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'American Idol': A nation of weenies

Hello, Elvis." Ha-ha on me and my misguided faith in mainstream American taste. It's official: We are a nation of weenies. We can't handle art, ambiguity or men who wear too much makeup. I am talking about the 100 million persons who outrageously ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK BALTIMORE SUN, The San Jose Mercury News,  22 May 2009
Related Topics: American Idol,  Adam Lambert,  Kris Allen,  Lionel Richie,  Ford Motor Company

Luke Russert joins NBC News for conventions

Luke Russert, son of the late NBC Washington bureau chief, Tim Russert, will be covering the Democratic and Republican national conventions for NBC News this summer, the network announced today. Russert, a June graduate of Boston College who grabbed ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  31 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Luke Russert,  Tim Russert,  U.S. Republican Party,  Boston College,  XM Satellite Radio

Whitaker succeeds Russert as NBC bureau chief

"The enormity of filling this position was by no means lost on any of us, given the significance this job holds, particularly on the eve of an extraordinary presidential election," Capus said. "But the truth is, he is the ideal candidate for the job, ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  28 Jul 2008

ABC's Hopkins series a ratings winner

Hopkins, the six-part documentary series about Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital, is off to a roaring start. The ABC News program drew 5.8 million viewers in its debut Thursday night beating the competition on CBS (Swingtown) and NBC (Fear Itself) -- ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  27 Jun 2008

The fox trot worries Mario, but he loves to mambo

Mario said he will be dancing the foxtrot and the mambo Monday night on ABC's Dancing With the Stars -- and the foxtrot has him worried. "It's tough, because I'm not really a fan of foxtrot," the 21-year singer said in his weekly Sun interview. "I feel ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  25 Apr 2008

PBS anchor Jim Lehrer recovering from heart surgery

Jim Lehrer, the dean of TV news anchors, is recovering at Massachusetts General Hospital after undergoing heart surgery Wednesday. The 73-year-old PBS anchorman started feeling ill last Friday and decided against traveling to Pittsburgh for a series ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  25 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Jim Lehrer

Cable channels slug it out over "Project Runway"

The Bravo and Lifetime cable channels are going to war over Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn. The Lifetime channel yesterday announced that it had lured the Peabody-Award-winning hit fashion competition Project Runway away from Bravo and that it would be the ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  7 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Heidi Klum,  Tim Gunn

Mario says 'Dancing With the Stars' is now No. 1 in his life

After his worst performance of the season and near-elimination after dancing the tango this week, Baltimore's Mario says he has "rededicated" himself to winning ABC's Dancing With the Stars. In his weekly conversations with The Sun during the season, ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  4 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Stevie Wonder

ABC News producer on what makes Johns Hopkins great

With the news yesterday that Hopkins, a six-part documentary series on the famed Baltimore Hospital, will air in prime-time on ABC starting June 26, we caught up with Terry Wrong, executive producer of the film. We asked Wrong, who also produced the ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  1 Apr 2008

Mario to tango on "Dancing with the Stars"

Once again, Mario is on the road performing as a singer and wishing he had more time to rehearse as a dancer for ABC's . Last week, he was in New York doing a benefit concert and worrying abvout whether or not he was going to get the quickstep right in ...

From DAVID ZURAWIK, Baltimore Sun Blogs,  28 Mar 2008

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