevin James, decided to celebrate in Las Vegas. Romano phoned to tell her.

“She said, ’Oh, really.’ So I just played along and went, ’Hey, my show aired last night. You know what? Millions and millions of people saw me on TV.’ I’m just goofing around with this bravado. ’OK? So that’s why I’m doing what I’m doing, ’cause I am a TV STAR.’ She said, ’You’re still the dick I married.”’

Laughing, and leaning back in his black vinyl office chair, Romano says, “That’s good for me. There’s somebody in my life you get the truth from.”

Now the father of four kids (a daughter, 19, twins, 16, and an 11year-old), Romano is the counterpoint to his character in the endearing new TNT show, Men of a Certain Age, which premieres next Monday.

The comedian plays a partystore owner with a gambling problem, who is separated from his wife. Scott Bakula as a wannabe actor and Andre Braugher as a car salesman make up the trio of old pals who are sharing a midlife crisis.

Romano admits he, too, likes wagering. “I’ve gambled. I’ve dipped my toe in there, but it’s not as dramatic as what Joe’s going through. But I know the world. I grew up going to the racetrack in New York and betting in football pools and this and that.

And I work in Vegas, so I know the world. I have a penchant. I am

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From left, Andre Braugher, Ray Romano and Scott Bakula play three pals who share a mid-life crisis in TNT’s new show, ‘Men Of A Certain Age,’ premiering on Dec. 7. attracted to throwing a bet down here and there, but I control it.”

Though Raymond catapulted Romano into the highest tax bracket, you’d never know it by looking at him. He’s dressed in a white T-shirt with “Kentucky” written on it, an unbuttoned tealblue suede-cloth shirt and jeans.

On his left wrist is a plastic LED watch.

While Men of a Certain Age is both funny and touching, it shines with veracity, a quality that Romano (who co-wrote the first episode with Mike Royce) treasures.

“I got a passion for this kind of thing where it’s just real,” he says, brushing his hand through his salt-and-pepper hair.

“But I don’t need to do heavy melodrama. I don’t mind doing something that’s funny and dramatic at the same time as long as it’s real. I think I’ve had my fill — I love what I did on Raymond but I’ve had my fill of that type of comedy where it’s a little broad

and slightly farcical and heightened past the reality level. But I like doing something that people can relate to on a real level.”

Another element that keeps Romano, 51, down to earth is his disbelief in his own good fortune.

“I don’t know if this is true of all comedians, but we don’t really believe the success we have. You think at any minute someone’s going to expose you as an imposter. You really can’t get too big for your britches ’cause you don’t believe that. There’s both things going on. Sometimes you think you’re the best thing in the world, but sometimes you think you’re worthless. It’s a weird mix, the dichotomy of the perception of yourself. I’m just always so grateful that people want to see anything I do I don’t think I have it in me to be too ’dickish.”’

In fact, when he began in standup he quit several times for a year or more. At the 10-year mark he suffered real doubts even though he’d done all the

major talk shows. “At the same point these comics were getting development deals for TV shows — Tim Allen had a show, Roseanne had a show, Jerry (Seinfeld) had a show, Brett Butler had a show — so these were happening to all the guys who were up at that level.

“I thought, ’I love standup but I love to progress and do the next thing, is that going to pass me by?’ I was 36. My exposure was out there. It wasn’t like they hadn’t seen me. But it just wasn’t happening. And I just thought, ’Well, it’s never going to happen,’ and I had a little bit of a lull there where I wondered if I wanted to be doing it 10 years from now.”

Finally one Saturday the producer of The Late Show with David Letterman phoned Romano. “I was in the backyard yelling at somebody or my wife was yelling at me. He called up and said, ’Hey, we liked what you did (on Letterman’s show) would you be interested in a development

The overhauled version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland falls down the rabbit hole on Sunday when the Syfy Channel airs the first of two parts. This modern version not only features nightmarish objects like a casino made of cards, a city poised many stories high and a brunette, Roman-nosed Alice, but creatures few of us recognize.

Matt Frewer (Max Headroom) steals the show as the White Knight and Kathy Bates does a yeoman’s job as the red-headed Queen of Hearts. But Carroll’s wit is lacking and so are the precious moments we recall from the book. Writer-director Nick Willing adapted the work. He also directed Tin Man, TV’s modern version of The Wizard of Oz two years ago. Neither production managed to conjure the magic of the original, twisted as they are into modern times. I guess we’re lucky, at least, Alice isn’t texting the White Rabbit. qqq

One of folks’ favorite characters on NBC’s 30 Rock is the sweet-tempered page, Kenneth, played by Jack McBrayer. Tina Fey, star and creator of the show, says she patterned the character of Kenneth after McBrayer.

He admits he does share some qualities with his fresh-faced do-gooder. “Well I think just very generally, you know, kind of being a people pleaser and always wanting to do good at my job. And I will be the first to admit sometimes I’m not exactly sure how this big world works. But I just try to cope with it as well as I can,” he says.

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Kathryn Morris’ evolving lead character keeps ‘Cold Case’ fresh

By Denise Martin

Answer: You think it’s a joke when your agent calls you, and then all of a sudden you’re in front of him.

It’s like getting sprinkled with fairy dust. After 10 years in the business, there you are sitting in front of him, and he’s got your picture and resume on his desk. I remember he said that he thought I was a very versatile actress, and that’s why we were having this meeting. He asked me about how I had come up with my character in The Contender, and about my past experience and acting. It felt like he was bringing me into his club.

Q: Lurie, who first cast you in The Contender, called you his muse.

That’s adoration.

A: He’s another decent

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Before signing on to star as the lead detective in the CBS missing-persons drama Cold Case, Kathryn Morris was courted by Steven Spielberg and Rod Lurie. She played every male’s fantasy in HBO’s The Mind of the Married Man and in John Woo’s Paycheck. Now, seven years into playing Cold Case’s Lilly Rush, Morris says she’s more content than ever.

Question: Spielberg sought you out after seeing your performance in Lurie’s political thriller The Contender. He later cast you in Minority Report and AI. How did being pursued by Spielberg like that feel?

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Kathryn Morris says she still enjoys ‘Cold Case.’

“When actors get restless on series, I find them to be a little on the lazy side.”

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Q: In Cold Case, you jump around in time, solving missing persons cases from all sorts of periods. Do you have a favorite time period the show has gotten to explore?

A: I actually prefer cases that are a little bit more recent. But I do like the ’80s because of the music. In our two-part season finale it was exclusively Pearl Jam. Q: The time slot changes have not been helpful to the show’s ratings.

A: Well, we have fans that have followed us wherever we go. And our audience actually watches the show when it airs, they don’t DVR it. That’s a big difference. We are trying to do more cases aimed at 18- to 49-year-olds, though. Like we just did a skateboard episode, and a fight club episode.

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Malcolm in the Middle Everybody Hates Chris Everybody Hates Chris George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å NICK Fanboy and Chum Chum Malcolm in the Middle Monster Swamp: Hunt for the Jaguar (N) ’ Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures “Anteaters” (N) ’ Survivorman ’ Å Monster Swamp: Hunt for the Jaguar ’ SCIENCE Survivorman ’ Å ●Inside the NFL (iTV) (N) ’ Å ●Inside the NFL (iTV) ’ Å Dexter “Wish You Were Here” (iTV) ’ SHOW ›› “The Forbidden Kingdom” (2008, Action) Jackie Chan. iTV. ’ ‘PG-13’ All My Children Today ’ Å One Life to Live Today ’ Å Being Erica Erica relives a love affair. Å (DVS) General Hospital Today ’ Å SOAP Young-Restless ●Dangerous Drives Pass Time Pass Time Wrecked “Snow Angels” Wrecked Pass Time Pass Time SPEED Pass Time 1,000 Ways to Die (N) ’ MANswers (N) ’ Å MANswers ’ Å 1,000 Ways to Die ’ SPIKE ●UFC: Best of 2009 (N) ’ ●Spotlight ●NHL Hockey Atlanta Thrashers at Calgary Flames. From the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary. (Subject to Blackout) (Live) SPSO College Flash Classics College Flash Classics Kentucky vs. Tennessee.

Ghost Hunters “Shadow People” ’ Å Ghost Hunters The American Legion. (N) ’ Å Ghost Hunters Academy “The Blame Game” (N) Ghost Hunters The American Legion. ’ Å SYFY Ghost Hunters ’ Å Behind the Scenes Å Grant Jeffrey Å Secrets of Bible Jack Van Impe Presents Praise the Lord Å TBN Billy Graham Classic House of Payne House of Payne House of Payne Meet the Browns House of Payne Meet the Browns Lopez Tonight Performance by Morrissey. (N) TBS My Name Is Earl Å Bogart: The Untold Story ››› “The Oklahoma Kid” (1939, Western) James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, ››› “The Roaring Twenties” (1939, Crime Drama) James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane. Prohibi- ››› “They Drive by TCM Å Rosemary Lane. A gunslinger hunts the men who lynched his father. tion holds different fates for three war veterans. Å Night” (1940) Å Cake Boss ’ Å Cake Boss ’ Å Say Yes to the Dress ’ Say Yes to the Dress ’ Pregnant I Didn’t Know Cake Boss ’ Å Cake Boss ’ Å TLC The Little Couple Å Bones Pregnant teen mur- Bones “Mayhem on a Cross” A band’s prop turns out Forensic Files A button Forensic Files Probing a ›››› “A Christmas Story” (1983, Comedy) Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon. A boy tries to TNT dered. ’ Å to be a real human skeleton. ’ Å leads to a killer. Å woman’s murder. Å convince his parents to get him a BB gun. Å Destroy Build Destroy What Would Happen?

Star Wars Clo. Teen Titans King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å TOON Powerpuff Girls: Fight The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show Married... With Children Married... With Children M*A*S*H Å M*A*S*H “Heal Thy Self” M*A*S*H “Old Soldiers” M*A*S*H Å TVLND Sanford and Son Å NCIS “Skeletons” ’ Å NCIS “Driven” ’ Å NCIS “Cover Story” ’ Å ››› “Blood Diamond” (2006, Adventure) Å USA NCIS “Pop Life” Å Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew ’ ›› “Wayne’s World” (1992) Mike Myers. A producer tries to restructure a cable access show. ’ VH1 2009: Really Happened Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew ’ CABLE NEWS Biography on CNBC American Greed American Greed Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman.

Mad Money CNBC Kudlow Report (Live) Campbell Brown (N) Larry King Live (N) Å Anderson Cooper 360 Å CNN CNN Tonight (N) Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN House of Rep. Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Coverage The O’Reilly Factor Å Hannity On the Record With Greta Van Susteren Å The O’Reilly Factor FNC FOX Report Countdown With Keith Olbermann (N) The Rachel Maddow Show (N) Countdown With Keith Olbermann The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC Hardball Å

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ENTERTAINMENT Entertainment Tonight A&E Criminal Minds ’ Å ››› “Mad Max 2: The AMC Road Warrior” (1981) ANPL Season of the Grizzly ’ BBC World News BET 106 & Park: Top 10 Live Biography Å BIO BRAVO Chef Academy CMTV The Singing Bee ’ COMEDY The Colbert Report Å DISC Destroyed in Seconds Hannah Montana ’ Å

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The Jay Leno Show (N) ’ Å NBC 13 News at 10:00pm The Tonight Show With (N) Å Conan O’Brien (N) Å The King of Queens ’ My Name Is Earl Å The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show TV24 Local News TV24 Local News Rick & Bubba Å Rick & Bubba Å Private Practice “A Death in the Family” Addison and ABC 33/40 News at 10PM Nightline (N) Å Naomi fight to save Violet’s life. ’ Å (N) The Mentalist “A Price Above Rubies” Investigating a CBS 42 News at 10 (N) Late Show With David jeweler’s murder. (N) ’ Å Letterman (N) ’ Å NCIS “Suspicion” ’ Å Criminal Minds “Ashes and Dust” ’ Å The Simpsons ’ Å The Simpsons ’ Å House of Payne House of Payne

Local Programming Action News Nightbeat Local Programming The First 48 “Easy Prey; Widowmaker” Å The First 48 “Heart of Gold; Last Breath” Å The First 48 Å Steven Seagal Lawman Steven Seagal Lawman ››› “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (1991, Science Fiction) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong. Cyborgs battle over a youth who holds the key ››› “Batman Begins” (2005) Christian Bale. Bruce to the future. Å Wayne becomes Gotham City’s Dark Knight.

Egypt’s Animal Mummies Ancient Egyptians preserved animals. (N) ’ Blue Planet: Seas of Life “Making Waves” Å Egypt’s Animal Mummies ’ Pedigree Dogs Exposed (N) Å To Be Announced BBC World News America Å Pedigree Dogs Exposed Å ››› “Coming to America” (1988) Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall. An African prince and his royal sidekick come to Queens. Å Welcome to Dreamland The Mo’Nique Show Å Biography “Robin Williams” Robin Williams. Å Biography “Bill Murray” Actor Bill Murray. (N) Å Caddyshack: The Inside Story The producers, stars and director talk about the film. Å The Real Housewives of Orange County Å The Real Housewives of Atlanta “Lost Footage” The Real Housewives of Orange County (N) Å The Real Housewives of Orange County Å Are You Smarter?

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Ralphie May: Prime Cut The comic performs. Å The Jeff Dunham Show The Jeff Dunham Show Tosh.0 Crying Giants fan. The Jeff Dunham Show Daily Show-Jon Stewart The Colbert Report (N) Destroyed in Seconds Destroyed in Seconds Did the Mob Kill JFK? JFK’s assassination. Å JFK: The Ruby Connection ’ Å Destroyed in Seconds Destroyed in Seconds ›› “Hoot” (2006, Comedy) Luke Wilson, Logan Lerman, Brie Larson. A youth and his friends fight to protect Phineas and Ferb Hannah Montana Wizards of Waverly Place That’s So Raven MotherDISN endangered owls in Florida. ‘PG’ “Helping Hand” daughter retreat. Å The Daily 10 (N) The Girls Next Door The Girls Next Door Jenna Jameson: The E! True Hollywood Story Adult film star attains mainstream success. ’ Å Chelsea Lately (N) E! News E! ●College Basketball SEC/Big East Invitational -- Florida vs. Syracuse. From Tampa, Fla. (Live) ●SportsCenter (Live) Å ESPN ●ESPNU College Football Awards From Orlando, Fla. (Live) Å ●College Basketball Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati. (Live) ●ESPNU College Football Awards From Orlando, Fla. (N) Å ESPN2 College Basketball DePaul vs. Mississippi State.

“Holiday in Handcuffs” (2007, Romance-Comedy) Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Markie Post. Å A Flintstone Christmas Å The 700 Club Å FAM Santa Claus Iron Chef America Iron Chef America “Flay vs. Hamilton” Ace of Cakes Ace of Cakes Good Eats Unwrapped Snacks.

FOOD Challenge ●ACC Basketball Season Preview ’09 ●ACC Basketball Season Preview ’09 ●ACC All-Access ●The Final Score (Live) ●Poker2Nite ●The Final Score (Live) FOXSS ●SEC Gridiron Live ›› “Spider-Man 3” (2007, Action) Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst. Premiere. Peter Parker faces new challenges and new villains.

It’s Always Sunny The League It’s Always Sunny The League FX ››› “My Cousin Vinny” (1992) Joe Pesci. A Brooklyn lawyer defends his cousin in Alabama. Å FXM ›› Robin Hood (1991) ››› “The Princess Bride” (1987) Cary Elwes. A stableboy in disguise sets out to rescue his beloved.

Family Feud Å Family Feud ’ Å The Newlywed Game Catch 21 Å 1 vs. 100 ’ Å Deal or No Deal ’ Å GSN Deal or No Deal ’ Å “A Grandpa for Christ- “Fallen Angel” (2003, Drama) Gary Sinise, Joely Richardson, Gordon Pinsent. A man reconnects with a ›› “Silver Bells” (2005, Drama) Anne Heche, Tate Donovan, Michael Mitchell. A teenage runaway brings two HALL mas” (2007) Å woman he knew in childhood. Å lonely souls together. Å Sherlock Holmes: First › “Fool’s Gold” (2008, Action) Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson. ’ ‘PG-13’ Å Real Sex “Stocks Down, Sex Up” (N) ’ Å HBO ›› “The Time Machine” (2002) Guy Pearce. Å My First Place (N) Å My First Place Å House Hunters (N) Å House Hunters Å House Hunters Real Estate Intervention Property Virgins Å My First Place Å H&G House Hunters Å Gangland “All Hell Breaks Gangland “Snitch Slaughter” The Vagos biker gang Gangland “Skinhead Assault” (N) Å Ancient Discoveries Secret agents; long-distance Weird Weapons: The Allies Allied secrets of World HIST Loose” Miami. rules San Bernadino County, Calif. Å communications; invisible ink. (N) Å War II. Å Grey’s Anatomy “Kung Fu Fighting” ’ Å “Recipe for a Perfect Christmas” (2005, Romance-Comedy) Christine Baranski, Carly Pope. Å Will & Grace Å Will & Grace Å LIFE Grey’s Anatomy Å ›› “Street Kings” (2008) Keanu Reeves. A Los Angeles cop walks an ethically ambiguous path. ’ ‘R’ MAX ›› Planet of the Apes ››› “Crimson Tide” (1995) Denzel Washington. U.S. naval officers clash aboard a nuclear sub. ’ ‘R’ Moments in Time “Napoleon’s Lost Army” ’ Å Moments in Time ’ Å Moments in Time “Valley Forge: The Crucible” ’ Moments in Time “Napoleon’s Lost Army” ’ Å MILIT Deadliest Aircraft South Park “Volcano” Jersey Shore ’ Jersey Shore (N) ’ Jersey Shore ’ MTV World’s Strictest Parents South Park ’ Å Ultimate Factories The Murcielago SV. Man-Made “Alaska’s Extreme Machines” Naked Science “Vesuvius Time Bomb” (N) Ultimate Factories The Murcielago SV. NGEO Jesus’ Tomb Malcolm in the Middle Everybody Hates Chris Everybody Hates Chris George Lopez ’ Å George Lopez ’ Å The Nanny ’ Å The Nanny “First Date” NICK Fanboy and Chum Chum Malcolm in the Middle How Do They Do It? ’ How Do They Do It? ’ Catch It/Keep It Big Green Egg grill. ’ Å Science of the Movies ’ SCIENCE Heavy Metal Task Force Science of the Movies (N) ’ Dexter “Wish You Were Here” (iTV) ’ › “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” (2008, Documentary) Ben Stein. iTV Premiere. ’ ‘PG’ Å ››› “3:10 to Yuma” (2007) Russell Crowe. ‘R’ SHOW ››› Transsiberian ‘R’ All My Children Today ’ Å One Life to Live Today ’ Å General Hospital Today ’ Å Days of our Lives Today ’ Å SOAP Young-Restless ●Pinks -- All Out From Ennis, Texas.

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Wrecked Wrecked “False Alarms” Pass Time Pass Time SPEED Pass Time ●TNA Wrestling (N) ’ Å UFC Unleashed ’ Å Action!: Invictus (N) ’ MANswers ’ Å SPIKE UFC Unleashed ’ Å ●In My Own Words ●In My Own Words ●Under the Lights ●NHL Hockey Atlanta Thrashers at Vancouver Canucks. From General Motors Place in Vancouver. (Live) In My Own Words SPSO ●Spotlight ›› “Men in Black II” (2002, Comedy) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn. ››› “Identity” (2003) John Cusack. Å SYFY ››› “Total Recall” (1990) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin. Å Behind the Scenes Å Dr. David Jeremiah Å Winning With Wisdom This Is Your Day Å Praise the Lord Å TBN The Cross Å ›› “Old School” (2003) Luke Wilson. Three men relive their wild past by starting a fraternity. Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Lopez Tonight (N) TBS My Name Is Earl Å ››› “The More the Mer- ›› “It Happened on 5th Avenue” (1947, Musical Comedy) Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Victor Moore. Pre››› “Fitzwilly” (1967, Comedy) Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, Edith Evans. Old woman’s butler leads serTCM rier” (1943) Å miere. A hobo shares a mansion with a GI and others in winter. vants in larceny in her behalf.

American Chopper “Iraq Star Foundation Bike” ’ American Chopper “OCC Trike Bike” (N) ’ Å BBQ Pitmasters “Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off” American Chopper “OCC Trike Bike” ’ Å TLC BBQ Pitmasters ’ Å ●NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Washington Wizards. From Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. (Live) Å ●NBA Basketball Orlando Magic at Utah Jazz. From EnergySolutions Arena in Bones ’ Å TNT Salt Lake City. (Live) Å Chowder Misadv. of Flapjack Total Drama Action Johnny Test ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å King of the Hill ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å Family Guy ’ Å TOON Johnny Test ’ Å The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show Married... With Children Married... With Children Roseanne ’ Å Roseanne ’ Å Roseanne ’ Å Roseanne ’ Å TVLND Sanford and Son Å House “Fools for Love” ’ Å House “Merry Little Christmas” ’ Å House “Words and Deeds” ’ Å Law & Order: Criminal Intent ’ Å USA NCIS “Bikini Wax” Å 100 Greatest Songs of the ’90s “Hour 3” ’ 100 Greatest Songs of the ’90s “Hour 4” ’ 100 Greatest Songs of the ’90s “Hour 5” ’ I Want to Work for Diddy Honesty retreat. ’ Å VH1 Songs of ’90s CABLE NEWS Inside the Mind of Google The Bubble Decade (N) Scam: Bernie Madoff’s Crime & Punishment Mad Money CNBC Kudlow Report (Live) Campbell Brown (N) Larry King Live (N) Å Anderson Cooper 360 Å CNN CNN Tonight (N) Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN House of Rep. Tonight From Washington Capital News Today CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Coverage The O’Reilly Factor Å Hannity On the Record With Greta Van Susteren Å The O’Reilly Factor FNC FOX Report Countdown With Keith Olbermann (N) The Rachel Maddow Show (N) Countdown With Keith Olbermann The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC Hardball Å

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